Chapter 165: Meeting in the middle of the night
Back in Handan City, Zhao Fan also fell into deep thought after understanding everything that happened in the palace in this Lian Yuli. After this period of arrangement and deployment, Zhao Fan actually has a certain degree of confidence in dealing with Li Dui, but after all, this matter is very important, and it still needs to be planned in detail.
After finishing the meal in the Plains Monarch's Mansion, Su Qin found Zhao Fan and said with a smile: "Master Zhao doesn't have to worry, based on the old man's observation during this time, Li Dui is arrogant and arrogant, and he is not good at using soldiers, his subordinates are all brave and ruthless, and it is not so easy for them to seize power."
Su Qin was dressed in a Confucian shirt, standing on top of a rockery pavilion in the backyard, he looked at Zhao Fan with a pensive face, and naturally knew in his heart that the former was worried about Li Dui's affairs, and immediately smiled with his beard.
Su Qin was not idle in Handan City during this time, first ordered someone to ask King Yan for help, and then observed the customs and customs of Handan City, as well as what Li Dui had done in Zhao over the years.
In his opinion, when he was young, Li Dui was still a talent, steady and resourceful, but now, he has become a stubborn old man.
Hearing this, Zhao Fan reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "I hope so, but after all, Li Dui has deep roots in Zhao Guoshu, so he has to be careful." ”
Maybe it's because he has been in a high position for a long time and has no opponents, from ancient times to the present, many heroes have done extremely ridiculous and stupid things in their later years, such as Tang Taizong, Tang Xuanzong, Zhu Yuanzhang, and even Emperor Taizu of Zhao Fan's previous life......
Of course, these people are undoubtedly much better than Li Dui, but Zhao Fan didn't have the heart to feel sorry for them, he just wanted to live well and help Brother Wang consolidate the Zhao country.
"By the way, Lord False Appearance, I heard that you sent someone to the Yan Kingdom some time ago to ask the King of Yan to send troops to help us?" Zhao Fan suddenly remembered this, and immediately asked.
For this matter, he was not surprised, after all, Su Qin was an undercover agent sent to Qi by Yan State, and he and Yan Wang naturally did not want to watch Zhao State unrest and be destroyed by Qi State, if so, as soon as Zhao State was destroyed, the next one would be their Yan State.
So, it should be true, but he still wants to be sure.
Su Qin nodded, he had already told King Huiwen and Pingyuan Jun about this matter, so he was not surprised, and said: "That's right, Yan State and Zhao State are adjacent to each other, and King Zhao has already sent troops to inform Li Feng County Guard, if you want to come to Yan Country for reinforcements in the past two days, you can come to Handan from Yunzhong County." ”
If the armies of other vassal states wanted to enter their country, they had to get a decree from the king, so when King Huiwen learned of the news, he immediately sent someone to inform Li Feng on the border of the matter.
Hearing this, Zhao Fan was also a little more relaxed in his heart, if he could have more troops, the hope of victory would be greater.
As for how many soldiers King Yan could send to help, Zhao Fan didn't have much hope, after all, Yan has always been a relatively weak vassal state among the Seven Kingdoms, especially after the Qi State broke Yan and occupied Yanjing, Yan State has been in a state of collapse.
Although these are old things, thinking of this, it also reminded Zhao Fan that the civil strife must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, who knows if Zhao Guo will be the same as Yan Guo at that time, because of the civil strife, it was almost destroyed by other vassal states.
No matter what, Zhao Fan is now flowing with the blood of the Zhao royal family.
In the evening, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng walked out of the Plains Monarch's Mansion and headed all the way towards the palace. The kings at this time, although they were not as good as the emperors of some dynasties in later generations, could not go out of the palace at will, but they could not leave the palace casually, so under normal circumstances, it was Zhao Sheng and others who entered the palace to see King Huiwen.
Tonight's weather is a little cold, the cold wind is howling, the wind and snow are flying, and around the palace, piles of snow are piled up, which makes people feel extraordinarily cold.
