After Lian Pi and Li Mu both returned to their respective stations, the former, after hesitating for a while, finally decided to fulfill his duties as a "Wei general" and immediately wrote in his own hand that "South Korea may use troops against Wei early."
The news was written in a letter and sent immediately to Hedong Shou, in the hands of Lintao Lord Wei Ji, who then entrusted Lintao Lord Wei Ji to convey it to Wei Gongzi Run.
As for Li Mu, he also quickly returned to Yanmen Pass and wrote a letter, sending the shocking news that "Lian Pi had surrendered to Wei and was appointed as the governor of Yunzhong" to Handan quickly.
After watching the messenger leave, Li Mu came to the tower of Yanmen Pass, frowned and looked in the direction of Yunzhong County, and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.
You must know that once South Korea declares war on Wei, Li Mu's opponents will be extremely strong. Shaohu in Hetao, Sima An in Hexi, Wei Ji in Hedong, and Jiang Bi in Shangdang. Which of these Wei generals is easy to deal with?
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But now, with the addition of a clean refutation, even Li Mu doesn't know how his Yanmen Army will open up the situation when the war comes - when the time comes, he and his Yanmen Army will have to face the Wei Army with a real lineup.
It was too powerful. Even with the help of Shangdang Shou Lecheng and Yangyi Marquis Han Xu, to be honest, Li Mu didn't have much confidence that he could break through Wei's western route.
After the secret letter was sent, Li Mu suddenly thought of something and secretly thought something was wrong.
Because when the two met, Lian Piu asked him about his intention to lead his army out of Yanmen Pass. At that time, Li Mu did not know that Lian Pio had defected to Wei, so he told Lian Pi the truth and his purpose of leading his army out of Yanmen Pass.
It was to expel the foreign tribes in the West (Dingxiang) area.
What kind of person is Lian Pi? He was once a fierce general in Korea with both wisdom and courage. There is no guarantee that this person will not guess something from it.
In this era where people regard themselves as their own, loyalty to the monarch is far higher than repaying the motherland. Li Mu has no doubt that if Lian Pu guessed something from his words, he would most likely report it to Wei Gongzi Zhao Run.
Thinking of this, Li Mu secretly regretted it, and hurriedly wrote another letter and ordered it to be sent to Handan as soon as possible.
A few days later, Wei Ji, the governor of Hedong and Lintao Lord, received Lian Pi's letter. Unexpectedly, he opened the letter and read it carefully.
When he read Lian Pi's speculation in the letter that South Korea might use troops against Wei early, Lintao Lord Wei Ji not only did not panic at all, but was inexplicably happy.
The reason is that Lintao Lord Wei Ji is one of the few people in Wei who has received a secret letter from Prince Zhao Run, and knows that Prince Zhao Run led his army to Song County in order to induce South Korea to use troops against Wei State in advance.
In the entire Hedong, including Hetao and Hexi, only Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, knew the inside story. In addition, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, who had quietly stationed the anti-rebellion army in Nanyan, was another insider.
Among the generals and commanders of the Wei State, only Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, knew about this matter. Apart from this, not even Shaohu, Sima An, Yanwang Zhaojiang, etc. knew about it.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun doesn't trust these people, it's just that Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, are the two commanders he selected for the war against Korea, so of course he has to communicate with them in advance.
Tell Shao Hu, Sima An, Jiang Bi, and Yan Wang Zhao Jiang and others, because they are afraid that they will take the lead in mobilizing troops and defense, which will arouse South Korea's suspicion.
Because of this, Lintao Lord Wei Ji secretly rejoiced when he received a letter of refutation today: South Korea has indeed taken the bait!
In addition, Lintao Lord Wei Ji also had a high opinion of Lian Pi. He really didn't expect that Lian Pi, who was born in Korea, would actually report this matter to him and ask him to remind Prince Zhao Run.
He must admit that Lian Pi is indeed a loyal person who understands justice and serves the public (the monarch) and does not favor personal interests.
After thinking about it, Lintao Lord Wei Ji simply sent the letter written by Lian Pi to the hands of the prince Zhao Run. Anyway, in his opinion, this letter that seemed to be a military emergency was actually from the prince. How could the result of His Highness's careful planning be succeeded by a sneak attack by South Korea?
The reason why he sent Lian Pi's letter to Prince Zhao Run was because he felt that loyal people like Lian Pi should be rewarded.
More than ten days later, letters from Li Mu, the guardian of Yanmen, were sent to Handan and were presented to the case of Han Wu, Marquis of Li.
When he learned that Lian Pi had defected to the Wei State and served as the defender of Yunzhong, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, cursed in his heart - in fact, the main reason was not to curse Lian Pi, but to vent his annoyance. After all, Lian Pi was one of the best in Korea. The fierce general did not expect that he would defect to South Korea's powerful enemy Wei at such a critical moment.
The second letter from Li Mu, the guardian of Yanmen, made Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, even more wary.
Similar to Li Mu's judgment, Li Hou Han Wu also felt that if Lian Pi guessed that South Korea might use troops against Wei early, then Lian Pi would most likely report it to Wei Gongzi Run due to the responsibilities of his current position.
In other words, there is not much time left for South Korea to consider - either give up this opportunity, or take action against the Wei State as soon as possible to prevent the Wei people from taking precautions.
That day, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, walked back and forth in his study room for several hours, weighing the pros and cons, and considering whether he should take advantage of this opportunity to launch troops against Wei.
It wasn't until around dusk that he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Fight!"
After the general's order was issued, Bao Yuan, Jin Mao, Dangyin Hou Han Yang, as well as Gong Zhongpeng, Tian Ling and others, all the Korean generals near Handan received the order and went to their respective military camps to gather troops and prepare for war.
