The Korean envoy Ji Wuyi withdrew from the Wei palace, drove out of Daliang, the capital of Wei, and rushed to Handan, the capital of Zhao.
At this time, the Qin army arrived at Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, without any bloodshed, and marched to the city gates. The defenders on the city looked at the Qin soldiers outside the city, and it was completely dark. Lord Wu'an stood on the chariot and watched, and then set up camp outside the city.
Wu Anjun entered the camp and sent military advisors to Korea. A soldier entered the palace of King Han, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, there are many Qin soldiers outside the city." King Han was frightened. After a long time, King Han said: "It seems that Yiyang has been lost. What can you do? Can you retreat the Qin soldiers outside the city?" Prime Minister Han was about to go out to speak, but was interrupted by the soldiers entering. The soldiers kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of Qin is outside the palace asking for an audience." The King of Han looked out of the hall and said, "Let the envoy of Qin enter the palace." The military counselor supported the envoy up the white jade steps, entered the palace of the Han Dynasty, and kowtowed. He bowed and said: "King of Han." The King of Han looked at Qin's military advisor and said, "Your Highness, are you the envoy of Qin?" The military advisor stood up and raised his head and said, "I, the Qin Dynasty, do not want to go to war with you, South Korea, so we have no choice but to send troops to attack you, South Korea, to force you to attack I, the Qin Dynasty, seek peace, and I also ask the King of Han to give you a clear warning." The King of Han was very afraid of the Qin State. When troops came to the city, Xinzheng was in danger. At this time, the King of Han thought of asking for peace and asked: "If we negotiate peace with your Qin State, what conditions does your Qin State need?" The military advisor said: "Cede Yiyang to Qin, and let our Qin army guard Yiyang for you. Everything will be fine." You, South Korea, will be responsible for military expenditures." Prime Minister Han stood up and said, "If my king does not agree to the conditions proposed by your Qin State, what will happen to you?" The military advisor said, "Then just wait to start a war with me, Great Qin." Prime Minister Han said: "Okay then, my army guarding the city will fight with your Qin State until the end." The military advisor turned and walked out of the Han Palace.
King Han was restless and panicked, and said: "Now the army is approaching the city, Prime Minister, do you want to destroy the foundation created by our ancestors?" Prime Minister Han advised: "My king, you are so confused! Yiyang is the border guard of South Korea. If Yiyang is an important town and ceded to Qin, the Qin army will be able to conquer Xinzheng at any time. This is what our ancestors fought hard to defeat! So we won’t give up an inch of land." King Han said in panic: "But the Qin army will What will the widows do under the city?" Han Xiang said: "Doctor Ji Wu sent an envoy to Wei and Zhao to ask for reinforcements from the three families of Wei, Zhao and Chu. Now we can only defend the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements." This sentence This also gave King Han enough courage. He stood up and took off the long sword behind him. He unsheathed the long sword and pointed it out, saying: "Xiang Guo said it well. I and all the soldiers defend the city. If the insects are in the city, if the insects die, the city will die." Then he raised his sword and chopped off a corner of several cases, and faced the officials, both civil and military, who were awestruck and did not dare to look at him. King Han said: "Those who want to surrender, just like these cases, will be killed!" King Han stepped down from the pedestal and said: "I have given the King's Sword to the Prime Minister, and accepted the power of the Prime Minister to make arbitrary decisions when the opportunity arises. I can kill them first and then report them." He knelt down, raised his hands to take the King's Sword, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." King Han said, "Go and defend the city, go." Prime Minister Han exited the Han Palace.
Prime Minister Han rushed to General Han Yuan's mansion to visit General Han Yuan. Han Yuan was about to stand up when he said, "Prime Minister." Prime Minister came up and said, "The general is injured, General Han, lie down quickly." He personally helped General Han Yuan lie down. General Han Yuan said with some guilt: "The general feels guilty! You cannot kill your enemy with your own hands, Prime Minister." Prime Minister Han comforted him and said: "Generals have the opportunity to make contributions to the country. Now, the general only needs to recover from his injuries. ." Then he clapped his hands, stood up and walked out of the general's mansion.
