Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After a long time, Empress Dowager Yan let out a long sigh, and said, "Send someone eight hundred li to tell Lord Chang in Linle City about this matter quickly, and let Lord Chang decide for himself."

Chapter 8 Thirteen Undercurrents Surge (Third Change)

After making a decision, Queen Mother Yan stood up without saying a word, and left the hall.

Surrounded by many palace people, Queen Mother Yan soon came to a palace.

In this palace, there is a burst of orderly reading sound.

"In the first year of the first year of spring, the king ascended the throne. In the second month of Guihai, there was an eclipse. The heavenly king envoys his uncle to come to the funeral. In summer and April Dingsi, I buried my king Xi. Wei. Uncles and grandsons get ministers like the capital. Wei people attack Jin. In autumn, Gongsun Ao meets Jinhou Yuqi. Winter and October Ding Wei, Chu Shizi Shangchen kills his king. Gongsun Ao is like Qi"

The queen mother paused slightly, then walked into the hall.

There is a table in the main hall. Behind the table, a young boy about seven or eight years old and dressed in luxurious clothes is sitting on it, holding a slip in front of him and chanting loudly. Very focused.

The sound of Empress Dowager Yan's footsteps startled the boy. The boy raised his head and saw Empress Dowager Yan. Then, with a very happy expression on his face, he stood up and bowed to Empress Yan: "See you!" After passing the mother."

This little boy is the reigning monarch of Yan State, King Ke of Yan.

The Empress Dowager Yan touched her child's head. Although this child was not her own, no matter in terms of etiquette or inner recognition, she has long regarded this child as her own. It can even be said that she is the most precious child in her life. important man.

This made Empress Dowager Yan suddenly think of her brother who was far away in Handan.

Back then, when Zhao Dan had just succeeded to the throne, Zhao Guo did not hesitate to marry her to King Yan in order to stabilize Yan and Qi in response to Qin's offensive, and at the same time sent another younger brother, Chang'an Jun, to Qi. country as a hostage.

As a result, Zhao State received the full support of Qi and Yan, and this was able to repel Qin's provocation, allowing Zhao Dan to stabilize the situation in the early days of his succession.

Only more than a dozen years have passed, and now Zhao Dan is already powerful in the world, and the Qin State back then has already been trampled under the feet of him and the powerful Zhao State.

It's just that, when he fought north and south and plundered the land of various countries for Zhao's great plan, he never thought that in Wuyang City, thousands of miles away, his compatriots and sisters had always been fighting for the interests of Zhao. What about the political marriage that resulted in the endless pain?

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yan couldn't help feeling full of resentment.

"Mother's queen, mother's queen?" A voice called out the Queen Mother Yan's thoughts, and she realized that her son was looking at her worriedly: "Is the mother's queen okay?"

Empress Dowager Yan sighed softly, and said, "The empress mother is fine, she just remembered something suddenly."

Little King Yan blinked, and suddenly said: "Mother, is it because of Uncle's attack on our country of Yan?"

Empress Dowager Yan was slightly startled, and then she stared at the palace servants accompanying Little Yan King with stern eyes, murderous intent overflowing in her eyes.

"Who is talking nonsense in front of the king?"

When Empress Dowager Yan got angry, the entire hall immediately fell to her knees.

King Xiaoyan pulled Queen Mother Yan's sleeves, and pleaded: "Mother, it's not what they said, but the widows overheard it. Don't blame them, mother."

The Empress Dowager Yan looked at the pleading eyes of the little man in her arms, her heart had already melted, and her original anger was thrown behind the clouds, and she said coldly: "It is the kindness of the king, get out, all go outside Take twenty sticks!"

After a while, bursts of screams of pain sounded outside the hall.

The Empress Dowager Yan took the little King Yan to sit down, and said to the little King solemnly: "The king is the king of a country, and you must not be misled by these servants. Looking at the world today, the conquests of various countries This is normal, even if it is a country of in-laws, it cannot be avoided. Moreover, Lord Chang has already led his army to resist the Zhao army's offensive, and the Zhao army will retreat soon, so there is no need for the king to worry."

Little King Yan was relieved after hearing these words, but after a while he said: "Mother, since King Zhao is the widow's uncle, why can't the two countries of Yan and Zhao work together to fight the powerful enemy together? "

Empress Dowager Yan was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Your Majesty does not know that Zhao is the most powerful country in the world. Even if Yan wants to fight against a powerful enemy, it can only form alliances with other countries to fight against Zhao."

King Xiaoyan nodded half-understood, and suddenly said: "The queen looks very tired, why don't you go back and have a rest first. Please rest assured, the queen, when the widow grows up, the queen will not have to worry about state affairs, nor will she be like this tired."

Empress Dowager Yan's eyes suddenly became hot, and a warm current flowed through her heart, accompanied by a bit of sadness.

What a wonderful child, if he can grow up, he will definitely be a very promising king who is destined to be famous in history books.

