Chapter 146: Handan encounters a crisis, Chu takes the opportunity to attack Han
Zhao Guo Handan.
At this time, Handan City had been besieged by the Qi State for a week.
Although there were no heavy troops of the Qi army in the south of the city, because Zhao Jun already knew the intentions of the Qi State, he had also ordered to send heavy troops to guard the south gate of Handan, and no one in the city was allowed to leave Handan from the south of the city, so as to stabilize the hearts of the Zhao army and the people and hold Handan.
And the 100,000 reinforcements of Wei stationed in Fanwu, not far south of Handan City, did not go to Handan to support for a long time, because Wei Si understood that now the other three dangerous places outside Handan City have been grabbed by Qi State, even if his 100,000 troops arrived in the south of Handan City, together with the Zhao army in the city, they would not be able to break through the encirclement of the Qi army on three sides, and they might be defeated by the Qi army by taking advantage of the terrain, so Wei Si simply ordered his Wei army to wait for an opportunity in Fanwu.
The capital of Yingdu of Chu.
The king of Chu and the ministers also received the news of Qi's attack on Zhao, and the king of Chu was naturally very angry at the moment, and said to himself:
"This damn Qi State, I said that I would help the widow to defeat Wei, but I didn't expect to go to kill Zhao, and also surrounded the Zhao capital Handan, could it be that Qi State wanted to destroy Zhao State?"
Zhaoyang came out and said to the king of Chu:
"It is unlikely that the State of Qi will destroy the State of Zhao, even if Handan is really broken by the State of Qi, then the State of Zhao can wait for the opportunity to recapture Handan like it did during the Battle of Guilin!"
The king of Chu asked again:
"I heard that the Wei State has now sent the Xiuyu army that protects the Great Liang to support the Zhao State, right?"
Sima Jingcui, who had just returned to Yingdu, walked out:
"Yes, but now is not a good time for our Chu State to attack the Wei State!"
The king of Chu was puzzled:
"General Jingcui, why do you say that?"
Jing Cui replied:
"Because Wei is very well guarded in Yanling and Xiangling, and the main force of our army has been transferred to the west, and if we return to attack Wei, I am afraid that the chariot division will be tired and will not be able to win, and it may give Qin and Han an opportunity."
The king of Chu asked:
"But now that the State of Qi has suddenly attacked Zhao, if our State of Chu doesn't seize this opportunity to reverse the situation, won't we be able to sit back and wait for the end of the Zhao affair, and the three kingdoms of Qin, Han, and Wei will come to invade our State of Chu again?"
赵阳 says:
"Yes, in fact, our Chu State can take advantage of this opportunity this time to take the lead in attacking Qin and Han and take them by surprise!"
The king of Chu asked:
"According to Zhaogong's intentions, do you want to attack Lantian, or send troops to Sanchuan, attack Yiyang and Xincheng, and cut off the connection between Qin and Han?"
Zhaoyang shifted his eyes to Jing Cui.
Jing Cui took out a silk book map from his sleeve, and instead pointed to Yang Zhai near Xiangcheng in Chu State:
"King, if it is too risky to attack Lantian and Xincheng this time, we might as well concentrate all the troops of Luyang and Yuncheng in Xiangcheng first, and then transfer 100,000 troops from Danyang to attack Yangzhai in South Korea, threaten Xinzheng, and force South Korea to defect and serve our Chu State, so it is more appropriate!"
The King of Chu was puzzled:
"Jing Cui, if our Chu army transfers 100,000 troops from Danyang, what if the Qin State ignores the life and death of Korea and takes the opportunity to send troops to attack the land of our Chu State and Danyang?"
Jing Cui continued:
"If we attack Yangzhai in South Korea, then the army united by South Korea and Qin in Sanchuan will definitely work with the Qin army to rescue Xinzheng, and our Chu army can set up an ambush near Yangzhai at that time, wait for these supporting Qin and Han troops to come, and then defeat them one by one, and if the Qin army attacks Shang Yu, our Chu State will not be able to temporarily withdraw from the land of Shang Yu, and the Qin army will definitely not be able to break through according to the danger of Dan Shui."
zhaoyang also says:
"General Jingcui's intention is to temporarily give up the land of Shangyu and first succumb to our Chu State, so that the alliance between the three countries to attack our Chu will not collapse? And after South Korea takes refuge in our Chu State, we will join South Korea to fight back against Qin State, so that our Chu State can completely reverse this unfavorable situation. ”
The king of Chu was very happy and said a few words:
"Good...... Good...... Okay, just act according to General Jingcui's wishes. ”
So the state of Chu took advantage of the danger of Handan in Zhao State and attracted the opportunity of the attention of all countries, with Jing Cui as the main general and Jing Xi as the deputy general, gathered 200,000 troops, set out from Xiangcheng, and went straight to Yangzhai, the southwest gateway of the Han capital.
In Shangyu and Danyang, the king of Chu also sent two generals, Qu Kuo and Fenghou Chou, to guard it.
The news that Chu State attacked Yangzhai in South Korea, and South Korea urgently asked Qin for help soon spread to Xianyang, Qin State, and at this time, Qin State was still in the middle of the court, and there was a discussion about whether Zhao State Handan could hold it.
After King Qin saw the letter from South Korea asking for help, he also discussed it with Zhu Lijian and Sima Cuo, who were drinking with him and discussing Zhao affairs.