Prime Minister Han gathered all the soldiers and servants in his mansion and went to the city to kill the enemy. King Han walked out of the palace and gathered the people in the city. The King of Han stood on the steps in front of the palace hall and faced the people and said: "Now the Qin army is outside the capital. They are going to destroy our country, South Korea. Anyone who goes up to the city to kill the enemy will be rewarded five hundred guan." The people rushed up first. The city faced the enemy, demolished their houses, and the old, weak, women and children carried wood to the city tower. The soldiers on the tower were holding their bows and arrows, waiting for the Qin army to attack. At this time, the Qin army formed a square formation outside the city and prepared to attack. The flying army behind the phalanx took off, the soldiers on the city lit arrows on fire, and fired rockets. The flying army flying in the sky fell like sparks, landing in the moat, with green smoke rising up; landing in a patch of grass, only to see them cluttering in the ignited fire; landing on the city, and on the city The armies fought together. Prime Minister Han drew his sword and led his troops to fight out. There was a melee on the city. The army rushed towards the city, pushing siege vehicles or carrying ladders, crossed the moat, and climbed up the ladders. The people raised logs and smashed them down. One of the old men led his three sons to carry logs and rolling stones and threw them at the Qin army under the city. Unexpectedly, the old man was hit by an arrow in his chest and fell down the city. Prime Minister Han ordered his soldiers to place pans full of oil on top of the tower, pour the scalding oil down together, fire rockets down, and the siege vehicles were buried in a sea of fire. The Qin army failed this time and retreated. They surrounded Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea. Since they could not attack the city, they surrounded it instead of attacking it, trapping the defenders in the city.
The Korean envoy stood under the capital of Zhao State and shouted upward: "Please open the city gate. The foreign ministers have been ordered by King Han to pay homage to your King Zhao." The city gate opened, and the Korean envoy drove into the capital of Zhao State and entered the palace of King Zhao. He knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please send troops to save my country, Korea." Zhao Wangyong sat in the main hall and asked, "What happened to your country?" Han envoy said: "The Qin army attacked Yiyang and besieged us. Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, please send your troops quickly. We, South Korea, are in danger." Zhao Wangyong said: "The foreign envoy will go back to the post house to rest first, and let me discuss with the courtiers before deciding to send troops." The South Korean envoy looked at King Zhao Yong, said: "Your Majesty." Zhao Wangyong waved his sleeves and said: "Go, go back to the post house to rest for a day." The Korean envoy had to exit the court and returned to the post house to wait for the news.
Zhao Wangyong looked at Bai Lao Big Ant and said: "Uncle Wang! Do you have a plan in mind to help Korea?" Bai Lao Big Ant also stood up in embarrassment and said: "The Zhongshan Kingdom is besieging Taiyuan, our important border defense town, and I probably have no time to take care of it at the moment. "Zhao Wangyong said anxiously: "We, the State of Zhao, have an alliance with Han, Wei, and Chu at Jishan. Now that Korea is in trouble, if we don't save it, isn't it betrayal? In the future, which other vassal states will believe in my State of Zhao?" The white old ant said: "Your Majesty, the little ant is very resourceful. It may still be giving lectures in Zhangshui. Please allow me to go to Zhangshui." Zhao Wangyong said: "Okay, Uncle Wang, you go quickly." The white old ant said Exit Zhao Palace and drive towards Zhangshui.
After Xiao Yi said goodbye to King Yong of Zhao in Zhangshui, he returned to the mountain temple alone. Two beggars came forward and knelt down and said, "Sir." Xiao Yi knelt down and asked, "They are all gone, why are you still here?" Why don't you leave?" The two beggars looked at the little ant and said, "We would like to worship you as our teacher and follow him to learn the way of being an insect." The little ant asked again: "Learning the way of being an insect will be very hard and requires experience. There are many hardships that cannot be endured by insects. Are you ready?" The two beggars replied: "We are willing to follow Mr. Sir around and listen to Mr. Teacher's lectures." The little ant asked again: "If you succeed in your studies, in the future What kind of insect do you want to be?" One of the beggars said: "I want to be a general." The little ant asked: "Why do you want to be a general?" The beggar said: "I want to build a country that can The army that competes with the Qin State protects the people of this country from being oppressed by the powerful Qin State." Xiao Yi said very pleased: "Very good, your ambition is very ambitious." Then he faced another beggar and said: "Then What about you?" The beggar said: "I am not as ambitious as him. I just want to follow my husband, write books and learn literature, and learn the road to peace and stability." The little ant said: "Well, your future is limitless." The little ant asked again: "You don't have a name?" The second beggar said: "Please sir, please give me a name." The little ant looked at a beggar and said: "You are upright and brave, so let's call you Boyong, with the correct name. Then he looked at another beggar and said, "You are knowledgeable, inquisitive, and like articles. Let's call you Yan Yuan, with the courtesy name Zi Wen." Zizheng and Zi Wen are the two disciples accepted by Xiao Yi. They worship Confucius and Mr.
