While Du You was lobbying King Qin to return, Qin Shaojun was sitting upright in the city guard's mansion in Fenghao City, looking at Zhao Hongrun in front of him.
Five years ago, Qin Shaojun, whose pseudonym was "Jiang Ying", met Zhao Hongrun, who called himself Zhao Run, for the first time during a hunting trip in Chenggao. The two chatted by the campfire for most of the night, and they had a tacit understanding.
Three years ago, Qin Shaojun followed the Qin envoy Gan Xu to the Wei State. Due to the stance of the two countries, the former friends could not be said to have turned against each other, but they were not as harmonious as the previous time.
Before the "Battle of Sanchuan between Wei and Qin", Qin Shaojun and Zhao Hongrun met again in a mountain forest on the Huayin Plain, in a guard post that had long been abandoned by the Qin people. Although there was a verbal conflict, they deepened their understanding of each other.
It's a pity that Qin Shaojun was the commander of 200,000 Qin troops at that time, and Zhao Hongrun was the commander of 100,000 Wei troops, so they were destined to meet on the battlefield.
It wasn't until five years later that the two met again.
"He has really grown up..."
After meeting again, Qin Shaojun looked at Zhao Hongrun and suddenly felt that the latter was a little strange, and he was completely different from the friend in his memory.
In Qin Shaojun's memory, his friend Wei Gongzi Ji Run was a humorous person with some weird behavior. He was obviously a royal nobleman of the Wei Kingdom, but his dream was to be a dandy and live a single life. Listening to the description makes Qin Shaojun feel a little ashamed of his life; but the Wei Gongzi Run in front of him, with a deep aura, is like his father's generation, as if he has long abandoned his life-long wish that was once a joke, and has truly become the mainstay of the Wei State.
With many years of friendship, Qin Shaojun should be happy with the achievements of his friend Zhao Hongrun, but in his heart, he does not like the latter's huge changes - he prefers Zhao Run, who was free-spoken and joking back then. Instead of Wei Gongzi Run who looked gloomy at the moment.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun looked solemnly at the imperial edict placed on the table in front of him.
He has confirmed that this is indeed his father's imperial edict, and just as Qin Shaojun shouted two battles ago, his father asked him to stop the current war and try his best to make peace with Qin.
"Have you been to Daliang?" Zhao Hongrun asked Qin Shaojun.
Qin Shaojun nodded and slowly told Zhao Hongrun his experience.
It was in late October, when Zhao Hongrun's army used "horse-drawn sleighs" to get rid of Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin in Taolin, and rushed thousands of miles to attack the Qin mainland.
At that time, when he learned that he had been thrown away by the Wei army, even Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi was surprised and broke out in a cold sweat, because he knew very well that Wei Gongzi Run's goal was the Qin mainland.
At that time, Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin, sighed sadly: "The disaster has come to our Qin Dynasty, and it is all my fault."
In fact, considering the situation at that time, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi also thought about continuing his campaign eastward, attacking Luocheng, and then approaching the mainland of Wei. However, in the end, he made the worst choice and returned to aid his country.
After all, Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi was a cautious man and could not make a "gambler-like" choice - attacking each other's royal capital with Wei Gongzi Run? Even if Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi had this ability, he did not have the courage.
Therefore, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi made the most conservative decision.
At this time, Qin Shaojun made a request to go to Daliang, the capital of King Wei, because he had a premonition that there would be an irreversible and tragic war between Qin and Wei Gongzi Run, but he thought he could not convince his father. Even when King Qin returned, he could not persuade his friend Wei Gongzi Run. At this time, a "third party" with the right to speak was needed to intervene - that is, the King of Wei.
Only Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi had the ability to stop this war.
Therefore, Qin Shaojun bid farewell to Wuxinhou Gongsunqi, and the latter did not stop him, because Wuxinhou Gongsunqi knew very well that with Wei Gongzi Run's strategy and intelligence, if a war broke out between the two in Qin's homeland, then his Qin Dynasty
The country was bound to suffer serious losses. At this time, Qin Shaojun went all the way to Daliang of Wei State to persuade the King of Wei to stop the war, which was a wise decision.
So, he sent a hundred cavalry to escort Qin Shaojun to Wei.
Going from Sanchuan to Wei State, you must pass through Chenggao Pass. Zhu Hai, the guard of Chenggao Pass, was shocked when he heard Qin Shaojun's explanation.
Because neither in the strategy of King Yu Zhao Yuanji nor in the strategy of King Su Zhao Hongrun was "counterattacking Qin's homeland", King Su Zhao Hongrun's task was to force the Qin army to withdraw from the war, not to counterattack to
Qin's homeland made the war between Wei and Qin become more and more intense.
Therefore, at Qin Shaojun's plea, Zhu Hai, the guard of Chenggao Pass, granted permission and sent a team of 500 cavalry to have General Zhou Kui personally escort Qin Shaojun to Daliang.
Because he was escorted by the Chenggao Army, Qin Shaojun successfully arrived in Daliang and asked to see the King of Wei, Zhao Yuansi.
Under his instructions, Wei King Zhao Yuansi agreed that "Wei and Qin would stop their troops and make peace" and sent Du You, the Minister of Rites, to follow Qin Shaojun on an envoy to Qin.
Due to time constraints, Wei King Zhao Yuansi also ordered the Ministry of Revenue to allocate a boat to the envoy team, so that Qin Shaojun and Du You could take the big boat and sail up the river. This finally enabled Qin Shaojun to arrive in Qin on the eve of the decisive battle at Fenghao City.
