Chapter 33: Leaving Chen
"These rumors are everywhere in the wine shop. Does the king really think that everyone is stupid? Shen Yinlu sneered, he finally rejected Zimo's intention, and only said: "Dazai's matter is over, farewell." ”
"You!" Shen Yinyu said to leave, Zi Mo wanted to call him back but felt that there was no way to call him back. The Qi people are allied with the Chu State, and the Qin State does not attack Chu, and Dazai Yang Wenjun will soon return.
"The matter of the alliance between the king and the king of Qi, I think we should be cautious." In the Yin Mansion, Lu Yangjun was worried.
"Why?" Nao was a little surprised, "The Qi people will ally with me, the Qin people will no longer kill me, the war will end and the people will be happy, this,"
"The alliance is ugly in this month, only ten days. Ten days to rush to Mu Ling, thousands of miles away, the king can only walk through the Song land. The confidant is worried that someone will mistreat the king. "Everyone else has retreated, and the matter of killing the king can only be said in this case.
"Who dares to do something rebellious?" Nao's cunning expression changed, and his body stood up.
"Some inkers." Lu Yangjun said, "There is a custom in the Song Dynasty that people should be killed, and when they heard that the king ordered the murderer not to die, they were all angry. Although the newspaper did not clearly say how the king arrived at Muling, and also mentioned the time of the alliance, it was ...... that the Qin people should not stay. ”
The send-off order expelled the scholars from other countries who were officials, officials, and guests in the Chu State, but the merchants, concubines, craftsmen, and commoners of other countries still live in the Chu State, especially those Hou spies have not been arrested so far. Lu Yangjun is against this, because these people are not eradicated, and the intelligence network of the Qin State that was damaged because of the expulsion of guests will eventually be repaired one day, and then these people will create chaos in due course, and the most terrible thing is that they will plot to assassinate the king.
Nao Wei did not disagree with Lu Yangjun's point of view, but he said: "You can't be in a hurry to clear the spy of the Qin people. The safety of the king's trip was ......, and the king rode straight to Mu Ling, and there was no shortage of knights to protect him. Riding very fast, it seems that there are no good riders in the ink man, right? ”
In the era when there were no stirrups, except for the Yuantong, there were few knights in the Chu State. The real ink masters practice what they do, tying up and weaving mats for food, and they can't raise horses. Judging from the detailed battle report of the first battle of Juxian, the cavalry with stirrups was invincible, cunning and worried about the safety of the king, and he was worried about the movements of the Qin State.
"Did the Qin people withdraw from Changping?" Nao asked slyly. Don't worry about me in Chen Ying, he can only ask Lu Yangjun.
"Yesterday I withdrew from Changping." Speaking of Qin Jun, Lu Yangjun was still relieved and sighed. "It is reported that the king of Wei scolded the Qin people for their lack of faith a few days ago, and wanted to kill Zi Ji, but the ministers begged each other to exempt Zi Ji from death, but imprisoned him in prison. Yang Wenjun will soon return to Yingying with the news that the Wei people are in alliance with our association. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Yangjun suddenly thought of a question, "Why didn't the king make an alliance with the King of Wei first, but instead ally with the King of Qi?" ”
"Is it useful to ally or not to be in alliance with the King of Wei?" Nao asked slyly.
Lu Yangjun thought that King Wei was already in the twilight of Qin, and said: "It's really useless, it's just that Wei is my barrier and the center of the world, I ......"
Nao knew the significance of the center of the world, and he said: "Wei is indeed the center of the world, but if it is allied with the Qi Kingdom, the goods of my Chu State can be sold in the world, and ......, Lu Yangjun, do you think you can cut down Wei?" ”
"Van Wei?!" Lu Yangjun was taken aback, "Wei is my barrier, how can I defeat Wei?" ”
"Ao Zi of the Operations Department said: Although the Wei State can protect our country, it also isolates Chu Zhao. If Wei can be destroyed, our Chu State and Zhao State may be able to contain Qin State in the north and south. Qin Fa Zhao, Chu saved, Qin Fa Chu, Zhao saved. "There is not only one Li Ji in the Operations Division, but also many strategists. Everyone thinks differently, and Nao Wei recently read a plan for Vawei.