I only heard Sima mistakenly read the letter of South Korea's request for help, and first said:
"This time, the state of Chu suddenly attacked Yangzhai in South Korea and threatened the capital of Han Xinzheng, the purpose of which was just to break up the alliance of our Qin, Wei and Han kingdoms to attack Chu, so our Qin state could not let the conspiracy of Chu State succeed, so the minister asked for orders and moved the 150,000 troops of Sanchuan to aid South Korea!"
King Qin's expression was heavy, and then he turned his gaze to Zhu Liji, who was contemplating:
"What do you think about this?"
He came back to his senses:
"This saves Han, I'm afraid that our Qin State will fall into the Chu State's plan, if we don't save Han, then South Korea will definitely turn its back on our Qin State, so this is not to save, not to save it!"
King Qin nodded:
"Yes, the widow is embarrassed by this, if General Sima's aid, the aid to Han will be the plan of the Chu State, if you don't aid the South Korea, when South Korea turns to Chu, our Qin State's painstaking management of Chu in the past few years will be ruined...... It's ruined! ”
After several people were silent for a while, Zhu Liji suddenly said:
"Since the State of Chu wants to threaten South Korea's Xinzheng, I think Wei State will definitely not sit idly by, although Zhao State Handan is in a hurry, but compared to Zhao State, South Korea's Xinzheng is closer to Wei State Liang!"
Sima Cuo asked:
"The intention of General Yingjian is not to let Wei withdraw troops from Zhao to aid Korea? But what if Wei didn't come to the rescue of Xinzheng? ”
King Qin said at this time:
"The State of Wei has always been in the vicinity of our Qin State and the adjacent place of Zhou Wangji near the Michi, and it is a big deal that the widow will give this land of the Michi to the Wei State, so that it can go to the aid of Korea with peace of mind."
Sima Cuo immediately said:
"If the land of Michi is lost to Wei, then if our Qin State and Wei State become hostile in the future, then the road to Zhou Wangji will be blocked!"
King Qin smiled lightly:
"As long as the Chu State is defeated this time, the widowed Qin State will not be able to deal with this Wei State by relying on the grain and grass of Bashu? General Sima, don't worry! ”
Wei Guoye County.
On this day, Wei Si and Zi Lian were also nearby to appease the local fathers and villagers, so that these people would not panic because of the war in Handan, Zhao State, not far away.
Zi Lian also changed into a suit of armor on this day, looking like a female general, standing on a high platform with Wei Si, and said to the people around the audience:
"Don't be afraid, although Handan of Zhao is very close to our Ye County, our Wei State has stationed heavy troops on the opposite side of Fanwu, not only to support Handan of Zhao State, which has been invaded by Qi State, but also to protect you people of Ye County, as long as our Wei army is nearby, everyone's safety does not need to worry at all!"
There were bursts of cheers from the audience:
"Good...... Good...... Good! ”
"We have such a king and queen who think about the people in Wei State, it is really a blessing for the people of our Wei State!"
"Yes, it is simply wishful thinking to see the king and queen in other countries, but in our Wei country, the king and queen are so close to the people, so that our people are extremely proud!"
"Our Queen Wei is not only beautiful, but also so kind and virtuous, it is really a blessing for our king, don't you say?"
"yes!"
"Yes, in today's world, how can there be such a virtuous queen as our Wei Kingdom?"
When Zi Lian heard the words of the people in the audience, he walked behind Wei Si a little shyly and blocked himself.
Wei Si smiled and whispered to Zi Lian:
"Look at you like this, you are still the same as when you first entered the palace, you are now their queen, you are so shy, and the people will laugh at you later!"
Zi Lian also whispered:
"They laugh and laugh, Xiaojun is not afraid, you hurry up and say a few words, let's go down, wait a minute, don't you still have to discuss the matter of Handan with Chen Zhen and Meng Wan?"
Wei Si nodded, then turned around and said to these people:
"Just now, the queen has already comforted everyone for the widow, and today the widow and the queen have no other intentions, just to let everyone live at home safely, don't spread rumors, don't run around, believe in the widow, believe in our Wei army, this time we will definitely be able to protect our Ye County from any war."
The people in the audience replied one after another:
"With the king and queen here, and the Wei army here, we will never leave Ye County!"
"Yes, we don't listen to rumors, we don't leave Yecheng, even if we die here, we won't leave!"
……
Suddenly, at this time, Zhang Xiao hurriedly ran to the stage, came to Wei Si and whispered:
"The king, the queen, Mr. Chen Zhen asked me to inform you that the Chu State has attacked Korea!"
Wei Si couldn't believe it, but still asked in a low voice:
"What? Zhang Xiao, what did you say? ”
Zhang Xiao repeats again:
"King, Mr. Chen Zhen said that the State of Chu has attacked Korea!"
Wei Si was shocked at this time, because he didn't expect that the Chu State would attack Korea at this time, so he hurriedly asked again:
"Is South Korea in danger now?"
Zhang Xiao replied:
"I don't know if it's small, but listening to the conversation between Mr. Chen Zhen and Mr. Meng Wan, it seems that even Xinzheng, South Korea, is in great danger this time."
After hearing this, Wei Si hurriedly pulled Zilian down the high platform and went back to the pavilion to see Chen Zhen Mengwan.
After a while, after seeing the two of them at a nearby pavilion, Wei Si learned after some inquiries that South Korea's Yangzhai had been lost under the attack of the Chu army, and the Chu army seemed to have signs of marching towards Xinzheng, South Korea.
The king of Han also sent himself a letter of salvation, and the king of Qin was the same, and the Qin state also promised himself that if the Wei state could save Korea with all its might, the Qin state would give the land of Michi to the Wei state.