At the beginning, he formed an alliance with Qi in the form of 'Qin and Qi Mutual Emperor', which Wei Ran strongly advocated, because Wei Ran thought that as long as he could reach a tacit understanding with Qi, he Qin would be able to make great progress in the strategy of attacking Wei and Han.

After all, since Wei Qi's 'Xuzhou Xiangwang', Qi has replaced Wei's former position in the Central Plains and has become the biggest obstacle to his Qin's eastward entry into the Central Plains.

Therefore, when the Song State refused to side with the Qin State and refused to stab the Wei State in secret, Wei Ran immediately sent an envoy to the Qi State and sold the Song State to the King of Qi without hesitation, thus contributing to the 'Qin and Qi Emperors', in addition to calling each other emperors, the Qin State acquiesced to the Qi State attacking the Song State, and the Qi State acquiesced to the Qin State attacking the Wei and Han countries, and from then on, Qin and Qi, the two most powerful countries in the world, maintained a tacit understanding and did not interfere with each other in their respective external expansions.

It is undeniable that Wei Ran's proposition can indeed cause great changes to the pattern of the entire Central Plains, so when Wei, Zhao, and Han learned about the Qin and Qi mutual emperors, the three countries moved around frequently, preparing to re-establish the Three Jin Alliance to fight against the new pattern of the Qin and Qi mutual emperors.

Wei Ran didn't care much about this - what if Zhao Guo fell to Wei and Han because of this? With the strength of Qi and Yan, it is completely possible to contain the Zhao State, and in this case, the enemies of his Qin State are still only Wei and Han.

And on his Qin side, he can win over the Chu State to attack Wei and Han together, and attack the Wei and Han coalition forces with the Qin-Chu coalition army, in general, the odds of victory are still very good, even if Wei has that difficult Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong!

Yes, what if Wei has Meng Zhong? Wei Ran had already thought of a way to deal with Meng Zhong - just open up two battlefields at the same time, such as attacking Fangcheng County on the one hand and Hedong County on the other, so even if Meng Zhong was capable, he couldn't take care of two battlefields at the same time, right?

As for whether the Qi State can send troops to attack the Song State on the basis of dividing the troops to contain the Zhao State, that is a matter for the Qi State, and naturally it has nothing to do with the Qin State.

But Wei Ran never expected that within a few months after the 'Qin Qi Emperor', the Qi State completely sold him the Qin State, not only abolished the emperor title on his own, but also denounced the Qin State for claiming to be the emperor in vain.

To be honest, Qi Guo's actions at that time made Wei Ran unable to understand at all.

In Wei Ran's view, this kind of thing should be experienced in this kind of thing - wasn't this the case with the 'King of Xuzhou' back then?

But this is nothing, just resist the pressure, including the 'Five Kingdoms Prime Minister' organized by Gongsun Yan later, as long as it takes a long time, the world will slowly acquiesce, but Qi is good this time, because of the three Jin Dynasty's grouping and panicked and abolished the emperor, so that the people of the world can see the essence of Qi's 'lust and inwardness', and actually called on the Central Plains countries to crusade against Qin, which is fundamentally harmful to people.

But having said that, at that time, Wei Ran could also understand the Qi State, he felt that the Qi State was probably afraid of being the first to be attacked by the Central Plains countries, although Wei Ran felt that the Qi State did not need to panic at that time, because once the incident of the invasion of Qi really happened, he Qin State would definitely not stand idly by - since he knew that the alliance of all countries would definitely attack Qin State after defeating Qi State, then Qin State would definitely not let Qi State be defeated by the alliance of all countries, as long as Wei and Han dared to send troops to attack Qi State, He, the Qin State, would definitely attack Wei and Han from behind, forcing Wei and Han to give up their crusade against Qi.

Advancing and retreating together, this was originally the content of the 'Qin Qi Mutual Emperor', but as long as there is a little brain, the Qin State will not give up the Qi State.

But Qi Guo, when he was frightened by Sanjin, he was scared soft.

Okay, this matter has passed, and Wei Ran doesn't want to mention it again, the failure of the 'Qin Qi Mutual Emperor' is regarded as his blindness, and he has taken a fancy to such a strong straw bag in the field of King Qi, and the five kingdoms will attack Qin, which will be regarded as a lesson.