"No, no." Lu Yangjun knew that Ao Gai's plan had been seen for a long time, but he was completely vetoed. "If this strategy is implemented, the Wei State will be pushed to the Qin State, and I border the Qin State, the Qin State will attack Zhao, and I will save the Zhao State. The Qin people attacked me, did Zhao save me? ”
"No, at this time, the Wei State has already turned its heart to the Qin State, and since this is the case, why worry about pushing the Wei State to the Qin State?" Nao asked rhetorically. His previous views were the same as those of Lu Yangjun, but this time Wei borrowed the Tao from Qin Fachu to completely change his views. "Rather than the Liang being lent to the Qin by the Wei people, it is better for our country to take the Liang."
"What about Zhao Ren?" Nao Wei only answered one question, and Lu Yangjun asked again: "If the Qin State attacks me, will the Zhao people save me?" ”
"The State of Wei borrowed from Qin, and the State of Wei is no longer my barrier. If it weren't for the Zhao people to save me, it was actually the Qin State that couldn't kill me. "Nao said cunningly." I have sent the plan to Chen Ying, and everything is decided by the king. ”
The sly description of this Wei plan is in Xiong Jing's hands. Wei is the barrier of Chu and a long wall, and to cut down Wei is to tear down the wall. When he first looked at this plan, Xiong Jing thought that this strategist named Ao Gai was crazy, but when he looked at it carefully, combined with the actual situation, he felt that he might not be crazy.
Is Wei strong? No, the Wei state is very weak, so weak that the whole country is 5 to 60, less than 500,000 men, and there are less than 250,000 soldiers who can really fight a battle, so it has to submit to the Qin state, but also take care of the Zhao state, and also turn the Chu state.
Since the Wei State is not strong? Then why didn't Qin attack Wei first?
Worried about pushing Wei to Chu? Worried that once they attack the center of the world, all countries will attack it in groups and join forces again? Worried that Chu and Zhao will contain themselves in the south and the north? Or did King Qin not want to go south first in his heart, but wanted to destroy the strongest Zhao State first?
Xiong Jing thinks that the main reasons should be the last two. If Wei did not exist, Qin would share the Yellow River with Chu, Wei and Qi. It's like sitting at the same table, with four people staring at each other, and either side has to convince two people at the same time to do it, otherwise they will be besieged by three people.
But the Wei State exists, and the Qin State can destroy Zhao as long as it convinces the Qi State; It was more difficult to destroy Chu, and the Qin State had to persuade the Zhao State first, and then divide the land to the Qi State. If Wei is gone, Qin can occupy the entire territory of Chu, and Qi will definitely feel that Chu is a barrier for Qi to resist Qin, and if the entire territory of Chu is occupied by Qin, Qi will be in danger......
Xiong Jing, the planner sent by Nao Cun, thought about it for a long time, and he thought about the relationship between the four countries of Chu, Qin, Zhao and Qi for several days. It is impossible for him to construct a comprehensive and meticulous analysis, and only based on common sense, he feels that the concerns of the Qin State in such a world will be greatly increased, but the situation of the Chu State will also be more dangerous - many times people cannot handle it with common sense, and what seems reasonable to do is inexplicable.
Moreover, although Wei is weak, it still needs huge resources to cut down Wei, does Chu have so many resources to cut down Wei? What if you survive the weak period after the war? The state of Chu occupies the center of the world, how to prevent the three kingdoms from jointly attacking Chu?
On the bed where Chen Ying was sleeping, Xiong Jing woke up before dawn. In addition to sniffing the sachet left by Mi Xuan and missing this little Lori who has been 'conquered', the rest are thinking about the plan that Nao Xuan presented. It was still dawn, but the servant pushed the door and came in, and with him came Zhuang Quji, Li and Beyi.
"My lord, the horse is ready." He confessed, and presented the freshening things.
"What about them?" Xiong Jing jumped up from the bed. He didn't want to leave Chen Ying with great fanfare, Lu Yangjun's worries were not nonsense, so he just wanted to summon Chen Jian and Chen Bu to talk before leaving.
"Said I was drunk last night." Don't let me whisper, his eyes and ears have always been bright.
"Drunk?" Xiong Jing's brows furrowed, and he was displeased. Qin and Wei have indeed withdrawn their troops from Changping, but the Great Sima Mansion has not yet issued a military order to lift the strictness, and Chen Can't be such a prodigal general as the main general, I really don't know how he defended Chengyang last year.
"Qin Wei withdrew his troops and rejoiced in the city. It's also ...... to be drunk, "I also drank last night, but fortunately I wasn't drunk."
