On the third day of the sixth month, that is, the third day when the Qin general Bai Qi defeated the Zhao generals Li Ji and Han Xu in Zhangshui, Fei You, the son of the former Zhao State Minister, hurried back to the Handan palace from Fengyi to see Zhao Wang He.

At this time, Zhao Wang He was in the palace to read the government decrees that he had implemented in the Zhao Kingdom, and suddenly heard the report of the people in the palace, saying that Fei You came to ask for a meeting, and Zhao Wang He immediately summoned Fei You into the palace.

But at a glance at the fat and young dress, Zhao Wang He couldn't help but be happy, only to see today's fat and young, wearing a somewhat old looking armor, dressed like a general leading troops to fight.

To be honest, Zhao Wanghe has known Fei You for so many years, and he has almost never seen him dressed like he is today.

He asked amusedly, "Why do you ...... Dressed like this? ”

I saw that the fat young arched his hand, and Zhengse said: "The minister learned that Li Ji and Han Xu were defeated by the Qin army in Zhangshui, and they came to protect the king. ”

Zhao Wanghe was stunned, a little warmth flashed in his eyes, only to see him stand up, slowly walked to the fat child's side, and slowly circled around the latter, while looking at the armor on the latter's body, and asked: "Qing's loyal widow has received it, but Qing's armor is ...... It looks a little old. ”

Fat You explained with some embarrassment: "It is the armor that my father once wore, and it has been at home for some years, although the minister carefully keeps, it is still difficult to avoid being eroded by the years......

"It turned out to be a fat thing."

Zhao Wanghe's face suddenly became serious, and he didn't dare to laugh anymore, after all, his fat father Feiyi was taller than his biological father Zhao Wanghe's father in Zhao Wanghe's heart.

Suddenly, he asked, "Why don't you see your sword?" ”

"This ......," Fei You explained, "when I entered the palace, I stayed at the palace guard. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wanghe frowned and said, "Since it is a relic of the fat phase, how can anyone pretend to entrust the rest of the people?" ”

After that, he summoned two guards in the palace and ordered the latter to go to the palace gate immediately and fetch the sword that Fei You had kept with the palace guards.

At this time, Fei You asked King Zhao He Dao: "King, the minister just said that Li Ji and Han Xu were defeated, but the king was not surprised, could it be that the king knows about this?" ”

"Hmm."

Of course, Zhao Wang He would not hide anything from Fei You, after all, the latter was his most trusted courtier, he nodded and said, "The widow has learned about this yesterday......"

"That ......" Fei You was a little surprised by Zhao Wanghe's movements, and cautiously wanted to ask, but he stopped talking, as if he had some concerns.

Seeing this, Zhao Wanghe smiled and said with relief: "The widow knows what you want to ask. Rest assured, the widow has sent someone to ask for help from the house, and has also sent someone to send a letter to Fengyangjun, ordering him to lead the army back to Handan......"

The house, that is, the house county, is the county seat of the Zhao general Zhao Ben's garrison.

Zhao Ben was originally a general stationed in Handan, and the Handan army he once led was the last bulwark used by Feiyi and Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao to resist Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui and Zhao's father, son Zhao Zhang, but after the Dune Mutiny, Yangwenjun Zhao Bao died of illness, and Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui took the opportunity to control the national government, and Zhao Ben, who belonged to the royal party, was inevitably squeezed out by Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, and was transferred to the northern house county, as for the Handan army under his command, it was changed to Li Dui's son Li Ji commanded.

Handan completely fell into the control of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, and Zhao Wang He was reduced to a puppet-like monarch.

But fortunately, Zhao Wang He still has some courtiers who are loyal to him, such as Fei You, such as Zhao Ben.

At this time, the two palace guards sent by Zhao Wanghe had already taken back the fat sword and respectfully handed it to Zhao Wanghe.

