"PS: Some book friends said that I was a little rushed in my writing. Well, I admit it. The reason is that there is too much foreshadowing in the last battle. I am worried that everyone is anxious. Since there is a request, I will slow down the progress a little.
As for writing more about South Korea, I mainly think that if South Korea loses too easily, it will really undermine the setting of Han Ran and South Korea. After all, once South Korea falls, the winner will basically be determined. Therefore, in view of Han Ran's 'rivalry'
With Zhao Run's setting, I hope to portray him as outstandingly as possible."
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About half a month later, Zhang Qigong quickly sent someone to report to Luoyang about the fact that "South Korean Admiral Bao Yuan also served as the commander-in-chief of Qi Guobei Navy", because in the latter's view, this matter was not a trivial matter.
Similar to Zhang Qigong's reaction at that time, Wei Wang Zhao Run was also stunned for a while when he received this news. After all, this kind of example of "holding the post of a general in two countries" is extremely rare from ancient times to the present, so it is no wonder that it looks fresh.
"Trouble..." Zhao Hongrun murmured as he stood at the window with his hands behind his back.
"Trouble, trouble."
On a hook near the window, in a birdcage, a parrot chattered, making Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but take a few more glances at the already grown-up bird.
This parrot is the same as the parrot that Zhao Hongrun entrusted to give to Han Wangran. They were both gifts from Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, who is also a bird lover. After careful calculation, it has been almost ten years. Not only Zhao Run's parrot has already
From a fledgling to an adult bird, the same happened to the one kept by Han Wangran in his palace.
Seeing this plump parrot chirping in the cage, Zhao Hongrun suddenly thought of Han Wangran's appearance.
He does not think that Bao Yuan's appointment as the head coach of Qi Guobei Navy is a betrayal of South Korea. After all, Bao Yuan has not been relieved of his position or honor as "Handan Shou". In other words, Bao Yuan's move this time should be rewarded by South Korea.
However, it was recognized by the Korean court, and it is even possible that Han Ran took the initiative to promote this matter.
"Take the initiative to train the soldiers of Qi...?"
Zhao Run's fingers tapped lightly on the window lattice, vaguely guessing Han Wangran's intention: to win over Qi.
Qi State, as the overlord of the Central Plains in the previous era, although its national power declined significantly due to civil strife after the death of Qi King Lu Xi, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No, in the "Chu State" in the past few years
In the "Qi War", Qi still relied on its incredible wealth to withstand Chu's ferocious offensive with difficulty, forcing Chu into a dilemma of insufficient logistics and food, and could only choose to temporarily reconcile with Qi.
This was once the most fertile country in the Central Plains, but the country's army, or rather the quality of Qi's soldiers, could not afford to be the soldiers of a powerful country - after removing the ordnance, equipment and war weapons, Qi's
The soldiers were perhaps the weakest soldiers among the great countries in the Central Plains. In terms of bravery and strength, they were far inferior to those of other countries. They were probably the same as those of the Wei Kingdom and the former Song Dynasty.
However, South Korea is rich in elite soldiers and generals. As the country with the most comprehensive strength in the past, South Korea's soldiers and generals are not inferior to those of Wei. And among them, Han's general Baoyuan, although he cannot be said to be South Korea's generals.
He is one of the most famous generals, but as one of the "Top Ten Heroes of Kitahara", he is still a good general.
Now, Bao Yuan is seconded from South Korea to the Qi State and serves as the commander of the Qi State's Northern Navy. If nothing unexpected happens, the overall strength of the Northern Navy will rapidly increase.
"...Is this your purpose? To 'selflessly' train the army for Qi State, weaken Qi State's fear of our great Wei, and thereby draw Qi State to your side, Han Ran..."
Glancing at the parrot in the cage that was still chattering, Zhao Hongrun thought to himself.
Thinking of this, he immediately summoned Du You, the Minister of Rites, reported the situation to the chief minister of the dynasty, and ordered the latter to immediately send an envoy to Qi State to ensure that Han Wangran's "defeating diplomatic relations" method could not succeed.
Du You did not dare to neglect, so he sent Tang Ju, an official from his Ministry of Rites, to serve as an envoy to the State of Qi.
Is the fact really as Zhao Run guessed?
This matter begins when Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, went to Qi as an envoy.
