Because Fan County was attacked, Prince Wei Yu was in a very agitated mood.
The Eastern Army was stabbed in the back by the Dunqiu Army. This really surprised many people. It was an unexpected thing, but among these people, there should not be Young Master Wei Yu.
Yes, Wei Yu miscalculated.
His initial idea was very good: since the conflict with Puyang was irreconcilable, he decided to take the lead in resolving the current conflict and put Xiao Luan behind; the reason why he did not recruit the "Dunqiu Army" that was secretly controlled by Xiao Luan
, and also didn’t want Xiao Luan to see his weak and difficult situation.
But it turns out that Wei Yu underestimated Xiao Luan too much - Xiao Luan would not show mercy to Wei Yu just because Wei Yu could not move him temporarily. No, after Wei Yu launched an rebellion against Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted.
In Puyang, Xiao Luan suddenly launched an attack and captured Fan County, cutting off the Eastern Army's return route and food route.
It has to be said that Wei Yu is indeed not as good as Zhao Run in handling this matter. If it were Zhao Run, he would never let the scourge Xiao Luan continue to exist. He would definitely be the first to capture and kill him. At the very least, he would have to kill him.
Eliminate the hidden danger of the Dunqiu Army, and then send the army to Puyang.
It can only be said that Wei Yu's ideas are too naive and too idealistic on some things.
"Sir, Marquis Tan Yuan is here."
Just as Wei Yu was thinking about countermeasures, a message from the guard came from outside the tent.
Wei Yu took a long breath and said, "Please come in, Marquis Tan Yuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen stepped into the tent, raised his hands towards Wei Yu and said: "Sir, the arrangements for garrisoning the camp have been completed... In addition, when the soldiers and generals were cutting down the trees just now, the Puyang army
They were ready to make an attack, but saw that our army was heavily fortified, so they did not attack."
Wei Yu nodded after hearing this.
In fact, he had already heard the soldiers report this matter before burning incense.
He knew very well that the main reason why the Puyang Army did not attack was because of the 8,000 Tanyuan Army under the command of Tanyuan Marquis Weizhen. Although it was not as good as the Puyang Army in terms of weapons and equipment, the Tanyuan Army was also a well-armed regular army. This rebel army
, its threat in the eyes of the Puyang Army will definitely not be weaker than the more than 40,000 Eastern Army under the command of Young Master Wei Yu.
"Marquis Tan Yuan helped Wei Yu. I will not forget this kindness." Wei Yu said with sincere gratitude.
Hearing this, Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen smiled bitterly.
As a nobleman of the Wei family who has always been known as loyal to the emperor and patriotic, I am afraid that Tanyuan Hou Wei Zhen never imagined that he would disobey the king's orders and join the "rebellious ministers".
Of course, it was a sigh of relief, but he did not regret it. After all, he did think that Prince Wei Yu was more wise than his father, King Wei Fei - especially when "Han General Sima Shang invaded the country", Prince Yu wanted to protect Wei Yu.
His resolute move to fight against the people in the eastern part of the country won the favor of Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen.
"Yesterday, my old friend in Puyang sent someone close to tell me that the king... he has classified me as a young master."
After sitting down in the tent, Tan Yuanhou Weizhen said with a wry smile.
Wei Yu was stunned for a moment, then apologized and said: "It was Wei Yu who caused Marquis Tan Yuan to be implicated..."
Tan Yuanhou Weizhen waved his hand and said seriously: "It's none of your business, this is my own decision."
As he spoke, he seemed to realize something, and said with a smile: "This man is getting old, and his memory is not as good as it used to be... I don't come here to complain to the young master." As he said that, his face straightened,
He asked in a deep voice: "Master, as far as I know, the Dunqiu army turned against them? And they attacked Fan County?"
"Have you heard about it, Marquis Tan Yuan?" Wei Yu asked with a wry smile.
Tanyuan Hou Weizhen nodded, and then asked in confusion: "I don't understand why the Dunqiu army turned against Puyang? Isn't that Gongyi the general you personally promoted, sir?"
Wei Yu opened his mouth, speechless.
At this moment, he was in trouble and couldn't express it.
How should he explain to Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen? That Gongyi was actually Xiao Luan, a thief wanted by the Wei State? And the reason why he protected Xiao Luan, whose pseudonym was Gongyi, was because he was greedy for Xiao Luan's savings?
I can't say it.
