Chapter 44 In the second quarter, Yan Guo, who was at a loss what to do, concocted a trick

Exploring horses and shooting stars shuttled back and forth, merchants left Yan one after another, and the sound of the 400,000 Qin army's battalion was rumbling. The common people were in panic, the temples were in panic, and the government and the people of Yan State were in a panic. This year is the twenty-eighth year since Yan Wang Jixi ascended the throne.Fifty-two years have passed since the brief and powerful period of King Yan Zhao.During these fifty-two years, it was a period of decline for the country of Yan from the peak to the trough.In fifty-two years, the Kingdom of Yan has experienced four generations of King Yan: King Yan Hui, King Yan Wucheng, King Yan Xiao, and King Yan Xi.Inherited from four generations, one generation is not as good as one generation.King Yanhui inherited the throne of King Yanzhao and exchanged riding robbery for Le Yi to lead the Yan army to destroy Qi. In the end, Tian Dan defeated the Yan army with a fire bull formation.Since then, Yan State has fallen from a peak to a trough.King Yanhui was narrow-minded and repeatedly intensified the court situation. In the seventh year of his accession to the throne, he was killed by Prime Minister Gongsun Cao in a mutiny.Afterwards, King Yan Wucheng succeeded to the throne, and there was almost no achievement in fourteen years.This King Wucheng met only two major events in his life: first, in the first year of his ascension, the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Chu suddenly attacked Yan, and he tried his best not to break the country; Yan State lost the land of Zhongyang, and it was still not conquered by Qi State.Just these two things were praised by a group of courtiers, and they were posthumously named "Wu Cheng" after death.It can be seen from this that the government and the people of the Yan Kingdom have regarded being able to protect themselves as a great merit. As for revitalizing and pioneering again, they dare not even think about it.Later, King Yan Xiao succeeded to the throne.The filial king was probably suffering from a chronic illness, and died silently after three years on the throne, without leaving anything worth mentioning.

Then, the present Wang Jixi came to the throne. At the beginning of her accession to the throne, Ji Xi was ambitious and determined to restore the martial arts and glory of King Yan Zhao's time.At that time, the Qin-Zhao Changping war had just ended four years ago, and the vitality of the Zhao country had not yet recovered.Ji Xi wanted to seek help from the strong neighbor Zhao State, so as to regain the military prestige of Yan State.Ji Xi still had a heart, so she first chose a minister who was as ambitious as herself to be the prime minister.This person's name was Li Fu, and as soon as he took over the Prime Minister's Mansion, he planned a blockbuster strategy for Ji Xi: first try to confuse the State of Zhao, and then suddenly start a war against the State of Zhao!Yan Wangxi repeatedly said yes, and immediately ordered Li Fu to act according to the established strategy.

Therefore, Li Fu entered Zhao as the prime minister's special envoy.When Jin Jin met King Zhao Xiaocheng, Li Fu offered five hundred gold graciously, which indicated that it was the wine money given to King Zhao by the Kingdom of Yan.King Zhao Xiaocheng readily accepted, and signed a covenant of cessation of troops and war with Li Fu Dangdian.After that, Li Fu stayed in Handan for many days, and made what he thought was a very detailed investigation of the situation in Zhao State.When Li Fu came back, he reported to Yan Wangxi: "All the elites of Zhao State died in Changping, and there are only a few orphans left in the country. It will take several years for them to grow up to be strong and strong. At present, it is absolutely possible to attack Zhao!"

Ji Xi was overjoyed, and immediately called Le Xian, Lord Chang, and a group of ministers to discuss the strategy of attacking Zhao.This Le Xian is the eldest son of Le Yi, a famous general of the Warring States Period.When Le Yi left Yan to enter Zhao, the State of Yan was deeply afraid that Le Yi would endanger the State of Yan, so he strongly invited Le Yi to return to Yan.Le Yi was so sober, he replied politely and thanked him, but sent his eldest son to the country of Yan to show that he would never be an enemy of the country of Yan for the rest of his life.Le Xian is also a soldier of the strategist and knows Zhao Guo very well.Seeing Yan Wang Ji Xi's inquiry, Le Xian said frankly: "Zhao is a country that has fought four wars, and its people practice martial arts far away from Yan State, so it cannot be attacked." Ji Xi frowned and said: "Our troops will attack with five against one. Is it not possible?" Le Xian said firmly: "No." Ji Xi suddenly changed his face and said, "Is the Lord Chang a Zhao minister or a Yan minister? Ning Chang Zhao's aspirations, how about destroying Yan's army?" Seeing that Ji Xi was angry, the ministers of the class immediately supported and attacked Zhao with one voice.Le Xian could only say nothing.Therefore, Yan Wang Jixi immediately ordered: the troops were divided into two groups to attack Zhao, each with 150,000 troops, each equipped with 1,000 chariots; Qing Qin led the attack on Zhao Guodai County; Yan Wangxi led the royal guard army with 50,000 horses, and he was in the middle to support him.The army to attack Zhao was dispatched, and the government and people of Yan State were excited and jubilant for a while. The whole country thought that the time to rejuvenate Yan State had come.At this time, there were only two ministers in the entire Yan State who opposed the attack on Zhao. One was the Lord of Chang who said he was sick and could not object, and the other was the doctor Jiang Qu who strongly and clearly opposed it.This general was upright, when he saw Ji Xi at night, he said generously and bluntly: "Li Fu paid five hundred gold for wine to open up the joints of Zhao State, Fang formed an alliance with Zhao Wang, and agreed to stop the war! The alliance was established, and he secretly explored Zhao State Take advantage of the situation and attack it unprepared. Such a breach of contract is very ominous! Sending troops to attack Zhao will not succeed, the king should stop the troops immediately!" Ji Xi was very displeased, and reprimanded him with a stern face. Throwing his sleeves away, he left him in the hall in a daze.Unexpectedly, on the day when Ji Xi sent troops, he rushed into the see-off circle again, rushed over and grabbed Yan Wangxi's ribbon and shouted passionately: "Wang Ning will go, but there will be no success—" Ji Xi Xi couldn't help being furious, kicked him over, and walked away majestically.Stubbornly holding him behind Yanchen Wang's chariot, he still cried to himself: "King Yan! The old minister is not self-righteous, the old minister is the king and the country—"