Three months ago, the Wei State imposed economic sanctions on South Korea, used dumping methods to seize the market of Korean merchants in Qi State, and brought the war to South Korea's Handan North County and Julu County in an attempt to make South Korea's overall economy boom.
At the time of the collapse, Han Wangran sent an envoy Zhao Zhuo to Linzi, the capital of King Qi, carrying his personal credentials.
After about a month and a half of trekking, Han envoy Zhao Zhuo finally arrived in Linzi.
At this time, in Linzi City, there were almost no shops opened by Korean merchants - Korean merchants had lost their living space in this battlefield.
Precisely because of this, when they heard that Zhao Zhuo of South Korea was on an envoy to Linzi, whether it was King Lu Bai of Qi, Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong and other virtuous ministers, they all had a headache about Zhao Zhuo's intention.
Because in their view, the purpose of Han's envoy Zhao Zhuo's visit was nothing more than to implore Qi to mobilize domestic merchants to help South Korea and help South Korea attack Wei's merchants, so as to win this unprecedented merchant war.
But the problem is that Qi State does not dare to do that. After all, doing so is tantamount to severely offending Wei State. What if Wei State becomes angry and uses force against Qi State? His Qi State does not have the same kind of behavior as Han Chu.
The territory is deep.
In a dilemma, King Lu Bai of Qi asked Zhao Zhao, the left minister, for advice. Zhao Zhao calmly said: "It's not too late to listen to the Han envoy's intentions first and then make plans."
Therefore, King Lu Bai of Qi accepted the request of Zhao Zhuo, the Han envoy, and asked Zhao Zhao, Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu and others to be there to wait for Han envoy Zhao Zhuo to make unreasonable requests.
When requested, you can interrupt from the side - although Qi Guo is very inclined
Secretly forming an alliance with South Korea to jointly fight against Wei, but this does not mean that Qi is willing to be the leader. It seems that Han Wangran took the initiative to attract the attention of Wei on Chu's behalf. Such a "fearless" move and outstanding foresight are not human.
Everyone can have it.
Sure enough, after meeting King Lu Bai of Qi, Han envoy Zhao Zhuo made a request to promote the "Han-Qi alliance".
Don't look at it. During the "Five Parties Conquer Wei" period, South Korea and Qi formed a "Five-Nation Alliance" to attack Wei and its allies. However, in fact, these two countries were not allies. Firstly, the Qi State at that time was still in the state of Wei.
During the period of King Lu Xi of Qi, when they were the overlords of the Central Plains, they were arrogant and arrogant; secondly, it was also because South Korea looked down on the Qi State that did not live up to its name and refused to accept Qi State's dominant position.
Because of this, in fact, the so-called "five-nation alliance" at that time was actually two forces that did not interfere with each other: South Korea was its own faction and fought against Wei and Qin on its own, but unfortunately it was defeated in the end; while Qi,
He wooed the puppet Song Dynasty, Lu State, and Yue State to fight against Chu State, another ally of Wei State at that time, but was defeated by Chu State.
From the beginning to the end, South Korea and Qi have not had any negotiations, let alone exchange of supplies. Simply put, the temporary alliance between the two countries is at best the extent of "not calculating and dragging each other down." Other than that,
There was no cooperation at all. Unlike the coalition forces of Wei and Qin at that time, even famous generals such as Li Mu, the defender of Yanmen, had to close their defense lines and huddle in Yanmen, relying on the local terrain to resist the Wei and Qin coalition forces.
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"An alliance?"
After listening to the words of Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, King Lu Bai of Qi looked at each other and all the ministers sitting in the palace. Except for Zhao Zhao, the left prime minister, who sighed with a complicated expression, the rest of them were Tian Bao, Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, and Guan.
Several people, consciously or unconsciously, nodded to King Lu Bai of Qi, believing that the alliance between Han and Qi would be beneficial to his country of Qi.
Thinking about it, if an alliance between Han and Qi can be promoted, plus Chu, which has already secretly formed an alliance with Qi, the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu" will be formed, which is not weaker than the "Wei-Qin Alliance"
strength.
But the second request, or request, made by Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, put King Lu Bai of Qi in a bit of a dilemma.
Just as they had judged before, King Han really hoped that Qi would come forward to help his Korean merchants.
"What should I do?"
