Chapter 75 Decision
Revagon lobbying King Qi was unable to argue with him, so he could only argue with him at Jixia, and that even Zhao Ting could not enter, so he could only pay homage to his mentor, Ju Guanzi, and then asked Ju Guanzi to try to persuade King Zhao to save Chu. After returning to Zhao for a long time, Ju Guanzi persuaded Zhao to set up a normal school in accordance with the precedent of Chu. The students recruited more than a hundred people, but there is still no conclusion on where these students went to teach after leaving school.
Confucius's teachings are not different, but that was hundreds of years ago. Now, it is advocated that there are not different, and the popularization of education for the whole nation is easily opposed by bureaucrats and scholars. Zhao Yan, the King of Zhao, had no intention of imitating the Chu State's policies that emphasize culture and education. With the current national strength of Zhao State, he could not implement the policy that emphasizes culture and education, and raised 20,000 or 30,000 teachers.
In the sound of reading in the division school, Mu Ling could only let Yu Guanzi make the decision after he finished speaking about his purpose. At the end of October, the snow was flying all over the sky, and although there was a fire in the room, Mu Ling felt cold. Yu Guanzi sighed: "The King of Zhao wanted to attack Yan, and once joined Qin, how could he send troops to rescue Chu?"
"Destroy Yan?" Mu Ling looked at the teacher, "Why didn't King Zhao use this to understand the rest with the people? How to attack Yan State?"
Mu Ling had never been to the north or to Zhao State. Yu Guanzi said, "Zhao Yan has a feud. Whenever Zhao State is attacked, Yan State will attack Zhao. Whenever Zhao State has a rift, he will attack Yan. The prime minister Jianxinjun believed in the Qin people and was convinced that Zhao was attacking Yan. Only the Supreme Court Sikong urged Zhao State not to attack Yan. If the Qin army attacked Yan, the Qin army should take advantage of the opportunity to attack Zhao. If the army returns to Handan, there is no rush, as Handan may be in trouble."
"Sikong Ma?" Mu Ling had never heard of this person.
"The King of Qin expelled the guests, and all the guests of the Marquis of Wenxin left Qin. Sikong Ma was a close confidant of Wenxin Hou and was once the Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. When he entered Zhao, King Zhao was respected, and appointed him as the doctor." Yu Guanzi did not know that this person was the guardian of the army that attacked the Chu Mengwu army last year, but only knew that he was a visitor to Lu Buwei.
"The King of Qin also expelled guests?" Mu Ling was a little surprised. He had never heard of this news before entering Zhao.
"That's right." said Wu Guanzi, "Wenxin Hou was in the country, and there were thousands of people who refused to leave, and the King of Qin might be afraid of it."
Guanzi talked about his guess. In fact, he didn't know what happened to Qin. He was more like an independent scholar living in the world of writing. Although he had the art of saving the world and governing the country, he was incompatible with the whole world, and had no channels to understand the world and could only discuss the truth.
When the master and apprentice in the division school were answering each other, Zhao Yan, the king of Zhao, was sitting in the Mingtang in the palace of Handan. He and Guo Kai listened to the Supreme Doctor Sikong Ma and Xiangbang Jianxinjun's argument for the defence of Yan. Jianxinjun wanted to attack Yan. Yan's people could not defeat Zhao, but every time they were about to capture Yan, someone would send troops to rescue Yan and attack Zhao's back.
"The king has become an alliance with the King of Qin. As long as Zhao does not save Chu, the army will attack Yan, the King of Qin will not rescue him." Jianxinjun has become increasingly accused of a great country and a prime minister during this period, especially in promoting an alliance with Qin to build up his troops. "Now the Qin army is attacking Chu and besieging the King of Chu in Chencheng. The King of Qin has been abolishing Chu for a long time, so he must kill the King of Chu and then quickly. The King will not send troops to attack Yan at this time, so when will he wait?"
"The King of Qin has been abolishing Chu for a long time, but does the King of Qin have faith?" Zhao Yan nodded repeatedly when Jianxinjun said, and Sikong Ma shouted loudly as soon as he appeared to attract Zhao Yan's attention. "Last year, the Qin army attacked Chu, and the prime minister deliberately did it. It was not the King of Qin who hates Chu. If he hates Chu, why did the King of Qin marry the Chu daughter as the queen instead of the Zhao daughter as the queen?"
A few months ago, the King of Qin had already asked Zhao State for his name. Just when he was about to be conquered, the Empress Dowager Huayang suddenly had a case and the King of Qin changed to marry the Princess of Chu State. This incident disappointed Zhao Yan and also disappointed Jianxinjun. Now Sikong Ma mentioned that Jianxinjun was depressed, while Zhao Yan was thinking.
"Your dear, I think the King of Qin attacked Chu is fake?" Zhao Yan asked anxiously. Sikong Ma had just left Qin, and he was still a little respectful to him.
"No." Sikong Ma said. "The King of Qin hates the King of Chu, but he hates Zhao even more. Once the Zhao army attacks Yan, the Qin army will raise troops to attack Zhao. At that time, the army is far away in Yishui, how can we save it?"
"King, this is a mistake. The Qin army was 400,000 in Chu. The day before yesterday, I heard that Pingyu had been pulled down and attacked Xiangcheng again. Chencheng, Xiangcheng was more than a thousand miles away from me. How could I say that I would attack me? "Jun Jianxin refuted. "Changping, the right prime minister of Qin, is a native of Chu. He will join me to help the Later Qin King to avoid it. This is a sign that Qin hates Chu. Marrying the Chu daughter as the queen is not the intention of the Qin king, but the Queen of Qin Huayang. What is the queen? Is there no Qin daughter or Yan daughter in the palace?"
"The Qin army is 400,000 in Chu, but the Qin army is more than 400,000?" Before Jianxinjun finished speaking, Sikongma interjected. "The Qin State has more than 3 million households, and each household must have three million people. Guanzhong has fought for years, and the Ding man is rare, but Fu Ji is also one million. Ding man is like this, and the grain of Ao Cang alone can make a million troops full of food and fodder for two years. The four-wheeled chariot of Chu State was also built by Qin State. This car is far better than a double-rod chariot, and can transport hundreds of stones of food and fodder at one time. The East County of Qin is only separated from me by a big river. The army heads north to Yishui, and the Qin army can attack me every day."
"King, the King of Qin has made it clear that I will not rescue you if I attack Yan!" Seeing that Zhao Yan was about to believe Sikong Ma's words, Jianxin Jun had to carry out the King of Qin.
"King, the King of Qin is not trustworthy. If I attack Yan, I will attack me. This is the words of the prime minister." Sikong Ma brought out Lu Buwei.
"I..." Zhao Yan yawned. After joining Qin, he no longer worried about Qin's destruction of Zhao. As soon as the harem was newly appointed a pair of concubines, Shengge couldn't help but feel tired. "My dear, Wen Xinhou said that if I attack Yan and Qin, I will attack me. Why? Has the Qin army entered Puyang? Has it been in Zhongmu?"
Puyang is the capital of Wei, on the south bank of the Yellow River. When he was moved to Queen Ye, the place had already returned to the east county of Qin. Zhongmu was the place where the alliance was held a few months ago, and it was the border of Qin and Zhao. If Qin attacked Zhao, he would station troops in these two places.
"Report to the king that there is no Qin army in Puyang, but there is food and fodder. Once the army goes north to Yishui..." Sikong Ma said.
"But where is the Qin army?" Zhao Yan interrupted. After listening for a long time, he seemed to believe what Jianxin Jun said. The most important thing was that the King of Qin promised not to save Yan, which was to acquiesce Zhao's attack on Yan. Moreover, the Qin army was all in Chu, and it would take at least one month to transfer hundreds of thousands of troops from Chu to Hebei. In this month, the Zhao army had already moved south from Yishui.
"King, the King of Qin has no faith!" Sikong Ma heard Zhao Yan's meaning and felt a little heartbroken. "If you attack Yan, Qin will attack Zhao."
"Yan State is definitely not Qin State. If Qin is not rescued, I will destroy this dynasty." Zhao Yan said, with a bit of a kingly style in his sleeves.
