Zhao Guo Handan.

The entire capital was now in a state of panic, because since the Battle of Guilin of Qi and Wei, and Handan, the capital of Zhao, had not been threatened by Wei for nearly forty years.

At this time, the 400,000 Qi troops had already launched a pincer offensive against Handan from the north, east, and south, while Zhao Guoyuan's troops in Jiuyuan and Shangdang could not come to support in time, and only relied on the nearly 200,000 troops temporarily gathered in Handan City to rely on the strong city walls and barely support them.

Although the army of Wei to aid Handan was nominally Zhai Zhang, in fact, Wei Si and Queen Zilian, Chen Zhen and Meng Wan had also arrived in Pingyang, and Fanwu, who was stationed with the Wei army, was only separated by Zhangshui and a border wall of Zhao State.

At this time, Wei Si was also anxious and set up a boat in the Zhangshui with Queen Zilian, Chen Zhen, and Meng Wan.

Wei Si looked at the border wall of Zhao State in the north and sighed:

"Alas, this time, I don't know if our Wei State's 100,000 Xiuyu army can help Zhao State defeat the Qi army?"

Zi Lian comforted Wei Si:

"Husband, the world is unpredictable, after all, we don't know what Zhao Guo thinks, our Wei State is doing our best to obey the destiny of heaven this time, and whether we can fight or not to retreat from the Qi army depends entirely on Zhao Guo himself, and it is useless for you to worry here!"

Chen Zhen persuaded:

"Yes, you don't have to worry at all, the king, anyway, our Wei State is going all out to aid Zhao this time, but this time the Qi State actually let our Wei army easily enter Fanwu, which is also something that the ministers did not expect."

Meng Wan also says:

"Yes, the Qi army let our army easily enter Fanwu, so that its pincer offensive against Handan lost the southern pillar, obviously avoiding our Wei army, I'm afraid that Qi doesn't want to have too many losses in this battle of Zhao, right?"

魏嗣 says:

"Yes, although the Qi State does not want to fight with our Wei State this time, the strength gap between the 100,000 troops of our Wei State and the 400,000 army of the Qi State is obviously too large, so the Qi army must have expected that our Wei army will not be able to pursue the Qi army, so now we are relieved and bold to set up camp near Handan, waiting for the surrender of the Zhao State."

Zi Lian suddenly said:

"I don't know if the new king of Yan has recovered after the new king of Yan has succeeded to the throne, I miss my aunt and uncle a little, and I am afraid that the death of my cousin will hit them too hard."

Wei Si also says:

"Yes, the widow sent someone to send money and food to them before, I hope the two of them can spend the rest of their lives in peace!"

Chen Zhen said at this time:

"King, queen, when you talk about Yan Kingdom, I remembered a letter I received a few days ago, and I almost forgot to give it to you, the king!"

So he hurriedly took out a silk book from his bosom and handed it to Wei Si.

And this silk book was written by Su Qin, who had not seen him for a long time, and the content was to ask Chen Zhen to say hello to the king and queen of Wei for himself, and said that he learned statecraft and other knowledge by the side of his master Guiguzi, and it would take half a year to return to Daliang and serve the Wei State.

Wei Si and Zilian were also very relieved to see Su Qin's news, after all, the two of them had been inquiring about Su Qin's whereabouts, but there was no news, and now they were relieved to learn that he was studying by Guiguzi's side.

At this moment, suddenly, a ship not far from the opposite side approached Wei Si and the others, and Wei Si's two escort ships immediately went over to intercept them.

I only heard a man standing on the bow of the boat. shouted loudly to Wei Si:

"King Wei...... Queen, King of Wei...... Queen...... Mr. Chen, I'm Le Yi...... Le Yi, have you forgotten me? ”

Wei Si was also stunned for a moment, and looked at Chen Zhen next to him:

"Didn't this Le Yi go to Yan Kingdom? How did you end up here? ”

Chen Zhen replied:

"The minister doesn't know, wait for the minister to ask first!"

So Chen Zhen also asked loudly at the ship:

"Are you really Brother Le Yi? How did you come to this Zhangshui River? ”

I heard the man on the boat echo loudly:

"I'm Le Yi, I heard that the King of Wei, the Queen, and Mr. Chen Zhen came here to visit you, and I, Le Yi, am the general of Yan State this time, specifically to support Zhao State!"

After Wei Si confirmed that it was Le Yi, he hurriedly signaled the escort ship not to stop it, and let Le Yi's ship come over.

After Le Yi stepped on Wei Si's ship, he first saluted Wei Si and the others one by one, and then said:

"I Le Yi didn't expect that it would be nearly two years before I could see several of my Le Yi's great benefactors again."

Wei Si smiled:

"Yes, the widow didn't expect to be able to meet you again in Zhangshui, Brother Le Yi."

Chen Zhen said on the side:

"Since Brother Le Yi came to Zhangshui to see our king, it must be to resist the Qi army, right?"

Le Yi replied:

"Yes, I didn't expect that after the last defeat of the Qi State in Maling, it was only less than a year, not only has it eased up, but the military spirit has become so vigorous, it seems that the strength of this Qi State is really extraordinary!"