The war against Zhao, which took place in the fourth year of King Xi of Yan, had a jaw-dropping ending. General Lian Po of the State of Zhao led an army of 200,000 troops, defeated the Lifu army, and killed Lifu.General Le Cheng led an army of 150,000 to defeat Qing Qin's army and capture Qing Qin.The two armies of Zhao pursued the Yan army for more than 500 li, and surrounded Jicheng, the capital of Yan, in one fell swoop.Lexian, Yan's only combatant general, also left Jicheng and went to Zhao in chaos.The whole country of Yan was in chaos for a while. Faced with the danger of the country being destroyed by the army, Ji Xi, the king of Yan, suddenly became fatigued. Her exaggerated and exaggerated ambitions in the past suddenly disappeared without a trace.The terrified Ji Xi had only one instinctive move: to immediately send envoys to Zhao Jun's shogunate overnight to seek peace.General Lian Po of the Zhao State had been ordered by King Zhao Xiaocheng to reprimand the envoy sharply and coldly refused to strike.Ji Xi had no choice but to send special envoys to mourn.Only then did Lian Po propose: Do not make peace with Yan Guo unless Dr. Qu comes forward!Ji Xi didn't hesitate for a moment, immediately worshiped Qu as prime minister, and rushed to Zhao Jun's shogunate to seek peace.After the new prime minister dealt with Qu's efforts, Yan State ceded three hundred miles of land, and Zhao Guocai withdrew his troops to stop the war.Unexpectedly, within a few years, the prime minister who had self-knowledge died.

Yan Wang Jixi gradually recovered from her fatigue. After the Yan State ceded the land and stopped the soldiers, various truths about the previous wars also spread to the Yan State.It turned out that Zhao State was not prepared for Yan State's sudden attack at all. Lian Po and Le Cheng's two armies had originally gone to Southern Zhao to deal with Qin's army, and it was just a coincidence that they turned back to face Yan.Xiyou, the king of Yan, suddenly understood - at that time, if the Qin army really attacked Zhao, the Yan army's sneak attack from behind would have been a great success!With such a thought in mind, Ji Xi, King of Yan, felt unwilling. She always felt that Zhao Guo was not invulnerable, but only had to choose the right time.After waiting so hard for eight years, in the twelfth year of Yan Wangxi, the monarch and ministers of Yan State agreed that: the real time to attack Zhao has finally arrived!

Ji Xi found a bosom friend of an old famous official, and this person was Ju Xin, an old official from the time of King Yan Zhao. Jixi, the king of Yan, re-appointed Ju Xin as Shangqing, and was in charge of political affairs.At this time, Ju Xin has lost the wisdom and sobriety of his youth and Le Yi's reform, and has become self-willed and unaware of the general trend of the world.When the king of Yan summoned his ministers to discuss and seek to attack Zhao's bosom friend, Ju Xin strongly advocated attacking Zhao, trying to revitalize Yan's hegemony in his own hands and make himself a famous minister of Yan's ZTE.As a result, Ju Xin and Yan Wang Ji Xi hit it off, and determined Yan's national policy of fighting against Zhao again.The so-called real timing judged by Ju Xin has two evidences: first, Zhao Xiaocheng Wang Fang died, and his son Zhao Yan ascended the throne, Zhao Guo must be unstable; second, Lian Po and Le Cheng attacked each other, and Le Cheng had fled to Yan. State, Lian Po also fled to Wei State, and the army in the hinterland of Zhao State took Pang Nuan as a general, and Zhao State's military strength was bound to decline.Under such circumstances, Ju Xin urged Yan Guo to secretly plan to attack Zhao again, and Ji Xi readily agreed.

However, the king and ministers of the Yan Kingdom never expected that things would happen in reverse this time. Zhao Yan (King of Mourning Xiang) was also the first to want to make achievements, so he ordered Li Mu to attack Yan first.Before Yan's army moved out, Li Mu's frontier army had already moved eastward, and captured Wusui and Fangcheng in Yan State in one fell swoop, before they stopped.Ji Xi, the king of Yan, was very embarrassed, and he only wanted to go south to attack Zhao's army in the hinterland.Calling Ju Xin for a meeting, the old Ju Xin proudly said: "Pang Nuanyi and Er!" Yan Wang Ji Xi was very moved, and immediately wrote a letter to lead an army of 200,000 troops into the hinterland of Zhao State with Ju Xin as the main general.

It turned out that before entering Yan, Ju Xin had traveled to study in Zhao State for many years, and he and Pang Nuan were both vertical and horizontal strategists at one time, and they traveled a lot.In Ju Xin's memory, Pang Nuan had never known soldiers, nor had he ever raised troops to battle.Such Pang Nuan is naturally easy to deal with.Unexpectedly, Pang Nuanshi is a military strategist who does not make much publicity, and his combat skills can almost compete with Li Mu.Ju Xin's army went south, and Pang Nuan immediately led Zhao Jun's 200,000 soldiers to meet him.The ending is: Pang Nuan and Zhao Jun beheaded more than 20,000 Yan troops in one fell swoop, and killed the old drama Xin on the battlefield!Had it not been for the fact that the Qin army had penetrated deep into the back of Zhao State, posing a huge threat to Zhao State, and Zhao's internal affairs had been in great chaos, it would have been unknown if Pang Nuan would have directly captured the capital of Yan State.

