Xianyang was immersed in the sorrow of the mourning period of the Empress Dowager Xuan, but in Handan City, there was a joy and joy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Because of the good news from the north: Yan Guo is peaceful!

"After two months of leaving the army, he won a great victory, beheaded thousands, repeatedly defeated Rong Zhi, and the soldiers arrived in Yishui, Ma Fujun deserves to be the first general of the six countries of Shandong!"

The jubilant mood permeated the official offices inside and outside the Zhao State's court, and the matter of Yan Guo's request for peace had already spread in the ears of the high-level ministers, and their first reaction was to praise the former enemy commander Zhao Hao.

However, these praises, especially the title they gave Zhao Hao as "the first general in Shandong", still hurt a little in the ears of Xiang Bangtian, who was the nominal head of a hundred officials in Zhao State......

The grievances between Tian Dan and Zhao Hao have been going on for a long time, as a Zhao general who repeatedly commanded the Zhao army to attack the hinterland of Qi State, he is Tian Dan's old opponent, but the first time the two met was when Tian Dan came to Zhao as an envoy in the thirtieth year of King Zhao Huiwen. Tian Dan thought that the combat troops should be few and fine, so as not to drag down the country's economy, but Zhao Hao thought otherwise, he felt that the princes of the world were no longer fighting for a few border towns, but on the eve of the decisive battle to destroy the country and destroy the family, so it was necessary to devote the strength of the country to 100,000 or 200,000 people.

The result of that debate was that Tian Dan was convinced, but deep down, he still insisted on this point of view.

The two men's opposite arguments about the war turned the battle for the commander of the Zhao army in August this year into a tense personal vendetta, and it was also a contest to prove whose method of using troops was correct, and in the eyes of ordinary people, this was indeed the case.

But in Tian Dan's heart, the reason why he went to compete for the position of general was that there was still a layer of hardship that was difficult to say to others.

From the moment he received the order of the King of Qi to change to Zhao to be the prime minister, Tian Dan understood his situation.

He knew very well that it was impossible for him to get real power in Zhao State, and sure enough, on the first day he entered Handan and officially took office, Zhao State's subordinates used their way to express silent resistance to this foreign minister.

Before Tian Dan stepped into the door, the atmosphere in the official office was cheerful, and they were talking cordially with the old officials of Zhao Guo, but when Tian Dan stepped into the threshold, everyone stopped talking, and the atmosphere became heavy and serious.

Everyone is respectful to Tian Dan, but Tian Dan can't see the slightest obedience to his boss from their solemn expressions, they are just acting, disobeying Tian Dan, the previous institution is running as before, with him and without him, Tian Dan is just a puppet sitting on the phase.

Empress Dowager Zhao's kindness to him, and King Zhao's deliberate favor for him, could not change his status. No matter what the Zhao ministers in power did towards him on the surface, they were actually suspicious and disgusted with him. In the position of Xiangbang, he could not do anything, unless he completely abandoned the Qi State and switched to the Zhao State.

But even Tian Dan himself knows that it is impossible.

He is in Handan, his heart, but he is still in Linzi.

Therefore, Tian Dan, who expected this in advance, reached a secret agreement with Pingyuan Jun who was going to be Qi Xiang before leaving Linzi: Tian Dan would let his old subordinates assist Pingyuan Jun, let him become the real Qi Xiang, take power, and persuade the King of Qi to let Pingyuan Jun keep Pingyuan Yi as a fief - Pingyuan is also the Jibei territory of Qi State, which was given to Pingyuan Jun after being captured by the Zhao army, and now Zhao State has begun to return the border towns, and the voice of asking for Pingyuan has not stopped.

Cast it with a peach to repay it with a li, and what Pingyuan Jun wants to help Tian Dan get is the position of a general......

As a prime minister, he will be constrained by the inherent system and subordinates, but the general is different, and it is difficult for the king to arrive in time when he is outside, although there will be a deputy general to monitor Tian Dan's every move, but the military situation is changeable, and Tian Dan can play more tricks at that time.

