The "people of Wei" mentioned by Huan Hu undoubtedly refer to Wei Shao, the commander-in-chief of Wei State, and Wei Yun, the Marquis of Juancheng, and Weizhen, the Marquis of Tanyuan.
At this time, in the commander's tent in the Wei army camp, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen were gathering together to talk about the matter of "King Wei's response to the battle."
"The King of Wei should not accept the challenge."
When this matter was mentioned, Tan Yuanhou Weizhen couldn't help but sigh.
Hearing this, Wei Shao and Wei Yun both nodded in agreement.
Seeing this scene, it seems that people have an illusion: these three generals of the Wei Kingdom are not from the "United Forces of All Nations" camp. How can they be thinking about the safety of the Wei Kingdom?
It has to be said that Chen Shou secretly called the Weiguo soldiers and generals vacillating, which was actually very prepared.
In fact, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen were indeed well prepared: if all signs showed that Wei was about to win, then they would immediately fall to Wei's camp - if Wei was forced to do so due to the Battle of Daliang
However, because of the resentment and unwillingness to accept the surrender of Wei State, Wei State turned to Qi and Lu and formed the "Qi, Lu, Wei and Wei Three Kingdoms Alliance" to resist the two major camps of Wei and Chu.
Having said that, if the Wei State is severely damaged in this battle, then they will also fall to the camp of the "Qi, Lu, Wei, Three Kingdoms Alliance", but they may still have contact with the Wei State in private.
All in all, Weiguo's choice is to have both sides and adopt a "weak and weak alliance" strategy.
The reason why Chu is excluded is simply because if Chu defeats Wei this time, this country will become unprecedentedly powerful. In this way, it will also become the target of Wei's "weak alliance".
However, from a selfish point of view, these three generals of the Wei Kingdom certainly hope that the Wei State can win - of course, it is best if Wei King Zhao Run can also pardon their Wei State's previous crime of betrayal and assisting the coalition forces of other countries to attack Daliang - the reason is very simple, because Wei Guo
Wang Zhaorun's biological mother "Little
"Wei Ji" is the daughter of Wei. In addition, when Wei Gong Ziyu died inexplicably last time, Wei King Zhao Run did not sanction him for his cousin. Therefore, Wei Shao, Wei Yun and Wei Zhen believed that Wei Wei
Wang Zhaorun has always had feelings for him to defend his country.
Therefore, from the bottom of their hearts, Wei Shao and the other three people hope that Wei will continue to drag the coalition forces of other countries until the latter runs out of food and grass and collapses without a fight. If the coalition forces really run out of food and grass, Wei Shao and others do not rule out the possibility.
He would secretly send someone to inform the Wei army.
Although this move seems shameful, there is nothing to be done about it. This is the way for Weiguo, a weak country, to survive.
After Wei Gongziyu's death, the country has completely decayed from the inside, just like South Korea, which has lost Han Wangran and Lihou Hanwu successively. Although the country seems to still exist, it is actually dead and can no longer deal with it.
What big changes will the general trend of the Central Plains cause?
While Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen were talking, suddenly a guard from outside the tent came in, clasped his fists towards the coach Wei Shao and said: "General, someone handed a letter to the gatekeeper of the camp.
Said it was for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard general following him took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands.
"For me?"
Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen looked at each other, then stood up, took the letter, opened it, and read it.
At first, his face was quite calm, but gradually, his face became more and more ugly, and in the end, his face was full of complex expressions of shock, fear, and anger.
He suddenly asked the general: "Who sent this letter?"
The general shook his head and said: "The man was wearing the armor of the Chu army, but he did not reveal his identity. He left a letter and left."
"Soldiers of Chu?"
Wei Shao frowned deeply and stared at the letter in his hand for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing this, Tan Yuanhou Weizhen asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
I saw Wei Shao giving Wei Yun and Wei Zhen a "I'll talk about it later" look, and immediately ordered the general: "Please step back first."
"Yes!" The general retreated as he was told.
Afterwards, Wei Shao immediately ordered the guards outside the tent to strengthen their vigilance and not allow anyone to approach the commander's tent.
After making arrangements, he returned to his seat.
"What's going on?"
Tan Yuanhou Weizhen asked in surprise.
In his opinion, some major change must have occurred, otherwise Wei Shao would not have asked his personal guards to strengthen the security of the commander's tent.
