Chapter 56 Section 2 Let's ask God's will

"Handan City, I, Yao Jia, have come back again!" Sitting on King Zhao's palace, Yao Jia roared triumphantly in his heart. On the other hand, Zhao Wangyan had just swept Yao Jia out of the house not long ago, and the dust had not yet settled, but today he had to welcome Yao Jia back and treat him as a distinguished guest. The humiliation can be imagined. Grief is in color. Yao Jia looked at Zhao Wangyan's bitter face and two fiery eyes, feeling very happy, and said with a smile, "Why is Your Majesty unhappy? My minister Yao Jia has brought good news to Your Majesty."

Zhao Wangyan snorted coldly and didn't answer.What good news can you bring with you when you come from Qin? Yao Jiadao, "Last year when the king bought wine in Xianyang, the king of Qin promised the king, 'Yan has no way, and Qin envoys Zhao Youzhi. Duanhe, lead the army out of Dongjun, join forces with Zhao, and drive Zhao." When Zhao Wangyan heard that he was attacking Yan State, he immediately regained his spirits. Zhao Guo and Qin Guo have been at war for many years and have fought frequently.If it is said that "fighting is kissing, scolding is love", then Zhao and Qin, the enemies, are close enough to make the couple in love look like they are trading flesh and blood.However, since Zhao Wangyan came to the throne, Zhao Guo's interest has shifted, and he has begun to have a deep-rooted love for Yan Guo.In the second year of Zhao Wangyan's accession to the throne, he appointed Li Mu as a general to attack Yan and pull out Wusui and Fangcheng.In the third year, with Pang Nuan as a general, he attacked Yan again, captured 20,000 troops, and killed Yan general Juxin.He won the two battles before and after, and achieved great results.

Now, it has been six years since he fought against the Yan Kingdom, and Zhao Wangyan is unavoidably a little bit itchy.What's more, the country of Yan is weak, so as long as it is attacked, there will be gains.But Qin is strong, although the four countries attack together, it is hard to say that they will win. If it is not done well, they will lose their troops and lose their generals, and finally cede the land for peace. After such a balance, Zhao Wangyan decided to cut Yan.All the ministers insisted that they couldn't do it. It was hard for the four countries to unite. Before attacking Qin from the west, they fought in their own nests. Not to mention the failure of the alliance, Qi and Chu lost trust in Zhao.Besides, Qin State has always been insidious and cunning, even though he promised to join forces with Zhao State to attack Yan, his heart is unpredictable and cannot be trusted!

The ministers were furious, and Zhao Wangyan could not be arbitrary.In desperation, I can only divination and ask God to be the referee. At that time, there were two kinds of divination, one was chiseling tortoises, and the other was counting tortoises.To chisel a tortoise, that is to drill and burn the tortoise shell, to infer good and bad luck according to the cracks in the tortoise shell; to count a tortoise, to use fifty yarrow stems as tools, to form hexagrams according to the divination method stipulated in "Book of Changes", and then use the hexagrams to predict Infer good or bad.

First use the method of chiseling tortoises, Zhao said, it is auspicious to cut down Yan.Don't worry, I checked it again with the method of counting, and the result is still a sign of good luck. Zhao Wangyan put his hands on his chest, thanking God.Yao Jia stroked his chest with his hand, and thanked him together. Seeing God's will, the ministers had nothing to say.And God's promise is more courageous than Qin's promise.Zhao Wangyan then took Pang Nuan as his general and mobilized all the best troops in the country to attack Yan.His goal is also very ambitious, not just to seize a few cities, he actually wants to annex the country of Yan!

Abandoning He Zong and attacking Yan was the second fatal mistake Zhao Wangyan made after expelling Yao Jia.