Chapter 144: The General's White Hair (Part II)

"Queen Mother, Qi Zhao formed an alliance to fight Yan, it was your love and my wish, why do you want to cut the land? In this way, it seems that Zhao Guo can't defeat Yan State, and wants to cede the city and ask Qi Guo to help......"

The next day, in the side hall of Fengtai in the palace of King Zhao, a question sounded, and Tian Dan was the same age, and the same gray-haired horse dress Jun Zhao Hao was dressed in court clothes, standing in front of the Empress Dowager Zhao, his fists were clenched together, and Kong Wu's powerful face was full of resentment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Ma Fujun has always abided by the courtesy of monarchs and ministers on weekdays, but when it comes to military affairs, he does not give in and is aggressive.

"In order to form an alliance with the State of Qi, Zhao successively cut the three cities and fifty-seven townships of Jidong to Qi, these places were General Le Yi, General Yan Zhou, General Lian Po, and Lao Chen with all the soldiers, covering the army and killing the generals, and it took a lot of hard work to fight. The Battle of Jixi, the Battle of Maiqiu, and the Battle of Gaotang, how many wives of Zhao became widows, children lost their fathers, and white-haired people sent black-haired people to ...... in tears"

Zhao Hao has been at war with the Qi State all the year round, and he has seen a lot of the blood of the dead, so he understands very well that the city and the pond are all condensed by Zhao Shu's flesh and blood.

"But now the Queen Mother and Pingyuan Jun don't pity it and give it to others!" In his words, Zhao Hao was already angry.

Although according to the system of the Zhao State, the general only has the obligation to go out in wartime, and he cannot interfere in the government affairs on weekdays. The rulers are willing to consult and ask you, and if they are unwilling, they will put you aside, but those territories were fought down by Zhao Hao and others little by little, and if they were suddenly ceded, the veteran would inevitably have ideas.

This resolution was finalized by the Queen Mother, Lin Xiangru, and Pingyuan Jun, who was in charge of diplomacy, without even consulting him and Lian Po in advance, and by the time Zhao Hao knew, it was already too late.

Empress Dowager Zhao has always known that Zhao Hao is tough on the outside world, especially the Qi State, this famous general, like Lian Po, believes that the Zhao State should defend the Qin State in the west, attack the weak Qi State in the east, seize Jixi and Jidong, open up the territory, and strengthen the Zhao State.

This time Qi and Zhao formed an alliance, and it was Zhao Hao's old opponent Tian Dan who entered Zhao Weixiang, and the Empress Dowager Zhao was most worried that Zhao Hao was not convinced, and sure enough, Ma Fujun came from Zishan Xingshi to ask for guilt.

She is not a good-tempered queen mother, and she was immediately dissatisfied: "According to Ma Fujun's statement, it seems that the old woman, the princess of Qi State, colluded with King Qi and Tian Dan to sell the land of Zhao State and enrich the land of Qi State?" ā€

These words are extremely serious, although Zhao Hao felt that he was reasonable, he was also choked by this sentence, so he had to bow his head and say: "The old minister doesn't dare to doubt the queen mother, it's just ......"

"The former king once said to me that the generals always keep an eye on the gains and losses of a city and a pool on the border."

Empress Dowager Zhao said lightly: "But the ruler has to look at the whole country, as far as the neighbors. ā€

"Ma Fujun, the situation is not as good as it was back then, since the battle of Huayang and the battle of Yanhe, Zhao and Qin have turned against each other, Lin Qing once analyzed the situation of the countries to the old woman, saying that Qin and Zhao are now either Qin overpowering Zhao, or Zhao overpowering Qin. Don't look at the current Zhao State is strong, even Qiang Qin can't help us, but there are many crises in his bones! ā€

"You should know that my Zhao State is not comparable to the Qin State, there are four fortresses, the danger of Cuihan, and it can be attacked and defended. Zhao State is precisely the place of four wars in the world. Once the princes of Qin come to attack, how will Zhao deal with it? At that time, the matter of Qi and Qin's plot to carve up the Zhao State will probably be staged. Therefore, Zhao must have an ally. The old woman pinned her hopes on Yan, and married her daughter to Yan to be the queen of Yan, but unfortunately King Yan was ungrateful and had turned against Zhao Guo. Then he could only restore relations with Qi State, the sworn enemy of Yan State, so that Zhao would not have to suffer from the enemy on his back. ā€

