What came was not any of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, nor were the dependent tribes of the northern part of Yan State, but from the Jizi Korean Kingdom on the Korean Peninsula to the east of Yan State.

Jizi North Korea is a very interesting country.

From the perspective of the Zhou Dynasty, this country was founded by King Wu of Zhou, the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. It should be considered as the ranks of the Zhou Dynasty princes, that is, a member of the "Chinese people".

But the problem is that Jizi Korea has never fulfilled its responsibilities as a prince to the Zhou emperor, and there has never been any document that can prove that this country has accepted the title of the Zhou emperor.

Therefore, it seems reasonable to say that it is not a member of the Zhou dynasty.

The reason why I am so entangled is that Ji Xuyu, the founding king of Jizi North Korea.

Ji Xuyu was called Jizi because of his title as a viscount.

He was the uncle of King Zhou of Shang, the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty. He served as the Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty (some say a few years before the demise of the Shang Dynasty), he brought a group of people to the Korean Peninsula and established the Jizi Korean Kingdom.

From this point of view, Jizi Korea is actually a country with a long history as the Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, decades ago, Jizi Korea was once a country with a territory comparable to the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

However, under the attack of the general of Yan State, Qin Kai, who defeated the Donghu, Jizi North Korea lost western Liaodong and was forced to surrender to Yan State and become a vassal of Yan State.

However, since then, as Yan State is weak, Jizi's disobedient heart has naturally grown up again. In recent years, he has not paid tribute to Yan State at all, and has only maintained his nominal dependent relationship with Yan State.

Even so, when Yan State was attacked by Zhao State, Lejian sent an envoy to Jizi North Korea as soon as possible, asking for help from Jizi North Korea.

After all, they are all alive and die, and everyone they see has to ask for help.

Regarding this, Jizi's contemporary monarch Jirun and Prince Ji Xing had differences.

The king Ji Run believed that the life and death of Yan State had nothing to do with Jizi North Korea, so he did not intend to rescue Yan State.

Prince Ji Xing believed that once the Yan State was destroyed, Zhao's military forces would advance to Pan Manhan, that is, Jizi North Korea's border. Therefore, Jizi North Korea and Yan State were actually in a relationship of losing their lips and cold teeth, and they must resolutely assist Yan State at this time.

But it is obvious that the young prince could not have been able to resist his father in such matters, so in the early stages of the war, Jizi and North Korea kept watching the situation and did not provide any assistance to Yan State.

Although I have long heard of the famous Zhao State, Jizi North Korea has been in the border area for a long time and does not have a very intuitive understanding of the strength of Zhao State.

In the eyes of most people in Jizi, including the monarch Jirun, Zhao State is just like the overlords of Jin, Qi, Chu State and other countries back then. They may be temporarily at a loss for decades or even one or two hundred years, but they will eventually become weak.

Although Yan State was weak, it was one of the seven major warring countries after all, and it would not be destroyed so easily.

But reality gave Jizi a loud slap in the face.

Li Mu unexpectedly conquered Jidu. Empress Dowager Yan and King Yan fled to Liaodong. She was in a difficult city while sitting in the battle. The whole situation took a sharp turn. Yan State seemed to have no power to fight back in front of Zhao State.

When all this news reached Pyongyang City, Jizi's country in North Korea finally began to feel a little panicked.

All signs show that Yan State is likely to really destroy the country.

Jizi North Korea does not want its neighbors to become the strongest country of Zhao from Yan.

So with the strong persuasion of Prince Ji Xing, the king Ji Run finally agreed to Ji Xing's proposal and asked him to lead 50,000 troops over Pan Manhan and come outside Xiangping City.

"Fifty thousand Jizi North Korean army?" Li Mu was somewhat hesitant after hearing the news.

Although Li Mu is very confident in his cavalry, the problem is that the combined North Korean troops and the troops in Xiangping City are already three times that of Li Mu's troops.

So under Li Mu's order, Zhao State withdrew the encirclement of Xiangping City, allowing Ji Xing to successfully lead the army into Xiangping City and meet with the Yan army inside.

Yiqusheng was very dissatisfied with Li Mu's decision: "It's just 50,000 North Korean savages. As long as the armored cavalry charges, they will collapse. Why are you so cautious?"

Li Mu shook his head slowly: "Jizi North Korea has been dealing with the Donghu people for many years, so he must have some experience in dealing with cavalry. If it is a hasty attack, it would be bad. It is better to observe it first before making a decision."

For such a country that has never been fought before, although Jizi and North Korea have been beaten by Yan over the years from the historical record, Li Mu is still unwilling to take it lightly.

After all, time is on the side of Zhao State.

