Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But immediately the two old men felt a bit of excitement at the same time, because with the outbreak of the war between Yan and Zhao, the opportunity for the two of them came, which made Pang Nuan, who was worried that he couldn't find the opportunity to express himself. Ju Xin couldn't be too happy.

As long as they help Zhao Guo defeat Yan Guo, then Pang Nuan and Ju Xin will be able to use this credit to directly ascend to the throne!

In this era, the most fearful thing for capable people is that they will not have the opportunity to show their ability. As long as they can seize the opportunity to show it, it is normal for them to soar into the sky.

For example, Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui was originally a sinner who was almost beaten to death in Wei State Prime Minister Bang Wei Qi's house, but when he arrived in Qin State, he relied on a chance to meet Qin Wangji to persuade Qin Wangji, and then relied on a chance to seize power to cleanse Qin. The four nobles of the country, and then they were directly granted the title of marquis and prime minister.

Let’s talk about Lin Xiangru, the Shangqing of the Zhao State today, who was just a guest at the mansion of the eunuch Ling Miaoxian of the Zhao State. As a result, he became a senior official once after "returning the jade to Zhao", and was promoted to Shangqing once "Mianchi League". It was slightly worse than Fan Sui.

This is the importance of opportunity to scholars, and now, this opportunity is in front of Pang Nuan and Ju Xin!

After exchanging a look, Pang Nuan and Ju Xin immediately understood each other's thoughts, so they didn't speak, but each thought and perfected their own strategies.

After all, it's really hard to say who can grab this opportunity!At this time, even two old friends will inevitably have some competition.

An hour later, the three important ministers of Zhao State gathered in Longtai. Among the other three, Lian Po led the army, Lin Xiangru was seriously ill, and Zhao Sheng was sent as an envoy, so they were unable to attend.

But the country of Zhao is Zhao Dan's country after all, so as long as Zhao Dan is there, the meeting can go on.

Zhao Dan coughed, and said to the eunuch Ling Miao Xian who also started to attend the meeting this time: "Miao Qing, let me introduce the current situation."

After all, Miao Xian is now Zhao Guo's intelligence leader, and only he knows the situation best.

Miao Xian nodded and said, "Two days ago, the King of Yan sent 20 troops from Wuyang City, with Gaoyang Lord Rong He as the commander and Yaqing Lifu as the deputy commander to attack our country of Zhao. Siege Zhongrencheng."

As soon as Miao Xian's words came out, all the Zhao Guo ministers present frowned.

This is an army of 20 people, and all the kings and ministers of the State of Zhao present here know that among the five counties in the north of the State of Zhao, the number of troops that can be used is only a mere 5.

To be honest, there is a big disparity in the ratio of this to four forces.

But this is not the end of the bad news. After a pause, Miao Xian continued: "Just now there is another news that Wu Yuan Ling Fu Bao and his subordinates Wang Rong and Su She have led the people to surrender to Yan. .”

As soon as Miao Xian said this, the atmosphere in the room became a little more gloomy.

This is all right, the war has not yet started, and the leading party appeared first.

Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao immediately became furious, snorted heavily, and said: "Fu Bao and others are guilty of the barbarians!"

As soon as Zhao Bao's murderous words came out, all the ministers of Zhao Guo who were present agreed, and even Zhao Dan nodded slightly.

The city of Wuyuan is actually not big, its geographical location is not too important, and its population is not large. In fact, being occupied by Yan State does not affect the overall situation.

But the problem is that Wuyuan ordered Fu Bao and others to surrender. If other cities also surrendered to Yan Kingdom like Wuyuan, there would be a domino effect, and this battle would be a fart!

Of course, with the strength of Zhao Guo, this kind of domino effect should be very difficult to appear.

But even so, the surrender of Wuyuan City will still hit the morale of Zhao's army and civilians to a certain extent, and will have a considerable negative impact on Zhao's upcoming war.

With the addition of various factors, it is very easy to understand why Zhao Guojun and his ministers seem so angry.

Zhao Dan knocked on the table in front of him a few times with his hands, motioning everyone to be quiet first, and then said in a deep voice: "The situation on the front line is like this, I think Zhu Qing already understands the current situation, what do you think my Zhao country should be like?" response?"

Zhao Dan already had a decision in his heart, but before making a decision, of course, he still had to listen to the opinions of these Zhao ministers.

