In three days, the Wei State sent a number of envoys to gallop to Linzi, Handan and Pengcheng, urging the Three Kingdoms to send troops to rescue Pingyang.

After receiving an emergency report for help, King Xie of Zhao wanted to immediately raise 50,000 troops to attack the northern part of the Great Qin Empire.

However, Chen Yu, the acting king, strongly advocated that he should not act rashly, and should send troops at the same time as Qi Chu, otherwise, if Qi Chu did not move, Zhao State would be in a dangerous situation.

For a while, Zhao Wangxi suddenly woke up and immediately changed his opinion, promising to send troops on the one hand, and sending special envoys to Qi to find out the true intentions of Qi State.

Due to the annihilation of the Changshan Kingdom, Zhao Wangxi became hostile to Western Chu. At this time, he could only ask for the opinion of Tian Rong, the king of Qi, and did not dare to go south to Western Chu.

It's just that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, pointed at the Qi State with a sword, and broke twelve cities in a row, and the Qi State was already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it was difficult to protect itself. To rescue the Western Wei Dynasty, there may not be spare strength.

This is the world of great controversy, and this is the affection of the plastic alliance of the countries under heaven. Under real threats and pressures, no one will be genuine.

For careerists, only profit is the key to touching people's hearts, and covenants are nothing more than waste paper that can be torn up at any time.

This is the world of the Warring States, this is the world of great contention!

……

At the same time, the Wei envoy An Feng had also arrived in Pengcheng, and Wu Shi stabilized the Wei envoy, and Xiang He immediately came to see his father Fan Zeng. Now Xiang Yu is going north, and the Western Chu State is respected by Fan Zeng, the father of the country.

……

After the queen of the world outside Hangu Pass, Fan Zeng repeatedly dismissed any high position in the Western Chu Kingdom.

But Xiang Yu is a nostalgic person, he still retains Fan Zeng's title of military advisor, and the specifications of the ether lieutenant specially built a Bajin mansion for him.

This mansion is the most respected mansion in Pengcheng, except for the palace of the king of Chu. Xiang Bo was once greedy and itchy in his heart, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

This Bajin Mansion, given by Xiang Yu himself, represents the absolute status and glory in Western Chu.

The right cross courtyard of the military division's mansion is a garden of more than ten acres of land, the bamboo forest is dense, there is a small pond, the pond water is clear, and there are all kinds of rockery stone pavilions, which seems to be extraordinarily quiet.

Later, Fan Zeng built a few thatched huts in the bamboo forest, and spent most of his time in this garden, but the main courtyard mansion was empty and only used for receiving guests.

Since returning to Pengcheng, Fan Zeng has been living in seclusion, rarely interacting with officials, except for Xiang Yu when he appeared in the palace when he encountered a major matter, he immersed himself in the thatched hut study, or carved Jane or read.

Fan Zeng is the formulator of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, who is the master of the industry, and he knows that the current situation will go according to the plan. There was no need for him to set foot in the court, and it was not the right time for him.

In Fan Zeng's plan, he set foot in the court, and it will be the time when Xiang Yu has the ability to sweep through thousands of armies.

……

When the old man took Xiang He and Long He to the garden, Fan Zeng was drinking tea in the thatched hut. The two of them hurriedly bowed deeply towards Fan Zeng and said, "Xiang He, Long has seen Ya Father-"

Fan Zeng smiled: "There is something wrong in the court, you actually have time to come to the old man, sit ——。 ”

Long He saw that the old man had withdrawn after serving tea, sat down and arched his hand: "The Qin army has gone east to attack Wei in a big way, what does the father have to say?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Zeng was not surprised at all, he knew that now that Xiang Yu had gone north to the Qi Kingdom, the order of the world above the Central Plains had been provoked.

At this moment, it is the opportunity for the Qin army to go east, and the Qin State has Wei Yu and Tongwu Hou Wang Ben, and they will definitely seize this opportunity.

Fan Zeng smiled indifferently and said, "It is inevitable that Qin Jundong will be attacked. First, although the Wei State was large and had many troops, its combat power was not necessarily stronger than that of the Qin army. ”

"Second, the distance between Qin and Pingyang is only more than 400 miles, and Hedong County is a huge threat to Hangu Pass. Third, this time, Qin Jundong intended to take Hedong and Sanchuan, improve the loopholes of Hangu Pass, and make Qin State invincible. ”

"With these three points, the Western Chu State must send troops to save Wei, and it can defeat the Qin State again, laying the foundation for the Western Chu Dynasty. However, we must not rush to send troops. Although Fan Zeng did not think twice, he was clearly organized.

Long He nodded knowingly with Xiang: "How does Father think that the timing of sending troops should be determined?" ”

Now that Xiang Yu is no longer in Pengcheng, they can only focus on the decision of their father Fan Zeng. For this, Fan Zeng, the father, is also clear.

In normal times, although he does not leave the mansion for half a step. But now that Xiang Yu has gone north to attack Qi, he has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of making decisions in the Chu court.

Because he knows Xiang Bo's incompetence!

"According to the old man's prediction, although Pingyang of Wei only has more than 20,000 troops, it is enough to resist Qin for about a month. At the same time, the Wei army of Daliang, Shangdang, and Taiyuan returned to the division, but it was enough to resist the Qin army for about three months. ”

"After March, when the Wei State was exhausted, and the Qin army also suffered heavy casualties, when the time came, Western Chu would be dispatched, and it would be a great victory."

"I will plan with my father, and enter Wei after three months." Long He and Xiang He breathed a sigh of relief: "Since this is the case, Long He will restore the Wei envoy accordingly!" ”

……

The envoy of Wei received a definite reply that Long He had prepared grain and grass and immediately went north to save Wei, but he did not dare to stay at all, and rushed back to Daliang of Wei in the starry night.

Because Daliang is the closest place to Pingyang, he must mobilize the army of Daliang to go north to Pingyang to rescue, and at the same time release long-trained carrier pigeons into Pingyang.

He knew that if he couldn't spread the news immediately, the morale of the Pingyang army and the people would collapse, and he would not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements.

Pengcheng is thousands of miles away from Hedong County, and you can go back and forth in a short time. When the news came, Binh Duong had been stubbornly resisting for more than a month.

There were more than 20,000 casualties among the Wei soldiers and civilians, and the soldiers were exhausted and their morale gradually declined. Seeing that there was a danger of the city being broken, a dark cloud hung over the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State.

Longdu received the letter from the carrier pigeon and immediately announced to the soldiers and civilians of Pingyang that the Chu army would send troops to rescue in the near future. For a time, the soldiers and civilians of Binh Duong saw hope, and their morale rose again.

Due to the advance preparation of the Wei State, there are enough grain, grass and weapons in Pingyang City at this time, as long as the people of the country have not died, it is not difficult to hold on for a while.

Long Du looked at the brightly lit Qin army camp outside the city, and resolutely ordered: "Prime Minister, immediately levy all men under the age of forty and over the age of fifteen in the city as soldiers." ”

"Good!"

At this moment, Wei Yue also had no good way. There was news from the carrier pigeon that the reinforcements of the Chu army would go north soon. Even if it is the reinforcements of the Great Liang, it will take two days.

They had to hold out for two days, and only then could they see hope.

"Come on, immediately levy men under the age of forty and over the age of fifteen in the city!" His heart was tumbling, and Wei Yue gave the final order.

"Only—" The officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion strode away.

……

At this moment, whether it was Wei Wangbao or General Long Du, or even Prime Minister Wei Yue subconsciously ignored one point, that is, a month has passed, why the Daliang garrison has not moved.

(End of chapter)