Fast forward to December 2785 AD. It has been 5 months since Qin Feng returned to Qinjia Village. The barbarians did not advance as fast as expected, and were still hovering west of the Wei River. Although it is not far from the Wei River, there is no sign of the strength of the Wei River for the time being. This gave Qin Jiajun a rare respite. Qin Feng didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and trained the recruits day and night to prepare for the upcoming fierce battle.

During the period when he was wholeheartedly training recruits, three major events happened in Zhao State.

The first big thing

Zhao Guo's civil and military officials were beaten by a group.

According to the news sent by Huang Hong, this incident is not only unprecedented in all dynasties, but it is estimated that it is likely to be unprecedented.

The reason for the incident is simple. One day in the early dynasty, a group of ministers of the main war led by the eldest prince Zhao Hong and Prime Minister Wei Cheng urged the king of Zhao to send troops to save the people of Zhao in the north from the dire situation. However, the second prince Zhao Huai and his party strongly opposed it. thinks that the barbarian army is fierce, and the Zhao army in Guannai is not an opponent. Moreover, it would take a lot of national power to mobilize heavy troops into the north, and the current empty treasury could hardly support such a huge expenditure. Sending troops to the north will not only not solve the danger in the north, but may also cause turmoil throughout the country, and if the barbarians take the opportunity to continue south, the situation will be even more out of control. At present, the best way is to hold on to the Cloud Gate Pass south of the northern border with all their might, so that the barbarians can only stay in the northern border and not continue to go south to do evil.

On the same day, the two sides held their own opinions and fought for each other in the court. The two groups of people are arguing with each other, and you come and go, and I am arguing. Later, the situation escalated, and there was a war of words between the two sides and even a mouthful of spittle and a mouthful of thick phlegm. There was a whole day of trouble in the court, and in the end there was no result.

Originally, it was common for ministers to quarrel over state affairs, and it was time to stop after expressing their opinions. But Zhao Huai and his party were used to being arrogant and domineering in the court, and they felt that they couldn't swallow this breath, so they wanted to teach Wei Chengxiang and others a lesson.

That night, after getting Zhao Huai's tacit consent, everyone began to prepare for the next day's court. Weapons could not be carried in the court, so some of them secretly hid the bricks in the documents used in the court. Some directly wrap the toe of the boot with a thick steel plate. Some even wore big iron rings on all ten fingers of their hands, which were used as iron fists.

Early the next morning, there was another dispute in the court. Before King Zhao came to the court, the two began to insult each other and greet the elders of each other's family. In the confusion, I don't know who took the lead and slapped the person next to him with a loud slap. This can stab the hornet's nest, and all the people in Zhao Huai's party showed their guys and greeted Wei Chengxiang and others. And Prime Minister Wei and his gang did not show weakness, and copied the wooden bench next to him and began to fight back. Suddenly, a group of civil and military ministers on the temple of Zhao State were in a ball.

According to the recollection of a ministry official who participated in the battle. At that time, the battle situation was very tragic, except for the eldest prince Zhao Hong and the second prince Zhao Huai did not make a move. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all joined the melee. At first, there were some neutral officials who were reluctant to wade into these troubled waters. But before he could hide out of the main hall, he was hit by bricks or tables and chairs flying from nowhere. In anger, they all joined the melee.

The hall of the dignified Zhao Guozong Temple has turned out to be a vegetable market where scoundrels make trouble. The civil and military officials have also become street splashes full of foul language, red eyes and desperate people.

For a time, the bricks in the hall were slapped, and the tables, chairs, candlesticks were flying all over the sky. Zhao Huai's subordinates were all fully prepared, and the bricks were aimed at the back of the enemy's head, and Bao Gang greeted the opponent's crotch with all his boots. The ring in his hand opened the bow left and right, beating Prime Minister Wei and his gang in embarrassment.

The battle lasted for a full hour, when King Zhao finally reached the top of the main hall. Half of the civil and military ministers of the Zhao State were already lying on the ground. Those who were still standing were all covered with blood, their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and their court clothes were tattered like beggars.

Prime Minister Wei and his gang suffered heavy casualties. More than a dozen officials who had been knocked out by the bricks lay motionless on the ground. There were no less than 30 people who were kicked in the crotch by the steel head towards the boots, and they rolled on the ground in pain with their crotches covered one by one. There were also dozens of people who were beaten with iron fists and their noses and faces were swollen and miserable.

