Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Several Yueshi Xihou looked at each other, although they felt a little upset, but no one expressed any objection to King Yuezhi's order.

But on the other side of the prairie, in the Donghu royal court, there was a different scene.

King Donghu sat in the big tent with a big horse and a golden knife, his black hair was tied into two small braids and placed behind his head, and a pair of small eyes shone with light, staring at Luan Da who was kneeling respectfully in front of him. He Zhen smiled and said, "Nephew, I just heard that you became the Zuo Xian King of the Huns. I didn't expect your father to die so quickly, hahaha!"

The Xiongnu have been paying tribute to Donghu for these years, so as the "master" of Donghu, they don't think highly of the Xiongnu. What's more, after Luan Hezhen's defeat, he only fled with a few hundred people in a hurry. Naturally, the King of Donghu would not Give him a little face.

The Donghu king's words caused the Donghu nobles next to him to burst into laughter, and Luan Danhezhen also blushed.

When escaping, Hezhen played a trick, letting his subordinates escape to the west under his own banner, but he quietly led hundreds of guards all the way east, and fled to Donghu to ask for help.

Since he was asking for help, he could only bear with how angry he was.

He Zhen knelt on the ground and respectfully said: "Honorable Donghu King, this time I not only brought my woman and good horse to present, but also brought you countless livestock, slaves and wealth!"

It's really not the first time that Luan Hehe has dealt with King Donghu. The king on the grassland never tells you anything false.

King Donghu, who was drinking, paused for a moment, glanced at the young woman beside him who was the wife of King Zuo Xian of the Huns not long ago, and said with a smile: "Your woman is indeed beautiful, and this king will also have a good taste of her tonight .

But livestock and slaves?

As you are now, how much can you give me? "

Luan Hezhen saw his woman flattering around King Donghu, and wished he could get up and kill the hateful guy in front of him with his sword. However, Hezhen also knew that revenge must be the most important thing at this moment, so he endured the humiliation and continued to speak.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the people of Zhao State have been seriously injured after the fierce battle with us Huns, and the prairie occupied by the Huns has no owner.

As long as the king is willing to lead the Donghu elite cavalry westward to defeat Zhao Kuo, then the entire land belonging to the Huns will belong to the Donghu, and the king will become the real overlord of all the tribes on the entire grassland! "

Chapter 601 I will go meet Zhao Kuo for a while

After hearing Luan Hezhen's words, King Donghu narrowed his eyes again.

A few years ago, due to a Qin Kai from Yan State that defeated the Donghu, the Donghu people had to abandon the previously occupied Liaoxi and return to the eastern grassland.

However, as Yan State was repeatedly defeated in the war with Zhao State in the past few years, Donghu people also repeatedly invaded Yan State, and began to recover a lot of vitality.

Originally, Donghu wanted to continue to attack Yan, but after the news of the victory of the Yan-Qi coalition in the Battle of Jidu, Donghu King immediately gave up this option.

In terms of the geographical location of Donghu, North Korea in the east is full of mountains and mountains that are not suitable for cavalry, not to mention Siberia in the north, and the Yan Kingdom in the south is also immobile, so the eyes can only turn to the Xiongnu in the west.

After learning the news that the Xiongnu went south to invade Zhao State last year but was defeated, Donghu King was already ready to move. This time, he convened the Donghu Tribal Alliance to prepare for the attack on the Xiongnu.

It's just that the king of Donghu didn't expect that he hadn't sent troops here yet. The Huns over there first broke out in civil strife and then Zhao Kuo took over his hometown. Even Luan Youliu, who had just become Shan Yu, was finished.

Now, instead, it is Luan Hezhen, the wise king of the left of the Huns, who has come to ask the Donghu people for help in "restoring the country".

Thinking of this, Donghu King felt a little funny, but also secretly raised his vigilance in his heart.

King Donghu said slowly: "Hezhen, it's not that this king doesn't want to help you. Zhao Guowu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is a first-class famous general in the world. Although this king is the wolf king on the grassland, he may not be ashamed when facing him. There is a chance of winning."

