Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Li Mu cast a sidelong glance at Yiqu Sheng in front of him, and said mercilessly: "If your cavalry of Yiqu country can be stronger, maybe the time for the people of Qin to retreat can be earlier. To be honest, you should listen to my superior." A suggestion to you, set up military judges in the army, and at the same time reward your soldiers with the military merit system. Only in this way can their morale be stimulated and they will work harder for you when fighting, understand Yet?"

Yi Qusheng let out a hey, looked at Li Mu seriously and said, "This is not possible. You must know that my soldiers are a bunch of wild guys, how could they be willing to be restrained by military discipline? And if you use Zhao Guo's In terms of the military merit system, then don’t I need to use my wealth to reward those soldiers? They already have the right to share the spoils, but now if I, the king, have to reward them with something from my spoils , then there is really nothing left for me as a great king.”

Li Mu looked up at the sky, and decided not to continue talking to the short-sighted bumpkin king in front of him.

It wasn't until this time that Li Mu finally realized how commendable and happy it is for the citizens of a country to have a wise and mighty king.

But no matter what, Yiqu City finally listened to Li Mu's opinion and launched a vigorous guerrilla war against the Qin people.

Just the third day after the Yiqu people voluntarily abandoned Yiqu City, the [-] Qin troops led by Wang Lu and Wang Ling arrived in Yiqu City and occupied the basically empty city. City.

Since the cavalry had already scouted this place in advance, it is said that Wang Lu and Wang Ling were not surprised by this. On the contrary, on the one hand, the two of them first camped and lived in Yiqu City with the Qin army. They also sent a large number of ranger sentries in all directions, trying to detect the traces of the Yiqu people, and then teach the Yiqu people an unforgettable lesson.

It's just that Wang Lu and Wang Ling underestimated the difficulty of this war, and also underestimated the resistance of the Yiqu people. They felt that since the Yiqu people fled after seeing the Qin army and didn't even want the capital, it might not take long for Yiqu to fight. He will once again be included in the territory of Qin State.

But soon Wang Lu and Wang Ling discovered that the Yiqu people had just left the city, but had no intention of submitting to the Qin people.

On the contrary, in the wild, the Yiqu people's cavalry is much stronger than Qin's advantage. The rangers of the Qin people were hit head-on by the Yiqu people, and they lost at least a dozen to dozens of them almost every day. cavalry.

As a result, after a few days, the people of Qin State no longer dared to send out a small team of cavalry sentries to scout out the traces of the Yiqu people.

But on this vast plateau, if there is no definite information, how easy is it to march around like a lottery?

Moreover, the ubiquitous harassment of the Yiqu people also greatly affected the supplies of the Qin army. Although the Qin army occupied several nearby cities during this period, the Yiqu people who were everywhere in the strong walls and clear fields were tenacious. Under the struggle, the war inevitably fell into a temporary stalemate.

Chapter 756 Yan Guo's Concerns (Supplement [-])

Jidu of Yan State.

The young Empress Dowager Yan sat on the top seat, staring at the envoy of Qi State in front of her with a very serious expression, and said slowly, "King Qi is really sure that this is true?"

The envoy nodded, and said respectfully to Queen Mother Yan: "Back to Queen Mother, this matter was concluded after my country's Great General Situ Kuangliang personally observed Zhao Jun's actions at the front line, and it must not be faked."

After a pause, the envoy of the State of Qi continued: "Now King Zhao intends to unite South Korea and the State of Chu to carve up the State of Wei, and the State of Wei is already in jeopardy. If the State of Wei is destroyed, then the State of Zhao will have a family Dominant, from now on no one will be able to restrict the State of Zhao, and the State of Yan is also at stake. I also ask the Queen of Yan to consider the overall situation, and quickly send troops with my king to support the State of Wei."

Although it sounds very provocative, the Empress Dowager Yan did not agree to the envoy's request so easily, but subconsciously took a look at the Prime Minister of the State of Yan, Bang Lejian, who was sitting at the bottom.

