Chapter 413: King Yan returns
On this day, outside the city of Daicheng.
Nearly 20,000 generations of national soldiers lined up in a phalanx and stood to the north.
Flags are hunting, fluttering in the wind, and spears are erected, looking like a metal forest from a distance.
Zhao Jia, the king of the Daiguo, stood on his mighty chariot and led a cadre of important ministers of the Daiguo, standing in the wind, waiting for the "guests" from the north.
"There are more than 20,000 soldiers in Daicheng, and if the soldiers from Gaoliu, Anyang, Pingyi and other places are gathered together, it will probably be able to raise about 40,000 soldiers. Even if there are not many Hun soldiers, as long as there are tens of thousands of people, the two can add up to 100,000 troops. ”
"The State of Qin has just dispatched an army of 600,000 to attack Chu, and this time the King of Qin sent that Zhao Tuo to attack the dynasty, I'm afraid he can only send tens of thousands of people."
Chen Yu lowered his voice and informed Zhang Liang and the others of the information he had obtained.
As guests of friendly nations and close allies who fought against the Tiger and Wolf Qin together, they were quite courteous in Daidi, and now they stood in a position on the side of the ministers of Daiguo.
Hearing Chen Yu's words, Gongsun Xin nodded and said: "What Chen Jun said is true, if there are really Yan people in the middle, Daiguo and the Xiongnu join forces, and the number of soldiers is not inferior to the Qin army, we may not have no chance of winning." ”
Zhang Liang didn't speak immediately, but first looked back at the soldiers standing behind him, and then shook his head and said: "A few years ago, when the Zhao State was destroyed, Zhao Jia led hundreds of people from the clan to gather more than 10,000 Zhao troops in Daidi, and in the same year, he suffered a great hunger. ”
Although the land and agriculture have improved in the past two years, the Yan State has been destroyed, and although the Qin army has not sent troops to replace the land, it has cut off the trade of the generations to the outside world, and the grain and grass in the land are scarce, and they can barely supply it. You only saw that there were 20,000 soldiers in this generation of the city, but you did not see them with dishes on their faces. With such a lack of food, An can defeat the tiger wolf Qin army. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Liang sighed first.
Chen Yu said with displeasure on his face: "The ovary can grow the ambition of the Qin people and destroy the prestige of their own family." Even if the substitute soldiers are weak, aren't there still Huns? ”
"Huns...... Be complicit in it, but bring it upon yourself. ”
Zhang Liang's eyes flashed with disdain, as a famous nobleman of the Fifth Dynasty Xianghan, he had never had a good impression of the barbarians in the north, let alone trust.
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, since Hengyang Jun Han Cheng was gone, there was a lack of this middleman, and there was always something wrong between him and Zhang Liang.
Now seeing that the other party despises his opinion so much, Chen Yu's heart is on fire, and he is about to speak back again.
Gongsun Xin saw that the two of them were about to get up, so he hurriedly said: "Don't say anything about the two of you, it's better to wait for King Yan to come." You see, isn't that coming? ”
As Gongsun Xin stretched out his hand, he saw smoke and dust billowing from the north.
First, the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth was heard.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Liang, who followed the prestige, saw that in the smoke and dust, thousands of Hun cavalry wearing leather clothes, leather boots, and pointed hats came.
These Huns let out a long howl from their mouths, and their appearance was strange.
In Zhang Liang's eyes, these alien races are not like people, but more like some kind of humanoid beasts.
There was also a commotion among the 20,000 Dai troops outside the city. Some of the soldiers looked terrified, others had hatred in their eyes, and the weapons in their hands clenched.
Fortunately, Dai Wang Jia stepped forward to restrain him and did not cause major turmoil.
In a moment, a thousand Hun cavalry galloped to the front of the Dai army formation, perhaps because they saw that the Dai soldiers were numerous and ready for battle.
