Chapter 276: Zhao Xuan Returns to Help [Two in One]
On the third day of the second month of the third year of Wei Zhaowu, the messenger sent by Wei Ji, the governor of Hedong, arrived in Jinyang, Taiyuan County with difficulty, preparing to deliver the former's letter to King Huan Zhao Xuan.
At this time, King Huan Zhao Xuan was at the governor's mansion in Jinyang City, discussing the plan for Jinyang and even Taiyuan County with the generals Zhou Min, Zhang Ao, Li Meng, Fang Shuo and other generals.
In fact, to put it simply, it is just how to develop Jinyang in the interests of the Wei State. After all, the new regime in Jicheng in South Korea, headed by King Han Yi, is just a puppet regime supported by the Wei people. How can it possibly ask for help from the Wei State?
Are you going back to Taiyuan County?
However, considering that Wei and South Korea have now re-entered into an alliance, in order to take care of the emotions of the Korean people, Wei claimed that the Korean territory captured by the Wei army still belongs to South Korea. In fact, this is just a name.
When he was eleven years old last year, Taiyuan Shou Lecheng 'saw' this, so he simply opened the city and surrendered to King Huan Zhao Xuan, because he felt that this country had no hope at all. Instead of guarding Korea like this, it was better to
Why not surrender to Wei State wisely? With his reputation as one of the "Top Ten Heroes of Beiyuan" and "Shou Lecheng of Taiyuan", shouldn't he be able to become a general in Wei State?
Sure enough, when Lecheng opened the door to surrender that day, King Huan Zhao Xuan was greatly surprised. You must know that he had fought against Lecheng several times, and he knew the ability of this famous Korean general. It would be great for such a strong general to join his country of Wei.
happy event.
Of course, considering the issue of Chenggong's loyalty, under the advice of military advisor Zhou Min, King Huan Zhao Xuan still relieved Chenggong of his military power - how to deal with the remaining 10,000 Taiyuan soldiers under Lecheng's command has also been an issue in recent years.
There is something that Zhao Xuan and others are considering these days.
First of all, it is absolutely impossible to break them up and organize them into the First Army of the North. After all, Wei and South Korea have been fighting for so many years, and the soldiers on both sides have hatred for each other. The more than 10,000 Taiyuan Korean troops were organized into 50,000 to 60,000
Among the Northern First Army, it was like pouring a basin of cold water into a pot of boiling oil - maybe even the pot would explode.
However, it was a pity for King Huan Zhao Xuan to disband it just like that.
After all, the Taiyuan Army is also a very combat-effective South Korean border army, especially the more than 10,000 remaining Taiyuan Army soldiers who have survived brutal and fierce battles, and can be called elite.
It is a pity that it should be disbanded like this.
Furthermore, after the disbandment of the more than 10,000 Taiyuan troops, these old soldiers who came off the battlefield have nothing to do at home, which may cause chaos in the county's security.
So, the problem is very troublesome.
During the discussion on this matter, the general surrendered successfully but had no intention of expressing his opinion at all. Whenever King Huan Zhao Xuan asked him for his opinion, the general would always evade it by saying "Everything is decided by King Huan" - probably
Also considering that he had just surrendered to the Wei army and had not yet gained the trust of King Huan's people, it was better to keep a low profile.
While we were chatting, suddenly a general from the Northern First Army walked outside the house, clasped his fists and said: "King Huan, there are several soldiers who claim to be soldiers under Lord Wei Ji, who is guarding Hedong. They are asking for an audience outside the house, saying that they are sent by Lord Wei Ji.
They send you important letters."
"Wei Ji?"
King Huan Zhao Xuan was slightly startled, nodded and said, "Invite them in."
After a while, several soldiers came to the meeting hall of the mansion. The leader of the team faced Zhao Xuan and said: "King Huan, Lord Wei Ji ordered us to send you a letter."
After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands.