Wei Si also said:

"Yes, the richness of Qi relying on fish and salt is incomparable to other countries, and the main force of Qi was far away in Yan during the Battle of Maling, but it did not participate in the war, when the main force of Qi returned, didn't Zhao Guo, who also fight, withdraw from Qi in an instant? Therefore, the country of Qi is not to be underestimated! ”

Chen Zhen also said:

"Yes, I didn't expect the King of Qi to change so quickly after he returned to the country, it seems that Zhong Wuyan, the queen of Qi, is by no means comparable to ordinary women, less than two years after entering the Qi Palace, the country of Qi has become strong again."

Zi Lian also smiled and said:

"If there is no Queen of Qi Zhong Wuyan, I'm afraid I Zilian will not be able to get to you, the king, and I heard that this time to attack Zhao, the king of Qi also personally took the queen Zhong Wuyan to the sand dunes of Zhao to supervise the battle, Xiaojun I want to take this opportunity to write a letter to the queen of Qi, I don't know if the king agrees?"

Wei Si nodded:

"Lian'er, if you write a letter to Empress Qi, it is a private matter between you, and you don't need to ask the widow."

Wei Si asked Le Yi again:

"Brother Le Yi, how many soldiers and horses did you bring from the Yan Kingdom to aid the Zhao State this time?"

Le Yi replied:

"They are all the new army that our Yan Kingdom has just established, but there are only 70,000 of them, and now they are all blocked by the Qi army outside the Purple Mountain, and they are no longer able to advance."

Meng Wan asked:

"Has the Qi State already sent heavy troops to occupy the Purple Mountain?"

Le Yi nodded:

"Yes, the State of Qi not only garrisoned heavy troops in the Purple Mountain, but also occupied Wu'an, a key place in the west of the Zhao State, and is now attacking the West Mountain in the south, so as to completely block the Zhao State to come to the reinforcement army, isolate Handan, and trap Handan from the west, north, and east, it should be that I want to take Handan desperately like General Pang Juan back then!"

When Chen Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but say:

"It seems that the Qi State must have seen the arrival of reinforcements from our Wei State and the Yan State this time, so we have no choice but to go to Bo once like this!"

Wei Si asked:

"Since the situation in Handan has changed greatly, how can we save it now?"

Le Yi took out a hand-drawn topographic map of Handan from his arms, then pointed to the map and said:

"Just like Mr. Chen Zhen said, now Handan has been besieged by the Qin army on three sides, but the Qi army has deliberately left a gap in the south, one is that the terrain in the south of Handan tends to be flat, and the Qi army does not want to be attacked by Handan and the Wei army in the south, and the second is that the Qi army also intends to let go of the south of the mouth, giving the Zhao king, soldiers, and people in Handan City a chance to escape, as long as these people in Handan City can't stand the pressure of the Qi army on three sides and escapes from the city, the Qi army will occupy Handan without effort. At that time, Qi State can use this to blackmail Zhao State and ask for more benefits from it. ”

Wei Si said:

"Then according to Brother Leyi, I'm afraid Handan City is really in danger?"

Le Yi replied:

"Yes, it depends on whether the monarch of Zhao is firm in resisting the Qi army, if Zhao Jun can calm down and delay Qi for more than half a month in the city, and wait for reinforcements from all over Zhao to arrive, then the Qi army will be forced to withdraw, if Zhao Jun is timid and flees south, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Wei Si asked again:

"What if the State of Zhao held out in the city for half a month, and when the reinforcements of the State of Zhao came, the State of Qi suddenly attacked Handan regardless of life or death? So what? ”

Le Yi replied:

"That Qi country will be at least ten years old, it will be difficult to ease up again, and the Zhao country will be as weak and poor as our Yan country is now, which is equivalent to two great countries killing each other, and in the end there will be no good end."

Meng Wan said with a smile at this time:

"Wouldn't it be better to let them kill each other? In the future, it will be Yan and our Wei that will benefit! ”

Chen Zhen smiled lightly:

"Yes, on the surface, our Wei State and Yan State can indeed make a profit, but Qi State is easy to recover, Zhao State because most of the land is relatively barren, and adjacent to the northern Hulu, if the Zhao State fails miserably this time, then I am afraid that those cruel, arrogant and unreasonable Hulu in the north will enter the Central Plains from now on, and the Zhongshan State will definitely become strong when it takes the opportunity, which is not a good thing!"

Le Yi also said:

"Yes, I also fought with Hu Lu in the upper valley of our Yan country, these people fought very bravely, but they were not very united, even the bodies of their own compatriots could eat each other, and they were extremely cruel, if these people entered the Central Plains, when they learned from us and became united, I am afraid that we vassal states will not be able to resist."

Zi Lian's face changed a little when he heard this, he hid in Wei Si's arms, and whispered:

"It's a good thing that our Wei State doesn't need to fight against these Hulu!"

Wei Si looked at Zilian in his arms and said with a smile:

"Now we Wei really don't need to fight with Hu Lu, but what if our Great Wei dominates the world? It's not like you're going to resist these! ”

Zi Lian opened his big eyes and glared at Wei Si:

"When our Great Wei dominates the world, I don't know if Xiaojun and my husband are still alive at that time?"

Le Yi looked at Wei Si and Zi Lian like this, and said:

"You two...... You guys, we were originally discussing the strategy to save Zhao Zhi, but now we have made these big men see the two of you show affection, which is not good! ”