The news that Lu State was destroyed soon spread to Qin State. At that time, Duke Huan of Qin, the grandson of Duke Kang of Qin, was in power. Duke Heng of Qin once spent a lot of money and effort on Feng Shu in order to suppress the State of Jin. Now in Jin
With one blow from the country, everything was in vain. How could he sit idly by and ignore it?
So he announced to the court that he was ready to send troops to the Jin Dynasty.
As soon as Duke Heng of Qin finished speaking, General Du Hui stood up. He crossed his hands and said: "Master, I am willing to lead the army. With my big mountain-breaking ax and my three hundred axe-hands, I can definitely do it."
He defeated the Jin State and recaptured the Lu State."
Du Hui's voice was as loud as a bell, especially his eyes as big as cowbells, which were widened when he spoke, and he looked majestic. When everyone saw that he took the initiative to ask for military leave, they couldn't help but nodded slightly. Qin Henggong smiled and said: "General Du is willing to go.
, we will definitely succeed immediately. I will appoint you as my commander and give you 300 chariots. Go prepare quickly and send out troops as soon as possible."
Du responded with a "promise", turned around and left. His steps were sonorous and majestic.
In the records of the ancients, Du Huisheng had a strange appearance. He had messy hair and looked like a male lion. He had a big mouth and messy teeth. His two tusks were sharp and long, making people think of a wild boar. Also, his height
He was nine feet tall, could lift a thousand kilograms with strength, and had a mountain-breaking ax in his hand, which weighed about one hundred and twenty kilograms. He had the courage of ten thousand men. This description is a bit exaggerated. However, you can imagine that Du Hui looked very scary.
Legend has it that before he joined the army, he wandered into Qingmei Mountain. One day, he encountered a tiger - I don't know if the tiger provoked him or if he mistakenly entered the tiger's den. In short, Du Hui punched five tigers in one day
, peeled them all and took them home. They were simply invincible.
Duke Huan of Qin visited this man and worshiped him as the right general. Du Hui was an infantry general, and he trained a group of three hundred sword and axemen. They were all infantry, holding a shield in one hand and a sword or ax in the other. They fought.
At that time, they used shields to defend against the enemy and cut down with swords and axes, and they were extremely fierce. Du Hui once led this infantry to kill more than 10,000 thieves in the Battle of Saga Mountain, which made him famous.
Du Hui's troops entered the territory of the original Lu State, and met the Jin army who came to intercept them in Fushi City, which is the area east of today's Dali County, Shaanxi Province. The two armies formed a formation at the foot of a hillside.
Wei Ke, the general of the Jin army, came out in a chariot. When he saw Du Hui coming out on foot, he pointed his spear at him and said with a smile, "No matter how fast your two legs run, how can you defeat the four legs of my chariot and horse?"
Du Hui laughed loudly and said: "Your four legs are not as powerful as my two legs. If you don't believe me, just let your horse come over."
This Wei Ke is the son of the Jin general Wei Ji. He was born as a general and has practiced martial arts since he was a child. He has an iron spear in his hand, which weighs fifty kilograms. Most generals are no match for him. Moreover, he has experienced hundreds of battles and is proficient in martial arts.
Fight.
Wei Ke didn't take Du Hui seriously at all. When he saw Du Hui's challenge, he immediately ordered his horse to charge. In a blink of an eye, Wei Ke and Du Hui were in a massacre.
The general started fighting, and the soldiers on both sides howled and charged to kill. The war drums were beating. In an instant, the Qin and Jin armies were fighting.
Let's talk about Du and Wei. One wheeled a big ax and walked as fast and light as flying. The other drove a chariot. It came like a landslide and went like a sea. Wherever he went, Du Hui had to dodge. However, every time he dodge,
, Du Hui's big ax would fall from the sky and hit Wei Ke. Wei Ke hastily resisted every time. Whenever his iron spear met Du Hui's big ax, he would feel a clang in his arms.