But Wei Ran never thought that when the battle between Qin and Wei and Han was in full swing, Qi Guo himself jumped out again and actually ran to fight Song State......

Wei Ran was really speechless about this: Are you Qi so anxious? You wait another year, wait for my Qin State and Wei and Han to fight each other and lose each other, won't you jump out again when the time comes?

At that time, the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Han were all greatly injured because of the Battle of Xihe, and Wei and Han were unable to support the Song State. - Even if Zhao is unwilling to send troops, it doesn't matter, the worst result is that Zhao helps Song, but Zhao has Fengyang Jun Li Dui, this person can influence King Zhao, Chen said that the stakes are at stake, forcing King Zhao to remain neutral in this matter.

In this way, that is the situation of Qi and Yan attacking the Song State, and the chances of Qi winning are still very good, right?

Don't show up when you should be, and jump out when you shouldn't...... Wei Ran really couldn't understand Qi Guo's foreign strategy.

But one thing he can be sure of is that the Qi State is too pitiful, and it is better to form an alliance with the Song State, which is only half of the strength of the Qi State, than to form an alliance with the Qi State, after all, no one can be sure when the Qi State will make a stupid move, and even lead the allies to the pit together.

『…… Recently, the Wei and Han armies have changed their previous calmness, and they have become more and more anxious for quick success, and they are anxious to suppress our Great Qin's army, which seems to be caused by the Qi State's attack on the Song State......

In a room in the post house in Yin Jin City, Wei Ran sipped his tea and pondered, thinking about the pros and cons of this matter for his Qin State.

Is the state of Qi capable of annexing the state of Song?

To be honest, Wei Ran couldn't be sure, because the strength of the Qi army was as fluctuating as its diplomatic claims.

When it was strong, such as the Tian Ji period, the Qi State twice thwarted the Wei State's attempt to merge the Three Jin Dynasty by force and defeated the famous Wei generals; During the Tian Wei period, Tian Wei sat in the Gaotang Dynasty, so that the Zhao people did not dare to fish in the nearby river; Not to mention the Tian Zhang period, Tian Zhang attacked Qin twice and Chu once, which completely established the situation of Qi dominating the Central Plains.

But when it was weak, for example, when the Qi State tried to annex the Song State for the first time, it was defeated by the Song State, which had only half of the comprehensive strength of the Qi State, and even Tancheng was occupied by the Song State, which surprised the world at that time, and ridiculed the Qi army without the commander of Tian Zhang.

And this time, Qi State claims to have sent 300,000 troops, and it is the famous general Tian Zhang who leads the army, if the news is true, Wei Ran thinks that Qi State's chances of victory are not low - why question the authenticity of this news? That's because Tian Zhang has always been at odds with King Qi Tiandi, and Tian Zhang's physical condition has been very poor in recent years, and from time to time there is news that this famous general has passed away.

Of course, whether the Qi State can successfully annex the Song State actually has little to do with the Qin State, because the Song State itself did not participate in the war between Wei and Han against the other Qin State this time, so whether this country survives or not is not too directly related to the Qin State.

The only exception is that the main general who is currently leading the Wei and Han coalition forces to launch the Battle of the West River, Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong, he is a Song man, and he has an inextricable relationship with Song Wangyan, Song Prince Dai Wu, Song Xiang Hui'an and others, and the attack of Qi on Song has made this Yuncheng Jun very ...... How to say, fierce, yes, become very fierce.

Because of his mentorship of Taoism, Mingming, and Confucianism, Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong has always been known to the world for his gentle and elegant personal image and flexible military techniques, which is completely different from most of the generals in the world who purely use the lives of soldiers to build up victory, but now, this Yuncheng Jun has become very dangerous......

A few days ago, Wei Ran got the news that more than 100,000 Wei and Han coalition troops, including the Wei army in Hedong, the Han army in Shangdang, and the Yin and Jin and Zheng counties, launched a battle of forcible crossing in Weishui and Heshui at the same time, and the offensive was extremely fierce......

This is a very dangerous sign.

