Xinzheng, the general's house

Zhang Liang, who came in a hurry, looked at Wei Zhuang who closed his eyes and recuperated, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I heard that Wei Zhuang almost killed the Qin army at the head of the city, which boosted the morale of the soldiers in the city, and also calmed the hearts of many swaying nobles in the city, but after hearing that Zhang Ji personally went to the city to save Huan Qi and Wei Zhuang for a trick, Zhang Liang's heart suddenly rose.

Although he had already heard through his own channels that Wei Zhuang was not injured, he was relieved that he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

Moreover, others didn't know how Wei Zhuang broke through the realm of the grandmaster overnight, and they didn't know how the Han soldiers in the city could be so vigorous, but together with Wei Zhuang, they witnessed Han Wangcheng being sacrificed, from a living person to a white bone with no flesh and blood left, and finally even the white bones turned into ashes and were absorbed into the copper box.

And as if in return for the sacrifice, the lid of the copper box belonging to Korea suddenly fell off on its own.

Different from Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang's conjecture, there was nothing in the copper box, and just when the two of them were suspicious, a dragon groan came from the copper box.

Although Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang also saw the power of the copper box for the first time, from the written record handed down by Zheng Guo, it can be roughly determined that the dragon's roar should be related to luck.

And just after that dragon groan, a golden light visibly fell on Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang's bodies.

It was in that moment that Wei Zhuang suddenly rose from the first-class realm to the half-step grandmaster realm, and he had already found his own way, and Wei Zhuang, who only had the foundation and heritage to accumulate, broke through to the grandmaster realm in that cold palace within an hour.

It's just that this power is not obtained by Wei Zhuang's own cultivation after all, just like some sects have the inheritance method of internal force empowerment, and before death, all the internal force of the body is given to the successor in the form of empowerment, but the power obtained by this method has no foundation, and the control of power is also weaker.

And it is rumored that when Zhang Ji broke through the grandmaster, he realized two "Dao", which were already better than ordinary grandmaster masters, not to mention Wei Zhuang, who broke through the grandmaster realm in this way?

Fortunately, Weizhuang was not injured, and now Weizhuang's own safety is related to the fate of this Xinzheng City, and it is also related to the fate of South Korea, so Weizhuang's safety cannot be lost.

Of course, in addition to Wei Zhuang, Zhang Liang also received great benefits from that sacrifice.

Although his martial arts realm has not grown much, he has only stepped into the third-rate realm and has the power of self-preservation, but his biggest gain is the clarity and relaxation of his brain.

On weekdays, many difficulties that he couldn't figure out on Qimen suddenly became clear, which made him have a lot of new insights on the way to Qimen.

Overnight, the whole of South Korea seemed to have undergone miraculous changes, and the biggest changes were those who were forcibly conscripted into the army and the Korean soldiers who were sparsely motivated.

Everyone seemed to have an extra heart to serve the country overnight, but Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang still noticed a slight difference.

Just as Zhang Ji felt, it was not a patriotic war, but an extreme fanaticism, as if he had been bewitched by some kind of deceptive means.

In this regard, Wei Zhuang came to the conclusion that perhaps this was the reason for the special means of barely opening the copper box to guide out the power contained in the incomplete Canglong Seven Nights.

Although judging from today's battle situation, even this incomplete Canglong Qisu power still provided great help to the Han army.

At least with the original national army that was temporarily forcibly conscripted and the Korean soldiers who had no will to fight, let alone fighting with the Qin army, whether they could directly surrender on their own initiative was because of the blood of the Koreans in their bodies.

After the Han people started the wind of magic and rule in Shen Buxiao, they were willing to engage in power and trickery.

But South Korea's intrigue against its enemies has never succeeded.

Just as it was designed by Han Fei and Zhang Liang together, and the Qin Dynasty was made by Zhang Kaidi, Han Fei's friend Zheng Guo personally entered Qin, not only did not let the Qin State be destroyed during that period of weakness, but instead created the Qin State that is now more powerful than it.

South Korea's intrigues and tricks will always have an effect only when they are directed against their own people, just like the never-ending infighting in the Korean court, just like the plan to bring disaster to Zhao Guo by sending the party to the country.

And if the original Korean army, the Qin army did not come, they would have been able to escape nearly halfway.

Since the beginning, the best strategy for the defense of the city is to garrison troops outside the city, and to take care of each other with the situation of the inside of the city. The whole army was entrenched in the city, relying on the walls and ravines, and it was always a last resort.

Originally, the descendants of Shen Buxian, the current South Korea trusts Zuo Sima Shen Qian, and although he has lost his former appearance and martial arts, the right Sima Li Kai, both of them suggested that Wei Zhuang would divide an army to station on the south bank of Weishui, build a barrier, and place Xinzheng and Weishui, which is actually to add two lines of defense for Xinzheng.

