Qin Official

Regardless of whether Wei Junjiao believed it or not, he finally sent Zhang Ao to Wen County as a gift to Zhang Er.

Zhang Er is much older than he remembered. After all, he is already over sixty years old. His thick beard is a bit gray. The heroic spirit of the former Waihuang hero has turned into the majesty of a Wei prime minister.

"The appearance is indeed somewhat similar to that of my long-lost son..."

Zhang Er came closer and took a closer look at Zhang Ao, who was kneeling in the hall. After looking at him for a long time, someone untied his restraints and asked him to take off his shoes, revealing three black moles on the sole of his left foot...

"You were born with them?" Zhang Er pointed to the three moles.

Zhang Ao said calmly: "I was born with it. Someone told my father that I will follow my father's ambition in the future, and I will have the dignity of a prince. My father hugged my son and cheered. My son remembers these things one by one."

Zhang Er sighed: "This cannot be faked."

He was basically certain that the white-faced young man in front of him was indeed Zhang Ao, his son who had been separated sixteen years ago because of the traitor Hei Fu.

But then, there was no scene where the father and son recognized each other and burst into tears. Zhang Er returned to the hall and said coldly: "Why did you come from Xianyang?"

"Of course it's to find my father, to go home..."

Zhang Ao thought so in his heart, but he said seriously: "Qin Langzhong ordered Zhao Gao to be frightened by Heifu, and wanted to join forces with the Six Kingdoms. Zhao Cheng, the defender of Hedong, is his younger brother. He can open Zhiguan to welcome the righteous army, and then enter the pass from Puban!" "

"Zhao Gao and Zhao Cheng are willing to open Zhi Pass!?"

Zhang Er was moved. You must know that when Su Qin was discussing the situation of the world, he once said that "the Zhi Road under the Qin Dynasty will move Nanyang". This Nanyang is not Nanyang in Wancheng, but Hanoi County, and Zhi Guanxing is the gateway to Hedong. The only way to Hanoi.

And Hedong County (now Linfen) is a prosperous place, connecting Shangdang to the east, the Yellow River to the west, Shaanxi and Luo to the south, and blocking Taiyuan to the north.

At present, the Chu army is blocked at Chenggao and cannot easily enter. Xiang Yu orders Zhang Er and Zhao army to seize Hanoi and cross Mengjin south to attack Sanchuan County. However, even if they break through Chenggao and surrender to Luoyang, there will still be a change in the color of the Six Kingdoms in the west. Hangu Pass...

To the east of the Qin Dynasty lies Weihan, with deep shores and high sky, deep empty valleys, canyons and gorges, and square rails for carriages, which is called Tianxian.

I remember that Lord Xinling organized a coalition and led the troops of the five countries to defeat the Qin army outside the river and fled to Meng'ao. However, they were blocked by the natural dangers of Hangu. As time went by, the coalition forces could not bear the supply, so they broke up and returned home separately. Home.

Standing on the principle of "killing the violent Qin Dynasty", Zhang Er thought that instead of going to Hangu Pass to eat ashes, it would be faster to seize this opportunity and enter the pass through Hedong.

From the perspective of "Prime Minister Wei", entering Zhiguan and taking the east side of the river would be of great benefit without any harm...

"A hundred years ago, Wei had its own land. Qin Shang Yang once said to Duke Xiao: Qin and Wei are like people with heart diseases. If Wei does not merge with Qin, Qin will merge with Wei. Which one? Wei lives in the west of Ling'e, with the capital Anyi. , and only excels in the advantage of Shandong. If the advantage is good, it will invade Qin from the west, and if it is sick, it will gain territory from the east. Wei will lose the east of the river, and then Qin will take advantage of the rivers and mountains and move eastward to control the princes."

The opposite is also true. If the Wei State can take this land of the Western Wei Dynasty, it can also reproduce the great achievements of Wei Wen and Wu in the past!

So Zhang Er said: "What are Zhao Gao's conditions?"

Zhang Ao said: "Zhao Gao hopes to establish an alliance with Chu and Wei. He will open the Zhiguan Pass so that the Allied Forces of the Six Nations can march west into the pass to destroy the Qin clan Sheji. Afterwards, he can secede Dangjun (Changzhi, Shanxi) and become the king!"

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"Cut the party as king?"

Zhang Er was a little surprised. He thought Zhao Gao would ask for Hedong. After all, the military power in Hedong was in the hands of his younger brother Zhao Cheng.

But it makes sense when you think about it.

"Zhao Gao is a smart man..." Zhang Er smiled.

Zhao Gao must have considered that Wei was greedy for land east of the river and did not dare to seek skin from a tiger, so he retreated to the next best thing and asked for Shangdang, which used to belong to South Korea.

