Chapter 25: The Wind Rises (1)

The news of the Qin army's retreat to Hexi, confirmed by the Wei Army's military department, the notices posted along the streets by the Anyi Order, and the public opinion offensive of the officials who publicized the news everywhere, the people of Anyi, who had been frightened before, finally quieted down. However, a rumor that Wei would move its capital to Liang slowly spread in Anyi and gradually caused a sensation.

In the middle of the night, with the shouts of the coachman, an ordinary carriage stopped at the gate of Anyi City. "General, Anyi City has arrived," the coachman stopped the carriage and whispered to the people in the carriage.

It took a moment for a phrase to come from the carriage, "Well, I see," and then fell silent. Sitting in the car was the current general of Wei, Pang Juan. I saw Pang Juan wearing an iron armor made of fine iron, soft and close to the body but very strong, with fish scales at the joints covered by the armor leaves, wearing a fiery red cloak, leaning on the sword in his right hand, sitting in the carriage, not far away there was a bronze tiger-shaped helmet made by the Wei State, which looked majestic. However, Pang Juan's reddened tiger eyes, reflecting the angular outline and dark sword eyebrows, looked even more terrifying and gloomy at this time.

The Wei army led by Pang Juan had already rushed back to Anyi ten days earlier. However, after the king of Wei only asked Pang Juan to take the army to the barracks, there was no more silence, and Pang Juan stayed in the barracks outside the city for ten days. Just after receiving the summons of the King of Wei, Pang Juan hurried over.

Pang Juan looked at Anyi City in front of him through the thin cracks of the curtains on the carriage, and his heart suddenly had mixed feelings. The Xiongshi of Wei led by himself has received the king's reward at the gate of this city countless times and welcomed the warm welcome of the people of Wei. Pang Juan thought to himself: He should ride a tall war horse in a dignified manner, and in the praise of the King of Wei, "General, I am really a famous general of Wei", through the countless people who worship him, and lead his subordinates to accept the glory. Instead of sneaking in, entering Anyi in this dark night, besides, the rich and noble do not return to their hometown, such as walking at night in brocade, how can Pang Juan, who has strong self-esteem, endure such humiliation?

All of this was caused by Zhao and Han, or there was also a Qin State, Pang Juan thought to himself.

After a while, the closed gate of Anyi finally opened, and a chamberlain saw the carriage outside, so he beckoned the carriage into the gate of Anyi. In the cold wind, the carriage, which had been waiting for a long time, started to move again, and with a bang, the gates were closed again.

After entering the Wei Palace, someone took Pang Juan to the place where the King of Wei summoned him. In the distance, Pang Juan heard the sound of King Wei and his concubine frolicking, Pang Juan frowned, and then calmed down and entered the Xuande Hall to wait for King Wei. Not long after, King Wei, who got that Pang Juan had arrived at the Xuande Palace, also came to the Xuande Hall with a little preparation.

When Pang Juan saw the arrival of the King of Wei, he immediately knelt down and said, "The last general will greet the king, and my king will be ten thousand years."

Wei Wangying looked at Pang Juan who was kneeling beside him, and immediately pulled Pang Juan and said: "General, please get up, General Wei is fighting in the war, he has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is armoured, so he doesn't need to kneel."

When Pang Juan heard this, he said more respectfully: "The king is benevolent." The last general led his troops to the battle, but failed to win, but fell into another country, and almost wiped out the whole army, which is the sin of the minister, and I hope the king will surrender."

King Wei looked at Pang Juan, who had been kneeling on the ground, and pursed his lips after hearing what Pang Juan said, frowned, and thought: Cure Pang Juan's sins? Pang Juan sent troops, but King Wei supported him strongly. In addition, if Pang Juan's sin is cured, then it will not be so easy for the King of Wei to crusade against Han and Zhao in the future, wouldn't he have to listen to Gongsun Acne? This is absolutely unacceptable. So he collected his sleeves, came to the throne in the hall and sat down, raised his hand to Pang Juan who was kneeling, and said, "General, get up." This crusade against Korea was not well thought out by our Wei State, and it was not all thanks to the general. I, the Wei State, still have to rely on the general."

When Pang Juan heard this, he was relieved that he was most afraid of losing the trust of King Wei. He got up and sat down beside him.

The king of Wei said at this time: "General, how is the situation of the army now?" Pang Juan clenched his fists and said: "Qi my king, my Wei army has not suffered much loss this time, and the soldiers are full of morale, and they all want to fight again to establish meritorious deeds."

When the king of Wei heard this, he said: "Okay, the general will go back and prepare early, this battle will be fought by my Wei State sooner or later." Pang Juan was very happy after hearing this, as long as he could go to the battlefield again, he would be able to wash away his humiliation this time, so he hurriedly retired.

Under the city of Xinzheng, the dark city walls, the broken city towers, the huge stones lying everywhere, and the intermittent trenches, even though it has been two months since the armistice between Wei and Han was held, Wei Kai can still feel the tragedy of the war at that time.

After entering the city, what catches your eye is the mourning flags hung by every family, a century-old ancient capital, and a day is white. Listening to the faint crying, Wei Kai sighed in his heart, hey, in the dispute between the countries, weakness is the original sin, there is no right or wrong.

This time, Wei Kai came to South Korea to prepare to use South Korea to form an alliance.

