Since Zhao Jinghou moved the capital here, this big city has been the capital of Zhao for 158 years.
Before that, it had a history of six hundred years.
It is said that in the distant Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin of Zhou Dynasty carried out great construction projects and built a large number of palace villas in Handan. From then on, the name of Handan entered the stage of history and has been used to this day.
After becoming the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, Handan was reinforced and repaired by successive Zhao kings, making it one of the most fortified cities in the world.
This city is the most difficult piece of stone for the Qin State to crack when it comes to the east and wants to annex the world.
In particular, the battle of Qin's attack on Handan more than thirty years ago is well known to the world, and all the people involved in it were famous figures in the world.
That year, King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent five officials, Wang Ling, and his army to attack Zhao. They reached the outside of Handan City and encountered strong resistance from Zhao general Lian Po.
The whole country of Zhao was united, and Prime Minister Zhao Pingyuan also dispersed his family wealth and enlisted his wives and concubines into the army to fight against the national calamity.
Under the unified resistance of the Zhao people, the Qin army was still unable to win in the second year. The King of Qin increased his troops by 100,000 to support Wangling, but was severely defeated by the Zhao army. Five schools were killed and heavy casualties were suffered.
The King of Qin was furious and ordered Wu'an Lord Bai Qi to take charge of the army, but Bai Qi refused because of illness.
The helpless King of Qin could only order Wang Lu to replace Wang Ling as the general, and increase his troops to continue the siege of Handan. However, he did not expect that the Zhao army was so powerful that the Qin army suffered nearly half casualties in a direct attack, and still could not capture Handan.
At this time, Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui recommended Zheng Anping as a general, leading an army of 50,000 and carrying a large amount of food, grass and baggage to support Wang An.
Under the reckless siege of the Qin army, although Handan was still strong, the food in the city had been exhausted, and King Zhao Xiaocheng was forced to ask for help from Wei and Chu.
Afterwards, famous events such as "Mao Sui recommended himself" and Lord Xinling "stealed amulets to save Zhao" occurred.
The Qin army was severely damaged by the coalition of princes. Wang Lu led the Qin army to retreat to Hedong. Qin general Zheng Anping surrendered to Zhao with 20,000 Qin troops despite being besieged. He was also named Lord Wuyang by King Zhao Xiaocheng.
In the Battle of Handan, the Qin army suffered nearly 200,000 casualties, which was the biggest defeat Qin had suffered since it came out of the east.
The most regrettable thing is that Bai Qi, the king of Wu'an, was angered by this and was sentenced to death by the King of Qin.
At the same time, Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju was also implicated and implicated by the recommended Zheng Anping.
The Battle of Handan was the first great victory achieved by the Eastern princes in their joint resistance against the Qin Dynasty, and it swept away the haze brought about by the Battle of Changping.
But unfortunately, the strongest fortresses are often conquered from within.
Handan, Handan!
The most difficult capital city in the world to conquer finally surrendered to King Qin.
Zhao Tuo sighed lightly. When he saw the power of the Qin army with his own eyes, and after carefully observing the area under the rule of the Qin people on the way to Handan, he realized it clearly again.
In addition to national strength, whether it is the ruling class, social system, army, or the people at the bottom, Qin is far stronger than the six Shandong countries.
Even if Jing Ke succeeded in assassinating Qin, it would only be a replacement for the king of Qin.
Qin's unification of the world is a great trend that no one can resist.
"Tuo, I heard from those Qin Army cavalry that there was a rebellion in Handan City a few days ago, so the city is under martial law during this period and we cannot enter."
Heng did not know when he came behind Zhao Tuo and shared the information he had obtained.
At this time, the convoy stopped on a flat ground outside Handan City, and everyone was setting up camp to prepare for the night.
Zhao Tuo had just finished feeding the horses, and when he heard Heng's words, he was immediately surprised and said, "What did those Qin people tell you?"
Heng curled his lips and said: "I overheard it. Humph, those dog Qin people took over the land of our Zhao country and killed our Zhao people. I can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin. How can I talk to them."
Zhao Tuo whispered: "Heng, now that we are all here, don't say such things, otherwise if someone with intentions hears them, you will be killed. There is only one person left in your clan, if you die easily
, then it will really be the end of the world, and I’m sorry to the ancestors and gods.”
Hearing what Zhao Tuo said, the anger on Heng's face immediately receded.
He bit his lip, "I understand, I will be careful."
Seeing Heng's appearance, Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.
These days, angry young people don’t live long.
Especially Heng, who hates the country's subjugation and killed his father. According to his temperament, there is no guarantee that he will be killed by the Qin people for saying the wrong thing one day. Or he will be so angry that he will fight against the Qin people and end up being thrown away.
The fate of life.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo often instilled in Heng the concept of "there are three unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having children" on the road, all in order to give this young man the motivation to live. Now it seems that it is still somewhat effective.
"Tuo, I know you are doing it for my own good. I also know how powerful the Qin people are. Even if I try my best to kill one or two Qin people, it will be of no use. Instead, I will cut off the bloodline passed down by my ancestors."
"Although you are younger than me, you have more wisdom than me. I will listen to you. After the Yan State presents the land to the King of Qin and makes an alliance, I will follow the envoy to the Yan State. Where to find
If we can survive on this piece of land, my family will not become extinct."
Heng, who had been successfully brainwashed, gradually looked away, but Zhao Tuo was speechless.
He knew very well that there would be no peace talks between Yan and Qin, let alone the paradise of Yan State for Heng to survive.
In this journey, there is death but no life.
Zhao Tuo hadn't thought of a way to escape yet, but he tested Jing Ke on the way and found an excuse to leave the convoy.
But they were all rejected by Jing Ke, and the twinkling light in those deep eyes made Zhao Tuo dare not speak again.
Because of Han Nan's betrayal, Jing Ke was very concerned about the team members.
No one was allowed to leave, even if someone got sick or injured on the road, they would be loaded directly into the baggage cart and dragged along the way.
Everyone must go to Xianyang, except for corpses.
Just when Zhao Tuo was thinking hard about how to escape, time passed by like a white horse, and it was night in the blink of an eye.
The sky was dark, with only half of the waning moon hanging high in the sky, and scattered stars dotting the surrounding area.
Zhao Tuo finished urinating under the gaze of the patrolling rangers and was about to go back to the tent he had set up in the afternoon to rest when he suddenly found someone standing in front of the tent.
Jing Ke!
That man was none other than Jing Ke, who was dressed in plain white dark clothes. He stood there quietly, like an ancient tree, making no sound.
"I've met Jing Qing."
Zhao Tuo saluted quickly.
"You come with me."
Jing Ke said lightly, turned around and walked towards a patch of grass not far away.
Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, his heart pounding like a deer.
This man actually invited me out late at night. What does he want to do?
Zhao Tuo suspected that the reason why Qin Wuyang targeted him everywhere was probably related to his appearance.
Han Nan may have chosen him to frame the blame for this reason. Otherwise, Heng was obviously much stupider than Zhao Tuo, so why not frame the blame on him?
Now being summoned by Jing Ke late at night, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but feel a little scared. In addition, he thought of Jing Ke's story of "eating the liver of horses thousands of miles away and loving the beauty of human hands", which made it even more terrifying.
Zhao Tuo held down his lower garment with his hands and followed Jing Ke cautiously.
The ranger patrolling not far away saw this scene, shook his head and turned around.
In the shadow of another tent, a pair of sinister eyes watched the two people leaving, and the light in their eyes became colder and colder.