Chapter 11: Traitors Mislead the Country
[There is an error in the sorting of the surplus, this chapter should be ranked after the tenth chapter]
Wang Peng's troops marched to Handan in three ways, and the king of Qin was afraid that the lone army would go deep and cause danger, so he also sent a large number of scouts from Xianyang City to closely observe the movements of this army, and ordered the Fenwu general Ying Hao and the Xiaocai captain Gan Feng to lead 50,000 horses composed of light infantry and cavalry to be ready to assist the Qin army that attacked Handan at any time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the Qin Dynasty was so prepared, but Zhao Handan did not notice it at all, it was still a happy scene, the people in Handan did not know that a crisis was coming, at this time the king of Zhao favored the prime minister Guo Kai, and thought that there was a great general Li Mu in the Qin people in another ten years will not want to enter Handan, and Guo Kai also instilled in the king of Zhao every day that the Qin state will withdraw the army and return the land taken to the Zhao state, etc., so that the king of Zhao is careless, and believes that Guo Kai is a very loyal and reliable person.
Guo Kai by the favor of King Zhao for more than ten years, became more and more arrogant day by day, Guo Kai, who was already unpopular and arrogant, wanted to tilt the power of the government and the opposition The ambition of Guo Kai gradually leaked out, he excluded the foreign party and made the ministers in Handan City panic, some people ran away in order to escape from Guo Kai's clutches, Zhao Guo Chaozhong instantly lost more than 20 people, some people bribed Guo Kai to become Guo Kai's henchmen in order to save their lives, some of these people were placed in an important position by Guo Kai, and began to serve Guo Kai to collect the people's fat and people's ointment, Originally, Zhao State was greatly consumed by the attack of Qin State all the year round, but now due to Guo Kai's retraction and threat of force, I am afraid that even the people's hearts will be lost, and the haze of terror envelops the entire Handan.
"As far as the minister knows, the thief Guo Kai instigated his subordinates to collect the people's finances in the market of Handan, and persecuted the ministers of the court, so that most of the loyal ministers and good generals of my Zhao State went to other places, because the front-line war was tight, and there was a shortage of food and salary for the army, and Guo Kai continued to deduct the front-line food, resulting in low morale of the front-line generals, and now Guo Kai's heart for the country has gradually leaked out, and in a few years it will be unfavorable to my Zhao State and unfavorable to the king, and the minister implores the king to execute Guo Kai, so that the whole country will be united in resisting Qin." Chen Jian, the martial arts doctor, saw that Guo Kai was so calamitous to the country and the people, so he said to King Zhao with a pleading look.
"The minister did not collect the money of the ordinary people, only some of the local tyrants and squires in the city and the rebellious people, the so-called deduction of military salaries is just an increase in the military expenses of the forbidden army in the city and the purchase of grain and grass to prepare for the defense of Handan, after listening to Lord Chen's words, the minister thought that it was already a crime and deserved death, so he asked the king to die in the main hall" Guo Kai hurriedly made a very frightened look and said to King Zhao.
"The prime minister is bent on serving the country, but he is a person who works hard and has made great achievements, but he is misunderstood by some people, and the reputation of the prime minister Qin people will definitely not know, the prime minister may have been regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the king of Qin and his courtiers, according to the last general's observation, this Chen Jian is a spy sent by the Qin State to get rid of the prime minister, taking advantage of Chen Jian's fledgling, the last general implores the king to behead Chen Jian" Wei general Yan Ju said to King Zhao.
Not long after, the court was already talking about the star, and Guo Kai also began to slander Chen Jian and a group of people who were unfavorable to him in front of King Zhao, some ministers in the court were already afraid of Guo Kai's power, coupled with the provocation of some Guo Kai's henchmen like Yan Ju, and also began to continue to slander Chen Jian and Zhao Guo's loyal ministers and good generals in the main hall, making Zhao Wang more convinced of Guo Kai's loyalty and also believed that Chen Jian and some others were thieves who brought disaster to the country, so King Zhao ordered the warriors to push Chen Jian out and behead.
