Chapter 804: Three Families
PS: I have to go to the border to do fieldwork in a few days, and I am so tired after a day of training, there is only one shift, and two shifts tomorrow......
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Zhao Wuxian sat in the hall, watching the rain dripping outside the window, and the next one didn't stop.
Two days had passed since the siege and annihilation battle of the Zhi clan, and a sudden winter rain had brought great trouble to the finishing work of the battlefield, and the hills, river valleys, and cities were shrouded in a dense fog woven by rain.
After the total destruction of the Zhi's breakthrough soldiers, Zhao Wuxian moved the camp to Duanshi, Duanshi City is a thousand-household city in the Qinshui River Valley, with Weishan Mountain as the east and Lushan Mountain as the screen in the west, and the Qinhe River flowing for thousands of years from north to south. The Zhao and Han families occupied a corner of Duanshi City respectively, because the road ahead was about to go deep into the Shangdang Mountains, the valley was high and deep, and the road was dangerous and narrow, so they could only continue to march after this rain.
Fortunately, their logistical pressure was not great, and the Zhi clan hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in the Duan clan, which was enough for the army to eat for half a month.
"After the Battle of Yanling, the Jin army ate a full meal in the Chu army camp for three full days, and now our treatment is far from the beginning."
After the big victory, they were able to eat again, and everyone was in a good mood, Zhao Wuxian was talking and laughing with his generals, but he heard a guard report from outside.
"The Korean army is coming!"
Bright footsteps broke through the sound of raindrops and arrived at the door, Han Hu was not polite, and pushed the door in. The two have a very close personal relationship, and they have even married their children, so they don't have to pay so much attention to the courtesy when they make a marriage contract for the two new babies who are still in their infancy.
After seeing the salute, the generals of the Zhao clan retreated with amusement, leaving the slightly narrow hall to the two heads of the family to discuss military and political affairs.
After handing over the dripping dripping dripping drums to the erector, Han Hu and Zhao Wuxian sat opposite each other on both sides of the desk, he wiped off a little raindrop on his white forehead, looked at the rain outside for a whole day, and said with palpitations: "Fortunately, the war ended before this rain, otherwise I don't know how long it will be delayed, and if I am not careful, I will have to fight again in the spring of next year." β
Zhao Wuxian asked the erector to move the warm copper furnace to Han Hu's side, and personally poured a bowl of warm soup and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "The early winter is like this, although the rain is not big, but it keeps falling, as the so-called winter rain and cold." The fatigue after the war is the easiest for the evil disease to take advantage of, and there are not a few soldiers of the three armies who fall ill, and they are all left in Hyun Yi for isolation, and Ziyin must also pay attention to his body. β
Han Hu hesitated a little after taking the warm soup, smelled it, there was a medicinal smell, but the entrance was not so bitter, he could only taste ginger, smashed his lips and said, "It's not delicious." β
"This is a preventive medicinal soup made by the Lingque healer, and the drinker is warm."
Han Hu didn't doubt that he had him, drank it all, gently put the bowl on the table, and began to go straight to the point: "Although it is to let the soldiers rest for a while, and also to avoid the rain, it is still not appropriate for us to stay here for a long time, you must know that the longer the war drags on, the easier it is to change." After this battle, the remnants of the Fan clan were wiped out, and most of the office and the Zhijun were also destroyed, as soon as Zhiyao died, the Zhishi had no generals who could fight, although there were nearly 10,000 remnants left in Xinjiang, Hexi, Shangdang and Zhiyi, but it was not enough to worry, it was the time to move westward! β
"Haha, I'm just brave in big battles, cowardly in small battles, and half ninety for a hundred miles, so I can't be careless at this time."
Zhao Wuxian knew what Han Hu was anxious about, so he asked him to calm down, asked the guards to spread out the map, stretched out his hand and pointed to the west of Duanshi City and said: "Shangdang is located in the west of the Duanshi River Valley, because the terrain here is extremely high, and the sky is the party, so it is called Shangdang, and it is not easy to climb the slope on a rainy day." However, I have sent Liu Xiajiao and the first division of the Han clan to go over in advance, and at this time I have already cleared the remnants of the enemy on the periphery and approached the lonely city of Shangdang, just waiting for this winter rain to stop, the army can pull out the camp and march west, and regain the territory occupied by the Zhi clan for two and a half years for Ziyin! β
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"That's fine."
Han Hu breathed a sigh of relief, he still remembered the defeat of Shangdang more than two years ago, and the Han pawn he was proud of was defeated by Zhiyao, and the location of Shangdang that was conducive to defense did not let them hold out for a few more days. If it weren't for Wu Jing's brave death, I was afraid that he would either be killed in the army, or he would have become a prisoner of Xinjiang.
Who knew that in the thirty years of Hedong and the thirty years of Hexi, now after joining forces with Zhao Jun, he finally defeated Zhiyao, Han Hu let out a vicious breath, and was a little impatient during the siege of Zhiyao, and even looked forward to what Zhao Wuxian said, "beheading him into a wine vessel".
