Chapter Forty-Eight: The Crane

Like Yingdu, all the people inside and outside Xixian County are calling, and the time is earlier than Yingdu, but Yingdu has plenty of wine and meat, and Xixian County, the logistics general base, has all been sent to the whole line in addition to wine. 270,000 troops and 30,000 to 40,000 transport troops all rely on the supply of Xi County, but fortunately, Xi County is on the bank of Huaishui, only a few dozen miles away from the front line, so the supply is unimpeded.

If there is no meat, then only wine can be served. More than 1,000 households in the city, countless Lifu and sailors outside the city are all drinking and celebrating, but in the county Yin Mansion, there is no joy in the drumming, but a little more dignified.

"Your Excellency thinks that this is not the blessing of my Chu country?" After listening to Yang Wenjun's words, the county prince of Xixian County asked eagerly while worrying. The Chu army did win, and Zhao did send troops, but as a county yin, he had to think about the future, not the past. After the great victory in this battle, the new monarch of Chu will officially ascend the throne next year, and how the political situation will change is indeed an extremely important issue. Therefore, thinking of the age of the king, he couldn't help but say: "However, the king is young, and the crowning needs to be ...... more than ten years later."

"It is precisely because the king is young, most of his eldest masters are Zhao people, and the queen is also a Zhao woman, so we have such worries." Yang Wenjun is high-crowned and broad, and he sits and talks eloquently. He has been in Xixian County, but he did not wait for the news of the defeat at the front, but the news of the victory, half joy and half sorrow. "Does Cheng Gong know why Zhao sent troops at this time?"

"Zhao Guo...... "Cheng Jie is the county Yin of Xixian County, and his vision and connections are limited to Chu State and Huaishui, so he naturally doesn't know about Zhao State." Isn't it rumored that Dafu Guanzi went to Zhao to say that King Zhao sent troops? ”

"Exactly. Guanzi is a Zhao person, and he is also the master of my Chu State, so he invited himself to Zhao and asked King Zhao to send troops. Yang Wenjun was scooping wine from the wine rope, "However, Chenggong can know that the crown has been in Zhao for a long time, and King Zhao has not sent troops before, why did he send troops at this time?" ”

"Why?" Chengsuke also heard that the problem was coming, and it had indeed been a while since Guanzi entered Zhao.

The wine is scooped out of the wine rope and into the wine jue, and the charcoal fire is lit under the wine, and the wine can only be drunk when it is warm. Yang Wenjun was slow to be reasonable, and he waited for the wine to warm up for a while before saying, "No why, it's just because Wen Xinhou has gone to work." ”

"Wenxinhou ......" Chengjie was so shocked that he showed his back molars, and he opened his mouth a few times before saying: "Wenxinhou has left his post?" ”

"Exactly." Yang Wenjun nodded deeply, "Wenxin Hou left his post more than ten days ago. Previously, Zhao Ji, the queen of Qin, was expelled from Xianyang by the king of Qin and imprisoned in Yongcheng. There have been more than a dozen doctors who are not afraid of death, and they have all died. More than 20 years ago, Marquis Wenxin gave Zhao Ji to King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, and said that King Xiang of Zhuang was the queen of filial piety, and took him as his heir. King Xiang of Qin Zhuang ascended the throne, and Zhao Xiaocheng was allowed to become the king, and Zhao Ji and the current Qin king Fang left Zhao and entered Qin. Except for the second year of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang who attacked Zhao and took 37 cities such as Yuci and Wolf Meng, and three years ago he took three small cities of Zhao Guolong, Gu and Qingdu, Qin did not attack Zhao in the rest of the year.