It's a pity that Zhao Hao saw through Tian Dan's plan, and Chang An Jun suddenly changed his mind, and when Empress Dowager Zhao asked correctly, he fell to Zhao Hao.

So Tian Dan's plan was in vain, and in the next two months, the north had frequent good news, and every time it could make the Handan court excited, Tian Dan could only rejoice on his face, but secretly sighed regretfully.

Although he is not on good terms with Zhao Hao, he also knows the ability of this old opponent, Yan Jiangli, without his opponent, plus Zhao Qiang and Yan are weak, the outcome of this war is already doomed.

So when the news of Yan Guo's request for peace came back, Tian Dan knew that it was time to implement his second plan.

On the same day, Tian Dan went to meet King Zhao in the capacity of Xiangbang, and in front of King Zhao and his cronies, he strongly advocated rejecting Yan Guo's request for peace and continuing to fight with him!

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"Yan State destroys the alliance and invades Zhao, it must not be easily tolerated, the minister thinks that it is better to refuse to agree to Yan Guo's request for peace, let Ma Fujun stop at the border with a large army, and wait for the spring of the next year, you can continue to attack the city!"

At this time, even King Zhao, who was bent on expanding his territory, felt that it was too much, and said suspiciously: "Xiangbang thinks that this battle should continue to be fought? ”

Tian Danli persuaded: "However, the current situation is that Zhao Shengyan has been defeated, and Ma Fujun's army has approached Wuyang, just like a sharp sword against the chest and abdomen of Yan State, the Yan army only relies on Yi Shui and Jing Ruan Pass to defend, Jing Ruan Pass is lost, and Wuyang will not be owned by Yan State." At the same time, the partial division of Li Bo, the lieutenant of the acting county, also invaded the upper valley of the Yan Kingdom, as long as it was based on Fuyang and the Yongguan Pass, the north gate of the upper capital of the Yan Kingdom would not be opened, which was like an assassin who strangled the neck of the King of Yan from behind. Yan State suffered from the enemy on its belly, plus the Qi army also invaded the Bohai Sea and took Zhongyi, Yan State was already the fish and meat slaughtered by the previous king on the board, such a good opportunity, how could it be missed? You must beat Yan Guo hard, so that you can cut more land after the war......"

Tian Dan pointed to the territory of the two countries on the map and said: "The minister thinks that the Zhao State can cut off all the south of the Yishui Great Wall, Wuyang, and even the Dukang Land, and the Qi State will obtain the Northern Land and the Bohai Sea, what does the king think?" ”

"It's hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers." King Zhao was a little moved for a while, Wuyang is the capital of Yan State, and its area is no less than Handan, not to mention. Du Kang, that is the richest and most populous land in Yan Country.

However, Yu Xin poured cold water on King Zhao on the side: "King, the cold winter has come, and those who are violent outside, the soldiers will die two or three out of ten, and the loss is too great." What's more, although the Yan army had a small defeat, it did not hurt its muscles and bones, if it was urgent, according to Juyong and Jing Ruan, what could Zhao Guo do about it? ”

Tian Dan said with a smile: "Ma Fujun is a famous general in the world, how can he not even beat a few small passes?" ”

Yu Xin sneered: "How can An Pingjun not know that there is a cloud in the art of war, the first army is to fight, the second is to fight, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city." The method of siege is a last resort. Repair the oar, with equipment, three months and then become, distance from the trench, and then three months and then be. Will be overwhelmed by its anger and the ants will possess it, kill a third of the soldiers and the city will not be uprooted, this attack is also a disaster! ”

"If you force an attack and suffer heavy casualties, I am afraid that the army will complain. What's more, the Qin State has begun to attack Han this year, although it was stopped due to the death of the Empress Dowager Mi, but next year I am afraid that there will be a big move, and the king must not spend all his energy in the north...... It's better to accept it when you see it. ”

"What Dr. Yu said also makes sense." King Zhao hesitated.

