Chapter 163, Han Wei attacked Chu, Lian Po's awakening
Han Fei looked at the Ying Han who was leaving, and asked Ziyou with infinite emotion in his heart
"Senior brother, do you want them to govern the place as representatives of the clan and win the hearts of the people?"
"This is also an attempt to use the clan as a representative to stabilize the place, no matter how they govern, but as long as they treat the people well, let the people have enough to eat, and do not be bullied casually, they will not rebel again." Ziyou said.
The people have always been the easiest people to satisfy, as long as they are fed and not bullied, who is willing to risk killing their heads to rebel? On the contrary, in the uprising at the end of Qin, even if the people of the Qin Dynasty were disrupted by Qin II and the court was ruined, there were very few people who took the initiative to revolt, and basically the elders of the Six Kingdoms instigated the people.
"It's really hard to imagine how these sect disciples persuaded them to give up their pampered life, and walk on the land of the Qin State step by step with their own feet, to see the survival of the people, and to experience their lives." Han Fei said that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, this truth will remain unchanged for eternity.
"I didn't convince them, I just put forward this idea, they all went voluntarily, the King of Qin and the clan did not force them, they all have the enthusiasm to contribute to the country, but the clan has been drilling the court to make generations of clan disciples cold blood, and now there is a way for them to realize their blood, they naturally take the initiative to do it." Ziyou said.
"It's hard to imagine how easy it can be for anything to get into your hands." Han Fei looked at Ziyou and said with a complicated expression, he thought that if Ziyou helped South Korea, South Korea would definitely be rich and strong, but there is no if in this world, South Korea is too weak, so weak that Ziyou needs to postpone his goal for I don't know how many years.
"It's not that today, this kind of wine can't be disappointed." Ziyou picked up the wine and said, today is relaxing, but not listening to Han Fei's emotion.
"Yes, yes, what does Brother Han Fei want to do so much, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." Jing Ke also said.
Han Fei smiled and stopped saying these words, the three of them began to brag and chat, when the Snow Girl, Concubine Yan and Flame Spirit Ji arrived, the three of them were already drunk, looking at Ziyou's appearance, the three of them were helpless, so they could only let Mo Crow bring someone to pick them up and take Han Fei and Jing Ke back together.
In this way, seven days passed in peace, and the funeral of Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, was completed, and when the new king Xiong Han ascended the throne, Li Yuan sent someone to kill Chun Shenjun, and quickly took control of the government, becoming the most powerful courtier in Chu.
Just when Li Yuan was about to feel the feeling of the ministers, Wei and Korea declared war on Chu, and in the name of killing Li Yuan to avenge Chun Shenjun, the two combined an army of 150,000 to form an alliance to attack Chu, and it was Lian Po and Wei Zhuang who were in command, Lian Po was the commander of the coalition army, and Wei Zhuang was the vanguard.
For a time, Han and Wei broke through the five cities on the border of Chu State, relying on the only remaining Wei soldiers and crossbowmen to fight the Chu army for a time and fled, relying on continuous victories and military exploits, Weizhuang's status in the Korean army has gradually risen, and the situation is much better than before, and the leaders of the army who stayed in the country also began to move closer to Weizhuang, wanting to go to the battlefield for some military merits.
In the big tent of the Han Wei coalition army, Lian Po looked at the indifferent Wei Zhuang who was dealing with the military reports from South Korea, these days of contact, Lian Po has also made a slight change in Wei Zhuang, the Guigu disciple out of the mountain thinks that it is highly regarded, but he and Gai Nie can only say that they were stunned by everyone, thinking that this is the worst Guigu disciple, including Lian Po also thinks so, but in the past few days, Lian Po has found that Wei Zhuang is not as useless as rumored, at least it is easy to use as a pioneer, and his personal force is extremely strong, and he must first behead the opponent's general under the sword in every battle, The ability to use troops is also remarkable.
"Are you interested in learning from me to command the army?" Lian Po looked at Wei Zhuang and asked, Wei Zhuang is indeed a piece of jade, but it lacks carving.
"I studied in Guigu, and I didn't think about joining the army." Wei Zhuang shook his head and said.
Looking at Wei Zhuang's resolute eyes, Lian Po understood that Wei Zhuang would not worship himself as a teacher, so he said
"It's a pity, you're a piece of jade, but it's still missing carving, if there's anything you don't understand these days, just ask me, I'll answer you as much as I can."
Lian Po's eyes were full of pity, his art of war was destined to be inherited, Lian Po looked at the north and said
"Whether it's for the general, or for the prime minister, or something else, you must be calm and not impulsive, especially in the face of national affairs, personal honor and disgrace are nothing, I hope you can be calm in the future."
