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It is said that after the retreat of the Zhao army, Wei Yi also withdrew from Fenyin in an instant, and the remaining armies of Wei and Han retreated to Quwo and Kunsai respectively. Sima Cuozong wanted to take the initiative to attack, but Wei Wei did not give him the slightest chance, and as soon as the main force of the Zhao army left, the coalition army immediately changed from an offensive posture to a defensive strategy.

In this way, even if the commander of the Qin army is the one who is wrong, there is nothing to be done.

Because Sima Cuo did not dare to attack rashly, although the Three Jin Coalition lost its offensive ability with the withdrawal of the Zhao army, it was still more than enough to say that the defense was still more than enough. Not to mention that the coalition army is divided into two, that is, Quwo and Hangu Kunsai are divided into troops to defend it, so that they can help each other and take care of each other, Sima Cuo knows that once the enemy launches an attack, whether it is to attack Quwo or directly attack Hangu Pass, the back of the Qin army will definitely be exposed, and if the enemy takes the opportunity to copy the back road, it will definitely give the Qin army a fatal blow.

Even if Sima Cuo is a bold commander, he doesn't dare to gamble at this moment, because the Qin State can't afford to gamble, if the land west of the river is lost again, there is no barrier in the east of the Qin State, and the Sanjin Coalition Army will become a smooth road to Guanzhong, and then the old Qin people are afraid that they can only throw away the fertile land in Guanzhong, and once again shrink to the barren Longxi and be with the Biansaihu people, which is equivalent to returning to the beginning of the Qinxiang public state!

After the allied forces retreated to Hangu, Quwo and the Qin army were in a stalemate with each other for three months, 130,000 Weiguo infantry reinforcements came from Chaoge King City to the west, and finally delivered to Wei Yi.

The strength of the coalition army suddenly approached 250,000, in terms of scale, it was already on par with the Qin army under Sima Cuo's department, and what made him feel even more heavy was that even if the coalition army did not have the Zhao army at this moment, it once again had the ability to fight a decisive battle with Qin, in other words, the Wei and Han coalition forces once again had the ability to attack.

Xianyang.

Wei Ran received the edict and hurriedly entered the Xianyang Palace, but when he saw King Qin Zhao, the latter suddenly bowed to him and gave him a big salute, which caught Wei Ran off guard, but he was taken aback, "The king must not bother the ministers, the ministers can't afford such a big gift!" ”

"The second uncle can afford it!" Yingji said.

For a while, Wei Ran was not embarrassed, and was about to speak, but the King of Qin preemptively said: "I don't know the height of the sky, but I am ignorant, so I gave the enemy country an opportunity, causing Hangu to be lost in the hands of the widows, causing the people of my Qin country to suffer, and the soldiers died, and I put my Great Qin in danger...... Now I'm in a catastrophe by myself, but I want my second uncle to come forward and clean up the mess. ”

"My Great Qin is already in danger, Ji, I implore the second uncle to accept the order to save my Great Qin from danger!" After speaking, Yingji once again solemnly and sincerely bowed her hand.

Wei Ran hurriedly returned the salute, and then said: "Eat the king, be loyal to the king, save the country from danger is the duty of a minister, when this national disaster is in trouble, it is the time when we and other royal clansmen serve the king and serve the country, why is the king like this, it is not necessary." ”

Yingji was overjoyed when she heard Wei Ran's words, and hurriedly asked, "Second uncle has a good plan?" ”

Wei Ran smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "It's not a good strategy, I'm afraid it's a pedantic strategy, but it may not be impossible to resolve this crisis, it's just ...... I am afraid that my king will have to bear some bad reputation, and I am afraid that the prestige of Qin among the nations will be greatly reduced. ”

"It's not enough, the second uncle but it doesn't hurt to say it!" At this moment, where does Yingji care about any good strategies and what reputation losses, as long as he can let the Qin State survive the current crisis of annihilation, and can prevent the Three Jin Coalition Army from attacking Guanzhong, everything else can be abandoned.

Wei Ran didn't think too much, and said while thinking: "Your Majesty." When this situation is in this situation, the minister thinks that the national strength of our Qin State is overwhelmed, and it cannot be consumed endlessly, otherwise the enemy army will be in chaos before it enters the border, and the king of Wei will add tens of thousands of troops to the border of our country, and the loss of the country is also huge, and the method of the king of Wei is tantamount to killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred ...... of himself" Saying this, Wei Ran paused and hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "The minister wants to rush to Chaoge and take the initiative to make peace with King Wei." ”

"And?" Yingjihu said suspiciously: "The Three Jin Dynasty now have an advantage, will King Wei agree?" ”

"Then it depends on how to reconcile." Wei Ran shook his head and said, "The minister's strategy is to cut the land and seek peace, and my king will also follow the actions of King Huiwen back then......"

"What did you say?" Yingji looked at Wei Ran incredulously, and immediately raised her voice angrily and shouted: "Second uncle, do you want to apologize to the defense of the country?" ”

The so-called Qin Huiwen Wang's move, Yingji of course knows, that is the first head-on battle between Qin and Qi since the change of law, the Qin army pretended to go to Korea to expedition to Qi, and the Qi army fought with Sanqiu, known as the "Battle of Sanqiu", this battle was the first time that the new army of Qin suffered defeat in the hands of Kuang Zhang after the change, and planted a big heel in the hands of King Qi Wei.

