"PS: The bayberry in my hometown is not as good as in previous years. It is too sour and not as sweet and sour as in previous years, but it is still delicious. In addition, the serial number in the previous chapter was wrong, so I will correct it in this chapter."
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Facts have proved that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, is indeed one of the best commanders in Wei.
Oh, in fact, this man has been deposed by Wei King Zhao Run, but no matter what, his judgment is very accurate. As he expected, in early April, when the Qin State found that its own army could not attack Hexi in a short period of time,
, when the two counties of Hedong opened up the situation, they indeed chose to send troops out of Sanchuan County, from Xianyang, across Ba River, via Lishan Mountain, and straight to Huayin.
At this time, Lieutenant Luoyang and Marquis of Anping Zhao Tan had led about three to four thousand troops and stationed in Hangu, which was the place where Zhao Run defeated Qin Shaojun Ying Ying in the "One-day Battle".
To be precise, the three to four thousand troops of Anping Marquis Zhao Tan are not considered regular troops under the jurisdiction of Tiance Mansion at all. At best, they are affiliated under the name of "Luoyang Imperial Guard" and are mainly responsible for patrolling Luoyang on weekdays.
The city's East Market, West Market and other markets maintain security and prevent troubles, fights, thefts, etc. There is not much combat power at all.
Therefore, on the day when Anping Hou Zhao Tan led his army to Hangu, he ordered his soldiers to cut down the trees and build defenses in the Hangu area.
He is quite self-aware. In his opinion, if Qin really attacks Sanchuan County, the thousands of people under his command will definitely not be a match for Qin's army. Therefore, such idiotic dreams as "defeating Qin's army" can be ignored.
Well, if he can defend for a day, if he can defend until the coalition forces of the other countries are defeated by Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State, or until the king of Yan, Zhao Jiang, leads the triumphant army back to the country, then he will be the greatest leader in this battle.
One of the heroes.
Around April 16, the Qin army appeared on the west side of Hangu. The number of troops was not large. According to the intelligence obtained by the manpower sent by Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, the number of Qin troops on this road was about 50,000 to 60,000.
The army accounts for about half, and the rest should probably be the tattooed army - similar to the Chu State's grain recruitment, but the combat effectiveness and morale are very different.
Although the number of troops sent by the Qin State to Sanchuan County was much smaller than predicted, it was still a huge pressure for Anping Marquis Zhao Tan. After all, he only had three to four thousand ragtag troops under his command who had almost never been on the battlefield.
However, what Anping Marquis Zhao Tan did not expect was that as mid-April approached, generals such as Pang Huan and Meng Luo suddenly led nearly 40,000 anti-rebel troops to aid Hangu. I remember that after learning about the arrival of the anti-rebel troops, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan
It feels incredible.
After all, according to what Zhao Tan knew, the anti-rebellion army led by Pang Huan, Meng Luo and others should be attacking Qi in Shandong (east of Mount Tai) at the moment. How could they appear in Hangu?
Because of his confusion, Anping Hou Zhao Tan asked this question when he met Pang Huan, Meng Luo and other generals.
Pang Huan explained to Zhao Tan, but he ignored the matter of "inducing rebellion against Yi Wang Zhao Hongyin". He only said that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, considered that Qin might send troops from Sanchuan County, so he called the sky
Gao Kuo, the commander-in-chief of the left command of Cefu, issued an order to the anti-rebel army. Anyway, when Pang Huan and others led their troops to Hangu, Gao Kuo did give them a supplementary order.
After confirming the authenticity of the transfer order, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan immediately entrusted the defense of Hangu to Pang Huan.
To be fair, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan was actually a very capable member of the Zhao royal family, but compared to generals like Pang Huan, Zhao Tan felt that he was not as good as the other generals, so he handed over the defense of Hangu to Pang Huan, and he came to help.
Pang Huan and the anti-rebel army took action.
Anyway, in Zhao Tan's opinion, as long as he can block the Qin army and protect Luoyang from the Qin army's invasion, this huge military merit should be enough for him to share with Pang Huan and others.
In late April, the Qin army came to Hangu and launched an attack on the narrow channel of Hangu. However, it was repulsed by the anti-rebellion troops led by Pang Huan and Meng Luo.
Watching the intensity of the battle, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan secretly said that he was lucky, because he felt that if the anti-rebellion army had not provided timely support, he might not have been able to hold Hangu for a few days. After all, Qin's soldiers were extremely brave in terms of bravery.
