In April of the 26th year of Hongde, the alliance between Qi and Wei was shattered. After that, Qi came forward for the first time to recognize the restoration of the Song Dynasty by Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army. The Qi officials, led by Shangqing Gao Xi, devoted themselves to
In promoting the "Four Kingdoms Alliance of Qi, Lu, Yue, and Song".
At the same time, Qi State mobilized the "Northern Navy" and "Langya Army" to garrison the eastern part of Song County.
Before the "Northern Navy" and "Langya Army" passed through the territory of the Lu State, the State of Qi also sent envoy Bao Shu to the State of Lu to pay homage to Prince Shupan of Lu.
A while ago, King Lu Bai of Qi finally made a compromise on the matter of "Gongzi Jiu" and his mother Lu Ji, which greatly eased the relationship between Qi and Lu. However, what Prince Lu didn't expect was that he, the King of Lu, would return to Qi.
After joining the country's camp, the first war that ushered in was actually against Wei.
Thinking of the fact that Wei Gongzi Run led 50,000 Wei troops to defeat several Chu armies with a total number of more than 500,000 people, Lu Wanggong lost Pan and felt uneasy in his heart.
Only those who have personally experienced the "Four Kingdoms' Battle against Chu" can personally appreciate the talent of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run in commanding troops and horses, and can understand the terror of the Wei army.
To be honest, Duke Shupan of Lu did not want to be an enemy of Wei. After all, after the Liang-Lu Canal was built, the relationship between Lu and Wei became much closer than before. The merchants of Wei also made economic contributions to Lu.
, but Uncle Bao was moved by Qi's emotions and understood by reason. He always mentioned the close relationship between Qi and Lu when King Lu Xi of Qi was still alive.
Here in Qi State.
After all, no matter how close the relationship between Lu and Wei is, it cannot compare to the centuries-old friendship between Lu and Qi.
"Who will be the coach of Song County this time?"
After the decision was made, Duke Shupan of Lu asked the Qi envoy Bao Shudao.
Uncle Bao answered honestly: "Master Gao Xi will be the coach."
"Let's change to someone else."
Duke Shupan of Lu shook his head and said seriously: "The army of Wei this time is incomparable to the Chu army that our Qilu coalition faced in the past. The Wei army is different from the Chu army. Their weapons and equipment are extremely excellent.
Even compared to our Qilu Allied Forces, they are not inferior. As for war weapons, Wei's craftsmanship is not inferior to our Lu... I also respect your country's Gao Xi, but in this battle, it is not Gao Xi who can
If you are sure, bring Tian Dan here...Only Tian Dan can compete with Wei Gongzi Zhao Run."
It’s not that Lu Wanggong Shupan looked down on Qi’s Shangqing Gaoxi. In fact, more than ten years ago, when Qi King Lu Xi often conquered Chu, Shangqing Gaoxi often joined the army or even appeared as deputy commander.
But this does not mean that Gao Xi was very clever in commanding the army. In fact, during the war between the Qilu Allied Army and the Chu Army, except for the first few times, Chu King Xiong Xu would dispatch his own elite to resist the Qilu Allied Army's invasion to the death.
In addition, in the end, it was actually more like a routine: the well-equipped Qilu Allied Forces ran to the Chu State with high morale. The Chu State responded passively and sent some food and soldiers to put an end to the problem. Then when the two armies clashed,
The Qilu Allied Forces used mechanical crossbow boxes, trebuchets and other excellent war weapons to easily defeat the Chu army, and even captured several Chu cities. Then, the Qilu Allied Forces returned to their divisions with victory, and
As for the Chu State, it actually only lost a group of grain soldiers recruited with grain, and a very small number of Chu State's regular troops.
It has to be said that the war between the Qi-Lu Allied Forces and the Chu State later developed, and it seemed that both the Lu State and the Chu State were playing with Qi King Lu Xi. In addition to the loss of face, in fact Chu State's army in Qi State
There are no actual losses before us - after all, human life is not worth mentioning in the Chu State. The few troops lost while having fun with Qi Wang Lu Xi are far less than the Chu State's annual food problem.
——Actually, it was because the nobles of Chu State suppressed the common people, resulting in the common people not having enough food for the winter——and the number of people starving to death was so large that it was not painful at all.
