Chapter Seventy-Five: The Allies Go South

The meeting of Feng Ze, on the surface of the successful end, more precisely, it fully met the expectations of the Marquis of Wei, and even the arrival and retreat of the Chu army, to the Marquis of Wei's Fengbo ceremony added a piece of color, the Marquis of Wei officially dominated the world, if there is no accident, when in the history books and Qi Huan Jin Wen is as famous. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As for the later alliance, the covenant respects the king of Zhou, which is a joke in Zhou Bian's opinion, Zhou Bian also believes that the shrewd historian will make a note, and the Marquis of Wei has since coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, after all, Qi Huan Jinwen did not hold the Son of Heaven hostage.

How future generations will evaluate it is left to future generations to decide. When the curtain came down, it was already dusk, and under the leadership of Wei Hou, who had already been arranged, the grand night banquet set off a new climax in the huge tent under the high platform.

This is a big tent that can accommodate nearly 200 people, which caused Zhou Bian to look at the exquisite skeleton curiously, and couldn't help but marvel at the manual skills of this era.

Just looking at the sycophancy and buzz that the princes of the small countries who had already surrendered to Wei did not listen, Zhou Bian had no interest at all, and after accepting the toast of all the princes under the leadership of the Marquis of Wei, not long after, Zhou Bian took his leave, leaving Wang Sunman as the representative of the royal family.

As the Son of Heaven, his status is different, so Zhou Bian left at this time, not only was no one displeased, but many princes were secretly happy, because as soon as the Son of Heaven left, the protagonist of this night banquet deserved to be Marquis Wei.

In September, it was already dark very early, and when he walked out of the big tent, it was already full of stars, and after taking a deep breath, Zhou Bian walked towards the silent night, leaving a noise behind.

Followed by Ning Yue Fan Yu, as well as dozens of royal guards, and hundreds of Wei soldiers led by General Baning, the group hurriedly walked towards the camping area in the north, and in the night, only the sound of footsteps was soft.

After walking far away, I can still hear the noise behind me, but I am relieved to think about it, in the big tent, there are not only more than a dozen princes and lords of the city, but also hundreds of their own courtiers and doctors.

Not long after, in the somewhat cold night, a group of people walked back to the gate of the small courtyard, Wei Bing consciously guarded outside the courtyard, and the royal guards escorted Zhou Bian into the courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the front yard, he heard a sound of rushing water from the middle courtyard, Fan Yu just wanted to go in to drink, but was stopped by Zhou Bian waving his hand, this is obviously the sound of washing clothes, is it Qiao Nu or Tian Qian?

However, Fan Yu pushed open the courtyard door first, and after the two guards entered to take a look, they let Zhou Bian and Ning Yue walk in. At this time, Zhou Bian had also clearly seen that there was a girl in white who was fetching water next to the well temporarily dug in the yard, but she couldn't see her face clearly under the starlight, judging from her figure alone, it might be Tian Qian.

Hearing someone approaching, the girl was startled, and threw away the wooden basin in her hand with a bang, and the water in the basin flowed out.

A group of people approached, the girl's hands were nervous and didn't know where to put them, and when she saw the figure of the young man in royal clothes under the light of the oil lamp and the starlight, the girl finally weakened, and regardless of the water spilled on the ground, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, but no sound came out.

It's definitely not Tian Qian, Zhou Bian came to this conclusion just from this behavior, because he grew up with himself, Tian Qian's chick would not kneel directly in this situation, but bent over and saluted. Zhou Bian was curious, who was fetching water in his yard at night?

After taking two more steps forward, a person hurriedly ran out of the back of the house, this person kept bending over, and when he got closer, he saw that it was Bai Jian, the head of the personal temple.

"The slave and maid visited the king, but I didn't know that the king returned from the night banquet, and the slave and maid greeted me late, please forgive the king!"

"This king didn't tell them to come back first to inform them, no wonder you." Zhou Bian waved his hand to signal the white prisoner to be exempted, and then looked at the girl who was kneeling in the puddle and shivering, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the beauty that the Wei Marquis sent to the king when the Wei army attacked Xinzheng last year, Zheng Zhuji, has been acting as the king's maid, but she has not served the king." The white eunuch hurriedly replied.