After King Donghu's words fell, many nobles of Donghu showed surprised expressions on their faces.

People on the grassland are actually very straightforward, whoever is strong will be the king.

Under the guidance of such an atmosphere, King Donghu admitted in public that "it may not be possible to defeat Zhao Kuo", which is simply a slap in the face.

Hearing the words, Luan Hezhen shouted in his heart that something was wrong, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Kuo may indeed know how to lead troops, but the main reason why he was able to defeat us Xiongnu was because there were traitors among us Xiongnu. Plus my father was defenseless.

Now that the Zhao army is victorious, Zhao Kuo will definitely be intoxicated by the victory. If the king leads the Donghu cavalry and divine soldiers to appear in front of him, Zhao Kuo will definitely lose. Please also learn from the king! "

Before King Donghu could speak, a young Donghu nobleman had already stood up, and said in a low voice, "Father, didn't the people of Zhao Kingdom just lose to Yan Kingdom two years ago, why should we be so afraid of this Zhao Kuo? "

This Donghu nobleman is none other than Qixie, the eldest son of King Donghu.

King Donghu stared at the Donghu nobleman and shouted: "Qixie, what do you know?

Yan people also deserve to be compared with Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo?

This person is the most famous general among the Chinese vassals, and this king has to think about it carefully. "

When King Donghu got angry, the others fell silent and stopped talking.

King Donghu waved his hand at Luan Hezhen, and said impatiently: "You go down first, this king will naturally tell you when he makes a decision."

Luan Danhe had no choice but to back down.

Time passed day by day, and Luan Danhe really didn't get any answer from King Donghu, which made him very anxious, and couldn't help but begged to see King Donghu, but was turned away.

The disheartened Luan Hezhen returned to the camp, gathered everyone and was about to leave Donghu, but at this moment, one of Hezhen's subordinates gave him an idea.

"Why isn't King Zuo Xian like this?" He Zhen listened, his eyes began to light up.

In the next few days, Luan Dan Hezhen began to have close contacts with Qixie, the eldest son of King Donghu, and the two quickly became friends under Hezhen's deliberate flattery.

A few days later, after a drink, Qi Xie began to vomit bitterness to He Zhen.

"Father doesn't like me at all. He only likes my younger brother. My younger brother will also inherit the Donghu royal family in the future. I'm afraid I will be sent to Beihai as a herdsman by then!"

Unlike the Huaxia princes in the Central Plains who prefer the eldest son inheritance system, the grassland system is dominated by the youngest son inheritance system. In this regard, Qixie has no advantage as the eldest son of King Donghu.

He Zhen nodded repeatedly, expressing empathy, and then gave Qi Xie an idea after getting drunk.

"Prince Qixie, we prairie people use bows and arrows to win everything by ourselves. Since it is impossible for the king to pass on the throne to you, why don't you simply take the lead and take the throne into your own hands?

He is really not talented, and he is willing to lead the way for the eldest prince! "

Qi Xie was shocked when he heard this sentence, he directly pulled out the dagger from his waist and put it on He Zhen's neck, and said in a low voice, "Are you crazy, you want to provoke the relationship with my father?"

Although life and death are at stake, He Zhen didn't change his expression: "I thought the eldest prince was a hero who wanted to unify the grasslands, but I was wrong. It turns out that the eldest prince is just a coward."

Qi Xie sneered and said, "Don't think that I don't know your idea, you just saw that your father is unwilling to help you restore the country, so you put your idea on me, right?"

He Zhen's back was covered in cold sweat, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, he smiled slightly and said: "The eldest prince is right.

But He really wants to ask, is there any conflict between the restoration of the Xiongnu and the eldest prince's succession to the Donghu throne?

As long as the eldest prince is willing to help the Huns, the Huns will always be the most loyal subordinates and comrades-in-arms of the eldest prince! "

After a while of silence, Qi Xie put down his dagger and smiled.