Therefore, to put it bluntly, except for the protagonist of the war, King Lu Xi of Qi, who served as the commander every time, the other generals of the Qi-Lu coalition, even if they were replaced by pigs to command, they could still defeat the soldiers of the State of Chu who charged with bamboo poles——
In the final analysis, it was just a tactic of using the sophisticated equipment and war weapons forged by the Lu State to crush the Chu State's large numbers of soldiers.
But this time, what the Qilu Allied Forces faced was the army of Wei. If Gao Xi, the Qi State Minister, still thought that the Qilu Allied Forces could crush the Wei Army just like they had crushed the Chu Army, then Prince Lu would have no choice but to lose.
This means: You, Gao Xiu, want to die yourself, please don't drag me, the State of Lu, along with you.
Is Wei Jun so easy to deal with?
You must know that five years ago, during the "Four Kingdoms Attack on Chu", the Wei army led by Wei Gongzi Zhao Run surpassed the armies of Qi and Lu on the battlefield. In that battle, except for the fields of Qi,
Danshang was able to keep up with the Wei army's war rhythm, and the rest of the army was completely overshadowed by the Wei army's illustrious military exploits.
In fact, to be more realistic, there were many generals in the Qi State who made meritorious deeds at that time, such as "Lu Qiutai", the general of the Qi army at "Yushan Fortress". This man led his army all the way to "Zhao Pass" in the Chu State, almost by himself.
With his strength, he opened up the territory of Chu State between Qi State and Yue State, and faced Xiang Juan, the famous general of Chu State and Zhaoguan guard general.
What kind of person is Xiang Juan?
Is the Dongou Army of the Yue State powerful? Is Wu Qi, the leader of the Dongou Army, powerful? The latter led the former. During the "Four Kingdoms' Attack on Chu", with weapons and equipment that were almost the same as those of the Chu State, they were blocked by the Chu State's regular army.
, fighting all the way to the hinterland of Shouying, the capital of the King of Chu, was just a step away from forming a blockade of the "Qi, Lu, Wei, and Yue" armies on Shouying.
But such a capable Wu Yue general Wu Qi, and such a brave Dongou army, without the help of other allied armies, could not even pass Zhaoguan guarded by the famous general Xiang Kuan of Chu State, and even had to live in hardship most of the time.
defensive status.
This is enough to prove the power of the famous Chu general Xiang Juan. At the same time, the Qi general "Lu Qiutai" who was able to resist Xiang Juan head-on is also a general worthy of praise.
However, the glory of this commendable general was completely overshadowed by the illustrious military exploits of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run and the Wei army under his command at that time. The world only knows that Wei Gongzi Zhao Run only relied on 50,000 Wei troops to defeat the enemy.
The 600,000 Chu army led by the two famous generals of the Chu State, "General Xiang Mo" and "Shouling Junjingshe", faced each other head-on. However, little did they know that Qi General Lu Qiutai only led a Qi army of less than 20,000 men.
, penetrated the east road of Chu State, and defeated the Chu State army that was several times larger than our own.
There was no way, the Wei army's light was so dazzling at that time. Who would have thought that General Xiang Mo and Shouling Jun Jingshe, two famous Chu generals, led a total of 600,000 Chu army, could not
Defeated a mere 50,000 Wei army led by Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, and finally allowed the latter to successfully attack the capital of Chu King Shouying City - what is even more incredible is that other people's armies became smaller and smaller as they fought, while Wei Gongzi Zhao Run's army
But it got bigger and more numerous, so that by the end of the battle, this person actually recruited nearly 200,000 Chu troops, which is really unimaginable.
Although the original Wei Gongzi Run has now become the crown prince and crown prince of Wei, and it is logically impossible for him to personally command the army to fight against Song County, Lu Prince Shupan has to prepare for the worst: if he encounters that
Where is Mr. Wei? What does his Qilu coalition rely on to win?
After some exchanges, Qi envoy Bao Shu returned to Linzi with Lu Wang Gong Shu Pan's opinion and stated the matter to Qi Wang Lu Bai.
After learning about this, King Lu Bai of Qi secretly ran out of the palace and asked his brother-in-law Zhao Zhao for advice on the pretext of having dinner at his sister's house.
Don't underestimate Qing Gaoxi's prestige in the Qi State. Even the young Qi King Lu Bai still relies on the former, but the person Lu Bai trusts the most is actually his brother-in-law Zhao Zhao.
