Wusui, Zhongshan Royal Palace.

Although Zhao Jia is the king of Zhongshan, he actually only controls the two cities of Zhongshan County. Over the years, Zhao Jia has never forgotten the hatred of the country's demise. He tried every means to improve his strength and find a way out. Zhao Jia and Yan Dan are both kings who are threatened by Qin and can realize their shortcomings. However, there are also great differences between them.

Perhaps because Zhao State has been destroyed, although Zhao Jia also wanted to restore Zhao State, he would not fight against Qin State head-on like Yan Dan. He had a clearer understanding of himself. His purpose was not to restore the country in a short period of time, but to preserve Zhao State's bloodline in order to make the future. Yan Dan just wanted to withstand the attack of Qin State and prevent Yan State from being destroyed. It is precisely because of different ideas that the strategies implemented by the two are also different.

Zhao Jia did not put too much thought on the governance area, nor did he seek any reforms. He probably regarded this place as his temporary location. For more time, he was still recruiting all kinds of talents. Zhao Jia also issued a recruitment order. Anyone with a skill can be valued from him. Zhao Jia himself has a good eloquence. Through these means, he quickly gathered a large number of talents around him.

His life was quite simple, and all his energy was spent on recruiting talents.

Yan Dan focused all his energy on the reform. Sitting in the palace, Zhao Jia almost jumped up when he heard the ministers report on the situation of Yan State. He was really angry and couldn't speak. Yan Dan's reforms forced the Liaodong Hu people to rebel, and the Liaodong Hu people asked for help from Qin State. If they waited for them to come, it would be great... Zhao Jia was cold all over. Looking at the ministers in front of him, he said: "The Qin people will never miss such a good opportunity. If the Qin people want to attack Yan State, they will definitely attack us first."

Of course, the ministers understood this truth. At that moment, everyone's faces were pale, and some ministers couldn't help but curse: "Yan Dan is a six-grained valley!! If you want to die, you have to kill Zhongshan Kingdom and die together!" The ministers started to curse. Yan Dan's behavior was indeed very stupid, but the first one was the Zhongshan Kingdom, which did nothing. When people were sitting at home, disaster came from heaven, so the ministers naturally couldn't help but exude fragrance.

Zhao Jia waited until the ministers vented their anger and said, "I still have to find a way to solve this problem."

“What should I do?”

A minister stood up and said, "Zhongshan is not the enemy of Qin. This time, Qin's attack on Yan State is likely to use Wucheng Hou as a general. At that time, Wucheng Hou came with a 100,000 army. None of us is his opponent. We can only escape... Taking advantage of the chaos in Yan State, we can escape towards Liaodong, escape outside Liaodong, find land suitable for farming, and wait for opportunities..."

The ministers were not surprised. After all, Zhongshan Kingdom started running since its founding. From Handan to Wu Sui, who was not shitty, and following Wu Sui to the more remote Liaodong, there was almost no difference... They set a lot of escape routes early to make it easier for them to escape from danger at any time. A trace of unbearance flashed across Zhao Jia's face. He looked at the ministers in front of him and sighed.

The ministers remained silent, and Zhao Jia said, "I am not reluctant to give up wealth or worry about the journey... I cannot bear to let the people and many elders suffer. I have to leave this time, and I don't know when I will come back... Leaving my hometown, going to the bitter and cold land, and joining the barbarians... I really can't bear it."

"Let me do this, those who are willing to leave will definitely take you to your destination alive and take out your own food to treat and reward. Those who are unwilling to leave will not blame you. I can distribute travel expenses so that they can go back, from the people to the soldiers, and then to the masters, this is true." Zhao Jia said seriously.

As soon as he spoke, the ministers couldn't sit still. One of them stood up and said, "Don't you look down on us because of our low background or our lack of ability. If you treat us like a sage, we will definitely treat you like a sage. Please don't say such things again. We are all willing to follow you. Wherever you are, we will be!"

Zhao Jia almost burst into tears. He helped the minister in front of him up and issued an order to leave.

