Chapter 15 Wancheng
The last few days of July were unusually hot, and even hotter than the weather was the hearts of the people. Qin sent an envoy to sue for peace! This news was suppressed by the Great Sima Mansion for two days before it was announced, and as soon as it was announced, it spread all over the world. As if the water was boiling into oil, the countries were boiling for a while, and the war was finally coming to an end.
"Father, father......" Liang Wei Palace, Wei Fake hurriedly walked through the road gate with Xunwen, he did not get off the steps, but strode up the steps, while shaking his feet, and the two skins were thrown under the stage by him. When the entourage went to pick it up, he had already climbed the stairs and broke into the Ming Hall.
"Father, father!" Wei Zeng, the king of Wei, was sitting on the Ming Hall, discussing with Xinling Jun Wei Jianwu and Xiangbang Cai Wen whether to symbolically send a Wei army to attack Guanzhong with the Chu army, so that Wei can also be said to be a brother of Chu, not a courtier of Chu. His son broke into the Yan Dynasty without notice, which made him extremely unhappy.
Before he could scold, Wei Jiao raised the message in his hand and said, "Father, the Qin people are asking for peace, and the Qin people are asking for peace!" ”
"Huh?!" Everyone present was stunned, until Wei ran in front of him like a fake wind. "Father, please see, Da Sima Mansion said, Qin sent Gan Mao into Chu to seek peace, and the king of Chu asked envoys from all countries to gather in Wancheng to ......"
Wei Zeng didn't wait for his son to speak, he snatched the message in his hand, read it once, didn't believe it, and read it a second time, until he read it for the third time, he put down the message, and he shouted with joy and sorrow, and said: "The Qin people also have today!" The Qin people also have today! Haha, hahaha......"
Wei Zeng's laughter was like a night owl at night, and it was terrifying to hear. The laughter was still echoing above the Ming Hall, his tone suddenly changed, and he began to cry, and after crying for a while, his expression changed again, and he said viciously: "The Qin people have attacked me the most, and my Wei people have suffered countless deaths and injuries, how can I make peace with the Qin people." I don't! The widow is not allowed! The widow will not allow ......"
Wei Zeng was old, and the huge impact of the Qin people's peace made him crazy in an instant, and when he was still gritting his teeth and saying no, he stumbled under his feet, and the person actually fell backwards.
"Father! Father! At this time, Wei faked panic, and Wei Jianwu and Cai Wen, who were present, were also at a loss, and the shouts of summoning the imperial doctor immediately sounded.
Seeing the temple people carrying Wei Zeng away, Wei Jian, who still couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, said sadly: "How should this be? ”
"May the Great Priest bless me." Cai Wenwen was also overjoyed, but seeing King Wei falling ill excitedly, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. "The Qin people seek peace, but they don't know ...... when the grain is scarce."
"Tell the king, Zhao Guoxiang Bang Pingyang Jun asks to see," came the voice of the confessor outside the bed, and the confessor did not know that the king was sick.
"Please, Pingyang-kun." Wei Jianwei and Cai Wen glanced at each other, and hurriedly summoned Pingyangjun in.
"The king is in a hurry, I don't know ......" Looking at Zhao Heng, the king of Pingyang, in front of him, thinking that this person had cheated the Qin State behind the back of King Zhao and the Empress Dowager Zhao, Wei Jian had a complicated feeling in his heart. Zhao Heng deceived King Zhao, this is a second minister, but everything Zhao Heng did was for Zhao State, and he was the minister of Zhao State, which was beyond reproach.
"It's coming for the Qin people to seek peace." Zhao Heng smiled and took out the Xunwen in his arms. "The Qin people are asking for peace, I don't know what the state of Chu means?"
Zhao Heng looked at Xiangbang Cai Wen. Cai Wen is the Yin of Xia Cai County, and he knows much more about the State of Chu than others. Cai Wen saw Zhao Heng and Wei Jian looking at him, and said with a smile: "As far as I can see, the Chu people should not allow peace, but ......"