Zhao Shenggui is a feudal monarch and a son, and often goes in and out of the palace, seeing his carriage, there are no guards who are even interrogated, so he is directly released, Zhao Fan sat on the carriage, and suddenly remembered that when he returned to Handan from Linzi to meet King Huiwen for the first time, the expressions and words of these guards were also the way immediately.
"Brother Sheng, these guards are all Li Dui's people, let's replace them in the past two days, so as not to affect our major affairs because of these people."
Although these guards have a humble status, because of their special positions, they can easily approach King Huiwen, so Zhao Fan will not pay less attention to them, and immediately wants to replace them with his own people.
Hearing this, Zhao Sheng also nodded and said, "Brother Wang and I also know this, but if we replace all these guards at once, it will definitely arouse Li Dui's vigilance, and then it will be troublesome." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Fan also nodded and stopped talking.
Zhao Sheng was right, although Zhao Fan didn't speak, it didn't mean that he would stop because of this, he wanted to get Lian Po and the others back, and before he was ready to act, he would replace them with his own people to protect the safety of King Huiwen.
After a while, the carriage came to a huge palace gate, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng got down from the carriage, only to see that above the main hall, engraved with the three big characters of "Council Hall" flowing gold.
The last time Zhao Fan came here, he had just come back from Linzi, and when he learned his true life experience, he came here again now, and he was also a little feeling, and after bathing and changing clothes, the two of them walked into the hall at the same time.
At this moment, King Huiwen was already waiting in the palace.
"Knock on the king!" Zhao Fan saluted.
"Hehe, Brother Fan doesn't need to be polite." King Huiwen was dressed in an imperial crown robe, took a few steps forward, and lifted Zhao Fan up, there were only three of them here, so King Huiwen called Zhao Fan Brother.
Zhao Fan raised his head and saw that King Huiwen's face was extremely bad, and his heart immediately trembled, thinking that the former was under great pressure during this time, and Li Dui had done so many rampant things.
After all, it was his brother, and Zhao Fan also had a trace of uncontrollable anger in his heart, eager to break Li Dui's body into pieces.
King Huiwen was handsome, his face showed an unhealthy pale, although he was wearing an imperial crown robe, he did not have the majesty of the emperor, but had a kind of literati taste, and he looked a little weak.
"Brother Wang, you ......" Zhao Fan was also a little gloomy, when Gongzi Zhang and King Huiwen competed for the throne, King Wuling became a burial object, I don't know if they learned that the current King Zhao would fall to this point, how would they feel, and whether they wanted to compete for this throne.
Seeing Zhao Fan's deep thoughts, King Huiwen naturally knew that the former was worried about himself, so he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Fan, don't worry, there are widows in the court, but I don't know how your conscription is going?" ”
When it came to business, Zhao Fan also collected the negative emotions in his heart, calmed down, and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, the Sixth Division has already collected about 2,000 soldiers, and a few days ago, Li Feng County Guard also sent more than 1,000 soldiers to come to our aid, and yesterday, the commander of the Second Division of the Left Army raided our station outside Handan City, and was not only defeated by us, but also captured 2,000 soldiers, and now, there are a total of 5,000 soldiers belonging to us in Yuehua Village." ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Fan faintly had a look of excitement, more than 5,000 soldiers, that is, the strength of two divisions, and when the time comes, plus Lian Po's right army and the bearded knight in the hands of King Huiwen, there may not be no capital to compete with Li Dui.
Hearing this, King Huiwen was also a little excited, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, but in a few days, Zhao Fan got five thousand soldiers, and the joy in his heart naturally didn't need to be said.
"According to the observation of the widow, Li Dui may be about to carry out a plan to deal with the widow in the past few days, so in the past two days, we have to plan, I wonder if Brother Fan has thought of any good countermeasures?"
King Huiwen calmed down and said.
After all, King Huiwen has been the king of Zhao for more than ten years, and it is naturally impossible to say that he has no skill and ability, so it is not surprising that he can get this news.
