Chapter 258: Zen Makes King Han
There is no doubt that Li Zuoche's words made Li Yuan very interested.
Li Yuan actually has a good impression of Zhao Guo, which has the most tragic history among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, of course, this is also due to Zhao's performance in the battle for hegemony in the Warring States Period.
Li Yuan thought that if there was no Zhao State, the excitement of the battle for the unification of the Qin State would be greatly reduced, and although the Battle of Changping was lost, it also left a battle example that was enough for future generations to remember. Zhao Hao, Lian Po, Li Mu, the talents of these famous generals of Zhao State, compared with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and Li Xin of Qin State, are not much worse, they failed to win the victory of Zuihou, not because of the ability of the generals, but because the monarch of Zhao State is not a winner.
Perhaps, it was because too much energy was consumed in the war against the Qin State, or perhaps, because they did not want their children and grandchildren to suffer unprovoked killings, the performance of the Zhao people in the chaos at the end of Qin was much worse than that of the Chu people, and even their monarch Zhao Xie was also very mediocre, and the state affairs of the Zhao State were actually controlled by two Wei Daliang people.
The contradiction between Zhao Xie and Chen Yu has actually been around for a long time.
In the final analysis, it is still a power struggle, Zhao Xie, Zhang Er, and Chen Yu, three once like-minded anti-Qin heroes, began to embark on their own life paths after going through the most glorious journey together.
Zhang Er was defeated by Chen Yu and Zhao Xie's coalition a year ago, thus withdrawing from Zhao Di, and now Zhang Er is just a debater who wanders around without foundation and territory, and then, the inherent contradictions between Chen and Zhao also began to erupt, and Chen Yu, who is better in strength, unceremoniously annexed all of Zhao Xie's army.
Li Zuoche is Zhao Xie's confidant and the grandson of the famous general Li Mu, and in terms of the acceptance of the Zhao people, Li Zuoche is more credible than the Wei Chen Yu.
It is precisely because of this that after Chen Yu placed Zhao Xie under house arrest, he arrested Li Zuoche throughout the territory of Zhao State, and not only that, Chen Yu also issued a notice of coordinated arrest from the Kwantung princes. No matter where Li Zuoche escapes, he may be captured and executed by Chen Yu.
If it weren't for Han Xin's Qin army returning to Hedong this time, the Zhao army had to be transferred to the south to set up defenses, and it remains to be said whether Li Zuoche could escape with his life.
"Since Mr. has nowhere to go, it is better to stay in the Qin State to serve, I believe that with Mr. 's talent, he will definitely be useful, and it will not be in vain for the teachings of your ancestors." Li Yuan persuaded him.
"Thank you Wuhou for your love, it's just that I am reused by King Zhao. But he couldn't share the worries of the king, so that the king fell into a dangerous place, and he really had no intention of working in the Qin State again. Li Zuoche smiled bitterly.
"What Mr. means is that if you can rescue King Zhao, you can contribute to my Great Qin, I don't know if it's accurate?" Li Yuan's eyes lit up and he asked.
"This ——, Dai County is thousands of miles away from Guanzhong, and there are many dangerous mountains in Guanzhong. With Chen Yu's 150,000 troops blocking it, can Wuhou really send troops to help? Li Zuoche asked in disbelief.
Escaping to the Qin State this time was really a helpless move for him, a Zhao person. stopped Li Yuan's car, and only heard that this Shenwu Marquis of Qin State was very impatient and righteous, and had an uneven demeanor, so he tried it with the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan would really send troops to rescue Zhao Xie, a prince who couldn't beat him.
"This Qin and Zhao have the same origin and the same ancestry. Now that King Zhao is in trouble, my Daqin is naturally duty-bound, so Mr. might as well go back to the post house to rest first. Early tomorrow morning, Ben Hou ordered Chen Xiang to contact you to discuss the matter of sending troops. Li Yuan nodded, his expression was categorical and righteous, which made Li Zuoche feel unmoved for a while.
Disturbed by Li Zuoche, it was too late to go to Chen Ping's mansion, so Li Yuan went straight to the residence of the former prime minister Li Si next to the prime minister's mansion, perhaps because he was tortured in Tingwei Prison, Li Si's health has been unfavorable for the past year, for the sake of his body, Li Yuan forcibly placed him in a mansion in Chang'an City.
Proper bathing, massage, and a reasonable diet can prolong the life of an elderly person, which is all Li Yuan can do for this nominal biological father, and the rest depends on how long his personal willpower can support it, however, Li Si is still writing a record of the time when he was seriously ill, which Li Yuan never expected.
For the nascent Qin State, what is lacking is not practical talents, but experts like Li Si, and with the theoretical support of governance, Li Yuan believes that Chen Ping, Guan Yue, and Li Zheng will do better and better.
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Yingchuan.
Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, was on pins and needles this winter, and the Qin army launched two successive offensives against Yingchuan in October, and the general Chen Feng served as the vanguard of these two attacks.
After the reorganization, the number of Chen Xuan's troops was reduced from 10,000 to 5,000, but the number of people was reduced, and the quality of soldiers also increased.
