It's just that things are not going as far as South Korea expected.

First of all, the state of Chu clearly refused to rescue South Korea. Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, made it clear to the Korean envoys that Chu was now deeply involved in the war of Qin and was unwilling to participate in the dispute between Zhao and Han. However, he is quite concerned about South Korea's proposal to exchange crossbow and sharp arrows for food, and is willing to negotiate with South Korea on this matter. It's just that the two sides have not reached an agreement on the amount of exchange.

Not to mention that during the Great War of Qin and Chu, Han Wei stabbed Chu in the back, and this revenge is not small. Even if it is a normal intersection between the two countries, it is unreasonable not to take advantage of the fire to rob. Of course, the deeper reason is that the three "Zhao Qujing" who actually hold the real power of Chu have differences on the matter of Korea, some support is inclined to Zhao State, and some are inclined to South Korea, which makes it difficult for Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, to decide.

Then Wei expressed dissatisfaction with Zhao's attack on the Korean Shangdang, and explicitly demanded that Zhao withdraw his troops from the Shangdang and return Yewangcheng. It's just that even if the Korean envoy said it was heartbreaking, Wei Wanghei did not agree to send troops to help Korea. With the meaning of the heir of the king of Wei, the Wei State expressed its attitude to the Zhao State at the right time, and then it was gone. Of course, Wei also welcomed Korea's suggestion of exchanging weapons for grain, and was willing to exchange grain at a suitable price.

Only in the state of Qi did the Korean envoys receive a grand reception and meet the king of Qi. The king of Qi verbally condemned Zhao's barbaric acts and expressed his condolences to Korea from the bottom of his heart. It's just that when facing the problem of sending troops, Qi Wangtian said helplessly: "It's not that Qi doesn't help Han to resist the enemy, but that Song moves and Yan moves force, and there are wars in the north and south of Qi. However, in order to show his concern, he is willing to exchange suitable food for South Korean weapons to help South Korea.

At this point, all of South Korea's requests for help failed, and South Korea did not receive more affordable benefits except for the disposal of a part of the stockpile of weapons in exchange for three companies with grain prices well above market prices.

Of course, Qi Wangtian also expressed his willingness to help South Korea mediate with Zhao in order to ask the two countries to stop the war and make peace, and reconsider the matter of cooperation. And when Korea was working hard for this, the first wave of Zhao reinforcements from Zhao Zhongmu had also rushed to Yewang City, and since then, the defenders of Yewang City have reached 40,000 people, plus the Korean troops who surrendered to Zhao before and were scattered into the defenders of Zhao State, the defenders of Yewang City have almost reached 50,000 people.

With these more than 50,000 people, Zhao Hao can finally let go of his hands and feet to compete with South Korea. He also knew that only the longer he held out, the smoother Zhao Guo's occupation of Shangdang would be. The Storm Kite saw that the Wild King City was getting stronger and stronger, and there was more and more hope of victory. Finally, after the two armies held each other for half a year, Han Wangcang had to send an envoy to Zhao to sue for peace, and was willing to take the crown prince as a hostage in order to ask Zhao to withdraw his troops. At this moment, Zhao Guoye has annexed most of the Shangdang, and the army line has reached Changping.

Zhao Guo, Handan.

On the Hanyuan Palace, the hair is white when the ground is open, and the prostrate hall is on the hall, at this moment he was ordered to send an envoy to Zhao State, but he didn't expect that Zhao Yong, who has always been known for his open-mindedness, didn't give him any hope at all.

"Xiangbang should get up. If Xu grade still does this big gift, he really can't afford it. Zhao Yong said in a light tone.

"King Xie." As he spoke, he propped up his body and trembled to get up. Zhang Ping, who was beside him, hurriedly supported his father, and finally stood firm.

"Your Zhang father and son have affection for my Zhao country, and the widow is not unclear." Zhao Yong got up, walked down from the top, and came between the two, "Han and Zhao have been in good communication for generations, and the widow and the queen are also in love, and they raise their eyebrows. However, the queen left the widow and left, so that the widow could not sleep at night, and every time she thought about it, it was very melancholy. ”

He lowered his head openly, thinking about the meaning of Zhao Yong's words. He had long known the news of Empress Han's death, and after his death, Zhao Yong had not set up a queen again, but let Han Qian take care of the harem, but Han Qian and Zhao Yong were not as harmonious as they were at the beginning. Especially after Mi Ji gave birth to Zhao Sheng's third son Zhao Sheng, Zhao Yong favored Mi Ji and beat Han Qian. Moreover, the name Zhao Sheng was obtained after Zhao Guo achieved a great victory in the party. From this series of trivialities, we can see the clues. At least Zhao Yong's affection for South Korea is really much weaker.

