Half an hour later, Zhao Hongrun left the mansion where the father of the Wei family lived with a dark face.
At this moment, he was in a bad mood.
You know, he originally had the idea of cutting the mess with a sharp knife, so he launched a night attack on Ancheng at night. He was thinking of controlling the father of the Wei family in Longxi and captured the thief first.
Who would have known that the Wei clan in Longxi actually had a meeting of clan elders, and that the clan elders' meeting had more restrictions on the emperor and father of the Wei clan in Longxi than the Zhao clan's Wei clan had on Emperor Wei.
Even bigger.
What made Zhao Hongrun feel even more depressed was that the Wei clan father clearly told him that even if Zhao Hongrun used him as a threat, it would not be able to change the attitude of the clan elders meeting. It is more likely that the clan elders meeting would abandon that monarch and recommend him.
A new king father then launched a retaliatory war with the Zhao family and the Wei state.
Zhao Hongrun was so angry about this incident that he almost yelled at the father of the Wei family: You are still with me and five people, so it turns out that you are just a puppet?
Of course, this was just an angry thought. After all, the monarch still had great power in the Wei clan in Longxi, but it was still not comparable to the clan elders meeting.
After all, there are twelve branches of the Wei family in Longxi, and the Wei family's father represents only one of them. Therefore, even the Wei family's father cannot make the decision on such a major event as the Wei family surrendering to the Zhao family.
I didn't expect to have this skill...
Standing outside the Li family's mansion in Anseong, Zhao Hongrun looked up at the starry sky and sighed silently.
"Now, we might really have to fight..." He murmured to himself.
At the side, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I, the Shang Shui Army, will be there for everything."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled reluctantly.
He did not doubt the strength of the Shangshui Army, nor did he doubt the strength of the Yanling Army. However, the bottom line was that he did not want to really start a war with the Wei family in Longxi.
After all, whether it is the Longxi Wei clan or the Zhao clan and the Wei Kingdom, in the final analysis, they are all members of the Ji surname. Naturally, they can coexist peacefully if they can coexist peacefully. As long as the Longxi Wei clan is willing to surrender, I think the Zhao clan and the Wei Kingdom will not mind raising them.
them.
On the contrary, if it leads to a situation where the two sides are fighting each other, this will be the most disadvantageous.
The enemies of Wei State may add insult to injury and accuse Wei State: Your Ji Zhao family cannot even tolerate the Ji Wei family of our own family, how can you tolerate the people of the world?
Zhao Hongrun never wanted this handle to fall into the hands of Wei's enemies.
Because he knows very well that sometimes, honor and justice are very important. If the Wei State cannot handle the Wei family's affairs in Longxi this time, I believe South Korea and the Chu State will not mind adding fuel to the fire and slandering the reputation of the Wei State.
Zhao Hongrun walked impatiently in front of the Li family's residence.
After a long time of burning incense, he walked angrily towards the post house.
Also, the matter has come to this, no matter how angry it is, it is of no use. It is better to have a good rest and quickly send troops to Xingyang, Mi County, Wusha, Yanxian and other places after dawn to force the Longxi Wei Dynasty as quickly as possible and at the minimum cost of internal friction.
The other eleven branches of the clan surrendered.
Facts have proved that Zhao Hongrun's judgment was accurate. Waiting for the next day's twilight hour, the Qingya people who were sent to several other counties sent news that there was something strange happening in the Wei clan's army in Longxi.
The news leaked...
Zhao Hongrun cursed secretly, with no hint of surprise on his face.
Because he learned this morning that when the Shang Shui army attacked Ancheng at night last night, Hou Dan, the concubine chief who had met him a few days ago, found that the situation was over and took a chariot from the north city gate.
Flee and go to several other cities occupied by the Wei clan in Longxi to move reinforcements.
This made Zhao Hongrun's mood become even worse.
Originally, he had a good plan: capture the main figures of the Longxi Wei family overnight, and then use coercion and inducement today to force them to surrender.
But this time, his plan was shattered.
Fortunately, the father of the Wei family was also a very important bargaining chip and had his acquiescence. Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
When it was close to Si Shi, Zhao Hongrun called Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, and ordered him to lead 10,000 Shang Shui troops to sit in Ancheng and guard the Wei clan members of the Wei clan's father's branch in Ancheng, as well as the affiliated Longxi Wei clan.
soldiers.
Zhai Huang answered the order with clasped fists, and then asked: "How will the people outside the city be settled?"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said: "Except for the Li family's mansion where the king's father lives, the rest of the mansions occupied by the Longxi people are asked to spit them out and return them to their original owners. If anyone disobeys and deliberately causes trouble, you
Let’s see what happens.”
"Yes!" Zhai Huang was determined.
I have to say, this sentence is up to you, which is equivalent to Zhao Hongrun giving Zhai Huang great autonomy.
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun is quite relieved about this veteran of the Shang Shui Army. Maybe Zhai Huang is not as brave as Wu Ji and Nanmen Chi in leading troops and conquering the city, but Zhai Huang is still extremely capable when he is asked to defend the city.
Reliable.
After all, when he was conquering the Chu State, Zhai Huang had been in charge of Xiangcheng and replaced Zhao Hongrun in managing the city where hundreds of thousands of Chu civilians were temporarily living. He was considered a veteran with considerable experience in domestic affairs and people's livelihood.
After giving instructions to Zhai Huang, Zhao Hongrun quickly left the post house and headed outside the city, because outside the city, Shang Shui Army General Wu Ji and another deputy general Nanmen Chi had already made preparations to leave for Yan County.
