Pingyi.
A small town located south of Gaoliu and north of Zishui.
After Zhao Tuo learned that the Huns had gone south, he immediately led his army across the Zhishui River and headed for Pingyi to prevent the city from being plundered by the Huns.
After hearing the news of the defeat of Dai's army and the capture of King Dai, the people in Pingyi City immediately opened the city gates and surrendered to the Qin army, and they cooperated very well.
Now outside Pingyi City, black flags are flying, and Qin army camps are endless.
After Zhao Guang led the rear army to arrive, there were 45,000 Qin soldiers and about 10,000 auxiliary troops in the military camp outside the city.
The remaining soldiers were stationed in Daicheng, Anyang and other cities to ensure local security and the logistics of the Qin army.
In the coach's tent, Zhao Tuo was looking at the slip on the bed.
This is the report of Meng Tian's troops' gains and military achievements. It was verified by military officials at all levels and then sent to him, the commander-in-chief, for final confirmation.
After Zhao Tuo confirms that the title is correct, the lower-level titles can be issued. For high-level titles above five doctors, people need to be sent to Xianyang to be handled by the Lord Lieutenant and the Bangwei.
"Meng Tian's capture of Dai Wang Zhao Jia and Yan Kingdom's Grand Tutor Ju Wu this time, coupled with his final contribution to the destruction of Dai Kingdom, is enough for him to be promoted to Zuo Geng. Su Jiao will have no problem being promoted to Zuo Shuchang this time."
"It's a pity that King Yan escaped. Otherwise, if Su Jiao captured both kings, the king would not be so happy that he would be promoted to the right concubine."
Zhao Tuo sighed regretfully, and after confirming that his meritorious deeds were correct, he handed it over to Li Shang on the side and asked him to send someone thousands of miles back to Xianyang in a hurry.
This not only shows merit to the soldiers, but also makes the king happy, so that he can know how quickly Zhao Tuo won this battle.
Just when the matter was settled, a soldier reported at the door: "General, that king has woken up and is clamoring to see the general."
"Zhao Jia wants to see me?"
Zhao Tuo frowned.
After Dai Wangjia was kicked out of the car by King Yan Xi, not only did he fall on the spot and his face was covered in blood, but his leg was broken by the hooves of a galloping horse. His injuries were serious, and he was now placed in Pingyi City to recuperate.
After thinking about it, Zhao Tuo got up and went to see the acting king.
In a mansion in Pingyi City.
There was a smell of herbs and blood floating in the house.
Zhao Tuo walked in and saw a man lying on the couch at a glance. He was probably in his thirties and his face was a little pale.
Hearing footsteps, he turned his head and looked over.
Eye to eye with Zhao Tuo.
Dai Wangjia.
"Zhao Tuo has met King Dai."
Zhao Tuo spoke calmly and bowed his hands.
Dai Wangjia looked at Zhao Tuo straightly.
"You are really young, you are only nineteen years old, right?"
Zhao Tuo nodded.
Dai Wangjia's expression became complicated and he said: "I have heard about your achievements. You conquered Yan and destroyed Wei. You entered Jingchu twice. In a last-ditch battle, you defeated Chu Sima. You even defeated Xiang Qu and Xiang Yan. You went deep into the country to capture the king of Chu. You He can be called a famous general in the world. But you, Zhao Tuo, are also descendants of my Zhao family. After Zhongliang, why do you want to help the Qin people? Do you know that Qin and Zhao have a feud!"
Before Zhao Tuo came, he had guessed what Dai Wang Jiahui would say, and said calmly: "Qin has no stupid king, no treacherous ministers, and no hatred for killing my parents. Moreover, the king of Qin is also my relative with the surname Ying. Why can’t I help Qin?”
Upon hearing this, blood appeared on Dai Wangjia's pale face.
All the resentment in his heart surged out, and he roared: "You are right, it is not your fault that you went to Qin. It was all because of that idiot Zhao Qian who favored Guo Kai and killed your father just now. You go to Qin?" The country should do the same. Damn it, Zhao Qian took away the Zhao country that belonged to me!"
Dai Wangjia raised his head again, stared at Zhao Tuo hopefully, and asked: "If my throne had not been taken away by Zhao Qian, and I had not killed your parents, Zhao Tuo would definitely help me. With you and Wu An If you join forces, the Qin people will definitely not be able to destroy our Zhao country!"
Zhao Tuo glanced at him with pity.
This is another bloody incident of abolishing the elder and establishing the younger.
Zhao Jia
He is the eldest son of King Zhao Daoxiang.
He was originally the crown prince of Zhao Kingdom and the legitimate successor to King Zhao.
It is a pity that his father, King Zhao Daoxiang, later favored a female advocate and made her his queen, and gave birth to his son Zhao Qian.
The son was honored by his mother, so King Zhao Daoxiang deposed Zhao Jia as the crown prince and made Zhao Qian the crown prince.
Later, he became the king of Zhao who favored and trusted the sycophant Guo Kai, unjustly killed Wu'an Lord Li Mu, and finally destroyed the country.
