Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Soon King Yan knew why, because the soldiers guarding the city at Jidu had already seen the banner representing the Chang Kingdom.

An hour later, in the palace city of the Yan Kingdom, Le Jian respectfully knelt down to King Yan, and said loudly: "I am late to save you, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

King Yan laughed out loud, he lifted Le Jian up with his own hands, and said very affectionately: "Your Majesty Chang's words are very unreasonable.

If Lord Chang hadn't returned in time this time, I really don't know how to deal with the thousands of damn Zhao soldiers outside the city." Le Jian couldn't help but change his expression when he heard the words, and couldn't help but open his mouth to King Yan Said: "Your Majesty, is it just a few thousand Zhao Jun cavalry who have been besieging Jidu these days? "

King Yan was stunned for a moment, looked at Le Jian inexplicably, but still nodded and said: "It is true that there are only a few thousand Zhao cavalry.

At the beginning, the widows also thought there were many, but then they exposed it.

But don't tell me, even if it's the thousands of Zhao cavalry, the widow's strength in Jidu has nothing to do with them. "

Le Jian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "My lord, I'm afraid I'm going to ask the king again."

A bad premonition began to appear in King Yan's heart, and he couldn't help but say, "Mr. Chang, what do you mean by this sentence?"

Le Jian told the truth about his hesitation and entanglements in the past few days to King Yan, and then smiled wryly: "Since Zhao Kuo's main force is not in the direction of Jidu, Zhao Kuo should be the main force with Zhao Jun's cavalry. Went to the side of Wuyang City.

Now that so many days have passed, I am afraid that the situation in Wuyang City is already in danger. "

King Yan was stunned immediately when he heard the words, and after several seconds, he showed a very forced smile and said, "That's not necessarily the case.

After all, Wuyang City is also the lower capital of our country of Yan. After it was taken back a few years ago, it underwent a new renovation. It is not a very simple matter for the tens of thousands of cavalry under Zhao Kuo to conquer Wuyang City. . "

Le Jian nodded slightly, sighed and said, "I also hope that's the case."

But at this moment, a minister of the Yan Kingdom rushed into the hall in a hurry, and reported a news that King Yan and Lejian absolutely didn't want to hear with a panicked expression.

"Your Majesty is not well. I just got the news that Zhao Guowu Xinjun Zhao Kuo has led a cavalry to conquer Wuyang City, the capital!"

This news flashed from the sky like a thunderbolt, and the duo of King Yan and Lejian were stunned speechless.

After a while, King Yan couldn't help but let out a wry smile.

"This Wu Xinjun is indeed worthy of being the No.1 general in the world!"

Chapter 673 Wu Xinjun Wins Again

The monarch and ministers of Yan State looked at each other in blank dismay.

King Yan couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chang, what should we do now?"

Le Jian: "" Le Jian at this time is actually very painful.

Because he just made a misjudgment and was played around by Zhao Kuo.

At this moment, it seems inappropriate to say anything.

Le Jian's lips trembled a few times, and he finally made a sound: "My lord, in this current battle situation, our army has completely fallen into a passive state.

From the point of view of the minister, I am afraid that the intervention of other princes is needed. "

Yan Wang: "" Yan Wang is actually not very accepting of Le Jian's statement.

Doesn't the need for other princes to intervene mean that Le Jian has already admitted that he is not Zhao Kuo's opponent?

But the problem is that if he really wants to find someone in Yan Kingdom or even the entire Chinese world who can be Zhao Kuo's opponent, King Yan finds out that there is really no one.

After a while, King Yan finally managed to control his mood a little bit, and said lightly: "Actually, the envoys sent to ask other princes for help have already set off, but I just don't know what the effect is now."

Le Jian nodded, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, before getting new results, I will definitely divide up troops to garrison other cities, and I must not let Zhao Kuo continue to be rampant!"

Handan, King Zhao's Palace.

Another court meeting is underway.

The Empress Dowager suddenly said, "What's the situation on Wu Xinjun's side?

Haven't heard from him for several days. "

The eyes of Zhao Guoda Sima and Wu Dingjun Le Cheng flickered slightly, and said: "Queen Mother, the old minister feels that Wu Xinjun's side may have fallen into a stalemate."

It is understandable for Le Cheng to make such a judgment. After all, in Le Cheng's view, it is indeed difficult for [-] Zhao cavalry to defeat the Yan and Donghu coalition forces that are three times their own.

Pang Nuan, Zhao Guoda's pedestrian, sneered, and said: "If some people hadn't insisted on obstructing the support of Wu Xinjun, Wu Xinjun might have won the victory at this moment."

This sentence was obviously referring to Le Cheng, so Le Cheng's face immediately changed, and he sneered: "Pang Qing, your words are meaningless.

