Chapter Seventy-Six: Going Deep into the Kingdom of Zhao
Ying Ping people ate and drank enough in Tushan, and repaired in Beihai City for another day, and then said goodbye to Da Danyu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info After all, as a state envoy, the task of forming a good Hun has been completed, and Da Danyu has promised to send troops after the autumn, and it is useless to stay any longer, so it is better to return early. Returning to Qin, he hurriedly launched a large army to attack Zhao. After destroying the Zhao State, as well as Wei Chuyanqi, there is a long way to go, and I dare not delay.
It's still the hundred-person team, still winning and drawing to start, Bai Liang Huo Muqing is the deputy, starting from Beihai City, all the way to the south, running wild on the wide prairie. Because the gifts brought have already been given to the Huns, now their team is much easier. Energetic and well-fed, the horse's hooves are brisk, hundreds of miles a day.
After walking for ten days, the group arrived at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain again. There are two roads in front, one extends to the southwest, leading directly to Jiuyuan County of Qin State, that is, the road you took when you came. The other straight south, leading to Zhao Guodai County, deep into the hinterland of Zhao State.
Win Ping stood at the fork in the road, thoughtful.
"Brother, our mission has been completed, it is important to go back to recover your life quickly, do you still want to take Zhao Guo and take a long detour?" Bai Liang asked, holding the reins.
Ying Ping looked ahead, and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed necessary to go back to restore your life, and the sooner the better, so that my father can know that the matter of forming an alliance with the Xiongnu has been completed, and I will make plans to attack Zhao as soon as possible." But I have another plan in mind. It is no less important than the dispatch of troops by his father. ”
"What's so important about my brother? Could it be that you are going to assassinate King Zhao and let Zhao Kingdom chaos without a fight? Huo Muqing's eyes were cold, and murderous aura emerged.
Ying Ping laughed, "Zhao Wang Qian, the current Zhao of Zhao State, is mediocre and virtuous, and he is a great treasure given to Qin by God, comparable to an army of 100,000, how can I bear to kill him?!" ”
"So what's the matter?" Bai Liang and Huo Muqing asked in unison.
Ying Ping sighed lightly and said: "Although the king of Zhao is mediocre, but the Zhao country has been fighting for the country for many years, and the rich heritage is rich, and my Qin country has hit the Zhao country several times, and even attacked the city of Handan after the battle of Changping, and fought for more than 100 days, but he has not been able to take the Zhao country, which shows the hard spirit of the Zhao country." This attack on Zhao State cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, and we must work hard to achieve complete victory! ”
After a pause, Ying Ping continued: "However, no one is completely sure how to win all. Sun Tzu's Art of War said: Seek more to win, less to win, and not to win. I want to go deep into the Zhao State, explore the situation of the Zhao State, and make friends with the magnates of the Zhao State as an internal response. In short, collecting as much information as possible about Zhao Guo and messing up Zhao Guo as much as possible is the purpose of my trip! “
"Brother, this is to be a high-level spy, this matter is necessary, but it is also very dangerous, why don't you go back and let the king send a capable workforce to infiltrate the Zhao State to operate, Brother He Lao himself?"
Ying Ping laughed and said loudly: "I have my own advantages that no one else has!" I've made up my mind, and I don't need to say any more. The two of you will take the hundred-man team back to restore your life, and let the king prepare to send troops. I will go to Zhao for a walk, at least one month, at most two months, I will go to Xianyang to meet you, and I will definitely bring some dry goods back! ”
The so-called advantage that no one has is the experience of winning and ping, gaining insight into historical trends, and understanding the fate of Warring States figures. This is the biggest hole card of the traverser, and of course a tie will not be explicitly stated. Even if you say it, no one will believe it, because it is too appalling after all.
"Since my brother is going, let's go together!" Bai Liang Huo Muqing said in unison. The members of the 100-person team also shouted in unison.
