Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Needless to say, the young master sitting in the top seat is naturally Zhao Yiren.

Until this time, Zhao Yi, who had been staring at Zhao Ji with squinting eyes, finally discovered the existence of Lu Buwei, and smiled at Lu Buwei with the breath of alcohol in his mouth: "Lu Zi, I finally waited for you to return, come on!" , and have a few drinks with me."

Lu Buwei looked at Zhao Yiren, who was clearly drunk, and couldn't help but shook his head slightly, and said, "Gongsun, it's a mistake to drink."

Zhao Yiren laughed loudly, and said: "I am the hostage of the Qin State, and the people of Zhao have disliked me for a long time. If Lu Zi hadn't helped me, I might not have been able to leave the gate half a step. What else could happen? Let's drink!"

What Zhao Yiren said was true.During the Warring States period, it was a very common diplomatic action for countries to send protons to each other, which was equivalent to a guarantee and a means of gaining trust between each other.

For Proton itself, this identity is actually very dangerous, because once a war breaks out between the two countries, Proton in the enemy country will be in danger of losing his head every minute.

Historically speaking, when Zhao State was defeated in Changping and Qin State took advantage of the victory to approach the city of Handan, Zhao State once planned to cut off Zhao Yiren's head to vent his anger.

If it weren't for Lu Buwei's bribery of the upper and lower relations, Zhao Yiren's head would have hung on the top of the city of Handan for the Qin army to watch.

Of course, even if they are protons, due to the different degree of favor and the degree of relationship between countries, the treatment they get is naturally different.

For example, now Zhao Wangdan’s younger brother, Chang’an Jun, went to Qi State to be a hostage for a while a few years ago, but the reigning Qi Xiang Wang Tian Fazhang was the brother of the Queen Mother Zhao and the uncle of Chang’an Jun. He also loves this youngest son very much, so although Mr. Chang'an is called Proton, the actual treatment is not much different from when he was in Zhao State.

But Zhao Yiren is far behind Chang'an Jun. Today, Qin Wangji has dozens of sons, and there are three to four hundred grandsons like Zhao Yiren, and Zhao Yiren's father, the prince of Qin, An Guojun, also has twenty. Several sons, plus Zhao Yiren's mother is just a low-status concubine, so Qin Guo doesn't care about Zhao Yiren's life or death at all.

In addition, Qin and Zhao are currently confronting each other with a million soldiers in Changping, and a great war may break out at any time. It is the time when the relationship is the most tense. Zhao Yiren has no good looks.

In fact, when I didn’t know Lu Buwei a few months ago, Zhao Yiren was once so poor that he couldn’t even eat, and he didn’t even have a carriage to go out. As Zhao Yiren’s identity as the grandson of the Qin State, it’s okay to get mixed up in this job. Said it was extremely miserable.

That's why when he got to know Lu Buwei and learned that Lu Buwei planned to help him ascend to the throne of Qin, Zhao Yiren would say "Please share with Qin the king".

Anyway, Zhao Yiren is a poor man at this time, not to mention the division of Qin, he dares to divide the throne even if it is divided, isn't it just a matter of talking.

All in all, after meeting Lu Buwei, Zhao Yiren's life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

This guy Lu Buwei can be described in one sentence as "poor with only money left", and he belongs to a local tyrant through and through.For such a local tyrant, the cook, food, and food at home are naturally very good, so Zhao Yiren came to Lu Buwei's house every now and then, like today, to eat and drink, and eat to his heart's content.

In order to facilitate Zhao Yiren's going out, Lu Buwei also paid a lot of money to buy Lou Chang, the doctor of Zhao Guoshang, so those guys under Lou Chang who were in charge of monitoring Zhao Yiren turned a blind eye to this.

So don't look at the lively fights between Qin and Zhao these days, Zhao Yiren's life is more comfortable than before, it is simply exhilarating.

Seeing that Zhao Yiren was drinking happily, Lu Buwei couldn't stop him, so he asked someone to reorganize the food and drinks, and the two sat opposite each other to drink.

After only a few drinks, Zhao Yiren smiled drunkenly at Lu Buwei and said, "Lu Zi, I am very happy with Zhao Ji in your house, why don't you give this girl to me?"

Obviously, Zhao Yiren fell in love with Lu Buwei's concubine Zhao Ji who was dancing in the hall just now, and wanted Lu Buwei to give this Zhao Ji to him.

When Lu Buwei heard this, he immediately frowned, looking a little hesitant.

This little concubine, Zhao Ji, is very beautiful, and she can dance well. She has a lot of flair on the bed and is very considerate and considerate off the bed.

But to put it bluntly, concubine Ji in this era is just a personal item and plaything for men.No matter how understanding Zhao Ji is, she can't be compared with Zhao Yiren. After all, Lu Buwei originally put all his wealth and future on Zhao Yiren, so what is a mere concubine Ji?

What really made Lu Buwei hesitate was what Zhao Wangdan said to himself when he was at Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao's mansion today.

Zhao Dan: "Lu Qing, I heard that there is a concubine named Zhao Ji in your house."