Seeing that Wei Yu hesitated several times, Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen immediately realized that there must be something fishy in this. After frowning slightly, he said sincerely: "Young Master, only by telling the truth can I make suggestions for you.
…”
Wei Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally told Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen everything about Xiao Luan. Hearing the secret, Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen was dumbfounded, and his hair stood on end, and he exclaimed: "That Gongyi
It’s actually… it’s actually…”
At this time, the way he looked at Wei Yu was slightly wrong.
He had to admit that some of the slanderous words Wei Wang Fei had against Young Master Wei Yu were not just nonsense - you, Wei Yu, are so courageous that you actually dare to protect the wanted criminals of Wei?!
It doesn’t matter if he is an ordinary wanted criminal in Wei State, but he is Xiao Luan!
The leader of the remnants of the Xiao family in Wei!
This person provoked the Chu-Wei war by killing Chu envoys, and also provoked civil strife in the Wei state one after another. Even the "Five Parties Attack on Wei" was initiated by this person, which almost pushed the Wei state to the brink of collapse. It seems that
How dare Wei Yu protect such a serious criminal who would never be forgiven even if he died in Wei State?
"Wei, does the State of Wei know?" Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen was a little embarrassed even when he spoke.
It's no wonder, after all, in his opinion, once this matter is leaked, it will definitely arouse the outrage of the Wei State. How will he Weiguo explain this matter?
"King Wei knows." Wei Yu said calmly.
"..." After hearing this, Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen turned pale with fright at first. Then, after realizing that King Zhao Run of Wei and the young master in front of him were close cousins, he finally breathed a sigh of relief with some understanding.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"What's the attitude of King Wei?" Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen asked cautiously.
"The King of Wei is very generous. He only wants Xiao Luan's head. As long as we present Xiao Luan's head, he can pretend that this has never happened." When saying this, Wei Yu couldn't help but think again.
Thinking of my cousin Zhao Run.
After all, he admitted that his cousin Zhao Run was indeed generous and a person who valued family ties.
"It seems that the young master and the King of Wei have negotiated for a long time. That's good, that's good..." Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen nodded repeatedly in relief. Then, he seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, why didn't the young master ask the king of Wei for help?"
Looking for help?"
In the view of Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen, based on Wei Yu's relationship with Wei King Zhao Run, as long as he can persuade the Wei State to side with him, Puyang's Wei Wang Fei will no longer be a threat.
Wei Yu shook his head when he heard this and said seriously: "After all, this is an internal matter of our country, how can we ask outsiders to interfere?"
At this point, he paused for a moment and then continued: "Furthermore, King Zhao Run of Wei is a arrogant and domineering king. If I ask him to help me, it would be better if my father obeys his wishes. Otherwise...I am afraid that my father will obey him."
There is no guarantee for late holidays.”
Indeed, although King Fei of Wei had a close friendship with the previous two kings of Wei, he had no close relationship with the current King of Wei, Zhao Run. Therefore, King Fei of Wei might not listen to Zhao Run's 'advice'——
After all, this matter concerns his throne.
The problem is that Zhao Run has always been a arrogant and domineering person who "those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish". If King Fei of Wei refuses his advice, Zhao Run might use various means to force Wei.
Wang Fei abdicates the throne, which is something Wei Yu does not want to see - Wei Wang Fei is his father after all, and he hopes that his father will abdicate in a dignified way.
After hearing this, Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen secretly sighed in his heart. He did not expect that the young master Wei Yu was still thinking about his father under such circumstances.
After a while, the topic returned to "Fan County". Tanyuan Marquis Wei Zhen said to Wei Yu seriously: "Sir, although Tanyuan and Juancheng can temporarily provide food and grass for the Eastern Army, in the long run, we still need to recapture it.
Fan County, open up the grain road to the east."
The long-term plan he mentioned was that he was not sure how long the confrontation with the Puyang Army would last. After all, it was the most elite army in his defense. If he could not expel Xiao Luan's Dunqiu Army as soon as possible, as time went by, his Eastern Army would inevitably be destroyed.
They will be in trouble - Tanyuan and Juancheng alone cannot support the current 50,000 to 60,000 Eastern Army, including Tanyuan's army.
"I have sent "Xiao Bu" to lead the army to Fan County." Wei Yu said.
The Xiao Bu he mentioned was also a general with a background as a ranger of the Wei Kingdom. He was quite powerful and generous, and was also very popular among the soldiers. He was a general whom Wei Yu trusted and recognized in addition to Xia Yu and Meng Bi.
.
