King Zhao stationed troops on the border, and after a few days, he did not see any movement in the territory of Yan, so he regretted that he should not pay attention to the shepherds and gave up the sneak attack. Withdrawing to Handan, I felt very unwilling to return empty-handed, so I was in a dilemma and was very distressed.

One night, King Zhao couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, so he got up and walked out of the military tent. When he came outside, he saw that the moon was in the sky and the weather was refreshing, so he quietly walked out of the barracks with a few entourages. When the soldiers guarding the camp saw that it was King Zhao, they did not dare to stop it. King Zhao and his entourage came to the border line between Yan and Zhao, and King Zhao hesitated for a long time, so he made up his mind to personally investigate the truth and reality, so he took a few entourages and walked towards Yan Kingdom. King Zhao is also smart, he doesn't take the big road, only walks through the small woods by the roadside. A few people walked cautiously forward like cats. After walking a few hundred paces, dozens of Yan soldiers suddenly sprang out of the woods and surrounded them. King Zhao was taken aback, but he didn't expect to really meet Yan Bing. Those Yan soldiers surrounded Queen Zhao and asked what they were doing. King Zhao panicked for a while, and he didn't know how to answer. At this time, a person recognized King Zhao and shouted, "He is King Zhao!" He is the king of Zhao! The Yan soldiers swarmed up, arrested King Zhao and his entourage, and then shouted to meet their general.

When Zang Di heard in the barracks of Yan that the soldiers had captured King Zhao, he couldn't believe it was true, so he let him in. King Zhao was escorted into the military tent by Yan soldiers, Zang Di saw that it was really King Zhao, and even counted King Zhao with shame, and then prepared a big prisoner car, loaded it with King Zhao, and asked his son Zang Yan to escort him personally, and went straight to King Yan to ask for merit and reward.

When King Zhao was captured, fortunately there was a soldier behind him to relieve him, and when he saw that King Zhao was captured by Yan soldiers, he hurriedly ran back to report. Zhang Er heard that it was King Zhao who was arrested by Yan Bing, and he didn't believe it was true at all. The sergeant told the details of King Zhao's arrest out of the camp. Zhang Er was so shocked that he didn't know what to do, and hurriedly sent someone to invite Chen Yu. When Chen Yu heard that King Zhao had been arrested, he hurriedly came to see Zhang Er and said, "You should pour all your troops into fighting with them to save King Zhao!" Zhang Er said: "If that's the case, King Yan will definitely kill King Zhao, you can't take this risk!" Chen Yu asked what to do. Zhang Er pondered: "First send an envoy to the Yan army to inquire about it, see where they sent the king, and then make plans." Zhang Er sent an envoy to the Yan Kingdom.

In the palace of King Yan in Jicheng, King Yan was worried about the Zhao army all day long, he kept sending people to inquire about the movements of the Zhao army, and one day someone suddenly came in and reported: "The soldiers in front have captured King Zhao, and they have arrived in Jicheng to listen to the fate of King Hou." When King Yan heard that King Zhao had been captured, he didn't believe his ears, and thought he had heard it wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "What?" What? What do you say? King Zhao was captured? The sergeant replied, "Yes, the king, the soldiers in front have captured the king of Zhao." King Yan was stunned, and after being stunned for a while, he smiled and hurriedly ordered King Zhao to be brought in. After a while, King Zhao was escorted into the main hall by the armor soldiers. King Yan personally walked down the steps to watch, and if it was really King Zhao, he smiled mysteriously: "My Majesty King Zhao, you are so dignified that you are not staying in Handan, why did you come to Yan Kingdom by yourself?" You call yourself a fool? King Zhao said disdainfully: "Since you have become a prisoner, how to deal with it, let it fall?" King Yan scolded: "You know that you are a prisoner, what else do you have to say!" King Zhao smiled slightly, and said solemnly: "You claim to be the king behind your back, it's really a big rebellion, this king wants to catch you and teach you a good lesson!" Hum! King Yan asked rhetorically: "You are king in Zhao Di, did King Chen also lead his troops to fight against you?" King Zhao didn't know how to answer for a while. King Yan said angrily: "Are you still reasonable? Come! Put him in prison and wait to be dealt with! King Zhao was taken out by several guards. After King Zhao was taken away, someone offered to kill King Zhao. Yan Wang said: "You can't kill him, if you keep him to blackmail Zhang Er, you will have the capital!" ”

