Why did Wei State take the lead in sending troops to attack Qi State?!
Everyone in the world was greatly surprised by this, and the most nervous among them were the people of Qi.
At the end of April, when the news that "Wei State declared war on Han Qi" was transmitted back to Linzi, the royal capital, by Qi merchants, Qi King Lu Bai was shocked and angry.
What is surprising is that after nearly three years of border confrontation with South Korea, Wei State finally took the lead in using troops against Qi State. Let alone Qi State, this was unexpected. Looking at the entire Central Plains, how many people could have expected it?
The angry thing is that Qi King Lu Bai could vaguely guess the reason why Wei State took the lead in using troops against his Qi State, that is, the so-called "persimmons must be picked softly." Doesn't this mean that Wei Wang Zhao Run never put his Qi State in the first place?
In the eyes?
This is simply unreasonable!
But he was frightened and angry. After calming down, Qi King Lu Bai was inevitably a little frightened. After all, what Qi State was about to face was Wei State, now the veritable overlord of the Central Plains.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. King Lu Bai of Qi immediately summoned Zhao Zhao, Tian Tao, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, Bao Shu, Lian Chen and others to discuss countermeasures in the palace.
In the palace, after King Lu Bai of Qi described the situation they were facing now, the ministers felt quite heavy.
Regardless of the fact that Qi has also done well in foreign affairs in recent years, such as winning the "Battle of Qi and Chu" that lasted for two years, the question is, can Chu's army be comparable to Wei's army?
"I wonder which army Wei is planning to mobilize to attack Daqi?" Shiqing Bao Shu said with a frown.
After hearing this, Tian Bao, the Right Prime Minister, said solemnly: "If nothing else happens, it will be "Wei Wujun"."
"Wei Wujun..."
All the officials in the palace bowed their heads in deep thought.
The Wei Wujun is the signature army of the Wei State. In the minds of the people of the Wei State, no army can surpass the Wei Wujun, not even the Shangshui Army founded by Wei King Zhao Run, a powerful army that makes the entire Central Plains tremble.
, the prestige in the country of Wei is not as good as that of Wei Wujun.
After looking around at his colleagues in the palace, Right Prime Minister Tian Bao slowly told the information about Wei Wujun: "Wei Wujun has an establishment of 50,000 men. The former commander was Zhao Ke, King of Yu. After Zhao Ke died of illness, he was replaced by Lieutenant General Shao.
Tiger, took over the military power...
…In addition to Shaohu, there are several veteran generals such as Long Ji, Yi Gu, and Zhao Bao in Wei Wu’s army... Among these Wei veteran generals, Shaohu is both brave and strategic, and quite handsome.
During the second northern Xinjiang war, Shao
Hu serves as the commander-in-chief, Young Master Wei... No, the current King of Wei, Zhao Run, once served as deputy general under Shao Hu. It can be imagined that this Shao Hu is by no means a good person. Apart from Shao Hu, the most famous general of Wei Wujun is
It was Yi Gu, who was good at
Chang Ben's attack plan, when Shouling Junjingshe of the Chu State attacked the Wei State, he was harassed by Yi Gu in all possible ways in the Yongqiu area, and it was impossible to prevent him... As for Long Ji and Zhao Bao, their reputations are relatively small. The former is good at holding on, and the latter is good at defending.
Those who are good at attacking difficulties..."
All the officials in the palace listened to the story of Right Prime Minister Tian Ba without saying a word.
To be honest, Wei Wujun's reputation is not high enough to make them talk about it. If you analyze it carefully, Wei Wujun is not invincible: although Wei General Shaohu is a handsome man, he is not as good as the late Yu Wang Zhao
Although Yigu was good at attacking and plotting, Qi did not have generals who could resist. As for Long Ji, Zhao Bao, etc., there is no need to list them in detail.
To be fair, among the commanders of the Wei State, there are only a few of them that the countries in the Central Plains are most afraid of.
Among them, the first one is King Zhao Run of Wei. Although there are generals from other countries who have never been defeated by King Zhao Run of Wei, so far, no general has defeated this hero of Wei who is extremely good at using troops.
Xiang Mo of Chu did not have Jing She, Tian Dan of Qi did not do it, Li Mu of Korea did not do Le Yi, Gongsun Qi of Qin did not do it, and Wang Jian did not do it either.