Seeing this, Fang Shuo, the general closest to the team leader, took the letter and immediately handed it to Zhao Xuan.
In full view of everyone, King Huan Zhao Xuan opened the letter and glanced at it, his expression suddenly changed.
Seeing this scene, Military Advisor Zhou Min immediately guessed that the content of this letter must be extremely critical, otherwise Zhao Xuan would not have shown such an expression.
He thought for a moment, looked around at the generals present and said, "That's it for today's meeting. Please step aside for now."
These words made Zhang Ao, Li Meng, Fang Shuo and other Zhao Xuan's clan guards look at each other.
You must know that they are Zhao Xuan's Zongwei and have followed this prince for more than twenty years. Is it necessary to avoid them because of a letter?
Suddenly, Li Meng glanced at the surrendering general Successfully, and suddenly realized in his heart: Obviously, Zhou Min did not mean to ask them, the Zongwei, to evade.
Being too specific was not conducive to winning over the general who had defected to their Wei state from South Korea, so Zhou Min simply asked everyone to avoid it, which perfectly solved the embarrassment he might face if he succeeded.
"As expected of Zhou Min!"
Zhang Ao and Li Meng looked at each other, stood up with a smile, and greeted the surrendered general Lecheng: "General Lecheng?"
"..."
Le Cheng nodded and stood up. Before leaving, he glanced at Zhou Ming a few times intentionally or unintentionally. Then he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "King Huan, Zhou Shenjiang, then I will leave now."
He also guessed what Zhou Min meant, but he was not disgusted, and was even a little grateful. After all, if he was the only one who was asked to evade, even if he would not become angry and abandon Wei Jun, it would not look good on his face after all, right?
?
"Well, please step aside for now."
King Huan Zhao Xuan, who was sitting on the main seat, also nodded and said.
After a while, when the generals were leaving one after another, Zhou Min, the military advisor and counselor, walked up to King Huan Zhao Xuan and asked: "King Huan, I wonder what Lord Wei Ji wrote in the letter that made your face change so much?"
After hearing this, King Huan Zhao Xuan simply handed the letter in his hand to Zhou Min, and said in a somewhat angry tone: "It's the State of Qin... At the end of last year, the State of Qin launched an undeclared war against me, the Wei Dynasty.
He raised unjust troops and defrauded the cities of Yueyang and Lianshao under the control of Lord Sima An, the governor of Hexi Province..."
"What?!"
Zhou Min's expression changed suddenly when he heard this, and he quickly read the letter in his hand carefully.
However, the content of the letter is exactly the same as what King Huan Zhao Xuan said: Qin State has launched a war against Wei State!
"How could..."
Zhou Min murmured to himself.
It was hard for him to imagine that Qin would go to war with Wei without declaring it. You must know that the relationship between Wei and Qin was very close nearly ten years ago.
What's more, the married princess Yingying of the Qin State gave birth to a son and a daughter for his Wei monarch Zhao Run a few years ago, and the baby boy Zhao Xing was named "Shangjun" just after he was born, and he sat on the throne.
Enjoy the fiefdom of Shangshui - that is the prosperous Shangshui County. In terms of prosperity, there is definitely no more than one hand in Wei State that can be as prosperous as Shangshui County.
What else could Qin be dissatisfied with? So much so that it went to war with Wei without declaring it.
You know, Wei and South Korea, who have had four wars in the past twenty years, have to inform each other when a war begins to avoid being criticized by the world. However, they did not expect that Qin, an ally of Wei, would not
He declared war and thus defrauded the two cities of Yueyang and Lianshao.
"...It's really despicable!"
Zhou Min cursed secretly in his heart and immediately focused his attention on the letter in his hand again.
After carefully reading the entire content of the letter, he pondered: "Although Lord Wei Ji did not ask us to wait in the letter, judging from the meaning of his letter, he probably hoped that we can help him...
…”
"Hmm."
King Huan Zhao Xuan nodded and continued following Zhou Min's words: "The problem is Jinyang's side..."
