The return and departure of King Su Zhao Hongrun caused almost no disturbance to the current political situation in Daliang, the capital of King Wei.
After all, Zhao Hongrun's return this time was too short. In terms of only a few days, I believe that many people in the Daliang court and the public did not even know that His Highness had returned to Daliang.
On the contrary, it was the Fenxing Army stationed at Junshui Camp on weekdays. Their movements made the people of Daliang even more surprised and suspicious.
However, with the gradual revelations from the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court, the people gradually learned that the Fenxing Army, as one of the troops under the command of Su Wang Hongrun, rushed to Jiangdong to attack the Chu Kingdom.
Qi, Lu, and Wei attacked Chu!
When the news came, the whole country was in an uproar, especially in counties such as Zhaoling and Huaiyang, which had received many refugees from the National War two years ago. Those young Wei people gathered on the streets of the county and rushed to propose their wishes for The slogan of the soldiers of King Su's army.
Come to think of it, Chu State has harassed and invaded Wei State for more than ten years. After Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, led an army of 160,000 to invade Wei State two years ago, the anti-Chu sentiment of the Wei people in the southern part of Yingshui County was triggered. Was completely picked on.
The people in the county earnestly hope that the county magistrate Zhao Zhun will allow them to organize a rebel army and send troops to the west of Chu to assist King Su Hongrun in this national war.
How dare Zhao Zhun, the magistrate of Zhaoling County, agree to such a major event?
It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhao Zhun did not stop him, it might be possible for Zhaoling County to build a rebel army of tens of thousands of people in just a few days. Tuo's troops might fight each other.
After all, in today's Wei State, Zhaoling County can be said to be the county with the most serious hatred of Chu State, because this county accommodates hundreds of thousands of Wei people who were victims of the Chu-Wei War two years ago.
Fortunately, there is also a regular garrison in Zhaoling County, namely the Zhaoling Army commanded by Chen Shi, the former Yanling military commander, Wang Shu, the former Linying military commander, and Ma Zhang, the former Xihua military commander. An army of ten thousand men.
The intimidating power of this army, coupled with the prestige gradually established by the county magistrate Zhao Zhun, prevented the people of Zhaoling County from going to the point of almost rioting.
In contrast, Anling, a county that was once hostile to the Chu people, appeared to be more sensible due to the competition between the two counties not long ago, and did not nearly lead to a riot like Zhaoling.
Maybe these Anling people haven't gotten over the shadow of their own defeat in the two-county tournament a while ago.
As for Shangshui County, this land that actually belongs to the fiefdom of King Su Hongrun has already entered the stage of war preparations: the first station general Gu Liangwei personally led half of the remaining 10,000 Shangshui troops to station in the southern part of the county. The second garrison general, Wu Majiao, complied with the special authority during the war and temporarily recruited 20,000 Shangshui people to form a reserve force and conduct daily drills to consolidate the defense of Shangshui County.
After all, Shangshui County is too far to the south, and its geographical location is as important as Chu State's Runan. Once Shangshui is lost, the Wei State will probably have to retreat all the way to Yanshui before they have a chance to counterattack again.
Because of this, the Junshui Army, which now replaces the Fenxing Army and defends Fenxing Fortress, also deliberately deploys its troops to the Shangshui side: Cao Jie, the general of the Xiaoqi camp, under the instructions of the general Bailiba, marches every few days Every day, he traveled between Fenxing Fortress and Guqiang, ready to support Shangshui at any time.
The Shangshui Qingya, who was hiding and unknown, also stopped their attack on the hidden thieves in Wei State, recalled a large number of men, or sent people to keep an eye on the trouble near Shangshui, or infiltrated into Chu State, Always monitor the movements of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu.
Although many people knew that King Su Zhao Hongrun had a private relationship with King Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng, under the general trend of Qi, Lu, Wei and the Three Kingdoms attacking Chu, no one believed that the agreement between Zhao Hongrun and Xiong Tuo was still possible.
It is precisely because of this that Gu Liangwei, who was pampered after coming to Shangshui County, personally came to the front line of Guqiang, the battlefield he imagined, just to guard against Xiong Tuo.
Looking at Pingyu, Zhengyang, Shangcai and other places, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu has already deployed heavy troops and blocked the river area.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current border between Wei and Chu is tense and filled with clouds of war. It may become the second battlefield for Qi, Lu, Wei and Wei to attack Chu at any time.
But having said that, although the situation here is tense, Wangdu Daliang does not pay too much attention to the matters here.
Because according to forward-looking courtiers such as Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Minister of War Li Huan, the possibility of a direct fight between Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu and Shangshui County of Wei State is very small. In comparison, what is more urgent is that Threat from the north.
That’s right, it’s Korea!
Even though South Korea has not sent troops to capture Shangdang and Hedong of Wei State, it is just that the King of Han is waiting for the opportunity.
The famous court officials have no doubt that once King Su Zhao Hongrun appears in Jiangdong and once the allied forces of Qi, Lu, and Wei formally attack Chu, South Korea will immediately send troops to Wei.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Hongrun was reluctant to fully support the Qi State at first. He even thought of just perfunctory, but unexpectedly, the generous gift given by Qi King Lu Xi made him unable to refuse.
The father and son discussed: This may be Wei's biggest crisis in recent decades, but it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It can be predicted that after this battle, Qi State lost King Lu Xi of Qi, and the princes in the country fought for the throne and became a third-rate state. However, Chu State survived tenaciously even under the attack of the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu, and Wei, and I believe it is still very powerful. affected.