Qin does not attack Zhao, and Zhao does not attack Qin. The combination of Xinling Jun is the reason why Qin seized the thirty-seven cities of Zhao; Four years ago, Pang Nuan went out of the school without success. I have heard that the Marquis of Wenxin had already known the strategy of the coalition army, and when the coalition army crossed the river to Yu, the Qin court was shocked. Sure enough, the coalition forces did not pull out. Chun Shenjun's retreat was because he knew the secret of Qin and Zhao and didn't want to make my Chu soldiers die in vain. I pity my old general Jingyang, who hanged himself because of the anger of the first king. ”

"Ahh Qin and Zhao are two countries, but they are two or five couples? ! Seisuke was surprised again. Erwu coupling is the language of the three Jin Dynasty, coupling has the meaning of combination, which means that the two are united, which actually refers to the concubine Li Ji of Jin Xiangong, and colluded with Liang Wu and Dongguan Wu, who were favored by Xiangong, to seize the throne for their son. Four years ago, the Chu army worked hard and retreated without a fight, not only criticized by the country, but also the whole country was raging, forcing Da Mo Ao Jingyang to hang himself. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be so secretive.

"Exactly." Yang Wenjun flicked his sleeves and sighed. "Did Cheng Gong ever remember the territory of the Three Jin Dynasty fifteen years ago? If we compare the territory of the Three Jin Dynasty fifteen years ago with today, we can know that among the Three Jin Dynasty, Zhao State only lost the land of Jinyang, but Jinyang was west of the mountain, and there was no Korean party to protect it after Changping, and it was lost sooner or later. In the past fifteen years, only Han and Wei have lost the most land, and the land of Hebei has been returned to Qin, and only the land of Henan exists.

How so? After Changping and Handan, Zhao was unable to compete with Qin anymore, and would rather attack Han and swallow Wei than make his own country lose. Between Zhao Ji and Zhao Xiaocheng, between Wenxin Hou and Zhao Wangyan, there are unspeakable secrets.

At this time, Zhao Ji was imprisoned in Yongcheng, Marquis Wenxin went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Zhao and Qin had no possibility of coupling. Zhao Guo is in danger! Zhao State is in danger, and I know that Wen Xinhou is going to work, my Chu prince Changping Jun is Xiangbang, Qin State should withdraw from my Chu State, and he will send troops to save him, if he doesn't save him, who will save Zhao in the future? Now that my king takes the Zhao people as his Fu and the son of the Zhao Nu, how can my Chu State not be burdened by the Zhao people? ”

The more the words reached the key point, Yang Wenjun's tone was high, and the isolated events were so connected by him, and they were clearly organized and interlocked. After hearing this, Cheng Suke, who had a good impression of Zhao Guo, gradually felt that Zhao Guo was hateful and hateful.

"In the land of the Three Jins, there are many treacherous and rebellious. Divide the country by people and ministers, there has long been no benevolence, righteousness and morality, and its people are mercenary in all things, which is like my Chu people, faithful, righteous and loyal. Today's Zhao State, if you want to say that our Chu State is its ally, if Qin attacks Zhao, or sends troops, or attacks Qin, it will be difficult for Qin to take care of the end. If Qin Kenuo Zhao never attacked, Zhao Bi would be like before, ignoring the survival of our Chu State......"

"What do you think, what should I do in the Chu country?" Seisuke's heart shook when he listened, and he couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

"No, no, no. Cheng Gong should ask, should I be pro-Qin or pro-Zhao in Chu State? "Yang Wenjun's words are concise and concise." Pro-Qin, Qin doesn't kill me, before such a war, Chu and Qin were at peace for decades, and there was nothing to do on the side; Pro-Zhao, with the national strength of the Qin State, 300,000 people can invade the border every year, Xixian County will always be the place where the army is transported, Chenggong will work day and night, and the common people will not rest. ”

As soon as he said that Xixian would always be the place where the army was transported, Chengsuke's face sank. Fighting a war is not a business, and the grain, straw, and weapons in each county are transported and stored at the expense of Xixian County, and it is just a few months like now, and it will be like this every year in the future, who can stand it.

"However, Qin has the heart to destroy the six countries and go down in one day, and pro-Zhao should be a long-term strategy; Pro-Qin is only a policy for decades. Yang Wenjun began to say the opposite. In order to convince others, it is not enough to just say good things, but always mention some bad points.

"Decades from now, who knows." Sure enough, thinking that pro-Qin was a matter of the next few decades, pro-Zhao was suddenly thrown out of the clouds by Chengjie. In fact, after the battle of Chusha turned from strong to weak, the relationship between Chu and Qin has always been like this, and Qin was unprepared to be ruthless, and after seizing many cities and lands in Chu, he made friends with Chu for decades to stabilize the south and attack the Three Jins; After the Three Jin Dynasty was defeated, seeing that the Chu State had no defense against itself, he was ruthless again, and then made a good alliance with each other, the purpose was still to stabilize the south and attack the Three Jin.

