Yang, when referring to the geographical location, refers to the south of the mountain and the north of the water, so as the name suggests, Huayang refers to the south of Huashan.

Conversely, the north of Huashan, that is, Huayin.

However, in contemporary times, Huayin also has a relatively more famous name, that is, Yin Jin, that is, the battlefield where Wu Qi, a master of the art of war, defeated the 500,000 troops of the Qin State with 50,000 Wei soldiers.

Of course, Wu Qi's exploits are much more than that.

In that year, after Wei Wenhou appointed Wu Qi as a general, Wu Qi was ordered to attack Qin, and in the first year he captured Linjin and Yuanli of Qin, and in the following year, he fought all the way to Zheng County in Qin, that is, Zheng about 80 miles west of Yin and Jin, occupied the entire land west of the Great River to which Qin originally belonged, and established Xihe County, and served as the first Xihe Shou.

The Wei Wushu that has been handed down to this day was also the first to be created during Wu Qi's tenure as the Xihe Shou, and set an astonishing record of breaking 500,000 with 50,000.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the early days of the founding of the Wei State, during the Wei Wenhou period, the Wei State could be called a comprehensive suppression of the Qin State, but later the Wei State wanted to dominate the Central Plains, and shifted the strategic focus no longer against the Qin State, but attacked the Chu State that had the Central Plains at that time, and during this period, the capital of the Wei State was also transferred from Anyi to Daliang, which gave the Qin State a chance to breathe and gave Qin Xiaogong the opportunity to reuse Wei Ying to reform and strengthen.

However, about forty years ago, that is, after the Battle of Maling, the Qin State attacked Xihe County, and the lands west of the Great River, such as Linjin, Yuanli, and Jinyin, were all captured by the Qin State, and since then Xihe County has been abolished, and the Wei State can only defend Hedong County to prevent the Qin State from continuing to expand.

In view of the battle of Guiling in which Pang Juan and Sun Bin met for the first time - that is, the siege of Wei to save Zhao, in fact, Wei did not suffer too serious losses, and the Wei State suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Maling, where the brothers of the same sect fought each other twice.

In that war, the Wei general Pang Juan was defeated and killed, the Wei prince Shen was captured, and the 100,000 elite Wei troops were killed by the Qi army.

After that, the obscure Qin State began to move eastward into the Central Plains and swallowed the Xihe County of Wei.

It has been more than 40 years since these series of drastic changes, and Wei Wangfu has not caught up, but when he was young, his father Wei Xiangwang had spoken to him many times.

No, when he received Meng Zhong's letter, Wei Wangyun said to the left and right with emotion: "Yin Jin, what a nostalgic place name." ”

Someone in the attendant didn't know what was going on, and asked puzzledly: "Could it be because it is the hometown of the rhino head, the rhino warrior and the river east guard?" ”

He refers to Gongsun Yan, Gongsun Xi and Gongsun Zhu.

Wei Wang Yan smiled and didn't explain too much.

The reason why he felt that Yin Jin was nostalgic was because Yin Jin was the starting point of the Wei State's strength at the beginning, and the Wei State at that time was almost out of breath when it overwhelmed the Qin State and suppressed the Qin State - it was like now, in turn, it was almost out of breath when it was suppressed by the Qin State.

"Come on, go and invite Tian Xiang and Da Sima to come to the palace, and the widow has something important to discuss with the two."

"Whoa."

About half an hour later, the Minister of State Tian Wen and the Great Sima Zhai Zhang came to the palace and saluted the King of Wei.

After the two of them arrived, Wei Wangyun said to Tian Wen and Zhai Zhang with a smile in a happy mood: "The widow has just received the battle report from Yunchengjun, and at this moment the coalition army has broken through Hangu Pass, crossed the gate, and also captured the two cities of Taolin and Baigu......"

Hearing this, Zhai Zhang and Tian Wen both looked surprised.

Immediately, Zhai Zhang stroked his beard and praised: "Hahaha, Meng Zhong did a good job!" …… I have long felt that that kid is not simple, but I didn't expect that the results of that kid's defeat of Qin actually surpassed Kuang Zhang back then...... Hahahaha, congratulations to the king! ”

Compared with Zhai Zhang's laughter, Tian Wen was happy and worried.

It is undeniable that Tian Wen is indeed very happy about this matter itself, after all, he is now serving as the minister of state in Wei State, and he deeply hates Qin State because of his old hatred back then.

The fly in the ointment is that the coalition forces were able to break through the Hangu Pass this time, and no matter how you think about it, Meng Zhong has a lot of credit.

