Chapter 162: Fertile Fields
Zhao Sheng, Su Qin and others also knew about Li Dui's bold behavior at the time of the early dynasty today, and immediately several people also came to the palace to discuss the matter with King Huiwen in the Taihe Palace.
After experiencing the affairs of the court meeting, King Huiwen's spirit seemed to be sluggish, although he was restrained, but there was still some faint fluctuation of his heart like ashes, exuding.
Su Qin sat down and shook his head, obviously not very satisfied with King Huiwen's performance at the moment, but in order for the Zhao State not to be affected by the destruction of the Yan State due to civil strife, he had to stand on the position of the Zhao State at this moment and help the Zhao State tide over this crisis.
He had also heard about today's court meeting, and while hearing Li Dui's tyrannical behavior, Su Qin had to sigh slightly.
The fall of the Zhao State to the point where it is today is not the result of the nobles and rulers of the Zhao State, Su Qin, as a Zongheng family, has seen this kind of thing very thoroughly, and he will not sympathize with King Huiwen because of this, because, in this world of the jungle, even if he is the King of Zhao, he also has to show his ability, otherwise he will be swallowed by the opponent and there will be no scum left.
"Su faked all the way from Qi to Zhao, and I'm really sorry to see you today." One of the advantages of King Huiwen is that he does not put on a show, which is indeed rare for a king.
Therefore, seeing that King Huiwen was so humble, Su Qin was also slightly surprised, but it didn't take long for him to settle down, and said with a smile: "The king's words are serious, the old man is just a person who is about to die, how can he be worthy of the king's words." ”
Hearing this, King Huiwen smiled self-deprecatingly, although he has been a king for ten years, but in his heart, he has never really regarded himself as a king, and most of the ministers are respectful and respectful on the surface, and they still do not support Li Dui behind their backs.
For this, King Huiwen still sees it very thoroughly.
"By the way, I heard that Zhao Shishuai went to recruit troops outside Handan City during this time, and hasn't come back yet?" King Huiwen suddenly thought of Zhao Fan, after all, he was a brother, and only for his true brother, he would be at ease.
So I immediately asked.
After Zhao Fan left Handan some time ago, he ordered someone to bring the news back, so everyone also knew that he was now recruiting soldiers in Yuehua Village, Zhao Sheng smiled reluctantly, and said: "Well, I should be back in a few days, I believe that Zhao Shishuai will have a way to deal with Li Dui." ”
For his brother, Zhao Sheng has a somewhat blind confidence in his heart.
Su Qin was very keenly aware of the difference between King Huiwen and Pingyuan Jun's tone towards Zhao Fan, it was an emotion that implied cordiality and confidence, although Su Qin was puzzled in his heart, he naturally did not ask directly, but said: "Don't worry, the king, although this matter is an internal problem in your country, but the old man can still help the king, a few days ago on the way to your country, I sent a letter to King Yan, hoping that King Yan can help Zhao Guo, I believe that soon, Yan Guo should send someone to help the king." ”
When leaving the Qi Kingdom, Su Qin had a conversation with Zhao Fan and made it clear that he supported King Huiwen, so the former also knew that Su Qin supported him, and immediately, he was not surprised.
It's just that Su Qin was able to invite the army of Yan State, but King Huiwen was slightly puzzled.
Su Qin is a false appearance of the Qi State, and the feuding relationship between Qi and Yan is known to the world. If it was said that King Yan didn't want Zhao to be annexed by Qi and sent troops to help, he would have believed it, but now that Su Qin actually said that he invited King Yan, then there would be some problems.
This is also because Zhao Fan did not say that Su Qin was an undercover agent sent to Qi by Yan State, otherwise King Huiwen would not have doubted it, but Zhao Fan respected Su Qin from the bottom of his heart, so such a major matter, even if it was his own royal brother, he did not reveal it.
seemed to be aware of King Zhao's doubts, but Su Qin didn't explain, took a sip of wine, and didn't speak again.
King Huiwen knew Su Qin's talent, and he also knew that he was a minister that King Qi valued very much, so naturally he would not force him to say anything, and everyone drank happily like this, until noon, Su Qin said goodbye and left.
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"Roaring ......" was opened up by Zhao Fan in a clearing at the entrance of Yuehua Village, and the soldiers they recruited during this time were training according to Zhao Fan's training requirements.