But fortunately, this terrifying commander-in-chief of the Wei State has now taken off his battle robe and put on the royal robe. If nothing unexpected happens, he should not appear in the Wei army again. This is very important for any army with
For the troops fighting in the Wei State, it was a very lucky thing.
Just as Han General Bao Yuan, who is currently assisting Qi in training the Northern Navy, once said: Only when you face him (Wei Gongzi Run) in person can you truly understand what invulnerable despair means!
After King Zhao Run of Wei, the most famous general in Wei was Zhao Zuo, King of Southern Liang. This man was ruthless and cunning, and would do whatever it took to win. He was a very difficult type to deal with.
But other than that, the Wei State actually has no "impeccable commanders" like Wei Ji, Sima An, Wu Ji, Qu Cheng, Pang Huan, etc. Although these people are extremely good generals, but
In terms of strategic level, these Wei generals are certainly inferior to those of Wei Wang Zhao Run and Nan Liang Wang Zhao Zuo.
Therefore, when they heard that the State of Wei had only dispatched the Wei Wu Army to attack the State of Qi, everyone in the palace was somewhat relieved, but at the same time they inevitably felt underestimated. Do you really think that Zhao Run, a mere 50,000-man Wei Wu Army, could defeat the state of Qi?
My entire Qi country?!
However, when they thought that Handan Nanjun, which was not far from the Qi Kingdom, still had three Wei armies stationed in Handan, Yecheng, and Feicheng, the officials in the palace did not dare to take it lightly.
After all, no one can guarantee whether the Wei army stationed there will suddenly send troops eastward to attack Qi.
"Why our country Qi? South Korea declared war on Wei. Shouldn't Wei use troops against South Korea?"
The scholar-bureaucrat frowned and asked the question that everyone present wanted to know.
After hearing this, the right prime minister Tian Tao glanced at the left prime minister Zhao Zhao. Seeing that the latter frowned and said nothing, he said seriously: "In my opinion, this may be the brilliance of King Wei!"
After taking a look around, he explained: "In the past two years, since the confrontation between Wei and South Korea at the border, South Korea has built all the defense facilities for local operations in Handan North County and Julu County to guard against Wei's attack.
, I believe that the King of Wei should also know this... Therefore, the King of Wei deliberately did not attack South Korea, but instead attacked Daqi, so that the various defense facilities that South Korea spent two years reinforcing could not have any effect.
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"This is just one of the reasons." Scholar-official Guan Zhong also interjected at this time and added: "Second, the King of Wei saw the key to this war, which is our Daqi. Our Daqi is located in Shandong, with South Korea to the north and South Korea to the south.
It is the State of Chu that maintains the current transportation and communication between the two countries. If the Wei army conquers Daqi in one go, it can divide the forces of Han and Chu... Just like what the right minister just said, King Wei's vision
Quite vicious, he knew that South Korea was trying to induce Wei to attack it, so he deployed domestic defenses in advance, but King Wei did the opposite... If Guan guessed correctly, King Wei's third
Of course, the first step of the strategy is to use troops against our great Qi, and the second step of the strategy is most likely to target the Chu State... As for South Korea, I am afraid that the King of Han has also been tricked by the Wei State."
After listening to Guan Zhong's analysis, everyone in the palace further realized the vicious vision of King Zhao Run of Wei. They must admit that this monarch of Wei was worthy of being a commander who was very good at war. He easily found the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Qi, Han and Chu"
” weak points.
"...This is not good."
Scholar-official Uncle Bao frowned and said.
He also understood that South Korea's reliance on containing Wei was simply that they had prepared for a local war in advance. But the problem was that if Wei did not attack South Korea at all, then all the preparations South Korea had made before would be in vain.
However, in other battlefields where there was no advance preparation, South Korea had no possibility of containing Wei.
For example, the Wei Wujun of the Wei State is about to attack the Qi State. Should South Korea save it? If South Korea refuses to save it, then the Wei State can easily capture the Qi State, divide South Korea and the Chu State, and adopt various tactics to defeat them.
; On the contrary, if South Korea chooses to abandon its local defense facilities, rescue Qi State, and fight the Wei army in Qi State, then South Korea will most likely not be able to achieve its previous purpose of containing Wei because in other battlefields, South Korea's army is not very large.
odds of winning.
It is for this reason that the scholar-bureaucrat Guan Zhong thought that Wei King Zhao Run was scheming with South Korea.
