When Zhao Hao returned to the mansion at the foot of the mountain, it was already dusk, the smoke of the Purple Mountain Eup, and the common people were about to start their second meal of the day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhao Hao's wife Yi Shi waited for a day, not to mention how anxious she was, and she didn't wait for Zhao Hao to change her shoes, so she hurriedly greeted her and asked, "Husband, why did you come back alone, Kuo'er and Mu'er?" ”

Zhao Hao didn't answer, but with a black face, he took off the hat on his head, handed the sword to the erector and put it away, and asked the concubine to help him change his sweaty foot clothes, and then said: "Kuo'er invites Chang'an Jun and Shu Qi to go to the top of the mountain early tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise of the Purple Mountain, and then go to Qingtan to fish, plus Mu'er, the four young people discussed and settled on the mountain." ”

"It's not good."

Yi's heart was relieved, but seeing that her husband's face was uncertain, he knew that something must have happened today, and after respectfully handing over a scoop of water for Zhao Hao to drink, he asked softly: "Chang'anjun came here today with the edict of the Queen Mother, why did you come here?" Do you want to let your husband go on an expedition to deal with the Qin State? ”

Zhao Hao sighed: "No, it was Chang'anjun who was going to Qi in March as a hostage, and he also said that he moved the Queen Mother and asked our family Kuo'er to escort him to Linzi as a lieutenant, and stay there to protect him." ”

"Huh!?" Yi Shi was shocked: "How long will it take?" ”

"It's as short as three months, and as long as half a year."

"Would you like to go?"

When he mentioned this, Zhao Hao became angry and said angrily: "That rebel son, I was carried away by Chang Anjun's words, and I can't wait to go on the road tomorrow!" ”

The mother who loves her son, and it is not only the Empress Dowager Zhao, who learned that her son was going to go far away and go to a foreign country, Yi couldn't help but twist his cuffs and said softly: "How should this be good, since coming to Zhao Kingdom, Kuo'er has never left Handan outside a hundred miles, his safety ......"

In the past 20 years, every time her husband goes on an expedition, it is the saddest day for the Yi family, although in order to calm the hearts of the private family members, on the surface, she wants to pretend to be graceful and happy, send him away with a smile, and wish him prosperity in martial arts. But in fact, there is not a day that is not worried, for fear that the next time it will come back, it will not be Zhao Hao's victory news, but his headless corpse......

As Mencius said, the wars of this era are extremely cruel, "the battle for land, killing people; Fight for the city, kill the city. "And in the treatment of defeated generals, the victorious side is no longer as warm and affectionate as in the Spring and Autumn aristocratic wars, and is allowed to redeem themselves, generally covering the army and killing the generals, showing the head to the public, and not surviving.

Not only did Zhao Hao have to face such a danger, as the son of Jiangmen, the future Ma Fujun, her eldest son Zhao Kuo would inevitably have such a day, but Yi did not expect that this day would come so early.

Zhao Hao knew what was going on with his wife, so he pulled her to sit beside him and comforted:

"I'm not worried about Kuo'er's safety, the relationship between Qi and Zhao is okay, not to mention that there are hundreds of guards accompanying him along the way, he has been practicing martial arts for ten years, if he can't even protect himself, how can he be my Zhao Hao's son?"

"Back then, Le Yi and I were implicated in the Dune Palace, pursued by Gongzi Cheng and Li Dui, and could only be convicted and fled to Yan Kingdom, the road to the north was thousands of miles, I and Le Yi rode alone, changed to ride, and when I was hungry, I shot the wild elk mountain rabbit, and when I was thirsty, I took a mouthful of snow in the snow and chewed it. After experiencing countless dangers along the way, I arrived at Linyi, the capital of Yan Kingdom, and met Mrs. You, Kuo'er went to Linzi, maybe I could also return with a good girl from the country. ”

This made Mrs. Yi laugh, she was originally the daughter of the Linyi family, but she married Zhao Hao, a down-and-out dead man from Zhao Guolai, but she never regretted it. In the face of the enemy, he is an unstoppable iron-blooded general, but he is very attentive to his wife and children, don't look at him always reprimanding Zhao Kuo, but this kind of reprimand is also a manifestation of expectations.

But she didn't know that what Zhao Hao was most worried about was whether the current situation in Zhao State was a little similar to that of the eve of the Dune Palace Change?

