This place was a strategic city built during the rise of the Zhongshan Kingdom in the past. It was an important fortress in the battle between the Zhongshan Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom.
It borders the Hutuo River to the north, the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain to the west, and guards the exit of Taihang. It is an important place connecting Yan and Zhao and controlling the Central Plains.
But for Zhao Tuo, this city has the greatest significance.
It is the seat of his family.
The name Dongyuan City of Hengshan County may sound unfamiliar at first, but its new name changed by Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty will definitely make people very familiar.
Changshan County, Zhending.
This is not only the hometown of Changshan Zhao Zilong, but also the birthplace of Zhao Tuo.
There were footsteps behind me.
"General, we have found the old servant named Yan in the city."
Li Shang came over and held his hands in a low voice.
Zhao Tuo nodded and asked Li Shang to lead the way. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to come with a hundred gold.
In the Hutuo River, the waves hit the shore, and the waves rolled up thousands of times.
On the river bank and the vast flat land of Dongyuan City, there are continuous Qin army camps.
After a long journey and gathering Qin troops from Hedong, Hanoi, Shangdang and other places along the way, there are now 70,000 Qin troops stationed in Dongyuan Military Camp.
There are 50,000 fighting soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers among the 70,000 people.
When he sets off tomorrow to conquer the land of Dai, the captain of Hengshan County will also recruit local civilians to provide him with food, grass and baggage support.
As Zhao Tuo passed by, all the generals and soldiers he saw in the military camp bowed to each other and looked at the young general with reverence.
After walking into Dongyuan City, the Zhao people and civilians along the way stared at him with fear or sigh.
"This general of the Qin State is called Zhao Tuo. Isn't he the gentleman of the Zhao family who grew up in Dongyuan in the past?"
"Yes, he was the gentleman who used to live in Zuo Si's family in the past. Did I meet him when I was a child?"
"I heard that he is very powerful. When he fought in Chu State, even Xiang Yan, the most powerful general of Chu State, was no match for him. The King of Chu was even captured by him. You said that if he is so powerful, if he can help...
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Hearing this, someone immediately interrupted: "Stop dreaming, have you forgotten what happened a few years ago? Zuo Siguo advised General Li Mu, but was imprisoned and killed by the king, and he also sent people to seize Dongyuan.
I went to Zuo Siguo's former residence to arrest this gentleman. How can you bear to put such hatred on you?"
The people of Zhao were whispering around, because they spoke the local dialect of Dongyuan, and the surrounding Qin troops could not understand it, but Zhao Tuo understood it clearly.
Si passed.
It is an official position in the State of Zhao. As the name suggests, it is an official who inspects the faults of the ministers.
In the past, when King Wuling of Zhao was a young man, he was unable to take charge of the government. He had three learned masters and three ministers on his left and right.
Zhao Tuo's father was Zuo Siguo of Zhao Wangqian.
When Qin attacked Zhao, Zhao general Li Mu led his troops to block the Qin army. Qin general Wang Jian was no match for him, so he bribed Zhao Xiang Guo Kai to kill Li Mu as a rift.
Zhao Tuo's father was an upright man, and he also held the position of Zuo Si Guo, so he had the responsibility to give advice. Therefore, he sternly reprimanded Zhao Xiang Guo Kai in the main hall of Zhao Palace, making him unable to hold his head up on the spot.
In his excitement, Zhao Tuo's father even spoke out against Zhao Wangqian, saying that he was guilty of favoring traitors and killing good generals, and hoped that Zhao Wangqian could denounce Guo Kai and vindicate Li Mu.
As a result, Zhao Tuo's parents were imprisoned and unjustly killed. The petty Guo Kai did not give up and sent people to Dongyuan to hunt down Zhao Tuo who was staying here.
Zhao Tuo fled in a panic, but because Guo Kai's men were hunting him everywhere, he finally escaped with his life by hiding in the house of an old servant named Yan.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo came here this time to repay his kindness.
After a while, Zhao Tuo stopped in front of a dilapidated house.
An old man in tattered cloths was called and walked out shakily.
Zhao Tuo stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute, saying warmly: "My father-in-law saved my life in the past. Now I will give you a hundred gold in return to repay my father-in-law for his kindness in the past."
As soon as these words came out, the Zhao people who gathered around to watch immediately started talking.
"A hundred gold! That's a whole hundred gold. How much would it cost to convert it into coins?"
"This General Zhao Tuo is really too generous. If Nai Gong had this hundred gold, he wouldn't be able to drink and have fun every day and play with all the girls in Dongyuan City."
"Stop dreaming. Qin's law prohibits us common people from drinking. If you dare to drink without a title, I will punish you to death first."
"If you want this hundred gold, why didn't you protect this gentleman when he was in trouble?"
The Zhao people around them all had their eyes shining, staring at the gold reflecting the sunlight in General Qin's hand, and drooling.
The old servant named Yan had gray hair and stooped waist. When he saw Zhao Tuo standing in front of him, there was a Qin general behind him holding a hundred gold coins.
He shook his head and said: "A gentleman can achieve the glory he has today without the help of an old man. I dare not accept such a heavy reward."
Zhao Tuo smiled: "Without my father-in-law's help in the past, Zhao Tuo would be the Zhao Tuo he is today. Isn't Zhao Tuo's life worth this hundred gold?"
Yan lowered his head and said: "I felt Zuo Siguo's loyalty back then, so I took the risk to hide the gentleman. But recently I heard that the gentleman is going to lead the Qin army and go north to destroy the Dai Dynasty? If Zuo Siguo heard this, he didn't know what he was thinking.