The state of Qin against the state of Chu has always been swallowed by whales, and for the three Jins, it is encroachment. In addition to the vast territory of the Chu State and the difficulty in gathering soldiers, another reason is that 'the city is not repaired and there is no garrison', and the people 'fight their own land and take care of their homes'.

"The city is not repaired, and there is no garrison" will naturally forget the war will be dangerous, but the people "fight their own land, take care of their homes", but the Qin State annexed the Chu land and could not fully implement the Qin law 'the people have more than two men and no differences, double their endowment', this is the Qin law, but in the Chu land occupied by the Qin State for 54 years, after more than 2,000 years of careful reading of the Chu people's books, there are actually three brothers in the family, "heart", "Heifu", and "surprise", and the property is shared, which shows that the family of the three generations is still tenacious under the Qin law.

Cheng Jie naturally couldn't worry about how the Chu people lived under the occupation of the Qin State, what he knew was that after the first monarch poured Xiang Wang to seize the fifteen provinces on the riverside, he still allied with the Qin State and married the Qin woman as the queen; The first king ascended the throne, and he was also Nazhou to Qin, groveling to Qin, but the new king who succeeded his father and son ......, Cheng Jie couldn't help but shudder, Yang Wenjun didn't know that he was there, and asked, "Is Cheng Gong cold?" ”

"Chilling." Cheng Jie concealed his careful thoughts, and he asked instead: "Do you think that the king should be pro-Qin or pro-Zhao?" ”

Cheng Jie's prevarication was a clueless question, but fortunately, he turned his mouth and asked: "If the prince Zhao is evil, what should I do?" ”

"Then it depends on who is the commander of my Chu State." Yang Wenjun smiled and remained silent.

"Oh," Ling Yin's position is very strange, it has not yet been decided, and only Da Sima Nao is temporarily acting for state affairs. As a rule, when the king ascends the throne, he should elect Ling Yin, even if it is too late in wartime, he should discuss with the ministers, but so far I have not heard of the court discussing the selection of Ling Yin. Yang Wenjun's impassivity was too obvious, Cheng Jie couldn't help but wake up a little, he smiled and said: "If the king appoints Ling Yin is also pro-Zhao, what should I do?" ”

"What else?" Yang Wenjun looked at Cheng Jie, "If the new order Yin wants to send troops to Zhao, will Cheng Gong do it?" ”

"This ......" Cheng Jie originally wanted Yang Wenjun to talk about countermeasures, but he didn't want him to throw the problem back with a hypothesis, so he could only excuse himself again and said, "How about other counties?" How is Gong Chen?? ”

Chen County is a big county, Chu is the richest and most populous, and the county prince Chen Jian and Yang Wenjun are also good friends, and Yang Wenjun does not think about it: "If Zhao State is in danger of losing the country, Han Wei and other countries will also be saved, Chen Gong will naturally not be left behind." But if my Chu country sends troops, why should I save it? Wang Shu and Yingshi will save it, why should the people of Chen County and Xi County be saved? And only I, the Chu State, saved Zhao, and the Qin State will hate me, and this act of igniting the fire is absolutely impossible. ”

"What if the king insists on sending troops to the rescue?" Seisuke asked as he nodded.

"If the king insists on sending troops...... Yang Wenjun laughed and said, "You can make the crane." ”

“…… Hahahaha. Seisuke was stunned and burst out laughing. The words of the crane originated from Wei Yigong, the monarch of the country, Wei Yigong is a good crane, and the treatment of the crane is comparable to that of a doctor. Rong Di is coming, and he is about to fight, and the sergeants and soldiers of the country all say: 'Let the crane go!' The crane has a knighthood and a fortune, how can I wait for the fart to fight?! Then the ministers also said, 'The king likes the crane so much, let the crane fight, and he will win.' Wei Yigong did not listen, forced his soldiers, and the army collapsed and died.