After King Zhao sent troops outside, he drank and had a high party with his family all day long. But he found that his father had a sad face all day long, as if something was on his mind. King Zhao asked what was going on. The old man told King Zhao: "Wang'er, our ancestors have never been rich and noble, and now you are suddenly extremely rich, this is very inauspicious, you should give up the throne to others!" King Zhao was very puzzled and asked why. The old man sighed and said: "Raising an army to rebel, this is a very risky thing, everything is easy to do if you succeed, but if you fail, you won't even have a place to hide and avoid trouble!" Because you are then the object of the world's attention, you ought to choose another leader as soon as possible, and give him the throne as your subordinate. In this way, even if there is any trouble in the future, you will not be the object of everyone's attention! King Zhao listened to his father's words and was very disapproving.

One day, King Zhao's father walked around the palace at will, and the guards did not dare to stop him when they saw that he was the king of heaven. The old man came to King Zhao's office, and accidentally found the small box left by Kui Che, so he opened it curiously. This old man also has a little cultural cultivation, so he understood the meaning of it, so he hurriedly came to see King Zhao with a box of books, and asked where the box books came from, and the book said that bad things would happen to King Zhao in the future. King Zhao told him about it. The old man was very surprised when he heard this, and said, "I have also heard of this person, he is a hermit among the people, I don't know if you have seen him?" He said that if you are in trouble in the future, you should listen to him and abandon this throne. King Zhao said: "The widow is about to live a good life with his father, how can he abandon the throne?" Those words are just casual words, so don't worry, please rest assured, Father! The old man said earnestly: "Wang'er, glory and wealth are like a passing cloud, I have seen a lot of things in my father's life, and it is not worth nostalgia at all, let's go back to our hometown and farm, how free and happy is that?" King Zhao said: "What did my father say?" If you don't enjoy the glory and wealth, what are you going to do when you go back to the countryside? The old man sighed and walked away. King Zhao then sat in Handan City, waiting for the good news from all directions.

It didn't take long for someone to suddenly come in and report that the envoy of the Yan Kingdom had arrived. King Zhao was shocked: "Yan Kingdom? Where is the envoy of the Yan Kingdom? And immediately he summoned the messengers to him. When the envoy came to the main hall, he reported to King Zhao: "King, you sent General Han Guang to attack Guangyang County before, and the army occupied it in one go. General Han couldn't refuse, so he agreed to their request and became the king of Yan. Now the King of Yan has sent a minister to report to you, hoping to get your canonization. Our King Yan also said, let me take his mother back to Yan Kingdom. In this way, Yan and Zhao will be good leaders for generations, and they will never betray it, hoping that the king will promise! When King Zhao heard this, he didn't expect such a thing, so he was furious and said: "Han Guang is so bold that he dares to call himself the king privately, where does this come from?" He drank the order and pushed out the envoy of the Yan Kingdom and chopped it up.

The envoy was pushed out left and right, and it happened that Zhang Er and Except Yu came, asked about the situation, and asked the knife to keep people, and then entered the palace to see King Zhao and said: "King, Han Guang is the king in Yandi, why do you want to chop his messenger?" King Zhao said angrily: "Han Guang entered the Yan Land to conquer the city for the Zhao State, but he is good at claiming to be the king, how can this work?" Even his mother will be beheaded, let alone chop off one of his messengers! Zhang Er said: "The king, Han Guang's envoy and mother must not be killed!" Think about it, did King Chen send you here to claim the throne in the first place? But time has passed, and we still support you as the king of Zhao, and later you also sent someone to Chen Cheng to greet your family, and the king of Chen finally escorted your family here. Now that the king and his family are sharing the joy of family, is it not that King Chen has fulfilled you? King Zhao was speechless. Zhang Er said: "Now for Han Guang, why don't you hope for this. But the king has to kill his envoy and an old woman who is old and frail, this is of course just a gesture for you, but what good is it for Zhao State? If you kill Han Guang's mother now, Han Guang will definitely avenge his mother, and he will definitely lead his troops to attack Zhao State. Is it better to be gracious to them? The minister advised the king to send someone to send King Yan's mother back to Yan Kingdom, King Yan must be grateful to the king, grateful to the king will form an alliance with Zhao Guoyong, Yan and Zhao will also be a state of lips and teeth, once there is something in our country in the future, how can Yan Guo stand idly by? ”

