A few days later, Zhao Hongrun and his army passed through Song County and came to the eastern part of Song County. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I have to say that the Yanling Army, the Shangshui Army, and the Fencheng Army, these three armies with a total of 55,000 people, are still quite bluffing.

No, Nangong Chen, the eldest son of Nangong Yao, the general of the Suiyang Army, can be said to have accompanied him throughout the whole process, as if he was relieved to see Zhao Hongrun's army set foot in the Qilu region.

In addition, along the way, Zhao Hongrun did not encounter those rumored rebels of Song County.

Zhao Hongrun didn't know much about the rebels of Song County, only that these people were composed of pure Song people, and it was said that many of the backbone of the rebels were once the army guards directly led by the King of Song.

According to rumors, after Nangong Yao surrendered to Wei that year, the king of Song saw that the army led by Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, had retreated to Chu because of the exhaustion of military rations, so he held the decision to break the cauldron and gather an army again, intending to fight a decisive battle against the Wei army, which had already pocketed half of the Song country's territory at that time.

It's a pity that due to Nangong Yao's defection, the army of the King of Song was easily defeated by the Junshui Army and the Dangshan Army of the Wei State, and then, the general of the Dangshan Army, Sima An, pursued the King of Song all the way to Weishan Lake in the east of the Song State, forcing the King of Song to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake, thus announcing the fall of the Song State.

However, the martyrdom of the Song king did not mean that the Song rebellion ended there.

Within a few days, a general who appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be Song Yun, gathered people in the area of Weishan Lake, and these people were the Song County rebels called by the Wei court.

At the beginning, this rebel force was not strong, probably only a few hundred, so the Wei court did not take it seriously and ordered Nangong Yao to go to encircle and suppress.

But the bad thing is that Nangong Yao was newly admitted to Wei at that time, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions to the new lord, or the Song people in the territory at that time were ashamed of his betrayal of the country and the enemy, and they condemned him one after another, so that Nangong Yao was angry and ordered the army under the command of the Suiyang army just now to go to the bloody suppression.

But all the Song people who insulted him were killed.

During this period, in addition, some nobles in the Wei State extended their hands to Song County and wantonly occupied land, lakes, and mines, which made the people resentful and angry, so that more and more Song people joined the ranks of the Song County rebels.

Since then, the entire Song County seems to have become a battlefield where the Wei and Song people fought each other. Under the call of the traitor Song Yun, the rebels in Song County rose up everywhere, attacking the workshops, mines, manors, etc. of the Wei people in Song County, and Nangong Yao, including the Dangshan Army stationed in Dangshan after that, also encircled and suppressed these rebels many times.

I thought that the rebellion could be suppressed, but I didn't expect the resistance of the Song people to become more and more intense.

In desperation, Wei Tianzi ordered Sima An's Dangshan army to retreat to Dangshan, and in the following years, he implemented a policy of lightly punishing Song County, but finally did not let all the Song people unite against Wei.

I have to say that in fact, Nangong Yao was also quite sad, because he was just trying to curry favor with the new lord of Wei at first, so he did not hesitate to sacrifice a butcher's knife to his compatriots, but who would have thought that Wei Tianzi saw that Song County was bleeding too much, and he couldn't see it, so he simply did not force the Song people in this land to submit to Wei, and changed his strategy and used Huairou means: allowing Song County to be autonomous.

The disguised submission of the Wei court made the people in Song County very happy, so much so that they gradually pointed the finger at Nangong Yao.

Now it's okay, Nangong Yao is not a human being, and the Wei State no longer supports him in the bloody suppression of the Song people, and the Song people also regard him as the biggest culprit in the collapse of the country.

Perhaps it was at that time that there was a rift between Nangong Yao and the Wei court.

Since then, the army of Wei has never set foot in Song County, and Song County, over time, has become a piece of Wei territory that does not belong to Wei.

Of course, the retreat of the Wei army does not mean that the war between the Wei and the Song people is over, after all, those Wei nobles who were attacked by the Song people on wineries, fields, and minerals will not swallow this breath.

They gathered private soldiers and wantonly expelled the Song people from the vicinity of the land they had occupied, under the pretext of protecting their own property.

The bloodshed during the period may have been forcibly suppressed, so that Zhao Hongrun had not heard of the relevant news.

But he could understand what had happened during that time.

It is for this reason that when Zhao Hongrun stands on the land that originally belonged to the Song Kingdom, he is very emotional in his heart.

The Song State was defeated by his Wei State and the Chu State's Xuancheng Jun Xiong Tuo, was it because of the Song State's immorality? Or is it because of the unkindness of King Song?

Neither!

It's just because the Song State is too weak.

In this troubled world, weakness is the greatest sin, and the weak eat the strong, is it not just a literal meaning? Behind this word, there is a thick blood.

If this lesson is not learned, who can guarantee that Wei will not become the next Song State?

Zhao Hongrun looked at the farmers of Song County in the fields in the distance.

The men, with terror on their faces, trembled as they watched an army of fifty or sixty thousand men pass through the vast fields outside the city.

"Watch the road ahead, and don't step into the fields or destroy the crops!"

Zhao Hongrun issued this military order early.

He didn't think of using this military order to entrap the Song people, after all, the grievances and grievances between the Wei people and the Song people in this land for more than ten years could be resolved by a small military order not to trample on the crops?

The only thing he could do at the moment was not to expand the hostility of the Song people to the Wei people.

As for how to win back the hearts of the people in Song County, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun has no good way.

To be exact, there is a solution, but it is too involved.

For example, declaring the land usurped by the Wei nobles in Song County invalid and returning the usurped land to the Song people may save some of the Wei people's reputation in the land.

