Chapter Seventy-Two: Xinlingjun's Choice
Dangjun County Governance, Suiyang.
Since the news of the surrender of the King of Wei and the loss of Daliang came, the entire Dangjun County has been panicked. The details sent by Xinling Jun to Daliang for verification also confirmed the accuracy of this news that was like a thunderbolt from the blue. Moreover, worse news also came, the Wei army of Dongjun had been served by the king of Wei, and now it should be renamed the Marquis of Wei, and the order was to surrender the county.
After sweeping away the troubles of his henchmen behind him, King Han took Li Mu as the vanguard and led 100,000 elite soldiers through Dangjun. Its troops have arrived at Yongqiu and Waihuang. Under the banner of King Wei, the Han army attacked all the way and was invincible. The Wei army, whose morale was low to the limit, was defeated in five battles and five times, and it was almost a one-touch collapse and a descent from the wind! Li Mu's army did not encounter any resistance at all along the way.
Xinlingjun naturally knew that the reason for this situation was entirely because of King Wei. If you change to any guard, when facing the surrender order of the King of Wei, you will hesitate, and it will be difficult to have the heart to resist. After all, the King of Wei is the supreme ruler of the Wei State, even if the King of Wei is now a prisoner of the Han army! Whether to resist the Han army in accordance with his original orders, or to surrender to the Han army in accordance with the latest orders of the King of Wei, has become the most practical question facing the defenders of each city in Dangjun.
For the Wei army, this situation is not as good as the dragons without a leader, at least, when the dragons are without a leader, everyone can still elect the person with the highest prestige and lead everyone through the difficulties. But now that Xinlingjun and King Wei are obviously on opposite sides, everyone hesitates about who to listen to. If you hesitate, your determination to resist will not be so strong. Many Wei soldiers even had such thoughts, the king of Wei was captured by Korea, what kind of battle did this battle have?! If you keep fighting, for whom?!
Xinlingjun was also hesitating, and now that the army was disheartened, the officials of Dangjun did not know who to be loyal to. Before this problem is solved. The Wei army was not able to form any combat power at all. If you don't give them a reason to resist, how can you resist the elite of the 100,000 Korean army with less than 100,000 old and weak soldiers?! The best way to solve this problem was for Xinlingjun to set up his own door and establish himself as a king, so that Xinlingjun became the supreme ruler of Wei. Even if this title is not glorious, it is enough to save the increasingly low morale of the Wei army.
The guests of Xinlingjun and the officials of Dangjun naturally hoped that Xinlingjun could establish himself as king, so that they could also rise to the top and improve their status. There was an endless stream of people who advised Xinlingjun and asked Xinlingjun to establish himself as king, but they couldn't convince Xinlingjun. Xin Lingjun seems to have decided on an idea, that is, he will never sue for peace with Korea, and he will never set himself up as a king, so as to live up to the trust of King Wei. But it seems. Such an idea would only be a complete failure.
The envoys sent to Linzi for help had not yet returned, and it was not clear how long Dangjun would be able to hold out in the stormy offensive of the Korean army. Even if the Qi State sends troops immediately, it will not be able to save itself, save the Wei State! What's more, the strength of the Qi State is weak, and the King of Wei has been captured again, and the Wei State has lost the bargaining chip to lure the Qi State. Qi may even be reluctant to offend South Korea and accept this established fact instead. Xin Lingjun thought secretly. The reason why I insist on not giving up. In addition to the word Xinyi, it is more for the last dignity of the Wei State!
After the news that King Han issued an order to be able to offer the king of Xinling, the marquis, and the reward of ten thousand gold, the atmosphere in Suiyang City became more and more weird. In addition to those in the city who supported Shin Ling Jun to establish himself as king. and panicked, there is another kind of person who hopes to capture Xinlingjun in exchange for high-ranking officials. The latter is even clearer, even if Xinlingjun establishes himself as king, he can't compete with the 100,000 old and weak remnants of the army and the 100,000 Korean elites in Dangjun. At this time, it is undoubtedly more cost-effective to hug South Korea's thigh and get a marquis. In particular, the South Korean army is getting closer and closer to Suiyang. When the Wei army was losing and retreating, the hope in their eyes was getting bigger and bigger!
