Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

What stopped Xiang Yan was a rather ordinary-looking city guard squad.

Where is Xiang Yan in the mood to talk nonsense with these ordinary city guards at this time?

Immediately said coldly: "Get out of the way for this general, this general has urgent matters to enter the palace to meet the king.

If you miss the military plane, ten of your heads are not enough to cut off! "

Xiang Yan originally thought that the city guards would just disperse, but unexpectedly, the commander of the city guards laughed and said, "General Xiang Yan, you left your post without authorization, why don't you come with us."

After finishing speaking, the city guards immediately surrounded him.

Xiang Yan froze for a moment, then suddenly became alert.

He fled all the way back from Juyang City, using the fastest speed, even the Zhao people's cavalry couldn't catch up with him, how did these city guards know?

Xiang Yan subconsciously reached out to touch the long sword at his waist, but unfortunately he was too tired from running around all the way. Although he was already vigilant in his heart, his body's reaction was slower.

With a bang, Xiang Yan was hit in the back of the head with a sap, and fell slowly to the ground.

The city guards looked at each other and quickly dragged Xiang Yan away, leaving only a horse standing in the middle of the street in a daze.

A moment later, in an unremarkable small house not far away, Li Si looked at Xiang Yan in front of him and let out a sigh of relief.

"I finally caught you, but I almost missed it."

It is impossible for Sima Shang's cavalry to chase all the way to Shouchun City, but the messenger sent by Zhao Kuo can enter Shouchun City unimpeded all the way with Li Yuan's token.

Originally, Xiang Yan's speed was of course faster, but he was delayed for a while at the gate of the city. This short time difference just gave Li Si a chance.

The embassy where Li Si is located is located on the only way to the palace from the west gate of Shouchun. After receiving the letter, Li Si decisively asked the nightingale guards around him to pretend to be the guards of the city of Chu. Just as he went out, he happened to meet Xiang Yan who was coming. .

If Li Si came out even half a minute late with someone, he could only watch Xiang Yan walk away.

"It seems that I, Li Si, deserve to make a great contribution!"

When Li Si thought of this, he couldn't help but feel complacent.

After regaining his composure, Li Si whispered to Nightingale's subordinates beside him, "Get ready for the carriage, we will leave Shouchun City immediately!"

This is not Li Si's greed for life and fear of death, but Zhao Kuo's order.

Zhao Kuo is about to lead the army to surround Shouchun City. If the king of Chu gets angry and kills the envoy of Zhao Guo to vent his anger after hearing the news, then Li Si will be finished.

Zhao Kuo was not willing to let a talent like Li Si die in this place for nothing.

On the carriage leaving Shouchun City, Xiang Yan slowly woke up.

Xiang Yan, who just woke up, felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, and couldn't help moaning.

Li Si's voice reached Xiang Yan's ears: "General Xiang Yan, you finally woke up."

Xiang Yan opened her eyes with some difficulty, and saw Li Si.

As Zhao Guo's resident envoy stationed in Chu State, Li Si also visited Xiang's mansion, so of course Xiang Yan also recognized Li Si.

Xiang Yan was a little shocked, but immediately came back to her senses: "It's you!"

Li Si smiled slightly, nodded and said, "It's me.

Our master wanted to see you very much, so he took the liberty to offend you. "

When Xiang Yan heard this, she immediately became angry: "You, despicable!"

Li Si laughed and said, "Despicable?

No, no.

Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that soldiers never tire of cheating!General Xiang Yan, if you, as a general, can't even figure this out, then it can only be said that you did lose for granted.

excuse me! "

After finishing speaking, Li Si directly stuffed a cloth ball into Xiang Yan's mouth, making Xiang Yan speechless.

Xiang Yan struggled desperately, but at this moment, he was already tied up, unable to move at all.

Soon, after showing the badge of Uncle Li Yuan, the carriage swaggered out of Shouchun City without any interrogation, and disappeared into the night.

Xiang Yan disappeared, but several of his followers were still there.