I saw Wei Shao placing the letter in his hand on the desk in front of him, beckoning Wei Yun and Wei Zhen in front of him, and after they sat down on the other side of the desk in front of him, he lowered his voice and said
: "Someone told me through this letter that the Wei State defeated South Korea last year and made South Korea surrender to the Wei State. After the spring of this year, Wei State's Zhao Jiang, Pang Huan, Zhou Kui and others are leading the Wei-Korean coalition forces
A large-scale attack on Qi..."
"What?!"
Wei Yun, the Marquis of Juancheng, who had just sat down on the other side of the desk in front of Wei Shao, sat upright in shock and shouted in a daze with a look of horror on his face: "Is this happening?!"
"Shh!" Wei Shao immediately made a silencing gesture.
Juancheng Houwei Yun Rumu woke up from his dream and quickly lowered his voice and said in shock: "Really, seriously?"
Seeing this, Wei Shao then signaled to Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen and Wei Zhen would finish reading the letter first before talking.
After half a stick of incense, Wei Yun and Wei Zhen read the contents of the letter word for word, neither of them knew what to say.
South Korea has been formed into an alliance by the Wei State, and the elites of the Wei State are currently attacking Qi State. This clearly means that the Wei State has achieved the key to victory.
The question is, are these news true?
And, who tipped them off?
What is the other party’s purpose?
"How true do you two think what is said in the letter is?" Wei Shao asked in a low voice.
After hearing this, Juancheng Hou Wei Shao frowned and said: "South Korea has General Le Yi to resist the Wei army. Logically speaking, South Korea cannot be defeated so quickly, right? What's more, if what is stated in the letter is true, Wei
Zhao Jiang of the State is currently attacking Qi State, why is Tian Dan of Qi State still here? Shouldn't he return to help his country quickly?"
"No no no."
Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen shook his head and said: "I think it's just the opposite... General Wei Shao, do you still remember the reaction of Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan that day? That day, Chu Shuijun summoned all the generals and asked us to step up the attack on the Wei army and force them to
When the Wei army fought a decisive battle with our army, I felt that Chu Shuijun's move was too urgent, as if he had something unspeakable, but he refused to reveal it..."
"Hmm."
Wei Shao nodded and recalled: "Afterwards, I asked Tian Dan, and he explained that it was because of a shortage of food and grass, but I always felt that the matter was not that simple."
Having said this, he lowered his head and glanced at the letter that was put back on the table, frowned and said: "Perhaps, what is stated in the letter is indeed true... The question is, who tipped us off?
, and what is the other party’s purpose?”
After hearing this, Hou Weizhen of Tanyuan also thought hard and said: "There is no way he is from Chu. I believe that the messenger is wearing the armor of the Chu army, just to deceive others... but he is definitely from the coalition army."
Wei Shao nodded and said: "I think so too... Within the coalition army, there are only soldiers and generals from Chu, Qi, Yue and Lu. Let's eliminate our Wei Kingdom and Chu army first... Logically speaking, it is impossible.
That is to say, it should be among the Qi army or the Lu army..."
"It won't be Qi."
Wei Zhen shook his head and said: "Since the death of King Lu Xi of Qi, the relationship between Qi and Wei has become increasingly bad. At that time, the arrogant Qi people looked down on the Wei people, and the Wei people looked down on the Qi people. Logically speaking, the Qi army
There should be no one in the country who secretly turns to Wei..."
"In other words, it is the Lu State? No way?"
Wei Yun said in surprise.
You know, Qi and Lu have the same interests. This is what Qi General Tian Dan and Lu Ji Wu often talk about. Even Wei Yun feels that the relationship between Qi and Lu should be unbreakable. How can they secretly turn to Wei?
After hearing this, Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen said thoughtfully: "It may not be impossible... It should be noted that among the generals of the Lu State, except Ji Wu, who is from Lu, Huan Hu is from Han, and Chen Shou is from Wei. It is said that Huan Hu and
Both Chen Shou and Chen Shou have some connections with the Wei State."
"Huan Hu? Chen Shou?"
Wei Yun looked at Wei Zhen in disbelief.
Maybe other people don’t know about Huan Hu and Chen Shou, so how can he, Wei Guo, not know about them?
Who is Huan Hu? He was a daring and evil bandit. He led hundreds of mounted bandits to try to kidnap Zhao Si, the late king of Wei State, and later went on to cause chaos in Wei State. This man's wanted order was in Wei State for twenty years.
