After repelling the Qin army, Le Cheng led the army back to Xinzheng from Yique.
The King of Han and the Prime Minister of Han personally went out of the city to welcome him and hosted a banquet in honor of him.
"This is Dayu's Jiuding!" After the banquet, the King of Han led all the civil and military officials to the Jiuding, gently caressed the Jiuding, his eyes were extremely fiery.
In his dream, he led South Korea to attack the royal city countless times, destroy the Zhou Kingdom, and seize Jiuding. When he woke up, he realized that it was all in vain.
Now, Jiuding finally appears in front of us, but it does not belong to South Korea.
"Your Majesty!" At this time, a minister suddenly came forward and said loudly.
"General, please build the Jiuding. These carriages have been damaged all the way. I have prepared a new carriage for the general, which is enough to transport the Jiuding to Zhao." King Han patted the Jiuding with a reluctant look. Moved away, ignored the minister, and said to Le Cheng.
He knew what the minister wanted to say, and it was just to keep Jiuding in South Korea. The reason why he didn't let him speak was because he was afraid that he would not be able to help but agree.
Jiuding was so tempting. Watching Jiuding pass by was no less than cutting off a piece of flesh from King Han's body.
But for the sake of the country, the King of Han could only do this.
Being caught in the cracks, the first thing the kings of Han Dynasty learned was how not to offend powerful countries.
"King Han Yi." Le Cheng said with admiration. Not everyone can refuse Jiuding's temptation.
Li Si also had a smile on his face. He thought that even if he could take Jiuding away, he would be embarrassed by King Han. It seemed that he was narrow-minded.
"General, it's better to leave quickly. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it if I look at it for a while longer. After returning to the Kingdom of Zhao, I will say hello to King Zhao on my behalf." King Han waved his hand and said.
"The general will definitely do it." Le Cheng leaned over and said.
"Which way should we go back to Zhao?" After returning to his residence, Le Cheng asked everyone.
There are two official roads from Xinzheng to Handan. One is to Handan via Xingyang. The distance is relatively short, but Xingyang is not far from Hangu Pass, so there is a possibility of encountering the Qin army.
The current Qin army can enter and exit South Korea whenever it wants. South Korea has no way to defeat the Qin army.
There are only a few thousand Zhao Jun left. If Qin ambushes on the official road, it will be difficult for Zhao Jun to escape.
The other way was to go around Daliang, which would be a little farther, but not too far, but Le Cheng couldn't quite grasp Wei's attitude.
"Let's go to Daliang. This is a farewell. I don't know when we will see each other next time. After arriving in Daliang, I can have a banquet for the brothers, and then everyone will return to Zhao. The general doesn't know that since the general returned to Zhao, the king has said "General, I've been here for a long time. It's a pity that the general is not in Wei." Mang Mao persuaded.
When Lecheng heard the words, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Regardless of King Wei's ability, there is really nothing to say about him. Although he has stopped helping Wei train cavalry, the fiefdom given to him by King Wei has not been taken back until now, and the taxes collected are sent to his house every year.
Le Cheng was still very grateful to King Wei.
However, he did not agree immediately, but looked at Jia Yan, Li Si, and Feng Quji.
"It's okay to take the lead." Li Si and Feng Quji looked at each other and nodded.
If you go to Xingyang, you may encounter the Qin army, but if you go to Daliang, there will be no danger. Even if Wei really captures Jiuding, Zhao will have the strength to take it back.
And after seeing King Han's attitude, Li Si felt that the monarchs of various countries were still benevolent and righteous.
In this life, he has not experienced so many ups and downs and blows. He is still too naive and far underestimates the greed of human nature.
Without encountering any obstacles along the way, Zhao Jun and Wei Jun arrived in Daliang smoothly.
The King of Wei was equally as enthusiastic as the King of Han. He held a banquet in honor of the king and personally accompanied him to the wine. He had a pleasant conversation with Le Cheng and others.
After the banquet, the King of Wei arranged for Le Cheng, Li Si and others to be sent back to their residences, and then summoned the Wei civil and military ministers.
"I would like to thank General Mang Mao for bringing the Jiuding from the royal city to Daliang." After everyone sat down, King Wei suddenly stood up, walked to Mang Mao, and bowed.
When the ministers heard this, their expressions suddenly changed: Your Majesty wants to keep Jiuding in Wei!
"Your Majesty... General... That Jiuding..." Mang Mao, who had always been calm, was in a panic. He wanted to say that Jiuding belonged to the State of Zhao. He raised his head and suddenly saw the cold eyes of King Wei, and he swallowed all his words at once. .
"General, please sit down first." King Wei patted Mang Mao on the shoulder.
"...Nuo." Mang Mao looked confused, but he still obeyed King Wei's order and sat back down.
Although Mang Mao was good at eloquence and became the Situ of the Wei Kingdom through deception, he did not lack the most important faith of this era.
Without the help of Zhao Jun, he would never be able to defeat Qin Jun, and the shortcomings in his heart could never be made up for. Therefore, in his heart, Zhao Guo was kind to him.
Jiuding was brought out of the royal city by Zhao Jun, and it should belong to Zhao. He was unwilling to violate his own moral principles and occupy Jiuding.
