It was not any of the seven heroes of the Warring States who came, nor were they the vassal tribes in the north of the Yan Kingdom, but from the east of the Yan Kingdom, the Jizi Korean Kingdom on the Korean Peninsula.

Minzi Korea is a very interesting country.

From the perspective of the Zhou Dynasty, this country was canonized by King Wu of Zhou, the founding son of the Zhou Dynasty, and should be counted among the princes of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, a member of "China's own people".

But the problem is that the Jizi Joseon never fulfilled its vassal responsibilities to Zhou Tianzi, and there has never been any document to prove that the country accepted the canonization of Zhou Tianzi.

Therefore, it seems reasonable to say that it was not a member of the princes of the Zhou Dynasty.

The reason why it is so entangled is that it appears in the body of Ji Xu Yu, the founding monarch of Jizi Joseon.

Ji Xu Yu, because the title is viscount, so it is called Jizi.

He was the uncle of the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, King Shang, who once served as the Taishi of the Shang Dynasty, and after the fall of the Shang Dynasty (a few years before the fall of the Shang Dynasty), he brought a group of people to the Korean Peninsula and established the Kingdom of Jizi Korea.

In this sense, Jizi Joseon is in fact a country with a history as long as that of the Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, a few decades ago, Mingo Joseon was once a country with a territory comparable to that of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, stretching from Liaoxi in the west to the Korean Peninsula in the east.

However, under the attack of Qin Kai, the general of Yan and the one who defeated Donghu, led the army, Jizi Joseon lost Liaoxi and Liaodong, and was forced to submit to Yan and became a vassal state of Yan.

However, since then, with the weakening of the Yan State, the disobedience of the Jizi Joseon has naturally grown up again, and in recent years, it has not paid tribute to the Yan State at all, and only nominally maintains a vassal relationship with the Yan State.

Even so, when Yan was attacked by Zhao, Lejian immediately sent an envoy to Jizi Korea to ask for help from Jizi Korea.

After all, they are all living and dying, and they have to ask for help when they see anyone.

In this regard, the contemporary monarch of the Minzi Joseon Dynasty, Miyun, and the crown prince Miko-aung had a disagreement.

Guojun Ji Yun thinks that the life and death of Yan Guo has nothing to do with Ji Zi Joseon, so he does not plan to rescue Yan Guo.

The crown prince Ji Xing believes that once the Yan State is destroyed, then the troops of the Zhao State will advance to Pan Manhan, that is, the border of Jizi Korea, so the relationship between Jizi Korea and Yan State is actually a cold relationship, and it is necessary to resolutely assist Yan State at this time.

But it was obvious that it was impossible for the young prince to be able to beat his father in this kind of matter, so throughout the early days of the war, Jizi Joseon had been watching from the sidelines and did not provide any assistance to the Yan Kingdom.

Although I have long heard of the great name of Zhao State, after all, Jizi Joseon has been in the border for a long time, and there is actually no very intuitive understanding of the strength of Zhao State.

In the eyes of most people in Jizi Korea, including the monarch Jirun, Zhao is the same as the overlords of Jin, Qi, and Chu back then, and may temporarily last for so many decades or even one or two hundred years, but there will still be a day of weakness.

Although the Yan State is weak, it is also one of the seven warring states after all, and it will not be wiped out so easily.

But reality gave the Korean monarch a resounding slap in the face.

Li Mu unexpectedly conquered Jidu, Empress Dowager Yan fled to Liaodong with King Yan, Lejian sat in the city of sorrow, the whole battle situation took a sharp turn, and Yan State seemed to have no power to fight back in front of Zhao State.

When all this news reached the city of Pyongyang, the country of Mizi Korea finally began to panic.

All signs show that the Yan Kingdom is likely to really be destroyed.

Jizi North Korea doesn't want its neighbor to change from the weak chicken of Yan to the most powerful country of Zhao.

So under the strong persuasion of the crown prince Ji Xing, the monarch Ji Run finally agreed to Ji Xing's proposal, and let him lead 50,000 horses to cross Pan Manhan and come to the outside of Xiangping City.

"Fifty thousand Minzi North Korean troops?" After Li Mu heard the news, he was somewhat hesitant.

Although Li Mu was very confident in his cavalry, the problem was that the troops of Jizi Joseon and the troops in Xiangping City combined were already three times the size of Li Mu's troops.

So under Li Mu's order, Zhao withdrew the encirclement of Xiangping City, and let Ji Xing smoothly enter Xiangping City with the army and join the Yan army inside.

Regarding Li Mu's decision, Yiqu Sheng was very dissatisfied: "It's just 50,000 Korean savages, as long as the armored cavalry charges them, they will collapse, why are you so cautious?" ”

Li Mu shook his head slowly: "Jizi Korea has been dealing with the Donghu people for many years, and there must be some experience in dealing with cavalry, if it is a hasty attack, it is not good, it is better to observe it first and then make a decision." ”

For such a country that has never fought against, although judging from the historical record, Jizi North Korea has been beaten by Yan over the years, but Li Mu is still unwilling to take it lightly.