Although Wei Zhuang is cold to people and looks like a person who is calm to the extreme, how can a young man in his twenties be calm enough, it is not easy to get into the top of the plan, and he lacks the overall situation in doing things.
"I know." Wei Zhuang said lightly.
"Chu Guo will react immediately, how do you think Xiang Yan will counterattack." Lian Po asked, looking at the map.
Wei Zhuang walked to the map and looked at the map of Chu and said
"Xiang Yan is a famous general, now that the court of Chu is unstable, most of the troops are on the Chu-Qin border, Xiang Yan is very likely to take Shouchun's defenders from Juyang, confront us, stifle our offensive, and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
The reason why they went down to the five cities in a row was to take them by surprise and fight quickly, the army of Chu did not withdraw from the Qin-Chu border, and the previous actions of the Qin State in Nanjun made the Chu State think that the Qin State was going to attack the Chu State, so the elite army was on the Qin-Chu border, so it gave Han Wei the opportunity to let them advance quickly.
Wei Zhuang wants to rely on the fact that the Chu State has not yet reacted, and take as many cities as possible close to the border of Han and Wei, so as to expand the territory and land for South Korea, in exchange for strategic depth and population land, the current South Korea simply cannot support the current army, and the current army has been cut.
Although there is still Wei in the middle of Han and Chu, South Korea has reached an agreement with Wei to exchange Chen Suiyang and other places for Xu Shangcai and other places, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as long as the land exchange is profitable, everyone will not refuse.
"So what do you think it should be? The soldiers are treacherous, and I led 10,000 horses to march quickly and set up an ambush in the area of Juyang. Wei Zhuang said.
"You are too tender, if I think Xiang Yan, I will stick to Juyang, first of all, the field battle is not good for the Chu army with a small number of people, and with Wei Wushu and crossbowmen, the Chu army has no advantage in the field battle, and the high river in Juyang City is deep enough to hold on and drag us.
And you don't have to look at the battlefield to fight, the court is more terrible than the enemy, the civil affairs of Chu were originally divided equally between Chunshenjun and Qu Jingzhao, but Chunshenjun died, and now the grain and grass of the Chu army completely rely on the supply of Qu Jingzhao's three clans, and Pengcheng still has at least 50,000 defenders, and the defender will be Jingyuan.
I am Xiang Yan, I will let Jing Yuan support Suiyang, and wait until the Chu State on the Qin-Chu border withdraws, so as to besiege on three sides, although it gives us a chance to breathe, but the greatest possible guarantee of the victory in logistics and the number of troops, can achieve this victory more steadily. Lian Po said.
The battle of Changping Lian Po lost in the court and logistics supply, Qin and Zhao put the future all on the battle of Changping, the confrontation to the end, the logistics and domestic grain and grass support of the two countries have actually bottomed out, especially the Qin State, after all, the battlefield is in the Zhao State, the Qin State is far away from the food consumption is greater than the Zhao State, and the next competition is the trust of the monarch and the court.
It was obvious that Zhao State lost, King Zhao couldn't withstand the pressure, and finally changed generals, and Qin State, King Qin Zhaoxiang supported the Qin army with the strength of the whole country, but what about Zhao State? In fact, the magnates headed by Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, still have food, but because of the suspicion of the monarch, these people do not dare to donate food, for fear of being suspected of buying people's hearts, and they are also afraid of losing power.
"Divide the credit in exchange for the support of the Qu Jingzhao clan, right? It seems that this kind of thing happens everywhere. Wei Zhuang said coldly.
"I was as disdainful of these as you were at the beginning, but now I understand that this is not a humiliation, but a court conspiracy, if you can, be a pure general, don't get involved in the court fight, even the original Bai Qi can't avoid being forced to die because of the power struggle." Lian Po said.
Leaving Zhao State, in the Wei State of these years, Lian Po has seen through a lot, and also understands a lot, and suddenly feels how ridiculous he was before, how ridiculous it is to be in the left prime minister of the court but still want to maintain the solitary body of the military general, at the same time, Lian Po also misses his old partner, Lin Xiangru, only when he is there, he does not have to worry about the pressure from the court, and wantonly fights on the battlefield.
"There are some things that cannot be avoided if you want to, and it is better to kill the creator of the disaster than to wait for the disaster to come." Wei Zhuang said.
Lian Po looked at Wei Zhuang and didn't speak anymore, he didn't have the mentality of a young man like Wei Zhuang, and he didn't think to remind Wei Zhuang that this kind of thing can only be done if he has experienced it.
Wei Zhuang saw that Lian Po didn't speak, so he said
"Do you need me to lead my troops to Suiyang now to prevent Pengcheng's support?"
