Chapter 129: Seeking Peace? Hold?
Everyone looked at the child in Zhao Kuo's hands with envy, they knew that in the future, this child would be one of the most honorable people in the entire Zhao Kingdom, and no one could bully him.
"The Great King is Rende!"
"The Great King is Rende!"
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Everyone fell to the ground, and their hearts were full of reverence for Zhao Kuo.
If they could, they would even be willing to give their lives to win this opportunity for their children.
"There is a way to buy people's hearts, but it's a pity to choose the wrong object." Standing in the small black room, he saw Zhao Kuo's actions through the crack in the door, and said disdainfully.
"If I were a soldier...... I am also willing to be bought into people's hearts, as a monarch, it is already remarkable to be able to do this, other monarchs don't say anything, they are not even bothering to be perfunctory. Because they looked down on these soldiers from the bottom of their hearts. Rakuma stood outside the door and said thoughtfully.
In the past, officials at all levels oppressed the people and sucked the people's fat and ointment, and as soon as the court received it, it became five or even ten. Then these gentry threw the black pot on the monarch, and the people hated the monarch, but they had no influence on the gentry in the fish and meat town, and even got a good reputation.
Le Jian dared to guarantee that from now on, anyone who dared to slander Zhao Kuo and dump the black pot on Zhao Kuo, these ordinary people would not believe it, and would even unite to resist the official gentry.
Their trust in Zhao Kuo has far exceeded that of those gentry in the fish and meat township.
And the land of Yan Zhao is full of sad people.
From now on, there are definitely many people who are willing to die for Zhao Kuo.
The only regret is that in this era, ordinary people do not have any right to speak. It can even be said that in the eyes of the aristocracy, they are at most half a person.
It is extremely unwise for Zhao Kuo to choose to speak for the common people and offend the nobles.
"I hope the king can find a way to solve it."
I don't know when, Lejian's title for Zhao Kuo changed from Zhao Jun to the king.
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"This is news from the front." Yu Xin handed the information to Xunzi and the others.
"What does the king mean...... Strictly investigate the matter of corruption and reward, and do not blame other things in the past......" Xunzi glanced at it and understood what Zhao Kuo meant.
"Feasible." After a while, Zhao Bao nodded, although he still felt that this was a bit too much, but this was Zhao Kuo's decision, and he had no way to object.
Others don't have much of an opinion either.
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After the heavy rain, the earth changes almost every day, and the grass that has just sprouted buds suddenly grows to the height of a calf, and the inside and outside of Lingshou County are full of spring.
The flood water has receded, but the ground hit by the flood has not dried up, and some villagers who can't wait have returned to the village one after another to start cleaning up and building their destroyed homes.
Zhao Kuo left some money and food, and asked An Zong to lead the officials of several nearby counties to be responsible for the resettlement of the affected people, and left all the prisoners behind, and arranged for 20,000 soldiers to guard them.
He led the army to continue northward and attack the Yan Kingdom. This time, we must leave a profound lesson for Yan State, so that Yan State will not dare to attack Zhao State in the short term, and win time for the development of Zhao State.
"Bin has been in trouble with the county order to take care of it in the past few days." Zhao Kuo saluted An Zong and handed the child over.
Bin is the name of the child adopted by Zhao Kuo, without a surname, and Zhao Kuo did not give him the Zhao name.
An Zong once asked the reason, and Zhao Kuo said: "The surname is still your own, why use someone else's?" Moreover, he may not be able to obtain a surname on his own in the future. ”
The surname is mainly derived from the monarch's surname, fief, official position, title, etc., with Bin's age, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to give him an official title and fief, nor can he give a surname.
Originally, Zhao Kuo accepted him as a righteous son, and it was already outrageous to take him with him to raise him, and if he gave him the surname again, the ministers would definitely stop it.
The surname is a status symbol in this era, and even the monarch cannot be rewarded at will.
Of course, unless the surname Zhao is given, Zhao Kuo gives his surname, and no one else can say anything except the Zhao clan.
Although the surname Zhao (氏) is the most noble surname in Zhao State, it is not the best for Bin.
The best surname is the surname obtained by relying on one's own ability, just like the father, it was sealed in Zhao Cheng, and the descendants took Zhao as their name and called him their ancestor, which gave rise to Zhao.
"I hope he will live up to the king's expectations." An Zong said.
"Wait until I get back." Zhao Kuo bowed his head and said to Bin.
looked at Zhao Kuo reluctantly, but still obediently walked to An Zong's side.
Although he is very young and doesn't even know what a monarch is or what family affection is, he knows who is good for him.
Since the death of his parents, Zhao Kuo is the best person to him.
