The next day, the sun was shining, the weather was clear, and Handan was cloudless. On the Congtai Palace Square of Nuoda, 50,000 soldiers stood on the expedition, and the golden go stood in a forest, and the flag covered the sky and the sun. Just after the sound of the three-way drum, Zhao Wangdan walked to the high platform step by step amid the cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of subjects.

Every time Zhao Wangdan goes to the next step, he will think of the great achievements established by his grandfather and father in the depths of his mind, and he is full of enthusiasm. He is the king of Zhao, and he will also establish the deeds of eternity, and make a name for himself and the princes all over the world.

Zhao Wangdan ascended the high platform, stood facing him, and drew his sword, the tip of which pointed to the sky. When Zhao Guojun and tens of thousands of soldiers saw it, they all shouted in unison. Zhao Wangdan withdrew the long sword from its scabbard, and the audience was silent. At this time, the drums beat loudly, and the flags hunted with the sound of the wind.

The celebrant shouted, "Please take the stage." ”

Anping Juntian wore armor alone, wore a hat on his head, and his steps were steady, and he climbed the high platform and worshiped Zhao Wangdan.

The celebrant said, "The ceremony begins. ”

Zhao Wangdan took off the sword on his body, handed it to An Pingjun, and said loudly: "The widow worships An Pingjun as a general, and the Northern Expedition to Yan Kingdom." The widow is in Handan, preparing fine wine and wine, waiting for the king's return. ”

"Thanks, King Zhao." An Pingjun took the long sword handed over by Zhao Wangdan with both hands.

Zhao Wangdan said loudly and vigorously: "The Northern Expedition to Yan Kingdom, this battle will be won." ”

The voices of hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison, "The Northern Expedition to Yan Country will win this battle." ”

When the voice stopped, Zhao Wangdan said: "An Pingjun, the matter of the Northern Expedition to the Yan Kingdom, the widow will ask you." ”

"Whoa." An Pingjun stepped down from the high platform, boarded the chariot, drew his long sword, and shouted: "Go to the battle." ”

"Urgent military intelligence." Riding a fast horse, he flew into Jicheng, the capital of Yan Kingdom, and went straight to the palace.

In 272 BC, the seventh year of King Yan Hui. Gongsun Cao, a powerful minister of Yan State, staged a coup d'état, killed King Yan Hui, and set up a person from the Yan State clan as the king, this person is the new king of Yan State, that is, King Yan Wucheng. However, during the reign of King Yan Hui, due to the defeat of Qi and the hope of the kings, Yan and Zhao were generally harmonious.

King Yan Hui was killed, and the new king succeeded to the throne. King Huiwen of Zhao was extremely dissatisfied, and united with Han, Wei, and Chu to attack the Yan Kingdom. Under the double blow of internal and external troubles, King Xinyan not only did not lose Sheji. On the contrary, in the midst of the storm, he sat firmly on the throne. In order to consolidate his position, King Yan named Gongsun Cao as Cheng Anjun and concurrently served as the Minister of Yan.

The new King Yan succeeded to the throne, and the line of King Yan Zhao was cut off. At the same time, the relationship between Yan and Zhao has also deteriorated. In order to ease the relationship with Yan Guo, King Zhao Huiwen married his daughter to Yan Guo and continued Yan and Zhao Zhihao.

Yan and Zhao entered a brief period of peace. With Zhao Huiwen and Wang Yong, the relationship between Yan and Zhao began to crack again. King Yan took advantage of this opportunity to send troops to attack Zhao and report the humiliation of succeeding to the throne that day. However, the army of Yan went south and broke through several small cities of Zhao State, but did not make great progress. King Yan also did not see Zhao Guo take the initiative to attack and recover the territory.

King Yan misjudged the situation and miscalculated that the new monarch of Zhao State was young, and there was a border attack by Qin State, and Yan State had an opportunity to take advantage of it. King Yan waited for Zhao to come to sue for peace, but what he got was that the Handan army of Zhao went north to attack Yan. King Yan held the urgent military information sent back by the scouts in his hand, and asked the courtiers: "Zhao State does not seek peace, send troops to attack me." Ladies and gentlemen, what are we going to do? ”

Cheng'an Jun Gongsun Cao asked: "Your Majesty, is Zhao Hao, the general of Zhao Guo, a horse suit, or Lian Po, a veteran of the Yongguan princes." ”

King Yan shook his head and said, "Neither." ”

"Neither." Cheng Anjun was surprised, and said, "Could it be Lecheng, or Lou Chang." ”

King Yan shook his head again and said, "It's not. ”

Cheng Anjun said a few more generals that Zhao Guo could fight, but they were all vetoed by King Yan. Cheng Anjun thought for a while, but he really couldn't think of who Zhao Guo would take as his general.

