When Fusu entered the Guanzhong in the west, there were also scenes of turbulence and vertical and horizontal drama above Yan Zhao......

Xin Sheng, the veteran general of Yandi of the former Qin State, and his son Xin Zhe had already defeated the rebellion of Zhang Xiao of Yuyang and Taishou He of Youbeiping at this time, with more than 100,000 troops and sitting in Yandi. The old nobles of Yandi, who originally supported Zhang Xiao behind the scenes, rebelled and tried to revive the Yan Kingdom, saw that the general trend had gone at this time, so they took refuge in Xin Sheng, instigated Xin Sheng to establish himself as the king, and wanted to restore the Yan Kingdom in another way.

Xin Sheng has been a general for many years, and it cannot be said that the temptation of King Yan to be the king is very huge, but considering his own lack of strength, and Meng Tian's powerful northern army is close at hand, Xin Sheng did not dare to claim the title of king, but on the surface he accepted the title of Marquis of Guangyang of Fusu, but in fact, he supported the army and respected himself, and did not listen to the orders of any party!

Since Chen Yu's 100,000 troops were wiped out in Jingcheng and Li Liang's 50,000 troops were surrendered to Huguan, the generals were already less than tens, and the soldiers were only 100,000, and the situation was precarious. Therefore, in the face of the powerful military threat of the Blackshirts, the military ministers could only desperately collect troops in Zhaodi, hoping to fight to the death with the Blackshirts.

And Meng Tian led more than 20,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 troops to Jingchengkou, because Xin Sheng's attitude was unclear, he did not dare to go south for a while, otherwise once Xin Sheng attacked him, the general situation would be in danger. Meng Yi and Li Xin led the new Qin army of 200,000, and Li Liang surrendered 50,000 troops to Hukou Pass, just waiting for a sigh of relief, regardless of whether Meng Tian's troops could go south at that time, they would use superior forces to attack Handan and take down the head of the military ministers.

For a while, although the land of Yan Zhao was extremely quiet on the surface, in fact, it was a turbulent dark tide, and as soon as a certain fuse was ignited, a big war could break out at any time!

Yandi, Jicheng.

In the palace of the original Yan Wang, the lights are brilliant, and the palace attendants and armor soldiers are endless, which is very lively. Xin Sheng, who was originally stationed in Jicheng and did not dare to be out of the ordinary at all, since the pacification of Zhang Xiao and the rebellion, he saw that the world was in turmoil, and the Qin order could not be issued, so he swaggered into the palace of Yanwang. Now except that he doesn't have that name, Xin Sheng is not much different from the real Yan King.

At this time, in the original hall of Yan Palace, Xin Sheng and his son Xin Zhe were receiving the secret envoy sent by Wuchen-Zhuang Zhou.

Zhuang Zhou presented a gift list and said respectfully: "My lord Zhao Wang Jiumu General is famous, and I sent a certain person here today, and I will send a special gift to General Xin, please take a look!" Xin Sheng took the gift list, and with a slight glance of his eyes, he was taken aback, only to see that the gift list read: 10,000 catties of gold, 1,000 pearls, 1,000 pieces of fine fur, 10 pairs of white bi, and three boxes of other treasures and antiques.

Xin Sheng was a little surprised and said, "Your lord King Zhao gave me such a generous gift, what does this mean?" Zhuang Zhou said respectfully: "My lord heard that the general pacified Yandi, and he was very admired, and he heard that the people and nobles of Yandi were willing to serve the general as the king of Yan, and I thought so." Therefore, send the ministers to give a small gift to wish General Xin an early ascension to the throne!"

Xin Sheng smiled when he heard this: "Thank you King Zhao for your kindness." It's just that Xin is more than sixty years old, and he is a dying person, how can he dare to take this throne. Besides, he has just accepted the title of Marquis of Guangyang of New Qin, how can he rebel! Please also ask Mr. to bring the gift back, otherwise if His Majesty my lord knows about it, Xin Mou's crime is not small!"

Zhuang Zhou laughed when he heard this: "How unwise the general is!" Xin Shengqi said: "What's wrong with so-and-so?"

Zhuang Zhou said: "If the collapse today and the revival of the Six Kingdoms, Qin will no longer be able to control the Kwantung region. The general swept the Yan land, and the Yan people returned to their hearts, just as they could claim the throne by virtue of the situation, in order to dominate the industry, how could they be complacent with the position of the marquis of a new Qin District!? How can a general who is still sensible not see this!"

Xin Sheng also smiled when he heard this: "What Mr. said is not good. The throne is good, but not everyone can get it! If I am called the emperor, one is an old general of Qin, and there is a suspicion of rebellion, and the other is that Meng Tian's black-shirted army in northern Xinjiang is stationed in Shanxi, and when I hear that I have established myself as the king, I will definitely raise troops to take it, wouldn't it be my own trouble!"

When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he said: "What the general said is wrong! The Qin State was tyrannical, and the people of the world complained about it for a long time, but the general, on the contrary, could conform to the will of the people and won the praise of all the people, so how could he be suspected of rebellion. And Meng Tian's blackshirt army is not worried, the general has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and my king also has more than 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, if the north and south attack it, Meng Tian may not be victorious. Therefore, as long as the general is king, my lord is willing to form an alliance with the general to deal with Meng Tian and divide the land of Shanxi equally! What does the general think?"

