Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

But no matter what, the era when only Dulong Qi Shanyu was the strongest on the grasslands has finally passed.

The fact that the Xiongnu and Shanyu stood side by side made all the Xiongnu nobles know one thing, that is, two wolf kings have appeared among the prairie wolves, so the evil wolves have another object of allegiance.

That is, on the day when the ceremony ended, Li Mu released all the old Xiongnu nobles and let them return to the Huns' camp.

Du Longqi Shanyu was obviously extremely angry at Li Mu's damned alienation scheme, which can be seen from the fact that he personally led the army to attack Zhao Jun's camp the next day.

But this time Li Mu was carrying enough armaments and supplies. Before the Huns even rushed to the front of the Zhao army, they had already been educated by the strong bows and crossbows brought by Li Mu, leaving hundreds of soldiers behind. Had to choose to retreat after the corpse.

As time passed day by day, the Xiongnu army not only faced the dilemma of food shortage, but also faced the heavy psychological pressure that their families were all in the hands of the Zhao people. It seemed a little vacillating at the beginning, and some people even quietly sent people to contact Li Mu.

Under such circumstances, Du Longqi Shanyu made a very decisive decision to directly arrest and kill the five patriarchs who were found to have been secretly in contact with the Zhao people.

This approach did not get the result he wanted. On the contrary, since then, there have been more messengers who quietly came to Zhao's camp from the camp of the Huns.

Among them, Xian Shan's talents were also brought into full play. Although the new Shan Yu was considered by everyone to be a puppet of Zhao, he did not know what method he used to successfully convince many Xiongnu nobles. They received the secret support of about one-third of the Xiongnu nobles.

Finally, one day half a month later, Li Mu gathered all his soldiers and horses, and went out of the camp to start a decisive battle with Du Longqi Shanyu, who had been looking forward to the decisive battle for a long time.

In this decisive battle, Li Mu first used the armored cavalry to launch a charge, and then some of the Xiongnu nobles who had been in contact with him for a long time defected and stood on the side of Zhao Jun. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Wusun people withdrew first On the battlefield, the main force of the Huns was defeated and lost. In the end, Du Longqi Shanyu led less than 2 remnants and fled the battlefield. Zhao Jun won a hearty victory.

After this victory, Li Mu continued to lead his army towards Yanzhi Mountain. The Wusun people, who knew they were invincible, continued to retreat westward to their original lair, and handed over Yanzhi Mountain. And sent envoys to send a large number of gifts to Li Mu and Zhao Guo for peace.

So Li Mu built a new city at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, named Shandan City, and sent three thousand soldiers to guard it.

After this battle, the entire eastern half of the Hexi Corridor, from Yanzhi Mountain to Helan Mountain, was included in the territory of Zhao State.

Xian Shan Shanyu selected 2 people and [-] women and children from the Xiongnu captives captured by the State of Zhao to form a brand-new royal court tribe, and set up his royal court about [-] miles north of Wuyuan County in the State of Zhao. , named this place Anping City.

With the deterrence of Li Mu and the cooperation of Xianshan, the Hun tribes on the entire grassland, large and small, surrendered to the State of Zhao, and agreed to send tribute to the State of Zhao every year, and the whole of Monan was also included in the territory of the State of Zhao. middle.

Zhao Dan was overjoyed when he heard about this, and gave Li Mu another reward.

Although Zhao Dan is also very clear in his heart, the rule of Zhao State in these conquered territories on the grassland is actually not stable at all. If Zhao State fails, it may even face the danger of rebellion.

But one thing is certain, that is, as long as Zhao State does not fail, there will no longer be such enemies as the Xiongnu and Wusun who can harass the border on the northern border of Zhao State.

That is to say, the Zhao Kingdom Frontier Cavalry Legion, which has swept across the entire northern prairie of China and has countless illustrious reputations, can finally go south to the Central Plains with confidence and boldness, and participate in the great cause of Zhao Kingdom's unification!

Chapter 8 Zero Three Next Target (Third)

After getting Li Mu's reward, Zhao Dan was happy for almost half a month.

But life is always composed of countless troubles, and after solving one, another trouble will appear, so when Zhao Dan put aside the trouble of the nomads in the north for a while, he had to face another trouble. Annoyed.

Fortunately, for Zhao Dan, this should be regarded as a happy trouble.

This trouble is: Wei country is finished, so which country should be the next one?

What, you said that you just signed a peace treaty with various countries?

Such things as a peace treaty originally required force as a guarantee, and now the other five countries combined are not enough for Zhao Guo to fight, so how could Zhao Guo need to abide by some shit peace treaty?

It can be said that the later the Warring States period, the stronger the power of the overlord, the more things like peace treaties are no different from waste paper. This can be seen from the history of the four overlords of Wei, Chu, Qi, and Qin. .

The courtiers of Zhao State who had just destroyed Wei State had a big appetite, and they were no longer satisfied with the "small fights" of cutting off a few cities. They were all stimulated by the benefits obtained from the battle of Wei State His eyes were red, and he wished he could wipe out all the other countries in the whole world at once.

The war to destroy the country must be fought!This is the consensus of all Zhao countries.

But who to kill first?

Zhao Dan's important ministers, including the entire military and the two staff departments, had almost the most intense quarrel Zhao Dan had ever seen over this matter.

Zhao Sheng impatiently knocked the table in front of him with his fingers, and said bluntly: "Now Qin has lost Xihe County and Shang County, and lost a large number of main forces in the battle of Suiyang City. It is the most suitable time to attack the people of Qin! As long as Guanzhong can be taken, then Bashu can be smashed in one go, so that the land in the northwest is completely in the hands of our country, and the world will have no worries!"

