After waiting for about ten breaths, before Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo could speak, Zhao Hongrun raised his hand to stop the former and said lightly: "After hearing the words 'our army is trapped', Nanliang King was not surprised at all.
His appearance clearly meant that he had known about it for a long time...so, I understood."
"The King of Nanliang...?"
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, glanced at Zhao Hongrun and was silent for a long time. Then he said: "Yes, Hongrun, you are trapped in Shangdang County. I know about this, but when I learned about it, it was already the National Day of last year."
In March, at that time, our Second Army of the North had withdrawn from Tianmen Pass and returned to Qinyang to station, and announced the end of the war for the entire army... When I learned about this and wanted to recruit troops to put pressure on Tianmen Pass,
Winter has come... As you can see, Tianmen Pass is built on the Taihang Mountains. Even in spring, summer and autumn, it is extremely difficult to attack this pass, let alone the twelfth lunar month of winter. Even if I sent troops to attack Tianmen Pass at that time, the Korean army at Tianmen Pass would still be defeated.
It only takes a small price to repulse our army's attack... Even if I wanted to rescue them, they would be beyond my reach."
"Lots of nonsense." From the side, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan interjected disdainfully.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanzuo's Zongwei Mengluo showed a slightly displeased look on his face, but after taking a look at his own prince, the Zongwei did not have an attack in the end.
"Does Hongxuan have any objection to my words?" Zhao Yuanzuo turned to look at Zhao Hongxuan, his nephew.
Zhao Hongxuan sneered twice and said mockingly: "The King of Nanliang said that he only learned about my brother being trapped in November. In other words, the news should have come from Fenxing transporting grain to Shangshui, and the two armies at Yanling
The grain transport troops, they were indeed surprised when November was approaching that the Korean army had cut off my brother's grain route at Gaolang... But with your strategy, King Nanliang, you were defeated when my brother captured Pi Lao Pass.
When we were at Tianmen Pass, we could have guessed that my brother was likely to be besieged by the Korean army. But the King of Nanliang said, you only learned about this in November. Isn't this a lot of lies?...You are so stupid
You can't even deceive me with this kind of rhetoric, let alone my brother?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun glanced at his younger brother with some surprise.
When Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, explained just now, the reason why Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything was because he heard something was wrong, but he didn't expect his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan to point it out.
However, in the face of Zhao Hongxuan's ridicule, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo showed no emotion at all. He shook his head and said: "This is the truth. If Hongxuan doesn't believe it, then there is nothing I can do... Maybe I didn't think of this at the time.
.”
Hearing this, a hint of anger appeared on Zhao Hongxuan's face, but when he was about to speak, he saw his brother Zhao Hongrun shaking his head at him, so he refrained from getting angry.
He suddenly remembered what his brother said. He was right. They had no conclusive evidence about this matter, which was not enough to identify the King of Nanliang.
"Hongrun, don't you believe it either?" Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, turned his head to Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and said lightly: "Let him let go of what is in the past. Anyway, there was no danger this time. Even with the assistance of the Beiyi Army led by Xiao Xuan, I even captured Tianmen
Guan, a little scare is worth it."
This has been made very obvious.
No, after Zhao Hongxuan heard this, he immediately smiled and echoed: "What brother said is absolutely true."
In comparison, the faces of Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Yang Yu, Meng Luo and Pang Huan were not so good-looking.
Immediately, Pang Huan couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, Prince Su, is trying to steal credit for his words?"
"Grabbing for credit?" Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "I was the one who won Tianmen Pass. There are tens of thousands of people here to prove it. Is this also called taking credit?"
Hearing this, Pang Huan frowned and said: "The reason why the Korean army abandoned Tianmen Pass is that although there is King Su's army behind to deter them, it does not have the credit of our Northern Second Army..."
"I took Tianmen Pass!" Zhao Hongrun interrupted.
Pang Huan's face froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness King Su, before your army arrived in northern Xinjiang, it was our Northern Second Army that blocked the Korean army at Tianmen Pass..."
"I took down Tianmen Pass!"
"... Our Second Army in the North has been attacking Tianmen Pass since the last battle in Northern Xinjiang!"
"I took down Tianmen Pass!"
"...In the past few months, our Second Army in the North has been fighting desperately."
"I took down Tianmen Pass!"
In such a conversation, no matter how Pang Huan said it, Zhao Hongrun only replied with that sentence, which made Pang Huan speechless.
Seeing this, Meng Luo interrupted angrily: "This is the only thing I keep saying over and over again. Your Highness Prince Su, do you dare to say something else?"
Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment after hearing this, looked at Meng Luo and said, "Okay! To put it another way...it was me who took down Tianmen."
"you……"
Meng Luo's face turned red with anger as King Huan Zhao Hongxuan burst into laughter.
However, Zhao Hongxuan didn't care so much. He immediately gave his brother a thumbs up and praised his wise words without blushing.
Looking at the two brothers in front of him, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo frowned slightly, and then said calmly: "I can't refute the reasons put forward by Hongrun, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this time our Wei Dynasty regains Tianmen Pass, I
The Second Army of the North has made indispensable contributions. If Hongrun and Hongxuan try to erase the achievements of our army for some reasons...then I can only report it back to the country and let the country make the decision." As he said that, he looked up at Zhao Hongrun.
He said calmly: "The Korean army has not yet been defeated. Hongrun and Hongxuan are eager to seize the merits of the friendly forces. This is not good, as it will make the Korean army think they have an opportunity."
Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and said with a half-smile: "Is this a threat?"
A strange look flashed in Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes, and he said calmly: "It's just a matter of fact."
"Let's discuss the matter..." Zhao Hongrun licked his lips and lowered his voice and said: "In other words, if the country cannot give the King of Nanliang a satisfactory explanation, the King of Nanliang will not continue to follow up on this war. Is that so?
?”
"I didn't say that." Zhao Yuanzuo shook his head calmly.
"But that's what you mean..." Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment, and then said calmly: "Actually, our army has captured the eldest son, the Hyun family. It can be said that the Shangdang is under my control. This battlefield
Whether or not the Second North Army follows up on the war will not actually affect the entire war situation... South Korea's defeat is already doomed. Even if the Second North Army does not work hard and perfunctory the war, we, the Wei Dynasty, can still win the final victory in this battle."
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, smiled slightly and said calmly: "I hope so."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang. If he was only a little suspicious of the king of Nanliang before, now, it can be said that his vigilance towards this third uncle has increased several times.
But one thing the King of Nanliang said was right, that is, regarding the Tianmen Pass matter, he and his brother Zhao Hongxuan really had no way to erase the contributions of the Second Army of the North. If the two brothers had a hard time arguing about this matter, it might even cause negative consequences.
In public opinion, he was accused of stealing credit.
Although with Zhao Hongrun's current meritorious service, there is no need to worry about being suspected. After all, his military achievements are so numerous that some people are powerless even if they want to slander him. But his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan is just starting out. If he is suspected of robbing friendly troops of meritorious service,
, this is not a good thing for his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan and the Northern First Army under his command.
After all, Bei Yijun's reputation is already bad enough, and with this incident, it can easily arouse criticism. Zhao Hongrun is not worried about anything else. He is only worried that a large amount of negative public opinion will crush his younger brother's confidence.
However, Zhao Hongrun was not willing to hand Tianmen Pass back to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, so easily. More importantly, there was limestone in the Taihang Mountains that he wanted very much, so he wanted to hold Tianmen Pass in his hands no matter what.
After deep contemplation, Zhao Hongrun suddenly spoke to Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang: "King of Nanliang, what do you think of this? I will take Tianmen Pass, but in exchange, I will hand over these two cities, Xuushi City and Changzi City.
you."
"..." Zhao Yuanzuo was slightly stunned. Even he couldn't guess what Zhao Hongrun was thinking.
After all, no matter how you look at it, Changzi City has a strategic position that is on par with Tianmen Pass, not to mention that it has to be built on a Yushi City. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun obviously suffered a loss in this exchange.
But after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, didn't think so at all.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun said again: "Currently, Shangdang has been recovered, but I am not satisfied. Moreover, South Korea has raised troops to attack the Wei Dynasty several times. I also hope to teach South Korea a painful lesson. Therefore, I, the Wei Dynasty, will
The target should be Taiyuan County and Handan County. I will hand over Xuushi City and Changzi City to you. You will garrison these two cities and go north to attack Taiyuan, while I will attack Handan... Just now your Zongwei
Say, you Bei Er
Even if the army does not have the help of our army, they will be able to capture Tianmen Pass sooner or later. I don’t believe this. If the King of Nanliang has this confidence, he might as well capture Taiyuan and show me. Of course, the King of Nanliang can also refuse me.
However, this will lower others' evaluation of the Second North Army and make people mistakenly think that the existence of this army is dispensable and a waste of national money and food... After all, your army has been unable to conquer Tianmen Pass. This is also
fact."
"..." After taking a deep look at Zhao Hongrun, the King of Nanliang frowned.
On the sidelines, after hearing what Zhao Hongrun said, Zhou Min secretly praised in his heart: brilliant!
In his opinion, although a certain King Su kept saying that the battlefield of Shangdang was over, in fact, how could the Koreans give up on recapturing Shangdang?
There is no doubt that the Korean army will continue to attack Shangdang.
Judging from the current situation, South Korea can only send troops to attack Shangdang from two places, one is Taiyuan County and the other is Handan Army. Therefore, not surprisingly, Changzi City and Hyunshi City will bear the brunt and will become the targets of the Korean army's attack.
.
However, Zhao Hongrun was quite smart and threw this burden to the Second Northern Army. If the Second Northern Army defended these two cities, then I am sorry to say that it was King Su's Army who captured these two cities. No matter what, the Second Northern Army could not
It’s impossible to overwhelm King Su’s army.
If the Second North Army is defeated and Changja City or Hyunshi City, or both cities are captured by the Han army, then a judgment will be made. The Second North Army has no position to argue with King Su's army about "Who is the one who can regain Tianmen?"
"Guan Guan's biggest contributor" question.
No matter how you think about it, King Su's army is in an invincible position.
However, Zhao Hongrun had blocked the retreat, so that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, could not refuse categorically.
"This is called conspiracy!"
Zhou Min couldn't help but sigh.
It was also a matter of revenge against the Second North Army. As the younger brother, Zhao Hongxuan was too straightforward and even wanted to retaliate by erasing the merits of the Second North Army. However, his elder brother Zhao Hongrun did it so that no one could fault him at all.
For Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to continue to follow the war, he had to attract the firepower of the Korean army, but also made it impossible for him to resist with passive response.
Zhou Min had to lament that there was still a big gap between the wisdom and means of a certain His Highness compared to his elder brother.