Tang State, Pinglu.

The city, which had just been baptized by war, had been stable for only a few months, and was once again shrouded in the haze of great war.

Under the leadership of Pang Juan and Le Yang, 100,000 Wei troops set out from Ye County, crossed the Zhanghe River, and marched westward at a speed of more than 100 miles a day.

"It's not good, it's not good, the Wei army is coming, everyone hurry up and get out of the city to take refuge!"

Seeing the Wei army sweeping all over the mountains, the people in Pinglu City were in chaos, and there were voices of crying fathers and mothers, and calling for children and daughters.

In the eyes of the people of the former Yu State, the Wei State was no less than the existence of the Jin State, an invincible and powerful enemy, and an overlord that the Yu State could only hope for. Moreover, the eastern part of Yu State and the western part of Wei State bordered it, and there was no danger to defend, so it was trembling like walking on thin ice for many years, lest this neighbor suddenly attack.

Fortunately, Wei Si was quite polite to Ji Xian, and he had not raised troops to invade Yu for many years, which also allowed Yu to concentrate all his strength on fighting against the Jin State, which was determined to go south, so as not to be attacked on both sides.

It's not that Wei Guoxin is soft-hearted, it's just that Weiss also has bitter words.

They Wei Guoqiang is strong, but they are caught in the middle by the two strong enemies of Han and Zhao, and they also dare not act rashly, so they have extorted Yu Guo from time to time over the years, extorting some money and food to supplement military supplies, but they have nothing to do.

However, with the Jin and Wei factions attacking the Wei Chou last year, this stable situation no longer exists. Wei Guo stared at the changes in Yu State with wide eyes all the time, and he didn't know what kind of situation it would develop?

Although the Jin and Wei have always maintained an alliance relationship, the Wei State is not too convinced by the big brother of the Jin State, and Wei Si is even more resentful of the Jin Dynasty's arrogance.

Your Jin State is not much stronger than our Wei Kingdom, why do you always stick your pig's nose in the onion and grow the elephant? You always put on the style of a big brother and instruct us to do this and that, do you have the ability to help me teach Zhao Guo and South Korea a lesson?

But first, the Jin State is indeed stronger than the Wei State, at least the population is large, the army is large, the territory is wide, and the Jin State is a duke state, while the Wei State is only a marquis state.

More importantly, the Jin State was strategically located, there were no enemies in the west and north, and it was possible to concentrate its forces to advance to the south, just beware of the Zhao State separated by a mountain in the east.

The Wei State is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is already incompatible with South Korea, and there is a lot of friction with the Zhao State, if it offends the Jin State again, the consequences will be unimaginable.

So even if he disagrees with the big brother of Jin Guo, even if Wei Si is dissatisfied with Ji Yizhu, he can only swallow his anger, make compromises, and look up to the big brother of Jin Guo.

Wei naturally did not want the Jin State to destroy the Yu State, one would be more powerful, and the other would lose the buffer area of the Yu State, and if the Jin State and the Wei State were directly bordered, more and more friction would inevitably occur.

But since Jin Weizhu had made up his mind to annex Yu, Wei could not come forward to stop it, and could only pray in his heart that Yu could withstand the attack of Jin.

Anyway, the Jin State had bullied the Yu State before, and in the past few decades, it launched no less than 100 invasions of the Yu State, all of which were resolved by the Yu Alliance, and survived tenaciously under the ravages of the Jin State.

Wei hopes that this time it will be able to join forces with the Yu Alliance as before, so that the Jin State will return with a feather.

However, the development of the war disappointed the Wei state, and the Jin army took Jiangguan with a thunderous force, annihilating 12,000 defenders, including the main general Teng Xun, and then broke through the city of King Yu Pinglu with a devastating force, captured the monarch Ji Yan and Xiangbang Baili Xi, and ambushed and shot the general Baili Shi.

Everything was developing in favor of the Jin army, and seeing that the Yu State was about to be wiped out, the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State could no longer sit still.

Wei Si scolded the generals of Yu State for being wine bags and rice bags, and on the other hand, he scolded the monarchs and ministers of Yu State for not understanding the truth of cold lips and teeth, and even ordered Pang Juan and Le Yang to gather troops and prepare to attack Yu State and seize territory with Jin State.

Maybe this will offend the Jin State, but the Wei State really doesn't want to watch the Jin State grow stronger and stronger, if the Jin State annexes the two countries of Yu and Yu, drinks the Yellow River, and opens the door to the south, when the time comes, you can't ride on the head of the Wei State to pee, and call the Wei State like a grandson? So the turf must be grabbed!

Just before the Wei army was ready to set out, the war suddenly took a turn, first Zhou Yu led 10,000 Yu troops to break the Jin army in Louzhai, and beheaded the Jin general Fox Shooter; It was an ambush and a fire, and he killed 20,000 Jin troops at once, making the princes of the world look sideways.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Li was extremely ghostly, and it was incomprehensible that he caught Li Ji, the woman he loved the most, and also shot and injured his heavy ear, which made the situation of the Battle of Jin Yu confusing again.

"Who is this Fang Li and Zhou Yu? Can you turn the tide? ”

Wei Si was amazed at the main hall of Yecheng and ordered to temporarily stop attacking the kingdom of Qiu, and then observe the situation for a while before making a decision.

Moreover, Zhao also sent troops at this time, and Zhao Yong sent Lian Po and Li Mu heavy troops to cross the Taihang Mountain and storm the Jin State itself. At the same time, the envoys of the Jin State also rushed to the Wei State to ask for help, hoping that Wei Si could send troops to attack the Zhao State and relieve the pressure on the Jin State.

