Take the city to the Warring States

Chapter 181
At Daijun Taishou's mansion, Zhang Gao hurried over with Hao Zhi and others, seeing Zhao Fan sitting on the main seat in thought, he bowed hastily and said, "Third Young Master."

"What is the situation in Handan?".Zhao Fan heard the voice and asked Zhang Gao, Hao Zhi and others.

Zhang Gao paused for a moment to organize his sentences in his mind, then looked at Zhao Fan and explained: "The king died, and Shentu rested. The second son secretly dispatched 20 Anyang soldiers to attack Handan. When the old slave left, he discussed with General Hao and burned it. On the way back, I learned that the second son had fled. 20 Anyang soldiers died in battle, and the Handan defenders and imperial troops suffered heavy losses."

"Your Majesty and ministers have estimated that at this time the prince will definitely not have more than 15 soldiers and horses. Your Majesty might as well take this opportunity to go south and seize the throne in one fell swoop."Hao Zhi suggested to Zhao Yu that Handan was almost broken, how could the 40 army of the emperor be stopped with only [-] soldiers and horses.

Zhao Fan's eyes wandered, obviously his heart was extremely restless, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

The middle-aged man standing beside Zhao Fan, dressed as a counselor, hastily uttered a word to stop him: "Your Majesty must not, even though you have already controlled 30 defenders and [-] private soldiers in Dai County, the time is short after all. Go to Zhongshan Kingdom in the south and Loufan in the north. Once the emperor goes south in a big way and goes straight to Xindu and Handan, I am afraid that the Daijun will be owned by others in a blink of an eye."

"The city of Handan is now in ruins, and the crown prince has insufficient troops. This is the best time for the son to seize the throne. Could it be that he just watched the opportunity go away like this?"Zhang Gao couldn't help interjecting to persuade.

Zhao Fan's brows gradually raised, and he looked at the counselor: "Mr.'s words are reasonable, but I don't know if you have thought about it. Once Zhao Yu is firmly seated on the throne, how can I compete with the power of a country with the power of a county?" .

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that Wei Guo attacked Handan, and the king redeemed Handan? Even if the crown prince secures the throne, what can he do? How can he expand his army without savings? How can he contend without an army of 40? , Your Majesty who has enough soldiers and food."Counselor Shen Chuan asked Zhao Fan back.

Zhao Fan pondered again, and after a long while, his brows still did not loosen: "Even so, if you don't go south for a long time, I'm afraid Zhao Yu will persuade the public to compete with this lord."

"The young master does not know that before the king died, he once wanted to kill the four young masters. The princes of the princes marched into the palace, and the king made an appointment with them to let them strictly abide by the ancestral precepts. Then he gave the prince the right to supervise the country. So that the two Sensing the crisis, the young master began to secretly dispatch soldiers from Anyang to storm Handan. If the fourth young master came to the throne, the public family might take action. But now the prince is on the throne. For the public family, whether it is the prince or the emperor, there are What's the difference?".Zhang Gao slowly explained to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan's brows gradually loosened, and he looked around at the crowd: "It is true that the current situation of the public clan is the same, but I have to guard against it."

"Why do you need to be careful, the princes of the Gong clan are divided into various places, and it will take a certain amount of time to gather together. In addition, the prince and the Gong clan don't have much relationship, and it will take more time to convince them. As long as the king is here If you go south in a big way within a period of time, you don’t have to be afraid. Once the emperor breaks through Handan and seizes the throne, those princes will have to recognize the emperor as the king.”Shen Chuan analyzed it to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan looked at Shen Chuan with some doubts: "Didn't Mr. just say that it is not appropriate to go south quickly, but why did you say go south at this time?"

"The minister only said that it is not appropriate to go south quickly, but he didn't say that he couldn't go south? Your majesty has secretly transported materials to Loufan and Zhongshan for many years, and has made friends with the dignitaries of the two countries for many years. Why don't you discuss and form an alliance through them?"Shen Chuan obviously had a plan in advance, and proposed to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan seemed to have thought of something, and slowly shook his head: "The Lou Fan family is a barbarian. I transported materials and made friends with Lou Fan's dignitaries just for information. If I form an alliance, I'm afraid it's not credible. On the contrary, Zhongshan Wang Jixi is a person who can be deeply friends." .