However, this group of main battle factions is still quite tough, although they are beaten to the ground without weapons, but they are quite heroic. carried the benches and candlesticks in the hall to fight back, and finally overturned many officials of Zhao Huaiyi's party.

Things have developed to this point, and even more unexpected things have happened.

King Zhao came to the main hall and looked at the mess in front of him without the slightest anger. just said lightly: "The matter of sending troops to the north has his own decision after careful consideration, and Zhong Aiqing does not have to quarrel anymore." With that, he got up and left.

This incident had a great impact on the Zhao court. Everyone knew two things clearly.

First, Zhao Huai's party is indeed deeply entrenched in the DPRK and China, and at least half of all officials participating in the war are from this camp. So it's best not to go against these people in the future.

Second, King Zhao was obviously dissatisfied with Prime Minister Wei and the officials of the main battle faction. And maybe this scuffle was simply done by him acquiescing to Zhao Huai. Otherwise, there were thousands of Praetorian Guards patrolling the imperial city day and night. There was a scuffle in the main hall for an hour, and the chaos was turned upside down, and it was impossible for the Praetorian Guards not to know about it, and it was impossible not to enter the hall to stop it.

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The second major event was to send troops to the north

Just a few days after the group beating of hundreds of officials, a second major incident occurred in Zhao Guo.

Zhao Huai, the second prince who had been strongly advocating the abandonment of the northern border, suddenly changed his sex. In the book, King Zhao said that now the barbarians have entered the customs and gone south, and the entire northern realm has been ruined. Prime Minister Wei and the eldest prince Zhao Hong wanted to send troops to the rescue, which was a move to be loyal to the monarch and the country. A few days ago, he had a dispute with Prime Minister Wei Cheng about sending troops, but he really didn't think it through enough.

In the above book, the words are earnest, detailing how the barbarians did evil in the north, and how miserable Zhao Min in the north is. It is hoped that King Zhao will definitely adopt Prime Minister Wei's suggestion and send troops to rescue.

Originally, this was a good thing, but while Zhao Huai implored King Zhao to order the troops, he strongly recommended that the eldest prince Zhao Hong personally lead the troops.

Since the incident of the group beating of hundreds of officials, Zhao Huai, the eldest prince and Prime Minister Wei Cheng have torn their faces. Now he speaks to them in turn. The officials of the DPRK and China were still very puzzled, and they didn't know why he did this. It wasn't until Zhao Huai suggested to the king that the eldest prince Zhao Hong should lead the troops to the expedition, that he suddenly realized.

The barbarians are fierce, and this trip to the north is extremely dangerous. The eldest prince has never had any experience in warfare, and nine times out of ten he is not a barbarian opponent. If he is defeated, even if he does not die in the hands of the barbarians, he will return to the dynasty and will bear the notoriety of a defeated general, and there will be no day to turn over. If he wins by luck, Zhao Huai will recommend him for meritorious service and will also be rewarded by King Zhao. No matter what the result is, it will be beneficial to Zhao Huaibai.

All the civil and military officials saw Zhao Huai's intentions, but to everyone's surprise, King Zhao actually agreed to his request. Ordered the eldest prince Zhao Hongshuai to wave 100,000 soldiers and horses to the north to fight with the barbarian army.

The eldest prince also knew Zhao Huai's thoughts. However, he has always advocated fighting with the barbarians to the end, and has repeatedly suggested to King Zhao to send troops before. However, the king of Zhao has been hesitant, so that the barbarians have run rampant in the north, and the people of Zhao have suffered numerous casualties. Every time he received the news that the people in the north had been devastated by the barbarians, Zhao Hong was heartbroken and couldn't sleep all night. Now it is rare that King Zhao actually agreed to send troops, which is exactly what he wants. So no matter what the second prince Zhao Huai had, he resolutely decided to go.

Moreover, Zhao Hong knew that he led his troops to the north, and the old man Qi Yun, who had been eating and drinking in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time, naturally wanted to go with him. With the battle-hardened old man Qi by his side, 100,000 male soldiers are enough to fight with the barbarian army.

Originally, Zhao Hong was right, if he really gave him 100,000 male soldiers, plus Qi Yun strategized, he would have the opportunity to fight with the barbarian army in the north. However, he didn't think that since Zhao Huai dared to propose like this, how could he not make other plans.

A few days later, 100,000 soldiers mobilized from all over the Zhao State gathered on the outskirts of the capital. Zhao Hong and Qi Yun came to the barracks with Shuai Yin and prepared to set off.

