42. Qin envoys sue for peace
Zhao Guo, Handan.
Recently, King Zhao got up early every day and looked forward to the military report on the front line all day long.
The previous military discussion let King Zhao know that as long as Changping Pass was taken, the Changping camp would become a bloodletter for the logistics of the Qin army.
However, Shu Qi, who was known as no less than Zhao Kuo, led his troops to attack Changping Pass for several days, which was very unsmooth, so the anxious King Zhao asked Lian Po to go to be the commander under the persuasion of Yu Xin, Zhao Sheng and others.
He had thought that today he would wait for the news that Lian Po was in position smoothly and started attacking.
didn't think about it, but what was waiting for Shu Qi was to arrive day and night and hand over the accusation against Zhao Kuo.
"What bullshit." Rao is King Zhao is not a Ming Jun, and he also thinks that what Shu Qi said is fantastic.
His own attack did not go well, and Zhao Kuo was blamed for not cooperating well from the side and not containing Changping Pass.
King Zhao felt that if he believed Shu Qi's words, his ancestor Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling, who opened up the Hufu cavalry shooting, would probably directly open the coffin board and pull himself down and count him down.
It's just that the touch dragon in front of him is pulling his son to tears, and Jianxinjun, who is his favorite on the side, is also helping Shu Qi speak, so that King Zhao can't bear to open his mouth and announce the punishment of Shu Qi.
If you are someone else, abandon the troops in battle, and flee by yourself, you will definitely have to divide the corpses of the five horses and behead all the doors.
King Zhao pressed his temples, and regretted very much that he had let Shu Qi take command of the expedition in order to balance the power of the court.
It's stupid!
It's just that King Zhao was also extremely helpless at that time. Among the Zhao dynasty, Zhao Sheng's power was the strongest. Zhao Bao was barely able to compete with him before, but with Zhao Sheng's recommendation of Zhao Kuo defeating the Qin army in the old pass, Zhao Sheng's prestige rose.
But whether it is Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng or Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, they are all Zhao Wang Dan's uncles, and they will not completely obey Zhao Wang's wishes.
For King Zhao, Zhao Bao was even more annoying than Zhao Sheng.
Soon after King Zhao ascended the throne, he once went to the garden to play and asked his attendants to carry rabbits to tease tigers.
The attendant had just brought the rabbit to the tiger's mouth and drew it back. Being teased like this, the tiger was immediately furious, and the tiger's eyes were round, which was very terrifying.
When King Zhao saw the tiger's eyes, his heart was furious, and he said, "The tiger's eyes are really annoying!" ”
The attendant replied, "Pingyang-kun's eyes are more terrifying than this tiger!" Seeing the tiger's eyes like this is not dangerous, but seeing the eyes of Pingyang Jun, such a person is bound to die! ”
King Zhao thought so at the time.
What made King Zhao even more indignant was that Zhao Bao quickly learned about it, and then directly raised his knife and killed this King Zhao's close attendant with his own hands.
Baba to Si.
King Zhao trusted the most, only persuaded the Queen Mother to let his younger brother who threatened his throne go out as a proton, and his own bed, Huan Jianxinjun.
Therefore, after King Zhao knew that Changping Pass was easy to attack and difficult to defend for the Zhao side, supporting his cronies became the only choice.
It's just Shu Qi's performance, really, it completely shows the lower limit of a general with troops.
"Your Majesty, I suspect that this Qin cavalry attacking our army behind must have been deliberately put in by Zhao Kuo. This person did not get all the military power of our army, held a grudge, colluded with foreign enemies, and raised the enemy for self-respect, so he must have the intention of rebellion. Jian Xinjun said.
As the saying goes, it's often the person next to you who knows you best.
Jianxin Jun can be the male favorite of King Zhao, in addition to his handsome appearance, he is called "Young Ai" by the son of a famous man Mou, and he is also very good at controlling King Zhao's joy and anger.
The words he uttered immediately made King Zhao's heart chuckle.
Zhao Kuo's previous performance was too dazzling, and many Zhao people have fallen in love with it.
But his request to divide his feudal fields to his subordinates made King Zhao very jealous of him.
Although Lin Xiangru found a way to make a turn.
But when Jian Xinjun said that Zhao Kuo might have objections, King Zhao still agreed with Jian Xinjun's opinion in his heart.
Seeing that King Zhao's brows were tightly locked, Touching Long hurriedly said: "Jianxinjun is reasonable, it stands to reason that the Qin State should have been out of food and grass for a long time, and its morale was declining. But the Qin army on Changping Pass was simply as morale as a rainbow, and they dared to fight at night, and it was clear that the logistics were not affected in any way.
This is definitely Zhao Kuo's intention not to harass the logistics of the Qin army, so that the Qin army's grain transportation route is very smooth. This night attack was too sudden, presumably Zhao Kuo deliberately let the Qin army out of his hometown. Your Majesty, Your Majesty requests you to immediately take away Zhao Kuo's seal, send someone to thoroughly investigate the night attack on our army, and return my son's innocence. ”
What a shame. When the few attendants next to him heard the words of the dragon, they were so disgusted that they almost vomited the overnight meal they ate last night. But there was no reaction on his face.
The chamberlain who will react has already been killed.
King Zhao was upset, and he felt that what his cronies said seemed to have some truth. This night attack of the Qin army came too strangely, if it wasn't from the old pass, then where would it come from.
Shu Qi said in his self-defense that before the Qin army made a detour to raid Changping Pass, he had already sent 5,000 Zhao troops to garrison it, and on the day of the night attack, not a single Qin army appeared there.
At this time, an attendant walked in quickly and handed over the military report.
