Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 516 Zang Tu's Reaction

There is not such a fast and effective communication channel as the Hanting. Even though the distance is relatively close, it was still after Xiang Kang knew the specific situation that Yan Wang Zang Tu received the news that Zhao Wang Zhao Xie asked to abolish the king.

It was also a coincidence that when he heard the news, Zang Tu was drinking with his favorite concubine in his arms. When he heard this, Zang Tu, who was feeding his concubine, opened his mouth wide in shock, and concubine Chong reacted again. Slightly slower, he directly poured a full glass of wine into Zang Tu's throat and trachea, almost choking Zang Tu to death on the spot, and was so angry that Zang Tu finally kicked the beloved concubine over after coughing for a while. On the ground, he roared: "Drag this lowly maidservant out and beat him to death with sticks!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life! The slaves will never dare again, never dare again!"

The crying and begging of the beloved concubine did not change Zang Tu's mind. After thinking for a while with a livid face, Zang Tu suddenly roared and shouted: "Come on, go and get Zang Quan, Zhaoshe (reverted surname of the Han people), Zhai Xu and Zhang Sheng out of the way!" Call the widow, the sooner the better! Say that the widow has important matters to discuss with them!"

According to Zang Tu's request, after a period of time, Zang Tu's eldest son Zang Quan, Yan Xiangzhaoshe lost his tail, Guangyang County governor Zhai Xu, and Zang Tu's favorite minister Zhang Sheng, the senior official of Yan State, successively When he rushed to Zang Tu to pay a visit, Zang Tu, who had been calculating with a dark face all the time, stepped back temporarily after several cronies arrived, and told them the news from Zhao Guo that he had just received.As a result, Zang Quan, Zhaoshe Huawei, and Zhai Xu were shocked when they heard this, and they all found it inconceivable. They all said in amazement: "How is it possible? Killing an official just because of his son's connivance with the guests is Zhao's own official. King Zhao actually asked to abolish the king on his own initiative?"

Zang Tu nodded with a sullen face, and Zhang Sheng, who knew the most inside information, said: "It's not surprising at all. The emperor and the court deliberately let King Zhao return to Handan, separating King Zhao from our country of Yan. It was clear that they were planning to attack King Zhao. , The real power in the hands of King Zhao has always been pitifully small, even if he wants to resist, it is difficult, and then the emperor only needs to send someone to hint and threaten, it is not surprising that King Zhao made such a choice."

"Doctor Shang, according to what you mean, King Zhao was forced by the emperor and the court to do this?" Zang Quan asked in amazement.

"It's likely to be the case." Zhang Sheng replied calmly: "Otherwise, Zhao Xie would ask himself to abolish the king unless he is crazy. Will you be willing to voluntarily give up the throne?"

Zang Quan thought about it carefully and found that this is indeed the truth. No matter how small the real power is, being a king is more comfortable than being a prince. If it is not desperate, no matter who it is, it will never be willing to give up the throne.

"It doesn't matter whether Zhao Xie was forced by the court and the emperor or not." Zang Tu suddenly said, "The emperor's next king with a different surname who wants to abolish will only be one of the widow and Wu Rui. The widow It has long been seen that Xiang Kang's little Zhuzi can't tolerate the existence of us kings with different surnames, he just wants to turn the world into his home world, and use his sons to replace us kings with different surnames."

Zhao She Tuowei and Zhai Xu didn't dare to talk, Zang Quan nodded slightly, but Zhang Sheng said very directly, "The emperor's next target can only be our king. Because Wu Rui's strength is too weak, even if he rebels, he will threaten him." It’s not the emperor and the imperial court, but we are different. Our strength can pose a certain threat to the imperial court, and we also border the Xiongnu. Once we join forces with the Huns, it will definitely pose the greatest threat to the imperial court. So if the emperor wants to continue to attack, the target will only be us Your Majesty."

Everyone at the scene nodded together, and they all agreed with Zhang Sheng's analysis. Zang Tu asked again: "Tell me, should the widow sit and wait for the court and the emperor to abolish the widow or even kill him directly? Is the imperial court going to fight to the death?"

As a result, the atmosphere in the hall became extremely tense. After exchanging glances with each other, Zang Quan, who was the eldest son but was forcibly taken away by Xiang Kang as the crown prince, broke his heart and said through gritted teeth: "Father, please make the decision. No matter how the king decides, the sons and ministers are willing to follow to the death!"

Zhang Sheng, who had long seen Xiang Kang's vicious intentions in eradicating Wang with a different surname, immediately agreed and expressed his full support for Zang Tu's decision, but Zang Tu didn't say anything, but turned his attention to the remaining Zhaoshe and Zhai Xu. Knowing Zhai Xu, after a quick glance at each other, he immediately got up and bowed down to Zang Tu, and said in unison: "Please make a decision, your subordinates are willing to swear to follow to repay your kindness!"

Zang Tu nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "It's not that the widow is unfaithful, it's that Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi was unjust, he tried to kill us kings with different surnames who helped him conquer Western Chu. Get rid of him, and none of them will stay! Since he is so vicious, I have no other choice, I have decided to raise troops against the Han!"