King Qin Huiwen learned the news of the defeat at the front, so he hurriedly sent Chen Zhen as a messenger, as a "minister of the Western Domain" to Linzi to apologize to King Qi Wei, a year later Wei Zheng out of the mountain to restore the country, the righteous Qi, Chu and Qin Three Kingdoms Alliance in the time of the Sang, at that time the Wei State was just a vassal of the Three Jins, and Wei Neng also benefited from the Qin State.

At this moment and that time, who would have thought that in just over 20 years, the Qin State would reach the point where it was going to be a vassal to the country.

Wei Ran hurriedly said: "Don't be impatient, the king, this is just an expedient measure, at most, some reputation, there is not much loss, at this time, it is best to solve the current problem." ”

Yingji struggled for a long time, and finally only got a long sigh: "Anyway, back then, my father and king could be a vassal to Qi, why not do a widow who would do a job of lying on his salary and tasting courage?" What the second uncle said is reasonable, and Qin Guo should take it as the first thing to get through the current predicament. ”

Wei Ran saw that King Qin was not angry, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "The minister asked the king to borrow the national seal for use, and I will personally set off to meet King Wei in three days." ”

"Then there is Second Uncle Lao." Yingji immediately waved his hand: "Come on, quickly bring the national seal!" ”

No one in the Qin State understood Wei Zheng's true intentions, no matter how hard the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State thought about it, they would not have thought that the main purpose of Wei Guo's big move was not to destroy Qin at all, but to plot Qi, and all these external manifestations were a trick. Come to think of it, Wei Guo is in such a battle, the army Chen Jing is at his feet, and after four years of fighting, the Qin State even lost the Hangu Pass, and the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State must have thought that he was rushing to destroy Qin.

The Qin State believed it, and the Qi State naturally believed in it, and everyone in the world believed in it.

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Let's talk about the Song State, just when the Three Jin Dynasty and Qin were playing with each other, the Qi State and the Song State were also in full swing.

King Qi gave Su Qin an army of 180,000 to destroy the Song Dynasty, and in the years when Qin and the Three Jin Dynasty attacked each other, the Song army led by Su Qin advanced all the way, not only recovering all the lost territory of the Song Dynasty and Qi State, but also the biggest obstacle when Pengcheng (Xuzhou) was captured, which was not long before and after Wei Yu broke the Hangu Pass.

The Song State threw Pengcheng away, and the speed of the Qi army's westward advance was unusually smooth, all the way to the camp, and the place where the army passed was like a bamboo, and the attack was overwhelming.

At the same time that Wei Ran set off for Chaoge, Su Qin had already led the Qi army to advance to Yitai and Meng, which was already the last barrier in Suiyang, Yitai City was only more than ten miles away from Suiyang, and Mengcheng was less than ten miles away.

The Qi army rushed into Suiyang, and it was already as bright as snow, and it was about to come to the city, and the scouts of the Song army reported that Pegasus had entered the city and reported the news as soon as possible.

At this time, Dai Yan, the king of Song Kang, was still intoxicated with the dream of grand hegemony, enjoying music and pottery in the Suiyang Palace, drinking fine wine, appreciating music, holding beautiful women, and listening to the voices of his subordinates singing praises of virtue.

"Your lord, Qi Kou is near, and he will arrive in Suiyang the next day, and everyone in the country is already in danger." The scout knelt on top of the main hall and prayed the way.

Song Wangyan, who was in a good mood, frowned when he heard this, and the close ministers around him knew that their master was an arrogant and unbelievable goods, so he brushed his hair and immediately reprimanded him to report the scout: "Bold, with my strength Song is strong, Qi Kou is weak, evil can be like this?" You are lying about the military situation, and you should be punished for this crime! ”

The scout's face changed, and he said in a panic: "What the villain said is true, the Qi army has come straight to my royal city, the king is Mingjian!" ”

Dai Yan didn't pay attention to the scout's hard work, but felt that what the courtier said was reasonable, and dared to send it to the door with Qi Kou's weakness?

At the end, with a wave of his hand, he said lightly: "Whoever lies about the military situation is a capital crime." Come on, drag it out and cut it, and then probe and report again! ”

"The king spares his life, the king spares his life......"

The two armor soldiers lifted the scout out of the main hall, and the sound of pleading disappeared in a moment, and Song Wangyan cut down the scout and then sent someone to investigate.

After the spies sent out came back, all those who said that the Qi army was about to be killed were cut off their heads, and so on and so on, no one dared to go up to the scouts behind, and in the end, Song Wangyan had to personally send a person to investigate again.

The named general obviously did not have the spies who went down, Dai Yan named him to go out honestly to investigate, but he rode out of the royal city and ran less than five miles, then he saw the dust in front of him, and the Qi army was marching towards Suiyang City, he ran back, and returned to the palace again to see Song Wangyan so reported: "Report to my king, Weichen doesn't know where Qi Kou is, the whole country, the people are very safe!" ”

"Just say it, isn't Qi Kou afraid of death? Hmph, those few people who lied about the military should be killed! After that, Song Wangyan snorted and immediately rewarded the general with two hundred gold.

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