Previously, Meng Zhong's status was not as good as him, although he also had to return the salute and call Meng Zhong the king of Yuncheng, but at least Meng Zhong saluted him first, but Meng Zhong now has this great merit, and he is even more appreciated and valued by Wei Wangyun, and in the future, he Tianwen and that Meng Zhong have to be transferred when they meet, and he will take the lead in saluting Meng Zhong.

As soon as he thought of this, Tian Wen felt uncomfortable.

Of course, Wei Wangjun and Zhai Zhang noticed that the expression on Tian Wen's face was blue and white, happy and worried, but the two of them pretended not to see it with interest.

After all, in addition to Tian Wen's shortcomings such as bad temper, short-term protection, and grudges, he is indeed very talented, at least he is quite competent as the minister of state, and Meng Zhong is not to mention that more and more Wei people have gradually accepted this general from the Song Kingdom, and compared him with famous generals such as Gongsun Xi and Pang Juan - don't look at Gongsun Xi and Pang Juan were both defeated and died, and the end was miserable, but these two people were indeed very famous in Wei, and the reason was that they brought victories to Wei many times.

Therefore, for Wei Wangyun, this monarch naturally hopes that Tian Wen and Meng Zhong can get along in harmony.

There is Tian Wen in the internal affairs and Meng Zhong in the outer court, and Wei Wang Jun believes that at least in the years when he is in power, he Wei will gradually become stronger and prosperous, and once again restore the glory of the ancestral period.

Of course, it is too early to think about this, and the most urgent thing is to discuss the issues raised by Meng Zhong in the war report.

Signaling the attendant from the side to hand Meng Zhong's letter to Zhai Zhang and Tian Wen to take a look, Wei Wang Yun Zhengse said: "Yun Chengjun is very good, this time he not only helped the coalition army break through Hangu Pass, but also predicted in advance the crisis that the coalition army may encounter next...... According to what he said, after the Qin generals Bai Qi and Sima Cuo took the initiative to abandon the Hangu Pass when they saw that the situation was not good, they successively abandoned Taolin and Baigu and retreated without a fight, and Yun Chengjun suspected that there might be some tricks in this. He speculated that the Qin army may be planning to relieve the pressure of supervising the transportation of grain and grass to the front line by shrinking the defensive line, and even if the coalition forces are pressing forward step by step, they can also transfer this hidden danger to the coalition forces......"

After listening to Wei Wangyun's words, Zhai Zhang lowered his head and glanced at the battle report in his hand, and then said with a smile: "Hey, 'The minister has discussed with the tyrant kite, and he thinks that it is appropriate to use the power of all countries to create the Qin State and benefit Wei Han, and the minister thinks so, so he continues to crusade against the Qin State'...... This kid has the guts, and it suits my temper. ”

From the side, Tian Wen had also corrected his mentality at this time.

The so-called correct mentality, in fact, to put it bluntly, is that he hates Qin Guo much more than he hates Meng Zhong.

After all, Meng Zhong once showed favor to him, although Tian Wen was narrow-minded, and naturally he would not be so magnanimous to those who had offended him, so he ignored Meng Zhong's overtures, but no matter what, he felt a little more comfortable in his heart; And Qin State, that is the place that once made Tian Wen almost die.

Therefore, after weighing it, Tian Wen actually hoped that Meng Zhong would hit the Qin State hard this time.

However, Meng Zhong's speculation in the war report that "the Qin State seems to be deliberately luring the enemy in" aroused Tian Wen's vigilance and worry.

You must know that the Wei army that accompanied Meng Zhong on the expedition this time, whether it was the Hedong warriors who belonged to Hedong County, or the Fangcheng army, were all the few remaining elites of the Wei State, and he Wei State was currently relying on these two armies to resist the threat from the west and the south.

It is undeniable that Tian Wen still hates Meng Zhong and is jealous of Meng Zhong, but he never thought of letting Meng Zhong die, after all, he also understands that Meng Zhong has the same talents as Gongsun Xi and Pang Juan, and is even better than those two.

Thinking of this, he frowned and said, "Great King, the minister thinks that Meng Zhong's move is too rash. …… If it was like the battle of Yique back then, it was the alliance of our Wei and Han forces, and the minister would not be so worried, but this time the joint crusade against Qin was also participated by the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Yan. Because of the incident of the mutual emperor of Qin and Qi some time ago, Zhao moved a little closer to our Wei state, but the reason why Qi and Yan, especially Qi State, sent troops to attack Qin State was only because they were afraid of falling into the truth, and they were worried that they would be attacked by our Sanjin in the future...... The coalition forces are not in harmony, and it is rare to be able to break through the Hangu Pass in the eyes of the ministers, so why not hope to hit the Qin State hard? …… Chen once lived in the Qin State for a period of time, and knew that the Qin people were fierce, and after the Wei Ying reform, the Qin people were willing to join the army to fight. The art of war is cloudy, and those who want the same thing and those who want the same win, which is exactly the case in the Qin State. How could Meng Zhong lead a discordant army, how could he inflict heavy losses on the Qin State, which was united in his heart? ”

This paragraph of reasonable and well-founded words made Wei Wangyun nod slightly.