Seeing this, King Yan took the initiative to say, "It's Anping Jun Tiandan." ”

"What." Cheng Anjun wondered: "How could it be Anping Jun Tiandan." ”

The courtiers of Yan State heard that it was An Pingjun who led the troops to attack Yan for Zhao, and they were full of noise. After all, many military generals here have experienced breaking Qi and have been defeated by Qi State. An Pingjun is the one who turned the tide and defeated the army of Yan. An Pingjun's reputation has long spread throughout the Yan Kingdom, who doesn't know, who doesn't know.

Sure enough, when the courtiers of Yan State heard that Zhao General was An Pingjun, they had no fighting spirit, and they all said: "An Pingjun leads the troops, how is this good!" ”

"An Pingjun leads the army, help Zhao attack me, we have no chance of winning!"

"Please give the king an order, withdraw the army and return to the country, and make peace with Zhao Yan."

King Yan looked at this group of unproductive courtiers with deep and ruthless eyes, and was frightened like this when he heard the three words An Pingjun, without the backbone of a man. King Yan was furious in his heart, but he couldn't bear it, and asked: "The Zhao Kingdom is menacing, Cheng Anjun, can there be a way to deal with it." ”

Cheng Anjun asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, An Pingjun is a native of Qi and is also known as the pillar of the country by Qi. How did this person go to Zhao and become a general of Zhao State. ”

King Yan glanced at the national letter in his hand and said: "Zhao State took the fifty-seven cities of Jidong and replaced An Pingjun as a general to go on the expedition for Zhao." ”

"What? Zhao took fifty-seven cities in Jidong and replaced An Pingjun as a general. When Cheng Anjun heard this, he was immediately puzzled. After Zhao Guo passed the Hufu cavalry shooting, the national strength increased greatly, and the fierce generals were like clouds. King Zhao Huiwen also relied on the fierce generals left by his father to compete in the Central Plains and made great achievements. How do you know, after the death of King Zhao Huiwen, there was no one in Zhao State who could fight.

Cheng Anjun pondered for a while, then concluded that Zhao Guo was seriously ill, and laughed: "Congratulations to the king." ”

Seeing that Cheng Anjun was still laughing at this time, King Yan couldn't understand the meaning of Cheng Anjun's words, and asked, "How happy is the widow." ”

"Zhao Guo exchanged land for generals, it feels funny when I think about it." Cheng Anjun stopped and asked again: "Your Majesty, haven't you seen any clues?" ”

King Yan had an epiphany and asked, "You mean that there is no one in the Zhao Kingdom?" ”

Cheng Anjun smiled and said: "If there are generals in Zhao State, how can they use the territory of Jidong Nuoda to go to Qi State to exchange generals." Every inch of territory was fought down by our ancestors with flesh and blood. Whether it is the Marquis of Zhao Cheng or the Marquis of Zhao Su, the princes who fought against each other will never make peace; Or Zhao Wuling Wang died in Zhongshan, hit Sanhu, and built the Great Wall; Or King Zhao Huiwen chased the Central Plains and fought against the princes. These monarchs of the Zhao clan have expanded their territory, and they are so heroic. How do you know that their descendants will regard the territory as dung? Isn't this a sign of the fall of the Zhao Kingdom? ”

When King Yan heard this, he also thought it was good, and mocked: "Zhao Guo is really no one to do such a stupid thing." The widow once thought that Zhao Guo was strong, but was it nothing more than that? King Wuling of Zhao died in Zhongshan, struck Sanhu, built the Great Wall, and expanded the land for thousands of miles. King Zhao Huiwen did not add another stroke to his father's and brother's great cause, but he also chased the Central Plains and fought all over the princes. Even the tiger wolf of the Qin State was defeated by the Zhao State. After King Zhao Wuling, the descendants are not as good as the generation! ”

Seeing that King Yan and Cheng Anjun looked down on Zhao Guo, Ju Xin reminded: "Isn't it that there is no one in Zhao Kingdom, it's just that the young King Zhao can't use people." ”

Ju Xin was exiled to Yan Kingdom after the change of King Zhao Wuling's Dune Palace. Ju Xin was also a powerful minister during the period of King Yan Zhao. Guo Kui, Qin Kai, Le Yi, and Ju Xin are known as the four capable generals of King Yan Zhao who revived the Yan State and defeated the Qi State.

Guo Kui and Qin Kai were deceased, and Le Yi was exiled to Zhao because he was suspicious of King Yan Hui, and after the death of King Yan Hui, he was nowhere to be found. Although Ju Xin is capable, King Yan suppresses and alienates him because he is loyal to King Yan Hui, and does not reuse him. However, after all, Ju Xin is a talented person, and if he is brought under his command, he can also subdue many people.