Zhongshan Kingdom is about to run away again, which is not good news for the people, and the destination is Yan Kingdom. Even so, not many people are willing to leave, because most of those who come here with Zhao Jia admire his character, or are not tolerated by Qin Kingdom. For example, like gossips and lobbyists, they can only follow Zhao Jia. Zhao Jia prepared for seven or eight days before leaving Wusui with the people who are willing to follow him and rushed to the direction of Yan Kingdom.

They want to go north and avoid the Qin State's edge.

On the road, the people were rushing to the road with their heads down. The soldiers followed around in frustration. Zhao Jia even stood back and looked at the land of Zhao State behind him and cried several times. He really couldn't bear to leave his hometown and his country, but he had no choice but to stay here and wait for death. His soldiers were no more than 30,000, and he had no way to resist the Qin people. In this way, Zhao State's troops left Wusui in a mighty manner, and he also took away all the supplies in the city.

And at this time, Yan Wang Dan hid in the palace and almost went crazy.

His eyes were red and his body was sloppy. He could not see his past appearance at all. He killed his prime minister... It was his insistence on rewarding the Hu people abroad, and it was his confident thinking that the Hu people's army in China was not worth mentioning. Every time he remembered the instructions before leaving, he felt unbearable.

The initial reform was very smooth, and Yan State did capture a lot of land. Huo suggested that Yan Dan would discount the land outside the border into money and materials to reward the soldiers who fought, because these lands were not suitable for farming and grazing, and it was almost useless. If the soldiers were forced to move there, it would cause great trouble. Yan Dan still remembered the prime minister who tried to persuade him, but the king of Yan State seemed to have a kind of stubbornness in his bones.

Yan Dan wanted to solve the current crisis and open up territory to defend Yan State. Therefore, he ignored the persuasion of the prime minister and stubbornly rewarded the Hu people in the country outside the border, wanting to turn this into the future retreat of Yan State. The tragedy happened like this. The Hu people thought they would not receive fair treatment. They were very angry and gathered together to insult the king. Only then did Yan Dan realize the mistake he had made.

Huo persuaded him again that he could stop the rebellion by sending a few people to appease the Hu people and avoiding the previous orders.

However, Yan Dan thought that these Hu people were unreliable and talked about Qin all day long. Sooner or later, he would be a big trouble, so he asked the Prime Minister to attack these Hu people.

Before Huo left, he was full of despair. He explained his funeral and then led his army to attack. He encountered the extremely strong resistance of the Hu people. The Hu people were very angry. At that time, they surrendered helplessly because of the dual force of Yan and Donghu. However, in the following decades, they suffered humiliation. Every time they fought, they were dragged out to die. Every time they were corvee service, they were the first to be conscripted, and the officials did not regard them as human beings.

The merchants deceived their finances, even the migrant Yan people, also pointed at them and were disdainful everywhere.

They thought that the emergence of the military merit system could change their destiny. As long as they could make more military merits, they could enter the core of Yan State, just like the Qiang and Di people of Qin State. Unfortunately, they fought for several years and finally received unfair treatment. They fought bloody battles with the Donghu on the front line, while the local Yan people watched from the rear and did not rescue them, just wanted to see the Hu people and dogs bite their dogs.

In the end, they defeated the enemy, and the local Yan people were rewarded, but they were punished.

The Hu people in Liaodong were furious. In the war with the prime minister, they became more and more brave and clamored for revenge. They wiped out the King of Yan's army within two hours. Huo was unwilling to be captured and committed suicide in the army... Yan Dan lost his support and was expelled to the capital by the Hu people. He relied on the height of the capital to block the rebels... Yan Dan was on the verge of collapse at this moment. He ignored the army outside the city and hid in the palace all day long.

When the minister forced himself into the palace, he saw Yan Dan who was almost crazy in front of him.

"Shangjun... Qin State has sent troops, and the leader is Wang Jian, who leads 200,000 troops from Zhao and Wei, is heading towards Yan State..."