This means that Yun Chengjun may adopt the tactics of losing both sides - in fact, Wei and Han can accept the result of 'losing both', after all, these two countries have been attacked by his Qin State in recent decades, and they have lost a lot of troops and land every year because of defeat, and suddenly there is a chance that they and Qin will have a defeat and then enter a period of peace for several years, or even more than ten years, because neither side is able to invade the other, do you think Wei and Han can accept it?

Of course it's acceptable!

This is much better than their previous form of winning fewer and losing more in front of Qin, not to mention that this time they are fighting on the territory of Qin, even if they lose both, it will definitely be a greater loss for Qin, so what is unacceptable about Wei and Han?

The only thing I didn't want to accept was actually the Yuncheng Jun who commanded the Wei and Han armies - a young man, talented and talented, of course, I hope to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost.

But this time, the attack of the Qi State on the Song State made this Yuncheng Jun lose an inch, and all indications showed that this Yuncheng Jun was ready to abandon his original combat principles, and speed up the process of this battle by using a more aggressive and ferocious offensive at the expense of huge casualties, after realizing this, Wei Ran weighed it for a long time.

He realized that this was both a crisis and a turning point.

Threatening this road is obviously no longer feasible, and Meng Zhong's recent approach has fully demonstrated his proposition, that is, to defeat the Qin State at the expense of both sides, and then solve the problem of the Qi State attacking the Song Dynasty, in this case, his Qin State threatens the other party, except for angering the young Yuncheng Jun even more, it is meaningless.

Since the threat does not work, then the only way left is peace talks.

Make peace talks with Wei and Han, so that Wei and Han can send troops back to aid Song and crusade against Qi in time, while he Qin has the opportunity to lick his wounds - in order to make Wei and Han believe in the sincerity of his Qin State, he Qin State can even crusade against Qi State with Wei and Han.

What, the alliance of the 'Qin-Qi Mutual Emperor'?

No kidding!

Qi State, a good ally, sold his Qin State early, causing the only Qin State that still retains the title of emperor to become a public enemy of the world, and was fiercely attacked by the Five Nations Alliance, even if Qin State took the opportunity of this Qi State to attack Song State and united Wei Han to crusade against Qi State, this is not a shameless approach, right? - Since you Qi State can be the first year of junior high school, my Qin State can be the fifteenth!

You are unkind to me, and I am not righteous!

The problem is only how to achieve a tacit understanding with the Wei and Han armies, and minimize the loss of the cities that the other Qin states need to cede to the Wei and Han countries.

After clearing his thoughts, Wei Ran immediately went to see Meng Zhong.

This time, he did not pass Fengyang Jun Li Dui, because he knew that in fact, the other party was also eager to negotiate peace with him Qin State, and it was only because of some scruples that he chose more extreme measures - he was afraid that he Qin State would take the opportunity to blackmail him, Wei Ran could understand it.

However, when Wei Ran came to the county government in the city, he was told by the Wei pawn who stayed behind: "Yun Chengjun is not in the mansion at present. ”

"Where is he?" After Wei Ran finished asking this sentence, he saw that the Wei soldiers looked at each other and did not answer, so he said again: "I have something important to discuss with Yuncheng Jun, which is related to the war and peace between Wei and Han and my Great Qin. ”

The Wei soldiers were frightened and looked at each other for a long time before someone whispered: "Yun Chengjun is in the military camp at the intersection of Luoshui and Weishui. ”

Wei Ran frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked, "When did Yun Chengjun leave Yin Jin?" ”

The Wei soldiers shook their heads and said, "It's been about ten days, I don't know the details." ”

For more than ten days, wasn't that before and after the Wei-Han coalition army launched the Battle of Hundred Miles of Forced Crossing?

Wei Ran frowned deeply.

The Wei camp at the confluence of Luoshui and Weishui, he knew, was built by the Wei general Jin Con in order to break into the other side of the river and threaten the Linjin Dynasty.

But now Wei Ran learned from these Wei pawns that Meng Zhong, as the actual commander, actually went directly to the front line, and now only Zhai Zhang is in charge of Yin and Jin.

Anyway, this is not good news, because it means that Meng Zhong is indeed anxious to finish this battle as soon as possible, and what does this message mean...... Go without saying.

Without further ado, Wei Ran immediately ordered his entourage to drive a carriage to take him to the military camp where Meng Zhong was.

