"If the king is willing to help my Wei State capture Hangu Pass, my king is willing to give the king the land of a hundred miles of Michi as a thank you!" Duan Ganchong said seductively.

Mianchi originally belonged to the border of Luoyang, belonged to the state of Yu and Zheng in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later destroyed Zheng and returned to Han. After the defeat of Yiyang, it belonged to Qin. Decades later, Han Wangran led his troops to take Yiyang, but out of the need to let Wei carry Qin to the death, Korea did not take back Mianchi. Han Wangran couldn't have imagined that now Wei Guo would give this favor to himself.

For this city with no more than 10,000 households, Han Wangran actually has an idea in his heart. If Wei took Hangu Pass, Mianchi would no longer be on the front line of resistance to Qin. With Xin'an and Yiyang behind him, Michi can increase the depth of defense in Sanchuan County, South Korea, which is beneficial and harmless! However, in another place, the portion of the pond is still lighter.

King Han smiled and prevaricated: "Michi is located in the Central Plains and is densely populated. Relying on the two towns of Shaanxi and Jiao, your country can be fortified at all levels. If a gentleman doesn't win people's love, and a widow looks at it, this pond will be spared! ”

Duan Ganchong was stunned, Han Wangran actually rejected himself! Such a good thing will not be rejected according to common sense. Duan Ganchong, who had always been smart, couldn't figure out Han Wangran's mind for a while, so he could only ask tentatively: "What does the king mean, ...... cooperation between the two countries?" ”

"According to the widows, the advantages of cooperation between the two countries outweigh the disadvantages! Of course, the widow hopes to help your country take Hangu Pass. Since the king of Wei wants to thank him with land, can the widow choose it himself? Although Han Wangran was in an inquiring tone, his expression was quite unquestionable.

Duan Ganchong finally understood, it turned out that Han Wangran didn't like the conditions he gave at all! It's okay to change a piece of land, but I'm afraid that Han Wangran will open his mouth and pick those rich areas. At that time, it will be difficult for him to explain to King Wei.

But for now. and not to offend the other party. Duan Ganchong, who was quite helpless, said in a tone of pain and inability to make the decision: "The minister can't be the master of this matter!" But come to think of it, as long as the king's conditions are reasonable, my king will not refuse. Please tell your ministers! ”

"Hehe, the requirements of the widow are not high, one hundred and fifty miles of Yancheng and Zhaoling are enough!" Han Wangran looked harmless to humans and animals.

"Yancheng, Zhaoling?" Duan Ganchong thought back to the situation of these two cities.

The two cities are adjacent to each other to the east. It was originally under the jurisdiction of Shangcai County of Chu, but it was taken by Wei. To the south of them is Shangcai, to the west is Yeyang and Wuyang, which now belong to Korea, and to the east is Chen County, the capital of Chu State. The two cities had a total of 12,000 households, and the waters of the city were rich in them. It seems that South Korea wants to take this land, on the one hand, it wants to strengthen the defense depth of Xinzheng behind it, and on the other hand, it is also to protect the neighboring Nanyang.

Today's Yancheng and Zhaoling are the southwesternmost cities of the Wei Kingdom, and they are missing. On the contrary, the Wei State can defend the front line of Anling with peace of mind. After all, from Anling to Yancheng and Zhaoling, Wei's territory was no more than ten miles wide, and it seemed to encircle Korea and defend them against threats from the south in vain. Come to think of it, King Wei should agree.

Although he thought so in his heart, Duan Ganchong still said extremely calmly: "Yancheng and Zhaoling are far superior to Michi in terms of area and population!" I'm afraid my king won't agree lightly! But the minister must report the king's sincerity to my king, and try his best to persuade him! ”

Duan Ganchong deliberately bit the word "sincerity" very hard, and Han Wangran couldn't hear what the other party meant. He immediately nodded and promised in a deep voice: "As long as King Wei agrees!" The widow immediately sent an army of 30,000 troops to support your country! It is guaranteed that no Qin army can bypass the Han army and return to Hangu! ”

Duan Ganchong smiled with satisfaction. said: "In this way, the minister will retire first!" ”

After the court meeting, Han Wangran left the imperial historian Fan Sui behind. Wei asked South Korea for help this time, and Fan Sui was his confidant, and Han Wangran would not take his feelings into account. After all, Fan Sui and Wei Qi of Wei are bitter and bitter!

Fan Sui is so smart. Of course, he knew Han Wangran's intentions, but while he was moved in his heart, he asked with some doubts: "When does the king plan to make a move against the Chu State?" ”

Han Wangran smiled knowingly and replied, "This gentleman must know better than the widow!" ”

Fan Sui also smiled, at the beginning, the two monarchs and ministers were timed in Daliang, and they did take the Chu State as the first goal. But with two great victories. With the help of heaven and the power of Zhao and Wei, Korea won a respite, and took the two counties of Sanchuan and Nanyang, and the situation changed greatly. After discussing the recuperation and recuperation, the two decided to continue to weaken the Qin state first, and then the Chu state.

Now, Li Mu led an army of 150,000 troops through Hanzhong, and yesterday's latest news said that the army was progressing smoothly and had taken Xun County and Baihe County, and it should have reached Xunyang County now. According to the established plan, after taking Hanzhong and cutting off the connection between Bashu and Qin, Korea will sit back and watch the internal fighting in Bashu and turn its attention to Shangcai County.

The reason why Han Wangran proposed to exchange Wei's Yancheng and Zhaoling was out of this consideration. In this way, with the addition of the four counties of Kunyang, Wuyang, Yeyang, and Gaoling that were seized from the Qin State earlier, a quarter of the land of Shangcai County of the original Chu State will be owned by Korea, and the Chu State cannot have an opinion on this! After all, these six county towns were either taken from the hands of the Qin State or exchanged for the Wei State, and they had nothing to do with the Chu State.

"Your Majesty! Will the 30,000 troops you promised be a little less? Fan Sui asked. He knew that the Qin State had added another 30,000 troops to Hangu Pass. This top-secret news is known to Prime Minister Zhang Pinghe himself.

Han Wangran smiled and replied: "If the widow tells the Wei State about the Qin State's increase in troops, will the Wei State still dare to attack the idea of Hangu Pass?" There are a lot, adding up to 230,000 troops invested in this war, and there are 50,000 troops on standby in Xinzheng at any time, if there are more, the widows will not be able to bear it! ”

Of course, Han Wangran knows how much money he has invested this time, and every scuffle between countries is an opportunity to pay attention. In the past, South Korea was limited by being in the Central Plains, so it was difficult to make some big moves. But now it's different, Nanyang is in hand, and South Korea can quietly take Hanzhong and Bashu. In this way, Korea occupied the southwest corner, Qin occupied the northwest corner, Yan Zhao was in the northeast, and Qi Chu occupied the southeast, and the real land of the four wars became Wei instead.

The general of the Qin army who led the troops this time was Li Yao. His father was none other than the Taishou of Longxi and the Duke of Southern Zheng of the current Qin State. If there was no Han Wangran, more than ten years later, he would be awarded the title of Di Daohou for his merits, and he would be appointed as the Taishou of Nanjun. As for his son, Li Xin, he will rise like a bright meteor - leading 200,000 troops to fight Chu, if it were not for the rebellion of Changping Jun, it is very likely to create a miracle.

"If you count the itinerary. The 30,000 army led by Li Yao of the Qin State should now arrive at Hangu Pass. And at this time, the 20,000 army led by Xin Huanyan of Wei may have been at war with the Qin army! This excitement is really getting better and better. Han Wangran thought secretly in his heart.

For South Korea, for Han Wangran, this is a big gamble. In the direction of Hanzhong, with South Korea's 150,000 army, it is enough to crush the Qin army, and with Li Mu leading the army, Han Wangran is very relieved. Direction of 峣關. With the command of Meng Xi, in order to attract the attention of the Qin State and achieve the goal, the casualties to be paid should not be small. As for Hangu Pass, it can be done. After all, the combined armies of Han and Wei are now only eighty or ninety thousand, but the Qin army has sixty thousand. Before the Wei State rode the tiger and it was difficult, the Wei State must not be allowed to know this. This is the only place in Korea that can be utilized.

Wei State, Michi.

Xin Huanyan looked at this extremely prosperous city two years ago. Now the city is in disarray, clenched his fists and slowly put them down. I had long thought about it after the Qin army occupied Michi. There will be a lot of looting. After all, what the Qin State needs most now is to boost morale, and the quickest way to boost morale is nothing more than plundering the army.

Just like the Mongols and Houjin in later generations (don't tell me anything about the Qing Dynasty), each siege is not followed by a three-day plunder, and the victorious side in these three days rapes and plunders, and does all kinds of evil. A soldier is a human after all. Engaging in a dangerous occupation with your head tied to your belt, you need to vent your accumulated negative feelings such as panic and heart palpitations. If you don't vent it, it is very likely that the camp incident that the generals are most worried about will happen.

Especially in the past few years, the Qin State has been defeated repeatedly, although there have been small victories, but the myth of invincibility in the past has been shattered. The heavy taxes and the heavy pressure brought by the Six Kingdoms no longer tortured the hearts of the old Qin people all the time. Perhaps it is for this reason. The generals of the Qin army ordered the slaughter of the city!

In fact, Xin Huanyan blamed Huan Yan, after Huan Qi plundered most of the people in Mianchi County to Guanzhong, he had a whim and wanted to intimidate the Wei army. After all, if Wei sent troops to reinforce it, it would definitely pass through Michi. The soldiers who surrendered without a fight, so Huan Qi piled up the corpses of the Wei soldiers who swore to resist to the death and the corpses of the people who were injured by mistake. As for the house, in the consideration of not being worthy of the enemy, Huan Qi ordered it to be burned.

It was not until Huan Qi led his army to wander in the land of Yuhan and received the news that the King of Qin promised to send reinforcements that Huan Qi realized what a big mistake he had made. But at this time, it is too late to regret it, Michi has become an empty city and cannot be made up.

"General! The scouts found a small force of Qin troops twenty miles ahead! Adjutant General Sun Chen said.

"How much?" Xin Huanyan said in a deep voice.

"The number of people is no more than a hundred, and Captain Kong has already led his troops to catch up!"

"Sue sù Kong Bin, kill them all, I don't want to take them prisoner!" Xin Huanyan gritted his teeth and said.

"Whoa!" Sun Chen replied cautiously.

In fact, the deputy general Sun Chen also knew that the probability of Wei Junsheng capturing the Qin army scouts was too low. The scouts of the Qin army are all veterans who have been in the army for more than five years, and they have the pride in the bones of the old Qin people, and they either run away or swear not to surrender. Those who surrendered also pretended to surrender, just to kill a mid-ranking officer of the enemy's army.

Li Dang looked at the less and fewer robes around him, and his heart was very sad. Did the Wei army in the back go crazy? The scout detachment that caught more than 80 of them chased them to the death! He also sent an army ten times his size behind! If it's two or three times, you have to turn the horse's head and fight back! But ten times over, turning the horse's head will only die faster!

I blame myself for being too careless. In order to observe the army of Wei that had just arrived at Michi, he was too close and too close. The Wei army was also very cunning, and actually outflanked the soldiers from the flank in two ways! It's not the usual rhythm of covering up with a large army when you see yourself! Under various factors, it directly led to the passivity of the Qin army.

There were two more wails of the robe, and Li Dang didn't have to look back to know that the robe must have fallen from the horse. In this moment of desperate chase, even injury means death! Looking left and right, there were now less than fifty people left in his team. All of them had a flush on their faces, tired and excited.

"It can't go on like this!" Li Dang said secretly.

This is only fifteen miles, and according to this trend, it will not take thirty miles. Your own army will be annihilated! The old Qin people can die on the way to the charge, but they are killed by the arrows behind them, this kind of insult is unacceptable! It is necessary to continue forty miles to cross the river, and the other side of the river is the main force on his side. It's too late! Although I really want to pass on this military information, it has become a fantasy at the moment. Fleeing into the mountains and forests is the only way out for your side.

Li Dang, who was in the lead, shouted: "Target." Stop! And then led the army to adjust the direction and galloped towards Kunsai in the southwest!

Captain Kong Shang, who had been unable to hold back, looked at the group of "rabbits" in front of him and turned around, and the smile on his face was even colder! When your Qin army "slaughtered the city", you should have this kind of awareness, that is, our Wei army will definitely repay the debt with blood, and return the pain you have inflicted on our Wei State tenfold and hundredfold! Originally, I still wanted to be unhurried by the river (the Yellow River at this time is called the river) and torture and kill you in front of your main force! I didn't expect you to be so scared, so forget it! I'm not playing with you anymore!

"Assault of the whole army!" Kong Shang raised his sword high and roared loudly.

The Wei army, which was already at ease, was three points faster! Li Dang's face changed abruptly, it turned out that Wei Jun had been teasing himself! Since it is destined to die here. Then let's fight!

The Qin scouts, under the command of Li Kang, shot crossbow arrows backwards while controlling the horses below them. When he ran out for ten miles and ran out of all the Qin army's crossbow arrows, Li Dang decisively led the scouts to draw a perfect arc and collided with the Wei army, which was ten times his size!

In just a few breaths, this dissatisfied Qin army scout was completely wiped out! The waves they set off before they died were fleeting. In line with the attitude of-for-tat, Kong Shang tired the heads of more than eighty Qin army scouts on the south bank of the river! He knows. The main force of the Qin army must be on the other side! They will also be able to understand the meaning of the signal released by their own side!

Hanzhong County, Xunyang County.

Xunyang first appeared in the annals of history at the end of the Shang Dynasty. At that time, it belonged to the territory of the Yongguo. In the long history of the Spring and Autumn Period, this small town that can be directly reached to Lantian with the help of the Meridian Valley has always been under the name of the Chu State. From 312 B.C. to 280 B.C., in just thirty-two years, this small town changed hands three times. If you count the current situation, it is the four changes of ownership.

The army led by Li Mu was like a dark cloud in the sky, completely covering every corner of Xunyang. Xunyang, who had only 3,000 garrisons, held out and lost it in just one hour. The three thousand Qin army were all wiped out!

On April 10, Li Mu led an army of 150,000 to set out from Danyang. First, it goes down the river, and after arriving at the confluence of the Danshui and Han rivers, it goes upriver along the Han River.

On April 14, a surprise attack on Xun County, Kezhi. 12,000 households, 5,000 enemies! As soon as the Qin army took this bridgehead in Hanzhong, the Korean army had no worries about advancing.

On April 16, they stormed Baihe County, broke it, won 8,000 households, and annihilated 3,000 enemies!

On April 20, he attacked Xunyang County at night, won a great victory, won 9,000 households, and killed 3,000 enemies!

However, on the 10th, Li Mu led his troops to the three counties of Lianke, killing 10,000 enemies and losing 6,000 himself! In addition to leaving 4,000 troops to stay in Xunxian and Baihe, the Korean army currently has as many as 140,000. After conquering Xunyang, the first step to take Hanzhong that Li Mu described in front of Han Wangran was completed. Li Mu also followed the established plan, rested for a day, and then continued to go west.

In Xunyang County, Li Mu looked at the county where the Qin army was "the only one left" and said nothing. This made Xunyang County Cheng very panicked. I was the first to bring people to surrender, and South Korea will not unload the mill and kill the donkey! That's miserable!

In fact, Li Mu was just curious in his heart, how exquisite this must be to live so nourishingly under the reign of Qin and Chu in turn. The county ruler's name is Li Zhe, and as early as 306 BC under the rule of Qin, he served as a minor official in the county. The following year, the Qin State returned Xunyang to the Chu State, and Li Zhe, as an "old man of the former dynasty", not only kept his position, but also was promoted. By the time 280 BC, when the state of Chu ceded Xunyang to the state of Qin due to defeat, he had already been promoted to the rank of county prince. The arrival of the Qin people still did not seize the position of the county governor, but retained it. Until today, he has been a county magistrate for 17 years!

Han Teng, the deputy general and captain of the Yulin Military Academy (that is, the inner Shi Teng who destroyed Korea in the original history books), was also very curious about the other party's means to save his life and wealth, but he also understood that the military situation was urgent, and Li Mu came to this local, mainly to inquire about the Meridian Dao. So he opened his mouth and said, "If you are willing to sincerely submit to my Korea, my king will not treat you badly!" Maybe you can sit down forever! ”

Therefore, Xunyang County nodded his head hurriedly and said yes, and said in his heart: "Anyway, who is not Shun!" One day the State of Chu or the State of Qin calls, and I will be obedient! ”

After Li Mu saw the other party's reaction, he knew that such a scene had appeared many times. However, I don't expect him to be sincere and obedient, and it will be a great achievement to help stabilize the hearts of the people. In this way, the native "head snake" is still quite useful. If you want the other party to tell the truth, there is no need for inducement, and the threat effect is better!

So Li Mu said expressionlessly: "Ben will ask you, is the meridian road in the north of Xunyang still in use?" (To be continued......)