Here the flag is covered, the swords and guns are like a forest, and the murderous aura is condensed in it, and it will not disperse for a long time.
These hunters are already strong in martial arts, although they have not killed people, but they have hunted a lot of beasts, so on their bodies, there is a faint killing atmosphere, although it is not as good as the veterans in the army, but it is not too bad.
"I haven't been back to Handan for a few days, I don't know what the situation in Handan City is now?" Zhao Fan frowned in an open space on the school grounds, looking at the direction of Handan City from afar, and there was a faint nervousness in his heart.
Only after coming to Yuehua Village a few days ago, Zhao Fan has been busy in Yuehua Village because of the recruitment and training of the army, but he has no time to take a good look at Handan, and he is also a little worried when he thinks that Brother Wang is in the palace alone.
Beside him, Gongsun Long, who was fluttering in white, said with a smile: "According to the aunt in the village who went to Handan City to purchase goods, there has been no abnormal situation in Handan City recently, and as usual, it is peaceful and peaceful. So Zhao Shishuai doesn't need to worry. ”
Yuehua Village is a little far away from Handan City, and the residents of the village generally go to Handan City every once in a while to purchase the things they usually need.
At this moment, Xu Ying's figure suddenly hurried over, hugged his fists and said: "Shi Shuai, dozens of miles ahead, I found a team of thousands of soldiers, they are rushing in the direction of Handan City, you see?" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Fan was also slightly stunned, they are now in the north of Handan City, and if they go up, it is the direction of Yan Kingdom, how can there be an army there?
"Could it be Ge Xiang's people?" After Zhao Fan was stunned for a moment, he immediately thought of Ge Xiang, who had clashed with them a few days ago, in this area, there were so many soldiers, and only his people could appear.
However, the facts did not match Zhao Fan's thoughts, I saw Xu Ying shake his head, and said: "No, I have observed Ge Xiang's division, their military discipline is lax, and every soldier has an arrogant and domineering atmosphere, but that army is neat and strict, and at a glance it is an army with extremely strong combat effectiveness." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Fan was even more puzzled in his heart, he had seen both the left army and the right army in Handan City, I don't know if it was because Li Dui and Hu Biao's command ability was not very good, or for some other reason, the quality of the soldiers in these two armies was not very good, and Zhao Fan was also quite curious about the sudden appearance of such an army.
Immediately, Zhao Fan said, "Take me to have a look." ”
Immediately, several people also rushed towards the northeast, Zhao Fan thought all the way about which team it would be, now Handan City, the right army has been taken by Lian Po to resist the Qin army, the middle army, the left army is not, is it that Lian Po is able to come back in advance?
Thinking of this, Zhao Fan was also faintly excited, Lian Po was extremely capable of commanding and fighting very well, if he came back, Zhao Fan would be a lot easier, and immediately felt a little happy in his heart.
Out of Yuehua Village, not far away is a low valley, in this world more than 2,000 years ago, the world outside the city still retains a mysterious and moving original appearance. If it's not early winter, you can see groups of animals roaming the wilderness. This official road is mostly taken from the low hills, or plains and open land, so although the distance is lofty mountains, lush forests, and stacked green mountains. They walked on a quiet and lovely path.
At this time, turn a hill, the left side suddenly appears like a small lake like a mirror, the lake water is clear and clear without waves, clear can be monitored, in the morning smoke and evening fog, the smoke is cold and beautiful, elegant and pleasant. The green mountains on the other side are connected, and the green bamboos and pines are beautiful. Zhao Fan only wanted to see Lian Po as soon as possible at the moment, but he had no intention of observing the beautiful scenery around him. Even when he was far away from the small lake, he still had that beautiful impression in his heart. But he was soon attracted by a valley he was passing by.
The strange peaks in the valley show off, the clever stones are listed, the forest is dense, and there are rare birds and beasts in the meantime. The valley bottom is clear and meandering, the river is clear and the stone monster is shining, under the sprinkling of the sun, the water moves the stone and changes, and the illusion is endless.
At the end of a river called Baishui, Xu Ying finally stopped.