It is very likely that Wei Wang Zhao Run never planned to attack South Korea, but he deliberately created a posture of attacking South Korea just to make South Korea spend a lot of money and energy and spend two years to increase the number of troops in Handan North County and Julu County.
Solid Defense In the current situation where Wei chooses to attack Qi as the first breakthrough point, South Korea's local defense facilities are meaningless.
"What should I do now?"
King Lu Bai of Qi finally asked the question that concerned him most.
Everyone in the hall was silent for a moment, and then Shang Qing Gao Xi let out a breath, stroked his beard and said dullly: "Now that things have come to a point, the only option is to go to the Kingdom of Wei, hoping to persuade the King of Wei to stop attacking our country... In the end
At the very least, delay Wei’s plan to use troops against our country; in addition, send people to contact South Korea and Chu to wait for reinforcements from the two countries..."
Except for Zhao Zhao, the left prime minister, everyone in the palace nodded slightly when they heard this. They must admit that without the reinforcements of Han and Chu, Qi State alone would not be able to stop it even with the help of Lu State.
In the current era of Wei's army, it is no longer time to let the "Qilu Allied Forces" run rampant as they did for decades.
In mid-May, the Wei Wujun stationed in Hetao, in compliance with the order of Wei King Zhao Run, took a troop ship, sailed down the river, and anchored at "Cangtingjin" in Weiguo territory.
It is worth mentioning that the State of Wei did not obtain the consent of the State of Wei for this matter. It was simply a matter of informing the State of Wei. Since the death of Wei Gong Ziyu, King Zhao Run of Wei's feelings towards the State of Wei have become very weak.
But unexpectedly, King Fei of Wei was not angry because of this. Instead, in order to please Wei as usual, he sent officials to escort Wei Wujun with money and grain.
When meeting with the Weiguo official, Shaohu mentioned the joint dispatch of troops intentionally or unintentionally. After all, due to the Weiwei alliance and now being in the Weiguo territory, Shaohu had to say hello.
But to his surprise, the Weiguo official told him tactfully: Weiguo's troops were not strong enough to defend the Wei army, and they were really unable to assist the Wei army. However, the Weiguo official was willing to provide some food and grass to the Wei army.
After hearing the words of this Weiguo official, Shao Hu felt a little disdainful.
Of course, Wei's army is not comparable to Wei's in terms of number and quality, but there is no problem in gathering an army of 40,000 to 50,000 to follow Wei's army. Obviously, Wei Wang Fei 'foreseen' Wei's conflict with Wei.
During the war in South Korea, he was worried that the country he was defending, or more specifically, Puyang, the royal capital where he was located, would be attacked by South Korea, so he did not dare to mobilize troops easily.
Out of perseverance in his heart, Shao Hu said lightly: "Since your country is unwilling to send troops to help, then the land of Dongjun captured by our army will belong to me, the Wei Dynasty..."
"It should, it should." The Weiguo official nodded and bowed.
"You really are not qualified to even wave the flag and cheer..."
Shao Hu couldn't help but shook his head as he watched the Weiguo official leave.
At this time, he inevitably had a strange feeling in his heart: What is the use of such a helpless ally?
Standing by, Wei General Long Ji seemed to have seen what Shao Hu was thinking, and said with emotion: "This country... is no longer good." After a pause, he added: "Once Wei Gong Ziyu died, Wei
The country will not be complete."
The other Wei generals heard this and nodded in agreement.
If Wei Gong Ziyu were still alive, how could Wei Guo be so cowardly?
"What a pity..."
Shaohu shook his head slightly.
Indeed, if Wei Gong Ziyu was still alive, he would definitely gather troops to assist Wei in attacking Qi. On the one hand, it would help Wei, and on the other hand, it would also take the opportunity to expand the territory of Wei.
Wei Gong Ziyu has always been an ambitious person.
It is a pity that Wei Gong Ziyu passed away a few years ago during the civil strife in Wei State, causing Wei State to lose a powerful helper when it deployed troops to Qi State.
After sighing for a moment, Shao Hu immediately ordered his army to advance eastward, preparing to attack "Ke Yi" in the east county of Qi State.
Although the Wei Wujun had just arrived, not only did they not have any war weapons for attacking the city, but the 50,000-strong army had only arrived at more than 20,000 people. But even so, the defenders of Ke Yi still fled, leaving Shao Hu without any trouble.