Although these Hun cavalry whistled from their mouths, they were actually quite honest, and under the restraint of their thousand commanders, they did not make excessive moves.
Zhang Liang nodded secretly, this is probably because Dai Wang Jia asked the army to set up a battle formation outside the city, which is to give these Huns a dismount and deter them.
The Hun cavalry stopped a hundred meters away from the Dai army, separated from the middle, and made a way.
A carriage was pulled down by a horse and slowly approached.
Zhang Liang squinted and saw that behind the emperor who was driving the horse, there was a chariot with a tent. As the carriage marched to the front of the Dai army formation, the emperor stopped his horse, and a figure slowly walked down in the carriage.
Because he was far away, he couldn't see the man's face clearly, but he saw that his figure was sloppy and full of white hair.
"Is this Yan Wangxi?"
Zhang Liang was secretly surprised.
At this time, Dai Wang Jia had already gotten out of the car and stepped forward with Yan Guo Taifu Juwu, who was in Dai Cheng, to greet the old man.
Zhang Liang and the others also immediately followed.
"Zhao Jia has seen King Yan, but I haven't seen him for a few years, and the king's demeanor is still the same."
Dai Wangjia smiled and complimented, looking at Yan Wangxi who was covered with wind and frost in front of him and wearing a fur coat, it was difficult for him to overlap it with the Yan Wangxi who was in charge of the country of ten thousand vehicles.
But his appearance is really the king who disappeared when the Qin army destroyed the Yan Kingdom.
"Don't say much on behalf of the king, prepare some food for Gu first."
Yan Wangxi's eyes glowed with green.
He opened his mouth, and the sour smell of cheese gushed out.
Zhang Liang was not far away, and suddenly felt that there was an acid wind in the air.
Dai Wang Jia's face changed, he took a step back, and said in his mouth: "Please also ask King Yan to enter the city with the widow." ”
……
Half an hour later.
In the palace of the city of the kings.
Dai Wang Jia sat on the upper seat, and Yan Wang Xi lived next to him, eating golden millet rice.
After a few eucalyptus in the palace, there were many ministers and ministers who represented the country, as well as foreign friends such as Zhang Liang, Chen Yu, and Ju Wu.
"The Xiongnu promised to help Er and other generations to fight against the Qin State, but they needed to give you 5,000 stone of grain, 10 carts of pearl and jade, and 1,000 women...... There is also a dynasty that will cede the land north of Gaoliu, all of which belong to the Xiongnu. ”
Ju Wu, the Taifu of the Yan State, stood up and officially announced that the Xiongnu Shan Yu had agreed to the conditions of helping the country to resist Qin.
As soon as these words came out, there was a gasp in the hall.
Zhang Liang suddenly changed color.
Not only him, but even Chen Yu, who had always been willing to facilitate this matter, couldn't help but scold: "Barbarian greed." ”
Before Dai Wang Jia could reply, a young man from the Zhao clan stood up in the hall and shouted, "Acting Wang, this matter must not be agreed!" ”
"My Zhao clan has been strong in the world since ancient times, even if the former Zhibo flooded Jinyang and the Qin army surrounded Handan, my Zhao clan has never yielded!"
"Even if the Qin people are cruel tigers and wolves, they will eventually be the same people of Zhuxia as my Zhao people, and they will be the same as my Zhao family. We can rebel against the glory of the crown and be the eagle dog of the Hu people! ”
As the young man of the Zhao clan spoke, all kinds of echoes in the hall kept ringing.
"However, in the past, the king of martial arts broke through the forest and the troubles, and opened up the territory, how heroic. I, Zhao Guoliang, Li Mu, broke the Huns more than ten years ago and killed 100,000 of their horsemen, how heroic! ”
"Today, how can we ask the Hu people for help in order to survive, and pay tribute to ask for help, such an act is done by the descendants of the Zhao family!"
In the midst of that shout, Dai Wangjia's face was cloudy.