The attendants who returned to Xiang's mansion quickly reported the news to Xiang's Patriarch, and when Xiang's Patriarch didn't find Xiang Yan's return until midnight, he immediately entered the palace to meet the King of Chu.

Regarding this, the King of Chu was naturally astonished: "Xiang Yan?

The widow did not hear anyone report that he came to see the widow. "

Patriarch Xiang suddenly felt something was wrong.

At this moment, King Chu was keenly aware of another question: "Wait, you just said that Xiang Yan thinks that Zhao Kuo will attack Shouchun City?"

This question is undoubtedly crucial, and the Patriarch of the Xiang family could only suppress his worries about his son and replied: "Yes, judging from the words of Xiang Yan's followers, Juyang City has already been conquered.

Zhao Jun is now going all the way south along Yingshui, and he can reach Shouchun in only a day or two at most! "

After hearing the news, the King of Chu was really stupid. He sat down on the ground and didn't recover for a long time.

After a while, the King of Chu shouted angrily: "Where is Juyang City, why did Zhao Kuo attack Juyang City all of a sudden?

Where's Mr. Chunshen, and where's Jingyang?

What are these guys doing with the widow's army! ? "

Faced with King Chu's roar, Patriarch Xiang was speechless, and he was also full of doubts.

King Chu took a deep breath, calmed down, and said slowly, "Where is Xiang Yan?"

The testimonies of several entourages are actually not very reliable.

At this time, King Chu really wanted to see Xiang Yan and get real information.

Patriarch Xiang: "" Patriarch Xiang came to the palace to see the king of Chu to see if Xiang Yan was there. Now the king of Chu asked Patriarch Xiang in turn. How do people answer this?

The king of Chu issued an order: "Hurry up, use all your strength immediately, and find Xiang Yan!"

Since Xiang Yan was not found, although King Chu was very worried, under the persuasion of other ministers, he decided to temporarily observe the situation in Shouchun City.

In the eyes of these ministers of the Chu State, Shouchun City has a thick city defense. Even if Zhao Kuo leads the troops to attack, the Zhao army, which is full of cavalry, has nothing to do with Shouchun City.

Conversely, if King Chu escapes from Shouchun City at this time, Zhao Kuo, who is full of cavalry, can easily catch up with King Chu in the wild, and that is the real court of death.

There is no doubt that this is a very serious misjudgment.

The reason for such a misjudgment is that the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Kingdom in Shouchun City did not know that Zhao Kuo had explosives, a powerful weapon that could target the city walls, in his hands.

Originally, Xiang Yan could tell the monarchs and ministers of Chu these things, but unfortunately Xiang Yan has been robbed by Li Si.

As for the attendants brought by Xiang Yan, because they are really soft-spoken, and Xiang Yan's sudden and constant causes these attendants to be listed as suspects, and no one will believe their words.

Before he knew it, the fate of Shouchun City was actually doomed.

The next morning, Zhao Kuo met Li Si and Xiang Yan.

Zhao Kuo patted Li Si's shoulder and said with a smile, "I've read your previous plan, it's very good!"

What Zhao Kuo said was not Li Si's credit for catching Xiang Yan, but Li Si's plan to "overthrow Chun Shenjun".

Sure enough, this person always has to push him a bit, so that he can unleash his full potential.

Zhao Kuo's exaggeration immediately made Li Si feel as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for the compliment, my lord. By the way, I also caught Xiang Yan."

Zhao Kuo snorted and said with a smile: "This is even better, I have wanted to see him for a long time.

Come on, bring Xiang Yan up here. "

A moment later, Xiang Yan, who was tied up by five flowers, walked into the tent under the push of two Chi You soldiers.

Zhao Kuo looked at Xiang Yan, and found that this was a young man in his twenties, with a tall figure and very handsome facial features.

It is said that southerners are generally not as tall as northerners, but Xiang Yan is undoubtedly an outlier among southerners.

Even though she was a prisoner, Xiang Yan still looked dissatisfied, especially after seeing Li Si.