Not inferior to the soldiers of Wei, but not comparable to the armies of Chu, Qi, Lu and other countries.
After the war, Anping Hou Zhao Tan wrote a battle report in his own hand and ordered it to be sent back to Luoyang.
Although he was determined to get some military glory, even if the main combatant was the anti-rebel army, he naturally could not brag too much. He only mentioned a few words in the battle report to express to Luoyang that this time the defeat was
The Qin army also owes a share of his contribution to Anpinghou Zhao Tan.
I remember that before sending this battle report, Anping Hou Zhao Tan also showed it to Pang Huan to prevent Pang Huan from misunderstanding that he was taking credit or something. However, to his surprise, Pang Huan and others did not seem to care about it.
value.
To be honest, Pang Huan, Meng Luo and others really didn't take it seriously this time, because they also knew that - without receiving orders from the monarch Zhao Run or Tiance Mansion, they arbitrarily followed the Qi Dynasty because of the letter from Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
The country has withdrawn its troops, which has destined that their military career will end here.
Therefore, whether they have military merit or not is of little significance to them.
If they repelled the Qin army this time, they might still be able to save their lives. Otherwise, it would be better to simply die on the battlefield, which would gain a good reputation - if they really died on the battlefield for the country.
, even if they had committed such a crime before, the monarch Zhao Run would probably not mention it and leave them with a good reputation.
At the end of April, the battle report of Anping Hou Zhao Tan was sent to Luoyang and delivered to the hands of Wei Wang Zhao Run.
At that time, Zhao Run studied the battle report for a long time and finally put it aside.
At this time, the situation in this unprecedented battle, which can be called the "Second Central Plains War", has gradually become clear.
The victor was undoubtedly his country Wei.
This time, Wei State, on the frontal battlefield in the east, successively overthrew South Korea, defeated the coalition forces of other countries, and launched a rebellion against the generals of Lu and Lu. On the battlefield in the west, although in the end it was impossible to avoid Qin's attack on Wei State,
The war started, but considering that Qin's army still failed to put huge pressure on Wei, it can be said that it was a complete victory.
I remember that before receiving the battle report from Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, Wei Wang Zhao Run had just received the credentials of Wei Fei, the king of Wei. In the letter, Wei Wang Fei kept saying that he was not really betraying Wei, but had received the letter at that time.
In short, Chu Shuijun's threats were just a disguised beg for Zhao Run's forgiveness, lest Zhao Run would hold Wei Guo responsible for it and kick him off the throne of Wei Guo's monarch - in fact, Zhao Run had this in spades.
ability.
To be honest, Zhao Run was really angry with Wei Wang Fei this time.
Because in fact, Weiguo can actually contribute in this war - although Weiguo is small, it does not actually have no army, such as the Puyang Army, which is an army with the standard equipment of the Wei army, although it is not as good as
Wei's regular army can be called elite compared to the 300,000 volunteers that Zhao Run temporarily recruited at that time.
But because King Fei Tan was afraid of death, he was intimidated by the momentum of "allied forces from all countries to join forces to attack Wei" and did not dare to express his support for Wei. As a result, he was later threatened by King Shui of Chu, so that the Wei army later
He was forced to become a member of the coalition forces, which posed a certain degree of threat to the great beams of Wei State.
Because of this, Zhao Run was angry with Wei Wang Fei Ting, and even thought about kicking Wei Fei from the position of monarch of Wei Kingdom and making his adopted son Wei Yun the new king of Wei Kingdom.
But this matter was blocked by Jie Ziu.
Jie Ziu believes that the more fatuous King Fei of Wei is, the more talented people in Wei will flow to Wei, and the people's hearts in Wei will gradually favor Wei, which will help him annex Wei in the future and unify the Central Plains.
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On the contrary, if Zhao Run supports his adopted son Wei Yun, Wei Yun will definitely be supported by the vast majority of the Wei people due to his status as "the son of Wei Gong Ziyu". At this time, Wei will not be able to annex Wei.
——It can’t be done in the current generation. Zhao Run can’t devour the country of his adopted son Wei Yun, right? And the next generation can’t do it either, because Zhao Wei, the crown prince of Wei, and Wei Yun are now sworn brothers.
This delayed two generations of time.
