"Actually ...... at this time"

I saw that in the handsome tent, Master Zhao's father was holding Fu Ding's urgent letter in his left hand, and his right hand was holding his forehead, with a contemplative and dignified look on his face.

At this time, the guards in the tent, in addition to Meng Zhong, there was also Meng Hu, he asked Meng Zhong in a low voice and asked: "Ah Zhong, the heir of Wei King Wei passed away, and the crown prince Wei Wei succeeded to the throne, does this have any impact on us?" Why does Master Zhao seem to be very distressed? ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong asked Meng Hu in a low voice: "Kuang Zhang, have you heard of it?" ”

Meng Hu nodded and said, "The famous general of the Qi country." ”

"This person, together with the Wei general Gongsun Xi and the Han general Storm Kite, are leading the armies of their respective countries to attack the Hangu Pass of the Qin State......"

"It seems that there is such a thing...... Meng Hu tilted his head, and then asked, "And then?" ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong rolled his eyes helplessly, and had to explain to Meng Hu in a low voice.

As Meng Zhong said, two years ago, in order to take revenge on Qin, that is, he almost died in Qin, Xue Gongtianwen, the minister of Qi, united Wei and Han and sent troops to conquer Qin, so that Qi general Kuang Zhang, Wei general Gongsun Xi, and Han general Storm Kite each led their own troops to storm Qin's Hangu Pass, defeating the Qin army many times.

Now, with such a major event as the transfer of royal power in Wei, Wei will inevitably temporarily withdraw from the "invasion of Qin" and transfer troops back to the country to ensure that the country can safely and steadily pass through the early stages of the new monarch's succession to the throne - especially to prevent other countries from taking advantage of the situation.

After all, waiting for an opportunity to attack when a new monarch of a certain country succeeds to the throne is a common occurrence in the Central Plains, when Zhao's father first succeeded to the throne, he faced the threat of Qin, Wei, Yan, Qi and other countries.

If Wei decided to withdraw from the war against Qin, it would affect the attitudes of the Qi general Kuang Zhang and the Han general Storm Kite, which would mean that the war between Qi, Wei and Han against Qin might be terminated.

At the same time, it also means that the Qi general Kuang Zhang may lead the Qi army back to Qi, and even attack Handan to put pressure on Zhao and force Zhao to stop the attack on Qi.

All in all, the death of Wei King Wei at this time had a huge impact on Zhao's father's crusade against Qi.

"I see."

Meng Hu suddenly realized.

From the side, Master Zhao's father also heard the whispered conversation between Meng Zhong and Meng Hu.

I have to say that Meng Zhong's inference is exactly what is in the heart of Master Zhao's father.

After pondering for a long time, Master Zhao looked at the bamboo slip in his hand and said in a deep voice: "How can you return in vain now? …… Meng Zhong, pass my order and make all armies ready to attack Gaotang! …… Today, we will definitely win Gaotang! ”

"Whoa!" Meng Zhong clenched his fists and left the tent, and ordered Xinwei to convey the orders of Lord Zhao's father to the generals in the army.

The next day, on the fifth day of the third month, the Zhao army launched another war against Gaotang.

A total of 50,000 Zhao soldiers were invested in this siege battle, and after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the city was finally conquered.

Two days later, Zhao Zhang, the king of Anyang, also captured Pingyuanyi.

It stands to reason that Zhao Jun's form is very good, but Master Zhao's father is not happy.

On the ninth day of the first month of March, Zhao's father's premonition came true: he received another urgent letter from Handan.

Unlike the last urgent letter, this urgent letter was sent by the Zhao State to the Qin State "Lou Zhu".

Lou Chu wrote in the letter that Qin's Hangu Pass had been breached by the Qi general Kuang Zhang, but due to the death of the Wei king Wei Hei, it was difficult for the "Qi-Wei-Han Combined Army" to continue to capture Qin, so Qin took the opportunity to sue for peace and returned Han Hewai and "Wusui", and returned Wei Hewai and "Fengling".