Since the first battle, Yan Wang Jixi's temperament has changed drastically. The State of Yan was not originally a state with rich warehouses and granaries. Only when King Yan Zhao conquered more than 70 cities in the State of Qi and plundered the mountainous wealth of the State of Qi, did he accumulate a wealth of military resources and food for a while.In the past few decades, Yan's domestic affairs have not been updated at all, but worsened.By the time Ji Xi came to the throne, the treasury storage had been greatly reduced.Ji Xi tried again and again to attack Zhao, and his intention was to imitate King Yan Zhao's way of destroying Qi Fuyan.Unexpectedly, within 12 years, the Yan State suffered two disastrous defeats in two wars, almost exhausted its supplies, and its military strength dropped sharply to around 200,000.Famous ministers and generals are also dead and gone, and they don't even have a powerful arm in state affairs and planning.With no goods in the country and no pillars in the court, Ji Xi became disheartened.As a result, the traditional temperament of the old nobles of the Zhou royal family broke out. Ji Xi, in the name of generosity and kindness, did not do anything, and pursued governance by doing nothing. .

Eleven years passed in a blink of an eye, before a ray of fresh and vigorous wind blew into the temple of Yan Kingdom. In the twenty-third year of Ji Xi's accession to the throne, Prince Dan fled from Qin State to Yan State. Prince Ji Dan is the eldest son of Yan Wang Ji Xi.However, this eldest prince had not yet passed his youth in the court of Yan State, and he began his unique ups and downs.At that time, Yan State was already weak.In order to build a strong country, Ji Dan embarked on a unique hostage journey just like many warring princes.In the Warring States period, there were generally two ways of hostage diplomatic relations: first, in order to ensure the stability of the covenant, the powerful countries sent important members of the royal family as hostages to each other's capital; if one party violated the covenant, the other party had the right to execute the hostage; At that time, Ying Yiren, the son of Qin State sent to Zhao State, was such a hostage.Second, a weak country is attached to a big country and sends members of the royal family as hostages to the capital of the big country to show its loyalty to the covenant of the attached country.The hostage taken by the young Ji Dan was this kind of hostage.As far as the hostage itself is concerned, the eldest son of the monarch is the most expensive.Because most of the eldest sons of the monarch are de facto princes, and they are also the most likely heirs of the monarch.Although Ji Dan is young, he has the status of the eldest son, so he is naturally the first choice to be a hostage in a big country.For this reason, Yan Wang Ji Xi made Ji Danli the prince early, and made Ji Dan enter the big country as a hostage in the name of the prince to show Yan's loyalty to the covenant big country.Of course, the title of crown prince is also somewhat beneficial to Ji Dan's situation in other countries.In this way, the name of Prince Dan has long been known to the world. Prince Dan's hostage career began in Zhao State and ended in Qin State. At the beginning of Yan Wangxi's accession to the throne, Zhao Guoshang was the biggest threat to Yan.In order to protect the peace of Yan State, Prince Dan has been a hostage in Zhao State for many years.After the Changping war between Qin and Zhao, both Qin and Zhao fell into a trough.When Lu Buwei was in power, in order to seek a balance with Zhao State during the low period of Qin State, Lu Buwei intended to make friends with Yan State to increase checks and balances on Zhao State.Yan Wangxi was very pleased with the favor of the most powerful country in the world, and at that time Yan was planning to attack Zhao, so he immediately signed a truce with Zhao and a secret covenant with Qin.Therefore, Yan Wangxi recalled Prince Dan from Handan with an excuse, and sent him to Qin as a hostage. Or it was God's will, when Prince Dan was a hostage in Zhao State, Qin's young prince Yingzheng was also in Zhao State and had not yet returned to Qin.Yingzheng's maternal ancestor was the Zhuo family, a great merchant in the state of Zhao. At that time, Yingzheng was still called Zhaozheng.Zhao Guo's style is bold and unrestrained, even though Zhao Zheng is not a noble son in the court, he can still enter and leave the royal city.Either in the royal city, or in the recreational places in the city, in short, the two young princes met, became acquainted, and had a youthful friendship.In terms of age, Zhao Zheng left Zhao and returned to Qin when he was eight years old, and when he made friends with Prince Dan, he was a child under the age of eight.As for Prince Dan, he must be three or two years older, no matter how young he is, he cannot be a hostage.In this way, Prince Dan must be the childish little brother of Zhao Zheng, and his contacts must be pure and innocent juvenile fun.After that, Yingzheng returned to Qin, and after going through ups and downs, he became the vacant King of Qin at the age of thirteen. Over the past 20 years, the situation in the world has changed, and the situation of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin has also undergone tremendous changes: the blood feud between Qin and Zhao has not disappeared, and mutual attacks continue; The State of Zhao forged a great enmity, but had no choice but to swallow his humiliation and make an alliance to form an alliance.At this time, there was no war between Qin and Yan and the covenant was still in place. According to the normal diplomatic relations