But King Wei was kind to him...
"Your Majesty, Jiuding cannot stay in our Kingdom of Wei." At this time, Zuo Shi Zhang Yan stood up and said directly.
Jiuding has been placed in the royal city for hundreds of years, and no country dares to get its hands on it. Do you really think that the princes of various countries don't want it?
What is the level of our Wei State? Don’t you have a damn idea?
"In terms of geographical location, our Wei State is among the best in the world and the best of all Xia. In terms of contribution, our Wei State has always been on the front line against Qin. We have fought for the six Shandong Kingdoms against Qin for hundreds of years, and once suppressed Qin. In terms of strength, our Wei State is Although the country is not as good as Qin and Zhao, it is not too different. In terms of bloodline, my Wei family comes from the surname Ji, and my ancestor is King Wen of Zhou. Now that the Zhou Kingdom has died, according to etiquette, Jiuding should be inherited by my Wei Kingdom. " Before King Wei could speak, Shaofu Wei Yang stood up.
"If the State of Qin or the State of Zhao raises troops to attack our State of Wei, how should our State of Wei respond?" Zhang Yan did not argue with Wei Yang about those things. If you can defeat Qin and Zhao, you will be the same as those you talked about before. Not and will not be affected in any way.
On the contrary, your strength is not as good as others, and it is of no use talking about what you have and what you don’t have, it is just more jokes.
"The Qin State has been fighting for several months, and the soldiers are exhausted and have withdrawn. As for the Zhao State, the worst that we, the Wei State, can do is make some compensation. Moreover, even if there is a real fight, we, the Wei State, may not be the opponents of Qin and Zhao." Wei Sheep said confidently.
"Your Majesty, this traitor wants to provoke a war between my country Wei and Qin and Zhao. Please kill this traitor." Zhang Yan pointed at Wei Yang and said loudly to the King of Wei. .net
King Wei's face turned cold. Jiuding was what he wanted. If Zhang Yan scolded Wei Yang for being a traitor, wouldn't it be equivalent to scolding himself?
"Heaven refused to take the blame. Jiuding was sent to Daliang, which means that God wants Wei to get Jiuding. We are just following God's will." Xin Yuanyan said.
"That's right. I don't want to occupy Jiuding. However, God gave Jiuding to Wei. If Wei does not obey God's will, God may bring disaster." King Wei said happily.
These days, nothing is too big.
Even the power of the king is granted by heaven, so the king of the Zhou Dynasty called himself the emperor.
Now that the Zhou Dynasty is dead, it means that the emperor will also change.
And Jiuding just arrived in Daliang. Doesn’t it mean that God will choose me to be the new emperor?
King Wei's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he could hardly hold back.
At that time, King Hui of Wei made Danyi, built nine banners, called himself King of Xia, and regarded himself as the emperor.
Although it didn't take long for Wei State to be beaten back to its original shape.
But those days were remembered by every generation of Wei kings and yearned for them.
Now that Wei had such an opportunity again, and it was justifiable, how could King Wei not be tempted.
"How can the king explain to Zhao Guo?" Mang Mao couldn't help it.
"What do you think?" King Wei asked. Although he wanted to get Jiuding, he also knew that Zhao was not someone to be trifled with.
"Your Majesty, there is actually no need to break up with Zhao State. Jiuding still belongs to Zhao State, but we can borrow it for a while. In this way, Zhao State will gain face, and other countries will not attack Wei State because of Jiuding State." He leaned over and said.
"Temporary loan? This is a good idea. What Zhao wants is face, so I, Wei, will give them this face." King Wei slammed the table and asked for Jiuding
It's still in Daliang. Does it matter if it was borrowed?
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." All the ministers came forward to congratulate, but Zhang Yan and Mang Mao were the only ones sitting there.
King Wei had a smile on his face, as if he had seen the day when he would become the emperor.
"A bunch of idiots!" Zhang Yan pointed at the minister and cursed angrily, turned around and left angrily.
After returning to the mansion, Zhang Yan immediately wrote a letter and gave it to his retainer, "Immediately go to Hedong and deliver this letter to Fan Zuo."
If there is anyone in Wei who can stop King Wei, it can only be Fan Zuo.
However, Fan Zuo was guarding Qin State in Hedong. It may be too late to rush back now.
The next morning, Le Cheng finally climbed out of bed.
Yesterday, the civil and military ministers of Wei State were extremely enthusiastic and kept pouring him wine. In the end, even the King of Wei toasted to him and hinted to Le Cheng that if he stayed in Wei State, he could be made a general.
This official position was several levels higher than that of Le Cheng in the State of Zhao, but Le Cheng still refused. However, he drank all the wine offered by King Wei in one gulp.
There was no need to worry about danger in Daliang City, so Le Cheng and others were very relaxed and did not use their inner energy to evaporate the alcohol. They slept until they woke up naturally.
"It's time to return home tomorrow. I have to report to King Wei." Le Cheng washed his face and walked towards the palace.
"The King of Wei is not in the palace? You went boating on the lake with Lord Long Yang? When will the King of Wei come back?"