Xin Sheng suddenly realized: "This Zhuang is going around and around, just to use his desire to be the king to lure himself to be the king." In this way, Meng Tian will definitely divide his troops to attack him, while Zhao Guo's pressure will be greatly reduced, and he may be able to recover from the brink of annihilation!" After thinking about it, Xin Sheng felt that Zhuang Zhou's proposal was still tempting: first, such a valuable gift was almost equivalent to half a year's military expenses for hundreds of thousands of troops for the greedy Yan Di; Secondly, I have long wanted to be king, but I am afraid that Meng Tian's army will attack him, but now the military ministers have voluntarily formed an alliance with me, so that once the two armies form an alliance, they may not be afraid of Meng Tian; Again, the land of Shanxi is quite rich and grainy, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it can be divided equally, it is also a good thing.

Xin Sheng thought about it for a while, and said to Zhuang Zhou: "Sir, please go back for the time being, Rong will think about it for a few days, and then reply to Mr." Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Xin Sheng's heartbeat, and said respectfully: "Then Zhuang is waiting for the good news of the general!"

"Come on, arrange a good place for Mr. Zhuang to be entertained!" Xin Sheng was also very polite. "Whoa!" A pro-soldier answered and took Zhuang Zhou down.

After Zhuang Zhou left, Xin Zhe asked Xin Sheng: "Father, Zhuang Zhou's intention is quite reasonable, what do you think?"

Xin Sheng hesitated a little and said: "Call the king and the emperor, who doesn't want to!?" It's just that if you don't have that strength and that blessing, it's purely self-defeating. And there are a few scruples about being a father!" Oh, what scruples does my father have?" There's something strange about Sinzhe.

"First, the Mengtian Black Shirt Army is a strong force that swept the Huns, and it is the real elite of Guanzhong, while most of our Yan soldiers are local soldiers, and their combat power is far inferior to them. There are military ministers as allies, and the north and the south echo, but it is also very difficult to defeat Meng Tian, Meng Yi, and Li Xin.

Second, Fusu Zhicai is a father as a Qin general, and it can be said that almost no one in the world is his opponent, so I accepted his title of Guangyang Marquis a few days ago. If he can pacify Guanzhong as soon as possible and free his hands, it will be me and Wuchen who have joined forces to defeat Meng Tian and the others, and I am afraid it will be difficult to win under his full counterattack.

With these two major troubles, it is difficult to choose for the sake of my father!"

Xin Zhe was about forty years old, and he had seen Fusu a few times back then, and he knew how shrewd and terrifying Fusu was, so he hesitated for a while, and thought about it: "It's just that, father, if you don't claim to be king now, once Meng Tian and others pacify Zhao Di, you will never have a chance to be king again!" Xin Sheng smiled bitterly: "So worry about my father!"

At this moment, suddenly, a personal soldier hurriedly entered and said: "General Qiyu, there is a new Qin army envoy outside the palace asking to see you!" Oh?" Xin Sheng was stunned and asked, "Who sent it?"

"I don't know!"

"Let him in!"

"Whoa!"

The soldiers went, and Xin Zhe said: "Father, the new Qin army also sent an envoy, what is the intention of coming?" Xin Sheng smiled: "The intention can be imagined, just wait and see what happens." If you don't nod your head without me, don't interject!" Yes, Father!"

After a while, an envoy entered with his own soldiers. Xin Sheng looked at it carefully: this person is about thirty years old, his figure is thin, his face is clear, but his eyes are deep and wise, and the whole person looks very personable and scholarly.

"This envoy Kuaitong, meet General Xin!" The messenger saluted.

"What, you're Kuaitong!?" Xin Sheng was a little stunned: "Aren't you Wu Chen's subordinate?" How did you become the envoy of the new Qin army?"

The person who has passed through, Fan Yangren, has been smart since childhood, and is a rare debater in the world! After Wuchen raised troops in Zhaodi, he happily defected, and said with a three-inch tongue that more than 30 cities in Zhao Realm were surrendered, which can be described as a high level of hard work. It's a pity that Wuchen is a martial artist, and most of his subordinates are martial artists, and he has always looked down on Kuaitong, a Wenchen, even if he has a lot of credit. After Wuchen established himself as the queen of Zhao, he was only named Kuitong as the imperial historian Zuocheng, and his position was far below Chen Yu, Zhang Er, Li Liang, etc. Since then, Kuaitong has recognized that the military minister is not the master, and he is no longer willing to make more plans for the military minister, and he has the heart to vote for the master. Li Liang and Kuaitong are old friends, after Li Liang descended to the new Qin, he secretly wrote a letter to Kuaitong to summon him, Kuaitong saw that the situation in the world and Fusu was greatly advantageous at this time, so that he gladly abandoned the military ministers to join the new Qin. After Meng Yi, Li Xin and others talked with Kuaitong, they were convinced of his talent and recommended him to Meng Tian. Meng Tian happened to want to send an envoy to persuade Xin Sheng to surrender at this time, and Kuai Tong saw that this was a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so he automatically asked Ying to invite Xin Sheng to surrender!