"How?" Zhao Heng pressed his eagerness, the urgency in his eyes could not be concealed, and Wei Jian looked at Cai Wen with the same eagerness.
"The king or with Qin Renye." Cai Wen's face showed some helplessness.
What the king likes and hates, he has naturally had some speculation about being a courtier for ten years. All in all, the king does not like to storm cities in the world, and it is enough to restore the old land. He likes places outside the world, Dongzhou, Zhongzhou, Xizhou, Nanzhou ......, in recent years, Chu sea boats have traveled all over the world, and ports have been set up in key places.
This year, he also sealed the warm marquis in Dongzhou (the climate of the landing place in Dongzhou is unusually warm, and the boat officials call it a warm city), Mantis Jun, Dongsha Jun, in addition to these three people, Xiong Sheng, the eldest son of the newly born Wang, also sealed a piece of land: Gorge Island. Gorge Island is the key place where the blue ocean connects with the red ocean, at the southernmost tip of the strait, the earliest is Leshi, and then the port is built;
and the lieutenant general of the boat, Alto Otto, who was not surprised to seal the port of Sangrakha, which he had been ordered to build; Wugouzhi, the son of the former Green Ocean Fleet, was sealed in a place that no one could have imagined: Nanyangdi. The south of the mountain is called yang, and the southernmost part of the continent can also be called yang. Nanyang is the southernmost point of Nanzhou, and it is the only place where the red ocean leads to the green ocean.
Far away in the land of Huawai thousands of miles away from the Chu State (one level lower than the barbarian land), only the Zhou Shi generals will be elated after receiving the title, and it is not uncommon for the Ling Shi generals to do this, they would rather Chu than a county overseas.
In the eyes of the courtiers, it is obvious that the king has no ambition in the world, and as long as Qin can agree to peace, he will definitely agree. For this result, although Cai Wen looked helpless, he did not object to the peace in his heart.
Destroying Qin did not benefit the Chu State at all. The revenge has been avenged, and all the places to be occupied have been occupied, and those places that do not want to be occupied have been given and no one has asked for them, but they have collected more taxes. To go to war for a place you don't want, a fool is capable.
As for the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han, in the eyes of Cai Wen and other old clans, the Jin people are not much better than the Qin people. Could it be that those doctors and ministers and officials of the Qin State are not all Jin people? The Qin people were originally simple, and the Qin people also helped the Chu state recover when the Chu State was in great trouble (without the support of the Jin people, how could the Wu army enter Ying?). )。 The two countries of Chu and Qin originally had a deep friendship, if it wasn't for the Jin people who were changing the law in the Qin State and lobbying in the Chu Palace at the same time, how could Chu Qin become what it is today?
The Qi people and the Chu State have no grudges, the first is that the Qi Heng bull rushed to Fangcheng to threaten (isn't it just for Cai Nu), the wind and the cattle and horses are not compatible, and then the two countries compete for the land of Huaishang. There is nothing to fight for land, there is no big hatred between Chu Qi, and there is no friendship. Even if the State of Chu owes the State of Qi (Nao Ya killed the king), and now the two countries that saved the State of Qi have all been repaid.
Cai Wen's words stimulated Zhao Heng and Wei Jian to worry. What they were most afraid of was that the state of Chu would throw them aside and make peace with the state of Qin, and if this really happened, it would be a tragedy for the two countries.
"So we should go to Wancheng as soon as possible and show the benefits to the King of Chu?" Zhao Heng asked in a tentative tone.
"The Qin people seek peace, which is both true and false, and cannot be fully believed." Cai Wendao. "If the Qin people really seek peace, it may not be a good thing for Kanto."
Cai Wen said what he thought in his heart, and saw Zhao Heng and Wei Jian staring at him. He had no choice but to say again: "In the past ten years, the Qin people have been defeated, and there have been many casualties, but the Qin army can still be destroyed." Although our army has defeated the Qin people in several numbers, the number of soldiers who can fight is gradually decreasing, and if we fight again, what will happen if we are defeated? ”
"The Chu army must win every battle, how can it be defeated?" Wei Jianwei disagreed with Cai Wen's view.
