A few days later, Zhao Dan and his entourage came to the Dune Palace.

Dune Palace, a place that is famous even in history.

The terrain here is flat, the soil is generally sandy, and it is piled up into mounds everywhere, hence the name sand dunes.

Although it is cut off from view by the tall palace walls, anyone who sees this palace built on top of the sand dunes will still have a sense of shock.

When exactly this palace was built, at least Zhao Dan didn't know an answer in his heart, but the history of this palace is definitely very long, and it can even be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.

According to the records of the "Historical Records of Yin Benji", during the period of the Shang Dynasty, the deceased king of the Shang Dynasty once "benefited the sand dunes and gardens, and took more wild beasts and birds to put them in." Slower than ghosts. The music is played in the sand dunes, with wine as the pool and county meat as the forest, so that men and women are naked and chase each other, which is a long night of drinking. ”

This is also the origin of the idiom "Jiuchi Meat Forest", which shows that the Dune Palace was already one of the palaces of the Shang King at that time.

Nearly a thousand years later, a dune palace change killed Zhao Zhang, Zhao Dan's son, Zhao Dan's uncle, Zhao Dan's grandfather Zhao Wuling Wang was trapped by Gongzi Cheng and Li Dui in the dune palace and starved to death, Li Dui also became the great minister of Zhao, and Zhao Guo, which was originally thriving in the heyday after Hufu cavalry shooting, suffered a major setback.

If it weren't for the Dune Palace Incident this time, then it would be very likely that the Zhao State would have launched an attack on the Qin State in advance as early as thirty or forty years ago.

At that time, Qin Wangji had just succeeded to the throne, and it was obviously impossible for him to be the opponent of the old and spicy King Zhao Wuling in terms of experience and ability.

If this is the case, it is likely that the Qin-Qi-Chu hegemony in the middle and late Warring States period will become the Zhao Qichu hegemony.

In fact, Zhao Dan also knew that the fall of the Qin Dynasty in history was actually closely related to the Dune Palace.

After Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, he also died in this Dune Palace during the fifth eastern tour, and it was in this Dune Palace that Li Si, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai (Qin II) directed a conspiracy, which led to the death of Fusu and Meng Tian, and also opened the prelude to the troubled times at the end of Qin.

It's a magical place, so Zhao Dan felt it was necessary for him to come and see this place.

There is a poem "Dune Palace Nostalgia" that says:

Idle to count the spring and autumn, read a cup of vicissitudes.

The native soldiers have won a hundred battles, but they have been disintegrating for a while.

The ancestral dragon hegemony Che Shen hated, and the main father's ambition was sad in the palace.

Only the hazy sand last month, so far it is still self-shining barren!

But what is in front of Zhao Dan at this moment is not a barren Qiu, but a serious palace.

Although it is said that it has undergone the Dune Palace Change, this palace has not actually been abandoned by Zhao Dan's father, King Zhao Huiwen, and there are still many servants stationed in the palace city, cleaning the palace city from time to time.

It is dusk, the setting sun reflects the western sky dome into a golden red, countless clouds in the sky mischievously change shapes, when the sun is projected on the high palace wall of this very wide palace, it will bring a bit of strange and brilliant colors to this palace, at a glance is extremely dazzling, it is extremely unforgettable.

Since it is not a private visit of Weifu, then naturally there have already been people who have already set up an outpost to make a notice along the way, and most of the five thousand cavalry camped outside the palace for protection, only Zhao Dan took his son Zhao Heng, as well as a few people such as Li Mu, the main general of the escort this time, and Zhao Kuo, the deputy general, rode into this palace.

The sky gradually darkened, the dunes palace was lit up, Zhao Dan walked all the way under the illumination of countless starry torches, and occasionally could hear the howls of some animals, which were not from the wild, but animals imprisoned in cages in the garden of the Dune Palace.

After a while, Zhao Dan finally came to the main hall located in the center of the Dune Palace.

Like all other Sengoku period palaces, this palace is also located on a high platform.

The platform is three zhang high, there are one hundred and twenty-four steps, the palace is forty-five zhang long and twenty-one zhang wide, the high eaves fly arch, there are the statues of Rui beasts at the four corners, even if the whole picture is not clear in the night, it still makes people feel a momentum rushing to the face.

Zhao Dan got out of the carriage, and there were already countless maidservants standing beside him, saluting respectfully towards Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and then walked up the stairs alone and entered the hall.

According to Zhao Dan's statement in advance, his grandfather, King Zhao Wuling, died here, so he needs to guard the spirit of King Wuling.

The main hall was very empty, and Zhao Dan could hear the echo of his footsteps when he walked in it.

A spiritual tablet is enshrined at the top of the main hall, and in front of it is a seat, or futon.

