Chapter 653: The beginning of the melee between the countries of the Central Plains
The persistence of Zhi County made Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling Army, feel troublesome. However, Zhao Hongrun rarely thought about the war here, but was carefully reading a long letter.
He had just received this letter, and the person who sent it was the Green Crows who were originally deployed by Zhao Hongrun in Daliang, the capital of King Wei.
Those people recorded in detail what happened in Daliang and even the northern Xinjiang area from June to July. After that, it took them nearly twenty days and several rounds of work before it was delivered to Zhao Hongrun.
The major event stated in the letter is not something like Prince Hongli and Yong Wang Hongyu fighting overtly and covertly in the court again, because those two people can no longer care about internal fighting at the moment.
Because, at the end of July, the Korean cavalry finally marched out of Mengmen and Tianmen.
South Korea indeed declared war on Wei.
The excuse for sending troops was ridiculous: South Korea said that one of their scout cavalry was attacked by the Wei State for no reason near Shanyang, and they hoped that the Wei State would consider the friendship between the two countries and hand over the murderer.
Zhao Hongrun sneered at this.
Because this is a typical example of how to build an archway after being a pawn.
You must know that since April this year, South Korean scouts have exchanged fire with the Wei army in the area of Shanyang County, Shangdang, Wei State.
Zhao Hongrun's brother of the Fourth Emperor, King Hongjiang of Yan, was an arrogant and extremely tough prince. On the first day he arrived in Shanyang County, he began to deploy troops to expel the people in Shanyang County.
Scout ride.
In other words, from that time on, the border garrison armies of Wei and South Korea began to have conflicts and suffered casualties from each other.
But at that time, South Korea never mentioned anything about the missing scouts, and waited until the end of July to find out.
From this, it is not difficult to guess that the preparation work in South Korea should have been completed, which is why this ridiculous excuse was proposed.
Ask Wei to hand over the murderer of the Korean Scout Cavalry?
ridiculous!
Didn't the Korean scouts kill the Wei soldiers in Shanyang?
Furthermore, Zhao Hongrun’s fourth prince brother, Yan Wang Hongjiang, gave the order to launch a counterattack against South Korea’s scout cavalry. Will Wei still hand over this prince to South Korea?
Therefore, to put it bluntly, the so-called diplomatic intervention proposed by South Korea is nothing more than a hypocritical means of declaring war in Zhao Hongrun's view.
Compared with South Korea's hypocritical method of declaring war on Wei, the slogan put forward by King Lu Xi of Qi when he sent troops to tentatively attack Liyang was very direct. From the lines of the words, this is what it means: "I see that you are unhappy with Chu, so let's test the waters with Liyang first."
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Subsequently, the State of Qi did not wait for any reaction from the State of Chu, nor did it give the latter a chance to deal diplomatically, and directly sent troops to attack Liyang.
If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for the fact that "undeclared war" would easily arouse criticism from the people of the world, King Lu Xi of Qi would not have spent more energy on thinking of reasons or excuses to attack Chu.
This is the domineering power of a powerful overlord!
If I hit you just because I don’t like you, why should I be hypocritical?
Compared with the domineering power of King Lu Xi of Qi, the overlord of the Central Plains, Zhao Hongrun felt disgusted by South Korea's cowardice.
It's a pity that overlords like King Lu Xi of Qi contracted serious illnesses before they were even forty years old because they were too immersed in wine and sex, and the medicine was not effective. Thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun also felt a little regretful.
Although he knew very well that if King Lu Xi of Qi did not die, his country Wei might not have the chance to gradually rise in the chaos of wars among various countries that would come in the future.
Zhao Hongrun turned over a page of the letter and continued to read the "Battle of Wei and Han Shangdang" stated in the letter.
It was said to be a battle, but in fact, the letter only briefly stated several battles that took place in Shanyang County, Shangdang, and it was an encounter between scouts.
It can't be called a war, let alone a "battle".
However, anyone can see that those few encounters are just a warm-up before the entire "Battle of Wei-Han Shangdang". There are more than 100,000 cavalry on the Korean side that have not yet been dispatched, and on the Wei side
, the Nanyan general Wei Mu, and the new Wei military force still in Daliang, personally trained by the Zongwei chief Shaohu next to Yu Wang Zhao Yuanji, have not yet entered the battlefield, so it is unlikely that this will be a battle in the short term.
The end of the national war.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Hongrun saw the name of his younger brother "Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan" in this letter.
According to the knowledge of the Qingya people in Daliang, Zhao Hongxuan assisted Hongli, the crown prince of the East Palace, and gathered many private troops belonging to princes and nobles in northern Xinjiang. The number of troops actually reached 50,000, and this number was still gradually rising.
With Zhao Hongxuan's mediation, King Hongjiang of Yan finally did not target the "Northern Xinjiang Commander", Prince Hongli of the East Palace. At present, the so-called "Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army" led by Prince Hongli of the East Palace and the "Mountain Expeditionary Army" of King Yan Hongjiang
"Yang Army", each performs its own duties, and the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river.
"Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army...heh, this name is quite meaningful."
Zhao Hongrun put down the letter in his hand with some unfinished content. The content of the letter had been stated here, and it had reached the end of the chapter, without any further details.
No wonder, after all, this was a letter sent from Daliang more than 20 days ago.
Although Zhao Hongrun was a little worried about his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan, they were thousands of miles apart. In this era when information transmission was inconvenient, even if the Green Crows tried their best, Zhao Hongrun could not immediately learn about his brother's current situation in northern Xinjiang.
From the side, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao laughed when he heard this and said: "It is indeed a good name with a lot of meaning, Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army... It seems that Donggong is very ambitious and actually wants to counterattack into South Korea.
