Chapter 39: The Last Month
Huang Xie's conspiracy, Tian Dan heard about it for the first time. He asked, "How do you know about this conspiracy?" “
Mang Mao said: "He is plotting in Weishu, so he knows it." Both laughed.
Tian Dan said: "I heard that Huang Xie and Zhang Lushan, how can I plan it?" ”
Mang Mao said with a smile: "It's not Huang Xie's plan, it's really Han's plan." The former, Qin Fa Zhao Yan, and Han Zhimou also. Today, Zhao takes Han to the party, and Han is also conspiracy. Han is the weakest in the world. If there is no conspiracy, there is no way to survive! In the past, the Three Jin Wei were the strongest, and Han Jinzhi was near. Vertical and horizontal, in order to be a strong neighbor. And Qin is thousands of miles away! ”
Tian Dan agreed very much and said: "The princes of Qiyuan in the past were careless, and the country was ruined. Han Zhi is sleepy, and he accompanies Qi Ye. Why did Han think so? ”
Mang Mao said: "Gai is the ear of the guide because of its potential!" ”
Tian Dan pondered for a moment and said, "It's also difficult!" ”
Mang Mao said: "It's also timely, it's trending!" ”
Tian Dan said: "I am Zhao envoy to Chu, and I will seek all the spring shen, and the public has it to teach me?" ”
Mang Mao said: "It is a bureau, all of which are laid out by Chunshen, and the strategy of breaking the game is also in Chunshen." ”
That night, there were guests and visitors in Mangmao's Yi: it was Mr. Hu Zhong.
Mang Yin hurriedly greeted him and asked, "When Mr. is gone, there must be something important." ”
Mr. Hu Zhong said: "Wen Anpingjun is here, and I am here to visit!" ”
Mang Yin reported to Mang Mao, Mang Mao was still chatting with Tian Dan, and after listening to Mang Yin's words, he said to Tian Dan: "You dialect Chunshen, and Chunshen Jun's subordinate Mr. Zhong is the best!" He said to Mang Yin: "Please Mr. Zhong!" ”
Mang Yin hurriedly came out and invited Mr. Hu Zhong to come to the court, calling him Mr. Zhong. Where did Hu Zhong not understand the meaning of this title, because he was unwilling to reveal his identity as a disciple of the Mang's family in front of Tian Dan. Then he said to Anping Jun: "I heard that the king was the envoy of Zhao, and I dared to welcome him." The special minister is the precursor! ”
The arrival of Mr. Hu Zhong interrupted the conversation between Mang and Tian, Tian Dan simply asked where Chun Shenjun was now, why he knew that I was coming, Mr. Hu Zhong answered one by one, and pointed out that it should be King Han who deliberately revealed Tian Dan's identity. Tian Dan had a further understanding of the insidiousness of King Han's small actions. It seems that King Han is hidden deeply!
Since the traces were revealed, Tian Dan met Huang Xie in the road, set out the carriage and horses, and entered Chenqiu; Chu ordered Yin Chun, Shenjun and Huang Xie to greet the country in person and accompanied him throughout the country. Tian Dan stayed in Chu for three days, and the king of Chu summoned hundreds of officials to a banquet.
In addition to these official activities, Tian Dan had a lot of private communication with Huang Xie. Interestingly, their communication usually has nothing to do with Changping, but talks about the general trend of the world in a wide range of ways.