The old white ant entered Zhangshui and entered the mountain temple, saying: "Little ant." The little ant stood up and bowed and saluted, saying: "Big ant." Zizheng and Ziwen behind him bowed and saluted and said: "Big ant. "The old white ant returned the gift, and the little ant then sat down again and said: "Big ant, please sit down." The old white ant then sat on the ground and said again: "Little ant, the Zhongshan Kingdom is besieging our important town in the north of the Zhao Kingdom. Qin The country besieged the capital of South Korea, and the Korean envoy went to Handan to ask the king to send troops. Does Xiao Yi have a plan in mind?" After hearing this, Xiao Yi added: "The Qin State used Zhongshan State to besiege Taiyuan to delay the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Chu from joining forces to aid Korea. , that's it." The old white ant said: "Exactly." The little ant said: "The king only needs to send a good general to guard Taiyuan. Who has the big ant thought of sending?" The old white ant said: "Please also ask Mr. Give me some advice." The little ant looked at Zizheng and Ziwen and said, "What does the big ant think of them?" The old white ant looked at the two of them and said disdainfully: "It's too young to let them be generals." The little ant looked at them. The ant said: "Zizheng is upright and brave, he can be a general; Ziwen is calm and thoughtful, he can be a staff officer, I wonder what you think of the big ant?" The old white ant was convinced and said: "Okay, I will follow you sir." The little ant Facing Zizheng and Ziwen, he said: "You have been following me for half a year, and you can apply what you have learned. You two insects, please go." Xiao Yi sent them out of the mountain temple, called Ziwen, and called Said: "Ziwen." Ziwen came forward and kowtowed and said: "Sir." Xiao Yi looked at Ziwen and said: "Ziwen, you are calm in times of trouble. I feel more at ease, but Zizheng is brave and has no strategy. , The most taboo thing in military service is an impetuous mind. I have a brochure bag that can wake it up at any time." Then he put a bamboo slip in the brocade bag and said, "Take it and take a look after entering Taiyuan City." Ziwen, Zi was getting into Bai Lao DaYi's car. Little Ant stood at the door of the mountain temple, watching. Zizheng and Ziwen stuck their heads out and said, "Sir, go back." Xiao Yi walked up and waved, looked at the carriage running into the distance, and disappeared from Xiao Yi's sight.
The white old ant drove from Zhangshui to Handan, the capital of Zhao State. The carriage entered Handan City and entered the Zhao Palace to pay homage to Zhao Wangyong. The white old ant stepped forward and said: "These two are the disciples accepted by the little ant, Zizheng and Ziwen." Zizheng and Ziwen knelt down and bowed and said, "Your Majesty." Zhao Wangyong said: " You two, please get back on your feet." Zizheng and Ziwen then stood up. Zhao Wangyong said: "Zhongshan State is besieging our important town in the north. Do you two have a plan in mind?" Zizheng stood among the ministers and talked eloquently, saying: "The purpose of using troops is to win by surprise. Zhongshan State has more cavalry and is good at running attacks, but He is not good at attacking cities. The Zhongshan Kingdom has been besieging our Taiyuan for a long time, but if it cannot be attacked for a long time, the morale of the army will be weakened. The army should attack it unprepared and win by surprise. This is the way to use troops." Zizheng showed his sharpness too much, and he showed off in front of the ministers. Stealing the show. Zhao Wangyong said: "The widow believes in the little ant, and its disciples must be extraordinary insects." Then he said: "Feng Zi is going to conquer the general, and Zi Wen is joining the army to accompany him, leading an army of 500,000 to attack Taiyuan." Zheng and Ziwen kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." He exited the Zhao Palace and led an army of 500,000 people out of Handan City. Zhao Wangyong faced Bai Lao Yi again and said: "Uncle Wang, the matter in Taiyuan is over. Now we can contact the Chu and Wei armies to assist Korea." Bai Lao Yi stood up and said: "Yes!"
