Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Wuyang City is the lower capital of Yan State, and it used to be the largest city in Yan State. If Wuyang City is returned to Yan State, it will definitely be a bargaining chip that the king and ministers of Yan State cannot refuse.

The reason why Zhao Dan hesitated was not because of how important Wuyang City was to Zhao State. In terms of the current national strength of Zhao State, how about returning four or five Wuyang City?

What Zhao Dan worries about is that the Yan State has basically been disabled by Qi Zhaofayan last time. Now that Wuyang is returned to the Yan State, wouldn't it give the Yan State another chance to turn around?

But if you think about it carefully, what if you return Wuyang to the Yan Kingdom?Wasn't Yan Guo, who had Wuyang City back then, abused by Zhao Guo casually as a rookie?

Zheng Zhu saw that Zhao Dan was still hesitating, so he continued to persuade: "My lord, as long as we pass this hurdle now, even if the princes of the world unite again in the future, it will be difficult to become Zhao's opponent again! Compared with this eternal hegemony, it is mere What is Wuyang City worth?"

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Zheng Qing's words are reasonable, since that's the case, then I invite Zheng Qing to visit Jidu, and must persuade Queen Mother Yan and Le Jian to let Yan State send troops to contain Qi State."

Zheng Zhu stood up, saluted Zhao Dan deeply, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to live up to your Majesty's entrustment!"

Zhao Dan nodded and said: "Also, the people of Qi are not necessarily going to attack Liaocheng, and Handan may also be the target of attack, so this time the defense of Handan must also be vigilant!"

"Have someone tell General Lian Po that if the enemy pursues Liaocheng, then tell him to guard General Pang Nuan's retreat at any cost, and wait for General Pang Nuan to return to support after he wins!"

"Shangdang County, send someone to tell Ju Xin that I don't need him to eliminate Jin Yan, as long as he keeps the Beishangdang, he will be a great achievement!"

"Go and send someone to tell Pang Nuan that we must defeat the Wei people as quickly as possible! Once the overall situation is affected because of his delay, I will only ask him!"

After finishing the orders one after another, Zhao Dan looked at the ministers of the Zhao State in front of him and said in a very sincere tone: "Your Excellencies, the current situation is uncertain and the outcome is unpredictable. Please work hard together with the widow. Let's get through this difficult time together!"

All the ministers of Zhao State present stood up one after another, with solemn expressions: "Here!"

The situation that had been made clear by the great victory of Changzhi seemed to have become a little confusing again.

But the failure of Gaotang City is not the end of the world for Zhao Guo. Zhao Dan and his courtiers have already experienced many storms, and of course they will not become depressed or even fearful after going through the baptism of Changping and Handan defense battles.

The real good show is actually yet to come!

Chapter 7 Zero Nine: Zheng Zhu Envoys Yan (third update)

Yan Kingdom Jidu, the royal palace.

Although it was still morning, the sun was already high in the sky, and wisps of hot air were already floating back and forth in the air, stimulating people's bodies.

It's not a good idea to carry it in a stuffy palace at a time like this.

In the back garden of King Yan's Palace, a series of laughter was ringing out. A child about four or five years old was screaming excitedly, running around chasing butterflies flying back and forth among the flowers.

Several palace people tremblingly followed behind the young boy, fearing that the little ancestor in front of him would accidentally fall down.

Not far from the young boy, the young Empress Dowager Yan watched all this with a smile surrounded by many court ladies.

Soon the toddler was tired of playing, and he ran towards the Queen Mother Yan like a whirlwind.

"Mother!"

Accompanied by clear and crisp shouts, the young child fell into the arms of Queen Mother Yan like a baby swallow returning to the forest.

The Empress Dowager Yan hugged the boy with a smile, took out a silk scarf and wiped the sweat from the boy's forehead, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is tired?"

This young boy is none other than King Ke of Yan, the current King of Yan.

The little Yan Wang Ke has a pair of big eyes that reveal a bit of cunning in his intelligence. He said to his queen mother coquettishly in a child's voice: "My queen, I want to drink iced sour plum soup!"

Empress Dowager Yan smiled and scratched Xiaoyan King's nose: "Your Majesty should call himself a widow."

King Xiaoyan grinned: "It's so disgusting. Queen Mother, please get someone to bring the sour plum soup, I'm thirsty!" As he spoke, he did not forget to stick out his little tongue at his queen mother.

At this moment, a female official hurriedly came to Queen Yan's side and whispered a few words to Queen Yan.

Empress Yan's complexion changed slightly, then she lowered her body, smiled at King Yan in front of her, and said, "Your Majesty, go take a bath first, after eating the court food, it's time for the teacher to teach you."

Upon hearing these words, King Xiaoyan's face collapsed immediately, and he looked at Queen Mother Yan pitifully: "The Queen Mother won't play with me anymore."