Han Xiaoruo has not even regained Yingchuan, and Han Wangcheng has died. There is still no new king, and Xiang Yu parachuted Zheng Chang to take charge of it. Even after the Qin Dynasty is defeated, it is still unknown whether Korea can restore the country. Naturally, it will be more It is impossible to cross the Wei State and make any demands on the Shangdang.

Moreover, looking at the situation in the world, after the Northern Qin was eliminated, the conflict between Heifu and the Six Kingdoms became irreconcilable. With Hedong as a shield, Zhao Gao could still live a peaceful life in Shangdang for a few days...

If this condition were put before Xiang Yu's case, the Chu people would probably agree without even thinking about it. It is not their land anyway.

But Zhang Er had other ideas and asked Zhang Ao: "What do you think?"

Zhang Ao said: "When I was passing through Zhiguan, I heard from the three local elders that this place originally belonged to Korea, and then Korea exchanged it with Wei..."

Because the three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han were divided into Jin, their territories were expanded on the basis of the original fiefdoms of their respective Qing clans, so they were not connected together, but there was me among you, and you among me. Especially in the early Wei and Han Dynasties, the main body was divided into two parts. Wei had east and west, and Han had north and south. The situation was exactly like a pair of 69.

Therefore, South Korea and Wei often exchanged land, but even if Wei got Zhiguan in exchange, there was only one road connecting Hedong and Hanoi.

"Therefore, the Wei State was divided into east and west, east of the river and Hanoi, and was blocked by Shangdang. Therefore, it was a divided country, and the east and west could not care about each other..."

"Now that my father is the Prime Minister of Wei, we must not repeat the mistakes of the past and hand over the lifeline of the east and west to Zhao Gao. Instead, we should take Hedong and Shangdang as Wei soil! Shangdang is surrounded by four fortresses, including Fukouxing, Baixing, and Taihang in the east. There is no need to rely on Zhiguan alone to connect the three passes of Xingguan to Hanoi. If Hanoi, Dongjun, and Daliang are combined, Wei will be strong! It is connected with Zhao to the north, Chu to the south, and Qi to the east. The area is two thousand miles away. Holding a halberd One hundred thousand is enough to protect yourself in troubled times."

Zhang Er was slightly surprised. He did not expect that Zhang Ao, who was reduced to building a temple, would have such insight.

"Where did you learn these things?"

Zhang Ao raised his head: "Listen with your ears, see with your eyes, and remember with your heart! Zhao Gao was also a hidden official, but he was self-taught and proficient in laws and regulations. As the son of his father, he bears the blood feud of his mother. How could he feel sorry for himself and be willing to be a slave for the rest of his life? Woolen cloth?"

His hardships over the years were not in vain.

Zhang Er nodded and showed a playful smile: "Aren't you Zhao Gao's envoy? What will he do if Wei Guo takes Shangdang?"

"Yes, I am the envoy Zhao Gao."

Zhang Ao said: "But Zhang Ao is, first of all, the son of the Prime Minister of Wei, and a native of Wei!"

"Zhao Gaoben is a villain. He has clever words, flatters his master, steals the power of the country, abuses the people, and is capricious. He is just using me. My father agreed to him first. He first obtained Hedong and Shangdang, and then pretended to invite Zhao Gaozhi. The country, when he goes to the party, he must pass by the east of the river, I have a hundred ways to kill him!"

He, Zhao Gao, can sell Hu Hai, but I, Zhang Ao, can't sell Zhao Gao?

"good!"

"Great kindness!"

Zhang Er raised his hands and laughed loudly:

"You are indeed Zhang Er's son! Ao'er, after this is done, I won't give the Shangdang to Zhao Gao. I will leave it to you and make you a prince in the cracked land!"

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Ignoring Wei Junjiao who bowed down to apologize, Zhang Ao came out of the Wenxian County Temple and felt the sunshine shining outside. It felt like it had been a long time coming.

"Junhou..."

He murmured to himself: "When I was young, a fortune teller said that I should be as noble as a prince in the future. After having been a servant for so many years, will I still have the chance to be a king?"

Although he decided to trick Zhao Gao with Zhang Er, Zhang Ao and even Zhao Gao were not easy to deal with. If he returns to Xianyang this time, if he discovers his flaws, he may kill him...

The fateful moment came. With this in mind, Zhang Ao did not leave directly back to Xianyang to return to Zhao Gao. Instead, he asked the personal guards assigned to him by Zhang Er to walk towards the Wenxian shop with gold and silk in their hands.

Zhang Ao had long heard that there was a female fortune-teller in Wen County named Xu Ling, who was good at fortune-telling. She could tell the future wealth or poverty of a person just by looking at him.