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"Hmph!" Zhao Hongrun snorted softly and said calmly: "The heart is as high as the sky, and the talent is as thin as paper. Those who are so ambitious are talking about this kind of guy! ... Do you really think that the Korean cavalry is a rabble?"
You must know that Zhao Hongrun also has some experience with the Korean cavalry. For example, Zhao Hongrun, the great thief Huan Hu who was born in the Korean cavalry, dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers but was not able to catch him.
And now, Chen Bing is at the border of Wei and South Korea. There are more than 100,000 Korean cavalry troops. God knows if there are any cavalry generals like Huan Hu among them?
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's evaluation of the East Palace, Wei Jiao couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Highness, you are too harsh... Back then, the East Palace just saw you and His Highness King Yong together and scolded you for no reason.
, do you still remember it?"
If these words were said by others, Zhao Hongrun might really feel displeased, but when said by a confidant like Wei Jiao, Zhao Hongrun only regarded them as a joke.
"I have always been petty. Is this your first time meeting me?" Zhao Hongrun glanced sideways at Wei Jiao, but he couldn't help but laugh even after pretending.
After laughing for a while, he took a long breath and said seriously: "To be honest, it's not that I'm biased against Donggong, I'm just afraid that Donggong will be too arrogant... Don't look at the so-called "Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Army" which has 50,000 people.
However, in this army composed of private soldiers from various nobles, every one of them is bound to seek good luck and avoid disaster. They only want to reduce their own losses and gain great military exploits. How can the battlefield be so simple?... What if?
Everyone thinks this way, this so-called "Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Force" is just a scattered army formed by a bunch of ragtag people, and it is of no great use."
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao nodded convinced when he heard this.
After all, the reason why an army is an army is because of the strong military orders. Even if sometimes the general orders his subordinates to take on a mission with a narrow chance of death, or even to die for strategic needs, his subordinates still have to go.
Only such an army deserves to be called an army.
As for the Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Force, it is just a private army formed by the great nobles in the country to gain military exploits. How can they sacrifice themselves for others? No matter how you think about it, you can guess that these people must be seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and risk their lives to let others go.
It is up to oneself to get the merit in battle.
The problem is that no one is a fool, how could they not guess this?
Because of this, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Force is just a ragtag group that cannot be used for much purpose, occupying the meaningful title of "Expeditionary Force" in vain.
"It would be good for such an army to cooperate with the Nanyan Army and the Shanyang Army to defend the northern Xinjiang defense line. It also expects to defeat more than 100,000 Korean cavalry and counterattack into South Korea. Hmph, the East Palace is also thinking too much..."
Zhao Hongrun curled his lips and said.
Seeing that His Highness pointed out the shortcomings of the "Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary Force" sharply, Wei Jiao smiled and said: "It's probably the first time Dong Gong has set foot on the battlefield, and he is arrogant. After he suffers a few defeats, he will know how powerful he is.
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After saying that, he paused and added: "Besides, as for His Highness Prince Huan, you don't have to worry too much. No matter how stupid the East Palace is, he will not let His Highness Prince Huan encounter any danger."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then he turned to look at Wei Jiao as if he was aware of it, and said jokingly: "Hey, Wei Jiao, you have been getting closer and closer to Shen Yu lately...have you adapted?
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Wei Jiao smiled when he heard this and said: "I follow His Highness every day. If I don't make any progress in my humble position, how can I have the face to see Shen Yu in the future?"
"Haha!" Zhao Hongrun laughed, and then he seemed to have thought of something and asked: "By the way, is there any progress with Qu Cheng?"
Seeing Zhao Hongrun talking about business, Wei Jiao immediately suppressed the smile on his face, shook his head and said: "As far as I know, the Yanling Army has been unable to do anything in the past two days. Sun Shuke, the Chu general in Zhi County, is like a turtle, huddled in its shell.
It just won’t come out. It is said that Yan Mo has already ordered people to build siege equipment, probably preparing for a strong attack."
"Securing the city first and then crossing the river is a very correct judgment." Zhao Hongrun nodded and said: "Instead of bypassing Zhi County and forcibly crossing the Hui River, and then being flanked by the Chu warships in Hui River and the Chu army in Zhi County,
It is better to pay all costs to eradicate Qi County, Yan Mo is also a very decisive person... By the way, is there any news from Qi County?"
After hearing this, Wei Jiao smiled and said: "Over in Qixian County, that guy Zhou Pu reported to me today... Wu Ji and Nanmen Chi, with the help of the Nanmen clan in Qixian County, worked together to seize the throne.
Half the city..."
"Half the city?" Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly.
"Yes...Although the Qixian garrison was temporarily defeated by the Shang Shui Army and the Nanmen clan, he resisted fiercely. According to the Green Crows, they warned Wu Ji, but the Shang Shui Army was unwilling to take Nanmen with him.
Menshi abandoned the city and left, insisting on capturing Qixian County. Currently, Qixian County is still fighting."
"The Shang Shui Army is competing with the Yanling Army..."
Zhao Hongrun tasted the taste, frowned and asked: "Where is Fuli Sai?"
Wei Jiao lowered his head and said: "Fu Li Sai has been restrained by King Qi's army, and there is no sign of rescuing Qi County for the time being... Don't worry, Your Highness, the people of Qing Ya are watching Fu Li Sai. If there is any movement,
They will inform the Shang Navy."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded slowly.
He gradually realized that the army under his command no longer required him to do everything as it did two years ago.
Although this kind of emptiness with nothing to do made Zhao Hongrun a little uncomfortable.
"By the way, tell Qu Cheng and Yan Mo that the Shang Shui Army is about to take Qi County..."
"I understand the humble position!"
Looking at the smile on the corner of his Highness's mouth, Wei Jiao understood.