Chapter 123: Guarding Handan and Abandoning Changping
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." A scout with two red flags on his shoulders galloped on his horse.
Seeing this, the soldiers defending the city of Handan hurriedly drove the people of Handan to the side, freeing up an avenue with a wide field of vision for the scouts to pass smoothly.
One of the soldiers asked, "What's going on today, with this scout, it's already the third." ”
Another soldier lowered his voice and said, "Don't ask, don't ask." Watch out for the head on your neck and your shoulders? ”
The man from before swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said in a low tone, "You don't have to scare me like this! ”
"Handan ordered us to vacate an avenue for the scouts to pass smoothly. The battle situation on the front line must be sent to the palace as soon as possible. The latter admonished: "We did not do a good job, which caused the front-line war report to be delayed due to the congestion of the people." Handan Ling blames it, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”
The scout rode his horse, galloped into Handan City, and galloped all the way to Congtai Palace. The scout turned over and dismounted, took three steps and made two steps, climbed the stairs, and ran to the main hall.
The scout entered the main hall, came to Zhao Wangdan, and shouted: "Changping is in danger, please send troops to help as soon as possible." ”
When Zhao Wangdan heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he asked with a questioning look, "What did you say." ”
"Changping is in danger, please send troops to help as soon as possible."
"The widow has just received two battle reports from Ma Fujun. The battle report said that our army had been defeated in vain and that Shangdang would be regained in the near future. Zhao Wangdan scolded: "You dare to spread rumors and make trouble, disturbing the hearts of our army." ”
Seeing that something was wrong, Pingyuan-kun stepped forward and took the paperwork from the scout's hand. Seeing that the seal was intact and there was no trace of being opened, Pingyuan Jun faced Zhao Wang Dan and said, "Your Majesty, this is the latest battle report, let's take a look and make a decision." ”
Zhao Wangdan said: "Please uncle, read it out loud." ”
In front of the courtiers, Pingyuanjun opened the paperwork. When Pingyuanjun looked at the document written in a cloth towel, his face became extremely terrifying. Zhao Wang Dan saw that Pingyuan Jun did not read out the content of the document, and shouted: "Uncle, read it out and listen to it." ”
Pingyuan Jun collected the paperwork and bowed to Zhao Wang Dan: "Your Majesty, minister, don't dare to read it." ”
Zhao Wangdan was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and asked, "Uncle, why don't you dare to read it." ”
Pingyuan Jun put away the paperwork, raised his hands above his head, and said in a somewhat sad tone: "Minister, I can't read it." ”
Zhao Wangdan had never seen such a plain monarch, and his expression was a little flustered. However, Zhao Wangdan is the king of a country, so he quickly stabilized his emotions and raised his hand and said, "Come on, why don't you bring it up to the widow to see." ”
The eunuch Ling hurriedly stepped forward to take the document from Pingyuan Jun and forwarded it to Zhao Wangdan. Zhao Wangdan grabbed the paperwork and quickly unfolded it. I saw that the handwriting on the document was written in blood. On that paperwork, you could faintly smell the pungent smell of blood.
Zhao Wangdan looked at the contents of the paperwork, not weaker than Pingyuan Jun's reaction. The courtiers waited for a long time, but they didn't hear Zhao Wangdan read out the contents of the document.
Zhao Wangdan looked at the documents, the six gods had no master, his eyes looked at the courtiers, and finally fell on Pingyuan Jun, and asked, "Uncle, is this true?" ”
Hirahara-kun also hopes that what is written on the paper is fake. However, it was Ma Fuzi who wrote a letter asking for help with his own blood, how could it be fake.
Seeing Zhao Wang Dan's eyes looking at him sadly, Pingyuan Jun nodded and said, "Your Majesty, you know Ma Fujun's handwriting." There can be no mistake in this battle report. ”
"So... In this way..."Zhao Wangdan looked at the letter in his hand, his voice trembling. Zhao Wangdan never had the courage to read out the contents of the document aloud.
Pingyangjun noticed the clue, but he didn't know the content of the battle report, so he hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what is written in the national letter?" ”
Zhao Wangdan tried his best to calm the sadness in his heart, stood up, left the throne, and took a few steps forward. Although Zhao Wangdan didn't want to read out the content of the national book, at this moment, he had no extra choice. However, Zhao Wangdan opened his lips several times, but he still couldn't say those words.
