Changes in things often occur quietly.
Ambassador Zhao, who had been staying in the post house for a day, thought he would have to wait another day, but suddenly he received another invitation from the King of Han.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Zhao Shi obviously felt a different atmosphere from the stranger's attitude.
Sure enough, after entering the palace, what they saw shocked the Zhao envoys.
Everyone in Han Zhiguo, from the king to the ministers, all had a different look, with righteous and stern expressions on their faces.
If he hadn't seen these people groveling yesterday, Ambassador Zhao would have thought that these people were indomitable and unyielding.
And as the people of Han State turned against each other, Zhao Envoy's request to borrow food was naturally rejected ruthlessly.
This tough attitude is very popular with the envoys of the State of Zhao. I am not afraid that you will not be tough, but I am afraid that you will be soft. If you are too soft, what will you do with the tasks assigned by the king?
Looking at the people of Han who looked like a villain who had succeeded, the envoy of Zhao had a gloomy face, as if he was about to pour out thunderous anger, but in his heart, he was as happy as a sunny and cheerful boy.
Of course, the play should be done enough.
Immediately, Zhao's envoys magnified Han Zhiguo's guilt in detail and made it public:
"In the past battle at Luocheng, you fled without fighting, causing our three-state coalition of Zhao, Chu, and Wei to almost lose themselves at the hands of the Qin army, and lose the Zhou Dynasty. This is a crime;
My king wanted to lend you food, regardless of past grievances, but you did not hesitate to accept the gift from my king, openly refused to accept it, this is two sins;
I came as an envoy under the king's order, but the king of Han made fun of me in the palace and in the palace, humiliating our country. This is the third crime. "
After the words fell, Zhao's envoy narrowed his eyes, sharp as a knife, and looked around again. No one in Han dared to look at him.
The Zhao envoy was stunned, and then continued to speak: "With these three crimes, are you deceiving me, Zhao, because there is no one and the army is at a disadvantage?"
After a brief pause, Zhao envoy almost gritted his teeth, and then looked at King Han who was on the throne with cold eyes, and continued to say: "For yesterday's transgression and today's humiliation, I, Zhao, will definitely seek revenge from King Han and all the kings. Yes, don’t call it unforeseen.”
Looking at the gloomy face of the Zhao envoy and hearing his harsh words, King Han was really panicked.
Although he rejected Zhao Guo's request, he never thought that he would really offend Zhao Guo to death!
"Your Majesty!" Seeing that Ambassador Zhao was about to leave, King Han quickly stood up and was about to explain.
Seeing King Han's actions, Ambassador Zhao instinctively wanted to turn around and leave, but he couldn't give King Han a chance to explain. It took a lot of effort for him to get so angry - he was arrogant at the front and respectful at the back. The order of thinking People laugh!
However, just when the Zhao envoy wanted to turn around and leave forcefully, another voice interrupted King Han and at the same time fixed the Zhao envoy in place.
"I don't know how Zhao Guo wants to speak so unpredictably?" A cold voice echoed through the main hall, suffocating everyone's breath.
The envoy from the State of Zhao was also interested. Does the State of Han still have such brave warriors? This is quite interesting.
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to the direction where the voice came from.
Under the sunlight, in the side door of the main hall, a big man in black robes was seen, holding a talisman and looking at the envoy of Zhao with a smile on his face.
"Keeping integrity!" The envoy from Zhao State sighed in his heart. He immediately knew the identity of the person coming. However, after understanding it, he was a little disappointed. He thought that Han Zhiguo finally had a warrior. Unexpectedly, this was not only Han Zhizhi. Chinese.
Those who hold integrity are naturally envoys from other countries.
And looking at today's Warring States Period, besides Qin, which country dares to clamor against Zhao?
Coupled with the black robe of Yishui'er, the word "Qin people" is almost engraved on his face.
Of course, Ambassador Zhao also instantly understood from the appearance of Ambassador Qin why the King of Han was acting uncharacteristically today. It turned out that it was the Qin people who were holding up King Han's waist from behind.
Involuntarily, the Zhao State envoy's evaluation of Han Zhiguo became lower and lower.
Indeed, less than three hours after the envoy of Zhao left yesterday, the envoy of Qin hurriedly came to the capital of Han.
The envoy of Qin had already received the news of Zhao's request when he entered the palace. After meeting the King of Han, he immediately expressed his condemnation of Zhao's unreasonable request. At the same time, he also expressed the willingness of Qin and Han to be friendly on behalf of King Qin, and Expressed his willingness to help Han Zhiguo resist the bullying from Zhao State.
Of course, in the face of the threat from Zhao Guo, it is no longer possible to pay lip service to the truth.
The most important thing is that the Qin envoy brought a generous gift from the King of Qin - a general of the Qin State, plus three thousand elite Qin troops.
This number just stuck in King Han's psychology.
If the number of troops is small, it will not be enough to strengthen the determination of the King of Han to resist Zhao; if the number of troops is more, the King of Han will be afraid that it will be easier to invite the gods than to send them away.
Three thousand Qin soldiers, no more and no less, can train their own soldiers and horses well without overpowering the host, which is just right.
Of course, after all, this is still Qin's army, and marching into its own military camp means that its national defense will be almost completely exposed to Qin. This is almost a problem for any country with an army. unacceptable.
However, facing the menacing Zhao State and the very possible danger of annihilation, the King of Han could only choose the lesser of two evils.
Thinking about it from another direction, if the Qin State really wants to destroy itself, it will not be easy to have a national defense layout. Even if the soldiers and horses can really be trained well by the Qin army, the Qin State will not dare to act rashly. .