In order to show his loyalty to the Qin state, Chen Feng worked very hard when attacking Yingchuan, and Han Wangxin's army was eaten more than a thousand people as soon as he fought with him.
In desperation, Liu Bang had to lead a group of remnants of the defeated army into Funiu Mountain, relying on hiding and finally waiting for the Qin army to search and retreat, such an example is unbearable once, not to mention that there is a second time, and even a third and fourth time in the future.
Within the monarchs and ministers of the Han State, which had been suppressed for a long time, contradictions finally broke out irrepressibly.
"King Han, this battle can't be fought, the Qin army is too numerous, and it is well-armed, it is not something we can resist, otherwise, let's leave." At the meeting, Han Wangxin, who had no choice but to become the main force of the Han army, was the first to complain.
"Leave, where can we go? This is the Chu State to the east, the Qin State to the west, and the Great River to the south, and we really have nowhere to go. Liu Fei said in a daze.
As Liu Bang's eldest son, this fat boy is already in his thirties, but in terms of intelligence, he can only be regarded as a teenager, and I don't know if it was because his mother Cao Shi exercised too much when she was pregnant with him.
"Ofan, General Chen Yu of Zhao Guo, is there any definite news?" Liu Bang sighed, rubbed his sore knees, and asked.
Zhang Liang was dusty, and before he had time to rest when he had just returned to Yingchuan, he heard the dispute between Han Wangxin and Liu Bang, so he hurriedly ran over.
"King Han, Chen Yu didn't say that he wouldn't take him in, but he put forward a condition, if he didn't agree to come down, we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to go." Zhang Liang was embarrassed.
Since the beginning of October, Zhang Liang has followed Liu Bang's instructions and traveled to almost all the princes in the Kwantung who are not on good terms with Qin, Wei, Yan, Chu and other places, but they are all noncommittal about Liu Bang's request to defect, especially Wei Wangbao, who almost immediately turned his face and wanted to drive Zhang Liang out of the city.
Wei Bao was pitted by Liu Bang back then, not only the general Wu Pu was killed, but also nearly 20,000 troops changed from the Wei army to the Han army, and now Liu Bang is down, he is too late to be happy, how can he accept Liu Bang's defection, as for the overlord Xiang Yu, he didn't want to see Zhang Liang at all, and before the peace talks between Kui Che and Qin State did not come to fruition, Xiang Yu's indifferent attitude towards Liu Bang would not change much.
After counting the Kwantung princes, the only one who could accept Liu Bang and have the strength to compete with the Qin State was Chen Yu, who was not named the prince at the beginning.
This general of the Zhao State holds real power and owns most of the Zhao State, and the number of troops under his command is close to the scale of 150,000, although the combat effectiveness of these Zhao troops may not even be comparable to the original Han army, but at least there is no doubt that there are people in the Zhao land where Chen Yu is located, and there are people in the Zhao land, which are much stronger than Yingchuan.
"Chen Yu has any conditions, as long as he agrees to take us in, no matter what the conditions, he can agree." Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang with a gloomy face.
"King Han, Chen Yu has not been crowned king, this is his heart disease for many years, this time he took a fancy to the throne of King Han and asked King Han to give him the throne in a Zen way." Zhang Liang paused for a moment, and finally said what Chen Yu requested.
"This is impossible, how can the throne of my father be ceded to others casually." When Liu Fei heard this, he jumped out anxiously and retorted. After Liu Ruyi died, Liu Ying did not know where to go, he Liu Fei from a nobody's eldest son suddenly became Liu Bang's only heir, now Liu Bang is old, if there is no accident, the position of the king of Han can fall on his head, and now he wants to give up the throne of the king of Han to Chen Yu, Liu Fei's anxiety in his heart can be imagined.
"Fatty, stop talking, listen to the ovary." Liu Bang scolded sharply, unlike the excited Liu Fei, Liu Bang's face was very calm when he heard it, maybe compared to the results of repeated defeats, the throne of a mere Han king is really nothing.
Zhang Liang settled down and continued: "King Han, now our troops are trapped in Yingchuan, and the Qin army is attacking very urgently, if it is delayed any longer, when winter comes, there is no need for the Qin people to attack again, and most of the officers and soldiers in the army are afraid that they will flee, rather than waiting to die here, it is better to gamble and go to Zhaodi, no matter how bad the situation there is, it will not be worse than Yingchuan." ”
Liu Bang was silent for a while, and he thought about it again and again, Han Wangxin was not inferior to him just now, and the reason why he didn't have a seizure was just because Yingchuan was the place where Han was born, and Han Wangxin had great prestige here, if Liu Bang really turned against him, there was no absolute certainty that the soldiers could obey him.
It is the sorrow of a prince who has a dissenting and ambitious general in front of him, but he cannot get rid of it.
Liu Bang held the desk, stood up, hissed and made up his mind, and said loudly: "Ofan, Ah Fei, Ah Jia, Han brothers, you all listen, Chen Yu wants this Han king, it doesn't matter if I give it to him, he has the ambition to be the king in Zhaodi, and I, Liu Bang, will assist him." As long as he can give us the opportunity to lead the troops, as long as he can find a way to defeat Li Yuan, I, Liu Ji, can give up anything, let alone a mere Han king. (To be continued......)
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