Seeing that Wei Yu had made arrangements, Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen said nothing more and continued to discuss with Wei Yu the matter of fighting the Puyang army.
But they never expected that just two days later, Xiaobu's army would bring back news of their defeat.
It turned out that Xiao Bu led his army to attack Fan County. Seeing that his own troops were large and Dunqiu's army was small, he immediately launched an attack on the city. Unexpectedly, Xiao Luan and his Dunqiu army were so successful in defense that Xiao Bu could only attack the city.
Retreat ten miles to set up camp.
However, that night, Xiao Luan led Dunqiu Army to attack Xiaobu Army at night.
It is worth mentioning that although Xiaobu was born as a wild ranger, he had experienced the "War with Korea" and the "Battle of Dongjun". Naturally, he could guess that the Dunqiu Army might attack him at night. Therefore, there was
guarded against.
It's a pity that Xiao Luan was more skilled and sent two strange troops, one to feign an attack and the other to attack in the west, and successfully attacked Xiaobu's army and burned their food and grass with one move.
In the chaotic battle, Shaub tried to turn the tide with his personal bravery, but unfortunately, an unexpected cold arrow easily took away the life of this heroic man.
"how so?"
After hearing the reports of the defeated soldiers, Wei Yu, Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen, Meng Bi, Xia Yu and others were all silent.
You must know that Xiao Bu is also a brave general. He took the lead in fighting the Korean army under the command of Han general Sima Shang and gained a lot of fame. He never thought that he would be defeated by Xiao Luan so easily and even died on the battlefield.
It can only be said that they do not understand Xiao Luan's life.
As the eldest son of Nanyan Marquis Xiao Boyuan, Xiao Luan showed his talent in military strategy at a young age. When Zhao Si seized the throne, Xiao Luan also turned against him and dealt a fatal blow to the then King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo.
, assisted Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke to defeat the Shunshui army.
Zhao Yuanxi, Zhao Yuanke, Zhao Yuanzuo and others all spoke highly of Xiao Luan. If the Xiao family disaster had not happened later, Xiao Luan would have definitely become a famous general in the Wei State with his talents. Compared with Shao Hu and Sima An,
Wei Ji, Jiang Bi and others were even worse. How could a general like Xiao Bu, who was born as a ranger and knew only a little about the use of troops, be able to deal with them? - Sending Xia Yu forward, I'm afraid it would only be a reluctant effort.
"Incredible..."
After hearing the report of the defeated soldiers, Xia Yu said in surprise: "Xiao Bu has eight or nine thousand soldiers under his command, and Xiao... Gongyi's command is only four or five thousand Dunqiu troops. He never thought that these four or five thousand soldiers
, to be able to defeat soldiers twice as many as myself so easily."
On the side, Meng Ben said angrily: "Sir, please send someone forward, someone will definitely behead that Gongyi!"
Wei Yu and Xia Yu looked at each other and said nothing.
Of course, Meng Ben's personal force is far superior to that of Xiao Bu, but the problem is that Meng Ben is only a fierce general, not a commander. How can he deal with an orthodox general like Xiao Luan?
If Wei Yu sends Meng Bi there, the outcome will be nothing more than for Meng Bi to follow in Xiao Bu's footsteps and be fooled around by Xiao Luan.
So, Xia Yu said: "Young Master, let me go. As for this side...Young Master will have Marquis Tan Yuan to help you, so there shouldn't be any problem."
He glanced at Tan Yuanhou Weizhen.
In fact, Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen was not a very powerful commander, but the problem was that the Puyang Army on the opposite side did not actually have any very powerful generals.
Yes, unlike the Wei State, which has many powerful generals, the Wei State is actually similar to the Lu State, and there are no capable generals.
Otherwise, if the Wei Kingdom had several generals like Sima An and Shaohu, no matter how powerful the Korean general Sima Shang was, he would not have been able to sweep half of the Wei Kingdom - if South Korea had not decided to withdraw its troops at that time, Sima Shang would have been completely capable.
The one who captured Puyang and destroyed the Wei Kingdom.
Wei Yu thought for a while and finally chose Xia Yu's suggestion.
So the next day, Xia Yu led 10,000 Eastern troops to the Maling and Fan County areas, intending to recapture Fan County from Xiao Luan and his Dunqiu Army and open up grain roads.
But facts have proven that even Xia Yu, the leading general under the command of Prince Wei Yu, would find it extremely difficult to face a talent like Xiao Luan.