The envoy of Zhao came to the Yan army to inquire, and sure enough, he heard that they had captured the king of Zhao and sent the king of Zhao to Jicheng, so the envoy had no choice but to walk towards the Yan country. He came to the palace gate of the Yan Kingdom and asked for a report, and the guards of the Yan Kingdom teased: "King Zhao has already cut off his head." The messenger was so frightened that he followed the guard into the main hall. The envoy saw King Yan, and after saluting, he stood at the bottom of the steps, not daring to look at King Yan. King Yan scolded: "You kid was sent by Zhang Er? The messenger said yes. King Yan laughed loudly, and then ordered him to push him out and cut him down. The messenger cried out for mercy. At this time, someone hurriedly persuaded King Yan with the words 'the two countries are fighting and not beheading'. King Yan said to the envoy: "You kid has a big life, I won't kill you today, you go back and tell Zhang Er, divide half of the land of Zhao State to Yan State, and then let King Zhao go back, otherwise you will kill him!" The words that the messenger had come up with all the way were useless, and they were beaten out by the guards with sticks. The messenger scurried back with his head in his arms.

The messenger came back and told Zhang Er what King Yan had said. When Zhang Er heard that King Yan wanted Zhao to cut half of the land before he could return it to King Zhao, he was very angry in his heart, so he said to Chen Yu: "My country's land is not vast in the first place, if you cut half of it, can it still become a country?" Although the two were in a hurry, they couldn't think of a way to save King Zhao. Zhang Er just regretted it: "I really shouldn't let Han Guang's mother go back, if that old woman is here, can't she save the king?" Chen Yu suddenly exclaimed: "That's right! We used to let King Yan's mother go back, isn't this a favor to King Yan? Besides, King Yan is also a subordinate of King Zhao, I don't think King Yan will forget these and harm the king. Now you write another letter to bring up these things again, and I think King Yan will definitely take care of his former grace and put it back to the king. Zhang Er wrote a letter with a strong human touch according to Chen Yu's meaning, and then sent an envoy to Yan to negotiate. But within a few days, news came that the envoy of Zhao had been killed by King Yan.

When Zhang Er heard the news, he was shocked and helpless, so he had to send another envoy, saying that he was willing to take out three cities in exchange for King Zhao. After the messenger left, news came a few days later that the messenger had been killed again. Zhang Er was ready to exchange five cities for King Zhao.

In Zhao Guo's military camp, there was a man who carried water and cooked, who was plain and silent, did not socialize with people, except for cooking on the fire, he just liked to read. Since King Zhao was captured by the Yan army, he was very anxious, and now he heard that the envoys sent had been beheaded one by one, and the prime minister and the general were helpless, so he said to his companions: "If the prime minister sends me to the Yan country, I will keep and save the king!" When the companions heard this, they burst into laughter and said, "You want to die too!" The prime minister and the general are both famous big names in the world, and they can't save the king, what skills do you have to save the king? It's really bragging, not afraid to blow it! The man said, "'Meat eaters are despicable, and they can't plan far!'" The companions did not understand what he said, and they all dispersed, and no one took the matter to heart.

The guy knew that he was bored, and he didn't care about them, so he slipped out of the barracks and walked towards Yan Guo that night, and was suddenly knocked to the ground by Yan soldiers hiding in the woods. The man hurriedly said: "I am not a spy, nor am I a messenger, I have something urgent to report to King Yan, don't be too rude to me!" Yan Bing didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, so he arrested him to see Zang Di. Zang Di interrogated carefully. The man only said that there was something important to report to King Yan in person, otherwise he would die, and he didn't dare to say it. Zang Di muttered in his heart, so he sent someone to send him to Jicheng to see King Yan.