Although the Qin State was a feudal prince of the Zhou royal family, it was not actually recognized by other vassal states. If you rashly form a direct alliance with Qi, you will only be regarded as a fool by the Qi people and suffer humiliation in vain. If you rely on the banner of South Korea, Qi people are very willing. After all, destroying the alliance of the Three Jin Dynasty is what the Qi State is willing to see. Now that an alliance with South Korea can also win over South Korea, the Qi people are both willing and convinced. Although Han and Wei re-aligned with each other, the world understands that the shame of almost destroying the country is not a paper alliance that can be solved simply, after all, the scene of Qi Xianggong's destruction of Ji Guo's revenge for the ninth is still in front of him.

However, it was not an easy task to meet King Han. King Han had just been in danger of almost destroying the country, and he became extremely cautious, although in Xinzheng, even the minister of South Korea, did not know where King Han was. However, Wei Kai obviously has his own way.

There are many ways to take the lead, but not everyone can accept Wei Kai's practice of climbing over the wall of the palace guard general Han Yang's mansion at night, sneaking into his bedroom, and putting the sword on Han Yang's neck. Of course, even Han Yang, who had been in battle for a long time, showed uneasiness on his face that was awakened in his sleep, revealing that he was very uncomfortable with Wei Kai's approach.

"This knight, I don't seem to be masked with you. I don't know what Han Yang offended Shaoxia in normal times, Han Yang is here to apologize to you", Han Yang tried his best to calm his mood and said to Wei Kai who was standing next to his bed. However, the hands that trembled involuntarily, and the gaze that had been staying on Wei Kaijian, all showed that this man with an ordinary face but a resolute face was not as calm as he looked.

Wei Kai glanced at Han Yang, then put away his long sword, then sat on the desk in the room, and said: "I passed through Korea and saw the tragic situation of Xinzheng, and I was very heartbroken, so I specially came to speak to King Han."

When Han Yang heard this, his head was instantly stunned, and he thought: Jinyan? looked at Wei Kai with a strange expression.

After Wei Kai saw it, he didn't care about the strange expression on Han Yang's face, and said directly: "I heard that the ancestor of Zhou Tianzi, when he was founding the Zuzu ancestral business, was also imprisoned by Ji Xuan and forced to sacrifice the land west of Luoshui, so that he escaped the punishment of Ji Xuan and laid the foundation for the later development; The king of Yue, after the Yue country was destroyed by the Wu country, tried his courage for more than ten years, and finally restored the Yue country. I wonder what King Han thinks about this? Tomorrow, I will come here again, and I hope that Dr. Han Yang will relay my words to King Han", as soon as he finished speaking, Wei Kai disappeared into the night.

Han Yang looked at Wei Kai, who had disappeared, and was surprised in his heart when he recalled Wei Kai's words just now. At that time, when Wei asked for another alliance with Korea, Han Yang was very sad and angry, and asked Han Wang to let him lead his army to fight Wei to the death. At that time, King Han used similar words to persuade himself, saying that Korea needed to wait for someone like Jiang Taigong to take revenge. Now hearing Wei Kai's words, Han Yang felt that this might be an opportunity for South Korea, and he didn't care about the thrill just now, so he immediately went to tell King Han.

Looking at Han Yang, who left in a hurry, Wei Kai, who hid aside and did not leave, understood that this trip to South Korea was basically half successful, and the next step was to persuade King Han.

Sure enough, the next night, in the pavilion in Han Yang's mansion, Han Yang accompanied a middle-aged man in plain clothes and waited for Wei Kai.

Looking at Wei Kai, who still didn't appear, Han Yang thought of last night, and immediately blocked in front of the middle-aged man. Wei Kai smiled and said, "General Han Yang, this is the way of hospitality?" ”

As soon as Han Yang was about to speak, the middle-aged man next to him got up to greet Wei Kai and said: "It is my Korea's honor for me to come to Korea, how can I refuse to be thousands of miles away?" Then invite Wei Kai to take a seat.

After Wei Kai entered the seat, he gradually saw the appearance of the middle-aged man in front of him. The long face with the figure-eight eyebrows, coupled with the frowning brows, in this serious face, so that everyone who sees it can feel a sense of compassion and sorrow, wearing noble and simple clothes, only slightly old, and there are no other accessories. Wei Xingxing thought: It is rumored that King Han is very introspective, and he will not deceive me. There is nothing wrong with being thrifty and thrifty. However, King Han's thrift has reached a pathological point, and he actually asks the whole of Korea to be the same as himself, which is problematic.

Since ancient times, the life of elegant hermits, the sense of elegance and tranquility is often envied by the public. But not everyone is willing to live, or can endure, this kind of miserable and lonely lifestyle. Now Xinzheng has just been broken by the Wei army, and it has been hurt the most. It has never been a nobleman like King Han or even Han Yang, but the ordinary people of Xinzheng, so after the Wei army broke the city, the people resisted.

Now that the people are ruined and die for the country, it is the need for South Korea to relieve and appease the people, King Han took the initiative to reduce his treatment and said that he shared difficulties with the people, which is commendable, but South Korea is now full of treasury, but King Han does not help the people, so that the people can live a hard life by their own example, and then avenge the country, which is ridiculous and pedantic.