"If we can defeat the Yan State in one fell swoop and completely eliminate the worries of the Zhao State, wouldn't it be better to concentrate our forces to deal with the Qin State?" Tian Dan still did not give up.

Tian Dan's words seem to be pertinent, but in fact, they are secretly murderous.

"The mussel that is easy to water is exposed, and the sandpiper pecks its flesh, and the mussel closes and clamps its beak. The sandpiper said, 'If it doesn't rain today, and tomorrow it doesn't rain, there will be dead mussels.' The mussel is also called the sandpiper and says, 'If it does not come out today, it will not come out tomorrow, and there will be a dead sandpiper.' 'The two will not give up each other, and the fisherman will take it and catch it......"

Tian Dan remembered that seven years ago, King Yan Hui was killed, and King Zhao Huiwen would cooperate with Chu, Wei, and Han Fa Yan, and King Yan invited Su Qin's younger brother Su Dai to come to Handan as a lobbyist and tell King Zhao the story of "fighting between clam and clam fighting".

"Now Zhao and Yan, Yan and Zhao have been supporting each other for a long time to harm the public, then Qi can be the fisherman......"

What Tian Dan wants to do is to make this battle of Zhao State and Yan State become a protracted war, although the strength of Yan State is not good, the same is true of Zhao Guoqiang, the best thing is to let Yan and Zhao have two disadvantages, so that they will not have the energy to invade Qi State that needs to recuperate and peace!

For a while, Tian Dan and Yu Xin had their own opinions and argued.

King Zhao hesitated, looked left and right, and couldn't make up his mind.

Although Tian Dan has some relationship with his younger brother Chang Anjun, this person's hatred for Yan Guo should be true, his heart is full of ardent expectations for the expansion of the territory, and for a while he was a little biased towards Tian Dan, wanting to reject Yan Guo's plea for peace, and continue to fight.

At this moment, the eunuch Ling Miao Xian came, standing outside the hall and respectfully saluting King Zhao and Tian Dan, the quarrel in the palace immediately stopped, everyone knew that Miao Xian was the lips and tongue of the Empress Dowager Zhao, I don't know what the old lady thought about this matter?

Since the official start of the war against Yan Zhao, the Empress Dowager Zhao has also begun to prepare for the return to the king of Zhao, and gradually handed over the affairs of the military state to him, so that the officials and ministers should not come to Fengtai if they have something, but today they are uncharacteristically concerned about political affairs.

Miao Xian conveyed the Queen Mother's words: "The Queen Mother asked the king and Xiangbang, since the Yan State has asked for peace, I don't know when to send an envoy to negotiate a peace treaty and eliminate the misunderstanding between the two countries?" The Queen Mother still has some silk food, and she wants to ask the messenger to bring it to Queen Yan......"

"Queen Mother...... Lord and? ”

For a while, several people in the hall looked at each other, King Zhao was a little unwilling, and a stone fell to the ground in Yu Confidence, while Tian Dan closed his eyes in amazement and sighed.

"It's in vain that I plan hard, but I forget this relationship, I can't go back to heaven after all......"

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Although there is a warm charcoal stove burning in the Fengtai dormitory, and the Empress Dowager Zhao is also wearing a precious fox fur, she still feels cold - since the death of her husband, this huge palace is getting colder and colder......

After sighing, Empress Dowager Zhao no longer thinks about the first king, the Si people have gone, and now what she has to consider is the people who are still alive, it is him and her children.

Although the major military and political affairs were successively handed over to Zhao Wangdan to deal with, the Empress Dowager Zhao was still very concerned about the battle of Yan and Zhao.

At first, she was resentful that Yan Guo sent someone to assassinate her baby son Chang Anjun, and she hoped that Ma Fujun would live up to his prestige and teach Yan Guoren a hard lesson.

But with the frequent transmission of good news from the front, Empress Dowager Zhao's hatred was vented, and the battle reports of how many beheadings could no longer make her feel happy, and what followed was deep worry.