When the man came to Jicheng, King Yan saw that he was dressed ordinarily, but he looked like a hero, so he said regretfully: "Your kid has not dried up, and he is a poor ghost, and he doesn't have a few catties of meat after scraping alive!" Are you willing to die for King Zhao? The man said, "My lord, where did I come to die?" You don't know, I sneaked out of the Zhao camp and have a confidential matter to report to you! King Yan was puzzled, so he asked what was the secret matter. The man looked around again, meaning that there were more suspects. King Yan asked others to step down. Only then did the man say: "King, do you know what kind of people Zhang Er and Chen Yu are?" King Yan said: "They have a good name in vain, but this time it can only be in vain, they can't save King Zhao, hahaha!" "King Yan is very complacent. The man said, "King, what you said is not right! You don't know Zhang Er and Chen Yu at all? King Yan sneered: "Didn't they just want to save King Zhao?" But you kid listen, it's not that easy, if you say half a sentence wrong, I'll tell you to move your head right away! ”

When the guy heard this, he was not nervous at all, and laughed twice. King Yan said angrily: "You kid is dying, do you dare to laugh? The man hurriedly knelt down and said, "Please calm the king's anger, I am the king who laughs and doesn't understand the situation!" Zhang Er and Chen Yu, as well as our king, the three of them were once under the command of King Chen, and the three of them went on an expedition side by side, and captured Handan County at their fingertips, is it only King Zhao who wants to be the king? Don't Zhang Er and Chen Yu want to be kings? The two of them just occupied Zhao Di and the hearts of the people have not yet been attached, so it is inconvenient to turn their faces and fight, they just pushed Wuchen to be the king of Zhao by virtue of their age and position. On the surface, Zhang Er and Chen Yu were loyal to King Zhao, but that was just to stabilize people's hearts. Now that the Zhao State has been pacified, the two of them want to divide Zhao Di equally, and they want to be the king themselves, so they want to get rid of the king of Zhao. Now that King Zhao happened to be captured by the Yan Kingdom, this was really a godsend for the two of them! They didn't want to exchange the city of Zhao for King Zhao at all, so they sent envoys to pretend to show the army and civilians a few times. The real situation is that they want to get rid of King Zhao as soon as possible by the hand of the king, and then claim the throne themselves. If their conspiracy succeeds, they will have a good reputation, and second, they will attack Yan in the name of avenging King Zhao. At that time, the angry Zhao army will attack Yan State in a big way, what kind of battle can't be won? What kind of city can't be taken? If they get the Yan Kingdom, the entire territory of Hebei that they dream of will be in their hands! If you don't wake up, your lord, you will fall into Zhang Er's tricks and fall into their trap! ”

When King Yan heard this, he woke up like a dream, as if he was drunk with Fang Su, and sighed: "What you said is very reasonable, the widow almost fell for them!" King Yan pondered for a while, then looked at the man and said, "How do you know?" The man replied in a hurry: "I am in charge of cooking for the king and the prime minister, and when I went to deliver the food yesterday, I happened to hear them discussing the matter of becoming king." I privately pity our king, and I don't want to be plotted by traitors, let alone see those disloyal and unrighteous traitors doing misdeeds, so I took the risk to expose the conspiracy of the two thieves to the king. Although these two thieves are treacherous, they are famous, and the common people call them sages, but King Zhao is an honest and generous elder, but his fame is not as great as them. If King Zhao can kill these two thieves after he goes back, King Zhao will definitely be friendly with Yan State, and Zhao State is in the south of Yan State, and Zhao State is the military barrier of Yan State. Please see it, the king! King Yan was very happy to listen to his husband's words, thinking that King Zhao usually relied on Zhang Er and Chen Yu, if King Zhao got rid of them, it would be equivalent to breaking his right arm, and Zhao Guo would not be worth worrying about from now on. So he generously rewarded the man, released King Zhao, told him the truth of the matter, and then held a banquet to shock King Zhao.

When King Zhao heard that Zhang Er and Chen Yu wanted him to die, he scolded angrily: "I didn't expect the two thieves to be wolf ambitions, but I hate them for almost succeeding in their conspiracy." Now please ask the king to be the master of Zhao Guo and raise an army to fight against the traitors, you must catch Zhang Er and Chen Yu, otherwise it will be difficult to blind even if you die alone! King Yan said: "If Yan Guo sends troops to attack Zhang Er and Chen Yu with great fanfare, I am afraid that they will jump over the wall in a hurry, or they will not be able to catch them if they escape." The widow will immediately send troops to escort the king home, and you will be able to catch them at once when you quietly return to the camp. King Zhao was overjoyed, and immediately said to King Yan: "If you can get rid of Zhang Er and Chen Yu!" Zhao Guo and Yan Guoyong formed an alliance and would never break their promises. King Yan was overjoyed, and the two shook hands and talked about everything. After the banquet, King Yan specially equipped King Zhao with a gorgeous and tall royal chariot and sent a hundred cavalry escorts.