It's just that this time, Zhao Zhao was caught between Qi and Wei, and it was really difficult to express any opinions. Only when he really couldn't defeat his brother-in-law, King Lu Bai of Qi, did he say with a heavy heart: "Please transfer General Tian Dan.
Well, the worst case scenario is that Lord Tian Bao or Lord Tian Ao should be in charge of the army. As for Lord Gaoxi... Lord Gaoxi is better at government affairs, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, I'm afraid..."
After hearing this, Qi Wang Lu Bai was also a little helpless.
Because on that day, after witnessing the beheading of the scholar-official "Tian Hu" with his own eyes, Gao Xiu was furious and volunteered to garrison Song County. Judging from his angry look, he probably vowed to fight to the death to get back a piece of land from Wei.
Tone, where can I step down from Gao Xi's position as commander-in-chief at this time?
"Is Wei's army really that powerful?" Qi King Lu Bai asked curiously.
Seeing her husband's hesitant look, Kui Ji quickly smoothed things over: "Wei's infantry are unparalleled in the Central Plains. Even though I, a woman, know this, why don't you, your Majesty, not know about it?"
What she said was the same as if she had not said it, but she was just trying to protect her husband so that he would not be too embarrassed.
But in the end, Zhao Zhao still explained it to King Lu Bai of Qi out of his duties as the left prime minister of Qi. He probably said that Wei's army was more powerful. Anyway, Wei's infantry was indeed unparalleled in the Central Plains.
, especially in narrow terrain
In the battle, a dozen Wei troops may be able to resist several times or even ten times the enemy - at least when facing the weak Chu State's grain recruitment, or facing the soldiers of Qi State who only have the advantage of having soldiers and armor, Wei's
Infantry may actually be able to fight one against ten.
But to be honest, even Zhao Zhao, the Young Master of Wei, is not very clear about the strength of the current Wei army. After all, it has been nine years since he left Wei and came to Qi. However, he often pays attention to the affairs of his mother country. Therefore,
Compared with Shang Qing Gao Xi and others, he knew the Wei state best.
As a result, King Lu Bai of Qi was stunned by him.
In the end, the famous Qi general Tian Dan, who was currently stationed at "Fuli Fortress", was recalled to Linzi.
In order to take care of Gao Xi's face, Qi King Lu Bai appointed Tian Dan as the deputy general of the army to "protect the Song Dynasty", as Gao Xi's deputy.
During this period, King Lu Bai of Qi asked Tian Dan privately: "General Tian Dan, is the Wei army really that powerful?"
To be fair, Tian Dan, like Zhao Zhao, Tian Bao, Guan Zhong and others, all tend to be friendly to Wei. In addition to considerations of position, this is also directly related to his respect for Wei Gongzi Zhao Run - in
In the entire Central Plains, Tian Dan respected no more than ten people, and among them was Wei Gongzi Zhao Run.
But having said that, Tian Dan is a general. Since the court has decided to protect the so-called Song State at the expense of declaring war on the Wei State, then even if the opponent this time is Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, Tian Dan will not
Just back off.
In fact, he was still looking forward to meeting Wei Gongzi Zhao Run on the battlefield. After all, in the last "Four Kingdoms Battle against Chu", Tian Dan lost the bet because Wei Gongzi Zhao Run took the lead in attacking the Chu Kingdom's capital Shouying.
Yue, his general's flag is still in Zhao Run's collection room as a treasure to show off his martial arts.
If possible, Tian Dan also wants to defeat Wei Gongzi Zhao Run and get back the general flag that belongs to him.
The next day, Tian Dan set off for the eastern part of Song County.
At this time, in "Tengcheng" in the east of Song County, Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, had learned that the Qi State had sent two troops, the "Beihai Navy" and the "Langya Army" to assist. He was very happy and immediately asked for help.
The Song king "Zi Mu" whom he supported reported.
It has to be said that although the Wei State and perhaps the Qi State mistakenly believed that Song Yun was pretending to be a descendant of the Song royal family and restored the Song State in the "Tengcheng" area, and even suspected that Song Yun actually had great ambitions, in fact,
In this matter, both Zhao Hongrun and Qi Guo really misunderstood Song Yun.
Because Song Yun indeed invited back a descendant of the Song royal family, "Zi Mu" - this man called himself "Prince Mu" and once lived in "Xue City", a city in the state of Lu.