But is there really still time for him to grow up safely until he is in charge of this country?

What the Empress Dowager Yan didn't know was that it wasn't just the menacing Zhao people who didn't want the little King Yan to take charge of the country, there were also many Yan people who were in Jidu at this moment, and even attended the court meeting just now .

Still in that secret room, Cai Niao's eyes were fierce, and he said to several colleagues in front of him viciously: "After today's court meeting, you must have seen it? The Queen Mother only trusts Le Jian, no matter what it is. They only care about Le Jian's feelings, and even such a big matter has to be decided by asking Le Jian! Could it be that in this huge Yan Kingdom, apart from Le Jian, there is no one who can share the worries of the king? People can't do it?"

As soon as Cai Niao said these words, the other ministers of Yan State inevitably had complicated expressions.

After a while, someone whispered: "Anyway, I have already made up my mind to surrender to the King of Zhao, so what does it matter to us whether the Empress Yan trusts Lejian?

Someone asked again: "Cai Qing, how is your contact with Zhao Guoren?"

Cai Niao let out a hey, and said in a low voice: "The Zhao people's request is very simple. If you can help Zhao Jun take Jidu, then everyone can be regarded as a meritorious minister. If you can't take Jidu, then Just ask for blessings."

Immediately, someone said angrily: "Zhao Guo is deceiving people too much. Could it be that if we can't help them take down Jidu, they can't count as surrender?"

The ministers of the Yan State felt uncomfortable. If they had always surrendered to the enemy, they had made a lot of promises of high-ranking officials and generous salaries. As a result, it was good to surrender to the Zhao State this time. .

This Jidu is the capital of the Yan Kingdom for hundreds of years. Even now, there are [-] elites sitting here. How can it be easily breached?

Cai Niao sighed, and said: "This is to vote for a certificate, you also need to know that the present Zhao State is the most powerful country in the world, even without our help, it would be a waste of time to win Jidu. "

Some people are still not convinced: "Waste a little more time, maybe the battle will be reversed! Could it be that King Zhao is so confident?"

Cai Niao shrugged his shoulders, and said: "Even last year's six kingdoms' conquest of Zhao was defeated, but you said that King Zhao has nothing to worry about now. Could it be that he is still worried that the five kingdoms' conquest of Zhao will fail?"

As soon as Cai Niao said this, everyone fell silent.

Last year, when the six countries attacked Zhao aggressively together, they were completely defeated by the Zhao country. Everyone knew that even if there were another five countries to attack Zhao, it would be impossible to shake the Zhao country.

Cai Niao saw that everyone was silent, so he said: "Everyone, the situation is stronger than others. Today's Zhao State is confident. If we can't make some achievements, I'm afraid that the day when Zhao Jun breaks the city will be true." I'm going to be a prisoner like everyone else. Everyone's family has a lot of benefits in the country of Yan? If the whole family is uprooted by Zhao people because of this, the loss will be really big!"

Cai Niao's words obviously hit the weakness of these ministers. In fact, the reason why these ministers were willing to surrender to Zhao State was mainly because they hoped to protect their family's interests in Yan State by surrendering. The life gate and death spot.

After a long while, someone said with great difficulty: "It's not that Cai Qingru doesn't know that the walls of Jidu City are thick and easy to defend, and there is no one among us who holds military power, even if he wants to help If the state of Zhao breaks the city, there is nothing that can be done."

Cai Niao frowned, obviously he didn't have a good solution, but he still said: "Anyway, we still have to discuss a charter."

Not to mention, under the thoughtful thinking of these Yan State ministers, they really came up with a few ideas.

"Since there are still tens of thousands of elites in Jidu, we might as well suggest that the Empress Dowager send troops to fight. As long as the Empress Dowager dares to send troops to fight, the Yan army will definitely be defeated!"

"But in this way, it will not show our usefulness at all! How about this, we have hundreds of customers in several houses, and there are three to 4000 people in total. When the time comes to gather at night and suddenly attack the north gate, as long as we open it The North Gate is done!"

"This plan is too dangerous! From my point of view, it's better to connect with other ministers. Anyway, when Zhao Guo's army besieges the city, there must be many people who are panic-stricken. It's time to draw them over!"

In the end, Cai Niao made a decision: "We will first connect with some reliable people secretly, and then find a way to persuade the Queen Mother to send troops to fight. If the Queen Mother refuses, then we will suddenly rise up when Li Mu is besieging the city, and we will cooperate with Li Mu from inside and outside. Everyone, whether we will still be able to have glory and wealth after Zhao Guo destroys Yan is all up to this point, and please be careful not to let the wind leak!"

As the night darkened, several unremarkable carriages quietly drove out of Cai Niao's mansion and gradually went away.

A watchman passed by knocking on his clapper, the sound of Dangdang broke the silence, and then slowly disappeared in the night.

Chapter 8 The Siege of the City (First Change)

The battle report from Jidu was an out-and-out torture for Le Jian.