"...His Majesty the King of Wei once asked me about the king's condition."
That night, in the inner hall of the palace, Han Wangran was lying on the couch, closing his eyes and thinking deeply about the conversation he had with his minister Zhao Zhuo during the day.
"Zhao Qing missed the mark. How could someone like Zhao Run be unintentional?"
According to Zhao Zhuo, Wei King Zhao Run mentioned Han Ran out of concern and asked him about Han Ran's current situation. Han Ran categorically did not believe this - it was not that he could not believe Zhao Zhuo, but that he did not believe anyone like Wei King Zhao Run.
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Who is Wei Wang Zhao Run?
He is a person with a strong utilitarianism - that is, having a clear purpose in doing things. Especially as the monarch of the Wei State, every move he makes is related to the interests of the Wei State. Han Ran really does not believe that Zhao Run would say such a "
"Human touch".
This is not a disparagement, in fact the same is true for Han Ran.
Although he regarded Wei Wang Zhao Run as his lifelong confidant from the bottom of his heart, deep down in his heart he also wished that his lifelong confidant would die early, because the existence of Zhao Run was a serious threat to both South Korea and Han Ran.
obstacles - I believe Zhao Run treats him the same way as Han Ran.
On this premise, Zhao Run suddenly asked Zhao Zhuo about Han Ran, which made Han Ran inevitably think of the word "ulterior motives".
"Did he... have a premonition that I will soon die?"
Han Wangran frowned and thought to himself.
After thinking about it, he felt that it was probably the time two months ago when he accidentally hit his head in the palace, and the news was leaked, and Wei Guo's detailed work learned about it.
But thinking about it carefully, Han Wangran felt that it didn't make sense: he just fell down in the palace. Generally speaking, Wei Wang Zhao Run would never think that he was "soon to die", right?
"Unless...he had a 'premeditation'!"
Opening his eyes slightly, Han Wangran looked up at the dim candlelight in the hall, his expression gradually becoming strange.
Originally, he had never noticed this 'conspiracy', but what happened this time reminded him of a lot. For example, when Wei envoys Tang Ju and Fan Ying deliberately praised Wei King Zhao Run in front of him, what happened?
How to be "diligent and wise".
At that time, Han Ran was on pins and needles after hearing this, wishing he could be ten times and a hundred times more diligent than Zhao Run. But now thinking about it carefully, there is a big loophole in this matter: in fact, Han Ran always felt very strange, because according to his understanding of Zhao Run,
The latter should not be the kind of monarch who is dedicated to state affairs.
In other words, Wei Wang Zhao Run pretended to be diligent and upholding the country, just to show him Han Ran. As for the purpose, it is not difficult to guess based on the fact that Wei Wang Zhao Run pretended to ask about his physical condition this time.
——Just like the border confrontation between Wei and South Korea in the past two years, Zhao Run gradually wore down his body by putting pressure on him.
"It is said that Mr. Wei was very cunning and cunning back then..."
With a wry smile, Han Ran's mood was really complicated.
He was not angry. After all, this was a game between monarchs. He fell into Zhao Run's trick, which only meant that he was not as smart as the other party.
On the contrary, he was even vaguely pleased because he finally surpassed Wei King Zhao Run in one aspect: diligence!
But he was relieved, but Han Wangran was not happy at all. The reason was that the other party's conspiracy had succeeded: years of hard work had indeed made his physical condition worse than before, especially when he accidentally broke a bone in the palace in the first two months.
After the headache, he had a fever for several days. Although the illness was later suppressed by using medicinal stones, the old palace doctor in the palace made it very clear that medicinal stones can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, and cannot eradicate the cause of the disease.
The source of his illness came from his long-term hard work and overwork.
The old palace doctor had advised him that if he did not want to follow in the footsteps of the late king Han Jian, then he should immediately change his original lifestyle and stop working hard or thinking about national affairs all the time, which would make it difficult for him to continue mentally and physically - this
There was no such thing as "overuse of the brain" in this era.
But, how can Han Ran let go of all this?
His Korean economy had just been targeted by Wei merchants, causing chaos in the domestic market. Among them, there were even some greedy businessmen who did not care about the country but themselves, taking the opportunity to make money and cause trouble.