——The wanted order clearly states that whoever captures and kills Huan Hu will receive a reward of 50,000 yuan, regardless of life or death.
You are telling me that such an important criminal who is wanted by the Wei State may have an affair with the Wei State?
After Jing Wei Yun said this, Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen also became a little unconfident. He frowned and muttered: "Is it that Chen Shou?"
But if you think about it carefully, Chen Shou is also a wanted criminal in Wei State.
It is said that this man was from the "Yangwu Army" of the Wei State. Before betraying the Wei State, he was the chief of the army. Later, for unknown reasons, he was imprisoned in Shangshui County by the then Wei Gongzi Run, but was attacked by the evil bandit Huanhu in retaliation.
He was rescued in Shuixian County, and later fled to Song County with Huan Hu.
Although this person is not as good as Xiao Luan, Huan Hu and other "Great Evils of Wei" who have always been on the wanted list in the Wei State, the Wei State has not removed the wanted list of Chen Shou so far.
For a person like this, you tell me that he has an affair with the state of Wei?
Just when Wei Yun and Wei Zhen were arguing, Wei Shao shook his head and said: "No!... I don't care about Huan Hu for the moment, but Chen Shou is very possible. Of course, he is also a wanted criminal in Wei State.
It's true, but don't forget that his father Chen Bing was enshrined in Zhaoling County by the Wei State in the name of a "loyal hero". The local government even built an ancestral hall for his father for the Wei people in Zhaoling to pay their respects and mourn...
…I think Chen Shou should have no resentment towards Wei State."
Hearing this, Wei Yun and Wei Zhen nodded repeatedly. After all, Wei Shao's analysis was indeed well-organized.
"Why don't you go test it out?" Wei Yun suggested.
Wei Shao raised his hand to stop Wei Yun, shook his head and said: "No... First of all, we are not sure that it is Chen Shou, and contacting him hastily may cause unnecessary trouble."
"Then what should we do?" Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen said with a frown.
Wei Shao pressed his hand to signal for calmness, and then lowered his voice and said: "Before considering this matter, the three of us must reach an agreement on which side to vote for between the Wei State and the Allied Forces?"
Indeed, this is the most fundamental problem.
For half a stick of incense, Tanyuan Hou Weizhen and Juancheng Hou Weiyun pondered in silence.
After a long time, Tan Yuanhou Wei took a long breath and whispered: "If Wei has really made South Korea surrender, and its elite army is currently attacking Qi, then Wei will be invincible in this battle.
The next step is nothing more than "How will Wei win this battle?" Whether it will be a tragic victory or a great victory... Under this situation, we actually don't have many choices. In the end, we, the Wei Kingdom, will leave.
Wei is too close."
Juancheng Hou Weiyun, who was still weighing the pros and cons, was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed melancholy.
Indeed, as Wei Zhen said, the worst outcome for Wei in this battle is just a tragic victory.
He felt that since King Zhao Run of Wei had agreed to Chu Shuijun's invitation to fight, he must have some support - not to mention defeating the coalition forces of other countries, but at least he should be sure that his own side would be able to retreat unscathed.
And this means that the Wei State still has the strength to cause the fall of the Wei State. That is why Wei Zhen said that in fact, they did not have much choice.
"The Kingdom of Wei." Wei Zhen said melancholy: "After all, the blood of the Wei people flows in the King of Wei, so he should have some respect for him."
He did not elaborate on the possibility of "if the King of Wei does not care about human kindness", because in his opinion, the worst result is that the Wei State annexes the Wei State.
From Wei Zhen's point of view, his Weiguo has lost Wei Gong Ziyu, and the country has completely decayed. After all, Wei Wang Zhao Run has half of the blood of his Wei people flowing in his body, so what if he accepts his rule? Could he be better than his Weiguo?
Is the health care fee for the faint king worse?
Wei Zhen didn't know what Wei Shao and Wei Yun thought, but he himself was very dissatisfied with Wei Wang Fei and his son Jie and his son because Wei Gong Ziyu died in Puyang for no apparent reason. If Wei Wang Zhao Run was willing
If his adopted son, Wei Yun, the eldest son of Wei Gong Ziyu, is allowed to inherit the throne of Wei, Tan Yuanhou Wei Zhen will definitely turn to Wei immediately and support Wei Yun in seizing the throne.
It has to be said that in terms of domestic power struggle, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen did not have the same attitude.