Li Dui's actions during this period of time were so big, it had already aroused everyone's vigilance, and immediately, Zhao Fan also groaned: "Actually, I have thought of some countermeasures, Brother Wang doesn't know, when I returned to Handan from Linzi, I stepped down a chess piece in the left army, this chess piece is a brigade that traveled with us in Linzi, the brigade commander of that brigade is a man named Yi Bo, he has been subordinated to me, when the time comes, we just need to ......be like this."
In the council hall, Zhao Fan also told King Huiwen about his plan with Su Qin and others, and the matter was imminent, as soon as Lian Po's army arrived, he had to take action immediately, otherwise, if Li Dui took action earlier, it would be troublesome.
Hearing Zhao Fan's careful plan, King Huiwen was also in a much more relaxed mood. In fact, most of the plans were made by Su Qin, although Zhao Fan was a human being in two lives, but for this aspect, he was far inferior to Su Qin.
When it comes to the struggle with Li Dui, Zhao Fan is nervous at the same time, but also a little enthusiastic, after all, this is not only related to the ruling power of Zhao State, but also affects the pattern of the world, and even the unification of the future.
After all, Zhao is the most powerful vassal state today, and his changes can even affect the question of whether the Qin State can be unified, after all, with Zhao Fan, an outlier from the twenty-first century.
Today's Warring States is no longer as recorded in the history books of later generations, and the arrival of Zhao Fan can have much impact and changes on the entire world, even he himself is not clear.
Now he just wants to do a good job of the plan in his heart, one by one, as for the rest, he has no intention of changing.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, King Huiwen is quite happy in his heart, because of the shadow caused by Li Dui, in his heart, in fact, he is only very relieved of his two younger brothers, and today he can discuss big things with Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng, he is also a little enthusiastic, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a banquet, while drinking, chatting.
Time passed slowly, after drinking, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng also returned to the Plains Mansion, the second noon, Zhao Fan got up from the collapse, remembering the matter discussed with King Huiwen last night, he also tidied up his clothes, came to a few cases, took out a piece of cloth, and wrote a line of words with a pen.
"Looks like it's time to use Yibo." After Zhao Fanlong finished writing, he blew dry the ink on the cloth and said thoughtfully.
He didn't know what Yi Bo had done with what he had ordered, so he had to ask him out to meet tonight, but the matter was very important, so he had to be cautious, and immediately thought about it, stuffed the cloth into his arms, and walked out of the wooden house.
In the mansion, on a wide open space like a school field, Li Mu was competing with Lian Fu and others in martial arts, and they only learned that Zhao Fan had defeated Wei Liang on the martial arts platform in the past few days.
Although Zhao Fan is young, he doesn't care too much about these false names, he doesn't care what others think of him, he just wants to do what he wants to do, and he also laughs at Lian Fu's admiration.
In this era, although personal martial arts are nothing, they can't be ignored, especially the generals who fight on the battlefield, although they don't need to charge into battle, but sometimes, they can also save their lives.
"Steward, please bring this letter to a brigade commander named Yi Bo in the left army." Zhao Fan came to the front of the steward of the Plains Monarch's Mansion and handed over the cloth in his hand with a smile.
This steward, now forty or fifty years old, has been working in the Plains Monarch's Mansion, and he is loyal to Zhao Sheng, so Zhao Fan is so relieved to hand over the cloth to him and take it to the barracks. Moreover, his identity is sensitive, and when he sees Yi Bo at this time, someone will definitely have questions.
"Yes, Master Zhao." The steward took the cloth and replied.
"You can just give this letter to Yi Bo, and you don't need to say anything, after he reads it, he will naturally know what it means." Zhao Fan was afraid of causing any unnecessary trouble, so he immediately ordered.
In the barracks, there are many people, and a small matter is very likely to spread a lot of things, so Zhao Fan has to be cautious, but although he is a little worried, Zhao Fan is relatively relaxed, and he still understands Yi Bo's stability and loyalty.
