Chapter 948: Trembling
PS: There's one more chapter tonight
The sky is cloudy, the forest is dead and gloomy, and on the battlefield along the Shaoshui line, the four-year-long civil war of the six kings of the Jin State has finally come to an end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The young and vigorous Zhi Yao drove towards his fate, and in front of the battle, Wei Ju swore that he would guard the flanks and defeat the Zhao clan together in a surprise attack in the early morning.
However, after the drumbeat of the attack, he shouted "Righteousness in the Eastern Army" and chose to defect!
Countless intellectuals were killed in panic, and Zhao Weihan won the Battle of Changping.
But before Wei Ju could enjoy the victory, the deceased was revived, like wielding a dry Qi and fighting with the Emperor of Heaven, Zhi Yao's decapitated corpse stood up, his **** turned into eyes, blood red, his navel turned into a mouth, full of sharp teeth, constantly approaching Wei Ju, and asked: "Shaft, why did you betray me!" ā
Wei Ju fled for his life, the corpses on the battlefield grabbed his feet, the cold raindrops whipped his face, and Zhiyao behind him brandished his weapon and left a scarlet thin blood strip on his back. He was so frightened that he stumbled forward, and he was in a dilemma, only then did he face Zhiyao's revenge, looking at his resentful appearance, he only felt fear and guilt, and he could barely breathe.
"I don't mean to betray...... It's just, it's just ......"
He sobbed as a tall body crashed into him.
He is tall and well-dressed, and he doesn't use a sword to kill, but he has an eye for his heart.
It was his father, Wei Mando.
"The noble gentlemen are all dead, and those who live are despicable and shameless, who would rather live according to the instructions of Wanfu than openly destroy their families and families, this is what the Wei family has learned in the Jin Kingdom for so many years. We are not loyal to the monarch, not for the rejuvenation of the country, but only for the whole Wei clan, no matter what we do, it is justified. ā
His father's guidance was next to his ears, and when he looked at it again, Zhiyao's ghost disappeared, and Wei Ju breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, the dazzling white light in the sky came, and it was a white rainbow running through the sun......
Immediately, Wei Mando, who was proud to say all this, was cut by a faceless assassin and kicked down the dung pit, is this the greatest punishment for those who have not dried up their blood but have broken their promises and gained weight?
The headless Zhiyao reappeared, this time chasing Wei Ju with the assassin and the ghost of his father who had crawled out of the dung pit, wriggling white maggots crawling all over him, gushing out of the corners of his eyes, nostrils and mouths, and the air was filled with the stench of blood and corruption, filling Wei Ju's nostrils.
Wei Ju quickly dodged and called for help, but he accidentally fell, and hurriedly grabbed the sword that had been placed next to the bed during the fall, and slashed at those lingering souls!
"Cousin, cousin!"
He swung his sword in the air and rolled off the bed, but saw his cousin Lu Xing quickly dodging away, his face full of fear, and behind him were several equally frightened armorers, whose faces were shining with the lamps and candles held high.
Wei Ju's heart tightened: "What's wrong?" Could it be the Qin army......"
"The forward of the Qin army has appeared in Hexi, but the main force has not yet arrived."
"That's good, that's good......" Wei Ju wiped the sweat from his head, all his dreams had been bizarre lately, and each one was more terrifying than the other. The day before yesterday, I dreamed that I was fighting in Pan Palace when I was a child, and it became a rivalry between Zhao Wuxian and Zhiyao, but the rest of them could only play a supporting role next to Oh and watch dryly.
The day before yesterday, he dreamed that the assassin who had assassinated his father came again, and after Wei Ju tore off his mask, he found that the man had a face like Zhao Wuxian......
As for last night, I was even more entangled by ghosts from all walks of life.
He glanced out the window, the first hazy light of dawn was sweeping across the city of Shaoliang City, and a new day began.
It's another difficult day, and the so-called dilemma couldn't be more appropriate.
"Get a basin of cold water." Shaoliang Wei Jun can't be allowed to see his disheveled and sweaty appearance, otherwise the army will definitely be in turmoil, and the cold water is conducive to him waking up from the nightmare.
Looking at the haggard self in Tongjian, Wei Ju patted his face and said, "It's time to cheer up, my father is no longer here, and I am now the head of the Wei family." ā
However, he was still trembling, and the situation facing Wei was also walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss.
