"I didn't expect the widow to do such a small thing, and it was really embarrassing to make the subjects so grateful to Dade." King Huiwen rubbed his hands a little excitedly, and said to Zhao Fan and the others beside him.

For the former, some food, clothes and other things are more, and the palace maids and guards in the palace, as early as a few months ago, after Zhao Fan arrested Li Dui, he carried out a big blood change, and all the palace maids and guards were reduced a lot, so the palace expenses were also greatly reduced, and a lot of money and food were saved during this time.

The food and clothes distributed today were all saved during this time, and they had no impact on the palace.

At this time, Zhao Fan also said with feelings: "Yes, for ordinary people, their requirements are not high, they just hope to be fed and clothed, so Brother Wang's behavior is exactly what they want in their hearts, and they are naturally grateful to you." ”

Hearing this, King Huiwen's heart also moved slightly, and there seemed to be a hint of understanding in his eyes, he grew up in the court since he was a child, where would he understand the lives of ordinary people, let alone know the extent to which the commoners in this era were short of necessities for life.

Now listening to Zhao Fan's words, listening to the praise of the residents of Handan City outside the palace, he naturally felt some feelings in his heart, and immediately he also said: "In this way, from today onwards, an event like today will be held for the residents of Handan City every three days, and as for the source of food and clothing, it will be drawn from the palace's expenses every day." ”

King Huiwen wanted to reduce the expenses of the palace and use the money and grain saved to distribute to the poor residents of Handan City.

For the former's behavior, Zhao Fan naturally praised it, and immediately smiled: "Brother Wang's move, the most holy and clear, will win the hearts of the people of my Great Zhao in the future, Brother Wang can know, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, your good deeds today will unite the hearts of the subjects of Handan, and open my Great Zhao Eternal Meritorious Service." ”

Zhao Fan saw very clearly, today's small-scale charity activity has gathered so many residents outside the palace to chant the merits of King Huiwen, if there are a few more such activities, the residents of Handan City are definitely willing to smear the liver and brain of King Huiwen to repay the kindness of today.

This kind of influence is extremely terrifying, Handan City, as the capital of the Zhao king, has at least hundreds of thousands of people, so many people praise King Huiwen and are willing to work for him, why worry that the Qin State will not be destroyed, and the Zhao State will not be prosperous?

"Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world?"

At this time, King Huiwen and Lin Xiangru and others were full of surprise, carefully pondering the meaning, and all of them showed a look of surprise on their faces.

Xia Wei, Shang Xuan, Zhou You, is it not because of the cruelty and lack of kindness, not to get the hearts of the people that led to the demise of the dynasty, King Huiwen and others thought of this, they also looked at themselves with a look of amazement, and the former sighed: "The widow once heard the former king say that if you want Zhao to be rich and strong, you must think more about the commoners and implement benevolent governance." Although Brother Fan's sentence is short, it is extremely incisive, and the essence of the words of the former king is replaced by a sentence, which is really powerful. ”

King Huiwen's words were quite sincere, and he really admired Zhao Fan from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Fan's words just now seem to be a bit exaggerated on the surface, but in fact, they are not exaggerated at all, they are true.

In history, the city of Handan in Zhao State was besieged many times, in the early Warring States period, there were Wei general Pang Juan besieged Handan, Qi State besieged Wei to save Zhao, and after that, it was besieged by Qin State several times, and even besieged for several years.

In this case, if the army and the people are not reconciled, and the residents of the city are unwilling to support King Zhao, then the result can be imagined, so it can also be seen how important it is to win the hearts of the people for King Huiwen.

In the past few days, King Huiwen opened a warehouse every three days to help the people and distribute clothes to the residents of the city according to what he said before, and this kind of kindness has been supported by all the residents of Handan City, and the prestige of King Huiwen and Zhao Fan has also risen to a new height.

Under the leadership of King Huiwen, other ministers also followed King Huiwen's example and distributed food and clothing to the commoners, as did some local merchants, and for a while, the whole Handan became extremely warm.

The situation of Handan City soon spread to all parts of Zhao State, and even other vassal states, and suddenly, other cities of Zhao State also followed Handan's example, and the county guards and city guards organized local officials and wealthy families to carry out the same good deeds.

Under this kind of behavior, all parts of Zhao Kingdom are praising King Huiwen and Zhao Fan, and some people even offer clay statues of the two at home, saying that they pray and pray.

At the same time, at this time, Zhao Fan was discussing with Lin Xiangru and others about the revocation of the fief, the former didn't care about the existence or absence of the fief, and when he came to this era, he just wanted to do something for Zhao Guo, so that the knowledge he learned in his previous life could be useful.

