Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three: Changes in the Situation
In mid-June, Wei Yang, the left Shuchang of Qin, received news from the country when he was on a mission to Shaoliang.
"What? A flag with Shaoliang was erected on the lacquer wall?"
"Yes." The messenger who came to the messenger nodded and said, "Shao Liang Yuanli Army, you will not be mistaken."
Wei Yang thought for a while, then ordered the Youyou beside him and said, "I will go back to the country to discuss this matter with the king first. You will continue to protest to Shaoliang about my Qin's dissatisfaction."
After listening to the entertainment and laughed bitterly.
As the envoy of Qin State to Shaoliang, he stayed in Shaoliang for four years, and was long before Wei envoy Hui Shi. It is no exaggeration to say that Old Liang was his second hometown.
Nowadays, the relationship between Qin and Shaoliang is breaking down, and the most difficult thing is that he is sandwiched in it.
He said tactfully: "I'm afraid there will be no turning point, Shaoliang never surrenders to other countries..."
Wei Yang glanced at the entertainment industry and said meaningfully: "Shaoliang's fine wine is too tempting. Have you forgotten your true identity?"
The sound was not loud, but it exploded like thunder in the ears of Xiangyou. The latter was shocked and hurriedly said, "I dare not. Although I have been in Shaoliang for a long time, I have never remembered to serve the Qin Dynasty and the King..."
"Just you know."
Looking at the somewhat panicked entertainment, Wei Yang waved his hand and said, "I asked you to protest. It is not necessary for you to try to change Shaoliang's decision, but to demonstrate my attitude of Qin. Shaoliang will not stop the alliance with the Shangjun of Wei for a day, and you will travel back and forth to Shaoliang City every day to protest to Dongliang Jun!"
"……yes."
Yunyou held the corner of his mouth, lowered his head, and nodded his head, making him laugh and cry.
Seeing this, Wei Yang sighed, feeling a little cowardly in his heart.
Since he escaped from Wei and joined Qin and was valued by the King of Qin, he vowed to repay the King of Qin for his kindness and strengthen Qin and make it a powerful country that made Wei afraid. But who would have thought that although Qin has indeed become stronger year by year in recent years, a guy suddenly appeared, and his growth was faster than that of Qin.
With a complicated mood, Wei Yang left Shaoliang and embarked on a journey back to China.
After returning to China, he did not return to Liyang as soon as possible, but went to the direction of Pinyang first, and then continued to head northwest and came to Qiyuan all the way.
As the name suggests, the Qiyuan is a pitch-black high-wall fortress. It and the carved Yin behind it were once the front line of Wei State that threatened Qin State, and deeply threatened the entire Weinan Plain of Qin State.
At that time, Qin State made a firm resistance, regardless of life and death, and used any means, including poisoning the Jing River and poisoning the Wei soldiers who drank the Jing River.
Later, the resistance of Qin and the surrender of diplomatic submission to Wei, Wei stopped putting pressure on Qiyuan and regarded Qiyuan as a means to force Qin to surrender.
However, decades later, the Qin State's national strength gradually became stronger, and the Wei State, which was standing in a row, gradually found it difficult to gain an advantage in the confrontation in the Qiyuan area, so that the offense and defense were easy. Qin State began to put pressure on Qiyuan, trying to completely eliminate the Wei State's clampdown on them.
At present, the fortress with dark exterior walls has hung the flag of Shaoliang.
“…”
Looking at the Qiyuan Fortress in the distance for a long time, Wei Yang took the chariot without saying a word and returned to Liyang City.
When he returned to the Liyang Palace, the King of Qin was watching the memorials presented from various places in the hall. When he saw Wei Yang coming back, he asked, "How?"
Wei Yang knew what the King of Qin was asking, shook his head and said, "Shaoliang refused to give in."
Hearing this, the King of Qin was not surprised. After all, when Shao Liang was almost destroyed, he never surrendered to Qin four years ago, let alone the country's national strength is booming now?
While reviewing the memorial, he asked again: "Qiyuan, have you been to see it?"
"Yes." Wei Yang bowed and said, "As the news said, Qiyuan has already hung the flags of Shaoliang and Yuanli Army."
"Pu"
The King of Qin slapped the pen in his hand on the table, and a hint of anger could be seen on his face.
This is not surprising, because the Qin people were too sensitive to Qiyuan, which involved a period of unbearable years in which Qin State survived under the threat of Wei State. In the words of the Qin King, Shaoliang took over Qiyuan from Wei State, which deeply hurt the hearts of the Qin people and destroyed the friendship between the two countries so far.
"Wei Qing."
The King of Qin said expressionlessly: "Today, Gan Long, Du Zhi and others came to see me and proposed to go to war with Shaoliang..."
"this……"
Wei Yang was shocked and quickly persuaded him: "No, the Battle of Hedong has not yet ended. If you get into evil with Shaoliang at this time, you will be trapped in the Wei Kingdom."
"I know!"
The King of Qin said with a calm face: "Four years ago, I deliberately transferred Yu Shaoliang to Heyang and Yuanli to incite Wei and Shaoliang to rebel. Now Wei Xu uses my former tricks to deal with our Qin. How could I not know? It's just this Qiyuan..."
Seeing that the King of Qin could still analyze the interests calmly, Wei Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he forced a smile and said, "In fact, Shaoliang was not bad for getting Qiyuan... At least, I, Daqin, don't worry about being attacked by Qiyuan in the future."
“…”
The King of Qin glanced at Wei Yang and laughed angry.