Her tone softened: "Ma Fujun's son is called Zhao Kuoba?" He is a loyal and brave young man, he followed Chang'anjun into Qi as a hostage, you should know that Chang'an Jun worked hard in Qi State, made friends inside and outside the Qi Palace, and at the cost of being physically beaten by the assassin of Yan State, he thwarted Qin's long-distance and close-range attack strategy, in exchange for Qi and Zhao's alliance, his painstaking efforts, and hoped that Ma Fujun could understand. Compared with the security of the four borders of Zhao State, a few cities are nothing, not to mention, the land of Jidong is the territory of Qi State, and it is also to win the trust of Qi. Wait for Zhao Qi to cut down Yan together, and the city obtained from Yan can be used as compensation......"

"The Queen Mother is far-sighted!" Zhao Hao sighed with emotion: "It's because the old minister's vision is too narrow, although the queen mother is a Qi person, but she really thinks about Zhao Guo, which is the blessing of the society and the blessing of the people." ā€

Empress Dowager Zhao smiled, feeling a little proud in her heart, Mingyue taught her, and then there were generals who were puzzled by Qi Zhao's alliance, so they used this set of rhetoric to deal with it, and it worked.

Zhao Hao seemed to want to open it, but after admiring it, he changed his words: "But the old minister still has one thing to understand, ceding so many territories, and letting An Pingjun be Zhao Xiang, the concession made by Zhao Guo is already very great, but the old minister heard that the queen mother actually wants to make An Pingjun concurrently serve as the general of the Yan Dynasty, but is there such a thing?" ā€

Empress Dowager Zhao's smile froze, and she looked at the sly gaze in Zhao Hao's eyes, and suddenly realized.

Ma Fujun is a wise general, capable of writing and martial arts, how can he not see the benefits of the alliance between Zhao and Qi to jointly cut down Yan?

What he really wanted to question was clearly Tian Danwei's matter!

For a while, Empress Dowager Zhao didn't know how to answer.

……

After Zhao Hao left, Empress Dowager Zhao supported her head with her hands in distress, thinking about what he said.

Zhao Hao said earnestly: "The reason why the Queen Mother wants An Pingjun to be the general to cut down Yan is that she thinks that Qi and Yan have a bloody feud between Qi and Yan State, and An Pingjun once defeated the Yan army in Jimo, and the Yan people were frightened when they heard the name of Tian Dan. But the old minister thinks otherwise! ā€

"If An Pingjun is as the old minister said, he is a mediocre general, good at defending the city but not good at attacking, good at small battles but not good at big battles, naturally he can't quickly defeat the Yan army. If An Pingjun is really as boasted by the Qi people, he is a famous general in the world and understands the situation, then why did he help Zhao State attack Yan State? Yan Zhao Qi, the Three Kingdoms are in the north, Yan is strong and Zhao is weak, which is not good for Qi State, and Zhao Qiang and Yan are weak, which is also unfavorable to Qi State. After An Pingjun was the general of Zhao, he had the Qi country in his heart, and he would definitely drag this battle for a long time, so that the strength of Dr. Zhao Guoshi would be exhausted in the trench camp, and he would be satisfied when the feathers of the car armor were cracked and the treasury was empty. In this way, Zhao Yan is weak, and Qi Guo is profitable, and the old minister secretly thinks that this is An Pingjun's real plan, it is false to make meritorious contributions to Zhao, and it is true to help Qi State profit from it. ā€

After maliciously analyzing Tiandan's plan, Zhao Hao bowed down and asked: "Why didn't the Queen Mother order me to be the general of Yan Yan, the old minister was in Yan State, guarded for Shanggu County, and the pass fortress in Yan Kingdom, I know everything about it, if I am a general, within 100 days, without waiting for the princes to save Yan's troops to assemble, I have occupied the southern border of Yan Kingdom, drink horse and water!" ā€

"Breaking the southern border of Yan within 100 days, Ma Fujun's tone is not small." Empress Dowager Zhao had a pain for the first time, in her opinion, although Zhao Hao's words made some sense, but in the final analysis, this old general only slandered Tian Dan in order to compete for the qualification of General Fa Yan.

