Back in time, after Zhao Hongrun went to Sanchuan, Mi Jiang, who had gradually been recognized as Princess Su, packed up her bag and sword, left Daliang alone, and embarked on a journey to the Kingdom of Chu.
Under the arrangement of Yang Shixing, Mi Jiang took the "Sushi Chamber of Commerce" ship at Xiangfu Port, first came to Shangshui County, and then set off from Shangshui County to Pingyu of Chu State.
Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, was the commander-in-chief of Chu's Western Route Army when he attacked Wei. He was also the most trusted cousin of Lord Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng. He was also the vanguard general of the Western Chu army in the "Five-Party Campaign to Defeat Wei". After that, he stationed troops in "Chen County" and "Xiangcheng", preparing to attack "Changping" of Wei State.
To be honest, in this campaign, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu is somewhat suspected of letting the enemy go. Otherwise, with tens of thousands of troops under his command, he would not be able to conquer even a small Changping. I believe the most fundamental reason is because: Changping is a It is one of the fiefdoms of Wei Gongzi Ji Run.
Who is Wei Gongzi Ji Run?
That was his cousin-in-law, Mr. Pingyu Xiong Hu!
"Report! Wei general Wu Majiao led his army to build three walls beside the canal outside Changping."
The Chu Bing scouts who went to inquire about the news reported the news from the front to Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu.
This news made Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu very unhappy, because he felt that Wuma Jiao was really ignorant.
You must know that in this attack, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, led his army to attack Fenxing Fortress, and Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, led his army to attack Changping. Both of them deliberately ignored the most threatening Wei State prefecture and county "Shang Shui" and used "Shang Shui Soldiers" "There are many soldiers", "Occupying a favorable location, easy to defend but difficult to attack" and many other excuses to deal with the orders from the Chudong royal family. In the final analysis, they are nothing more than deliberately releasing water, not wanting to destroy Shangshui, the fiefdom of their brother-in-law or cousin-in-law.
Otherwise, with the combined strength of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, who have more than 200,000 troops, even if Shangshui County cannot be captured, the county will still suffer huge losses.
However, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu did not.
This is what Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, wants to keep the city of Shangshui. When the Wei Kingdom is really destroyed in the future, he will find a way to make his brother-in-law Wei Gongzi Ji Run a noble of Western Chu, such as building a "Shangshui" "Jun" or something.
Although Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, once hated Wei Gongzi Ji Run with gnashing of teeth, because Mi Jiang acted as a bridge between them, the relationship between the two has been very good in recent years. Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, is very eager to take this brother-in-law into his family. Under his command.
Therefore, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, privately instructed his cousin Xiong Hu, Lord Pingyu: Just keep Shang Shui and don't fight.
For this reason, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu turned a blind eye to Shangshui County, which had tens of thousands of troops stationed there, and instead sent troops to attack Changping.
What is Changping County? It is just a small county under Shangshui County. The development of agriculture in the county cannot be compared with Shangshui County.
Of course, although Changping is small, there are still many people who were originally from Chu State. Considering some reasons, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu specially slowed down the attack on Changping in order to allow these Changping people to have time. After moving to Shangshui, Wu Majiao took advantage of this opportunity and built several fortresses outside the city in an attempt to block the army under Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu. This was too unwise!
But after thinking about it, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu was not angry anymore. After all, as the general of Shangshui County and the general under Wei Gongzi Ji Run, how could Wumajiao allow the Chu army to attack his own lord's fief?
"call……"
After taking a long breath, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu couldn't help but feel a little confused.
He would have no problem attacking other places in Wei State, but attacking his cousin-in-law's fiefdom made him feel a little conflicted. After all, he still loved his cousin Mi Jiang very much.
"Otherwise, can I just pretend to be defeated?"
He thought secretly in his heart.
But when he thought of Chu Dong's side, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu frowned: It would be a small matter for him to be defeated in the water war, but if Guling Lord Xiong Wu, Liyang Lord Xiong Sheng and other Chu Gongzi got caught, he would be killed. Because this will seriously affect the important matter of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, competing for the throne of Chu King.
"Report!"
Just when Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu was entangled, another Chu soldier stepped into the tent, knocked on the ground and reported: "There is an abnormal troop movement in Shangshui County. In addition, it has been found that the master of Shangshui will be Shen Yu!"
"Shen Yu?"
Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu was stunned for a moment, then a wry smile appeared on his face.
Naturally, Xiong Hu was no stranger to Shen Yu. He was the former clan guard chief of his cousin-in-law Ji Run. In fact, Xiong Hu even knew why Shen Yu was injured that year.
After all, many years ago, Xiong Hu had already inquired about the cause and effect of Shen Yu's injury, and also learned about the man who claimed to be "Chen Shou (Chen Xiao)" who had assassinated him several times.
In this regard, Xiong Hu felt a little unjust. After all, Chen Shou's father, Chen Bing, the former magistrate of Zhaoling County in the Wei State, was one of the loyal martyrs of the Wei State who was shot to death on the order of Wei Gongzi Run while seeking benevolence outside the Wei camp in Yanshui. Shi, if you insist on claiming revenge for killing his father, Chen Shou should also go to Ji Run. Xiong Hu really can't figure out why that guy attributes that hatred to him.
You must know that at that time, he was already a prisoner of Wei Gongzi Ji Run. It would be too far-fetched to blame this hatred on him for no reason.
"Shen Yu went to Shangshui to participate in the war as the coach. It seems that a fight between us and Shangshui is inevitable..."