"The matter of revoking the fief is very important, and it needs to be discussed with the king before making a decision." Lin Xiangru's face changed, and the impact of the fiefdom was complicated, and he had always been sophisticated and shrewd, so he naturally would not express his position easily.

What's more, another one with a fief and a special identity is right next to him.

Zhao Fan's eyes were so sharp, he found that Lin Xiangru was inadvertently, glanced at Zhao Sheng, who was silent on the side, and immediately came to his senses, coughing dryly: "Brother Sheng, what do you think this matter is?" ”

Although Zhao Sheng is young now, he is seventeen or eighteen years old, and he has experienced so many things, compared to his peers, he is also a lot more mature and stable, Zhao Fan just said that the fief will lead to a weak country, if you think about it a little crookedly, it seems that there is a kind of secret irony of Zhao Sheng.

After all, among all the feudal monarchs of Zhao State today, the largest and most extensive fief is Pingyuan Jun.

"Uh......" Zhao Sheng seemed to be thinking about something, and was immediately startled, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "That's right, Brother Fan is right, back then, Zhou Tianzi was divided into feudal systems, and he was established as a meritorious hero of Zhou that year, and he was the prince of the world, with King Zhou as the co-master." Unexpectedly, this system has led to the collapse of the world today, wars are everywhere, and now the fiefdom policy of my great Zhao Fengjun is a meaning to divide the princes of the world with Zhou Tianzi, so we must learn the lessons of the Zhou Dynasty and abolish the fiefdom system. ”

Although the Zhou Dynasty still exists nominally, it has long been boring and boring, all the vassal states in the world, who will take Zhou Tianzi seriously, even when Su Qin was the minister of the Six Kingdoms, when he faced Zhou Tianzi in Luoyang, he could be dismissive, not to mention Zhao Sheng, the son of Zhao State.

Therefore, although his remarks seem a bit rebellious, no one cares.

Zhao Fan was a little surprised in his heart, he didn't expect Zhao Sheng to make such a remark, looking at the former's expression, it seemed that he had no opinion on the revocation of the fiefdom system.

With Zhao Sheng's support, then Zhao Fan didn't have to worry about anything, and immediately arrived: "This is the case, so the fiefdom system, it's indeed time to cancel it, tonight we will go to the palace together to discuss this matter with Brother Wang." ”

History has proved that in this kind of feudal society, only the implementation of a high degree of centralization can make the country stronger, and the abolition of the fiefdom system is actually one of the systems that represents centralized power.

Coming back from the Fake Minister's Mansion, it was already afternoon, Zhao Fan and Zhao Sheng returned to the Plains Monarch's Mansion, just after the luncheon, a hurried figure suddenly broke into the mansion, and said in a hurry: "Fan Gongzi, where is Sheng Gongzi?" ”

At this time, Zhao Fan had just stepped into the hall, and when he heard the words, he also looked at the person who came, it turned out to be Miao Xian, and immediately said: "Why is Master Miao here, but is there something?" ”

"Master Fan, something is wrong, Hu Ren led tens of thousands of cavalry and was preparing to attack Yunzhong County, Li Feng County Guard got the news and immediately ordered someone to send a message to the king overnight, asking the king to send troops to support."

Miao Xian's face was nervous, and he was a little slurred.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan was also surprised, this news caught him a little off guard, and he immediately said with a face full of surprise: "Is this true?" ”

"It's true, it was Li Feng who personally sent someone to pass the order back." Miao Xian replied.

Zhao Fan couldn't sit still any longer, so he left Miao Xian directly and ran towards the palace. He never thought that the Hu people would start a war at this time, now the climate is cold, in the northwest, at night, the temperature even reaches a terrifying minus tens of degrees Celsius, if you fight in this kind of ghost weather, you will not be counted as killed in battle, and a large group of people will freeze to death if you freeze.

Generally speaking, the Hu people like to wage war in the season of harvesting grain after autumn, and at this time they can take the opportunity to collect the grain grown on the border of Zhao State, not only to feed the war with war, but also to collect excess grain, bring it back to the tribe, and give it to survive the winter.

It is very rare to start a war in this cold season, unless there are special circumstances.

Zhao Fan thought about the motive of Hu Ren's battle this time, and walked into the palace.

The news that the Hu people launched an invasion of the border cities of Yunzhong County and Dai County of Zhao Province soon spread throughout Handan City, and the influence of this matter should not be underestimated, and soon all the ministers gathered in the main hall of the palace, and King Huiwen temporarily convened an emergency meeting.

