Chapter 167
Gaoqi Pass is named after "Guan", but it is actually a fortified fortress.
In the northwest of the pass, close to the Zhao country, it is a place to store grain, grass and ordnance. At this time, several warehouses were emptied for the powerful and famous people who defended the country.
In such a situation, the first reaction of both men and women is to find their families and reunite with them. The people of Zhaoguo do not prohibit it, and even feel that it is better to take care of it in this way.
Wei Ping and his sons sat cross-legged in a corner of the warehouse, and a few older grandchildren sat outside, blocking the eyes of several elders and outsiders.
Faced with the eldest son's question, Wei Ping shook his head, but said nothing.
The sons of the Wei family were puzzled, so they heard a Qingyue voice, and said nonchalantly: "Father is just a pity, Wei Guo is weak, and King Wei is mediocre and incompetent, but there is nothing to be sorry for my Wei family." ”
"Yizhi!"
Wei Ping was so angry that his face turned blue, but he was reluctant to hit his most beloved son.
But his eldest son immediately slapped his younger brother on the shoulder: "How can you be so open-mouthed!" ”
The second son also said: "Silence! What kind of place should you be! ”
In the face of his father's and brother's reprimand, Wei Yizhi lowered his eyes and said no more.
But no one who sees his look will think that he is really well-behaved and tame.
He didn't show any unruly or untamed color, but was very calm, completely "I'm right, you just won't admit it, I'm too lazy to have a senseless verbal dispute with you self-deceiving guys".
Seeing this familiar scene, Wei Ping wanted to sigh even more.
The smartest one, who doesn't care about anything;
Before and after the saddle, the few who were in the camp were not bright.
What kind of sin did he create to give birth to these unconscious sons!
Having said that, Wei Ping knew very well that Wei Yizhi was right.
What he regrets in his heart is precisely that the defense of the country is poor and weak, and he has always been caught in the middle of a strong country and suffered, even to the point where he is today. And the Wei family is not only a distant relative of the Wei clan, but also a five-generation prime minister.
In the past dynasties, it can be said that they are sorry for others, but they are definitely not sorry for their Wei family.
This gave them no chance to take refuge in other countries, so they could only sink with the rotten ship of defending the country.
Before Wei Ping could adjust his mentality, Wei Yizhi suddenly said again: "Father thought that the country would be destroyed, and the most I could wait for was to close the door and thank the guests, and do things in a low-key manner." But he never thought that King Zhao would forcibly relocate the ministers, families, heroes, and wealthy families of the two countries with an iron fist. This goes to Lulong City, life and death, I am afraid it is unpredictable. ”
In the speech, there is a bit of detachment and worldliness, and a cold observer.
No matter how tolerant Wei Ping was of his son, he couldn't hold back his face when he was exposed so directly, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Are you accusing your father?" ”
Wei Yizhi didn't answer.
But his calm expression just told Wei Ping that he thought it was the case.
The defense of the country is weak, and the kings of the past dynasties certainly bear the greatest responsibility, but the five generations of their family have been the prime ministers, and the country has become like this step by step, does it have nothing to do with them?
It's just to protect the phase, cater to the king, and choose the lesser of two evils.
If the country is weak, it will not die in my generation, but if the king is evil, the glory of the family will be in vain.
Even if the country dies, the king may die, but the minister is still the minister, this is the old rule.
Could it be that such a prominent family as the Wei family will be completely wiped out because of the death of the country? Aren't you afraid of smiling and generous, chilling the world's corporal doctors?
Who knows, the ending may be 10,000 times worse than they expected.
Thinking of this, Wei Yizhi sighed lightly.
Truth be told, he thought it was funny.
Although his father had high hopes for him, believing that among his many sons, he was the only one who was the smartest and suitable to inherit the family business, which caused several brothers to be a little picky at him, and the relationship was not much worse if they were not enemies.
But Wei Yizhi himself doesn't have much expectations for the position of Wei Guo Xiangbang.
Especially after seeing the virtues of the two generations of Wei Wang, he felt that the country was hopeless.
Look at how stupid this Wei Wang is now!
Last summer, Zhao Guo directly took Zheng Guo, the strongest in the six eastern countries, and beat Zheng Guo to lose his armor, half of the country, and easily returned the six cities of Wei and Liang.
Seeing this, King Wei was shocked, and immediately sent people to Zhaoguo, hoping that Xun Shen, who was a famous man of Weiguo who stayed in Zhaoguo, and who was deeply trusted by King Zhao, wrote a letter begging Zhaoguo not to continue to attack Weiguo.
King Zhao agreed.
As a result, the army of Zhao State on this side had just withdrawn from Weiguo, and the kings of Zheng State over there were surrounded by Zhao troops and were about to fall.
Xu Jie is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and in the middle of the night, thousands of horsemen returned to help, and under the surprise attack, he caught the Zhao army off guard, and the 50,000 Zhao soldiers who attacked the city were all wiped out.
Immediately after Zheng's victory, King Zheng sent envoys to lobby King Wei and ask for an alliance.
When King Wei saw the great victory of Zheng's army, he was overjoyed, thinking that although King Zhao had overwhelming strength, the soldiers of Zhaoguo did not have that ability, and the six eastern countries still had the strength to fight, and they really formed an alliance with Zheng.
When Wei Yizhi heard the news, he immediately had no expectations for this new Wei King.
Although Zhao Guo was defeated, it still retained a considerable degree of military strength, but Zheng Guo has long been beaten into an empty shell because of the successive defeats in the past twenty or thirty years.
This year's catastrophe has passed, and it is really hard to say how the victory or defeat will be when Zhaoguo sends troops again next year.
Isn't it clear whose thigh you should hug in such a situation?
Just because when you were a proton in Zhaoguo, others gave you a look, you held a grudge, you couldn't even see the situation clearly, and you fantasized that Zheng Guo could resist Zhaoguo?
Even if Zheng Guo can, what is the matter with Guan Weiguo?
Xun Shen is walking on thin ice in Zhaoguo, and he still risked his life to help defend the country, and King Zhao really agreed, which shows that Xun Shen values him.
In this case, you tore up your book and ran to form an alliance with Zheng Guo, didn't you sell Xun Shen directly?
If King Zhao was furious and directly sent troops to attack the country, Zheng Guoguo, who was already greatly injured, sent troops to help? I'm afraid that I can't take care of myself!
At that point, who will you turn to to intercede for you?
Xun Shen was pitted by you like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect myself, right?
Even if he barely survived, could King Zhao still trust him so much?
Do you know how difficult it is to be by King Zhao's side to find someone who can listen to him and is willing to speak for you and defend the country?
King Zhao is not you, if you want to lobby, you just need to give gifts to your cronies.
As a result, you actually sold Xun Shen so lightly.
arrogant, mediocre and incompetent, unable to see the situation clearly, self-righteous, cold and selfish......
Working under this kind of king, apart from becoming a villain who only knows how to slap horses and meet his wishes, what future is there to speak of?
In fact, if it weren't for his father's obstruction, Wei Yizhi would have come to Zhaoguo to study last year.
He was not interested in the knowledge and atmosphere of Zhaoguo, but was only very curious about the legendary "witch".