Therefore, Zhao Jia has always been worried about him. Now he has been captured and became a prisoner of the Qin people. Facing Zhao Tuo, he still can't forget his stolen position as King of Zhao.
Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "Qin's annexation of the world is the general trend. Even if King Dai could succeed Zhao Jun in the past, it would only replace Zhao Qian's position."
At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin State was far superior to the Six Kingdoms of Shandong in terms of territory and national strength, as well as its monarchs, ministers, generals, and soldiers.
In the past, the Six Kingdoms had such famous generals as Xinling Lord and Chunshen Lord, but they were unable to fight against Qin, let alone the remaining crooked melons and dates. How could they fight against Qin?
With that said, Zhao Tuo turned and left.
Hearing Zhao Tuo's ruthless words.
Zhao Jia said angrily: "Zhao Tuo, you are a descendant of the Zhao family in vain!"
Zhao Tuo stopped and turned around.
He said coldly: "If he were really a descendant of the Zhao family, he would not have promised to donate the land of the Xia Dynasty and the people of the Zhao family to the Huns. He would not have helped those barbarians to plunder their own people and cities. Just like this A little bit, do you deserve to be called a descendant of the Zhao family?"
Zhao Jia shuddered, thinking about the scene when he was in Anyang, watching the Huns plundering his own people, but he did not dare to stop them, he couldn't help but flushed, lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhao Tuo shook his head and walked out of the door.
When he came to see Zhao Jia this time, he completely severed ties with the former Zhao State.
The country of the Zhao family perished in the hands of Zhao Tuo.
I imagine many people will use this to criticize him in the future.
He said that as a descendant of the Zhao family, he personally destroyed the Zhao family and betrayed his ancestors.
Zhao Tuo walked outside the house, looked up and saw the bright sunshine in the sky, falling on his face, giving him warmth.
In this era, not many people are destined to understand him.
Even in later generations, some people will definitely criticize him for this.
But Zhao Tuo had no regrets.
He is a staunch defender of "great unification."
In his eyes, the nine states must be unified.
"Only unity is the true righteousness!"
"As for the disasters that may occur in the future, I will try my best to change them."
Zhao Tuo whispered to himself, once again strengthening his belief.
…
After meeting Zhao Jia and coming out of Pingyi City, Zhao Tuo learned a piece of gratifying news.
Li Shi, who was sent to Gao Liu as an envoy, came back!
Zhao Tuo immediately led his cronies to greet him outside the camp gate.
Several carriages arrived at a gallop and stopped outside the gate after a moment.
"Sir is back."
Zhao Tuo opened his mouth to greet him, but when he saw Li Shiqi getting up from the carriage, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Sir, what's going on?"
"Hey, why is a drunkard's face whiter than a woman's thighs?"
Black Butt asked with his eyes widened.
Li Shiqi gave a bitter smile and opened his mouth to speak, but all he heard was a "vomit" sound, and he spat out an unpleasant sour smell at everyone.
"Brother."
Li Shang hurriedly got into the car and helped Li Shiqi down.
At this time, everyone realized that Li Shiqi was limping when he walked. If Li Shang hadn't supported him, he would have collapsed on the ground.
"The Huns' kumiss... I, a Gaoyang drinker, are no match."
Li Shiqi put her hand on Li Shang's shoulder, walked up to Zhao Tuo, and sighed.
It turned out that after he drank the cup of kumiss in Shanyu's tent, he felt unwell not long after, suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. On the way back to Pingyi from Gaoliu, he lost it seven or eight times, and the contents in his stomach had been lost long ago. He vomited all his juice and was extremely weak.
"Damn it, those Huns must have poisoned the wine, right?"
Black Butt shouted, and everyone was shocked.
Zhao Tuo was thoughtful and felt that Li Shiqi's symptoms were similar to what later generations would call lactose intolerance.
Perhaps the mare's milk in the Huns' wine was not completely decomposed, making it unbearable. Or maybe it's diarrhea caused by uncleanliness.
He stopped everyone's panic and asked Li Shang to help Li Shiqi go to the city to rest.
Li Shiqi was also determined and insisted on reporting the results of the trip to Zhao Tuo before leaving.
After hearing this, Zhao Tuo nodded and said, "Sir, you have made an agreement with the Xiongnu and brought back Chen Yu, which is a great achievement. I will definitely ask for credit for you in the future, but for now, I still put your health first. You, sir, go and rest." By the way, drink more hot water."
After instructing Wanli to eat him and letting the short soldiers help him leave, Zhao Tuo's eyes flashed with excitement.
"The Huns are really unjust when they see profit, just like the Yue people in the south. They only need some grain and jewelry to buy the King of Yan. As long as the King of Yan gets it, he has no worries and can do whatever he wants."
Zhao Tuo said to the soldier beside him: "Go to the rear army Zhao Guang and ask him to prepare grain and cloth, and buy the King of Yan back tomorrow."
"only."
The short soldiers took the order, and the generals became excited.
When Dai City was conquered before, there were a lot of pearls, jade and cloth in the treasury, which was enough to exchange for King Yan's money, so this transaction basically put no pressure on the Qin army.
Putting aside the matter of King Yan for the time being, a cold light flashed in Zhao Tuo's eyes again.
