Qin State, Xianyang Palace.

In a splendid and tall hall, at this moment, King Qin Zhaoxiang, who was dressed in a crown dress and looked majestic, was sitting on the throne, and under the jade steps, there was an old man standing respectfully, this person was Qin Xiang Wei Ran.

Although the last plan to persuade the King of Qi to become emperor did not succeed, and Zhao Fan captured hundreds of Qin troops and drove him away, he was a high power, and he did have some talent, so he still won the trust of the King of Qin.

"According to the time, Fan Hong should go to Handan Road in Zhao Kingdom." King Qin Zhaoxiang's face could not see a trace of expression, he sat on the throne, with a taste of mastering the common people in the world, and turned his head to Wei Ran.

I have to say that King Qin Zhaoxiang looks quite majestic, he is different from King Zhao Huiwen, the former is smart and makes good use of talents, but King Qin Zhaoxiang is bold and ambitious, during the reign of the two, Qin and Zhao have their own victories and defeats, and no one can help anyone.

Wei Ran's face looked very respectful, although he held great power, but compared with King Qin, it was still far behind, and it was impossible to be with Li Dui at the beginning, and he immediately said: "Well, it should be soon, I hope he can complete the task." ”

King Qin was silent, looking full of confidence.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, and King Qin sighed: "At the beginning, King Zhao Wuling dared to pretend to be an envoy of Zhao State to enter my Great Qin and spy on the situation of my Great Qin. ”

In the heart of King Qin Zhaoxiang, there is always a trace of awe for King Zhao Wuling, during the reign of the former, there were no such generals as Lin Xiangru and Lian Po, but they were able to achieve Hufu riding and shooting, and destroy Zhongshan and peep into the Qin State, this kind of courage, even if the King of Qin, is also very admired.

"The Queen Mother is also thinking about the safety of the king, and presumably with Zhang Hong's intelligence, it should not be difficult to find out what the current national strength of Zhao Guo is and what capable people it has." Wei Ran smiled bitterly.

Even he was shocked that King Qin wanted to pretend to be an envoy of Qin to enter Zhao, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager Xuan of Qin still holds a lot of power, and she is no less than King Qin. Otherwise, there really would be no one to restrain him.

And from Wei Ran's words, it is not difficult to see that the reason why the King of Qin sent an envoy to Zhao this time was actually to peek into the Zhao State and understand what the national strength of the Zhao State was.

King Qin nodded, since Fan Hong had already gone to Handan, Zhao State, then he had nothing to say, now he could only wait patiently for Zhang Hong.

At the same time, in Handan City, Zhao State, after getting the news that the envoy of the Qin State had visited the Zhao State, Zhao Fan thought about it, and decided to go first to see what the envoy of the Qin State was talking about, and by the way, find out what his intention was.

There was a strong wind and snow outside, even if he was draped in a big coat, but Zhao Guo still felt a cold to the bone, and now it was about to approach the end of the year, which was the coldest time of the year.

After leaving the palace, Zhao Fan took Xu Ying and Xu Xiong all the way towards the hotel, after getting along for so long, Xu Ying and Xu Xiong were already equivalent to Zhao Fan's personal guards, and they had been following him.

Zhao Fan walked all the way towards the hotel, it was night at the moment, there was a wind and snow outside, there were no pedestrians on the street at all, only the cold wind was howling, and the snowflakes were flying in this world.

"Lady Fake." As soon as Zhao Fan came to the door of the hotel, he bumped into Lin Xiangru who came out of the museum, and immediately shouted.

During this time, Zhao Fan had a lot of things, so since he and Xu Jia went to meet Lin Xiangru once, they haven't talked for a long time, and now when they see him, Zhao Fan is also slightly happy in his heart.

Lin Xiangru heard Zhao Fan's shout, and immediately showed a touch of joy on his face, and said: "It turned out to be Fan Gongzi, you came to see Zhang Hong, the envoy of the Qin State." ”

Seeing Zhao Fan appear, Lin Xiangru quickly guessed the former's intention, and immediately smiled. For Zhao Fan, Lin Xiangru also admires it very much in his heart, and can solve Li Dui's matter, among which Zhao Fan has a lot of credit.

Lin Xiangru is a fake, and he knows these things very well.

"Hehe, it's for this reason that Qin sent an envoy to visit Zhao, I naturally want to see him, Lord Fake has just seen Zhang Hong, I know what his origin is." Zhao Fan called Lin Xiangru to a remote corner and asked.

For this Zhang Hong, there is no record in history, and Zhao Fan does not know about it, but the envoy who can be appointed by the king of Qin must be very unusual, Zhao Fan wants to see the capable people of the Qin State.