"Hezhen, the prince really saw you right, you are a man!"

A few days later, at the Donghu Tribe's annual grand meeting, Qixie, with the help of He Zhen, sent soldiers to assassinate Donghu King on the pretext of paying tribute to the treasures of the Central Plains.

After the death of King Donghu, Qi Xie immediately dispatched troops with several tribes that he had secretly contacted in advance, wiped out the forces loyal to King Donghu in one fell swoop, and killed all Qi Xie's younger brothers.

In a pool of blood, Qi Xie formally accepted the worship of the leaders of Donghu tribes, and became the new king of Donghu.

After succeeding to the throne, Qixie immediately announced: "The Xiongnu have always been under the protection of my Donghu, and now that the Huns are in trouble, how can Donghu, as the suzerain, ignore it?

This king will act as an all-powerful soldier to wipe out every Zhao cavalry on the grassland, and help the Xiongnu restore their country!Didn't Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo claim to be the No.1 general in the world?

This king is going to meet Zhao Kuo for a while to see if he is worthy of his name! "

As Qixie's first battle after succeeding to the throne, its importance is unquestionable, so Qixie almost exhausted the entire Donghu army, organized a total of [-] cavalry, and marched in the direction of the Xiongnu royal court.

Chapter 602 It's time to deal with Zhao Kuo's forces in Handan

Handan City.

A carriage slowly drove into the gate of Lin Xiangru's mansion.

As an important minister of Zhao Guo, there are not many people who are qualified to drive the carriage directly into Lin Xiangru's mansion, and Le Cheng is definitely one of them.

Le Cheng walked into the lobby and found that Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen were already present.

The three of them greeted each other and exchanged a few pleasantries, and then the impatient Le Cheng started to get down to business.

"Xinjun, Zhou Qing, can we start attacking Zhao Kuo's forces?"

When Lin Xiangru heard this, his expression was startled: "Do you want to attack Wu Xinjun?"

Le Cheng nodded vigorously, with an emotional expression on his face: "Zhao Kuo has been away from Handan for more than half a year, and some time ago he took the initiative to lead an army to Mobei, and now there is no news.

This is the time when Zhao Kuo's faction has no leader, and it is also the best time to attack Zhao Kuo's forces! "

Le Cheng is undoubtedly the one who is the most malicious to Zhao Kuo among all the important ministers of Zhao Kuo. Who made Zhao Kuo slap him in the face a few times in the past and it really hurt Le Cheng too much?

Lin Xiangru remained silent.

Le Cheng continued to persuade: "Xinjun, Zhao Kuo confidently led [-] soldiers to the north, but the whereabouts of the Huns have always been erratic, and the royal court is a place that we and other Xia have never known.

It would be good if Zhao Kuo didn't get lost on the vast grassland, but it would be wishful thinking if he wanted to fight the king's court or even annihilate the main force of the Huns!I wait for this time to launch an attack on Zhao Kuo's subordinates. On the one hand, Zhao Kuo will have no chance to refute at all. "

Le Cheng's words were resounding. After being defeated by Zhao Kuo's men in many political struggles, the great Sima also learned to be smart, and conceived a plan that he thought was very good.

When Zhou Shaofen heard it, he couldn't help screaming in his heart that something was wrong.

Le Cheng's plan sounds really reliable. If it is really implemented, wouldn't Wu Xinjun be in big trouble?

Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but said: "Le Qing's words are indeed reasonable, but now that Mr. Wu Xin is going out for the country, we are secretly dragging him behind. Will it be harmful to our reputation? ?”

As long as Zhao Kuo is still in the territory of Zhao State, Zhou Shaofen will not take the risk to speak, but now that Zhao Kuo is in Mobei and does not know when he will return, Zhou Shaofen feels that he should do something.

Zhou Shaofen's words were supported by Lin Xiangru, and Lin Xiangru said: "Zhou Qing's words are quite reasonable, Le Qing, although we are fighting with Wu Xinjun, we are fighting for power, not life and death.