At this time, Fan Yu behind Zhou Bian let go of his right hand holding the hilt of the sword.

"Get up, what are you doing in the king's courtyard so late?" This is what Zhou Bian Chong said to Zheng Zhuji.

The girl kowtowed again before standing up, then Zhou Bian took advantage of the night light to see her face clearly, sure enough, beautiful and beautiful, think about it carefully, and only remembered for a while that this was indeed sent by Wei Hou, as if it was found when a small town outside Xinzheng City broke the city, Wei Hou saw that he was young and gave it to himself, and then, he then threw it into the pile of maids, and then forgot about it, as if this was the second meeting, and he really wronged this beauty, you must know that the dancers sent by Wei Hou later are almost once a day, at this moment, Zhou Bian actually had such an idea.

This was also a momentary thought, shaking his head Zhou Bian looked at the girl again, but the latter kept his head down, his body trembled, and he didn't answer.

At this time, Bai Jian was anxious, and arched his hand to answer for him, "The Wei army only drilled three wells, one in the king's courtyard, one in the barracks, and one in the side courtyard, which is used more, so Zheng Zhuji's mother begged the slave maid, and the slave maid thought that she was also the king's maid, so she let her in to do the laundry, and asked the king to forgive her sins!" ”

This is just a trivial matter, Zhou Bian didn't move his mouth, Ning Yue scolded two sentences and passed, the girl sued and left first, but Zhou Bian looked at her back and the corners of her mouth curved, it seems that this girl's mother is a good means, she can make friends with Bai Jian, and she doesn't know what she has paid, but Zhou Bian will not care much about the interaction between the next world.

However, Ning Yue added, "Go back and say it, let her remove the word Ji, and the royal family will dare to call Ji, and don't look at her identity." ”

Bai Jian was busy with Nuonuo said that in the past, only the princess or princess of the royal family could be called Ji, but now, the rest of the princes and even the people have called Ji.

Zhou Bian frowned, "It's better to call it Zheng Zhuji, the pearl of gold and jade pearls." ”

"The slave and maid thanked the king for the Zheng family's mother and daughter!" The white supervisor hurriedly bowed and saluted.

The group continued to walk towards the house.

Walking to the door of the house, Zhou Bian suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said, "Is Zheng Zhuji dumb?" ”

"Oh?" Bai Jian was stunned for a moment, "It's not, maybe Fang is nervous in front of the king." ”

Nodding, Zhou Bian walked into the house, where there were already Qiaonu Qiannu waiting to serve.

I was still a little tired during the day, and after chatting casually with Sun Man, the king of Ningyue, about today's observations and evaluations, Zhou Bian fell asleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning got up, still nothing, Zhou Bian and the others did not know Wei Hou's next arrangement, before there were new arrangements, Zhou Bian waited in the courtyard, while Wang Sunman and Ning Yue went out to inquire about the news.

At noon, the two came back, two news, one is that the Marquis of Zhongshan left near noon, the Zhongshan country is still under the attack of the Zhao army, the Marquis of Zhongshan came to participate in the meeting of Feng Ze under the danger of losing the country, it is estimated that there is still a plan to ask the Marquis of Wei to send troops, but obviously the Marquis of Wei did not decide, so he went back first, and the other is that the princes were summoned by the Marquis of Wei for a meeting, it is said that the discussion is about the northward movement of the Chu army, think about it, a Zhongshan country was attacked, and the other is that the Chu army of 200,000 arrived at the border of Wei, and the Marquis of Wei naturally attaches importance to the latter. But think about it again, Zhongshan Kingdom will be sad, catch up with the Chu army to the north, cut off the rescue road, and it is estimated that it will not be far from the death of the country again.

