Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 327 Never run in vain
It was a prophecy, Mr. Uncle Sun's mission to Zhao country this time is really not as lucky as the previous few times. Not only that, but it is much more unsatisfactory than what Mr. Uncle Sun himself worried about.

After leading a team of followers to travel long distances, crossing mountains and ridges, and finally came to the vicinity of Jingxing, Mr. Shusun and his party successfully contacted the Zhao army stationed in Jingxing. After learning about Mr. Shusun's emissary identity and purpose Zhao Jun's soldiers also understood etiquette, and very politely invited Mr. Shusun to report the situation in front of the self-army camp, and asked Mr. Shusun to meet Zhao Jun's Jingxing defender Xia Shuo on the same day.

Mr. Shusun's good luck also came to an abrupt end here. After explaining his reason for coming, Mr. Shusun asked Xia Shuo to send someone to escort him to Julu to meet Zhao Xie and Zhang Er in accordance with the unwritten rules among princes. However, Xia Shuo shook his head and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, I'm very sorry, I can't help you anymore. Not only can I not send someone to take you to Julu, but I have to ask you to go back immediately, and you are not allowed to stay in Jingxing."

"Why?" Mr. Shusun was very strange, and asked: "General Xia, your army and ours have not yet fought, and I am going to the capital of your country as an envoy. General, you should also tell your King Zhao to make a decision, so there is no reason to drive this subordinate outright?"

"According to the situation, it should be like this. If you came two or three days earlier, the general will definitely send you to Julu to meet our king according to the rules." Xia said the answer was very strange, and said in a rather helpless tone: " But there is no way, the supervising army sent by our king to Jingxing has clearly explained that our king has issued an order to completely cut off all ties with your country, not accepting credentials, and not allowing envoys to enter the country. The general can only ask you to leave immediately, sir."

"Is your country so ruthless? Even envoys are not allowed to enter?" Mr. Shusun asked dumbfounded: "There is no such deep enmity between your country and ours, right? How can you do things so terribly?"

"I dare not disobey your majesty's order." Xia said without explaining, but urged: "Mr. Uncle Sun, please go back, and please don't come back in the future. I am following orders and will never let you go." Your envoys from Han entered the country."

After finishing speaking, Xia said he waved his hand, and the guard in his tent understood, and immediately stepped forward to make an invitation gesture, asking Mr. Shusun to leave immediately, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the front of the big tent, asking: " General Xia, I heard that the Chinese bandits really sent envoys? Did they drive them away?"

"Huh? Does this voice seem familiar?"

Mr. Shusun felt strange, just as he realized that the voice seemed to have been heard there before, Xia said that sitting in the middle of the commander-in-chief had already stood up quickly, with a flattering smile on his face, and pointed at Mr. Shusun's back. He cupped his hands repeatedly and said, "Supervisor Zhao, why are you here in person? Come on, set up a seat for Supervisor Zhao."

"I heard that the traitors of Han really sent envoys to come over to see the situation."

While answering in a vaguely familiar voice, Mr. Uncle Sun turned his head to look at the supervising army sent by Zhao Xie to Jingxing. However, after only one glance, Mr. Uncle Sun was pleasantly surprised, and blurted out: "Zhao Guowei, what is it?" you?"

Coincidentally, Mr. Shusun really knew this superintendent, not only did he know him, but strictly speaking he had some friendship, because this superintendent was none other than Zhang Ao’s second only to Guan Gao when he was at Hangu Pass. An important confidant, Zhao Wu, had a lot of dealings with Mr. Uncle Sun at that time, and even drank and ate together.And Zhao Wu obviously didn't expect that the envoy of the Han army happened to be Mr. Shusun, so he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "Mr. Shusun, why is it you?"

"Jianjun Zhao, do you also know Mr. Uncle Sun?" Xia said that he was also a little surprised, and quickly complained in a flattering tone: "Mr. Sir will also set up seats. Also, arrange food and drinks to clean up the dust for our friends in Supervisor Zhao.”

Mr. Uncle Sun was angry. Seeing that he was a friend of Zhao Wu, even Xia Shuo, a general of the Zhao army who had never met before, immediately changed his words and received him warmly. Zhao Wu, who had a little friendship with him before, waved his hand and said, "Xia General, there is no need for food and drink, Mr. Uncle Sun and I just know each other."