Zhao Dan knelt down and respectfully kowtowed to the token of King Zhao Wuling in front of him.

After Zhao Dan got up, a figure suddenly walked out of the shadows of the main hall.

Zhao Dan sat there, quietly staring at the person in front of him, and the expression on his face didn't look surprised at all.

The person who came straightened his clothes and saluted respectfully to Zhao Dan: "The foreign minister is happy, I have seen the king." ”

That's right, the person who appeared in front of Zhao Dan was the Changguo Junle who had not been in the prime minister of Yan for a long time.

Zhao Dan looked at Lejian, and couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face: "Chang Guojun, it's you?" Have a seat. ”

Zhao Dan did know that there was an envoy from the Yan Kingdom waiting here, but Zhao Dan did not know that this envoy from the Yan Kingdom was Le Jian himself.

Considering the fact that today's Yan Wang Kecai is only a three-year-old child, and the Empress Dowager Yan is a woman, the natural authority is insufficient, and the Xiangbang of Lejian is actually the real helmsman of Yan Kingdom.

Zhao Dan narrowed his eyes slightly, and seemed to understand something in his heart.

Being able to let Le Jian go out in person is enough to prove how much Yan Guo attaches importance to this matter.

Le Jian seemed to see Zhao Dan's thoughts, and after sitting down, he smiled at Zhao Dan and said: "The king doesn't know, although my king has ascended the throne now, there are still some Xiao Xiao in the Yan Kingdom who are the remnants of Gongzi An and Gao Yangjun, so Le Jian must come in person to avoid leaking the news." ”

Zhao Dan nodded, and was noncommittal about Lejian's idea, but asked directly: "The widow heard that Chang Guojun is busy with affairs, and he probably won't stay here for a long time, so the widow will say it directly." This matter of Zhao Yan and the two countries working together, I don't know what Chang Guojun thinks? ”

Le Jian smiled and said to Zhao Dan: "Regarding this matter, the Queen Mother has already convened the ministers of Yan State to discuss. The minister came this time to finalize the matter with the king. ”

Although Zhao Dan had already thought of this possibility after the appearance of the music room, after hearing the confirmation of the music room with his own ears, the corners of Zhao Dan's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

Now that he already knows that the three countries of Qin, Wei, and Qi are ready to unite again to make trouble against Zhao State, if Zhao Dan doesn't want to deal with it at all, then he, the monarch, will be too unqualified.

The handling of the Wei side is only part of Zhao Dan's response, but what Zhao Dan attaches more importance to is actually the alliance with the Yan State.

Therefore, after Zhao Dan determined to use Qi as a breakthrough, he secretly sent an envoy to Yan State, hoping to unite Yan State to attack Qi State together.

The grievances and grievances between the Yan State and the Qi State are very complicated, but in the past fifty years, these two countries are definitely enemies.

In 314 BC, King Xuan of Qi took advantage of the civil strife in Yan and ordered the general Kuang Zhang to lead his troops to attack Yan, and almost annexed Yan.

Thirty years later, in 284 BC, King Yan Zhao ordered the general Le Yi to unite with the other four kingdoms to form a powerful Five Kingdoms to attack Qi, which also almost destroyed the Qi Kingdom.

These two things alone are enough to make Qi and Yan a pair of mortal enemies.

In the Battle of Changping before, the reason why Qi was able to agree to borrow grain was because of Su Dai's eloquence, Zhao Dan and Tian Dan's planning, and on the other hand, there was some desire to target Yan State, after all, Yan State at that time happened to be an ally of Qin State.

So when Zhao Dan proposed to attack the Qi State together, the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State really agreed without much hesitation.

Zhao Dan looked at the music room in front of him and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then the widow can promise that as long as the Yan Kingdom participates in this battle, no matter what the victory or defeat is, the widow will return the three hundred miles of land that the Yan Kingdom ceded to the original, I don't know what Chang Guojun thinks?" ”

When Yan Wangke ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Yan and Lejian once ceded 300 miles of land in order to win the support of Zhao and Qi, and Zhao Dan promised to return these 300 miles of land.

As for the rest of the land, Zhao Dan didn't make a promise.

After all, Zhao Dan didn't think that the Yan army was strong when he wooed Yan Guo, but he just didn't want Yan Guo to join the side of Qin State.

So if the people of Yan want to get the land of Qi State, there is no problem, they can fight it themselves. The outnumbered Zhao army will definitely attract the main force of the Qi army at that time, if your Yan State can't even deal with the partial division of the Qi army, then what are you still playing for hegemony, stay at home and play at home honestly.

Lejian's expression moved slightly, and he seemed to understand what Zhao Dan meant, but he didn't ask any questions, but showed a big smile.

"Since this is the case, then Lejian will return to Yan Kingdom to reorganize his army and wait for the king's call."