Kuai Tong saw Xin Sheng asking, and said with a smile: "Wuchen is a horse's ear, he doesn't know talents, sooner or later he will be captured by my lord, the so-called 'good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the lord and serve', I naturally abandon it and vote for the master." What's so strange about that!?"

Xin Sheng was stunned, and couldn't help but lower his evaluation of Wu Chen, and said with a smile: "Who is Mr. Kuai here on this order?" What's the matter?"

Kuai Tong went straight to the point: "I came on the orders of General Meng Tian and asked the general to hand over the military power and return to General Meng Tian's control!" Xin Sheng obviously didn't expect Kuaitong to be so refreshing, he was stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Xin Mou's bloody battle against Yandi, there is no merit, there is also hard work, why just accepted the title of the court, and he wants to take away my military power?"

Kuai Tong smiled: "General Xin is a smart man, so Kuai Mou doesn't go around in circles." Dare to ask General Xin how he is compared to General Zhimeng and General Li?" It's not as good as that!" Xin Sheng is not the kind of arrogant person.

"How is the general's talent compared to His Majesty?" Kuaitong asked again. "That is also incomparable, in the past, His Majesty crisscrossed the Kanto region, using soldiers like a god, which can be compared with the old general Wang Qian, although the famous generals of ancient times are just like this!" Xin Sheng was honest.

"Well, since the general understands how capable he is, why does he still have the heart to be the king!? As the saying goes: People must have self-knowledge, if the general knows that he can't do it, I am afraid that it will harm his children and grandchildren in the future!" Kuaitong elaborates on the stakes.

Xin Sheng's old face turned red and argued forcefully: "Who said that someone has the heart to be a king!?" This is purely a rumor, and there is no such intention!" The general's words don't match the truth! If the general doesn't have the heart to be the king, how can this Yan King's Palace be a place where the general's status can live!?" Kuaitong is a world-famous debater, and Xin Sheng didn't even think about it if he wanted to get past him.

Sure enough, Xin Sheng was speechless for a while, and he had nothing to say.

Kuaitong was secretly overjoyed when he saw this, and said in a relaxed tone: "Fortunately, the general is not king now, and there is still room for things to be saved." If the general is willing to surrender the military power, return to the control of the general, and move out of the palace of King Yan, then some unpleasant things that happened in the past can be regarded as if they have not happened. In the future, General Xin will still be able to enjoy high-ranking officials and lords, and his descendants will also be able to enjoy wealth forever, otherwise, I am afraid that he will bring about the disaster of the Nine Clans!"

Xin Sheng's forehead sweated when he heard this, and he hesitated for a while: "Can you allow Xin to think about this ——,?" Kuai Tong was clumsy and forced, and said without relaxation: "No, General Meng is waiting to capture Zhao Di, and there is no time for General Rong Xin to think about it." If the general is still difficult to decide, then there is another piece of news from Kuai, if General Xin is a smart person, he should know how to choose!" As he spoke, Kuai Tong cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "More than ten days ago, the three generals of Hangu Pass, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Fei, had already seen through the ugly faces of Hu Hai, Zhao Gao and others, and led an army of 300,000 to surrender. At present, His Majesty personally led the army to Guanzhong upright, and with His Majesty's popularity in Guanzhong, it must be a definite day. ”

Kuaitong's words hit Xin Sheng's heart like a heavy drumstick, and Xin Sheng suddenly changed color: I didn't expect Fusu's movements to be so fast!

Seeing this, Kuaitong continued: "At present, the millions of elites of the Qin State have all been controlled by His Majesty, and they have the people of Jiangnan and the grain of Bashu, and they can be settled in the middle of the customs within ten days, so it can be said that the general trend of the world has been clear: that is, Your Majesty will win." General Xin, please think about it carefully: if you hand over the military power now, you can enjoy wealth and wealth for your children and grandchildren forever, and leave a name in history; If not, it will not be pleasant for the descendants to be extinct and to remain infamous forever!"

Xin Sheng was a little dumbfounded: "I originally wanted to spend my lifetime as an emperor, but it seems that if I really want to sacrifice my life to gamble, then I will inevitably end up with no children and grandchildren." Fusu can be settled within ten days, and then it will become the trend of Qin destroying the six countries in the past. Once the million-strong army is out of the customs, who in the world can compete!? Forget it, there is no blessing in life, don't force it, it's better to be a obedient minister with peace of mind!" So, Xin Sheng put on a smile and said: "What Mr. said is really a golden and jade good word, which made Xin Mou pause. Please rest assured, sir, tomorrow will hand over the power of the army, and the army will be handed over to General Meng's control. Of course, they will also move out of the Yanwang Palace immediately. However, there were some inappropriateness in the past, and I would like to ask Mr. to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty and General Meng, Xin will never dare to forget it!"

Kuaitong was overjoyed, but his face was flat and indifferent: "The general's ability to understand current affairs is not only a blessing for the general, but also a blessing for the country." Some small things, with the broad-mindedness of Your Majesty, will not be counted; General Meng is also a reasonable person, he knows the severity, and he will not embarrass the general, although he can rest assured!" Xin Sheng sighed and said with a smile: "Mr. has worked hard from afar, and now it's getting late, how about you please enjoy your face and drink together?"