He frowned and asked Tian Wendao, "What does the minister mean by asking the widow to stop Yun Chengjun from continuing to go deep into the Qin State?" ”

Before Tian Wen could speak, Zhai Zhang interrupted: "King, the old minister thinks that Tian Xiang's words have been exaggerated. …… It has been more than 40 years since I lost Xihe County in Wei, and in the past 40 years, my Wei monarchs and ministers have been thinking day and night about wanting to recover Xihe County. Now, Meng Zhong broke through the Hangu Pass and advanced all the way, according to his guess in the battle report, considering that Qin had Huayang Jun Mirong garrisoning army in Yin and Jin, Bai Qi and Sima Cuo would most likely retreat to Yin and Jin and react together with Mirong's army, which meant that Qin would have to take the initiative to give up nearly ten large and small cities in Huakun Land! …… In previous years, our Wei State sent a large army to capture a Qin city but could not get it, but now, without much effort, our country can regain nearly ten large and small cities......"

The land of Huakun in his mouth refers to the long and narrow corridor north of Huashan and the south of the Great River - let's call it the Huakun Corridor.

The Huakun Corridor, which stretches from Yin and Jin in the west to Hangu Pass in the east, was the most important passage for the Qin state to enter the Central Plains in the east, and it was through this passage that the Qin state attacked Korea in previous years, and then threatened the hinterland of the Wei state.

On the other hand, if this land can be occupied, or even allowed to restore the old land of Xihe County, then Xihe County and Hedong County can share the pressure from Qin and work together to stop Qin's ambition to advance eastward into the Central Plains.

Hearing Zhai Zhang's words, Tian Wen shook his head and said: "What Da Sima said is desirable, but it is a pity that even if we get the land of Huakun for a while, our country will not be able to hold that land at present, and it will inevitably be a situation of gain and loss." …… For the sake of a piece of land that is destined to be unfortunate, let Meng Zhong lead tens of thousands of elite people of our country to go into danger, Tian did not think that this was a wise choice. ”

Zhai Zhang laughed when he heard this: "Haha, Tian Xiang's words, the old man does not dare to agree." …… Back then, Wu Zi resisted the Qin army of 500,000 with 50,000, and the world did not think that he could win, but what was the result? Wu Zi broke 500,000 with 50,000! …… Today, too, this coalition army crusaded against the Qin State, and the world was not optimistic, but as a result, Meng Zhong's kid sent me a surprise. The old man wants to say that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, compared with Tian Xiang, who is standing on the temple, the old man thinks that Meng Zhong, who is leading the army on the front line at the moment, should be supported and trusted in his judgment. ”

Seeing Zhai Zhang and Tian Wen arguing in court, King Wei rubbed his forehead with a headache.

Logically speaking, Tian Wen's point of view is more convincing, unlike Zhai Zhang, who is still frizzy at a lot of age, but Zhai Zhang has a sentence that is very right.

Compared to those who are thousands of miles away from the battlefield, shouldn't Meng Zhong, who is at the forefront of the battlefield, know more about the current war situation?

However, the worries raised by Tian Wen also made Wei Wangfu feel worried, for fear that Meng Zhong would follow in Pang Juan's footsteps and make Wei experience the hatred of Ma Ling again.

Ma Ling's hatred, Wei lost not only 100,000 elites, but also the general who had both talent and arrogance, Pang Juan.

As a disciple of Guiguzi of the Wei Kingdom, Wei once had expectations for Pang Juan far more than Gongsun Xi, on the contrary, it was precisely because of Pang Juan's talent that King Wei Hui acquiesced and connived at some of Pang Juan's vices.

The Wei State once lost one Pang Juan, and it can't afford to lose another Meng Zhong!

After pondering for a long time, Wei Wang said in a deep voice: "Logically speaking, the widow is more inclined to the views of the prime minister, but Da Sima is right, Yuncheng Jun is on the battlefield, he naturally sees it more truly than us who stand on top of the temple, since he accepted the persuasion of the violent kite and advocates continuing to crusade against the Qin State, then there must be his considerations, and the country must give full support." …… However, the concerns raised by the minister of state are also reasonable, in this way, you might as well send a letter to Yunchengjun, if the matter cannot be violated, he will order Yunchengjun to cross the river and retreat to Hedong County, and the widow believes that even if the war situation is unfavorable, Hedong County still has the ability to resist Qin. ”

"Retreat to Hedong County?"

Zhai Zhang and Tian Wen were stunned, and then their faces showed a little strange look.