In other words, as long as Wei can survive this hurdle, at least in the next few years, they will no longer have to worry about Qi or Chu, and can only focus on dealing with South Korea in the north. This will give Wei a chance to rise.
The key to this opportunity lies in whether Wei can defend the northern border and resist South Korea's intrusion when King Su Zhao Hongrun mobilizes more than 50,000 troops. Even if he does not seek to defeat South Korea, he must at least hold on. Until Zhao Hongrun returned to the country with the victorious army.
Don't think this is an easy task. After all, there are only two regular armies in Shangdang and Hedong areas, the Nanyan Army and the Chenggao Army, with a total of only 30,000 people. The rest are reserves temporarily recruited by the Nanyan General Wei Mu. .
Fortunately, the Emperor of Wei trained another 50,000-strong Wei military force in the suburbs of Daliang, with Shaohu, the Zongwei chief beside Yu Wang Zhao Yuandai, as the general. Otherwise, facing Tianmen Pass, Mengmen Pass and Bei There are as many as 100,000 Korean cavalry troops in three places, and the Wei government and the public are probably already panic-stricken.
But unfortunately, the 50,000-strong Wei military force was still in the training stage. Unless the war situation was urgent, Emperor Wei did not intend to put it into the northern battlefield.
But as a result, the pressure on the northern border is not small.
At this time, the brilliance of the clever plan of Zhou Min, a famous official in the East Palace, was revealed: the imperial court did not spend a copper coin, so the nobles were willing to spend huge sums of money to build many armies to relieve the imperial court. to relieve the pressure on the defensive line.
The only thing to worry about is that the private armies of the nobles are like a piece of scattered sand at the moment, lacking a commander to serve as the governor.
On the morning of the tenth day of July, Wang Can, the right minister of the Ministry of War, raised this matter in the court meeting.
There is nothing wrong with this matter in itself. The key is that after Wang Can raised this matter, Yong Wang Hongyu came out to agree.
"What Wang Shilang said is absolutely true... The Korean soldiers are outside the northern border of the Wei Dynasty, and they have evil intentions. I suspect that they are waiting for the Wei Dynasty to send troops to assist Qi State in conquering Chu State, or to succeed the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu and Wei."
After that, Chu and Han also secretly contacted each other and formed an alliance... This time Hongrun, the eighth king's younger brother, led his army to go on an expedition. I suspected that South Korea would take advantage of the situation and invade the northern territory of Wei Dynasty, so we must be on guard against it." Speaking of this,
Yong Wang Hongyu knelt down in the palace and said righteously: "My son is also the prince of my great Wei Dynasty, and I am also willing to guard the country for my great Wei Dynasty... Korea is about to invade, and I sincerely ask my father to allow me to serve as the governor of Northern Xinjiang."
handsome."
As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was in an uproar. All the civil and military officials in the court looked at King Yong Hongyu with strange eyes, and secretly murmured in their hearts: His Highness King Yong, maybe he thought that he could not defeat the East Palace in Daliang, so he took the opportunity to escape and seek a title.
Yap?
I guess most people think so, but there are also some people, and there is something obviously wrong with the way they look at Yong Wang Hongyu.
For example, Li Huan, the Minister of War, Du You, the Minister of Rites, and so on.
Of course, this also includes Emperor Wei.
Have you been silent for a long time, are you just waiting for this opportunity?...Hongyu?
Emperor Wei glanced calmly at Hongli, the Crown Prince of the East Palace, who was also standing in the palace at the moment, and saw the latter looking at Yong Wang Hongyu with a surprised and unexpected look on his face, but he did not realize at all the viciousness contained in the latter's words.
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The East Palace...is not as good as King Yong.
Emperor Wei sighed secretly, and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Xi Jiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, standing up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Yong's words are very kind. However, I think this matter is a serious matter, so it is better to discuss it.
I'll make a decision in a few days."
What did he stand up for?
The courtiers in the palace might not understand, so they looked at Xi Jiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, with doubts.
Even Hongli, the crown prince of the East Palace, frowned and glanced back at Xi Jiang, perhaps still cursing in his heart: The second son is going to die in Northern Xinjiang, so let him go. What nonsense are you talking about? As soon as he leaves, I will
Just the opportunity to deal with his people.
Facing the displeased and even angry look in the eyes of the Prince of the East Palace, Xi Jiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.
Maybe he was also cursing secretly: You idiot! I am saving you! King Yong went to Northern Xinjiang, do you think the Wang family will have good results? When the time comes, King Yong will just pretend to be a public servant, and he can easily do it.
Damn the Wang family! If there is no Wang family, what support will you, the Prince of the East Palace, have?!
No matter whether Xi Jiang cursed the East Palace in his heart or not, his strange behavior of taking the initiative attracted the attention of the courtiers in the palace.
Come to think of it, there is no fool who can stand here. Even if he was deceived by Yong Wang Hongyu's righteous words at first, when he thought about it carefully now, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
Well, the biggest help for the Prince of the East Palace is his uncle's family, the Zhengcheng Wang family. Now, the Zhengcheng Wang family has almost spent all their wealth to purchase a piece of land in the north and spent a lot of money to build an army.
Maybe they had a chance to earn military honors from the Korean army, but the question is, if Yong Wang Hongyu becomes the commander-in-chief of Northern Xinjiang, what will happen to the Wang family in Zhengcheng?
...This is really a hidden murderous intention!
The ministers in the palace lowered their heads unconsciously, because they instinctively felt that Yong Wang Hongyu, who was kneeling in the palace at this moment, the man who had been humiliated by the Prince of the East Palace recently, finally began to show his fangs. (