Most outsiders thought that Wei Yang was Han Xin's wife and brother, so they should have a good relationship, but they didn't expect that Wei Yang would get angry when he heard the word Han Xin!
As early as when he was in Lingnan, Wei Yang didn't like Han Xin, not because of his background, but because of his temperament. He felt that Han Xin was arrogant based on his talent and difficult to get along with others. However, he was trusted and favored by his father Zhong, so he gave this scoundrel a chance again and again.
Let him perform meritorious service, and even some voices in the army said:
"Compared to Wei Yang, Han Xin is more like the nephew of Marquis Wu Zhong."
This finally came true. Weiyang heard that Han Xin had suffered a huge defeat in Danshui, but instead of punishing him, Zhong's father promised his sister Weiyue to Han Xin. When the news reached Jiangdong, the two were already engaged.
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This made Weiyang feel like he had eaten a fly. He was depressed for several months and took several concubines before he could calm down his anger.
Although he was dissatisfied with the marriage, as if the good friend he had watched for many years had been squandered, it was Zhong's father's decision after all, and it was a done deal, and Wei Yang had to agree no matter how unhappy he was.
Moreover, their family has a habit. Ever since the eldest mother was still alive, whenever they had any conflicts or complaints, they would deal with them behind closed doors. However, in front of outsiders, they must have fun with each other. Therefore, brothers Zhong, Heifu, and Jing have grown up since they were young.
, never dismantle each other in front of outsiders.
To use the words Weiyang learned from Zhang Cang when he grew up, it is "Brothers are jealous of each other within the wall, and they should be defended from outside."
Weiyang still has fresh memories of this family tradition.
So he didn't have a fit, and just smiled and said to the Nanchang Pavilion Chief: "Since you are like Han Xin's brother, you are naturally familiar with his past. Please tell me about Han Xin's past deeds..."
The head of the pavilion in Nanchang first said a lot of good things. For example, Han Xin had been extraordinary since he was a child. His mother had no place to bury her when she died, so he placed her on a high hill. The land could house thousands of families. Now she is indeed rich and powerful. It seems that the place is right.
If you choose well, in the words of later generations, the feng shui will be excellent and the ancestral graves will be filled with smoke...
This is not what Weiyang wants to hear. He will tell the chief of Nanchang Pavilion not to just pick the good ones.
The director of the pavilion in Nanchang then began to talk about how Han Xin started eating at a young age and was jobless and wandering around all day long. He lived in a neighbor's house for half a month just to have a bite to eat. In the end, he even did the famous crotch humiliation.
Tao Lai.
No matter which one of them, it was enough to make Han Xin be underestimated. Now even Weiyang blushed for Han Xin. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. How could his sister be promised to such an incompetent person?
But now that we are a family, even if Weiyang pinches his nose, he must hold on to his face!
"What about the butcher?"
"When I heard that the Northern Expeditionary Army was coming, I was afraid of retaliation, so I ran away..."
Wei Yang nodded and asked the director of the Nanchang pavilion: "How many meals did Han Xin eat at your house?"
"This..." How can the Nanchang Pavilion Master remember clearly?
But his wife, who had lowered her head and dared not speak, suddenly raised her head and said: "Three hundred and forty-three meals! I remember it clearly!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, even the head of the Nanchang Pavilion was panicked and scolded his wife: "Don't remember it wrong."
But his wife plausibly said: "I dug the rice, washed the cauldron, Han Xin was the one who was full, and my children were the ones who were hungry. You don't remember, but I do!"
Wei Yang was immediately happy. This woman was very shrewd and lived her life clearly.
He was not a small person, so he waved his hand and said: "Mr. Wei always knows how to repay kindness, and a favor will be repaid with a meal, so I will give you one tael of gold for a meal, and I will temporarily return it to your family on behalf of Han Xin!"
The pavilion chief and his wife in Nanchang, as well as the three elders and others were shocked. According to the prices at this time, the daily food of ordinary people, including soup and vegetables, only cost two or three yuan per person, while one or two gold was worth five yuan.
Six hundred yuan! The Nanchang Pavilion Chief’s family received dozens of times the reward. What a profit!
This General Weiyang is worthy of being the nephew of Marquis Wu Zhong, and he behaves in a grand manner. After a while, his subordinate Chang Shi led someone to bring down a small box of gold from the building boat, weighed it in public, and left it with the family of Nanchang Pavilion...
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With thousands of thanks, Wei Yang continued to march towards Huaiyin County. He was young and had great ambitions, and his salary was not enough. In the process of capturing Wu Yue, Wei Yang always acquiesced to his subordinates.