A strong attack failed, and a night attack was easily seen through by Xiao Luan. He even had to be wary of Xiao Luan's sneak attacks at all times.
At this time, Xia Yu seemed to have the same feeling as when he faced Han general Sima Shangshi.
He suddenly realized: Could it be that Xiao Luan's military ability was no less than that of Sima Shang?
Of course!
Xiao Luan's personal strength and ability to command troops are not weaker than those of the current generals in Wei.
Compared with Xiao Luan, although Xia Yu has potential as a general, he is still too young at the moment.
At the same time, in Puyang, around the tenth day of September, a war broke out between the Eastern Army and the Puyang Army.
At that time, the two warring parties did not notice that while they were fighting each other, on a hill on the south side of the battlefield, there was a group of uninvited guests watching the war and unscrupulously expressing their opinions: It was really an ugly war.
war.
The person who expressed this opinion was none other than Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion in Wei State.
Although Zhang Qigong is a scholar and specializes in criminal law, he has at least seen some art of war and has a general understanding of the use of military formations.
In his opinion, the confrontation between the Eastern Army and the Puyang Army was simply a matter of the generals of both sides asking their troops to attack the opposite side. There was no strategy at all - like drilling through the enemy's formation and sneaking around to attack the enemy.
Zhang Qigong didn't see the military formation at all.
"Wei Gong Ziyu, in the final analysis, that's all."
After watching the battle for a while, Zhang Qigong commented harshly.
Beside him, his deputy Bei Gongyu heard this and said with a smile: "Could it be that Captain Zhang compares the young master Wei Yu with my king? I think that Captain Zhang's requirements are too high. Looking at the size of the world, how many people are there?"
Can anyone compare with His Majesty?"
"Huh!" Zhang Qigong snorted softly, which seemed to be his approval of Bei Gongyu's words.
This time, the two of them came specifically for Xiao Luan. After all, a few days ago, the Green Crows' spies in Weiguo sent news to Daliang, saying that Xiao Luan, who had gone by the pseudonym Gongyi, had finally taken action.
, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu immediately brought a group of black crows to defend the country, intending to wait for an opportunity to capture Xiao Luan and sacrifice his head to Zhao Run.
When passing through Puyang two days ago, they learned that Prince Wei Yu was leading the Eastern Army. Therefore, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu stayed for a while to see the outcome of this war.
As a result, this war made Zhang Qigong very disappointed, and he felt like "weak chickens pecking each other".
"Do you want to give Wei Yu a trick? I think he is having a hard time playing the ground. I guess there is a lack of capable people around him." Bei Gongyu said with a smile.
"Hmph." Zhang Qigong snorted noncommittally, and then said with a bit of perseverance: "What do you care about people like Wei Yu who don't know how to commend themselves?"
He had heard that Zhao Run, the king of the Wei Kingdom, had kindly proposed to help Wei Yu win the throne, but Wei Yu refused, which made Zhang Qigong's impression of Wei Yu plummet.
You know, Zhao Run's status in Zhang Qigong's heart is very high.
"Let's go to Fan County."
"Um."
On that day, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu secretly went to Fan County under the protection of a group of black crows.
Two days later, when they arrived at Fan County, Wei Yu's general Xia Yu still failed to capture Fan County - to be precise, Xia Yu was helpless against Xiao Luan who was stationed in Fan County.
Zhang Qigong watched for two days. He really couldn't stand it anymore - if we fight like this, how long will it take to defeat Xiao Luan?!
During this period, Bei Gongyu suggested: "How about sending a black crow to assassinate Xiao Luan?"
Zhang Qigong glanced at Bei Gongyu and said nothing.
Send a black crow to assassinate Xiao Luan?
If he really gave the order, then tonight, the black crows led by the two of them would rush into Fan County City, face the Dunqiu Army openly and forcefully fight their way out, and wait for tomorrow, the entire Weiguo people
Everyone will learn that a group of people is trying to assassinate General Gongyi, the commander of Dunqiu Army.
Once the identity of Zhang Qigong and others is verified in the future, how will the Wei State explain their intervention in the civil war of the Wei State? You must know that the Wei State has made it clear that it is not interested in interfering in the civil war of the Wei State.
After thinking about it, Zhang Qigong decided to take advantage of Xia Yu, so that night, he took Bei Gongyu to visit Xia Yu.