of the Warring States period, Qin State wanted to rely on Yan State to contain Zhao State, and Yan State could already recall the hostages.However, things are strangely correct. At this time, the Qin State has just stepped out of the trough, Qin Wang Yingzheng has already taken charge of the government, and his ambition to unify the world has been determined; thus, the diplomatic relations between the two countries have undergone a huge change silently: Qin State’s relationship with Yan State The reliance on Yan no longer existed, but Qin State tried to control Yan State, so as to prevent it from assisting Zhao State in the war of annihilating the country.Under such a situation, even though the covenant between Qin and Yan remains, and Yan has not violated Qin, Yan still cannot recall Prince Pill.In fact, of course, it was Qin who was unwilling to release Prince Pill.The fundamental reason is that Qin State wants to control Yan State, which makes Yan State have scruples about defeating Qin State.For this reason, Qin Wang Yingzheng was very indifferent to this Prince Dan, and did not treat him as a young friend at all, and clearly ordered Prince Dan to be imprisoned and not return to the Yan Kingdom.Prince Dan was heartbroken, and repeatedly wrote to the King of Qin asking to return to Yan, but there was no response. "The black head is white, the horse has horns, and the son may return to the swallow!" King Qin's only answer made Prince Dan completely desperate. Many years later, there was a secret rumor in the world: since King Qin issued the ban, Prince Dan looked up to the sky and sighed, the crows in Xianyang King City really turned white, and the horses really grew horns like cows; Prince Dan.The fact is far from being so bizarre and mysterious, but a thrilling escape of Prince Dan. It turned out that after Prince Dan knew that Qin Wangzheng would not let him go back to Yan, he no longer tried to persuade Qin Wang, but began his secret plan to escape from Qin.After more than half a year of trial and error, Prince Dan finally contacted the Yan Guo Trading Company in Xianyang, and planned a substitute method: several Yan Guo merchants would find a young businessman who was very similar to Prince Dan, and serve as a servant for Prince Dan; When a person enters the residence of Prince Dan, who is guarded by officials and soldiers of the Qin State, he must cover his face with a black veil on the grounds that his face is injured; Escort escaped from Qin.The plot was established, and Prince Dan immediately put it into practice.Soon, there was another Prince Sheren who was disabled and masked all day long in Prince Dan's apartment.A year later, the government and the people of the Qin State were busy planning a large-scale expedition to the east to destroy the country. The King of Qin led a group of officials to the Lantian Camp to observe the soldiers.Prince Dan acted as planned and fled from Qin as expected.A full month had passed by the time Qin found out that Prince Dan had escaped. King Qin Yingzheng was furious, and immediately sent a letter to Dunwei, who was stationed in the country of Yan: threatening the king of Yan to send back Prince Pill, or send troops to attack Yan!Ten days later, Dun Ruo wrote back and said: "The country of Yan is sinking, and adding a crown prince will not help the country. The strategy of the war to destroy the country is orderly. At this time, we can't use troops against Yan. Why do we need to intimidate and intimidate them to be alert?" The minister's intention: Since Prince Dan has a substitute, Qin Dang pretends not to know what to do." Qin Wang Yingzheng thought for a while, and felt that the strategy of being weak was reasonable, so he ordered the Pedestrian Office in charge of diplomatic relations to guard Prince Dan's residence as usual. I ignore it, and just look at how Yan Guo will deal with it. The long-suffering Prince Dan Guiyan is already a deep-minded figure in his thirties. Prince Dan is shrewd and capable, and after spending more than three months with his father, Ji Xi, he regained his father's complete trust.At that time, Yan State still had no strong officials in charge, and Ji Xi became disheartened and became a habit of hunting, and had already neglected political affairs.Therefore, Ji Xi simply issued a secret order: Prince Dan is the chief regent of the country, and the ministers of the country of Yan should not disclose it to the outside world. Whether Qin knows or not is left to itself. In this way, Prince Pill began its unique display in Yan State. Prince Dan hated Qin State for oppressing the world the most, and even more hated Qin Wangzheng for being mean, ungrateful, merciless and ruthless.Fleeing back to Yan State, Prince Danyuan only wanted to take revenge on Qin State.However, when Prince Dan came back, he saw that the state was poor and weak far beyond his expectations, and he had no power in his hands, so he was depressed and helpless for a while.As soon as he was in power, Prince Dan's spirit suddenly cheered up, and he was only thinking about how to gather insightful people to take revenge on Qin as soon as possible. As for the reform of the state government, he couldn't take care of it for a while.Prince Dan knew very well that Qin's war to destroy the country was about to take place, and if he didn't plan ahead, Yan might not even have the last chance.What's more important is that Dunruo, the Shang Qing of the Qin Kingdom, is in charge of the Yan Kingdom, and has communicated with Yan's ministers in many ways. It is difficult for Jicheng's actions to escape the detection of Dunwei's forces.Fortunately, Prince Dan has been a hostage for a long time, and he