I saw Zhao Wang He take out his sword, look at the sharp sword in his hand with a remembrance of his eyes, and immediately put the sword back into its sheath, returned it to the fat child, and said to the latter: "Such an important thing, you can't fake it in the future, and the widow allows you to enter the palace with the sword." ”

Even if he has been reduced to a puppet-like monarch, he still has the power of Zhao Wanghe, after all, Fengyang Jun Li Dui will not have any contradictions with the monarch of Zhao because of this trivial matter.

However, Fat Young shook his head and said, "This is not in line with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister! …… That's good, if there is a next time, the minister will change a sword, even if the palace guard is confused, it doesn't matter. ”

"You......"

Seeing that Fei Yu insisted on this, Zhao Wanghe was also helpless.

Don't look at Fei Yi and Fei You's father and son are all Bai Di people, but their loyalty to the Zhao royal family is enough to make some Zhao people feel ashamed.

And this is also the reason why Zhao Wanghe trusts Fei You, but feels guilty about Fei You.

Think about it, Fei Yi worked hard for him Zhao Guo all his life, but after he died, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others were afraid of Feiyi's influence, and did not allow Fei You to become an official, poor Fei You, as the son of Fei Yi, was dedicated to serving the country but had no way, every time he thought of this, Zhao Wang He secretly hated in his heart.

After some small talk, King Zhao He saw that Fei You gave him a look, so he took Fei You to the apse to rest under the pretext of sleepiness.

And in this regard, the attendants in the palace are also accustomed to it.

When he came to the apse and saw that there was no one around, Fei You whispered to Zhao Wang He: "King, this may be an opportunity for you to regain your authority." …… After Zhao Ben leads the army to Handan, we can find a way to capture Li Ji......"

However, before Fatty You finished speaking, he saw Zhao Wanghe raise his hand and interrupt him: "No!" ”

Under the incomprehensible gaze of the fat child, Zhao Wang He shook his head and said: "Like this, my Zhao country will definitely be in chaos." ”

Fat Young asked puzzledly: "Li Dui controls the government and has no king, and now the king has regained power, this is a legitimate thing......"

Hearing this, Zhao Wanghe shook his head again and said: "Although this matter is indeed justified, you must know that although Fengyang Jun has selfish desires, it is not without merit that he has governed the country in the past few years......

As Zhao Wang He said, after the late Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui continued to control the government of Zhao State, and it is undeniable that he was a powerful minister, but even so, the Zhao State under Li Dui's governance is not bad, and more importantly, although Li Dui is a powerful minister, he does not dare to go too far, at least in front of Zhao Wanghe still abides by the etiquette of the monarch and minister, which is why the subjects of Zhao did not fiercely resist after Li Dui's dictatorship.

Of course, even so, it does not mean that Zhao Wang He acquiesced to Li Dui's dictatorship, in his heart, he still hopes to regain power and become the real monarch of Zhao, not the current puppet.

The reason why Li Dui is mentioned is because Li Dui's prestige in Zhao is not low now, and he has a good reputation, and many subjects of Zhao State think that Li Dui is a virtuous minister, in this case, if Zhao Wang He takes this opportunity to order Zhao Ben to launch a mutiny, capture Li Ji, and capture the Handan army, then the subjects of Zhao State will mistakenly think that he is a faint monarch.

This is what Zhao Wang He doesn't want to see.

He would have preferred to regain power in a more peaceful way.

For example, when Li Dui lost the trust and support of many of Zhao's subjects, Li Dui took the initiative to return his authority through peaceful means.

If you can, Zhao Wang He will never want civil strife to break out in his Zhao country again - the Dune Palace Rebellion back then has already caused the Zhao people to shed too much senseless blood.

“…… What's more, now that the Qin general Bai Qi led the army to approach Handan, if we take the opportunity to turn against Fengyangjun and his son, wouldn't this be a cheap Qin army for nothing? The ferocity of the Qin army, you also know that once Handan is broken by it, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

“…… All right. ”

Hearing this, Fat Young nodded helplessly.

