12. Li Liang rebelled against Zhao and returned to Qin

It is said that Han Guang was ordered by King Zhao Wuchen to recruit An Yandi, and he was subdued by the wind, and Yandi was settled. Yan Ren said to Han Guang: "Now Chu and Zhao both have kings, although Yan Land is small, it is also a country of ten thousand times, and I hope the general will establish himself as a king." Han Guang said: "I have an old mother in Zhao, if I stand on my own now, I am afraid that my old mother will be harmed by King Zhao." Yan said: "Zhao Wangfang is embarrassed by Qin and Chu, and he can't stop me." What's more, Chu is the strongest, and he doesn't dare to harm the Zhao Wang family, and King Zhao dares to harm the general's family? Han Guang then established himself as the king of Yan according to the public opinion.

When King Zhao Wuchen heard this, he was really helpless, so he simply did a personal favor and escorted King Yan's family back to Yan.

At this time, in addition to Chu, Zhao, and Yan, there were still two kingdoms of Qi and Wei. The state of Qi was occupied by Tian Dan after the late king; Wei has also been pacified by the city of Zhou. When Yan and Zhao heard that Zhou City had set up Wei land, they each sent envoys to Wei and asked Zhou City to establish himself as the king of Wei. Zhou Shi insisted on refusing, and said: "The world is in chaos to see loyal ministers. Now and attack Qin, it must be after the king of Wei. So Zhou Shi visited and learned that the prince of Wei was in the state of Chu, so he sent a messenger to Chen County, told the king of Chen, and wanted to welcome the prince back to the country as the king of Wei. King Chen refused to allow it at first, but Zhou Shi sent an envoy to urge him. It was not until the envoy went back and forth five times that King Chen agreed. Then the prince was appointed as the king of Wei, and Zhou City was the minister of Wei.

King Wuchen of Zhao saw that Yandi could not be completely obtained, so he wanted to occupy more space on the border. So he led troops with Zhang Er and Chen Yu and stationed at the junction of the two countries. One day, King Zhao suddenly wanted to go into Yandi to inquire about the situation, but he didn't have time to discuss with Zhang Er and Chen Yu, so he immediately changed his clothes and pretended to be a businessman, and only took a few attendants with him, and entered Yanjie privately from a remote road. However, the luck was not good, and the Yan soldiers came out to sentry, and they met on a narrow road, and there were soldiers who came here with Han Guang from Zhao before, and recognized Zhao Wang Wuchen, so they notified the public to flock Zhao Wang and his party to the camp and told Yan Jiang to know. General Yan saw that he had obtained King Zhao, which was really a strange commodity, so he closed him in the camp and sent troops to take care of him. deliberately connived with one or two of King Zhao's attendants, so that he escaped and returned the letter.

On that day, Zhang Er and Chen Yu were looking for King Zhao to discuss matters, but they were not in the camp, and they searched everywhere without a trace. When he was anxious, he fled back from someone and told everything. Zhang Er and Chen Yu were shocked when they heard that King Zhao was captured by Yan Jiang! So he chose a person who could speak to go to Yan Jiang to lobby, and promised him money and treasures to send King Zhao back. The envoy was ordered to go, and General Yan laughed when he heard it: "There is all the money and goods in Yan Country, who is rare!" You Ke went back to the two of them and said, 'If you want me to release the king of Zhao, you must divide half of the land of Zhao with me.' Otherwise, I will kill King Zhao.'" There is nothing else he can say. The envoy saw that General Yan was too demanding, and his tone was very tough, and it was difficult to speak, so he had to repay according to his words.

Zhang Er and Chen Yu listened to the envoy's report, and discussed together: "It is difficult for him to obtain half of the land of Zhao State, but he regards this matter as a transaction, and the first time he opens his mouth, he will naturally raise the value, and if the border cities are ceded to him, he agrees to put them back to the King of Zhao and then reason." And when it was agreed, he sent the messenger to him.

When General Yan heard that what the messenger said was far from what he had requested, he could not help but be angry in his heart, so he killed the messenger and ordered his followers to return and report the news, saying, "If you do not follow what he has said, there is no need to mention this matter again." Zhang Er and Chen Yu sent people to say that they would add a few cities. Yan Jiang saw that the two of them were becoming more and more anxious to beg the king, but they were extremely surprised. It's just a pity that Zhao Guo sent people to kill one by one, so that no one dared to go later.

Zhang Er and Chen Yu encountered this kind of problem, and if they wanted to save King Zhao, Zhao Di went halfway; If you want to protect the Zhao Kingdom, but you can't abandon the King of Zhao, it's really unimaginable! A few days later, it was reported that King Zhao Wuchen had returned safely, and a small soldier had arrived in the camp. The two were unexpectedly overjoyed.

It turned out that there was a pawn in Zhao State, who usually only chopped wood and burned fires in the camp, and heard that King Zhao was plundered by Yan Jiang, and Yan Jiang asked for luxury, so he was not released. The public had nothing to do, he wanted to get a way, and he didn't tell Zhang Er and Chen Yu. I got up early one day and changed into new clothes, and my whole body was very neatly decorated. said to his fellow residents: "I will go to Yan General for the kings today, and I will return King Zhao in a car, I don't know what the kings want?" After hearing this, the fellow housekeepers all laughed and said: "There are more than ten messengers who went to the Yan camp before, and they were all killed by the Yan generals. What skills do you have to save King Zhao? ”

When the pawn heard this, he didn't answer, and strode all the way to Yanying. When they arrived at the camp, they called someone in to report it. General Yan only said that it was the envoy sent by Zhang Er and Chen Yu, and thought: "Zhao Ying has not come for a long time, and there are envoys today, so Zhang Er and Chen Yu must not be able to, so they have to agree to my request." And he commanded him to come in.