But what I didn't expect was that a bunch of princes and lords actually discussed for two days, and on the second night after the end of Feng Ze, Ning Yue got the exact news from Gongzi Ang, the thirteen countries were ready to form a coalition to go south to reject Chu, and Ning Yue also got the latest news of 100,000 Wei troops, they began to retreat slowly at the moment of the meeting of Feng Ze, and did not engage the Chu army, it seems that Wei Hou wanted to introduce the Chu army into the territory of Wei, perhaps to show his justice, but Zhou Bian was still a little worried that Wei Hou was playing with fire**.

Although the news said that the princes and lords of the thirteen countries had discussed the formation of a coalition army, but on the third day, there was any movement here in Fengze, but there was news that the 50,000 Han army had already gone south and was about to join the 100,000 Wei army.

Hearing this news, Zhou Bian was stunned at first, wasn't Wei Hou afraid that the Han army and the Chu army would secretly unite? After all, the Marquis of Wei indirectly led to the early death of the Han ancestors, if it was really a combination of Han and Chu, the Han army suddenly stabbed the Wei army in the back, and I was afraid that the land south of the great river of Wei would not be guaranteed. However, after thinking about it again, Zhou Bian was about to applaud Wei Hou, and the special Han Hou was with Wei Hou, Wei Hou was afraid of Mao! Wei Hou really used the Son of Heaven to make the princes use it to the extreme, and these 50,000 Han troops can be said to be completely used by Wei Hou at this time.

But if you think about it deeper, in addition to Han Hou, there are ten princes and one prince who personally stayed with Wei Hou, and among them there are also princes of a big country like Qi Hou, isn't he afraid that Wei Hou is really hijacked? To be honest, when it comes to politics, Zhou Bian is still a little worse, and he doesn't understand the high-level behavior of this era too much, maybe this is still the influence of etiquette, or the way to balance between major powers.

Finally on the fourth day, Gongzi Ang came in person, on behalf of the Marquis of Wei, sent an invitation to the royal family to go south with the allies to resist the Chu army, of course, Zhou Bian knew that it was an invitation, but in fact he came to tell him, get up early tomorrow, come with us, don't let us wait for you to get up.

So on the fifth day of the meeting of Feng Ze, before dawn, the whole camp began to make a noise, in fact, there is no need for Gongzi Ang to explain first, Zhou Bian will not lie in bed.

The princes of the thirteen countries, together with Zhou Tianzi, each led troops ranging from 1,000 to 5,000, and finally at dawn, the camp went south, and the allied forces officially began to move.

Zhou Bian believed that later generations of historians would connect the southward march of the Allied forces with the meeting of Fengze, and the former would naturally serve as a continuation and sublimation of the latter.

Under the cold sunshine of late autumn, the 30,000-strong army slowly moved south, with all kinds of banners distinct, converging into a torrent and rolling forward. Among them, the average small country is 1,000 warriors, the large Qi and Han countries are 3,000, the Wei State has the most, the Wei Hou has 5,000 people around him, and of course, the least is the Zhou royal family, with only a hundred warriors, which exist purely to show existence.

In the middle of the army, a hundred warriors of the royal family followed closely behind the banner of the king of Zhou, and on a par with the chariot of the king was the Marquis of Wei, then the Marquis of Qi and the Marquis of Han, and the rest of the princes were in turn.

Looking at Wei Hou with a side eye, I saw that under the spring breeze, his face was flushed, as if he was drunk, yes, he had done this step today, Wei Hou was enough to be as famous as Qi Huan Jinwen, if he really drove away the Chu army, this middle-aged Wei Hou may have to faintly overpower his ancestors.

However, Zhou Bian believes that this will be the climax of Wei Hou's life, or the apex, and after the apex, it will begin to go downhill, on the way to pull Wei Hou off the altar, not only the Zhou royal family has begun to sprinkle the big net, but also Zhao Chuqin, the three colleagues, Zhou Bian also believes that although the two monarchs of Qi and Han are following Wei Hou at the moment, they may not be of the same heart as Wei Hou.

This will be the last glory of Wei Hou, and many people are working on it.

Nearly 30,000 Allied troops stopped and set up camp before dark, and this time they didn't go fast. However, the next day, another 10,000 troops were gathered, which was sent by the nearest Song State at the request of the Marquis of Wei.

