"Yes." Lord Pingyuan immediately clasped his hands and accepted the order. Now that he has finally completed the hundred steps, Lord Pingyuan is finally relieved. At least when Zhao Kuo returns, there will be no soldiers left. situation.
After walking all night, Mr. Pingyuan also gained a lot. Lin Shangqing's scheming is beyond anyone's reach. Every step seems to be random, but it is linked to each other.
Without the commotion in Lou Chang's house, Lou Chang's suspicion would not have been aroused; without Lou Chang's suspicion, there would naturally be no provocation by Lou Chang in front of the king; without Lou Chang's provocation, his seemingly powerful speeches would not have been possible. It loses a lot of credibility.
With this credibility, King Zhao would be so angry at the indifference of his important ministers. Only by arousing King Zhao's anger would forced conquest be possible. Even in the end, Lin Xiangru hid his secret.
How could every one of the twenty-nine households not agree? No matter how dignified Mr. Pingyuan and Lin Shangqing were, there would still be a few aristocratic families willing to give.
These important ministers will cry bitterly and cry out at tomorrow's morning court to hand over Kinu! This will completely put the remaining aristocratic families on the fire, and at the same time completely eliminate the slightest worry in King Zhao's heart.
This is the whole of Lin Shangqing's plan tonight, well, at least in the eyes of Lord Pingyuan! It can be said that it is so accurate that it has won the hearts of the people!
However, the calculations in Lin Shangqing's heart can only be filled with a few conspiracies, and the world in Lin Xiangru's heart cannot be easily contained by Pingyuan Jun's eyes?
Although it seems that Lin Shangqing's trick is nothing more than taking advantage of people's inner selfishness and greed to achieve the purpose of conscription. But from another higher perspective, the conscription is certainly true, but Lin Shangqing's purpose is not just as simple as conscription.
Perhaps, by completely classifying the aristocratic families in Handan City, distinguishing the situation between ourselves and the enemy, and at the same time using the collection of Jiannu to weaken the power of the Handan aristocratic families, and weakening the ties between each aristocratic family, King Zhao, and even the clan, perhaps Lin Shangqing’s deeper and deeper Unknown purpose.
From this perspective, even Mr. Pingyuan, the head of the clan, is one of the victims.
And the ultimate goal of doing this, Lin Shangqing has only one goal-Zhao Kuo!
Once the recruitment of healthy slaves becomes a reality, it will not be that simple for these soldiers to be demobilized and returned to their respective families. King Zhao will not let such a large piece of fat go, and Zhao Kuo will not miss such a good opportunity - no Without the healthy slaves who look after the family and nursing home, the aristocratic family can only curl up and live a hard life for at least a few years.
At the same time, it is impossible for the aristocratic family whose foundation has been shaken not to harbor resentment. So who should they resent? Even Zhao Kuo, who was far away in Dai County and was ruined in his great cause of resisting Hu, was obviously not!
So who else could it be? Naturally, it was the initiator of the conscription - Lord Pingyuan, who represented the Zhao clan, and the decision-maker of conscription of Jiannu - King Zhao. Even the latter, as the ultimate vested interest, will be more resented than Mr. Pingyuan.
Of course, Lin Shangqing never said a word of these words and plans to Lord Pingyuan. No matter from the perspective of Lord Pingyuan or King Zhao, it is almost impossible to figure out Lin Shangqing's ultimate purpose.
Therefore, driven by Lin Shangqing's hands hidden in the darkness, Lord Pingyuan and King Zhao quickly and ignorantly continued to discuss the details of the recruitment of healthy slaves from each family tomorrow.
The sky soon became brighter amid the busy schedule.
A simple, short, and powerful order from the king soon appeared in the hands of Lord Pingyuan. The content was very simple: Lord Pingyuan was still ordered to take charge of the defense of Handan City, but he specifically added a sentence: Immediate recruitment of troops to strengthen the defense of the city. Yes, it's easy to do it, no need to ask for orders.
Although this short sentence seems inconspicuous, it contains the utmost trust and delegation of power from King Zhao to Lord Pingyuan. Combined with the news that Mr. Pingyuan had been rejected from dozens of houses last night, everyone understood what King Zhao meant.
Even the so-called post-war compensation was not explicitly stated by King Zhao, so everyone already understood what to do. It was just a question of whether to obey or not.
Fortunately, in Zhao State at this time, smart people still account for the vast majority.
As soon as King Zhao's fate was announced, the smart people had already made a decision in their hearts, and they handed over the slaves in their hands in accordance with King Zhao's request. After all, although the Zhao Kingdom is slightly dangerous now, it is far from being at the end of its rope. .
On the contrary, the so-called Yan army looks mighty, but once the general turns around, there will definitely be no good results.
It doesn't matter if you offend Lord Pingyuan, it doesn't even matter if you offend King Zhao, but you can't offend both sides, that would mean you are really severing yourself from Zhao.
Anyone can see that today's Zhao State is still the only big country in the world besides Qin State, and even the only country that can withstand Qin State's eastward march. As a smart man, he was unwilling to give up the interests of Zhao State.