has cultivated a meticulous and vigilant disposition, and has a secret planning experience to escape from Qin State. In a few years, he will do nothing to revenge Qin. The first secret merchant, Prince Dan, took aim at Ju Wu, his teacher in his youth. The gray-haired Ju Wu is already the old matriarch of the Yan Kingdom.The old man was apprehensive and fearful, and accepted the ceremony of apprenticeship from Prince Dan who visited secretly.After some entertainment, Prince Dan tearfully expressed his wish to revenge Qin.Old Ju Wu was silent and didn't say a word for a long time.Prince Dan said sadly: "The king of Qin wins the government, and the world is in great trouble. Teacher, if you don't plan for Dan, you would rather not plan for the world?" After a long time, old Ju Wucai said seriously: "Now Qin has a vast land and people, and the military revolution is great. Prosperity is far from comparable to that of the Qin State in the past. After Yan State was defeated by Zhao State twice, it was extremely poor and weak, and the crown prince wants to fight against Qin with the grievances accumulated in the past, so why not criticize him as a rebel?" Prince Dan said with a long sigh: "Taifu Mingcha, even if I am attached to Qin, Qin can't keep Yan! If Qin doesn't keep Yan, then Yan and Qin will never be at odds. Since they must be enemies with Qin in the end, it is better not to plan soon!" Ju Wu thought for a long time , nodded and said: "That's what the prince said. Since this is the case, the prince can act accordingly." Prince Dan saw that although the always stubborn teacher was not persuaded, he no longer opposed him. As long as the teacher does not object to him, the teacher's reputation will increase It is a calling force that works in secret.Afterwards, Prince Dan used the name of meeting with the old matriarch, and cautiously tested several important officials of the family, but no one objected, and several old families all generously swore that they were willing to donate the fief property to support the opponent. Qin revenge.Prince Dan's spirit was greatly lifted, so he began to deliberately search for strange warriors. Soon, a mysterious figure unexpectedly entered the country of Yan, which officially launched Prince Dan's revenge plan. This person is Fan Yuqi, the fugitive general of Qin State.This Fan Yuqi was originally a general of the Qin State when Huan He was a false general, and a relative married to the royal family. He was highly respected among the veterans of the Qin State and was the main general who won the trust of the King of Qin.Huan's tribe attacked Zhao and was defeated twice. The second failure was directly caused by Fan Yuqi's violation of military orders.When he was defeated, seeing the dead soldiers of the Qin army strewn across the field, Fan Yuqi feared that Qin's military law would severely punish him, so he fled from the battlefield.When the news came out, the government and the people of the Qin State were shaken, and Qin Wang Yingzheng was furious. He immediately ordered the arrest of Fan Yuqi's family members, and at the same time traced Fan Yuqi's whereabouts and offered a huge reward for his arrest.In the history of Warring States and Qin, there were only three rebel generals: one was Zheng Anping during the period of King Qin Zhao, the other was Chang'an Jun Chengjiao in the eighth year of Yingzheng's accession to the throne, and the other was this Fan Yuqi.Zheng Anping was recommended by Fan Ju because of kindness. He was a member of the market in Daliang. He was originally a foreigner.But Lord Chang'an is Ying Zheng's favorite half-brother, and Fan Yuqi is almost a senior veteran of the royal family. It is not unusual for the people of the country to be shocked and the royal family to be humiliated. No wonder King Qin Yingzheng treats Fan Yuqi Hate it to the bone.The Shandong Six Kingdoms were overjoyed, and all kinds of rumors were endlessly heard.To choose the mainstream, there are roughly three principles: one is that the fugitive is Huan He, the general of the Qin State, and the commander fled the country, and the Qin State should not be like this; He fled to the Xiongnu, and the King of Qin sent Meng Tian into the grassland to hunt him down. While various rumors were circulating, Fan Yuqi suddenly appeared in Jicheng. One late night with heavy autumn rain, the family elder came in and reported to Prince Dan who was carefully reading a volume of weapon codes in the study, that Yan merchant Wu Shixie asked to see him.This Wu Clan is the same ancestor of Wu Clan, a great merchant of Qin State in the early years, and also a great merchant of Yan State who helped Prince Dan escape from Qin State.Without saying a word, Prince Dan came to the corridor.In the rain, Wu Shizhen saw Prince Dan coming out, turned his head and waved his hands, and a majestic figure in a coir raincoat and black veil walked out from the forest by the roadside.Wu Shizhen just said in a low voice: "This is a strange person in danger in the world! If the prince doesn't see you, I will leave immediately." Prince Dan is extremely alert by nature, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "The person recommended by the benefactor, why do you say that he is in danger? Please !” Walking into the study room, the man took off his coir raincoat and black gauze, and the face of a troubled hero immediately appeared in front of Prince Dan’s eyes: his beard and hair were gray and white and his beard was knotted, his bronze face was full of vicissitudes, and his eyes were melancholy and deep, unspoken. People are shocked.Prince Dan didn't wait for the visitor to open his mouth, he cupped his hands and said: "Since