Before arriving at the barracks, Wei Ran saw many Wei soldiers along the way, carrying them on their shoulders and dragging them with ropes, cutting down a lot of trees from the nearby woods and transporting them to the barracks in the distance.

Obviously, the wood was either used for shipbuilding or to build pontoon bridges that would allow the Wei army to break across the river and into Xihe County.

"Quick! Speed up! ”

Wei Ran instructed the retinue who drove the chariot.

"No!"

The retinue intensified the whipping of the horses, speeding up the carriage.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the Wei camp located south of the intersection of Weishui and Luoshui.

Just like those patrolling Wei soldiers who stopped and interrogated along the way, when the Wei guards on duty came up and reprimanded solemnly: "The garrison is important, and the idle people can't get close, leave immediately!" ”

Because he was in a hurry, Wei Ran couldn't wait for his entourage to report his name on his behalf, so he directly lifted the curtain of the carriage and said: "I am the prime minister of the Great Qin, Marquis Wei Ran, please see Yuncheng Jun if you have something important." ”

Those Wei soldiers didn't seem to recognize Wei Ran, and said in a somewhat incredulous voice: "Do you know that our army is at war with the Qin State?" Even if you are a Qin person, you dare to appear in front of our army? Come on, take it! ”

"These ignorant Wei Man!"

Wei Ran was angry, and reprimanded angrily: "I have been temporarily living in Yin and Jin for a long time in order to negotiate peace with Wei and Han, this is with the permission of Yun Chengjun, you are rude to me, I will tell Yun Chengjun truthfully afterwards, and ask him to condemn you and others!" ”

Seeing this, those Wei pawns immediately didn't dare to make a mistake, and looked at each other, a little at a loss.

Seeing this, Wei Ran scolded two sentences, both reminding and urging: "Why don't you call someone to report immediately?" If you can't see me, you will have your own Yuncheng Jun to decide! ”

"That'...... Then you stay here for ......."

The Wei soldiers glanced at each other a few times, and immediately someone hurried to the depths of the camp.

About a moment later, I saw Gong Zhong walking briskly, and saw Wei Ran standing outside the camp with his hands behind his back and a gloomy face, so he hurriedly stepped forward and confessed: "It is really offended to ask the Marquis to wait for a long time. ”

Gong Zhong not only had a good relationship with Meng Zhong, but also had a good relationship with Qin State, such as Wei Ran, who had a good personal relationship.

Therefore, seeing Gong Zhong's extravagance, Wei Ran immediately smiled and returned the salute: "Mr. Gong Zhong." ”

After saluting each other, Wei Ran pointed to the Wei and Han soldiers in the distance who had gone to cut down trees nearby, and said, "As you can see below, your army is stepping up preparations to attack the north bank of Weishui...... I don't know how to prepare? ”

How could the public be extravagant to tell the truth, and after a haha, he changed the topic: "Yunchengjun these days...... The military affairs are a little busy, so don't ask him to wait for a long time, Marquis, please. ”

"Are you busy thinking about how to capture my Xihe County?"

Although Wei Ran sneered in his heart, he didn't show any clue on his face, and nodded with a smile: "Okay, please." ”

After following Gong Zhongxuan into the camp, Wei Ran carefully observed the Wei and Han soldiers in the camp, as far as he could see, the Wei and Han soldiers in the camp were all hurrying to prepare for battle, some were carrying grain and grass, some were maintaining weapons, and almost all the soldiers in the entire camp looked serious.

Suddenly, two men who looked like generals came from a distance, and one of them urged with a serious expression: "Speed up a little faster!" Jin Contempt Sima has an order, and all preparations must be made before dusk......"

Immediately, another general encouraged: "Work harder, brothers, Yun Chengjun promised to take Liyang within two months, and then reward the three armies in Liyang......"

Then there were a lot of encouraging words from Balabala, and the morale of the two nearby Wei and Han soldiers was high, and they shouted long live.

During this period, Wei Ran couldn't help but stop and looked at this scene with a solemn expression.

As the Wei general said, Meng Zhong intended to take Liyang of his Qin State within two months, Wei Ran didn't believe it very much, after all, Liyang was now guarded by Meng Zhong's old opponent Bai Qi, but the reaction of these Wei and Han soldiers in the camp made Wei Ran can't help but mutter.

The morale of these soldiers is terrible......