At the same time, Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, also ordered Yanmen to guard Li Mu, Daijun Sima Shang, Taiyuan to guard Lecheng, Yuyang to guard Qin Kai, Beiyan to guard Leyi, Julu to guard Yanhui and other domestic heroes to lead the troops as soon as possible. The elite border guards under his command went south to launch an all-out war against Wei.
After another four or five days, the letter from Wei Guoyun Zhongshou Lian was also sent by Wei Guo Hedong Shou and Lintao Lord Wei Ji to Ningyang and delivered it to the crown prince Zhao Run.
If the reason why Wei Ji, Lord of Tao, did this was because he was impressed by Lian Pi's loyalty and hoped that Prince Zhao Run would reward him, then Zhao Hongrun also saw some other unusual things in this letter.
"This is really interesting. I even went to say hello to my neighbor Li Mu. Isn't it because I don't want Li Mu to be unprepared for this and make him look invincible in the future? Haha!"
After laughing secretly in his heart, the smile on Zhao Hongrun's face slowly faded away.
"...As Lian Pi said, Li Mu, the guardian of Yanmen, is vigorously expelling the aliens there. He has obviously received the order from Handan and is making preparations for the war. Well, Li Mu accidentally revealed this It came out... But based on Li Mu's strategy, he should have figured out his own mistakes, so he would definitely report the matter to Handan. Is this a disguised form of urging Lihou Hanwu to make a decision?"
Thinking in his mind, Zhao Hongrun slowly stood up, opened the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.
He dared to conclude that under the disguised urging of Yanmen Guardsman Li Mu, either Lihou Hanwu had given up this 'opportunity', or, despite the current calm situation in South Korea, in fact, privately, he might have begun to send troops.
"You must work harder, Han Wu. I have been waiting for you here for two full months. If you shrink back in the end, will you be worthy of me?" Zhao Hongrun murmured to himself while holding on to the window lattice. road.
Beside, the concubine Zhao Que and the Zong Wei Chief Lu Mu felt quite amused after hearing Zhao Hongrun's muttering to himself.
At this time, a soldier came into the room and reported: "Your Highness, Qi General Tian Dan led his troops to attack General Yan Mo's camp, but has been repelled by General Yan Mo."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly and said, "This Tian Dan is really a bit annoying."
I remember that a while ago, Zhao Hongrun was also wondering why Tian Dan had not seen any movement for a long time when he came to take Ningyang back with such force.
Later he understood that Tian Dan must have been afraid that he would stand still for fear of being caught in his tricks, so he did not dare to act rashly.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun simply made the mistake and asked the Wei troops from each battalion to go out for a walk every night, making Tian Dan suspicious - there were obvious signs of Wei troops dispatching at night, but the whereabouts of Wei troops were 'unknown'.
It wasn't until more than ten days ago that Tian Dan finally saw through Zhao Hongrun's trick: It turned out that this guy was just playing tricks on him!
Since then, Tian Dan has begun to try to attack the Wei army's camp. However, given that he does not know the strength of the Wei army, Tian Dan is still mostly testing for the time being. There is nothing he can do. Who told Zhao Hongrun not to call the Wei army to attack at all? At most, he would let his Wei army and Qi Lu Allied forces fired with crossbows.
If the crossbows of the Qilu Allied Forces still have an advantage in range when facing the three Wei armies of the Junshui Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army, then for Shang, who had just replaced the equipment in Daliang after the conquest of the Hetao area, As far as the Navy and Yanling armies were concerned, the advantage of the Qi-Lu coalition was gone - even the latest Wei crossbow was slightly more powerful than the Lu crossbow in terms of range and power, let alone sniping. A big killing weapon like a crossbow.
So far, more than twenty generals of the Qilu and Qilu Allied Forces, with more than 1,000 generals, have been shot to death by Wei's crossbowmen armed with sniper crossbows. The generals of the Qilu and Qilu armies are so frightened that they now dare not take the lead.
Even the Lu State's trebuchets were a bit annoying, and they could bring some casualties to the Wei army's camp just five steps away from the mountain. However, the Wei army did not show weakness, and sent a chariot fleet loaded with repeated crossbows, and ran to the Qilu Allied Forces' position to release a few trebuchets. The crossbow arrow, a powerful repeating crossbow, directly destroyed several trebuchets of the Qilu coalition forces.
It has to be said that in front of the Wei State's Lian Nu, the Lu State's mechanical crossbow box was no match at all. Basically, it ended up being shot at a very long distance. However, after doing this several times, the Lian Nu's crossbow arrows were very consumed. Zhao Hongrun felt distressed, so he reduced the number of Wei troops sending troops to retaliate.
Generally speaking, on the battlefield in Song Dynasty, the situation between the Wei State, the Qilu Allied Forces and the Beibo Army was still roughly the same.
However, Tian Dan had clearly noticed that something was wrong, and even sent someone to write a letter to Zhao Hongrun. The letter contained only one sentence: What the hell are you doing?!
"If South Korea has already taken action, then only Chu will be left. When Chu enters the scene, this unprecedented battle will begin."
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Zhao Hongrun murmured.
At the same time, Tang Ju, the envoy of the Wei State, already carrying his credentials, took a boat down the river and arrived at Shouying, the capital of the Chu State.
Upon learning that Wei had sent an envoy, Xiong Tuo, the current crown prince of Chu, Yangcheng Jun, was surprised to summon Tang Ju.
When Tang Ju presented his credentials and stated his purpose of coming, Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, suddenly realized what he was doing.
He asked playfully: "My good brother-in-law Zhao Run wants to join hands with me to fight Qi and Han. Haha, this is not impossible, but what can I, the great Chu, get from it?"
After hearing this, Wei Shi Tang Ju's expression suddenly became extremely embarrassed.
Seeing Tang Ju's expression change, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo felt baffled.