Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

So Li Fu, Yaqing of Yan State, was the first to speak: "In my opinion, all the young and strong of Zhao State are gathered in Changping, and there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled in the northern counties. If the king raises an army to attack them, he will surely win. also."

Another important official of the Yan State, Gaoyang Junrong, also said: "At this moment, Zhao's country is empty, and it is a good opportunity to attack Zhao. If the king sends troops to Zhao, he can join Qin in destroying Zhao. In this way, the five counties in the north of Zhao and The old land of Zhongshan is completely in the hands of my country Yan, and King Zhao's hegemony can be revived again!"

Li Fu and Rong Yan agreed on this matter, that is, they should take the opportunity to attack Zhao State and seize the northern land of Zhao State, so that Yan State can regain the glory of King Yan Zhao 30 years ago.

However, among the important officials of Yan State present, not all agreed to attack Zhao. For example, Le Jian, the youngest king of Chang State among the people present, did not agree.

Although Lejian is young, but with an old father like Le Yi after all, Le Jian is already quite a fatherly demeanor under the background of family education and precepts and deeds.

The reason why Li Fu and Rong Yan supported the attack on Zhao was very clear in Le Jian's heart. It was nothing more than wanting to gain more credit by attacking Zhao State so as to be promoted.

But the premise of being promoted to a noble is that Yan State must be able to win. What if Yan State cannot win?

By that time, the country of Yan will be in big trouble!

Le Jian did not forget what his father Le Yi told him before he died.

"The two countries of Yan and Zhao will benefit from harmony, and Qin and Qi will benefit from division. My son must remember this. As long as Qin and Qi are not destroyed, we must not let Yan and Zhao lightly start the war!"

The young Chang Guojun believed in his father's words, so he felt that he had to do something.

He must stop this war, which is of no benefit to both Yan and Zhao!

So after Rong He, Lejian was the third one to speak: "The words of Yaqing and Gao Yangjun are absurd! Zhao Guo is a powerful country in the world. Since Wuling King Hufu rode and shot until now, Zhao Jun destroyed Zhongshan and took over the building. Annoying, chasing Lin Hu, and attacking Qi and Wei, the four sides won victories, and their strength was unmatched by Qin. Moreover, Qin was so strong that it was defeated by Yan Yu first, and now it cannot defeat Zhao Yuchangping. The king thinks that I am Yan How does the army compare to the Qin army? In my opinion, cutting Zhao is absolutely impossible!"

This passage from Le Jian, in simple terms, is that Zhao Guo has been fighting all over the world for so many years, and even the people of Qin State can only compete with Zhao State [-]-[-]. The combat effectiveness of our soldiers in Yan State is far worse than that of Qin State, so Let's put down the matter of killing Zhao.

As soon as Le Jian said these words, Li Fu was a little dissatisfied, and immediately retorted: "Although Zhao Jun is strong, but at the moment Zhao Guo has no soldiers, why should Yan Guo be afraid of it?"

Le Jian let out a hey, and also retorted not to be outdone: "There are still [-] soldiers in the five counties in the north of Zhao State. They are used by King Zhao to defend against our Yan State and the Huns in the north. What does Yaqing say about Zhao State?" No soldiers?"

Rong Yan frowned, and jumped out to help: "Zhao's army is only [-] soldiers, and our Yan's army is several times that. Why should we be afraid of it? It's just a matter of time to defeat Zhao's army."

Lejian also raised his eyebrows, apparently intending to carry the battle to the end: "Sun Tzu's Art of War once said that the number of soldiers is not the number, but the quality is the most important. How can Mr. Gao Yang determine the victory or defeat of the two countries by the number of soldiers? This is the way of self-defeating .”

Rong Hao was furious, and shouted: "Le Jian! You are only a child with a yellow mouth, how dare you brag like this in front of me!"

Le Jian sneered, and said: "Rong Yan! You are only a defeated general under Ping Jun, the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, and you dare to point out the country like this in front of the king?"

The young Lord Chang, Le Jian, was worthy of being the son of General Le Yi, and he actually gained the upper hand in a one-enemy, two-tongue battle against two heroes. Li Fu and Rong He were rendered speechless after this rhetoric.

There was an awkward silence in the hall.

In desperation, the two important officials of the Yan State had no choice but to turn their eyes to the king of Yan who was above him for help.

You must know that whether it is Li Fu or Rong Hao, these two ministers are very loyal to King Yan, and they can be said to be King Yan's confidantes.

This time, the reason why the two jumped out so quickly to support Zhao's defeat was also because they had received a hint from someone sent by King Yan before.

But what I never expected was that the two of Li Fu and Rong Yan combined could not be said to be a Lejian with full-bodied skills, which is a bit embarrassing.

So the two looked at King Yan with this expression in desperation, meaning "My lord, we really can't do it, why don't you do it yourself?"

Chapter 65 Yan Guofengyun (4)

King Yan was also a little speechless when he saw Li Fu and Rong Yan like this.

Why is it so useless!

Although it is said that the senior officials of Yan State began to discuss the matter of cutting Zhao after the envoys of Qin State arrived, but before that, King Yan's dissatisfaction with Zhao State was very serious.

