Clear sky, scorching summer, in the study room of the emperor of the Chengzhou palace in Luoyi City, King Ji of Zhou, Wei Si was working at the table at this time, writing documents quickly in bamboo slips.

And Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan, who was looking at Wei Si on the side, was very anxious at this time, and the beads of sweat on his cheeks were almost soaking his robe.

After a while, Wei Si put down his pen, then got up and said to Ji Yan:

"Son of Heaven, you will be named again, and then order someone to send it out, remember to remind the sender that it must be handed over to Ji Gen, the Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and you must not let the people around Han Gongzi see it."

It turned out that when Wei Si came to pay homage to the deceased Zhou Tianzi in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Wei Si seemed to find out, and the expression of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Duke Han Gongzi seemed to be more respectful than when he saw the Son of Heaven, although the two did not communicate, but there must be a reason for it, and as soon as the two of them left the city, they colluded together.

Moreover, the Duke of Eastern Zhou had also seen Wei Si, of course he knew that the King of Wei was here, but when he came to worship the Son of Heaven, he did not greet Wei Si, so after Wei Si recalled this, he wanted to bet on whether the Duke of Eastern Zhou was threatened by Han Gongzi Shu and Heyang Jun, so he was forced to bring troops to do such a rebellious thing.

The Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty have always been antagonistic enemies, and his remarks that the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has always had a rebellious heart are not credible.

Therefore, Wei Si deliberately branched out with Zhou Tianzi to support the Western Zhou Duke, and after writing this letter, he asked Zhou Tianzi to sign it and sent someone to secretly send it to the Eastern Zhou Duke, so as to test his attitude.

Sinjeong, the capital of South Korea.

At this time, Han Wangkang, who was lying on the couch with a pale face, was eating the decoction with difficulty under the service of the palace maid, while the Xiangbang Gongzhong, who was over sixty years old, and Han Xian, who was nearly eighty years old, were accompanying him.

After Han Wangkang drank the decoction and breathed a sigh of relief, he first asked Han Xianggong Zhongxuan on the side:

"Zhong Luxury, is Prince Cang'er back?"

Gong Zhong Hao immediately replied:

"Prince Cang is already on his way back from the Eastern Zhou Kingdom!"

King Han nodded:

"That's good... That's good! ”

And next to him, Heyangjun also came over and said at this time:

"Aren't you more concerned about Gongzi Shu in Zhou Wangji? Gongzi Shu is bent on seeking benefits for us in Korea in Zhou Wanggi? ”

Han Wangkang suddenly sighed at this time and said:

"Cang'er is steady and benevolent, but he is indecisive, let the widow hand over the position to him in this world of great contention, it is too much to let the widow rest assured, although Shu'er is young, but he is deeply strategic, quite the ancestors who laid the foundation for my Korean division and Zheng Zheng are now Korea's prosperity, so the widow is really embarrassed... It's hard...... Difficult! ”

Gong Zhongxuan immediately said at this time:

"King, since you have already established the crown prince's warehouse, why are you so hesitant now?"

Next to him, Heyang Jun Han Xian also immediately said:

"The prince has always been selected for merit, and the prince Shu can be civil and martial, and he is young and promising, in this world of great contention, he is the savior of our South Korea? If the situation is like today, you must also see it in your eyes, and you should understand it in your heart! ”

King Han nodded slightly.

Han Xian continued:

"Now the strength of Chu is the first of the Warring States, Wei, Qi, and Qin are second, and Zhao is slightly stronger than our Han, and then Yan, Song, Zhongshan, etc. will not talk about it anymore, and the kings of the five countries who are stronger than our Han are all masters of high talents, take Tian Pijiang, the king of Qi, for example, do you think that Tian Pijiang is really as the outside world says, a master who can only indulge in women's iron and not think about governing the country?"

King Han shook his head:

"I have allied with the King of Qi twice, judging by his words and deeds, this lord is by no means a mediocre and incompetent lord, and he is slightly more like the overlord of Chu back then, King Chu Zhuang."

Heyangjun smiled:

"Isn't that it?"

Then he asked:

"Then what do you think of King Wei now?"

King Han replied with a wry smile:

"I think I really underestimated this Wei Hei at the beginning, and I was blinded and blinded by Meng Ke's bad old man's 'unsatisfactory king'!"

Han Xian said:

"That's not it, our son-in-law Shu Zhicai is longer than that Wei heir, if Gongzi Shu inherits your family business in the future, I believe that it will definitely allow us to dominate the countries in Korea!"

King Han sighed helplessly at this time, and looked at Gong Zhongxuan, who had been trying to argue with Han Xian but had no chance:

"Zhong Lu, I know that you are resolutely opposed to changing the establishment of Shu'er, I want to hear your opinion again!"

Gong Zhong Xuan was very impatient and said:

"If Han Cang's reputation is still good, and he is the prince you have already established, and he does not have any loss of morality, how can you rashly move the idea of abolishing the prince, the king?"

After a pause, he continued:

"And although Gongzi Shu is talented, but he is less than ten years old, he is embarrassed to take on a big responsibility, how can he categorically abandon the virtuous prince and set up a young son instead? Have you forgotten the matter of Quwo Wugong, who was once in the Jin Kingdom? I'm afraid that some people with ulterior motives are coveting our Korean government there, right? ”

When Han Xian heard this, he was directly angry, and then pointed at Gongzhong's extravagant nose and said loudly:

"The person with ulterior motives you said, I think you are the one with ulterior motives, in order not to threaten your own phase, you deceive the king here, causing the king to be unvirtuous, and you will be the great sinner of our Korea in the future!"

