Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

What made Zhao Dan vigilant was a sentence mentioned in Pang Nuan's letter: "I traveled all the way, although the Yan people deliberately covered it up, but I found that although there were many women and children in the farmland beside the road of Yan State, there were few young adults. The autumn harvest is approaching, and this matter seems to be strange, please ask your majesty to investigate clearly."

When Zhao Dan took out the letter and circulated it to all the ministers present, all the ministers of Zhao Guo present noticed this and frowned unanimously.

As a rule, during the autumn harvest, a family of men, women, old and young should all mobilize to battle, but there are only women and children in the farmland of Yan State, and the most important young and middle-aged labor force is very scarce. This is undoubtedly very unreasonable of.

Coupled with the fact that the people of Yan State were secretive about this scene and did not want to be discovered by Pang Yuan, the envoy of Zhao State, the meaning of this is very elusive.

In this era, under what circumstances can a country mobilize a large number of young and strong labor force?Generally, there are two types. One is that the country wants to build a large project, and the other is that the country wants to start a war.

Although the country of Yan also has a national-level major project like the Great Wall of Yan, the Great Wall of Yan was completed as early as the era of King Yan Zhao and King Yan Hui. Over the years, the country of Yan has basically been doing minor repairs, and it is not suitable to start the winter immediately after the autumn harvest. At this time, it is obviously a stupid act to conscript farmers to build the Great Wall, and this possibility can basically be ruled out.

That being the case, there is obviously only one behavior that can explain Yan's movements, and that is war!

Lord Pingyuan, Zhao Sheng, snorted heavily, and said, "The country of Yan and my country of Zhao are countries of in-laws. Could it be that the king of Yan wants to go to war with my country of Zhao at this moment?"

Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao frowned, glanced at Zhao Dan, and said cautiously: "I heard that because the Queen of Yan has no children, the King of Yan seems to be displeased with the Queen of Yan. In addition, a few years ago, Prime Minister Tian led his troops to attack the Queen. Yan, because of this, Yan and Qin have been in close contact in recent years, so we must guard against it."

Mr. Pingyang's "Tian Xiang defeated Yan" refers to a few years ago when Zhao Dan's birth mother, Zhao Wei, was still in charge of the court, when Zhao Guoxiang Bang Tiandan once led the frontier army of the five counties in the north of Zhao State to attack Yan. country affairs.

Although that incident ended with King Yan marrying Princess Zhao, who is now Queen Yan, as a bargaining chip to seek peace with Zhao, it also made Yan, who had been friends for decades and reached the peak of the honeymoon period when the Five Kingdoms defeated Qi, Cracks appeared in Zhao's relationship.

Since then, Yan State began to change its diplomatic strategy, gradually alienating Zhao State, and moving closer to Qin State, Zhao State's biggest rival.

Yu Xin also said: "Now that Zhao State and Qi State are on good terms, if you want to come to Yan State, you must be dissatisfied with it, but after two months, it will be winter, and Yan State is in a bitter cold. If you want to come to Yan State, you will have the heart to start a war, and you have to wait until tomorrow. Spring is."

The current territory of the Yan Kingdom is mainly the Beijing, Tianjin and Tang Dynasties and the Liaodong Peninsula of later generations. This area cannot be compared with the Taihang Mountains in the Central Plains and the Jianghan Plain in the south. At this time, it is an out-and-out frontier of ice and snow.

This is why Yu Xin thinks that the countries of the Central Plains can fight, but the country of Yan should not move.

In the era when the Chinese land has not yet been planted on a large scale and cotton is used to sew clothes, the loss of staff due to the cold in winter wars is very terrible.

It’s not a joke, it’s a cold and cruel fact. Otherwise, the population of Yan Kingdom will not always be the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. The one at the bottom.

But Lin Xiangru had a different opinion on this. He saw that Zhao Guoshangqing coughed for a while, and then said with some difficulty: "This King Yan is a self-reliant man who killed the king with Gongsun Cao. He is capricious and arrogant. , It is beyond common sense. From my point of view, the country of Yan must guard against it!"