As time goes by, Zhao State will inevitably have more and more troops outside Xiangping City, and Li Mu has no need to rush for a moment.

And in Xiangping City, there is another situation.

The arrival of reinforcements undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the Yan State military and civilians in the city. It was like a drowning man suddenly saw a ship on the water surface and was moving towards him quickly. Everyone had the idea of ​​holding on to this life-saving ship.

Under such considerations, even in the wartime, a grand enough dinner was held in Xiangping City. The Empress Dowager of Yan and the King of Yan, who had just recovered from serious illness, attended the dinner to welcome the arrival of the North Korean prince Ji Xing.

Ji Xing is twenty-five years old this year, which is the young and promising age.

In the past two years, Ji Xing led Jizi's North Korean army to two consecutive northern expeditions, defeating Gao Yi and Yu Fa, and pushing Jizi's North Korean border to the north for hundreds of miles.

This is a very energetic prince.

God is jealous, so such a man with high spirits is destined to suffer some disasters.

In this Xiangping City, Ji Xing encountered the greatest disaster in his life.

Love disaster.

When Ji Xing first saw Empress Dowager Yan, his heart seemed to no longer belong to him.

At the dinner party, Empress Dowager Yan's clothes were not frivolous, they were very luxurious and dignified. Even if they were fleeing, even if they were besieged by the enemy, their gentle and grand attitude that came from their bones still made everyone look at them.

Ji Xing is addicted.

To be fair, Ji Xing is not a lustful person. He has a wife and two concubines in Pyongyang City. Compared with his 23 wives and father Wang Jirun, Ji Xing is definitely quite conservative in this regard.

In terms of age, Empress Dowager Yan, who is over thirty years old, is several years older than Ji Xing, and it is not a match for the two of them.

But Ji Xing was still addicted.

Love is never because of age, identity or anything else.

At least for this prince Ji Xing, love is just love.

After this day passed, Ji Xing inevitably fell in love.

Of course, it's just one-sided.

For Ji Xing at this time, any country or war is no longer important. What is important is that the beauty in front of her can favor her.

In the following days, Ji Xing would enter the temporary palace in Xiangping City almost every day to seek the meeting of the King of Yan, and after a brief meeting with the King of Yan, he turned to "please" the Queen Mother of Yan.

Perhaps it is because the reinforcement army in Ji Xing's hands is too important to Yan State, or perhaps it is because it is a good thing to have a handsome young man accompanying him to talk. In short, in the following days, you can often see Empress Dowager Yan and Ji Xing sitting opposite each other and talking.

Half a month has passed again.

Queen Mother Yan did not agree to Ji Xing's request, nor did she satisfy Ji Xing's intentions, nor did she have any rudeness, nor did she even say anything to Ji Xing with the word "love". However, the love heat in Ji Xing's heart not only did not go out at all, but burned even more violently.

What you can't get is always in a stir.

Ji Xing's subordinates were not without understanding people. Several generals advised him many times, but there was no result. Instead, they received Ji Xing's punishment.

Finally one day, Ji Xing couldn't bear it anymore and expressed her love very boldly.

At that moment, Ji Xing clearly saw the anger from Empress Dowager Yan.

It was also at this moment that Ji Xing suddenly felt that he was facing the legendary divine beast Phoenix. This divine beast was beautiful, but once he got angry, the endless flames would swallow everything in front of him.

But this feeling flashed and was so fast that Ji Xing echoed many times afterwards that what she felt might be just an illusion.

By the time Ji Xing came to her senses, Empress Dowager Yan had already stood up and left the place.

Before leaving, Empress Dowager Yan only left one sentence.

"Crown Prince, the old woman is now dedicated to the hope that the king can grow up safely and allow Yan Kingdom to last forever. For this goal, the old woman can give everything."

This sentence completely ignited Ji Xing's enthusiasm.

So the next day, a letter of war was delivered to Li Mu, the Zhao army camp outside the city.

"The decisive battle tomorrow!"

Li Mu couldn't help laughing when he looked at Ji Xing's handwritten book.

"This Ji Xing, I didn't expect that she is quite gentlemanly."

Yiqiusheng snorted, and seemed very dissatisfied with Ji Xing's behavior: "Silly guy! The real prairie wolf should silently catch the enemy off guard when launching an attack. The prairie wolf that makes a long roar in advance reminds the enemy only exists in the delusion of the family! By the way, you don't want to avoid the battle, right?"

Of course, Li Mu would not choose to avoid the war.

After the confrontation for half a month, the Zhao army's cavalry and the Korean army had many attempts to confront each other, which gave Li Mu enough understanding of the Koreans.

So Li Mu quickly wrote a reply letter with only one word on it.

"war!"
Chapter completed!