Hearing this, Lin Xiangru groaned: "Zhang Hong is the senior doctor of the Qin State, and he is deeply favored by the King of Qin, and I heard that he has a very good relationship with the Daliang Zaobai of the Qin State, and he has a wide range of contacts in the Qin State and is very powerful. ”

During the Warring States Period, officials and lords could be divided into two levels: the secretary and the doctor: among the secretaries, there were the secretaries and the second secretaries. Among the doctors, there are the eldest doctors, the upper doctors, the middle doctors, etc. For example, in the Wei State, Wu Qi was punctual in Xihe, rewarded military merits, and rewarded people with his eldest husband. Later, Xu Jia was a doctor in the Wei State. In Zhao Guolin, Xiangru has been a doctor, "Lian Po Lin Xiangru Biography": "Bai Xiangru is a doctor." "At that time, Lin Xiangru was lower than Shangqing Lianpo's official position. In the country of Qi, Chun Yu, Tian Piao, Jiezi, Shen Dao, Huanyuan, etc. have all been doctors.

From this, it can be seen how much energy this senior doctor has in the Qin State, and if he can be ranked as a doctor, his ability must be quite outstanding.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also nodded, from this point of view, this Zhang Hong is not simple, the main thing is that he actually has something to do with Bai Qi, you know, Bai Qi is very powerful in Qin, and now it is a great good creation in Qin, and the original Shang Ying is just a great good creation in Qin State.

"Lord Fake Appearance saw him just now, with your appropriate contact, what kind of person do you think Zhang Hong is?" Zhao Fan wanted to hear Lin Xiangru's opinion, he knew that Lin Xiangru's eyes were very poisonous, and he usually wouldn't look at the wrong person, so he immediately asked him.

Lin Xiangru looked around, and after seeing that there was no one else, he also said in a low voice: "I see that although his words are quite polite, he is obviously a little contemptuous of our Da Zhao, and his tone is also a little disrespectful. ”

Today's Qin State, there is a faint trend of unifying the six countries, the last time and Qi called the East and West Emperors, you can see some clues, now although there is Zhao in the east to contain the Qin State to invade the Central Plains, however, if Zhao does not seek development, with the current situation, although Qin State can not help Zhao State for a while, but one day it will not be able to stop the footsteps of Qin State to invade the east.

After all, the Shang Dynasty changed the law to greatly develop the national strength of the Qin State, and the Hufu cavalry and archery implemented by King Wuling of Zhao was more focused on military affairs, and once a major war such as the Battle of Changping broke out that determined the pattern of the world, it would definitely suffer a loss.

As far as the Battle of Changping is concerned, this is the most powerful at that time to unify the world of Qin and Zhao two countries of a decisive war, the original Lian Po and Bai Qi tug-of-war for three years of Changping War, although the reason for the defeat is that the king of Zhao changed the general, Zhao Kuo was replaced by Lian Po, but it has a lot to do with the national strength of Zhao.

The three-year war caused great pressure on the Zhao State, and the emptiness in the country was no longer enough to support Lian Po to continue to adhere to the strategy of not fighting, so in order to achieve victory as soon as possible, he was replaced by Zhao Kuo.

Qin is now a strong country, and naturally has its proud capital, so Zhao Fan had already expected Zhang Hong's behavior.

"Humph! Lord Fake Take me in to see this Zhang Hong, although he is the envoy of the Qin State, but if he dares to be too ** and despise my Da Zhao, I don't mind that he will never be able to return to the Qin State. Zhao Fan said a little gloomily.

At the beginning of Linzi in Qi State, he dared to lead his troops to attack Qin Xiang Wei Ran's camp at night, a little doctor, how could Zhao Fan be afraid of him.

Hearing this, Lin Xiangru also nodded, his surname is not the kind of weak person, from the return to Zhao, it can be seen from the meeting of the pond that even the King of Qin dares to scold him in person, if Zhang Hong does not know what to do, he will definitely not be able to please.

The interior of the hotel is covered with soft animal furs, which looks very warm and comfortable, and in several corners of the hall, firewood is burned, bringing some warmth to this cold weather, and the sound of crackling sparks is faintly echoing in the hall.

Lin Xiangru led Zhao Fan towards the hotel, bypassing several corridors, and finally stopped in front of a tall courtyard.

"Go in and report to the doctor, and say that Master Fan and Lin Xiangru are here." Lin Xiangru said to the few guards waiting outside the hospital.

These guards were all brought by Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong came all the way from Qin to Zhao, and brought hundreds of followers, except for dozens of followers in the hotel, the rest of the entourage were all arranged by Lin Xiangru to be stationed next to the military camp outside Handan City.