Xinlingjun naturally sensed that someone had begun to attack his own idea, so he strengthened his own defense. In the days when the Han army was approaching Suiyang, Xinlingjun not only sent envoys to ask for help from Qi, but also sent his guests to Yan, Zhao, Qin, and Chu to explain to them the ambitions of Korea, hoping that they would unite to rescue the King of Wei. Everyone knows that after King Wei was captured, he must have been forced to agree to Korea's conditions, ceding Dongjun and Dangjun to Korea, and only retaining a hundred miles of land. It is also unrealistic that Shin Lingjun does not expect the five countries to immediately send troops to intervene, and what Shin Lingjun hopes is to let the five countries see clearly the ambitions of South Korea. In this way, he will have the opportunity to take advantage of it and rescue King Wei! Dangjun will be 100% lost, and the current resistance in Dangjun is only a demonstration of Wei's indomitable will. The Wei State will not be destroyed as lightly as the Wei State and the Song State, even if the Wei State only has a hundred miles of land, it can rise again!
When the Han army approached to a distance of only a hundred miles from Suiyang, the envoy sent by Xinlingjun to Linzi finally rushed back. It's just that although this news was within Xinlingjun's expectations, Xinlingjun was still disappointed. Qi State retreated after all. Although Qi State hinted that in the face of 300,000 Korean elites, Qi State needed at least a month to allocate a large army, but the problem was that for Wei State, for Dangjun, there was no more time! If Qi really has the heart to rescue Wei, he can at least send 100,000 troops to support him first! But Qi did not. This also shows that after the capture of the King of Wei, the State of Qi thought that the risk of rescuing the State of Wei was too great and was unwilling to take it alone. But Qi Guo said at the same time. If Shin Lingjun is unable to repel the Korean army, he can take refuge in Linzi. At this point, Qi Guo obviously has his own little abacus.
Xin Lingjun looked at the erosive situation and was completely helpless. In a short period of time, the reinforcements of Qin, Zhao, Yan, Qi, and Chu could not be counted on, and if you want to blame it, you can blame Wei for losing too quickly. Dangjun, after all, could not withstand the offensive of the Han army, and resistance would only make King Wei even more embarrassed. Xinlingjun, who had made up his mind, summoned officials he trusted for more than 300 stone in Dangjun and announced his decision!
After hearing Xinlingjun's decision to go to Linzi for refuge and regain the Wei State, many people breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the slogans on everyone's lips are louder, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that Dangjun can't hold it. It is a great rebellion to go against the will of the King of Wei or to set up his own door, and to obey the will of the King of Wei to surrender and be unwilling, for Xinling Jun and the officials under Xinling Jun, leaving the Qi State has become a good policy! At least, this can fulfill the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and keep the fire of Wei. This is not to evade responsibility, but to preserve strength. Perhaps, there will really be the day described by Xin Lingjun, Xin Lingjun led the Five Kingdoms Alliance, recovered the Wei State, and liberated the King of Wei from the cage! It's just that now, these people need to endure humiliation!
"Gentlemen, after I leave, you can surrender to Korea, stay for the useful, and then serve the king! I, Wei Wuji, promise you that in my lifetime, I will definitely recover the Great Liang and regain the glory of the Wei Kingdom! The humiliation suffered by Wei today will be returned to Korea tenfold or hundredfold in the future! Xin Lingjun said categorically.
"Rest assured, eat the king's fortune, be loyal to the king, although we are just a hundred stone petty officials, but we dare not forget the foundation of being a man! He will lead a million army every day, and we will be the internal response, this ambition will be unswerving! The lieutenant of Dangjun said angrily.
"Forever! Forever! The crowd said in a low and powerful voice.
Xin Lingjun nodded again and again with emotion, if he didn't want to paralyze South Korea, he would definitely take these loyal subordinates out of Linzi together, after all, now is the time to employ people, after he arrives in Linzi, what he lacks is loyal and reliable people! But if he really wants to take them away, South Korea will inevitably shake, and South Korea can still endure it if he has no right-hand man and no power, but with high-ranking officials in Dongjun and Dangjun following him, South Korea can't bear anything!
That night, Xinlingjun only took a few dozen henchmen and took advantage of the cover of night to leave Suiyang and go to Linzi. And the Suiyang guard sent people to search for Xinlingjun in a big way, turning Suiyang upside down, looking like a mutiny. A day later, the Yulin army, led by Han Teng, rushed to Suiyang and accepted the surrender of the Wei army! The rest of the counties in Dangjun followed Suiyang's example and rushed to surrender to the Korean army! Li Mu's army only took ten days of hard work to fully control the entire county of Dangjun!
(This is the end of this volume of the Central Plains Controversy, and the next volume is called the Common Enemy of the World) (to be continued......)