There are mainly three remaining problems in Jinyang.
One is the more than 10,000 Taiyuan troops under Le Cheng's command. Zhao Xuan has not yet considered how to arrange these soldiers.
Secondly, although the Wei army successfully surrendered, Han Xu, the Marquis of Yangyi, had not yet surrendered.
According to the news sent by Shangdang Shou Jiang Bi, in the late autumn of last year, Yangyi Hou Han Xu led his remaining troops to retreat to "Heyang Yi" in the north of Taiyuan County.
Originally, Zhao Xuan wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack, but because Wei and South Korea have now re-established an alliance that is beneficial to his country, it is naturally difficult for him to kill Han Xu, the Marquis of Yangyi.
On the contrary, he sent a letter to Han Xu before and after the New Year, hoping that Han Xu would surrender to his Wei state as successfully.
Due to the weather, Zhao Xuan has not yet received a reply from Han Xu, Marquis of Yangyi.
Thirdly, after the capture of Jinyang, Zhao Xuan promoted some Koreans who were friendly to his Wei state among the families in the city who surrendered to his Wei army as officials in Jinyang. He does not yet trust these people very much.
"Zhou Min, what do you think?" Zhao Xuan asked Zhou Min.
Zhou Min thought for a while and replied: "There is no doubt that reinforcements will be sent to Hedong. After all, Taiyuan County is not entirely our territory of the Wei Dynasty, but Hexi and Hedong counties are. How can we allow Qin's army to invade and occupy it wantonly?
The issue that needs to be considered is nothing more than how many troops to send..."
After that, he thought for a moment and then immediately continued: "I humbly suggest that King Huan support the east of Hedong with all his troops. After all, after your Majesty's personal expedition, the defense of Gyeonggi (Sanchuan County) is extremely empty. If the Qin State takes advantage of the loophole, it may be possible."
Causing huge turmoil..."
"Hmm." Zhao Xuan nodded.
In fact, he thought so too.
The problem is...
"What should we do here in Jinyang?" he asked with a frown.
Zhou Min thought for a moment and suddenly suggested: "King Huan, you might as well restore the successful military power and continue to ask him to take charge of the Taiyuan Army..."
Zhao Xuan was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately came to his senses and lowered his voice and said: "You mean, you can use this to test and test successfully?"
Zhou Min nodded and said: "Successfully defended Jinyang for several months. It was not until he thought that Jinyang was destined to be undefeated that he surrendered. That's why I didn't trust him, but because he was from South Korea."
For the sake of a famous general, it was a pity to abandon him, so he acquiesced to King Huan.
Winning him under his command... Now, since our army cannot be stationed in Jinyang, it is better to take this opportunity to see how sincere Le Cheng was when he surrendered to our army. By the way, this move can also be understood as showing kindness to Le Cheng.
Success, to show King Huan your trust in him..."
"good!"
King Huan Zhao Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
In the afternoon of that day, Zhao Xuan once again summoned the generals to discuss in the meeting hall.
During this period, he said to the surrendered general Successfully: "Successfully, Lord Wei Ji from Hedong, please ask me to lead the army to help. Therefore, I have decided to withdraw all the troops under my command. As for Jinyang... I have decided to continue.
You have been appointed as the city guard to manage this city. As for the over ten thousand Taiyuan troops under your command, I have also given them to you again. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, all the generals in the room were stunned.
As for the person involved, Cheng Cheng had a look of surprise on his face.
He originally thought that after joining King Huan Zhao Xuan, it would take at least a year and a half to slowly cultivate the prince's trust in him before he could gradually regain his original status in Korea. Unexpectedly, today King Huan Zhao Xuan actually
Say something like this.
After a moment of silence, Le Chenggong tentatively asked: "King Huan, Shu Mo will venture to ask, what happened that caused Lord Wei Ji from Hedong to ask for your help, King Huan?"