the strong man came with my benefactor, he is the guest of Dan, please take a seat." Are you afraid of misfortune and yourself?" Prince Dan said solemnly: "Everyone is afraid of misfortune, how can there be a word of righteousness in the world? There is no righteousness in the world, and I don't know what it is!" Righteousness, Liu Shi Fan Yuqi is polite." Prince Dan was surprised and delighted, and immediately bowed deeply: "The general is in danger, don't doubt my heart, he is a truly heroic man! Dare to ask the general what you want?" Fan Yuqi Generously said: "If Yan accepts me, I will live in Yan. If Yan is difficult, dare to ask me to go to Donghu, or Goguryeo!" Prince Dan said: "The general is in exile. How?" Fan Yuqi's face was livid, and he only had two words: "Revenge!" Prince Dan was horrified, and immediately ordered Xiaoyan to cleanse the general of the general.The small feast of that night lasted until the sky turned white.After the small banquet was over, a mysterious guest lived in the secret apartment that Prince Dan had already built. Except for the confidant maid and servants appointed by the elders and Prince Dan himself, no one could step into this Shimen courtyard. More than a month later, Prince Dan informed Grand Tutor Ju Wu of the news. Prince Dan's original intention was to discuss with the teacher how to maximize the use of Fan Yuqi to avenge Yan.I don't want Ju Wu to hear that Prince Dan has taken in such a person, he was worried immediately, and said with a straight face: "Prince allows Fan Yuqi to stay, the veteran thinks it's impossible! In terms of the general situation, it is enough to chill the heart of Qin with the violence of King Qin's accumulating anger at Yan Yes. If General Fan is left in Yan to let the King of Qin hear about it, it will be no different from showing his flesh to the claws of an evil tiger. The disaster cannot be saved. Although Guan Zhong and Yan Zi are alive, they cannot seek it!" Prince Dan said: "Hand over Fan Yuqi, Qin still wants to destroy Yan, what can I do?" Ju Wudao: "If the crown prince really wants to An Yan, he should send General Fan to the Xiongnu so that the Xiongnu can kill him. Then, Yan secretly united with the five Shandong kingdoms to fight against Qin. , and then go north to the back of the Xiongnu's oppression of Qin. In this way, major events can be planned." Prince Dan couldn't help frowning and said: "The Taifu's strategy will last for a long time, and the distant water will not quench the near thirst. Besides, Fan Yuqi is in trouble. No one in the world dares to take him in, and he can only come to me when he is in danger. How can Dan be forced to abandon him due to the power of Qiang Qin? If he is sent to the Huns to kill him, how will Dan stand in the world? Instead of this, I would rather I Die!" Prince Dan said passionately, suddenly worried about the embarrassment of the teacher, he stopped abruptly, and said with a long sigh, "May the teacher try again, is there any other countermeasure?" Old Juwu sighed: "In danger Desiring peace, wishing for happiness in times of calamity, preferring to be alone and not caring about great harm to the country, this so-called aiding disasters with enmity, is like burning a feather on coals and wishing nothing will happen!" Prince Dan said solemnly: "The disaster of a feather , even if it is not destroyed by charcoal fire, it will be destroyed by firewood. The crisis of Yan State cannot be avoided by Fan Yuqi alone. The teacher does not think about the root of the disaster, but just talks about the country's crisis, what can Danfu say!" old Ju Wu After thinking silently for a long time, he finally said: "This old man is pedantic and not good at keeping secrets. However, if this old man finds someone else, he may become the prince's arm." Prince Dan hurriedly stood up and knelt down, cupped his hands and said, "It's the good fortune of the Yan Kingdom to be recommended by the teacher! "Old Ju Wudao: "This man's name is Tian Guang. He is resourceful and brave. He is willing to conspire with the prince." I have to befriend you because of my teacher, what does the teacher think?" Old Ju Wu couldn't help sighing: "The prince's friendship with others is too much to force me! Promise." One night after ten days, a commoner walked into Prince Dan's secret courtyard. This commoner man is Tian Guang, a knight-errant who hides himself in the country of Yan. Attention officials, there are many types of rangers in the Warring States Period.Ordinarily, the so-called chivalrous men mostly refer to warriors who are born as pure swordsmen and have chivalrous deeds.This kind of chivalrous man was called chivalrous man, Ren Xia, and ranger in the Warring States period, and he was even called an assassin in vain.For example, Zhuanzhu, Yaoli, Nie Zheng, and Gai Nie and Lu Goujian mentioned below are all such knights.These swordsman assassins are not the high-end mainstream of knights born in the Spring and Autumn Period.A high-end chivalrous man, living in the city, traveling in the mountains and fields, is also a knowledgeable chivalrous man who takes resolving political grievances as his own duty.Only in this way, the high-end mainstream of the heroes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period can be called Shixia, or Zhengxia.In fact, the largest school of shixia and xiaxia belongs to the Mohist group with the banner of "universal love and non-aggression".By the middle of the Warring States period, the divisions between the Seven Warring States gradually became clear, and there were fewer and fewer small and medium vassal states, and the need to rely on political heroes to resolve grievances between states