Zhao Sheng has been Zhao Guo Xiangbang for 20 years. During most of these 20 years, the question that Lord Pingyuan has been thinking about has always been how to bring down the damn overlord of Qin State.

Now he has finally achieved this, so in order not to let Qin Guo continue to get a chance to stand up, Zhao Sheng took it for granted that it is the most appropriate choice to continue to press Qin to death.

Regarding this point, General Lian Po, Zhao Sheng's old rival, obviously disagreed: "Mr. Pingyuan, don't even think about it. If the army marches to Guanzhong to destroy Qin, then the Central Plains Handan must be empty of troops. If Qi, Yan, Chu, Han and other countries come to attack, so what should you do? Besides, you still want to enter Shuzhong, and it will take at least a month or two to return to Handan from Shuzhong. How can you do it in such a long time? Guarantee that there will be no accidents in Handan?"

"In my opinion, it is the right way to attack Qi State! First of all, Qi Wangjian and Hou Sheng are extremely incompetent. Many people in Qi State have long been dissatisfied with this, and now Qi State is weak. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses will definitely be able to destroy them all in one fell swoop!"

Similar to Zhao Sheng, Lian Po obviously has a certain obsession with Qi.However, Zhao Shengna was more of a psychological shadow, while Lian Po had a psychological advantage.

It is very interesting that, perhaps because of Zhao Dan's strong suppression last time, or because this matter is indeed a matter worth discussing, other ministers of the public clan or the commoner faction did not simply stand Waving the flag and shouting behind his elder brother, each of them also put forward their own opinions.

Yu Xin said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Chu State should be destroyed first! In the past few years, the Chu army has failed continuously, and the remaining elites were lost in the battle of Suiyang City. Our army only needs to cross the border. Going south across the Huai River to conquer Shouchun, it is easy to divide the Chu Kingdom into two halves, and then defeat each of them! Once the Chu Kingdom is destroyed, the other four countries will be everywhere, no matter how much they try to connect, they will not be able to pose any threat gone."

When Zhao Dan heard this, he already started to have some headaches. Now that the three people have opened their mouths, there are already three choices. What's wrong with this?

But the headache for Zhao Dan is still behind, because Zheng Zhu also said at this time: "My lord, I think that South Korea is now located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. It can not only communicate with Qin and Chu, but also watch Shangdang. It is necessary to destroy it first. Once South Korea is destroyed, the three Jins will be unified again, and the direct connection between Qin and Chu will be cut off. If this is the case, it will be easy for the king to conquer other countries!"

However, this is not the end, because Ju Xin, who just entered the Longtai discussion, even put forward his own opinions.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is the best policy to destroy Yan State first! In the past wars, Yan State sent troops to attack our northern counties from the flanks many times. It is really unbearable! As long as Yan State can be destroyed, then the entire The northern part of China is completely owned by the king, and then the king can go south with all his strength to conquer the southern countries, so this is the right way!"

So Zhao Dan's head hurt even more.

So far, all countries have entered the field of vision of these Zhao ministers, and one or two of them are well-founded and well-founded.

The problem is that Zhao Dan is also very aware of the abilities of his own Zhao country. After all, offense and defense are not the same thing. If you want to destroy the other five countries at once, you must have a million elite troops in your hands. , so destroying countries one by one is the real and practical method, no one can become a big fat man in one bite, right?

As a result, this is all right now, this group of guys are now saying that the public is right and the woman is saying that the woman is right, everyone is arguing and arguing, and Zhao Dan has no good way.

It has always been said that if the two factions are in a stalemate, then Zhao Dan will naturally be able to make a final decision at this time. After all, in the case of a stalemate between the two factions, Zhao Dan will automatically become the majority faction no matter which side he leans on. Only when Zhao Dan's order can be resolutely implemented.

But now it's better, the symbol of the two factions has become a chaotic battle between the five factions, no matter which side Zhao Dan is on, he will not be the majority, but will be jointly opposed by the other four factions.

In fact, there is a sixth faction, which is the grassland faction of Li Mu.However, Li Mu is also a shrewd guy. He directly took down the grassland in the first battle, which also made Zhao Dan one less problem and choice.

Later, Zhao Dan was also annoyed by the quarrels made by these ministers, so he simply waved his hand and said, "Wait until you have arguing with yourself, when will you come up with a firm idea and then report it to the widow, the widow will just approve it." !"

Zhao Dan happily became the hands-off shopkeeper, and left this matter to others to hurt their nerves.

Regarding Zhao Dan's behavior, even the queen Han Wan in the palace knew about it, and couldn't help but tactfully persuaded Zhao Dan during a certain meeting.

Zhao Dan laughed loudly, and said to the queen: "The queen doesn't know something, these courtiers are giving eye drops to the widow!"

"Are eye drops?" The queen was obviously a little surprised, but immediately understood: "Could it be because of that incident a while ago?"

"Of course it's because of the incident a while ago." Zhao Dan nodded, snorted and said, "These guys feel that the widow has offended them on this matter, but they don't dare to openly challenge the widow , so I came up with such a moth, wanting to warn the widow secretly."

Han Wan was silent for a while, but she still advised: "Your Majesty, my concubine feels that since the last incident has passed, then don't bother with it. The important officials of Longtai are all the ministers of the king's humerus. Wrong, Xiao Tong thinks that he should not be easily dismissed and punished."

Zhao Dan nodded and said with a smile: "Queen, don't worry, just let them quarrel slowly. The widow is not in a hurry at all. There are not enough officials in Wei Guo yet, and many officials will be sent to the grassland. The widow has asked the Huaxia Academy to recruit more registered disciples, but I don't know if it will be too late. Anyway, several other countries have been disabled by the widow, and they won't be able to jump around for at least two or three years. , I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry at all!"

But Zhao Dan is not in a hurry, but there are other people who are more anxious than Zhao Dan.