Immediately, he also handed over the cloth to the steward, and the former took the cloth, and after remembering Zhao Fan's description of Yi Bo's appearance, he also bowed and took the letter to the barracks.
Zhao Fan looked at the back of him leaving, and immediately nodded, he had been very worried about how Yi Bo's affairs were done, after all, if he could succeed, it would have a significant effect on them.
Thinking of this, Zhao Fan also shook his head, calmed down his somewhat fluctuating mood, I have seen Yi Bo tonight, and things will naturally be known, and it is useless to think about it now.
After the luncheon, Zhao Fan walked around Handan City, he first went to the three sword halls he opened, and saw that there were many apprentices in them, and they all had a good reputation, and he was quite happy in his heart, and immediately, he personally taught some apprentices gun skills.
These young people have great admiration for Zhao Fan, and they have seen him defeat Wei Liang with their own eyes, in the eyes of these young people, they have long regarded him as an idol like in their previous life, and seeing Zhao Fan teach him in person, it naturally caused a sensation.
Zhao Fan's spear skills are also extremely exquisite, compared to the level when he fought with Wei Liang, it is undoubtedly a notch, after all, Su Qin has taught him some of the essence left by Guiguzi during this time.
Although Zhao Fan has been practicing for a short time, he has also benefited a lot.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Fan came to the palace again, and at this time the court meeting had long ended, and he took over the letter of the bearded sword knight from King Huiwen, and then trained these ace troops of Zhao State.
After two days, they will have to carry out action, although these bearded sword knights, although they are worth no more than a thousand people, but because of their high quality and strong combat effectiveness, they will definitely have a very big effect at that time, so Zhao Fan does not dare to ignore these people.
Before going to Yuehua Village, Zhao Fan was already familiar with these bearded knife knights, and he trained them immediately, but he was also handy, and it can be seen that these bearded knife knights are quite supportive of Zhao Fan.
Everything is developing in a direction that is beneficial to Zhao Fan and others.
After nightfall, Zhao Fan was dressed in the armor of an ordinary soldier, walked quickly, and walked quickly towards the military camp in the southeast direction, it was already night, there was silence all around, and the cold moon hung in the night sky like a hook.
There was no one on the streets of the houses, and at this time, everyone had fallen asleep, but Zhao Fan had already touched dozens of feet outside the barracks.
Inside and outside the barracks, the guards are tight, Zhao Fan can see a Shishi soldier from time to time, patrolling around with lanterns, Zhao Fan hid in the dark, saw the opportunity, and waited until a team had just left, and then flew out like a sharp arrow, and quickly climbed over the wooden fence, passed through the wall, and sank into the barracks.
Taking advantage of the gap between several patrols, Zhao Fan entered the barracks without danger, surrounded by a wooden house, after entering the barracks, a black shadow suddenly flashed in the corner, Zhao Fan was shocked, clenched the short blade, and stepped forward.
"Who!"
Zhao Fan accurately pressed the short blade against the black shadow's neck, and said coldly in a low voice.
"Master Shuai, it's me." Feeling the murderous intent in Zhao Fan's words and the cold blade on his neck, the black shadow's body trembled obviously, and he immediately hurriedly said.
After speaking, the face of an ordinary man in his forties suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Fan's eyes, and it turned out to be Yi Bo.
Zhao Fan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he took the short blade to his waist, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Take me to the place where you live." ”
In the letter that Zhao Fan asked the steward of the Plains Monarch's Mansion to bring to Yi Bo during the day, he told Yi Bo that he would meet him in the northwest corner of the military camp at the third watch in the evening, so Zhao Fan did not feel any strange about Yi Bo's appearance.
Hearing this, Yi Bo also nodded, and the two of them put the expressions on their faces naturally, and immediately walked out of the darkness and walked towards the place where Yi Bo lived in a hurry.
At this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound in front of them, and two patrolmen with lanterns walked over, and when they saw Zhao Fan and Yi Bo, their faces immediately became vigilant, and they clenched the long sword at their waists, and shouted, "Who are you?!" (To be continued.) )