But the result of this is that those Wei nobles will completely hate Zhao Hongrun because of this, and even unite again to force the imperial court.

Of course, this is just a casual mention, after all, at the moment, due to the agreement signed between the imperial court and Nangong Yao back then, Zhao Hongrun does not even have the position to meddle in the affairs of Song County.

In late July, Zhao Hongrun led his army and finally arrived in Pengcheng, only a few days away from Surabaya, the first battlefield he had predicted.

Pengcheng was originally a territory belonging to the Song State, and subsequently, it belonged to the Wei State.

It's just that later Wei Tianzi ordered Wei's army to withdraw from Song County, and Nangong Yao, who was ordered to guard the territory, was unable to exterminate the Song County rebels in the area of Weishan Lake, so that many lands and cities in the east of Song County were taken advantage of the war between Nangong Yao and the traitor Song Yun by Lu State and became the territory of Lu State.

In Pengcheng, Zhao Hongrun met the envoy of Qi who came to greet him, a general named Tian Zhen, and Zhao Hongrun's long-lost brother of the six kings, Rui Wang Hongzhao.

In all fairness, although Zhao Hongrun respects his sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao, to be honest, the two didn't know how close they were in the past, but at this moment, for some reason, the two brothers who met, whether it was Zhao Hongrun or Zhao Hongzhao, were extremely excited and hugged cordially.

"Hongrun, you have worked hard all the way."

Holding Zhao Hongrun's arm with both hands, Zhao Hongzhao's emotions still seemed to be a little excited.

But it's no wonder, after all, he was born in the Wei State, but now he is in the Qi State, whether he is a hostage or an official, he can't change the fact that he is in a foreign land.

If he were Zhao Hongrun, I am afraid he would not be able to bear this loneliness.

"What am I working for? It's you, brother royal...... You weren't bullied in Qi country, were you? Zhao Hongrun joked: "It's okay to be bullied, tell your sister-in-law or your father-in-law, and let them help you out." ”

Not to mention, Zhao Hongzhao, as the husband of the most beloved daughter of Qi King Lu Xi, is really unique in Qi State who can bully him now, including the sons of Qi King Lu Xi.

"I haven't seen you for many days, you have this mouth......" Zhao Hongzhao looked at Zhao Hongrun angrily, then patted Zhao Hongrun's arm heavily, and said inexplicably: "From my standpoint, it is not appropriate to say this, but ...... Hongrun, you are here, and I am really relieved for my brother. ”

Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned, and then understood what Zhao Hongzhao meant: From the standpoint of being a member of the Wei royal family, Wei's involvement in this war actually did more harm than good in Zhao Hongzhao's view; But as the son-in-law of King Qi, he was very eager for the support of his mother country.

I have to say that even if he is a member of the Wei royal family and the son-in-law of King Qi, he is also quite embarrassed.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said with relief: "King Qi, I have given a price that cannot be refused, whether it is for me Dawei or for me." …… Brother Huang doesn't have to care. ”

Zhao Hongzhao nodded when he heard this, and he didn't ask Qi Wang Lu Xi what price he gave, thinking that he also knew.

At this time, the general named Tian Yan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Lord Zuo Xiang, don't you want to introduce Tian?" ”

Zhao Hongzhao patted his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "My two brothers have a friendship with themselves, and they never wanted to snub Lord Tian. After that, he raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Hongrun, and said with some pride: "This is my eighth brother, Su Wang Hongrun." ”

Hearing this, Tian Yan arched his hand and said with a smile: "In Xia Tian Zhen, I have seen Ji Run Gongzi. …… Run Gongzi led 30,000 Wei troops that year, broke the 160,000 army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and counterattacked to the territory of Chu State, conquering more than ten Chu cities, and Tian Mou admired his name for a long time. ”

"Where, where."

Zhao Hongrun returned the salute and looked at Tian Yan with a strange gaze.

Because Tian Yan is obviously dressed as a military general, he is wearing armor all over his body, but the etiquette used is the bow of a civil official.

Probably noticing Zhao Hongrun's eyes, Zhao Hongzhao explained in a low voice: "Daqi...... Well, there is no distinction between pure military generals and civil ministers on the Qi side, they are all able to read scriptures and command soldiers and horses......"

Hearing this, Tian Yan waved his hand again and again and said, "Tian can't afford to be so praised by Zuo Xiang." ”

Seeing that Zhao Hongzhao and Tian Yan were talking and laughing freely, and seemed to have an excellent relationship, Zhao Hongrun suddenly understood: This Tian Yan must be the confidant of Lu Xi, the king of Qi.

After all, as far as he knew, there were also many factions within the Qi State, and he didn't want to be as harmonious as he appeared on the surface, especially when the King of Qi, Lu Xi, was about to die.

"By the way, Sixth Brother, what about King Qi?"

"It's in Pi County." Zhao Hongzhao sighed for some reason, and said with a wry smile: "The king, he ...... This time, we must go out in person. After that, he shook his head, diverted the topic and said: "Let's not talk about this first, my brother has prepared thin wine in Pengcheng, and I will wash the dust for Hongrun!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Hongzhao wanted to speak and stopped, Zhao Hongrun did not ask.

On that day, the three Wei armies, the Yanling Army, the Shangshui Army, and the Fencheng Army, were stationed outside Pengcheng, and the Lu soldiers in Pengcheng had already prepared wine and meat to reward them.

This has historically been a pre-war means of boosting morale.

This means that after a few days of rest, these three Wei armies are about to rush to the battlefield of Surabaya. (To be continued.) )