Pingyuan Jun knew that Zhao Wangdan had read the paperwork, and his mood was extremely heavy. He is Zhao Wangdan's uncle, and he should also share it for him. Pingyuan Jun lost his voice and said: "Ma Fujun said in the letter that our army was besieged by the Qin army, and he quickly sent reinforcements to support. Otherwise, Changping is the place where his bones are buried. ”
"Pingyuan-kun, what did you say?" When Pingyang Jun heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he didn't come back to his senses for half a sound.
"Our army is trapped in Changping and is in danger." When Hirahara-kun saw this, he was relieved.
When the courtiers heard this, they were in chaos. Not only courtiers, could not accept this fact. Zhao Wang Danbi everyone in the hall couldn't accept it.
Not long ago, Ma Fujun had just been defeated by the Qin army and regained the lost territory. Zhao Wangdan was also waiting for the moment when the Qin army was expelled from the country and the party was recovered. But he never thought that the battlefield would take a sharp turn and hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhao would be besieged.
Pingyangjun looked at Zhao Wangdan and asked in a trembling tone: "Your Majesty, what Pingyuanjun said is true?" ”
"It's true." Zhao Wangdan looked at Pingyang Jun, nodded, and said in a somewhat trembling tone: "Everyone, Ma Fujun has a letter." Our army, besieged by the Qin army, what should we do. ”
As soon as Zhao Wangdan's words fell, the courtiers in the palace were in turmoil. Hundreds of thousands of Zhao Guoerlang were besieged by the Qin army. This result is unacceptable to everyone.
When Yu Qing heard this, he didn't panic, but asked calmly: "Ma Fujun is good at the art of war, and Wang Yi is not his opponent." In an instant, why was he at a disadvantage and besieged by Wang Di. ”
Zhao Wangdan didn't know what was happening on the battlefield, he held the document tightly with his left hand, and said with a sad expression: "We were deceived by the Qin State, deceived. ”
Pingyuanjun added: "We and Ma Fujun both think that Qin will be the king. Qin Wangji, an old fox, actually took Bai Qi as his general and secretly replaced Wang Ji. Ma Fu Jun was in the middle of the plan and fell into the trap of Bai Qi. I have hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters, besieged by the Qin army. ”
"White rising?" Yu Qing's pupils continued to widen, and his eyes were restless, "The person who fought against us turned out to be a person who slaughtered Baiqi." ”
When the courtiers heard that people were slaughtering Baiqi, these four words were even more flustered.
"Our opponent is white, so what should we do?"
"When people come out in vain, they are destined to be rivers of blood."
"I'm hundreds of thousands of sons, and that's it."
"Oh no, no. Our opponent is him. We have no chance of winning this battle. ”
When Yu Qing saw the courtiers and heard Bai Qi, she was frightened and laughed loudly.
Zhao Wangdan asked, "Yu Qing, what are you laughing at?" ”
Pingyang Jun also said: "Yu Qing, hundreds of thousands of my sons were besieged by the Qin army, and you can still laugh." ”
The courtiers also reprimanded Yu Qing for his faux pas.
Pingyuan Jun knew that Yu Qing had an idea, so he blocked the voice of injustice for him and asked, "Yu Qing, why are you laughing." ”
Yu Qing deliberately raised his voice, lowered his speed and said: "Pingyuanjun, these people hear that people are slaughtering white, these four words, they don't have the courage of men, isn't it funny." ”
One person scolded: "Yu Qing, don't be presumptuous." Do you know why Bai Qi was called a human slaughter by the princes. In the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Chu, there were hundreds of thousands of people who died at his hands. ”
"The white rises, and the bones wither. I have hundreds of thousands of Zhao sons, and there is no return! ”
"Your Majesty, Yu Qing is rude, please expel him."
"Please, Your Majesty, expel Yu Qing."
Yu Qing was attacked by the ministers, and he didn't mess up, his expression was calm, and he mocked: "The face of the Zhao family has been lost by you. Our ancestors had spirits, and when we see our incompetent descendants, how should we think? ”
Pingyang Jun saw Yu Qing's big words, and said softly: "Yu Qing, please pay attention to your words. ”
"It's just a matter of scaring them like this." Yu Qing ignored Pingyang Jun's words and shouted: "You, and the arrogance of the Zhao man? ”
Pingyuanjun didn't expect Yu Qing to be able to say these exciting words at this time. Indeed, when they heard Bai Qi, they lost all the arrogance of the Zhao man. When Pingyuan Jun heard this, his expression was also turbulent. How could he have lost the pride of his father and brother?
