Chapter Twenty-Seven: War Resumes

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The first to do it was Yan Guo. In the original history, Yan Xianggongsun Cao murdered Queen Yan Hui and supported the young son to succeed to the throne for King Wucheng. King Wucheng was the king for 14 years, did nothing, never interfered in the war in the Central Plains, nor did he renovate the military. Although there was no war for a long time and there were no losses, when the Qin army pressed the border, there was no power to resist. King Wucheng's brother, the eldest son of King Yanhui Xin, seized the throne after the death of King Wucheng, but because of his advanced age, he collapsed after three years of reign, and was passed on to Yan Wangxi, who was the last monarch of Yan State.

But in this time and space, Gongzi Xin seized the throne fourteen years ahead of schedule. In his thirties, he was in the prime of life. Under the leadership of Yan Wang Xin, Yan Guo cultivated benevolence and government inside, established martial arts outside, and expanded its territory for 300 miles, which has been a sign of prosperity.

The State of Zhao is still strong, but the State of Qi is no longer what it used to be, coupled with the century-long entanglement of the three generations of Yan and Qi, the State of Qi has become the hope of the strong State of Yan. After receiving the support of Zhao State, Yan State after a month-long preparation, led 100,000 troops with the general Rong Xuan, and crossed Luoshui and Jishui one after another through the Zhaoyi Plain and Liaocheng, and captured the important town of Qi State. The 30,000 troops deployed by the Qi State between Luoshui and Jishui did not play a role at all. Qi State hurriedly gathered the defenders of Qiancheng and Zhai County, retreated to the south bank of Jishui, and confronted the Yan army in the area of Zhangqiu.

Tian Dan had 150,000 soldiers and fought fiercely with the Yan army for half a month, and both sides had their own victories and defeats, but overall, the Qi army won more and lost less. I thought that in another month at most, I could force the Yan army away. Who would have thought that Yan Guo, with the eldest husband Ju Xin as the general, led an army of 100,000 to capture Qiancheng and Zhai County, and assembled on the north bank of Jishui, intending to capture Gaowan.

Gaowan is located between Zhangqiu and Linzi. Once captured by the Yan army, then not only Linzi is dangerous, but the Tiandan army will also be attacked by the Yan army. Qi State hurriedly sent 60,000 troops to the front line of Jishui, even so, Qi State was not at ease, and hurriedly sent the right prime minister to Luoyang, asking South Korea to send reinforcements.

Whether to send troops or not has become a difficult problem for South Korea. As early as when the Chu State invaded Vietnam, Korea was worried that it would be slow to send troops once it could. will encourage Yan Zhao to breed ambitions. But South Korea also had a bit of luck, after all, it was already March, the most important time of the year. Even if countries use troops, it will not be too much, otherwise, if the cultivation is mistaken, it will strictly affect the agricultural time. Mencius had a saying. If it does not violate the agricultural time, the grain cannot be eaten; The number of grains does not enter the pool. Fish and turtles are not to be eaten; The axe enters the mountains and forests at the right time, and the timber is not usable. That's why large-scale fighting often takes place in the winter.

But South Korea didn't expect that the Yan State would be so vigorous and mobilize the people, and it would mobilize 200,000 troops to attack the Qi State at once! You must know that the soldiers of the whole country of Qi are only 2780,000! The Yan State has the confidence to fail, but the Qi State is in danger of destroying the country once it fails!

The Korean monarch and the ministers discussed. It was immediately determined that Qi Guo was to be rescued, and the speed should be fast. Fortunately, the Yan army is in the area of Zhangqiu and Licheng, which is only more than 100 miles away from Taishan County in South Korea, and what the Yan army can rely on is the defense line of the Great Wall, not to mention. The main purpose of the Han army is to force the Yan State to withdraw its troops, not to annihilate the Yan army, so it should not be difficult! Therefore, King Han appointed Han Teng, the general of Zhengdong, as a general, leading 50,000 troops!

It's just that before Han Teng could carry the tiger talisman and go to Taishan County to recruit troops, the envoy of the Qin State, Lang Zhongling, arrived at Lü Buwei. Lü Buwei informed South Korea of the news that Zhao Guo Yilian was a general, sent 150,000 troops, and captured Taiyuan, and implored South Korea to send reinforcements. After all, the Qin State had no more than 200,000 soldiers, scattered in the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangjun, and Hedong. With the arrival of the Zhao army, the Qin State could only muster an army of 100,000 to defend Taiyuan. If there is a large number, it will affect spring ploughing.

The matter is obvious, after hearing that the Chu State sent troops, the two countries of Yan and Zhao must have conspired, otherwise they would never have sent troops so coincidentally. Yan targeted Qi, Zhao targeted Qin, and South Korea wanted to send reinforcements, but it faced the embarrassing situation of fighting on three sides. If South Korea does not send troops, then Qin and Qi are likely to be annexed by Zhao and Yan, and if South Korea sends troops, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, it will allow South Korea to consume its national strength.

"Your Majesty! According to the minister's opinion, now we have divided the Chu State into two, and the 50,000 troops of Lecheng and Wang Jian are enough to make the Chu State jealous, and the Yue State should sit back and relax. There is no need to send another 50,000 troops to attack the Jiangbei land of the Chu State, right? It is better to transfer these 50,000 troops to Shangdang and cut off the retreat of Lian Po's army, so that the danger of Qin can be solved! "Prime Minister Zhang Ping proposed his own construction.

Whether it is Qingzhou or Xuzhou and Liangzhou, the implementation of the new law has entered the most critical year, and now the spring ploughing is busy, although the war is imminent, but the king of Han has only gathered 300,000 troops to deal with the strategy. Among them, 50,000 troops divided the state of Chu into two, 50,000 troops were ready to support at any time in Nanyang, 50,000 troops were assembled in Xiapi County, ready to cross the river to attack Shouchun at any time, 50,000 troops were on standby in Luoyang, 50,000 troops were in Shangdang, and 50,000 troops were in Hanoi to prevent Zhao from attacking and harassing Korea.

"Fenshui is by no means so easy to cross, although the Zhao army is menacing, but how can the Qin State be easy to get along with? The Qin State has moved its capital to Jinyang, and the entire Taiyuan County has become the core of the Qin State. As long as the Qin State held the Fenshui defense line, the Zhao army would also suffer heavy casualties if they wanted to cross the river. Therefore, the minister thought that the king only needed to send someone to promise Lü Buwei and promise to send troops, but there was no need to send troops immediately. When the morale of the Zhao army is low, and then send troops from the Shangdang to cut off the retreat of the Zhao army, the danger of the Qin State can be solved! On the contrary, it is the Qi country, the Yan army already has the advantage, once the Qi army makes a mistake, Linzi is in danger! It is advisable to use troops as soon as possible to cut off the grain route of the Yan army to help the Qi country! ”

"As for the State of Chu, Yingdu has become an enclave, and the State of Chu will either let us in Korea pass through Yingdu, or retreat from Huiji to attack Jiujiang! According to the minister's opinion, most of the Chu State abandoned Yingdu because the Jiujiang Road was difficult to travel, in order to destroy Yue. The Yue State will not be destroyed for a day, and the rear of the Chu State will be unstable for a day. If you let go of Yue Guo this time, the land of Jiujiang will be lost in vain! Therefore, the ministers thought that if the king wanted to protect the Yue Kingdom, the 50,000 troops of Xiapi County could not be moved, on the contrary, he should quickly attack Shouchun to force the Chu State to return to Jiangbei. "Imperial Doctor Fan Sui still insists that the Qin State still has the strength to fight, and it is better to use it to consume the Zhao State.

"Your Majesty! The country of Chu is too big! But there are wise kings and virtuous ministers. It will definitely be a big trouble for my Korean henchmen. This Yue State is still well retained, and it stays to contain the Chu State, so that the Chu State is unable to go north. Of course, we don't want to defy the Qin State, so it's better to order the army of the Shangdang to send a small group of scouts to startle the snake! "Taiwei Storm Kite also thinks that there is no hurry to rescue Qin State. For the state of Chu, it must not be tolerated.

"Surprise the snake?" Of course, King Han understood the intention of the violent kite, and the 50,000 troops of the Shang Party, whether it was sending troops to Wu'an or heading north from Nexian and Yanhe, could greatly deter Zhao State, so that Zhao State could not concentrate on dealing with Qin State and relieve the pressure on Qin State.

It's just that King Han knows better than anyone that as the area of Chu is compressed step by step, he will attack Chu again. The resistance of the Chu State is bound to be great, and the sacrifice of Korea is bound to be great! Otherwise, the Qin State would not have sent an army of 600,000 to destroy the Chu State! Although the state of Chu at this time was much weaker than the state of Chu when Wang Jian destroyed Chu, it should not be underestimated. Just like this time, he sent troops to Jiujiang, even if it was to capture Yingdu, for the Chu State. These are all acceptable losses, but if the Jiangbei land of Chu is also annexed. That Chu State must be desperate with himself!

"If the king wants to go north to destroy Zhao, the rear must be stable, and this Chu State is an unstable factor. As long as the king of Chu is willing, he can put together an army of 300,000. As long as these 300,000 troops are sent to Xuzhou, the impact will be incomparably great! "The minister thinks that it is better to take advantage of the chaos of the four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Qi, and Yan. Go south with all your might, capture the Jiangbei land of Yingdu and Chu State, and even send troops to Jiangdong to exterminate Chu State! Meng Fu also thought that King Han was moved and proposed a bold plan.

After the destruction of the Wei State. Although South Korea has been conquering cities, it has followed a strategy of gradual encroachment, and has not eliminated social security. Therefore, South Korea got a large amount of land from Qin, Qi, and Chu, but it also made the three countries not make up their minds to fight to the death. Meng Fu proposed to assemble a large army, taking advantage of the excellent opportunity of the chaos of the four countries and the news of the Chu State, the plan to destroy the Chu State in one fell swoop is not crazy, it is not bold! It is a step further than the plan of the violent kite to force the Chu State to return to the division and save the Yue State.

Weiwei Li Mu still feels that it is too risky to act like this, even if South Korea occupies Jiujiang and divides Chu into two, regardless of Chu's losses in Huiji, Chu also has 250,000 troops, and 50,000 troops are trapped in Yingdu, but the remaining 200,000 troops are in Jiangbei, Jiangdong and Huiji, and if you want to destroy Chu, South Korea must gather at least an army of 200,000 people! This army can only be recruited from Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou, which are the hometowns of Qi, Chu, and Wei. Although the people in these places have returned to their hearts, the combat power of the soldiers is by no means as good as that of Si Li, and they may be a little higher than the Chu army that is eager to defend the territory. If such a thing happened in another five or even three years, the timing would be appropriate, but now it is really a bit hasty to suddenly assemble an army of 200,000 or even 300,000. Without any plan, without any preparation, if you really want to destroy the Chu State, you don't know how many people and horses will be lost.

Therefore, Li Mu objected: "Where the prosperity of the Chu State is, there are only Jiangbei, Jiangdong, and Yingdu left, if we take Jiangbei, then Jiangdong will also become dangerous for the Chu State." This is something that the State of Chu can't accept no matter what! If the king sends troops to attack Shouchun, the state of Chu will inevitably return to the division, and the country of Yue can be protected. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to send an envoy to Wu County to threaten the state of Chu. If the state of Chu refuses to withdraw its troops, it will cut down Shouchun. If the state of Chu is willing to withdraw its troops, it will first relieve the danger of the state of Qi, and then deal with the state of Zhao. ”

King Han nodded, accepted this Jianyi, and said: "There is no war in the country, the people are at peace, if the state of Chu is interested and willing to suspend the army, then it is easy to say!" If the state of Chu refuses to listen to the words of the widow, it is not too late to discuss with the ministers to destroy Chu! As for the Qi State, it is still up to Han Teng, the general of Zhengdong, to go to Taishan County, and gather an army of 50,000 with the widow's tiger talisman, without defeating the Yan army, just cut off the return route of the Yan army, and the widow will send a boat division to assist from the side! Then issue an edict to the party, so that it can find out the movements of the Zhao army! ”

Half a month later, the envoy of King Han rushed to Wu County. Thanks to the developed water system of South Korea, the envoy of King Han and his entourage set out from Luoyang and successively went down the river along Yingshui, Huaishui and Hangou, which greatly saved time. The journey of thousands of miles was actually only 200 miles on land.

The king of Chu was not hot or cold for the arrival of the Korean envoys, after all, the South Koreans attacked and occupied Jiujiang County, divided the Chu State into two, and made the Chu State suffer a dark loss. If it weren't for the fear that Korea would be too strong, the State of Chu would have already entangled a large army to attack Korea! Now, with a shy face to the envoy of King Han, King Chu will never be able to do it.

In addition, the two clans of the three wealthy clans of Chu (Mi, Xiang, and Jing) had a lot of food and fiefdoms in Jiujiang County, and with the loss of Jiujiang County, the two clans lost many tangible interests, and the upper echelons of Chu were even more lukewarm to the arrival of the envoy of King Han. So much so that after the envoy of the King of Han arrived in Wu County. Except for Zuotu Huang Xie who met the envoy of the king of Han once, there was no significant official of the state of Chu who met the envoy of the king of Han.

The king of Chu pretended to be sick for three days, and finally agreed to receive the envoy of the king of Han on the fourth day. Although on the surface, the king of Chu was worried about South Korea and thought that he did not know etiquette, but in fact, he was worried about completely offending South Korea.

Tang Ju, the envoy of the King of Han, was a little indifferent to the cold reception he received, and when he met the King of Chu, he did not have any arrogance. It even appears polite. However, when the king of Chu asked Tang Ju about his intentions and accused Korea of attacking Chu for no reason, Tang Ju's attitude changed.

