"If it weren't for the fact that I conspired with Ziju and took the initiative to come here, I would definitely think that Zhao Wuxian deliberately put the Han clan here so that we could withstand the attack of foreign enemies......"

In February, it was a good time for the spring breeze to blow the willows and the swallows to build their nests, but Han Hu had a haggard face and lost his demeanor like a jade gentleman, and he seemed to have returned to the darkest period of the Liuqing Rebellion and the death of his father. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Last year, the Zhao clan and the Wei clan were hit by drought and locust plagues in a row, but the main territory of the Han clan, Hewai, was not too affected because of the big river, but Han Hu did not have much time to rejoice, because everything that happened next made him overwhelmed.

Wei Manduo died, some people said that Zhao Wuxian was the mastermind, and Wuxian defended himself, but Wei Ju desperately announced that he would break away from Jin and join Qin, and also formed an alliance with the Qi people, Qin people, and Zheng people, and began to make enemies with the Jin State and the Zhao family.

For the past six years, Han's strategy has been to maintain a balance between the Zhao and Wei clans, favoring Zhao Wuxian politically, but not completely siding with the Zhao clan and attacking the Wei clan.

Now, Han Hu found that this kind of neutrality could no longer be maintained, because it was good to die, and the four territories of the Han clan were just in the way of Qin Wei Zheng attacking Zhao.

After the Liuqing Rebellion, Han's territory was roughly divided into four parts: several cities in Hanoi were close to the Great River, and opposite was Zheng Guo, who was bent on retaking the Tiger Prison; The Han Shangdang was entrenched in the Shangdang Basin, isolating the Wei Hedong and the Zhao eldest son county; Hancheng, Pingyang and Kei are located in the upper reaches of the Fenshui River, sandwiched between the east of the Weishi River and the Taiyuan of the Zhao family; Finally, the main base of the family, outside the river, there are Yu, Yiyang and other cities, located in the east of the Taolin Fortress, occupying the north of Luoshui, just surrounded by Qin, Wei, and Zheng on three sides, and there are Yu, Maojin and other towns on the north side of the river, because they are close to Yanchi and Anyi, they have always been regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the Wei family.

After Zhao Wei completely turned his face, Zhao sharpened his sword, announced that Wei had betrayed Jin, and sent people to win over Han to defend the territorial integrity of the Jin State together; After the Wei family switched to the Qin state, they also quickly sent people to explain the truth of "cold lips and cold teeth", "borrowing" from the Han family, and hoped that they would fight against Zhao together with the Wei family.

At this time, Han Hu must face a choice, whether to help Zhao and Wei, or help Wei and Zhao.

He hurriedly summoned his retainer Duan Gui to ask the right, "The Wei clan led the Qin State into Hedong, and the Qin used Weishui to transport the troops, and now there are tens of thousands of people who have arrived in Puban, and there are Wei Clan's guidance, but I am afraid that Hedong is going to fall, where should the Han clan go?" ”

Duan Gui had advised Han Hu to establish a base camp outside the river, and then he could avoid Zhao Wei and expand outward. However, Hewai is not only a springboard for expansion, but also a place for the enemy to fight for when foreign enemies invade.

In this way, Duan Gui's plan was a mistake, and it brought the Han clan into a big pit, but he was not affected by the failure, and said decisively: "Although Qin Wei is menacing, and Zheng Guo is responding in the future, he may attack the city in the short term, but in the long run, the Zhao clan can win." ”

Duan Gui analyzed: "Although the Zhao clan was only hit by the drought locust disaster last year, Zhao Wuxian ordered strict administration and active disaster preparedness, and the loss was not serious, there was no famine in the territory, and he did not even borrow grain from the Han clan. Therefore, the minister expected that the Zhao clan was not in turmoil, and its soldiers and soldiers were all listed in Taiyuan, the eldest son, and attacked Lingshikou in the south, which had occupied the advantage of the terrain and could not be an enemy with it. Although Hedong was lost and seemed to be besieged by the four countries, as long as the troops of the counties in Shandong were transferred westward, Qin Wei was not an opponent, and the allies such as Lu, Wei, Zou, and Song helped him contain Qi and Zheng. ”

Han Hu approved Duan Gui's suggestion, and on the one hand, the Han clan was an enemy of Zheng Guo, and also occupied the Tiger Prison, if it fell to Qin Wei, not to mention that there would be no benefit, and even the Tiger Prison would be returned to Zheng Guo, no matter how you look at it, it would not be a good deal.

Duan Gui's prediction was proved credible in the subsequent Tian Benqi attack on Jiangdu, since the Zhao clan had captured Jiangdu, not only occupied the righteousness of etiquette and law, but also controlled the upper reaches of Fenshui, and the initiative in Hedong was in their hands.