"Your Majesty doesn't know something...".Shen Chuan continued to explain to Zhao Wei.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and a soldier walked in and saluted Zhao Yu respectfully: "My lord, the envoy of Zhongshan Kingdom asks to see you."

"Envoy of Zhongshan Kingdom?"Zhao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "Please hurry up."

"Follow orders".The soldier bowed to accept the order and walked outside.

An old man walked in slowly and bowed to Zhao Yu: "I have seen the third son of the first king of Zhao Guo, Dai Yunjun."

"I didn't know that Xiangguo came, Zhao Fan was far away to welcome him, and hoped that Xiangguo would forgive his sins."Zhao Fan saw who was coming, he was surprised and happy for a moment, he stood up quickly and walked towards Zhongshan Kingdom and Xiangguo Orchestra Pool.

Le Chi smiled at Zhao Fan: "I heard that the former king of your country passed away and the crown prince ascended the throne. My king specially ordered foreign officials to come and visit Dai Yunjun."

"You have to worry about the king of Zhongshan".Zhao Fan didn't ask about the orchestra's purpose, but replied politely.

Le Chi obviously anticipated Zhao Fan's reaction long ago, and pointed in the direction of Handan: "When the foreign ministers came, my king specially ordered the foreign ministers to ask Dai Yunjun, I don't know if he is interested in this time."

"What about intentional? What about unintentional".Zhao Fan asked back to the orchestra.

Le Chi smiled meaningfully: "If Lord Daiyun is interested, my king is willing to form an alliance, if Lord Daiyun has no intention, my king is willing to form an alliance with Lou Fan, and take advantage of Zhao's weakness to carve up Dai County."

"I dare".Before Zhao Xuan could say anything, Hao Zhi angrily reprimanded Le Chi.

Le Chi didn't say anything, but just glanced at Hao Zhi coldly, and then looked at Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan thought for a while and his heart beat violently, he couldn't tell whether it was anger or excitement: "What is the price?"

"If we form an alliance, my king needs Fanwu, houses and other places."Le Chi said the conditions of Zhongshan Kingdom without thinking.

Zhao Fan glanced at the music pool, as if there was an endless killing intent spreading: "Ji likes a big appetite, don't you know that these places are all the fertile places in the heart of Zhao Guo."

"Being an enemy or a friend, it's all on behalf of Yunjun in one thought."Le Chi didn't seem to feel the threat from Zhao Fan, and added another sentence at the end: "According to the report from our country's eyeliner in Handan, this time Zhao Yu ascended the throne, and at the same time sent envoys to Lin Hu and Lou Fan."

"Lin Hu and Lou Fan".Zhao Fan seemed to have been hit hard, with a fierce look.Zhao Yu is too deceitful. Is it possible to invite foreign envoys here to unite with foreign races and strangle me in one fell swoop? .

Le Chi didn't say a word, just watched the constant changes on Zhao Fan's face.

After a while, Zhao Fan slowly uttered two words, but seemed to lose all his strength: "Alliance".

"Okay, the foreign minister will go back and report back to my king."Le Chi was overjoyed, saluted Zhao Fan, then turned around and left.

Looking at Le Chi's leaving back, the murderous intent in Zhao Fan's eyes was undisguised: "Zhongshan country dares to take advantage of the fire to loot, sooner or later I will let you spit out everything you eat."

"Your Majesty, it seems that the situation is more complicated than we imagined."Shen Chuan frowned gradually, still thinking about the news brought by the orchestra.

Zhao Fan slowly walked towards the main seat, spread out the map on the case table, and looked at Lou Fan and Lin Hu: "It seems that just having Zhongshan Kingdom is not enough. The strength of my lord is obviously greater than Zhao Yu, but I don't know Why are you so tied up?"