What's even worse is that because of the relationship between Wei merchants, the credibility of Korean copper coins has been so low that even the people of the country have no trust in them. More and more Koreans refuse to circulate Korean copper coins.
Instead, Wei's Yuan money was used.
The combination of these two bad news means that South Korea has almost lost the foundation of a country.
It would be fine to say that it is just a mess at home, but in fact, South Korea's foreign strategy has also failed.
First of all, the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu" was exposed in advance, and secondly, the "Wu'an-Boren-Julu Defense Line" was the strategic defense line against Wei that South Korea spent more than two years, expending countless energy and investing a lot of manpower and material resources on.
When Wei ignored this line of defense and attacked Qi, it was in vain.
When he thought of this, Han Wangran felt his head begin to hurt again.
"That's all, don't think about these things for now..."
Raising his hand to rub the aching spot, Han Wangran turned to think about another thing, that is, how to "tempt" Wei to attack his country, South Korea.
Speaking of which, he had no clue about this before. Even though Zhao Zhuo spent about three months traveling between Wei and Jicheng, Han Ran still couldn't think of any good ideas.
But after Zhao Zhuo returned to Jicheng, when he told Han Ran and "The King of Wei asked about your current situation," Han Wangran suddenly thought of a way.
Yes, this method is to fake death. Through Han Ran's fake death, Wei King Zhao Run relaxed his vigilance.
One is Qi, which is weak but has just defeated the Chu army with the help of "martial arts warriors" two years ago. The other is South Korea, which has just 'lost' its monarch, leading to domestic chaos and even civil strife. It is as wise as Zhao Run, the king of Wei.
, which country will he choose to attack?
At least in Han Wangran's view, as long as everything goes well, Wei will very likely change its original strategy and take advantage of South Korea's "civil strife" to attack.
But how to implement it specifically?
After all, it is not an easy task to deceive the monarch of Wei.
Once a flaw is revealed and the plot is seen through by Wei Wang Zhao Run, then Han Ran will lose this only chance to save the situation.
While rubbing the aching part of his head with his hands, Han Wangran racked his brains and thought.
After thinking for a whole night, Han Wangran came up with a feasible strategy, which might be able to deceive King Zhao Run of Wei.
"Come here, call Ma Kuo."
He gave instructions to the chamberlain who had been waiting in the palace all night.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The waiter retreated in response.
After a while, Wei Qing Ma Kuo strode into the palace, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, are you summoning my ministers?"
After saying that, he suddenly noticed the tired look on Han Wangran's face. He was worried and frowned and said: "Your Majesty, you are..."
As if he guessed what Ma Kuo wanted to say, Han Wangran waved his hand to interrupt the former's words, and then ordered the servants in the palace: "You guys, please step aside for now."
Ma Kuo was about to persuade him again, but suddenly Han Ran stepped back. He seemed to realize something immediately, so he kept silent and watched the servants leave the palace one by one.
After all the servants left, Han Ran waved to Ma Kuo to sit on the edge of the couch, and then lowered his voice and said to him: "Send your confidants to Julu immediately, and ask Yan Kui to come to Jicheng immediately to see me. Remember.
, told him to disguise himself and not leak the news."
As he said that, he saw a bit of surprise and confusion on Ma Kuo's face, so he smiled and said, "You will know then."
Ma Kuo nodded and did not ask any further questions. After saying goodbye, he immediately summoned two of his trusted generals, two of whom had followed him to help Han Wangran eradicate Kang Gong Han Hu and Wu An Shou Zhu Man, and ordered them to go immediately.
Giant deer.
The two trusted generals received the order and did not dare to delay. They immediately changed into ordinary clothes and embarked on their journey on horseback.
Since Ma Kuo specially prepared two horses for each of the two generals, the two of them arrived at Julu City in just over ten days by changing their mounts on the way.
When entering Julu City, the two of them showed the token of "Yan Ju", one of Ma Kuo's subordinates. This made Le Yi and Yan Kui a little puzzled after learning about this. After all, they and Yan Ju had nothing to do with each other.
Much friendship.
