King Wen was outside Handan City and looked away. Zi was driving on the winding mountain road, with a large army following behind him. There are clouds and mist here, and there are more than a few houses beside the country road. The smoke from their kitchens is curling up, and it is peaceful. King Wen stood outside Handan City, looking at the place where Zizheng left. After a long time, he returned to Handan City.
The virtues of King Wen Xiaoyi were very high in Zhao. He advocated benevolence and propriety in governing the country. He governed Zhao in an orderly manner and imitated the ancient sages. Other vassal states were convinced by him. These vassal states sent envoys into Handan, all wanting to see King Wen's face. King Wen led several ministers to stand outside the hall to greet him. These princely states sent envoys. The eunuch stood below. The envoy from Wei came forward and offered congratulatory gifts. The eunuch stood aside and announced: "Wei's envoy has arrived." The Wei envoy walked up the stone steps. King Wen stood in front of the palace and kowtowed. The Wei envoy bowed and kowtowed in return and said, "King Wen." King Wen stretched out his hand and said "Please invite the envoy of Wei to enter the palace." The envoy of Wei stepped into the Zhao Palace and sat in front of several cases. Following him were envoys from Korea, Qi, Yan, and even more distant ones, Chu envoys, but only the Qin envoys did not arrive. The envoys from these five countries all entered the Zhao Palace. King Wen entered the palace of King Zhao. These envoys all stood up and kowtowed and said, "King Wen." King Wen turned to face the envoys from the five countries and said, "Please sit down, please." Then he climbed up the pedestal and sat on the throne. The envoys from the five countries stepped up and stood on the throne. Before King Wen, they kowtowed and said together: "Accepted by my king's order, you can enter Handan of Zhao. Congratulations to King Wen for ten thousand years." King Wen stood up and returned the greeting: "Thank you for your sincerity. It is not polite to come and go. I give the envoys of various countries brocade horses." Thousands of satin, pearls, jade and thousands of volumes, I hope all the kings will work with Zhao to support the Zhou Dynasty." The envoys of the five countries kowtowed again and said: "Thank you King Wen." King Wen said: "Without courtesy, please sit down." The envoys of the five countries kowtowed again: Sitting in front of several cases on both sides. King Wen said: "Be friends with each other, work together with one heart, and work together to make our Chinese countries prosperous and strong, and jointly ensure that the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment." The envoys sent by these princes were convinced of King Wen's words. King Wen was their ancient wise king and a gentleman.
These vassal states sent envoys to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, to congratulate him, which made King Qin very unhappy. King Qin entered the palace of Qin angrily, stood in the main hall, faced the civil and military ministers of Qin, sat down and said: "I heard that the holy insect Xiao Yi became the king of Zhao. Wei, Han, Qi, Yan and Chu five The envoys sent by the state are all going to congratulate us, which is not good for our Qin State! What can you do about this?" A minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi is a Confucian scholar, and a Confucian scholar governing the country can compete with our great Qin. ? I think it’s not something to worry about.” King Qin muttered: “It’s not something to worry about.” Then he looked at the minister and said: “It’s not something to worry about. That’s a bad statement. Xiao Yi is by no means a mediocre person. Before his death, King Zhao Wu was able to Zhao State entrusted it to it, which shows its ability to govern the country. The five countries all believed in it. Its disciple Zi Sang reformed in Wei State and established a powerful Wei military force, which can compete with our great Qin, and our Qin State. The seals of the Qi State, and Zizhang of the Qi State, they are all wizards who are proficient in the art of war and the way of governing the country. If any of them can make these vassal states tremble with fear, be angry and make the lords fearful, and live in peace, the world will be destroyed. What if it happens again? If the armies of the six countries join forces to attack Hangu Pass, what will happen to our great Qin?" General Zifan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead a million Qin troops to attack Zhao." The King of Qin looked at General Zifan and said "General Zifan is brave enough to attack Zhao." He then looked at Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan and said, "Why doesn't Prime Minister speak?"
Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I am thinking of a Confucian saying." King Qin asked: "What are you talking about?" Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan replied: "The world is unified." King Qin didn't understand even more and asked: "What is The world is unified?" Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan looked at the King of Qin and said: "To achieve the world's unity is to realize the unification of the country. To achieve the unity of the country, we need to launch a war of annihilation. If we want to launch a war of annihilation, we must first make our country strong. Its military strength is enough to destroy a country, and only by unifying the world can the great unity of the world be achieved. Your Majesty, isn’t this what our Great Qin is like?” King Qin agreed and said: “What the Prime Minister said makes sense.” Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan asked again : "Your Majesty, among the six kingdoms of Shandong, those two vassal states are the weakest. If we directly attack Zhao State, and use Xiao Yi's ability to form a joint army of the six countries to attack our Qin State, our Qin State will be in danger. This will This is the reason why Qin cannot send troops to Zhao for the time being." King Qin was a little worried. The Prime Minister of Qin looked at the King of Qin and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter." The King of Qin seemed to see a hope, and looked at the Prime Minister of Qin Quan Shan and said, "The Prime Minister must have a clever plan in his heart." : "Continuous horizontal defeat vertical." King Qin asked: "What is continuous horizontal defeat vertical?" Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan said: "The weakest two countries among the six countries are Han and Yan. We can send eloquent envoys there. Lobbying. The Yan State is in the north. After a long period of civil strife, the country has already been exhausted and its people are unable to fight anymore; followed by South Korea. South Korea is sandwiched between Qin, Zhao, and Wei, and is trying to survive in the cracks. After long-term diplomatic relations and close attacks, South Korea The two kingdoms of Wei and Wei have been completely weakened. We will lobby Yan and South Korea. If we are unable to convince them, we will send a large army to attack, forcing Yan, Han and our Qin Company to attack Zhao. Wei is already a rat at both ends, and cannot be a great weapon. When it comes to Chu and Qi, Chu and Qin are related by marriage. Hearing that the king of Chu was lustful, he sent beautiful women to seduce him. He used this marriage relationship to negotiate peace with Chu and instigated a war between Chu and Qi, weakening each other. With its strength, our Qin State can reap the benefits of being a fisherman. Zhao State, our Qin State, together with the two countries of Yan and Han, attack Zhao horizontally and make Zhongshan attack and harass it. Zhao State will be exhausted to face the enemy and will be defeated. ." After King Qin heard Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan's strategy of connecting horizontal lines and breaking vertical lines, he was very pleased and said: "Prime Minister, this plan is very clever. , the laws and regulations are comparable." At this time, Qin Prime Minister Quan Shan could only explain the reason to the King of Qin, saying: "To be honest, Your Majesty, I am a disciple of Wei Prime Minister Zi Sang, and was deeply taught by Wei Prime Minister. I am an entry-level disciple. My husband was killed by the King of Wei and fled to Qin. He was deeply protected by the Prime Minister of Qin, and that is why he is today." The King of Qin was very generous and said: "No matter which country you are a talented person, As long as it is used by the Insects, all the Insects will value it."
The envoys of the State of Qin began to travel to the three countries of Yan, Han, and Chu, and drove out of Xianyang City. After they left Xianyang City, the three envoys separated outside Xianyang City. One went to Ji, the capital of Yan State; one went to Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea; and the other went to Shouchun, the capital of Chu State.
Three days later, the Qin envoy arrived at Ji, the capital of Yan. The envoy of Qin supported the envoy and stood on the car. Outside Jicheng, he shouted to the city, saying: "I am the envoy of the State of Qin, and I am sent as an envoy to your State of Yan on the order of my king." Then the city gate opened, and the envoy of Qin drove into Ji City. City, enter the palace of King Yan to meet King Yan. When King Yan saw the envoy of Qin, he was a little afraid and said: "Your Excellency is the envoy of Qin." The envoy of Qin supported the envoy and stood in the court hall, and said with a very arrogant attitude: "Exactly, I heard that King Yan sent an envoy Went to the State of Zhao." King Yan began to hesitate, and even without the confidence to speak, he said: "Yes." The envoy of Qin continued: "My king was very unhappy after hearing this, and was about to send troops to attack your State of Yan. I Great Qin is full of fierce generals, and any general can destroy your Yan country." King Yan looked helplessly at the ministers standing in the court. One of the ministers stood up tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, you have offended Qin. It is better for the country to offend the State of Zhao. If it offends the State of Qin, it will be a disaster for the country. Your Majesty, please negotiate peace with the State of Qin to avoid disaster." King Yan hesitated for a long time and said: "The State of Yan is willing to negotiate peace with the State of Qin. , I wonder what the conditions are for your Qin State?" The Qin envoy said: "You, Yan State, send troops to attack Zhao State together with Qin State, and you can make up for the mistake." King Yan immediately agreed and said: "Okay, I agree to send troops." After that, The envoy of Qin turned around and walked out of the court, successfully convincing Yan and Qin to send troops to attack Zhao.