Huang Xie said: "Chu has been born for ten years, the population is rich, the treasury is full, the warships are thousands, and the armor is million. If you fight a battle, you will win, and if you follow it, you will be solid. Chu will be revived! ”
Tian Dan said: "Qi is lost, and twenty years are strange. There are no more than 100,000 soldiers, and the treasury is empty. The scene of the past, more than one in ten, is amazing! ”
Huang Xie said: "The foundation of Qi is in industry and commerce, fishing and salt are in the industry, and the clothes are all over the world. Today, thieves are everywhere, industry and commerce are not good, there are not enough soldiers, and there is not enough food. Those who want to get up are really difficult! Although Chu lost its homeland, it was not lost at all, and the land of the three Chu was still the second, which was the reason for it. ”
Tian Dan said: "Chu Zhiqi also, when the west recovers the homeland, suppress the east and expand the territory?" ”
Huang Xie didn't hide anything, and said: "Ying and Chen, the mountains and rivers are repaired, Qin is difficult to destroy me, and I am also difficult to kill." When the outside is good with Qin, and the east takes Wu Yueye. ”
Tian Dan said: "In this way, the weaker Qi is!" ”
Huang Xie said: "Qi doesn't need you, for this ear!" If you are here, how can you be weak? ”
Tian Dan sighed: "Shan Lao, there is nothing to do. Although, I look at the five capitals, and I still have nothing to worry about! ”
Huang Xie said: "Qi Wudu, the five countries won three in one fell swoop, but Ju and Jimo are in the air." The king restored seventy-two cities, but Linzi also. Zhao took the fifty-seven cities of the Gao Tang Dynasty as the general, and the Gao Tang Fang entered the Qi, and the strength could not be guaranteed, so the tired monarch worked hard for the princes. Pinglu is Tao and Lujian, what can Qi have? In the opinion of the rest, Qi but there are only three capitals. ”
Tian Dan said: "If you revert, what will you do?" ”
Huang Xie said: "Qi is the neighbor, Yan has no feet, Zhao is the strongest, Chu is second, and Wei is second. Chu is the farthest, and there is nothing to worry about. Those who are worried, but Zhao and Wei Ye. Zhao and Qin decided in Changping, and their strength was exhausted. Although Wei has been in Qin for ten years, his strength has recovered, and he is bound to devour people. The only one who is concerned is Wei Hu! ”
Tian Dan said: "It's better to say it." In the past, the five countries were all together, and Chu was an alliance. And Chu named Naoya as Zhu Qi, and killed the king of Qi coolly, so he was based on Qi Huai. Thinking about it, it is still cold. ”
Huang Xie said: "Our king used the army to help Qi, which is really wrong. Although the land is in Huaishang, and Yingdu is a mound. The wise man knows what is the gain or the loss! Today, Chu takes Chen as the capital, and as far east as Lu, it is its boundary. ”
Tian Dan smiled: "I'm afraid it's hard to do it." ”
Huang Xie said: "It is difficult to fix, but it should be done." For the sake of Qi plan, Yu Wei is the top! ”
Both of them are heroes in a lifetime, arguing with each other, although they are intrigued, but they have some insight.
Within a few days, the Qin envoy arrived in the capitals of various countries and conveyed the opinion of the king of Qin: "The princes save Zhao, and if they are in person, they will withdraw their troops, and if they do not attack him, they will attack him in person." At this time, Zhao envoy Zheng Zhu had already arrived in Hangu and was personally greeted by Zhang Lu!
Tian Dan will resign. Huang Xie said: "No! This is not a life! The king of Zhao asked the prince to ask for help from the princes, but the king got nothing and had to return to his life. May I live in Chu temporarily, and the water is clear! ”
Tian Dan said: "How clear will the water be?" ”
Huang Xie said: "But in the moon! ”
When Wu Anjun's documents arrived in Xianyang, it was when Zheng Zhu left Handan. Zhang Lu calculated silently, fearing that Changping would not reach the time of food emergency, so he asked Guanzhong to transport fried millet to Hedong, but still did not increase troops to Hedong. counter-declared that he was willing to make peace with Zhao Yuan.
The reactions of various countries have been emerging. The State of Qi originally promised to transport the grain from the townships of Jishang to the State of Zhao, but there was no movement for a long time, although some people in the State of Zhao used the metaphor of the death of the lips and the cold teeth, urging the rescue of the State of Zhao, but the queen was unmoved. Wei sent merchants to bring in several truckloads of grain and sell it to Handan at a high price. Chu Guo did not move at all, and Tian Dan did not come back, and it seemed that he was still making efforts.
King Zhao was a little anxious, summoned Shangqing and asked: "The widow is the prince of Anping, and the princes have nothing to help, why not?" ”
Yu Qing said: "The king made Zheng Zhu concubine in Qin. Zheng Zhu, a nobleman, enters Qin, and the king of Qin will show his weight to show the world. The princes take Zhao as their concubine, and they will not save the king. The king shall not be destroyed, and the army shall be destroyed. The world's congratulatory fighters are all in Qin. ”
A few days later, news came from Changping Lianpo that two more fortresses had been captured by the Qin army. The Zhao army is half-eaten, and the army's heart is unstable!
The most taboo of the great monarch is "unstable military spirit", because it is actually synonymous with rebellion!