"Soldiers take military orders as their duty, and our army's military discipline is too lax." Xiong Jing washed quickly and brushed his teeth with salt. "Go, summon Chen Jian and Chen can't."
"Uh——!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Qujian burped. This guy also drank too much last night, and just now he only dared to lower his head and exhale, and when he heard that the king said that the military discipline was relaxed, he couldn't help but burp, and the squirt was full of the smell of wine.
"You!" Xiong Jing glared at him angrily, "You're drunk too?!" ”
"The last general......" Zhuang Qujian quickly knelt down, "Please atone for the king!" ”
In the kingdom of the world, the army of good wine is none other than Qin and Chu. The difference is that most of the Qin army's good wine is the sharp soldiers and armor soldiers at the bottom, before they rush into battle, they must drink until they are half drunk, kill people with the strength of wine, and get drunk after the war to celebrate the rest of their lives after the catastrophe; The Chu army is the main general of good wine, from the son of the king of Chu Gong, to Jingyang who hanged himself, and Xiang Yan, hundreds of years of inheritance, the main generals are all drunkards.
"After the alliance, I will go to the army to receive the whip." Xiong Jing glared at him angrily, and thought of Chen Ke again. "And Chen Can't, he also wants Junzheng to get the whip."
"Yui!" Several people hurriedly bowed. He was a little smacked, he felt that the king never thought that he was a weak child, and he spoke and acted like an adult; is not afraid of the generals under his command, the reward is rewarded, the punishment is punished, the reward is the labor, the fanfare, the people have to be taken to the palace for a feast; When they are punished, they should be hidden, and they will not be embarrassed.
"Greetings to the king." It was still not dawn, and the sleepy-eyed Chen Jian came, but Chen had not arrived.
"Chen Qing is exempt from courtesy, if you leave Chen Ying today, I will leave it to you here." Xiong Jing had already put on his suit, no longer the previous pair of iron armor similar to leather armor, nor the new ring piece armor, but a pair of chain mail carefully woven by Yufu, which was inconspicuous under Wei Ben's suit.
"The king is leaving Chen today?" Chen Jian's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.
"Exactly." Xiong Jing looked at him, "King Qi and Buyu will be allied with Xin Chou this month in Mu Ling, and there are still nine days left from today, and it will be too late to catch up." Remember, the Qin people have no faith, and before the Qin army withdraws from the Wei realm, the city defense must not be slack. Chen can't ......"
Speaking of the city defense Xiongjing, he remembered Chen Ke, and the servant hurriedly said: "Tell the king, please wait, maybe ......."
"The king, it will be clear soon, and since you have already told Chen County, you may not have to worry about it." Li said that he was drinking with Chen Bu last night, and he knew how drunk Chen Bu was.
"Let's go!" Xiong Jing went out of bed silently, and after riding the horse, he did not go to the city gate, but turned into the streets and alleys, and arrived at Chen Bu's mansion. Chen Mansion Gate Yan saw Wang Qi and Gong Jia so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed, because the servants had called, the mansion had already turned on the lights, but Chen Bu, who was asleep, would not wake up no matter how he called it.
"The king's ......" Chen Jian was worried that the king would cut Chen Bu in anger, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly pleaded.
"No, I just have something to say to Chen Qing in person, go and bring a few buckets of cold water and pour it on it." When the king came to the palace, all the people in the palace woke up, and they lay on their stomachs and paused again and again, shouting that the king had atoned for their sins.
'Wow! A bucket of water was poured on it, and then a bucket, Chen Bu, who couldn't wake up, jumped out of bed by himself. When he felt that his body was full of water, and he was about to scold, he suddenly saw the king standing in front of him, and a stirring spirit immediately turned over and paused, and said: "Ministers, ministers, ministers visit the king, meet the king." Minister......"
"If you leave Chen today, the defense of Chen County will be handed over to you." Chen Bu was soaked and didn't dare to raise his head at all. "Remember, don't let the city defense be relaxed before I report to you that the Qin army has withdrawn from the Wei realm!"
"Respectfully! We will not slacken, we will not slacken. "He drank heavily during the war and stayed at home overnight, and Chen couldn't worry that the king would kill him.
"Go to the army and get the whip yourself." Xiong Jing took a few steps forward, almost speaking in his ear. "Also, if you dare to get drunk, you will be killed!"