He was numb. The two fought for more than ten rounds, and Wei Ke gradually lost the upper hand. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue to resist, hoping that Du Hui would reveal his flaws and give him an opportunity. Unexpectedly, this Du Hui seemed to
He was reckless, but the big ax in his hand was so powerful that there was no flaw. The more Wei Ke killed, the harder it became. He secretly complained in pain and just wanted to find an opportunity to escape.
Suddenly, in front of the Qin army's formation, the chariots and horses moved out of the way, and a group of infantrymen shot out from the middle. They were Du Hui's sword and axemen. They were seen holding shields in their left hands and wielding swords in their right hands, slashing the sergeants upwards and the horses' legs downwards. He was so ferocious that everyone he encountered was turned upside down.
In the chaos, Wei Ke was in a panic. He was already panting like an ox and couldn't bear it any longer. Du Huize became more and more courageous as he fought, chasing Wei Ke's chariot and hacking at it. Wei Ke parried and fled. Fortunately, he was sitting on a war chariot. A chariot with four legs can indeed run faster than two. Wei Ke fought his way out of the rebel army and looked back, seeing that the Jin soldiers and horses could only parry but had no power to fight back.
The situation on the battlefield was one-sided, so he quickly ordered a retreat. As soon as the gong sounded, the Jin soldiers and horses collapsed, and they fled in confusion.
Du Hui pursued him all the way to the Jin army's camp. The deer village in front of the camp blocked the pursuers, and the soldiers on the archery tower fired arrows in batches. The Qin army's swordsmen and axemen had no choice but to put up their shields and squat on the ground, not daring to move forward. .
Seeing that he couldn't take advantage, Du Hui yelled and scolded him for a while before retreating.
Wei Ke counted the number of people and found that one-third of the number had been lost. He asked someone to hang out the no-war card, then wrote a letter and sent someone to gallop through the starry night to bring reinforcements to the Jin Kingdom.
In the next few days, Du Hui came to call for battle every day. Wei Ke ordered the soldiers to guard the stronghold and not to go out to fight. The two sides formed a stalemate. After a while, reinforcements from the Jin State arrived. The leader of the general was It's Wei Ke's brother Wei Qi.
It turned out that Jin Jinggong heard that Qin had sent a fierce general, so he asked the generals of Jin to sign up. Among the generals, those who had heard of Du Hui did not dare to fight. Only Wei Qi stood up. Like his brother, Qi also practiced martial arts since childhood. He also used iron spears and was also a famous and brave general in the Jin army.
Jin Jinggong sent two hundred military chariots and asked Wei Qi to help Wei Ke.
When Wei Ke saw his brothers coming, he was overjoyed and quickly brought Wei Qi into the camp. As soon as the brothers sat down, Wei Ke told Du Hui how powerful he was.
After Wei Qi heard this, he didn't take it seriously at all. He said, "I'll go meet him tomorrow and see what he can do to me."
Wei Ke said: "Brother, this Du Hui cannot be underestimated. The big ax in his hand is very powerful. I can't resist it. You'd better not go."
Wei Qi said with a smile: "This iron halberd in my hand is not a vegetarian. Brother, you will guard Dazhai tomorrow. I will only take my own troops to meet him. Just watch me take his head." Wei Kejian said. If you don't move him, you have to give up.
The next day, Du Hui came to call for war again. The Jin army stayed behind closed doors. Near noon, the sun was high and people were thirsty, so the Qin army became a little slack. Suddenly, the Jin army opened the gate of the stronghold, and Wei Qi led his soldiers and horses into a storm. He seemed to be killing him. He had already promised to take Du Hui's head. So as soon as he left the village gate, he drove his chariot and headed straight for Du Hui.
Du Hui had been calling for war for the past few days, but the Jin army could not retreat, and he had long been suffocating. When he saw the Jin army coming out, he couldn't help laughing, and rushed forward with the mountain-breaking ax. .
Wei Qi and Du Hui started fighting on the open ground in front of the village. After fighting for more than twenty rounds, Wei Qi gradually lost the upper hand. He thought, no wonder my eldest brother was so scared. Just when he was flustered, he suddenly Unexpectedly, Du Hui's big ax came towards him. He raised the iron spear and used force to block it. Unexpectedly, the ax hit the iron spear, drew an arc, and went downwards. Suddenly, he lifted it up again and just cut it. The leg of a horse in Wei Qi's chariot was broken. The horse staggered, ran a few steps, and fell headfirst. Wei Qi's chariot also turned over violently. Wei Qi flew out of the chariot. , turned a somersault in mid-air and fell heavily to the ground.
