Chapter 543: Return to Daijun
That night, Gao Yuan rested in Wu Lie's restaurant. This restaurant is actually rebuilt from Wu Lie's original martial arts hall, so it covers an extremely wide area, and there are many rooms, and it will not attract attention at all when it is arranged to live on the plateau.
After settling down, Takahara also began to seriously consider how to fight this battle. In fact, before the start of the battle of Daliang, the plateau had a variety of preliminary plans for this battle, and the failure of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin was also a kind of planning, and as early as more than a year ago, the plateau had been laid out in Jijing, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, and until now, the development of the situation was basically expected by the plateau. It can be said that Gao Yuan is still full of confidence in seizing the Yan Kingdom.
But the occupation of Yan is only half of the plan, and only the recapture of Zhao Land can be regarded as a perfect success. Because the subordinates of the plateau are basically the Zhao people in the past, and the Daijun was originally the old land of the Zhao State, so the recovery of the Zhao land is of great significance to the Daijun, even if all the Zhao lands can not be recovered, but if Handan can be recovered, it will be a great encouragement to the morale of the entire Daijun army and civilians, and in a practical sense, the plateau will also obtain a capital-level city that can confront the Qin State head-on.
However, judging from the current situation, it is not optimistic. In fact, the situation of Zhao Di, Gao Yuan learned a lot from the personnel of Jinyiwei, and it was basically not far from what Wu Lie said. Although in the history books of later generations, the description of the Qin State basically believes that the Qin State practiced tyranny, which provoked the rebellion of the people and led to the demise of the Qin State.
But Gao Yuan is very clear that the so-called tyranny only appeared in the later period of Qin Shi Huang's reign, and during the Qin II period, in the early days of Qin Shi Huang, and during the time when Qin was the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, although the policies and decrees implemented by Qin were stricter than those of the other six countries, they were absolutely incompatible with tyranny, because if it was a simple tyranny, it was impossible for Qin to remain strong for nearly a hundred years. This was also the basis on which Qin was able to finally unify the Six Kingdoms.
After the fall of the Zhao State, Meng Wu was stationed in Zhao for nearly four years, although he has been implementing the laws of the Qin State in Zhao Di, but in the implementation of the body, it is also more flexible and convenient, and the means are also a combination of grace and power. And for some people who obeyed the rule of Qin and gave up resistance, Meng Wu also gave certain rewards. In addition, among the three Jin Dynasty, the Qin State has always garrisoned the largest number of troops in Zhao Di, so for more than four years, there have basically been no heavy anti-Qin and anti-Qin incidents in Zhao Di, so that Zhao Di has generally maintained a stable situation.
Although in the hearts of the people of Zhao, they still do not agree with the rule of Qin, but it is difficult for them to take the initiative to stand up against Qin, even if they are hostile to Qin like Wu Lie, without the necessary grasp, they can only temporarily endure and wait for the opportunity, unless as Wu Lie said, the army of the plateau advances to the city of Handan, so that the people of Zhao think that the general trend of Qin has gone, and it is possible to launch a rebellion against Qin, so in the future war, the expectations of the people of Zhao cannot be too high.
In this way, the plateau's grasp of recovering Zhao is naturally greatly reduced, and it can only depend on the outcome of the battle against the Qin army, if it can defeat the Qin army or even the main force to annihilate the Qin army, the plateau can of course take advantage of the situation to advance, and strive to recover Zhao land in one fell swoop and recapture Handan; And if the Qin army is defeated, but the main force is still there, or although the Qin army is defeated, the Dai army itself has suffered heavy casualties, then it is difficult to say how much Zhao land can be recovered.
If it was a normal two-morning battle, Gao Yuan would still be a little sure, but Han Teng took the initiative to ask for battle and served as the chief general of the attack on Daijun, which also made Gao Yuan a little worried, because Han Teng would never do anything meaningless, and what trump card Han Teng still had in his hand, Gao Yuan did not know, so he had to guard against it. Therefore, the best plan now is to take the Yan Kingdom first, and then wait for the opportunity to recover the Zhao Land, and as much as it can recover.
On the second day, Gao Yuan learned about the situation in Handan from Wu Lie in detail, including the arrangement of the Qin army in Handan, who else in Zhao Di was like Wu Lie, hoping to resist the Qin army, how many people they could gather, etc., and also went around the streets of Handan, so he also had a general understanding of the situation in Handan. At the same time, he got in touch with Zhang Liang, who had already arrived in Handan.
It turned out that before Gao Yuan hid in the palace, Zhang Liang had returned to Handan in advance, but in order to hide people's eyes, he did not live in Wu Lie's restaurant.
After the three of them met, they discussed the current situation in Zhao State, and Gao Yuan made a decision to let Zhang Liang stay in Handan for the time being, observe the movements of the Qin army, and wait for the news of Daijun to act, and Gao Yuan immediately rushed back to Daijun to arrange preparations to meet the Qin army. So Wu Lie did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered someone to arrange a fast horse and send the plateau out of Handan City ten miles away before returning to Handan.
And the plateau rode his horse and galloped, and before dark, he ran for more than thirty miles in one breath and found an intelligence residence in Daijun to stay overnight. Because Daijun's intelligence network in Zhao is the most dense and comprehensive, there are settlements along the way from Handan to Jingcheng, which are basically covered by opening small inns, which can not only be used for the accommodation of intelligence officers who come and go, but also can change horses, just like a post station.