With Meng Zhong's reputation as almost undefeated so far, coupled with Meng Zhong's unstingy reward for the generals under his command, the morale of these Wei and Han soldiers made Wei Ran feel frightened.

"Marquis?"

Next to him, Gong Zhong coughed and urged in a low voice: "Yun Chengjun is still waiting for you." ”

Looking at the somewhat unnatural expression on Gong Zhongxuan's face, Wei Ran certainly understood that this was because Gong Zhongxuan didn't want to leak more military information about Wei and Han's armies.

"Okay."

Smiling and nodding, Wei Ran continued to follow Gong Zhong extravagantly forward, but his gaze swept over the Wei and Han soldiers he saw along the way from time to time, and remembered the faces, especially the expressions, of these people in his heart.

I have to say that the more he looks at it, the more frightened he becomes.

If the soldiers newly recruited by his Qin State stepped into the battlefield because of the belief in defending their home and country, then most of these Wei and Han coalition troops continued to persist in this war because of the reputation of Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong - these people all believed that the Yuncheng Jun, who was almost undefeated, would definitely lead them to the final victory.

It is precisely because of this trust that Wei Ran can't see the slightest bit of passivity in the barracks.

Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the Wei and Han coalition forces can still faintly suppress his Qin army even if they have few soldiers.

After a while, Wei Ran finally came to the tent of the commander in the army, and at this time, Gong Zhong pointed to the tent and said, "Yun Chengjun is in the tent, Marquis, please." ”

『…… Didn't even go out of the account to greet you? Then when did Meng Zhong become so rude? He used to be very polite.'"

Glancing at Gong Zhongxuan, Wei Ran muttered in his heart as he nodded and walked into the tent.

Walking into the tent, Wei Ran saw Meng Zhong sitting behind a low table, his hands and ten fingers crossed on his chin, staring motionlessly at the marching map on the low table in front of him.

He was really motionless, not to mention the facial expressions, and even the eyelids didn't seem to move......

"...... Clouds"

Wei Ran, who was about to say hello, had just said a word when he saw that Meng Zhong suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at him without moving his head.

Seeing the bloodshot eyes that looked extremely fierce, even if it was Wei Ran, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva subconsciously, feeling that his scalp was a little troublesome.

At this moment, he was glad that he took the initiative to contact Meng Zhong, otherwise, the consequences could be very serious.

At this time, Meng Zhong had already reacted, and immediately got up to meet a few steps forward, bowed his hand, and said apologetically: "Marquis, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was ...... when I reported Well, I think about something, maybe I lost my mind halfway, I didn't notice the hour, and I didn't come out to greet him, I'm really sorry. ”

Looking at the apology on Meng Zhong's face, Wei Ran nodded to show understanding, not caring about Meng Zhong's rudeness.

On the contrary, Meng Zhong's explanation made him feel troubled - thinking and forgetting the passage of time, how much concentration does it take to do this?

Thinking that the young general in front of him, who was famous for his ingenuity, was trying his best to plan a strategy against his Qin State, how could Wei Ran have the heart to care about such a trivial matter as whether the other party would come out to meet him?

"There is no tea in the army, so you can only treat each other with warm water, please don't care."

Inviting Wei Ran to take a seat, and instructing the guards to bring a bowl of warm water, Meng Zhong explained to Wei Ran with a smile.

Wei Ran nodded to show that he didn't care.

I have to say that although Meng Zhong was smiling at the moment, Meng Zhong's unconscious 'fierce' look never hovered in Wei Ran's heart.

Therefore, Wei Ran didn't have the intention to say anything to Meng Zhong, and said directly: "I came here today because I heard that the Qi State sent troops to attack the Song State......

Suddenly, Meng Zhong, who was sitting on the main seat, changed his complexion, only to see him slowly change his sitting posture, his right elbow supporting the low table, his left hand clenched into a fist on the low table, leaning slightly sideways, looking at Wei Ran expressionlessly, with a faint anger in his eyes.

Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately explained: "Yunchengjun, don't misunderstand, Wei has no intention of coercing, on the contrary, Wei thinks that this time he is coming with full goodwill and sincerity......"

After a while, I saw Meng Zhong open his mouth and slowly spit out a few words.

"I want to hear about it!"