But Zhao Wuxian retracted the preface, and he buried Zhiyao's corpse, just as he treated Wu Jing's corpse after breaking the valley. In the treatment of ordinary soldiers, the Zhao clan did not kill on a large scale, and even did not build a capital to see the living people, which is very different from the cruel revenge in the war of alignment.
After being captured in the first battle of Danshui Changping, the generals and soldiers of Wan Zhi, Fan, and the public offices who were detained in the two cities of Guangwolf and Hyun immediately put their minds at ease, believing that they would not be brutally slaughtered, and started to be a prisoner with peace of mind, just waiting for redemption or labor after the war.
When asked why he did this, Zhao Wuxian said: "Although Liuqing has a deep grudge, but after all, I am also a Jin person, why bother to do this to the township party, after the king of Chuzhuang defeated the Jin State, I have never been like this, I am holding the righteous banner on the side of the Qing monarch, how can I not even be as good as the Southern Barbarians?" β
Han Hu looked at all this silently, with mixed feelings in his heart, and his advisor Duan Gui leaned over and said in his ear: "Gentlemen should be careful, General Zhao began to buy people's hearts and prepare for the division of land and the people after the war." β
"He did this for a reason, and he didn't hide it, it's much better than those villains who stab knives in the back, don't mention it again!" At that time, Han Hu reprimanded Duan Gui, but he did not prevent Duan Gui from meeting with Linghu Bo, the minister of the Wei family, and turned a blind eye to this, and even added fuel to the fire, and exchanged a letter with Wei Ju.
After two years of career as the head of the family, Han Hu is no longer the young gentleman who is as gentle as jade and simple as jade in his heart, once he is caught in the whirlpool of politics, it will be difficult to recover his innocence, because naΓ―ve people are dead, such as Zhiyao, who has just been buried......
Of course, Han Hu couldn't believe Wei's words, but Han was very fragile now and couldn't withstand any accidents. In the past two years, the Han family has survived with their backs to the Zhao family, and the Han family has paid too much for it, and even the Yiguan has been handed over to Zhao Wuxian through the "land exchange", and the Taihang Pass has since belonged to the Zhao family.
So it's hard for Han Hu not to have another thought, he just hopes that he will be more attentive afterwards than unguarded. Besides, in Han Hu's opinion, he has no place to be sorry for the Zhao family, just be on guard, not hostile.
"Shangdang is Ziyin's old town, and the people in it were once ministers of the Han family, I wonder if they can help us break the city?"
Asked by Zhao Wuxian, Han Hu came back to his senses from his thoughts and said with a smile: "Zitai rest assured, if the Zhidang generals hear that the Zhizhi clan has been wiped out and tens of thousands of troops are advancing westward, they will definitely be frightened, and the Shangdang people will definitely resist enthusiastically and welcome us into the city." β
Zhao Wuxian nodded, Shangdang is very important in the strategy of attacking Quanjin, for thousands of years to attack and defend important places, the Spring and Autumn Period is not obvious, to the Warring States Period, Shangdang and Anyi, Taiyuan together, known as the "pillar" of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han. When Qiang Qin occupied this place, he controlled half of the world, and controlled the orders of Qi, Chu, and Sanjin.
Nowadays, Shangdang is also a domain in the Hedong region, and there is no Supreme Party, and there is no Hedong!
"That's fine, Shangdang and Fenshui are the last two lines of defense between us and Xinjiang." Zhao Wuxian wrote, spent two black lines in two places, the resistance of the remnants of the Zhi clan was only in vain, and he wanted to break through the past within half a month, and the troops were under the city of Xinjiang!
He drew a red circle under the capital of the Jin Kingdom! Jinyang, Duanshi, all the arrows point there.
At this moment, another guard outside loudly reported: "The prince of the Wei family has arrived!" β
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"Wei Ju is here...... Zhao Wuxian and Han Hu glanced at each other, the Wei army did not stay with Zhao Han, Wei Ju used the excuse that Duanshi City could not squeeze so many people, so he found another camp on the other side of Qinshui, separated from the two armies, and the posture of the well water does not interfere with the river water. Today, Zhao Wuxian invited him to come to the banquet and drink, and after waiting for a long time, he thought that Wei Ju would not have the courage to come, but he still came.
Before Wei Juren arrived, the laughter was heard first, he only brought Lu Xing alone, and there was no fear on his face, and after entering the hall, he calmly greeted Zhao Wuxian and Han Hu.
"The rain is too big to be a step late, and I hope that Zitai Ziyin will not be blamed."
Zhao Wuxian got up and welcomed: "It's okay to be late, Ziteng will punish himself with a pot of wine later." β
Wei Ju happily accepted: "After fighting for many days, I haven't tasted alcohol, and my addiction to alcohol has already been committed. β
"I don't know when Ziteng is going to talk about it, is it in the Pan Palace, or in the Taoyuan?"
