Lian Po's battle report came to Handan, and King Zhao summoned Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun to discuss that night.

King Zhao asked: "I have to be in the party for many years, but this battle is not good, what can I do?" ”

Pingyang Jun said: "I heard that the Qin army took Bai Qi as a general. White rise, people slaughter, it is difficult to deserve it. It is better to be in harmony. ”

Pingyuan Jun said: "During the Michi meeting, the ministers watched Wu Anjun, with a small head and a sharp face, and the pupils were white and black, and his vision did not turn. This dares to make decisions, sees things clearly, and is persistent. It can be long-lasting, difficult and competent. Lian is quite a person, brave and lover, knows difficulties and endures shame, and it is better to fight in the field, and it is enough to hold on. ”

King Zhao said: "Lian Po will lose the battle, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deserve it." ”

Pingyuan Jun said: "But if you let it guard the wall, you will lose nothing." ”

Pingyang Jun said: "Changping urges the army to urge food, and Handan has little food, so what can I do?" ”

Pingyuan Jun said: "You can Lou Chang be a cheap deputy." Lou Chang governs the army strictly, punishes Jun and is less gracious, and responds to it with less food, and will be able to serve the public. ”

Pingyang Jun said: "No." The soldiers have little food, and once they collapse in wartime, they will regret it! ”

Pingyuan Jun said: "The king and the consultation are in Louchang Keye." ”

The next morning, Pingyuan Jun read Lian Po's battle report in the court, and everyone was shocked. There was a lot of talk, but no one made any suggestions. After announcing the dissolution of the dynasty, King Zhao left Lou Chang and Yu Qing behind and asked: "The Changping army is invincible, the captain is dead, and the widow will wear armor and fight with Qin, what is it?" ”

Lou Chang said: "There are generals, and King He Lao is pro-enlisted!" ”

King Zhao said: "No one in my audience will dare to respond, but will go to himself." ”

Lou Chang seemed to understand what King Zhao meant, he rolled his eyes, and quickly replied: "It's useless, it's better to be a heavy envoy." ”

Hearing this, Yu Qing next to him took over and said, "Those who speak loudly think that if they don't take the army, they will be broken." Wang Qi thinks about it, Qin wants to break Zhao's army, isn't it evil? ”

King Zhao said: "Qin spares no effort, and he will want to break the Zhao army." ”

Yu Qing said: "The concubine maker is in Qin, and Qin will want to break the Zhao army, how can he do it?" ”

King Zhao asked, "What is Qing's plan?" ”

Yu Qing said: "The minister asked the king to send an envoy to attach a heavy treasure to Chu and Wei, and Chu and Wei want to get the king's heavy treasure, and they must make an envoy." Zhao envoys entered Chu and Wei, and Qin would suspect that the world would obey, and it would be possible to do it. ”

King Zhao was deeply disappointed. originally expected Lou Chang to go to the front line to command the battle, but Lou Chang directly proposed peace; I thought that Yu Qing had some good suggestions to retreat from Qin, but Yu Qing thought that it would not be possible to negotiate peace empty-handed, and that it was necessary to contact other vassal states first, creating a false appearance of conspiracy, and then it was possible to make peace with Qin.

Listening to the words of these two people, King Zhao's ambition was half cold. He found Pingyang Jun again and said, "Who can make the widow and Qin Yu?" ”

Pingyang Jun said: "The envoy to Qin is none other than Zheng Zhuye." "King Zhao ordered Zheng Zhu to envoy Yu Qin.

Pingyuan Jun hurriedly went to the palace to meet King Zhao and said, "The king wants to marry Qin Hu?" ”

King Zhao said: "The widow will make Qin know that Zhao Zhi's general will be concubine, and slow down his army a little." The widow will continue to distribute military rations to support the party! However, Handan has little food, and he asks for the princes! ”

Pingyuan Jun immediately asked Tian Dan, who was retired in Zhao State, to envoy the princes. However, the recent state of Qi was the state of Tian Dan's parents, and Tian Dan had many political enemies there, and he could barely survive, so he was forced to settle in the state of Zhao and was sent by Pingyuan Jun to send someone else. Yan Guo and Zhao Guo have always been at odds with each other, unfortunately the schadenfreude is already very good, and there is no Yan Guo in the list of envoys this time.