The king of Yan who is in power now is actually not the descendant of the previous monarch, King Yanhui, but the brother of King Yanhui.

Twelve years ago, the King of Yan joined forces with General Gongsun Cao of the Yan State to launch a coup, killing the then king Yan Hui Wang and ascending to the throne, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Zhao State, and Zhao Xiangtian single-handedly attacked Yan. Come.

Lin Xiangru was obviously skeptical about such a usurper.

After some discussion, Zhao Dan finally made a decision and made a decision: "Let Dai County and Yanmen County frontier sentries be more vigilant, in case Yan State suddenly sends troops to our Zhao State, and make the five northern counties ready for mobilization." , if the Yan people attack, there will be frontier soldiers from the five northern counties to meet them!"

The five northern counties of Zhao State refer to the five counties of Wuyuan County, Jiuyuan County, Yunzhong County, Yanmen County and Dai County.There are a large number of nomadic peoples conquered by Zhao Guo in the five northern counties, such as Lou Fan and Lin Hu, and they are also the horse breeding base and cavalry base camp of Zhao Guo.

Due to the characteristics of the nomadic people, almost all the people in the five northern counties are soldiers. Although Zhao Dan had previously mobilized 40 elite cavalry to go south to support the Changping battlefield, the current population of the five northern counties is about [-]. It is not too big of a problem to assemble an army of [-] to [-] with the power of the county.

In fact, this army is the last force that Zhao State can muster at the moment. In addition, most of Zhao State's troops have already gathered on the front line of Changping, and they are in a confrontation with Qin State's army.

Yu Xin thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, Qi Yan is a country with long-standing enemies. If Yan Guo goes to war with Zhao Guo, Your Majesty might as well send an envoy to Qi Guo and his party. If Qi Guo is willing to send troops to help Zhao Guo resist the army of Yan Guo, Then my country of Zhao will have no worries."

These words instantly woke up Zhao Dan.

You must know that in the five-country attack on Qi more than 20 years ago, the prime minister of Yan State, Bang Le Yi, was the coach. In the battle to destroy Qi, Yan State also occupied the most territory. superior.

Therefore, the people of Qi after the restoration of the country have always regarded the Yan State as the culprit of the Five Kingdoms' attack on Qi. Both the high-level people and the people have very serious hatred for the Yan State.

Besides, in order to borrow food from the Qi State, Zhao Dan even gave away such rare and precious treasures as He Shibi, which was considered to be on the line with Qi Wangjian and Hou Sheng, a pair of faint kings and courtiers.Wouldn't it be a pity that the line built at such a high price should be left unused after one use?

So Zhao Dan said: "Yu Qing's words are good! Since this is the case, I will take the responsibility of Su Dai as a pedestrian. If Yan Guo dares to send troops to Zhao Guo, I will order Su Dai to go to Qi again!"

This meeting has come to an end regarding matters related to Yan State.

As for Wei State, due to the failure of Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng's mission, Zhao Guojun and his ministers couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

However, since the situation at the moment is relatively optimistic, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State quickly reached a consensus that as long as Wei State can remain neutral, it is good news for Zhao State.

So after the topic of Yan Wei two countries ended, Zhao Guojun and his ministers discussed some specific issues such as grain and grass logistics, and then the meeting came to an end.

But what Zhao Jun and his ministers immersed in optimism didn't know was that a big trouble for Zhao was coming, and the source of this trouble came from Daliang, the capital of Wei, which they ignored intentionally or unintentionally. city.

Chapter 53 Lord Longyang speaks of King Wei

Daliang City.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, this city was just a small town in the south of Wei State, called Yiyi.Later, Zheng State took Yiyi from Wei State, and many years later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu State went northward to the Yellow River and took Yiyi from Zheng State.