was also greatly reduced.Under such a general trend, the political and chivalrous forces based on scholars have gradually dispersed and diverted, or merged into school groups, or into the political situation of various countries, or hidden in the city and the mountains, and eventually became reclusive celebrities.In short, after the middle period of the Warring States period, there were very few warriors.As far as their personal qualities are concerned, a shixia must have a certain spirit and theory as the foundation of his beliefs, and his chivalrous deeds are only a means to realize his beliefs.Therefore, most of these knight-errants are people with both civil and military skills.In today's language, these warriors are all masters who have the temperament of thinkers and are proficient in swordsmanship at the same time.They almost never do ordinary private revenge attacks, but only take the political goal of solving the world's crisis as their purpose.The normal life of a knight-errant is a celebrity, not a samurai who can be seen by ordinary people at a glance.Tian Guang is exactly such a warrior.Jing Ke, who will appear later in the article, was the most outstanding warrior in the world at the end of the Warring States period. Prince Dan respectfully greeted the plain-looking Tian Guang, and bowed sideways to lead the way in as a guest.Entering the main hall, Prince Dan knelt down on the mat first, stroked the mat with his big sleeves to sweep the dust, and then invited Tian Guang to take the main seat.Tian Guang didn't feel any panic at all, and accepted all the humility and respect that the host should show in the guest ceremony, but he never said a word.Only when the only maid and an old servant left the main hall, Prince Dan left his seat and bowed deeply. "Yan and Qin are not in conflict with each other, sir must pay attention to it." "I would like to hear the prince's ambition." Tian Guang said in a deep voice. "Recovering the revenge of the Yan Kingdom and eliminating the troubles of the world, how can there be anything else!" "The national strength is weak, the army is dull, does the prince want to imitate the assassins?" "The root of the disaster lies in the King of Qin. If the tiger and the wolf are not eradicated, there will be no peace in the world!" "Is there anyone in the prince?" "Dan has three dead men, may the master lead the planning." "The prince overestimates me too." Tian Guang said solemnly and calmly, "Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of the great country died by assassins, and there are few people who have seen it. Such a feat has never been heard of before. If twenty years ago, Tian Guang might have been thrown into a knife, and his death would not have followed. However, although Guang is in his prime now, his heart is already old! 1. Tian Guang thought to himself that he could not bear such a big responsibility." "How about the three of Dan?" "None of the three princes can be used." Tian Guang obviously knew the three swordsmen secretly adopted by Prince Dan, and pointed out one by one, "Xia Fu, you are angry and red-faced, and you are brave. Song Yi, A person who is angry and blue, with a brave pulse. Wuyang, who is angry and pale, and a person with brave bones. All three of them are happy and angry, which can be seen in their appearance. This is also a taboo for scholars to travel secretly. Therefore, it cannot be used .” "!" Prince Dan was stunned. "Although Guang is unable to do great things in person, but with a bosom friend, he can surely accomplish this feat." "I would like to be recommended by Mr.!" Prince Dan was stunned. "This man's name is Jing Ke." Tian Guang was so simple that there was no second sentence. "May Mr. Yin make friends with Jing Qing." "Your respect." "Mister is the mastermind, Jing Ke is in charge, how about it?" "I am far inferior to Jing Ke. If I am not in charge, how can I be in charge!" Prince Dan couldn't help being surprised that Tian Guang admired a person so much.He originally wanted to ask Tian Guang to introduce Jing Ke more, but he was afraid that Tian Guang would be displeased by the urgent questioning, so the alert and deep Prince Dan stopped talking about it, ordered a small banquet, and only talked about the world with Tian Guang.In the vastness of the sea and the sky, Tian Guang's heroic nature was naturally revealed, and he talked about an adventure of his own. Many years ago, Tian Guang traveled to the state of Chu, took a large merchant ship from Yunmengze and went straight down to the land of Xiangyuan, intending to go to the place where Qu Yuan threw himself into the river.After traveling for five days, the boat left Deyunmengze and entered the mainstream of Xiangshui River.The green hills on both sides of the strait, a lonely boat with white sails in the blue waves of the canyon, and the magnificent landscape attract all the passengers on the boat to gather at the bow.At that time, a young civilian man stood beside Tian Guang.Everyone else was looking at the mountains and the water, but this young man kept staring at the water coldly, sighing softly from time to time.Tian Guang's heart moved, he cupped his hands and said: "If your step is in emergency, I would like to help you." The commoner scholar did not answer in silence, still staring at the water.Tian Guang was quite surprised. Following the eyes of the commoner, he couldn't help but feel a sudden movement in his heart - ten feet in front of the bow, a faint vortex rolled forward continuously, as if leading the way for a large ship. When Tian Guang was still in doubt, a gust of wind suddenly picked up on the river, and hit the bow of the ship like a wall in the face of huge