He said with a little regret: "The minister just thinks that this may be an opportunity......

"But it's not the best opportunity." Zhao Wanghe smiled and comforted the fat child: "Don't worry, the widow is still young, and the widow can regain power sooner or later, so there is no need to worry...... If you have time, you might as well read more books, but the widow hopes that when he regains power in the future, he will serve as the minister of my Zhao State. ”

Fat Young was embarrassed when he heard this, and said: "The king makes fun of the minister, how can the minister have that talent." ”

"Hehehe." Zhao Wanghe smiled, but the look in his eyes was a little bitter.

Yes, Fei Yi is a resourceful and virtuous minister who governs the country well, but his son Fei You is not literal and martial, the reason is that Fei Yi was obsessed with national affairs and neglected to teach his son, so that Fei You could not do anything except manage the clansmen and farm.

This is also the reason why Zhao Wanghe feels guilty about Feiyou.

Subsequently, Fei You stayed by Zhao Wanghe's side, acting as Zhao Wanghe's bodyguard, following his father Feiyi's advice and swearing to protect him to the death as the monarch of Zhao.

Seeing that Fei You was guarding his side, Zhao Wang He was moved, but he also felt a little funny, thinking that Fei You was too worried.

Yes, don't look at the Qin army is already about to hit Handan, but Zhao Wanghe is not panicked at all.

Because he knew very well that the purpose of this Qin army's crusade against his Zhao State was not to invade his Zhao State, but to force him Zhao State to recall the army of Fengyang Jun Li Dui and stop helping Qi State attack Song State.

Therefore, in Zhao Wanghe's view, the worst result is only to be attacked by the Qin army, and then sit back and watch the Qin people burn and loot in the city.

As for him Zhao He himself, will the Qin people hurt him?

Of course not!

First of all, he, Zhao He, had not done anything to harm the Qin State, so the Qin people naturally would not hold a grudge against him, so they would not have the idea of setting up another Zhao Jun; Secondly, the Qin army gave the Song State a head this time and led the army to crusade against him Zhao State, which would inevitably cause the Zhao people to be hostile to the Qin State, so as long as the Qin State still wanted to win over the Zhao State to deal with the Qi State, then, the Qin army would not harm him.

In other words, it was actually Fengyang Jun Li Dui who was in trouble this time, not him Zhao Wang He.

After all, once the Qin army breaks through Handan, the Qin army may "force" him Zhao He to remove Fengyang Jun Li Dui's phase, although Li Dui is his Zhao State's minister, but the minister is also a minister, and his status is deprived, even if Li Dui can only bow down to his orders, otherwise he will be beaten into a rebellion.

Because of this, Zhao Wang He was not in a hurry at all, but he didn't want to use Handan being broken by the Qin army in exchange for the result of Li Dui's loss of power in his Zhao State - after all, as far as he knew, the soldiers of the Qin State were very ferocious, and once Handan was breached, the people of his Zhao State would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

This is not in line with his philosophy of governing the country.

The next day, the Qin general Bai Qi and the Wei general Tang Zhi led nearly 60,000 Qin and Wei allied troops to the outside of Handan City.

On the side of Zhao State, Li Ji, the son of Li Dui, ordered Han Xu to guard Handan's accompanying capital Wu'anyi, and he personally guarded Handan, so that the two cities of Handan and Wu'an were each other's horns.

Speaking of Tang Zhi, the Wei general of the Qin-Wei coalition army, I remember that Zhao Wanghe was also a little surprised by this at first, after all, the title of "Wei General" made Zhao Wanghe inevitably think of an old man, an old man named Meng Zhong.

Since the Dune Palace Incident, Meng Zhong and his party were forced to flee Zhao and return to Song, but Zhao Wang He always sent people to pay attention to Meng Zhong.

However, due to the irreconcilable contradictions between the two before, neither Zhao Wanghe nor Meng Zhong contacted each other again.