Zhao Kuo laughed: "Come here, untie General Xiang Yan."

Xiang Yan was immediately untied.

Zhao Kuo pointed to the seat in front of him: "General Xiang Yan, sit down and talk."

Xiang Yan didn't sit down immediately, but moved her wrist and asked Zhao Kuo a question: "Mr. Wu Xin, the distance between you and me is so close, are you not afraid that I will suddenly violently attack you?"

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing: "I believe General Xiang Yan, you are not that kind of person."

Zhao Kuo didn't say the second half of the sentence. If Xiang Yan really did that, then the person who died must be Xiang Yan.

These words made Xiang Yan's expression much better, and said: "Mr. Wu Xin is indeed worthy of being a famous military god, but frankly speaking, your vision for choosing your subjects is really not very good."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yan glared at Li Si again, the meaning was self-evident.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing out loud: "Actually, Li Si also ordered General Xiang Yan to come over to have a chat, following the orders of this Marquis."

Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of disbelief: "Mr. Wu Xin, don't be joking. Xiang Yan is just an ordinary general. How can he be favored by Lord Wu Xin?"

If it is in later generations, then Xiang Yan is naturally a big figure in the history of Chu State.

But now, the big man who really stands at the top of the world is Zhao Kuo, and Xiang Yan is just as he said, an ordinary general of Chu State.

Zhao Kuo smiled lightly and said, "Frankly speaking, I think General Xiang Yan will have a bright future, so I hope you can join our country of Zhao and serve under the Marquis.

If you are willing, your achievements should hopefully catch up with Li Mu in the future. "

Li Si on the side was shocked after hearing what Zhao Kuo said.

It is not difficult to hear from these words that Zhao Kuo thinks that Xiang Yan's level should be worse than Li Mu's.

Who is Li Mu?

That is Zhao Kuo's number one favorite general, the current general of Zhao Guo!And what about Xiang Yan?

Just an ordinary Chu general.

Zhao Kuo actually thinks that Xiang Yan has a chance to catch up with Li Mu, which is simply an incomparable compliment to Xiang Yan.

Even Xiang Yan himself was taken aback and looked at Zhao Kuo in disbelief.

Yes, even today's Xiang Yan doesn't think he can be compared with Li Mu, who is the general of Zhao Guo.

Xiang Yan solemnly bowed to Zhao Kuo: "Thank you Wu Xinjun for your compliment, Xiang Yan was rude just now, please forgive me.

It's just that since Xiang Yan is a native of Chu, she should be loyal to Chu, so how can she betray her motherland?

So please don't mention this matter of allegiance again.

If you feel that Xiang Yan is really reckless, please execute Xiang Yan directly. "

Zhao Kuo looked at Xiang Yan with a proud face, and couldn't help admiring him a little more.

It's not that Zhao Kuo is bragging, but with Zhao Kuo's current reputation, there are very few people who can talk in front of Zhao Kuo without changing his face. do it.

This swallow has an aura that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, but it makes Zhao Kuo feel like seeing himself ten years ago.

Zhao Kuo chuckled, and thought to himself, you Xiang Yan, this marquis is really about to be decided!

Chapter 1054 Zhao Kuo wants to bet with Xiang Yan

Some people may ask, this Zhao Kuo already has a talent like Li Mu under his command, why does he need this Xiang Yan?

The answer has actually been answered by a great man in later generations.

"What is the most important thing in the 21st century?

It's talent! "

In fact, whether it is the 21st century or today's second century BC, what is most needed will always be talents.

Considering the current era, war-type talents are very popular.

For other vassals, maybe he felt that it was almost enough to destroy the six kingdoms.

For an eternal emperor like Qin Shihuang, it is okay to go south to destroy Baiyue, and then go north to drive away the Xiongnu and occupy Hetao.

But for Zhao Kuo, is this enough?

Far from enough!

The Qin Dynasty is indeed the first unified dynasty in China in history, but how big is the Qin Dynasty?

Just over 300 million square kilometers.