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Outside the gate, a group of guards were waiting for him, and Wei Ju was going to take them to inspect the city defenses. Since Weimando's assassination, he has taken his guards with him wherever he went, especially to the toilet. Wei Ju always felt that there were too many enemies of the Wei clan, the Yu Clan of the Zhi clan, the people of the Qin State, and the Zhao clan, as if everyone wanted him to die, and if one was not careful, the assassin would jump out of the place and take his life.
It was the beginning of November, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and it would snow sooner or later, but Wei Ju was looking forward to snow now, because the snow would slow down the enemy's attack. Although he claimed to live and die with Wei's 20,000 troops in Hexi, in fact, he had no intention of fighting with the Qin people.
Therefore, Wei Ju decisively gave up the redundant cities and put 20,000 troops in Shaoliang and Wangcheng, which were close to the big river, leaving only Xincheng and Fushi as outposts. If the situation is not good, the army can withdraw from Longmen and Pusaka to the east of the river.
His decision was undoubtedly correct, and within just half a month of the Anyi Incident, the Qin people seized the opportunity and began a large-scale offensive - Wei Ju did not even have the cheekiness to shout a pause to the Qin people with "the army will not be defeated". The advance of the Qin was rapid, and some of the Wei troops who did not have time to evacuate were pursued and routed by their cavalry. The Qin also had a number of Hexi people under their command who were more familiar with the terrain than the Wei clan, and fortunately, most of them withdrew to the city and began to switch to the mode of holding out.
The soldiers of the eastern counties of the Qin State sang "How can you say that there is no clothes" to join the army of the chief of the great concubine, and the Qin people made up at least three armies this time, and there were more than a dozen large ships coming east along the Weishui River, full of cavalry, infantry, and chariots.
Advancing by land and water, this time the chief of the Qin State is determined to be ashamed of the snow, before the first snow falls, the Qin people will attack at least once, and if the Wei family can't resist it, they will say goodbye to Hexi completely.
In fact, Wei Ju had already given up most of the territory of Hexi, and the people here were not in favor of Wei, so he could not fight for an inch of land, so he had to transport most of the grain before evacuating.
When he abandoned the people, the people also abandoned the Wei clan, preferring to be the subjects of the Qin people, or to go north to the upper county of the Zhao clan and take refuge in the increasingly prosperous trading post there.
The roots of the Wei family are still in Hedong. Anyi's clansmen did not come to persuade Wei Ju that since the Qin people were attacking urgently, it was better to simply abandon Hexi and return to Hedong with a large army to ensure that the family base camp was not lost.
But for some reason, Wei Ju has been dragging on until now, and he also wondered why he didn't listen to them and hurried back to Hedong, where there was no threat from the Qin soldiers?
But slowly, Wei Ju understood that he didn't want to go back, but he was afraid to go back.
I'm afraid that as soon as he leaves, the situation in Hexi will fall apart, and the hard work of the past few years will be completely wasted, how can he be worthy of his father's spirit in heaven?
He was also afraid that he would face an even more formidable enemy when he returned to Hedong, and although Zhao Wuxian sent a mourning envoy to the Wei clan and promised to send troops from Shangjun to protect the Wei clan's flank, Wei Ju just couldn't trust him.
After all, Zhao Wuxian was the biggest beneficiary of the killing of Wei Mando, even if he announced the identity of the assassin a few days ago: Yu Rang, a retainer of the Zhi family, it could not wash away his suspicion.
Wei Ju thought that if the Zhao family suddenly turned his eyes and was in Hexi, maybe he would leave a way back for the Wei family......
His worries were not unnecessary, and when the main force of the Qin army began to sweep through the outpost cities of the Wei clan, the latest news came from the Hedong side.
"Zhao Wuxian wants to send someone to the Wei family for disaster relief?"
Wei Ju was stunned for a moment, in his opinion, this was simply a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken, and he was uneasy and kind, so he decided to refuse without thinking about it.
"Let my uncle and grandfather strictly guard the junction of Zhao and Wei, and not allow the Zhao family to enter Wei."
"But ......" The messenger from Hedong looked embarrassed and said to Wei Ju: "But Zhao's action was carried out under the banner of the monarch, and there was an edict from the Marquis of Jin, if it was forcibly refused, it would be the first disaster, and it would be ......."
Wei Ju had a headache: "And what? ā
"And the people of Hedong have been short of food for a long time, and when they heard about the Zhao family's disaster relief, those close to the border couldn't wait to meet them......"
(To be continued.) )