"If you fight, you will die, bleed and drift, and I don't know why these famous generals who have to be white are so keen on war...... "Empress Dowager Zhao couldn't help but be glad that Lian Po was sent to Taiyuan to train troops to defend the Qin State, otherwise the grumpy veteran would come in again, and the three famous generals would have to fight in the court......

Before this time, Empress Dowager Zhao began to miss her husband King Zhao Huiwen, how did he discover these famous generals from the ranks? And how can you use power to keep them in obedience?

"The king is the king, the queen is the queen, the chicken Sichen can't last long, husband, Zhao Guo left you, it still can't be done......"

Troubles are troubles, but seeing that the autumn harvest is over and the army has been assembled one after another, who will be the general must be decided after all.

Empress Dowager Zhao put the two candidates on the balance in her heart and weighed them carefully.

Thinking about Zhao Hao, she frowned: "Although Zhao Hao is a Zhao person, he is extremely loyal and brave, and he has won many battles against Qin and Zhao. But as Pingyuan Jun said in his letter, he has made too many meritorious contributions, he has defeated Qin, won Qi, and then defeated Yan State, he will also become the Tiandan of Zhao State. What's more, this person has always been on bad terms with the Qi State, and when the time comes, he can't defeat Yan, but he has a conflict with the Qi army, which is not beautiful......"

Thinking of Tian Dan, her eyebrows stretched out again: "Although Tian Dan is a Qi person, there is a suspicion of nostalgia for the old country, but this time both countries want to defeat Yan State, send a few deputy generals to supervise the army, he should not do anything harmful to Zhao, Pingyuan Jun also strongly recommended Tian Dan in the letter, if you can use his prestige, let Yan Jun be jealous, and retreat without a fight...... "When everyone else forgot about Yan Hou, Empress Dowager Zhao was concerned about her daughter, this battle, it is enough to teach Yan Guo a little lesson, and it is necessary to make Yan Guo suffer heavy losses like Zhao Hao, So how is her daughter going to deal with herself? The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, so letting Tian Dan force the Yan army to retreat and sue for peace is what the Empress Dowager Zhao hopes more.

Moreover, among the four pillars of Zhao State, Lin Xiangru, Lian Po, Pingyuan Jun, and Ma Fujun, the most trusted Empress Dowager Zhao is still Pingyuan Jun, followed by Lin Xiangru, and there are some prejudices against Zhao Hao and Lian Po, two generals who do not deal with Qi State.

As soon as Tian Dan returned to Handan, Ping Yuanjun's letter arrived, in addition to saying some truths that Zhao Hao should not be allowed to be a general, he also strongly recommended Tian Dan, thinking that Tian Dan could be trusted, and at the end of the letter also said that it was Tian Dan's daughter who made Chang Anjun save the day......

As soon as she saw this, Empress Dowager Zhao was full of energy, and the tiredness of dealing with government affairs all day long was swept away! No wonder when he asked his son if he had a crush on the princess of Qi Kingdom, he shook his head and didn't answer, it turned out that there was someone else in his heart.

Although I am accustomed to the life of managing national affairs, a woman is a woman, and she cannot do without emotion after all. In this way, the Empress Dowager Zhao, who was originally a Qi person, had a lot more good impression of Tian Dan, who was likely to be a family in-law, and believed Tian Dan's plea to join Zhao State. Under the choice between the two phases, it is somewhat biased towards Tiandan.

But she was still a little hesitant, in case she looked away, she would be a sinner in Zhao Guo and have no face to see her husband.

"It's better to ask Mingyue what she thinks of this......"

Although it was a bit wrong to ask her son instead of the courtiers about political affairs, Empress Dowager Zhao comforted herself and said that her son had stayed in the Qi State for a few months and walked with Tian Dan along the way, so he was the most qualified to evaluate him.

So the Empress Dowager Zhao asked the eunuch to order Miao Xian to invite Chang'anjun.

After Mingyue returned to Zhao, although the Empress Dowager Zhao had been opening the mansion for him, she still stayed in the palace for the time being in the name of recuperating from her injuries, sitting on a chariot and coming over quickly. As soon as he entered the temple, he was full of smiles, trotted up, and called out sweetly to his mother, without feeling at all a long time away.

Don't you know, but he has already cursed in his heart.

"Good you Pingyuan Jun, good you Zhao Sheng! When An Pingjun left Linzi, what benefits did he give you, what secret agreement did he reach, and you spared no effort to help! ā€