Zheng Zhu made Qin, and the momentum was huge. released rumors many days in advance, claiming that Zhao would be with Qin. On the day of the envoy, Zheng Zhu worshiped the temple and sacrificed the road, and the etiquette was meticulous. Zhao Xiangping, Pingyuanjun and Anping Juntian Shan personally presided over the ceremony. At the same time, the envoys of Qi had quietly set off.

Handan is thousands of miles away from Linzi, and the envoy drove for more than ten days to arrive.

Since the death of King Fazhang of Qi Xiang, the queen has almost completely controlled the government of Qi for six years. Qi Wangjian completely inherited the national policy formulated by his parents: to be friendly with the princes and devote himself to developing himself.

Zhao envoy arrived in Linzi, met Qi Xiang, and explained his intention. Qi Xiang said: "With the grace of Qi Meng's great power, he has to protect his head and give him the old land, and he should serve sincerely." Today, I am willing to give 100,000 stone of grain to do my best! ”

Zhao Envoy saw that only 100,000 stone was allowed, and said with a smile: "Yiyi and Qin are fighting for the upper party Changping, hundreds of thousands of people in each army, and tens of thousands of stones of grain are eaten every day. 100,000 stone grain, once could not be a day, may it be given again! ”

Qi Xiang said: "Zhao and Qin, big countries also." The big countries are competing, and we don't dare to intervene. Today, I heard that Handan has little food. Handan, marriage also, must be saved. May I take 100,000 stones of grain for a cook! ”

Zhao said: "There are millions of people in Handan, and there are no less than five or seven hundred thousand stones a day. May it be given again to live its life! Hearing that the townships on the Ji are abundant, and the rest are given to the city, it is very virtuous. ”

Qi Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "Jitu inherits the gift of the great country, and I dare not hide anything." Dare to be a big country with a tax of 300,000 stones, fortunately, don't take it lightly! He didn't dare to hear it. ”

Zhao Envoy only needs to get 300,000 stone of grain, although it is small, but it seems that it is impossible to think more. Then he returned to China and resumed his life.

When the Zhao envoy arrived in Qi, Tiandan also arrived in Wei.

If you don't take the avenue from Handan to Daliang, it is only more than 600 miles, which is closer than to Linzi. In order to cover up the news of his mission, Tian Dan presided over Zheng Zhu's mission ceremony in Handan, and then set off secretly, creating the false impression that Tian Dan was still in Handan. So the halfway was closer, and although Tiandan set off a few days later than the envoys of Qi, he also arrived almost at the same time.

In order to avoid Nanyang, which had already been occupied by the Qin army, Tiandan took a different westerly route: after entering the Yellow River from Handan, he landed at Suxukou. After crossing a stretch of land to Guiling, the mercenary car boarded a boat and sailed up the Pushui River to the famous Yellow Pond. At the beginning, Wu Wangfu swore an oath with the Duke of Jin here, and the King of Wu went to the king and called him "Gong", and the Duke of Jin allowed Duke Wu to also claim the overlord (the Duke of Jin had long been the overlord). Now, both the Duke of Wu and the Duke of Jin have turned into historical dust, and the Yellow Pond has also washed away the lead and returned to the plain, which is a small border town in the north of the Great Liang of the Wei capital. At the beginning, the lake where King Wu's hundred thousand warships were moored, today there are still fishing boats stopping here, and travelers from the south to the north will also rest here and stay overnight.

Tian Dan, dressed as a business traveler, lived in the inn. When there were no officials stationed in the Wei state, the pavilion could receive distinguished guests, but they had to pay enough money. Tiandan has more than 100 people and countless goods, so there is naturally no problem in living in this small border town. Huangchi is not on the main traffic artery, and there are not many high-rollers in normal times, so they are surprised to see such a luxurious business trip.

Huang Xie sent several entourages to drive to Daliang first and secretly met Xinlingjun.

Since Wei Qi was "chased and killed" by Zhang Lu's false words and intimidation, abandoned the official and fled to Handan, Wei did not appoint the prime minister again, and the master of ceremonies of the state ceremony was temporarily appointed by the king of Wei to act as the agent of Wei Gongzi, and all military and political affairs were decided by Xinling Jun and the ministers through consultation.

