After reaching a private agreement with Han Wangran, Zhao Hongrun "suddenly realized" the identities of the two scholar-bureaucrats Yan Yu and Zhen Fei.
Although as the victor, Zhao Hongrun's attitude could not be said to show much respect, Yan Yu and Shen Fei still felt a sense of elation. After all, yesterday, they were obviously the chief and deputy envoys, but they were defeated by Mr. Wei in front of them. As a follower of Han Wangran and Dangyin Hou Han Yang, they were frustrated.
During the peace negotiations, Yan Yu and Shen Fei recounted the agreement dictated by Marquis Han Wu. Zhao Hongrun frowned and was very dissatisfied.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun did not wait for Yan Yu to finish reciting, but interrupted: "Okay, there is no need to recite the rest. I am very dissatisfied with the first one alone...A defeat is a defeat, and now I will say it on my face." Is it interesting to pay for gold?”
Hearing this, Shen Fei said seriously: "Master Ji Run clearly knows that at present, we in Wu'an still have the power to defeat your army..."
"Then let's continue the fight!" Zhao Hongrun interrupted Shen Fei and said with a sneer: "Whether it's half a year, a year, or two years, I can accompany you!"
Yan Yu and Shen Fei looked at each other and remained silent.
In fact, there is a saying that can be very vividly used to describe the current situation between Wei and South Korea: a hemp pole is fighting a wolf, and there are two sides to fear.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun is extremely reluctant to fight a protracted war with South Korea. After all, if his Wei State is trapped in the quagmire of war, it will be very detrimental to the development of domestic national strength.
Because of this, Zhao Hongrun adopted a quick attack strategy a while ago, hoping to end this war as soon as possible and return to the country to develop basic national strength.
After all, he has too many projects to start.
For example, with the availability of cement, Zhao Hongrun can join hands with the Ministry of Industry to repair domestic roads. Even if it is temporarily unable to replace domestic roads with cement roads, he can at least build a few highways, such as "Chenggao Pass to Daliang" , "Daliang to Shangshui", "Daliang to Hedong".
The reason why he adopted a tough attitude of intending to continue to use force to make South Korea surrender is because he knew very well that South Korea wanted to end the war as soon as possible.
After all, nearly half of South Korea's frontier troops are currently gathered in Wu'an, resulting in the defense strength of "Taiyuan County", "Shanggu County", and "Yuyang County" being very weak. Once the Linhu, Xiongnu, and Donghu outside South Korea take advantage of If it breaks in, South Korea will inevitably suffer huge losses.
In fact, this loss was even greater than the defeat in the battle against Wei.
Zhao Hongrun even suspected that when South Korea suddenly withdrew its troops and went on the defensive at the beginning of last year, it was not actually a problem with its domestic military supplies, but the rebellion of Di Rong outside the border, which caused South Korea to temporarily shift its attention to the border.
Under Zhao Hongrun's coercion, Yan Yu and Shen Fei finally reluctantly admitted South Korea's defeat. However, the two sides once again had differences in negotiating compensation for the defeat.
What Wu'an meant was that if the Wei army returned Handan and retreated from Handan County, South Korea would recognize that Shangdang County would return to Wei's possession.
Zhao Hongrun sneered at this: Shangdang County had already been captured by his Wei army, so what if South Korea didn't recognize it?
If you don’t obey, then fight!
Anyway, he has nothing to worry about in Wei State.
In the end, Yan Yu and Shen Fei had no choice but to ask Zhao Hongrun for the conditions he wanted.
As Wu An expected, Zhao Hongrun set his sights on Taiyuan County.
After all, to be honest, whether it is Handan County or Julu County, the Wei State does not really have any desire for these two pieces of land. If it wants land, the Wei State has not yet digested a piece of land as big as Song County.
But the Wei State has always been quite jealous of Taiyuan County.
Because there are many pastures built by South Korea in Taiyuan County, these pastures not only graze war horses, but also breed cattle and sheep.
After acquiring Sanchuan County, the State of Wei did not have much demand for sheep, but the two resources of war horses and cattle were still in extremely short supply.
Therefore, if the pastures of Taiyuan County can be obtained, it will be of great help to the Wei State.
The only drawback is that if the territory of Wei State extends to Taiyuan County, it will inevitably border the Hu people. In other words, the Hu people will have a second target to plunder after South Korea in the future - Wei State.
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However, compared to the benefits Wei received, Zhao Hongrun believed that these threats were nothing.
No matter how brave Hu Qi was, he was only on equal terms with the Korean cavalry. Now that the Wei army had a powerful weapon like the Wugang chariot to deal with the cavalry, and no longer feared the cavalry as before, naturally they would not be afraid of Hu Qi.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun wanted the entire Taiyuan County with one mouthful. Even Han Wangran, who had already developed a crush on Zhao Hongrun, couldn't help but look sideways with a look of surprise after hearing those words.
As for Dangyin Hou Han Yang, Yan Yu and Shen Fei, they were even more stunned and could not speak in shock.
Although you ask for prices all over the sky and pay back the money on the ground, it is not like this, right? The whole Taiyuan County is available with just one mouthful? Why don't you say you want the whole of South Korea?
Therefore, Yan Yu and Shen Fei simply pretended that they had not heard this sentence and threw out the cities that Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, had ordered to cede to Wei - "Zhongyang", "Pingzhou", "Lishi", and "Lin"
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Looking at the map spread out on the desk, Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought.
