Chapter 97: Bloody Battle of Du Yang (26)

Fan Tao originally expected Han He to drag the Marquis of Ding Yang to death under Duyang City, and at the same time used 100,000 sailors to go north to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Xian army and seize control of the water surface of the Wangqin River, but was killed by the Xian army, losing more than 30,000 soldiers, and the Xian army only seized a large number of warships of the Jin army at a small cost of more than 2,000 people.

This is also in response to the words of Wu Shu when he built a warship for the king of Jin, in the final analysis, this battle was the unfavorable command of the governor of the navy and the fiasco caused by the improper use of people by the king of Jin.

Facts have proved that Wu Suan's warship is sturdy and durable, even if it is chiseled, it will not sink, and even the Xian army is very frightened in actual combat, so that the Xian army does not dare to board the ship, so that the Xian army can only attack with a fast boat, and build a dam to silt up the small river, and then lure the Jin army's big boat to the mouth of the river, attack with a large water, and in one fell swoop, the Jin army's big ship can not be arranged, and finally annihilate the Jin army's naval army forward, and take away the warship.

At this point, the strategy of the Jin army's naval division to dominate the Qinjiang River basically failed, and 100,000 people could not be defeated, and more than 60,000 people could not fight 50,000, let alone defeat.

Seeing that the King of Jin was anxious to end the war, Fan Tao suddenly remembered the three tips left by his uncle Kuo.

"The king, the uncle and the prime minister had three tips entrusted to the king before his death, one of which is related to the Xianguo, why doesn't the king take a look."

"Hiss......" King Jin's heart lit up: "Yes, there is such a thing!" ”

The king of Jin ordered someone to take his own secret box, and the three tips granted by Gong Shu Kuo were among them, the first of which was related to the Xian Kingdom.

Open the first tip, which reads as follows:

"My lord, the old minister knows that his fate will not be long, so he keeps this tip in case of accidents.

The old minister thought that the battle of attacking Xian would definitely not go well, and one of the Xian generals Wei Dan was a famous general of Xianguo, although he was not defeated by the Gongliang clan of Zhiguo, but he was not matched by our army. Therefore, if you attack Xian, you will be counterattacked by Wei Dan, and the king must not take the enemy lightly, and must make Wei Dan go out to battle and then gather troops to destroy him, and he must not fight head-on in a dignified array.

Second, although the Xianguo has been weak for a long time, it has suffered from the Zhiguo and the eldest grandson, and its people are very strong, if they do not fight, they will fight until the last soldier, so remember to fight with them for a long time and hurt the Jin country, if it is absolutely undecided, the king can marry the princess of Xihuan and the prince of Xian as the main room, in exchange for the compromise of the Xianguo to the mourning land, and at the same time promise to empty the benefits, in order to calm his heart. ”

Reading through the full text, King Jin sighed with a sigh:

"Uncle Xiangguo is far-sighted, but the ministers in the court and the central government are beyond the reach, and the widow has a negative country, and there is a negative country......"

"The king, the uncle Xiangguo is like a god, and it is a long-term plan to set this plan, at present, the loss of an inch of land in Jiangdong is small, if Princess Xihuan enters the Xianguo, the Xianguo will be set as my Jin country in the future."

King Jin hesitated, thought for a long time and asked:

"Fan Qing thinks this plan can be done?"

"It works." Fan Tao affirmed: "The king can be bounded by Hechi, the west is still owned by the Xian State, and the east is included in the Jin land in the name of dowry." ”

"What if the Xianguo doesn't obey?"

"The strength of the Xian country is declining, I am afraid that it will not be delayed for three months, at this time, my king reconciled with the Xian country with the ceremony of marriage alliance, and promised benefits, and the Xian country will definitely agree to what my king wants."

King Jin has three sons and two daughters under his knees, among which Xihuan princess Ji Feng has been taught by her uncle Kuo since she was a child, and she has been trained by her uncle Kuo. However, the king of Jin valued sons over daughters and valued his three sons more, so the eldest daughter had married far away from Liang to win the canonization of Liang in the name of Liang State, and the second daughter Princess Xihuan was still unsettled in the boudoir.

Gongshu Kuo Xihuan princess into the Xian country, intended to Xihuan princess to clamp the Xian country, when the Xian king returned to heaven, the crown prince ascended the throne, with the law of restraint will abolish the Xian king, and then the entire Xian country into the Jin state.

Of course, if the Xianguo does not obey, or the Jin army has already captured Jiangdong, of course, Uncle Gong's plan will be useless. However, the confrontation between Xian and Jin was protracted, and the national strength of Xian was overwhelmed. There is no rescue army outside the salty country, and there is no food and grass in the country, and there is no chance of victory in a long battle.