After resting in this settlement for a night, the plateau continued to set off, changed horses three times along the way, galloped out of more than 200 miles, and traveled for three days before arriving at Jingcheng, which is the northernmost point of the Qin army stationed in Zhaodi, and is about 100 miles away from Hongshangsai, which is the buffer zone between Dai and Qin, and then there is no intelligence settlement of Dai County to the north, and there are often patrol teams of the Qin army. Therefore, the plateau abandons horses here and walks through the mountains.
Because Gao Yuan had been stationed in Jingcheng for more than a year, he was very familiar with the terrain in this area, so basically nothing happened along the way, even if he encountered a patrol team of the Qin army, he was able to dodge it in time.
After three days of sneaking in the mountains, the plateau crossed the buffer zone between the two sides and reached Hongshangsai. Gao Yuan did not reveal his identity, but only as an ordinary intelligence officer, Tong Guò Hong. Because the documents brought by the plateau were complete, the soldiers of the Dai Army guarding Hongshangsai checked the token of the plateau, and did not block it, and let it go.
After passing through Guò Hongshangsai, the plateau also did not stop for a moment and rushed back to Daijun. Because there are not many people who know that Gao Yuan has infiltrated the Qin State, and the reputation to the outside world is that Gao Yuan is recuperating in the mansion and cannot be a director, and even most of the servants in the mansion do not know the inside story, so Gao Yuan did not publicize it, first went to Jinyiwei's office to find Zhao Xuan, and asked him to tell Li Yinghong and others, and waited until after dark, Gao Yuan sneaked into his mansion through the side door.
At this time, the wives and concubines of the plateau have been waiting for the return of the plateau, although this time the plateau has not left for a long time, only a little more than a month before and after, but because it is to Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, and they are alone, so the wives and concubines at home are also worried about the plateau all the time, fortunately, there is constantly news of the plateau coming back from the Qin State, and the Guigu and Chun Yubo father and daughter have also come to Daijun, and also brought back the news of the peace of the plateau to them.
Since he is Guiguzi returned to Daijun, because his identity is close to the plateau, and he is close to the mythical worldly master, he also tells everyone the details of the plateau in the Qin State, of course, not all things can be said to the wives and concubines, there are some secret things, such as the secret of Jiuding, the identity of Hehua, the origin of Han Teng, etc., can only be told to Li Yinghong, Zhao Xuan, Jiang Huanwu. But the other wives and concubines can at least know that Gao Yuan is indeed safe and sound in the Qin State, so they are very relieved, just waiting for Gao Yuan to come back.
And today, when they suddenly learned that Gao Yuan had returned to Dai County, the wives and concubines couldn't help but be surprised and happy, so after dinner, they all gathered together and waited for Gao Yuan to go home.
Slipped into his own mansion, Gao Yuan did not alarm others, under the cover of a few family members who knew the inside story, came to Zisi's bedroom, and at this time all the wives and concubines were already waiting here, seeing that Gao Yuan really came back, naturally they were overjoyed, one by one hugged the plateau, asked this and that, or cried or laughed, sad and joyful, for a while the sound of warblers and swallows, so lively. And the plateau also comforted everyone one by one, and it took more than half an hour to calm everyone down.
After laughing and crying for a while, everyone regained their calm, so they all sat down and listened to Gao Yuan's story of rushing back to Daijun from Qin. Because they only heard Guiguxiao talk about Gaoyuan's experience in Xianyang, Guiguxiao didn't know how Gaoyuan returned to Daijun from Xianyang. In fact, this process was very peaceful, there were no accidents, and after Gao Yuan finished speaking, he asked about the family.
There was no major incident in Daijun, although the plateau was not in Daijun, but with Li Yinghong in charge, plus the support of Ning Qi, Zhao Xuan, Jiang Huanwu and others, all government affairs were also in order, and the wives and concubines in the plateau mansion also did their own thing, and they all ran very well.
However, Li Yinghong told the plateau that just two days ago, Tai Xiaodan of the Yan Kingdom rushed to Daijun and asked to see the plateau and ask the plateau to send troops to rescue the Yan country.
It turned out that at this time, the news that the Qin State sent troops to attack the Yan State had spread, and the Yan State was in a panic, and at this time, only Daijun had the ability to rescue the Yan State. It's just that Daijun has already broken off relations with Yan Guo, and Yan Wangxi is also a little unable to pull his face to ask for the plateau, fortunately, the ministers of Yan State have repeatedly advised Yan Wangxi to take the ancestral worship of Yan State as the biggest, and the face is small, and this time the Qin army is marching separately and attacking Dai Yan together, so Dai Yan is also dependent on each other, and the lips and teeth are cold, Dai Jun should join forces with Yan Guo to fight Qin, and ask Yan Wang Xi to send someone to Dai Jun for help.
In fact, Yan Wangxi waited for this step to come down, so he listened to the advice of the ministers, and immediately ordered Tai Xiaodan as a messenger and rushed to Daijun to ask for help. However, after Tai Xiao Dan arrived in Dai County, Gao Yuan had not returned, and he still claimed to be sick, and Li Yinghong also refused to see Tai Xiao Dan on this ground, so Tai Xiao Dan had to live in the pavilion and wait for Gao Yuan's reception.