One is the army, and the other is the Weishui itself, instead of allowing the Qin army to cross the Weishui as it is now, and only need to face a moat dug with the help of the Weishui.

Wei Zhuang, as the descendant of the Guigu Hengjian, naturally understands this truth.

However, the low morale of the Korean army made Wei Zhuang unable to trust this Korean army stationed outside to become a line of defense in Xinzheng City, perhaps the Qin army could defeat this warless Korean army in a single battle, and not only would it lose its precious tens of thousands of troops, but also damage its few military hearts again because of this rout.

However, if it is concentrated in the city, not only does it not have to worry about the problem of baggage transportation, but it can also prevent the soldiers from escaping.

In Xinzheng City, where can you escape to?

There are the eyes of the Seven Peerless Hall and the Nine Righteous Society everywhere, and it is too easy to catch a group of deserters.

"If I had known that the power of Canglong Qisu had such a miraculous effect, I should have sent Shen Qian to lead the army out of the city and station."

Even Wei Zhuang was a little remorseful, but regret was useless, at least he won the first battle, repelled the Qin army, and almost killed the Qin army's Hedong fake guard Huan Qi, this record should make those nobles in the city see his hope of holding Xinzheng.

However, Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang both understand that if this is the case, Xinzheng City will be lost sooner or later.

Zhang Liang noticed Wei Zhuang's gaze at him, and sighed faintly: "Grandfather sent someone to deliver a letter a few days ago...... Countries ...... about the rescue of South Korea Alas. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, Korea originally had the blessing of the Chu State, and when Xinlingjun intended to destroy Han and unify the Three Jin Dynasty during the last joint expedition, it was also the Chu State that tried his best to rescue it, so that Korea did not perish.

But now that the old King of Chu has died of illness, the new King of Chu is just a little doll, and all the military and political power of the country is concentrated in the hands of Li Yuan, Ling Yin.

I thought that Li Yuan was just a fortunate minister, but I didn't want this person to be similar to Zhang Ji, with the help of the king's favor, he actually had a good means to integrate the power of the nobles for his own use, making it rare for the court and the local nobles to work together in the Chu State.

It's a pity that Li Yuan actually cooperated with the Qin State, and even joined forces to attack the Wei State and seize the cities of the Wei State, Zhang Liang personally went to Chu with the festival, and even failed to meet the King of Chu and Li Yuan, the Ling Yin, and was driven out of Shouchun.

Li Yuan firmly and openly condemned Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang for treason and support for Hengyang Jun Han Cheng's ascension to the throne, and said that he would never be in the company of this group of rebellious ministers and thieves in Korea, and sternly warned Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang to ask Han Wang'an to plead guilty and return the throne, otherwise the Chu army would also go north to help Qin and Han Wang'an to quell the rebels.

This wave of operations was completely unexpected by the courtiers of the Qin State, but it caught Zhang Liang off guard.

Today's Zhang Liang, after Wei Zhuang became a general, also served as a Shentu in South Korea.

Shentu, that is, Situ Ye, Shentu is the common name for Situ in Korea.

The young Zhang Liang was in charge of the land, the people and the education of Korea, in which the governance of the land and the people was derived from the management of the land and the expropriation of the apprenticeship, and later due to the needs of the war, the apprenticeship also served as the apprentice of road construction, city construction and chariots, so the Shentu also had a certain military power.

If it weren't for the precedent of Zhang Ji, today's Zhang Liang could also be regarded as a teenager who became famous and was known as a leader in the world.

But Zhang Liang is too young after all, and his control and understanding of people's hearts, means and thoughts are too immature.

Who is Li Yuan now?

King Chu Kaolie's Tuogu Heavy Minister, Chu Wanghan's uncle, Chu Empress Dowager Li Yanyan's brother, the head of relatives, the head of civil and military officials, the power is monstrous!

But the more the power is monstrous, the more worrying the treacherous in the secret is, integrating the power of the nobles, making the nobles temporarily return to their hearts, and Li Yuan, who obeys the orders of the court, is naturally inevitably looked down upon, so that a lot of rumors circulate that Li Yuan has the intention of being self-reliant in the hollow of the king of Chu.

The appearance of the rumors startled Li Yuan, and immediately at the time of the great court meeting, with the most vicious oath of the Chu people, he swore to the heavenly alliance for life only for the prince of Chu, and would never dare to rebel against Chu, let alone usurp!

The Chu people are superstitious, and Li Yuan's oath even mentions the Taiyi God, who used his ancestors and ancestors to gamble and swear an oath, and the Chu people alleviated their suspicions of Li Yuan to a certain extent, but this incident also made Li Yuan a little afraid, like walking on thin ice.

You must know that the public was still afraid of rumors that week, let alone Li Yuan?

And Zhang Liang openly visited Li Yuan as a rebel at this extremely sensitive time, isn't it not enough for him to be in a commotion, but also to make Li Yuan a commotion?

Although Li Yuan is friendly with the Qin State and is pinched by the net, he is not a stupid person, so he naturally knows what the success of the Qin State in attacking Korea will mean.

His original intention was to secretly fund grain, grass, wealth and weapons and horses to South Korea, so as to help Weizhuang stick to Xinzheng, when the veterans of the Qin division were tired, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and other countries would not sit idly by and watch the Qin State destroy Korea.

As a result, Zhang Liang dared to come to Chu to visit him in a dignified manner!

Li Yuan was sure that he had met Zhang Liang the day before, and that night there would be rumors that he and Zhang Liang were plotting to co-king, and on the condition of rescuing Korea, South Korea would support Li Yuan's usurpation.

Therefore, Li Yuan not only couldn't see Zhang Liang, but also publicly condemned it, and even proposed that the state of Chu send troops to crusade against the usurper!

At this time, Li Yuan can't even give secret funding, his every move will be watched by people from the government and the opposition, and when someone impeaches him with the evidence that he secretly funded these rebels in South Korea, he will really be speechless.

Therefore, it was impossible to count on the assistance of the Chu State, and Zhang Liang could only hope for the other countries, but there was no good news in the letters sent back by Zhang Kaidi, who was responsible for sending envoys to the remaining countries.

Wei was the closest to Han, so Zhang Kaidi naturally asked Wei for help first.

He did not directly visit the newly ascended Wei Wangzeng, but went to meet the Empress Dowager Le Ling.

The king of Wei was newly established, but the new monarch in the prime of life did have ambitions to inherit the legacy of King Wei Anxu and continue to rejuvenate the Wei state.

But young people are ambitious and ambitious, but they are also prone to collapse after a blow.

The pincer attack of Qin and Chu caused the king of Wei, who had just ascended to the throne, to suffer a series of blows, from being bold to being indecisive, and no longer expected to continue the career of King Wei Anxi, but only to protect the Wei state.

However, King Wei Anxu also thought of these possibilities before his death, so he handed over part of the power to his mother, Wei Wangzeng's grandmother, Empress Dowager Le Ling.

The courage and means of the Empress Dowager Le Ling, even when King Wei Zhao, the father of King Wei Anxi, was alive, he often sighed that if it was a man, the Empress Dowager Le Ling should be the Minister of Wei. So he chose to persuade the Empress Dowager Le Ling first, then to persuade Xinling Jun, and finally these two persuaded King Wei to send additional troops to aid Han.

However, when he opened his eyes to the Empress Dowager Le Ling, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Korea and Wei are related by marriage, and this relationship comes from the Empress Dowager Le Ling.

But this in-law relationship is that Han Wang'an married the daughter of the Empress Dowager Le Ling's sister, that is, her niece is the queen, and it is the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager Le Ling's favorite Red Lotus.

And Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang rebelled against Han Wang'an, or when Honglian married Zhang Ji, an important minister of the Qin State, Han Wang'an rebelled when he went to Xianyang to participate in the faint ceremony.

You must know that when Honglian got married, the Empress Dowager Le Ling sent a lot of congratulatory gifts, and personally entered Qin to watch the ceremony, and at the same time hoped to take this opportunity to get closer to the Qin State that had just negotiated peace, so the goodwill brought by this in-law relationship was naturally gone.

Looking at the frowning brows of the Empress Dowager Le Ling, she persuaded openly: "Empress Dowager Le Ling, how can I, the fifth generation of the Zhang family, be willing to bear the title of a traitor?" In the final analysis, we are here to save South Korea and save Wei! ”

"If Korea is completely controlled by the Qin State, will the neighboring Wei State be able to protect itself?"

"Lips and teeth are cold, Queen Mother!"

Although the Empress Dowager Le Ling, who was dressed in a phoenix robe, also had a foresight, knowing that if Korea died, the Wei State, which was also located on the eastern road of Qin, would naturally be difficult to preserve, but she still did not agree to send troops to aid Korea.

"The old body knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth, but the Wei State really doesn't have the strength to rescue South Korea." Empress Dowager Le Ling looked bitter and helpless.

Later, Zhang Kaidi went to visit Xinlingjun again, but Xinlingjun also rejected Zhang Kaidi's request to persuade the Empress Dowager Le Ling and the King of Wei to send additional troops to aid Han on the same grounds.

After a secret visit, he found that the current situation of Wei was indeed as the two said, and that Wei State, which had just experienced the attack of the two superpowers, Qin State and Chu State, had lost many cities and had lost tens of thousands of troops in battle, and that it was indeed unable to mobilize the strength to rescue South Korea.

As a last resort, Zhang Kaidi, who had hit a wall in Wei State, could only leave Wei State and go to other countries for help.

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