Xiong Tuo...... I'm still as bold as ever. ”

That night, in Concubine Shen Shu's Ningxiang Palace, after Wei Tianzi, Shen Shufei, Zhao Hongrun, and Zhao Hongxuan's family of four had dinner in the palace, Zhao Hongrun invited Wei Tianzi to come to the side hall alone and told his father about Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng.

And when Wei Tianzi heard that Xiong Tuo was in the royal capital of their Great Wei at the moment, and was still living in the post house in a grand manner, Wei Tianzi showed a little strange smile on his face.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's face showed a little puzzled, and he asked curiously: "Father has seen Xiong Tuo?" ”

As soon as this sentence was asked, he secretly said that he was stupid, you must know that his father and emperor were more than ten years ago, but together with the Emperor Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, they joined forces to destroy the Song Kingdom.

Sure enough, Wei Tianzi stroked his beard and recalled: "More than ten years ago, probably at the end of the fifth year of Hongde, Xiong Tuo came to Daliang to visit me. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Hongrun listened with interest.

"At that time, Xiong Tuo should have just been awarded the title of Emperor of Xuancheng......" Wei Tianzi held the teacup and muttered: "At that time, I didn't know who this son was, and before that, I had only dealt with Runanjun of Chu State. ”

"Runanjun Xiong Hao?" Zhao Hongrun interjected.

Wei Tianzi glanced at his son with a slightly surprised gaze, and said with a smile: "I went to Chu State, and I know a lot of things." …… Did you learn from the mouths of the three women from the Chu Kingdom beside you? ”

Seeing Wei Tianzi's narrow gaze, Zhao Hongrun frowned, and reminded dissatisfiedly: "Father! ”

"Good, good." Wei Tianzi smiled and waved his hand, and immediately restrained the ridiculous smile on his face, and said, "At that time, Xiong Tuo was only in his early twenties, young and vigorous. As soon as he saw my face, he said that he wanted to divide the Song Kingdom with me...... At that time, the Song State was at odds with the Wei State, and repeatedly sent troops to invade the Wei State. At that time, Wei Guo assisted our Great Wei to resist the pressure from North Korea, and most of the country's troops were in the north. Therefore, King Wei then asked for help from our Great Wei. ”

"Then my father was furious, so he simply united with Xiong Tuo to attack and destroy the Song Kingdom?" Zhao Hongrun asked with relief.

Of course, he knew the relationship between Wei and Wei, just as Lu was the younger brother of Qi, Wei was also a solid ally of Great Wei, joining forces to fight against Korea, a powerful country in the north, and Song provoking Wei was no different from provoking them Great Wei.

"At first, I just wanted to teach Song Guo a lesson." Wei Tianzi stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "You also know that behind the Song State is the Qi State. The alliance of the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu and Song is unbreakable, and I do not want to provoke the Qi state. ”

Zhao Hongrun was puzzled when he heard it, and asked in surprise: "Did anything happen later?" ”

Wei Tianzi nodded, and said with a wry smile: "Xiong Tuo's army, the attack is too fierce, more than 200,000 troops are pressing, and the Song Kingdom is defeated and retreating, and I won't hide it from you." At that time, the army of my Great Wei was almost just sitting on the sidelines...... But this time. The change you said happened, Nangong, the general of the Song State, couldn't resist Xiong Tuo's army, and surrendered to my Great Wei. ”

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, vaguely guessing something.

Obviously, Wei Tianzi also noticed his son's expression that seemed to be enlightened. He smiled wryly: "You should understand what a temptation that is. …… As you thought in your heart, I used the excuse that the logistics grain and grass could not be transported, and at a critical time, I cut off the grain and grass to support Xiong Tuo's army. ”

"What did Father do exactly?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.

"It's simple. In the early stage, Xiong Tuo's army rations were paid free of charge, and when he attacked the capital of the Song Dynasty, the grain and grass were cut off. ”

"No wonder Xiong Tuo wants to swallow you."

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wei Tianzi with a strange expression.

It's no wonder, after all, this incident is really unkind to his father, and it is obvious that it is Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, who has made contributions, but Wei Tianzi is greedy in his heart because of the surrender of Nangong, the general of the Song State, and tries to annex the entire Song State.

This kind of thing, not to mention that Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, can't accept it, even if Zhao Hongrun sits in Xiong Tuo's position at that time, I'm afraid he will inevitably hate this Wei Tianzi to grit his teeth.

But then again, it's not kind to be unkind, but Zhao Hongrun doesn't think there's anything wrong with his father's approach, after all, no matter what the relationship between Xiong Tuo and Wei was at that time, but in the final analysis, Chu is a potential enemy of their Wei after all, unless Chu is willing to become a vassal state of their Wei like Wei Guo, otherwise, when there is a chance to pit him, of course, he will be pitted.

If it were Zhao Hongrun, he would do the same.

After all, if the state of Chu became stronger and stronger, their state of Wei would sooner or later become the next state of Song.

"At that time, Xiong Tuo's attack on the Song State should have been after the death of his uncle Runanjun Xiong Hao, and he couldn't wait to establish meritorious deeds to expand his momentum in the Chu State, so that he could become the king of Chu in the future, and continue the unpaid legacy of his uncle Runanjun Xiong Hao, but he didn't expect to be pitted by his father......

Zhao Hongrun nodded, and finally understood why in the past ten years, Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, together with Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu, Xiong Qi, Xiong Qi, and other Xiong nobles in western Chuxi, frequently attacked their Fencheng Sai of the Great Wei, and it was really a battle to destroy the Song State, and Wei Tianzi made him miserable.