King Yan asked: "There are people in the Zhao country, why do you exchange land for generals." ”

"Zhao Guowen is friendly with Lin Xiangru and Pingyuan Jun; Wu Youma Fujun and Lian Po. The king must have forgotten that Lian Po is a fierce warrior and a prince. Ma Fujun defeated Qin in a battle, and the princes of the world were famous. Ju Xin knew that he was not reused by King Yan, and his tone was a little more raw, "Your Majesty, how can you say that no one cares about Zhao Kingdom?" ”

King Yan was so blocked by these words that he couldn't say a word. Cheng Anjun laughed and said: "Although Zhao Guo has Lin Xiangru, Pingyuan Jun, as well as Ma Fujun and Lian Po, what can he do." The exchange of land for generals in Zhao State is enough to show that there are people in the top level of Zhao State who will not use it. In this way, there is no Ming Jun in Zhao State, which is a sign of decay! ”

"Not bad." King Yan gained confidence and said solemnly: "Zhao Guo has so many fierce generals who don't need it, but he exchanges land for generals. King Zhao is stupid and incompetent, what is Zhao afraid of. ”

Cheng Anjun answered: "Think about King Zhao Wuling, think about King Zhao Huiwen, he is the real man of the Zhao family. Today, the national politics of Zhao State is ruled by a woman. Zhao's boys, one generation is not as good as the next. The decline of the Zhao State was the time of the rise of the Yan State. At this time, we don't cut Zhao, but when. ”

"Not bad." When King Yan heard this, he was excited, and his fighting spirit was high: "The defeat of the Zhao State is the time when my Yan Kingdom rises. ”

The ministers of the Yan State also followed and conquered the Zhao State. When Ju Xin saw this group of people, he was arrogant and didn't take Zhao Guo in his eyes, if it went on like this, Yan Guo would be in danger. However, he also knew that no matter what he said, King Yan would not listen, but would be angry. Ji Xin understood in his heart that Yan would suffer a big loss, and he didn't speak.

King Yan is sensible, not hot-headed. Although it is stupid for Zhao Guo to exchange land for generals, Zhao Guo can invite An Pingjun as a general, and he cannot be underestimated. King Yan calmed down and asked, "Cheng Anjun, how should we deal with this battle." ”

Cheng Anjun despised his opponent, but he couldn't despise his opponent strategically, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, so far, we and Zhao can only expand the war. ”

"Expand the war?" King Yan thought for a while and said, "Our opponent is An Pingjun, don't be careless. ”

A treacherous smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Anjun's lips, and he said disdainfully: "Zhao Guo takes Ma Fujun as a general, or Lian Po as a general, and I am still afraid of it." Today, Zhao Guo takes Qi people as generals, what is there to fear. ”

King Yan thought about it, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance, and reminded: "An Pingjun is a famous general who is famous among the princes, so don't be careless. ”

Cheng Anjun said proudly: "Your Majesty, we must fight this battle. Fight, must win. Otherwise, An Pingjun will become a nightmare for the Yan Kingdom. We will always be shrouded in this dark cloud, and we will not be able to get out. If the Yan Kingdom wants to rise, we must defeat An Pingjun. We want to let the prestige of Yan spread throughout the Central Plains. ”

"Okay." King Yan said excitedly: "Cheng Anjun's words are exactly what the widow thinks. How does Cheng Anjun plan to teach An Pingjun a lesson and help the widow rise to the Yan Kingdom. ”

"It is no problem for the minister to send Gao Yangjun south to attack the Zhao State. Today, Zhao took An Pingjun as his general and led an army of 50,000 to support Daijun. There are 100,000 people in Daijun, and they are already hard bones to gnaw. Coupled with the 50,000 people in Handan, there is only one way to win. If we increase our troops by 100,000, we will definitely be able to defeat Zhao. ”

"Okay, the widow will send 100,000 male soldiers to support Gao Yangjun to capture Xia Dai County and defeat Zhao State." King Yan looked at the courtiers and asked, "Who is willing to lead the army to help Gao Yangjun defeat the Zhao State and help the widow establish the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory." ”

Cheng Anjun saw that everyone was frightened by An Pingjun, and no one was willing to fight, so he took the initiative to ask: "Minister, I am willing to go." ”

"Good. Cheng Anjun is worthy of being a virtuous minister of the widow, sharing the worries of the widow. King Yan said sharply: "The widow's deeds will be entrusted to Cheng Anjun." ”

"Whoa." Cheng Anjun bowed down to receive the order, turned around and walked out of the main hall, went to the barracks, ordered the soldiers and horses, and quickly went south.