After asking all the way, Zhang Ao found Xu Negi's house. There were many people outside the door asking for an interview, but Xu Negi had a rule: "If you calculate it every day, the one with the more money will get it!"

Zhang Ao, who had been humble and poor for more than ten years, spent hundreds of dollars this time!

After meeting this famous female fortune teller in Guandong, Zhang Ao found that she was wearing a mask. The mask was white, with only her eyes and pores exposed, and a mysterious smile painted on her mouth.

It is said that Xu Fu had numbness on his face and was ugly. He had been wearing a mask since he was a child. A drunk hero once took off the mask and made fun of him. But the next day, the hero died inexplicably on the street. Everyone said that he had been punished by God. After that, no one dared to insult Xu Zheng.

Xu Fu knelt down opposite him quietly, holding his hands tightly together. Zhang Ao stared at the stiff smiling face on the mask and said:

"Mr. Xu, let's see, can I be a prince?"

Xu Fu looked at Zhang Ao through his eyes for a long time, then asked him to stretch out his hand and look at the palm prints, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity, what a pity."

Unexpectedly, Xu negative's voice was extremely soft and charming. After all, she was just a little girl under twenty years old.

"What's a pity?"

Xu Fu said quietly: "You could have been the king of princes and married the emperor's daughter, but your power has passed and your luck has been broken. What a pity, what a pity!"

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Thousands of miles away in the Liaoxi frontier fortress, Liu Ji, who was supposed to be Zhang Ao's father-in-law, crawled out from under the dead horse. His thick beard was covered with blood stains, and he received an arrow in the shoulder. Fortunately, it was a bone cluster, which entered the body. The body was not deep, and the Hu man who shot the arrow had already been pierced in the throat by Liu Ji.

This is a desolate wasteland, filled with mist. The fighting has come to an end. The ground is full of corpses, including soldiers and barbarians. A gloomy atmosphere envelopes the earth.

"We should go back to the Central Plains directly. Why are we here, entangled with the barbarians?"

Prince Fusu led the garrison soldiers from eastern Liaoning to western Liaoning, gathering garrison soldiers along the way to help the local Qin officials resist Donghu and protect the border areas of Guizhou.

At first, Liu Ji thought that Fusu was trying to win people's hearts, but was this desperate strategy to drive the Hulu out of the Great Wall too hard? It was too much of a waste of time. He heard that the heroes of the Central Plains suddenly broke the ground and proclaimed themselves princes. Old Liu had always had great ambitions, and it was impossible not to have an idea in his heart.

"Lord Five Hundred, look!"

At this time, his subordinate pointed to the distance. Liu Ji stood up and looked there, and his pupils suddenly widened!

A mile away, a group of Donghu cavalry galloped down the mountain again.

This group of barbarians can't be killed!

Where are the reinforcements Fusu promised?

"Why is Mr. Nai always so unlucky?" Liu Ji muttered to himself.

"I haven't encountered anything good in recent years. Could it be that someone took away my luck?"

There was no time to think more. At this time, he turned around and ran away, only to hand his back to the enemy's arrows.

"Formation!"

As the Lord of Five Hundred, Liu Ji let out a loud shout, and the remaining garrison soldiers approached him one after another, holding spears or incomplete shields, standing side by side with gritted teeth, whether they were Yan people, Chu people, Zhao people, or The people of Qin could only hand their sides to each other now, staring ahead!

The Donghu people were getting closer and closer, and Liu Ji could even see the mud splashed by the horse's hooves, as well as the scimitar held high by the Hu people...

This is another fight to the death!

"Arrange the spear!"

Liu Ji could feel the severe pain in his shoulder, could hear the heavy breathing next to him, and could feel the slightly trembling hands of everyone holding the spear shaft!

The barbarians would not foolishly rush to the spear formation. They stopped their horses fifty steps away, took off their bows and arrows, prepared to release an arrow and then ran in both directions. Then they turned around again and repeated this, killing and wounding, causing the people of the Central Plains to bleed. Make them crumble.

But just when a group of barbarian knights reined in their horses, there was a man riding a red horse, rushing out of the fog on the side. He had a nine-foot spear, a seven-foot horse, bright armor, and a white robe, as brave as a dragon.

And behind him, there are hundreds of riders who are also moving forward in an indomitable manner!

Reinforcements have arrived!

Young Master Fusu led the cavalry and led the Liaodong cavalry with a horizontal spear, charging into the barbarians!

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PS: In the 13th year of King Huicheng of Liang Dynasty, Marquis Li of Zheng (Han) sent Xu Xi to the following places: Pingqiu, Humo, Shouyuan and Zhengchi. I take Zhi Dao, and Zheng Lu - "Bamboo Chronicles"

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