The upper right of the Huan State, the upper middle of the Liang State, and the upper left of the Qin State, that is, the northwest, which are the three northern kingdoms.

It is necessary to unify the north first, and then Huan Liang will fight the army, which can be said to be in line with the wishes of the Qin State.

Therefore, when meeting with Huan's envoy, the other party wanted to inquire about Qin Jun's intentions from the side, and the answer given by Xiao Yuan was also very clear.

He said: "It is unreasonable for the Liang State to attack Huan, and the state of etiquette of the Qin State will never help the evil. ”

This meeting was simple and direct, and there was no nonsense.

Huan was satisfied, and got the answer he wanted, which was to smile shyly, compliment Xiao Yuan vigorously, and then bowed and retreated.

After he left, Shangguan Ruo muttered slightly: "King, if Huan Liang fights the army, it should be the best, but I don't know if this war can really be fought." ”

Xiao Yuan glanced at him, and said, "Lord Shangguan, rest assured, with the character of King Liang, this battle is inevitable!" ”

Let's say that the Huan envoy, after leaving Qinzhou, returned to Huandu, and immediately told King Huan the results of this trip.

After the latter listened, he asked on the spot in the main hall of the court: "You mean, King Qin doesn't mean to help Liang?" ”

"Yes, the king." Huan Envoy replied: "Not only that, but from the words of King Qin, there is a faint accusation that King Liang is unreasonable. ”

After receiving his confirmation, King Huan couldn't help but sigh, and nodded again and again: "Okay, good, as long as Qin doesn't help Liang, everything is easy to say, everything is easy to say." ”

It can be seen from this that the Qin army's current deterrent power in the kingdom of heaven is very great.

And Xiao Yuan's guess was not wrong, in order to completely complete the strategic purpose of connecting the north with the southeast, it was a matter of time before King Liang attacked Huan, at this time, with the surge of troops on both sides, a big war was also about to break out.

In the autumn of the same year, the Huanliang War broke out.

King Liang, with Xue Wu as his commander, transferred more than 300,000 troops and forcibly invaded the border of Huan.

On the Huan side, Xiang Ge was the main general, and the same 300,000 troops were used to arrange a defensive line to block the invasion of the Liang army.

The countries looked sideways, and at the beginning of the war, they did not interfere, and they were all sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight.

This is a national war, and the victory or defeat cannot be determined overnight.

But as the war continued, the combat strength of the Liang army was obviously overpowering the Huan army, and although Xiang Ge was the commander, he was defeated against Xue Wu.

Because he made a fatal mistake, that is, blindly fighting a tough battle with Xue Wu!

In the final analysis, it is the same domestic famous general, and some reasons for reluctance to bow their heads.

But Xue Wu's fighting style is iron-blooded and decisive, Xiang Ge wants to come hard, but he can't ask for it!

In this way, it is equivalent to attacking the enemy's strength with one's own shortcomings, and there is no reason to be invincible.

In just three months, the Huan army has lost six cities, so that the Liang army invaded the Huan land for more than 200 miles.

At this time, the Huan Kingdom court was a little panicked, and their panic was that they didn't expect that the Liang army would march so fast, and if they continued to fight like this, they would have to do it!?

Someone suggested changing the commander, but when it comes to changing the commander, there seems to be no better military talent than Xiang Ge in Huan Guo.

Even he can't beat him, so if he changes someone else, wouldn't he lose faster.

This proposal was quickly refuted by a number of ministers.

Immediately afterwards, a lord and faction stood up and proposed to cede the land and pay the silver, in order to avoid war.

As a result, as soon as his voice fell, he was strongly opposed by Huan Prime Minister Qiu Rong.

It's a pity that the court of Huan is a little corrupt, not to mention traitorous ministers, there are definitely a lot of tricksters, especially officials, otherwise, King Huan would not have made so many wrong decisions at the beginning.

And he himself loves to be greedy and cheap, and he doesn't have much courage.

Under the seconding of a group of ministers, everyone applauded, King Huan wavered, and finally decided to send an envoy to Liang Country to give it a try.

In fact, King Liang is waiting for him at this time!

Hearing that the Huan envoy was coming, he wanted to seek peace, so he readily agreed, pointed it out directly, and asked for Fu'an.

As long as Huan Guo is willing to cede this place, the Liang army will immediately withdraw its troops, and can make a letter promising that it will never be done again within a few years.

Fu'an, the middle and lower part of Huanguo, connects the Yellow River waterway.

This point is the preliminary strategy of destroying Huan offered by Cai Yan, a strategist of the Liang Kingdom, to King Liang.

As long as King Huan dares to cut Fu'an, next, Cai Yan's grand strategy will play an absolute role!

When the news came back, Huan Guo was full of martial arts, and they all felt inexplicable, thinking that King Liang would be close to a county, but they didn't expect that it was Fu'an in the middle and lower parts.

A minister stood up and bowed his hand and said: "King, Fu'an is not a big county, let alone prosperous, even if King Liang wants, it is not impossible to exchange this county for peace between the two countries." ”

Hearing this, Qiu Rong retorted again: "The war is together, and after the initial defeat, it is ridiculous to cede the land and lose the silver!" If this is the case, not only will our country not be able to return peace, but it will only further fuel the arrogance of King Liang! ”

"The prime minister's words are wrong." Another minister came out and said: "King Liang's words have been very clear, as long as Fu'an is a land, after the cession, he will also sign a letter of state, promising not to invade again, and exchange a small land for permanent peace. ”

"You!" Qiu Rong was furious, and said urgently to King Huan: "King! ”

"That's it!" King Huan was also annoyed, frowned and raised his hand, and said: "This matter, this king needs to consider it carefully, today's court discussion, let's stop here first." ”

As he spoke, he also left the throne.

Seeing that the king had left, Qiu Rong had no choice but to vent his anger on the gang of peacemakers, and said angrily: "Wait for the official! As a minister of state, he actually regarded the land as child's play! Spineless! ”

After scolding, he also shook his sleeve robe and brushed away.

At the same time, a town near Huandu.

A young man in a coarse coat with strips of cloth and hair, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, walked and looked down.

He looked at it carefully, and he didn't know it when he hit a pedestrian head-on.

With a burst of scolding, the man reacted, hurriedly bowed his hand, and bowed slightly: "It's reckless, brother, forgive me." ”

His etiquette is very standard, the pedestrian is a big man, accidentally touched it, it is no big deal, and when he saw him apologize, he didn't look for trouble, but before leaving, he glared at him fiercely and gave a warning.

In a short time, the man had arrived at an ordinary house.

"Big brother! Sister-in-law! ”

There was a knock on the door, and after a while, a woman's cooing could be heard inside, and then the door was ajar.

"What's the matter?"

Inside the door, there was a woman in her twenties, who had no intention of opening the door and inviting the man in.

"Sister-in-law, where is my eldest brother?" the young man asked a little embarrassed.

"He's not here!" The woman replied crisply, with a rather displeased, mixed with intense impatience.

"Can I borrow some rice?"

"Nope! There is no food left at home! ”

The woman simply refused, and at the same time frowned, and said dissatisfiedly:

"You said you! It's all too big! Nothing! Guarding those broken bamboo slips all day long! What can it be! Don't come again! ”

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