When King Huan Zhao Xuan heard this, he glanced at the military general Zhou Min. Seeing that Zhou Min nodded slightly after a slight hesitation, he said calmly: "It's nothing, it's just that the Qin State is unwilling to be lonely and does not want to miss this unprecedented battle. It is
So we just raised troops to attack our great Wei Dynasty."
After hearing these words, the expressions of all the generals in the room suddenly changed.
"What?"
"Qin State actually..."
"How could..."
Seeing that the generals were talking a lot, Zhao Xuan raised his hand to signal the generals to calm down, and immediately watched the success.
"Qin declared war on Wei? Is this...possible?"
I was quite surprised when I succeeded.
You must know that as far as he knows, Qin and Wei are staunch allies.
"General Lecheng, what do you do next?" Zhao Xuan asked again.
Successfully thinking secretly in his heart.
Now there are two paths before him. One is to follow King Huan Zhao Xuan to Hedong, resist the Qin army, gain Zhao Xuan's trust through military exploits, and prove his ability; the other is to accept King Huan Zhao Xuan
With his appointment, he restored his life of sitting in Jinyang. However, back then he was a general of South Korea, but now, he had to obey the general trend and sit in this city as a new general of Wei.
After thinking about it, he said hypocritically: "King Huan, I am willing to follow King Huan to Hedong to resist the Qin army. As for Jinyang..." He turned to look at Zhang Ao and Li Meng, the second general, and said with a smile:
"The last general thinks that the two generals Zhang Ao and Li Meng are more suitable to take charge of Jinyang than the last general."
"..."
Zhang Ao and Li Meng looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.
If it had not been a successful surrender, there was a high probability that one of them would be in charge of Jinyang. After all, their status among the generals of the Zongwei around Zhao Xuan was equivalent to that of Shen Yu and Wei Jiao in the Zongwei of King Zhao Run of Wei.
people.
However, after they observed the attitude of Zhou Min, the military advisor and general, and saw him smiling and saying nothing, they suddenly understood something in their hearts. They waved their hands and said, "General Lecheng is too modest. General Lecheng has been in Jinyang for more than ten years. Only
Only by guarding this place can the people in the county feel at ease..."
At this time, Le Cheng also noticed Zhou Min's attitude, and with a thought in his heart, he simply accepted Zhao Xuan's appointment: "Thanks to King Huan for trusting me, I will do my best to repay this kindness."
Zhao Xuan smiled and said: "General, there is no need to do this. As long as the general sincerely serves our Wei Dynasty, neither brother Wang nor I will treat the general badly."
"Yes, yes."
The successes are continuously called yes.
At this time, he had more or less realized that Zhou Min wanted to take the opportunity to test him, but he didn't mind. On the contrary, he felt very lucky. After all, there was a huge difference between having military power and not having military power.
Afterwards, Zhao Xuan told Le Cheng again: "A while ago, I sent someone to send a letter to the Marquis of Yangyi. He has not yet replied to me, and I don't know if he has received my letter. General Le is with him in Taiyuan.
I have worked with the county for many years, and I remember to advise the Marquis of Yangyi on my behalf... As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to roost in."
"The general will finally understand. Please rest assured, King Huan."
Le Chenggong patted his chest and vowed.
That night, King Huan Zhao Xuan wrote a reply in his own handwriting, ordering his soldiers to travel day and night to Hedong, and hand them over to Hedong Guard Wei Ji, informing the latter that he would lead the First Army of the North to return reinforcements as soon as possible.
In the next few days, the First Army of the North was busy with the withdrawal of troops. After everything was ready, around February 12th, it slowly withdrew from Jinyang and returned to Hedong.
On the way back, Zongwei Chief Zhang Ao asked Zhou Min: "General Zhou, do you want to test the success of this?"
Zhou Min smiled slightly and did not answer. After all, this was something that was made public. I believe that even Le Cheng himself knew it very well.