"I don't know, general. But don't worry, general. Wei and Zhao are allies. The general is in Wei just like he is in Zhao. You can live there as long as you want." Wei Yang said with a smile.
"When the King of Wei comes back, I'd like to trouble the young master to report to the general." Le Cheng resigned without doubting that he was there, planning to go back to the military camp for a visit.
Although the accommodation arranged by Wei Guo was very comfortable, he still liked to live in the military camp.
As soon as Lecheng left the city, he saw groups of Wei troops running towards the west in the distance.
Did something happen? Le Cheng was a little confused, and then he suddenly thought that the Zhao army was stationed in the west of Daliang City, and his expression suddenly changed: Could it be that there was a conflict between the Zhao army and the Wei army?
Le Cheng hurried towards the west of the city.
Halfway through, Le Cheng saw Li Si and Feng Quji running from a distance and quickly asked, "What happened?"
"The Wei army has surrounded our camp." Li Si said in a deep voice.
"What!" Le Cheng said in disbelief, "No wonder King Wei is hiding from me. Wei Yang, who is like a dog, has the nerve to say that Wei and Zhao are allies. I will go find King Wei right now, if he doesn't come out , I will demolish his Wei Palace!"
"Calm down, calm down first!" Li Si and Feng Quji quickly grabbed Le Cheng.
"The Wei army has come, how can I still be calm at this time? Fortunately, I thought King Wei was a kind man and trusted him so much, but I didn't expect that he turned out to be such a person. No wonder Lian Xinling Lord and Nei Shi (Kong Bin) are like this All the gentlemen were forced out of the Wei State by him. There was also Fan Ju, the Prime Minister of the Qin State, who was a virtuous man praised by the king, and was also forced out of the Wei State by the King of Wei. I was naive enough to think that he was polite to the virtuous and corporal." Le Cheng was angry. said.
"If I'm not wrong, Wei's goal is Jiuding. The good news is that our lives are not in danger. Wei should be planning to use us to negotiate with Zhao." Li Si said quickly.
Wei State now obviously wants to separate Le Cheng and others from the army. Without the army, Le Cheng can only be at the mercy of Wei State. Likewise, an army without Le Cheng's command is just a piece of loose sand.
"The King of Wei is mentally ill? If he does this, which country will dare to form an alliance with Wei in the future?" Le Cheng said.
"This is not the first time Wei has done this. If the Wei family had not stabbed their allies in the back, there would not have been three kingdoms of Korea, Zhao, and Wei." Li Si curled his lips. There were too many things like cheating allies. Not to mention, just It is said that twenty years ago, the state of Chu stabbed the state of Qi in the back and directly killed the king of Qi, causing the state of Qi to fall into a situation of eternal disaster.
If it weren't for Chu's backstabbing, Le Yi would have had to spend a lot more effort to win over Qi.
"What should we do now?" Lecheng asked.
"I have sent someone to deliver a letter to Handan. We just need to wait for the reply. Now
You can't even see the King of Wei, so everything you do is in vain. Li Si said.
King Wei will not come forward until the dust settles.
The reason is simple. If this thing goes wrong in the end, someone needs to stand up and take the blame.
And this person must not be the King of Wei.
At that time, he only needs to say that all this was done by the minister's orders and he had no knowledge of it, and he will be able to shirk all the responsibilities.
"In addition, the general can talk to General Mangmao. The Wei State has not restricted our activities, which means that it still cares about the strength of our Zhao State and does not want to quarrel with our Zhao State. If we can know something, it will be easier for us to deal with it." Feng Quji said.
"I understand. But I have to go to the military camp to take a look first. If I'm not here, the soldiers may fight against the Wei army. Moreover, I have to make sure that the Wei army will not attack us, otherwise..." Le Cheng turned around and walked towards the military camp.
In early October, Zhao Kuo finally returned to Handan.
As soon as I arrived at the palace, before I had time to rest, several important officials from the court came together.
"The king is tired from traveling all the way. Logically speaking, I should not disturb the king at this time, but I have something important to report." Wei Wuji leaned over and bowed.
"Ai Qing is also doing it for Zhao Guo. If you have anything to say, just say it." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and motioned for several people to sit down.
"Le Cheng's army was imprisoned by the Wei State." Wei Wuji said bitterly. When he knew that Le Cheng had brought Jiuding out of the royal city, he knew that his brother would most likely do such a thing.
But I felt a bit lucky. After all, Wei State still had a few ministers who could see the situation clearly.
Until the news reached Handan.
"Wei and Qin have formed an alliance?" Zhao Kuo's face darkened.
Apart from this reason, he could not think of any reason why Wei would attack Zhao Jun.
Zhao State must rely on Wei State as a barrier to the west and south in order to realize its strategy of swallowing up Yan and merging Qi. Once Wei State is won over by Qin State, Zhao State can only switch from strategic offense to strategic defense.
But Zhao State is a land of four battles. It is surrounded by enemies. How can it be defended?
"No." Wei Wuji shook his head, recounted everything that happened during this period, and finally added, "Based on my understanding of my brother, my brother just wants Jiuding and has no intention of breaking with Zhao."