"Lin Hu and our Dai County are not connected. We are not afraid of Lin Hu's Bingfeng. But we are afraid that Zhao Yu will speak to Lin Hu, so that Lou Fan will go south without any worries. At that time, we are afraid that we will face a fierce battle." .Shen Chuan slowly explained to Zhao Fan.

Zhao Fan slammed fiercely at the Lou Fan area on the map: "Damn Lou Fan, I will destroy them when I ascend the throne."

"Since the son is afraid of Lou Fan going south to Daijun, why doesn't the son send people to find out the news. If these inferences are not true, wouldn't it be a waste of this great opportunity."Zhang Gaojiu was in the palace for a long time, and he couldn't get in the way of what they were talking about.Seeing them in a dilemma at this time, take the opportunity to remind them.

Zhao Fan looked at Zhang Gao, and then looked at Shen Chuan: "Zhang Gao's words are reasonable, please ask our staff in Lou Fan to pay close attention to the affairs of Lou Fan's court, and analyze the possibility of Lou Fan going south." .

"It's probably not enough just to have news from the Lou Fan family."Shen Chuan nodded, then shook his head again.

Zhao Fan was a little puzzled and was about to ask when footsteps sounded.

A soldier walked in and bowed to Zhao Fan: "A messenger came from Handan with the king's will."

"King?"A sneer flickered across Zhao Fan's mouth.

Zhang Gao was startled, and quickly saluted Zhao Fan: "Does the old slave need to avoid it?"

"Avoid? Don't say it's a messenger, even if Zhao Yu came in person, why do you need to evade?"After Zhao Fan finished speaking, he told the soldiers: "Let the envoy come in."

"Follow orders".The soldier bowed to accept the order, turned and walked outside.

An eunuch came slowly with a decree in his hand, leading several soldiers.Looking around, he was taken aback when he saw Zhang Gao, and subconsciously saluted.But then he reacted, and turned to Zhao Fan and saluted: "See Dai Yunjun, the king is enthroned, please come back to Handan to pay homage to Dai Yunjun."

"worship?".There was indescribable sarcasm in Zhao Fan's tone.

The eunuch immediately came to his senses, and said respectfully to Zhao Fan: "Your Majesty, Dai County is located on the northern border and must not be left unattended. If Lord Dai Yun is troubled by trivial matters, you can send envoys to replace Lord Yun. Can".

"The envoy must have traveled a long way when he came from afar. Why don't you go down and rest up first, and it won't be too late for me to reply after discussing the government affairs."Zhao Fan didn't want to talk too much with the messenger, so he just let him go.

Why didn't the eunuch know what Zhao Fan meant, and immediately saluted again: "Respect the order of Lord Dai Yun".

As soon as the words fell, the eunuch turned around and walked out.

Seeing the eunuch walking away, Shen Chuan suddenly felt moved: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me go to Handan once for you."

"The army is about to start, is it wrong for Mr. to go to Handan at this time?"Hearing Shen Chuan's proposal, Zhao Fan was startled suddenly, and quickly persuaded him.

Shen Chuan felt warm in his heart, and explained to Zhao Fan: "If you don't go to Handan, how will you know whether Lou Fan will go south with all his strength, and how will you know what the situation outside is like?"

"Having said that, but..."Zhao Fan continued to persuade.

Shen Chuan directly interrupted Zhao Fan's words: "If you don't know if Lou Fan will go south with all your strength, your majesty will not be able to attack Handan with all your strength. Since envoys from various countries are about to gather in Handan, why don't your majesty send ministers to Handan to disturb the situation?" Spreading water may have unexpected benefits."

"Since Mr. insists on this, then please leave this matter to Mr. Handan affairs are entrusted to Mr. If there is any danger in Handan City, please come back quickly without any hesitation."Familiar with Shen Chuan's character, knowing that it was unintentional to persuade him, Zhao Fan could only agree.

Shen Chuan saluted respectfully: "Respectfully obey your majesty's order."

(End of this chapter)