After getting Zhou Min's affirmation, Li Meng said from the side: "Isn't it too..." He paused and then said: "If the betrayal is successful, wouldn't Taiyuan..."
Zhou Min heard this and said with a smile: "General Li, there is no need to worry. You must know that the current Han King Han Yi is the monarch supported by Lord Zhao Jiang and Zhang Qigong. Based on my understanding of Zhang Qigong, this person is insidious and cunning. I believe that King Han
, it’s just a puppet... Since Korea is destined to be unable to escape the control of Wei Dynasty, even if it is successfully reversed, what will happen? What can he do in Taiyuan County alone?... Even, only
If he dares to betray us and take the opportunity to attack our great Wei Dynasty, without us taking action, the new Korean king in Jicheng will label him as a traitor who "destroyed the harmony between Wei and Korea". By then, even though the world is so big,
There is absolutely no place for Success!...But I believe that with Success’s smooth manner of dealing with people, he will not do that kind of stupid thing.”
"Goodbye!"
Zhang Ao and Li Meng nodded convinced.
Zhou Min smiled slightly, and then said: "But for the sake of caution, when passing through the boundary mountain area in a few days, it would be better to detach part of the troops to garrison "Qi County" and guard the key points. In this way, even if you succeed in betraying,
It will not be able to affect the situation in Hedong in a short period of time."
"good!"
Zhang Ao and Li Meng nodded again.
A few days later, Wei Ji, the governor of Hedong, received a reply from King Huan Zhao Xuan. He learned that the latter was about to lead all the Northern Army back to Hedong for support, and he was immediately reassured.
In mid-February, the ice and snow in Hexi and Hedong counties gradually melted, although it was not obvious yet.
Seeing this, Sima An in the west of Hexi and Wei Ji in the east of Hedong were on alert.
If you think about it, you know that once the weather gets warmer, Qin's army will definitely take the offensive immediately.
Sure enough, around February 25th, Qin's troops gradually moved toward "Lianshao" from the west. According to the information obtained by Wei Qi in Hexi, several troops had already gathered in the area of Lianshao City at this time.
With a force of 10,000, this group of Qin troops took advantage of the warm weather to cut down trees nearby and build siege equipment.
After learning about this, Sima An ordered his deputy general Bai Fangming to guard "Chongquan". On the other hand, he decided to defend "Pinyang" personally - if his prediction was correct, Qin's Marquis Wu Xin
Gongsun Qi will send his army southward from Shangjun to attack "Pinyang".
It is worth mentioning that while Sima An was deploying defense, he suddenly received a message from "Xia Yang".
It was said that Wei Ji was guarding Hedong, so he sent his two generals Mao Bo and Xue Jiang to strengthen the defense of "Xia Yang", and signaled Xia Yang guard Peng Yuan to lead the garrison to join him, Sima An.
In view of the strict military regulations of the Hexi army, Peng Yuan did not dare to act rashly even if it was Hedong's intention to guard Wei Ji, so he sent someone to ask Sima An for instructions.
"This Wei Ji is... troublesome!"
After learning about this, Sima An snorted with some displeasure. Just when his lieutenant thought that he would refuse Hedong to guard Wei Ji, he did not expect that Sima An ordered to recall Xia Yang's army.
In late February, Sima An deployed the soldiers of the Hexi military department under his command in "Pinyang" and "Chongquan", while in Hedong to guard Wei Ji, he deployed his Hedong military department in "Fenyin" and "Xiayang".
In this area, the two Wei governors were well prepared to resist the Qin army.
On February 29th, everything was calm in Hexi County, but in Hedong County, Qin general Wang Jian, who had garrisoned in Xihe, suddenly led his army to the north of Xiayang County and stationed a camp there.
On the ninth day of the third month of the third year of Zhaowu, the Qin general Chang Xinhou Wang Jian led tens of thousands of troops to attack Xia Yang, thus starting the first battle of the "War of Qin and Wei".