He thought of the unexpected joy that Li Shiqi's trip had brought.
Chen Yu.
This guy who personally assassinated the envoys of Qin and the Prime Minister of Qi, and also planned to assassinate the county captain Tu Sui, and even Zhao Tuo, had already been blacklisted in Zhao Tuo's heart.
"I've never heard that Chen Yu is proficient in the art of assassination before. Was it influenced by me? Or did Sima Qian ignore Chen Yu's deeds when he wrote the book?"
Zhao Tuo thought to himself and strode forward.
Li Shang had already led some soldiers to lift the tightly tied man out of the car behind him.
Zhao Tuo smiled when he saw Chen Yu's hands and feet tied together, unable to move, and could only raise his head and glare at him.
"Are you the famous assassin Chen Yu?"
"Pooh!"
Chen Yu opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm that he had been holding in for a long time towards Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo reacted in time and ducked away.
"Shuzi!"
The generals who followed him, including Heiyi, Lishang, and Lu Wan, were immediately furious.
Black Butt stepped forward angrily and kicked Chen Yu hard in the face, causing him to roll around on the ground.
Chen Yu raised his head and spat out a broken tooth mixed with blood.
He roared at Zhao Tuo: "Zhao Tuo, if you kill my brother, I can't wait to eat your flesh. I will cut off your head with my own hands! Unfortunately, Zhao said that the boy is useless. If I personally assassinate him, You have already lost your head and body!"
Seeing Chen Yu's incompetent rage, Zhao Tuo shook his head and said, "The reason why you hate me is because I killed Zhang Er?"
"Of course, Brother Er and I are close friends, and we regard life and death as the same. If you Qin soldiers kill my brother, it is like killing me. I will do my best to avenge you!"
A friend who cut his neck to pieces?
Zhao Tuo looked strange.
Zhang Er and Chen Yu were indeed close friends.
But if he remembered correctly, historically these two people eventually turned against each other.
Chen Yu also personally led his troops to defeat Zhang Er. When Liu Bang recruited Chen Yu, Chen Yu even said that "the Han killed Zhang Er and followed him", so Liu Bang could only forge a Zhang Er's head and show it to Chen Yu.
Now, because of Zhao Tuo's involvement, Zhang Er died early, but Chen Yu's "loyalty" was also achieved, which made Zhao Tuo feel very strange.
However, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but feel disgust in his heart when he thought of hearing from Dai City that Chen Yu not only planned to assassinate him, but also followed Yan Wangxi to persuade Dai Wangjia to defect to the Huns, and even that Chen Yu did indeed defect to the Huns in the end. .
Zhao Tuo said angrily: "You avenge your brother, I have nothing to say. But as a member of the Xia Dynasty, you should not persuade Zhao Jia to defect to the Huns, let alone collude with the Hu people. You care about trivial matters without great righteousness. You, Chen Yu, are nothing more than a small person."
"Hahaha, colluding with the Hu people is nothing. As long as I can avenge Brother Er, kill you Zhao Tuo, and cause damage to the Qin State, there is nothing I, Chen Yu, can't do. It's a pity that those Hu people are short-sighted and blind, just for small gains. And selling me has just fallen into your hands, Zhao Tuo, otherwise what can you do to me?"
Chen Yu laughed and said, "But even if I die today, I, Chen Yu, will still be a hero praised by the world."
"I assassinated the Qin envoy and triggered a great war between Qin and Chu. Qin lost 200,000 troops and returned with a disastrous defeat."
"I assassinated Prime Minister Qi, causing Qi to send troops, which almost changed the world's situation. If it weren't for the incompetence of Qi people, I would have turned the world's situation around."
"I am the only one who can control the situation of the world with my own power. With such an assassination ability, no assassin from ancient times can compare with me!"
"Can Zhuanzhu, Nie Zheng and others compare with me?"
Chen Yu arrived here with excitement, but his tone turned serious, and he stared at Zhao Tuo and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, I, Chen Yu, don't have the chance to kill you with my own hands. If I can kill you, Zhao Tuo, I, Chen Yu, will not be able to kill you for the rest of my life." , it’s no regrets.”
Zhao Tuo was expressionless.
This Chen Yu is already full of blood, and there is no point in talking to him.
Compared with Dai Wang Jia, Yan Taifu Ju Wu and other prisoners who needed to be brought back to Xianyang, Zhao Tuo did not need to consider the life and death of Chen Yu at all.
In order to avoid a long night and many dreams, it is better to kill first.
Zhao Tuo ordered: "Drag him down, Owl Leader."
Beside him, some soldiers immediately grabbed Chen Yu and dragged him out.
Chen Yu stared at Zhao Tuo with his red eyes and shouted: "Zhao Tuo, you and I... wu wu wu..."
A soldier took off his sweaty shoes and stuffed them into Chen Yu's mouth, stopped his words, and dragged him down with Pao Ze.
Zhao Tuo watched this scene silently, counting secretly in his heart.
"Han Cheng, King of Han, Zhao Xie, King of Zhao, Zhang Er, King of Changshan, Chen Yu, King of Dai..."
"The fourth prince in the late Qin Dynasty."