The only exception is that when Meng Zhong married Le Yan, the daughter of the Le family, in Mengyi of the Song Kingdom two years ago, he sent a wedding letter to Zhao Wanghe in line with the idea of etiquette.

At that time, King He of Zhao also sent Fei You to give extremely valuable congratulatory gifts.

But what made Zhao Wanghe feel very disappointed was that although Meng Zhong asked Fei You to convey his gratitude and bring back a return gift, he never wrote a letter to him in person.

Of course, Zhao Wang He knew the reason, because Meng Zhong resented him for not saving Zhao's father, and even forced Zhao's father to death by borrowing Zhao Cheng and Li Dui's hands to kill him.

It is also strange to say that Fei Yi is not Zhao Wanghe's biological father, but Zhao Wanghe regards him as his father, and even in order to avenge Feiyi, he did not hesitate to force his biological father Zhao Zhufu to death; And Master Zhao's father is not Meng Zhong's biological father, but Meng Zhong seems to respect Lord Zhao as much as he respects his father, and in the end, because Lord Zhao's father was forced to death by Zhao Wang He, he broke off his righteousness with Zhao Wang He En, and has never had contact with him since.

Every time he thinks of Meng Zhong, Zhao Wang He inevitably feels inexplicable regret.

He didn't regret borrowing Zhao Cheng and Li Dui's hands to force Master Zhao to death, who let Master Zhao conniving at Gongzi Zhang to kill Fei Yi? But Meng Zhong turned against him because of this, which made Zhao Wanghe feel inexplicably sad.

Later, Zhao Wang He learned that Meng Zhong had defected to Wei and helped Wei defeat Qin in Yique.

Although he did not know the specifics of that battle, from the defeat and death of the famous Wei general Gongsun Xi, he could also infer how difficult the form of the Wei army was at that time, however, Meng Zhong forcibly reversed the disadvantage and led the remnants of the Wei army to defeat the Qin army.

Yes, Meng Zhong has this ability, Zhao Wang He is not surprised by this, after all, this is the Jinyang Shou appointed by Zhao - whether it is Zhao's master father or Feiyi, at that time, they all hoped that Meng Zhong would serve as the Jinyang Shou in the future, so that the latter would always deter the military and political affairs of Fushi (Shangjun), Jinyang (Taiyuan), and Yanmen, and resist Qin and Lin Hu in the west for Zhao.

Fushi, Jinyang, Yanmen, the land of the whole three counties, although it is located in a remote area, the richness is far less than the Central Plains, but in terms of land area, it is larger than the entire Song Kingdom, almost equal to half of the Zhao Kingdom, which shows the great hope of Zhao's father and Feiyi for Mengzhong at that time.

But who would have thought that this powerful general carefully cultivated by his Zhao State would eventually be cheaper than Wei State.

Oh, and the country of Yan.

After the change of the Dune Palace, the generals of the Xinwei Army and the Tan Wei Army, which were carefully selected and cultivated by Zhao's father, were finally cheaper than Wei and Yan: Meng Zhong took Meng Sui, Menghu, Hua Hu and others to Wei State, while Ju Xin, Le Yi, Zhao Hao and others defected to Yan State.

Look at the three of Ju Xin, Le Yi, and Zhao Hao, Ju Xin and Le Yi were just Zuo Sima of the Tan Guards and Xinwei Army at that time, but after arriving in Yan Kingdom, Ju Xin was immediately worshiped by King Yan as the minister of state, and Le Yi took the position of Da Sima, and even Zhao Hao, who was once only a junior general of Tan Weijun, also served as Shanggu Shou in Yan Kingdom.

With such talents, Zhao Guo lost nearly ten places at once - these should have become the pillars of his Zhao Kingdom!

But at this point, Zhao Wang He could only accept the facts, and with a feeling full of regret, he looked at the fact that Meng Zhong defected to Wei as a Wei general, and then gradually forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, a few days ago, Li Ji and Han Xu were defeated in Zhangshui, according to the news sent back by Li Ji, there was a Wei general to assist the Qin general Bai Qi to crusade against him Zhao State, at that time Zhao Wang He was sweating in shock, and he didn't want to hear the name that made him regret so far, until the soldier who came to report said that the Wei general was called Tang Zhi, Zhao Wang He was relieved.