"No need, our hundred and ten people are pouring into Zhao State, the goal is too big, and it is not conducive to acting. To do this kind of thing, the more covert the better, and I alone is enough. Besides, it doesn't matter if you go back to your lives, don't worry about me, just leave it at that. ”
Everyone saw that the winning and flat attitude was resolute, so they did not fight again. The long-term contact has made them have enough trust in Winping. As long as he does something, there is nothing that he can't do, nothing that he can't do, and with such a leader, he only needs to make a little effort to get a lot of credit. What he decides, naturally has his reasons. Not being intrusive is sometimes a help.
"Let's go our separate ways!"
Ying Ping shouted, rode into the dust, and headed towards the main road in the direction of due south. Bai Liang Huo Muqing led a team of 100 people from the southwest road to the Qin State.
Hurry up, travel for a day, and arrive at Zhao Guodai County. This county is a large county in the north of Zhao State, with a large population, and it can be regarded as the backyard of Zhao State. Although Ying Ping is not very familiar with the history of the Warring States Period, he also knows that after the Qin army broke through Handan, Zhao Jia, the prince of Zhao, fled here and established himself as the king, known as the "acting king". It can be seen that Daijun has a deep heritage and status in Zhao State.
At this time, Ying Ping rode alone on the official road of Daijun, but there was no scene of prosperity. In the middle of summer, the sun was scorching, the earth was cracked, and the crops did not grow. What's even more terrifying is that in the village, houses can be seen collapsing and houses are deserted. On the ground, there are some inexplicable deep ditches everywhere, as if the earth has opened its huge mouth and wants to eat people.
From a distance, I saw a few old farmers working in the fields, tending to the crops that were about to be sunburned. They need to get rid of the weeds next to the crops, so that the weeds can absorb a little less water and the crops have more hope of living. Ying Ping stepped forward, bowed to an elderly farmer, and said, "This old man, why are there so many big deep ditches on the ground?" Was it washed away by a flood? But right now, the sun is scorching, and it's obviously a big drought. ”
The old farmer stopped what he was doing and sighed: "Hou Sheng, you are not a local, are you?" That deep ditch is not washed by a flood, but the ground is moving! ”
Earthquake? Only then did Ying Ping realize that this was the legendary earthquake. He had never experienced an earthquake in his previous life, and it was only in this life that he saw the terrifying landscape caused by the earthquake. So at first sight, I didn't recognize it. It seems that I don't know what happened. I haven't experienced an earthquake, and I can't even see the aftermath of the earthquake.
"Alas, the year before last, the earth moved, and this year there was a big drought, and God didn't let us Zhao people live!" Another old farmer sighed and continued his work. But the hoe swings more powerfully, and there seems to be a ruthlessness that does not admit defeat to vent, and it must compete with this natural disaster.
Ying Ping comforted him a few words, turned and walked away. It seems that Zhao Guo was very badly affected, and after the earthquake, it caught up with this year's drought, and there was bound to be a famine. This is definitely good news for the Qin State. But looking at the spirit of the Zhao people, it seems that they have not been destroyed, and they are still full of hard spirit.
After walking a few more miles, Ying Ping saw a group of children playing, chasing and frolicking, and it seemed that no matter what the world was, the children would not be affected, and it was so easy to stay happy.
Ying Ping stepped forward and sprinkled them with a handful of snacks. As soon as the children ate, they all gathered around, shouting and continuing to ask. Ying Ping said: "It's okay to give it to you again, I'll make a nursery rhyme, and you can sing it." I'll sing it, and I'll give it to you! ”
The children said yes in unison. Ying Ping said: "This nursery rhyme is like this, listen to it." Whoever learns first, the snack is given to whom. ”
"Good, good!" The children clapped their hands.
Ying Ping cleared his throat and said loudly: "Zhao Weihao, Qin Weixiao, I think I don't believe it, and I look at the hair of the ground!" ”
"Zhao Weihao, Qin Weixiao, thinking that he didn't believe it, he looked at the hair of the ground!" The children didn't know why, in order to eat snacks, they babbled and sang, and after a while, they all knew it.