Therefore, Jie Ziu suggested that King Fei of Wei should still be left alone. If King Fei of Wei dies of old age in the future, he might as well let Mr. Wei of Wei become the king of Wei, because Mr. Wei of Wei is as ignorant and greedy for pleasure as his father, which will benefit the future of Wei.
Annex the Wei Kingdom.
Zhao Run thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to summon his adopted son Wei Yun to ask him what he thought.
After all, firstly, Weiyun is his adopted son, and he cannot do certain things too much, otherwise he will be feared; secondly, as far as the current Weiguo is concerned, it will not be qualified to compete for hegemony even if it is given another hundred years.
Therefore, it is not enough to become an enemy of Wei State.
After Wei Yun arrived at the study room of Ganlu Palace, Zhao Run told Wei Yun about Wei Guo's current situation and asked for his opinion.
At that time, Wei Yun said: "Everyone said that after my father's death, Wei State was on the verge of collapse and would be annexed by the Wei Dynasty sooner or later. The child's talents are far inferior to those of his two fathers, and he is unable to support the Wei State and become the help of the Wei Dynasty.
After Wei gets the three lands of "Jiyin", "Dongjun", and "Dongping", it will become even more powerful... I sincerely wish my father to unify the countries of the Central Plains and achieve unprecedented hegemony."
Zhao Run was very surprised when he heard this. After asking Wei Yun repeatedly, he confirmed that this was Wei Yun's true words.
After Wei Yun returned to his mansion, he told his mother Chen and his grandmother David Ji about the incident. At that time, his mother Chen asked in surprise: "Since King Wei has secretly promised you the position of King Wei, why don't my son
Just follow the trend and inherit your biological father's legacy, why should you shirk it?"
Wei Yun shook his head and said: "The King of Wei is the child's adoptive father. If the child should take the post of King Wei, then the father and the son will be on equal terms. This is not in line with etiquette. This is one of the reasons. Secondly, the child's teacher Jie Zi, Gongyang Hao and others
Several adults admired the great unification theory of "Gongyang Lun" and believed that the Wei Dynasty was in the right time and should seize the opportunity to seize the world and unify the Central Plains. If the child inherits the position of King Wei, he is afraid that he will be targeted by the Wei Dynasty sooner or later, even if his adoptive father
, the sworn brother (Zhao Wei) will not seize the Wei Kingdom for two generations, and it is difficult to guarantee the future... In this case, we simply determine the status of the monarch and ministers in advance, so that the Wei Kingdom can be downgraded to a county of the Wei Dynasty, and the child can become a county king.
, and there will be no danger of being targeted by the Wei Dynasty again."
Mrs. Chen didn't know the meaning, but David Ji was quite familiar with such things. Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "Did Jie Ziu teach you this?"
After that, she didn’t wait for Wei Yun’s reply, nodded and said: “Jie Zizi does have selfish motives, but we can’t deny that this is an excellent outcome for Wei Guo and us. Although our grandson will be killed in the future.
I am demoted to a county king, but there is no hidden danger in winning. As a member of the Wei family, I will still be able to enjoy all the glory in Weiguo...or Weijun in the future."
"My grandson thinks so too," Wei Yun said respectfully to his grandmother.
At the same time, Zhao Run summoned Jie Ziyu, told the latter Wei Yun's reply, and asked the latter: "Jie Zi, was it you who taught Wei Yun?"
Jie Ziyu did not deny it, but raised his hands and said: "I believe that this move will be an excellent outcome for us, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Kingdom, and the Crown Prince (Wei Yun)."
Zhao Run nodded.
In fact, this matter is not difficult to solve. The most difficult thing is Wei Yun's will. But since Wei Yun himself has agreed, then there is no problem in this matter - as for King Wei Fei? Who is that?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Run said to Jie Ziyu: "Female Weiyun as the Marquis of Puyang and live in Puyang. The specific details will be decided by the inner court. Remember, do it slowly and don't arouse the resentment of the Wei people."
"I obey your orders." Jie Zigui bowed and retreated.
After waiting for Jie Ziyu to leave, Zhao Run slowly walked to the table with the map of the Central Plains and looked at the map visually.
Now that Wei Yun has promised, Wei Guo is equivalent to being a part of Wei State - even if it is still part of Wei Wangfei for the time being.