"Your Majesty imagine, if Zhao destroyed Yan, how can it be for Qin? In the battle of Changping, the Qin army narrowly won. At this point, Qin dominated the world and the nations respected it. Qin had narrowly defeated Zhao with the strength of the whole country. How could he sit down and watch Zhao calmly destroy Yan and become a strong enemy?" Sikong Ma could only reason with Zhao Yan, trying to make the last persuasion. "The Qin people always value profits. Once the Zhao army abolished Yandu, the army could go directly to Zhao territory. Zhao army was in Yishui, and returned to the city by land. It was thirty miles a day. When would it take to return to Handan?"
The difference between water and land was stunned by Zhao Yan. Going down the water, if you also sail at night, you will have more than 200 miles a day. It is said that Chu has already traveled. Xianyang to Puyang is only 1,6700 miles, so the Qin army will certainly not be able to set off from Xianyang. From Xianyang to Puyang, it is all Qin territory, and the army gathers along the river. With the efficiency of the Qin army, you can go to Zhao territory in ten days. Ten days, Yishui to Handan seems to be only 800 miles, but thirty miles a day will take more than 20 days, and the Zhao army is simply unable to catch up.
Sikong Ma's last words dispelled Zhao Yan's idea of attacking Yan. After he and Jianxin Jun left the ward, Guo Kai was still there. Zhao Yan said, "Guo Qing thinks... should I attack Yan?"
"Whether the king attacks Yan, we should see the battle in Chencheng." Guo Kai listened for a long time and knew the current trend.
"Oh?" Zhao Yan was puzzled, "The Qin army has surrounded Chencheng, and the King of Chu is trapped inside. The Qin army is 200,000 and the Wei army is 200,000. They will continue to attack day and night. Next month, they may hear the news that Chencheng City is broken and the King of Chu will die in battle. If I do not attack Yan, it will be too late!"
"No. Chencheng was once the capital of Ying of Chu, and it was a strong city. The Chu army had great iron benefits, as well as a stone throwing weapon, and even more..." Guo Kai originally wanted to say that the person who guarded the city was Lian Po, but as a anti-Qin faction, Lian Po mentioned him as a politically incorrect. "......... The King of Chu was in charge, and the Qin and Wei army would never be able to break the city next month."
"Guo Qing's intention, should I take the opportunity to attack Yan?" Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he heard that the war in Chencheng was about to stalemate.
"No. I didn't mean this." Guo Kai hurriedly denied, "Whether to attack Yan is the most important thing, and I am not familiar with military affairs..."
Zhao Yan originally wanted to listen to Guo Kai's opinion, but Guo Kai dared not interrupt such a thing. This is political gambling. If the Qin army really attacked Zhao when Handan was empty, the people who supported the attack on Yan would have no political possibility of turning around. Although he made contributions, he would only avoid death.
"What should I do?" Zhao Yan stood up impatiently. Things like defeating Yan should be kept confidential. He could not ask everyone for advice. The opinions of close ministers were too big, so it was difficult for him to make a decision.
‘Woooooooooooo…’ The snow was flying outside the Mingtang. When the temple came in, the curtain opened, and the cold wind stomped in the Mingtang with snowflakes. The hall was so cold that Zhao Yan sat down again to the fire. After yawning a few times, he planned to stop thinking about this troublesome decision. In such a cold sky, it would retreat to Xiaowen, put on a deep clothes and talk to the two love girls on the collapse.
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"I've seen the king! I've seen the king! I've seen the king..." Chen Ying's city was covered with frost, and the female wall was even frozen with blood. This was something left by the Wei army last night. At this time, Xiong Jing was patrolling the city like Lian Po. Whenever the county soldiers saw him coming, even if they were so cold that they could only tremble, they would raise their heads and chests to bow to him.
"But you're sick?" A county soldier was running with a snot and his face was flushed abnormally. Xiong Jing saw it.
This is an era without cotton. Apart from fur, there is only floss to keep warm. What is floss? Floss is the residual silk drawn from bad cocoons, the fine silk of good cocoons, and the broken silk. This kind of thing is sold on stones. People buy it and stuff it into clothes to avoid the cold.
"Report to Da, the king..." Seeing that Dashi County soldiers were already nervous, the county soldiers became even more nervous when they heard the king's questioning.
"I've seen the king." The long-distant ran over, and he didn't know why the king stopped.
Chapter completed!