However, in terms of external affairs, at least at this moment, the three of them finally reached an agreement and decided to lurk temporarily. If there is indeed an internal agent of the Wei State among the coalition forces, then the three of them will help when that internal agent turns to help the Wei army. I hope
This move can dilute Wei's hatred towards him for defending the country.
After reaching an agreement, Wei Shao revealed his thoughts: "Most of the Wei domestic officials in the coalition want us to help, so they asked someone to send this letter. In this case, we might as well wait and see.
Change, see who it is, give us a hint
...After all, the coalition forces are numerous, but the internal response is outnumbered. In this case, this person should try to unite with our army to avoid being defeated by the coalition forces. In other words, in the subsequent military discussions, who will take the initiative?
Whoever is asked to stay close to our guards is the spy!"
"Goodbye!"
Wei Zhen and Wei Yun suddenly realized.
Two days later, Chu Shuijun once again summoned the generals of the allied armies in the commander's tent and asked each army whether they were ready for a decisive battle with Wei.
By the way, let’s discuss specific tactics.
On that day, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen arrived at Chu Shuijun's headquarters early to see if the Wei domestic spy in the coalition army would give them any hints, but unfortunately, waiting for the coalition forces
All the generals were present, and no one gave any hint to Wei Shao and others.
However, the way Wei Shao looked around frequently attracted the attention of Lu general Huan Hu.
Yes, the letter to Wei Shao was sent by Huan Hu.
"...Looking at the way Wei Shao and others are looking around, it's obvious that they have received the letter I wrote, but..."
Huan Hu scratched his chin as if nothing had happened.
He did not plan to meet Wei Shao and others directly. After all, if Wei Shao and others decided to side with Qi or Chu, then Huan Hu and Chen Shou might not even be left behind after their death.
.
Just give him a little hint. Huan Hu felt that since Wei Shao could hint to Tian Dan and let Tian Dan support him, he should be able to understand his hint.
While Huan Hu was thinking secretly, Chu Shuijun was already asking the armies of various countries about their preparations for war.
"Our Dongou army is ready." Wu Qi, the general of the Yue Kingdom, said.
Chu Shuijun nodded.
Judging from the current situation, the Yue people, who once regarded each other as enemies of the Chu people, are actually the most reliable allies, much more reliable than the armies of Qi, Lu, and Wei.
"My Da Qi soldiers are also ready." Qi Jiang Tian nodded and said.
After Tian Dan, Ji Wu of Lu State and Wei Shao of Wei State also expressed that they were basically ready.
Seeing this, Chu Shuijun then said: "Everyone, I believe you have guessed to some extent. The reason why I am so anxious to force Wei to fight is because our coalition forces have run out of food and grass. If we continue to delay, I may
We are trapped in the embarrassment of running out of food and grass. For the current plan, we can only break through the Wei army's defense line, capture Daliang, capture Bolangsha, and allow the Qi State to transport food directly from the river to Liang County. This can solve the urgent needs of our coalition forces."
"...Let Qi State transport grain from the river? Hey! Qi State may have too much to take care of itself right now, right?"
Huan Hu secretly sneered when he heard this, but his face remained calm. He secretly glanced at Wei Shao and the others, and he was relieved when he saw that Wei Shao and the others were not stupid enough to reveal their flaws.
In fact, when Chu Shuijun said these words, he glanced at Wei Shao and Wei Shao subconsciously, which made Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen extremely angry.
If they didn't know the truth, they would naturally not understand the reason for Chu Shuijun's glance. But now that they have learned the whole story from the letter sent by Huan Hu secretly, how could they not understand the meaning of Chu Shuijun's glance? -
- It was obvious that he was on guard against them, or to put it more simply, he was trying to continue to deceive them into fighting the Wei army.
But just as Huan Hu was fortunate, Wei Shao and the other three were not stupid enough to show flaws in their faces. Except for Wei Shao who was still paying attention to the expressions of the generals in the tent, Wei Zhen and Wei Yun both sat with their arms folded.
He didn't seem to have much reaction to Chu Shuijun's words.
Seeing this, Chu Shuijun looked away from Wei Shao and the others. After looking around at the generals in the tent, he said in a deep voice: "This decisive battle is the last chance for our coalition. If we can defeat Wei Wang Zhao Run,
With soldiers and horses, our coalition forces can inflict heavy losses on Wei State. On the contrary, our coalition forces can only stop here and watch Wei State take a breather... Therefore, I hope you will do your best. Please note that Wei State has seriously threatened the security of our countries.