In 391 B.C., the allied forces of the Jin Dynasty formed by Han, Zhao and Wei attacked Chu in a large-scale, and defeated the Chu army in Yiyi and Yuguan. Yiyi has been owned by Wei since then.

Twenty-six years later, in 26 B.C., King Hui of Wei moved the capital of the State of Wei from Anyi to Yiyi, and renamed Yiyi to Daliang. As a result, a new metropolis was added to the land of the Warring States Period, and a Liang State was also added to the State of Wei. title.

This metropolis of the Warring States Period is located at the tip of the Great Central Plains Delta in North China, surrounded by natural waterways such as Jishui, Yingshui, Danshui, and Suishui, as well as natural lakes such as Putianze, Pengze, and Muze. The kings of Wei State built various water conservancy projects on a large scale in the past dynasties, so the shipping is extremely developed. Wei State ships can go directly to Han, Chu, Wei, Qi, Lu, Song and other countries from Daliang City. It can be called "Central Plains Water Town".

Living in such a water town and lake, boating and fishing is undoubtedly a very elegant thing. As the contemporary monarch of Wei State, Wei Wangyu likes to use fishing as his leisure and entertainment activities.

In the palace city of Daliang, there is a river with enough water for cruise ships. The name of this river is Bianshui.On this morning, Wei Wangyu and his male favorite Longyang Jun Gaoji went boating on the Bian River, fishing and having fun.I saw the blue waves of the Bian River, the palaces on both sides of the strait appearing and disappearing, and the colorful flowers are dotted in it, which is really a magnificent scene in the world.

Wei Wangyu and Longyang Jun Gaoji stood side by side, both of them held fishing rods in their hands, and the fishing line was hanging down the river from the rods, quietly waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Not long after, the fishing rod in Gao Ji's hand suddenly sank slightly, and a burst of ripples began to spread from the underwater hook, rippling on the river surface.

"Fish is coming!" Gao Ji was overjoyed, and began to exert force with his hands.After a while, the fishing rod was vacated, and a small fish as big as two fingers was biting the hook tightly, its tail was writhing in the air, throwing out many water droplets, reflecting colorful rays of light in the air.

Although the fish was a small fish, Gao Ji still smiled happily and took the fish off the hook.

Seeing this, Wei Wangyu also showed a smile on his face, and praised: "Mr. Longyang's fishing skills are better than those of others!"

However, although this Gao Ji is a man, he has red lips, white teeth, and a handsome face. He is even more handsome in a long gown and white robe. If he uses a more popular word to describe it, then the "little boy" is definitely well-deserved.

I saw that Longyang Lord Gao Ji was praised by Wei Wangyu, his handsome face flushed slightly, and he showed a bit of a shy posture like a little girl, and said in a soft voice: "The king is a man of deep blessings, and the minister can't do it." Follow the king and gain glory."

The two looked at each other, looked at each other and smiled, this scene was actually somewhat ambiguous

A few guards of Wei State's palace stood aside, their faces remained unchanged, not because they were all crooked, but because they had long been familiar with this situation.

Wei Wangyu's obsession with broken sleeves and his tendency to kill both men and women were not news at that time.

After some goosebump tenderness, the two continued to fish side by side.

It's strange to say that the two of them were fishing side by side, and the places where the hooks were lowered were only one or two meters apart, but Wei Wangyu's side got nothing, while Longyang Jun Gaoji's side took the bait one after another, and the fishing The fish that got up were still getting bigger slowly. From the small fish at the beginning to several big fish in the end, there were more than a dozen fish in total, which can be said to be quite a bumper harvest.

In this way, Wei Wangyu gradually felt a little boring in his heart, and he didn't want to play anymore.

The kings in the world are all pessimistic, they think that they are the boss in everything, but now the results of zero to ten, how can people accept it!

Wei Wangyu's psychological changes were clearly observed by Longyang Jun Gaoji.

Since ancient times, those who have been favored by kings are nothing more than two points. One is "color", that is, appearance. After all, no matter what era it is, the world has always been a world of appearances. There is no doubt about this.