Chapter 89 The Palace of Letters of the Great Dynasty (7)
Zhao He misunderstood Zhao Xin. It was not that he didn't want to leave home. But as the Yulin Commander, Zhou Quan, who wanted to command the Yulin Cavalry to protect the master's father, naturally asked to stay inseparable. So he had to follow the master's father with a bitter face, listened to the home-based gossip of Zhao Yong and his son, but he didn't know where he was thinking. He just thought about asking his father for a while and going home for a day.
Although it was only May to leave home, Zhao Xin felt a little homesick. Since he was a child, he was always by his parents. Although he often hangs out, he must return home before going to bed every day. He has never been home for half a year like this time. He is fashionable in the army and does not feel much, but when he returns to Handan City, the idea of homesickness becomes stronger and stronger. Even the cold face of his father, who was originally afraid, seems to become amiable. He really wants to go home and eat the soup rice that his mother is best at, and then sleep a full sleep to relieve the fatigue of the past few months.
It’s a pity that the Lord’s Father did not let him do what he wanted.
Zhao Yong, who was used to being reckless, just washed up after returning to the xx Palace, and then summoned important officials in the court in the hall to temporarily hold a court meeting to discuss rescue to the Yan State.
Zhao Yong's return to Handan this time was not as simple as returning to the court, but the Prince of Yan Ji Lezi had arrived in Handan and asked Zhao for help to mediate the war between Qi and Yan. At this time, the matter was of great importance and related to Zhao's foreign policy among the countries, so Fei Yi did not dare to neglect it and sent messengers to report to Zhao Yong who was in Zhongshan overnight.
Before the Yan State invaded Qi, Zhao Yong had known that although he was busy with the war in Zhongshan, he was also closely monitoring the development of the war between Yan and Qi. Yan State took advantage of the main force of the Qi army to be isolated and suddenly launched an attack. To be honest, it was a bit beyond Zhao Yong's expectations.
He had been in love with King Ji Zhi of Yan for many years, and had always known his ambitions and his ambition to destroy Qi. However, he thought that according to Ji Zhi's tolerance, he would continue to wait patiently. After all, Qi is in full swing now, and Wei and Han are also driven by it. Although Yan has worked hard for fourteen years, its foundation is too weak after all, and it is still far behind Qi's national strength.
If Zhao Yong was his Ji Zhi, he would have to continue to endure humiliation and endure it until he was sure of another thunder attack and accomplished his achievements in one battle. Unfortunately, Ji Zhi was still unable to calm down after all. Seeing that Qi had an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, he couldn't wait to provoke the war between Qi, which was really wasted.
Therefore, although the Yan army was advancing rapidly at the beginning, as if they were breaking into the empty Qi land, Zhao Yong was not optimistic about the Yan State. After all, the strong national strength of Qi was there. Even if you even put the city, the main army of Qi was not damaged at all. Once you returned, it would definitely be a thunder attack on the Yan army, which was stretched in the front line.
Therefore, the key to the Yan army's victory is to be fast, fast enough to quickly capture Linzi before the main force of Qi returns to the aid, or consume a large amount of Qi's living forces, which creates a fait accompli. If Qi declines, Zhao, Chu, Wei, Song and other countries will definitely not mind beating the fallen dog. Once the countries join, major events can be determined. It can be seen that the Yan army's progress is slow after attacking Henan. It often struggles for several days under a small city, and gradually loses its aura of attacking Qi, and the initiative of war also returns to Qi. As expected by Zhao Yong, when the main force of Qi's return to the aid returned, Yan generals were panicked and abandoned the cities that had been consumed countless times to retreat to Yan, but was defeated by the Qi army that caught up and attacked Yan.
Although the failure of Yan State was as expected by Zhao Yong, he certainly did not want to see this important allies defeated by Qi. In any case, Yan State has always followed Zhao State in its major position over the past decade. In order to show its friendship and friendship with Zhao State, it even transferred all the troops at the junction of Yan and Zhao to show sincerity. After more than ten years of hard work in the country, Yan State gradually caught up with Wei and Han. Although it was still a little distance away from Qin, Qi and Zhao State, it was not hopeless.