Unlike Zhao Xie, who is like a puppet, Zang Tu's control over the Yan Kingdom is obviously infinitely stronger, so after he directly announced the decision to rebel, several cronies immediately bowed down without blinking an eyelid, and swore an oath Following Zang Tu in the army, he remained determined.Zang Tu was also very happy to see him. First, he gathered several cronies together one by one, and made a solemn oath that he would not treat these cronies badly in the future. Only then said: "Let's discuss it now and see how to do it."

Again, Zang Tu has a strong control over the land of Yan, and it is far more convenient to raise troops to rebel than Zhao Xie, so after a little discussion, Zang Tu and others decided to recruit a large number of soldiers in the territory under the pretext of resisting the Xiongnu's invasion of the Central Plains Expand the army, and then take down and execute all the officials directly under the Han court in Yandi, and raise the flag to rebel against independence.

With Zang Tu's control over Yandi, it is certainly not difficult to achieve this, but the consequences of raising the flag to rebel must be weighed, so after agreeing on the plan, Yan Xiangzhao immediately said: "My lord! , Raising troops is easy, but once we raise troops, the imperial court will definitely send troops to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible, and how we should resist at that time must be prepared early."

Zang Tu nodded immediately, and said: "Our country of Yan has a small population, and our money and food are scarce. It is very difficult for our country alone to withstand the imperial army of Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi. I intend to send envoys to contact the Xiongnu and borrow money from the Xiongnu." Soldiers asking for help, what do you think?"

Zhaoshe's expression was obviously hesitant, and he hesitated for a while before he said: "Your Majesty, although borrowing troops from the Huns is one way, the barbarians of the Huns will definitely not give us help in vain. If they take the opportunity to ask us for land in the city, What should we do? Our country of Yan already has a small population and little money and food, if we ceded some cities and land to the Xiongnu, the national power will definitely become weaker."

"The Xiongnu barbarians are greedy, even if we make concessions on the city land, they will only make progress step by step." Zhai Xu also said: "If we cede the city land every time we borrow troops from the Xiongnu, our country of Yan may block it The counter-insurgency army that has captured the imperial court will also be eaten by the Xiongnu one by one."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I think that we only need to agree to a few conditions from the Xiongnu. Even if we don't cede the land in the city, the Xiongnu should send troops to help us." Zhang Sheng said.

"What are the conditions?" Zang Tu hurriedly asked.

"Reporting to the king, three conditions should be satisfied." Zhang Sheng replied: "The first is to ask the king to lower his dignity and honor the Huns for the time being, and to pay tribute to the Huns every year in the future. The second is to loosen the border restrictions. In particular, let go of the iron trade. The third is to agree to lend the Huns a road, so that the Huns can detour through Shanggu County, Jinbingdai County, Hengshan County, and Yanmen County. The Huns will definitely be tempted and will definitely agree to send troops to help us.”

"Brilliant plan! Let's do it like this!" Zang Tu was overjoyed when he heard this, and clapped his legs and said, "Anyway, it's all about being a vassal, and it doesn't matter who you call a vassal to! It's a good way to borrow the way for the Xiongnu to march into the Central Plains. The more trouble the Huns make in the Central Plains , Xiang Kang's little Zhuzi will have no way to deal with our country of Yan with all his strength!"

After all, they are both from the Central Plains. On this matter, Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu didn't dare to speak up casually, but just kept their mouths shut and kept silent.Zhang Sheng, the pioneer of the Leading Party, said again: "My lord, if we only borrow troops from the Xiongnu for help, it may not be enough. After all, the Xiongnu is far away from our country of Yan, and there are Yuezhi and imperial court troops to the west and south. It is difficult to send troops to help us in time, so the minister believes that if we want to ensure the success of the army, we must do two more things."

"Those two things?" Zang Tu hurriedly asked again.

"First, persuade Hengshan King Wu Rui to join us in the army." Zhang Sheng said: "It is impossible that the matter of King Zhao and Zhao Xie will not arouse Wu Rui's vigilance, and his son-in-law Yingbu has also died here In the hands of the emperor, we only need to send eloquent people to Hengshan with your secret letter, your majesty, and explain to Wu Rui the reason why our lips are dead and our teeth are cold. As long as we raise troops to respond to us, it can relieve us countless pressures."

"The widow has this intention for a long time. No matter whether he succeeds or not, he should try his best to persuade Wu Rui to join us in the army." Zang Tu nodded immediately, and asked again: "In addition to persuading Wu Rui to join the army with the widow, what else should the widow do? a little?"

"Bring Han Xin to our country of Yan!"

Zhang Sheng's words were astonishing. Seeing that Zang Tu, Zhaoshe Tuowei and the others stared wide-eyed together, Zhang Sheng hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, don't get me wrong. What I'm talking about is not Han Xin who was appointed Prime Minister of the Liang Kingdom by the emperor, but the original Nanyang Kingdom." The great general Han Xin."

"Scared the widow, I thought you were talking about Liang Xiang Han Xin." Zang Tu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked curiously: "Ai Qing, for no reason, why did you persuade the widow that Han Xin from Nanyang Kingdom to get it?" ?”