The white water is about 20 zhang wide, flows between the two banks of the boulder, the water and grass in the river are luxuriant, the river water reflects the color of the thick green water plants, the Danshi green water forms a strong contrast that makes people's hearts tremble, revealing a mysterious beauty that is indescribable. The upper reaches are lined with dangerous peaks, the cliffs are towering, the terrain is flattened, the flowing water is murmuring, the forests are verdant, and further down is the vast wilderness, until the extreme distance, you can see the undulating mountains again.
Not far from the shore of Baishui, Zhao Fan finally saw the figure, he looked carefully, it was indeed more than a thousand soldiers, as Xu Ying said, not soldiers of the Chinese army or the right army.
Since the situation had not yet been clarified, Zhao Fan did not dare to rush forward, but carefully looked at those soldiers from a distance, staring at them for a long time, Zhao Fan actually felt a sense of familiarity in his heart, as if he had seen these soldiers somewhere.
Looking at their costumes, they were indeed soldiers of Zhao State, Zhao Fan thought about it for a long time, but still had no clue, but at this moment, Xu Ying suddenly shouted: "Master Marshal, do you see that some soldiers, don't they look like the brothers of our Second Brigade in Cloud City?" ”
Although Xu Ying didn't stay in Cloud City for too long, he was extremely familiar with the Second Brigade under Zhao Fan at the beginning, because many of the soldiers in the brigade were hunters from Xuzhuang at the beginning, so Xu Ying immediately recognized these people at a glance.
Hearing this, Zhao Fan also suddenly realized, and finally understood in his heart, these soldiers are the army of Cloud City, just thinking of this, two tall and majestic bodies suddenly walked out from among the soldiers, looking at their momentum, they should be the generals of this group.
"It's Lin Hu and Zhang Zhi!" Zhao Fan only glanced at it slightly, and recognized these two people, who were the two friends who had gone to Cloud City with Li Mu, Xu Jia and others from Bairen City.
Seeing acquaintances, Zhao Fan was also very happy, for the purpose of the two of them bringing troops, Zhao Fan guessed in his heart without much brain, it should be Li Feng who knew the situation of Handan City now, so this time he sent two people to bring troops over to assist him.
He came out of his hiding place, took Xu Ying, Xu Xiong and others, and walked directly towards the soldiers.
Seeing Zhao Fan's figure, the soldiers of the Second Brigade were stunned for a moment, and then burst into thunderous cheers, they had already recognized Zhao Fan, and at this time, Lin Hu and Wang Zhi were naturally no exception, when they saw Zhao Fan, their faces were immediately full of joy.
They didn't expect to see Zhao Fan so soon, and they were immediately ushered in.
The two of them haven't seen each other for a few months, they look a lot taller and more stable, it seems that in the past few months in Cloud City, both of them have made great progress, seeing this, Zhao Fan also felt a little relieved in his heart.
Lin Hu and Wang Zhi were friends who originally went to Cloud City with him and the others, so their relationship was naturally much better than that of others.
"Haha, Brother Zhao Fan, I finally saw you again." Wang Zhi's surname is hearty, he doesn't like to say some hypocritical words, so he patted Zhao Fan's back directly, although his words were simple, Zhao Fan still felt the joy of the former.
In the past few months, the two of them have not been in vain, not only do they look mature and stable, but they have also practiced good swordsmanship and good riding and archery, although Zhao Fan has guessed in his heart, he still asked: "Why did the two brothers suddenly come to Handan and not notify me?" ”
Hearing this, Wang Zhi suddenly said with a solemn face: "Lord County Shou knows about the situation in Handan City, and specially sent us to help Brother Zhao Fan to fight against Li Dui, by the way, do you remember that Ye Fei in Cloud City?" Some time ago, Lord County Shou found out that he was colluding with the Hu people, and he intended to control Cloud City with the Hu people, so Lord County Shou saw through his conspiracy, and was finally killed by Lord County Shou, but this matter has not been revealed. ”
Zhao Fan was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect Ye Fei to be killed so easily, he was the supervisor of Cloud City, he controlled a lot of troops, if he wanted to kill him, how easy it was to talk about it, although Wang Zhi didn't say much, but Zhao Fan could still imagine how difficult they were at that time.
As for Ye Fei's collusion with the Hu people, Zhao Fan really didn't expect it, although he knew that Ye Fei wanted to control Cloud City, but he didn't expect this way and chose to cooperate with the Hu people, he didn't know that Hu Ren was hoping that Cloud City would split from Zhao State?