If you don't want to give up, you can only give up. You want and want, and you can only become neither and not yet.
However, not everyone is smart enough, and once this simple truth is put through the filter of money, not everyone can clearly understand it.
Of course, these few don't even need King Zhao to take action personally, they have the sensible people to help take care of them.
What made King Zhao slightly gratified was that his doctor Ma Zai Lou Chang was obviously one of the many smart people, and even became the vanguard to help take care of the ignorant family - at least he could reduce the number of people from others. Some of your own losses!
Lord Pingyuan is naturally happy with the success. The most important thing now is to recruit enough troops. As for the rest, Lord Pingyuan doesn't care about that much.
As a result, the small storm that was originally expected did not form, but in just one day, the 20,000 soldiers needed by Pingyuan Lord had been gathered, and there were even more than 2,000 more soldiers.
Of course, Lord Pingyuan did not intend to return these two thousand men. After all, the more general Zhao Kuo had, the better.
After the recruitment was completed, Lord Pingyuan's burden did not ease. The reason was simple. The military strength was sufficient now, but it still required some training to truly form combat power.
Mixing is obviously the best way. It’s just that mixed production still requires mutual adjustment. Lord Pingyuan knew that these things must be completed before the Yan army arrived, and it could only be done by him.
And just when Lord Pingyuan was too busy organizing the garrison of Handan, Yan's army of hundreds of thousands finally entered Zhao's territory - Fangcheng, with beacon fires burning and smoke billowing.
Fangcheng was originally a city of Yan State. After Tian Dan entered Zhao State, it was one of the three cities captured by Zhao State.
Although its city now belongs to the State of Zhao, its territory is almost entirely surrounded by the city of the State of Yan, almost like a nail wedged into the territory of the State of Yan. It is not only a bridgehead to attack the swallows, but also a signal tower to prevent the swallows.
King Yan had long hated the loss of this city. Naturally, this city was the first battle in his attack on Zhao!
However, from a purely military perspective, perhaps quietly bypassing this city is the best option.
The reason is very simple. Although the location of this city seems important, it is just an ordinary small city on the border. It only seems important because one part is highlighted.
Because this is just a small city, Zhao State has never invested a large number of troops in this city. Although it is used for beacon fire, it is only used for beacon fire.
This is just a weak army of a few hundred people, and it can't affect the Yan Army's supply line. It won't be a problem to keep it, but it can hide the Yan Army's whereabouts more, thus giving the Zhao Army a more sudden blow.
Now that this square city is being attacked, it is almost a clear warning to the State of Zhao that our Yan army is coming, so you have to be careful! It is no longer possible to hide Xing Zang.
Similarly, this mere small city cannot hold tens of thousands of troops. Even if it is defeated, it will be useless. It is closer to Jicheng but far from Handan. In addition, the city is as small as a meter and cannot even be used as a logistics transfer base.
What's even more terrible is that this city is not the only way for the Yan army to pass through. Whether the Yan army wants to reach Handan directly or blockade Yanyu, the most important thing is Anping City on the border of Yanzhao!
Only by occupying Anping City, which is large enough and surrounded by mountains and rivers, can the Yan army have an advance base and a grain and grass transfer base. But this square city is not on the straight line from Jicheng to Anping City. Even for this protruding point, Yan Junshao said that he would have to walk half a day longer.
What's the use of attacking such a city?
What? Can it dispel the anger in King Yan's heart? !
beat! We must beat, beat hard, beat until we are convinced and feel comfortable!
There is no way, now King Yan only has Li Fu and Qing Qin around him. As for Le Jian and other people who dare to raise different opinions, they have been left in Jicheng by Li Fu, the Prime Minister. How can they be brought to share the wealth? credit.
Of course, the generals in the army, including Qing Qin, did not complain, but in the face of the unquestionable Xiangguo Libi, all words could only be kept in his stomach.
As a result, hundreds of thousands of Yan troops formed a formation and attacked this little-known town. This was no longer a matter of lions fighting rabbits, but of using cannons to fight mosquitoes - not only wasteful, but also useless .
Fangcheng, which was not prepared at all, had only a thousand troops stationed there. How could it be a match for Yan's tens of thousands of troops?
Fortunately, border cities have their own way of survival. Seeing the mighty Yan army spread out endlessly outside the city, it is impossible to defend. With the low city wall and the weak troops, I am afraid that even a charge from the Yan army cannot be received. That is, wait The people in the city will probably be subject to endless massacres.
But doing nothing doesn’t work either. Everyone knows that the Zhao State is powerful and the Yan State is weak. Today, the Yan State is overwhelming. Who knows what will happen when Zhao State reacts in the future.
As a result, two contradictory instructions were instantly issued from the mouths of the city defenders: open the city gates and light the smoke.
Almost instantly, the two groups of soldiers went in two directions, just like when Tohira Junda came with his own strength, the level of proficiency was almost heartbreaking.
Whether it is riding on the wall or letting the grass on the wall swing in the wind, this is the only way for this small border town to survive in the cracks.
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