Kuaitong said: "Wait!" Xin Sheng was surprised: There won't be any problems!

"When I came, I vaguely saw a person, who seemed to be Zhuang Zhou, the confidant of the military minister! If the general wants to be a obedient minister in peace in the future, it is better to make a decision quickly, and he must not step on two boats!" Kuaitong is really a pestering master.

Xin Sheng's forehead was sweating, and he nodded frequently: "What Mr. said is very true, my loyalty, heaven and earth can learn from it!" Someone, behead Zhuang Zhou, the envoy of Zhao State, and raise your head to see you!" Whoa!" The soldiers heard the order and left.

"Also, the gift given by Zhao Envoy just now will also be handed over to Mr. for disposal!" Xin Sheng is not careless at all now.

Kuaitong took the gift list, and was also taken aback, and said happily: "Now that the war is on the occasion of the money, General Xin has such a heavy gift, why don't you worry about Your Majesty's displeasure!" Please rest assured, Kuai will speak well for the general in front of General Meng and His Majesty!"

Xin Sheng was overjoyed, and said in his heart: "I handed over the military power, beheaded the Zhao envoy again, and gave a heavy gift, now I can finally save my life!" Hurriedly said: "If Mr. has nothing else to do, how about inviting him to the banquet?" Kuaitong has done a big deal, and he is also enthusiastic at the moment: "Then Kuai, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

Xin Zhe followed behind his father and Kuaitong, and sighed in his heart with a lonely face: "The world is still surnamed Qin, Nai, Nai!"

Handan City, Zhao Palace.

It seems that the Zhao Palace is still so majestic and majestic, and the Zhao Palace has been demolished as a whole, and nearly half of it has been moved to Xianyang. Therefore, when the current Zhao Wang Wuchen lives, he inevitably seems a little constrained and has a fly in the ointment.

In a richly decorated side hall in the palace, there are several people sitting upright: one of them, tall, rough appearance, different from ordinary people is the double earlobe wheel, which looks very blessed, this is the king of Zhao Wuchen; The first person on his lower left is slender and delicate, and he is a rare beautiful man, which is the prime minister's open ears; The other four are Wu Chen's henchmen and generals: Li Shang, Ge Ying, Zhao Xie, and Zhuang Jia.

Wu Chen looked a little sad now, and said worriedly: "Zhuqing, the military horse reported yesterday: Jingcheng Mengtian, Huguan Mengyi, and Li Xin are all stockpiling grain in the army, and they are ready to move, but Zhuang Zhou has disappeared without a trace, how is this good?"

Zhang Er comforted: "Why should the king worry! Zhuang Zhou's eloquence is excellent, and he is witty, he must be able to persuade Xin Sheng to form an alliance with me, and there will be good news in the near future. At that time, our Zhao army and the Yan army will attack from the north and south, so why are you afraid of the black-shirted army!?"

When Li Shang heard this, he said: "The blackshirt army is good at fighting, and it is a strong force that defeats the elite of 200,000 Huns, and it must not be underestimated. But while waiting for news from Yan Guo, he stepped up preparations for war. At present, the remaining strength of our army is only 100,000, plus the new 50,000, the total number is only 150,000, but it is all over the Zhao land, large and small, sixty or seventy cities, this is not a good strategy, and it is easy to be broken by the Qin army. It's better to give up most of the cities and concentrate the troops in Handan, as well as the surrounding Fanwu, Julu and other places to refuse, so that the sand will become a wall and condense into a strong fist, it will not be easy for the Qin army to break me! If the Yan soldiers go south to help, they can also fight back with all their might; If reinforcements don't arrive, they won't be completely passive, and they can also fight hard by relying on the strong city!"

Li Shang, a native of Gaoyang, one of the four fierce generals under the former Liu Bang, this person is good at governing the army, good at the battle of attacking the city and pulling out the village, and is a rare brave general in the world. His words completely hit the nail on the head of Zhao Guo's current shortcomings, which can be described as a good strategy.

However, Zhang Er didn't think so, and looked at Li Shang angrily when he heard the words: "General Li, what do you mean by this!?" We waited for a bloody battle to calm the land, how much hard work we have gone through, how can we easily give away a large piece of land now. That's not a big deal!"

Li Shang wanted to argue again, but Wu Chen shook his head and said: "Forget it, don't say it again, wouldn't abandoning the city without a battle make the heroes of the world laugh!?" The widow will never do it! Now that the State of Wei is busy with the war with Chu, and the State of Qi is in civil strife, only the State of Yan can save me strongly, Prime Minister, you will send an envoy to the Land of Yan in person in the starry night to urge Zhuang Zhou, otherwise I am afraid it will be too late!" Whoa!" Zhang Er received the order.

Li Shang sighed when he heard this: "The shaft is not enough and the plan is also!"

Within a few days, the Zhao Dynasty meeting, the military ministers and the ministers had just been in the palace, and before they had time to discuss the matter, they heard a meteor-like report from the Guan Mansion outside the palace: "Report, king, the big thing is not good." The new Qin generals Meng Yi and Li Xin, under the guidance of the anti-thief Li Liang, have come out of Huguan, and they are now trapped in the government and the opposition, Yecheng and other places, and are sweeping Zhao from the south and forcing towards Handan!"