But even so, Le Yi and Yan Kui still invited the two generals to the county government office to ask what happened.
At this time, the two generals told the truth: it was Wei Qing Ma Kuo who asked Yan Kui to disguise himself and go to Jicheng immediately.
After hearing this, Le Yi and Yan Kui were both surprised.
When the two generals temporarily retired to the city to rest, Le Yi discussed the matter with Yan Kui.
Le Yi said: "These two are Ma Kuo's confidants. Since the order is conveyed through Ma Kuo, it must be the king's instruction..."
Yan Kui nodded in agreement.
You know, in Yuyang County, South Korea, there are only two people who hold military power. One is Yuyang Shou Qin Kai. He is in charge of the county soldiers - the original Yuyang Army. Currently, he is mainly responsible for guarding South Korea.
The northern frontier fortress has recently been transferred to the outside of the county and is responsible for negotiating with the foreign ethnic groups on the remote Northern Plateau and facilitating transactions between those foreign ethnic groups and South Korea.
The other person was Ma Kuo, the Qing of Wei. The army in charge of this person was mainly responsible for defending the capital of Jicheng and the royal palace in the city.
Although comparing the two of them, it is impossible to say who has a higher official position, but at least in Jicheng, there is probably no one else besides Han Wangran who can instruct Ma Kuo to do something.
The question is, since Han Wangran summoned him, why did he not do official business but ask Ma Kuo's confidants to summon him privately?
Moreover, he was also asked to disguise himself in Yan Cree.
Even though he couldn't figure it out, Yan Kui followed the instructions, put on ordinary clothes, and set off for Jicheng that day.
There is no need to elaborate on the experience on the way. Around mid-September, Yan Kui arrived in Jicheng. Then, accompanied by the two generals, he first went to the house of Wei Qing Ma Kuo and met Ma Kuo himself.
"General Ma Kuo, your Majesty summoned Yan?"
After seeing Ma Kuo, Yan Kui couldn't help but ask.
Ma Kuo nodded and said, "I don't know the specific situation. Your Majesty just asked me to take the General into the palace to meet the King as soon as he arrives."
After that, without waiting for Yan Kui to bathe and change clothes, he quietly took Yan Kui into the palace and met Han Wangran.
Yan Kui didn't know that Han Wangran was in poor health recently, so when he saw the latter lying on the bed reviewing memorials, he was shocked. After all, he also recognized this wise and diligent monarch, but did not want this monarch to appear.
What an unexpected event.
"Your Majesty, you...what's wrong with you?"
Because Ma Kuo had already dismissed the servants in the palace in advance, Yan Kui was not worried about his identity being discovered. He walked up to the bed and looked at Han Wangran with a look of shock. In fact, Han Wangran at this moment
My complexion has improved slightly, but it was even worse in the past few months.
"General Yan Cree."
Han Wangran reached out and patted the edge of the bed, signaling Yan Kui to sit down next to the bed. At the same time, he motioned with his eyes to Ma Kuo to close the palace door.
"Let's not talk about my affairs. How is the situation at Julu?" Han Ran asked first.
Yan Kui's expression darkened when he heard this, and he said guiltily: "Despite the entrustment of the king, there has been no progress on the front line... Whether it is Zhao Jiang in Handan or Pang Huan in Feicheng, both of them only defended but did not attack, no matter what I did
The army provoked every possible means but remained unmoved. This shows that Wei is determined to attack Qi..."
Han Wangran nodded slightly and asked: "How is the situation over there in Qi?"
"The last general was also concerned about this matter." Yan Kuai paused and recounted: "In August, the "Wei Wujun" captured Wuyan, East County. After that, Wei General Shaohu continued to march eastward, and in front of the last general
When they came to Jicheng, the Wei army had already advanced to the west of Mount Tai..."
Hearing this, Han Wangran couldn't help but frowned and couldn't help asking: "Will Qi just let the Wei army advance step by step?"
"That's not true." Yan Kui shook his head and explained: "As far as the general knows, Qi State's Tian Dan has long been transferred to the Mount Tai area. According to the general's guess, Qi State has probably decided to give up the unsafe situation.
