The heat is getting stronger, gently opening the curtain of June.
Military reports have also come from the Fuliu front line. It seems that due to the intervention of Zhao State, the two armies of Zhongshan State and Qi State have had several large-scale frictions in recent days.
Handan is more than 150 miles away from the sand dunes (north of Pingxiang, Hebei). It can be reached in two days by boat along the Fu River all the way north.
Sand Dune Palace was not built by Zhao Yongchu, but by Zhao Yong's grandfather, Zhao Chenghou, on the basis of the ruins of the Yin and Shang Palace.
June does not seem to be a suitable season for traveling, either with scorching sun or heavy rain.
Zhao Yong had just entered the Sand Dune Palace when the weather became more and more changeable.
By evening, the sky was already covered by dark clouds. There were muffled sounds of thunder among the hazy clouds, and lightning flashed across the sky from time to time.
Disturbed by the thunder, Zhao Yong stood at the door of the dormitory and couldn't help but look up at the sky, feeling suddenly uneasy in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the weather is getting cold. Come into the palace and rest." Luo Coral's voice sounded from behind Zhao Yong.
As soon as she finished speaking, the wind suddenly blew up, and heavy rain fell from the sky in an instant!
The breeze picked up some raindrops and hit Zhao Yong's bun.
"Coral told everyone yesterday that King Qi is seriously ill. Has the information been identified?" Zhao Yong suddenly asked.
Luo Coral took the fur coat from the lady beside him and put it on Zhao Yong. Then her lips parted slightly and she said slowly: "The news from the Metropolitan Procuratorate is that spies from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have bribed Yi Wei, a disciple of the master doctor Wen Zhi of Jixia Academy. He once followed Wen Zhi into the palace to diagnose and treat King Qi. , the information should be true.”
Zhao Yong nodded, but did not say anything. He glanced at the sky, watching the increasingly heavy rain.
Luo Coral saw that his tightened brows were not relieved at all, so he asked in confusion: "Is the king worried that Yi Wei's words are not trustworthy?"
Zhao Yong shook his head and replied casually: "Qi and Zhongshan may not be able to fight each other."
"What does the king mean by this? I don't understand." Luo Coral asked in confusion.
In her opinion, the Qi Army and the Zhongshan Army have gone through several frictions, and the war is about to break out.
"The King of Qi is seriously ill now. According to the tradition of Qi State, the state affairs of Qi State should be presided over by Prince Tian Bijiang. And Tian Bijiang and Gong Ziying are at odds with Zou Ji, the prime minister of Qi who was originally in charge. Tian Bijiang is If you oppose Qi's war, the two countries will naturally not be able to fight." Zhao Yong explained.
Then he turned to Luo Coral and continued to pretend to be mysterious: "But whether the two countries can fight or not depends on God's will."
Click!
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Fuliu, Qi army camp.
The heavy rains that lasted for several days made Tian Pan more and more worried, not only about the domestic situation in Qi, but also about the war crisis before him.
Zhangshui (Zhang River) and Fushui (Fuyang River) have begun to overflow due to heavy rains for days, and even the big rivers are in danger of bursting their banks.
In recent days, he has ordered the Qi army to retreat five miles and re-select a high-lying flat land to set up camp again.
Fuliu City was originally built on the back of the Fu River. If the Zhongshan Army took the risk of digging the embankment of the Fu River, the Qi Army's position would probably turn into a vast ocean in an instant.
Although this move will damage one thousand to oneself and eight hundred to the enemy, one has to guard against the Zhongshan Army dog jumping over the wall.
Tian Pan walked out of the big tent. Raindrops were still falling in the sky, and he couldn't help but curse God twice.
Because this is a newly moved camp, the foundation was not laid in advance. Now the land has been hit by continuous rains, and now it looks muddy.
Tian Pan waved to Sima, who was accompanying the army beside him, and asked, "Can the Zhao army advance north?"
Tian Pan has forgotten how many times he has asked the same question.
Sima Luxiu, who was accompanying the army, wiped the rain from his face, shook his head and said: "Since King Zhao came to the sand dunes on the first day of June, there has been no movement. Now the heavy rain has continued for several days, and Linzi has also heard After receiving the news that the king is critically ill, general, please withdraw your troops!"