"Ahh The military ministers and the ministers were shocked: the new Qin army attacked the city and pulled out the village, how fast!

The shock had not yet calmed down, and the bad news came again: "Report to the king, the new Qin general Meng Tian led his troops out of Jingcheng, trapped Maocheng, Guangping, Guangzong and other places, and is heading northwest towards Handan!"

"What, how did you get so many cities in a few days!?" Wu Chen was very puzzled.

"Back to the king, the new Qin army is powerful, and many cities dare not resist, and most of them surrender!"

The rebuke's return suddenly made Wu Chen's heart cold, and he sighed: "I regret not listening to what Li Qing said!"

However, the blessing is incomparable, the disaster is not a single line, and the third bad news follows: "Revenge ——, king, Xin Sheng was persuaded by Kuaitong to behead my messenger." Now, the 100,000 Yan army has erected the banner of the new Qin army, and under the leadership of Xin Zhe and Kuaitong, they have captured Gaoyang, Renqiu, Hejian, Zhongshan, Zhending and other places, and then come straight to our Handan from the north!"

"Ahh Hurt me!" Wu Chen screamed, and the last glimmer of hope was shattered, and he couldn't help but taste the blood and fainted to the ground. The ministers panicked, and hurriedly carried the military ministers into the inner room and called the imperial doctor for first aid!

For a long time, under the rescue of the imperial doctors, the military ministers woke up slowly, and after moaning twice, they looked at the ministers standing in front of them full of rooms, and said pitifully: "Zhuqing, now that the New Qin army is advancing in a big way, and the Yan soldiers have taken refuge in the New Qin and taken advantage of the fire to rob, the situation is so difficult that there is a good way to help the widows?"

At this time, the ministers had already seen that the Zhao Kingdom was finished! is trying to find their own way out, how can anyone want to give advice to the dying again, can't help but be silent.

Wu Chen was very disappointed, looked at Zhang Er in a panic and said, "Prime Minister, how do you think you should deal with it now?" Zhang Er said abruptly when he heard this: "Now I can only stick to Handan and wait for the time!"

How can such an idea satisfy Wu Chen, Wu Chen suddenly remembered Li Shang, and hurriedly said: "General Li, the widow deeply regrets that he didn't use the general's words at the beginning, and now the general situation is in danger, please ignore the past suspicions and save the widow!" As he spoke, he looked at Li Shang expectantly.

Li Shang sighed in his heart: "I knew today, why bother in the first place!" Shaking his head, he said: "The situation has come to this point, what good strategy is there!" Now there are only two roads: first, to defend Handan, but the city of Handan is vast, but there are only 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers in the city, which is not enough to use, and it is really unknown how long it can resist, and it will be defeated after a long time; Second, go east to the ground. There are already activities of the new Qin army on the road to the south of Wei, and they can no longer walk, only to go east, and they may be able to leave a life. Please, the king, decide!"

Wuchen was desperate now, he didn't want to die, nor did he want to flee to Qi like a lost dog, so he had to smile bitterly and wave his hand: "You all go down, let the widow think about it carefully!" Yes, King!" The ministers retreated with their own thoughts.

Li Shang sighed in his heart: "If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer from its chaos!" A few days later, the New Qin Army will be surrounded on all sides, and they will not be able to leave if they want to. This indecisive person, the time of death is approaching, I can't die with you, it's not worth it! I'll have to find another way!"

Sure enough, in just a few days, Meng Yi and Li Xin's army of more than 200,000 troops killed under Handan City first, and immediately cut off the roads on all sides, preparing to catch turtles in an urn. Within a few days, the armies of Meng Tian and Xin Zhe also easily broke through Julu, Fanwu and other places, and entered the siege of Handan.

For a time, more than 300,000 New Qin troops surrounded Handan City, and at this time, even if Wuchen gave birth to wings that soared into the sky, he could no longer fly out of the net!

……

In the evening, the northern camp of the new Qin army, Meng Tian, Li Xin, Meng Yi, Weng Zhong, Wang Li, Su Jiao, Shejian, Li Liang, Xin Zhe, Kuaitong and others gathered together, it can really be said that there are many talents, and famous generals are like clouds!

Now, seeing that Zhao Di is about to calm down, the generals' mood is very relaxed, and they are all talking relaxed and smiling.

Meng Tian took the lead and said: "Come, generals, first of all, we will have a toast for the three armies!" As he spoke, he raised his wine and drank it all. The generals responded in an uproar and drank it all.

Li Xin said with a smile: "General Xin Zhe's father and son participated in the Pingdi Zhao Land this time, and the credit is not small, and His Majesty will definitely have a heavy reward in the future, congratulations!" Xin Zhe hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, a little credit, not enough to worry about, how dare you give up in front of the generals!"

Meng Tian smiled and said, "Too modest, too modest!" Come on, for General Xin Zhe, I haven't seen General Xin for more than ten years, so I should drink a few more cups! Please!" General, please!" Xin Zhe saw that Meng Tian was very polite to him, and he was also relieved, and hurriedly raised his glass in response.