King Lu Bai of Qi remained silent, waiting for the ministers in the palace to come forward to reject the proposal of Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han.
No, Right Prime Minister Tian Tao immediately frowned and said: "I don't agree with the words of the envoy... Could it be that your monarch hopes to form an alliance with Da Qi in order to use our country's power to fight against Wei?"
A merchant?"
The other officials, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, and Uncle Bao, also looked at Han envoy Zhao Zhuo with unswerving expressions.
In their view, Han Wangran's move was clearly to take advantage of their Qi State - asking him Qi State to mobilize domestic merchants to help Korean merchants fight against Wei merchants and reduce the pressure on South Korea.
And what benefit does this bring to Qi State?
Immediately, Shang Qing Gao Xi refused expressionlessly: "If the purpose of the alliance between King Han and Da Qi is evil, then I, Da Qi, will have no choice but to reject this kind offer from your country."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo deliberately said aggressively: "Is your country afraid of Wei?"
This sentence made King Lu Bai of Qi and all the courtiers present except Zhao Zhao change their expressions. But the strange thing is that no one denied it, including the once extremely arrogant Shang Qing Gao Xi.
I have to say that this result was really beyond Zhao Zhuo's expectation, because in his impression, the people of Qi were very arrogant. He did not expect that the people of Qi who were once so arrogant would also have a negative impact on the state of Wei.
Fear.
But to be honest, it is not a shame to be afraid of Wei at this moment - among all the countries in the Central Plains, who is not afraid of Wei? Including Han Wangran.
After taking a deep breath, King Lu Bai of Qi said expressionlessly: "Is the purpose of your visit to humiliate me and Da Qi?"
"No!"
Seeing that provoking the generals had no effect, the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo immediately changed his strategy. After apologizing, he said sincerely: "My Lord, this time we are extremely sincere in forming an alliance with your country... I am stupid and don't know how to persuade you, but our country
The monarch's wishes are all written in this letter, and please ask the King of Qi to read it."
After that, he took out Han Wangran's private letter from his arms and presented it with both hands respectfully.
The eunuchs around King Lu Bai of Qi took the letter from the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo and presented it to King Qi.
Under the gaze of all the officials in the palace, Qi King Lu Bai opened the letter and read it carefully. Unexpectedly, after just reading a few lines, his expression became strange.
There are several reasons for this.
First of all, the content written in the letter was almost entirely based on the "Han-Qi Alliance". In other words, Han Wangran did not seem to be worried at all that the Qi Congress would refuse to form an alliance with him and South Korea.
Secondly, in the letter, Han Wangran "tried every means" to weaken Qi's fear of Wei.
The reason why it is described as "trying every means" is because Han Wangran proposed several strategic plans in the letter for Qi to choose.
One of them is that Qi State will hand over Dongjun to South Korea, and South Korea will send troops to garrison it.
What does this mean?
This means that South Korea has cut off the fact that Wei State borders Qi State - in fact, strictly speaking, it is Wei State that borders Qi State, but everyone knows that today Wei State is completely a vassal of Wei State, so
, Qi State borders Wei State, which is equivalent to bordering Wei State.
However, if the State of Qi is willing to temporarily hand over Dongjun to South Korea, then there will be no possibility of bordering between Qi and Wei. At that time, the State of Qi can completely hide behind South Korea. As long as South Korea has not fallen, the State of Qi will
There is almost no possibility of facing Wei directly.
In exchange for trust, Han Wangran was willing to send his eldest son Han Yu to Linzi as a hostage, so as to prevent the people of Qi from misunderstanding that South Korea was taking the opportunity to seize Dongjun.
It has to be said that Han Wangran had thoroughly planned the whole thing for the Qi State. Qi Wang Lu Bai looked at it carefully for a long time and did not see any loopholes or traps - in fact, there were no loopholes or traps.
But even so, Qi Wang Lu Bai's face turned red, and his face was full of anger and shame.
In his opinion, if Han Wangran's proposal was also a "method of provoking generals", then this method of provoking generals would be far more clever than the one by Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han Dynasty, just now, and it immediately aroused the anger in his heart.
The anger, but I don't know how to vent it - after all, Han Wangran really stood in the corner of Qi and planned for them.
Perhaps noticing the complicated and treacherous look on Qi Wang Lu Bai's face, Right Prime Minister Tian Bao asked curiously: "Your Majesty, I wonder what is written in the letter?"