Like several other descendants of the Song royal family who are now very few, Zimu has never thought of returning to the Song Dynasty to restore the Song Dynasty. In his opinion, rather than restoring the Song Dynasty and becoming a thorn in the side of the Wei Dynasty, it is better to live in peace and stability.
Living in the State of Lu, anyway, when the Song royal family fled from Song to the State of Lu, they brought a lot of valuable belongings with them. With this lot of money and belongings, Zimu could live a leisurely life.
However, in the end, he could not withstand Song Yun's hard and soft tactics, and was taken back to Song Dynasty by Song Yun half-heartedly.
In fact, Zimu also regretted it when he was brought back to Song Dynasty.
Because at that time, in order to persuade Zimu, Song Yun mentioned two incidents: "Jinxiang Massacre" and "Changyi Chang Family Massacre". If the former is not enough to explain, then the "Chang Family" in Chang County was full of people.
Being executed made Zimu feel angry.
But it is true that after all, Zhang Qigong's move at that time was too sinister. After coaxing the head of the Chang clan "Chang Xi" to publicly criticize the Bei Bo Army, he ordered the black crow generals to kill all the Chang clan.
This is a false accusation against the Beibo Army.
Thanks to Zhang Qigong, because of this incident, the Beibo Army dropped several levels from the "Chicheng Rebel Army" in the minds of the Song people at first, so that many Song people were prejudiced against the Beibo Army - although you said
The Beibo Army's righteousness is good, but they do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Is this really what the rebels did? Or is it that you, Song Yun, are just using the banner of restoring the Song Dynasty to achieve your own ambitions?
It has to be said that Zhang Qigong's sinister strategy indeed attracted a lot of criticism from the Beibo Army.
It is precisely because of this that in order to restore the positive image in the minds of the Song people, Song Yun was eager to restore the Song State and seek help from the Qi State. In short, he did not want the Song people to mistakenly think that he was under the banner of restoring the country.
Secretly plotting something evil.
In this regard, Zimu was moved by Song Yun - or should be said to be the hero of the former Song Dynasty, the son of the scholar-bureaucrat "Xiang Ju" - "Xiang Dian" - for his bold loyalty to the Song royal family, but at the same time he was also angry at the Wei people's
Therefore, he reluctantly agreed to Song Yun's request and returned to Song Dynasty to restore the Song Dynasty.
But just like the world's evaluation of the Song royal family, among the ten children of the Song royal family, one is stupid and nine are cowardly, and Zimu belongs to the latter. Although he agreed to Song Yun's plea out of anger at the time, when he listened
It is said that the reaction of the Wei court was extremely violent. Without saying a word, he ordered the three armies of Fenxing Army, Junshui Army, and Chenggao Army stationed in Song County to attack the Song Dynasty that he restored. He was inevitably frightened in his heart.
Without joking, if Song Yun hadn't been watching closely, Zimu might have fled back to the State of Lu.
Because of this, after learning that Qi and Lu decided to send reinforcements, Song Yun quickly told Zimu the good news, lest Zimu escape back to Lu after restoring Song and make them the laughing stock of the whole world.
"General, can the armies of Qi and Lu defeat Wei?"
After listening to the good news dictated by Song Yun, Zimu inevitably asked nervously.
In fact, to be honest, Song Yun was not completely sure at this moment. After all, the Wei army and the Qi and Lu coalition had never fought against each other. How could he know which one was stronger and which one was weaker?
But at this moment, he could only swear to Zimu that the armies of Qi and Lu would defeat the Wei army - at least to appease this cowardly monarch first.
If Song Yun was extremely happy about the Qilu Allied Forces stationed in Song County, then the leader of another force in the east of Song County, Huan Hu, was not very happy about it.
Although the plan could not keep up with the changes, it was still a good move for Zhao Hongrun to let Huan Hu and his troops escape to the east of Song County.
Just as Zhao Hongrun expected, after Huan Hu fled to the east of Song County, he immediately seized "Pei County" to settle down, euphemistically claiming to be borrowing a piece of land from the Beibo Army.
In response to this, the general "Ruan Jiong" of the Beibo Army was furious and gathered his troops to attack Peixian County, trying to expel Huan Hu and recapture Peixian County.
Facing the aggressive Bei Bo army general Ruan Jiong, Huan Hu was certainly not polite and took the initiative to defeat Ruan Jiong's army. Even Ruan Jiong himself was beheaded by Huan Hu's general Chen Shou.
As a result, the Bo army was defeated.