Perhaps thinking that his son's eyes were a little strange, Wei Tianzi coughed and diverted the topic: "Did he sneak into my beam to meet you?" When did you have that friendship with him? As far as I know, when you were in the Yanshui camp, you still wanted to cut Xiong Tuo with a thousand knives. ”

"Isn't that a change in the situation?" Zhao Hongrun didn't dare to say that he had fallen for Jiang Qinggu, and said vaguely: "As far as Erchen knows, among the sons of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, Xiong Tuo and Xiong Sheng, the king of Liyang, are quite talented, and it is undeniable that they will be the candidates for the next king of Chu, and it is commendable that Xiong Tuo and Xiong Sheng have always been incompatible......

"Is it like the crown prince and King Yong?" Wei Tianzi laughed at himself with emotion.

Zhao Hongrun noticed the inexplicable sadness in his father's eyes, but he was not interested in interfering in the matter between the crown prince and King Yong, and said to himself: "It's even worse than that." …… Therefore, if it is operated properly, it may be able to plunge the Chu State into civil strife and be difficult to extricate itself. ”

"You want to secretly support Xiong Tuo?" Wei Tianzi obviously heard something.

"Exactly." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and said unabashedly: "Although it sounds very ironic, he actually wants to secretly support the enemy a while ago, but Erchen thinks that he will sit back and watch Xiong Tuo lose power." So much so that Xiong Sheng, the monarch of Liyang, became the next king of Chu, so it was better to pull Xiong Tuo and ask the two groups of Xiong nobles in Chuxi and Chu Dong to kill each other in order to support their respective loyal princes. ”

"Is it a plan for two tigers to compete for food?" Wei Tianzi pondered for a moment when he heard this, frowned and asked, "What does Xiong Tuo want?" ”

"A large number of armaments and grain and grass!"

Wei Tianzi frowned when he heard this, and glanced at Zhao Hongrun suspiciously.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun knew that his father might have doubts in his heart. Then he whispered: "He is going to seek the country of Pakistan." ”

"Pakistan?" Wei Tianzi's eyes flashed when he heard this, his fingers tapped on the table, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun asked suspiciously: "Does Ba have any friendship with my Great Wei?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi glanced at Zhao Hongrun, and admonished in an inexplicable tone: "You are a member of the Ji clan, how can you forget the hatred of Fang Ling?!" ”

"Huh? What's inexplicable?'

Zhao Hongrun looked at Wei Tianzi in confusion.

Seeing this, Wei Tianzi sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "That's it!" It seems that your generation, where do you still remember the hatred of our Wei people at the beginning. "Say it. Wei Tianzi brushed it and asked, "What does Xiong Tuo want to get, which part of Guizhou, Ba, and Shu is it?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was even more confused.

Looking at his son's stunned appearance, Wei Tian shook his head speechlessly, and then said with a straight face: "In short, whether Xiong Tuo plans to set off a war within the Chu State, or seek to the west to take Badi. As long as it doesn't harm my Great Wei, I can acquiesce to this matter. ”

"It seems that the relationship between Pakistan and my Great Wei is not very good......

muttered in his heart. Zhao Hongrun asked tentatively: "However, Xiong Tuo wants the armament of the sixth battalion of the garrison. ”

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi was stunned for a moment, holding the teacup and pondering there.

After a long time, he asked in a solemn tone: "Can you guarantee that after Xiong Tuo took that batch of armaments." Won't you turn around and continue to attack my Great Wei? ”

Recalling Xiong Tuo's kind and doting appearance to the two sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said, "Erchen doesn't dare to guarantee it. Erchen just thinks that this possibility is very low. …… Erchen didn't mean to boast, but Erchen did lead the army to conquer most of Xiong Tuo's fiefdoms. There are only three cities left, not surprisingly, at present, the Chu people in the western part of Chu regard our Wei people as if they were fierce beasts, even if Xiong Tuo is treacherous, the newly established army under his command may not have any morale at all when facing the sergeants of my Great Wei. …… Moreover, Erchen set up three new armies in Yingshui North County, namely the Zhaoling Army, the Yanshui Army, and the Shangshui Army, with a total of 70,000 or 80,000 people, if you add the army under the command of General Xu Yin of Fen Sai, my Great Wei is now on the border of Wei and Chu, with nearly 100,000 troops stationed, if Xiong Tuo is not stupid, he will never try to bite off a piece of meat from my Great Wei. What's more, the full armament of 80,000 people alone is not enough to make up for Xiong Tuo's previous losses, he should understand that at present, only with the secret support of my Great Wei, can he be qualified to compete with Liyang Jun for the position of King of Chu. ”

"Hmm." Hearing Zhao Hongrun's clear analysis, Wei Tianzi nodded convincingly: "Okay!" In that case, do what you want. Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "But Hongrun, you must know that my Great Wei is about to form an alliance with the Qi State...... In other words, I'm never going to admit it in public, you know? ”

Zhao Hongrun understood when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Father don't worry. ”

I have to say that with Wei Tianzi's approval, Zhao Hongrun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Because as Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, hinted at, as long as it was privately authorized by Wei Tianzi, it was not a private transaction.

But even so, there are certain problems.

After all, at present, Great Wei has made a three-nation alliance with Qi to join forces to fight against Chu State, and at this time, if Qi Wangxi learns that their Great Wei actually sold military equipment to Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, then the alliance that Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao finally facilitated will obviously be in vain.

And at present, Dawei needs this alliance.

Therefore, even if Wei Tianzi agrees in his heart, it is impossible to declare his support for this matter, and he can only rely on Zhao Hongrun himself to operate.

From the hands of the military department, the armament replaced by the sixth battalion of the garrison was taken into his hand and smuggled to Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

And once this matter is exposed, Zhao Hongrun may become a sinner who sabotaged the alliance of the three kingdoms of "Qilu Wei". (To be continued.) )