The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 76: Yan Attacks Zhao
When it comes to matters between men and women, Lao Ai becomes very interested.

"You asked me how many women I slept with before. I told you it was more than a thousand. If you asked me how many times I slept with women, it was at least four or five thousand! I would hug a woman to sleep every day, sometimes three or four at a time.

"My kids come to my room when they're looking for their grand-mother. They also come to my room when they're looking for their great-grandmother. Sometimes they can even find both of them at once. Hahahaha."

Zhao Di was shocked, and he couldn't tell whether he was envious or disdainful.
"Bah, what a pervert!"

"Tsk, you are jealous of me, aren't you?" Lao Ai raised his lower body and said, "Do you want me to give you some medicine so you can experience the power of a golden penis. Go back and say something good about me in front of the master, and take me to Xianyang as soon as possible."

"You, just stay here and relax." Zhao Di glanced at Lao Ai's crotch and laughed, "Your talent is a treasure to Zhao Nu, but it is useless to the master."

The State of Yan is a bitterly cold place.

The Yan area includes modern northern Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, eastern Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, southern Jilin, and northern Korea.

Yandu Ji is modern Beijing, only 1 li away from Zhaocheng and Handan. (Note )
In five days, Le Jian returned to Ji from Handan, even though his father Le Yi kept him for two more days.

King Xi of Yan summoned him immediately.

When Le Jian arrived, he also saw the Prime Minister of Yan State, Li Fu, and his face immediately became a little strange.

Li Fu went to Zhao State with him.

Li Fu was in Ming, under the pretext of concluding a friendly alliance with the State of Zhao, and brought 500 gold coins to host a banquet to entertain the King of Zhao to show Yan's sincerity.

Le Jian secretly sneaked into Handan, Zhao State, and contacted Qin State under the cover of his father Le Yi to discuss a joint attack on Zhao by Qin and Yan.

According to the original plan, Li Fu should have been hosting a banquet to entertain King Zhao in Handan, Zhao State at this time.

"The Prime Minister spent the five hundred gold coins so quickly? Did he fail to complete the king's order and embezzle the money?" Le Jian asked jokingly.

Li Fu patted his belly and laughed:
"How could Lord Changguo's words be so accurate? I was so greedy that I was able to embezzle all of it. The king's order was fulfilled by the way, and the King of Zhao was overjoyed to form an alliance with my Yan State."

If the people of Han are scheming and the people of Zhao are open-minded, then the people of Yan are humorous.

Living in the State of Yan, with your body suffering from the bitter cold, if you are not optimistic, you will not be able to survive.

King Yan interrupted the two with a smile, tugged at his fur coat, and said to Le Jian:

"The Prime Minister said earlier that all the young men of Zhao died in the Battle of Changping, and their orphans are not yet adults. They can go and attack Zhao. What do you think?"

Lejian's heart sank, and he immediately stood up from where he had just sat down to show his determination.

"Zhao is bordered by Qin in the west, Han and Wei in the south, the powerful Hu in the north, and Yan in the east. It has an important geographical location and is often visited by wars. The people of Zhao are skilled in martial arts and brave, and are good at fighting.

"Zhao still has good generals such as Lian Po, Li Mu, Le Cheng, and Pang Yuan to defend against the enemy. My king should not underestimate Zhao."

Whether the King of Yan is happy or not.

"We defeated all the men of Zhao at Changping and Handan. He has no soldiers. How many good generals can he use? I have five soldiers from Yan to fight against one soldier from Zhao. How can we not win?"

Li Fu also added:

"That's right. When Qin sends out its troops, the main force of Zhao will definitely go to fight against Qin. We can just pick on them.

"The Zhao State didn't have many soldiers to begin with. It was good enough if they could take care of the head, but how could they take care of the butt? This is called taking care of the head but not the butt, hahahahaha."

The King of Yan was delighted and said "Cheers" and laughed along with the others.

Li Fu glanced at Le Jian and saw that he was not smiling, so he opened his mouth a little smaller and asked with a smile:

"What's wrong with Lord Changguo? Isn't the joke Fu told funny? It's so funny!"

King Yan was happy to comfort him:

"Although it was the prime minister who made the agreement with Qin to attack Zhao, and the credit belongs to the prime minister. But Lord Changguo should not be discouraged, because your credit is yet to come. This time, you will be the general in the attack on Zhao." (Note 1)
Le Jian's face turned pale, he bowed his head and clasped his fists and said:
"I request a meeting of the court!"

King Yan frowned, displeased.

"Since you said so, let's talk about it at the morning meeting tomorrow."

The next day, the State of Yan held a grand court meeting.

The vast majority of Yan's officials agreed to join Qin in attacking Zhao.

Only the doctor strongly opposed it and made an impassioned speech.

“The quality of soldiers matters more than their numbers.” Our Yan State and Zhao State made an alliance and made peace with each other first, but broke the agreement and attacked each other later.

"Giving gold and toasting first, and then attacking Zhao when it is tired, this is called breaking faith.

"If the army has no reason to attack, it will surely infuriate the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State and make them rise up to fight the enemy, and good generals such as Lian Po are good at using troops.

"Although the Zhao army is small, they are brave and good at fighting. They will surely defeat the enemy with a small force. I hope the king will be cautious!
"This time we will attack Zhao, it will be very dangerous and will never be successful."

Le Jian was kneeling in the middle of the field. When he heard Jiang Qu say that quality of soldiers was more important than quantity, he suddenly thought of the story about Tian Dan that his father had told him.

"Tian Dan actually said that thirty thousand is enough!"

The four words "30,000 is enough" kept echoing in his mind.

【Father, it turns out you are not talking about Tian Dan and yourself. 】

[You are talking about Zhao and Yan. You already know what kind of person the King of Yan is.]

[Son, I finally understand what you mean. I hope it’s not too late…]

At this moment, Lejian finally understood his father and regained his respect for his father, whom he had increasingly looked down upon.

He also realized how helpless his father was when he gave him words of farewell before he left.

"I am old now, and you don't listen to me anymore.

"Some things you have to experience in person. Well, let's go."

On the high platform, King Xi of Yan clapped his hands vigorously twice.

“I already have an idea.

"The minority obeys the majority, attack Zhao!
"Lejian, you will be the general."

Lord Yanchang stood up and said respectfully:
“I don’t fight a losing battle.”

Xiangbang Lifu stood up with his big belly and introduced himself:

"I'll do it! I'll expand territory for my king and make Zhao worry about nothing! Hahahaha!"

General Qing Qin also stood up.

"Qin is also willing to share my king's worries."

King Yan was overjoyed and laughed loudly, saying:
"it is good!

“This time we’re attacking Zhao.

"Li Fu is the general, Qing Qin is the deputy general.

"I will give you an army of 600,000 men and 2,000 chariots.

"Qin said it would send out troops on December 10th, and Zhao would have to fight Qin eight days later, so we will send out troops on December 15th.

"After the Zhao army goes to resist the Qin, we will go and rip Zhao's ass off! Hahahahaha!"

The fifteenth day of the twelfth month in the third year of King Xi of Yan.

Yan raised an army of 600,000 and 2,000 chariots to attack Zhao.

The army was divided into two routes.

One group was led by Li Fu and they attacked the city of Zhao.

The army was led by Qing Qin and attacked Daiyi.

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【Note 1: At this time, 1 li is equal to 415 meters. 】

[Note 2: The word "general" originally meant "to lead an army". During the Warring States Period, the title of "general" was only temporarily granted to the highest commander of the army when a large-scale war broke out. The title was taken back after the war ended, and it was not a permanent official position.]

(End of this chapter)