Chapter 39 Section 1 The six-hundred-year-old princes rise up with wings

Throughout the winter, the government and the people of Yan State were in a state of extreme excitement. The free joining of the Qin State surprised and delighted the king and ministers of the Yan State, swept away the anxiety and depression, and suddenly cheered up the court.After discussing with several ministers including Le Yiju Xin, King Yan Zhao immediately issued an edict to all counties and counties to announce the great news to the government and the public.Within ten days, the people of the country were ebullient, and the vow of "revenge my blood! Crusade against the violent Qi!" swept across Yanshan and Liaodong.

Speaking of it, the Yan people have been suppressed for too long.Civil strife has been frequent for decades. Seeing the rise of its strong neighbors, Yan has been reduced to such an extent that even South Korea is unwilling to compete with it.The state of Zhao in the south is full of great changes and ambitions day and night, and the people of Yan are uneasy.The Qi State in the east is full of murderous arrogance and domineering, and the people of Yan are even more frightened.However, how can a weak country and a poor people stand upright?When Su and Qin began to unite, the ray of light of Yan State had already disappeared like a shooting star. There was nothing to do, but to be pleasing to the eye in the world, and every big country had to be humbled.Qi State took the lead in attacking Qin, and Yan State, which was so poor and weak that it didn't even have an iron cavalry, had to send infantry to follow.Even so, the violent King Min of Qi also killed Zhang Kui, the general who led the army of the Yan State, and humiliated the Yan State to the utmost.What's more, the infantry, which was weak but extremely valuable to the Yan State, was sent by the Qi army as a cover for the rear army when they fled the battlefield, and all of them died tragically under the iron hoof of the retreating army of the Six Kingdoms. Down.It is clear that Qi State broke the covenant and swallowed Song State alone, resulting in the disastrous defeat of the coalition forces.After the war, Qi State once again accused Yan State of "perfunctory cooperation", made Yan State a scapegoat for the defeat, and forced Yan State to cede the remaining more than 100 miles of rich fish water surface on the north bank of Jishui.Yan's heart was dripping with blood, and King Yan Zhao had to confess his crimes to Qi State, and humbly offered land to Qi State.The fishermen of Qi State often crossed the border to the mountains and rivers of Yan State for fishing and hunting, and the fishermen of Yan State had no choice but to stay away. The grievances and grievances have settled down to the point of suffocation, and the hatred of Qi Guo is deeply rooted in Chaoye Mountain Township.Whenever Yan people mention Qi, they just say "Bah!", and they don't even bother to say anything.

Just when the people of Yan were about to become paralyzed, there was a sudden thunder—the success of the alliance of the six kingdoms, and the kingdom of Yan was about to take revenge!How can the government and the people of Yan State not be ecstatic and sad?How not to cheer up?As a result, the gratitude for Qin and the praise for Yaqing Leyi spread unexpectedly among the Yan people.The Yan people were originally generous and heroic. When they formed the barrier in the northern part of the Central Plains together with Lao Jiang Qi for three hundred years in the Spring and Autumn Period, they had always had a strong sense of the world, and they were always concerned about "the world today". He just sighed endlessly.Now that the clouds are clearing and the fog is clearing, the ambition is growing steeply, and the emotions of the people of Yan State are like flowing water and out of control.

The Yan people, who have clear grievances and grievances, are most grateful for Qin.Not to mention that Qin State never bullied Yan State, even when Yan State was poor and weak, Qin State married Yan State twice.The united vertical war against Qin was initiated by the Yan State. Instead of holding grudges, the old Qin State repeatedly forged an alliance with the Yan State. The princess of the Qin State who became the Queen of Yan Yi also strongly supported the prince Ji Ping to eradicate Son's rebellion.When the country of Yan was in ruins, King Hui of Qin sent the prince and concubine to the country of Yan as hostages to show his desire for repair and strong support for the weak Yan.Fortunately, the country of Yan did not make trouble, and released the prince Yingji at the most difficult time for the country of Qin, and then grandly sent back the concubine of the king of Qin, which made the poor and weak country of Yan have a rare kindness to the country of Qin.Old Qin really deserved it!The State of Yan had a request, but it turned out that wealth, goods and land were not in contact with each other. They also sent 100,000 elite cavalry and lent the State of Yan large siege equipment.But in today's world, which big country has such a magnanimity?It is said that tigers and wolves raped the Qin Dynasty, bah!Is there a conscience left?The old Qin people are the same as the old Yan people, with clear grievances and grievances, and revenge must be retaliated, and the allies have to be like this!The State of Yan is on good terms with the State of Qin!When did those black-hearted thieves from the Six Kingdoms of Shandong regard Yan as their ally?Like that sea snake in Qi, bah!strangle it!