King Lu Bai of Qi was silent for a moment, then slowly told Han Wangran's proposal in a muffled voice, only to hear the officials in the palace being in an uproar.
Like King Lu Bai of Qi, in fact, people like Tian Tao, Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong, etc., from the perspective of interests, are very inclined to accept Han Wangran's proposal. After all, this proposal can greatly alleviate the problem from
The threat from Wei is just like what Han Wangran implicitly hinted in his letter: If you want to fight with Wei, leave it to me, South Korea, and you, Qi, only need to be responsible for the logistics.
But if interests are excluded, they will never accept such a proposal, because it is simply a humiliation to their country, Qi.
They must not admit that if this is also a way to provoke generals, then this general is really too powerful.
"I'm sorry that I can't accept the kindness of King Han... I, Da Qi, are not so weak that we need the protection of other countries' armies."
King Lu Bai of Qi refused with a straight face to Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han.
Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han, smiled slightly and felt somewhat disapproving of it. Among the major powers in the world, Qi's army was the weakest.
Everyone says that it is not difficult for a Wei soldier to fight three Qi soldiers alone.
As if he had seen through the deep meaning behind the smile of the Han envoy Zhao Zhuo, Qi Wang Lu Bai felt a little angry, and continued to read Han Wangran's letters while holding back his anger.
I saw that in the letter, following the suggestion of "transfer to Dongjun", Han Wangran proposed another strategic plan - based on the premise that Qi Guoruo was unwilling to accept the first plan.
This strategic plan is relatively friendly. To put it simply, it means that if Qi State is unwilling to accept South Korea's "good intentions" and insists on defending the country with its own strength, then South Korea is willing to send outstanding generals to help Qi State train soldiers.
When King Lu Bai of Qi told Han Wangran's suggestion to the officials in the palace, all the officials frowned and thought about it.
Compared with the previous rather hurtful suggestion, this one is acceptable. After all, South Korea's army is indeed very powerful, so powerful that it is as powerful as the soldiers of Wei State. Strictly speaking, the main reason why South Korea was defeated by Wei State one after another is.
In fact, it was not because of the strength of the army, but because of strategic disadvantages. Once he was tricked by Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, and once by Wei Gongzi Run.
Looking back at Qi's wars, not only has there never been any so-called strategy, but even tactics have relied entirely on equipment to defeat Chu - that is, defeating Chu with far superior weaponry and war weapons.
Therefore, Korean generals are really qualified to serve as teachers for Qi generals to teach them how to train their soldiers more effectively and make them more fierce, or to teach Qi generals more skills after the war breaks out.
Rely on strategy to defeat your opponents, rather than purely relying on excellent weaponry and war weapons.
After all, on the second point, Qi has no advantage over Wei. The weapons, equipment and war weapons of Wei's army are now even worse than those of Qi.
"Originally, the best candidate was our General Beiyan Shou Leyi from Korea. However, Leyi has been transferred to Julu as the commander-in-chief of several armies stationed on the Wei-Korean border. Therefore, our monarch decided to send Bao Yuan
General comes to your country..."
When King Lu Bai of Qi was discussing the matter with the ministers, Han envoy Zhao Zhuo explained.
King Lu Bai of Qi and other officials had no objections to this.
Although when it comes to military training and fighting, the most famous ones in South Korea are Yanmen Shou Li Mu and Beiyan Shou Leyi, but in fact Bao Yuan is not bad at all. He is also one of the ten tycoons of Beiyuan with great reputation.
To be honest, this Korean general was actually unlucky. When he was supposed to be at his most glorious, he bumped into Wei Gongzi Run of Wei State and his five thousand Shangshui Youma, which completely overturned the world's understanding of the world at that time.
Cavalry impression of heavy cavalry.
She couldn't defeat Wei Gongzi Run through trickery, nor could she defeat Wei Gongzi Run's Yanling Army, Shangshui Army and Youma Heavy Cavalry in a tough battle. So Bao Yuan was stunned and began his tragic fate of losing consecutive battles.
In fact, before that, before Wei Gongzi Run arrived at the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang, Bao Yuan was one of the main initiators of the Korean army's attack on Wei. Even Wei's famous marshal Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and his subordinate Pang Yuanzuo
Strictly speaking, fierce generals such as Huan Huan and Meng Luo did not defeat Bao Yuan on the battlefield. At that time, Bao Yuan was stationed at Tianmen Pass, but Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, failed to defeat him for more than half a year.