At this time, the king of Jin suppressed the Xianguo with military coercion, and the Xianguo could only compromise, not compromise, and what if it was delayed for another three months, the Xianguo could only lose even more miserably, and now it was better to be able to recognize the fait accompli of the Jin State's occupation of the territory of the Xianguo in Jiangdong in the name of "dowry", so as to calm the war.

At the same time that Princess Xihuan entered the Xian Kingdom, the King of Jin promised to force the Xian Kingdom to marry in the name of maintaining the independence of the Xian Kingdom.

But at this time and that time, even if the gods came, it would not be considered that Ji Chang was captured by the Xian army, Fan Tao estimated that it was not enough to convince the Xian State to compromise and accept this marriage with military coercion, so he offered another plan:

"My king, my uncle and prime minister did not expect the third prince to be captured, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to make King Xian succumb to the current situation."

"Then what is Fan Qing's opinion?"

"The chaos in the Xian country is peaceful, if it were not for the pressure of our army, it would be difficult for the power of the King of Xian to be quelled so quickly in a short period of time, if the King of Xian wants to be peaceful for a long time, he still needs a head as a guarantee."

"Who?"

"Fengyang-kun! Fengyang Jun is the culprit of this rebellion, and if he has his head as a guarantee, King Xian will agree to all the conditions of my king. ”

King Jin's face sank and he said:

"The widow raised an army to rebel in the name of Fengyang Jun, and escorted him to Xianguo today, isn't it capricious and rebellious."

"No, if Xianguo is pardoned Fengyangjun, lured him into the tomb, and then killed him, wouldn't this notoriety be borne by King Xian himself."

"How can Fengyang-jun not know that it is a plan." King Jin's face was unhappy, he turned his back and took two sips of the sour plum soup in Bingjian, and then said: "But this plan is very good, but I don't know how to make Fengyang Hou fall into it." ”

"This matter is also simple, if Fengyangjun Jiang He returns to Xianguo, Xianwang Jiang Hai will definitely kill him to calm the civil strife, Fengyangjun naturally knows that it is powerful, so he will not return to China easily. Even if Jiang Hai is said to pardon Fengyangjun, it may not be Fengyangjun's plan.

For the sake of today's plan, the king can lure Fengyang Jun to Duyang City in the name of armistice and repair, and then order the Xian army to capture him, so that he has nothing to do with my king. ”

"But what if the news leaks out?"

"The king can order the Xian army to send a cavalry into our country's mirror and intercept Fengyang Jun on his way back to his fiefdom. is so ignorant, and it does not damage the reputation of the king. ”

The Jin State attacked Xianguo in the name of Fengyangjun, and to stop the war, Fengyangjun, the party who requested to send troops, had to sign the armistice agreement, and if he did not sign, the validity of the armistice agreement was in doubt, so Fengyangjun must rush to Duyang City to sign the armistice agreement.

And Fengyangjun's fiefdom is in Jiangdong East County, not far from the former border of the Jin Kingdom, as long as the Jin army turns a blind eye and takes it away halfway, the King of Jin can be said to know at all.

"Okay, this plan is very good, this plan will be done as soon as possible according to Fan Qing's wishes."

"It's just a matter of Princess Xihuan, and I hope that the princess will take advantage of it, so as not to dislike Her Royal Highness the princess and the king and hurt the friendship between father and daughter."

"The widow has his own claim on this matter, and Fan Qing will handle it quickly without delay."

"No!"

Although Princess Xihuan is talented, she is not as gentle and virtuous as her sister.

Xihuan has been trained by his uncle since he was a child, and he is arrogant and extraordinary, and the king of Jin has several times to recruit horses, but Xihuan has been obedient to the young talents in a few words.

Now that she wants to be the prince of a small country, even if she is the prince, she will not be willing. What's more, Xihuan studied under Gongshu Kuo, of course, he knew the intention of King Jin to let her marry Xianguo, and asked her to marry willingly, I am afraid that it will be difficult for King Jin to do it.

Soon after this plan was decided, the king of Jin summoned the envoys of Xianguo to make peace and gave an ultimatum to Xianguo on the armistice between the two countries. If he did not agree to the marriage, the Jin State would pour out the power of the country and move westward to swallow the Xian State.

The news soon spread back to Xianguo, and Jiang Hai, the king of Xian, was annoyed and inexplicable when he heard that King Jin proposed to repair the marriage. The crown prince is only ten years old, and the king of Jin marries a seventeen-year-old princess of Xihuan, where is this marriage, it is nothing more than a change of means to swallow up the Xianguo.

"No, our army still has the strength to fight, so we will cede Jiangdong East County, and the widow will never agree."