The Yan people are even more grateful for Le Yi. After being a well-known general, instead of eating and drinking hot food in the fat Wei country, he went all the way to the ransacked Yan country, what's wrong with him?Be an official, just Yaqing, a middle-ranking duke.As for the livelihood at home, there are only a few hundred households in ten miles of fiefdom, not even an idle old family, who doesn't know the country of Yan with simple food and light food?But it happened to be such a person, who first assisted the king of Yan to hang himself, asked the lonely government to govern the poor and stabilize the people's hearts, and then made drastic reforms in the country of Yan, abolished the slave farmers, reduced the land of the nobles, allowed the people to buy and sell land, and opened a private market to attract business travelers from the six countries. Entering Yan, setting up military merits to reward civilians for joining the army, setting up agricultural merchants to encourage farmers to work hard, merchants, travelers, taxes, etc., etc., all those things were dreamed by the people of Yan.If it weren't for the Le Yi New Deal, would the Yan people be where they are today?What's more, this Le Yi brought the New Deal into the right track, and handed it over to the doctor, Ju Xin, to take care of it, and then he went straight to Liaodong to train troops.After ten years of cold and heat, Le Yi only went back to Jicheng twice, and he insisted on training 200,000 elite new troops between the white mountains and black waters.In the final analysis, this is the true confidence of the Yan Kingdom.If it weren't for the 200,000 troops, Laoyan would take revenge, so rest up!However, what Yan people are most grateful for is Le Yi's Character Festival.The people of Yan will never forget that Yaqing Zizhi, with only 50,000 strong Liaodong troops, tossed the country of Yan for decades and was dying.Since then, the government and the people of Yan State have been jealous of the minister in charge of the army, and almost involuntarily look sideways.At the beginning of Le Yi's military training, there were also a lot of discussions and the whole country was worried.Le Yi is unusual: he does not receive the rank of general, and does not hold the military amulet of the King of Yan; he invites the prince and three royal elders to camp in Liaodong to "encourage" him; he only receives food and supplies for one month at a time, and every three months The King of Yan was invited to watch the soldiers once, and every six months, the King of Yan was invited to select 20 elders of high moral and respected families to come to Liaodong to "work in the army".

After five or six years like this, the government and the public are already praised by everyone.The subjects wrote to the King of Yan one after another, asking Le Yi to be granted the position of Shangqing and the commander of the army.Coke insisted on not accepting it, and the reason was only one sentence: "The national humiliation has not been snowed, how can the ten thousand households be sealed in the heart?" It was this hard sentence, but the people of Yan were moved!Since then, no one pleaded for Le Yi's life, and all kinds of subtle criticisms disappeared without a trace.The Yan man finally let out a long breath: "Le Yi is a great virtue, God bestows the blessing on the country of Yan!"

But now, Yan Guo's revenge is imminent, and Le Yi is still a Yaqing, how can this happen?In the war against Qi, if Le Yi hadn't led the army, who would be at ease?If there is another son who leads the troops to kill him, will the common people suffer?People have the same heart and the same reason, and there are many voices, and the people of Jicheng are the first to move—all people write letters, clan elders see, businessmen gather outside the palace, and they all say the same sentence: " Please worship Le Yi as the general, and crusade against Bao Qi!" "Yaqing, how do you think this king will deal with it?" King Yan Zhao stood in the archery tower of the royal city, pointing at the thousands of people in the royal palace's chariot and horse farm, and laughed.

"At this time, I would like to take the post of general!" Le Yi bowed with emotion. "Okay!" King Yanzhao laughed loudly, "This is Le Yi. If it's not the right time, even if you don't take it, if it's the right time, please don't give it!" With a single stroke, Qing will become a general and a prime minister, which will facilitate the deployment of the whole country." "It doesn't have to be like this." Le Yi shook his head, "The only thing I can do is to lead the army. The whole country is dispatched, and my king and the senior doctor are enough. The concurrent leader is not professional, but instead missed all kinds of affairs of the coalition army."

King Yan Zhao thought for a while and said decisively: "That's good! The general is in charge of the expedition, the doctor is in charge of internal affairs, the crown prince supervises the transportation of grain, grass and supplies, and the king sits in the town to assist in the management. That's how it is." "I am Wang Mingjuan." King Yanzhao acted resolutely, fasted for three days, and held a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain. He notified the gods of heaven and earth of his willingness to crusade against Qi to avenge his shame, and prayed for God to protect Yan to succeed in one fell swoop.After sacrificing the heaven and the earth, the general obeisance ceremony was held immediately, and Le Yi was worshiped as the general, and he was given the soldier talisman king sword and the general's full ceremonial guard, and granted the power of life and death.King Yanzhao issued an edict after the general obeisance: Shang Dafu Juxin upholds the state government, Prince Ji Lezi supervises the transportation of food, grass and supplies, all officials work diligently, and the whole country works together to avenge the shame!

Yan Guo suddenly boiled, and the whole winter was hot and busy. On the night of accepting the seal letter from the general, Le Yi took a group of military officials, Sima Xingye, to Liaodong.