"Will Miss An Ning follow this king, or stay in Lingshou." Finally, Zhao Kuo looked at An Ning.
Today, An Ning has resumed the dress of a female general, and she is heroic.
Regarding the fact that women cannot be brought in the army, Zhao Kuo said that he has no binding force on himself. Many nobles went out to fight in groups, and as a king, he didn't bring a singer, but only a female escort was good.
In other words, Zhao Kuo also just knew that An Ning had martial arts, and it was not low, and he had reached the Gangyuan realm, you must know that An Ning was only seventeen years old.
When Zhao Kuo and Li Mu were seventeen years old, they only practiced qi, and An Ning also knew how to command the army to fight!
Zhao Kuo dared to guarantee that if An Ning was a man, he would be a general no less than the level of the four famous generals!
"The concubine is willing to follow the king."
An Ning hugged his fists and saluted, turned over on his horse, and followed behind Zhao Kuo.
"The big girl is not staying." An Zong glared at An Ning fiercely, but he didn't say anything.
The Warring States period was not a complete Song and Ming Dynasty where women were poisoned by feudal etiquette, and in this era, women also had the right to pursue happiness.
For example, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's mother Wang Wan married Jin Wangsun, she gave birth to a daughter, and later felt that she should marry better, so Jin Wangsun divorced, and finally married the prince and became the queen.
Zhao Kuo nodded at everyone, and then waved the big knife, pointing the tip of the knife forward, and under the effect of internal qi, the sound spread throughout the entire army.
"Let's go."
"Congratulations to the king, help the king triumph." The officials bowed and watched the army leave.
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Due to the somewhat complete surrender of the Yan army, the news could not be delivered, and the heavy rain closed the road, and it was not until a few days later when the grain and grass were transported from the rear that it was found that the front line had been defeated.
The 150,000 army was either killed in battle or surrendered, and there was not a single one left.
So the grain transport officer hurriedly sent soldiers to bring the news back to Jixian County.
By the time King Yan received the news of the defeat of the army, several days had passed, and Zhao Kuo was already reorganizing the army, preparing to attack the Yan Kingdom.
"Rubbish!"
"It's all a bunch of rubbish, 150,000 to 100,000 can't beat it."
"The widow is blind to trust you so much!"
A wave of angry scolding came from inside the hall, followed by the sound of crackling and falling things, until everything that could be smashed was gone.
King Yan sat slumped on the ground, staring blankly ahead, "What can I do!" ”
Several eunuchs stood next to them with their heads bowed, not daring to move, and the last time a eunuch was killed by King Yan because he was panting a little louder when King Yan was angry.
If the common people are still half a person, these eunuchs who are not valued by the monarch are not even people, they can kill if they want, and no one will speak for a eunuch.
After a while, King Yan finally remembered that in addition to Le Cheng, there was another person who had prevented him from attacking the Zhao State-Jiangqu.
"Go and get the doctor in the ditch immediately." King Yan hurriedly beckoned to the eunuch.
The former eunuch who reacted the fastest seized the opportunity, picked up his legs and ran outside. By the time the other eunuchs reacted, he had already run outside the main hall.
The other eunuchs scolded angrily in their hearts, and could only continue to keep their heads down and stay here in fear.
"Greet the king."
It didn't take long for the eunuch to invite Jiangqu over. Jiang Qu was about thirty or forty years old, with dark skin and a somewhat lean figure, and he looked very capable.
"Sir is finally here, sir take a seat quickly." King Yan's eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Qu, as if he saw a life-saving straw, he personally walked down and helped him to the top position, he had never been so enthusiastic about Jiang Qu.
Until today, he knows that chestnut belly is really unreliable, and the real reliability is the general canal who has not been reused.
"Sir, why is there a hole in this dress?" Yan Wang Yuguang suddenly caught a glimpse of a hole in the corner of Jiangqu Yi that was the size of a half-small thumb nail, and he couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully, and he immediately frowned and said unhappily.
"Hehe, the minister accidentally got it, it's not in the way, just go back and let the cheap make up for it." Jiang Qu said nonchalantly.
"As an important minister of my Yan Kingdom, how can the doctor wear clothes with holes! Come on, go and get the widow's Luan Feng Qingxi robe that has just been made and has not had time to wear. King Yan said loudly.
This time, it was the eunuch from before who took the lead, and as soon as he turned around, he ran towards the apse, and the other eunuchs hated in their hearts, how could they not grab this goods every time, several people glanced at each other, and they all saw the meaning in each other's eyes: Find an opportunity to transfer this guy away.
Soon, King Yan's Luan Feng Qingxi robe was taken.
"The King." The eunuch spread out his hands and handed them respectfully.