Including South Korea, which once became the strongest country in the Central Plains after the death of King Lu Xi of Qi, it will also be annexed by Wei State sooner or later.
In this way, there are two less countries in the Central Plains.
The remaining three kingdoms are Qi, Lu and Chu.
Among these three countries, the State of Lu is probably not far away from being annexed by the State of Wei. After all, even Ji Wu and Huan Hu, the two generals in charge of the army of the State of Lu, have secretly defected to the State of Wei. Even if the current incumbent
So what if Prince Shu Xing of Lu holds objections?
Like Qi and Chu asking for help?
Oh, the State of Qi is still being attacked by Zhao Jiang's army. Although there is no danger of overthrow in a short time, there should be no spare power to support the State of Lu. And the Chu State's attack on Wei State was defeated, at least
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were lost, and even two generals, Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan, died on the battlefield. It is believed that the Chu State was also severely damaged.
Under such circumstances, even if Qi and Chu realized that the Wei State would take advantage of the situation and annex the Lu State, they might not be able to do anything.
In early May, the Chu-Vietnam allied forces fled to Song County. Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen led the Wei army, together with Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others from the Lu State, to assist the Wei general Wei Jiao to regain Song County.
At this time, Chu Shouling Jun Jingyun, who had stationed troops in the southern part of Yingshui County, also learned the news that the coalition forces of various countries suffered a disastrous defeat in Yongqiu. He was shocked and immediately led his troops to evacuate. Unexpectedly, he was
The merchant navy of Wei State seized the opportunity and pursued and killed them fiercely.
At this time, in the southern part of Shangshui County, the troops under the command of Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu had been defeated by the Shangshui army.
At this point, Chu State was completely defeated.
In fact, at this time, the Shang Shui Army still had the ability to counterattack Chu Dong. However, considering that the Wei State also suffered heavy losses in this war, and was still facing Qin's offensive in the west, the Shang Shui Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Chu State, but instead devoted its efforts to
Yu cleared, expelled the stragglers of the Chu army in Yingshui County, recovered the counties, restored farmland, water canals and other facilities in these counties, and at the same time stepped up spring planting to see if it could still catch up with spring plowing.
After all, even if Wei won this battle, if it delayed farming for a year, it would be an immeasurable loss.
As far as this year is concerned, farm work in Song County's fields has basically been delayed. Even though the local Song people still planted some crops despite being occupied by the Chu army, I believe the harvest is not enough to compare with previous years.
The same is true for Yingshui County.
In addition, the spring plowing situation in several other counties was affected by the war to varying degrees. This made the Luoyang court of Wei State have to take precautions, count the domestic surplus grain as soon as possible, and distribute it to each county, so as not to use it when the time comes.
Although Wei won the war, a large number of people died of starvation due to the lack of food in the counties after the war.
In mid-May, the armies of Wei, Wei and Lu successively recaptured Dingtao, Chengshi, Jishi and other counties. After that, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms divided into two groups. The Lu army led by Ji Wu, Huan Hu and others helped Wei generals.
He Miao, Zhu Gui and others regained the lost land in the direction of Changyi and Rencheng, while Wei general Wei Jiao led the army to regain Suiyang and other counties adjacent to Chu State, and left garrison troops in these counties to heavily
Build defense facilities.
As for pursuing Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei, the remnants of the Chu-Vietnam coalition led by Yue general Wu Qi and others, Wei State can't take care of it at the moment - mainly because chasing the remnants of the Chu-Vietnam coalition army will do more harm than good. After all, Wei State's current top priority is
Recover the lost land as soon as possible, restore the farmland, and see if we can grow some food to slightly make up for the losses caused by missing spring plowing. How can we worry about chasing the defeated Chu-Vietnam coalition.
As June approached, Lu generals Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others assisted Wei generals He Miao and Zhu Gui to recover "Rencheng".
At this time, General Ji handed over the army under his command to Huan Hu, Chen Shou and Chen Shou took charge, and returned to Qufu with a group of guards.
To be honest, Ji Wu never thought of defecting to the Wei State at first. He was just tricked by Huan Hu, so that the army he led accidentally fell to the Wei State in the crucial decisive battle.
The Chu-Vietnam coalition dealt a fatal blow.
But now that the big mistake has been made, Ji Wu can only make mistakes. After all, even he can see that after the defeat of the coalition of countries, no country will be able to restrict Wei from becoming more powerful.