After all, time is on Zhao's side.

As time passed, Zhao Guo's troops outside Xiangping City would inevitably increase, and Li Mu had no need to rush at all.

In Xiangping City, it is a different situation.

The arrival of reinforcements undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Yan State in the city, just like a drowning man suddenly saw a ship on the water rushing towards him, and everyone's thoughts were to firmly grasp this life-saving ship.

Under such considerations, even though it was wartime, a large enough dinner was still held in Xiangping City, and the Empress Dowager of Yan and King Xiaoyan, who had just recovered from a serious illness, attended this banquet to welcome the arrival of the Korean prince Ji Xing.

Ji Xing is twenty-five years old this year, which is the age of young and promising.

In the past two years, Ji Xing led the army of Jizi Joseon on two consecutive northern expeditions, defeating Gaoyi and Zhanfa, and pushing the border of Mizi Joseon hundreds of miles north.

This is a very high-spirited prince.

Heaven is jealous, so such a high-spirited man is destined to suffer some calamities.

It was in this Xiangping City that Ji Xing encountered the biggest catastrophe in his life.

Love robbery.

When Ji Xing saw Empress Dowager Yan for the first time, his heart seemed to no longer belong to him all of a sudden.

At the dinner, Empress Dowager Yan's clothes did not have any frivolity, very luxurious and dignified, even if she was fleeing, even if she was besieged by the enemy, but the gentle atmosphere and the posture of the mother and the country that came out of her bones still made everyone look sideways.

Apricot was obsessed.

In all fairness, Ji Xing is not a womanizer, he has a wife and two concubines in Pyongyang City, compared to a total of 23 wives and his father Wang Ji Yun, Ji Xing is definitely quite conservative in this regard.

In terms of age, Empress Dowager Yan, who is over thirty years old, is also several years older than Ji Xing, and the identities of the two are not matched at all.

But Apricot is still addicted.

Love is never because of age, identity or other things.

At least for this prince Ji Xing, love is just love.

After this day passed, Ji Xing inevitably fell in love.

Of course, only one-sidedly.

For Ji Xing at this time, it no longer matters what country or war, the important thing is that the beauty in front of him can favor him.

In the following days, Ji Xing would enter the temporary palace of Xiangping City almost every day to ask to see King Yan, and after a brief meeting with King Yan, he turned to "say goodbye" to Queen Mother Yan.

Maybe it's because the support army in Ji Xing's hands is too important to Yan Guo, or maybe it's because it's a good thing to have a handsome young guy to talk to, in short, in the next few days, you can often see the Empress Dowager Yan and Ji Xing's figures sitting and talking.

Half a month has passed.

Empress Dowager Yan did not agree to any of Ji Xing's requests, nor did she meet any of Ji Xing's attempts, nor did she have any etiquette, nor did she even say anything to Ji Xing that had anything to do with the word "love", but the fire of love in Ji Xing's heart not only did not go out, but burned more violently.

What you can't get is always in turmoil.

Ji Xing's subordinates didn't understand people, and several generals advised him many times, but there was no result, but he also received Ji Xing's punishment.

Finally one day, Ji Xing couldn't bear it anymore and expressed his love very boldly.

At that moment, Ji Xing saw the anger from the Empress Dowager Yan very clearly.

It was also at this time that Ji Xing suddenly had a feeling that he seemed to be facing the legendary divine beast Phoenix, this kind of divine beast is beautiful, but once it gets angry, endless flames will devour everything in front of him.

But this feeling disappeared in a flash, so fast that Ji Xing felt that what he felt might just be an illusion after echoing many times afterwards.

By the time Ji Xing came back to her senses, Empress Dowager Yan had already stood up and left the place.

Before leaving, Empress Dowager Yan only dropped a sentence.

"Prince, the old woman now only hopes that the king can grow up safely and let the Yan Kingdom live forever. For this goal, the old woman can give everything. ”

This sentence completely ignited Ji Xing's enthusiasm.

So on the next day, a war letter was delivered to Li Mu, the camp of the Zhao army outside the city.

"Tomorrow's decisive battle!"

Li Mu looked at Ji Xing's handwritten letter and couldn't help laughing.

"This Ji Xing, I can't imagine that he has a gentleman's style."

Yi Qusheng snorted, and seemed very disapproving of Ji Xing's behavior: "Stupid guy! A real steppe wolf should be silent to catch the enemy off guard when it attacks, and the kind of steppe wolf that sends out a long howl to warn the enemy in advance only exists in the delusion of home! By the way, you don't want to avoid the war, do you? ”

Of course, Li Mu would not choose to avoid the war.

After this half-month confrontation, the cavalry of the Zhao army and the Korean army have had many attempted confrontations, which made Li Mu have enough understanding of the Koreans.

So Li Mu quickly wrote a reply letter, with only one word on it.

"Fight!"

After sending away the envoy sent by Ji Xing, Li Mu smiled and said to Yiqu Sheng, who was eager to try: "Inform me, tomorrow will be the time for us to defeat the Koreans!" ”