Judging from Lejian's expression, Xiangbang of the Yan Kingdom was obviously thinking about it, and he couldn't give any answers for a while.

So the Empress Dowager Yan turned her attention to the envoy of Qi State in front of her again, and said to the envoy of Qi State in front of her, "Please turn around and rest first. If there is any news, the old lady will inform the envoy as soon as possible."

After watching the envoys of the Qi State leave, the Empress Dowager Yan turned her gaze back to Le Jian again, and said to Le Jian: "Mr. Chang, why did you delay speaking just now?"

As soon as this sentence was said, Le Jian's body moved slightly, and then he suddenly came back to his senses.

In fact, what Lord Chang was thinking about just now was not this battle, but another matter.

Something about the Le family.

Speaking of which, Le Jian's father, Le Yi, was from the Zhao Kingdom, but if we trace the origin carefully, then the ancestor of the Le clan was Le Yang, a general under Weihou Weisi, the first overlord of the Wei State in the early Warring States Period.

At that time, Le Yang was ordered by the Marquis of Wei to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, and merged the Zhongshan Kingdom into the territory of the Wei Kingdom, and then the Le family guarded Zhongshan for the Wei Kingdom.

However, after more than 20 years, the Zhongshan Kingdom was successfully restored, and the Le clan located here became the citizens of the Zhongshan Kingdom.

Until King Wuling of Zhao annihilated the Zhongshan Kingdom, the Le family once again belonged to Huaxia, and the citizens of the Zhongshan Kingdom became Zhao people again.

After Le Yi, the Le clan was divided into two branches, one was still in the old place of Zhongshan in Zhao State, with Le Cheng as the patriarch, and the other was returning to Yan State, with Le Jian as the group leader.

Logically speaking, Lejian is the prime minister of the Yan Kingdom, has the title of emperor, is young enough, and is the son of Le Yi, the patriarch of the previous generation. He is better than Lecheng in all aspects, so It seems normal for the Le clan in Yan Kingdom to prosper.

But the problem is that Yan State is just the last weak country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, while Zhao State is the strongest country in the world today.

Therefore, although Le Cheng is only Zhao Guo's Southern Army Zhonglang General, even in Zhao Guo's army, he can only be regarded as the number three person under Lian Po and Pang Nuan, but under the leadership of this mere number three person, Zhao Guole's family has been developing very steadily and low-key over the years, but its momentum has faintly surpassed that of Yan's Le family.

This kind of result is undoubtedly what the orthodox Yan Guole clan doesn't like to see.

Under such circumstances, when the princes met in Handan last year, Yan Guole and Zhao Guole also took the opportunity to meet.

The purpose of this meeting was originally to connect the two clans from the same origin, but in the end it was very unpleasant, and the cause of all this unhappiness was because Le Cheng, the patriarch of the Zhao Guole clan, hoped that Le Jian could cooperate with Zhao Guoyong. The method of cooperating with the inside and the outside brought Yan State into the territory of Zhao State.

For this point, it is naturally impossible for Lejian to agree.

If it is said that Yan Guo was merged into Zhao Guo in this way, not to mention how many people in Yan Guo would scold Lejian as a traitor, the ending of Yan Guole's being merged into Zhao Guole's will make people laugh. Le Jian couldn't accept it at all.

Lecheng and Lejian had a big quarrel, and finally broke up unhappy.

This is actually what Lejian was thinking about just now. If Lejian really agreed to Lecheng's plan to annex Yan State through internal and external cooperation, then I am afraid that Zhao State will not attack Wei State now, but choose to fight with Wei State. Qi State went north to attack Yan State again, right?

Speaking of which, the country of Yan is now the only worry of the country of Zhao. If it is really possible to annex the country of Yan, then the country of Zhao only needs to use a certain amount of cavalry to guard against those who have already been scared on the grassland. Except for the nomadic peoples who have survived, most of the troops can be confidently and boldly go south to fight for the hegemony of the Central Plains, and even wipe out all the other five great powers.

