Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Unknowingly, the hearts of the people in Gaotang City began to undergo a great change.

It's clearly no accident that so many places popping up discussing the same thing at the same time.

The initiators and guides of these conversations are often locals of Gaotang City, but at the same time they actually have a secret identity that is unknown, that is, the informers of the monitoring guards.

It was by relying on these informants that the monitoring guards were able to figure out the situation in Gaotang City in just a few days.

Guiding public opinion and popular support is actually the second task assigned by the Supervisory Guard.

In view of the generous rewards in the first task, the informants are also extremely concerned about the implementation of the second task.

Thanks to the efforts of these local informers, the public opinion in Gaotang City is quietly changing.

An extremely gratifying change for Zhao Guo.

Chapter 5 Meet Wei Wangyu

It was in this gratifying atmosphere that Zhao Dan came to Gaotang City.

Accompanying Zhao Dan came a total of [-] Zhao's army.

On the day of arrival, [-] troops accompanied Zhao Dan to hold a grand entrance ceremony.

When [-] majestic and majestic armored cavalry entered the city as the vanguard of the whole army, they immediately left a deep impression on all the people of Gaotang City who saw this scene. impression.

As the saying goes, hearing is believing.

After tens of thousands of people in Gaotang City witnessed with their own eyes how armored cavalrymen and soldiers of Zhao State were sharp and majestic, the evaluation of Zhao State in the hearts of the people of Gaotang City was immediately higher. grade.

Looking at the pair of adoring eyes on the street, Zhao Dan also felt quite at ease.

People's support is actually difficult to say, but also easy to say.

In this era, people believe in the strong most.And the strongest in this era must be the country with the most powerful army.

Now, this most powerful army has come to Gaotang City.

Zhao Guo is the most powerful country!

Under such circumstances, the people in Gaotang City finally began to show obedience to the government and officials of Zhao State, and Zhao State's control of Gaotang City also began to accelerate.

On the second day after Zhao Dan arrived in Gaotang City, Wei Wangyu, Qi Wangjian, Han Wangran and Yan Guoxiang Bang Lejian arrived one after another.

The others were fine, except that Qi Wangjian had a complicated expression and mixed feelings when he saw the tall and majestic Gaotang City Wall.

This is one of the five capitals of the Qi State, and it is also located in the fertile and geographically important Hejian Land. It is of great strategic significance to the Qi State, and it is definitely not a city that can be discarded at will.

Gao Tang City was once lost in the hands of Qi Wangjian's father, King Qi Xiang, but now it is about to be lost in the hands of Qi Wangjian.

And this loss, I don't know when it will come back again.

For some reason, when Qi Wangjian looked at Gaotang City from a distance, a very depressing thought suddenly popped up in the heart of the king of Qi.

Maybe Gaotang City will never belong to Qi State again.

The Prime Minister of Qi State, Hou Sheng, who had already arrived from Handan ahead of schedule, knew that Qi Wangjian was in a bad mood, so he apologized and said with a smile: "My lord, then King Zhao has already arranged a post house, and the king must have been quite tired from traveling all the way. Go to the city earlier to rest."

Qi Wangjian turned his head, looked at Hou Sheng expressionlessly, and said coldly: "I'm tired, so I won't go to the city today."

As he said that, Qi Wangjian waved his hand and drove Hou Sheng out of the carriage like a fly.

Only then did Hou Sheng realize that he had said something wrong, and he got off the carriage annoyed, and shouted at the other ministers and generals of the Qi State who surrounded him and were about to offer their courtesies: "Didn't you hear what your majesty said? Hurry up and set up camp." What's the use of waiting if you can't even do things like camping well?"

Amidst Hou Sheng's cursing, a camp was quickly built outside Gaotang City.

It's just that compared to the incomparably tall Gaotang City, the Qi State camp built outside the city looks very simple, small and desolate.

One city, one camp, how similar is the current situation between Zhao and Qi!

Of course, Zhao Dan knew about Qi Wangjian's desolation and grief.

But in view of the hostile stance between the two parties, it is naturally impossible for Zhao Dan to feel any sympathy for Qi Wang Jian.

And at this time, Zhao Dan actually has a more important thing to be busy with.

That was the meeting with Wei Wangyu.

a banquet.

This is actually a very special banquet. The reason why it is special is that there are actually two important figures in the city, Han Wangran and Yan Guoxiang Bangle, who can be called heads of state, but Zhao Dan only invited Wei Wangyu.

There were no dancers and no music. The two monarchs sat facing each other, and the table was filled with delicious food and wine. It looked like two friends who hadn't seen each other for many years were drinking together to reminisce about the old days.

Speaking of which, these two monarchs are indeed old friends, but the things they discussed have nothing to do with drinking and reminiscing about the past.

It was Wei Wangyu who spoke up about business first.

"King Zhao, what exactly are you going to do to withdraw from the siege of Dong'a City?"

On the surface, the question was about the tens of thousands of Wei soldiers in Dong'e City, but in fact, both sides knew very well that what was really being discussed here was the conditions of the armistice.

How could the soldiers of the Wei Army in Dong'e City be able to get out without reaching an armistice agreement?

Zhao Dan smiled, and said to Wei Wangyu: "The widow wants Chengqiu and Father Kang. Also, Chaoge will be ceded to South Korea."

"What?" Wei Wangyu immediately widened his eyes and said angrily, "King Zhao, don't go too far!"

Chengqiu and Kangfu are both lands of Wei State. These two cities are located in the east of Jishui and Dayozawa, and the north of Shengou. They are a flat and fertile plain area.

It faces Yangjin to the west of Jishui in Zhao State across the river, and borders on Pinglu in Qi State and Qufu in Chu State. The geographical location is very important.

It is worth mentioning that if the State of Zhao really obtained this land, then the territories of the State of Zhao and the State of Chu would be bordered, and the original bordering States of Wei and Qi would be separated by the State of Zhao.

But the real reason why Wei Wangyu is so angry is not here.

Isn't that just cutting land?To be honest, it was not that Wei Wangyu had never ceded land to Qin before paying compensation. Although it was difficult to accept, after all, after a few days of patience, the grievance in his heart disappeared.

The real reason is that Chengqiu and Kangfu are too close to Taoyi, the current capital of Wei State!

If Zhao's army gathers here, it only needs to cross the deep ditch, and then march quickly for one day to reach the city of Taoyi and complete the siege of Taoyi.

For Wei Guo, this threat was too great, it was as if a knife had been placed in front of Tao Yi's neck, and it was still a resident knife.

So even though Wei Wangyu was ready to make concessions to Zhao Dan from the beginning, he couldn't help but want to argue with Zhao Dan at this time.

Although Wei Wangyu's tone sounded aggressive, Zhao Dan didn't show much anger, but said to Wei Wangyu with a smile: "Wei Wang, Wei Wang, your choice like this is quite unwise. "

Wei Wangyu said with a cold face, "I don't understand what Zhao Wang said."