"In the battle of Xiangbei, the Chu army was defeated." Cai Wen stroked his beard and said. This was the only battle in which the Chu army was close to defeat in the past ten years, and if it were not for the rapid reinforcement of the follow-up divisions and brigades, the Chu army would have been defeated.
"The battle of Xiangbei is ......, yes," Wei Jian thought about it, but it was hard to say.
There are two views on the battle of Xiangbei in various countries: one is that the Qin cavalry is terrifying, and after the 40,000 cavalry slammed into the formation, the array of fifteen people in depth could not resist it at all; Another view is that the king of Chu had made a mistake in command, and that he should not rush to pursue Li Xin, but should wait for all the divisions and brigades to complete the battle before pursuing Li Xin.
"If our army is defeated, the country will not exist, and it will be extinct, do you really want to do so?" Cai Wen no longer looked at Wei Jian worried, but at Zhao Heng. Wei Guosheji is still there, but Zhao is different. The Zhao people, who had nothing, were definitely unwilling to negotiate peace, and only by destroying the Qin State could they return to the Zhao State, so he proposed the extinction. The sacrifice of Zhao has not been broken, and if the coalition army is defeated, it will be extinct.
"Please teach me, what should I do?" Zhao Heng still didn't quite understand what Cai Wen meant.
"The king summoned all countries to send envoys to Wancheng, why don't you go to Wancheng and ask?" It was impossible to persuade the Zhao people to give up the restoration of the country, and Cai Wen could only throw the matter to Yingdu. After returning home, after some thought, he hastily wrote a message, not through the flight, but after nightfall, he let a pigeon fly.
Shangluo is not far from Wancheng, and military supplies are being transported on Danshui, so Xiong Jing went to Wancheng by car. While he was still on the way, the news from all over the world filled the Great Sima Mansion.
There are three kinds of opinions, one of which is naturally discord. The Chu army's offensive had already begun, and the reason why it did not attack was because it was inconvenient to sail on the Hanshui Pure Beach in summer. In order to attack Guanzhong, the military resources of the 200,000 troops are too much, and although they have been transporting military materials since last year, they need grain, baggage, cement, and river sand...... It's not shipped yet.
Once the transportation of materials is completed, the Qin State will not die if it enters Guanzhong, so why bother to negotiate peace with the Qin State? As for the defeat, how could the Chu army have been defeated in the past ten years? The defeat was groundless and nonsense.
The second is Cai Wen's mind, agreeing to the alliance. In the Battle of Xiangbei, the Chu army suffered many casualties. In addition to the casualties, it also showed that the Qin army had the strength to defeat the Chu army. If the war is defeated again, including the Chu State, the Kwantung States will be doomed. Time is on the side of the Chu State, why rush to destroy the Qin State for a while and let the Jin people become bigger?
The last one cannot be said to be war or peace, but it can be summed up as slowdown. Slow means to wait and see, before the Qin envoy did not put forward the conditions for peace talks. If the conditions are favorable, harmony may not be impossible; If the conditions are unfavorable, then go ahead with the plan.
From Shangluo to Wancheng, Xiong Jing received news along the way. Zhuang Wudi helped him sort it out, and the most fierce opposition was Xunwen from the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Qi and Wei. The Ba people and the Yue people are willing to make peace, they have already obtained the land they want, and the Qin State asks for peace, which is a great thing; The Qiang people were silent, and they didn't know about it for the time being.
Except for outsiders, only the Chu people are concerned, and the main ones who agree to the alliance are the Mi surnames and non-Mixuan clans of Jiuying, Huaixi, and Huainan, and the people who do not agree to the alliance are Lu and Song. Including Taifu Kong Qian, the scholars all thought that Qin was tyrannical, and if the Chu State wanted to rule the world, it would destroy the Qin State.