Thinking of this, Le Jian's head could not help but a layer of fine sweat.

Zhao Guoren's plan is indeed to destroy all other countries from the beginning to the end!

It was at this time that Queen Mother Yan's questioning voice came at the right time, slowly pulling Le Jian back from the state of trance.

Le Jian, who came back to his senses, hurriedly confessed to the Queen Mother Yan, and the Queen Mother Yan obviously did not want to investigate the reason for Le Cheng's ecstasy at this time, but continued to ask: "Mr. Chang, what do you think Yan Kingdom should do this time?" Why?"

Lejian settled down, thought carefully for a while, and then said to Queen Mother Yan: "Queen Mother, I must tell you the truth. After years of continuous wars in the country of Yan, the country's strength is exhausted and the people's minds are exhausted. It is really inappropriate to continue to fight abroad."

After all, Yan State is different from Zhao State and Qin State. Since there is no such thing as a military merit system in Yan State, when most of the people are recruited to the battlefield, it is actually equivalent to compulsory service to fight for the country, but the basics of rewards It's all floating clouds.

Under such circumstances, the people of Yan State are naturally not very interested in fighting. If there is no reward for working hard, who will do it?

Therefore, it is impossible for Yan to use foreign troops year after year like Qin and Zhao. This is the so-called system problem.

The Empress Dowager Yan let out a sigh when she heard the words, which was not too surprising.

In the eyes of the queen mother, Le Jian said so, so she probably would not agree to continue to send troops to Zhao Guo.

However, what Empress Dowager Yan did not expect was that Le Jian said next: "But Zhao Guo is so powerful now, if Zhao Guo directly annexed Wei Guo as King Qi said, the other countries will be even in the same state. At the same time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to become Zhao Guo's opponent. Therefore, I think that we must send troops to contain Zhao Guo, so that Zhao Guo cannot take Wei Guo, otherwise Yan Guo will definitely suffer from this in the future."

Empress Dowager Yan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But the old woman is still a little worried. If sending troops this time not only cannot prevent Zhao Guo from annexing Wei State, but instead made King Zhao angry with the old woman and Yan State, then what should I do?" What should I do?"

To be honest, after experiencing several consecutive defeats, the Empress Dowager Yan felt somewhat afraid of her mother country.

For women, her natal family is actually a very special place. Although the Queen Mother Yan said that she can fight against Zhao Guo for the benefit of Yan State, if she finds that she is no longer strong enough to fight against this natal family, this woman will obviously I just want to use another way, that is, cooperation to ease the confrontation between Ying Guo and Zhao Guo.

After all, for the Empress Dowager Yan, she was indeed married, but the person sitting on the throne of King Zhao was also her natal family.More importantly, in the last war, the State of Zhao returned Wuyang, the capital of the State of Yan, so that the Empress Dowager Yan believed that the long-term peace between Yan and Zhao was not impossible.

Le Jian obviously knew the Queen Mother Yan's mentality clearly, and Le Jian also felt that this kind of thinking was simply too stupid.

In this situation where the seven kingdoms are fighting for hegemony, how can you expect the enemy to show any kindness to you?

So Le Jian immediately said to Queen Mother Yan: "Don't forget, Queen Mother, since Zhao Wang ascended the throne, the expansion of Zhao Kingdom has always been decisive and decisive, and has never shown any kindness to any country. Don't say that the Queen Mother is just She is a woman, thinking that Zhao Bao, the official of the Zhao State, is a public official and an important minister of the Zhao State. She has always made great contributions to the Zhao State, but in the end, she was removed from her official position by the King of Zhao and confined at home? Please think twice, the Queen Mother. .”

As soon as these words were uttered, the hesitation in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Yan slowly dissipated.