, stopped the impending Fenghao battle between Qin and Wei at the last moment.
It can be said that in order to stop the war between Qin and Wei, Qin Shaojun traveled thousands of miles, so it is no wonder that he looked haggard and looked bad.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun listened quietly to Qin Shaojun's story.
He must admit that Qin Shaojun's timely arrival had a huge impact. At least, it allowed the King of Qin to return to Zhao Hongrun and have a temporary truce.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun did not want to fight in Qin's homeland at all. Firstly, Wei's biggest threat was not Qin. Secondly, Qin was so poor that it had no war benefits at all.
In fact, the King of Qin did not want to fight the Wei army under Zhao Hongrun. After all, Zhao Hongrun's strategy was very vicious and fundamentally destroyed Qin's farming economy.
To put it harshly, if this battle lasts until the beginning of spring tomorrow, the Wei army under Zhao Hongrun will not be able to return to the Wei mainland, making the war situation in the Wei territory even more erosive, and Qin will also be delayed because of missing the spring sowing.
A year's harvest.
For a country that relies on war to support war, what will happen if the harvest is delayed for a year?
But unfortunately, both Qin Wanghui and Zhao Hongrun were proud and stubborn people, and neither one was willing to bow down first, so that the situation between Qin and Wei became more and more serious.
Qin Shaojun also understood this, so he roped in Wei Wang Zhao Yuansi as a "third party" so that Qin Wanghui and Zhao Hongrun could get off the road and avoid continuing this war that neither of them wanted to do.
"His Majesty the King of Wei has sent Lord Du You to talk about my father. I hope you... restrain the soldiers under your command." Looking directly into Zhao Hongrun's eyes, Qin Shaojun said seriously.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and rubbed his brow bone.
To be fair, he didn't have much confidence in the "Wei-Qin alliance".
You have to know how many people have died on the Qin side so far in this battle? And how many people have died on the Wei side? At this time, is there a truce and peace? Or even an alliance?
Of course, Zhao Hongrun would not shout, "I will not accept the fate of the foreign king" and then order to continue the war with Qin, because he did not want to go to war with Qin at all.
Reason made him understand that fighting Qin to the death would be harmful to Wei but not beneficial at all.
Putting aside the war in Wei's homeland for the time being, Zhao Hongrun didn't have much confidence in the war on Qin's side.
King Qin Hui is different from the puppet Han Wangran. The former has a very high prestige in the Qin State. In addition, the Qin State is poor and poor, but the Qin people's toughness makes the Wei people feel afraid. Therefore, even Zhao Hongrun cannot grasp the direction of this war. ——If the fight continues, maybe in the end, Qin and the Wei army under his command will really die together.
And this is not in the interest of the Wei State, because the original strategic intention of the Wei State is to force Qin to retreat, and then transfer the troops from the "Western Wei Battlefield" to the "Hanoi Battlefield" or the "Song Battlefield". Therefore, if it can fight with Qin The two countries made peace and even formed an alliance, which was of great benefit to Wei.
The key is, is there still a basis for harmony between the people of Qin and Wei?
Yes, Qin Shaojun's timely intervention prevented the final battle between the Qin and Wei armies, allowing both Qin Wanghui and Zhao Hongrun, who were riding a tiger, to get off the donkey. But even so, there was still a lack of an opportunity to promote the "Qin-Wei Alliance" , missing a key event.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun raised his head and glanced at the woman sitting next to Qin Shaojun, who was also his imperial sister, Princess Yulong - the latter was curiously looking at the furnishings in the room.
Yes, this was the reason why he resisted from the bottom of his heart and looked gloomy from beginning to end.
"Marriage?" Zhao Hongrun spit out a word coldly.
"Yes." Qin Shaojun lowered his head slightly, seeming a little shy.
But his blushing look was particularly dazzling to Zhao Hongrun, especially when Princess Yulong still looked heartless at this moment.
Zhao Hongrun must admit that with the current situation of Qin and Wei, only marriage can change the hatred between each other and bring people closer to each other. However, for the benefit of the country, a weak woman must be sacrificed, which Zhao Hongrun deeply hates.
You know, back then he was strongly opposed to Princess Yulong marrying to the Chu Kingdom, so he decided to take command at the age of fourteen and go on an expedition. Could it be that after five years of hard work, he still couldn't let the princess truly be free?
"Absolutely impossible!"
Looking at Qin Shaojun with a hint of anger in his eyes, Zhao Hongrun said coldly: "I will never let Yulong marry Qin in exchange for the Qin-Wei alliance!"
Listening to Zhao Hongrun's categorical words that could not be refuted, Qin Shaojun's face turned a little pale at first, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
At this moment, Princess Yulong also said angrily in a somewhat annoyed tone: "Hongrun, what are you talking about? When did you say that I was going to marry Shaojun?"
"Not you?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, and asked subconsciously: "Then what are you doing here?"
Princess Yulong tilted her head and said: "I'm here to deliver a letter. I have two letters with me. I'll give them to you after seeing your situation... By the way, I came to Qin to relax."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned again when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Wait a minute, if it's not you...who is the marriage partner?"
I saw a sly smile on Princess Yulong's face, pointed at Zhao Hongrun, and said with a suppressed smile: "You."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth dumbfounded.
After a while, he glanced at Qin Shaojun, who was still a little shy. His face turned a little blue, and there was a hint of horror in his eyes.
"I didn't expect you to be such a Qin Shaojun..."
He moved his body uneasily, as if trying to get as far away as possible.