On the way to Yan County, Zhao Hongrun received a battle report from the Qingya Zhong about the Yanling Army.
Last night, when the Shang Shui Army attacked Ancheng at night, the Yanling Army quickly marched towards Yanxian County and arrived at the gate of Yanxian County in the early morning.
But unfortunately, the Yanling Army failed to take Yanxian County as quickly as the Shangshui Army did.
There are several reasons for this:
First of all, the Longxi general who is in charge of Yan County is not an unknown person. He is Jiang Bi, the commander of the Si Chao Shu. He is a fierce general who has been inseparable from the Qin army. His vigilance is not ordinary.
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Secondly, the Yanling army did not have catapults, wells and other siege weapons, and there were no hidden thieves such as the Black Crows and Green Crows to help open the city gates, so there was no way to seize the city.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhao Hongrun sent the Yanling Army to Yan County was just to frighten the Wei family in Longxi. It was not for war, but to frighten the Wei family in Longxi and end the war. After all, in the eyes of Zhao Hongrun at the time, he had captured
With the father of the Wei family in Longxi, the battle can be said to have already decided the winner, but he didn't know that in Longxi, the status of the clan elders meeting was higher than that of the emperor of the Wei family.
Before dusk on July 17, Zhao Hongrun led 20,000 merchant navy troops to Yan County. He joined the 30,000 Yanling troops led by Qu Cheng and Yan Mo. Together with the 50,000 troops, they headed to Yan County City.
The demonstration was also to force the Longxi Wei army in the city to surrender.
When 50,000 Wei troops lined up outside the city of Yanxian County, on the tower of the east city gate of Yanxian County, there was an extremely tall and burly man, holding his arms and watching the troops outside the city.
This man was none other than Jiang Bi, the famous general in Longxi and the commander of the carriage.
Perhaps because of his Qiang ancestry, Jiang Bi was born quite tall and burly, a head taller than Zhao Hongrun's Zongwei Chu Heng (almost two meters tall today), and his hands and arms were so muscular that they were actually taller than ordinary Wei people.
His thighs are even thicker.
What's even more shocking is that Jiang Bi is not wearing armor at this moment, and his upper body is naked. Therefore, it can be clearly seen that this man's body is covered with scars, which can be said to be full of scars on his entire upper body.
This is not surprising, because Jiang Bi is the only hero in the Wei Kingdom in Longxi in recent decades who rose from the humblest slave soldier to the position of general by virtue of his bloody military exploits on the battlefield. Every scar on his body is like
Maybe it means a war.
If we say that even in a place like Longxi, where family background is important, there are people who can make others put aside the prejudice of family background and gain respect, then it refers to Jiang Bi, the most heroic and capable general of the Wei army in Longxi.
"Huh huh huh... Is that the army of the Zhao family and the Wei state? It's incredible..."
Crossing his arms, Jiang Bi looked at the Zhao family's Wei army outside the city with great interest, feeling really surprised.
After all, he felt that the Zhao family's Wei army outside the city were definitely not new recruits who had just finished their training, but veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles.
Because the momentum is different!
Jiang Bi never felt any hesitation, panic, or uneasiness from the Zhao family's Wei army. It seemed that for the Zhao family's Wei army outside the city, war was as normal as eating and drinking.
This is an army that has withstood the test of big scenes...
Jiang Bi said secretly.
His guess was correct. The Zhao family's Wei army outside the city, or rather the Yanling army and Shangshui army, were all veterans who had just come off the battlefield of the Four Kingdoms' expedition against Chu. They had faced hundreds of thousands or nearly a hundred soldiers.
How could the Chu army of tens of thousands be shaken by the small Yan County?
More importantly, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army also won the final victory in the Four Kingdoms Campaign against Chu. Their confidence and morale were at an incredibly high level. Maybe for them at this moment, Yan County was just a rush.
It's just a small obstacle that breaks down.
"Go out of the city to fight!"
Jiang Bi licked his lips, which seemed to be a sign of joy.
"Go to...battle?" The Longxi generals beside him were stunned. They said to themselves, there are tens of thousands of troops outside the city!
Jiang Bi chuckled and said, "This is an order from the elder of the Wei clan in the city..."
After hearing this, several Longxi generals around looked a little ugly.
However, they did not dare to disobey the wishes of the elders of the Wei clan. Even if they did not want to, they could only bite the bullet and follow Jiang Bi out of the city to fight.
This move surprised Zhao Hongrun.
After all, in his opinion, the Wei army in Yan County is not large, at most only about 10,000 people, but he has 50,000 troops under his command. With a five-fold disparity in strength, the generals of the Wei army in Yan County are actually
Do you still dare to go out of the city to fight?
"interesting……"
Narrowing his eyes, Zhao Hongrun murmured: "If he wants to fight, then fight!... Send the order, step back five miles, and give the opponent enough open space to arrange his troops."
The 50,000 Wei troops retreated slowly, and after retreating five miles, they reorganized into formation.
Seeing this, Jiang Bi also understood what Zhao Hongrun meant and formed his troops outside the city.
At this moment, Jiang Bi suddenly heard a faint voice coming from the distance: "Stop! Stop! Stop everyone!"
"Huh?"
Jiang Bi squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound, and was surprised to see a few horses galloping towards this direction.
That's... Huh? Lintao Lord Wei Ji?
Jiang Bi's face showed a bit of surprise and surprise. (To be continued.)