"Twenty-hundred thousand?" Yan Dan seemed to be stimulated by this number. At that moment, he laughed, "Why does it take so many troops to destroy Yan State?" The minister was silent. After a long time, he said, "The troops convened by Qin State this time are all new Qin people who have just surrendered. Their combat effectiveness should not be high... It is not easy to pass the orders... We still have..."

“Is there hope?”

"Even the 50,000 or 60,000 Hu people outside the city can block me in the royal city. What hope do we have?" Yan Dan smiled, his smile pale. He looked at the minister in front of him and said, "There is no hope, Yan State is going to be destroyed... No one can stop it..." Yan Dan's mental state completely collapsed, and long-term pressure and huge threats, the death of the Prime Minister became the last straw that crushed him.

Yan Dan looked at the minister in front of him blankly and said, "I don't have the ability that Ying Zheng."

"You...why do you say this? It's just that it's not at the right time..."

"No, I am hesitant to do things, and I am prone to impulsive orders, and I can't listen to the persuasion of the wise ministers..." Yan Dan said in a daze: "The teacher must be very disappointed... Both teachers, they must be very disappointed." He began to sort out his clothes, staggered and almost fell down, "I don't want to do this either. I just want to protect my country, I want to protect Yan..."

"Please kill me." Yan Dan looked at the minister in front of him.

The minister was startled and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Shangjun, don't say that, we can find a way to break through and escape from here..."

.....

Wang Jian sent troops to Yan State, and the mighty army of 200,000 looked very powerful, but his combat effectiveness was not very high, because these soldiers were recruited by Wei and Zhao State. They had just become Qin people and did not have much identification with Qin State. They also had no sense of identity with Qin State, and did not understand military law. Therefore, they all needed urgent training. Fortunately, the King of Qin gave Wang Jian enough helpers.

Although they are all young children, these people have great potential. Wang Jian asked these people to train their troops, familiarize them with the Qin combat methods, and promote the benefits of the military merit system. It is very dangerous to call on new soldiers to fight, because these people may escape, betray, and violate military law, but of course there are also benefits. The biggest advantage is that they can enjoy the benefits of the military merit system.

What shapes the rigorous and warlike atmosphere of the Qin people today? It is the military merit system, so what can make these foreigners look like the Qin people? It is the military merit system.

They have to know the difference between Zhao and Wei and Qin, and they have to give them the opportunity to be promoted, so that they can earn titles, enjoy benefits, and make them identify with Qin. This is what Taiwei Liao proposed. He believes that the biggest advantage of Qin is talent, regardless of origin, but only depends on your contribution... Therefore, he insisted on using these new soldiers to participate in the war.

The ministers initially thought this was a bit risky, but in the end they passed with Zhao Kuo's approval.

Simply put, this is the welfare that Qin State gave to the new Qin people. They used a soft persimmon to give them benefits and increase their sense of identity with Qin State.

When soldiers from Wei and Zhao gathered in Zhongshan County and began to receive armed weapons and participate in Qin's training, these young people were actually a little uneasy. They never thought that one day they would become the Qin army, the infamous Qin army, but things were so fucked. People would always grow into the person they once hated the most, wearing Qin's clothing, and they began to practice.

The officers of Qin State were different from those of Wei and Zhao. They were very strict, but they could train with the soldiers and even explain. The lower-level officers were chosen by themselves, such as the sergeant commander, and their various competitions, which changed the original view of these young people. It was not that scary to be the Qin army. The training of the army was generally different. The training of the Qin army was formulated by Liao himself.

At the same time, they will also hold various games to increase the harmony of the team.

According to Liao's requirements, the army was not organized according to the local area. In other words, in a corps, there may be Qin people, Wei people, Zhao people, Han people, or in other words, only Qin people, Qin people from different places... In this way, the delivery of orders and cooperation with the organization became very difficult, but this doesn't matter, because the opponent is Yan State. If it is Chu State, such an army might have been to die.