King Zhao thought for a while and said, "What the prime minister said is reasonable, but what Gu is worried about is that if he doesn't ask Han Guang about it, he is afraid that other generals will follow him, how can Zhao still dominate the north at that time?" Zhang Er pondered for a moment, and then said, "What the king said is indeed reasonable!" If King Yan wants to give up the honorific title, the minister has a way. King Zhao asked what to do. Zhang Er said: "Let's send someone to send King Yan's mother back, King Yan will relax his vigilance when he sees his mother go back, and the king will take advantage of his unpreparedness to lead the army to suddenly come to the city of Yandu, and then call out King Yan and reprimand him for giving up the title of King Yan." If this plan can succeed, the king will definitely be able to shock Hebei, and other generals will not dare to do whatever they want! When King Zhao heard Zhang Er's words, he was overjoyed, so he immediately sent someone to escort King Yan's mother back to China, and at the same time sent many valuable gifts to paralyze King Yan.

After a few days, King Zhao estimated that King Yan's mother was about to arrive at Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, so he left the left prime minister Shao Sao to guard Handan, and then ordered the general Chen Yu to lead 500 chariots first, and he and the right prime minister Zhang Er led 50,000 Zhao troops to follow closely behind, advancing to Yan State day and night. After Chen Yu stopped on the border between the two countries, he then sent someone to infiltrate Yan Kingdom to inquire about the situation first. King Zhao then also came to the border, and asked Chen Yuyan if there were any defenses in the territory. Chen Yu replied: "I have already sent someone over there to investigate, but I haven't found Yan Jun, it seems that Yan Guo really doesn't know." King Zhao was very happy, so he ordered Chen Yu to open the road with chariots at dusk today, and 50,000 Zhao troops went straight to the official road, drove straight forward, and marched towards Yan State, and in one fell swoop to attack the city of Jicheng and capture King Yan alive first. Chen Yu accepted the order, and then prepared to go.

It was a coincidence that at this moment, a shepherd from Yan came to the border of Yan Kingdom, he likes to listen to books, so he also knows a lot of things, and he is a knowledgeable person. He happened to drive a herd of cattle and sheep past here that day, and he found the military camp of Zhao and the banner of King Zhao. The shepherd thought that the Yan Kingdom had just been established, and the hearts of the people had not yet been attached. Two days ago, King Zhao also sent King Yan's mother back to China, why did King Zhao suddenly lead the army here today, is he dissatisfied with King Yan and wants to attack Yan Kingdom? If the Zhao army drove straight in and attacked the city of Yan in one fell swoop, our Yan King would be finished, and the Yan Kingdom would no longer exist. The ancients said, 'If you don't see righteousness, you don't have courage.' Although I am only a small shepherd, I have heard that in ancient times there was a man named Xiangao who saved my country, and now I should follow the example of the ancients and prevent the armies of the enemy country from entering our territory. After thinking about it, he drove the cattle and sheep straight towards Zhao Guo's camp.

When the shepherds came to the camp, they were surrounded by soldiers. The shepherd shouted, "Don't arrest me, I'm sent by King Yan!" The soldier couldn't figure out what he was doing, so he brought him to see King Zhao. When King Zhao heard that King Yan had sent someone, he was so surprised that his jaw was about to fall, so he summoned the shepherd in for questioning. When the shepherd was brought to the great tent of the king of Zhao, the king of Zhao asked him, "What are you doing here, a little shepherd?" The shepherd replied, "I have been sent by the king of Yan to reward the king's army with these oxen and sheep." King Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and asked very puzzledly, "How did King Yan know that the army of Zhao Kingdom came here?" The shepherd replied very alertly, "How can the king of Yan not know? He was very grateful to the king for sending his mother back to the country, and he was going to go to Zhao to thank the king with a rich gift, but today he suddenly heard that the king had worked hard and brought the army to condole, so he said to everyone that his wealth was given to him by the king, and without the king, there would be no our king today. He didn't want to bring troops to meet you, so he sent me to meet you with cattle and sheep, and asked me to convey my greetings to you. When King Zhao heard this, he was shocked, and asked where King Yan was now. The shepherd said: "Not far ahead, he also advised the king not to bring the army to meet him, and said that once there is any estrangement between Yan and Zhao, it will make the brutal Qin State applaud, and let the Chu State, which advocates the destruction of Qin, feel heartbroken!" ”