……

Zhao Hao was a lieutenant under Gongzi Zhang, so he was clear about the causes and consequences of the coup. At a court meeting after the destruction of Zhongshan, the father of Zhao, who had given way to King Zhao Huiwen, saw that his eldest son Gongzi Zhang wanted to salute his younger brother instead. He made his own assertion and assigned the Daijun to Gongzizhang in the north of Zhao State, and made him the acting king, and even wanted him to establish a country on behalf of the land in the future, be the acting king, and fight against the king of Zhao.

This is a stupid move to divide the Zhao State into two, and what is even worse is that before becoming the acting monarch, although Gongzizhang did not accept his younger brother, he had no strength, but after he went to the Daidi to set up the shogunate, he had his own cronies, and relied on the group of people under him to start a coup d'état at the Dune Dynasty and seize the throne......

The coup ended in failure, and the final result was the tragic death of Gongzi Zhang and King Zhao Wuling.

As a witness, looking back, Zhao Hao found that in fact, this great turmoil was largely caused by the confusion of King Zhao Wuling. The royal family is not afraid of the two sons being virtuous and foolish, nor is it afraid of the uneven distribution of the two sons, what they are afraid of is that the minister's side is talented, has different intentions, and has gained the strength to do things...... As the saying goes, the branch is greater than the root, the shin is greater than the stock, and it must be worn if it is not broken!

Now it is the same, the status of Empress Dowager Zhao is like that of the King of Martial Spirits. Among her two sons, Zhao Wangdan is the eleventh crown prince and the orthodox successor, but he is only a middle-aged talent, and he can't see that he has extraordinary ability, so he can only hope that he will not be a faint monarch and can keep the foundation of the previous king.

If Chang Anjun was cowardly and incompetent, he wouldn't be able to make any waves, but his performance these days is too unlike a fifteen-year-old child.

Don't mention those rumors from Zhao Gong and Handan, just say that today in Purple Mountain, Zhao Hao is strange, Chang'an Jun has not seen the grandeur at the funeral of the first king, who expected that only a month later, there is a bit of vertical and horizontal lobbyist demeanor!

From climbing the mountain to salute, to winning Zhao Kuo's favor by doing what he likes, from letting Shu Qi dance the sword, to leading to the theory of the art of war. Chang'an Jun set up a situation step by step, and finally revealed his true purpose, which was to let Zhao Kuo go to Qi with him.

"Is this trying to use Kuo'er to involve my Mafu family in their brother's wall?"

This made Zhao Hao jealous in his heart, if he could, he hoped that Zhao Kuo would be as far away from this person as possible! He didn't want his son to also get involved in the disputes of the Zhao royal family and repeat his mistakes.

But because of Chang'an Jun's step-by-step approach, by the time Zhao Hao saw his intentions clearly, he was already in a dilemma and had no way to refuse.

"Chang'anjun, Chang'anjun, you claim to not understand the art of war, but this soldier's trick of treachery, fiction is real, and reality is fiction, but it is quite skillful to use, and in the end, it is strange and positive, and the old man is introduced into the trap, which is really terrifying......"

Zhao Hao can imagine that if he forcibly refuses, he will inevitably be accused of disobeying the order of the Queen Mother, and the subjects of Handan City will also compare him with Chang'an Jun, who "lives and dies for the benefit of the country", saying that because he forgets his public affairs for personal reasons, his flawless prestige will be ruined.

What's more, even Zhao Kuo will resent him.

What "a big husband should learn from ten thousand enemies", what "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", for Zhao Kuo, who is full of desire to become a general, these words have great lethality, looking at the increasingly hot gaze in his eyes, Zhao Hao can't bear to hit him again.

Therefore, Zhao Hao, a horse service jun who once thwarted the Qiang Qin army in the battle of Yanhe, and who had been aggressive with Qi Xiangtian and did not fall behind, actually capsized in the gutter here in Chang'anjun and was deflated. He had to agree to this matter and let Zhao Kuo accompany Chang Anjun on a trip.

