Vol 3 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Book 3 Chap 9 – In a dangerous position
The capital of Wei, Daliang, is situated on the southern bank of the Yellow River, where the big rivers like Luoshui, Suishui, Weishui, Danshui and Honggou etc converge The Weis also dug up 2 ou to surround and protect Daliang It becareat city easy to defend but difficult to invade, giving them stability The State of Wei was situated in theZhao, west siding Qin, east siding Qi and south facing Chu It’s at the crossroad of the ht in the middle of the state of Wei and is an iht in the middle of important roads and ays If one wants to invade the other 5 sates, the task will be made very difficult if he does not defeat Wei first and in order to defeat Wei, Daliang is a place they ain control of Therefore one can see how important this capital of Wei is
Xiang Shaolong and his party rested at Fengqiu for 3 days and under the protection of 2000 men fro for another 15 days, Daliang is just in the distance Throughout the journey, Xiang Shaolong was relaxed, as if he has joined a tour group for ancient China and traveling through ‘old places’ In his relaxed frae and open land, there are countless cities scattered over it, each city with its strong and high city walls and the vast open land beyond the city walls And each city is the center for battles and for expansion of theimportant that happened in this era, happened around places like these, spreading with the invasion and defense of cities as centers Whether a city could be protected or taken, shows the fortune and success of a country Such battles which centers on attacking cities is the sile, it also has an indescribable captivation To a ruler in the warring stares period, it’s like a game of chess Once hooked and you’re unable to pull yourself away and the only way is to have a battle of wits, to see ill become the ultimate survivor
In these enclosed city walls, are military centers of different sizes, and are the most important military command center for the surround area and also the sy the other party’s governmental control The troops from the Pass escorted the back to Fengqiu, leaving the task of escorting the By this ti has arrived and escorted the, Wei Wuji, has already set up a for entourage who has went through so much difficulties
Wei Wuji, one of the 4 Princes of the warring states period, was dressed in casual wear, sitting astride a horse He has a square face and big ears, tall and good-looking with a stern and respectable air about hi which gives one a sense of awe He er brother but he looks older than his sister, ed him faster After a round of s
The city of Daliang was full of sights and sounds, the city streets wide and spacious for the curves of the rivers with the southern gate as thewatch tohich greatly improved the defenses They have to travel another 5li north fro in front of the of Wei’s orders and the edict states that besides Xiang Shaolong, Zhao Qian and the other ladies, the rest of the group have to set up cayuan, her son and their fa felt extrenant And a look of unhappiness appeared on Prince Xinling’s face but as it’s an imperial order, and unless he has made up hisarrange Xu and Wu Zhuo, he followed Prince Xinling into Daliang
Co looks different It did not have the ancient nificence of Zhao, but has its own exquisite intricacies It’s decorations were e streets from north to south and 4one another These 12 large streets are wide enough to acco side by side, so one can i the path for thee passed by the decorated streets outside the palace, went around the high walls of the palace and came to a place at the northeastern corner where the nobility and senior officials reside
Along the way the streets were full of activities and there were twice as many people on the streets as co, they all looked respectful and sooes to sho estee is in the hearts of the Weis Prince Xinling’s residence, Wei’e Chu is situated right at the end of the street Behind the high walls, tall trees reached into the sky, which showed off Prince Xinling’s extraordinary status Xiang Shaolong was separated froned different courtyards to reside in Prince Xinling was very warm in his welcome and sent 4 prettyup, he received Xiang Shaolong immediately in the study After all theto partake thesaid, “Shaolong you are indeed extraordinary, to be able to defeat more than 10,000 horse thieves with only 800Shaolong knows that this is his opening speech, and hurriedly expressed his humble thanks
Prince Xinling raised his wine cup and was silent for a ht sreatly weakened the state of Zhao fro state, but very few people saw that the Qins also suffered heavy losses in this battle How else could I have defeated the Qins in Handan 6 years ago if not for that, and subsequent the coether with the states Han, Chu and Bi also greatly defeated the Qins” Xiang Shaolong has no idea why he would bring up this h to try and flatter hience and decisiveness that gave the Qins their ed the policies” Prince Xinling s of Qin is narrow eneral in Bai Qi but because of a fit of anger, forced hiave up his prereatly weakened Qin further, which gave us the opportunity to conquer Taojun Iftheir strength within the next 20 years”
Xiang Shaolong was secretly i is indeed a talent of his times Because from what he knows from the history books, it is indeed 20 odd years later that Qinpersonally poured the wine and after drinking a toast, said sole Xiaowen, and allowed Yiren to ascend the throne and the world was in fear because they kno formidable Lu Buwei is But I see it fro so suspicious of any outsiders, how can they allow Lu Buwei to control the politics, therefore there ain weaken their plans to invade east” Xiang Shaolong complimented him sincerely, “No wonder you are so well respected by the people, you can really analyze and understand the situations well” Of course he knew that in the end Emperor Qin exterminated Lu Buwei’s entire clan, that’s why he is especially a the 4 princes in the warring states period, he and Prince Mengchang eed tops, and obviously he does live up to his name
He thought of how frightened the Zhaos were once they heard that Lu Buwei is now in power and the contrast against Prince Xinling sho bold and far-sighted he is Prince Xinling’s eyes glea! If the 3 states were to unify, now is the ti is very uarantee that history will not change At least the Emperor of Qin now is a useless person, totally different from the smart and brave Emperor described in history books Since he wants to deal with Zhao Mu, naturally he will need the help of Prince Xinling and once he thought of this, his heart started pounding Prince Xinling is indeed astute, just by studying his looks and behavior, he already knohat he is thinking and nodded his head with satisfaction, “My elder sister is indeed right about you, Shaolong is indeed a bold and intelligentknow that you are in a dangerous position where you will find it difficult to advance or retreat” Xiang Shaolong nodded his head to indicate his understanding
However, Prince Xinling shook his head and smiled, “You don’t really know yet TellShaolong was stunned and asked, “Doesn’t Hui Hu take orders fro replied, “That coould not dare to touch anything thathandled all these secretive evil plans According to secret reports, Lord Longyang hates you to the core, that’s why he forced Anli to give the orders not to allow your men to enter the city so that you’ll be alone and helpless If not for o” Xiang Shaolong felt numb but also found the situation hilarious at the same time
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