Chapter 14: Zhao Xie Becomes King
Li Liang rebelled, and Handan City was in chaos. In an instant, Handan City was filled with cries of killing, children crying, women complaining, men yelling and cursing, weapons clashing, and soldiers begging for mercy.
Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others got the news first. Before Li Liang took control of Handan, they escaped from Handan City through the north gate and galloped all the way. In an inconspicuous mountain, everyone dismounted and rested.
At this time, the Zhao State was leaderless, and deserters were pouring out from Handan everywhere. Seeing the fire in Handan City, and the fighting flying everywhere, Zhang Er was very upset. Just when everyone was in distress, a cavalry galloped over.
, stopped in front of Chen Yu and Zhang Er, cupped his hands and said: "Prime Minister, General, at this time, Li Liang has transferred Xindu's troops to Handan, and Handan City has completely lost control!"
The scout's words made Chen Yu completely angry. He had already drawn his sword in his hand and roared: "Thief, the newly stabilized Zhao country has been destroyed in his hands. Come, gather your troops, I will
I want to fight Li Liang to the death!"
Chen Yu's anger inspired the fighting spirit of the soldiers. More than a thousand Zhao soldiers waved their weapons and roared: "Avenge King Zhao! Avenge King Zhao!"
Seeing that his morale was ready, Chen Yu couldn't help but order: "Gather the defeated soldiers, let's march towards Handan!"
More than a thousand people surged like waves, preparing to march towards Handan. Zhang Er said anxiously: "Li Liang is powerful, don't be impulsive!"
Shen Yang also stopped Chen Yu at this time, cupped his hands and said: "Since ancient times, military strategists have said that when a dangerous place comes back to life, it is best for us to attack Xindu at this time!"
Xindu? Isn't that the place where Li Liang has been stationing troops these days? Everyone was a little puzzled. Shen Yang added: "Li Liang just took advantage of the chaos to capture Handan. His power is unstable, so he must mobilize troops to stabilize Handan. Xindu, for
He is considered useless, but although our military morale is initially in turmoil due to the murder of the king, the Zhao Kingdom is fundamentally on our side, and both the military morale and the people's morale have become orthodox, so anyone who believes in it can enter!"
Shen Yang said this, looked at everyone, and wanted to continue talking, but Zhang Er had already understood the meaning of Shen Yang's words, and couldn't help laughing and said: "This is reasonable, we can't delay, we must attack quickly without delay!"
Chen Yu always listened to Zhang Er's words. At this time, Zhang Er had the intention to invade Handan, and Chen Yu couldn't help but be tempted. Moreover, the Zhao army was in great disarray and was outnumbered. It would not be easy to recapture Handan.
Chen Yu took advantage of Zhang Er's idea and ordered: "Send the order and march into Xindu!"
Soon, the Zhao army marched towards Xindu in a mighty manner. Li Liang's army near Xindu City had already withdrawn. The Zhao army occupied Xindu without any effort, sent orders to all directions, collected the defeated troops, closed the city and defended it. To the north of Zhao, some small counties also followed.
Raise your troops and break away from Zhao's control.
In just a few days, no less than 20,000 Zhao troops came to join the Zhao army. Moreover, there were still broken soldiers who escaped from Handan City and defected to Xindu every day. A large number of people and young people came from other counties and counties to join the Zhao army camp. Zhang
The troops of Er and others once again expanded from more than 20,000 to 50,000. The momentum was huge, the foundation gradually stabilized, and the territory of Zhao State gradually stabilized.
At this time, everyone in the county government gathered again to decide whether to attack Handan. Everyone held their own opinions. Some people believed that while Li Liang's foundation was unstable, he should lead his army back to Handan and drive Li Liang out of Zhao.
Some people believe that since the capital is now safe, we should not send out troops wantonly to cause panic.
Some people directly pointed out that Zhang Han had defeated Song Liujun and Nanyang County Da'an. They wondered whether Zhang Han's next target would be the State of Zhao. If Zhang Han intended to go north, the State of Zhao would be in crisis again. If there was a war with Li Liang
, to win, we can fight against Zhang Han with all our strength, but once the Zhao army fails to take Handan, and Zhang Han is looking at him from the south, it will be difficult to dismount from the tiger, and the Zhao country will be in danger.
There are different opinions and different opinions. Zhang Er and others are also a little confused. They don't know what to do!
"General Li, I think it is better to go south. No matter whether we can win the letter or not, at least we have to give it a try. It is much better than just sitting back and waiting for death!" The speaker was a young general, and at this time, he was refuting Li Zuoche.
a delaying tactic, but Li Zuoche was not one
People who are easily shaken in their determination. At this time, since he has made up his mind and wants to stick to the capital and wait for the opportunity, he will argue with reason. Li Zuoche looked at the young officer angrily, shouted in a high voice: "
What do you know? Are you talking nonsense here?"
"You..." The young officer was aggrieved because Li Zuoche despised him. However, he was indeed not as prestigious as Li Zuoche in the army, so he could only endure it and said: "Please give me some advice from Li Liangjun!"
The middle-aged officer's tone was extremely cold. Li Zuoche ignored his displeasure, but looked at the map coldly, and said in a calm tone: "Although Xindu is not a big city, it is at the key point of the northward march.
The strategic position of the land is very important. In addition, our enemy at this time is not only Li Liang, but also the State of Qin. If we and Li Liang both lose, the only one who will benefit in the end is the State of Qin. Therefore, there is no need to discuss this matter.
Just wait for the opportunity!”