The three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han invaded Qin, and this was the end.

"Bang!"

I remember that when he received Lou Zhuan's letter, Master Zhao's father hatefully hammered the table in front of him, which can be described as very resentful.

What is resentment, it is naturally the opportunity to resentment - but when he attacked the Qi State, the war between the Qin State and the Qi, Wei, and Han Kingdoms that had been fought for more than two years actually ended.

"Lou slow...... Deeply disappointed. ”

Master Zhao muttered in disappointment.

You must know that the ministers sent by Zhao such as Lou Zhu who went to Qin, Fu Ding who went to Wei, and Qiu He who went to Song Dynasty were all important henchmen and important ministers relied on by Zhao's father, so when Zhao's father formulated such major events as "cutting down Zhongshan" and "cutting Qi", he also sent people to send letters to communicate with these courtiers who were far away in other countries, so that they could try to seek benefits for Zhao.

Just like this time, under the instruction of Lord Zhao's father, Fu Ding, who was in Wei State, instigated the King of Wei to unite Qi and Han to crusade against Qin, and Lou Zhuan, who was in Qin State, of course, tried to let Qin's army drag the armies of Qi, Wei, and Han, so that Qin, Qi, Wei, and Han attacked each other, and did not take into account Zhao's master's father's side and the crusade against Qi by the two countries of Yan and Song.

Unexpectedly, despite the fact that Lou Zhuan, Fu Ding and others were secretly instigating this war, the war of the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei and Han against Qin finally ended like this, so that Zhao fell into a dilemma.

On the same day, Lord Zhao's father ordered Meng Zhong to send people to Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang's army, and ordered Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu to come to Gaotang immediately to discuss the military situation.

In the morning two days later, the prince Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu rushed to Gaotang in a hurry, and Zhao's father urgently summoned the two to discuss the matter at the handsome office in Gaotang City.

At that time, there were only five people in the house: Zhao's father, Gongzi Zhang, Tian Buyu, Meng Zhong, and Le Yi.

None of the people present were stupid, and of course they understood what this meant.

"That happened at the end of last year, and right now, most of the Qi, Wei and Han coalition forces have retreated to Wei and Han, if we learn that our Zhao State is attacking Qi State, (Qi General) Kuang Zhang may attack Handan and force our Zhao State to withdraw our troops...... "Zhao's father recounted his analysis of the situation.

Hearing this, Tian Buyu stroked the two mustaches and smiled calmly: "Why should Master Zhao worry? Zhongmu still has the armies of Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui, even Kuang Zhang, it is not so easy to defeat those two ......"

『……』

Meng Zhong was stunned, and subconsciously glanced up at Tian Buyu, but saw the latter smiling at him.

Who is Kuang Zhang?

That is the famous general of the Qi State, known as the general of the Qi State after the "Tian Sui Tho (Sima Sui Tho)", Tian Ji, Sun Bin and others, how can it be compared to Zhao Pingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui of Zhao State? - Although Zhao Cheng and Li Dui are in high positions in Zhao State, these two are actually not Zhao Chen, who is known for leading the army, how can they be able to defeat Kuang Zhang?

But on second thought, what does it matter if the enemy is not the enemy?

If Kuang Zhang really led his subordinates to attack Handan of Zhao State, wouldn't it just be just the right thing to use this person's hand to weaken the forces of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui?

If Zhao Cheng and Li Dui suffered a defeat because of this, wouldn't they just use this incident to punish them, so that Zhao's father could take the opportunity to regain power?

Obviously, Master Zhao also thought of this, and nodded after contemplation and said, "It makes sense to speak on behalf of the prime minister. ”

There are five people in the house, and they know each other.

As a result, Master Zhao decided to continue attacking Qi despite the potential threat of the Qi general Kuang Zhang.

