Chapter 3 Hangu Pass Gunsmoke

Two months later, Gongsun Yan's long-planned Five Kingdoms Expedition to Qin finally began.

However, when it came to the appointed day of the invasion of Qin, the armies of Chu and Yan had not yet arrived, and the monarchs of Wei and Han, who had already sent troops to Hangu Pass, were a little anxious.

Wei Si had already planned with King Han this time, and personally rushed to Mianchi near Hangu Pass to meet Han Wangkang.

Because Michi is a territory of South Korea, the host this time is naturally Han Wangkang.

Han Wangkang was in the palace of Mianchi, and there was a banquet to entertain the heirs of Wei and his entourage from Daliang.

The monarchs of the two countries each toasted a glass of wine, and after greeting each other, King Han first asked Wei Si:

"I don't know what King Wei, what do you think of this move of the Five Kingdoms to jointly attack the tyrannical Qin?"

Wei Si couldn't help but sigh:

"Alas, the nominal five countries attacked Qin, but the most contribution was only our Wei and Han countries, Zhao sent less than three hundred troops, less than three percent of our two countries, and the Chu soldiers have always claimed to be in the direction of Wuguan with our four countries to attack Qin, according to the spies, the Chu army sent heavy troops to garrison Wuguan, there is no intention to cut down Qin at all, and the king of Yan is deaf, and the country is also very turbulent, I am afraid it will not come."

At this time, King Han said confidently:

"Although Zhao Guo only has 300 soldiers and horses, but our Han and Wei soldiers and horses each have 1,000 times this time, which adds up to 2,300 times, and even if the Tyrannical Qin raises the strength of the whole country, it is only 3,000 times, and we are all well-equipped Wei soldiers and Han Bow crossbowmen, which is enough to deal with those old, weak, sick and disabled Tyrannical Qin soldiers."

Wei Si couldn't help but laugh at this King Han in his heart at this time:

"You, the king of Han, obviously don't know how the sky is high and the earth is thick, don't you know in your heart what is going on in the Qin State after the Shang Dynasty changed the law? In order to be emboldened, he said that the Qin army was only 3,000 times, and if there was no Chu State to participate in the war this time, we, Wei, Han, and Zhao Sanjin would attack Qin alone, and we would definitely not be able to take advantage of Qin State at all. ”

But at this time, Wei Si was also powerless, because of this five-nation attack on Qin, Wei had already retreated, and could only tie up the only reliable South Korea today to see if he could have a chance to defeat Qin.

At this moment, someone from outside suddenly came to report:

"See the King of Han and the King of Wei, our Korean envoy who has returned from the State of Chu has come to the outside of the palace, and we are in a hurry to meet our king!"

King Han beckoned:

"Let the messenger in!"

After a while, the envoy hurriedly ran into the main hall, saluted King Wei, and then knelt in front of King Han and said nervously:

"The envoy has been in Yingdu for a year, and I don't know if there is a sentence that should be reported to my king and the king of Wei?"

King Han glanced at the messenger:

"Whatever you say!"

The messenger spoke:

"I found the newly sealed concubine Zheng Sleeve of the King of Chu in the Chu Palace, that is, the Zheng Niangniang and the Qin envoy that we gave to the King of Chu in Korea, it seems that there is a suspicion of a secret agreement!"

Han Wang was surprised:

"What do you say? Is there a suspicion of communication between Sleeve and Qin Envoy? How is this possible, how can the widow of Zheng Guo, who was brought up by a widow, secretly communicate with the people of Qin? ”

The messenger immediately said:

"But the envoy saw it with his own eyes, and the Qin envoy sent a box of pearls and jade to Zheng Sleeve's residence!"

King Han clenched his fists in a bit of anger, and after signaling the envoy to retreat, he said to Wei Si:

"King Wei, I'm sorry, I didn't expect our Korean palace to raise such an unfilial daughter, I originally intended to send her to Chu State, I wanted to benefit my Korea, but I didn't expect her to covet money and take refuge in Qin State."

Wei Si then said:

"It's no wonder why the State of Chu is stationed in Wuguan, and it is reluctant to attack Qin, it seems that this Zheng sleeve that you sent to the State of Chu is causing trouble!"

Suddenly, someone from outside the temple came to report:

"Chu Xiang Zhaoyang has arrived, and he wants to meet the King of Han and the King of Wei!"

As soon as King Han heard the news, he walked down the hall directly and kicked the guard twice:

"You go out and tell Zhaoyang that I am discussing important matters with King Wei, and I don't have time to see it."

When the guards were about to leave the palace, King Han said again:

"Send someone to give the prime minister's courtesy, and treat Zhaoyang well first!"

Wei Si couldn't help but ask King Han, who was still angry, at this time:

"Since Chu Xiang is here, why don't you see him, King Han?"

Han Wang replied:

"We have a bad and unscrupulous daughter like Zheng Sleeve in South Korea, how can the widow have the face to see Chu Xiang Zhaoyang again?"

Then he said to all the officials of his own country in the temple:

"If the news of Zheng Sleeve's secret communication with the Qin envoy spreads today, you people's heads will fall to the ground."