As soon as he entered the barracks, Old Man Qi Yun was so angry that he almost fainted.

It is true that there are tens of thousands of male soldiers, but they are not heroic males, but bears of bears.

The old, weak, sick and disabled in the barracks were full. The old man walked hunched over and shivered, and it was estimated that he didn't have to fight the barbarians, and it was good to be able to walk to the north alive. The young man is thin and impatient, his face is childish, and his feet are not as tall as the shoulders of adults. If you are not too old, you will either be as skinny as a tuberculosis ghost and cough incessantly. Either they have bandages on their hands and feet, and they can't even stand on their feet with a limp. There are even some who simply lack arms, legs, and limbs. All the soldiers were crooked and cracked, and there was not a single soldier between the ages of eighteen and thirty in the entire barracks, with good facial features and sound limbs, who could go into battle and kill the enemy normally.

Look at the gang of people in front of me who don't look like people and ghosts don't look like ghosts. Old man Qi Yun sighed sincerely: "The second prince Zhao Huai is indeed a talent. Such a superb soldier is rare in any unit, and it is rare to see. I didn't expect him to be able to get so much at once in just a few days, which has to be admired. ”

Even if the quality of the soldiers is ridiculously poor, the number is far from sufficient. The 100,000 soldiers and horses that were said to be good were only 70,000 at most.

Zhao Hong loudly asked the generals who accompanied the army, but the answer he received was, "We do have 100,000 soldiers and horses." In addition to 70,000 soldiers, there were 30,000 horses. 70,000 soldiers plus 30,000 horses, not 100,000 soldiers and horses?"

"I!@#$$", the old man Qi Yun scolded viciously, and turned his head to look at the 30,000 military horses. It's okay not to look at it, but when I see it, there is a strange scream, and I almost fell to the ground with anger.

If donkeys, mules, and even larger goats count as horses. The general was right, there was indeed 30,000 such "military horses" outside the barracks.

"Can these things be fucking ridden to fight?" Old man Qi Yun had the heart to cry.

In the end, it was the eldest prince Zhao Hong who was more calm and did not scold. Just looked up to the sky and sighed: "Zhao Huai, you are a slut, you are glad to have the same father and mother as me." If this were not the case, I would have asked all the officers and men of the army to greet your ancestors for the eighteenth generation ...... every day. “

After careful examination, it was determined that less than 2,000 of the 30,000 "military horses" could be ridden by soldiers. And those who can support the soldiers to charge and fight are no more than five hundred. The rest were lame, pestilence, mules, donkeys, and some goats.

On November 8, 2785, 70,000 declining soldiers with 30,000 cattle set out from Qiyang, the capital of Zhao State, and slaughtered to the north.

The third major event was that the Wei State took advantage of the fire to rob

The third thing is relatively simple, but it is the deadliest threat to Zhao Guo. After the barbarians entered the pass and moved south, the Wei state in the east moved, and began to gather heavy troops on the border of the Northern Underworld County bordering the Zhao state. News came from the border pass that several Wei troops had entered the border since November, and these troops, together with the original border guards, numbered 150,000.

The presence of such a large army on the border of any country indicates that the situation at the border is extremely bad and that war is about to break out. The northern barbarians entered the customs, and the entire Zhao country was in a hurry. Now there is the powerful Wei State that is eyeing the tiger again. This is simply worse for the already chaotic Zhao court.

As soon as Huang Hong, the commander of Beiming County, received the news of a large number of Wei troops, he reported to the military department. He had only 170,000 troops in the Northern Underworld. Today, more than 70,000 people have been mobilized to deploy defenses east of the Wei River. Only 100,000 border guards were stationed on the border with Wei. I hope that the imperial court will go to the North Underworld as soon as possible.

However, when the music was sent out, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no sound. Today's Zhao Dynasty is in chaos, and no one pays attention to Huang Hong's twists and turns.

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The wind and rain are coming, and there is no good news for the three major events. The entire Zhao country is in a state of wind and rain, and there is already a trend of building about to fall.

Qin Feng also felt anxious, now there is not only a barbarian army in the west, but also 150,000 male soldiers of the Wei State in the east. In the previous life, the wolf was followed by the tiger, and he didn't know where to go.

Why did a small Northern Underworld County end up in such a situation? Qin Feng remembered what Shi Ling'er had said to him in Yecheng. A great change is brewing in the land of Kyushu, and the flashpoint of the great change is likely to be in the Northern Underworld Prefecture. It seems that the little girl's words are about to be fulfilled.