The attendants glanced at Zhao Fan, and when they saw that he was richly dressed and personable, they also agreed and walked into the compound to report.

Zhao Fan observed these attendants, and was secretly a little surprised in his heart, the Qin people seemed to be taller than the Zhao people, and these attendants were all strong martial arts people, even if they were stronger than the Hudao Knight and the Iron Bear Guards trained by Li Dui, they seemed to be stronger.

Speaking of the Iron Bear Guards, since Li Dui was executed, he was taken in by King Zhao, a total of about 1,000 Iron Bear Guards, and now they have become palace guards, and their main duty is to protect the safety of King Huiwen.

Not long after the guards went in to report, a tall man, supported by several guards, walked towards Zhao Fan and Lin Xiangru, this man was wearing a Confucian shirt, with a large skeleton, looking fierce, and a Confucian shirt was put on him, not only did not have an elegant temperament, but had a more alternative barbarism.

There is no doubt that this is Zhang Hong, the envoy of the Qin State, this person made Zhao Fan a little disappointed, but he didn't expect a doctor to be like this.

However, although Zhao Fan was a little disappointed, he didn't care too much, the truth that people should not be good-looking, and immediately, only a small surprise flashed in his eyes, and he quickly returned to nature.

"Haha, Doctor Shang, I just communicated to the king, but I didn't expect the king to immediately order Master Fan to come and entertain you." Lin Xiangru greeted him and said with a smile on his face.

For Lin Xiangru's words, Zhang Hong just pursed his lips slightly, and didn't care, of course he knew that King Zhao couldn't be so enthusiastic, and he had also heard of Zhao Fan's name, but he didn't expect Zhao Fan to be younger than he expected.

Seeing the Gongzi Fan in front of him, who even dared to send troops to attack Wei Ran, Zhang Hong also paid attention to him, Zhao Fan was wearing a gorgeous dress and deerskin boots, looking like a luxurious son, who could think of him as a character who had dealt with so many powerful ministers.

Whether it is Li Dui or Wei Ran, all of them are still above Zhang Hong, who would have predicted that this kind of power-leaning figure will suffer in the hands of Zhao Fan.

"This is Fan Gongzi? It really lives up to its name. Zhang Hong stared at Zhao Fan with a pair of slightly flickering eyes, his senses were extremely keen, although Zhao Fan looked like an ordinary powerful brother, but he could smell a faint aura of murder from the former.

There can be this kind of murderous aura on his body, and his hands must be contaminated with a lot of human lives, Zhao Fan's aura is not too strong, Zhang Hong has ever seen the strongest character with the strongest aura of slaughter, and he is undoubtedly the most outstanding general in the Warring States, Bai Qi.

He and Bai Qi studied very deeply, and the kind of murderous aura on the former was extremely strong, which made Zhang Hong extremely impressed.

There has not yet been a battle of Changping, but Bai Qi's prestige has become famous all over the world, and in 294 BC, the battle of Yique broke out in Qin and Wei.

In order to open the passage to the Central Plains in the east, the Qin State sent troops to annihilate the Han and Wei coalition forces in Yique (now Luoyang Longmen). The Qin State, which was said to be strong and prosperous after the Shang Dynasty reform, first encroached on the land of Han and Wei, which were important in the Central Plains, when Qi and Wei were holding each other.

The Northern Qin Army captured Wei's Jieyi (present-day Jiexian, Shanxi Province) and thus directly threatened Anyi. Wei Hanjun then raised a national army**. Yique is the gateway between Han and Wei, the two mountains face each other, and the Yishui flows through it, and it looks like a que. The terrain is precarious. At that time, the strength of the Qin army was less than half of the coalition army, and the coalition army was already in danger, and the two sides were in a confrontation situation.

The following year, Bai Qi led 150,000 (100,000) soldiers to meet the 240,000 combined forces of Han and Wei under the command of Gongsun Xi. At that time, the coalition army had already occupied important places, held on to the danger, and waited until the Qin army came from afar, waiting for work, and poured 240,000 armored men to attack, and the Qin army was bound to be defeated. Or stick to it without fighting, and when the Qin army is short of food and grass, the Qin army will naturally retreat westward. If you follow the attack at that time, you can also win.

Even if you don't attack the city, you can defend the military stronghold of Yique. However, the commanders of the Han and Wei armies looked like they were separated, each preserved its strength, and refused to fight first. As a result, Bai Qi has an opportunity. Bai Qi pinned down the main Han army in the coalition army with a small number of troops, and then detoured the rear of the coalition army with the main force of the Qin army, forcing the Han and Wei coalition forces to fight a decisive battle in the narrow area of Yique Mountain, and then annihilated it in one fell swoop.