Han Hu looked at Zhao Wei and the two of them holding hands and talking and laughing, behind the seemingly skillful and cordial greetings, there was a cold rustiness and vigilance, and he himself was a normal person who should be gentle, and he sneered at each other.
Wei Ju didn't care either, and smiled.
Zhao Wuxian has already let the erector set up a feast in the hall, because there are only three of them who are qualified to sit down, so there are only three seats, and above is Zhao Wuxian's chairman, he is the master, and he is the most powerful, as it should be.
On both sides are guest seats, and Han Hu just sat on the guest seat on the right, which is the upper seat. After Wei Ju came in, although he reluctantly followed Zhao Wuxian to get up to greet him, he had no intention of giving up this seat.
In China, whether it is in ancient times or in later generations, ranking is a very serious matter, who is first and who is last, who is up and who is down, there are all particulars. After the defeat of Zhiyao, how to divide the status of the three families of Zhao, Wei and Han was largely reflected in this banquet.
"Both of them are in the position of secretary, but I am still a doctor, and I am in the lower seat, so it should be so." Wei Ju saw that Han Hu had no intention of giving in, and looked at him coldly, so he could only laugh dryly twice and sit down at the next seat on the left.
But Zhao Wuxian heard it, there was a deep meaning in this sentence...... Wei Ju did not see himself as a representative of the family, but was reduced to the status of a prince, and he accepted today's seat, but did not recognize the post-war Zhao Han Wei ranking. This means: Wei's is still what his father said, above the feast, in the court, one yard is one yard!
Han Hu snorted coldly, turned his head and didn't answer, since the Wei clan fought in Danshui Changping, he had this attitude towards Wei Ju.
Zhao Wuxian Xiao watched the cold war between Han Hu and Wei Ju with interest, the battle between the two seemed to be competing against each other, if it wasn't for the fact that he had already obtained the information, saying that it was the Han family's think tank Duan Gui and the Wei family's advisor Ling Hu Bo had met several times in the past few days, extremely frequent, he might also think that Han Wei and the two were like fire and water......
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The three of them sat on the seat, each with their own thoughts, and as soon as the enemy left, they began to dream of sleeping together.
Now that the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom has been decided, no matter how Zhibo tosses, he can't turn the tables, and the place that Zhao Wuxian wants to get is already in his hands, and what is missing is a justification for ruling and basing himself on the princes. Therefore, the next thing to do is not to compete with each other in one city and one place, but to prevent the Han and Wei families from secretly colluding to balance themselves.
Although the two have not yet united, it is inevitable that they will be strong and weak. The love and killing of the three Jin Dynasty in history is a lesson, and Zhao Wuxian needs to nip this trend in the bud.
In Zhao Wuxian's opinion, Han Hu can still win it. The contradiction between the two families is actually not small, not to mention that there is no contradiction, then the contradiction will be created, as for how to manipulate, it depends on his means!
It is also sighing, four years ago, on the day of Zhao Wuxian's big day, he and Wei Ju and Han Hu met in Taoyuan, Wenxian County, where they became brothers of different clans, and now between them, sincerity has long been washed away by time, and only full of routines remain.
In fact, looking back, since Wenxian Taoyuan, or since they met in Xinjiang Pan Palace, the three of them have never really been sincere with each other. Historically, how many mentors and apprentices have turned their faces and made enemies because of politics, and looking for friends in the relationship between the Qing clan full of deceit is just an extravagant hope......
That's why Zhao Wuxian sometimes thinks that compared to the two, his opponent Zhiyao is more sincere and cute.
The feast was about to begin, and Zhao Wuxian waved his hand to ask people to take down the map on the ground, but Wei Ju stopped him.
Wei Ju squinted and paced over, staring at the map again and again, especially the black lines that Shangdang and Fenshui had been heavily drawn, and the eye-catching red circle at Xinjiang. He couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that Zitai Ziyin has already discussed the direction of the march, can I add a few words?" β
The shirtless face sank like water: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." β
"In fact, our enemy is only east of Fenshui, and we only need to break through the Shangdang."
"Oh?"
Zhao Wuxian tapped his finger on the desk, out of speculation about the situation, he had expected Wei Ju to say this. In this way, this is the confidence that Wei does not want to be at the bottom when he redivides the cake of the Jin Kingdom? This is also the reason why they took the initiative to contact the Han clan and wanted to play two weak systems and one strong?
Zhao Wei Han, the chess pieces of the three families have all been thrown, and I don't know if his horse, whose sword is on the sidelines, can get stuck in the eyes of the Nine Palaces Elephant, so that Wei's "phase" with hidden killing intentions cannot move......
Seeing that Han Hu was silent, he also pretended not to know, and asked with a blank face, "What do you mean by this?" β
Wei Ju got up, saluted Zhao Wuxian and Han Hu again, and said with a smile: "I didn't bring a gift today, only a piece of good news, at this moment, Xinjiang should have changed hands and escaped from the control of the Zhi clan!" (To be continued.) )