Although Zhao and Yan had a harmonious relationship, as two countries with intersecting lips and teeth, Zhao Yong naturally did not want Yan to be too strong and affect the safety of his rear. Therefore, he was happy to see the failure of Yan State, but he was not willing to come out of a greatly weakened Yan State. After all, he also needed Yan State to restrain the strong Qi. But he could not rashly intervene in the Qi-Yan War. After all, it would be unrighteous to say that it would be unpleasant. One of the two countries must beg for mediation, so there would be reasonable reasons to intervene. Therefore, while Zhao Yong digested the newly occupied territory of Zhongshan into Zhao State, he continued to pay close attention to the development of the war between the two countries.
Therefore, after receiving the news that Prince Yan came to Zhao State for help, Zhao Yong immediately put down his work and quickly led a large army south to Handan. After rushing to Handan, he immediately convened an imperial meeting and convened important officials in the court to discuss matters against Yan.
Although the State of Zhao had established a country, it still inherited the Jin State's system of governing the country with literati and officials. During the war, most of them were commanded by ministers and commanding the generals with tiger talismans. Therefore, although it was a military conference, no general was attended except Zhao Zhang, who was newly appointed as the King of Anyang. The only exception was that Zhao Xin was actually allowed to attend such a high-level court meeting by his master's father, but he could only stand quietly as a servant, shut up his mouth firmly and speak more.
When everyone saw that Zhao Xin, a small captain, could listen, they knew how much favored his father had for him, and the look they looked at him was a little different. However, Young Master Cheng had a gloomy face, his eyes flashed, and his face was very unkind.
Zhao Yong naturally would not care about his little thoughts, but just asked Zhao Xin to say the general situation quickly, then looked around the crowd and whispered, "Today I'm asking everyone to come up with a solution, whether to save Yan, and how should I save him?"
His eyes swept to Zhao He beside him and said, "He'er, you talk about it first."
Zhao He's father had an intention of investigating him, and he was a little nervous. After pondering for a while, he thought about it, and then he spoke. "Father, my son thought Yan was a solid ally of our Zhao State and the most important piece to restrain Qi State. Once Yan was destroyed by Qi State, Qi State's power would push its power to Hebei and encircle our Zhao State. In this way, our Zhao State will definitely be in a very unfavorable position."
"So my son-in-law thinks that we should send troops to rescue Yan State immediately."
Zhao Yong nodded, showed a gratified smile on his face, and said, "It seems that you have not been lazy in the past few years. It's good. What you said makes sense, but it's not comprehensive. You might as well listen to what others say and think about your own shortcomings."
"My son remembered."
"Xiangbang, tell me your opinion."
Fei Yi bowed slightly, brows slightly, and pondered, "Master, my minister also thinks what the king said is very true. Yan State must be saved, but how to save it is a science."
"Oh?" Zhao Yong showed an interesting look on his face, "If you have any opinions, you might as well tell me."
"I think we might as well follow Tian Ji's rescue of Han, and promised Prince Yan that he would send a large army to rescue Yan, so that Yan State will be determined to defend the city to the death. This will not only consume the strength of Qi, but also make Yan State more dependent on our Zhao State."
The thing about "Tian Ji's rescue of Han" that Fei Yi mentioned was that when King Hui of Wei dominated the Central Plains, he sent General Pang Juan to attack Han, and the army besieged Han's capital Xinzheng. In order to protect himself, Han sent envoys to King Wei of Qi for help. At that time, the prime minister Zou Ji persuaded King Wei not to save Han, but to let Wei and Han kill each other, in order to weaken the two countries at the same time. Tian Ji followed Sun Bin's advice and believed that it was not advisable to be on the wall. Once Han did not support him, he would surrender to Wei, which greatly damaged the interests of Qi. He persuaded King Wei to agree to rescue Han first, let Han defend Xinzheng wholeheartedly, and then shirked various reasons. He knew that it was not until half a year later that the Wei army and the Han army were exhausted. Tian Ji used Sun Bin's strategy to defeat the Wei army in Maling and killed the General Pang Juan. Qi replaced the hegemony of Wei and dominated the Central Plains for more than 60 years.
Chapter completed!