At this moment, a gloomy voice sounded.
"When the Zhao family is destroyed by the Qin people, all the cities and towns of the dynasty will be Qin Zhijun, all the women will be Qin Zhi's concubines, all the treasures will be played with by the Qin people, and all the grain will be eaten by the Qin people. Even the heads of your others will be cut off by the Qin people, which will become their merit for their promotion! ”
"At that time, the Qin Dynasty will be destroyed, and the things that you are stingy with now, including your head, will be owned by the Qin people, and even your Zhao family's Sheji will be destroyed by Qin, and the ancestors and kings will no longer have blood to eat and sacrifice, is this what the descendants of the Zhao family have done?"
Yan Wangxi stood up, stretched out his tongue and licked the yellow millet from his lips, and with those yin owl eyes, he glanced at the young man of the Zhao clan who was shocked by his words.
"Food, jewelry, women...... Even the land is nothing! ”
"If there is no help from the Hu people, aren't these all Qin people? Only by defeating the Qin people will these belong to you! ”
"And what is this thing, Lone has promised the Xiongnu Shan Yu, as long as the Huns can restore the Yan country for Lone, Lone is willing to give all the territory in the north to the Huns, and pay tribute every year, generation after generation, compared with Lone's conditions. What's the point of waiting for this? ”
King Yan scolded fiercely, and all the wrinkles on his face were stretched, like chrysanthemums blooming.
Many people of the Zhao family were shocked by Yan Wangxi's identity and words, and no one refuted them for a while.
Zhang Liang secretly despised it, there was something wrong with what the old Yan King said.
Now that the Yan Kingdom has been destroyed for several years, all the places of the Yan Kingdom have been occupied by the Qin people, and he Yan Wangxi has nothing except for a few die-hard courtiers such as Ju Wu.
The Xiongnu are willing to send troops for him to restore the country, but he likes his identity, in this case, he can naturally accept any conditions, because what Yan Wangxi promised to the Hu people is not what he has now, and empty promises are casual words.
What Daiguo wants to give now is what really belongs to his own hands, and there is still a slight difference between the two, how can he generalize.
However, Zhang Liang did not speak, after all, although the conditions of the Hu people in Yan's mouth were harsh, it proved from the other side that the Huns were willing to help sincerely this time.
"The Xiongnu did not want the southern land to be united, so they were willing to send troops for us to defeat the Qin army, and even restore the old country for us and confront the Qin. This is the opportunity that Gu and Ju Taifu persuaded the Xiongnu Shan Yu for several years before begging, if he refuses, then in the world, you will no longer be able to find an opponent who can confront Qin, and can only sit and wait for destruction! ”
Although Yan Wangxi is old, his voice is sharp and aggressive.
On behalf of Wang Jia, he hurriedly said: "King Yan is angry, this matter is very important, and let us discuss one or two." ”
Yan Wang squinted his eyes and said, "In this case, the acting king should think about it." Is it better to wait to be destroyed by the Qin people, and all the blood and food of Sheji will be destroyed, and you Zhao Jia will also become a prisoner of the Qin people, or it is better to follow Lone to join forces with the Xiongnu and continue to be the king of a country. ”
As he spoke, King Yan walked towards the outside of the hall.
Ju Wu stood up, and after making amends to Dai Wangjia, he also hurriedly followed.
In a moment, only the Zhao clan and Zhang Liang and others of the Daiguo were left in the hall.
"King, we can't be lackeys for the Hu people."
The young man of the Zhao clan spoke again.
Dai Wang Jia sighed faintly and said, "The Qin army is coming, will I sit and wait for destruction?" ”
His gaze swept over the hall and his heart moved when he swept over Zhang Liang's body.