The next day, 40,000 troops continued on their way, but at sunset another 5,000 sergeants came, who had arrived in a hurry from the country.

In this way, there were many troops from the small Huaishang countries on the road, and by the fifth day of the departure of the allies, there were already more than 50,000 people, and Wei Hou's men and horses were not the most numerous among the current allied forces, but Wei Hou did not seem to be worried about losing his advantage and reducing his dominance.

However, vassal states such as Qi, Qin, and Lu who were far away did not have troops to come, but it is also possible that the great powers were reserved and did not follow the will of the Marquis of Wei.

Finally, on the sixth day, not long in the afternoon, I could see a dense barracks like a forest in front of me, and countless flags fluttering in the wind, where was the Wei and Han army blocking the northward march of the Chu army.

After the successful meeting, the total number of troops here has exceeded 200,000, nearly 110,000 Wei troops, both in terms of numbers and combat power, are shaky ahead of other princes, the Central Plains allies rest for a day early in the morning, a letter signed by the princes of the thirteen countries, and the king of Zhou Tianzi, especially the invitation to write the nomination by the Marquis of Wei, was sent to the south by a chariot, 200,000 Chu army camp.

Unexpectedly, this invitation to war was like a stone sinking into the sea, and a day passed, and there was no response.

The Chu army followed the Wei army slowly north, and kept a camping distance of fifty miles, and this distance was enough for the heralds to go back and forth in one day.

Perhaps the king of Chu was still considering, and in the handsome tent under the night, the Marquis of Wei, who was the chief of the princes, comforted the princes.

However, what no one expected was that another day had passed, and there was still no response, could it be that the colonel who sent the war book was detained by the King of Chu? And it is said that it should not be so, in this era when the art of war has reached a climax, no general will do such a tasteless thing, but Wei Hou is also worried that the king of Chu will go all the way to the black, and he will directly cut down the envoy, so Wei Hou gathered scouts in the army overnight and learned that there was no movement in the Chu army.

On the third day, the Marquis of Wei finally couldn't take it anymore, and sent a group of more sharp-tongued messengers with a more stern letter.

However, at noon, there was a sudden rush from the scouts in front of the front, and the Chu army retreated.

The 200,000 Chu troops retreated without a fight, could it be that they were frightened by themselves? Wei Hou suddenly had such an idea in his heart.

But here, including Zhou Tianzi, together with the thirteen princes personally formed an alliance, and went south with great momentum, only to find that the enemy had run away, didn't this hit the air with a punch and flashed his waist a little?

So the Marquis of Wei immediately ordered the army to pull out the camp and chase south.

However, the military order was passed on, but the other princes in the camp stopped doing it, especially Qi Han, Lu Qin, etc., the Chu army ran away, what are they chasing him for, these princes are still with the Marquis of Wei, and no one wants to get involved too deeply.

Wei Hou had no choice but to persuade him with good words, if there was another prince who ran away first, the alliance would not be perfect, so the quarrel in the tent dragged on. The Marquis of Wei had to pass the order first, and let the main forces of 100,000 Wei troops, 50,000 Han troops and 10,000 Song troops go first.

And in the handsome tent here, there has been a quarrel until noon, Zhou Bian listened to the noise on the side of the handsome tent, while enjoying the massage of the maid in his royal tent, the people of the royal family know that no matter how noisy it is, they are not qualified to speak on their side, just listen, from this point of view, the Zhou room is not as good as Cao Wei and other small countries, at least Cao Jun Weijun is also qualified to go to the handsome tent to listen to the quarrel of the princes of the big countries at close range.

However, when it was almost noon, as a small school ran in, the tent suddenly fell silent. Xiao Xiao held the bamboo slip in his hand and trotted it to Wei Hou's hand. This is the reply of the king of Chu, and all the princes stared at it in an uproar.

However, after a while, Wei Hou's face changed, and he saw his anger come up, look around at the princes, and then throw the bamboo slips to the ground with a bang.