Chapter 122: Kuang Zhang
Kuang Zhang, whose real name is Tian Zhang, is the son of the scholar "Tian Kun" of the Qi Guotian clan.
Later, because of Tian Zhang's outstanding military achievements, King Qi Wei rewarded Tian Zhang with the "Kuangyi" he seized from the Lu State, so some people called it Kuang Zhang, which became one of the ancestors of the surname "Kuang" in later generations.
Tian Zhang studied in the Jixia School Palace when he was young, and was an outstanding student in the Jixia School Palace at that time, and then during the period when Mencius came to Qi to serve as the "sir" of the Jixia School Palace, Tian Zhang worshiped Mencius and became a disciple of Mencius, collecting Taoism and Confucianism.
When the "Xuzhou Prime Minister" of Qi and Wei, Tian Zhang, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, followed King Qi Wei to "Xuzhou" and had a debate with Wei Xianghuishi at that time. [PS: Xuzhou here does not refer to Pengcheng, but in the southeast of Tengguo, probably in Xueyi. 】
I have to say, how could Hui Shi, who was "invincible all over the world" at that time, be stumped by Tian Zhang, who was only a teenager? In two debates in a row, Tian Zhang was speechless by Hui Shi.
This made Tian Zhang have a little interest in famous academics.
Before the Battle of Sanqiu, the Qin State took advantage of Wei and Han to attack the Qin State, and at that time, King Qi Wei originally planned to make Tian Wei the commander.
At that time, Tian Ji and Sun Bin had fled to the Chu State, and the Qi State was only left with the veteran Tian Zhu, who was over fifty years old, and Tian Shu was very worried that there would be no generals in the Qi State after his death, so he selected the generals by the side of King Qi Wei, so he found Tian Zhang, who was only about thirty years old.
After some exchanges, Tian Wei believed that Tian Zhang's ability was enough to serve as the commander, so he did not hesitate to use his own guarantee to recommend Tian Zhang to King Qi Wei as the commander.
At that time, Tian Zhang was despised by the Qi people because of the notoriety of "unfilial piety", and it was thanks to Tian Wei's recommendation that he got this precious opportunity, and then embarked on the road of "famous general".
Since Tian Zhang defeated the Qin army in the "Battle of Sanqiu" and proved his talent, Tian Shu officially retreated to the second line, so far, Tian Zhang has shouldered the burden of the Qi army, "The Battle of Yan", "The Battle of Pushui", and "The Battle of Vertical Sand", except for the "Battle of Pushui" Tian Zhang lost at the hands of the Qin army, the rest have been victorious.
Two years ago, he was ordered by Xue Gongtian Wen to lead the armies of Qi, Wei, and Han to crusade against Qin, and after a period of two years, he finally broke through Qin's Hangu Pass.
It is no exaggeration to say that no one has ever broken through the Hangu Pass of the Qin State before. [PS: In historical facts, there was no later, Tian Zhang was the only one who broke through the Hangu Pass of the Qin State. 】
But unfortunately, just as the coalition forces had made such a breakthrough, the monarch of Wei, Wei Hei, passed away, which greatly hindered the coalition forces from continuing to attack Qin.
Originally, Tian Zhang wanted to hold on, and there were many people in Wei who supported continuing to attack Qin.
Unexpectedly, not long after, the Korean monarch "Han Cang" also fell seriously ill, which made the coalition completely give up the plan to continue to march into the Qin State - during the period when Tian Zhang returned to aid the Qi State, the Korean monarch Han Cang passed away, and was called "Han Xiang Wang", and was succeeded by the crown prince "Han Qi".
I have to say that Tian Zhang did not have good luck, if it were not for the death of Wei Guosi and Han Wangcang one after another, the coalition army led by Tian Zhang would not have been able to stop at Hangu Pass.
But it's a pity that the "fortune of heaven" is in the Qin State. [PS: The State of Qin is simply a talisman of heavenly fortune, obviously Tian Zhang broke through the Hangu Pass, at the most critical time, the King of Wei and the King of Han actually passed away in the same year, I really doubt that these two kings were assassinated, otherwise how could there be such a coincidence? ] 】
Because of the death of the heirs of the kings of Wei and the kings of Han, the coalition forces stopped at Hangu Pass, and soon after, Xue Gongtianwen, who represented the state of Qi, and Wei and Han accepted the request of the state of Qin to cede land and sue for peace.