King Zhao and Zhang Er were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't know how to answer. Zhang Er asked suspiciously, "How far is your Yan King from here?" The shepherd said: "About dozens of miles away from here is the camp of King Yan. Zhang Er asked King Yan how many soldiers and horses he had brought. The shepherd reacted very quickly and replied, "I don't know about this, but when I came out of the camp of King Yan with the sheep, the sheep were all full!" When King Zhao and Zhang Er heard this, they were secretly surprised in their hearts. Zhang Er asked again: "What do you kid do?" Why did King Yan let you come to the army? The shepherd was more confident, so he replied in a hurry: "I have been herding sheep for more than ten years, and this morning I drove the cattle and sheep out of my house, and after walking a short distance, I was stopped by the soldiers of the king of Yan, and I thought that the king of Yan was going to take away my cattle and sheep, and I was still very scared in my heart." But when I arrived at King Yan's camp, King Yan was very polite to me, and said that I would take these cattle and sheep to reward you, the king, and promised me that after the deed was completed, he would reward me with ten taels of gold, ten carts of silk silk, and ten acres of fertile land. After thinking about it carefully, I felt that these rewards far exceeded the value of my cattle and sheep, so I agreed to King Yan and came here. Now that the task is complete, if the king thinks that there is nothing wrong with what I have done, I will go back to the king of Yan to receive the reward! After that, he saluted and said goodbye to King Zhao. King Zhao couldn't say anything.

At this moment, someone came in and said, "Great King, the general asked me to ask for instructions, it is already dusk, do you want to attack the Yan Kingdom?" King Zhao glared at him and did not answer. Zhang Er said: "Yan Guo sent someone to reward the army, and if you don't send troops for the time being, you go and invite the general." And the sergeant went out. After a while, Chen Yu came to King Zhao's tent. Zhang Er told Chen Yu about the shepherd's army. Chen Yu pondered: "King Yan sent someone to reward the army, which means that he has taken precautions, this is the first salute and then the army." If our army rashly attacked, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win, so it is better to stop the army. King Zhao said: "We mobilized the people but returned in vain, which will make the people laugh." Zhang Er said: "On the way, we claimed that we had won the spoils of the Yan Kingdom and returned victorious, and the people would definitely believe it." As for King Yan, let's slowly find a way to clean him up! King Zhao said: "If you come so far, if you don't teach Han Guang a lesson, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in your lonely heart!" Zhang Er and Chen Yu also had no idea, so they temporarily stationed the army.

The shepherd left the Zhao camp, but galloped home, then rode a horse and galloped in the direction of Jicheng overnight. The shepherd galloped all the way to the city, and went straight to the palace to meet the king of Yan. But when the guards saw that he was in rags, they refused to report him. The shepherd came up with a plan, saying that he was the long-lost nephew of King Yan. The doorman went in to report. King Yan was very strange, and thought to himself where the nephew came from, so he let the shepherd come in. When the shepherd saw King Yan, he saluted and said, "I am just a shepherd, and I only lied about being your nephew because I had something important to report to the king!" King Yan asked if there was anything important. The shepherd told the story of King Zhao leading his troops to attack Yan and pretending to be a soldier. When King Yan heard this, he was shocked: "Is this true? The shepherd replied, "Is it not a child's play on military affairs?" King Yan hurriedly summoned the civil and military forces to the palace and told everyone what the shepherd had said. When all the people heard this, they were very shocked, and said, "King Zhao has just sent someone to send the king's mother, how can he go back on his word?" Another army? Could it be that he wanted to make a surprise attack and ask the king to cancel the honorific title of King Yan? After some discussion, it was finally decided to send troops to the border to defend against the Zhao army as soon as possible.

King Yan sent Zang Tu as the main general and Yan Ba as the deputy general, and immediately led 5,000 cavalry to the border. After walking about fifty or sixty miles, Zang Di came across a small group of soldiers from the Yan Kingdom, and they reported the danger ahead. Zang Di hurried forward. He came to the border, looked at it from a distance, and sure enough, he saw a large military camp of Zhao State, so he hurriedly sent someone to report to King Yan, and then ambushed the army.

Zang Di's soldiers came to Jicheng and reported the situation ahead to King Yan, who sent another army to support. King Yan then summoned the shepherd and asked him why he wanted to go to the army. The shepherd replied that it was to save the kingdom of Yan. King Yan was very happy, and in order to reward him for his patriotic deeds, he rewarded the shepherd with ten taels of gold, ten carts of silk silk, and ten hectares of fertile land without alteration according to the number of rewards the shepherd had told King Zhao, so that he could become a rich man with peace of mind in the future. The shepherds shouted thanksgiving. Then he happily left the capital of the Yan Kingdom.