Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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But no matter whether it was Zhao Dan or Zhao Zhu, they all knew very well that this was actually just a polite remark.

As long as either of the two countries has not been eliminated, there will always be a day when the war between the two countries will start again.

After talking and laughing with Zhao Zhu, Zhao Dan slowly shifted his eyes to Zhao Zhu's side, and looked at the striker on Zhao Zhu's right who looked like a peerless weapon even if he sat there silently. An old man who is extremely sharp and hard to ignore.

Lord Wu An rose up in vain.

Two months ago, the State of Qin secretly appointed Lord Wu'an Bai Qi as the main general, and in name Wei Liao as the main general, leading the Qin army to resist the Chu army on the front line of Wuguan.

The tactic that the Qin people failed to use in the Battle of Changping was a great success in the Battle of Wuguan.

Due to Wei Liao's lack of reputation, Qin Junyou had just suffered a big defeat at the hands of Zhao Jun, so the entire Chu army was very arrogant, underestimated the enemy and rushed forward in the war, but was caught off guard by Bai Qi's ambush, and returned in a big defeat.

However, due to the heavy losses of the Qin army in the previous war against the Zhao state, after defeating the Chu army, the Qin army did not continue to attack the Chu state, but stopped.

According to the information from Lu Buwei, who broke into the interior of the Qin State, it can be seen that the person in the Qin State who advocated the cessation of troops this time is precisely this Lord Wu An.

It has to be said that as an unworldly famous general, the famous general Bai Qi has always been very accurate in his judgments on wars.

In history, after killing 40 Zhao troops in the first battle of Changping, Bai Qi was recalled to Xianyang, and Wang Yan, Wang Ling, Sima Geng and others continued to lead the army to attack Zhao Guojinyang and Handan.

When the king and the mausoleum were defeated, Qin Wangji thought of Bai Qi again and asked Bai Qi to fight the fire.

It was at this time that Bai Qi had clearly seen the fatigue of the old soldiers of Qin Guoshi. Not only did he not accept Qin Wangji's appointment this time, but he advised Qin Wangji to withdraw.

This incident offended Qin Wangji and became the cause of Bai Qi's death.

Although in the eyes of the people in this world, the Battle of Changping was undoubtedly a big failure for Bai Qi, but only Zhao Dan knew in his heart how troublesome this guy Bai Qi was.

If Zhao Zhu had proposed to Zhao Dan to exchange Lian Po for Bai Qi at this time, then Zhao Dan would have changed immediately without hesitation.

It's a pity that there is no such good thing in the world.

Bai Qi obviously also felt Zhao Dan's gaze, this Lord Wu An calmly raised his head, and looked at Zhao Dan.

At this moment, Zhao Dan suddenly felt an extremely dangerous light shining in Bai Qi's small eyes.

Obviously, if Bai Qi is given a chance, then Bai Qi should be willing to kill Zhao Dan.

It's a pity that Lord Wu An didn't have such an opportunity.

Zhao Dan shifted his gaze to Lu Buwei who was seated several times below Bai Qi.

Regarding Bai Qi's recovery, although Zhao Dan felt a little headache at the beginning, he soon felt relieved.

Today's Lu Buwei has become Qin's domestic history, and he can be regarded as one of Qin's important ministers.

In the future, as long as Zhao Zichu ascends the throne, the position of Xiangbang of the Qin State is likely to fall into the hands of Lu Buwei.

At that time, it will be very easy to use Lu Buwei to rectify Bai Qi.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of god-like opponents, but be afraid of pig-like teammates.

To defeat a famous general like Bai Qi, the most convenient, direct and effective way is not to defeat him on the battlefield, but to shoot cold arrows from behind Bai Qi, that is, from the political arena of Qin State.

In history, Qin State used this strategy very well. Generals like Lian Po and Li Mu were basically not defeated by Qin State on the frontal battlefield, but they did not cause any obstacles to Qin State's victory in the end.