After comforting his wife and letting her rest, looking at the moon that had risen in the sky, Zhao Hao sighed: "It's okay, woe, blessing depends; Blessings lurk in disguise. In today's world, it is strange to be recovering and being good to be a demon, and it is not surprising. I only hope that as Chang'anjun said, this time I will go to Qi country, so that Kuo'er can experience a little experience, and when Kuo'er returns, I will serve my family and never have anything to do with him Chang'anjun! ”

However, Zhao Hao did not have much hope that Zhao Kuo could make progress and truly understand the dangers and difficulties of war and military affairs.

He laughed at himself: "I'm Zhao Hao's own son, don't I know yet? Even if you Chang'an Jun can speak well and have clever plans, can you still change his arrogant nature? ”

……

Zhao Hao was worried at the bottom of the mountain, but in the courtyard above the purple mountain, it was brightly lit and lively.

On a large table, the lacquerware that holds dishes and meat has been removed to make room for four young people to play.

What they are playing is the six games that are extremely popular in the world.

Liubo chess is the oldest Qi opera, which was very popular in the Spring and Autumn Period, but Confucius was very opposed to this kind of thing, and also advocated that "a gentleman is not a scholar". However, two hundred years have passed, in this era of lack of entertainment, the gentlemen of the world have not only listened to the teachings of Confucius, but have become more and more obsessed with this thing.

Qu Yuan said in "The Conjuring": "There are six books of chess; Divide and advance together, and force each other to be stronger; Become a lord and make a profit, call five white. ”

Six books is six Bo, this kind of chess is played by two people, ordinary people, with wood seal carving, like the horse service Jun family, this kind of feudal family, wealthy, with rare ivory made into chess pieces, black and white six each. Among them, there is a chess piece equivalent to a king called "Xiao", and another five chess pieces equivalent to a pawn are called "San". Moves are played on a board with curved paths, and the number of moves is determined by throwing a chopstick.

Mingyue was a veteran of playing chess and cards in his previous life, and he was extremely fast to get started with any Qi class, after coming to the Warring States Period, during the more than a month when he was recuperating from his illness, he was idle anyway, so he passed the time by playing six games and chatting with Miao Xian. This thing mainly relies on luck when throwing the chopstick, but there are also skills, and after playing dozens of times, Mingyue is already a master of it unconsciously, and Miao Xian is already difficult to defeat him.

The same is true tonight, in the face of Zhao Mu, who is speechless and buried in his son, Mingyue swept thousands of troops, and in the face of Shu Qi, who is full of confidence, he can also win the victory.

However, when Zhao Kuo sat across from him, Mingyue knew what a natural connoisseur was.

He was beaten three sets mercilessly by Zhao Kuo, losing all sets, and all of them ended in a fiasco with a big score.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo's side used to calculate the wins and losses of both sides of the game was piled up, Mingyue had to give way and let Shu Qi try.

As a result, Shu Qi lost more completely, and when it was Zhao Mu's turn, he was reluctant to fight against Zhao Kuo.

"My brother Liubo and the game are invincible."

Zhao Kuo was proud, in order to prove his brother's words, he also asked people to move out the quaint Go game, and talked with Mingyue for a game, and still easily killed him.

"Unless Yi Qiu is reincarnated, there are few opponents in my world for this game technique."

Zhao Kuo's confused confidence came again, but Mingyue couldn't find a reason to refute him, and now, he understood why Zhao Hao had such a headache for this son.

Arrogant, arrogant, and unstoppable for what he thinks he is proficient in, in the words of later generations, this Zhao Kuo is a dragon arrogant......

However, from this, Mingyue also discovered Zhao Kuo's strengths, that is, no matter what it is, as long as there are rules to find, he can quickly learn it and play it very proficiently.

The same is true of the six games and the game, and the same is true of the art of war.

However, memorizing the art of war backwards and integrating the wisdom of these predecessors into actual combat is not the same thing at all......

Taking advantage of Zhao Kuo's packing up of the chess pieces, Mingyue suddenly asked: "Dare to ask the clan brother, if Zhao Guo asks you to command the army and fight with the enemy army in the land of Shangdang mountains and rivers and valleys, the two sides have equal forces, and they both build barriers to confront each other, how should you deal with it?" Should it be fought for a long time, or should it be resolved quickly? ”

"The land of the mountains and rivers of Shangdang? Two armies set up a base? ”

Zhao Kuo frowned, then stretched out, and said as a matter of course: "Of course, it is a quick decision, because the art of war is cloudy, and the soldier is expensive to win, not for a long time!" ”