Li Feng brought the news that the Hu people came with tens of thousands of cavalry, which is almost equivalent to a nest dispatch, which is a rare situation, the Hu people are not many in number, and the number of troops who can fight is at most more than 100,000, and now tens of thousands are dispatched here, which is really unprecedented.

By the time Zhao Fan came to the main hall, Lin Xiangru, Lian Po and others had already arrived, and they were discussing countermeasures with King Huiwen.

"Brother Wang, I heard that the Hu people invaded Yunzhong County, I don't know what the situation is?" Zhao Fan said a little nervously. Li Feng is his wife, Li Bingbing's father, who was very good to himself and took care of himself when he was in Cloud City, so Zhao Fan was also a little worried in his heart.

King Huiwen frowned, obviously the situation was not optimistic, he said in a low voice: "Yunzhong County is safe for the time being, but Hu Ren is putting on a posture of not occupying Yunzhong County, and he will not give up." ”

This time, the Hu people blatantly launched an attack on Zhao State, so they did not act like a robber as before, coming and going like the wind, grabbing things and running away. Instead, he first issued a letter of persuasion to Li Feng, asking Li Feng to defect to the Hu people and dedicate Yunzhong County to King Lin Hu, otherwise he would attack Yunzhong City.

With Li Feng's surname, he naturally disdained King Linhu's persuasion to surrender, but immediately sent someone to rush back to Handan overnight to inform King Huiwen of the news, and he was preparing to resist the enemy.

Lian Po looked solemn and said: "This time, Lin Hu sent a total of 50,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, while the total strength of Yunzhong County is less than 50,000. In view of the above situation, we must send troops to support Yunzhong County and fight against the Hu people. ”

This time, Lin Hu's cavalry was menacing, and prepared a large number of siege equipment, and on the second day of giving Li Feng a letter of persuasion to surrender, he did not get a response from Li Feng, so he immediately sent troops, like locusts flying across the border, to occupy all the villages and tribes on the border of Zhao State, and all the people and cattle and sheep and food were taken away.

Although Li Feng immediately notified the nearby crowd after getting the news, carried out the clearing of the fortified wall, and evacuated all the personnel and all materials to the nearest city, but the means of communication in this era were extremely limited, and the time was in a hurry, so Lin Hu, who was dispatched by the army, plundered many people, cattle and sheep. 】

In just a few days, Lin Hu occupied several cities on the border, and the army approached Yunzhong County, the capital of Yunzhong County, Yunzhong City.

"Brother Wang, General Lian, let me lead the troops to support Li Feng's county guard, I have lived there for a few months, and I am familiar with the nearby terrain and the soldiers of Cloud City." Zhao Fan At this time, please speak.

He was in Cloud City for the first time, and now that Cloud City was attacked by Lin Hu, how could he not care, not to mention, it is true that as he said, Zhao Fan has lived in Cloud City for so long, and compared to other generals, he is more familiar with things there.

Seeing Zhao Fan take the initiative to ask Ying, King Huiwen and Lian Po and others were also slightly surprised, Zhao Fan had just been named Wu Chengjun, and he should have rested in the mansion during this time, how could he lead the troops to fight, and immediately there was a hint of hesitation on his face.

Zhao Fan saw that King Huiwen seemed to be a little reluctant, and immediately hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, I am willing to make a military order, this time I will lead the people of my headquarters to support Yunzhong County, if I can't repel the Hu people and keep Yunzhong County, I am willing to accept the military order and punishment." ”

Zhao Fan is now the general of the Right Army in Handan City, leading more than 10,000 soldiers of the Right Army, and his status is different from that of ordinary generals.

After all, the military order is not a joke, once the military order is established, whether you are a general or a general, and you have not completed the military order, you must be strictly punished, and there is no shame at all.

Hearing this, King Huiwen also glanced at Zhao Fan, and saw that his eyebrows were full of confidence, so he also nodded, and said: "That's fine, then you will lead the right army to Yunzhong City to support Li Feng's county guard, and the widow will recruit soldiers from all over the country during this time, and continue to send troops to support you when the time comes." ”

King Huiwen knew Zhao Fan's ability, and the former took the initiative to ask for help, so he had no choice but to agree, after all, the Hu people's sudden invasion of such a large-scale was very important, and he was not at ease when he sent ordinary generals over, and the only people he trusted were Zhao Fan and Lian Po.

However, Lian Po wants to sit in Handan City, after all, Handan is the capital of Zhao Wang, and there must be no mistakes, compared to Zhao Fan, Lian Po has been in the army for a long time after all, whether it is prestige or fame, it is much higher than Zhao Fan, and it is better to have him in Handan City.

