In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

As Zhao Wuxie said, the four ministers of the state of Jin were in civil strife. The Zhi family, the Han family, and the Wei family fought a siege in Jinyang and the Zhao family for nearly a year. The land bordering the country is all the land of the Zhao family, and the soldiers of the Zhao family who used to guard the border were all gathered in Jinyang by Zhao Wuxie.

Conservative Xie Ji Chiu led the [-]th army of the Yan State to the city. Ji Chiu ordered the defenders to open the city and surrender in his capacity as the king of the Jin State. Those who were willing to open the city and surrender were easy to say, but those who refused to surrender, one word— -beat.

Today, almost 20 years have passed since Yan State moved to the country. Yan State’s treasury is rich, armored soldiers are ready, the population has doubled, and various reward mechanisms such as military meritorious titles have been added. The accumulation of 20 years has poured down like a flood. Sweeping all directions, no one can stop it.

As the results of the Yan army expanded day by day, envoys sent by Han Zhaowei also came to the Yan army, intending to test the intention of the Yan State to send troops this time.

The envoy's rhetoric is very simple, and it can be summed up roughly as follows: my country Jin and your country Yan are allies, why do you suddenly attack our country Jin without even saying hello.

At this time, I have learned to serve people very grandly and said: "I serve people with the blood of the surname Ji, and the state of Jin is also of the blood of the surname Ji. As far as the Zhou family is concerned, the king of Jin is the uncle, and I serve the people with the blood of the surname Ji." It is only right and proper for people to help the uncle to put down the rebellion and suppress the rebellion of the king."

The envoy listened to the convincing words, but wanted to tangle with his tongue, and he ignored the convincing people, and directly threw the envoy back to Han Zhaowei to reply.

After receiving the letter from the envoy, Han Hu and Wei Ju were furious. Jin has been dominating for too long, so that the officials and nobles of Jin have become accustomed to being "dominant", accustomed to being proud, and accustomed to being superior. Even though the situation is not good at this time, the pride in his bones is still there. How can Yan Guo's arrogant attitude not make Jin Guo Shangqing, who is used to beating others and forcing people to beg for mercy, to be angry.

At this time, Han Hu, the patriarch of the Han clan, was still somewhat anxious in anger. The fiefdoms of the Zhao clan, the Han clan, and the Wei clan were actually arranged in order from north to south. In the process of attacking the southwest, the bordering land of Zhao was attacked first, followed by the land of Han. When the envoys who had gone to negotiate peace with Lord Yan returned, Han Hu received troops from Han who also had several cities captured by the Yan army. Reported, so Han Hu was really anxious.

Unlike Han Hu, Wei Ju is more afraid than anxious, because although Wei Ju does not directly border Yan State, there are Zhao Han in the north as a buffer to resist Yan State, but the south of Wei is the Zhi family He and Han Hu counterattacked and killed Zhiyao. The entire Zhi family was very sad and indignant when the patriarch was killed. Staring at it, Wei Ju didn't feel any less relaxed than the Han family who was facing Yan's attack.

Compared with Han Hu and Wei Ju, Zhao Wuxie, who has lost the most land at this time, has been very calm since he received the messenger's reply. Looking at Han Hu and Wei Ju, he said: "Yan Guo, Yan Jun obeys people, He intends to seek hegemony, he wants to replace my Jin country as the hegemony."

Zhao Wuxie's words almost pierced through Yan Guo's intentions, and made Han Hu and Wei Ju, who were anxious, panicked, and angry at this time, light up, as if they understood something.

Han Hu was taken aback for a moment, then said, "What does Zhao Qing mean?"

Zhao Wuxie's expression was very flat, and his voice was also very flat, and said: "Whether it's a person or a country, the stronger the forbearance, the wider the conspiracy. The whole country of Qi fought over Yanshan Mountain and fled to the Northeast. The nearly 20 years of forbearance and striving for strength are similar to the situation of Gou Jian, the former Yue State. The homeland of the country?"

Hearing this, Wei Ju understood somewhat, and said, "You mean?"