He didn't dare to imagine that one day Meng Zhong would become the enemy of his Zhao State.

"The king, the king?"

From the side, Li Ji's call came.

Hearing this voice, Zhao Wang He got out of his thoughts, and after glancing at Li Ji apologetically, he once again turned his gaze to the Qin-Wei coalition army outside the city.

And Li Ji also realized at this time that the monarch around him might be distracted, so he repeated: "The minister just said that the Qin-Wei coalition army is strong on this road, and my Handan must be fully prepared to repel the enemy army." ”

Zhao Wang He nodded when he heard this, and said, "Li Qing is in charge of this matter. ”

Li Ji arched his hand, and immediately seemed to think of something, and said to Zhao Wang He in a hesitant manner: "King, I heard that you sent someone to the house to ask for help......

Of course, Zhao Wang He knew that there were many Li Dui's eyeliners around him, and he didn't wonder why Li Ji could learn about this, so he asked with a smile: "The Qin army is attacking my Zhao State, and Fengyang Jun is not in Handan, so the widow naturally wants to summon troops from all over the country to protect Handan, does Li Qing have any questions?" ”

"Not ......"

It can be seen that Li Ji is far less stable and sleek than his father Li Dui, and when he was asked by Zhao Wanghe, he stammered: "The minister just thinks that Zhao Benjun has always had a bad temper, and the minister is afraid of any conflict with him......"

You are not afraid of Zhao Ben's bad temper, but afraid of Zhao Ben...... Afraid that the widow will take the opportunity to take away your military power, right?

Zhao Wanghe took a deep look at Li Ji, and immediately, he smiled and said, "The widow will tell Zhao Ben to obey Li Qing's orders." After that, he looked at the Qin and Wei coalition forces outside the city, and said indifferently: "Li Ji, the widow is different from Zhao Zhang, I don't want to see my Zhao people bleed tastelessly due to civil strife, you can rest assured." …… Although the widow and your father sometimes disagree, the widow also knows that Fengyangjun also hopes that my Zhao Kingdom will become stronger and stronger, and the widow will not forget Fengyangjun's contribution to my Zhao Kingdom, not to mention, your Li family has been the cornerstone of my Zhao Kingdom for generations...... All in all, at the moment of the great enemy, I, the Zhao people, should unite and go to the national disaster together. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and patted Li Ji on the shoulder.

“……”

Li Ji took a deep look at Zhao Wanghe, and then quickly leaned over and arched his hand: "Huh." ”

I have to say that whether it is Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui, or this Li Ji, they dare not despise the young monarch in front of him.

They know that don't look at this monarch who looks young and easy to bully, but in fact, the city is very deep, and the most typical example is the death of Lord Zhao's father.

At that time, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui wanted to force Zhao's father to death?

Be! Because if Master Zhao's father does not die, then they will definitely die.

But the key is that Zhao Wanghe could stop all this as a king at that time - as long as Zhao He gave the royal order, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui would dare to disobey? In the final analysis, they are just courtiers of Zhao State, and disobeying the king's orders is tantamount to rebellion.

However, the monarch in front of him did nothing, and acquiesced to Zhao Cheng and Li Dui to continue to persecute the Dune Palace, forcing Zhao Zhao's master father to flee to Lingqiu, and finally died on the mountain of Lingqiu.

Afterwards, Li Dui told his son Li Ji about the matter: This time, An Pingjun and his father were just a knife in the hands of the king.

Since then, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui and others have taken great precautions against Zhao Wanghe, including transferring Zhao Ben away, not allowing fat and young people to go out, etc., not so much to pave the way for the control of Zhao State, but to protect themselves - they dare not imagine that once they lose power in the future, Zhao He, a young but extremely deep monarch, will deal with them.