So since Zhao Dan has such good conditions and Lu Buwei's excellent and reliable internal support, wouldn't it be a violent thing if he didn't make good use of it?

In addition, this time Zhao Zhu also brought a "gift" to Zhao Dan, that is, a princess of Qin State who is only 16 years old and has just passed her age.

In fact, Zhao Dan is not too interested in the matter of the princess of the Qin State. After all, for Zhao Dan, the joy of expanding the territory is better than spending time with women.

Ruanrou Township is a tomb of heroes.

Overall, the Mianchi meeting this time was very successful.

Qin State signed a covenant with Zhao State at this meeting, and also recognized Zhao State's supremacy.

Back then at the Mianchi meeting, Zhao Guo was so willing to be the second child, so Zhao Dan was very happy.

In any case, from this point of view, Zhao Dan is also the best and most successful monarch since the founding of Zhao.

The only thing that made Zhao Dan regretful was that Zhao Zhu and Qin Guo maintained great restraint in the face of Zhao Dan and Zhao Guo's intentional or unintentional provocations, and even Bai Qi did not make any response, which made Zhao Dan quite disappointment.

In addition, even when Zhao Zhu fought for Zhao Dan, no minister of Qin State stood up to fight for his own monarch like Lin Xiangru back then, which made Zhao Dan, who wanted to step on several people, very dissatisfied.

Can't you let the widow find a fault?

It was with this slight regret that Zhao Dan left Mianchi and returned to Handan.

There are still many things waiting for him to deal with.

One of the things that needs to be resolved first is the wedding with this Princess of Qin.

Speaking of which, this is Zhao Dan's first wedding after traveling to this era.

Chapter 462 This wedding is different (third update)

Marriage, for anyone, is definitely one of the most important and memorable things in life, whether it is ancient or modern.

As far as the nobles are concerned, first of all, men must be at least 20 years old and perform the crown ceremony; women must be at least 15 years old and perform the ceremony before they are considered adults and are allowed to marry.

But even if you are an adult, it is not easy to get married in this era, and there are many rules in it.

The first is Nacai, that is, the man sends an envoy to bring gifts to the woman's house to propose marriage.

It can be seen that Zhao Zhu was really in a hurry, so he didn't wait for the envoy of Zhao Guo to go to Xianyang, and directly completed the acceptance at the Mianchi meeting.

Then there is the question of names. You must know that a woman's name in this era is a kind of privacy, and few people except her husband's family know it.

This is why many women in the Zhou Dynasty in the history books have no names, only nicknames such as "Zhao Weihou" and "Emperor Queen", because writing women's names in history books is also a kind of condemnation. the behavior of.

It is worth mentioning that the "Princess Qin" who is about to marry into the Handan Palace is named Mi Rong.

So here comes the question, isn't the Qin royal family the Zhao family whose surname is Ying?This princess is either called Ying Rong or Zhao Rong, how could she be called Mi Rong?

The answer is actually very simple, because she is not actually a member of the King Qin family, but a princess of Chu State, the granddaughter of King Huai of Chu, the faint king of a generation.

21 years ago, that is, in 278 BC, Bai Qi led his army to flood Yandu, break through Yiling, the capital of Yingdu, burn the ancestral tomb of the ancestral temple of Chu State, and take a large number of Dukes of Chu State back to Xianyang by the way. This includes the unlucky parents of Princess Mi Rong.

So this princess Mi Rong was born and raised in Xianyang a few years later, and was then selected as the candidate to marry Zhao Dan and his relatives.

The reason why Zhao Zhu married such a woman to Zhao Dan was of course not because Qin had no princesses, but because Qin and Zhao both belonged to the Zhao family with the surname Ying and were from different branches of the same ancestor, so they must abide by the rule of "no marriage with the same surname". in principle.

Therefore, in order to bypass this point, Zhao Zhu recognized Mi Rong as the adopted daughter, and after turning a corner, he used the Mi clan of Qin State to marry the adopted daughter princess to Zhao Dan.

The third step in marriage is Najib.That is to go to divination and look at the horoscope of birth.