waves!The guests at the bow of the boat were terrified for no reason, and they were stunned for a while, nailed to the bow of the boat dumbfounded and at a loss.Tian Guang could see clearly that almost at the same time as the huge wave broke out, something gushed out from the top of the wave, surging towards it amidst the mist.The commoner man shouted: "Yunmengjiao! Everyone go back to the cabin!" When everyone screamed to escape, the young commoner man was nailed to the bow of the boat and remained motionless in the wind and waves.Tian Guang rushed forward, waving his hands and shouting: "Get back to the cabin with one step! I have a long sword!" Before he finished speaking, a wave hit Tian Guang, who almost fell and grabbed the railing of the boat in a hurry.At this time, there was a strange roar from the Gulang Changjiao, and a mouth of blood opened like a cave, and the entire bow of the ship was immediately enveloped in darkness.With blood and courage, Tian Guang let out a roar, flew forward and straightened his sword, piercing the monster's eyes that were rushing towards him.Unexpectedly, the strange dragon spewed out a foul-smelling hurricane, and Tian Guang's long sword fluttered in the waves like a leaf.At the same time, Tian Guang was hit head-on by a violent wave, and floated onto the white sail mast like a leaf.Just as the monster Jiao roared and rushed towards the big ship in the air, there was a loud and long roar in the mist, and the civilians flew up, and the roc flew into the mist like spreading its wings.Tian Guang, who was hanging on a high place, could see clearly that the sword light was like lightning in the mist and white waves, and the roar of the dragon was like thunder, and there were waves of blood rain splashing on the hull.In an instant, a scaled corpse like a hill floated up on the river.When the wind calmed down, there was only a blood-red figure standing at the bow of the ship... "There are people who kill Jiao in the world, but Dan has never heard of it!" The story of Jing Ke killing Jiao can be found in "Natural History". "He is Jing Ke." "Jing Ke?!" "It's just that I didn't know the name that time." "That--" "Three years later, I met him again." "Oh--" When the storm calmed down and Tian Guang flew down the mast, the blood-red civilian figure had disappeared, leaving Tian Guang with endless emotion.Three years later, Tian Guang traveled to Puyang, the state of Wei, and met an old swordsman named Gai Nie.At that time, Gai Nie was serving as General Puyang in Weiguo. Although he had only 5,000 subordinates, Gai Nie was doing well.Hearing that his old friend was coming, Gai Nie kindly invited Tian Guang to teach the way of swordsmanship to Wei Yuanjun, the king of the state of Wei.当田光与盖聂走进濮阳偏殿时，恰恰遇见一个士子正在对卫元君侃侃而论。令田光大为惊讶的是，此人正是那个斩蛟士！田光立即向盖聂摇手止步，站在偏殿大柱后倾听。田光又一次惊讶了——斩蛟之士讲说的竟然是治国强卫之道，其气度说辞不逊于任何一个天下名士！只听斩蛟之士道：“卫国不灭，非以国力而存，实以示弱而存也。百余年来，国君三贬其号，从公到侯，从侯到君，日渐成为一县之主。荆轲以为，此为国耻也！荆轲生为卫人，愿为我君连结诸侯，招募壮士，以复卫国公侯之业！”田光清楚地记得，白发苍苍的卫元君只不断长长地叹息着，始终默然不语。斩蛟士见卫元君长吁短叹一言不应，起身一拱手，说声告辞，便大步出殿了。 “荆轲，还是策士？！” “神勇其质，纵横其文。质文并盛，宁非荆轲哉！” “得与此人交，丹不负此生矣！” “其时，我也做如是感慨。” “噢？先生未在濮阳与荆轲结识？” “然则，两年后，我在赵国又遇荆轲。” “噫——”太子丹只一声又一声地感叹着。 当游说卫元君的斩蛟士的身影消失在殿外廊柱时，田光久久凝视着那个永远也不会忘记的身影，却终于没有追上去。田光知道，不逢其时，终不能真正结识一个奇人。可是，两年后田光游历到赵国，又遇到了这个斩蛟奇士。那时，田光的旧交盖聂已经愤然辞去了卫国的濮阳将军，重新回到了赵国。其时，赵国抗秦正在要紧时刻。盖聂欲图结交天下一流剑士，结成壮勇之师，编入李牧军抗秦。盖聂的办法是：邀鲁国名剑士鲁句践来到故乡榆次（榆次，赵国城邑，今山西榆次以北地带），一起打出了“天下第一剑”的大旗，搭建一座较剑高台，论剑较武以结交武士。适逢田光游至榆次，盖聂与鲁句践大喜过望，力邀田光共图抗秦大计。田光委婉谢绝，却也对盖聂的壮勇之行很是赞赏，应诺为武士较剑做坐台评判。不料，这时赵国民气已见萧瑟，数日间竟无一人来应剑。那日，田光正在台后劝盖聂、鲁句践收场，台下却来了一人。得执事禀报，盖鲁两人精神大振，立时冲将出去，赳赳一拱手，便亮出了阔长的精铁剑。 “壮士报国，非天下第一剑么？”来人冷冰冰一句。 “无称雄之心，不能报国！”鲁句践激昂慷慨。 盖聂却是目光凌厉地盯住来人，铁板着脸一句话不说。 “私斗聚士，大失士剑之道。” “足下何人？如此聒噪！”鲁句践恼怒了。 “在下之名不足道。敢问，何为较剑？” “取我之头，便是较剑！”鲁句践一声大吼。 盖聂怒目相向，猛然一拍头颅。 那人冷笑一声，转身扬长去了。 田光出来，一眼瞥见来者背影，不禁大为惊讶。 “噫！来人如何去了？” “我怒目如电，慑他畏惧而去！”盖聂神采飞扬。 “我怒声如雷，喝他破胆而逃！”鲁句践志得意满。 田光不禁哈哈大笑，一拱手走了。 ... “五年三遇！先生之与荆轲，岂非天意哉！” “然，光与荆轲结交，终在蓟城市井也。” 离开赵国，斩蛟士的身影老晃荡在田光心头，他无心游历，回到燕国隐居了下来。三年后的一天，田光提着一只陶罐去市中沽酒。在小石巷的酒铺前，遥见三个布衣大汉醉倒在地，相偎相靠，坐于街中嬉笑无度。行人止步，围观不去。田光走近一看，其中一人竟是那斩蛟士，不禁大为惊讶。田光正在人圈外端详之际，圈中一人却将怀中大筑晃悠悠抱起，脸泛红光，叮咚敲打起来。另一人用瓦片敲击着节拍，高兴得哇哇大叫。斩蛟士则大张两腿箕坐于街，两臂挥舞，放声唱道：“日出而作，日落而息，耕田而食，凿井而饮。帝力何有于我哉！天下何有于我哉！”歌声宽厚沉雄，几同苍凉悲壮的呐喊。周围人众不禁一片感慨唏嘘。唱着唱着，斩蛟士笑得一脸醉意，不期然扑在击筑者身上，一阵鼾声大作睡去了。另两人也瘫作烂泥，鼾声一片。指指点点的人群，不禁一阵哄然大笑……田光心下大动，走进人圈，深深一躬道：“敢请三位壮士，到我草庐一饮。我，蓟城酒徒是也。”话音方落，呼呼大睡的斩蛟士猛然睁开双眼。倏忽之间，一道闪亮的目光掠过，田光心头猛然一震。斩蛟士随即大笑道：“高渐离，宋如意，走！到先生家痛饮了！”没有任何声息，地上两人一跃而起，跟着斩蛟士走了。 ... “自此，先生与荆轲善也！”太子丹不胜欣羡。 “然则，光与荆轲之交，素不谋事。” “先生之心，丹明白也。” 太子丹知道，士侠之友道，分寸是重交不轻谋。也就是说，意气相投者尽可结交，但不会轻易共谋大事。毕竟，士侠所谋者，大体都是某国政局，若非种种际遇促成，决然不会轻易与谋，更不会轻易地共同行动。田光之言，是委婉地告知太子丹：即或太子丹经他而与荆轲结识，能否共谋共事，亦未可知。太子丹多年留心士侠，心下明白此等分寸，便不再与田光说及荆轲，痛饮之下又是一番天南地北。 不期然，两人说到了天下利刃名器。太子丹以为，短兵以吴越名剑为最。田光没有说话，却轻轻摇了摇头。太子丹饶有兴致，讨教田光，何种利刃为短兵之最。田光淡淡一笑道：“天下长兵，以干将、莫邪等十大名剑为最。若言短兵，则以赵国徐夫人匕首为最也。”太子丹大是惊讶：“一女子，有此等利器？”田光道：“徐，其姓也。夫人，其名也。徐夫人，男子也。天下剑器，徐夫人大家也。”太子丹不敢显出疑惑，一笑道：“如此短兵，定然是削铁如泥了。”田光目光一闪，面无表情道：“削铁如泥，下乘也。”太子丹心头一颤，立即挺身长跪一拱手道：“愿先生襄助，得此利器！” 长长一阵沉默，田光终究吐出了一个字：“诺。” ... 秦国大举灭赵之时，太子丹的几年密谋筹划已经很扎实了。 恰在此时，秦国兵临易水，燕国朝野惶惶无计。燕王喜顾不得狩猎游乐，多年来第一次大召朝会，会商抗秦存燕之策。不料，大臣无一人应对，整个大殿一片死寂。 “方今国家危亡，丹有一谋，可安燕国。”太子丹说话了。 “愿闻太子妙策！”举殿目光大亮，立即异口同声。 “有谋还等甚？快说快说！”燕王喜更是连连拍案。 “大事之谋，不宜轻泄。”太子丹面无表情。 “啊——”大臣们茫然了。 “子有何谋，竟不能言？”燕王喜不悦了。 “丹有一请：举国财货土地，由丹调遣。否则，此谋无以行之。” “啊——”大臣们长长的惊叹一声。 “散朝。”燕王喜板着脸，终究一拍案走了。 回到寝宫，在坐榻愣怔半日，燕王喜还是紧急召进了太子丹。 “子有何策，竟要吞下举国土地财货？！”燕王喜劈头一句。 太子丹望了望左右侍女，默然不语。 “说！没有一个人了！” 燕王喜屏退了所有内侍侍女，混浊的目光中充满了对儿子的生疏。 “刺杀嬴政，使秦内乱，无暇顾及天下。”太子丹一字一板。 “甚甚甚……”燕王喜急得咬着舌头连说了不知多少个甚，这才板着脸训斥道，“如此大事，岂能心血来潮？刺秦，你小子倒真敢想！真敢说！你只说，秦王千军万马护卫重重，谁去刺？做梦！还不是要刮老夫土地财货！……” “此事，已谋划三年有余，一切就绪。” “甚甚甚甚甚甚……谋划三年余？！” “土地财货之说，惑众之辞耳。” “惑众？惑谁？” “父王不要忘记，秦国顿弱在蓟城，耳目覆盖整个燕国。” 姬喜两眼瞪得铜铃一般，大张着嘴愣怔着说不出话来，良久，才软软倒在坐榻上长长一声喟叹：“燕有我儿，国之福也！” “父王留意，此谋不可对人言。” “要你小子说！”燕王喜霍然起身，一挥手高声道，“御书下书：本王老疾多多，国事交太子丹全权领之！国逢危难，不同心者斩！”下书完毕，须发灰白胖大臃肿的姬喜终于瘫倒了。太子丹顾不得抚慰父王，深深一躬，匆匆出了王城，立即驱车赶到了蓟城唯一的一片大水边。