General Qin

It was midsummer.

Hengshan County, Dongyuan City.

This place was a strategic city built when the Zhongshan Kingdom rose up in the past, and it was an important fortress for the struggle between the Zhongshan Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom.

It is adjacent to the Hu (hū) Tuo River in the north, and the east foot of Taihang Mountain in the west. It guards the exit of Taihang. It is an important place to connect Yan and Zhao and control the Central Plains.

But for Zhao Tuo, this city has the greatest significance.

It is the seat of his family.

The name of Dongyuan City in Hengshan County may sound unfamiliar at first glance, but its new name changed by Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty will definitely make people very familiar.

Changshan County, really determined.

This is not only the hometown of Changshan Zhao Zilong, but also the birthplace of Zhao Tuo.

Footsteps came from behind.

"General, we have found that old servant named Yan in the city."

Li Shang came over and cupped his hands in a low voice.

Zhao Tuo nodded, let Li Shang lead the way, and at the same time ordered the short soldiers to bring a hundred gold.

In the Hutuo River, turbulent waves crashed on the shore, and the waves rolled up thousands of waves.

On the vast flat ground between the river bank and Dongyuan City, there are continuous Qin army camps.

After a long journey and the gathering of Qin troops from Hedong, Hanoi, and Shangdang along the way, there are now a total of 70,000 Qin troops stationed in the Dongyuan barracks.

Among the 70,000 people, there are 50,000 soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers.

When he sets out tomorrow to conquer Dai, the captain of Hengshan County will also recruit local peasants to provide him with food, grass and supplies.

Zhao Tuo walked all the way, and all the generals and soldiers he saw in the barracks saluted each other and looked at the young general with admiration.

After walking to Dongyuan City, Zhao Renmin along the way stared at him with fear or sigh.

"This Qin general is called Zhao Tuo, isn't he the gentleman of the Zhao family who grew up in our Dongyuan?"

"That's right, it's the gentleman who used to play Zuo Si's house. Did I meet him when I was a child?"

"I heard that he is very powerful. He fought in the state of Chu. Even Xiang Yan, the most powerful general of the state of Chu, was no match for him. The king of Chu was captured by him. If he is so powerful, if he can help... ..."

Hearing this, someone immediately interrupted: "Don't dream, have you forgotten what happened a few years ago? Zuo Siguo spoke out for General Li Mu, but was imprisoned and killed by the king, and sent people to our Dongyuan to seal it up." The former residence of Zuo Siguo, arrest this gentleman. Can you endure such hatred if you put it on you?"

The Zhao people whispered around, because they used the local dialect of Dongyuan, which the surrounding Qin army could not understand, but Zhao Tuo understood it clearly.

Secretary.

It is the official position of Zhao State, as its name suggests, it is an official who pickets the faults of the ministers.

In the past, when King Wuling of Zhao was young, he was unable to listen to the government. There were three Bowen teachers and three people who were in charge of the left and right.

Zhao Tuo's father was Zhao Wangqian's Zuo Siguo.

When Qin attacked Zhao, Zhao general Li Mu led his troops to block the Qin army. Qin general Wang Jian was no match, so he bribed Zhao Xiang Guo Kai to kill Li Mu as a divorce.

Zhao Tuo's father was an upright man, and also held the position of Zuo Siguo, and had the responsibility of admonishing him. Therefore, in the main hall of the Zhao Palace, he sternly reprimanded Zhao Xiang Guo Kai, making him unable to hold his head up on the spot.

Agitated, Zhao Tuo's father even spoke bluntly to Zhao Wangqian, saying that he favored treacherous ministers and killed good generals, and hoped that Zhao Wangqian could reprimand Guo Kai and vindicate Li Mu.

As a result, Zhao Tuo's parents were imprisoned and killed unjustly. The narrow-minded Guo Kai didn't give up and sent people to Dongyuan to hunt down Zhao Tuo who was staying here.

Zhao Tuo fled in a hurry, because Guo Kai's men searched everywhere, he finally hid in the house of this old servant named Yan, and escaped his life.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo came here this time to repay his kindness.

After a while, Zhao Tuo stopped in front of a dilapidated house.

An old man in tattered cloth came out tremblingly when he was called.

Zhao Tuo stepped forward to bow his hands and salute, and said warmly: "The old man saved my life in the past, and now I will give back a hundred gold to repay the old man's kindness in the past."

As soon as this remark came out, the Zhao people who gathered around to watch immediately began to discuss.

"Hundred gold! That's a whole hundred gold, how much would it be worth in coins!"

"This General Zhao Tuo is really too generous. If Nai Gong has this hundred gold, he can't drink and have fun every day, and play with the daughter-in-law of Dongyuan City."

"Don't dream. Qin Fa forbids us common people to drink alcohol. You dare to drink without a title. You will be punished to death first."

"If you want this hundred gold, why didn't you protect this gentleman when he was in trouble?"

All the Zhao people around them stared at the gold reflecting the sun in General Qin's hand, drooling.

An old servant named Yan with gray hair and stooped waist, saw Zhao Tuo standing in front of him, and General Qin holding a hundred gold coins behind him.

He shook his head and said: "A gentleman can have the glory of today, it is not the strength of the old man, the old man dares to accept this heavy gold."

Zhao Tuo smiled: "Without the old man's help in the past, there would be no Zhao Tuo today. Isn't Zhao Tuo's life worth a hundred gold?"

Yan lowered his head and said: "The old man took the risk to hide the gentleman because he felt the loyalty of Zuo Siguo. However, I heard recently that the gentleman wants to lead the Qin army and go north to destroy the generation? If Zuo Siguo heard about it, I don't know what is in his heart What do you think?"