Wei Si smiled at King Han:

"According to our Wei Han's brotherly friendship, this king and these subordinates will definitely not reveal half of the matter of Zheng Sleeve just now."

King Han sat back in his seat and toasted Wei Si with a glass of wine:

"Then thank you, King Wei, for your understanding."

Qin Guohan Valley Pass.

At this time, although the Qin army guarding the pass had not yet fought with the United States, the thick smoke of the battlefield had already filled the entire Hangu Pass.

On the top of the Hangu Pass, a general in armor and a big sword at his waist was walking back and forth on the pass, and this person was Wei Zhang, the guard of the Hangu Pass of the Qin army at this time.

At this time, a soldier suddenly ran towards this Wei Zhang, shouting excitedly:

"General Wei Zhang...... General Wei Zhang, the think tank has arrived...... The Wisdom Tank has arrived! ”

Wei Zhang quickly stopped a few steps at this time, and looked at the soldier in disbelief:

"What? Is General Riji really here? But didn't General Lijian say that he would arrive in a few days? ”

The soldier pointed to the west of the building:

"General Wei Zhang, look, isn't that the team of General Liji?"

Wei Zhang was overjoyed, and couldn't help but say to himself:

"It seems that we can hold on to Hangu Pass this time, and we can hold it!"

Then hurriedly went downstairs to greet him.

And Li Ji also brought 200,000 Qin troops this time, plus the original defenders of Hangu Pass 80,000, and the total number of Qin soldiers in Hangu Pass reached 280,000 all of a sudden.

And Wei Zhang's concern just now was naturally because he was afraid that the 80,000 Hangu Pass defenders under his command would not be able to withstand the sudden attack of nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Sanjin Dynasty.

The news that he had rushed to Hangu Pass with 200,000 soldiers and horses naturally spread to Gongsun Yan, who was camped five miles east of Hangu Pass, and who was in charge of the Wei army.

At this time, Gongsun Yan also hurriedly invited Shen Cha, the chief general of the Han army, and Zhao Bao, the chief general of the Zhao army, to discuss urgently in the big tent.

I only heard Han General Shencha say to Gongsun Yan and Zhao Bao very confidently:

"The two prime ministers don't need to panic, the total number of our five-nation combined army this time is 5,000, nearly 500,000 people, and the Qin Military Region is 280,000 people, which is our opponent of the five-nation combined column?"

Zhao Bao immediately said:

"General Shencha, you can't despise the Qin State, Mr. Gongsun Yan has served as the Qin Minister, presumably no one will know the Qin State better than him."

Gongsun Yan took Zhao Bao's words:

"Yes, I do know the Qin State, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has long been incomparable to the past, and their soldiers will not be afraid of life and death when they fight on the battlefield, although our Wei State has a powerful Wei warrior, but it has also suffered a lot of losses from the Qin army over the years!"

Zhao Bao suddenly said:

"Mr. Gongsun Yan, with all due respect, you Wei and Han have been bullied by Qin many times in recent years, and I think they all suffered because of their belief in that Zhang Yi, right?"

Gongsun Yan replied:

"Zhang Yi is indeed a sinister villain, King Xianhui was deceived a lot in his later years, but now our new king of Great Wei is a generation of Ming monarchs and holy lords, and our Great Wei is indeed not as strong as Qin now, otherwise why do you need to unite all countries and hold this five kingdoms to attack Qin?"

At this moment, a soldier suddenly broke in with a letter, and said to the three generals in a panic:

"Three generals, the Qin people have sent a war letter."

Gongsun Yan hurriedly took the battle book and read it with Shen Cha and Wei Bao.

After a while, after the three of them finished reading the battle book together, Han Jiang Shencha directly gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and said to Gongsun Yan and Zhao Bao:

"This is too much of a disease to take our Sanjin in your eyes, right? Dare to laugh at us South Korea as sick chickens, is it tolerable or unbearable, I want to lead our Korean army to give him some color first! ”

Gongsun Yan and Zhao Bao hurriedly stopped Han General Shen Cha, only to hear Gongsun Yan persuade Shen Cha:

"General Shencha, you can't be so impulsive, this letter of war is obviously because you know that Chu and Yan soldiers and horses may not arrive for a while, and deliberately want to provoke our Sanjin, so that we can mess up the battle first and lose the opportunity, so that the Qin army's chances of victory will be greater than ours!"

Zhao Bao also said at this time:

"I think that since this Li Ji dares to ask us to fight to the death under Hangu Pass in ten days after the Third Jin Dynasty, it seems that the Qin soldiers must be fully prepared this time."

It turned out that in the war book, Wei was compared to a timid duck, Korea to a sick chicken, and Zhao to a thin goose that couldn't fly.

Then he asked Wei, Han, and Zhao to fight with the Qin army under the Hangu Pass ten days later, and if they didn't dare to fight, they hurried home like a rat as soon as possible.

Gongsun Yan didn't dare to make an argument at this time, so he hurriedly discussed with Shen Cha and Zhao Bao, and first copied the war book into three copies in silk script, and together with the hostile form of the two sides of Hangu Pass analyzed by the three of them, they sent fast horses to Mianchi and Handan respectively to send them to the kings of the three kingdoms.