In the final analysis, both we and Wu Xinjun hope that Da Zhao will become stronger, but they each have different methods of making Da Zhao stronger.

Now that Lord Wu Xin is away fighting for the sake of Great Zhao, we should wait for a while and wait until Lord Wu Xin returns to make a fuss. "

After Zhou Shaofen and Lin Xiangru finished talking, Le Cheng's expression became very gloomy, and he knocked heavily on the table: "Xinjun, Zhou Qing, what time is it, are you still thinking about what's there?

Our goal should be to remove Zhao Kuo by all means, and then think about other things! "

For Le Cheng, killing Zhao Kuo is the most important thing.

It's a pity that Zhou Shaofen and Lin Xiangru did not support Le Cheng, so after a quarrel, Le Cheng walked out of the lobby angrily and went back home.

After Le Cheng left, Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen looked at each other with worried expressions.

Lin Xiangru sighed, and said, "Le Qing's behavior is really exactly the same as that of Yu Qing and Grand Master Han back then."

Zhou Shaofen shook his head, and said: "A gentleman does something, and he doesn't do something. Le Qing's behavior violates the way of a gentleman."

Lin Xiangru nodded, suddenly coughed heavily, and took a long time to recover.

Zhou Shaofen asked with some concern: "Xinjun, are you alright?"

Lin Xiangru let go of his hand covering his mouth, bloodshot eyes could be seen in his palm.

This well-known and virtuous minister of Zhao State sighed again: "I'm old, I'm afraid I won't live long."

Le Cheng returned home angrily, lost his temper, and smashed the things in the study.

"Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen are really short-sighted people. No wonder they have been suppressed by Zhao Kuo for so many years. They deserve it, it's ridiculous!"

Just as Le Cheng was cursing, there was a knock on the door.

Le Cheng was very dissatisfied and shouted: "What's the matter?"

Outside the door, Le's confidant said weakly: "Patriarch, Lord Pingyuan sent someone to send an invitation card, inviting you to visit Lord Pingyuan's mansion!"

"Mr. Pingyuan?"

Le Cheng was stunned.

Lord Pingyuan and Le Cheng are not from the same faction, even Lord Pingyuan and Lin Xiangru were political enemies for a long time in the past.

But "whatever, since Lin Xiangru doesn't want to listen to the old man, it doesn't matter if the old man goes to see Mr. Pingyuan!"

In the afternoon of that day, in Mr. Pingyuan's mansion, Le Cheng and Mr. Yuan sat opposite each other and drank.

The smile on Mr. Pingyuan's face seemed quite sincere: "Le Qing, come and drink a few more jugs!"

Mr. Pingyuan is obviously very concerned about this banquet. There are all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, and the fragrance of fine wine and delicacies wafts in the air at the same time.

However, Le Cheng didn't have much appetite, but frowned and put down the bamboo stick in his hand, and said, "What is the purpose of Mr. Pingyuan looking for this old man, can we talk about it now?"

Mr. Pingyuan laughed, and said: "Ye Qing is really quick to speak, since that's the case, then the Marquis will not hide it.

Benhou heard that this morning, Le Qing had a conflict with Xinjun and Zhou Qing because of Wu Xinjun's affairs? "

Mr. Pingyuan's words immediately surprised Le Cheng.

Mr. Pingyuan's intelligence network is so amazing, what just happened in Lin Xiangru's mansion can be uploaded to Mr. Pingyuan immediately?

Looking at Le Cheng with an uncertain face, Mr. Ping Yuan's smile became more and more cheerful: "Le Qing, don't get me wrong, this Marquis is not trying to do anything that is not good for Le Qing.

Ben Hou just wanted to say that if Le Qing wanted to attack Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's forces, then Ben Hou would be very willing to provide some help. "

Le Cheng was really surprised: "Mr. Pingyuan is willing to help the old man deal with Mr. Wu Xin?"

Mr. Pingyuan laughed loudly and said, "Le Qing, the reason why Mr. Wu Xin is now leading the army in the north is not the result of our cooperation?"