Xia Shuo, who was clearly trying to please Zhao Wu, immediately shut his mouth, and Zhao Wu said to Mr. Uncle Sun: "Mr. Uncle Sun, forgive me, logically speaking, based on the past, I should treat you well. But our Majesty and Prime Minister Zhang have made it clear that we will cut off all contact with you Han, let alone any private contact, so I am sorry, I can only ask you to leave immediately and not stay in Jingxing."

"Zhao Guowei, as for this?" Mr. Shusun smiled bitterly, and asked: "We used to be friends who fought side by side. Your two countries have signed an alliance more than once. Is there any need to treat me like this?"

"But you King Han has done too many things to our country of Zhao." Zhao Wu sneered and said, "When Zhang Han and Sima Xin's bandits attacked us, you stood by and watched, and then you wanted to annex our Shangdang County. Shamelessly occupying the Taiyuan County, Yanmen County and Dai County that should belong to our Zhao State, our Zhao State will never forgive each of these things, so we can only treat you like this."

"That's right." Xia Yue who was next to him hurriedly agreed, and shouted: "If we want our king and Prime Minister Zhang to forgive you, we must first return our land and city!"

"Zhao Guowei, those things may not all be the fault of our Han country, right?" Mr. Shusun rarely mustered up the courage to refute in the enemy camp, and then said: "Even if all the faults are on our side, it is not even the fault of our country." Are our envoys missing?"

"This is the decision of our king and Prime Minister Zhang. We can only act according to the order." Zhao Wu was too lazy to talk to Mr. Uncle Sun, and urged: "Mr. Uncle Sun, please, don't come again in the future."

Unexpectedly, the old acquaintance Zhao Wu would be so unfeeling, Mr. Uncle Sun had no choice but to quickly take out two sealed letters and said: "Zhao Guowei, even your country doesn't allow me to enter the country, so I don't dare to force it, I just ask Zhao Guowei will help, and for the sake of past affection, send these two letters to King Zhao and Xiang Zhang, is that all right?"

Zhao Wu was more heartless than Mr. Shu Sun imagined, he shook his head resolutely, and said: "Sorry, Your Majesty and Prime Minister Zhang have clearly explained that they want to cut off all ties with your country, including letters of course, I can't help you with this .”

"But these two letters are very important, aren't they?" Mr. Shusun hurriedly emphasized, and even winked at Zhao Wu quietly.

"No matter how important it is!" Zhao Wu turned a blind eye to Mr. Uncle Sun's hint, and yawned, and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, I'm tired, so I'll leave first. General Xia, please work hard, and send Mr. Uncle Sun away immediately." send away."

After saying that, Zhao Wu turned around and left, Xia Shuo nodded and bowed in agreement, Mr. Uncle Sun was furious in his heart, turned his head angrily, but inadvertently saw that when Xia Yue raised his head next to him, he looked at Zhao Wuli Looking back, the flattering smile on his face suddenly disappeared, showing a disdainful expression, and his eyes became extremely resentful, but this expression was only fleeting and disappeared without a trace.If Mr. Uncle Sun hadn't accidentally caught a glimpse, he would have hardly had a chance to notice it.

"Mr. Uncle Sun, please, don't embarrass this general. You have also seen it. This is what Supervisor Zhao meant."

Xia said that he urged again, and the guards in the tent stepped forward again, showing their weapons and forcing Mr. Shusun to leave quickly. Mr. Shusun had no choice but to swallow his anger and retract the letter, and left the Zhao army camp under the supervision of Zhao soldiers. , full of anger, returned to Jinyang to give orders to Uncle Zhou.

Uncle Zhou, Zhou Shu, Cui Guang and others were also very surprised when they learned of Mr. Shusun's mission, and they all said: "The bandit army of Zhao State is so ruthless, it's fine if we don't let our envoys enter, why even our letters Wouldn't you accept it?"

"It's so unfeeling!" Mr. Shusun replied very annoyed: "I knew that Zhao Wu would be so ungrateful. When we were in Hangu Pass, we should have sent troops later and let Sima Yang lead Zhao Guo's bandit army He and Zhang Ao'er are in the same pot!"

"It's a strange thing." Zhou Shu said in amazement: "Zhang Er respects Lord Xinling and is well-known for his hospitality. Even if he is determined to break off relations with us, he should at least treat our envoys kindly. How could he do that? To be so ruthless that even our envoys are not allowed to enter the country?"