We are guarding Dongjun and prepare to defend Mount Tai to the death."
"This is indeed a wise choice."
Han Wangran nodded slightly.
After he learned that Qi State had transferred Tian Dan to the Taishan area, his worries about Qi State were slightly relieved. After all, Tian Dan was also a world-famous general. Although he was not unparalleled in the world, he wanted to defeat Qi State.
It's not that easy for this person - at least, Xiang Mo, the general of Chu State, couldn't do it.
In addition, if you think about it carefully, Tian Dan of Qi has never been defeated. The only exception is that he was strategically played by Zhao Run, the king of Wei. Zhao Run once pretended to confront Tian Dan, but in the end he was quietly
He quietly led his troops to sneak away and attacked the hinterland of South Korea. It is said that Tian Dan was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
But even so, Wei Wang Zhao Run still failed to defeat Tian Dan head-on on the battlefield. It can be seen that Tian Dan can also be regarded as one of the few famous generals in the world. He has never been defeated because of his head-on confrontation with Wei King Zhao Run.
It seems that such famous generals are guarding Mount Tai. I believe that they can temporarily stop the Wei Wu army of Wei General Shao Hu. At least the latter cannot attack Mount Tai so easily.
But having said that, in the face of the attack from the direction of the Wei State, Mount Tai is probably the last pass defense line of the Qi State. If Mount Tai is captured by the Wei army, then the Wei army will be able to invade the "Beihai County" with an area of flat plains without any hindrance.
The king of Linqi is at the foot of Linzi City.
Therefore, even if Tian Dan was transferred to Mount Tai, the situation for the "Three Kingdoms Alliance of Han, Qi, and Chu" was not optimistic.
"Okay, let's put aside the matters concerning Julu and the State of Qi for the time being. I ordered you to return to the capital quietly this time because I have an important thing to tell you." Han Wangran said.
After hearing this, Yan Kuai's face straightened up and he quickly said: "Please tell me, Your Majesty."
Han Wangran waved his hand, indicating that Yan Kui did not need to be so restrained, and then he whispered: "A while ago, I ordered Zhao Zhuo to go to the Kingdom of Wei. My original intention was to provoke Zhao Run, the king of Wei, and make him attack our country in anger. Unfortunately, Zhao Zhuo
Run was not fooled, but instead exposed my guilty conscience to the latter. But there were mistakes, and I also understood one thing...that is, Zhao Run had been waiting for me to be dragged down by the heavy state affairs. "
"..." Ma Kuo and Yan Kui looked at each other.
To be honest, they couldn't understand the complicated relationship between Han Wangran and Wei Wang Zhao Run: they were close confidants, but they also wished that the other party would die early.
"Oh, this matter is not important, but because of this matter, I came up with an idea, which may be able to lure Wei State to abandon Qi State and attack our country, Korea. However, I need your cooperation, Yan Kui." Han Wangran said with a smile.
Yan Kui nodded and said, "Please show me, Your Majesty."
Han Wangran touched his chin and said with a smile: "Since Zhao Run wants me to die, then I will do as he wishes..."
"Your Majesty, do you mean to cheat death?"
Yan Que was stunned for a moment, frowning and thinking about the pros and cons.
It has to be said that Han Wangran used to fake death to seduce the Wei State. This is a double-edged sword. If he fails, it will cause chaos in the country.
But having said that, as far as the current situation is concerned, I am afraid that only this desperate strategy can turn the tide and reverse the current unfavorable situation.
At this time, Han Wangran continued: "Usual tricks of cheating death cannot deceive Zhao Run. Therefore, I secretly summon you to come, hoping that you will send someone to Daliang of Wei State to try to rescue Han Wu..."
"Han Wu? Lihou Han Wu?!"
When Wei Qing Ma Kuo heard this, he was surprised at first, and then showed a thoughtful expression.
He glanced at Yan Kui intentionally or unintentionally, and he vaguely understood the reason why Han Wangran secretly summoned the latter: Yan Kui was originally a general of Lihou Han Wu's line.
At the same time, Yan Kui seemed to have guessed something and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, what is your consciousness..."