"No, Jing Yuan is just a waste, these 50,000 soldiers are the foundation of the Jing family, he doesn't dare to attack easily, he will only wait until Xiang Yan defeats us before he comes to pick up credit." Lian Po said, "What we have to guard against now are the reinforcements on the Qin-Chu border, and those are the elite of the Chu State. ”
"What about the Qin State? According to Qin Guodong's idea, the strength of various countries will be weakened as much as possible now, especially Chu and Zhao, will they let go of such a good opportunity? Moreover, I heard that Chang Pingjun, the left minister of the Qin State, is now in charge of quelling the civil rebellion in Nanjun. Wei Zhuang asked.
"For the generals never to pin their hopes on what may happen, the first country that Qin will attack in the east is South Korea, do you think Qin will attack Chu again? Even if we want to fight, it will be when Xiang Yan and us are fighting. Lian Po said.
Wei Zhuang didn't speak anymore, waiting for Lian Po's arrangement.
Lian Po said, "You are now leading people to the area of Pingxing, and make an intention to attack Pingxing, but on the way, you must make an intention to Shouchun, I will let you divide 30,000 horses to attack the city father, and force Xiang Yan to divide the army, only in this way can we have a chance to win." ”
Wei Zhuang glanced at Lian Po, Lian Po's hand was the same as the just-concluded battle of Qin and Zhao, it was a test of the relationship between the monarch and the minister.
The 150,000 army was suddenly divided into three parts, Wei Zhuang led 30,000 troops to attack Pingxing, and another person led 30,000 people to attack the city father.
"It's us who are passive now, especially here here is the city father." Fan Zeng looked at the map and said, the city father is the fief of the Qu family in the Qu Jingzhao three clans, and it is also where the Qu family's ancestral hall is located, most of the Qu family members are in the city father, and now Lian Po sent people to attack the city father, the Qu family will definitely not sit idly by, they have to support, otherwise the Qu family will unite with Jingzhao, and the three clans will fight together, not to mention that they want to win this battle, let's talk about how to defend Juyang first.
"When will Lian Po do this?" Xiang Yan said in a deep voice, he didn't have to think that the order from the court would come tonight, let him divide his troops to support the city father, now the new king of the court of Chu is young, Li Yuan controls the government, in order to stabilize his position, he will definitely agree to Qu Jingzhao's proposal to let him divide his troops, for the first time Xiang Yan felt that the court of Chu needed a wise enough monarch to preside, otherwise he would always be restrained everywhere.
Qu Jingzhao, as a big clan of the Chu State, has always wanted to gradually grasp the court of the Chu State, and they have two biggest stumbling blocks to master the court, the first is Chun Shenjun, but this was killed by Li Yuan, Qu Jingzhao and the three clans almost laughed, and the second is Xiang Yan, a general who holds nearly half of the army of the Chu State.
Although Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, was mediocre, he did a good job in the checks and balances of the court, before Xiang Yan was in charge of military power, Qu Jingzhao was in charge of civil affairs, and Chun Shenjun was in charge of regulation, and at the same time involved both military and political sides, reaching a stable balance.
It's a pity that all this was ruined by Li Yuan, Xiang Yan knew that now he was the biggest enemy of the three clans, and he had to have a Chu king who supported him, otherwise he would be calculated and killed by the three clans sooner or later, Xiang Yan knew Xiong Han's identity, so Xiong Han and Li Yuan He couldn't choose.
Xiang Yan was ready to choose Gongzi Negative Sho, although he was mediocre, but he was not favored, and his life was extremely difficult, if he supported Negative Gang as the King of Chu, it was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, and he would definitely be able to get the support of Negative Mule, but before he had time to contact Negative Sho, Changping Jun's letter came, between Negative Mul and Changping Jun, fools know to choose Changping Jun, at least this is a person who will not drag his feet and is capable.
Now Xiang Yan feels that it is time for Changping Jun to support him, although the time has not yet come, but the Qin State is now sending troops, so it is really not easy to resist Lian Po's army with the 60,000 soldiers in his hands now.
"Fan Gong, it's time for that person to do it, as mentioned in the previous letter, he has won the hearts of the people of Nanjun, and the Qin army led by Li Xin and Feng Wuxue is also ready to move." Xiang Yan said.
"General don't worry, if you provoke a civil uprising now, it will not be of any use to the Chu State, the 50,000 army of the Qin State is still there, and it can be quelled at any time, it is better to wait until the 50,000 army attackes, cut off its grain and grass behind its back, catch turtles in the urn, first ensure the stability of the border, and then let the army come back to help." Fan Zeng said.
"Reasonable, I'll write to Changping-kun." Xiang Yan said.
(End of chapter)