Chapter 62: Rescue
"King Jing led his army... ...... besieged the city" Mi Shan touched his heart when he heard this, and the most worrying thing still came. His face turned white at first, then red, and finally a little purple, and the servant who was waiting on the side hurriedly helped him to sit down with excitement, and went to bring him a bowl of willow bark juice to drink, and finally patted him on the back, and it took a while to ease up.
"Why did King Jing encircle Shaxian?" Mi Shan took a few breaths of relief and opened his mouth to ask.
"The news has not been explicitly stated, and we still need to wait for the report." The county lieutenant Zuo Fu handed the flying message he had just received to Mi Shan. After all, it is a copycat technology, Qin Jun's code is very simple, almost equal to the flag language of later generations, not a posture corresponds to a number, four numbers are synthesized into a Chu character, but a posture corresponds to a fixed sentence, Zuo Fu is talking about his interpretation of Xunwen.
"Why did King Jing want to attack Sha Xian..."Mi Shan was still thinking about this question, he always felt that things were not so simple.
"In the county government, the minister thought that King Jing attacked Shaxian, just because King Jinglie Nazhou was in the past." Qin County has a county guard, a county lieutenant, a county supervisor, and a county history that has just resigned from the county. There is also a county under the county guard, and it is the county officer Fan Kuan who speaks. With his meticulousness, he can roughly deduce the logic of things.
"Nazhou?" Mi Shan finally remembered this matter, and the more he thought about it, the more right he became, and said loudly: "That's true." Last month, King Jing crossed Shaxian along the river, and this month he attacked Shaxian, because he knew that King Lie was angry about what happened to Nazhou back then. ”
"King Jing led the army to attack Shaxian, how does the county government think it should respond?" King Jing's motives don't matter to the county lieutenant, as the county lieutenant, he is only responsible for the safety of the territory. If Sha Xian is pulled out by King Jing, Nanjun will have one less county from now on, and he will be guilty.
"Sha Xian is in the south of the river, and King Jing has a boat master under his jurisdiction, how can he save it? Why war? Mishan, who had put down a stone in his heart, asked.
"This ......," Zuo said dumbly. In the first battle of the Great Liang in that year, the Jing State Boat Division was invincible, and even the building boat was broken by them, although there was a boat division in Nanjun, but the Nanjun Water Division was by no means the opponent of Jing Guo's boat division, especially the boat division led by King Jing.
"Quickly put the whole county on alert, and strictly investigate the reverse brigade." The county lieutenant is not a subordinate of the county guard, and like the county supervisor, he only cooperates with the county guard. After saying his suggestion, Mi Shan said: "This matter should be reported to Xianyang as soon as possible, and the king should be decided." ”
Mi Shan is the younger brother of Xincheng Jun Mi Chang, the peer of the Empress Dowager Huayang, and the appointment of him as the county guard of Nanjun is the meaning of Mi Thorn. From Bai Qi Baying (278 BC) to Zhao Zheng and Qin Zheng (238 BC), the Qin army fought 43 foreign wars in 40 years. After Mi Shan took charge of Nanjun, Nanjun has always refused to recruit commoners or recruited less commoners on the grounds that the new Qianshou had not completely surrendered.
However, outside of the common people, because they were nobles surnamed Mi, Mi Shan thoroughly purged the remnants of the Chu nobles in Nanjun, so that Nanjun could no longer form a rebellion, which is also the reason why Xianyang has no objection to his leadership of Nanjun. After Zhao Zheng became pro-government, he also did not change the county guard of Nanjun, although according to the steps of countyization, Mi Shan had been in charge of Nanjie for a long time.
Xianyang Qutai Palace, holding the Nanjun emergency report sent by the fast horse and the spy report sent by the National Governor's Mansion in his hand, Zhao Zheng stared at Xiong Qi and Wei Yi under the case for a long time, "Mishan said that King Jing was envious because of his father, is it true?" ”
Xiong Qi and Wei Yi looked at each other, and Wei Yi smiled and asked him to speak first. Xiong Qiyi said: "The minister thinks so." Last month, King Jing passed Shaxian, or remembered his father's Nazhou in my Daqin, so he attacked Shaxian. The minister asked the king to send an army to rescue him quickly, although he could not save it, he should also be deterred, so that the king of Jing would not dare to invade the north of the river. ”
"Tell the king, Chu Qi is evil, and the whole country is angry. The minister thought that King Jing attacked Shaxian, but he avoided it and did not cut down Qi. "Wei Yi has more information than Xiong Qi, and he finally spent 100,000 gold to get Qi Xiang Housheng to agree to provoke the battle of Qi and Chu, and he will never let this money go down the drain.
