The north wind is cool, and the rain and snow are heavy. —— "Book of Songs, Bei Feng, North Wind"

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"This, Uncle means that the army will turn back and not go to Western Liaoning?"

That night, at the camp of the Zhao-Yan coalition forces in Jieshi, Yan Houke wanted to cry but had no tears.

You must know that now Zhao State has annexed all the former vassals Lu and Wei, and almost unified the Central Plains, and Sanqi, Song, and Cao have basically lost their independent status, in the form of Zhao State's monarch. Only the State of Yan could not reach the State of Zhao because of its geographical location in the north, and Houke of Yan was timid and did not dare to offend the great powers. . So he listened to the advice of the doctors and met Zhao Wuxi many times during the festival, hoping to exchange his humility and obedience for the continuation of the Yan Kingdom.

This strategy seems to have been successful. Zhao State has allowed the existence of Yan State, and now he is actively helping Yan Houke to expand his territory...

Yan Guo could not refuse, and could only agree tremblingly.

Zhao Wuxi was extremely high-profile about this matter, and before he started, he made a fuss to the world. Then 10,000 troops drove in, from Linyi to Jidu and then to Jieshi, all the way for thousands of miles, eating Yan people and using Yan people, only to reach the edge of western Liaoning, but suddenly said that they were going to withdraw? What does it mean?

Marquis Yan asked carefully, while Marquis Zhao was eating a whole roasted camel in front of him with a knife and said, "Marquis Yan does not know anything, the vanguard army commanded by Sima Xinzhizi in Shanggu County has arrived in Yushui with more than 1,000 horses. (Daling River), the people of western Liaoning heard that the army was coming, and they did not dare to resist, and they surrendered one after another. Now that the western Liaoning on the coast has been settled, since the goal has been achieved, the army naturally does not have to go there, and it is only a waste of food and grass."

"The **** descended?"

Yan Houke was both surprised and delighted. You must know that when he sent people to attack western Liaoning last year, he was violently resisted by the scorpion. Now that the Zhao army came, the scorpion was looking out for the wind. People's hearts are mixed, but he still flatters:

"The uncle is powerful, and as soon as the army came out, all the men and women surrendered. This feat is comparable to Duke Huan of Qi's expedition to the north of Shanrong and beheading the Lone Bamboo."

There is something in the words. He mentioned Duke Huan of Qi because after the end of the Northern Expedition, Duke Huan of Qi not only did not ask for an inch of land in Yan State as a reward, but also gave Shuzhou to Yan State. Good things, can they still be honored?"

Zhao Wuxi understood, he wiped the oil from his mouth with a ge towel: "Don't worry, Marquis Yan, Liaoning will be handed over to the State of Yan soon. Marquis Yan can send doctors and soldiers to build a fortress and guard Yushui. Let the locals enjoy the Chinese style forever.”

"In this way, I am grateful for the gift of my uncle!"

A stone is relieved. Although he feels sorry for Zhao Jun's expenses when he was in the state of Yan, Marquis Yan is still very happy to take back a corner of western Liaoning without spending a single soldier. Fan his own martial arts.

But he was worried that Zhao Jun would come again next year. At that time, the state of Yan would not be able to afford food for thousands of people and the cost of carriage and horses.

So Yan Houke asked cautiously: "Since the west of Liaoning has fallen, what about the east of Liaoning, or Chen Heng, who is entrenched in North Korea? Isn't the Junhou sending troops this time for Chen Heng?"

"Sun Wu has a saying, as for the way of using the military, the whole country is the best, the next is breaking the country, and the soldiers who subdue people without fighting are the good ones. They can keep their borders and live in peace with each other. Anyway, the filthy people don’t have a ruler, and the tribes are scattered all over the place, and sooner or later they will become naturalized in the Central Plains. As for Chen Heng?

Marquis Yan was stunned. Years ago, when Zhao Wuxi was gnashing his teeth against Chen Heng, he would cut his corpse into pieces, but today he let him go so easily, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain. What does this mean?

His heart couldn't help but get nervous again, and he began to feel that Zhao Wuxi's ambiguous northern expedition was full of doubts, and it was not Chen Heng and North Korea that he planned!

Could it be the Sheji of Yan State?

Yan Houke was nervous: "I don't know when the uncle plans to withdraw the army?"