Hearing this, Zhao Fan also made a promise.

Seeing this, Lian Po also nodded, and instructed Zhao Fan to be careful and listen to Li Feng's opinions, after all, the former has been the county guard for so many years, and there are some things that he doesn't have to look down on.

After the matter was finalized, Zhao Fan also hurried to the barracks, gathered a total of 12,500 people of the right army outside the city, mobilized all the grain, grass and materials, and led the large army to march all the way in the direction of Yunzhong County.

Rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, now that the battle ahead is tight, Zhao Fan and the others have no time to wait until tomorrow morning, so although it is almost evening, they still set off immediately, and even Zhao Fan still has time to inform Li Bingbing and Mu Niang and others, so he took Li Mu and Xu Ying, Xu Xiong and others, and rushed to Yunzhong County.

Before leaving, Zhao Fan entrusted Zhao Sheng and King Huiwen and others to take care of Li Bingbing and his daughters for him, and then lifted his spear, blew a long whistle, and a dark golden eagle suddenly screamed, spread its wings and circled over the army, and followed the army into the distance.

This golden eagle is naturally a small gold, after more than half a year of growth, it has fully grown and matured, its wings are spread, its length is nearly three meters, its claws are sharp and advantageous, and even some time ago, in the grassland outside Handan City, hunted a snow wolf.

However, the tacit understanding between Xiaojin and Zhao Fan is getting deeper and deeper, when he was in Handan City, Zhao Fan generally didn't care about it, and let it hunt and grow outside, because only in this way can it grow into a real golden eagle.

It is proved that this is indeed the case, Xiao Jin's predatory ability has been greatly enhanced, and because of the time he broke out of the shell, he was taken care of by Zhao Fan, and his relationship with the former was very deep, often a whistle, Xiao Jin would judge Zhao Fan's meaning from a distance according to the vibration amplitude of the whistle, and then make corresponding actions.

Xiao Jin circled in the sky, following the army at a gallop, along the way, from time to time landed on Zhao Fan's shoulders, and sometimes he would catch some snow rabbits, robes and other animals, and bring them to Zhao Fan to cook and eat.

The farther north the mountain, the colder the weather became, and the soldiers were wrapped in thick cotton jackets and coats, stepping on the hard grass, and marched without the slightest complaint, because, at this moment, their coach Zhao Fan was also carrying a bag of grain and walking with them on foot.

Coaches are like this, and these ordinary soldiers have nothing to complain about.

Because the weather was too bad, these soldiers needed to get food that contained a lot of calories, so Zhao Fan kept telling Xiaojin to hunt more animals and replenish calories for the soldiers. However, there are so many people, only Xiaojin and a golden eagle, which is obviously a drop in the bucket, so Zhao Fan also specially set up a team to catch prey nearby when everyone is resting.

And some of the game was stored and frozen with ice and snow, so that there would not be enough food when the time came to war.

These soldiers of the right army were led by Lian Po at the beginning, and the former has always been strict in governing the army, so these ordinary soldiers have strong discipline and excellent physical fitness, and there are no other accidents in such cold weather.

Because the war is imminent, so this time rushed to Cloud City, it was completely a night march, and the rest time was pitiful.

On the morning of the seventh day, all the members of the right army finally arrived at Yunzhong County, and along the way, dozens of soldiers froze to death, and most of them were also tired.

In a clearing, Zhao Fan ordered to build a camp to rest, he saw that the soldiers were not tired, and they really couldn't continue to move forward, so he immediately had to order a rest.

Zhao Fan has inspected the boundary here, and has indeed arrived in Yunzhong County, according to the current marching speed, Ming said that he should be able to reach Yunzhong City, seven or eight days have passed since the departure from Handan City, during this time, what did the Hu people do, Zhao Fan They are not clear at all, but it can be expected that now the Hu people should have launched another siege plan.

It's just that I don't know if it has hit Yunzhong City, if it hasn't broken through Yunzhong City, it will be better, if Yunzhong City has been broken, they Zhao Fan and others will also be more auspicious.

With this apprehension, Zhao Fan led the army to continue to march towards Yunzhong City after lunch, but now it has become much more cautious, and the team gathers together and constantly sends out secret sentinels to inquire about the situation ahead.

The second said.

"Report to the general, Cloud City has not been occupied by the Hu people yet, and the county guard Li Feng is extremely happy to know that you are here." A thin man came from a distance like a monkey, and then knelt on one knee and reported.

Zhao Fan ordered him to rush to Cloud City first to find out the situation near Cloud City, and if Cloud City was still intact, he would inform Li Feng of the news of his arrival.

