Chapter 164: Bait
Outside the east gate of Jingfeng City in the middle of the night, a Qi soldier rode a fast horse and hurriedly rushed over from a distance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"Who, quickly explain the intention, otherwise you will be killed by arrows." Upstairs, the guards who had been specially arranged by Zhao Yong had already begun to roar downstairs.
The war horse slowly stopped, and at this time, the Qi soldiers on the horse shouted loudly to the city tower: "Under the orders of the general of the Qi State, I specially came here to ask to see your prince, this matter is related to the national fortune of Zhao and Qi, please report it." β
As soon as he heard that it was Qi Jun, the guard on the city tower seemed to understand something instantly, and after a little thought, he shouted loudly to the city: "Please wait outside the city, Ben will go to report it." β
In the city lord's mansion, Zhao Yong had already slept, but the lights in the mansion were still on, as if he was deliberately telling others that he could come directly to him if he had something.
There are no messy guards in the palace in the army, and there are only two soldiers guarding the safety at the door.
The guard who came to pass only glanced at the two guards, then stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, "Prince, you have made the matter of inquiry clear." β
At this time, the prince was already drowsy on the couch, and when he heard a knock at the door, he sat up with a painful expression.
After getting dressed, Zhao Yong walked quickly to the door and opened the door, "Tell me, what's going on?" β
"Those are Qi people, just now a soldier asked to see him outside, claiming to be from Qi State."
"Qi Guo? What are they doing here? Zhao Yong's brows couldn't help but tighten.
Not long after, Zhao Yong had followed the guard to the city gate, the soldier opened the city gate to let the Qi soldier in, originally for safety reasons, the guard meant to detain his weapons, but it was not until the man approached these guards that they found that they didn't bring any weapons at all.
"I've seen the prince of Zhao Kingdom." The soldier bowed in front of Zhao Yong, and his voice was neither humble nor arrogant.
"Excuse me," Zhao Yong asked casually, "I don't know what your army is doing here?" β
The soldier didn't speak, but quietly pulled out a sheepskin from his armor and presented it to Zhao Yong, and said: "This is a secret letter sent by our general's order, and the general said that if the prince does not dislike it, he can go to the army to talk about it." β
After the words fell, the soldier bowed his hand to Zhao Yong again, and then said lightly: "Since the matter has been passed to the prince, it is time to go back and say goodbye." β
After finishing speaking, the soldier did not hesitate at all, and turned around and left. In short, I can't see if Qi Jun has any other plans in him.
I kept watching the Qi soldiers walk away, and after the city gate was closed, Zhao Yong opened his hand widely, and there was the seal of Tian Ji, the general of Qi State, on it, which was sent by Tian Ji.
After confirming this, Zhao Yong took a closer look at the contents, "My king heard that your country has conquered the unrighteous Wei. Now to besiege the Liang and not attack, the special order will be with 50,000 troops, come to help Zhao State, after the matter is completed, my Qi State only needs Wei State Liang 200 miles of land, the rest can be attributed to Zhao State. β
Finally, there is something written in a corner of this secret letter, "Note: Today's countries, Qi, Qin, and Chu are powerful countries, and although your country has undergone great changes in recent years, its combat strength is still a little worse. In the future, the spearheads of the nations will face each other, and it is the best policy for you and me to face the troops of the princes of the countries together. Where to go, I hope the prince thinks carefully. β
Although this is not good, it is obvious that Zhao Guo's national strength is not as good as Qi Guo, so it can be said that he slapped Zhao Yong directly. But those words were true, so Zhao Yong didn't feel annoyed and angry because of this, of course, as a prince, he must have fire in his heart, but this fire has been transformed into power in Zhao Yong's heart.
"Prince, what do Qi people say?" The guard on the side looked at Zhao Yong's changing face and asked softly.
This question, Zhao Yong directly gave him the secret letter.
After the guard saw it, he couldn't help but look surprised: "This? That's a big deal. β
"That's right, it's a big deal, that's why this prince is thinking, unless the monarch agrees to this matter, what can I do."
"What about the prince, directly refused?"
"It's not good to refuse directly. Unexpectedly, King Qi, who has always been indisputable, would make such a move at this time. With the help of the Qi State, it is by no means impossible to destroy the Wei State at this time. It's an opportunityβ"
Obviously, Zhao Yong was also a little tempted in the face of big interests, and the temptation given by Qi Guo couldn't help but be unmoved.
Zhao and Qi joined forces to destroy the Wei State, if things are done well, the kingdom of heaven will not be able to toss anything, and it is really not possible to give the Qin State some benefits after destroying Wei, and when the time comes, the three kingdoms of Qi, Qin, and Zhao will join forces, even if it is the current Qiang Chu, he will not dare to say anything at all.
And once the Wei State is destroyed, as Tian Ji said, as long as the Qi State is two hundred miles of land around the Great Liang, the territory of the Zhao State will expand a lot, and after a few decades, once the first king returns to the sky, he Zhao Yong will be the new lord of the Zhao State, and when the time comes, he will sit on such a large piece of land, as long as he works hard and recruits the world's talents, it will not be empty talk at all when the strong Zhao State is not empty talk.
Even if it's for his own future, he's wondering if he's going to fight for it. Although Zhao Yong is not very old, he has experienced the siege of Handan since he was a child, and after some other things, his heart is good. At this time, someone is willing to conspire with him, it can be said that if Zhao Yong is the current King of Zhao, he will definitely have a good discussion with King Qi.
Finally, under the cold wind blowing at the city gate, Zhao Yong said helplessly: "It's better to inform the king of the matter first." Immediately send someone back to Handan overnight, and tell the king about it. β
After the words fell, Zhao Yong turned around and was about to leave, but he didn't take a few steps, he turned around abruptly, and finally struggled: "Wait, it's better for this prince to go to the Qi army to meet first, and after finding out whether the Qi army is really as they say, then inform my king." You go and prepare the war horse, and go to the Qi army camp with Prince Ben. β
In order to facilitate communication, the camp of the Qi army was directly located in the position of five miles east of Jingfeng City, and the 50,000 troops had basically fallen asleep, but at this moment, Tian Ji's main camp tent was brightly lit.
Inside, Tian Ji and Sun Bin were sitting opposite each other around a brazier, and dried fruits were placed on their side.
"Military, what do you think Zhao Yong will think, he will really come to interview us?" Tian Ji chewed something slowly, and said while thinking.
"Who can say for sure, but the reward is attractive enough. Even if Zhao Yong comes, he must first think about how to convince King Zhao. Raising his eyelids, Sun Bin replied softly.
But at this moment, there was already a cry of a war horse outside.