Lu Buwei: "Go back to Your Majesty, there is indeed this girl in the minister's residence."

Zhao Dan: "Is this woman pregnant?"

Lu Buwei: "Return to Your Majesty, this girl has never been pregnant."

Zhao Dan was overjoyed: "Good! Lu Qing and remember, if Zhao Yiren wants to ask for this girl, Lu Qing will never allow it!"

So the future Prime Minister of Qin State was immediately caught in a dilemma.

Chapter 29 Lian Po

On the night of July 260, 7 BC, Changping.

A wide and gentle river quietly flows through the valley from the northwest to the southeast. The river is extremely clear, and the moonlight shines from the sky, reflecting glistening waves on the river.

The name of this river is Dan River.

On both sides of the Dan River, there should be a large flat open land, but at this moment, there are two fortresses with a length of more than ten miles. confrontation.

Here is the main battlefield of the Changping War that attracted all the eyes and attention of the entire continent.

Among the opposing sides, the defender Zhao's army is located in the northeast of Danhe, and the offensive Qin's main force is located in the southwest of Danhe.

There is a small city called Xuanshi directly behind Zhao Guolei Wall on the north side. There are countless camps and banners in the city and outside the city. Support the friendly army on the wall and resist the offensive of the Qin people.

On the left and right sides of Xuan's small town, there are two very high mountains, one named Hanwang Mountain and the other named Daliang Mountain. The word "pin" from northeast to southwest is Zhao Jun's third line of defense.

This Zhao army's main line of defense stood firmly behind the wall on the north bank of the Dan River, blocking all the routes that the Qin army wanted to attack.

Behind Xuanshi City, between Hanwang Mountain and Daliang Mountain, there is a valley about ten miles long. Because there is a small river in the valley called Xiaodongcang River, this valley is also called Xiaodongcang River Valley.

Along the Xiaodongcang River Valley all the way to the northeast for about ten miles, there is a pass called Guguan.

Guguan was built on the east side of a mountain range called Yangtou Mountain, and on the west side of the mountain range was another pass, Changping Pass, guarded by Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun's gate was built on Yangtou Mountain between Guguan and Changping Pass. The fourth and last line of defense is the Bailishi Great Wall.

In this way, Zhao Jun's entire defense line roughly formed a "gong" character. The upper and lower horizontal lines of this "gong" character were Zhao Jun's third defense line, Xuanshi City, and the fourth defense line, Bailishi Great Wall. The vertical of the two horizontal lines is the Xiaodongcang Valley between the two lines of defense.

After the 30 Qin army led by the left concubine Wang Yan of Qin State broke through the first and second lines of defense in just one month, Lian Po, the general of Zhao State, retreated to Dan with 25 Zhao troops under his command. The third line of defense to the west of the river is defended by relying on the three strong strongholds of Xuanshi City, Hanwang Mountain and Daliang Mountain.

Due to the existence of the fourth line of defense, the Bailishi Great Wall, Changping Pass, and Guguan, Zhao Jun who retreated to the third line of defense did not need to worry about being copied from the rear, and because of the Xiaodongcang River Valley connecting the two lines of defense, Therefore, Zhao Jun can also obtain reinforcements and food supplies very conveniently.

Therefore, after retreating to the third line of defense, Lian Po, the general of the State of Zhao, never retreated even a step. No matter how fierce the offensive of the State of Qin's army was, the Zhao army not only did not show any signs of retreat by virtue of the location and the convenience of supplies, but gave it to the enemy. The huge amount of damage caused by the Qin army forced the Qin army to stop the attack, thus stagnating the large-scale battle on the front line of Changping for five months.

It was the end of July, and the entire northern part of China had already entered summer, and Changping was no exception. The air was full of heat, which made people feel a little irritable without knowing it.

Even though it was late at night, General Lian Po, who was sitting in Zhao Jun's tent on Daliang Mountain, could still hear the annoying cicadas from outside the tent very clearly.

"Damn it, I'm so noisy!" Lian Po muttered, stood up impatiently, walked to the bronze oil lamp whose flame was already crumbling in the tent, picked out a wick, and let the oil lamp burn. The flames grew stronger again, illuminating the entire tent once again.

This great general of the Zhao Kingdom, although his temples are gray now, but his eyes are still as sharp as a falcon, he still walks vigorously, his waist is extremely straight, and he has a tall and mighty figure , making him look even more lively than many young and strong soldiers.

After turning on the lights, Lian Po returned to the desk in the handsome tent, and began to concentrate on a silk book map placed in front of the desk.

What is drawn on this map is the topographic map of the Changping battlefield at this moment. There are two kinds of black and red marks densely placed on it, which obviously represent the two sides that are facing each other on both sides of the Dan River.

Lian Po thought for a while, and moved some of the marks, but most of the marks remained basically the same.

Obviously, in the past day, the two sides did not actually have much action.

A sound of footsteps slowly approached from a distance accompanied by the sound of nail leaves rubbing while walking, and finally stopped outside Lian Po's handsome tent.

"The last general, Le Cheng, please see the great general!"

Lian Po paused slightly, but did not raise his head: "Come in."