Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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So the dancers went away as if they were pardoned.

Qin Wangji once boasted confidently, and the king laid down millions of corpses in a rage.

Qi Wangjian probably didn't have the ability of that King Qin Zhaoxiang, but for Qi Wangjian, it was something that Qi Wangjian could do with just opening his mouth if he wanted the king to be angry.

This is undoubtedly a very sad news.

Qi Wangjian thought about it, and went out of the hall to visit his mother.

After hearing Qi Wangjian's somewhat complaining report, the queen was also stunned for a while.

Obviously, the Empress Dowager of Qi, who has established a reputation of faith among the nations even though she has only been in office for a few years, still underestimated the ability of the people of Qin to turn back their promises.

Back-and-forth is actually one of the instincts of all people in this era.

So after a long sigh, the Queen finally said what Qi Wangjian most wanted to hear.

"I think the old woman is really old. From now on, all state affairs will be decided by the king himself, and the old woman will live in this deep palace for the rest of her life, and she will not interfere."

Even though the situation in Qi State was not optimistic, the news still made Qi Wangjian smile from the heart after he left the palace of the queen.

Then this smile was shattered by the news that "the Yan army broke through three lines of defense and arrived at the north bank of Jishui, and they could cross the river and surround Linzi in at most three days."

Qi Wangjian, who was furious, did not choose to punish the innocent dancers or palace servants this time, but went back to the desk and wrote quickly, writing two urgent letters.

The first letter was to Kuang Liang, and the contents of the letter were exactly the same as what Kuang Liang told Wei Wuji.

The other one is for the Prime Minister of Qi State, who is still in Handan City at this moment, after the victory.

Peace talks must continue, and begin immediately.

The reason why Qi Wangjian's attitude changed so quickly is actually related to the war last year.

Like Daliang, Linzi is also close to the big river. Outside the east wall of Linzi is Zishui.

If the water of the Yellow River can submerge Daliang City, can Zishui submerge Handan?

Qi Wangjian didn't want Linzi to become the second Daliang City.

On the other hand, Wei Wangyu also had his own considerations.

During this period of time, Wei Wangyu was not idle at all.

First of all, taking advantage of Wei Wuji's absence to eliminate those leaderless Wei Wuji's subordinates is naturally regarded as a top priority.

Don't look at Wei Wangyu, although he was once ostracized, but after all, he is also a mature monarch who has been in charge of Wei State for many years, so he is very decisive and ruthless in his actions.

Many ministers of the Wei State were arrested almost overnight, and then either demoted or killed, the men were executed, and the women were assigned to be prostitutes and so on.

Under Wei Wangyu's resolute means, the ministers of Wei Wuji's faction in the court of Wei State were eliminated in a short period of time.

Although everything looks good, but troubles are not without.

After learning that Qin State would not withdraw its troops, Wei Wangyu's scolding was naturally indispensable.

After all, the Qin people can be said to have played Wei Guo once in this matter, and playing Wei Guo is tantamount to playing Wei Wangyu, which is to slap Wei Wangyu severely in the face.

Perhaps it was because of the state of Qin as a reference, Wei Wangyu felt a little regretful after being angry.

Perhaps the Alliance of Three Jins is really not a very bad choice.

After all, among other things, Zhao Dan has a good reputation in dealing with allies.

At least so far, Zhao Dan has not broken his promise and lost weight.

So Wei Wangyu became even more regretful.

As a lucky minister, it is the most basic professional ethics to observe one's words and deeds to figure out one's intentions.

So Duan Ganzi naturally discovered these regrets in Wei Wangyu's heart, and after thinking about it for a few days, he carefully made a request to Wei Wangyu.

"Your Majesty, would you like me to go to Handan once on behalf of Your Majesty?"

For Duan Ganzi's proposal, Wei Wangyu was not angry, but fell into hesitation and entanglement.

And he didn't hesitate for too long.

"I heard that Hou Sheng is also in Handan now, so Duan Qing will quietly go to Handan."

The somewhat ironic fact is that Wei Wangyu had vowed not to submit to Zhao Dan a while ago, but now he is willing to send Duan Ganzi to Handan for peace talks.

In fact, this also has realistic considerations, after all, in Wei Wangyu's view, Wei Wuji's failure is necessary.

And the casualties that will surely follow Wei Wuji's failure are regarded by Wei Wangyu as the price that must be paid to cut off Wei Wuji's rotten flesh entrenched on Wei's body.

As long as Wei Wuji can be eliminated, these costs seem to be nothing.

But since it has failed, negotiating a peace is something that must be done.

Wei Wangyu didn't like being Zhao Dan's younger brother at all, but if you compare it with getting rid of Wei Wuji, a few humble words to Zhao Dan seem to be nothing.

This may prove once again that all people in this world are fickle.

It was against this background that Wei Wangyu issued one order after another to urge Wei Wuji to fight.

If failure is bound to come, it's better to come sooner.

After all, the Koreans are now attacking Chaoge. If Chaoge is captured by the Koreans, then Wei Guo will have fewer bargaining chips to put on the negotiating table.

As Clausewitz said in his book on war: "War is an instrument of politics; war must inevitably have a political character. War is in its main aspect politics itself, and politics is here represented by the sword. But that doesn't stop you from thinking according to your own laws."

The thinking angles of the front enemy generals and the rear leaders have always been different.

Generals generally only think from the perspective of pure warfare. Excellent leaders will fully consider all issues and make reasonable decisions based on the opinions of generals, while poor leaders will only stand on their own. From a standpoint, he dictates all things.

From this point of view, the things Qi Wangjian and Wei Wangyu did are not outstanding.

So under the urging of Qi Wangjian and Wei Wangyu in unison, the Qi-Wei Allied Forces, which should have taken the initiative on the battlefield, had to take the initiative to choose to attack, and started a battle with Zhao Jun led by Lian Po that made everyone panic. The long-awaited final battle.

This battle is naturally called the Battle of Gaotang.

Chapter 5 and Six: Evenly Matched Contact Battle (First update)

A march of 20 people has never been an easy task.

Counting from the sound of the assembly horn, it took a full hour for the 20 Zhao troops to complete their formation outside the camp.