The birdcage made of bamboo strips was thrown to the ground by Kang Gong Han Hu. However, Han Hu was still angry and stretched out his right foot and trampled the birdcage to pieces.
Seeing this, Han Wangran was caught off guard, with a horrified expression on his face. He looked at Kang Gong Han Hu with anger but not anger, and he was at a loss.
"Your Majesty, please respect yourself!"
Kang Gong Han Hu stared at Han Wangran with a pair of tiger eyes, and scolded righteously: "The disaster of the Wei army is imminent, and the foundation of the ancestors may be destroyed. How can the king still have the leisure to amuse the birds?!"
Under Kang Gong Han Hu's gaze, Han Wangran showed a look of fear on his face. The dignified Korean king lowered his head involuntarily, and his hands were at a loss as to where to put them. He was obviously extremely afraid of Kang Gong Han Hu.
Seeing this, Li Hou Han Wu frowned, stepped forward and said with a frown: "The king is still young, and it is understandable that he does not know the importance of the situation. But it is like Mr. Kang Gong roaring at the king. This is not the duty of a minister, right?"
Upon hearing this, Duke Kang Han Hu turned his head and glanced at Li Hou Han Wu, with a somewhat mocking look on his face.
"..."
Li Hou Han Wu frowned. He naturally understood what the sarcastic look on Kang Gong Han Hu's face meant. It was nothing more than a sarcastic expression on him. He not only wanted to regain the throne, but also took into account his brotherly relationship with Han Wangran. As the saying goes, fish and bear People who cannot have it both ways, and who think about taking care of both ends, will often lose everything in the end.
Seeing Kang Gong Han Hu and Li Hou Han Wu confront each other again, Zhuang Gong Han Geng smoothed things over and said: "Two, two, the top priority is to relieve the siege of Handan... What Li Hou said is that the king is still young, Lord Kang Don’t be too harsh.”
"You're still young?"
Kang Gong Han Hu sneered when he heard this and said disdainfully: "Weak Guan has passed his age, how can you say he is still young? When I was as old as him, I had already led an army to conquer Beirong... I also heard that the young master of Wei State Run, when he first led the army to attack Chu, he was only fourteen years old. Even now, he is only nineteen years old. He is called a hero of the world!"
But even though he said this, Kang Gong and Han Hu's mood gradually calmed down.
Although he keeps accusing Han Wangran of being cowardly and incompetent, in fact he is happy to see this. On the contrary, if Han Wangran is wise and intelligent, I believe he will be restless.
After thinking about it, he turned to Li Hou Han Wu and Zhuang Gong Han Geng and said: "The army in Handan is not enough to compete with the Wei army. According to my suggestion, the only way is to send envoys to beg for peace from the Wei army..."
"Begging for peace?"
Zhuang Gong Han Geng looked at Kang Gong Han Hu in surprise, his expression was very surprised.
After all, Kang Gong and Han Hu have always been a man of strong and unyielding character. It is hard to imagine that he would actually say the word "begging for peace".
Suddenly, he had an idea and asked: "Delay time?"
Sure enough, Kang Gong Han Hu nodded and said sternly: "Delay as much as possible to the Shanggu Guards Ma She and his troops to come to the rescue, so that Handan can have a chance to win." At this point, he glanced at Han Wu and Han Geng and lowered his voice. Said: "Send a eloquent envoy. No matter how harsh the conditions are proposed by the Wei army, you might as well agree to it. First stabilize the Wei army and wait until Ma She's army arrives."
Marquis Han Wu and Duke Zhuang Han Geng looked at each other and nodded slowly.
Seeing this, Duke Kang and Han Hu glanced at King Han and then left without apologizing to the latter for their rude behavior.
However, when Zhuang Gong Han Geng left, he said to Han Wangran: "Your Majesty, I retire."
At this time, only Lihou Han Wu and Han Wangran were left in the pavilion.
Li Hou Han Wu glanced at the birdcage on the ground that was trampled by Kang Gong and Han Hu. He sighed secretly, squatted down, wiped away the fragments of the birdcage with his hands, and picked up the motionless lark. After careful inspection, he found that the lark's neck had obviously been broken and was hanging weakly.
"This Han Hu is really rude!"
Cursing secretly, Li Hou Han Wu put a smile on his face and said hesitantly: "How about I send someone to find a lark for the king?"
Han Wangran lowered his head in frustration.
Seeing this, Li Hou Han Wu felt a little guilty and didn't know what to say.
At this time, Han Wangran said with a choked tone: "Brother, I don't blame Mr. Kang. Mr. Kang is right. I am in trouble in Korea, but I am still obsessed with playing with birds, regardless of the foundation of my ancestors and the country. I have made mistakes. For me... this lark has been with me for a long time, can I bury it with my own hands?"
Seeing the pleading look on Han Wangran's face, Lihou Han Wu couldn't bear it. He handed the dead lark to Han Wangran and comforted him: "It's good if you think so... After the Wei army retreats, I will send someone specially Choose a bird with a clear and melodious song, and give you one, no, ten of them, so that you can play with them day and night, okay?"
"Yes." Han Wangran held the dead lark in both hands and nodded lightly.
Seeing this, Li Hou Han Wu pondered for a moment, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."
"Brother, go slowly." Han Wangran said respectfully.
Li Hou Han Wu nodded, turned and left.
After Li Hou Han Wu stepped out of the threshold of the palace, Han Wangran, who had a submissive expression just now, stroked the feathers of the lifeless lark with his right hand, his eyes showing a bit of dejection and sadness.