The Empress Dowager Yan leaned down, and gently hugged the piece of her heart in front of her: "Your Majesty, let's go. After bathing, we will drink iced sour plum soup."

King Xiaoyan immediately became happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Okay, the queen mother, the widow is going now!"

Seeing the figure of King Xiaoyan leaving with a whimper, the Empress Dowager Yan couldn't help showing a kind and motherly smile on her face.

But when she turned to face the female officer, she became the majestic and majestic Empress Dowager Yan again.

"Go tell Lord Chang and bring the envoy to the main hall."

Half an hour later, Queen Mother Yan saw the envoy from Zhao State in the main hall.

"Zheng Zhu has met the Queen Mother!" As a person in charge of diplomacy in the Zhao Kingdom, Zheng Zhu's appearance is quite outstanding, and he is also well-behaved when he salutes, making it impossible to find fault.

Since Zheng Zhu is a relative of King Zhao's family, he is still in-laws with Empress Dowager Yan who is from King Zhao's family, so when she spoke, Queen Yan did not have the attitude of rejecting others from thousands of miles away, and the guest of honor met for a while. We had a great time.

After talking a lot of nonsense such as "the king asked how the queen mother is in good health" and "the old woman is in good health, I don't know how the king of Zhao is in health", Zheng Zhu finally changed his style of painting and started to get to the point.

"Queen, now the Qi State is besieging the State of Zhao together with the Han, Wei, and Qin countries. Such a senseless act really makes the people of insight in the world indignantly cast aside. Thinking that the Queen Mother is well-known, and she came from the State of Zhao. Now that the mother country is in trouble, it must be The Empress Dowager will definitely not stand by and watch."

After Zheng Zhu finished speaking earnestly, the Empress Dowager Yan did not express her opinion immediately, but turned her eyes away from Zheng Zhu, and glanced at Yan Guoxiang Bang Lejian who was sitting opposite Zheng Zhu.

Le Jian immediately understood, coughed, and said: "Zheng Qing, Zhao Guo just captured Wuyang from Dayan last year, and now he wants Dayan to send troops to help Zhao. Isn't that unreasonable?"

Zheng Zhu said solemnly: "Mr. Chang, it is said that one moment is another moment. Among other things, the reason why Zhao State attacked Yan was because Yan State did not listen to my king's persuasion to attack Qi. It was not Zhao State's intentional provocation. Bar?"

"Besides, if my king is willing during the battle against Yan, it is actually not difficult to destroy the country of Yan with the country of Qi. However, my king's benevolence does not have much covetousness towards the country of Yan, so an agreement with the country of Yan was quickly reached. A peace treaty was signed. Isn’t it enough to explain the problem?”

After a pause, Zheng Zhu continued: "Leave aside the past, let's just talk about the present. If Yan is willing to send troops, then my king can promise here that once this battle is over, Qi will be forced to send all troops from Yan. Return all the land that was taken from the kingdom!"

The Empress Dowager Yan and Le Jian exchanged glances after hearing Zheng Zhu's condition, and then Le Jian continued: "Zheng Qing doesn't know something. Since the last war with Qi, the land in Dayan has been withered and harvested year after year. Now that it is difficult to have troops to attack Qi, I am afraid that this time we can only disappoint Zheng Qing."

From the point of view of Yan Guojun and ministers, Zheng Zhu's condition was the same as that offered by Zhao State before. Considering the fact that Lian Po had just lost the battle, such a condition was obviously not satisfactory at all.

Moreover, the monarchs and ministers of Yan State have long been concerned. All the land promised by the people of Zhao State is now controlled by the people of Qi State. Who knows whether Zhao Guoguo will keep its promise to return the land to Qi State after the war, and will Qi State? What about surrendering the land?

There are too many variables to be reliable at all.

After hearing Lejian's reply, Zheng Zhu's face changed, he seemed a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "If the Yan Kingdom is willing to send troops, then my king can also return the Fenmen City in addition to the territory mentioned earlier. Yan Kingdom!"

This Fenmen City is the land under the control of the serious Zhao State.

Empress Dowager Yan glanced at Le Jian again, this time there was a little more inquiring look in her eyes.

If Fenmen can return, then Zhao State will be equivalent to returning half of the last victory to Yan State. This condition has indeed made Queen Mother Yan a little tempted.

Lejian hesitated for a moment, and then continued to say to Zheng Zhu: "Zheng Qing doesn't know something. Even if he can barely gather an army, it is still difficult to send troops because the treasury is short of money and food." Said He put on a sighing gesture, which made Zheng Zhu want to punch him in the face twice.

Zheng Zhu's face was completely red, and it took a long time before he said: "If the Yan Kingdom is willing to send troops, then my king will return Wuyang City to the Yan Kingdom!"

Zheng Zhu said these words almost word by word, looking extremely regretful and reluctant.