During this period, Tian Zhang got the news that Zhao was stationed in the sand dunes, and there were various signs that he might attack Qi, so he led the army back to aid Qi.
As Meng Zhong guessed, in view of the strength of the Zhao army, Tian Zhang originally hoped to get the help of the armies of Wei and Han, but unfortunately, Wei and Han were at a critical moment of "succession of royal power", and they were afraid that Qin might retaliate against Wei and Han after Tian Zhang withdrew, so how could he dare to send troops to assist Tian Zhang?
So, Tian Zhang retreated, asked Wei and Han for some flags, and sent people to send them to Qi day and night, so that the Qi general Tian Toucheng could use these flags to make the Zhao army that invaded the border throw a rat trap, and stalemate until he led the army to arrive.
Unexpectedly, after he led the chariot troops to the Zhuke area today, he was stunned to find that the Zhao army had broken through the Dahe defense line and captured the Zhuke County area.
This made Tian Zhang very puzzled.
"Could it be that Tian Touch didn't confuse Zhao Jun as I said? Or did Zhao Jun see through my plan?'
After thinking about it for a long time, Tian Zhang sent someone to find out the location of Tian's defeated army, preparing to lead the army to join it.
A day later, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, Tian Zhang received the news that Tian Touch had set up camp about thirty miles southeast of Zhuke, so he took his soldiers and horses to join him.
The next day, Tian Zhang led an advance army of about several thousand people and arrived at Tian Touch's barracks.
After learning the news, Tian Touch hurriedly took the generals in the camp out to greet him, welcomed Tian Zhang into the camp commander's tent, and gave up the position of the commander to Tian Zhang.
After some polite manners without much nutrition, Tian Zhang asked Tian Touch about the reason for the "loss of the riverbank defense line".
You must know that this time the Zhao army invaded, the Dahe defense line is very important to the Qi State, and once this defense line is lost, the Qi State can only rely on "Jishui" to whisper the Zhao army, which means that the Qi State may lose a large area of cities north of Jishui.
Thinking about it, Tian Touch also knew that he was "guilty", and explained with a panicked face: "Qi Qi Zhangzi, since I received your urgent letter, I didn't dare to slack off at all, and asked the soldiers to hold high the banner of Wei and Han, which once frightened Zhao Jun to give up the good situation and retreat back to the north bank of the river in embarrassment. After that, I also followed your strategy to ask the soldiers to leave the camp quietly at night, and then return to the camp with great fanfare during the day, so as to confuse Zhao Jun...... But I don't know what's going on, on the night of the third day of the new year, Zhao Jun suddenly attacked our army camp at night......"
As he spoke, he told Tian Zhang everything about the situation that night.
Tian Zhang was silent when he heard this.
It is true that his Qi army was attacked by night until it was defeated that day, mainly because Tian Touch and others were negligent in taking precautions, mistakenly thinking that the Zhao army would not dare to attack the Qi camp at night, but if you think about it deeply, this matter is indeed a bit strange: how could the Zhao army, who was once frightened by his name 'Kuang Zhang', suddenly attack the Qi camp at night three days later?
After pondering for a long time, Tian Zhang instructed: "Send someone to send a message to Zhao Jun, saying that I, Tian Zhang, will meet Master Zhao's father." ”
"Whoa!" Tian touched his fists and received the order, and immediately, he seemed to think of something, and said: "By the way, Zhangzi, a few days ago, Tian Yu and Gongsun Min were ordered by the king to ask to see Master Zhao's father, but there was no response after that, and he thought that he was detained by Zhao Jun......"
"Well, I see."
Tian Zhang nodded, not very worried in his heart, after all, Tian Yu and Gongsun Min are both quite famous people, and Master Zhao will not do anything to them if he wants to come.
In the evening of the same night, the envoy sent by Tian Touch came to Zhu Ke Zhao's camp to meet Zhao's father, and asked Zhao's father to meet in the suburbs in the name of Kuang Zhang.
I have to say that when he heard this, Master Zhao was also taken aback.
Because this means that Kuang Zhang has arrived here, although Zhao's father said to the outside world that he is "not afraid of Kuang Zhang", but from that day he followed Zhao Xi's advice to withdraw the army to the north bank of the river, it can be seen that he is still quite afraid of the general Kuang Zhang.