"Good amount of alcohol!" The Qin people are dominated by those who drink a lot of money, and the generals can't help but praise Meng Tian and Xin Zhe when they see that they are doing very well.

Then, Meng Tian poured a cup with a smile and said: "A few days ago, His Majesty wrote to Meng Mou, asking him to pay attention to some of the world's sages in the land of Yan Zhao, a total of thirty-six people were listed, and Mr. Kuai was one of these thirty-six sages. This time, Mr. Yan has made outstanding achievements and has lived up to His Majesty's love. In the coming days, the future is limitless, for this reason, you should also drink three cups! Please!"

Kuaitong was overjoyed and said busily: "Loved by His Majesty, Kuai is ashamed!" In order to thank Your Majesty for your kindness, why not be afraid of General Meng's three cups, and thirty cups will not hurt!" The crowd laughed.

Li Liang also smiled and said: "Your Majesty will settle the pass, and Zhao Di will be pacified, and at that time, my three-way army will come out of Hebei, one out of the Tiger Prison, and one out of the Yangtze River, and the three roads will attack together, and it will be easy to destroy that Chu Wei Qi Dijian!" Seeing that the world will be unified again, it is really gratifying and congratulating, for this reason, it should be revealed again!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The generals laughed and drank again.

Li Xin said with a smile: "General Li is very familiar with the ministers of Zhao Guoqun, can you have a plan to help us capture Handan as soon as possible?" Li Liang said with a smile: "Now under the command of Wu Chen, there are few real talents: Zhang Er has a name, except for playing fame and tricks, he is useless; Ge Yingwu is brave, in addition to being brave and ruthless, his strategy is bullshit; Zhao Xie is the incompetence of the Zhao royal family and his ancestors, if it weren't for his identity to have a little appeal to the nobles of the Zhao State, which would be his turn to enjoy a high position; Zhuang Jia, a close minister of Wuchen, is even more greedy, for money, even his relatives can be sold, such a person will kill Wuchen sooner or later. These people are insignificant, only the general Li Shang is enough to worry about, this person is both civil and military, the best at attacking the city and pulling out the village, according to the city, with him in Handan, I am afraid it is not so easy to break the city in a short period of time!"

"Li Shang!" Meng Tian read it again, and suddenly smiled: "Come to think of it, this is also one of the thirty-six sages in the world that His Majesty is looking for!" The person who can be looked at by His Majesty will definitely not be bad, it seems that with him in Handan, we are in big trouble!"

Kuai Tong suddenly said: "General, Li Shang and a certain are also old friends, and this person's temper is very familiar. He was upright, but he was not foolish. Wu Chen is not a master, and rarely adopts advice, and now it is a dead end, and Li Shang will inevitably find another way. As long as Kuai enters the city and says it, Li Shang will fall! In addition, Zhuang Jia, a close minister of military ministers, is greedy and extremely greedy for heavy bribes, if our army bribes him with heavy wealth and lures him with a high position, and asks him to assassinate his military ministers, he will allow it. In this way, Li Shang surrendered, Zhuang Jia killed the lord, why is Handan worried!?"

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and Meng Tian smiled even more: "If Mr. can succeed, he will definitely make great achievements in the world, and Your Majesty will be overjoyed!" Li Xin also said: "It is a great luck for our army to have Mr. Kuai's help. It's just that Zhao Jun is heavily guarded, how can Mr. enter the city?"

Kuaitong thought for a while and said: "Now that Handan is trapped, Li Shang, as the most outstanding general under the command of Wu Chen, will inevitably be entrusted with the important task of guarding one side. As long as you find out where he is guarding, tie a secret letter with an arrow and shoot it into the city, and Li Shang will definitely find a way to contact me when he sees it! After entering the city, it's not too late to talk about the reduction of the merchants and the rebellion against Zhuang Jia!"

"Okay, that's up to Mr.!" Li Xin was overjoyed.

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The next day and night, Li Shang inspected the west city of Handan, and suddenly a soldier came to report: "General Qiyu, a ringing arrow suddenly shot from the city, and the book 'General Li Shang personally opened', the villain did not dare to be self-contained, so he handed it over to the general!" Oh!?" Li Shang took the book in confusion, repulsed left and right, opened it, and said:

Brother Mingjian: For his brother Kuaitong, he deeply felt that the military ministers were mediocre, not the master, and it was not enough to supplement, so he abandoned him and joined Qin. The new Qin army treated a certain very well, so that a certain person could show what he had learned in his chest and comfort his life. According to General Meng Tian, His Majesty wants to ask for 36 virtuous talents in the world: a certain and virtuous brother are among them, which shows that His Majesty loves the general. The virtuous brother is a man of wisdom and courage, and when the knowledge of the times is the reason of the handsome, Hugh must be buried for the dying of the warriors. If the virtuous brother sees it, please light the fire three times in the city, and put a hanging basket, for the brother will come to the city to talk with the brother!