Hearing the news that Yunzhong City was not occupied by the Hu people, Zhao Fan was also relieved in his heart, Yunzhong City was strategically important, and it was strong and easy to defend, as long as Yunzhong City could be defended, even if the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Hu people attacked them, they were not afraid.

After all, the Hu people are now practicing war to feed the war, and there is absolutely not much food, as long as they can resist for a while, the Hu people will definitely retreat without a fight because of lack of food.

"After the report, the whole army rose up and marched towards Yunzhong City." Zhao Fan glanced coldly into the distance, and then said in a low voice.

These Hu people are indeed hateful, starting a war at this time, Zhao Fan also implied a killing intention in his heart, this time, he has already made a military order, so he must defeat the Hu people and make meritorious deeds.

All the way towards Yunzhong City, where Zhao Fan and the others went, the place was desolate, passing through several villages on the way, but they didn't see a single resident, even the wooden houses were all demolished, and those that could not be demolished were all burned.

In the vicinity of these villages, there are large traces of scorching, and even the soil is scorched black, obviously this is Li Feng's implementation of the strong wall to clear the wilderness, leaving not a single grass or tree for the Hu people.

Cloud City is like a prehistoric giant beast crawling in the northwest land, surrounded by a solemn and cold atmosphere, the guards and guards on the city are all a look of being ready for battle, to this day, the Hu people have connected the eight cities of Yunzhong County, and they are about to hit the Cloud City.

The strength of the entire Cloud City is less than 50,000, but the enemy has a full 70,000 horses, not to mention, 50,000 of them are cavalry, if they go out of the city to face the battle, there is a wilderness and plain outside, with the mobile surname and strong impact of the cavalry, Cloud City will lose.

Therefore, after getting the news, Li Feng ordered someone to send a message to King Huiwen on the one hand, and on the other hand, he carried out the clearing of the wilderness with a strong wall, gathered all the materials in Cloud City, and waited for the arrival of the Hu people.

As long as the city in the clouds can be defended, it means that the war is won, so there is no need to go out of the city to face the battle and fight with the Hu people.

When Zhao Fan and a group of more than 10,000 people appeared at the gate of Cloud City, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, at this time, Li Feng got the news, and had come to the city early to greet him, he looked into the distance from the city, and saw that the people who came were indeed Zhao Fan and Li Mu and others, and his heart was also overjoyed, and he hurriedly opened the city to welcome the arrival of Zhao Fan and others.

As long as the city in the clouds can be defended, it means that the war is won, so there is no need to go out of the city to face the battle and fight with the Hu people.

When Zhao Fan and a group of more than 10,000 people appeared at the gate of Cloud City, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, at this time, Li Feng got the news, and had come to the city early to greet him, he looked into the distance from the city, and saw that the people who came were indeed Zhao Fan and Li Mu and others, and his heart was also overjoyed, and he hurriedly opened the city to welcome the arrival of Zhao Fan and others.

Zhao Fan rode on a black horse, and when he saw the familiar city in front of him, he also felt a touch of emotion in his heart, he had been away from Cloud City for several months, and now he finally returned here, but it appeared in the form of rescue.

Everything in Cloud City has not changed, but on the northeast side of the city, several deep and wide trenches have been temporarily dug, obviously, this is to resist the impact of the Hu cavalry and increase the defensive capacity of Cloud City.

After all, although Yunzhong City is the capital of Yunzhong County, it is still far worse than an old city like Handan, after all, Yunzhong City has only been established for a few years, and after Zhao Guohu is cavalry and shooting, and the national strength is strong, there has never been any large-scale war, and the defensive ability is not as good as that of an old city like Handan.

"Lady Woman." When he came to the city gate, Zhao Fan saw Li Feng at the front at a glance, and immediately hurriedly dismounted and performed the etiquette of a junior.

Now Zhao Fan's status is very different from when he left Cloud City, when he went to Handan, he was just a small brigade commander, but now, he has become a big man who integrates Wu Anjun, the right general, and the son of Zhao Guo.

If it is about identity and status, it should be Li Feng who salutes Zhao Fan, but the former is his father-in-law, how could Zhao Fan let him salute with him, and he immediately took the lead and bowed down to luggage the etiquette of a junior.

Li Feng was also embarrassed at the moment, how could he have expected that the child who was picked up by his old friend from the wolf's den in Bairen City back then was the youngest son left behind by King Wuling, and Zhao Fan had made so many achievements when he went to Handan City.

In one year, from a hunter to today's point, all this has to be said to be very surprising and amazing. (To be continued.) )