Of course, this is not surprising, after all, Kuang Zhang is a famous general who has defeated Qin, Yan, Chu, and Wei, who dares to really underestimate this famous general?
After thinking for a while, Lord Zhao's father agreed to the matter, and asked Kuang Zhang to meet the next day in a small town between the two camps of Zhao and Qi.
On the seventh day of the fifth month, Master Zhao took Meng Zhong, Le Yi and more than 100 Xinwei soldiers to the agreed place.
Immediately, the soldiers of Xinwei built a simple wooden shed on a vacant lot next to the farmland of this small town, and then removed a few stoves from the chariot, prepared wine and food, and waited for Kuang Zhang's arrival.
About half an hour later, Kuang Zhang also came slowly under the protection of more than 100 Qi soldiers.
Seeing this, Master Zhao's father ordered the more than 100 Xinwei soldiers to retreat, leaving only Meng Zhong, Le Yi, and two Xinwei soldiers by his side, and at the same time, Kuang Zhang only brought three guards to the wooden shed.
"Master Zhao."
"Zhangzi."
The two saluted, and unexpectedly, they seemed to be no strangers to each other.
It's no wonder, after all, although Tian Zhang has never led troops to fight against Zhao, but as early as the "Battle of Exterminating Yan", Tian Zhang had seen Zhao's father, and even at that time, there were some conflicts between the Zhao army and the Qi army.
After saluting each other, Master Zhao sat on the west side of the desk, and gave up the throne on the east side to Tian Zhang.
For the rest of the people, Meng Zhong sat on the south side of the escort seat, responsible for pouring wine for Master Zhao and Tian Zhang, while Le Yi and the two Xinwei soldiers, as well as Tian Zhang's three armor soldiers, stood behind Master Zhao and Tian Zhang, respectively, and stood according to their swords.
"In the past, Yan Guo was goodbye, I'm afraid it has been twenty years so far, right?"
Glancing at Meng Zhong, who was pouring wine, Tian Zhang smiled and said to Master Zhao: "However, Master Zhao is still bright, and he is gratifying. ”
"Zhang Zi is also majestic." Master Zhao replied with a smile.
The two drank each other's bowls of wine, and then Meng Zhong filled their bowls again.
At this time, I saw Tian Zhang looking at Master Zhao's father, and asked curiously: "I saw Tian Touch yesterday and listened to him tell the story of the Zhao army's night attack on our military camp...... Tsk, Master Zhao's father is worthy of being the male master, and it is difficult to deceive Master Zhao's father when he is tricked in the lower districts. ”
"Uh......"
Master Zhao's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he disguised it well, and said to Tian Zhang with a smile: "Zhangzi's clever plan really deceived me Zhao Jun up and down 150,000 people, even I was deceived, but I didn't deceive anyone......"
Tian Zhang was very cooperative, and asked with a surprised expression, "Who is it?" ”
At this time, I saw Master Zhao's father patting Meng Zhong's arm and saying with a little evil smile: "This is the son!" ”
There was a bit of "malice" in his smile: Aren't you Tian Zhang a famous general? However, this kid sees through your tricks.
“……”
Just as Master Zhao had predicted, Tian Zhang looked at Meng Zhong with an incredulous expression and asked, "What do you call your little brother?" ”
Seeing this, Meng Zhong clenched his fists and replied: "Back to Zhangzi, under Meng Zhong." ”
"Meng Zhong?"
Tian Zhang was stunned, and the surprise on his face became even stronger: "The little brother is Meng Zhong?" Meng Zhong of Mengyi in the Song Kingdom? Hahahaha! ”
After Meng Zhong nodded inexplicably, Tian Zhang patted Meng Zhong's arm affectionately and said with a smile: "This is really ...... Boy, why are you so estranged when you see your senior brother? ”
"Senior brother?" Meng Zhong was also a little puzzled.
"What? I'm also a disciple of Master Meng! Tian Zhang said with a smile: "On my way back to Qi State, I visited Master Meng, and at that time I learned that Master had accepted a new disciple named Meng Zhong. ”
"I ...... It's not a disciple of Mencius......" Meng Zhong was also a little stunned.
Compared with him, the most shocked person is Master Zhao's father.
Seeing Tian Zhang chatting with Meng Zhong with an affectionate face, Master Zhao, who originally wanted to use Meng Zhong's kid to frustrate Tian Zhang's momentum, was full of consternation.
For a while, Master Zhao felt that he was being ignored.
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