The old man has already told you that even if you really want to send troops to support Wu Xinjun, the current supporting troops will not even be able to leave Handan at a normal speed! "

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Queen Mother Zhao couldn't help but frowned, and said lightly: "Okay, don't quarrel anymore.

Since there is no new news from Wu Xinjun, we just wait for his news. "

Le Cheng couldn't help but sneered and said, "What the queen mother said is very reasonable, but now it seems that some people seem to be too afraid of the failure of his allies."

Just when Pang Nuan was about to continue speaking, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly broke the peace in the hall.

Eunuch Ling of Zhao Guo walked into the hall and said to the queen mother: "The queen mother just received the battle report from Wu Xinjun, please read it."

As soon as this person came out of everyone's eyes, he immediately fell on the thin piece of paper on Eunuch Ling's body. Everyone knew that Zhao Kuo's battle situation in the past few days was written on that paper.

The queen mother took a deep breath, and said to the eunuch order: "You can just read it out."

To be honest, the battle reports sent from Zhao Kuo all the time are quite thrilling.

Although the queen mother felt that Zhao Kuo might still win this time, just in case, she decided to listen to the news with others.

Eunuch Ling heard the words and naturally accepted the order, and then unfolded this military report.

After looking at it for a while, the eunuch Ling's face obviously showed a surprised expression, and then he opened his mouth and read: "The minister Zhao Kuoqi played the queen mother and the king: the minister ambush and killed more than 3000 Donghu bandits at the pass of the Dama Mountains a few days ago. People, especially to the Queen Mother.

Please rest assured, the Queen Mother, I will continue to lead troops into the territory of Yan State, and must take back Wuyang City and other cities that were previously occupied by Yan State. "

Although this battle report was very short, it set off a huge wave in the hearts of Zhao Guojun and his ministers in the main hall.

Le Cheng's eyes widened without confidence, and he lost his voice: "This, how is this possible?

What Wu Xinjun faced was a total of [-] Yan troops! "

At this moment, Le Cheng once again had very serious doubts about his ability to lead the army.

Why can Zhao Kuo win more with less every time he leads troops and horses with fewer enemies and more enemies?

Could it be that this person is really blessed by God?

Seeing Le Cheng's mournful expression, Pang Nuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Pang Nuan said mockingly: "The old man just heard some people say that someone is in a hurry.

Now, from the old man's point of view, someone is really anxious, and very anxious! "

Pang Nuan's words were undoubtedly aimed at Le Cheng's words just now. Hearing them in Le Cheng's ears directly made Le Cheng's face turn green and pale, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing Le Cheng's expression, the queen mother couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Among other things, the Empress Dowager, as the current actual ruler of Zhao State, naturally hopes that Zhao State can win.

Therefore, the Queen Mother undoubtedly has a considerable degree of dissatisfaction with Le Cheng's previous statement that he directly ignored the interests of Zhao Guo in order to exclude political opponents.

The queen mother said indifferently: "Le Cheng Da Sima, you have to be careful with your words in the future.

After all, Wu Xinjun is fighting for our great Zhao. Even if you can't help him, at least you shouldn't hold back Wu Xinjun. "

This criticism from the queen mother was very serious, Le Cheng had no choice but to stand up, and said to the queen mother: "What the queen mother taught me is that I know I was wrong."

Although admitting mistakes is an admission, Le Cheng is actually very annoyed in his heart.

Originally, I tried all kinds of methods to cut off Zhao Kuo's reinforcements, but I never expected that even under such circumstances, Zhao Kuo could still win more with less, and even wiped out the Donghu rebels directly. Military department.

At this moment, Le Cheng couldn't help but want to ask Le Jian, his nephew in Yan Kingdom.

"Are you going to fight?

If you don't know how to fight, you might as well just abdicate and make way for Xian! "

At this moment, an official in charge of diplomacy hurried in and whispered something in Pang Nuan's ear.

Pang Nuan's face changed slightly and he stood up, and said to the queen mother: "The queen mother just got the news that the envoys of Qi and Wei have arrived in Handan.

They hoped to meet the queen mother to discuss the truce between Da Zhao and Yan. "

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the hall couldn't help showing unexpected expressions on their faces.

Le Cheng's expression changed first, and then a burst of joy suddenly rose from his heart.

Since Zhao Kuo's victory seems unstoppable, it is better to simply push for a peace negotiation.

Chapter 674 Qi Wei Hopes for Peace

An hour later, the Empress Dowager received envoys from Qi and Wei in the main hall of Congtai.

The envoy of the State of Qi saluted the Queen Mother respectfully, and said: "The Queen Mother, this time I came here at the order of my king, because of the ongoing war between your country and the country of Yan."