King Zhao and the Shangqing calculated and calculated, planned and planned, and finally squeezed out another million stone grains. Prepare the soldiers who rotated in July, and plan to transport grain into Changping on the one hand, and replace Zhao Zhao who has been on duty for half a year on the other hand, so as to relieve the problem of unstable morale of the army.
At this time, King Zhao raised a question that everyone didn't expect: "Pingyuan Jun praised and said, Lian is quite a man, brave and loving, knowing difficulties and forbearance of shame, it is better to fight in the field, and it is enough to hold on." If you can't hold on to it now, what should you do? ”
Pingyuan Jun said: "If you get the soldiers' rations, then Lian Po will defend it." ”
King Zhao said: "One million grains, enough to keep one month, and 12 million stones of grain a year can be supported." Zhao will have no country! There are millions of stones of grain today, and there is no worry in July. What about August? ”
Pingyang Jun said: "Or with heavy treasures in Qin, or with heavy treasures in Qi and Wei." If it is in Handan, it will be difficult to support. ”
King Zhao said: "The widow made Zheng Zhu marry in Qin, and made An Pingjun marry in another country, and there was nothing to do, what can I do?" ”
Pingyang Jun said: "Hearing that Qin planned to the princes, the princes saved Zhao, and the relatives retreated, and did not attack them in person." If there is no profit, who can save Zhao? ”
King Zhao said: "Those who are fighting for the party are also in the party, but there are only seventeen cities, and there is not much production in dangerous places." If the princes are bribed with fertile fields, why should they fight for the party? ”
Pingyang Jun said: "Otherwise! If the party returns to Qin, Handan will be uneasy; If the party breaks Qin, Zhao is famous. What a mere seventeen cities! ”
King Zhao said: "I can't bear to cut the ancestral land and benefit at that time." May it be more calculated! ”
At this time, Yu Qing suddenly spoke: "If you abandon the defense and attack, you should break Qin Hu in January?" ”
King Zhao said: "The code is unfavorable, so you can attack it!" Cannot! ”
Yu Qing did not give up, and said: "The minister heard that the Qin soldiers were only forty or fifty thousand, and the Zhao soldiers were no less than two hundred thousand, and the old and weak women and children were outside. With its code, there may be strength and weakness, and the strength and weakness will be different. The art of war, ten is to encircle, five is to attack, multiple is divided, the enemy can fight, less can escape, if not, can avoid. Today's five are in Qin, and guarding it is not the way of war! ”
Pingyuan Jun said: "In the art of war, there are more rules, and if you attack, you will not be enough, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack." He also said, first for the invincible, and then for the enemy to be victorious. Unwinnable, defended; It can be won, and it is ...... to attack"
Yu Qing didn't wait for Pingyuan Jun to finish speaking, and said sharply: "It's not enough to defend today, let alone attack it?" The invincible momentum is not seen, and the defeat is revealed. The general's use of soldiers is just a consumption of food. Now that Handan has been exhausted, there is no more food, how can the general keep it? If you can win in July, you will win, if you don't win in July, you will lose in August! ”
Although what Yu Qing said was sharp and mean, it did hit the nail on the head: July is the key, and after July, that is, if the sky is broken, there will be no more food; The so-called dedication of the city for the assistance of the princes is not only humiliating, but even wishful thinking! Even if another million stones are found, it will only be postponed for another month, and the grain in September has not been harvested, so it will not last for October!
Lin Xiangru said with some regret: "Or 30,000 soldiers in the Shangdang are enough, so that the people of the Shangdang can cultivate and eat by themselves, and there is no need for today!" ”
Pingyuan Jun said: "Don't say what happened, don't admonish it, and don't blame the past." It was the plan of General Lian to build a fortress in Changping and defend it, and everyone praised it and there was no objection. If there are 30,000 Chen soldiers, I am afraid that I will be defeated in a while! ”
Lin Xiangru knew that now was the time to not turn over the old accounts and take regret medicine, so he would stop talking. In the past two years, Lian Po has sent troops abroad, and the economic pressure of Zhao is very heavy. He sometimes wondered, did it really have to be with so many soldiers? But the news from the Qin State that the Qin people even mobilized the prisoners of Nanjun, Ba, Shu and other counties, and these soldiers of the Zhao State can be worthy of the enemy!