If you can't stand it, you might as well do what Huan Hu said, take advantage of the fact that Wei King Zhao Run has such a good impression of him, and decisively defect to Wei State.
The only embarrassment is that his father, Uncle Ji, was a loyal minister of the Lu State and had devoted his life to serving the country. However, Ji Wu, as Uncle Ji's second son, committed the act of "turning his back on the country and surrendering to the enemy", which would definitely harm the country.
The reputation of the Ji family.
In this regard, Huan Hu gave Ji Wu an idea: If you and I defect to the Wei State, we will certainly be called traitors by the Lu people, but if we can persuade the monarch Gong Shuxing to defect to the Wei State, then Ji Wu and Huan Hu will not be able to do anything without him.
Wrong.
Ji Wu believed this, so after assisting the Wei army to regain Rencheng, he immediately embarked on a journey back to Qufu to persuade the monarch Gong Shuxing to join the Wei state.
As for whether the monarch and his father would submit obediently, Ji Wu was not worried. After all, the coalition forces of all the countries were defeated, and Qi and Chu could only protect themselves for the time being. If the Wei State was determined to overthrow the Lu State, the Lu State would not be able to resist it - as long as
Starting from this aspect, I believe Gongshu Xing will still listen to his persuasion.
After all, Gongshu Xing was not the kind of ambitious monarch with lofty ambitions.
On the second day of June, Ji Wu returned to Qufu.
At this time, the State of Lu had already learned the news of the defeat of the coalition forces of various countries. The whole country was afraid of Wei's revenge, and people were panicked.
Compared with the people of the country, Prince Lu knew more about Shu Xing. After all, he also sent people to pay attention to the battle situation of the coalition forces. Moreover, Tian Dan of Qi State passed by Lu State when he withdrew his troops and returned to Qi State. He sent "Huan Hu and Chen Shou" to Lu State.
"Betraying the Allied Forces and defecting to Wei" sent someone to inform Prince Lu of Su Xing and advised him to take precautions in advance, although even if he took precautions in advance, it would not be of much use.
When meeting Ji Wu, Duke Shuxing of Lu asked about the specific process of the coalition's defeat, and asked Ji Wu whether he and Huan Hu had betrayed the Lu state.
Ji Wu did not hide anything, so he told Gongshu Xing what Huan Hu had done, including that he believed in Huan Hu, but was kidnapped by Huan Hu and Wei Shao and others during the decisive battle. He was forced to have no choice but to watch his subordinates helplessly.
The army defected to the Wei State and dealt a fatal blow to the coalition forces.
Gongshu Xing sighed sadly after hearing this. In fact, whether Ji Wu or Huan Hu had defected to the Wei State at this time, for the Lu State, the difference was not very big, because they would not be able to withstand the Wei State's revenge in the future.
Seeing the monarch shaking his head and sighing, Ji Wu took the opportunity to say: "Although it was a wrong move, there are mistakes. The King of Wei really appreciates our Lu army's move to abandon the dark and surrender to the bright. Why don't you take advantage of the situation and join the Wei Kingdom?"
Gongshu Xing shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to protect our ancestors' inheritance."
Ji Wu heard this and advised: "At present, all the countries have been defeated miserably, and no one can stop the power of Wei. The king has taken refuge in Wei at this time, and can still keep Qufu as a fief in the future. But if the king insists on continuing to fight against Qi,
The Wei State may die without a burial place in the future... Not to mention the Wei State's Zhao Jiang, Qu Cheng and others are currently in Shandong (east of Mount Tai). Just Huan Hu and Chen Shou, our Lu State
It’s overwhelming.”
Gongshu Xing thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "At the very least, I must be allowed to keep Qufu as a food town."
Ji Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "The King of Wei is a generous man, and he will definitely allow the king's request."
On that day, Gongshu Xing wrote the letter of credence and asked Jiwu to send someone to Luoyang, the capital of Wei.
After receiving this letter of credence, Wei King Zhao Run was very happy and immediately ordered the court to send an envoy to reply to the Duke of Lu.
Compared to annexing the state of Lu without any bloodshed, what does it mean to grant Qufu to Prince Shuxing as a fief?
Just when he was extremely happy, he received news from Zhang Qigong sent by someone from Jicheng, the capital of South Korea.
After seeing the letter, Zhao Run let out a long sigh.