"Because this talent is worthy of great use. If you can reuse him, Majesty, he will definitely be of great help to your grand plan of raising troops!"

Zhang Sheng replied in a deep voice, and then explained: "Your Majesty, do you remember that we sent troops to help Uncle Zhou deal with the Chu, Qi and Ji allied forces? I asked General Li Liao about our disastrous defeat in Jishui, and wondered whether Uncle Zhou intentionally entrapped and weakened our Yan army. Although it turned out that our crown prince was too greedy for merit that led to the disastrous defeat in Jishui, but However, the ministers inadvertently learned from the crown prince and General Li that Uncle Zhou, the chief general of the imperial court, was very afraid of Han Xin of Nanyang Kingdom. When confronting each other, I dare not covet any surprises to win, but only dare to rely on more troops to win!"

"And this?" Zang Tu was very interested when he heard it, and said in surprise, "Even Uncle Zhou is so afraid of that Han Xin?"

"That's right. If your majesty is interested, you can ask the crown prince and General Li Liao in person." Zhang Sheng nodded, and said: "And it's not just that. Out of curiosity, I tried every means to find out that His Majesty the Emperor personally marched to Nanyang Kingdom. After going through the whole process, I found that even our emperor, who has never been defeated, when he met Han Xin, he only dared to rely on his strength to attack and win every time, and never dared to opportunistic in front of Han Xin. In the several battles fought in Nanyang, every time it was a disastrous victory with huge casualties. In fact, the loss of troops was even higher than that of the Nanyang Army! So I kept a thoughtful eye for you, King, and thought that Han Xin could be of great use! "

"Aiqing, why are you recommending such a great talent to the widow now?" Zang Tu beat his chest and said, "If you had said it earlier, the widow would have sent someone to hire him to use him in Yan Guo! "

"Your Majesty, do you dare to say that at that time? Do you dare to use that Han Xin?" Zhang Sheng replied with a wry smile: "The emperor and the court Taiwei Uncle Zhou are so vigilant. , the imperial court must not immediately suspect your intentions, Your Majesty?"

As soon as Zang Tu thought it was true, he quickly changed his words and asked, "Then do you know where that Han Xin is now?"

"Back to his hometown Huaiyin." Zhang Sheng quickly replied: "In order to buy people's hearts, our emperor issued an order after forcing the surrender of Pengcheng, announcing that the generals and officials of the Western Chu Kingdom would not be held accountable, and that Han Xin returned. His hometown is Huaiyin, where he lives in seclusion. However, that Han Xin is considered a celebrity in Huaiyin, and many people know his whereabouts. If you want to find him, Your Majesty, it will be very easy."

"Then don't be dumbfounded." Zang Tu said without thinking: "You are in charge of this matter. Immediately send someone to Huaiyin with a heavy gift, and invite Han Xin to the country of Yan to help the widow. Tell him clearly that as long as he Han Xin is willing to work for the widow, and the widow will never treat him badly, and will definitely obey him!"

Zhang Sheng quickly agreed, and Zang Tu continued to arrange manpower to go to the grassland and Hengshan respectively, persuading Wu Rui to raise troops to respond to him and to ask for help from the Huns, and let Zhaoshe Tuowei and his eldest son Zang Quan be responsible for expanding the army. One is to send more spies to sneak into the surrounding counties, carefully listen to the movements of the Han army, and always prevent the Han court from attacking themselves first.

The matter was not over yet. After Zang Tu made these arrangements, Zhang Sheng said to Zang Tu: "Your Majesty, with our emperor's treachery and caution, he will always pay attention to our every move. We use the excuse to prevent the Xiongnu from going south to expand the army." Although the name is justified, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the imperial court and prepare precautions in advance. Our national power of Yan is weak, and if the imperial court preempts us, we will suffer a big loss. Therefore, the ministers think that we only need to send the army When the number is expanded to more than [-], no matter whether the imperial court makes any moves, we should raise troops immediately and catch the imperial court by surprise!"

"Father, the doctor's words are justified." Zang Quan hurriedly echoed: "It's almost late autumn now. If there are no accidents, we will be able to expand the army to more than [-] in winter. At the same time, the autumn grain has also been stored. Raising troops in winter not only does not need to worry too much about food and grass, our army can also take the opportunity to face the imperial army in winter. Our soldiers are all from the north, and we are better adapted to the northern winter climate than the imperial soldiers. The situation will definitely be more beneficial to us. "

"More than that." Zhang Sheng said gloomyly again: "The Xiongnu are more adaptable to the winter climate than us. We invite them to send troops south to fight in winter. Not only is it easier for them to agree, but they will definitely help us even more when they arrive on the battlefield." Big busy."

"Then let's raise troops in winter." Zang Tu made up his mind and said very coldly: "If that little Xiang Kang can't hold his breath, he will send troops to deal with us in winter. We just take advantage of the climate to deal with his army. He If we are afraid of the cold weather and dare not send troops to fight against us in winter, after a few months, we have solidified our foundation in Yandi and confirmed our alliance with the Xiongnu, and the situation will still only be in our favor."

(End of this chapter)