Uncle Zhou and Mr. Uncle Sun spread their hands together, expressing that they did not understand the reason, while Cui Guang on the other side frowned and contemplated, before suddenly saying: "Mr. Luli, is there such a possibility? The king of Xichu got what he wanted, and he felt satisfied, and felt that there was no need to bargain with us, so he made such a decision and completely cut off all contact with us?"

A word to wake up the dreamer, Zhou Shu also suddenly realized, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, it is very possible, Xiang Yu used the throne to buy Chen Yu, Sima Yang and Shen Yang before. It is not surprising that Zhang Er, who actually holds the power of the Zhao State, is coveting the throne that Xiang Yu promised him, and seeing that Xiang Yu is powerful, he is determined to completely cut off all ties with us!"

Cui Guang nodded, and said helplessly, "If that's the case, we probably won't have any chance to bribe Zhang Er over again. As for Zhao Guo, we're afraid we can only use force to speak all the time."

"Not necessarily!" Zhou Shu shook his head quickly, and said, "If this is the case, our affairs may be much easier to handle. At the very least, we can justifiably separate Zhao Guojun and Zhao Guo's army, so that Zhao Guo has no way to work together. Resist our attack."

The military is not good, but the four old men in Shangshan are better than each other in politics. Zhou Shu just made a start, and Cui Guang immediately understood what he meant, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Luli means that we will directly send help Zhao Xie's crusade against Zhao Guo's rebellious ministers?"

"That's right." Zhou Shu nodded immediately, and said with a smile: "Zhang Erpifu monopolizes the power. Zhao Xie dared not say a word on the surface, but he said in his heart that he was not dissatisfied. I'm afraid even he didn't believe it. The same is true inside Zhao Guo's army. There are also people who are dissatisfied with Zhang Er's self-righteousness and bullying the Lord. In this case, we only need to put up a banner and claim that Zhang Er is going to usurp the throne and stand on his own, and send troops in the honor of attacking Zhao Guo's rebellious minister Zhang Er and helping Zhao Xie regain the power of Zhao Guo. Zhao Xie and Zhang Er Er will definitely intensify the conflict, and those who are dissatisfied with Zhang Er in Zhao's army may also be won over by us to help us deal with Zhang Er and reduce the resistance of our troops."

"Mr. Luli, do you still remember the clothes belt edict our king yelled about?" Cui Guang said quickly again: "Anyway, no one will confront and testify, so we simply forge Zhao Xie's clothes belt edict and use Zhao Xie's reputation Condemn Zhang Er for his crime of deceiving the emperor, invite us to send troops to attack Zhang Er, and also call on the righteous and loyal ministers in Zhao's army to help us clean up Zhang Er. In this way, Zhang Er and Zhao Xie just want to fight in secret It's hard for you to die, and those generals in Zhao's army who are easily shaken can also surrender to us without any moral burden!"

Zhou Shu applauded and laughed, and said: "We will not stop doing one thing, we will not only forge Zhao Xie's clothes and belts, but also send secret envoys to the Zhao country to contact Zhao Xie secretly, in order to help Zhao Xie regain power. In exchange, persuade Zhao Xie to help us tidy up Zhang Er. If we can succeed in this way, we must have great confidence to get Zhao Xie to help us. If you do anything outrageous to Zhao Xie, the internal contradictions in Zhao's army will definitely be even greater!"

Cui Guang and Zhou Shu, two old men from Shangshan, talked to each other with joy and enthusiasm. Uncle Zhou next to him also nodded repeatedly, appreciating their great ideas, but poor Mr. Uncle Sun was terrified when he heard it, so he hurried He interjected and said, "Mr. Huang Xia, Mr. Luli, don't ask me for sending someone to secretly contact Zhao Xie. I'm an incompetent official, and I don't have the slightest chance of sneaking into Zhao's capital and getting in touch with Zhao Xie."

"Mr. Uncle Sun, don't worry, we need to discuss carefully whether to send an envoy to contact Zhao Xie in secret, and we haven't made up our mind yet." Cui Guang comforted, and said: "Even if we really want to send a secret envoy to contact Zhao Xie, we will I will definitely not invite you, because Zhang Er's son and his confidantes know you too much, and you may be discovered by them as soon as you arrive in Julu."