Gong Zhong immediately retorted:

"Don't think that you are an elder, you dare to be so presumptuous here, disrespectful to the old, let me tell you, South Korea is our king, but it's not your old thing who wants to come to the trend at will!"

Han Xian was directly angry and raised the cane in his hand, but Gong Zhongxuan directly took King Han's sword in front of the window and held it in his hand.

Han Wangkang saw that the two of them were so tense, so he had to call the guards with a very embarrassed face and coax the two out.

It turned out that King Han felt that his body was fine at this time, and he wanted to recall the prince's cang, send him back to Qin, and then recall Gongzi Shu and send him to Chu, so as to avoid the power struggle between the two, and try to be clean, and he can also marry Qin and Chu.

Hangok Pass, South Korea.

At this time, five miles west of the gate, there appeared a few, but only camped here of the Qin army, after the Korean spies received the news, they immediately reported to the Korean Hangu guard Han Feng, Han Feng received the news, did not dare to slack off, and quickly ordered someone to report the matter to the uncle and infant who was stationed in Shaancheng, the land of Shangluo, who was in charge of military affairs in western Korea.

So Gong Shuying hurriedly came to Hanguguan, and then wrote a letter to Wei Zhang, the general of the Qin army stationed nearby, to question the matter, but Wei Zhang only said:

"Our Qin State Xiangbang Zhang Yi is going to Zhou Wangji to worship the Heavenly Son, so we set up camp here to ensure the safety of Lord Xiangbang."

Wei Zhang's answer was naturally impossible to convince Korean generals such as Uncle Gong and Han Feng, so Uncle Ying asked Han Feng:

"General Han Feng, what do you think of Qin Guo's intentions in this move?"

Han Feng pointed to the topographic map of Hangu Pass:

"You see, a hundred miles west of this Hangu Pass is the Yin and Jin Dynasty of the Qin State, since the Qin State lost the Hangu Pass, during this period, the Qin State has few troops in addition to the heavy troops stationed in the Lu family, and now it is in the name of the Qin Prime Minister to worship the deceased Zhou Tianzi in the name of the deceased Zhou Tianzi, and the obvious goal is to target the Hangu Pass where we are now stationed?"

Uncle Gong nodded:

"Yes, I was also so worried, that's why I came to Hangu Pass in such a hurry!"

Han Feng now said:

"But now we have no more than 10,000 guards at Hangu Pass, so I'm afraid that the Qin State will suddenly attack at this time!"

Uncle Ying was very worried and said:

"Yes, there is no way to do it, after all, we have just taken over Hangu Pass in South Korea, and Lord Xiangbang attaches more importance to the defense of Yiyang, so there is no extra force mobilized to garrison here until now!"

It turned out that when Korea took over Hangu Pass from Wei, it happened that Qin Chu was in Shang and Yu, so the king of Han was worried that the two countries would suddenly be unfavorable to Korea, so he asked Han Xianggong Zhong to transfer all his troops to Yiyang, Xincheng and other places, and there were only less than 10,000 Han soldiers who came to take over Hangu Pass from the west.

Then, it happened that Zhang Yi came to Han to persuade King Han to attack Chu and Jiuguo to attack Yan, so King Han had to postpone the plan to increase troops at Hangu Pass to defend Qin.

Han Feng asked:

"What should we do now, old general?"

Gong Zhongying was very worried:

"What else? It's really a mountain rain that is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, now we are not only in South Korea in Yan, but now the two sons are fighting for power, Heyang Jun and Gongzi Shu want to take advantage of the opportunity to support Zhou Tianzi to increase their power, so now they are gathering troops in Zhou Wangji, I am afraid that we can only rely on ourselves in this Hanguguan. ”

Han Feng asked again:

"Can't you go to Yiyang to borrow troops?"

Uncle Gong shook his head:

"The Yiyang garrison is now less than 50,000, and we have to guard against the Chu army in the land of Shangyu, how can we have the troops to transfer to our Hangu Pass again?"

Han Feng also shook his head helplessly:

"It seems that we can only hope that the Qin State really set up camp five miles away only to protect its prime minister, Zhang Yi, who went to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."

At this moment, a guard suddenly ran over in a hurry and sent a book to Han Feng:

"General, this is a letter sent by General Qin Guolu!"

Han Feng took the book and was surprised:

"Sickness? How could he send us a letter? ”

Uncle Gong's expression was a little heavy:

"General Feng, hurry up and open it first!"

Han Feng then opened the letter and read it with his uncle.

I saw that the letter read:

"Hangu Pass has always been the territory of our Qin State, but now you South Korea has taken it, so I am here to take back Hangu Pass today on the orders of our King Qin, General Han Feng, you are willing to return Hangu Pass, you can lead the troops to evacuate safely, if you don't want to return, it will be no big problem, tomorrow morning our Qin and Han armies can fight in the Guan."

When the uncle saw that what he was worried about had happened, he said:

"This Qin State is really not credible, it seems that our Hangu Pass can't be saved...... Can't keep it. ”