Zhao Wuxie said: "I know that as long as there are arrangements on the way for the first king to escape, but the first king was safe in the end, and he was able to reach the country of Yan safely. At this time, the Yan country is attacking under the banner of helping the first king to suppress the rebellion. , the princes did not come back to help us, and the foreign aid has been cut off. In fact, in the final analysis, whether it is to rob the late king halfway or help the late king to suppress the rebellion, they are all excuses and means. Similarly, they want to replace the hegemony of our Jin State, garrison our land, rob our people, let our Jin State be defeated, and let us bow our heads to them."

Zhao Wuxie's voice was very flat, with almost no ups and downs, and no extreme emotions, but it made Han Hu and Wei Ju's backs shiver. Once again, these two people thought of the past years when Qitai and Xia Yu debated. , I also thought of Xia Yu's heart-breaking words that day-the state of Jin can't expect another Zhao Zhifu to come out and turn the tide when the mountains and rivers are broken.

Han Hu was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "I am a tiger with little virtue and little knowledge. At this time, I am willing to entrust Zhao Qing to govern the Jin Kingdom and do my best."

Han Hu's words were so abrupt that Wei Ju was taken aback for a moment, but immediately, Wei Ju understood what Han Hu meant, and immediately said: "I am also willing to serve Zhao Qing as the ruler, at my command."

Hearing what Han Hu and Wei Ju said, Zhao Wuxie slowly glanced at them, his eyes calm, and said, "I'm not my father, and I don't have my father's abilities."

Hearing this, Han Hu smiled wryly and said: "Wuxie, don't talk to us anymore. I don't know if you have Uncle Zhao's skills, but I definitely don't have one. In this situation, you always have to Someone has come out to take charge, if we Han, Zhao and Wei can't hug each other at this time, I'm afraid it's really a big deal."

Wei Ju nodded when he heard Han Hu's words, and said, "Zhao Qing, don't refuse modestly. At this time, hey, you are always better than me." Very wry smile.

Zhao Wuxie lowered his eyes slightly, and then said: "The two are really at your disposal?"

Han Hu and Wei Ju nodded together and said, "Don't dare to keep your promise."

Zhao Wuxie nodded and said: "Okay, Wuxie is invited by Erqing to be in power. Now I will issue my first ruling order. The Han family will broadcast ten seats in the cities connected to the Zhao family. Give it to Mrs. Zhao."

Han Hu was stunned when he heard this. This...well, once the rulers of the Jin Kingdom have been in power, they have been seeking benefits for their own families. This is also a tradition for hundreds of years. Modestly evade, but once Han Wei verbally promises, he will immediately ask for the land, which is too...

Zhao Wuxie didn't pay attention to Han Hu's ugly face at all, and continued lightly: "My second executive order," and paused, Zhao Wuxie lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the case. The wooden box on the table said, "I, Zhao Wuxie, who is in charge of the Jin Kingdom, personally led the soldiers of the Zhao family to the north to fight a decisive battle with the Yan army."

When these words came out, Han Hu and Wei Ju were taken aback for a moment, and then Wei Ju couldn't help asking, "How many people do you plan to bring?"

Zhao Wuxie replied calmly: "Twenty thousand."

Wei Ju said in disbelief: "Twenty thousand? The Yan Army has 15 people!"

Zhao Wuxie looked down at his palm, his voice was still emotionless, and said: "I know, but 2 people is the limit of our Zhao family's ability to send troops. A few years ago, our Jin country was still fighting, especially in Jinyang. In the siege battle, the soldiers that my Zhao family can muster and can still fight are only these 2 soldiers, and the rest I will stay to guard Zhao's land."

When Wei Ju heard this, he was shocked instantly. Zhao Wuxie wanted to keep the remaining troops of the Zhao family to guard Zhao's land. Who was he guarding against?Of course it is Han and Wei!