The city was obtained through effort.
It's no wonder, after all, in a small county like "Keyi", the city wall is only two or three feet high, and there are only a few hundred soldiers defending the city. How can it stop the Wei Wu army? Even if all the Wei Wu army is not present, they are unable to parry.
A few days after that, several county towns in the west of Dongjun, such as "Shouzhang", "Gucheng", and "Xuchang", quickly fell one after another and were occupied by Wei Wu's army. The tops of these cities were also
The flag of Wei was raised.
It is no exaggeration to say that Wei Wujun spent almost no effort when attacking these cities. Every time when their army arrived at the enemy city, panic broke out before they attacked the city. The so-called siege battle also seemed to be
It was a farce, and the Qi army defending the city was almost defeated at the first touch.
It wasn't until they arrived at "Wuyan County" that Wei Wujun's momentum of easily seizing the city was slightly frustrated.
This is not surprising, because "Wuyan in the East County" that Shaohu and others are about to attack was once the garrison of Wei Gong Ziyu. At that time, Wei Gong Ziyu specially fortified the city and prepared to use Wuyan City as his army to attack Qi.
The base camp.
It's just a pity that Wei Yu, an ambitious young master of Wei, died in the civil strife of his country without realizing his ambition. What's even more sad is that not long after his death, Feng Chen, the envoy of Qi, visited Wei.
Through his persuasive words and at a very small price, King Fei of Wei finally agreed to return Dongjun, which Duke Ziyu of Wei had finally captured, to Qi State.
At the same time that Wei General Shaohu led Wei Wujun to attack "Donggun Wuyan", in the Julu City area of South Korea, Han General Leyi was frowning and watching the news he had just learned.
"Wei Wujun attacked Qi State's Dongjun?"
After carefully reading the secret letter sent by Xi Zuo several times, Le Yi showed a subtle look on his face.
In fact, as early as half a month ago, he had already heard that Luoyang, the capital of Wei State, officially declared war on South Korea in early April. After learning about this, he immediately issued an order to the governors of Handan North County and Julu County.
The army was on alert to prepare for Wei's attack. In fact, not long after South Korea declared war on Wei in early March, the defenders of these two counties had already made corresponding preparations.
What Ke Layi never expected was that although the Wei State declared war on South Korea, the "Hanoi Army", "Yanling Army" and "Suppression of Rebellion Army" stationed in the three cities of Handan, Yecheng and Feicheng still had no power.
Abnormal movement.
Why not attack?!
Le Yi was a little puzzled. Wei Guo had obviously declared war on South Korea, right?
Why not attack?
Just when he was quite suspicious, the agent sent out finally sent back the news that "Wei Wujun attacked the East County of Qi State", which greatly exceeded Le Yi's expectation.
Wei State didn't attack South Korea, but it actually attacked Qi State?
Could it be that when Wei declared war on Qi, it was true? Was it not to intimidate Qi?
"……etc!"
Frowning, Le Yi seemed to have suddenly thought of something. He walked to the desk in a few steps, looked at a relatively detailed map of the Central Plains countries, and squinted his eyes.
"So...is that so?"
After examining it for a long time, Le Yi slowly raised his head, with a hint of bitterness on his usually steady and conceited face.
"Deceived... No, Wei King Zhao Run deceived the entire Central Plains! He never thought of attacking our country, Korea. His real purpose was to force our country to be helpless and take the initiative to attack his country Wei..."
Thinking of this, he looked at the three city marks "Handan", "Yecheng" and "Feicheng" on the map with a complicated expression.
Once upon a time, he mistakenly thought that these three cities were the bridgeheads for Wei to attack his Korean army, but it was only now that he suddenly realized: these three Wei armies were actually used to contain his Korean army!
Yes!
These three Wei armies actually received orders from the king to defend themselves!
"Bang!"
Even Le Yi couldn't help but hit the table with his fist.
He could no longer remain calm.
Just because he misjudged Wei's strategic intentions, he spent two years in South Korea to reinforce and build local combat defense facilities in Handan North County and Julu County, but all of them were in vain. Isn't this a "
Is the word "hate" enough to express the resentment in my heart?
"Then...how should I report this matter to the king?"
Sitting down on the stool with his arms folded, Le Yi exhaled slowly, feeling quite a headache.
It was not difficult for him to imagine how Han Wangran would feel when he learned about this.