If we can't severely damage our interests, the Wei Congress may launch ferocious revenge in the future, and it will be too late to regret."
"What Mr. Chu Shui said is absolutely true!"
Tian Dan nodded in support.
Although he had decided that once Wei King Zhao Run was defeated, he would immediately lead the Qi army back to aid Qi State, and would not care about the follow-up and let the Chu and Wei armies fight to the death, but this did not prevent Tian Dan from supporting Chu Shuijun at this time.
Regardless of whether Chu Shuijun guessed Tian Dan's true plan, at least Tian Dan's attitude at the moment made him very satisfied.
He nodded and said: "Since you all have no objections, let's discuss the formation distribution for the decisive battle... For the Central Front Army, I have decided to appoint General Xiang Mo as the chief general."
"Follow the order." Xiang Mo, the general of Chu, responded with his fists clasped.
"Chinese Army, General Tian Dan, I leave it to you," Lord Chu Shui said to Tian Dan.
"Yes!" Tian Dan clasped his fists.
"The left-wing front army is led by General Xiang Kuan."
"Yes!" Xiang Kuan responded with clasped fists.
"Right-wing front army..."
Chu Shuijun's eyes swept over the faces of the generals in the tent, and finally fell on Wei Shao. Then he smiled and said: "General Wei Shao, let your army serve as the right-wing front army, how about it?"
How could Wei Shao not know Chu Shuijun's plan, so he glanced at Tian Dan subconsciously.
It's a pity that Tian Dan and Chu Shuijun have the same interests at this moment, so of course they will not pay attention to Wei Shao's 'asking for help'.
Seeing this, Huan Hu interjected with a smile: "Chu Shuijun, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use Weiguo's army as the front army?... This battle is like a last-ditch battle for our coalition forces. How can we use Weiguo's army to serve as the front army?"
Former Army, what should we do if the Guards take the opportunity to defect?"
Wei Shao frowned when he heard this and said displeasedly: "Huan Hu, what do you mean by this?!"
Chu Shuijun looked at Huan Hu with great interest. From the side, Tian Dan also looked at Huan Hu and Wei Shao.
You must know that a while ago, Wei Shao had joined the "Qilu and Lu" groups and formed the "Qilu and Wei Tri-Army Alliance" to jointly fight against Chu Shuijun's order to take the opportunity to weaken the Three Kingdoms. But unexpectedly today, Huan Hu took the initiative
Provoke Wei Shao.
"...It should be because of Wei's victory that Huan Hu became suspicious of Wei Shao and other Wei people, suspecting that the Wei people might fall to Wei again."
Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan looked at each other and secretly guessed.
Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more tense, Chu Shuijun quickly stopped him and said: "Please restrain yourself...General Huan Hu, Wei Shao and other three generals have proven their loyalty to our coalition. Why is General Huan Hu suspicious for no reason?"
?As I said a few days ago, only by working together can we defeat the Wei army... I believe that the soldiers under General Wei Shao will be able to assume the responsibility of the right-wing front army."
"Hey!"
Huan Hu chuckled when he heard this, curled his lips and said, "I'm afraid Chu Shuijun will trust the wrong person and regret it later."
Seeing this, Lord Chu Shui stopped Wei Shao who was about to curse, and asked Huan Hu: "What does General Huan Hu mean?"
Huan Hu touched his chin, looked at Wei Shao and said coldly: "If Chu Shuijun is determined to appoint Wei people as the right-wing front army, then I hope that the king will arrange our Lu army in the right-wing center army.
And give me the corresponding authority to the Lu Army. If the Wei Army changes sides during the introduction, Huan can be ordered to attack the Guard Army and let these traitors have a taste of the war weapons made by our Da Lu..."
"This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate."
Although Chu Shuijun was slightly moved in his heart, there was a false hesitation on his face.
At this time, Wei Shao was seen staring at Huan Hu with his eyes wide open, seemingly filled with anger, but in fact, he was trying his best to suppress the shock in his heart.
Including the Marquis of Juancheng, Weiyun, and the Marquis of Tanyuan, Weizhen, who were beside him.
"Is that Nai Ying really him?!... Damn it!"
Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen were so shocked that they could not speak. At first glance, they seemed to have been rendered speechless by Huan Hu.
They simply couldn't believe that Huan Hu, who was wanted by the Wei State for "life or death," was actually the internal agent of the Wei State?