She began to worry about her daughter Queen Yan.

Empress Yan is the eldest daughter of the Empress Dowager Zhao, six years ago when she was only sixteen years old, married to the queen of Yan Kingdom, when she got married, the Empress Dowager Zhao personally sent her to the car, and was on the side of the car for a long time before leaving, touching her ankles and snorting in pain.

At that moment, Empress Dowager Zhao understood why her mother was so sad when she married Zhao Guo.

Yan Yan Yu Fei, poor pond feathers.

The son is home, and he is sent far away.

Looking at the Buddha, weeping like rain......

But every mother sends her daughter to marry far away, it's all in this mood.

In the years that followed, every time there was a sacrifice, Empress Dowager Zhao would pray to her ancestors sincerely: "Don't return!" ”

Although he kept saying that he loved Empress Yan in front of Touch Long, it was not as good as half of Chang'anjun, but it can be said that Empress Yan was also the flesh and blood of Empress Dowager Zhao. It's not that she doesn't miss her daughter, she just hopes that she can live in Yan for a long time, have children, and her children and grandchildren can inherit the throne of Yan from generation to generation, and they will be glorious and rich......

However, this expectation was shattered by the exchange of troops between the two countries.

"These days, your situation in Yan Country must be difficult to stop......"

Empress Dowager Zhao remembered that twenty years ago, that year, not long after she gave birth to Zhao Wangdan, Zhao Guo, as one of the leaders of the alliance, participated in the Five Kingdoms War. Empress Dowager Zhao's father, King Qi Min, died at the hands of the Chu people in this war, and her homeland, the State of Qi, was almost destroyed.

In those days, Empress Dowager Zhao was in the deep palace, worrying about the life and death of her father and brother, crying for the people of Qi State, and the pain of losing the country entangled her, making her unpleasant and unable to sleep at night. But no matter how bitter she is, she has to bury it deep in her heart, because she is the woman of King Zhao and the queen of Zhao, and she must smile and congratulate one victory after another from Jixi in front of her husband and the ministers of Zhao State.

This contradiction is the biggest dilemma for the princess and queen who married into another country, and today's Queen Yan must also be facing this situation, not to mention that it is rumored that her relationship with King Yan is not very good, and she has not given birth to a boy and a girl!

"Maybe every time Zhao Jun defeats Yan Jun, she will be abused by King Yan once, locked in a cold palace, and wash her face with tears all day long."

Her daughter's beautiful face appeared in front of her, as if she was crying at her, thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhao couldn't help but shudder, she seemed to have experienced her daughter's pain.

Therefore, when Yan Guo invited peace, she was different from those men, and what she was most concerned about was not how many cities and how many lands she could occupy, but the safety of her daughter Empress Yan.

Peace is a must, Empress Dowager Zhao has made up her mind, she has never liked war, at this moment, in Handan, in Zhao, I don't know how many mothers are also looking forward to the return of their sons who fought on the front line.

Therefore, after asking Miao Xian to convey his intentions to King Zhao and the ministers, peace is already a sure thing, as for how much Yan Guo will pay, let them argue.

The only thing that Empress Dowager Zhao cared about was to choose a messenger to visit Empress Yan in Yan Country for her and bring her mother's condolences.

That person must be smart and clever, preferably a member of the Zhao clan, because not only must he deal with the interests of Zhao in this peace negotiation, but he must also take into account the situation of Empress Yan......

After telling the youngest son who entered the palace to ask for peace, Mingyue's eyes immediately lit up, and she said secretly: "The credit I lacked is here......"

So he laughed and said:

"Queen Mother, the messenger you want is far away in the sky, close in front of you!"

"Who?"

Empress Dowager Zhao was a little dazed, looked to the right, there was a group of palace maids, and then looked at the left, Miao Xian was smiling stiffly, thinking that he was talking about him.

Mingyue gestured to herself and said, "Mother, for the trip to Yan Kingdom, is there anyone more suitable than me?" ”

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