At that time, Xia Yu was irritable because he failed to attack Fan County again. Suddenly, he heard from his soldiers that two scribes were visiting and could help him defeat the Dunqiu army. Xia Yu was surprised and immediately ordered the two scribes to be summoned.
into the account.
And these two scribes are Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu.
In the commander's tent, Xia Yu looked Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu up and down and asked: "Can these two gentlemen help Xia defeat the Dunqiu Army? But I don't know what to call them?"
Of course, Zhang Qigong knew that Xia Yu was suspicious of them, so he simply revealed his identity: Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion in Wei State.
After hearing this, Xia Yu was shocked at first, but then, with Zhang Qigong's negotiation, the two reached an agreement: Zhang Qigong helped Xia Yu defeat Xiao Luan, and Xia Yu handed over Xiao Luan's head to Zhang Qigong
, the latter will take him to Daliang.
After reaching an agreement, Zhang Qigong gave Xia Yu a plan.
Two days later, a Eastern Army grain transport team from the eastern part of the Wei Kingdom was about to pass through Fan County, and was once again spied on by the Dunqiu Army's informants.
But what is different from the previous times is that this Eastern Army grain transport team stopped abnormally when passing through "Yanggu" in the northeast of "Fan County" at noon that day, and waited until dawn the next day before it started
Set off in a hurry.
After learning about this, Xiao Luan had some speculation in his mind: Could it be that he wanted to rush through Fan County in one go?
Although he was surprised, Xiao Luan did not forget to send someone to inquire about Xia Yujun's actions. However, he unexpectedly discovered that when the grain transport team was about to arrive in Fan County, half of Xia Yu's troops were missing.
"Are you trying to lure me with a grain truck?"
Xiao Luan was secretly surprised, surprised that Xia Yu on the opposite side actually knew how to lure the enemy.
After subsequent inquiries, the special agents of the Dunqiu Army discovered that many members of the Xia Yu Army were ambushing in several hills and valleys on the north side of Fan County.
After learning about this, Xiao Luan laughed: Xia Yu, Xia Yu, your plan to lure the enemy is too crude.
Therefore, Xiao Luan stood still and allowed the grain transport team to pass through Fan County.
A few days later, another grain transport team arrived in Yanggu. Just like the previous day, they waited until dawn the next day before setting off. Xia Yu from Fan County also used his old tricks and ambushed half of his troops.
same place.
This time, Xiao Luan still allowed the grain transport team to pass through Fan County, but he already felt something was wrong: after all, he failed to lure the enemy last time. Logically speaking, Xia Yu would not be stupid enough to ambush in the same place. Could it be that
, is he pretending to lure the enemy? In fact, he is trying to make me put the enemy in a trap and not dare to attack the food transport team?
Thinking of this, Xiao Luan was slightly angry, because he felt that he seemed to have been tricked by Xia Yu, by a reckless man with a background as a ranger: This is simply unreasonable!
So, when a grain transport team passed through Fan County for the third time, Xiao Luan decisively led his troops to sneak attack Xia Yu's camp - idiot! Can't I attack your camp directly?
But to Xiao Luan's surprise, just after he attacked Xia Yujun's camp, Xia Yu suddenly led half of the army to attack without warning, as if Xiao Luan had expected this move.
Xiao Luan was caught off guard, and Xia Yu used the surprise attack and the superiority of the army to kill him by surprise, and fled back to Fan County with the remaining troops in embarrassment.
The defeat in this battle directly caused Xiao Luan to lose nearly two thousand troops, which can be described as tragic.
However, Xiao Luan could not accept that he would be defeated by Xia Yu, a reckless man who was a ranger and didn't even know a few Chinese characters: How is this possible?!
After calming down, Xiao Luan carefully recalled the abnormal food transport teams in recent days, as well as the strange tricks Xia Yu used before and after, as if they were two completely different people, and he already had a guess in his mind: Xia Yu must have someone with high skills around him.
He makes plans!
"Who is it?"
Xiao Luan thought about it secretly.
At the same time, Zhang Qigong and Bei Gongyu, who were advising Xia Yu, looked at each other and smiled amidst Xia Yu's joyful praise.
This time, they were prepared and unprepared, and successfully plotted against Xiao Luan, reducing Xiao Luan's more than 4,000 Dunqiu army by half.
Under such circumstances, they can capture and kill Xiao Luan just around the corner.
Immediately, Zhang Qigong sent out the black crows they brought with them on this trip to lay a dragnet around Fan County to prevent Xiao Luan from escaping when he saw that the situation was not going well.