Mr. Shusun breathed a sigh of relief, then put the heart that was in his throat back into his stomach, then cupped his hands to Uncle Zhou and said: "General Zhou, I am very tired, if there is nothing else, can I take my leave first?" Go back and rest?"

"Mr. Uncle Sun has worked hard, go back and rest." Uncle Zhou said generously: "Tomorrow you will rest at the residence for a day, and you will come back to work the day after tomorrow."

Mr. Uncle Sun was overjoyed, and hurriedly said his goodbyes and left, but when he walked to the door of the hall, Mr. Uncle Sun remembered something again, hesitated for a while, then turned around and asked Uncle Zhou, Zhou Shu and others Said: "General Zhou, Mr. Xia Huang, Mr. Luli, this time the official is on an envoy to Jingxing, and found a situation that may be useful to you."

"What did Mr. Uncle Sun find out?" Uncle Zhou asked smoothly.

"Xia Shuo, the traitor general of Zhao State who led the army to garrison Jingxing, seems to be very dissatisfied with Zhao Wu, the superintendent sent to him by Zhao Xie and Zhang Er." Mr. Shu Sun replied truthfully, and then told Xia Shuo's expression that he had accidentally seen. The reaction was explained in detail, and Xia said that he was respectful and flattering to Zhao Wu on the surface.

"Is there still such a situation?" Uncle Zhou, Zhou Shu and others were all very interested in the last details, Cui Guang hurriedly asked: "Mr. Jun Zhao Wu is dissatisfied? Did you read it wrong?"

"It's absolutely impossible to get it wrong." Mr. Shu Sun said quite self-deprecatingly: "It has always been a good game for subordinate officials to observe words and expressions. If Lian Xia said what kind of expression he had towards Mrs. Zhao Wu behind his back, the subordinate officials would be wrong. , I am afraid that the head of the lower official will not be able to keep it long ago."

Cui Guang and Zhou Shu glanced at each other quickly, blinking their cloudy but never dim old eyes to calculate, Zhou Shu suddenly remembered another detail, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Uncle Sun, if the old man didn't remember If I'm wrong, you seem to have said just now that Zhao Wu's supervisor was sent to Jingxing to serve as the supervisor within two or three days before you arrived in Jingxing?"

"There is such a thing." Mr. Shusun nodded and said, "Xia said that he once told the official that he would send someone to send me to Julu even if he arrived three or two days earlier, but Zhao Mr. Wu came and conveyed Zhao Xie's bullshit order, so he can only ask the next official to come back immediately."

Zhou Shu showed joy, and analyzed: "Zhao Wu firmly helped Zhang Ao deal with Chen Yu at Hangu Pass. He must be Zhang Er's absolute confidant. After getting the news from Jinyang, we discovered that we might attack Jingxing, and then sent Zhao Wu to serve as the supervisor. This clearly shows that Zhang Er should have told Xia that he was not at ease? Zhang Er was worried about Xia and said Xia Shuo was also dissatisfied with the confidant supervisor sent by Zhang Er, could it be said that Xia Shuo might be dissatisfied with Zhang Er?"

"It's also possible that it's just a coincidence. It's just that Xia said he was dissatisfied with Zhao Wu, the superintendent." Cui Guang raised another possibility, but he still said to Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, no matter what the situation is, we might as well investigate this matter carefully." Let’s see if there is any opportunity we can take advantage of according to Xia’s situation.”

"This matter is easy to handle." Uncle Zhou immediately said: "Jinyang City was once controlled by Zhao Guo's army for nearly a year. There are many officials in the city who have served Zhao Guo's army. There must be someone who knows what Xia said. , I will arrange people to investigate."

I don’t know if I don’t check. I was shocked when I checked. It was just in the evening of the same day. Uncle and the others were very surprised by the important situation—General Zhao Jun Xia said that he turned out to be an old subordinate of the former General Zhao Guo Chen Yu!There are also rumors that he is Chen Yu's confidant!

"It's no wonder that Zhang Er told Xia that this man was not at ease, and it's no wonder that Xia said that he was dissatisfied with Zhang Er's confidants. This is the reason why he has been messing around for a long time!"

After the outburst of joy, Uncle Zhou, Zhou Shu, Cui Guang and the others gathered together immediately without even blinking an eyelid, and discussed with grinning smiles how to plan a shameless trick against General Zhao Xia...

(End of this chapter)