"Do you think you won't save Sha Xian?" Zhao Zheng heard the meaning of the two courtiers.
"The minister thinks that he should save Nanjun, but if he doesn't save it, King Jing will pull out Shaxian, or attack Yunmeng Jingzhou." Xiong Qiyi said.
"Great King, the minister thinks that King Jing's move is to induce me to fight with him, if Qin Chu fights, Qi Chu may ally again, and Shaxian and Nanjun should not be saved." Wei Yi was a little suspicious of Xiong Qi before, but many things proved that Xiong Qi had no heart to help the Chu people, which made him doubt a lot.
"If you don't save it, what if King Jing wins the victory and then cut down the cloud dream?" Xiong Qi asked urgently.
"King Jing only led the Yingshi, and the Yingshi was only 50,000, how could he attack Yunmeng?" Wei Yi said that Xiong Qi did not know the troop information, but because of the serious losses of the Hou spy of the Chu State and the lack of understanding of the new military system of the Chu army, the inference of the strength of the Ying division was still inferred a few years ago.
"How can the national lieutenant know that there are only 50,000 people under the command of King Jing?" Xiong Qi asked rhetorically. "Even if King Jing only has 50,000 people at this time, if he pulls out the sand and envy, can't he summon the county officials again? The king, the minister thought that this matter was related to the safety of Nanjun, and in order to be cautious, he should send 300,000 soldiers to Yunmeng in Nanjun as soon as possible, so as to curb King Jing's heart. ”
"The army is attacking Zhao Zheng, how can there be 300,000 armor soldiers?" Wei Yi had no choice but to argue with Xiong Qi. "If you send 300,000 armor soldiers, how will the Baicheng Gongyi be equipped?" Wei Yu didn't realize that he had missed his words, he continued: "King, there are more than 20 counties in Nan County, and there are more than 300,000 households, and the soldiers of Nan County can curb King Jing's heart. ”
Xiong Qi remembered what Wei Yi said about the 300,000 armor soldiers, but he still objected. "If you can't, and Nanjun loses, the national lieutenant suffers from it?"
"Minister......" Wei Yi's face changed, although he had no last resort, how could he guarantee that King Jing would not make a crazy move.
"My lord, the minister thinks that the words of the national captain are wrong. The head of the new Qianqian of Nanjun has not surrendered completely, and it is dangerous not to use the soldiers of other counties to suppress it. Xiong Qi took advantage of Wei Yi's dumb words to tell Zhao Zheng again.
Zhao Zheng listened to his words, Nanjun is still the new Qianshou and not the old Qianshou. In case King Jing attacked Shaxian and then turned north to attack Nanjun, maybe all the counties would rebel. "Order Li Xin to send 300,000 soldiers to Nanjun as soon as possible."
Wei Yi still wanted to argue, but was suppressed by Zhao Zheng's gaze, and waited for Zhao Zheng to finish speaking before he said: "Tell the king, 300,000 armor soldiers are sent to Nanjun, if Xiang Yan attacks my Baicheng and Gongyi, cut off my grain route, and the army on the South Road is in danger." ”
"When will the river freeze?" Zhao Zheng had already learned a strategic maneuver of the Chu army, and he had no contempt for Xiang Yan.
Speaking of the ice of the big river, Wei Wei sighed, and he said: "Tell the king, in recent years, the sky has been abnormal, and the ice of the river is uncertain. ”
"Then order Li Xinbu to retreat to Yecheng and Zhongmu, not to cut down Zhao for the time being, and then cut down when the river is frozen." Zhao Zheng had a plan in his heart. It's already November, and even if the 200,000 armor soldiers who defend Gongyi are dispatched, it won't be a big problem to think about it in a month.
"I think it's ......," Wei Yi wanted to say again.