However, Zhao Wuxi had no intention of coveting the land of Yan State, and said: "We will withdraw one after another in May and June, and the widows have to rush back to persuade farmers and handle government affairs, so I am afraid they will not enter Jidu."

Marquis Yan had long hoped that Zhao Jun would evacuate, but he had to pretend to invite Zhao Wuxi to Jidu for a few more days. Unexpectedly, Zhao Wuxi took his hand and said with a smile:

"The widow has long heard that the people of the country of Yan are extremely hospitable. When guests pass by to stay overnight, they even let their family's women wait on the bed?"

Yan Houke's face suddenly turned black. This is an old habit of their Yan Kingdom. Because the area is vast and sparsely populated, and it is mixed with Rong and Di, so they take chastity and the distinction between men and women very lightly. Adding a ban is useless, Zhao Hou now asks this, what does he want to do! ?

He could only reluctantly say: "Let the uncle laugh, this is the custom of the savage people..."

"Don't be nervous. The widow is just an analogy to the hospitality of the Yan people. You must know that this hospitality has a long history, not only for the common people, but also for the public office. It's a gift sent. When Duke Huan of Qi returned from a northern expedition, Duke Yanzhuang sent him all the way to the border, so Marquis Yan didn't intend to send him to the widow?"

"Send, of course!"

Yan Houke agreed with all his might, and the next day he followed Zhao Jun on the road to the south. He just hoped that this group of wicked guests who spent a day on horses and chews would leave early.

What he didn't expect was that this delivery would be sent to Yecheng, the capital of Zhao...

...

In mid-May, Zhao Wuxi, who had stopped the Northern Expedition abruptly, led the army to return, and when he was saying goodbye at the border, he suddenly held the Marquis of Yan and returned to Ye.

Zhao Wuxi claimed that the Marquis of Yan was only a guest in Yecheng, at least in three months, and at most he would return in half a year, so that the state of Yan should not act rashly. Then, on the grounds that the state of Yan was unstable, he left a brigade of Zhao troops stationed in Jieshi and a division in Linyi, and let Daijun take over Juyongguan and other fortresses. status is precarious.

In this regard, the doctors of Yan Guoqing in Jidu had no choice but to accept the status quo.

Not only was Zhao Jun already stationed in the State of Yan, but the Marquis of Yan was also in the hands of the State of Zhao. Also because in the past few months, 10,000 Zhao soldiers had eaten their horses and exhausted the military reserves of the Yan Kingdom, and the Yan army was powerless to resist. To make matters worse, the army sent to accept the west of Liaoning ran back in despair. It turned out that as soon as Zhao Jun left, the rebellious people rebelled again. Instead, the State of Yan had to rely on Zhao Jun stationed in Jieshi to help suppress...

This tactic of drawing wages from the bottom of the pot was extremely vicious, and made the country of Yan, the only country with the strength to threaten the rear of Zhao Guoda, lost its combat effectiveness. Zhao Wuxi no longer had to worry about what happened to the north when he went south. .

Similarly ~lightnovelpub.net~ Sanqi also built ships along the coast because of Zhao's "Northern Expedition" order, exhausting the people's strength. In late May, they received instructions from Yecheng, and the coastal ships all went south. Concentrate on Qugang (Lianyungang) in Donghai County!

"Not to the north, but to the south!?" San Qi suddenly realized, but it was too late to regret it.

The gust of wind began to blow quietly southward from the land of Yanzhao, bleak and bleak, and a flood of waves surged up.

But the country of Chu, which is thousands of miles away, is still a long time away from being affected by the great storm in the northern country because of the barrier of space. Also in May, Yingdu's reforms had died down, but the aristocratic county magistrates' criticism of Bai Gongsheng was still in the ascendant. Many people wished to put him to death, and Bai Gong, the initiator of the dispute, listened to Ling Yin Zixi's words and closed the door. It seems to be avoiding the limelight, and it seems that something is brewing.

On the third day of the fifth lunar month, the last crescent moon in the Jianghan Plain was very dark. A group of merchant ships from Huainan sailed across the Han River overnight, and at sunrise, they reached the water gate outside the Nanyuan Water Gate in Yingdu...

ps: Thistle... When guests meet each other, they serve as women, and on the eve of marriage, there is no difference between men and women, and they are proud of it. It stopped for a while, but never changed. ——"Han Shu. Geography II", there is only one chapter today.