Xiong Jing didn't look at all the Xunwen in person, but asked Zhuang Wudi to sort it out first. He hurried three times a day, and when he arrived in Wancheng, even the Qi envoy Tian He arrived.
"To the king, please see the envoys of the four kingdoms." Outside the county guard's mansion, the envoys were waiting to be summoned.
"Not today." Xiong Jing had just finished bathing, and he didn't want to refuse the confessor in one gulp. "Summoning cunning and don't mess with me."
"Yui." The messenger agreed, and the summons was quickly transmitted.
"How is the grain of the Qin people?" There was a bowl of noodles on several tables, and Xiong Jing asked while eating.
"This year, the army can eat until the corn is harvested, but the common people have no food, although the road is gone, the starvation is full." Don't talk to me. "If there is another war next year, the war between the army and the people will intensify, and there will be great chaos in the country; If there is another war in the following year, there will be no one to cultivate the fields, and there will be no food in the army. ”
Zhibisi's judgment is roughly the same as that of the right prime minister Wang Juan, and he is not confused by the superficial illusion.
"Ahem! cough cough ......" Xiong Jing, who was eating noodles, suddenly choked, and he remembered a certain movie, where wild dogs gnawed on corpses, and there was an endless stream of fleeing people. This is not brutal, or not the most brutal, the real brutality is that there is no escape like the Qin State.
"Pull it down!" Xiong Jing couldn't eat anymore, so he asked Xiang Nao, "What does Nao Qing think?" ”
"I think it's irreconcilable." Nao is cunning and straightforward. "This may be a plan for the Qin people to divide the world, and the countries are not willing to make peace."
"The nations?" Xiong Jing is so good that he has a good time. "The affairs of the countries will be discussed with the envoys of the countries, and the widows will only ask the Chu State."
"As far as the state of Chu is concerned, it can be peaceful." Nao replied slyly, and then he quickly said: "However, the army is about to attack, but I have made peace with the Qin people, and the generals will definitely be confused......
"What's the confusion?" Xiong Jing asked.
"The minister......" Nao is cunning and lives in Yingdu, and he doesn't know what doubts the generals have. Chu Qin Mi soldiers, it is a good thing for the generals. "Dare to ask the king, how to make peace with the Qin people? I am in peace with the Qin people, and the other countries, the Ba people, the Yue people, and the Qiang people, are they willing to make peace? ”
When it came to the Qiang people, Nao Wei read the accent, Xiong Jing understood what he meant, and did not speak with a smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Nao and said, "First of all, it is the matter of my Chu country, and then it is the matter of all countries and tribes. First send a message to the ministers of the Zheng Dynasty, express their intentions first whether it is peace or war, and then consult the envoys of various countries, if you want to make peace with the Qin people, what should you do? ”
The state of Chu was the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, and peace talks were of course the priority of the opinion of the state of Chu. Xiong Jing did not express his attitude, but his words all revealed the meaning of wishing for peace. Nao slyly sighed and persuaded: "This month's king dialect, 'Only brothers with one heart and one heart can win Qin and survive'. Now it is allied with the Qin people, and if it does so, the countries will be resentful, and the armies will be chaotic. ”
"War is for survival; And, also for survival, how can the widow be Miao?! Staring at Nao, Xiong Jing was faintly angry.
"But where do the two countries of Zhao and Qi exist?" Nao is not afraid of Xiongjing's anger, but fights with reason. "If Zhao does not return to the country, he will not want to make peace, and Qi will not be able to make peace, and he will not want to make peace. If I am with Qin and people, he will resent me; If Qin is peaceful and has no faith, and then fights with me, how can I attack Guanzhong with the strength of my Chu State? ”
"There is no grain in the Qin State, why do you need to enter the customs? Carefully guard Nanzheng, Shangyu, Fangcheng, Daliang and other places, and wait for the next year, the Qin army will collapse itself. Xiong Jing said angrily.
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