Du Hui raised his big axe, roared strangely, and rushed towards him like flying. As soon as he pounced on him, Wei Qi lost ten of his lives. At this critical moment, Wei Ke's chariot arrived, and he With a shout, he blocked Du Hui's way with Chang Ge.
It turned out that Wei Ke was sure that Wei Qi was no match. When Wei Qi left the stronghold with his front foot, he ordered his troops and horses to kill him with his rear foot. As soon as he rushed to the front of the formation, he saw that Wei Qi was in danger, so he rescued Wei Qi.
Wei Ke stopped Du Hui, but Wei Qi had already jumped on another chariot and turned to fight back. The brothers surrounded Du Hui and charged from left to right, but they were unable to hurt a single hair of Du Hui.
Seeing that he could not win, Wei Ke shouted "Retreat" to Wei Qi. The two brothers hit their horses at the same time and ran towards the stronghold. When the soldiers saw that the general had withdrawn, they ran away. The Jin army was defeated again in this battle.
The Wei brothers lost two battles in a row and stayed in the camp, not daring to go out. They kept their heads down and tried their best to think of a way, but they just couldn't come up with a good one. It was the so-called dilemma.
Late one night, the soldiers came to report that an old man had arrived in front of the stronghold, claiming to be a fellow countryman of the general, and came to offer advice. Wei Ke called to come in quickly. When the old man came in, he saw that he had white hair, white beard, and white eyebrows, but he was energetic. He is hale and hearty and has a strong body.
Wei Ke asked respectfully: "Old man, do you have any good strategies for defeating the enemy? Please tell me."
The old man with white eyebrows said: "Qin's side is mainly infantry, and your side is mainly tanks. Just use your brain from this point."
Wei Ke said: "To be honest, I have thought about everything I should think about. There is just no way. Old man, if you have a way, please give me some advice."
The old man smiled and said: "Ten miles away from here, there is a place called Qingcaopo. The terrain is open and the grass is waist deep. As long as you lead the Qin people to that grassland, I will have a way to deal with them."
Wei Ke said eagerly: "Old man, you might as well explain it in detail."
The old man said: "It's too late to elaborate. I have to rush back to make arrangements. Don't worry, just attract them here."
Wei Qi asked: "When is it?"
The old man said: "The next day. I have to prepare, so that you can also be prepared."
After the old man finished speaking, he left. The Wei brothers thought that the old man didn't look like he was cheating. There was nothing they could do anyway, so they might as well give it a try. So they sent someone to survey the terrain, and it was just as the old man said, so they decided, Just do it the old man's way.
On the evening of the third day, the old man sent someone to inform the Wei brothers that the ambush site at Qingcaopo had been prepared and told them to follow the plan. Wei Ke then asked Wei Qi to lead more infantry and archers and go first that night. There are ambush all around the green grass slope.
At dawn the next day, Du Hui came to challenge again. Wei Ke led a group of troops to fight, and after several battles, he pretended to be defeated. Du Hui was reckless by nature, and he won every battle before, so he thought that the Jin army was defeated again. Wei Ke's team was full of chariots and they ran very fast. In order to attract Du Hui to come back and chase him, they ran for a while and then fought for a while, which made Du Hui very angry and lured him there. Green grass slope.
Wei Ke knew that there was a trap in the grass, so he entered the grass and told his carriages and horses to move slowly. Du Hui quickly pursued him into the grass. As soon as the infantry entered the grass, they immediately felt that their hands and feet were awkward. Not to mention that the grass was too deep, and shields, swords and axes were difficult to use. It was difficult to swing, and more importantly, there were always fetters under the feet. It turned out that this was the mechanism in the grass. The old man had secretly tied the long weeds into many knots, like a trap, so Du Hui's infantry could not run a few steps. He would trip and fall. Du Hui didn't think much about it. He only thought that he was tripping in the grass. He didn't expect that someone had done anything in the grass. He held the big ax and jumped after Wei Ke.