What do you think?"
Zhao Tuo understood.
He took a deep look at the white-haired old servant in front of him. He was a loyal man, otherwise he would not have taken the risk to save him in the past.
Faced with the question, Zhao Tuo calmly said: "My father has been loyal to the Zhao family. Zhao Qian was unethical and trusted the treacherous minister Guo Kai. He slaughtered the loyal and good people, and finally the Zhao family was destroyed. For this, my family is worthy of Zhao."
As for the matter of replacing the land, don’t I hear that they secretly formed an enemy and colluded with the Xiongnu?”
"My Ying surname is Zhao, and he is a hero in the world. In the past, King Wu Ling subdued a powerful country, attacked Beihu, and opened up countless territories. How heroic he was. If he heard today that Zhao Jia colluded with the former enemies of the Xiongnu, what would he think?
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At this point, Zhao Tuo's voice became louder.
"Zhao and Qin are of the same ancestor. The war between Qin and Zhao was a fight between brothers surnamed Ying. It was a civil war between the countries with the crown of Xia. But colluding with the Xiongnu was sacrificing brothers to become enemies. Such behavior,
Is it possible that you Zhao people can bear it?"
Zhao Tuo spoke loudly in Zhao language this time, so that all the local Zhao people watching around him heard it, and their expressions suddenly changed.
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When Qin destroyed Zhao, the Zhao people who had a deep hatred for Qin had to either die in battle or die for their country, or go north and join Zhao Jia.
After a few years, most of the Zhao people who stayed behind accepted the rule of the Qin people.
Not long after the Qin State first established the Zhao Territory, although it also implemented the Qin Law, due to the lack of Qin officials and the need for a large number of manpower to conquer Yan, Wei, Chu and other countries, the rule of the Zhao Territory actually relied mostly on the local powerful clans. The Qin Law was far inferior to that of Guanzhong.
Harshness makes it easier for Zhao people to accept it.
Therefore, for these Zhao people, at least the changes in life in the past few years have not been great. Even because this place is no longer affected by war, it is much more stable than during the rule of the Zhao Kingdom.
Compared with the Qin people, the Huns and Hu people in the north were more fearful to these Zhao people.
Qin, Zhao, and Yan all bordered the Xiongnu. Among them, the war between Zhao and the Xiongnu was the most intense. Although Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu's 100,000 cavalry more than ten years ago, there were also countless Zhao people in the war against the Huns.
Died at the hands of the Huns.
Therefore, when I heard what Zhao Tuo said about Dai Wangjia in the north colluding with the Xiongnu, his blood immediately surged up.
Immediately, someone from Zhao shouted: "Zhao Jia colluded with the Huns and is in vain to be a descendant of the Zhao family!"
"I, the people of Zhao, would rather be the people of Qin than join the Xiongnu!"
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Amidst the bursts of shouting, Zhao Tuo looked at Yan in front of him and said: "When Zhao Qian unjustly killed Li Mu, the Zhao family has been destroyed. This is irreversible. I am just following the fate of fate.
, let the world be united, and the common people in Guizhou will no longer have wars."
"Moreover, for the sake of the glory of the Xia Dynasty, I crusade against the rebellion of the barbarians. It is not much different from what Qi Huan and Jin Wenzun King did in the past to fight against the barbarians."
The old servant named Yan was silent. He actually didn't quite understand the Qi Huan in Zhao Tuo's words, and what the Jinwen incident was. However, the words Dai Wang Jia colluded with the barbarians, respected the king and resisted the barbarians, etc. still touched him quite a bit.
After a long time, Yan cupped his hands towards Zhao Tuo and said, "What the gentleman said is true. Those who collude with the Huns are even more abominable."
Zhao Tuo smiled, and Li Shang behind him immediately entered the room behind Yan with a hundred gold coins and put them down. This time, Yan did not refuse again.
Zhao Tuo turned around and looked at the Zhao people around him who were filled with indignation when they heard that Zhao Jia was colluding with the Huns, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
This time, the great justice belongs to me!
After the Qin army stopped briefly in Dongyuan City, they immediately set off northward, crossing the Hutuo River and Hengshan Mountain. They shuttled all the way through the narrow roads of the Taihang Mountains and officially entered Daidi. They were less than a hundred miles away from the goal of this trip, Daicheng.
, after all, it’s only three days’ journey.
In Dai City.
After discovering the strength and whereabouts of the Qin army.
Dai Wangjia also finally made a decision.
"The Xiongnu are greedy and arrogant, and the Hu people have no faith, so we should not trust them easily. I should follow Chen Jun's plan and plan for Zhao Tuo first."
"In the city of Dai, Zhao, a younger brother of the Tuo tribe, said he was willing to die as a soldier."
"Zhao said that he pretended to be a sheep and betrayed me, surrendered to Zhao Tuo, and said that he could tell him the truth about Dai City. Zhao said that he was a blood relative of Zhao Tuo, so Zhao Tuo would definitely not be on guard. And with the falsehood of Dai City as a temptation, Zhao Tuo decided
I will ask Zhao to get closer."
"At that time, once Zhao Tuo is close to him, Zhao said he can pull out Mrs. Xu's dagger hidden on his body and kill Zhao Tuo."
"Once Zhao Tuo dies, the Qin army will be leaderless and will be in chaos. I will seize the opportunity to lead an army to attack and defeat it!"