Li Zuoche expressed his opinion unhurriedly, but Zhang Er did not agree. He was eager for revenge and wanted to avenge the military officials. At this time, listening to Li Zuoche's owner, he couldn't help but sneered: "General Ruoyi Li"
As you said, will you not avenge your Majesty?"
"That's not what I meant..." Before Li Zuoche could finish his words, Zhang Er waved his hand, interrupting what Li Zuoche was saying, and continued: "If we can't even avenge the king's blood feud, I'm afraid that the number of people in Xindu City will...
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be disheartened. If one person is dispersed, hundreds of people will be dispersed, or even thousands of people will be dispersed. Tens of thousands of people will be dispersed. At that time, Zhao Guo has lost the support of the people, how can he kill Li Liang?"
Having said this, Zhang Er paused. He looked at everyone attentively and continued: "We might as well unite with Yan State and join forces to attack Li Liang. Handan can be defeated!"
"No, no!" Shen Yang walked out, waving his hands and saying, "This is absolutely not possible!"
Everyone's eyes turned to Shen Yang, and Zhang Er also looked slightly displeased. At this time, Shen Yang came to everyone and sighed: "When a family is in chaos, why do outsiders need to care?"
Shen Yang's words were accusing Zhang Er of not moving the Yan Kingdom into the country. At this time, before Zhang Er could open his mouth to argue, Shen Yang continued: "Prime Minister Zhang Er and General Chen Yu are already our
The political core of Zhao State and the military representatives, their decisions are related to the future destiny of Zhao State, so please listen to me."
Seeing that everyone had stopped their discussions and turned their attention to him, Shen Yangnai continued: "At this time, the Zhao Kingdom is like a headless dragon, soaring aimlessly in the sky. If we can visit the members of the former Zhao Kingdom family,
When future generations come to take over the Zhao Kingdom, their morale will surely be high and the soldiers will die. At that time, the Zhao Kingdom can be settled without a fight, so why worry about Li Liang?"
"Interview with the descendants of Zhao State?" Everyone was talking like ants in a pot. I don't know who was the first to speak, shouting: "I support Lord An Guo's suggestion."
"I support it too!"
"We are originally from Zhao. I have no objection to visiting our late master!"
Zhang Er, Chen Yu, and Chen Yu saw that Shen Yang had hit the mark with everyone's thoughts. Moreover, the two of them were originally from Wei and did not have much prestige in the Zhao State. Perhaps, visiting the descendants of the Zhao State would be the best choice. The two pondered for a long time.
, finally, everyone nodded.
Zhang Er picked up the bronze sword on the table and ordered: "General Chen Yu continues to recruit troops and strictly guards the city. I have decided to personally visit the descendants of Zhao. I swear that if I cannot bring back the descendants of Zhao, I will never return for the rest of my life!"
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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed. At this time, Xindu City has been freed from the chaos of the fall of Handan. The army is unified and the city defense is tight.
Li Liang also spied on Xindu many times, hoping to eliminate the main force of the Zhao army here, and then send troops to advance and gradually regain the Zhao land. Moreover, he had long planned to surrender to the Qin army, but Li Liang was still weak at the moment.
We had to recruit troops every day and train them rigorously.
The two sides were equally powerful, and no one took the lead in provoking a war. At this time, on the city tower of Xindu, Chen Yu, Li Zuoche and other generals inspected the rolling wooden thunder stones and other weapons used to defend the city.
Thirty thousand feathered arrows were also carried to the top of the city one after another. It could be said that the war would begin at any time. However, Zhang Er had been away for half a month without any news, which made Chen Yu somewhat worried.
But what Chen Yu was more worried about was the future of the Zhao State. He didn't know if the Zhao State could not find the descendants of the former royal family, whether there would be political discord again. What a country fears most is the emergence of disagreements.
At this time, Chen Yu and others came to an item storage area. Chen Yu opened a wooden box, took out a feather arrow, and looked at it carefully. The feather arrow was finely made. Chen Yu was very satisfied. He couldn't help but smile.
He nodded, and at this moment, a soldier hurried over and said with a loud smile: "General, the Prime Minister is back."
After hearing this, Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh heartily, turned around and said to everyone: "Let's go and have a look with me."
Outside the city gate, a convoy of carriages was slowly approaching. There were about twenty people, gorgeously dressed, guarding both sides of the convoy. Soon, the gate of Xindu City slowly opened. Not far away, Chen Yu led more than a hundred relatives.
The accompanying generals came galloping to greet the convoy.
Soon, the two teams met, and the convoy gradually stopped moving forward. At this time, the curtain of the leading car was opened, Zhang Er walked out with a big smile, and said with cupped hands: "Everyone, long time no see, how are you all?"
Seeing that it was indeed Zhang Er, Chen Yu couldn't help laughing and went up to him: "Brother Er, please let us wait."
Just as everyone was greeting each other and laughing and chatting, another wave of people rushed out of the city. The leader was Shen Yang, Lord Anguo. Soon, they came to Zhang Er and others and greeted each other. At this time, the man behind
The curtain of the carriage was also opened, and a middle-aged man of about thirty years old walked out. He bowed deeply to everyone: "I am Zhao Xie, I have met all of you."
"Zhao Xie?" After a brief shock, everyone realized that the surname Zhao was the surname of Zhao State. The person in front of them must be Zhang Er, the new monarch who came to take over the position of military minister and regain control of Zhao State.
Thinking of this, everyone saluted: "I have met the king."
Three days later, the Zhao army built an altar in the north of Xindu, established Zhao Xie as the king of Zhao, made Zhang Er the prime minister, Chen Yu as the general, Shen Yang as the superior officer, and Li Zuoche as the Zhonglang general, and trained in Xindu.
Chapter completed!