Li Shang was speechless for a while when he heard this, but he was very excited in his heart: "Wuchen is already bound to lose, and he is worried that he has nowhere to go, but he has been so loved by the new Qin Emperor, if he votes, the future will be bright." Kuaitong is a lesson from the previous car! The great husband shall be in constant judgment, and he shall suffer from it. Anyway, Wuchen, it's not a ruthless heart, it's your blessing!" After thinking about it, Li Shang summoned his cronies and guards: "Find a hanging basket and put it under the city, and take a torch and light it three times at the head of the city, I have an old man to visit!" Whoa!" The Guardian commanded.

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Guarded by more than a dozen guards, Kuaitong was stopping at night under the west city of Handan, anxiously watching every move on the city. Although it is now past the coldest time of winter, the cold wind at night is still freezing and shivering!

Suddenly, there was a light on the head of the city in front of him three times, and Kuaitong was overjoyed, and said to the guards: "I will enter the city, and you tell General Mengda, General Li, wait for my news." If there is no news within three days, it means that Kuai has had an accident, and he can consider attacking the city directly. Got it?" The guards nodded.

So, Kuaitong dismounted, tightened the burden behind him, which was a heavy gift to buy Zhuang Jia, and then strode towards the city. In the bleak night, Kuaitong came to the city and saw the hanging basket at a glance. So, he quickly stepped into it and pulled the rope that was tied to it.

After a little delay on the head of the city, someone pulled the rope and brought the hammer up.

"Brother Kuai, is that you?" As soon as Kuaitong was helped up to the city by several Zhao Ming, someone in the dark asked anxiously.

Kuaitong raised his head, vaguely saw that it was Li Shang, and hurriedly said: "It's for my brother, and find a hidden place to speak!" Okay, come with me!" Li Shang didn't dare to be careless, there were many people in the city, and if it leaked, it would be a fatal thing, so he quietly led Li Shang to the city guard under the West City.

After entering the room, Li Shang repulsed left and right, and the two sat down separately. Li Shang smiled: "Brother Kuai, you abandoned your official position and left a month ago, and you didn't notify your brother, you are really not enough friends!" Kuaitong smiled bitterly: "I am not happy here, I deeply feel that Wuchen is not the master, so I have to leave!" I didn't tell anyone at the time, because I was worried that if I leaked the news, I would cause a murderous disaster, and I asked the virtuous brother to bear with me!"

Li Shang nodded and said: "Brother Kuai is much more knowledgeable than Li, and he has always been cautious in his work, so it is not surprising that he abandoned his official position and left. It's just that I didn't expect Brother Kuai to defect to Xinqin, and he seems to be quite proud!"

Kuaitong said with a smile: "Originally, a certain person was quite dissatisfied with the tyranny of Qin Zheng, so after the military minister raised troops in Zhao Di, he ran for it, saying that he would surrender more than 30 cities. How can I look at what Wuchen will do in the future, it is really not the talent of the master, so I have a heart. Later, my lord, who thought that he would be framed by Zhao Gao, quickly returned to the Central Plains from southern Xinjiang, and fought even victoriously, thinking that my lord was both civil and military, and kind-hearted, and the one who unified the world in the future was none other than my lord, so he gladly defected. His Majesty had written to General Meng, asking him to keep an eye on thirty-six virtuous men who had not yet surrendered or were still in hiding in the wilderness, and the elder brother and the virtuous brother were among them. Therefore, General Meng entrusted Yan with a heavy task, and finally fulfilled his mission and said that Yan succeeded. At present, General Meng's meritorious performance medal has been sent to His Majesty's steps, and the day of his brother's pride is not far away. The virtuous brother is also a virtuous man loved by my lord, why not return to the rich!?"

Li Shang was moved, but he was a little puzzled: "A certain unknown talent, under the command of Wu Chen, is quite unexpected, Your Majesty actually knows my name!?" Kuaitong smiled: "Doesn't the virtuous brother know that my lord has the wisdom to know people!?" Fan Tianshi, Fang Qi, Ren Huan, Shi Lu, Zhao Tuo, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Han Xin, Yingbu, etc., all came out of the way, and now they are all important ministers of the famous party, which shows the wisdom of His Majesty. Why, could it be that the virtuous brother who has always been confident is not confident in his own talent now!?"

Li Shang has always been conceited, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "No, no, so-and-so is just a little excited." I am a little flattered that a nameless person can be so loved by His Majesty!" Kuaitong listened to the tone and knew that Li Shang had the intention of surrendering, and said with great joy: "Can the virtuous brother surrender?"

Li Shang said with a smile: "If there is such a clear lord who does not surrender, isn't it self-defeating!" Kuaitong was overjoyed and said: "Great, the virtuous brother is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, far better than me, and he will be a marquis in the future, so it is not a problem!" Li Shang smiled: "Brother Cheng Jiyan, I expect so!" It's just that, how does Brother Kuai want to cooperate?"

Kuaitong said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry for the time being, now I want to go to see the minister Zhuang Jia, bribe him with a high courtesy, borrow his hand to get rid of the military minister, as soon as the military minister dies, the general will sacrifice the west city and surrender, Handan can be determined!"

Li Shang was a little dissatisfied when he heard this: "Zhuang Jia is so a minister, how can he be reused?" Kuaitong laughed and said: "Use it for the time being, after breaking the enemy, hum!" Kuaitong made a head-killing pose.