It was sent by Lian Po. Presumably, Zhao Kuo didn't care about delivering the military report, procrastinating, and planned to find out the casualties first and then ask for a reward together.
As a loyal minister of the Zhao family, Lian Po reported to King Zhao a lot more frequently, especially after experiencing the ups and downs of the two changes of commanders.
King Zhao looked at the urgent military report sent by Lian Po, and his brows slowly relaxed.
He glanced at Shu Qi, snorted coldly, and casually threw the report in front of him.
The bamboo slip fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
Shu Qi didn't dare to pick it up for a while.
Touching the dragon Aiko's heart, trembling picked up the military newspaper and opened it to take a look.
It said that Shu Qi had escaped from the battle, and the Zhao family was about to flee with the whole army. Fortunately, Sima Shang, the general, held the tiger talisman to gather the army, and also borrowed the wind to set fire, reducing the pressure on the defense. Then Lian Po arrived and repelled the Qin army, and the Zhao army suffered little loss, but the baggage was basically burned.
"Although this Sima Shang is in chaos, it is really a great rebellion to use the name of the fake marshal of the tiger talisman without authorization. Although the arson was for self-protection, it also cut off the way for our army to enter the camp from the west, and in order to block the Qin army, he ordered to release arrows at the robe in front of the Qin army, which really hurt the heavens and the peace. Touching the dragon said.
In fact, everyone present knew that Sima Shang did a very good job, but the better Sima Shang did, the more Shu Qi's incompetence was highlighted, and in desperation, Touch Long could only continue to reverse black and white.
At this time, even Jian Xinjun was reluctant to take his words.
Although he accepted a bribe from Touch Dragon, there was no way to completely ignore the fact that Shu Qi was incompetent. King Zhao is not an imbecile.
What's more, Jianxinjun not only accepted bribes from Touch Long alone, he also accepted bribes from the people of Qin, and he earned a lot of money when Zhao changed commanders several times before.
This Lian Po resurgence also has something to do with him. Under the persuasion of Lin Xiangru, Lian Po sold one-third of his belongings and sent them to Jianxin Jun's mansion.
Poor generation of famous generals, in order to lead troops to fight, have to entrust with such a villain to the virtual snake.
Only Zhao Kuo, none of his sons were sent to Jian Xinjun's house.
Looking at the joke, Zhao Kuo even gave all the rewards he deserved to the soldiers, where did he get the money to bribe, and he was still worrying about where the money came from to compensate the families of the dead and wounded sergeants.
Jian Xinjun took a step forward and said, "Our army's baggage has been burned, this is a big trouble. At this time, the grain and grass were collected again, not only were the people complaining, but it was also difficult to send them to the front line for a while. ”
The attendant on the side secretly looked outside, very surprised. Jianxinjun will care about the people's welfare, it shouldn't be that the sun comes out of the north today.
Jian Xinjun continued: "At this time, only by letting Lian Po have an overview of the overall situation, take full responsibility for the entire Changping battlefield, and rationally allocate grain and grass can we ensure that our army continues to fight. It's a pity that Lian Po said before that he would obey Zhao Kuo's arrangement, and Zhao Kuo also had a history of exaggerating and letting my army retreat. Don't be careful. It's better to let Zhao Kuo go back to Handan first. He had been fighting outside for a long time, and when he heard that his mother was concerned every day, he washed his face with tears. It's better to let him go home to meet the old lady and be fully filial. ”
Jianxinjun is worthy of being the leader of the villain, this is reasonable, and it makes King Zhao nod slightly.
At this time, an attendant came to report: "Report to the king, the Qin State plans to send someone to sue for peace, saying that you can return the barrier on the store to our army..."
Before he finished speaking, Shu Qi, who had not spoken, jumped up and said loudly: "The barrier on the store is occupied by the Qin people? The store is right in front of Hanwang Mountain, which is the most important barrier. Zhao Kuo's battle was unfavorable, he lost the store, and Changping was in danger. ”
Touching the dragon also hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I think Zhao Kuo is only in vain, and this time he will also lose his troops and generals, please ask the king to immediately remove this person from the position." ”
Jian Xinjun said sadly on the side: "No wonder until now, Zhao Kuo's military report has not yet come, and I guess I am thinking about how to fool the king." ”
I have to say that Zhao Kuo's disregard for royal power in his bones made him extremely unconcerned about the military report, so the delivery of news was relatively slow.
When King Zhao heard that the store was lost, and the army that attacked Changping Pass had lost its baggage, he looked up to the sky and sighed. For Zhao, the Battle of Changping seemed to be in a predicament again.
"Pass on my royal order, immediately remove Zhao Kuo from the position of marshal, and hand over all the troops to the commander of Lian Po. This matter is urgent, and I will do it immediately. ”
"No." An attendant rushed out to deliver his life.
"What else do the Qin people want, continue to report." King Zhao continued to ask.
"The Qin people said that although our army defeated their army of more than 100,000 troops in Changping and captured their deputy commander Zheng Anping alive. But the baggage of our army was also burned. If the fight continues, it will not be beneficial to both sides, and they are willing to return to the Light Wolf City and hand over the store barriers. As for Zheng Anping, they are not ready to go back. ”
Quiet, quiet with an audible pin drop.
King Zhao, Touch Long, Jianxinjun, and Shu Qi looked at each other.
How did Zhao Kuo win the battle again and capture the deputy marshal of the Qin army. And unlike the last time he beheaded "Wang Di", Zheng Anping, who was captured alive this time, was officially certified by the Qin State and is the deputy marshal of genuine value.
"Quick, stop the waiter who went out just now, quick!" King Zhao didn't even bother to put on his shoes, and rushed out in person.