The main force of the Qin army, which made a detour to the rear, attacked the weaker Wei army, and the Wei army was defenseless and was forced to rush into battle in a hurry, and was quickly defeated. When the South Korean army learned that its allies on its flanks had been crushed in an instant, they were unstable. The soldiers mutinied, and the commander could not control the decline. At this time, the flanks of the Han army were completely exposed to the powerful main force of the Qin army. Without waiting for the commander to arrange, he was immediately attacked by the Qin army left and right, and for a while, the Korean army was defeated and fled. Bai Qi took advantage of the victory and waved his division to pursue, completely annihilated the Han and Wei coalition forces, killed the main general Xiwu, captured the commander Gongsun Xi, and captured Yique.

In this battle, Bai Qi annihilated a total of 240,000 Han and Wei allied troops, and captured 5 cities including Yique, which was a large-scale battle in the history of pre-Qin warfare, and it was a battle of annihilation with fewer victories. After the war, the elites of Han and Wei were completely lost, and they were forced to sacrifice their land to sue for peace. Bai Qi was promoted to lieutenant because of his outstanding military achievements and began his glorious military journey. Because of this victory, the Qin State expanded to the Central Plains with an irresistible momentum.

And it is precisely because the Qin State has repeatedly defeated Han Wei and other countries that it has been in the limelight for a while, so after Zhang Hong came to the Zhao State again, he would be arrogant, and there were always some people who did not look down on the Zhao State, for example, when facing Lin Xiangru, he did not have the slightest respect.

In terms of official titles, although the two are not the same country, Lin Xiang's false position is undoubtedly higher than Zhang Hong's.

"Doctor Shang has a good reputation, you are from Daqin, you must have seen a lot of talented people, how can I get into your eyes with this little trick." Zhao Fanpi smiled and said with a smile, although this Zhang Hong didn't look so cool to him, but the basic etiquette was still required.

The compound where Zhang Hong lives is the best courtyard in the entire hotel, it is precisely because of Zhang Hong's special identity that Lin Xiangru is so arranged, no matter how rude he Zhang Hong is, but he can't lose the demeanor of a big country as soon as they meet.

After an in-depth conversation, Zhao Fan once again had a certain understanding of Zhang Hong's condescending style, it turned out that Zhang Hong was not only favored by King Qin, but also the son-in-law of Qin Xiang Wei Ran.

In this way, Wei Ran and King Qin are still a little related, after all, Wei Ran is King Qin's uncle.

No wonder this person looks arrogant, but Zhao Fan won't pay attention to him so much, not to mention Wei Ran's son-in-law, even if Wei Ran, or King Qin comes in person, Zhao Guo's hardness can't be without.

"Since I entered the territory of Zhao State, I found that your country does not seem to be as good as I imagined, along the way, bandits are rampant, there are many refugees, only when I get to Handan, this situation is a little better, and my Daqin is completely different."

At the banquet, Zhang Hong took a sip of wine, as if he had no intention of saying.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan's hands were also slightly stunned, and his face was obviously a little unpleasant.

Although Sima Qian once said that the land of Zhongshan is thin and crowded, there are still remnants of the sand dunes, and the folk customs are anxious, and they rely on the opportunity to eat. Husbands get together to play, sad songs are generous, starting with each other, Hugh is digging graves for skillful annihilation, many beautiful things, for advocating excellence, women are drumming, stepping on the drums, flattering and rich, entering the harem, all over the princes. And Yan Yan is similar to Zhao and the customs, and its people are fierce and less worried' ("Historical Records. The Legend of the Colonies). In short, tough, rigid, anxious, angry, and chivalrous are the portrayal of the folk customs of Zhaodi.

Although its stubborn people are inevitably annihilated, however, it is not as exaggerated as Zhang Hong said, Zhao Fan came all the way from Yunzhong County to Handan, and he did not encounter any bandits, if you want to say that in Zhao State, of course, there will be some bandits, but it is by no means as exaggerated as Zhang Hong said.

Before Zhao Fan could speak, Lin Xiangru got up in vain, looked at Zhang Hong proudly and said: "The founding of Shandong, although I dare not say that I am the strongest vassal state, there is absolutely no country to match. Dazhao is 2,000 miles away, with hundreds of thousands of armor, thousands of cars, 10,000 horses, Su Zhi for ten years, Changshan in the west, Hezhang in the south, Qinghe in the east, and Yanguo in the north. (To be continued.) )