It is precisely because of the weak enemy that Liao and Zhao Kuo both regarded this war as a way to train young officers and increase the opportunity to assimilate in various places. First of all, the young generals. They were under great pressure to lead such a chaotic army and they had to do a lot of things, different cultures, different customs, and different languages, which caused great problems.

This is the best opportunity for young officers to hone their skills, and for the soldiers, it is also a bit strange to see their comrades whom they have never met.

At first, they almost didn't communicate, and everyone looked for their own fellow countrymen. However, when various competitions and games began and they were forced to become an interest group, things were different. Young people from all over the world began to talk, perhaps, compared to those old people, these young people were more willing to communicate. They talked about interesting things about their hometowns, taught each other their own language, and found ways to communicate.

Liao's strategy is feasible.

Wang Jian rectified the army in Zhongshan, and after more than a month, the army began to set off towards Yan State.

The two young men, Wang Ben and Meng Tian, ​​were led by... Their first target was Zhongshan Kingdom, that is, Wusui City. Unfortunately, Wusui City had become an empty city, and Zhao Jia had already run away. They took it down almost without any effort. The Qin people who came here looked at the Zhao people who were afraid of themselves. They wanted to explain that we were also Zhao people... This has a good start.

After capturing this place, the Hu people of Yan State could contact Qin State, and the leaders of the Hu people of Yan State came to pay their respects to Wang Jian in person.

This Hu man called Ke, and his parents dared to give him this name, and he was also brave. Ke was like his name, not an ordinary person. At first glance, Wang Jian liked this Hu man a little liked this Hu general. He was tall and had a big beard all over his face. Ke was not as unbearable as he imagined. He was a well-educated Hu man with extraordinary conversation. His father was a man of Feng and his mother was a nobleman of Yan State.

This sounds a bit incredible. It is said that when Ke's mother was traveling outside, she met a thief. His father bravely saved her. His mother elopes with the man who saved her despite the worldly opposition... The man taught Ke bravery, while the woman gave him knowledge... He is a very outstanding talent, and the Hu people admire him very much, but because of his background, he has never been valued.

Ke said seriously: "General, the King of Yan has been blocked by us in the royal city. We have no siege equipment, so we cannot capture the city. I am willing to take my troops to fight with you... However, please forgive us for the crimes we committed." Wang Jian said with a smile: "I have not heard of committing such a crime. I only heard of someone attacking the tyrant." Ke breathed a sigh of relief. He was very worried before that the first thing Qin did when he came to Yan was to clean them up first.

Wang Jian looked at him and said seriously: "But you can't be considered the army of Qin, nor can you assist us in fighting. You can take your troops back with you and let them prepare for farming at home with peace of mind. Don't worry about anything. In Qin, no one will bully you..."

"I know... Marquis Wu Cheng is still there." Ke said with a smile.

"I didn't expect that even you all know about Marquis Wu Cheng..."

"He once made a fire kang, which saved many of our tribe members. Not only us, but also Donghu outside the Great Wall, also respected him very much..."

"Um???"

The topic gradually shifted from Yan State to Wu Chenghou, and Ke said excitedly: "Many years ago, my father followed Li Fu to fight in Yan State... He was a prince. At that time, Li Fu was defeated. There was a general of Yan State called Yang. He wanted to kill the soldiers in the city. My father killed him, and then led the soldiers to surrender to Ma Fujun. Ma Fujun forgives him and asks him to come back."

"Then has your father gone back?"

"No, he asked his comrades to kill him... He said he wanted to take responsibility, so he called a few comrades and committed suicide... The defeated soldiers returned to Yan State with his head, and the King of Yan was not allowed to bury him..." Ke's eyes were a little red, and he said with a smile: "These things were told by his comrades after he came back. I am very proud because my father is a warrior."

Wang Jian looked at him, nodded cautiously, and said, "He is indeed a warrior."

ps: I wonder if you still remember the Yan man.

Probably forgot.
Chapter completed!