Wei Si didn't want the Jin State to destroy the Yu State, but also couldn't offend the big brother of the Jin State, so he acted in a play with several generals under his command, first appointing Pang Juan as the main general of the attack on Zhao, and suddenly became sick and bedridden before the army set out.

Weiss "helpless" under the change of commander, and appointed Le Yang as the main general of Zhao attack, who knew that before the army went out to fight, Le Yang's son "died of illness", Le Yang resigned from the position of chief general again, Wei Si was reappointed as the chief general of Zhao.

Back and forth, tossing for nearly half a month, Wei General Wei led 50,000 soldiers and horses to leave Yecheng and attack Shexian, Wu'an and other places in Zhao to the north.

At this moment, the war took a huge turn again, Fang Li led the Yu coalition army to kill Wei Chou defeated and fled, 70,000 Jin troops lost 50,000, and finally fled into Wei in panic, only to avoid the situation of annihilation of the whole army.

Seeing that the Jin State stole chickens and rice, instead of occupying the land of Yu State, he buried seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses, and was robbed by the Zhao army. Wei Si ordered Le Yang to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to the north with Wei Chou to jointly attack Handan, and only then did he force the Zhao army to retreat to the east of Taihang Mountain, and the battle between Jin and Zhao came to an end temporarily.

It's just that what the three great powers of Jin, Zhao, and Wei never dreamed of was that their intrigues, Er Yu and I made a wedding dress for Fang Li, so that this unknown guy rose rapidly this winter, merged the two kingdoms of Yu Yu into a powerful Tang State, and won the recognition of the Zhou royal family.

"On the side of the couch, the tiger sleeps soundly, but the widow has worked hard to make a wedding dress for this guy?" When Weiss got the news, he was furious and had a toothache for several days.

It's just that the Tang State has formed a scale, and the people are attached to it, and they have formed an alliance with Zhao and Han, and Weiss does not dare to act rashly, so he can only wait for the opportunity.

But in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, the Tang State has been regarded as a thorn in the flesh, in the case of the two major rivals of Zhao in the north and South Korea, if there is a strong Tang State in the west, then the Wei State can really die!

Therefore, Weiss secretly dispatched troops and agreed with the Jin State to send troops at the same time after the weather warmed up, attacking the Tang State on both sides, and striving to pacify the Tang State in one go and divide the land equally.

At this moment, Zhou Yu led the main army of the Tang State to leave Xingyang and go south to attack the Shen State, and the Tang State was empty. Wei Si, who had been coveting it for a long time, did not wait for Jiang Huan's letter of request for help to arrive, so he ordered Pang Juan and Le Yang, two generals, to lead 100,000 Wei troops to leave Yecheng and go straight to Pinglu.

The distance from Yecheng to Pinglu is about 700 miles, and the 100,000 Wei army marched with all their might, and it only took about six days to reach the city of Pinglu, which made the people of the Tang State in the city panic and put themselves in danger.

I saw 100,000 Wei troops sweeping all over the mountains, densely packed, like a tide. The banner covered the sky, the dust raised by the chariots and horses' hooves was like a dark cloud, and the Tang army in the city was also a little afraid, and many people asked Ji Ling to withdraw his troops, and took the initiative to abandon Pinglu and temporarily avoid the edge of the Wei army.

Ji Ling couldn't stand the request of the generals under his command, and hurriedly came to see Taishou for trial, hugged his fists and said: "Trial Taishou, the Wei army is menacing, I might as well give up Pinglu, preserve my strength, and wait for the return of the army of Shenguo in the south to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army?" ”

"The Lu of the Eater should repay the grace of the king, is General Ji Ling a rat who runs away without a fight?"

After hearing Ji Ling's words, the judge was furious, and directly sprayed, "In the national realm, not an inch of land is allowed, although I am only a civil official, I am willing to fight to the death for the country!" If General Ji fled without a fight, is he worthy of the lord's weight and the people of Pinglu? ”

"I ......"

Ji Ling was speechless, and blushed in defense: "Who said that so-and-so is going to flee without a fight?" Is my Ji Ling a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? I just want to preserve my strength and avoid unnecessary sacrifices......"

The judge stroked the sword in his hand, and said as if he were dead: "If General Ji wants to leave, I will not keep you!" If a soldier wants to leave, I won't keep him! But I will definitely stick to the city until the last moment, even if the blood is dry, it will be sprinkled on the city of Pinglu! Even if the head is broken, it will fall on the wall of Pinglu! ”

"Liao Hua is willing to live and die with Taishou!"

Liao Hua was infected by the spirit of the trial, and swore with his fists in his fists, "As long as I Liao Hua does not die, I will never let the Wei army step into Pinglu!" ”

Ji Ling's face showed shame, and he sighed and said, "Since the two of you are unwilling to withdraw their troops, how can I, Ji Ling, be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?" Then live and die with Pinglu, fight to the end, the city is in the city, people are in the city, people are dead, people are dead! ”

Ji Ling immediately came to the city wall with the trial, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, and the soldiers will block the water and come to Tutun, whoever dares to retreat again will be like this rolling log!" ”

Before Ji Ling's words fell, a sword slashed at a piece of bowl-thick rolling wood leaning on the wall, and the waist was broken into two when he landed.

Only then did the judge stroke his beard and show a pleased smile: "This is the courage that our Tang generals should have, how can they be as timid as a mouse and vulnerable like the previous generals of the two countries?" As long as we are united and the soldiers are united, even if the Wei army has 100,000, we will not easily step into Pinglu! ”