"Ovary, you are the son of Han Xiang. Lone had heard that you were quite resourceful, and you had planned to win the previous attack on Qi Xiang. This time the Qin army is coming, I don't know if you may be planning alone. ”
Zhang Liang was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If the acting king is unwilling to join forces with the Xiongnu. If you want to enemy the Qin army, I am afraid that you can only start from its main general, Zhao Tuo. ”
Dai Wang Jia shook his head: "Zhao Tuo's matter, please talk about it with Xiangbang." ”
Hearing the call, Zhao Jing, the acting prime minister, stood up and said with a wry smile: "As far as we know, Zhao Tuo's son is the grandson of the former Pingyang monarch, and his father and ancestors are all loyal to Zhao Zhiliang, and this son should be my Zhao Guoliang general." It's a pity that his father advised Li Mu about it, and was killed by King Zhao and Guo Kai, and his clan dispersed, and this son disappeared. Somehow entered the Qin State and achieved such a career in a few years. ”
"When I entered Qin before, I also thought about moving Zhao Tuo and making him speak for us in front of the King of Qin, so as to save Zhao's society."
"However, this son deliberately avoided our visit, and the King of Qin regarded him as the main general of our country, this Zhao Tuo is probably jealous of his father's hatred, and it is difficult for us to move it."
Hearing this, before Zhang Liang could respond, Dai Wangjia himself sighed.
"Woohoo, the death of Zhao is all unknown to the first king!"
"If it weren't for the confusion of the first king, the abolition of the widowed prince, and the establishment of Zhao Qian's erection son, my Zhao Guoan would be in today's situation."
"If the widow succeeds to the throne as the king of Zhao, and there is a good general Li Mu as the commander and leads the elite soldiers of the Zhao State, how can the Qin people be allowed to enter Handan. If the widow is the king of Zhao, he will kill the traitor Guo Kai, An Neng has his disaster to the country, Zhao Tuo's father is not killed by Guo Kai, and Zhao Tuo must also serve the widow. ”
"At that time, the widow will have good generals like Li Mu and Zhao Tuo to guard the border, and at the same time make good alliances with Yan, Wei, Qi, and Chu, and they will definitely be able to compete with the Qin State, and they will never be in today's desperate situation!"
"Woohoo, hating widows can't be King Zhao!"
Dai Wang Jia looked up to the sky and sighed, tears rolled down, and the scene was very sad.
Zhang Liang sighed and shook his head, he didn't expect that Qin General Zhao Tuo still had such a background, his parents were killed by Zhao Wangqian, this kind of hatred is really not easy to say.
Just when all the people in the temple had nothing to do.
"I have a plan."
Chen Yu stood up reluctantly.
He glanced at Zhang Liang, and a flash of jealousy flashed in his eyes.
When he called Zhang Liang on behalf of Wang Jia just now, he said that the assassination of Qi Xiang was planned by Zhang Liang, which made Chen Yu very unhappy, wasn't that the matter his own fault, and how could the credit fall to Zhang Liang?
At this time, he saw someone in the temple standing up.
Dai Wang Jia was stunned for a moment, he also knew this person, it was the son-in-law of Zhao Guogong's Cheng clan, Chen Yu, a famous scholar in Wei, who had always been called a Confucian hero.
He hurriedly asked, "What is Chen Jun's plan?" ”
Chen Yu smiled.
"Although the Qin general Zhao Tuo is difficult to convince, he is equivalent to the Zhao bloodline, if you search carefully, you must be able to find someone close to Zhao Tuo. As long as you find an excuse and opportunity to get close to Zhao Tuo, you can assassinate him with just one sword! ”
"Zhao Tuo is the chief general of the Qin army, as long as he dies, the Qin army will be in chaos, and the acting king can take the opportunity to lead the army to attack, and he will be able to break the Qin people in one fell swoop and relieve the danger of the country! In this way, there is no need to ask the greedy Hu man for help. ”
As soon as Chen Yu said this, everyone was shocked.
Zhang Liang blinked and looked at Chen Yu with a confident face on the side.
Why does this man always think about assassination?