Thinking of this, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu sighed slightly.
Immediately, he took a deep breath and corrected his mentality.
Since Shen Yu insists on fighting with them, he can no longer show mercy. Everyone has his own master on the battlefield. After all, he and Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, are not without political enemies in Chu State.
At this time, a messenger came to the commander's tent, clasped his fists and said: "Master Xiong Hu, a woman came from outside our military camp. She was very powerful. She defeated more than a dozen soldiers in the blink of an eye. She said...she said I want to see Master Xiong Hu and say she is your sister."
"My sister? It can't be...her?"
Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's expression suddenly became very exciting. Although he had several sisters, there were only two sisters who could defeat more than a dozen soldiers.
Among them, there is a "sister" who is currently far away in the country of Ba. Therefore, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu guessed the identity of the other party at once.
"Invite her in... cough, remember not to be rude." Xiong Hu warned sternly.
"yes!"
The ordering soldier retreated as ordered, and after a while, he led a woman back to the commander's tent.
"really……"
Seeing the woman, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu came forward with a wry smile and took the initiative to greet the woman: "Ajaan, long time no see."
It turned out that the woman was Mi Jiang.
After seeing Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, she quickly approached Xiong Hu without saying a word, put a dagger she took out from nowhere on Xiong Hu's neck, and said expressionlessly: "Withdraw troops! "
Seeing this, the face of the messenger who had not yet left changed drastically, and he immediately called for the guards outside the tent. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Xiong Hu's guards poured into the tent, all of them glaring and glaring. Mijiang.
However, just when they were about to think of a way to rescue Xiong Hu, they saw Xiong Hu shouting with a sullen face: "What are you doing coming in here? Get out of here!"
The guards looked at each other and finally left the tent one by one.
At this time, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu looked at Mi Jiang with a helpless expression, smiled bitterly and said, "A Jiang, what are you doing?"
"Withdraw troops!" Mi Jiang said expressionlessly.
Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu smiled bitterly after hearing this.
To be honest, he was not worried at all that Mi Jiang would really hurt him. After all, he and his cousin Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, had both studied under his uncle Xiong Hao, Lord of Runan, and Mi Jiang was the eldest son of that uncle. Female, so from an emotional point of view, both Xiong Hu and Xiong Tuo truly regard Mi Jiang and her sister Mi Rui as their biological sisters, and they are not biological sisters in the ordinary sense.
After all, both Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu respect their uncle Runan Lord Xiong Hao very much - especially Xiong Tuo, who seems to regard his uncle Xiong Hao as his biological father.
"A Jiang, put down your weapon and let's talk...I understand what you mean." Xiong Hu persuaded with a wry smile.
In fact, he also understood that the reason why Mi Jiang held him hostage was just to express his position.
No, after hesitating for a moment, Mi Jiang put down the weapon in his hand.
Seeing this, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu touched his neck, which was a little cold due to the sword being placed on the ground, and asked curiously: "Did Ji Run ask you to come?"
Mi Jiang shook his head and said expressionlessly: "I made the decision on my own, he didn't know... He has already gone to Sanchuan."
"That's true." Xiong Hu nodded and said, "Ji Run is a proud man and would never do such a thing as asking his woman to plead for mercy..." At this point, he turned to look at Mi Jiang and said, "A Jiang , In fact, in my opinion, your trip is meaningless. Even if Mr. Xiong Tuo and I withdraw our troops for your sake, where is Mr. Shouling Jun Jingshe? There are still millions of Chu troops attacking over there. Wei State. In addition, there are Korean troops in the north. Wei State will definitely lose, do you understand?"
"..." Mi Jiang was silent for a moment, and suddenly said expressionlessly: "He said that the Wei Dynasty would never die because of this..."
"Da Wei..."
A wry smile flashed in Xiong Hu's eyes, and he thought to himself that within a few years of arriving in the Wei State, this sister had really integrated into the Wei State and became a Wei person. She kept saying that she was a great Wei, a great Wei.
After thinking about it, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu said seriously: "Ajiang, I admit that your husband-in-law is quite powerful, and I have seen his abilities, but this time... Wei Guo has a narrow escape from death." At this point, Seeing Mi Jiang raise his head and glance at him, he quickly added: "You have to know that Mr. Xiong Tuo and I actually don't want Wei to be defeated at this time, because in our country, Mr. Xiong Tuo's advantage is not big at the moment. , most of the nobles in Chudong are not willing to support Mr. Xiong Tuo... At this time, the overthrow of Wei State will actually cause the greatest loss to our side, but there is no way. Wei State...cannot escape its fall this time. Therefore, Xiong and I Mr. Tuo, we cannot withdraw our troops at this time, because once Chu Dong gets caught, Mr. Xiong Tuo's situation will become very bad, do you understand?"
Mi Jiang was silent for a moment. Suddenly, she raised her hand and asked, "What if Wei can win this war?"
"This..." Xiong Hu glanced at Mi Jiang, with a hint of hesitation on his face.
"Does Wei really have a chance of winning?"
Xiong Hu thought secretly in his heart.
After a while, he frowned and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I must ask Mr. Xiong Tuo for instructions."
Mi Jiang nodded and said expressionlessly: "Please send someone to ask Mr. Xiong Tuo, and I will tell him personally."
When she said this, she was also a little uneasy because she didn't know how to persuade Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
But she knew that she had to do this. She had to help her future husband and help the latter protect the crumbling Wei State.