Luan Feng Qingxi robe is indeed luxurious, the use of the finest silk, the robe embroidered with a Luan Feng from the wings soaring, flying over a stream of the picture of eucalyptus, symbolizing that the Yan country is about to tide over the difficulties, soaring into the sky.
But now it seems that this Luan Feng is likely to be planted in the stream.
King Yan took the robe, shook it with both hands, and draped it on Jiang Qu's body, and Jiang Qu's thin body was suddenly tightly wrapped by the wide robe, and the blue and red color of the robe set off the Jiang Qu even darker, and he could hardly see people.
"The minister does not dare to accept this robe." Jiang Qu said in a panic, wanting to take off his robe, but was held down by King Yan.
"Only doctors in my Yan Kingdom are worthy of this robe." King Yan looked at Jiangqu sincerely, and said with a clear conscience.
In desperation, Jiang Qu had no choice but to accept his robe, saluted King Yan, and asked, "I don't know if the king has something important to do with his ministers?" ”
My Healing Game
"The widow regrets that he failed to listen to the doctor's words, which led to the defeat of the front line now, and I hope that the gentleman can guide the widow regardless of his past suspicions." King Yan held Jiang Qu's hands.
"Xiangguo is defeated?" Jiang Qu asked.
"The general is really like a god." King Yan nodded.
"It's not a big problem, I don't know how many troops Xiangguo has lost?" Jiang Qu asked calmly, the defeat was expected, he was not surprised, as long as the loss was not too serious, the defense was not a problem.
"All." Yan Wang said.
Hearing this, even if he was fixed, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching twice.
Lao Tzu had long expected that he would lose, but after all calculations, he didn't expect that the whole army would be wiped out!
"The king, the king of Zhao will report that he will not give up, and the minister suggests that the border be notified immediately to prepare for defense, and in addition, please give an order to let General Qing Qin lead the remaining 100,000 troops to return, defend the capital, and resist the invasion of the Zhao army." Jiang Qu said quickly.
Although the Yan State lost 150,000 troops, there were still 100,000, as long as it could be withdrawn, it would not be a problem to defend it for a while with the help of Yishui and the Great Wall.
And Zhao Guo is not only an enemy of Yan State, it is impossible to spend time with Yan State, as long as Yan State blocks Zhao State's several attacks, Zhao Kuo sees that the attack is hopeless, and will inevitably retreat.
Jiang Qu told King Yan about his analysis.
"Fortunately, the king's soldiers were divided into two ways, otherwise our country would now have no soldiers to defend." Jiang Qu said, King Yan finally did a good thing.
"Sir, great talent." King Yan's face was a little bitter, "It's just...... Daijun ...... I haven't heard from you for almost ten days......"
"What? There has been no news from the front line for ten days, didn't the king send someone to investigate? Jiang Qu stood up, completely ignoring the identity of King Yan, and reprimanded loudly.
This is war, even if a pig learns that there has been no news from the front line for ten days, he should send someone to ask!
"The widow has sent three waves of scouts, but there is no news yet." Yan Wang said.
"In this way, my Yan country is in danger!" The ditch screamed sadly.
"So what now?" King Yan asked hurriedly.
Jiang Qu looked at King Yan, he wanted to ask, at your level, you can't even see that there is an accident on the front line, how dare you fight Zhao Guo. But in the end, he didn't ask, leaving King Yan with a face.
"Sue for peace, I hope we can still have time to protect Qing Qin's 100,000 army." Jiang Qu said worriedly.
If Yan Guo loses Jiangqu's 100,000 troops again, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"The Qin State sued for peace and lost nearly four counties." Yan Jun said embarrassedly. The foundation of the Yan country is not as thick as the Qin country, and if the land of the four counties is lost, it will be gone.
"Dare to ask the king, can Yan Guo stop Zhao Guo now? If Zhao Guobing comes to the city, what should the king do? Jiang Qu asked.
Yan Wang's face kept changing, and in the end he still couldn't say, "Fight to the death." "Four words.
Jiang Qu was even more disappointed in King Yan.
Neither wants to cede land for peace, nor does he have the courage to fight to the death, do you still count on the benevolence of Zhao State?
"Now there are only two ways for my Yan country, to make peace or to stick to it."
"If the king wants to ask for peace, the minister is willing to go to Zhao Jun to ask for peace in person. If the king intended to hold on, the minister suggested that all men over the age of fifteen be levied to defend the city. In addition, he asked for help from Qin, Han, Wei, and Qi, and asked them to put pressure on Zhao. Jiang Qu said, now it depends on which choice King Yan makes.
ps: Anyway, it's not too late to wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival