Seventh, Wei attacked Handan, Qin sacrificed to the ancestral temple
Wei Ang raised his head to the sky, and after pressing his overly excited heart, he bowed to King Wei before continuing: "Lord! Although Wei was powerful, he had not yet reached the step of replacing the Zhou dynasty and subjugating the Six Kingdoms. If Wei Ruo became an enemy of the princes of the Six Kingdoms too early, he would be trapped in the joint siege of all the princes and could not extricate himself, allowing the small barbarian country of Qin to sit on the big and leap up. When the time comes, Qiang Wei will regret this kind of move of losing the overall interests of the overall situation in order to obtain partial benefits, and regret it too late! ”
"Really?" King Wei was on the stage, and he was very unhappy after hearing it. How dare you Wei Ang use Pang Juan to satirize the widow as a person who only looks at local small interests and ignores the overall situation? Dare to threaten to win the championship in front of the ministers? However, he still smiled faintly and said kindly: "Lord Tsukazai! Your friend Wei Ying, is it really so powerful? Du Pingzhihui, the head army of the Qin State, is also very admired! But this account cannot be counted on Wei Ying's head. When Wei Ying was still a concubine in the widowed Wei State, wasn't the strong Wei of the widow also defeated by the weak Qin in Shimen and Shaoliang? The Qin army is fierce and has always been like this, and it cannot be alarmist just by relying on a Du Pinghui and an alliance between Han and Qin. The weak Qin in the western remote land, the poor and the few people, the widow will give him another hundred years, and he does not have the courage and strength. Coming to the widow's strong Wei? What's more, the 100,000 garrisons of the widows in Hexi, not to mention anything else, are comparable to Qin's military strength, and also equal to the weak Qin. One-to-one with Qin Yan, he also has to fight him for three or five years. All right. You don't need to say much! The widow decided: send 200,000 troops, and General Pang Juan will lead the army to capture Handan! Let Wei soil become a square, and let the descendants of the widow have no worries about the border. The widow wants to see if the princes who are working independently will really be willing to besiege the widow for a Handan. O Weang! You are already a widow's grave, how can you resign at every turn? How can a widow not have you as a grave? Here, put on the ornamental beams! The widow will listen to you, and increase your army to Hexi by 50,000. If Qin Ruo dares to act rashly, he will raze Liyang in one fell swoop! ……”
Wei Ang, who couldn't fight anymore, had to lament in his heart: Qin State really has to have heaven to respond!
As soon as the 50,000 Wei troops arrived at Dali, they immediately divided their forces and sent 20,000 to Heyang to increase the strength of the garrison in the north of Hebei. The military situation of the Wei army changed, the garrisons of Yuanli and Duping increased from 5,000 to 10,000, Shaoliang increased from 10,000 to 15,000, Heyang increased from 5,000 to 15,000, and the total strength in the north was 40,000. However, the 40,000 troops of Fenyin in Hedong were transferred to 30,000 and assembled in Anyi.
Wei Ying's plan to attack Wei was over at once. Not only did he not dare to attack Wei again, but he used to change his thinking to try his best to protect Qin's peace. Qin has no danger to defend and no city to resist in Hexi. If Wei attacks Qin to avenge Du Ping's revenge, it only takes four days to attack Liyang City! Therefore, as soon as he received this news, he hurriedly ordered: all the soldiers and civilians should retreat twenty miles away from the Great Wall of Wei and live in a fortification! In the name of the Duke of Qin, he sent a special letter to the King of Wei: to implement the decision of the King of Wei at the Duping Conference.
The Duke of Qin executed Du Pinghui's petition and the information that Duke Qin led his army to attack Xirong and sent it to the Duke of Wei's case at the same time. After reading it, King Wei completely dispelled his suspicions about Qin; He also transferred back the additional 30,000 troops from the southwest of Hexi, personally led the convergence with Pang Juan, and surrounded Handan of Zhao in the late spring of the season, opening the prelude to the two-year siege war.
Thirty days later. Qin Guo only got this accurate information. The king, the ministers, and the generals were ecstatic, and regardless of the fact that it was already midnight, they drove straight to Yongcheng overnight, restarted the plan of the battle of Shaoliang, and went to Yongcheng to worship their ancestors and raise troops.
The southern suburbs of Yongcheng. Qin State Ancestral Temple. In the middle of Mengxia, Xin Chou Day (Xin Chou, the ancient lunar calendar recorded the day. Each month is divided into first, middle and lower Lent. Ten days every ten days. The ninth day of the month. The ten branches are the names of the day (A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and 癸), and the twelve branches are relative (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, Xu, Hai). 7 to 9 p.m.) in the evening.
After receiving the urgent report from the flying cavalry at noon, Shen Shi rushed to this place to wait for the officials and nobles of Yongcheng, who were not anxious because of the long wait, but gathered together and talked excitedly. When the leaky drop reported that it was out of the city, a flying horse rushed to the square and shouted: "The lord has passed the southern city!" ”
As soon as Yongcheng heard it, he immediately raised his voice and drank! Everyone who was waiting was busy preparing to welcome Duke Qin.
The gates of the ancestral temple were all opened. One by one, the pine torches lit up the square outside the ancestral temple. Qin Guogong's convoy, under the light of torches, galloped into the square. Before the car stopped, I saw Qin Guogong, Zuo Shuchang, and General Bai jump out of the car, .......
The officials and nobles of Yongcheng stood solemnly in the square with a large black oppression, greeting the lord and worshipping the monarch and ministers.
Yongcheng Lingyu: "Lord! Yongcheng according to the Lord's order, everything has been prepared, please worship the ancestors! ”
Qin Guogong was dressed in a Xuan Crown to worship the ancestors, solemnly looked at the majestic ancestral temple, subconsciously corrected the Xuan Crown, pulled the auspicious clothes, and after coughing hard, he ordered: "Worship the ancestors-!" ”
When Qin Guogong's order stopped, the pitch-black hall of the ancestral temple - 136 copper pillar oil lamps were lit at the same time, illuminating the ancestral temple as bright as day. The main hall of the ancestral temple. In front of the tablet of the Qin Dynasty. Three livestock, six livestock, high food supply. Lemongrass smoke, swirling confessions.
Feng Chang shouted: "The twenty-seventh prince of Qin, the ancestor worship ceremony of Mengxia Xin Chou Day in the eighth year of Quliang begins-!" ”
Only then did Duke Qin lead all the officials and nobles to slowly enter the main hall. Under the auspices of Fengchang, the ceremonial and cumbersome ancestor worship ceremonies are carried out according to the ancestral system. Under the auspices of Feng Chang, the Duke of Qin was listed as an ancestor according to the system: "The twenty-seventh generation of the Duke of Qin, kneel down and worship the ancestors and ancestors!" In order to restore the great cause of the ancestors, the widow decided to attack Wei in the midsummer of this year and recapture Shaoliang in Hexi! Bow down to your ancestors and ask for your blessing on the victory of the Qin flag. The twenty-seventh generation of Gongqu Liang kowtowed and pleaded! After the confession, Duke Qin knelt in the hall reverently.
His face was painted with oil paint, and he was dressed in nine blessings painted with wide laurel robes such as stars, moons, and suns, and walked to Qin Gong's side with ox bones, turtle plates, and yarrow. After nine circles, they were divided into three groups in groups of three, and each group knelt down to pray to the ancestral tablet. After the prayer was completed, two groups of six people holding turtle plates and ox bones gathered around Qin Gong for divination. After drilling a hole with a stone drill, the turtle plate and cow bones are placed on the bracket of the kang and roasted. After baking, pick it up and hold it on the lamp to watch the lines. After the four Bu Zhu carefully looked at it clearly under the lamp, they held the turtle board and cow bones with both hands and reported to the Qin Gongyu: "The lord is very happy!" ”