Han Wangran nodded and lowered his voice and said: "After some time, I will release the news of cheating death at the right time, but this news alone cannot deceive Zhao Run. Therefore, I want you to pretend to be a rebel and do something to take advantage of the opportunity."
The posture of welcoming Han Wu back, this is the only way to deceive Zhao Run..." At this point, he looked at Yan Kui apologetically and said, "Just in this way, the reputation of the general will be sacrificed..."
"What are you talking about, Your Majesty!" Yan Kui said immediately: "To serve the country and share the worries of Your Majesty, Yan Kui will not hesitate even if his body is broken into pieces, let alone a mere reputation?"
Although he said this, Yan Kui's mood was still a bit complicated, not because of his reputation, but because Han Wangran mentioned Li Hou Han Wu.
To be fair, if there is no comparison with Han Wangran, Lihou Han Wu can also be regarded as a respectable follower.
It is said that Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, was captured alive by Wei General Wu Ji on the Julu battlefield. Regardless of his own safety, he ordered Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, to step up his attack on Julu at the last moment in an attempt to exchange his life for the life of the current Wei King Zhao Run. This incident is rumored to have
After opening, everyone has to give a thumbs up and praise: He is indeed the son of Mingjun Han Jian!
"It's just a pity for Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin...It's also a pity for Ma She, the guardian of Shanggu..."
Yan Kui secretly glanced at the monarch in front of him and sighed secretly.
His only grudge against Han Ran was that Han Ran deposed the Dang Yin Hou Han Yang.
Of course, Han Ran cannot be entirely blamed for this incident. Who made Han Yang speak so carelessly that he made Shanggu Shou Ma She angry to death?
This is a bad debt.
After calming down, Yan Kui suddenly thought of something. After hesitating again and again, he asked: "Your Majesty, the matter of welcoming Lihou back is for the Wei people to see, or..."
Han Wangran was stunned, and then he understood the deep meaning of Yan Kui's words. After smiling melancholy, he said: "It's just for the Wei people to see. In fact, whether Han Wu can escape will not affect the overall situation. But... I still have it. I hope you will try your best to help your sworn brother escape..."
"Your Majesty..." When Wei Qing Ma Kuo heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt.
As if guessing Ma Kuo's thoughts, Han Ran stretched out his hand to interrupt the former, looked at the somewhat uneasy Yan Kuo and said: "Yan Kuo, you don't have to be too suspicious, I am speaking from the bottom of my heart... According to the doctor in the palace. According to the diagnosis, my life may be short-lived. Everyone is destined to die, so there is nothing to fear, but I can't worry about my country. If I die, my country will definitely fall apart. If my sworn brother can return to the country at this time and sit in Jicheng, It may be possible to resolve this crisis... Therefore, just go ahead and do something!"
Yan Kui's face was moved when he heard this, and he lowered his head in shame: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
On the third day of October in the ninth year of Wei Xing'an, Han Wangran calculated that time was almost up, so he implemented a trick of cheating death.
Since he didn't know whether there were any spies from the Wei State in the palace, he simply revealed the truth to a few trustworthy people such as Queen Zhou and the Prime Minister Kaifang. He didn't say a word about the other officials in the palace. carry.
Because of this, the palace was in chaos. Fortunately, the Wei Qing Ma Kuo "timely" mobilized troops to blockade the entire palace, and even the city was under martial law, creating an atmosphere "as if something big had happened."
It is worth mentioning that Han Wangran also deliberately asked Queen Zhou to lead a group of maids to cry in the palace.
Just as Han Wangran guessed, this incident really alarmed the Wei spies in the city, namely the Qingya people who were stationed in Jicheng.
They asked around, but since the palace was sealed off, even the Green Crows could not find out what happened in Jiwang Palace without alerting the Koreans.
All they knew was that the sound of a woman crying could be heard faintly in Jiwang Palace.
"Could it be that Han Ran is dead?"
The leader of the local Green Crows was overjoyed when he saw this. He immediately wrote a secret letter and asked his men to sneak out of the city and travel day and night to the Kingdom of Wei and deliver it to the king of Wei, Zhao Run.
Even they understand that Han Ran's death will definitely cause earth-shaking changes in the entire South Korea.