Chapter 262 Wei Wuji's Raid Soldier
In the winter of 259 BC, after less than half a year of calm, war broke out again on the mainland.
First, the Huns suddenly moved south, and then Qin and Qi jointly attacked Chu. Then, Zhao, who defeated the Huns, immediately organized the Three Jin coalition forces to advance westward to attack Qin, and the troops were directly aimed at the Hedong County of Qin.
A series of major events happened one after another, making this supposedly cold winter very lively.
To the west of Daliang City, the capital of Wei, is a huge military camp. The Wei army gathered by 80,000 Wei troops had just set off from here two days ago and advanced westward, preparing to cooperate with the Zhao army to launch an attack on the Hedong County of Qin, which also attracted the attention of countless people.
However, what the secret spies from various countries hidden in Daliang City did not expect was that just to the east of Daliang City, which they did not notice, a small Wei army was also quietly gathering.
On this day, Wei Wuji, the prime minister of the State of Wei, and the king of Xinling, were wearing military uniforms, and rushed into the camp surrounded by several Wei generals and thousands of Wei cavalrymen.
If this scene falls into the eyes of those who are interested, it will inevitably feel quite strange.
Wei Wuji clearly had rejected the request to lead troops to attack Qin, so why did he appear in the eastern military camp outside Daliang City like this at this moment in such a soldier?
In fact, half an hour ago, Wei Wuji wore such armor and entered the palace to meet the current king of Wei, the king of Wei.
King Wei looked obviously worried and looked at Wei Wuji with some disconfidence: "Mr. Xinling, can this really work?"
If people who don’t know the truth see this situation, they think that the King of Wei is worried about the battlefield in Hedong where the Three Jin coalition forces are located.
Actually not.
Wei Wuji smiled slightly and said in a very affirmative tone: "Don't worry, my king, I will definitely capture Natao County this time, so that Wei will become stronger than the princes again!"
That's right, the reason why Wei Wuji stayed in Daliang City was not because this Xinling Jun was afraid to fight at a critical moment, but because Wei Wuji's initial goal was not on Hedong County of Qin, but in Tao County of Qin!
Tao County, as well as the Song County of the current Wei State, Fangyu County were both the territory of the original Song State.
In 28 BC, King Min of Qi took advantage of the chaos in Song Dynasty and sent general Han Nie to conquer Song and incorporate Song into Qi's territory.
The subsequent generation of King Yan Zhao of the British, joined forces with the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Han and Zhao to launch a powerful five-state attack on Qi, defeating Qi to a slump and almost destroying the country, falling from the position of the overlord, and losing a large amount of territory.
In the big division between the five countries' attacks on Qi, Wei was undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary. The territory of the original Song State fell into the hands of Wei State and was divided into the Great Song State, Fanghe County and Tao County by Wei State.
Afterwards, King Ji of Qin, who had not been assigned any land, was furious. He first sent troops to attack Zhao State. He was disappointed in front of Zhao Yan's coalition forces and then turned to attack the weaker Wei State, and snatched the richest Tao County among the three counties of Song State from Wei State.
After that, Tao County became the fief of Bang Wei Ran, the then prime minister of Qin.
In order to expand his fiefdom, Wei Ran successively used troops to Wei and Qi, slowly expanding the territory of Tao County. Today, Tao County is almost as large as half of the territory of Song State back then.
Such a piece is right under the nose of the Wei Kingdom and once belonged to a wealthy place in Wei Kingdom for a period of time, which is undoubtedly mouth-watering.
Just when Zhao Dan sent an envoy to ask Wei to send troops to help the war, Wei Wuji, the prime minister of the State of Wei, realized that there was a chance to recover Tao County.
As we all know, Tao County is an enclave of Qin. From Tao County to Yiyang of Qin, it takes a territorial journey through Wei and Han territories, which is a total of hundreds of miles away, and is even thousands of miles away from the Guanzhong land of Qin.
Although it was an enclave, when Qin was still strong and dominate the world before, Wei did not dare to have any intentions for this enclave.
But now the situation is different.
With the rise of the new overlord Zhao State, Qin State was first frustrated in Shangdang County, and now it has placed its main force on the southward battle with Chu State, and its attention to Tao County inevitably weakened.
According to the information collected secretly by Wei Wuji in advance, there are only only 10,000 Qin troops in Tao County, and they are also scattered among the cities in the county. It is not worth worrying for the Wei State, and it is the best time to recover Tao County.
After listening to Wei Wuji's analysis, King Wei nodded in agreement, but then asked another question.
"If the Qin army comes back, how should we resist?"
Of course, you can fight, but the premise of fighting is that you have to be able to defend it. Otherwise, if the Qin people come back to rob Tao County, then Wei will lose their troops and generals in vain.
Wei Wuji smiled after hearing the concerns of King Wei: "Don't worry, King, now Qin and Zhao and Chu are going to war at the same time. If the Three Jin coalition forces succeed in a battle in Hedong County, Qin will definitely be blocked by Zhao in the future after Hangu Pass. If you want to take a step east but fail, how can you cross Han and attack Wei?"
When King Wei heard this, he finally felt relieved and asked again: "How many soldiers and horses do you want to attack Tao County this time?"
Wei Wuji said: "This time, the focus is on raids rather than attacking the city. Therefore, I want to lead 20,000 elite troops to advance to attack Tao County day and night. It is necessary to go all out and occupy Tao County within one tenth of a year!"
"Good!" King Wei was overjoyed when he heard this: "Since that's the case, I'm waiting for the good news from Xinlingjun in Daliang City!"
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Wei Wuji threw all his thoughts behind his mind. Looking at the 20,000 Wei troops that had already gathered in front of him, there was also a heat current in his heart.
Although 80,000 Wei troops had been sent out, Wei Wuji knew very well that only the 20,000 Wei troops in front of him were the most elite troops in the Wei Kingdom!
Five thousand Wei Wushang, three thousand chariots, two thousand cavalry, and ten thousand elite veterans were all the main teams when defeating the Qin general Sima Geng's troops in the Battle of the Wild King.
With these 20,000 troops in hand, Wei Wuji was full of confidence.
This time, we must retake Tao County, which has been trapped in the hands of Qin for more than 20 years!
As long as Tao County is available, the east and west parts of Wei will be completely connected into one, and the national strength of Wei will be greatly enhanced. The rise of Wei will no longer be an empty word, but will become a real possibility!
Wei Wuji was full of energy and gave his first order after entering this camp.
"The whole army set out and target Taoyi!"
With the order of Wei Wuji, 20,000 elite Wei troops rumbled and headed towards the east.
Chapter completed!