As soon as the pawn saw General Yan, he asked, "Do you know what I'm here for?" General Yan replied: "You just want King Zhao to go back, why don't you say it." The pawn said again: "What do you think Zhang Er and Chen Yu are like?" Yan Jiang said: "He is a sage." The pawn said: "What do the two of them want?" General Yan said: "It's just that I want King Zhao to go back!" The pawn smiled and said: "I never knew what the two of them wanted, so I will simply explain it now." Not only did the two of them not want King Zhao to return to China, but they also hoped to kill King Zhao at the same time. General Yan was surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean?" The pawn said: "Wu Chen, Zhang Er, and Chen Yu have never been known as monarchs and ministers. This time, they conspired to obtain dozens of cities in Zhaodi, and the three of them originally wanted to be kings in the south. However, the people's hearts were undecided, and they did not dare to divide Zhao Di into three kingdoms. And the military minister is older, so he first established him as the king to be popular. Now that the place is stable, the two of them want to divide the land of Zhao and claim their own respect. It was just as he wanted to imprison King Zhao. On the surface, the two of them said that they wanted to get King Zhao, but in their hearts they really wanted Yan people to kill him, and they happened to take Yan Land in the name of revenge. If the two of them work together, it will be easy to destroy Yan Guo. If King Zhao is detained at the foot, it will be a disaster for the Yan Kingdom, and if the King of Zhao is returned with gifts, Zhang Er and Chen Yu will not be satisfied, and the King of Zhao will be grateful for the virtue of the foot, then the Yan Kingdom will be safe. ”

As soon as General Yan heard this, he nodded in favor, immediately prepared the carriage and horses, and ordered the pawn to send King Zhao back. King Zhao was naturally grateful to the pawn, rewarded him heavily, and gave him an official position.

At this time, it was suddenly reported that Li Liang had set Changshan to come back to restore his life. King Zhao saw that he was relieved and ordered him to go to Taiyuan Zhao'an.

Li Liang traveled to Shiyi, and was met by the Qin soldiers defending the Jingcheng Pass, and could not advance, and this pass was a famous and dangerous place. Li Liang was planning to send troops to attack, and the Qin general who guarded the pass heard that it was Li Liang, thinking that this person had been a Qin official in the past, but now he had descended to the Zhao State, so it was better to set up a divisive plan to make his monarchs and ministers suspicious. "Nai Xiucheng sent an envoy to Zhao Ying to deliver it to Li Liang.

In the book, he pretended to be the second and said: "Aiqing used to serve me before, and I was favored by the most important officials. Now I heard that I was a general in Zhao State, if I could repent of turning my back on Zhao and returning to Qin, I should forgive his sins and have a reward. Li Liang finished reading the book and was puzzled. So he ordered the camp to go back, and wait for Zhao Wangtian to send troops to attack Qin again.

Along the way, near Handan, I suddenly saw a large group of carriages and horses galloping, and there were many ceremonies. Li Liang thought it was King Zhao traveling, so he hurriedly dismounted and prostrated on the side of the road to meet him. When the carriage and horse approached, I realized that it was not King Zhao, but King Zhao's sister who went out for a banquet. Sister Wang was drunk, and she didn't know that Li Liang was a general, so she should be treated as an ordinary official, and she sat in the car by herself, but she was ordered to be exempted from etiquette. By the time Li Liang stood up, Sister Wang's carriage and horse had galloped away. Li Liang didn't feel ashamed!

Li Liang was humiliated in public, not only was he angry in his heart, but the onlookers and generals were also unhappy for him. One of them said to Li Liang: "Today, the people have raised troops to rebel against Qin, and those with outstanding talents will call themselves kings." The general can stand on his own after repeated achievements, so why should he rely on the people? And King Zhao treats the general so respectfully on weekdays, but today he is despised by the female stream! It's a pity that the general was humiliated by this. Now the only way to kill this woman is to be ashamed. Li Liang already had the intention of betraying Zhao in his heart after obtaining the "Book of the Second World", but he had not yet decided. At this time, he was despised by others, and he was provoked by his generals, but he was not annoyed and ashamed, so he sent troops to chase and kill Sister Wang. He led the generals to attack Handan.

When Li Liang arrived at the city of Handan, the defenders saw that it was their own army that came back, so they naturally let him into the city without any doubts. Li Liang led his troops to the palace. All the guards were unprepared, and Li Liang killed King Zhao Wuchen, and Shao Shao, the prime minister of Zuo, also suffered this disaster. Zhang Er and Chen Yu were able to escape because someone had reported the news in advance.

After Zhang Er and Chen Yu escaped, they immediately gathered the remnants of the army to avenge the military ministers, and Zhang Er's guests said to Zhang Er: "The second monarch was originally a Wei person living in Zhaodi. The hearts of the people of Zhao have not yet been attached, and it is too lonely to want to establish themselves as kings. It is better to visit the king of Zhao and then supplement it with benevolence and righteousness, and call on the people to succeed. "Zhang Er and Chen Yu then established Zhao Xie, a descendant of King Zhao of the Warring States Period, as the King of Zhao. Because the rebel Li Liang occupied Handan at this time, Zhao Xie, Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others had no choice but to "live in Xindu". Li Liang took advantage of the fact that his foundation was undecided, and Chen Yu immediately sent troops to meet the enemy.

Li Liang was defeated and returned, so he had to give up Handan and surrender to Zhang Han.