When the Qin army and the Huns were fighting at the border, something happened in the palace of King Zhao far away in Hebei: It turned out that King Zhao's military officials were giving General Li Liang fine wine and beautiful women, so that he could enjoy the wealth of life. Li Liang was originally a lustful person. When he saw that King Zhao rewarded him generously, he spent all day drinking and drinking, feeling very uncomfortable. But one day, his generals Xue Yue and Zhang Qiang thought more and more something was wrong, so they came to see Li Liang. When Li Liang saw that he was his favorite general, he happily entertained him with good wine and meat, and then drank happily and talked about everything.
After drinking for a few rounds, Xue Yue and Zhang Qiang said to Li Liang: "General, now all the heroes in the world are joining together, and everyone is vying to make contributions, but why do you only care about the small wealth and wealth in front of you?" Li Liang asked strangely. : "I conquered Hengshan County, and King Zhao made me the censor, and then gave me fine wines and delicacies, and beautiful women to serve as concubines. My life was so comfortable. How can you say that I am a little rich and a noble?" Xue Yue disagreed and said: "General, you only have a censor, a casual position, how come you are not a small rich or a small noble?" After hearing this, Li Liang asked what kind of wealth is considered. Xue Yue said in a very arrogant tone: "When you enter, you will enjoy the honor of ten thousand people. When you go out, you will control the crowd of ten thousand people. If you are successful, you will subjugate ten thousand people. If you are famous, you will be famous for eternity. Only such eminence can be regarded as great wealth and great honor." Ah!" After hearing this, Li Liang lowered his head and drank in embarrassment. Xue Yue went on to say: "I heard that King Zhao was envious of talents and talents, and hated his subordinates for their great achievements." Li Liang was puzzled and asked how to explain this. Xue Yue said: "In the past, the king sent Han Guang to attack the land of Yan. After Han Guang seized the land, he established himself as the king of Yan. Your achievements are equal to those of the king of Yan, but you and him are very different! Think about it, Zhao Zhao The king only asked you to be a censor. Isn't this suspicion of the general?" After hearing this, Li Liang suddenly realized that he overturned the case and said angrily: "This is indeed the case! Who in the land of Yan and Zhao has anything to do with it? Let me fight!" Xue and Zhang were frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "We were talking nonsense after drinking, please forgive me, General?" But Li Liang laughed and came over to help the two of them, and said, "It's not you two. To tell you the truth, I am still in the dark. Tomorrow I will go to the king to ask for an army of soldiers and horses. I will conquer the battlefield again and build achievements again! How can a man hang out with his ladies all day long?" Xue and Zhang said with great joy: "General If we can regain military power, the two of us are willing to do our part!" Li Liang laughed happily.
The next day, Li Liang came into the palace to pay homage to King Zhao. When King Zhao saw Li Liang coming, he asked, "What business do you have here?" Li Liang replied, "Your Majesty, all the heroes in the world are revolting against Qin. I heard that the State of Qin sent a man named Zhang Han to lead the army. They fought their way out of the pass and beat the Chu army back steadily. I have heard of Zhang Han before. He is just a general in Lishan who is responsible for the military affairs of Daling. He is an unknown person! Please give me a Send troops and horses, I will kill Zhang Han, show my prestige to the world, and open up territory for Zhao!" King Zhao suddenly remembered Kuai Che's words, and hesitated for a few words, but did not agree to Li Liang's request. Li Liang insisted on asking for the imperial examination. King Zhao had no choice, so he said frankly: "Gu originally wanted to reuse you, but Qing is a surrendered general of Qin. Even if Gu trusts you, how can you stop others' mouths?" When Li Liang heard this, he must have said bad things. , he took off his golden crown, hit his head on the ground, and there was blood on his forehead, and then said resolutely and sincerely: "Since I surrendered to the king, I have always been grateful for your kindness. Even if I am exhausted, I can't repay you even one ten thousandth of it. !Why do you still doubt me, Your Majesty? Although I am a general of the Qin State, Qin's laws are very strict, as you know. I have surrendered to the State of Zhao, and there is no way out for a long time. How can I dare to have second thoughts? ? Please, Your Majesty, please understand your sincerity, right? Now I just ask Your Majesty to give me a troop of soldiers and horses, and I will work hard to serve Your Majesty, even if I die, I will have no regrets?"
King Zhao was moved by Li Liang's words, so he stood up and walked down the steps, helped Li Liang up and said, "I have known for a long time that you are a loyal and righteous man. Now there is an opportunity for you to make achievements. You must seize the opportunity. Don't let me down!" Li Liang said excitedly: "Please give me your Majesty's orders, I will not give up even if I die!" Zhao Wang said: "You captured Hengshan County before, but did you know that there is Jingxing Pass to the west of Hengshan County?" Li Liang said he knew. . King Zhao said: "This pass is the throat from the Sichuan area of Hebei to the mountains of Hedong. Recently, I have reported that I heard that the State of Qin is going to send Wang Li out of the pass and go south to attack our country. You can lead 30,000 elite troops and rush to Hengshan immediately. All the soldiers and horses are mobilized, and then seize Jingxing Pass. Before Wang Li can leave the pass, you can break into the pass first. Moreover, because the Huns of Qin often invade the border, Wang Li cannot easily leave the pass without caring about the Huns. If Zhao can With the acquisition of the counties in Hedong, Zhao's territory will be expanded several times, and your contribution will be greater than that of all the generals. This is a good opportunity to make contributions, I hope you will seize it!" Li Liang was overjoyed and thanked him again and again. . King Zhao gave the general seal to Li Liang. Li Liang happily accepted the task and said goodbye to King Zhao. When Li Liang left the palace, he was afraid that King Zhao would regret it, so he immediately mobilized his elite troops, took Xue Yue, Zhang Qiang and other ordinary generals, and quickly left Handan City and headed north.