This is of course King Han deceiving himself.
However, now the pattern of the two hegemons has become increasingly clear. Even if the two hegemons insist on fighting each other, small countries like Han Zhiguo must choose to take sides.
Those who do not stand aside will soon disappear in the long river of history like the Zhou Kingdom (Dynasty);
And even if he was standing on the sidelines, it would only delay his disappearance slightly.
Once the two countries start to carve up their minds, no country can escape being crushed by the gears of fate.
Of course, almost all countries think that it is better to live than to die.
It was precisely because of the support of Qin that King Han dared to reject Zhao's request. But what King Han didn't know was that the day before he rejected Zhao's request and completely offended Zhao, King Qin's envoy had sold him and his country of Han to Zhao.
As for the three thousand Qin soldiers, Qin will not default on its debt. However, those three thousand soldiers are not here to defend the country of Han, but to stabilize the country of Han and to delay the attack of Zhao as much as possible. The pace is just to buy time for Qin to annex Chu's land.
To put it bluntly, these three thousand Qin soldiers were used by the King of Qin to bury his King of Han.
It's a pity that King Han didn't know King Qin's plan, or even if King Han knew King Qin's intention, he had no choice at all.
How to choose?
Zhao Guo has been offended to death for a long time. Even if he wants to get close to him again, after the battle in Luocheng, he will not gain Zhao Guo's trust at all.
What's more, Zhao State must be better than Qin State?
After all, the State of Qin sent three thousand elite troops to stay in the country of Han. What about the State of Zhao? I'm afraid he will let his own army take the lead for him. Once something is wrong, it is wrong. If you are wrong, you must admit it. If you are beaten, you must stand upright.
History, sometimes really seems like a cycle.
That time and that moment, exactly this moment. (I can’t say too much)
Looking at the Qin envoy who slowly walked out from the side door, the Zhao envoy's face was as calm as ever.
The arrival of the Qin envoy was unexpected, but it was also reasonable. What's more important is that Ambassador Zhao's mission is not to win over Han Zhiguo. On the contrary, Ambassador Zhao is here to cause trouble.
Of course, why are you so angry?
"It seems that King Han's spine is so straight. It turns out that there is a reason!" Envoy Zhao looked at the direction in which envoy Qin came, then slowly looked at King Han's position, twitching the corner of his mouth slightly, and teased with a smile.
"Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand." King Han immediately wanted to explain again.
"There is no misunderstanding."
"There is no misunderstanding."
The envoys from Qin and Zhao said almost in unison.
Immediately, the two ignored King Han who had already stood up from his seat and looked at each other directly.
"King Qin, you've done well." Ambassador Zhao nodded as a courtesy.
"King Zhao, that's not bad." The Qin envoy returned the favor with praise.
"The land of Zhou is still in the hands of my country Zhao." Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly and he said with a slight threat.
"Oh? Isn't the land of Zhou in the hands of Wei and Chu?" Qin's envoy retorted unceremoniously.
"It seems that King Qin has forgotten the pain of Changping that year." Zhao Shi continued to strike.
"King Zhao seems to have forgotten that Huayang was defeated." The Qin envoy immediately retorted.
"Then let the world see how sharp our sword is."
"Or is the sword of my Qin country tougher?"
"please."
"please!"
After saying this, Ambassador Zhao left the palace of Han without even looking at King Han who was on the throne.
This simply trampled Han Zhiguo's face under his feet.
Not to mention that in the royal palace of South Korea, the envoys of Qin and Zhao were fighting with each other without any scruples, seemingly treating the surrounding monarchs and ministers of South Korea as decorations.
Forget it, after all, it is Han's wish for Qin and Zhao to be at odds with each other.
However, it would be a huge diplomatic faux pas for Zhao to leave without saying goodbye. What's even more embarrassing is that there are more than dozens of monarchs and ministers from the Kingdom of Han present, but no one dares to step forward to stop him.
If this were in the palace of Zhao or Qin, this situation would definitely not happen. Not to mention whether Lai Envoy dared or not, even if Lai Envoy did do this, as a minister, he would immediately attack him with a knife.
The face of the country must not be desecrated. On that day, the envoys of the Zhou Dynasty were only slightly rude during Zhao Kuo's enthronement ceremony, and were expelled by Zhao Kuo without hesitation. This is the integrity a country should have.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on King Han and his ministers. Who doesn’t want to have this kind of backbone, but this kind of backbone also needs to be supported by strong national power.
In any case, Ambassador Zhao's party in the Kingdom of Han once again achieved what he wanted.
From now on, everyone in the world will know that Han Zhiguo relied on Qin's support to severely refute Zhao's face. Not only did he not give the stricken Zhao a grain of food, but he also allowed the Qin envoys to humiliate Zhao in court and make Zhao Make him leave angrily.
What? It was clear that the envoy of Zhao State had retreated rudely, but why did he leave angrily?
Because Zhao Guo said so.
Because the State of Qin did not object to this.
So, does it matter what Han Zhiguo says?
The impact of this confrontation between Qin and Zhao in the Han Palace not only made Zhao's attack on Han more famous, but also had an important impact on Qin's judgment.
Obviously, as this incident spread to the Xianyang Dynasty, the Qin State, from the King of Qin down to Fan Sui, Wang Hao and others, all believed in Zhao's judgment of attacking Korea.
The reason is very simple. Without cutting, it is not enough to show the power of Zhao; without cutting, it is not enough to calm the anger of King Zhao!
It's a pity that King Qin and his ministers obviously underestimated their old rival Zhao Kuo...