It is undeniable that Wu'an was quite cheerful, throwing out four cities in one breath, and even ceded "Li Shi".
You must know that Xihe Lishi City has always been a fortress-level city used by South Korea to separate the Wei State from the Hu people.
It was precisely because of the existence of this city that the connection between the Wei State and the Hu people was cut off, which made the Wei State want to buy war horses from the Hu people, but there was no way.
But on the other hand, the city of "Lishi" was not only a restriction but also a protection for the Wei State by South Korea - if a small group of barbarians invaded, the Han general stationed at Lishi might choose to place it in Hedong County of the Wei State.
In the west, if the Hu invaded in large numbers, the Lishi Han army would still resist the enemy immediately.
It is for this reason that there have been almost no wars between Wei State and the Hu people in Xihe and Shangjun.
But now that South Korea has ceded "Lishi City" to the Wei State so readily, Zhao Hongrun inevitably has some doubts: whether the Koreans intend to pass the Hu disaster onto the Wei State.
Zhao Hongrun was really confused about this.
In fact, he hopes to get Jinyang even more. Firstly, Jinyang is the seat of Taiyuan County, and it is the most connected city in the entire Taiyuan County. South Korea has opened a mountain plank road leading to Xihe and Shangdang here; secondly, Jinyang is the seat of Taiyuan County.
Jinyang area is also suitable for grazing horses, cattle and sheep.
But it is obvious that South Korea is absolutely unwilling to hand over Jinyang to the Wei State. After all, if Jinyang is given to the Wei State, it is almost equivalent to ceding most of Taiyuan County to the Wei State. What's more terrible is that even if it is in
Among the few remaining cities, South Korea is also at an absolute disadvantage.
To put it harshly, ceding Jinyang to Wei was no different from Lin Hu's invasion of Taiyuan County for South Korea.
At this time, Yan Yu whispered: "If Master Ji Run is still not satisfied, Marquis Li once said that we can cede Gao Lang to your country."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yan Yu, then at the map, and remained silent.
"What a great Lihou Han Wu, he is giving me a blow!"
Zhao Hongrun squinted his eyes, feeling a little angry in his heart.
Why?
Because "Gao Lang" is right north of "Li Shi City", if the Wei State does not ask for "Gao Lang", then South Korea will still have to station troops here to resist the Wei Army in "Li Shi City" and contain the Wei Army; but if The Wei State has claimed the "Gao Lang", so the south of the Xihe River will all become the Wei State's territory. In other words, when the barbarians invade in the future, the Wei State's territory will suffer.
This is equivalent to transferring part of the threat from the Hu people to Wei.
What's worse is that in this way, the Wei army stationed in Xihe will become the army protecting Taiyuan County in South Korea.
Then the question becomes, should we take Gaolang City or not?
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Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought.
On the side, Yan Yu and Shen Fei looked at Wei Gongzi Run with confident expressions.
After all, Li Hou Han Wu made it very clear in his letter to them that whether Wei asked for the "Gao Lang" or not, it would not make much difference to South Korea, and it might even be beneficial.
"I see. Han Wu, Marquis of Li, wants to divert trouble to the east and transfer part of the threat from the barbarians to me, the Wei Dynasty... Hehe, he is quite clever. He is worthy of being the son of King Jian of Han."
After secretly praising him in his heart, Zhao Hongrun raised his head and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Mr. Zhao Zhuo, a scholar-bureaucrat in your country, once advised this king, "The evil of Wei and Han is caused by brothers fighting against each other; the evil of Rong and Di is caused by evil outside the family. Neighbor." I deeply agree. Today, your country was defeated by our army due to no fault of war. I am also very happy. How can I take advantage of others' danger and seize the opportunity to invade your country's territory?... Let's do this, "Zhongyang" ’, ‘Pingzhou’, ‘Lishi’, ‘Lin’, ‘Gaolang’, I don’t want any of these five cities, I want this place!”
As he spoke, he pointed to Hexi (i.e. Xiliang) on the map.
Yan Yu and Shen Fei looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Zhao Hongrun meant. Next to him, Dangyin Hou Han Yang was also confused and couldn't help but remind him: "Master Ji Run, Xihe is not a native of our country, but Qiang and Hu It occupies a lot of land.”
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "It is precisely because it is not your country's territory that I chose this place." As he said, he said with a half-smile: "Please send troops to conquer this place and hand it over to me, the Wei Dynasty." ...In this way, your country can ensure the integrity of its territory, and we, the Wei Dynasty, can also benefit. Wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”
Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was stunned for a moment, glanced at the map subconsciously, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Hongrun again, with a hint of awe in his eyes.
Yan Yu and Shen Fei were already dumbfounded at this moment.
"clever!"
On the side, Han Wangran watched quietly as he passed by. At this moment, he was greatly amazed in his heart at the wisdom of Mr. Wei in front of him.
It is undeniable that Han Wu, Marquis of Li, was indeed very clever. He used retreat to advance, and tried to transfer the threat from the barbarians to Wei by ceding "Zhongyang", "Pingzhou", "Lishi", "Lin" and "Gaolang". On the country.
However, the Wei Gongzi Run in front of him was obviously more powerful.
Thinking of this, Han Wangran became more confident in his ability to regain the king's power.