He kept some of the loot for himself, but Xu Shu turned a blind eye to this and had his own logic:
"Jiangdong is far away from the center. Marquis Wu Zhong can do something clean in Jiangling, but in this despicable place, if everyone is clean, no one will do anything..."
But Weiyang still underestimated the boldness and greed of human nature. When he woke up the next day, he found that there were people from Huaiyin crowding outside the gate of the county. While facing the armored soldiers of the building and boat warriors, they were terrified, but at the same time they were worried.
He raised his head and revealed his greedy eyes!
"I dare to tell the general that Han Xin ate ten meals from my family back then."
"My family has been eating for a month."
"My family has been eating it for half a year!"
"When he was young, he received alms from my family. I don't know how many times he was given, but definitely not less than a hundred times..."
Good guy, these Han Xin's neighbors suddenly became greedy after seeing the family of the pavilion chief in Nanchang suddenly became rich. Whether it was out of kindness or for the sake of face, they gave Han Xin a bite to eat, and they all came to visit him, hoping to get a reward.
Wei Yang sneered, the people in this county really bully good and fear evil!
But he did not fall out of favor. He only taught Chang Shi to tell the people in the county: "Anyone who has helped Han Xin will record a contract with the government. When the war is over and the world is unified, and Han Xin returns to Huaiyin, you will hold the contract to find Han Xin."
Want debt..."
Everyone outside was very happy. Some honest people remembered how many meals they had eaten and wrote them down. Others speculated that Han Xin himself might not remember clearly, so he had the courage to write more. In the end, he counted them and added up.
There are as many as ten thousand tons...
Weiyang was not worried but overjoyed. He turned around and laughed so hard that his stomach hurt: "Zhongfu said that once the poor and humble people become rich, they must return to their hometowns in rich clothes to be respected by the elders of the local party. Han Xin is no exception. He
How miserable it was in Huaiyin in the past, and I will think more about the prosperity of Huaiyin in the future, not to mention that my mother's grave is still here."
"For one meal and one gold, Han Xin will always be treated differently by his father. He will defeat him in every battle, and he has accumulated merits and made thousands of Chehous. If he does not repay the debt of ten thousand gold, he will be dishonest and will be punished by Huaiyin.
If someone reviles someone and looks down upon him, if he repays it, it will be enough to wipe out his income."
"When Han Xin has run out of money and silk and becomes a prince in name only, he will have to live by my sister without any disrespect. He will not be as fearful as my father-in-law is afraid of my mother-in-law!"
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While "well-intentioned" for Han Xin, he was actually doing favors for the Northern Expeditionary Army in Huaiyin City. Weiyang was not idle either. The main purpose of the boat division was to transport grain and fodder. In order to go north to fight for hegemony, King Wu Fu Chai had to build the Hangou ditch with all his strength.
In order to connect the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, the Wuzhong army can eat the rice from Jiangdong at any time without fear of hunger.
Today, this canal seems to have been specially built for the Northern Expeditionary Army, allowing it to move both by land and water.
In late July, Weiyang had already received troops from Wu and Yue and arrived at Huaiyin, and marched westward to control Huaisikou. He could turn into Surabaya at any time and go upstream. In less than half a month, he could reach Pengcheng and spread a huge banner on the water outside the city.
The sight of the sails scared the Chu people half to death.
This kind of containment is a clever strategy.
According to the plan, Weiyang will also detach a hundred ships to go upstream along the Huaihe River to cooperate with the troops from Danyang and Hengshan to attack Shouchun. After the Northern Expeditionary Army takes over Huainan as its base, they will harvest its rice and be protected by building ships.
, and there are waterways extending in all directions, so you can advance and retreat.
"But Xiang Ji, who is far away in Guanzhong, has to run hard..."
The Eastern Route Army advanced with great success, but everything could not go smoothly. Just after Weiyang moved westward along the Huaihe River and occupied Xuyi County, where crayfish had not yet been cultured, they received a bolt from the blue.
After Wei Yang read the emergency report with a sullen face, he ordered: "Stop at Xuyi, the captain will not go west for the time being..."
When Wei Hua Wushe, the commander of the Yue School, came to inquire, Wei Yang just said: "The governor of Anpu County has encountered some small troubles..."
But in the emergency report he kept behind his back, Anpu was in big trouble!
"Danyang's defense at Luyi (Hefei, Anhui) suffered a major defeat, and two commanders were killed. The Danyang army was either dead or dead, with less than five thousand remaining. They retreated to Shu County to wait for reinforcements from Hengshan troops!"
The general of the Chu army who defeated Anpu, who had some military ability in Heifu's old tribe, lost more than half of his troops, was a name that Wei Yang had heard of, but had always despised:
He gritted his teeth and squeezed out those two words:
