Chapter 64: The Flooded Girder
Before you know it, it has entered the end of May, and the South Korean army's siege of Daliang has also entered the twentieth day. Perhaps because of the continuous heavy rain, the Han army has not attacked Daliang, and Wei gradually calmed down from the initial panic.
The envoys of Yan, Zhao, Qi, and Chu all returned to Daliang City safely, and the news was naturally good and bad. Yan, Zhao, and Chu thought that Korea was aiming to conquer the land and not destroy the country, so they were unwilling to send troops to rescue Wei. These are the most obvious reasons, and the deeper reasons are that the Yan State is not concerned with itself, the Zhao State is tempted by Korea with a hundred miles of land, and the Chu State is afraid that once he sends troops, the Han army of Bashu and Nanyang will go down the river and attack Yingdu. You must know that at present, most of the elites of the Chu State are in the land of Huaisi, and Yingdu can be described as extremely empty! Coupled with South Korea's promise, as long as the state of Chu stood by and watched, it could get a piece of land tens of miles in size. The state of Chu reluctantly accepted the Korean offer and rejected the request for help from the state of Wei. Unexpectedly, the State of Qi, which was mourning for King Qi Xiang, was the only one who expressed its willingness to send troops.
After receiving Qi Guo's assurance, Wei Guo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether Korea was sincere in negotiating peace, Wei had a way out. However, what made King Wei faintly uneasy was that after the envoys he sent returned to Daliang, the Han army completely surrounded Daliang. Daliang has since become an isolated city. The only thing that made King Wei happy was that the troops of King Qin who had arrived from all over the country were gathering in an orderly manner under the command of Xinling Jun.
According to the original agreement, three days ago, Wei had handed over ten cities north of the river, which seems to be the reason why the Han army did not attack the cities. An hour ago, Wei Qi, who was desperate and escorted back to Daliang by Duan Ganchong, committed suicide in front of the king of Wei, fulfilling the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. With extremely complicated feelings, the king of Wei ordered Wei Qi's head to be sent to the Han army camp. At this point, the sum conditions proposed by South Korea. Wei has already completed most of it. He had to hand over a county north of Jisu and cede it to Korea.
It's just that King Wei also knows the truth of keeping a hand. At the same time as sending an envoy to present Wei Qi's head to the king of Han, the king of Wei sent an envoy to Guò and euphemistically asked Korea to express its sincerity, which was nothing more than to make the Korean army of 300,000 retreat to the other side of the chasm. If you can't withdraw them all. At the very least, half of the troops will also be withdrawn.
The envoy sent by the King of Wei was the national lieutenant Xin, at this moment, the national lieutenant Xin was bargaining with the Korean monarchs and ministers in the Chinese military tent of the Korean army, and Fan Sui, the imperial historian who had sent the envoy to the state of Qi, was impressively listed.
When he saw the head of Wei Qi in the box, Fan Sui was overjoyed, only to feel that all the humiliation and depression over the years had been swept away, and he was replaced by deep gratitude to King Han. Fan Sui gave a deep swipe to King Han and said, "King Xie avenges this great revenge for his ministers!" ”
After hearing this, Guowei Xin felt very uncomfortable. Wei Qi is the son of Wei and the former prime minister, but now he is forced to commit suicide in desperation by South Korea. And you have to watch the enemy celebrate in front of your eyes! This is really a ridiculous joke!
King Han waved his hand disappreciatively and said, "Aiqing avenges this great revenge!" The widow is also very pleased! Now that Wei Qi is dead, this hatred will stop there! If people die greatly, let Wei bring back Wei Qi's head, how about it? ”
Fan Sui nodded again and again, and the Wei Qi people were dead. If you want to whip the corpse again, it will be a bit excessive! King Han will also think that he will repay his eyes. Watch out for yourself! Therefore, he seconded: "As it should be! After all, Wei Qi is also the prince of Wei, and the hatred between the minister and Wei Qi is over! ”
Guowei Xin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that King Han is still very benevolent. In this way, it can be regarded as an explanation to Wei Qi's family! It's just that. If Wei Qi hadn't listened to the slander, this Fan Sui would not have formed such a big grudge with Wei State, and Wei Qi would not have ended up in a different place, it was all providence, heaven's will!
"Your Majesty, the minister has come on behalf of the King of Wei. Now that Wei Qi is dead, and the land north of the river has been handed over to your country, can your country withdraw its troops? Guowei Xin said bluntly.
King Han was stunned for a moment and looked at Fan Sui, the imperial historian. Fan Sui said: "According to the agreement 20 days ago, your country still needs to hand over the cities north of Jishui before our South Korea will withdraw its troops, this will not be unknown to the national captain, right?" ”
"Naturally, the minister knows. It's just that there are too many cities north of Jishui, and it is known as the land of Wei, and the people think about Wei. For a while, it cannot be handed over to your country. After all, the king doesn't want to take over a turbulent Dongjun, right?! Lieutenant Xin whispered his reasoning.
King Han nodded silently, indeed, the north of Jishui is the most prosperous place in the Wei State, and it has always been the land of the Wei State. It is not easy for South Korea to win back the hearts and minds of the people. It's just that this is also Wei's prevarication. What Wei needed to do was to hand over Dongjun, not worry about how to subdue the people for Korea. It seems that Wei Guo received the rescue promise from Qi State, and his speech was a little harder! It's just that Wei didn't see that Qi State's original intentions were by no means good. I want Han and Wei to fight and lose, and they will benefit from their own fishermen. This trick has always been skillful in Qi Guo.
"Then according to Wei Guo's estimate, how long will it take to hand over Dongjun?" King Han said with a frown.
Guowei Xin was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that there was a play, and secretly estimated the time when the reinforcements of Xinlingjun and Qi Guo arrived, and reported a number: "At least two months!" ”
After hearing this, King Han was noncommittal, neither supporting nor opposing. The land of a county, especially a large county in the Central Plains with a population of more than 100,000 like Dongjun, if it is really ready to be ceded, it will take at least a month or two! Twenty days have passed now, and Wei Guo is still asking for two months, which is obviously too much.
"A month at most!" Han Wang casually reported a number. The reason why I said it was casual was because the King of Han knew that the Wei State no longer planned to cede Dongjun to Korea! Since Wei is unwilling, then Korea will take it by itself! One month is enough to paralyze the Wei State!
Although Guowei Xin was overjoyed in his heart, he showed an expression of embarrassment and determination, and promised: "Then it will be limited to one month!" Your Majesty, this matter of retreating. ”
Without waiting for King Han to object, Guowei Xin added, "The minister knows that the king is worried that our Wei State will break the contract, but we have already donated two hundred miles of land, and in accordance with the king's requirements, we have dedicated the head of Wei Qi. In the future, the Wei State will definitely take the lead of Korea. Or resist Qin, or attack Zhao, the Wei State Department listens to South Korea's orders! If the king still refuses to withdraw his troops, it will only chill the Wei State. The rain is raining again and again, and the king is benevolent and righteous, and he doesn't want the soldiers to shiver in the rain! If Wei repents. Wang Shangda can lead hundreds of thousands of troops, thousands of miles, down the river, and destroy Wei in a battle, how dare Wei offend the Tianwei of Korea?! ”
King Han "hesitated" for a moment, so he looked at Fan Sui on the side in embarrassment, and Fan Sui immediately knew that his time had come. He immediately spoke: "Your Majesty! The minister thought that Wei had already bowed! It is useless for our 300,000 troops to stay here longer! On the contrary, it consumes a lot of grain and grass! In the past few days, the soldiers have been suffering from heavy rains, so why didn't the king withdraw his troops. Return to Xinzheng?! If the king was worried that the king of Wei would be instigated by the ministers and repent, he only needed to leave an army of 100,000 behind. ”
Guowei Xin secretly said in his heart that if Korea really only left 100,000 troops under Daliang City, the pressure on Wei would become very small. When Xinlingjun's reinforcements arrive in Daliang, with the strength of Qi State, they can easily defeat the 100,000 Korean army, or even annihilate them all! Promise to come down. agreed, and the national lieutenant Xin secretly prayed in his heart.
King Han looked at the torrential rain outside the tent that had not stopped. After struggling for a while, he finally said the long-awaited words of Guowei Xin, "Then the widow will withdraw the troops from the east gate and south gate of Daliang!" The army has been fighting for a long time, and it's time to rest! ”
After speaking, it seemed that he was not worried about the Wei State, and the King of Han said to the national lieutenant Xin again: "The national captain." When you go back, you must tell the king of Wei that the widow believes that the king of Wei is willing to withdraw from the siege, and don't let down the widow's heart! ”
"I understand! The minister must remember! Captain Xin Qiang held back his excitement and promised again and again. Unexpectedly, I thought it would be very difficult to retire from the army. King Han and Fan Sui finalized it in a few words. Could it be that South Korea really sent troops this time just to help Fan Sui avenge him?! If this is really the case, then Wei is really a false alarm. This plot is really bloody!
King Han nodded with satisfaction, and after a while, he was about to say goodbye to Captain Xin, King Han suddenly asked a strange question, "Captain, do you have a son?" ”
"Return to the king! The minister does have a son-in-law, who is ten years old and famous. ”
King Han smiled, half jokingly, half seriously: "The widow's Yingchuan Academy is still well-known all over the world, if the national lieutenant does not dislike it, when the war is over, how about sending Wei Yu to Yingchuan Academy for admission?" ”
Guowei Xin was obviously confused, and it was neither easy to refuse nor accept, so he had to say vaguely: "The dog is still young, when he is a little older, the minister intends to let him travel the world to increase his knowledge!" When the time comes, you must go to the king's Yingchuan Academy first! ”
King Han was noncommittal, but he made up his mind in his heart, for Wei Yu, he was determined to win! At that time, whether to go to Yingchuan Academy or not will not be something that Guowei Xin can control!
Leaving the camp of the Korean army, Lieutenant Xin braved the pouring rain and went straight to the palace. In the palace, the Wei monarchs and ministers had been constantly discussing the current situation, and they were also worried about whether South Korea would agree to withdraw its troops early. This time, Wei really made a complete strategy. Even if no country sent troops to rescue Wei, just by relying on Xinlingjun who was outside to gather an army in Suiyang, Wei would be able to establish a second line of defense after the city of Daliang was broken. Of course, now with the help of Qi State, Wei State has the confidence to compete with South Korea!
"Your Majesty! Great joy! Great joy! Ignoring the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers, Guowei Xin ran to the King of Wei excitedly before kneeling down.
A look of surprise in disbelief swelled up on King Wei's face, and he said again and again, "What? Did King Han agree to withdraw from the army? ”
The other ministers of Wei also looked at Guowei Xin with an expectant expression, and in the ardent anticipation of everyone, Guowei Xin said what everyone wanted to hear but felt too surprised, "King Han agreed to withdraw 200,000 troops!" Only 100,000 troops are left under the city of Daliang! ”
Everyone only felt relieved all of a sudden, the 300,000 Korean army that pressed on Wei had made it difficult for Wei to breathe. With Wei paying two hundred miles of land and Wei Qi's head, South Korea actually agreed to withdraw 200,000 troops! As for the remaining 100,000, no matter how strong the combat power of the Korean army is, Wei can breathe freely, and there is not so much pressure!
"When did King Han say he would retire?" King Wei asked. Leaving the army after three days has a completely different meaning than leaving the army after ten days or a month!
"Tomorrow!" Guowei Xin replied without hesitation, "King Han said that tomorrow the army besieging the east and south gates of Daliang will be evacuated!" ”
Guowei Xin was obviously confused, and it was neither easy to refuse nor accept, so he had to say vaguely: "The dog is still young, when he is a little older, the minister intends to let him travel the world to increase his knowledge!" When the time comes, you must go to the king's Yingchuan Academy first! ”
King Han was noncommittal, but he made up his mind in his heart, for Wei Yu, he was determined to win! At that time, whether to go to Yingchuan Academy or not will not be something that Guowei Xin can control!
Leaving the camp of the Korean army, Lieutenant Xin braved the pouring rain and went straight to the palace. In the palace, the Wei monarchs and ministers had been constantly discussing the current situation, and they were also worried about whether South Korea would agree to withdraw its troops early. This time, Wei really made a complete strategy. Even if no country sent troops to rescue Wei, just by relying on Xinlingjun who was outside to gather an army in Suiyang, Wei would be able to establish a second line of defense after the city of Daliang was broken. Of course, now with the help of Qi State, Wei State has the confidence to compete with South Korea!
"Your Majesty! Great joy! Great joy! Ignoring the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers, Guowei Xin ran to the King of Wei excitedly before kneeling down.
A look of surprise in disbelief swelled up on King Wei's face, and he said again and again, "What? Did King Han agree to withdraw from the army? ”
The other ministers of Wei also looked at Guowei Xin with an expectant expression, and in the ardent anticipation of everyone, Guowei Xin said what everyone wanted to hear but felt too surprised, "King Han agreed to withdraw 200,000 troops!" Only 100,000 troops are left under the city of Daliang! ”
Everyone only felt relieved all of a sudden, the 300,000 Korean army that pressed on Wei had made it difficult for Wei to breathe. With Wei paying two hundred miles of land and Wei Qi's head, South Korea actually agreed to withdraw 200,000 troops! As for the remaining 100,000, no matter how strong the combat power of the Korean army is, Wei can breathe freely, and there is not so much pressure!
"When did King Han say he would retire?" King Wei asked. Leaving the army after three days has a completely different meaning than leaving the army after ten days or a month!
"Tomorrow!" Guowei Xin replied without hesitation, "King Han said that tomorrow the army besieging the east and south gates of Daliang will be evacuated!" "Two shifts tomorrow, half an hour to revise! (To be continued......)
PS: Two changes tomorrow, modified in half an hour!