"The matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again." Zhao Zheng interrupted Wei Yu, who still wanted to fight, and said to Xiong Qi: "Tell Nanjun not to guard the city, wait for 300,000 armor soldiers, and never fight with Jing people." ”
"Yui." 300,000 armor soldiers are not much, but at least they can suspend the Qin army on the southern route attacking Zhao for a period of time, which can be regarded as disrupting the rhythm of Zhao. Xiong Qi was happy in his heart, and when he saw that there was nothing else to do, he immediately retreated.
After he left, Wei Yu did not say anything about reinforcing Nanjun, but said: "The minister heard that Nanjun County guards the people and governs the people, and if the head of Nanjun Xinqian submits, he should ......."
Before Wei Yi finished speaking, he saw Zhao Zheng's eyes sweeping over, his eyes were displeased. He suddenly remembered that Nanjun County Shou Qishan was a close confidant of the Empress Dowager Huayang, and his knees couldn't help but weaken, and he bowed: "The minister lost his words, the ministers lost his words." ”
Zhao Zheng didn't speak, just raised his hand slightly, and Zhao Gao, who was standing on the side, immediately said, "Stand down." ”
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The Son of Heaven was furious, and millions of corpses were ambushed. Zhao Zheng, who was not yet the Son of Heaven, had just a turn of thought, and the Qin army besieging the Great Wall in the south of Zhao suddenly retreated. When the news reached snow-capped Handan, Zhao Liang, the Marquis of Chunping, thought he had heard it wrong.
"Xiangbang, the Qin people have indeed retreated." The military officer who rushed back from the front line said.
"Do you know why the Qin people retreated?" Zhao Liang looked left and right, the Qin army retreated too suddenly.
"Could it be that Qin Jun rescued Qi?" Someone speculated. During this time, it was rumored that the state of Chu was conquering Qi, and the trade route of Qi and Chu was cut off last month.
"How could the Qin people save Qi, the minister thought that it should be the Chu State to attack Qin, otherwise, why did the Qin State withdraw its troops." Sikong Ma is also the secretary of Zhao, and after many years in Qin, he knows Qin too well.
"Chu State Invades Qin?!" Now even Zhao Liang is confused, he sends a messenger to Chu State for help almost every month, and goes to Concubine Zhao to complain, but it has no effect at all, Chu State has no positive answer at all to save or not, why did he suddenly cut down Qin?
"Yes, yes. The person that the Qin State fears is none other than the Chu State, if it is not the Chu State to attack Qin, why would the troops retreat? And the state of Chu did not tell me about the invasion ......of Qin," Sima Kong thought for a while, "If it is a large-scale attack on Qin, the state of Chu should consult with me, and now it will not be told to me......"
"Shangqing thinks that the state of Chu is a partial teacher to attack Qin?" Zhao Liang is quite familiar with Han Wei, and the state of Chu is too far away.
"Or was King Jing persuaded by the Empress Dowager Chu to attack Qin?" Ged guessed. Ruoying Palace lobbied Concubine Zhao for all the noble women he sent, and in order to curry favor with Concubine Zhao, he did everything he could.
There are different opinions in the Xiangbang Mansion, and no one can say a reason that everyone agrees with. And after Qi and Chu fought each other last month, Zhao Chu's land passage was also cut off. The news from the Chu State could only go to the Wei State first, and the Wei State would then transfer to the Qi State, and then cross the river from the Qi State into Zhao. At such a turning point, the news was extremely lagging behind, but fortunately, Wei and Qi were going down the river to the east, and more than ten days later, Zhao Liang learned the news of Yingshi's attack on Shaxian.
Shaxian is already in the south of the Yangtze River, and according to Sikong Ma, it is to the south of Yunmengze, separated from Yunmengze by the river. The state of Chu attacked Shaxian, and maybe it would take advantage of the situation to attack Nanjun, but as soon as such an idea was spoken, it was vetoed by Sikong Ma.
It is impossible for the Chu State to restore the southern county, and it is more because the Qin army can't take care of it, so it is just a robbery while the fire is burning. This is of course a good thing, even if it is not for Nanjun, it may cause another war between Qin and Chu; If the Qin State forbears, it will boost the Chu State's desire to recover. Once the state of Chu wants to recover Ying, then the state of Zhao will be liberated.