Although it is said that the decision-making power must be in Zhao Dan's hands, it is impossible not to give others a chance to speak, right?Such a monarch will not get many subordinates who will work loyally for him if he talks about everything.

The truth is always getting clearer and clearer.

The first person to speak was beyond Zhao Dan's expectation, it was actually Lou Chang who was not very present in various meetings.

Lou Chang said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is better to discuss peace with Qin. Now Qin is suffering from Chu State, and my Zhao State is suffering from Yan State. If Your Majesty wants to make peace, King Ji of Qin will agree to it. In this way, Qin State can withdraw its troops to attack Chu, and our Zhao State can also withdraw its troops to attack Zhao, and both countries will benefit.”

After Zhao Dan heard Lou Chang's words, he really had the urge to roll his eyes, and now Lou Chang started to promote his talk of peace

Of course it is impossible for Zhao Dan to ask for peace. If he wanted to make peace, he would have made it long ago. Why wait until now?

Fortunately, there are also many people who are against seeking peace. I saw Shangqing Yuxin immediately said: "The doctor's words are absurd! Negotiating peace cannot be accomplished overnight. It is really a bad policy. And the five counties in the north of Zhao State There are [-] elite soldiers, and your majesty sent envoys to Qi State, if Qi State troops send out, what need Yan State to be afraid of!"

Lou Chang snorted, and retorted: "Yu Qing's words are not clear. I think that Qi Wang was only a puppet, and Qi's major affairs are all in the hands of the queen. How can you send troops to reject Yan for me! If Qi's troops don't come out, how can a mere [-] frontier soldiers resist the Yan people? It's better to make a plan as soon as possible!"

The two of you come and go without giving in, neither of them can convince the other for a while.

At this moment, Miao Xian seemed to have received some hint, and quickly walked out of the hall.

After a while, Miao Xian returned again and brought back news that made things worse.

"Linzi urgent report, Qi Wangjian refuses to send troops!"

Chapter 71 Making things worse

Qi State refused to send troops to support Zhao State!

This is undoubtedly an out-and-out bad news for Zhao Guo now.

Although the current state of Qi is no longer the hegemonic state that was once known as the two emperors of the east and the west with the state of Qin, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is still much stronger than the state of Yan, which has been declining for many years. of.

If Qi State is willing to send troops, then the main force of Yan State will be restrained immediately, and it is impossible to attack Zhao State with confidence.

Zhao Guo didn't even need Qi Guo to fight with the people of Yan Guo with real knives and guns. He only needed Qi Jun to be able to delay for a few months until winter came.

In order to achieve this, Zhao Dan also gave Su Dai, who was in charge of going to Qi State, a lot of authority. In addition to the large sum of money that was necessary to bribe Hou Sheng, even Maiqiu, who had not been ceded before, could also be ceded to Qi State.

In fact, Zhao Dan was ready to be slaughtered by the Qi people. Anyway, as long as the Qi country can send troops, then any conditions can be discussed as long as they are not too excessive to be completely unacceptable.

But even under such generous conditions, Qi still refused to send troops!

Zhao Dan couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. It seems that the mother and son, the queen and Qi Wangjian, are really determined to maintain Qi's foreign isolation policy.

A successful diplomatic operation like the last borrowing of food seems to be a rare event, after all, Zhao Dan does not have a second Heshibi in his hands.

From the perspective of the long-term hegemony situation, it may not be a bad thing for Zhao Guo that such a large country like Qi remains isolated and sits on the sidelines.

But from the current point of view, it is a completely bad thing for Qi to remain isolated and refuse to send troops!

Without Qi, the battlefield is now Qin Yan vs. Zhao Chu. In fact, neither side has much advantage. It is basically a [-]-[-] situation.

But the problem is that to the south of Zhao State, there is still a Wei State that is sharpening its sword and may go north at any time!

If Wei Guo also joins the battle at this time, and Yan Guo and Qin Guo come to a three-sided attack

Since Zhao's ally, Chu State's army is still fighting in Nanyang County, hundreds of miles away, and they cannot quench their thirst at all, then Zhao State will be really in danger at that time.

Zhao Dan's face gradually became serious.

Such a situation was actually unexpected by Zhao Dan.

Because in Zhao Dan's mind, whether it is Pang Nuan or Su Dai, as long as the two envoys succeed together, the problem of Yan Kingdom will not become a big problem.