Chapter 80: Exhortation
Zhao Jia frowned, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.
He vaguely remembered that after the Battle of Yan and Zhao, Qin sent Meng Fu to attack Zhao and seized a large territory of Zhao.
In what year that war broke out, Zhao Jiaji is not very clear.
To this day, two years have passed since the end of the Battle of Yan and Zhao, and the Qin State has still not attacked the Zhao State.
At this time, Wei asked Zhao to send troops to attack Yan State, wanting to take advantage of Yan State's weakness to pounce on it and bite the fat meat.
"Wei does not border Yan State, but attacking Yan State at this time, even if it can occupy a few cities, it is just an enclave."
"King Wei, what do you think?"
When Fan Zeng heard this, he said: "If what I expected is correct, the King of Wei must want to exchange the land of Yan for the city of Zhao." ”
Zhao Jia frowned and was silent.
Over the years, Wei has been attacked by Qin many times, and the loss of land and cities is immeasurable.
The originally extremely powerful Wei State also continued to rise with the Qin State, and finally fell into a small country at the bottom.
Wei also wanted to rise up and get out of the embarrassing situation.
It is a pity that Wei has Zhao in the north, Chu in the south, Qi in the east, and Qin in the west.
If it weren't for the fact that the major powers needed a buffer zone, I am afraid that the Wei State would have been destroyed long ago.
South Korea in the west of Wei is relatively weak, but Wei and Han are both small countries, and in order to survive in the cracks, the two countries have been reduced to brothers and sisters, and they have a relationship of bitter lips and teeth, so it is naturally impossible for Wei to invade Korea.
In this way, Wei and South Korea are in a very embarrassing situation.
The territory of the two countries cannot be expanded, but the territory of the other countries has been repeatedly encroached upon, and the country can only become weaker and weaker.
How could Wei be willing?
Now that the Yan Kingdom has been broken by the Zhao State, it can be said that the vitality has been greatly damaged, and the prestige has also plummeted.
Wei felt that the Yan State, which had mobilized an army of 600,000, was still inferior to the Zhao State, which had an army of 250,000 troops.
After the defeat of the Yan Kingdom, it must be more and more vulnerable.
The desire and desire for expansion made the Wei State get carried away, and they were actually preparing to attack the Yan State across borders.
Of course, the Wei State is not brainless.
They knew very well that Wei and Yan did not border, and even if they captured the territory of Yan, it would be very troublesome to govern.
And with the national strength of Wei, if you don't pull Zhao State, it will not be easy to attack Yan State across borders.
In order to encourage Zhao to send troops to attack Yan, the king of Wei even promised the king of Zhao that if this battle could occupy the city of Yan, Wei was willing to share it equally with Zhao, and even if it was ultimately unsuccessful, Wei would cede Fanyang to Zhao as compensation.
For Zhao Guo, this battle is profitable regardless of whether he can capture the city of Yan State.
With such favorable conditions, it was finally said that the whole Zhao State was moved, and the King of Zhao was ready to send troops to help the Wei State defeat Yan.
When Zhao Jia learned about the cause and effect of the incident, his face became extremely solemn.
"Could it be that the historical Qin State sent Meng Fu to attack the Zhao State in this battle?"
Historically, in order to aid Yan, the Qin State sent Meng Wei to lead the troops to attack the Zhao State and the Wei State, and captured 37 cities of the Zhao State, and the entire Taiyuan County was taken away by the Qin State, resulting in a significant reduction in the land area of the Zhao State.
Such a huge loss was even more than the territory lost by Zhao in the Battle of Changping.
This battle also made the Zhao State, which was in Zhongxing, suffer an unprecedented blow, even if Li Mu later pacified the Xiongnu and attacked Saiwai from afar, it was still difficult to recover the decline.
Thirty-seven cities are not places that can be easily abandoned.
Although Zhao Jia didn't know much about this period of history, he also roughly knew that this war had a far-reaching impact on Zhao, even no less than the Battle of Changping.
"In the past, I wanted to encourage the countries to work together to divide Yan, but I couldn't succeed, but what about Zhao and Wei?"
"At this time, if you cut down Yan, you will definitely give the Qin State an excuse to send troops, it is not the work of a wise man!"
Zhao Jia's face was pale, and after discussing with Li Si and Fan Zeng, he hurried towards the palace.
The court meeting had dispersed, and the envoys of Wei remained in the palace, accompanied by the crown prince Zhao Yan, for entertainment.
King Zhao has been old in recent years, and he is also riddled with diseases, and his energy is not as good as before, and government affairs have gradually been handed over to the crown prince Zhao Yan to take care of.
Zhao Yan was in power in the court, and Zhao Jia was naturally speechless.
This is also why, Zhao Jia has basically been excluded from the court for two years.
"I've seen Childe!"
The eunuch standing at the door saw Zhao Jia striding over, and hurriedly bowed down to give a salute.
Zhao Jia didn't pay attention to the eunuch at all and walked in directly.
After coming to this era for more than ten years, Zhao Jia has completely substituted his own identity, and in the face of those talented and learned, Zhao Jia naturally did not hesitate to hand it over, but there was no need to waste time on these eunuchs.
"Childe Jia, why are you here?"
As soon as Zhao Jia walked into the house, he saw Guo Kai with a smile on his face, and his face immediately became extremely gloomy.
Zhao Guo has two of the four famous generals of the Warring States, but unfortunately these two famous generals are almost all abolished in the hands of one person.
That person is Guo Kai, the favorite minister of Zhao Yan and Zhao Qian's father and son.
Historically, although Zhao Yan did not want to see Lian Po, he also knew the importance of Lian Po, if it were not for Guo Kai's repeated slander, Zhao Yan might not have forced Lian Po to oppose him.
After Zhao Yan's death, due to the successive crimes of the Qin State, Zhao Qian had the intention to summon Lian Po to return to Zhao State, and it was Guo Kai who interfered with it, which made Lian Po lose the hope of returning to China to take charge of the army.
As for Li Mu, the god of war of Zhao State, it was also because Guo Kai received a huge bribe from Qin State that he framed Li Mu for rebellion, resulting in a generation of famous generals Li Mu being unjustly killed.
Zhao Jia knew Guo Kai's temperament, so even if the other party was extremely humble every time he saw him, he was extremely disgusted in his heart, and he hated to cut Guo Kai with a thousand knives.
It's a pity that Guo Kai is a favorite minister of his father Zhao Yan, and after Zhao Yan succeeded to the throne in history, he let Guo Kai serve as the minister of state.
Even if Zhao Jia wanted to kill Guo Kai very much, he had to worry about Zhao Yan, so he could only endure it secretly.
Zhao Jia glanced at Guo Kai coldly, didn't answer, and walked straight towards Zhao Yan.
"I've seen my father."
Facing Zhao Yan, a cheap father, although Zhao Jia did not have the slightest intimacy in his heart, he still saluted respectfully.
When Zhao Yan saw Zhao Jia who suddenly appeared, his face showed displeasure, and he said, "What are you doing here?" ”
Zhao Jia looked at the people who were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "This place is not a place to talk, and I hope my father will move to talk." ”
The impatient look on Zhao Yan's face became more and more intense, and he shouted: "If you have something to say, I still want to entertain the envoys of Wei." ”
Zhao Jia took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Two years ago, the Yan State was defeated, and I wanted to divide the countries into Yan, but the countries were afraid of the Qin State and did not dare to act rashly. ”
"After two years, the national strength of Yan has been restored, and the government of Qin has also been stabilized."
"Two years ago, the countries didn't dare to divide Yan, but now with only Zhao and Wei, how can Yan succeed, I hope my father will think twice!"