In this regard, Li Ji remembered that his father had told him in an extremely serious tone: You must not let the king regain power, otherwise my Li family will die and there will be no place to bury!

It was precisely because he was wary of this matter that in fact, Li Ji did not want Zhao Wang He to summon Zhao Ben's army, after all, he did not dare to guarantee whether the monarch in front of him would take the opportunity to regain power.

But unexpectedly, today the monarch told him frankly that he did not intend to do so.

Is that really the case?

Li Ji couldn't eat accurately.

But in this era of justification, as a courtier, he can only be wary of the monarch in front of him regaining power, but he does not dare to force it too much - this is also the reason why his father Fengyang Jun Li Dui has obviously controlled the national affairs of Zhao State, but he still abides by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers in front of Zhao Wang He.

A few days later, when the Qin and Wei coalition forces outside Handan City were able to set up a military camp, Zhao Ben, a Zhao general stationed in the house, took the lead in leading nearly 10,000 troops to Handan from the north, and entered Handan City with Li Ji's helpless acquiescence.

At first, Li Ji was still highly vigilant against Zhao Wanghe and Zhao Ben, but after a few days, he gradually discovered that it seemed that Zhao Wanghe really did not mean to take the opportunity to seize power.

And Zhao Ben, there is nothing abnormal before and after.

Of course, except for the bad attitude of disdainful of him Li Ji, and even sometimes spit in his face.

In the following days, troops from other parts of the Zhao State arrived in Handan one after another, and the arrival of these Zhao reinforcements would certainly not be unaware of the arrival of the Qin and Wei coalition forces outside the city.

It's just that Bai Qi doesn't care about this, after all, in his opinion, like Zhao Guo's soft-footed shrimp, even if the troops are doubled?

Speaking of which, in fact, for now, Bai Qi's task has actually been completed, because Wei Ran's order to him is to come to the city of Handan and force Zhao to recall the army of Fengyang Jun Li Dui.

But obviously, Bai Qi thought that this matter was too easy, and he was ready to make it more difficult for himself, for example, to break through the capital of Zhao in front of him or something.

And the Wei general Tang Zhi has been stationed in Yecheng for many years, during which he inevitably had conflicts with Zhao State, and he also wanted to give Zhao people a little bit of strength, so naturally he would not mind using Qin's army to weaken Zhao State.

So, the two hit it off and began to prepare for the design of these reinforcements of the Zhao State.

After more than ten days, the messenger sent by Zhao Wanghe finally arrived at Taoyi in the Song State day and night, and delivered the royal book to the hands of Li Dui, the king of Fengyang.

At this time, Li Dui knew that the army of Qin and Wei to reinforce the Song State was not one, and another army was attacking his Zhao State, and this other army led by the Qin general Bai Qi and the Wei general Tang Zhi had defeated the 50,000 troops of Li Ji and Han Xu in Zhangshui more than ten days ago, and was currently besieging Handan.

After learning of this, Fengyangjun Li Dui's head sweated in shock, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "If Handan is lost, I can't return." ”

Just as Zhao Wang He guessed, once the Qin army broke through the Zhao State, the unlucky one would definitely be him, the Zhao Chen who was friendly to the Qi State, and it would never be Zhao Wang He, who had been reduced to a puppet in the past few years.

At that time, in order to force the Zhao State to fall to him, the Qin people will definitely force Zhao Wang He to depose him Li Dui, and wouldn't this just follow the young monarch's wishes?

Thinking of this, Li Dui couldn't wait to immediately lead his troops back to Zhao State.

But the question is, what should the Qin-Wei coalition army that is eyeing his Qi-Zhao coalition army in the Taoyi area at this moment? Once he withdraws his troops, the Qin and Wei coalition forces on the opposite side will inevitably take the opportunity to pursue.

How good is that?

Faced with a dilemma, Li Dui fell into deep thought.