Zhao Tuo understood.

He took a deep look at the white-haired old servant in front of him, he was a loyal person, otherwise he would not have risked saving him in the past.

Facing the questioning, Zhao Tuo calmly said: "My father has been loyal to the Zhao family. Zhao Qian has no morals, trusted the treacherous minister Guo Kai, slaughtered loyal and good people, and finally died of the Zhao family. For this, my family is Zhao Wuxu. As for the matter of replacing the land, didn't the old man hear that they were secretly plotting against bandits and colluding with the Xiongnu?"

"My Ying surname is Zhao, and he is powerful in the world. In the past, King Wu Ling subdued the powerful country, smashed Beihu, and opened up countless lands. He is so heroic. If he hears that Zhao Jia colluded with the former enemies of the Xiongnu, how would he feel? ?”

At this point, Zhao Tuo's voice became louder.

"Zhao and Qin are of the same ancestral blood. The battle between Qin and Zhao was a battle between brothers surnamed Ying, and it was a civil war in the country crowned by the Xias. But colluding with the Huns was to sacrifice their brothers and form enemies with bandits. Such actions, Can the people of Zhao bear it?"

Zhao Tuo spoke out loudly in Zhao language this time, so that all the local Zhao people who watched around heard it, and all of them suddenly changed their expressions.

Qin and Zhao are enemies, and the Xiongnu and Zhao are also enemies!

When Qin destroyed Zhao, the Zhao people who had a deep hatred for Qin would either die in battle and die for their country, or go north and defect to Zhao Jia.

Most of the remaining Zhao people accepted the rule of the Qin people after several years.

Not long after the Qin State established Zhao, although the Qin Law was also implemented, due to the lack of Qin officials and the need for a large number of manpower to conquer Yan, Wei, Chu and other countries, the rule in Zhao actually mostly relied on the local powerful clans, and the Qin Law was far inferior to Guanzhong. The strictness made it easier for Zhao people to accept it.

So for these Zhao people, at least the life changes in the past few years are not too big, and even because the place is no longer affected by the war, it is much more stable than during the Zhao Kingdom's rule.

Compared with the Qin people, the Huns and Hu people in the north made these Zhao people even more afraid.

The three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Yan all border on the Huns, among which the war between Zhao and the Huns is the most intense. Although Li Mu defeated the Huns by more than 100,000 cavalry more than ten years ago, in the battle against the Huns, there were also countless Zhao people. Died at the hands of the Huns.

Therefore, when I heard what Zhao Tuo said, when Dai Wang Jia in the north colluded with the Xiongnu, the blood surged up at once.

Immediately, some Zhao people shouted: "Zhao Jia colluded with the Xiongnu, and he is in vain as a descendant of the Zhao family!"

"I, Zhao Ren, would rather be the people of Qin than the Xiongnu!"

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Amidst the bursts of shouts, Zhao Tuo looked at Yan in front of him and said, "The Zhao family has already perished since Zhao Qian unjustly killed Li Mu. This is an irreversible event. I am just following the destiny Let the world be unified, and there will be no more wars in Guizhou for the common people."

"Besides, for the glory of Zhu Xia, I crusade against the rebellion who colluded with the Hu people. It is not much different from the old Qi Huan and Jin Wenzun Wang's rebellion against the barbarians."

An old servant named Yan is silent, but he doesn't really understand what Zhao Tuo said about Qi Huan and Jin Wen. But Dai Wang Jia colluded with the barbarians, respecting the king and expelling barbarians and other words still moved him quite a bit.

After a long time, Yan cupped his hands to Zhao Tuo and said, "What the gentleman said is true, but those who collude with the Huns are even more abominable."

Zhao Tuo smiled, and Li Shang, who was behind him, immediately brought a hundred gold into the room behind Yan and put it down. This time, Yan did not refuse again.

Zhao Tuo turned around and looked at the surrounding Zhao people who were filled with righteous indignation when they heard that Zhao Jia was colluding with the Huns, the corners of their mouths turned up slightly.

This time, righteousness is up to me!

After a short stay in Dongyuan City, the Qin army immediately set off to the north, crossed the Hutuo River and crossed Mount Heng, shuttled all the way through the narrow roads of the Taihang Mountains, and formally entered Daidi, which was less than a hundred miles away from Daicheng, the destination of the trip. , counting it down, it's only a three-day journey.

In Daicheng.

After discovering the strength and whereabouts of the Qin army.

Dai Wang Jia finally made a decision.

"The Xiongnu Shanyu is greedy and tyrannical, and the Hu people have never been trustworthy, so don't believe it easily. I should follow Chen Jun's plan and plot Zhao Tuo first."

"In Daicheng, there is Zhao Tuo's younger brother Zhao Shuo, who is willing to be a dead man."

"Zhao Shuo pretended to betray the widow, surrendered to Zhao Tuo, and said that he could tell him the truth about Daicheng. Zhao said that he was Zhao Tuo's blood relative, and Zhao Tuo would definitely not search his body to be on guard. With Daicheng's falsehood as a temptation, Zhao Tuo would definitely Let Zhao say it's close."

"At that time, once he gets close to Zhao Tuo's body, Zhao Shuo can draw out the dagger of Mrs. Xu hidden on his body and end Zhao Tuo's life."

"Once Zhao Tuo dies, the Qin army will be without a leader, and there will be chaos. I will take the opportunity to lead the army to attack, and I will definitely smash it!"

"In this way, I will win on behalf of the army!"

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