In early April, Zhao's father received news from the Yan army, and learned that the Yan army, under the leadership of "Guo Kui", had crossed the border of Yan and Qi in the lower reaches of the Great River, captured "Cang" and "Yanshan" successively, and was currently attacking "Rao'an" of Qi State.

This "Guo Kui" is a famous person in Yan Kingdom.

At that time, with the help of Zhao's father, after inheriting the throne of the monarch of Yan, the king of Yan always wanted to take revenge on the state of Qi - that is, to retaliate against King Xuan of Qi when he took advantage of the civil strife in Yan, and sent Kuangzhang to take the opportunity to attack the state of Yan, which led to the death of his father King Yan in the chaos, so he personally visited Guo Kui.

Guo Kui took the ancients' "buying bones with a thousand gold" as an example, and said to Yan Wangzhi: "If the king wants to recruit talents, he might as well start from below." If the king respects people like me Guo Kui, then people who are wiser than me will defect to the king and help the king achieve hegemony. ”

Therefore, Yan Wangzhi ordered someone to cast the "Golden Table" and respected Guo Kui as a teacher, so as to recruit talents from all over the world.

It is worth mentioning that this time, Yan responded to the call of Zhao to conquer Qi, and Yan Wangzhi was also in the army.

Therefore, Lord Zhao's father handed over the war here to his sons Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu, and took Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others, under the protection of Xinwei, to go to Rao'an to meet with Yan Wangzhi to discuss the attack on Qi.

About five days later, around April 15 and 16, Master Zhao, Meng Zhong and others arrived in the Rao'an area.

I saw that at that time in the area of Rao'an, the Yan army was surrounding Rao'an City to launch an offensive, and after learning that Zhao's father had made a special trip to visit him, Yan Wangzhi hurriedly took Guo Kui out to greet him.

It's no wonder, after all, the throne of Yan Wangzhi was won by Zhao's father, if it wasn't for Zhao's intervention, Yan might have been annexed by Qi, so Yan Wangzhi has special respect and gratitude for Zhao's father.

"King Yan is unharmed?"

"Master Zhao."

After greeting each other, Yan Wangzhi invited Zhao's father to the army's tent and presented the most sumptuous wine and food in the army to entertain Zhao's father, Meng Zhong, Le Yi and his party.

After he was full of wine and food, Yan Wangzhi led Zhao's father to inspect his Yan army.

I have to say that when inspecting the army, Yan Wangzhi was actually a little proud, after all, when he took over the throne, Yan Guo can be said to have been destroyed by the army of Qi State.

During this period, Meng Zhong and Le Yi also carefully observed the army of Yan State.

They found that although the Yan army had captured "Cang" and "Yanshan" successively, the strange thing was that the Yan army was not as elite as they thought, and it could even be said that it was a little lacking in discipline.

However, the Yan Wangzhi did not seem to realize this, and still boasted about the strength of his Yan army in front of Lord Zhao.

"Master Zhao, is the army of my Yan Kingdom strong?"

"Hehehe......"

Master Zhao chuckled politely.

To be honest, Master Zhao also admired that it took more than ten years for Yan Wangzhi to restore Yan Guo's strength to today, but this is not a reason for Yan Wangzhi to show off in front of him.

In terms of the armies of all countries, the strongest in the world is Qin and Zhao, and even the Qi State is only strong in famous generals such as Kuang Zhang.

"I heard that Master Zhao has five hundred Zhao pawns with him this time, why don't I also send five hundred Yan pawns to learn from each other?" Yan Wangzhi asked with considerable interest.

Hearing this, Master Zhao looked at Yan Wangzhi with a strange expression.

Immediately, he pointed to the accompanying Xinwei army and asked, "King Yan, are you referring to these soldiers?" ”

"yes." Yan Wangzhi nodded and smiled, as if he didn't notice that Master Zhao's eyes looking at him were actually full of pity.

"Save some face for King Yan."

After a while, Master Zhao's father said to Meng Zhong and Le Yi in private.