Just when Du Hui's infantry kept stumbling in the grass, they suddenly heard the sound of a drum, and Wei Qi's ambush troops surrounded them from all sides. The archers fired arrows in all directions. Du Hui's swordsmen and axemen looked ahead, not behind. They were shot down one after another. Du Hui drew his sword, blocked the arrows, and ran back. This run was even more embarrassing. He couldn't run two steps before falling into a somersault. He got up and ran again, but still fell. Wei Ke urged the chariot to return. When Du Huihui came to kill him, several chariots quickly surrounded him. Du Huihui resisted, but unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his feet, he somersaulted again. When he tried to get up again, several Changge had already pointed at his chest. Du Hui was captured alive like this before.
Wei Ke asked his soldiers to tie up Du Hui with five flowers, lift him up and throw him on a chariot. At this time, most of Du Hui's sword and axe-hands were dead and wounded, and those who ran out of the grass did not dare to fight, and ran back with the defeated troops. Ke and Wei Qi joined forces, drove their chariots and horses, and pursued them vigorously. The remaining defeated generals had no general to restrain them, so they just ran for their lives. They were either killed or surrendered, and they were quickly wiped out.
The Jin army won a complete victory. Then the Wei brothers remembered the old man and hurriedly sent people to look for him. The soldiers did not spend much time and found the old man. Wei Ke thanked him and said, "We all relied on the old man's help." , I really don’t know how to repay this great kindness.”
The old man with white eyebrows said: "Not to mention this, in fact, I am here to repay the favor."
Wei Ke was taken aback and asked: "My two brothers only met you two days ago. We are not even grateful to you. How can you come to us to repay your kindness?"
The old man said: "Do you remember Zuji? I am Zuji's father."
As soon as these words came out, the Wei brothers suddenly realized. It turned out that when Wei Wuzi was old, he married a concubine named Zuji. Zuji was not only beautiful, but also had a virtuous nature, very gentle and pleasant. Wei Ji was very Dote on her. If you don't see her for a day, you won't think about food and food. Wei Yan was in a daze when he was dying. His family asked him what else he wished for. Wei Yan said: "I can't bear to leave Zuji. After I die, you want Zuji to accompany me." I."
Wei Ji's family understood that this was the intention to bury their ancestor Ji. As soon as Wei Ji died, the Wei family members were ready to do this. Zu Ji could not say a word, she could only cry and tremble all over. Standing like a lamb to the slaughter.
Wei Ke, the eldest son of the Wei family, couldn't stand it anymore. He stood up and said: "When my father was sober, he told me many times that after his death, he asked us to marry Zuji and give her a good home. But before he died, Before he died, his brain was confused, so he asked us to bury Zuji with him. As sons, we should listen to what he said when he understood, not what he said when he was confused. Zuji was such a gentle and virtuous person. She served her father wholeheartedly and never made a mistake. My father’s true intention is for her to live well. If we want to be filial, we should obey our father’s true wishes.”
According to ancient etiquette, as soon as Wei Ji died, the eldest son Wei Ke became the new master of the family. Naturally, no one dared to object to his words. Zuji saved her life. Later, Wei Ke chose a good family to marry Zuji. .
Zuji's father never forgot this incident, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Wei Ke. Coincidentally, the place where Wei Ke and Du Hui fought was in Fushi, and Zuji's father lived in this area. So there was He made grass to repay his kindness.
The Wei brothers brought Du Hui back to the state of Jin. Jin Jinggong was very happy and persuaded Du Hui to surrender, but the bull refused to fight, so the people of Jin had to kill him to celebrate his victory.
In order to reward the Wei brothers for their military exploits, Jin Jinggong granted them Linghu City and the surrounding land. In order to commemorate this event, Wei Ke, after asking Jin Jinggong for instructions, found someone to cast a large bronze bell and named it
"Jingzhong". After Wei Ke died, his son Wei Jie took the fief of Wei Ke as his surname and called him Linghu Jie. This is a story later.