This King Yan is actually a very ambitious person.

It is precisely because of his ambition that he secretly joined forces with Gongsun Cao to kill the former Yan Hui King Yanhui, thus gaining himself a chance to be in the top position.

After ascending to the throne, King Yan felt that it was time for him to show his ambitions.

So in the past few years, he not only repeatedly sent troops to attack Donghu in the north, but also fought several battles with Jizi North Korea, who was originally a vassal of Yan State but betrayed Yan State after King Yan ascended the throne. A lot of land was seized there, and the territory of Yan State began to expand to the Korean Peninsula.

According to King Yan's previous plan, he planned to gradually destroy Jizi North Korea in a few years, and then use the Great Wall of Yan as a forward base to continue attacking Donghu and other nomads to the north, adding more land and land to Yan. Population, thus laying the foundation for Yan to fight for hegemony in the south.

But all this was thwarted with Zhao Guo's intervention.

Five years ago, Tian Dan was ordered by Empress Zhao Wei to lead the coalition forces of Qi and Zhao to attack Yan State. At this time, Yan State was almost dragged down by the protracted war due to the shortage of national strength due to successive years of military use.

Fortunately, Qin State, the overlord of the West, came to help in time, otherwise, the king and ministers of Yan Wang and Gongsun Cao would probably end up in the end of their lives and the country's destruction.

But even so, this war still seriously damaged the vitality of the country of Yan, so that in the next few years, the country of Yan has been recuperating and unable to conquer foreign countries. It is only now that it has slowly recovered a little vitality.

But as the past few years have passed, it is not only the Yan State that has regained its vitality, but also Jizi North Korea and Donghu who were originally and half disabled by the Yan State.

According to the latest intelligence, Jizi North Korea and Donghu seem to have begun to form an alliance in order to deal with the threat of Yan State

What made King Yan even more upset was that, due to the power of Zhao's army, King Yan had to abolish his queen at the time and marry Princess Zhao, who was only 16 years old at the time, as Queen Yan.

You must know that the King of Yan has a lot of affection for the former Queen of Yan, and the son An, the son of the former Queen of Yan, who was born to the King of Yan, is also the best candidate in King Yan's heart to inherit the great line.

But because of the existence of this new Queen Yan from Zhao State, the King of Yan has not only been able to swallow his anger and abolish the queen, but even under the pressure of Zhao State, he has not been able to directly establish Gongzi An as the prince.

It can be said that the king of a country is quite useless when he reaches this point.

There is a saying that goes "a weak country has no diplomacy".The Kingdom of Yan is obviously not too weak now, at least it is one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. When King Yan Zhao briefly became a powerful country at the hegemony level, let alone diplomacy now, even the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Zhao are intervened. Not being able to decide by himself, the annoyance and resentment in King Yan's heart can be imagined.

This is why King Yan wanted to take this opportunity to attack Zhao.

In the view of this king of Yan, as long as he cooperates with Qin State to defeat Zhao State together, and then wins the five northern counties of Zhao State and the old place of Zhongshan, and then swallows Jizi North Korea and Donghu and other barbarians, then Yan State will be able to Rapidly rising to become the Beitian Ba ​​of the Warring States Period, he officially possessed the strength to compete in the world.

Therefore, the King of Yan believed that it was imperative to attack Zhao!

But before that, King Yan felt that it was necessary to convince himself that the King of Chang Kingdom in front of him was happy.

After all, although Le Jian's father, Le Yi, is dead, Le Yi still has many old military units in the Yan State. The Le family has a lot of influence in the Yan State Army because of this, and they are objects that need to be united. .

So King Yan coughed and said to him, "Mr. Chang, is it really impossible to kill Zhao?"

Le Jian's face became serious, and he said to King Yan very solemnly: "Zhao, a country with four worlds, its people are all accustomed to fighting. In the opinion of my ministers, they must not fight. Why don't you take this opportunity to go east to North Korea, or Attacking Donghu from the north is a good strategy."

As one of the important ministers of the Yan Kingdom, Le Jian certainly knew a little about the strategies and plans in King Yan's mind.

In view of the fact that Le Jian itself is also a subject of the Yan State, Le Jian actually does not object to the southward movement of the Yan State.

But in Le Jian's view, it is the right way to take down North Korea and Donghu, which are relatively easy to annex, and then find a way to solve the problem of going south.

Moreover, Le Jian's position was different from King Yan's in terms of going south.

Lejian paused for a moment, then continued: "In my opinion, if our country of Yan wants to go south, it is better to destroy Qi than to destroy Zhao. If Zhao is destroyed, then our country of Yan will face the strong Qin directly. This is definitely not the best policy. If even Zhao Annihilation of Qi means that first, our country of Yan can go south to fight for hegemony, and secondly, there will also be a country of Zhao for our country of Yan to prevent the strong Qin from advancing eastward. Isn't this a strategy that achieves the best of both worlds? Please think twice about it, Your Majesty."

Lejian's two words clearly expressed the position of the young Chang Guojun.To put it simply, let Qin and Zhao consume each other, then Yan will take the opportunity to expand in other directions, and finally find a way to solve Qin and Zhao.