"Oh, I see!" Li Shang smiled meaningfully: "Then how do you want to cooperate?"

"It's simple, pretend to be a virtuous brother and a personal guard, and be taken to Zhuangjia Mansion by the virtuous brother, you can be safe! How?" Kuaitong laughed.

"This plan is very good, that Zhuang Jia loves money, and seeing that the military ministers are in danger, he will definitely agree. Poor Wuchen favored the minister, and in the end he reaped the consequences!" Li Shang is a pity for some military ministers.

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That night, Li Shang accompanied Kuaitong to Zhuang Jia's mansion secretly and asked to see Zhuang Jia.

Zhuang Jia had already fallen asleep at this time, and after being woken up from the people, he looked unhappy. When he came to the front of the hall, he saw that it was Li Shang, and he was a little surprised: "General Li came to visit late at night, what are your requirements?" Li Shang said with a smile: "If you want to see the general, it is really the general who has an old man to visit!"

Just when Zhuang Jia was taken aback, Kuaitong behind Li Shang raised his head and said with a smile: "General Zhuang, don't come here for more than a month!" Zhuang Jia was taken aback: "It's you, why are you here?" Li Shang, do you want to ......" Kuaitong hit Duan Zhuang Jia's words and said: "General Zhuang doesn't need to panic, we have no evil intentions!" This time, I came here to send wealth to the general!"

Zhuang Jia is a person who sees money, and when he heard 'wealth', he immediately became much more polite: "Oh, my Zhao Jun is now extremely difficult, what wealth is there to speak of?" Kuaitong said with a smile: "General Meng asked the general to become a jade, here are ten night pearls, ten pairs of white bi, a bag of gems, and the position of marquis is grateful!"

Zhuang Jia heard that his eyes were already full of gold stars, and he looked flattering: "Brother Kuai is too polite, just say what you want!"

Kuai didn't go around in circles, and said bluntly: "Our army wants the head of the military minister, can you do it?" As long as the general succeeds, there will be another great reward from His Majesty!" Sizzle!" Rao is Zhuang Jia is greedy for money, and he couldn't help but gasp, and said with some hesitation: "I'm afraid this is very difficult to do!"

Kuaitong smiled: "What's so difficult!? The general is a military minister and a heavy guard, and if you want to get rid of him, it is just a gesture. Please think clearly, our army is not incapable of breaking through Handan, but just wants to reduce casualties. If the general doesn't take the opportunity to make meritorious service now, I'm afraid he will not escape death after the city is broken! Whether to choose wealth and glory or choose to destroy the nine clans, it must not be difficult to decide with the wisdom and wisdom of the general!" Kuai is holding a money bag in his left hand and a big stick in his right hand!

Zhuang Jia lowered his head and thought about it, peeking at Li Shang looking at him fiercely, thinking that if he didn't agree, he would take his own life, thinking of Li Shang's bravery, Zhuang Jia couldn't help but shudder. In the end, in Zhuang Jia's heart, his life and wealth were better than the unrealistic reputation of loyal ministers, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Zhuang Mou promised!" When do you want Brother Kuai to do it?"

"Okay, General! Tomorrow, at the time of the third watch, the general will enter the palace to assassinate the military ministers, and then light the fire in the palace as a signal, then General Li will open the west gate and let our army enter the city, Handan can be determined!" Kuaitong happily said.

"Okay, that's it!" Li Shang and Zhuang Jia nodded.

Late at night, the 300,000 New Qin troops were waiting in the wilderness around Handan, and the huge army formation was solemn and quiet, without any movement. Meng Tian, Li Xin, Meng Yi, and Xin Zhe will sit on the standing horses and quietly wait for the signal to act.

In the night sky, a cold wind suddenly swept by, and the clouds in the sky quietly covered the cold moonlight, and the night darkened steeply. Suddenly, the fire in the city of Handan was everywhere, and the sound of killing shook the sky, followed by the fire dragon of Handan West City, and the city gate was wide open.

Almost by accident, Meng Tian and Li Xin unsheathed their long swords, and roared like thunder: "Attack, take Handan!" Kill-" The 300,000 New Qin troops roared like thunder and pounced on Handan City in the dark night. The sound of footsteps and whistling was like a landslide and the earth cracked, and in the blink of an eye, the quiet night turned into a boiling, bloody battlefield!

The first to enter Handan City was, of course, the Qin army from the west led by Meng Tian, and the first person to enter Handan was Weng Zhong, a giant who bravely covered the northern frontier. The terrifying giant waved the huge one-horned bronze man, striding and galloping, and the Zhao soldiers who were blindfolded along the way were ghosts crying wolves and wailing all over the field.

Immediately afterwards, the new Qin army from the east, south, and north ascended the city in turn, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Zhao army that was caught off guard at the head of the city. Looking at the sky-high flames in the city and the west of the city, the new Qin army became more and more courageous and multiplied its combat power, while the Zhao army had no fighting spirit.

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The fierce flames and the shouts of killing in the sky doomed today's Handan City to experience another sleepless night.

Meng Tian outside the city breathed a sigh of relief: "Handan is over!"

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