The Queen Mother looked calm, and said: "Yan Guo instigated the rebellion of the Great Zhao Donghu people, and brazenly sent troops to support the Donghu people's rebellion, it is only natural for the old lady to ask Wu Xinjun to send troops.

Why, could it be that the current state of Qi is so domineering that it wants to interfere in Da Zhao's internal affairs? "

The envoy of Qi State laughed: "The queen mother is joking.

Your country is the hegemon of the world, and only your country has ever interfered in the internal affairs of other countries. How can there be any reason why other countries dare to interfere in your country?

It is naturally very abominable for the Yan State to incite the Donghu people in Donghu County of your country to rebel, and we fully agree with your country sending troops.

But now that the Donghu rebels have been completely wiped out by your country's Wu Xinjun, it's time for this war to end, isn't it? "

The queen mother said coldly: "Since the country of Yan has chosen to launch a war, it will naturally have to pay some price. Otherwise, wouldn't any cat or dog dare to challenge the majesty of Zhao in the future?"

The envoy of the State of Qi said: "The foreign ministers have heard that what a true hegemony pays attention to is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Over the years, your country has repeatedly fought foreign wars to expand its territory, and many countries, including our Daqi, have suffered greatly from it.

Everyone knows that with the strength of the country of Yan, it is impossible to fight against your country, and sending troops to Donghu is just a self-protection strategy of the people of the country of Yan.

From the perspective of the minister, if the Queen Mother can let the Yan Kingdom survive at this time, then the Yan Kingdom will definitely be grateful to the Queen Mother, and will regard your country as its suzerain in the future and will not dare to betray.

If the queen mother continues to let Wu Xinjun oppress the country of Yan, does the country of Yan have other options besides going to the dark side and fighting against your country to the end?

Isn't it a good choice that the queen mother can turn a sworn enemy country into a loyal servant country with a single thought? "

It has to be said that the eloquence of the envoy of the Qi State was excellent, and after some eloquence, the kings and ministers of the Zhao State who were present couldn't help but feel that "what he said seems to be quite reasonable".

The queen mother pondered for a while, and said: "The envoy should go down and rest first, and let the old woman discuss with Zhuqing before making a decision."

The envoy of Qi State smiled and retreated, and the silent envoy of Wei State also retreated. Everyone knew that Wei State was actually pulled by Qi State to support the situation, so it was not surprising.

After the envoy retreated, the Empress Dowager looked around at the crowd and said, "What kind of opinion do you have?"

Le Cheng was the first to speak: "Queen Dowager, I think peace can indeed be negotiated.

Otherwise, as the envoy said, Da Zhao would be regarded as an enemy by all the princes.

Although the current Dazhao is strong enough, if faced with the alliance of the six vassal states, Dazhao still cannot resist. "

Le Cheng also figured it out, since I can't stop you, Zhao Kuo, from continuing to make contributions, then I will make your contributions smaller, is that okay?

Seeing this, Pang Nuan couldn't hold back immediately.

Pang Nuan's ally, Zhao Kuo, is now fighting in the country of Yan. If the war ceases at this time, wouldn't it mean that Wu Xinjun fought for a long time before killing a wave of Donghu rebels, and he didn't teach the people of Yan country at all?

This is obviously not acceptable.

Pang Nuan immediately stood up and said, "Queen Mother, the old minister thinks this is not good.

Who is Qi Guo?

It's just a defeated general who was just defeated by Da Zhao, and even the king was captured by my Da Zhao.

If Qi State sent an envoy to ask Da Zhao for peace talks and we agreed immediately, then the old minister would like to ask, is Da Zhao the overlord or Qi State is the overlord?

For the sake of the overlord Zhao's face, it is impossible for us to succumb to Qi's diplomatic pressure! "

Pang Nuan is also a smart person. He knew that if he explained his point of view from Zhao Kuo's point of view, it might arouse the empress dowager's fear, and the result would be counterproductive, so he directly chose from the point of view of Zhao Kuo's overlord, from the face of Zhao State. Explain the matter.

Sure enough, after listening to Pang Nuan's words, the queen mother who had already begun to waver and wanted to ask for peace hesitated again.

It's not impossible to talk about peace.

But Dazhao is the most powerful country in the world, so how can there be any reason for Qi and Wei to force peace talks?

Le Cheng looked at the Queen Mother's expression, secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "What Pang Qing said is very funny. It is obvious that Qi and Wei came to Handan to intercede, and the Queen Mother is kind. For the sake of letting Yan Guo go, what do you mean by forced peace talks?

Besides, regardless of whether there is peace talks or not, the strength of Dazhao lies here. Could it be that other countries say that we are not number one in the world, so we are not number one in the world?