"It's just that over the years, there have been many complaints about my Zhao country in South Korea, and after hearing about it, the widow is heartbroken." Zhao Yong waved his sleeves, his sword eyebrows were eye-catching, and he was dignified. "South Korea is a country of widows' marriage contracts, and the widows exchange war horses for military funds, so that the Korean treasury is full, and the soldiers are strong and strong. Qin attacked Han, the widows sent troops to help, Han Wei attacked Chu, and the widows were silent. Such a blind forbearance, but in exchange for South Korea's betrayal, is it tolerable or unbearable! ”

Le Yi peeked at Zhao Yong, the gentleman who made him familiar with him finally came back.

It is said that in the past six months, because of the death of Han Yan and Que Guanzi, Zhao Yong's whole person has become drowsy, and many times Le Yi and others went to report, Zhao Yong couldn't lift his spirits, and even didn't think about tea and dinner, and couldn't sleep at night. The harem was also not peaceful, Han Qian, and even the prince and Zhao He were reprimanded by him, and the eunuchs and palace people around him were whipped more and more times one by one. Above the court, Zhao Yong belittled a lot more officials than before, and because of the unfavorable implementation of the new law, the officials were either demoted or punished a lot more than before. Even he, Le Yi, was so cautious, he had been reprimanded by Zhao Yong, not to mention others.

Now, seeing that Zhao Yong can face the South Korean envoy with the spirit, this makes Le Yi feel a lot more relieved.

"The king of my family has more than enough power, but he also entrusts his subordinates with political affairs. There are many things that my king is not willing to do, but his subordinates advocate themselves. It's just that his actions are a little biased, and the king has to forgive his sins. ”

"Since the king said just now that I have been on good terms with Korea for generations, we should turn hostility into friendship and let both sides recuperate, so that the friendship of the whole generation can be good." He replied aloud, "As long as Zhao Guo is willing to withdraw his troops, I, South Korea, am willing to do my best to meet the conditions of the king." ”

Zhao Yong raised his eyebrows, turned around to look at the open ground, and laughed. While laughing, he walked to the top. Zhang Kaidi's father and son didn't know what Zhao Yong meant, and Zhang Ping next to him thought that Zhao Yong was laughing at himself, and he was indignant and was about to step forward to reason with him, but he saw a young official flash on the side, he saluted the two, and said with a smile: "How foolish are the two of you, how can you return the land after the occupation?" ”

looked at this person with open eyes, but he was so young but could speak casually in the court of Zhao Guo, he was definitely not an ordinary person. He never remembered who it was, but Zhang Ping next to him seemed to think of it, "Your Excellency is Mr. Li Dui Li?" ”

Li Dui stepped forward and bowed his hand to the two again: "After a long time, meet again, I didn't expect Mr. to remember it, and I was rude." ”

At the beginning, Zhao Cheng led the people of Zhao to propose marriage to King Han, and it was Li Dui and Gong Zhong's extravagant debate that made King Han agree to Zhao Yong's original request, but he didn't expect that he was just a small cloth cloth at the beginning, and now he is also a person who can speak in the court.

Li Dui's expression was also very excited, he had no identity back then, and followed Zhao Cheng to South Korea to seek relatives, and now he first had a smooth career, and then he fell into the sand, and now he has returned to the power center of Zhao State.

Three months ago, Li Dui was ranked excellent because of his ranking for several years, and Zhao Yong ordered him to be transferred back to Handan to serve as the secretary of the newly established Shaofu Sidu Branch. As the financial institution of Zhao State, Shaofu Temple is in charge of household registration, servitude, expenditure, money, grain, and taxation. In the past, all the tax matters were in charge of the Fu Service Division, but as the territory of Zhao became larger and larger, there were more and more tax matters that needed to be calculated, so according to the suggestion of Xu Yue, the secretary of the Shaofu Temple, the White Tiger Hall agreed, and the Shaofu Temple Branch was established at the beginning of this year to be responsible for the taxation of the state. And the first chief officer of this new official position was Li Dui, who had an excellent evaluation, and because of this, he became the youngest Shaoqing in Zhao State and a rising political star.

"What do you mean by what you just said?" Zhang Ping didn't care about greeting Li Dui, so he immediately asked.

"Since your envoy has come to ask for peace, you should listen to my king's advice, and there is no reason to bargain." Li Dui smiled and said, "What's more, our army is still in the land of Shangdang, and if we delay here for half a day, Shangdang will overturn a city, and if you delay for a few more months, the entire territory of Shangdang will be owned by me." At that time, why did I, Zhao Guo, talk to you and others again? ”

These threatening words made Zhang Kaidi and Zhang Ping feel related, and when they glanced at each other, they both knew about this matter, and they definitely wouldn't end it easily.

(End of chapter)