"Your Majesty, our army's food and grass will be used for more than two months at most. Even if the summer grain is put into storage, it is difficult to guarantee the winter grain of the army, and in the long run, our army will definitely be defeated. Moreover, the land of Jiangdong has eight of them, and I only account for two, and most of the spring and summer plowing this year have no harvest. Even if the whole territory of Jiangdong is recaptured, how can hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people continue. ”

"That's not possible, my father handed over the country to the widow without losing an inch of land, and the widow can't lose a penny, otherwise a hundred years later, what face will the widow face the ancestors and ancestors."

Jiang Hai said with an awe-inspiring spirit, and of course Gongsun Yue didn't want to cede the country, he said:

"King, endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open up the sky. At present, our army is extremely exhausted, and the treasury is unable to fight again, even if we win the battle, the Jin army will make a comeback next year, and how will the king deal with it at that time. ”

"That can't lead the wolf into the house, the Jin Kingdom is too deceitful. Ji Wei is obviously repairing for marriage, but he is actually secretly swallowing the Xian country, what are the similarities and differences between this and destroying the country. ”

"The king's words are not right. The prince is still young, the king is in the prime of life, even if Xihuan enters the cabinet, the Jin State has also reached a marriage and blood alliance with me, and if there is a war in the future, the Jin State will lend a hand. ”

"What if the Jin Kingdom sees death and doesn't save it."

"The king can justifiably abolish Xihuan."

"Wouldn't it be in vain to give the land of Jiangdong to the Jin Kingdom, and it won't work!"

"Great King, the minister expects that the Jin Kingdom will definitely lend a helping hand to me, and I will never sit idly by and watch the Xian Kingdom be destroyed."

"How so?"

"Xianguo is located in the four countries of Changsun, Zhiguo, Jin and Sun, and to the north can block Zhiguo from entering the Beihai, and the Jin State will definitely not let Zhiguo swallow up our country and open the exit into Beihai. In the same way, if the eldest grandson and the Sun state want to swallow our country, they must border the Jin state, the Jin state is stronger than the eldest grandson, and the Sun country has a feud with the Zhi country, if the Jin state and the Zhi country reach an alliance, how can the Sun country parry.

At this time, our country fell to the Jin State, and we can rely on the national strength of the Jin State, rectify the internal affairs and strengthen the national strength, and no one among the princes dares to offend me in a short time. ”

"This is the reason, but since ancient times, the diplomatic relations of all countries are profitable, if the Jin Kingdom is not profitable, why send troops to help."

"But if Princess Xihuan is pregnant with an heir, the Jin Kingdom will inevitably come to the rescue."

When King Xian heard the news, his face suddenly sank:

"What are the similarities and differences between giving birth to a child in such a belly and the temple of the self-extinction sect in the ancestors and ancestors!"

"The king, although there is only one prince and concubine, the side concubine and the concubine king can be selected separately, and the mother has been valued by the son since ancient times. Who is the prince, how can Xihuan decide alone. Moreover, Xihuan is seven years older than the prince, and men like the new and hate the old.

The minister knows that the king will definitely not be able to swallow this breath, but for the sake of the long run, the king must not be angry with the Jiangshan Society in this matter. ”

Gongsun Yue's words are not unreasonable, even if Princess Xihuan becomes the crown princess and concubine, there will be side concubines and concubines in the future, no one knows who will conceive the prince first, and the prince is only ten years old, and after the matter of male and female happiness is at least fourteen years old, two beautiful side concubines will be matched in four years, first connected to the seed, and then established as the prince, and the plan of the Jin Kingdom will be in vain.

But how did Gongsun Yue know what a powerful character Princess Xihuan was, if she was really a generalized woman, Gongshu Kuo could not designate Princess Xihuan to enter the Cabinet Xianguo.

King Xian weighed it again and again, and let out a long sigh, and the look of depression and helplessness was undoubted:

"Alas...... That's it, let it be settled. But in the matter of Fengyangjun, Jin Guo must not break his word, and Xiangguo must handle this matter in person, and there must be no negligence. ”

"No. It's just that the Jin State hopes that the king will pardon Fengyang Jun with a clear edict, and then carry out a secret killing. ”

"Humph! He became the king of Jin, but he ended up being a good man. ”

"If not, I'm afraid that Fengyangjun will not give in."

"Then it will be handled by Prime Minister Gongsun Cheng, and the widow will no longer ask."

"No!"

The matter of the armistice between Jin and Xian was decided, and the prime minister Gongsun Yue held the edict of the king of Xian and the seal of the prime minister, and rushed to the front line in the starry night, and the news of the armistice also spread to the Xianjun camp outside Duyang City before Gongsun Yue.