Because of this conflict, the originally weak alliance between Song Yun and Huan Hu was immediately shattered and turned into a state of confrontation.
If Qi had not intervened in Song County this time, Song Yun's Beibo Army and Huan Hu's Suiyang Army, these two local warlord forces, might have fought each other to seize territory as Zhao Hongrun expected.
——Anyway, no matter who devours the other of these two tigers, it will be a good thing for Zhao Hongrun and even the state of Wei.
But recently, as Qi State announced that it recognized the Song State established in Tengcheng area, Huan Hu no longer dared to act as recklessly as before.
Who let Song Yun embrace Qi Guo's lap?
Although Huan Hu believed that his side was still very powerful in the eastern part of Song County and even the Bei Bo Army could not defeat him, he was not arrogant enough to compete with Qi's army.
"This time, Song Yun has received help from Qi State. I'm afraid we won't be able to live here in Peixian County forever..."
When discussing countermeasures with Chen Shou and Jin Gou, Huan Hu said worriedly.
Hearing this, Chen Shou rolled his eyes repeatedly.
It cannot be denied that Huan Hu still has a charming personality as a lord. Although he is ambitious, he is loyal enough to his own people. He can be regarded as the kind of person who "shares blessings and shares hardships". But then again, this
Si's luck is really bad: when he was in Wei State, he wanted to occupy the mountain and become the king, and became a bandit leader.
He bumped into Wei Gongzi Zhao Run; he later defected to the warlord Nangong of the Song Dynasty. Not long after, Nangong was defeated, and the Wei State sent Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to attack Suiyang. Now he finally took root in Peixian County in the east of Song County, and he expected to be able to stop it.
After a while, he was involved in the war between Wei and Qi. Seeing this, he might have to flee again.
Following Huan Hu from here to there over the years, Chen Shou had no time to go to Chu State to assassinate Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu and Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo to avenge his father.
Compared with Chen Shou, Jin Gou saw things very clearly.
Although Huan Hu has fled again and again over the years, in fact, Huan Hu's vision and intuition are indeed worthy of admiration. Because he has avoided the important and the trivial in these years, although he has been involved in Wei's wars from time to time, he has been able to escape in advance every time. As for its own strength, instead of weakening, it has gradually become stronger.
This is also the reason why Jin Gou continues to stay with Huan Hu. On the other hand, if Huan Hu is defeated one day, he will leave without hesitation.
This is where he differs from Chen Shou.
"Song Yun's Beibo Army and the State of Wei... to be precise, the State of Qi and the State of Wei. Which side do you plan to stand on?" Chen Shou asked.
Huan Hu scratched his hair and looked a little anxious.
It's no wonder, because no matter which side, they won't accept him.
On the Wei side, the Wei people hated him for attacking the camp of Wei Emperor Zhao Yuancai, so it was almost impossible to accommodate him. On the Qi side, Qi now made it clear that it wanted to help Song Yun's Beibo Army, and Huan Hu He also had a grudge with the Bei Bo Army. How could the Bei Bo Army tolerate him?
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that no matter which side, Wei or Qi, wins this war, Huan Hu will not get any good results.
"Is it destined that I will be on the run for the rest of my life?"
Holding his hair, Huan Hu complained with some annoyance.
In early April, as the Qi and Lu coalition forces successively arrived in the Song Dynasty - that is, in the "Tengcheng" area of Song County, the Wei Kingdom also took corresponding actions.
For example, the "Shangshui Army", an army directly under the command of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, was transferred from the Hetao area to Song County. On the fifth day of April, it passed through Dingtao and went straight to the eastern part of Song County.
When the news spread throughout Song County, the Qilu Allied Forces, Song Yun, and Huan Hu all changed their expressions.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Wei people, the strongest army in the country was the "Wei Wu Army" of General Shao Hu, but abroad, in the land of the Central Plains, the reputation of the Shang Shui Army far exceeded that of the Wei Wu Army.
Because this is the army directly under the command of Wei Gongzi Zhao Run, it is a victorious army that has followed the former in the south and north in the past ten years and has never started a war.
Now, the Wei State has officially sent its merchant navy to Song County. This move not only means that the battlefield in the Song Dynasty will be upgraded, but also fully proves the Wei State's strong belief in the sovereignty of the Song Dynasty.
Right now, there is only one question left.
That is, whether Wei Gongzi Run, who has now become the crown prince of Wei, will personally lead this army to attack Song County!