Suddenly, a vague and unclear color flashed in his eyes.
"..."
Han Wangran lowered his head and said nothing.
At the same time, outside Handan City, King Su's army was building a military camp.
Shang Shui's army was in the east, Yanling's army was in the west, Youma's army was in the middle, and King Su's army, with nearly 100,000 troops, built military camps wantonly under the nose of Handan City.
Logically speaking, it is very dangerous to build a military camp only five or six miles away from the enemy city.
However, the soldiers of King Su's army were not worried at all.
Because they built a low wall on the outside of the military camp as a defense - instead of building a camp, they were clearly building a city.
Seeing this situation, on the southwest wall of Handan City, Dangyin Hou Han Yang and several other Korean generals were so angry that they gritted their teeth because in their opinion, Wei Jun's actions were too arrogant and they simply did not take them seriously. .
At this moment, Dangyin Hou Han Yang wanted to lead the defenders in Handan City to attack the Wei army on the opposite side. Even if they could not defeat the Han army, they also wanted to make the Wei army on the opposite side not dare to underestimate them, South Korea.
It's a pity that until now, he can't think of a way to crack the Wei army's tactics - the Wei army's tactics of using Wugang chariots and low walls (cement walls) to advance from strongholds are simply impeccable. Even though there are still many cavalry in Handan, they can't attack them. This Wei army, which had a solid defense like a turtle shell, was helpless.
"Is that a catapult?"
Suddenly, a general pointed at the Wei camp in the distance and said in shock.
Dangyin Hou Han Yang looked in the direction pointed by the general, and sure enough he saw the Wei camp area. The Wei army had catapults arranged neatly one after another.
Vaguely visible, the soldiers of the Wei army were carrying stone bullets.
"Is this going to attack the city?"
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, frowned, feeling very anxious.
He turned around and asked the nearby general: "Did the Wei army send anyone to negotiate?"
When the generals heard this, they shook their heads and said no.
Seeing this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was surprised.
Because it stands to reason that when the Wei army reaches Handan, their capital in South Korea, they should send people to negotiate with them. Whether it is threatening or persuading them to surrender, they will always send people over.
But the strange thing is that the Wei army on the opposite side has not sent anyone over for a long time. What does this mean?
This means that Wei Gongzi Run simply wants to capture Handan and has no intention of threatening them?
"What good will this do to him?"
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, couldn't figure it out.
In his opinion, first of all, there is no doubt that the Wei army cannot attack South Korea. After all, South Korea still has many elite troops deployed on the northern border. If the Wei army is aggressive and causes South Korea to transfer its northern troops to the south,
Wei Jun may not be able to get any benefits.
Therefore, in this case, Wei Gongzi Run sent people to negotiate with them, promote an "alliance under the city", and obtain compensation for the defeat from them in South Korea. This is the most beneficial choice for Wei Gongzi Run and the Wei State.
If Handan is really captured, will it be of any benefit to Wei?
Yes, it is undeniable that the Wei army was indeed able to plunder a large amount of property in Handan, but this would also make the Koreans and the Wei people known as sworn enemies. In this era, the greatest humiliation to a country is to capture its king.
All.
This hatred will not die out even for a hundred years.
The Song State, which perished more than ten years ago, is still resisting the rule of the Wei State; and the Yue State, which was conquered by the Chu State more than a hundred years ago, has now become the Chu State's biggest internal trouble.
Where does Wei Gongzi Run have the confidence to humiliate the Koreans? Is it because the Wei army defeated their Korean army this time?
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, snorted coldly, because he knew very well that his most powerful army in South Korea had not yet been mobilized. If the Wei army was really complacent because of this advantage, then Han Yang could only say that these Wei people underestimated him.
South Korea.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was slightly startled, because he saw the city gate of Handan opened, and a group of people who looked like envoys came out of the city and went straight to the Wei camp on the opposite side.
"Ask for peace? Or delay for time?"
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, guessed secretly.
At the same time, in front of the Wei camp, Zhao Hongrun was standing on a newly built sentry tower in the camp, looking at the majestic Korean capital in the distance - Handan City.
"It's so big..." he murmured.
Hearing this, the generals of King Su's army who were crowded together on the guard tower all laughed.
I have to say that they were very excited, after all, they were attacking the capital of a country.
If their King Su army can capture Handan City, the royal capital of South Korea, then they will not only be recorded in the history of Wei, but even in the national histories of various countries.
After all, this army of theirs once captured the Chu Kingdom's royal capital, Shouying. Regardless of whether the King of Chu, Xiong Xu, deliberately allowed the Wei army to enter, in order to achieve his political goals.
If King Su's army can capture Handan, the royal capital of South Korea, then King Su's army will become an army that has captured the capitals of both kings. Looking at the world, no army has ever won such an honor.
Therefore, the generals were very excitedly discussing the tactics to attack Handan. During this period, someone proposed to build a thousand catapults to knock down the city wall of Handan, which caused laughter from the nearby generals.
It must be said that at this time, the soldiers and generals of King Su's army were in a very good state, both in terms of mentality and morale.
While everyone was talking and laughing, a soldier hurried over and shouted to Zhao Hongrun on the sentry tower: "His Royal Highness, King Su, Handan City has sent an envoy to see His Highness."
"messenger?"
Zhao Hongrun was slightly startled, feeling a little surprised.
"We haven't even fought yet, but the Korean royal family in Handan are already afraid?"