"King Han has always thought that the king has the style of a humble gentleman and respects the king as an elder, so although Korea is strong, he never bullies the weak and attacks the Chu State. Since the succession of King Han, Han and Chu have been at odds. But which time was not the first time that the Chu State was the first to make trouble, and the King of Han had no choice but to increase his troops in the Chu State. This is also the case this time, the Yue State has already surrendered to our South Korea, and it is impossible for the Chu State not to know. A few years ago, the king of Yue felt the aggressiveness of the Chu State and sent an envoy to Luoyang, wanting to gather a large army and build the Great Wall to protect himself. King Han reaffirmed the trust of the state of Chu, so that the country of Yue did not need to worry. As a result, the king sent a large army to attack Huiji. Wouldn't it make our King Han lose his trust in the Yue Kingdom? In order to save the country, we had no choice but to send troops. "The righteousness that Tang Ju said is awe-inspiring.

Obviously, it was Yue Guo who wanted to attack Chu State first, but was rejected by King Han, but in Tang Ju's mouth, it became Yue Guo under the pressure of Chu State, and he couldn't live in panic. Under the assurance of King Han, he took a reassuring pill, but he didn't notice it for a while, and was beaten by the state of Chu, which humiliated South Korea. The Yue Kingdom was portrayed as a weak person, and the King of Chu became a person who did not speak of faith. Do something that hurts the enemy!

For Tang Ju's strong words, the king of Chu couldn't refute it, it was obvious that the law of the jungle was crowned as righteousness, and the state of Chu became self-inflicted!

"How can a widow be like this! If it weren't for the soldiers of the Yue Kingdom who took the lead in crossing Zhejiang to kill our people, the widows would not be willing to take the sword lightly! The King of Chu made a sad look.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether there are soldiers from the Yue State who crossed the border to slaughter the people of the Chu State, the important thing is that the Chu State can use this excuse to occupy the position of righteousness. The reason is that the Yue State took the lead in provoking trouble, the Chu State was just protecting itself, and South Korea was really bullying the weak when he intervened at this time.

Tang Ju smiled slightly, sighed regretfully, and said, "If this is indeed the case, then the matter has come to this point, and the king should dissipate his anger and relieve his hatred." When the two countries go to war, it is the people who are ultimately injured. Now it is farming, if the agricultural time is missed, it will not benefit both countries, why not the king quit the army? ”

"Is this what Mr. means or does King Han mean?" The king of Chu was noncommittal, but asked.

Tang Ju smiled and said with an affirmative expression: "Naturally, it is King Han's intention!" Chu and Yue are both big countries in the southeast, if they can get along in harmony, the world will be lucky! ”

The king of Chu was immobile on the surface, and he had already scolded in his heart. The two countries have been fighting hard for more than two months, and King Han wants the two countries to rebuild their old friendship and live in harmony in a word, how is this possible? ! Now, whether it is Chu or Yue, it is completely blocked by South Korea, and the two countries cannot interfere at all in any war in the Central Plains. In the long run, the two countries will become less and less retained. In order to change this situation, Chu and Vietnam will either work together to fight against South Korea, or fight to the death, and the winner will then go north to compete with South Korea. The feud and geopolitical relationship between the two countries determine that there is no possibility of zài union, so if you want to strengthen yourself, you can only smash each other to the death! Either the Chu State is left, or the Yue State is left, there is no third possibility!

"I don't know how to get along in harmony?" King Chu said with a smile, looking very interested.

"The state of Chu retreated to the north of Zhejiang, and the country of Yue paid ten thousand stones of grain and grass, how about it?" Tang Ju asked tentatively.

Now, the state of Chu has captured Huiji and Juwu, and the Yue State has been forced to move its capital to Juzhang and hold on. In exchange for 10,000 stones of grain and grass in exchange for the Chu State to give up the hard-won land of two hundred miles, the Yue State undoubtedly occupied a big advantage.

The king of Chu was noncommittal, but muttered: "If the widow is willing to withdraw the army, I wonder if Korea is willing to return the land of Jiangbei and Jiujiang occupied from the widow to the widow?" After all, a qiē is a misunderstanding! What does the gentleman think? ”

The state of Chu invested 100,000 troops before and after, and paid more than 30,000 lives to take the capital of the Yue Kingdom, Huiji and Juwu, and the Yue Kingdom was defeated and retreated, why did the army retreat and return to Zhejiang because of King Han's fluttering words? ! The king of Chu did not intend to offend South Korea to death, but only used his own way to treat others and embarrass Korea. If Korea refuses to collect troops from Jiangbei and Jiujiang County, then Chu has enough reason to occupy the land of Yue.

Tang Ju smiled, didn't reply directly, and said: "Then take Huiji as the boundary, Huiji belongs to Chu to the west, and Yue to the east of Huiji, how about it?" The subtext is that it means that it will not hand over the land of Jiangbei and Jiujiang that it occupies.

The king of Chu thought for a while and said, "It's a big matter, let the widow think about it!" ”

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