Therefore, objectively speaking, Bao Yuan can be regarded as an excellent general, but the enemies he faced at that time were too terrifying, so it was inevitable that he seemed unworthy of the title of "Ten Hao of Beiyuan", but in fact he was not
mediocre.
"Is your country willing to teach others how to train troops?"
King Lu Bai of Qi unexpectedly asked Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Han.
Zhao Zhuo, the Korean envoy, said bluntly: "How dare you hide your secrets when we are facing a great enemy? ... Today's Wei State cannot be defeated by one country. Only if your country treats us honestly and cooperates sincerely can we have a chance to defeat Wei State."
These words were very pertinent, and King Lu Bai of Qi and other ministers nodded secretly, but Zhao Zhao, the left prime minister, closed his eyes and said nothing.
Under the premise that Qi actually wanted to form an alliance with South Korea, and with Han Wangran's proactive show of goodwill, the "Han-Qi Alliance" was quickly established.
Moreover, Linzi is also willing to listen to Han Wangran's suggestion and transfer the navy originally used to deal with the army of South Korea's Julu Shou Yanxuan to the Dongjun area for deployment. This means that Qi has begun to deploy its troops for the "war against Wei"
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As for Dongjun itself, from the perspective of interests, Qi State was actually very inclined to let South Korean troops defend it. But in the end, in view of the loss of face, Qi State decided to defend it on its own - but they did not refuse South Korea to send some troops with combat experience.
The generals who came to assist him, the generals of Qi, must make Dongjun impregnable.
After all, as long as Dongjun is not conquered by Wei, Qi's mainland will not be greatly affected.
Now that the "alliance" has been negotiated, we need to discuss in detail how to cooperate sincerely.
Han Wangran told King Lu Bai of Qi in his letter that he knew that Qi's weapons and equipment and war weapons were originally forged by craftsmen of Lu. Unfortunately, Lu had been invaded by Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Pei a few years ago.
, resulting in the destruction of countless domestic workshop facilities. In view of this, Han Wangran said that Han and Qi could cooperate in armaments: that is, South Korea would build weapons for Qi, and Qi would purchase this batch of armaments to ease South Korea's current situation.
financial pressure.
Even Han Wangran pointed out in the letter that he still had a large number of obsolete weapons and equipment in South Korea, including those that Wei Guoqiang had bought and sold to them, and implored Qi to contact Chu King Xiong Tuo - Han Wangran had already guessed
Qi and Chu secretly formed an alliance.
Of course, Qi State would not refuse the pleas of the new allies. On the same day, it sent people to Shouying to report the matter to King Xiong Tuo of Chu.
Sure enough, just as Han Wangran had judged, King Xiong Tuo of Chu was very interested in this batch of obsolete weapons and equipment from South Korea - after all, the Chu State's grain recruitment troops, including the Yue State's army, were very backward in weapons and equipment. If he could get this
Eliminating weapons and equipment in batches can also greatly enhance our strength.
Of course, the main reason is that the Wei State has cut off transactions in this area after realizing that the Chu State is becoming more and more threatening. Therefore, Chu King Xiong Tuo will certainly not refuse this batch of armaments from Han Wangran.
After reaching a transaction intention with each other, Qi State contributed its efforts and transported these obsolete military spare ships from South Korea to Chu State in batches via coastal sea routes. Chu State received more weapons and equipment, while South Korea further eased domestic tensions.
Although Qi State did not benefit from the economic embarrassment this time, its assistance allowed Han and Chu to get what they needed, and their strength increased - the strength of the allies, which is also important for Qi State today.
A happy thing to see come to fruition.
During this period, Tang Ju, the envoy from Wei, finally arrived in Linzi, the capital of King Qi.
At this time, Tang Ju was still unaware that his Wei State's strategy of conquest almost caused the Korean economy to collapse. However, through the strategy of conquest, Han Wangran also vaguely created the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu", preparing to fight with "
Wei and Qin Alliance" contended in separate courts.
As far as this round is concerned, Wei Wang Zhao Run and Han Wangran are evenly matched.
Even faintly, Han Wangran was even more outstanding.