They went out of the city, and the man drove himself. King Zhao poked his head out of the car window, patted the man's shoulder and said, "Go back alone and kill Zhang Er and Chen Yu first, and then reuse you!" Only then did the man secretly tell King Zhao: "This is my plan to rescue the king, and the prime minister and the general have no intention of being king!" I made everything up to coax King Yan! When King Zhao heard this, he was stunned, afraid that King Yan would wake up and send troops to chase after him, so he asked the man to gallop in the direction of Zhao Ying, panicking like a fish that had slipped through the net.

The car galloped all the way and came to Zhao Ying. When the soldiers of Zhao saw that the king had returned, they were overjoyed and shouted long live. The prime minister and the general hurriedly greeted them, and they saw the Yan army escorting them personally, but they didn't know why. After King Zhao waited for the car to stop, he ordered the Zhao army to surround the Yan army and take it all. Yan Jun didn't know what was going on, so he was arrested by Zhao Jun. King Zhao then laughed and walked into the barracks, telling Zhang Er and Chen Yu how the gang designed to coax King Yan. The two listened to it and praised the man's talent. King Zhao talked with his husband. Only then did the husband tell his life experience and name, it turned out that the husband's surname was Li Mingzuoche, and he was the grandson of Li Mu. After Qin destroyed Zhao, the family died, and those who fled fled, and he also fled in chaos. Later, he hid in the people, and when he herded cattle for others, people called him 'Niu Wa'. He didn't dare to say his real name. Later, when the Chu army came to Hebei, Li Zuoche volunteered to join the army and became a miscellaneous soldier, responsible for cooking fires, so everyone called him 'man' again. When King Zhao heard that he was the grandson of Li Mu, he was very happy, so he asked Zhang Er how to reuse it. Zhang Er was afraid that Li Zuoche would surpass him, so he said: "There is a shortage of halberd Langzhong around the king, why not let him serve temporarily, and then be promoted if there is a vacancy in the future." King Zhao made Li Zuoche the halberd and rewarded him with a lot of money and cloth.

After this thrilling experience, King Zhao tasted the taste of fear and fear, so he ordered to return south and withdrew to Handan. When the news reached Jicheng, King Yan heard that King Zhao had not killed Zhang Er and Chen Yu, so he sent someone to investigate, only to know that the man's name was Li Zuoche, who was the grandson of Li Mu, and he had rescued King Zhao by tricks. King Yan was full of regret in his heart, and when he saw that he had lost another hundred knights, he wanted to send troops to attack Zhao, but he was afraid that he would be as useless as King Zhao, so he had to give up.

After King Zhao returned to Handan, he lived in the palace and repented, and at this time the general Li Liang had pacified Hengshan County. King Zhao was very happy and said to Wenwu: "Li Liang has made great contributions, how should he be rewarded?" Zhang Er said with a strange expression: "Li Liang is violent by nature, and now he occupies Hengshan County, I'm afraid that he will learn from Han Guang and become the king!" King Zhao suddenly remembered what Kui Che said when he was leaving, and he was very suspicious, so he asked Zhang Er what to do. Zhang Er said: "He should be transferred back, take the seal ribbon, and seal him as an idle post to support him in the court, just in case of accidents." King Zhao immediately sent an envoy to Hengshan and transferred Li Liang back. Li Liang was rude, and when he heard that King Zhao was going to reward him, he didn't think so much, so he returned to Handan. King Zhao then accepted his general's seal, sealed a royal history, and gave him wine and food all day long, as well as maidservants and concubines, in order to fall into his will and prevent changes.

At this time, King Zhao received an urgent letter from the soldiers, saying that King Chen had sent Zhou Shi as a general, and had captured Dongjun and Jibei County, and stationed troops on the side of the river, which seemed to have the intention of besieging Zhao's army. Since then, the relationship between Zhao and Chu has broken down, and there is no longer any idea of going west to rescue Zhou Wen. There is a poem that sighs:

The heroes are competing to enter the customs, and the interests are blindfolded.

The great cause of sand collapse is small, and the ingratitude is the same in ancient and modern times.