You must know that Hedong County is located in the north of the land of Huakun, in the north of the Great River, if the coalition army is really defeated by the counterattack of the Qin State, and Meng Zhong retreats to Hedong County in order to avoid greater losses, the losses of the Wei State can naturally be minimized, but Korea may not be able to.

Not well, the Qin army, whose morale was greatly boosted by the defeat of the coalition forces, will counterattack all the way to South Korea.

"Since it is a claim made by the tyrannical kite, then South Korea should bear the corresponding consequences." Wei Wang said a few words in a deep voice, and immediately, he changed his tone and said with a smile: "This is the worst plan, the widow still believes that the Qin State may not be able to defeat Yunchengjun, after all, Yunchengjun's morality is not comparable to Pang Juan, he does not have a fellow door who hates him to the core, and Yunchengjun's fellow disciples are all by his side to contribute to it!" ”

Seeing that Wei Wangyun made a rare joke, Zhai Zhang and Tian Wen laughed twice very cooperatively.

But not to mention, Meng Zhong and Pang Juan are indeed very similar in a sense, but in terms of conduct, then Meng Zhong is much better than Pang Juan, at least Meng Zhong will not persecute his fellow disciples.

If Pang Juan also had such a character as Meng Zhong back then, how could Sun Bin be forced to pretend to be crazy and stupid, use the power of Tian Ji to escape from the Wei State, and finally take revenge on Pang Juan and the Wei State with the help of the power of the Qi State?

In terms of teaching the disciples' conduct, Guiguzi is not as good as Zhuangzi.

Wei Wang Yan thought secretly.

He wondered if he could find a way to bring Zhuangzi to help him teach the prince.

However, considering that Zhuangzi had abandoned even the position of prime minister of Chu, Wang Wei really couldn't think of how to move the heart of that great sage, even if his disciples were now all officials and generals in his Wei state.

On the same day, Wei Wangjun sent an envoy in his own name, authorizing Meng Zhong, who was on the front line, to act cheaply.

At the same time, he ordered Tian Wen and Zhai Zhang to fully cooperate with Meng Zhong's decision to continue the crusade against Qin, after all, there is a sentence that Tyrant Kite is right, Qin is indeed Wei's biggest enemy at present, and it is precisely because Wei has been in war with Qin all the year round, and has fewer victories and more defeats, that Wei has no spare strength to restore the prestige of the old Central Plains overlord.

On the contrary, if the Qin state can be severely damaged this time, the Wei state will be able to get a precious opportunity to develop its national strength.

Around September 20, the envoys sent by the king of Wei arrived in Hedong County day and night, and then crossed the river from Hedong County to the land of Huakun, and delivered the monarch's letter to the camp of the coalition army stationed about forty miles east of Yin and Jin at this time, and delivered it to Meng Zhong.

After reading Wei Wangyun's letter, Meng Zhong was really a little surprised.

Compared with Wei Wangyun's power to act cheaply, he was more impressed by Wei Wangyun's promise that the country would fully support him.

As for Wei Wangjun's hint that he could use the rest of the coalition forces to buy time to retreat to Hedong County if necessary, Meng Zhong smiled and left it behind in the blink of an eye.

It is not difficult to guess that whether it is Wei Wangjun or the late Gongsun Xi, they always hold the idea of "Wei State First", and give priority to the interests of Wei State in everything, which seems to be very good, but the problem is that others are not fools, just like the reason why the Three Jin Dynasty parted ways back then, wasn't it because Zhao had to give up because the captured land was far away from the mainland when it followed Wei and Han to attack Zheng and other countries, so that Zhao Guo wasted national strength and it was difficult to obtain benefits?

Prioritize everything for yourself, and slowly, the people around you won't play with you anymore, this is the truth!

Therefore, during the period when Meng Zhong was in charge of the Wei ** team, he did the opposite, as long as he grasped the general direction, the rest gave priority to ensuring the interests of his allies.

For example, South Korea.

Nowadays, Korea has to rely on Wei because of the threat of Qin, but if Wei can respect Korea and ensure its interests when fighting with Korea, then the relationship between Wei and Han will become stronger and stronger.

If it can gradually radiate to other countries in this way, then Wei can slowly gain the support of other countries, even with its current national strength, it can become the overlord of the Central Plains in another way - well, it looks very familiar, it seems to be the hegemony of Song Xiang's formula.

But it has to be said that with the current strength of Wei, this is the best way to help Wei use the strength of the states to face the threat of Qin with minimal losses.

But that was for the future, and it was imperative that Meng Zhong find a way to defeat the Qin army in front of him.

Bai Qi, Sima Cuo, Huayang Jun Qirong, and the ...... who only appeared in this land a few days ago

Yiqu cavalry!