When Qi and Lu were holding the meeting in the valley, Zhao Ying led an army to Handan. He asked Handan Wu (Zhao Wu) to join him in the crusade against the Wei Guo, who had just defected from the alliance.

Since Handan Wu was beaten by Wei Linggong in the Battle of the Wu Clan last year, he has been harboring a fire, trying to save face through a victory. Therefore, Handan Wu attaches special importance to this operation and has made adequate preparations for the operation.

Zhao Ying and Handan Wu led their troops to the western outskirts of Diqiu, and after setting up camp, they began to attack the city gate. But the form of the attack is very strange - the Jin people are not so much here to take revenge on the country, but to be heroes and fight for face.

For the first time, Handan Wu only brought seventy deadly guys to attack. They came to the city gate in a fierce manner, and they did not call for battle, but lined up facing the city gate. The patriots were obviously reluctant to provoke the Handans, and the generals only sent a team out of the city to "fight", and the team symbolically made a gesture, threw down a few corpses and fled into the city gate.

Handan Wu felt that he had saved face, he picked up a head of a patriot, dangled it towards the city, and shouted with his fist: "This is the end of your attack on Wu City!" ”

The guards didn't say anything, and Handan Wu couldn't help but lead his subordinates to return to the camp shouting slogans. He was hanging the enemy's head in front of the camp gate when he ran into Shituo (the same one who had reached out and pushed Wei Linggong's hand in the Guild two years earlier). Shi Tuo narrowed his eyes and said with a disdainful expression: "Although Master's courage is great, it is still not enough to arouse the fear of the enemy. If I had stood under the city like the Master, the patriots would have been so frightened that they would not even dare to open the gates. ”

Handan Wubao responded with the same disdainful expression: "Then I want to open my eyes!" See how the Master single-handedly suppressed the teachers of a nation! ”

Shi Tuo said: "Then see you tomorrow morning!" ”

Early the next morning, Shibu Tuo led seventy outlaws to the city gates, and they chiseled them with instruments for a while—which of course could not cause any damage to the gates. The Patriots did not react, they turned and came to a place where the defenders could see them, lined up and stood still like trees. Shito was at the front of the line, and if only two rounds of arrows were fired from the city, none of the outlaws would die. However, the patriots still did not use any means, and Shi Tuo stood until the sun was three poles above the sun and the stomach was hungry before taking people back to the barracks. He went to see Handan Wu in a hurry, but Handan Wu was already hiding, and he couldn't be found anywhere.

For the next two days, the Jin army did not continue the offensive, and the patriots did not provoke incidents. During this period, he kept jumping up and down, and he asked Zhao Ying: "The patriots have been frightened, Master, please allow me to lead my subordinates to attack the city; Within ten days, I will bring Wei Yuan (Wei Linggong) to the Master!" ”

But Zhao Ying had other plans. It turned out that after his subordinates smashed up the alliance and forced Wei Linggong to oppose Wei Linggong, Shi Ying began to spread the remarks that Zhao Ying intended to break up the Huaxia Alliance, take the opportunity to seize private interests, and endanger national security.

Zhao Ying suffered a dumb loss again (forcing the defense of the country to be in line with Shi Ying's mind), but he couldn't say it because he was bitter in his heart. He had to avoid the cusp of the storm and hide in Jinyang in the name of inspecting the fiefdom. Jinyang is the old nest of the Zhao family, and only there can he soothe his anxious mood. Zhao hated Shi Ying to such an extent that he even gave himself another name—Zhi Father—to avoid having the same name as Shi Ying (though he is still called "Martingale" later in the book).

Later, Yang Hu came to defect to Zhao Ying, but all the high-ranking retainers of the Zhao family were against accepting him. Zhao Ying said: "The Ji family can't tame the Yang Tiger, it's the Ji family's incompetence." How can the Ji family be compared to my father? Yang Hu has been in charge of the Lu State regime for several years as a retainer and is a person with great skills. I may not be able to invite this kind of person, so do I have to push him out? If I don't accept him, he will inevitably defect to Fan; When he leads the army to destroy the Zhao family, it will be too late for you and me to cry! ”

Zhao Ying gave Yanghu Che Zheng the position and ordered him to be responsible for the management of the entire family's chariots and war horses. Yang Hu accepted the appointment with trepidation, but this appointment caused many people to worry, and even Confucius asserted that the Zhao clan would inevitably have civil strife as a result. Zhao Ying, however, felt that there was no need to make a fuss, he had great confidence in controlling Yang Hu, and it turned out that he did have a superb ability to control people.

Zhao Ying is of medium stature, a head shorter than Yang Hu; But there was always an inviolable, chilling aura of inviolability in him. Whenever Yang Hu saw him, he showed a respectful appearance from the bottom of his heart; At no time did he dare to have the slightest thought.

Zhao Ying didn't dare to return to Xinjiang because he was slandered by Shi Ying, Yang Hu learned about his master's troubles, so he said: "Fan Ying has no wisdom, he is very old, I'm afraid he won't live this year." Fan's external political enemies are numerous, and internal discord has been long; Doctors go their own way, everything is based on personal interests, where do they care about the merits and the rise and fall of the office? So the owner doesn't have to worry about it. It seems that Uncle Zi's 'Nine Proverbs' still work for the master, and the master must forget it before he can let it go.

"Since Fan Ying uses Weiguo to attack the master, the master can also use Weiguo to increase his strength. The minister understood the Marquis of Wei, he only opposed the hegemony of the Jin State, but did not refuse to associate with the Jin State doctor. Although Cheng He and Shi Tuo offended Wei Hou, the master could make some fuss about this matter. ”

Within half a month of Yang Hu's words, Shi Ying died; Zhisong became the new general of the Chinese army, and Shiji shot as the next military assistant.

Zhao Ying couldn't help but be amazed at the accuracy of Yang Hu's prediction. Yang Hu suggested that he take the opportunity to recover the decline, so when Wei Linggong captured Wu's city, Zhao Ying came to Wei Guo to "make a fuss" under the banner of crusade.

Handan Wu and Zhao Ying have a common ancestor - Zhao Shu. One of Zhao Shu's sons was named "Zhao Yuan", Zhao Yuan followed Chong'er in exile for 19 years, and after Jin Wengong ascended the throne, he was named a secretary and became the suzerain of the Zhao family. Zhao Shu's other son gave birth to Zhao Chuan, who did not hesitate to shoot Jin Linggong in order to save his cousin Zhao Dun. Zhao Piercing gave birth to Zhao Zhan; After Jin Jinggong destroyed Chidi, Zhao Zhan was sealed in Handan, and this branch was later renamed "Handan".

Handan is the premier town in the eastern part of the Jin Kingdom: the city is large, the people are rich, there are many armors, and the iron ore is abundant, and it is the central city of Huadi exchanges. Therefore, Handan Wu has become a figure that the ministers compete to woo. Handan Wu's mother is the daughter of Bank of China Wu, and according to generation, Handan Wu is the nephew of Bank of China. The Zhongxing clan and the Fan clan are one, and as a result, Handan Wu, who is sandwiched between the two hostile forces of Zhao and Fan, not only has a very embarrassing identity, but also has an extremely important position.

Handan Wu usually lives in Handan, and he has little contact with Xinjiang, and he sees Zhao Ying much less often than he sees Zhong Xingyin. Zhao Ying's request for him to join forces with him also contained the implication of observing his attitude and attracting him to join the gang. Because this military operation was mixed with too many factors that had nothing to do with victory, victory or defeat became less important to Zhao Ying.