The second Qin envoy entered Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, and entered the Han palace to meet the King of Han. The King of Han sat in the main hall and asked: "Is this the envoy of Qin who is under the main hall?" The envoy of Qin stood in the court hall and said: "That's right, I am sent as an envoy to your country on the order of my king." King Han asked again The envoy of Qin asked, "Why did you, the Qin State, send an envoy to my country, South Korea?" The Qin envoy said, "Unite Qin State and Yan State to attack Zhao State." The King of Han said disdainfully: "If I don't agree to send troops to attack Zhao State, you What will happen to the Qin State?" The Qin envoy said: "That means starting a war with our Great Qin. Our Great Qin has persuaded the King of Yan to send troops, and the Qin State and the Yan State will send troops to attack Xinzheng in South Korea." This time the King of Han was firmer. Many said: "If you want to attack my country, South Korea, you can come. King Zhao once again formed a joint army of Han, Wei, and Chu to attack your Qin country." The envoy of Qin looked at King Han and said, "When the army comes, At the time of Xinzheng, I want to see if King Han has anything else to say? King Han, please don’t regret it." After saying this, he walked away.
The third Qin envoy entered Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, and went to the palace of Chu to meet the King of Chu. He also brought beautiful women from Qin State to stand in the court hall. It is well known that the king of Chu was lustful, and the envoy of Qin acted to suit him. The King of Chu was filled with joy when he looked at these beauties from Qin. The King of Chu was obsessed. Looking at these beauties, how could he not be moved? After a long time, he said: "The envoy of Qin is too polite." The envoy of Qin said: "Qin and Chu are related by marriage, and they should be brothers. Why do they attack each other? It is not to destroy the relationship between the two countries. Is it related?" The Qin State attacked the Chu State, occupied Danyang of the Chu State, and Yanying, the two capitals of the Chu State, and forced the Chu State to move its capital to Shouchun. At this time, the Qin State was justified. The King of Chu still had a grudge about this and said: "It was your Qin State that sent troops to attack my Chu State and captured Danyang and the two capitals of Yan and Ying. What did your Qin State say about this?" The Qin envoy said: " As long as you, the State of Chu, are willing to negotiate peace with me, Da Qin, Da Qin can return the territory lost by conquering Chu State, but there is a prerequisite: Chu State sends troops to attack Qi State." King Chu became confused and said, "Why attack Qi State?" The envoy of Qin made a very unreasonable request. If Chu attacked Qi, it would break the peace treaty with Qi. Other princely states would feel that King Chu was capricious and isolate King Chu. The envoy of Qin said: "If your Majesty listens to my opinion and goes to war with Qi, I, Qin, will return the lost land and let Qin's beauties serve the King of Chu's daily life and food. As your concubines, you can marry between Qin and Chu." If you marry a daughter, you will forever become a kingdom of brothers and will not invade each other. In this way, going north can weaken the state of Qi, make up for the shame of the defeat of Xuzhou, and also benefit the state of Qin in the west. Isn't it the best of both worlds? Please let the King of Chu think carefully about it." How can it be such a good thing that the lost territory of Chu can be restored without using any weapons? This is the great unfinished business of the late king! Feeling happy in his heart, he agreed to send troops to Qi State to attack Qi State. Another protracted war between Chu State and Qi State began.
The Zhongshan Kingdom sent troops to attack Jinyang, the important northern town of the Zhao Kingdom. General Dao Yan, the defender of Jinyang, and Zhu Haiyan, the commander of Jinyang, climbed onto the tower to prepare for battle. They watched the Zhongshan Army under the tower and were in a stalemate.
Qin once again sent troops to attack South Korea. If he wanted to attack South Korea, he had to conquer South Korea. The armies of Yan State and Qin State were divided into two groups and attacked from a pincer attack. The two armies met at Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea. Under the city was a large black mass of Qin and Yan's army, just like black clouds pressing down on the city to destroy it. The light of armor opened towards the golden scales of the sun.