Zhao Wangdan also remembered his grandfather's heroic style of expanding the territory and his father's conquest of the princes, and shouted: "What Yu Qing said is good. Bai Qi is a man, not a god. Look at your current appearance, hear the word Bai Qi, and the arrogance of the descendants of the Zhao family? The widows are ashamed of you. ”
Seeing that Zhao Wangdan didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, Pingyang Jun said in a steady tone: "Your Majesty, our army is surrounded, and the battle situation is extremely unfavorable to us. The matter of conquest cannot be solved with blood. Our opponent is white, and we should be more cautious. ”
Zhao Wangdan stretched out his sleeves and shouted: "Our army is surrounded, and the outnumbered troops are increased." Our opponent is white, so what. ”
Yu Qing saw that Zhao Wangdan heard Bai Qi, these two words, not only did not cowardly fight, but also dared to fight, and also said: "Bai Qi is just an old man, what is there to be afraid of." ”
Seeing that Zhao Wangdan hadn't carefully read the contents of Ma Fuzi's documents, Pingyuan Jun asked, "Your Majesty, Ma Fujun's battle report says that King Qin is in Hanoi and is recruiting 200,000 troops. Our army has been surrounded, and the battlefield is very passive. To resolve this crisis, long-term deliberation is needed. We have taken a wrong step and cannot afford to go wrong again. ”
"King Qin recruited 200,000 troops to fight us to the end. In this battle, only the winner can be determined. Zhao Wangdan knew that in this battle, there could be no chance of mediation, and his tone was firm, "The strength of the country is not enough, and it is also necessary to face the Qin State." If the king of Qin wants to fight, the widow will fight him to the end. ”
"Your Majesty, we can't continue to increase our troops." Pingyang Jun never expected that Qin's combat readiness resources would be so powerful. It was even possible to recruit 200,000 soldiers and send them to the front. Pingyang Jun saw that Zhao Wangdan also wanted to use the strength of the country and split the victory and defeat with the Qin State, and his expression was miserable.
"Widow, why can't you continue to recruit soldiers?"
"The territory of Qin is wider than that of China, and it is complemented by the land of Bashu. Our national strength is far inferior to that of Qin. The fighting force we mobilized is not as good as that of Qin. Pingyang Jun didn't care what Zhao Wangdan's reaction was, and continued: "Changping's 400,000 sons and daughters have already made us short of soldiers. The Qin State dispatched more than 400,000 troops, and was able to recruit 200,000 troops. We fought against each other, and Qin fought against each other. Can we win? ”
"Pingyang-kun means not to fight." Zhao Wang Dan snorted heavily and shouted: "If the widow doesn't fight, King Qin won't agree." If I don't mobilize the whole country to resist it, hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters in Changping will become a ghost under the sword of the Qin State. ”
Pingyuan Jun also said: "We have no way out, we can only continue to fight." ”
"We recruit troops, and the Qin State will also recruit troops." Lou Chang interjected: "Your Majesty, if this battle continues, we will not have the upper hand. ”
Yu Qing said: "If we don't fight, how do we know, we won't have the upper hand." ”
Pingyang Jun said: "My country is different from Qin. The Qin State had no trouble in the north, and oppressed the princes, and the surroundings were stable. King Qin has the strength and courage to fight us to the end. However, our country is in the land of four wars. We have both the trouble of Beihu and the threat of princes. If we are not careful, we will be jointly attacked by the princes. We can't fight this battle. ”
Da Sima said: "Your Majesty, we have no troops to adjust. ”
Pingyuan Jun took over and said: "Handan, there are still 100,000 troops, how to say that there are no troops to adjust. ”
"Your Majesty, we can't fight." Pingyang Jun hurriedly said: "This is the last strength we have to guard Handan, and we must not act rashly." We put the last strength on the line and continue to fight with the Qin State. Defeated, the strength of the Handan guards is gone. ”
Lou Chang also said: "We and Qin Guo lost both. On the border of North Hukou, the princes are attacking, and how to deal with it. ”
Pingyang Jun shouted: "These 100,000 people are the last force we have to defend Handan, if we are defeated." What to do with Handan? What about social work? ”
Zhao Wangdan hurriedly said: "Do you mean that you want the widow to give up the 400,000 sons of Changping and stop fighting?" ”
"Changping, we lost. You can cut the land and make peace with the Qin State. Pingyangjun let out a heavy sigh, "Handan is lost, and Jiangshan Sheji will die." ”
Zhao Wangdan shouted: "What do you mean by this? ”
"Our last strength should defend Handan, not support Changping." For the sake of the country, Pingyang Jun can continue, and said loudly: "The minister thinks that he should guard Handan and abandon Changping." ”