In addition, the pro-Zhao princes announced the establishment of the "Hezong" at the Taoqiu Conference to confront the "Lianheng" of the Four Kingdoms, and Zhou Tianzi even stood on the side of the Zhao clan with a clear banner. Seeing that his allies were so numerous and powerful, the Han clan pinched his fingers, and the balance of power had completely tilted towards the Zhao clan, and his heart suddenly became peaceful, and under the temptation of the benefits promised by Zhao Wuxian, such as Anyi and Yanchi, he also conformed to the situation and completely fell to the Zhao clan.

However, the idea that the Zhao clan immediately transferred troops to fight a decisive battle with Qin Wei in Hedong after the beginning of the spring that the Han clan was full of expectations, and the idea of expelling the enemy from the Jin state together after a quick battle was ruthlessly ridiculed by the facts.

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Throughout January, the grain stored by the Qin State was continuously transferred to Hedong, and the Wei soldiers also returned to Anyi, Quwo and other cities from Hexi. On the other hand, the Zhao clan took a defensive position in Hedong, and the army line was maintained south of Jiangdi, with only twenty or thirty thousand troops, mainly transferred from Taiyuan County, and the rest of the soldiers were assembled in the counties and counties in the rear to participate in spring ploughing, and it was expected that they would not be fully put into the battlefield until the end of February.

So during this period, it was Han's turn to be uncomfortable, they were like the shield that Zhao raised high and blocked in front of him, but whenever there were arrows in the enemy formation, Han's would suffer first.

Relying on the advantage of water transportation, Qin Wei already had an army of 40,000 in Hedong, and they did not dare to do anything to the hard bone of the Zhao family before the support was completely arrived, so they first picked up the soft persimmon of the Han family and pinched it, after all, the Han family occupied the center of the road, and whoever got it would take the initiative.

The Qin-Wei coalition army began to invade the Han city, although Han Hu let the counties enter the city to defend it, but the number of enemy troops was too large, and the Han guards were too scattered, and the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers was indeed a fish belly compared to Qin and Wei.

For the next period of time, urgent reports continued to arrive in the city.

"Lord! Hancheng is in a hurry! ”

"Lord, Maojin is in a hurry!"

"The Lord'......"

However, in a month, first the hometown of Hancheng was lost, and then Shangyang, Xiayang and Maojin, which were not protected by high walls north of the river, were declared to have fallen, leaving only the two lonely cities of Pingyang and Yu to support it.

Fortunately, in the previous battle against Qin, the Fortress of the Peach Forest had been taken by the Han clan, relying on this, at least the army of the Qin State in Hexi could not directly attack the river, and this land where the Han army retreated.

But what frightened Han Hu even more was still to come, in early February, bad news came from the east of Yiyang, a Zheng army of up to 5,000 people began to attack Hewai from the Yin Land, advancing Yiyang......

Han Hu was shocked: "When Taoqiu Alliance last month, didn't you say that Zheng Guo would be contained by Song Guo!?" ”

Although the Song State has experienced several civil strife, it is still a large country of 1,500 times, although the combat effectiveness of the Song army is not as good as the Zheng army, but the number of people has an advantage, and it should not be a problem to drag the Zheng people, why is there a Zheng army of 5,000 people stabbing towards the Han clan? Zheng Guo doesn't want the east?

For a time, with the Qin people's partial division from Shangluo, the Wei army cruising on the north bank of the river, and Zheng Guo's army, Han's base camp outside the river was surrounded and attacked, showing a precarious situation......

"This was the case during the Liuqing Rebellion, and this time it is like this again!"

Han Hu wanted to cry without tears, and now there is no other way, Qin Wei Zheng obviously wants to force the Han family to submit first, he can't open the city and surrender. So he hurriedly sent someone to ask Zhao for help, and when the news reached Wen County, and then to Tongjiao, it was already mid-February.

Zhao Wuxian looked at the Han clan's request for help, and shook his head helplessly, although he didn't have much hope for the Han clan's combat strength, but this time, it was really not him who deliberately tricked Han Hu.

"In the war situation, there will always be accidents."

Sun Wu was right, less than two months after the full-scale war began, Zhao Wuxian encountered the first accident: for some reason, the Song State did not send troops to contain Zheng Guo and relieve the pressure on the Han clan as promised during the Taoqiu Alliance.

Although Le Wei is not talented, he has a response to Zhao's requests, and before he left, he promised to teach Zheng Guo a good lesson, and to join Zhao Jun in Xinzheng before entering the summer, but now he did not send a single soldier.

What happened to Song Guo in just one month? Thousands of miles away, Zhao Wuxian has no way of knowing for the time being, but he has a trace of uneasiness in his heart. Because at this point, Nanzi, who was pregnant for him for ten months, is almost time to give birth...... (To be continued.) )