From Wei Qi, Tian Dan learned that the main promoter of Hezong with Zhao was Xinlingjun, and King Zhao actually hoped to form an alliance with Qin, but he could not defeat Xinlingjun in the court, so he had to agree to send an envoy to Hezong. Legally, Zhao and Wei were allies of the Covenant.

It was only fifty or sixty miles from Huangchi to Daliang, and the messenger hurried overnight, just in time for Kaecheng at dawn. Several people entered the city and came to the Wei Gongzi's Mansion to see Xinling Jun.

After the Emperor of Xinling went to court, he heard that Tiandan secretly sent someone to visit, please know something. He immediately notified Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhongyue, Mr. Guo and other high-ranking guests to accompany him to the meeting. After meeting, the entourage only said that Tian Dan was in Huangchi, and he wanted to see Gongzi and King Wei, and he had to show affection.

Xin Lingjun asked: "Wen Zhao and Qin want to refuse to Changping, what is their battle?" ”

The entourage prevaricated: "This military affairs are not known to the subordinates." ”

Since Xin Lingjun couldn't ask anything from his entourage, he had to arrange for Mr. Zhong Yue to go to Huangchi to pick up the driver in person. After seeing Tian Dan, Mr. Zhongyue asked about his intentions. Tian Dan said: "Zhao and Qin want to refuse to Changping, it is difficult to decide the male and female, all my alliance, just work together, in order to achieve full success." But why has the son of nowhere to come out? ”

Mr. Zhong Yue said: "This honest son can do whatever he wants. However, the king of Wei did not allow it, so what could he do? ”

Tian Dan said: "I wish to see King Wei with my son." ”

Mr. Zhong Yue said: "I heard that Zhao will be in Qin, with the doctor Zheng Zhu as the envoy, and I will see him in Nanyang. Zhao is not only in Qin, but also in Wei? ”

Tian Dan said: "Zheng Zhu is in the Ming Dynasty, in order to hide the darkness of the ministers." ”

Mr. Zhong Yue said: "The king's appearance is also, the world is looking at it, although Wei does not come out, Qin will come out with Wei." ”

Tian Dan said: "This must be subtle." ”

Both of them are smart people, who are unmatched, and soon understand each other's intentions and reach a compromise. Mr. Zhongyue escorted Tian Dan to Daliang, and these retinues still disguised themselves as merchant travelers, and went out of Jishui to Xingyang and into Korea to continue their merchant journey. The two sides will reunite in the fiefdom of Shinling-kun.

In the afternoon, Tian Dan, accompanied by Mr. Zhong Yue, entered Daliang and came to Wei Gongzi's mansion, without notification, and entered directly. Xin Lingjun was tuning the piano in the upper room of the hall, and suddenly saw Mr. Zhongyue coming in, so he got up hurriedly and said, "An Pingjun is the best?" ”

Mr. Zhongyue took a step back, swiped forward, and pushed Tian Dan in. Tian Dan entered the door and said: "Chenping Dujun Shan respectfully sees Xinling Jun!" ”

Xinling Jun saw that Tian Shan claimed to be Pingdu Jun, not for some reason, is it a fake name or another seal? But he didn't pursue it, but returned the salute with this title: "The minister believes that Lingjun is unscrupulous and respectfully sees Pingdujun." ”

The two sides have met each other, and they sit down everywhere. Xin Lingjun asked Mr. Zhong Yue to invite Zhang Yu and others to come. Tian Dan knew that there were no secrets between Xinlingjun and these henchmen, so he didn't stop him.

Only five guests were present at the meeting: Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhongyue, Mr. Guo, Mr. Jin and Mr. Cao.

Xinlingjun ordered a banquet, and Tian Dan said: "No." Mr. Yue said that the ministers will enter Wei, and although Wei does not come out, Qin will come out with Wei. ”

Xin Lingjun glanced at Mr. Zhong Yue suspiciously, and Mr. Zhong Yue said: "Although there is no feast, the dust must not be washed!" ”

Xinling Jun said: "If you despise the king so much, don't sin it!" Mr. Guo went down and ordered Tsukasa to prepare a meal according to the standard of the minister.

Xinling Jun asked, "When you come from afar, you will have something to teach me." ”

Tian Dan said: "I have heard of it, in the past, Wei and Zhao were together, and the power of the son is many." Dare to ask the son, he must also be the one who is indulgent, Qin is weak and Zhao is strong? Zhao is weak and Qin is strong? ”