Han Hu and Wei Ju had just expressed their support for Zhao Wuxie's succession and left him at his disposal. Zhao Wuxie immediately expressed his distrust and guard against the two of them. Wei Ju should have been angry, but he was not only angry. When I think about it, I feel a little bit of sadness. The infighting among officials and ministers in the Jin Kingdom for more than a hundred years has almost always been like this. The fate of being annexed and wiped out during the internal strife, so that the situation has reached such a point that when Zhao Wuxie wants to draw Zhao's soldiers to go north to fight to the death, he has to be distracted to guard against Han and Wei.

Was Zhao Wuxie wrong?What really makes Wei Ju feel sad is not Zhao Wuxie's defensiveness, but Zhao Wuxie's defensiveness is correct. His strength was exhausted, so even if Wei Ju could control himself and keep his promise not to attack the Zhao family, what about his son?Faced with a very weak Zhao family who owns a large city and feudal city, can he bear it and not embezzle it?Even if his son can bear it, what about the Han family?What about other countries?If I promised not to annex these fiefs out of affection, would I turn my back on Wei when others annexed Zhao's land and population and became stronger?

Scholars work for their families, and nobles earn money for their families, which is the reason for the decline of Jin. Otherwise, what awaits them will only be death.

Han Hu also came to his senses at this time. Zhao Wuxie asked him for the city just now, in order to take Zhao's soldiers northward and desperately compensate Yan Guo. After all, Zhao's northern land lost a lot of city land. Now that the Zhao family is going to fight the Yan people desperately, it is right for the Han family behind him to take out part of the land.

Before Han Hu could speak, Zhao Wuxie spoke again, saying, "My third executive order is that the Han family and the Wei family immediately gather all forces to attack the Zhi family."

After Zhao Wuxie said this, Han Hu finally realized that the big trouble of the Zhi family was still there. During this period of time, they were worried about the military newspaper in the north and the Yan people going south, but they actually ignored the Zhi family in the south.

Zhao Wuxie said indifferently: "We killed Zhiyao and divided up the main force of the Zhi family. We have already been in conflict with the Zhi family. There is no possibility of reconciliation. The Yan people are not stupid, Yan Jun is not stupid, and neither is Xia Yu. Stupid, the people of the Zhi Clan are not stupid either, if they unite at this time and attack from the north and the south, our three clans of Han, Zhao and Wei will become the turtle in the urn."

Zhi Clan's fiefdom is in the southernmost part of Jin State, and Yan State is in the north of Jin State. Han Hu and Wei Ju heard Zhao Wuxie's flat analysis, and their backs were covered with cold sweat.

Zhao Wuxie continued: "My fourth administrative order is to immediately send envoys to Qi State to encourage Qi State to go north to attack Yan."

Upon hearing this order, Wei Ju frowned, and said, "Will the Qi State help us? We have always been at odds with the Qi State. We just finished a fight. Will the Qi State Council help us?"

Zhao Wuxie said: "Qi State and Jin State are in conflict, of course they won't help us, but Qi State and Yan State are also deadly enemies. Take back the homeland and defeat the Qi army. Both Jin and Yan are the mortal enemies of Qi. Now we send envoys to Qi. What we have to do is let Qi go to fight Yan, the mortal enemy, instead of turning around and attacking us. Jin. "

Wei Ju frowned even tighter, and said, "This...even though that's the case, will Qi really be fooled?"

Zhao Wuxie looked down at his palms and said, "I don't know, but if Qi State also joins the ranks of attacking Jin State..." Zhao Wuxie didn't say what happened next, but Han Hu and Wei Ju understood.

After promulgating these three ruling orders, Zhao Wuxie organized his army to prepare for war. He ordered the soldiers of the Zhao family. If both father and son are in the army, the son will stay and the father will return. If the brothers are in the army, the brother will stay and the younger brother will return. Only [-] elite troops were left, and most of them were cavalry, who went north to fight against Yan.

When they went there, neither Han Hu nor Wei Ju noticed that Zhao Wuxie took away the wooden box containing Zhiyao's head.

Zhao Wuxie's order spread to Wei, and Wei Si, Wei's successor at this time, immediately sent Li Kui and his younger brother Wei Wuji to come to discuss.