When Prime Minister Zhang Er heard about this incident, he immediately rushed to the palace and said to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, Li Liang is fierce by nature, violent and unintelligent. How can he be given military power again? Besides, he is a surrendered general. If he turns against him, he will be killed." It will be difficult for the king to control him. Who came up with this idea for the king? This person should be killed!" King Zhao said with a straight face: "It's Gu's intention. No one can speak for him. Gu only knows how to employ people without trust. No need for suspects. Don't say any more!" Seeing that King Zhao had made up his mind, Zhang Er continued: "If the king re-appoints a fierce and unjust person, I'm afraid it will cause endless harm!" King Zhao said: "Li Liang is a loyal and brave man. Gentleman, where did the disaster come from? Prime Minister, please don't doubt others, and just do your job well!" Zhang Er felt bored and had to withdraw. When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he sighed to the people around him and said, "Your Majesty will not listen to your loyal advice. I'm afraid our good days will come to an end!"
Li Liang led 30,000 Zhao troops to Hengshan County, and then summoned all the soldiers and horses here, and there were tens of thousands of them. Li Liang led them to Jingxing Pass and prepared to attack it. Jingxing Pass, the name of the important pass, is Jingxingkou, also known as Tumen Pass, one of the famous eight passes in Taihang. This is an important pass for the Taihang Mountains to enter the North China Plain. Jingxing is a pass in the Taihang Mountains, so the terrain here is very dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. From 229 to 228 BC, Qin general Wang Jian defeated the Zhao army at this pass, thus capturing Handan City in one fell swoop and annihilating the Zhao state. Now Li Liang formed a formation at the foot of the mountain, preparing to capture Xiongguan, so he sent the vanguard Xue Yue and Zhang Qiang to attack Guanmen.
The Guandu Lieutenant of the Qin State was named Du Yu. He was in his prime and a loyal and brave general. When he saw the Zhao army coming to seize the pass, he came to the pass to meet the governor. Because the road to this pass is very narrow, Zhao Jun attacked for three consecutive days but failed to reach the pass. When Li Liang saw this, he was very angry and went to fight in person. After he led the Zhao army to pass the pass, he loudly insulted Du Yu and challenged him. Du Yu knew that Li Liang was originally a general of the Qin State, and now he had surrendered as a military official, so he came to the gate angrily and cursed Li Liang: "You were a general of the Qin State, and now you have surrendered to the rebels, you are really a fool." You are calling me a mother-in-law! What kind of face do you have to challenge me? Are you really a lackey of the rebels?" Li Liang was so angry that he didn't say anything and just screamed to die. Du Yu is about to fight. Deputy Captain Song Yan advised: "General, don't be impatient. Although Li Liang is an unjust man, he is also known as the 'Hebei Tiger'. And because he has just won and his morale is high, it is best for us to stick to it. Besides, we have already sent him a message." The court sent a report, and soon Wang Li will come for reinforcements. If we go out to fight at that time, we will definitely defeat Li Liang." Du Yu said: "This place is far from the north. When will the reinforcements arrive? The rebels have invaded the country, and the battle is imminent. , Can't we fight? I'll go out and fight that bastard first. If I die in the battle, you can just stick around and wait for help?" So he picked up his gun, mounted his horse, and rushed down from the pass.
Du Yu came to the pass, reined in his horse, pointed his whip at Li Liang and cursed: "Li Liang, as a high official of the Qin State, why did you betray the country?" Li Liang laughed and said: "The second generation is a bastard. I don’t know how to govern the country. The Qin State will be destroyed sooner or later. How can I serve a bastard? Now I just want to break into the pass and seize his bird position. I will become the emperor and then make you the general. You What do you think?" Du Yu said angrily: "You are a shameless guy who seeks glory behind your back. You are really daydreaming. I'll cut off your dog's head first!" After that, he slapped his horse to kill Li Liang. Li Liang greeted him with contempt.
The two fought for forty to fifty rounds in front of the pass. Du Yu couldn't resist anymore, so he made a feint, turned around and left. Li Liang chased after him. When he saw that Du Yu was about to enter the pass, he took out his halberd with all his strength. The halberd hit Du Yu in the back without any deviation. Du Yu fell off his horse and died on the spot. . When Zhao Jun saw that General Qin was dead, he shouted and came to seize the opportunity. Song Yan hurriedly ordered the door to be closed. Li Liang turned around and shouted to Zhao Jun: "Whoever breaks through the barrier first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and will be made the head of a thousand households. Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!" Upon hearing the order, Zhao Jun all took the lead and rushed towards the border. Closed the door. Song Yan hurriedly ordered the wood and cannon stones to be thrown down, and he also fired arrows fiercely. Seeing this, Li Liang had no choice but to withdraw the sergeant. Song Yan then snatched Du Yu's body and locked it up, then stood firm and sent a horse to report to Wang Li.