However, fortunately, these problems have been solved by Li Feng, at this moment, Zhao Fan also felt Li Feng's power again, in history, only Li Mu's great name was left, but not Li Feng's, Zhao Fan thought that Li Feng was an unknown person, but now it seems that he is wrong, can teach Li Mu this god of war, as his father Li Feng, where will he go?
It is only because Qin Shi Huang later burned the classics of the Six Kingdoms that the known history of the Warring States is so scarce.
While talking, everyone observed the movement near and far. Nearby, everything was peaceful, and birds and beasts came to the river to drink water, and even mingled with their mules and horses, enjoying the sweet fairy flow of the water.
At this moment, the soldiers were lighting a fire to cook, and when they learned that they were going to Handan to help them, Zhao Fandang even if everyone finished eating together and headed towards Yuehua Village, so many people would definitely attract Li Dui's attention, so they could only be placed in Yuehua Village for the time being.
Along the way, Zhao Fan kept inquiring about the situation of Cloud City during this time, and learned that there was no big movement in Cloud City at the moment, and both of them were promoted to brigade commanders, Zhao Fan was also quite happy in his heart.
"During this time, the Hu people didn't come to Cloud City to make trouble." Zhao Fan asked.
Hearing this, Lin Hu also smiled slightly, and said: "Now that it is snowing heavily in Cloud City, and the Hu people are hiding in the tribe for the winter, where will they disturb Cloud City in this weather, hehe, as soon as Ye Fei dies, the phenomenon of Cloud City is much better than before." ”
Lin Hu is right, Ye Fei is a scheming and ruthless person, with him in Cloud City, although Li Feng can suppress him, but he can't monitor him all the time, with him in Cloud City, the atmosphere is a lot more tense.
Fortunately, now that Ye Fei is dead, Li Feng has completely controlled Cloud City, which also solves the worries of Zhao Fan and others, otherwise, if Ye Fei controls Cloud City, it will be extremely troublesome to lead the army to attack himself and others with Li Dui back and forth.
Zhao Fan nodded, he looked into the distance, now he just wanted to help Brother Wang get rid of Li Dui as soon as possible, and then ally with the King of Qi as soon as possible to discuss the matter of the Six Kingdoms attacking Qin, the Qin State is now said to be strong, if you want to defeat him, in addition to also carrying out reforms, that is, to destroy the Qin State.
Thinking of the strength of the Qin State, Zhao Fan couldn't help but smile, he was just a college student, and he was fortunate enough to travel back to the Warring States, but he didn't expect to find a way to destroy the Qin State that would unify the Six Kingdoms in the future, which really seemed ridiculous.
However, who would have thought that he would be the son of King Wuling of Zhao and the younger brother of King Huiwen, so he could only stand on the position of Zhao Guo to do things.
"Forget it, let's settle the matter in front of us." Zhao Fan suddenly thought of Li Dui, and immediately shook his head, temporarily throwing away the idea just now, and now that even Li Dui has solved it, he is thinking about destroying the Qin State, which is indeed a little ridiculous.
However, Zhao Fan didn't expect that when he was thinking about how to deal with Li Dui, Ge Xiang, who had clashed with him a few days ago, was preparing how to complete Wei Biao's task and remove Zhao Fan, so as not to sabotage their conscription plan.
This year's frost and snow came very early, and the grasslands had long since dried up, with only a few large and small lakes dotted on them.
This fertile plain is located between the tributaries of the Yellow River and the main stream, the white water runs through, by these two major water systems divide more than 100 rivers to irrigate the fertile soil, the long and short rivers are intertwined like silver lines, the pasture is luxuriant, the grass waves and grass are fragrant everywhere, the land spans the meadow grassland, is the forest grassland and the dry steppe zone.
At this moment, the first division led by Ge Xiang was slowly touching towards Yuehua Village before it fell.
With the exception of a few villages, this area is fertile but still an undeveloped land, inhabited by only a small number of herders, each with their own way of life, like the beautiful Baiyi people in Zhao, who do their own thing and do not accept the control of the political axe.
This place is rich in cattle, horses and deer. Walking through it, from time to time, you can see them running in groups or wandering and grazing in the distance.
But this pristine area is also a place where wild beasts are infested. (To be continued.) )