For so many years, although Weiss is still the heir, but many things of the Wei family have gradually been handed over to him. Weiss has also fully demonstrated his talents and managed Weiss in an orderly manner. The people live and work in peace and contentment. The virtuousness of Wei's heir, and Li Kui's help is indispensable in this good governance performance.

At this time, Wei Si circulated Zhao Wuxie's order and his father's letter to Li Kui and his younger brother Wei Wuji. After reading it, Li Kui looked worried and said: "My Wei family is connected with the Zhi family. During this period of time, There have been a lot of news. Since Zhi Yao received the news of Zhi Yao's death, the Zhi family has been very sad and indignant. Under the leadership of Zhi Yao's son Zhi Kuan, they gathered all their forces to defend day and night, and prepared to resist desperately. This... mourning soldiers It is difficult to win, if we attack Zhishi at this time, the loss will be great."

Wei Wuji returned the letter in his hand to his eldest brother Weiss, and at the same time he heard Li Kui's words, his expression also showed worry, and said: "Although that is the case, but I have to, just as Zhao Bo said, if we don't attack the Zhi family In this situation, we, Han Zhaowei, are likely to be caught between the north and the south, and become the shackles in the urn."

After hearing Li Kui and Wei Wuji's words, Wei Si didn't express his opinion immediately, but changed the subject, saying: "There is one more thing, father sent us a letter asking us to find an envoy to go to Qi."

Li Kui frowned even tighter, and said: "It's difficult. If you want to say that the Qi State will attack Yan instead of Jin. At this time, our situation in Jin State, hey, I really can't help Qi State from attacking again. This envoy must be selected." Be cautious and be able to take on great responsibilities.”

Wei Wuji glanced at Li Kui and then at Wei Si, and said, "Brother, does someone already choose?"

Weiss said: "There is a man. Thanks to him these past few years, talents from the state of Chu have no time to go north to harass me in the state of Jin."

Having said that, Li Kui immediately came to his senses and said, "You mean, Shen Zili?"

Weiss didn't look happy or angry, and said: "In the past few years, there have been more Shen Zili, Chu's internal turmoil has been frequent, and the Yue State has repeatedly invaded the Chu State. The people of Chu have no time to go north. My Wei land has also benefited a lot from this."

Hearing Weiss' words, Li Kui sighed in his heart, Weiss has really grown up, from saying "I don't like Shen Zili" to him in the past when he would get angry, now he respects Shen Zili as a teacher, and employs people without liking them. Actually, there is a bit of a king's appearance faintly.

For so many years, the Wei family has not been the most powerful family among the upper eunuchs of the state of Jin. Zili has a large amount of gold and silver. Although people often report to Weiss that Shen Zili is extravagant and dissipated, and spends the property that Weiss donated to him, Weiss can do it and never asks how Shen Zili spends it. Money, respect as always, is actually suspicious of people not using it, and employing people is not suspicious.

In fact, Li Kui didn't know exactly how Shen Zili acted, but he knew that over the years, Shen Zili had spent a lot of money, whether it was assassination or bribery, or secretly burying nails to sow discord. People and those small southern barbarian countries have some changes. For example, something will happen at home, and then the plan to make trouble will be ruined. Therefore, Weiss said that the people of Chu country have not had time to go north to harass me in Jin country these years. Zili's help.

Wei Wuji heard Wei Si talking about this, and said, "Brother, you want to send Shen Zili into Qi? People in Qi, especially Tian Xiang and Tian Shu, hate him to death. This... If Shen Zili is sent as an envoy Qi, can you come back alive? Shen Zili knows that he may go to die, will he be willing?"

Hearing Wei Wuji's words, Wei Si turned his eyes to Li Kui, and recommended himself to Li Kui, saying seriously: "He will, Shen Zi is far from him, greedy, lustful, and afraid that the world will not be chaotic, but he is a scholar after all, and a scholar is a confidant." Death, death will not betray the Lord, Shen Zili, he is a scholar after all."