Guo Kai secretly ordered the warriors to sacrifice Chen Jian's head, none of the civil ministers and generals in the court were not shocked, Guo Kai ordered Jianwu Captain Qiong Yue and the forbidden army Sima Wang Zheng to drink Chen Jian's blood together, Qiong Yue and Wang Zheng were both afraid of becoming the next Chen Jian, so they could only drink it, seeing that this group of ministers was even more afraid of Guo Kai, and Guo Kai was also more arrogant and tried his best to cultivate his own henchmen.
Gradually, there was such a scene in the whole Handan, that is, only knew that there was a prime minister but did not know that there was a king of Zhao, whether it was a high-ranking official or a landlord and squire in Handan City, in order to be able to please Guo Kai, Guo Kai continued to bribe Guo Kai and his henchmen, Guo Kai used his own rights, so that the official positions in the entire Zhao Dynasty rose and fell frequently, Yan Ju was promoted to General Wuwei to lead all the troops in Handan, Fang Sheng was promoted to the Chinese army Sima in charge of military administration, Cheng Xun was promoted to the doctor in charge of the internal affairs of the court, and the rest of Zhang Tong, Chen Bai, Xu Fen, Zhao You, etc. were all sealed official positions. At this point, the court was completely controlled by Guo Kai, and the confused King Zhao completely became a puppet, toyed with by his prime minister.
has completely controlled the imperial court, but Guo Kai is not satisfied, Guo Kai has a greater ambition to completely control the government and the opposition, so that the entire Zhao army and people are subject to his own deterrence, so he began to make further plans.
Guo Kai made his nephew Zuo General Guo Ding take over the post of Feixia County Guard, demoted the former county guard Xu Xian to a partial general to defend the city, and appointed Fenwei General Peng Hu as Li Mu's subordinate supervisor, secretly instructed Peng Hu to monitor Li Mu, Liu Xiang and others, and appointed Chun Yuheng, a partial military captain, as Guo Yue's subordinate supervisor of the army, so as to monitor Guo Yue, and killed some generals under the pretext of Guo Kai's actions.
The army of Qin was overwhelmed and was able to attack Zhao in unison, and the Zhao government and the opposition experienced this turmoil, which led to the disunity of the people, and many Zhao people put their minds on how to survive but had no time to take care of the safety of the country, Guo Kai may also have forgotten that it is now an extraordinary period, and the frequent mobilization of civil and military ministers and generals with troops outside has also led to the fact that the soldiers do not know the generals and the soldiers, and the scene of unity within the Zhao State to resist the enemy no longer exists.
At this time, Liu Xiang, who was stationed in Dongyuan, learned of the turmoil within the imperial court and also heard that the people in Handan City were already panicking, Liu Xiang ordered his military horses and food, only to find that his 50,000 or 60,000 people were still less than 10,000 stone grain and grass, and the military salary sent to each soldier was even less pitiful, Guo Kai found various reasons to reduce the grain and salary, originally from Handan to Dongyuan It was not close, and part of the grain and grass transported to Dongyuan City had to be consumed on the road, and there were still a few stones to be transported to Dongyuan City.
Liu Xiang also slowly learned about Guo Kai's indiscriminate killing of Zhongliang and plundering the people, and unconsciously ignited a flame in his heart, and pulled out a gun from the weapon rack on the side to break two trees as thick as thighs, Liu Xiang suddenly remembered what Zhang Kai had said to him when he parted in the woods outside Chili City, so he was even more angry, pulled out his sword and wanted to go to Handan to kill Guo Kai, but was hurriedly stopped by Jiang Chen.
"Although Guo Kai is a traitor and has caused bloody trouble in Handan City, he is the person favored by King Zhao, if he doesn't do it well, not only can he not kill Guo Kai, but he may also put his own life into it, and the first task at present is to resist Qin, and when the Qin army retreats, it is not too late to kill Guo Kai" Jiang Chen saw that Liu Xiang was so impulsive, and hurriedly dissuaded him.
When Liu Xiang heard what Jiang Chen said, he felt that it made sense, so he dispelled the idea of killing Guo Kai, mobilized his soldiers to borrow food from the people in Dongyuan City, and sent Liu Xi to lead twenty archers to hunt wild beasts in the nearby forest for food.
Outside Feixia City, Wang Peng's 20,000 soldiers and horses were ambushing here, but the newly transferred county guards and subordinate generals in the city did not know anything about it. If you want to know what deeper conspiracy Wang Peng has, please see the next breakdown.
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