Lu Xiu is Tian Pan's personal servant, and the starting point of everything is naturally to give priority to Tian Pan. The prince has ordered to retreat to Qi.
Therefore, even if this battle is won, Tian Pan will not get any good fruits when he returns to Linzi because he disobeys the emperor's order.
Tian Pan gritted his teeth secretly. He was a little unwilling to do so. He knew the current situation very well.
Zhao Guo is not taking the bait now, and is obviously waiting for the two countries to fight first.
Tian Pan is not afraid of the small country of Zhongshan. After several tentative battles, he has gradually figured out the weaknesses of the Zhongshan army. He is confident that he can take Fuliu City in one battle.
He is not afraid even of the coalition forces of Yan, Zhao, and Zhongshan.
However, God seemed to be against him. The heavy rains for several consecutive days made the Qi army's morale begin to become impetuous. The rising water also made Tian Pan see the crisis. The tragedy of the past seemed to be looming before his eyes.
(In 334 BC, when the Qi and Wei coalition forces attacked Zhao, Zhao Suhou dug up the Yellow River embankment, flooding the Wei and Qi coalition forces by 100,000 people.)
News happened to come from Linzi that King Qi was critically ill.
'The king was obviously in good health before leaving, so why did he become critically ill just a few days ago? The king is seriously ill and his illness is strange. '
Tian Pan sighed, Qi's state affairs were calm on the surface, but in fact there were undercurrents surging inside. The King of Qi is seriously ill, and the state affairs are now being presided over by Prince Tian Bijiang.
The prince has ordered him to withdraw his troops and return to Qi today, but Tian Pan has been at odds with the prince for a long time. His future situation may be worrying when he returns to Linzi this time.
Tian Pan suddenly had a bold idea in his mind: 'It's better to just defect to Zhao State! '
"General, withdraw!" Lu Xiu begged again.
The rain slid down Tian Pan's temples and down his chin, and the slightest coolness dispelled Tian Pan's unrealistic whim.
The tens of thousands of Qi troops he led were all the elites of Qi State. Ninety percent of them were natives of Qi State, and their family members were all in Qi State.
Tian Pan looked at the distant tower again! As if accepting his fate, he shouted: "Retreat!"
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One day later, the Zhongshan Kingdom's scouts discovered that the Qi Kingdom's camp had been deserted for some time.
The scout hurriedly and excitedly reported the news to Sima Xi, the prime minister in Fuliu City.
When Sima Xi heard that Qi had withdrawn its troops, he thought it was a maze that Qi had deliberately set up. After all, Qi's army always fought like this, and its soldiers never tire of deceit.
Sima Xi then asked the scouts to explore again.
Half a day later, the scout reported back again: Qi State has indeed withdrawn its troops!
Sima Xi was puzzled. The two armies faced each other for more than a month, and there were no less than ten frictions, large and small. Each time, the Qi army had the upper hand. Why did the Qi army withdraw?
Naturally, he did not know the current domestic situation in Qi State, but he still sent someone to inform Wang Jicuo of Zhongshan about this great news.
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On the ninth day of June, the clouds and fog were hazy, and lightning flashed across the sky from time to time.
The heavy rain has not stopped, Zhangshui and Fushui have completely overflowed, and several towns such as Sand Dune and Julu built next to Fushui have become half-water cities.
The floods flooded tens of thousands of acres of nearby farmland, and the fields that Zhao Yong had just ordered to set up in the Xingxiang area were also completely flooded in an instant.
Let Zhao Yong secretly bleed in his heart!
Fortunately, the loss of personnel was not great, because the water level has risen sharply in recent days, which has completely blocked Zhao Yong's return to the south.
Zhao Yong has ordered Sikong Qiu Hao to mobilize tens of thousands of civilians overnight to reinforce the Yellow River dams.
At the same time, he urgently sent envoys to the five kingdoms of Qi, Wei, Wei, Han, and Zhongshan to ask for people and money.
If this section of the Yellow River in Zhao State breaks its banks, millions of lives will be submerged in an instant! Qi, Wei, Wei, Han, Zhao, Zhongshan, and the Six Kingdoms will be the directly affected countries!