Indeed, Shaoliang is a country ruled by the law of Mo and will not take the initiative to attack other countries. This is why the King of Qin did not have any idea of adding troops to Qiyuan after learning that Qiyuan changed hands.
Even the army in Qiyuan area used to resist the Wei army was willing to move away.
But is the problem here?
The problem is that Qi Yuan represents the unbearable period of Qin State that Qin State was the time when he was looking back on. It was the monarchs of Qin State who vowed to take over the war for the former kings and completely eliminate the clamped city. In layman's terms, Shao Liang took over Qi Yuan from Wei State. Although it did not threaten Qin State, it made Qin State lose its face. This is the reason why the Qin State's monarch and ministers were indignant.
After thinking about it, the King of Qin said to Wei Yang seriously: "At least, let Shaoliang give up Qiyuan!"
"this……"
Wei Yang hesitated for a moment and said tactfully: "If you exchange the city for the city, I can try it."
The King of Qin was once again amused when he heard this. In recent years, his Qin army defeated Wei, and Han and Han retreated step by step. Now they just want to get Qiyuan, but they actually want to exchange cities for cities?
"No!" King Qin said in a deep voice: "Shouliang asked him to hand over the Qiyuan!"
Wei Yang was silent for a moment and asked softly: "What if Shaoliang doesn't agree?"
“…”
The King of Qin did not say a word, but just kept tapping the table with his fingers. Obviously, he was also irritated and hesitant.
If you don't agree, you threaten to start a war?
First, the battle between Qin and Wei has not yet ended. Second, Wei has just signed the Shangjun Alliance with Shaoliang, and the relationship between the two countries is close like Qin and Shaoliang after the First Hexi War. If Qin and Shaoliang break up at this time, Xia Yangjun probably would have woken up in his dreams.
But if there is no need to start a war to threaten...
Well, in fact, no matter whether you need to start a war or not to threaten, Shao Liang would not give up Qi Yuan easily. The only way was to exchange the city for the city. However, in this way, he lost all his face in Qin.
"Pretend not to know what?" Wei Yang carefully made his suggestion.
The King of Qin asked in a slight question: "Pretending not to know? You went to Shaoliang to protest, how do you pretend not to know?"
"What I mean is that the country is not known to concealing this matter from the country..." Wei Yang explained awkwardly.
The King of Qin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Wei Yang meant.
Qiyuan represents the difficult and overwhelming years of Qin State. Compared with the monarch and ministers of Qin State, the most difficult thing to accept is the Qin people in China, but what if the Qin people in China don’t know about this?
A blue and white look flashed across the Qin King's face, and he sighed for a while: "That's all we can do... Send someone to tell my elder brother that if you can take Hedong, you can take it, if you can't take it... Just retreat to Hexi."
"yes."
"In addition, send Sezuo to Shangjun to inquire."
"yes."
A few days later, the Qin King's order was passed to Ying Qian.
Given that Li He led the coalition forces to expel Lin Hu who invaded Shangjun, the situation in Hedong became tense again, and there was a possibility of another outbreak at any time.
In mid-June, Long Jia led more than 16,000 Wei troops and nearly 2,000 Wei Wu cavalry back to Hedong and defeated Pang Juan to defend Hedong.
At this time, Pang Juan had also learned that Li He had trained a cavalry for him in Wei State. Driven by curiosity, he personally went out of the city to greet him, and said to Long Jia with a smile: "Congratulations to the general for defeating the foreign tribes and promoting the prestige of our Central Plains."
"Mr. Pang praised it." Long Jia seemed humble, but actually said happily.
Although it is well known that the greatest contributor to his coalition forces defeating Lin Hu this time should be Li He and Shao Liang's strange soldiers. He and Fang Han just obeyed Li He, but even so, he was one of the Central Plains generals who defeated the grassland coalition forces, which was enough to leave a mark in history.
After chatting with Long Jia for a few words, Pang Juan looked around and asked, "Where is Fang Han?"
Long Jia explained: "At invitation from Li He and Gong Shumeng, the governor of Shangjun, Fang Han decided to lead 6,000 martial soldiers under his command to stay in Shangjun. Five years later, he formed a coalition again and entered the grassland... I persuaded him, but he did not obey."
"oh."
Pang Juan nodded in a clear way and didn't care too much. After all, there were still 60,000 Wei Wu soldiers under his command. Even if Fang Han was missing, it wouldn't have much to do with the 6,000 Wei Wu soldiers.
So he immediately recruited Feng Pu and Zuo Song.
Feng Pu and Zuo Song were just two ordinary military soldiers under Fang Han's command. However, by chance, they became the chief and deputy generals of the first heavy cavalry of Wei State.
Looking at Feng Pu, Zuo Song and his two commanded nearly 2,000 Wei Wu cavalry to charge on the flat ground. Pang Juan stroked his hands and praised him. He was proficient in military tactics and could see the power of this heavy cavalry at a glance.
Feng Pu and Zuo Song did not hide it, and told Pang Juan the secret of the saddle and stirrup, which was also one of the deals between Li He and Xia Yangjun.
Only then did Pang Juan understand why these Wei Wushu could learn to ride in a short period of time, and he couldn't help but praise: "This Li He is indeed a talent."
I have to say that the reason why he can give such an evaluation with his jealous and virtuous personality is mostly because Li He is a general of Shaoliang and has no competitive relationship with him. Otherwise, it would probably be another story.
On that day, he promoted Feng Pu, the two generals Zuo Song were 2,000 generals, and ordered the two to expand the cavalry, and at the same time calmly took the cavalry under his command.
With this cavalry in hand, Pang Juan added some confidence to defeat Ying Qian and recapture the entire Hedong.
On June 21st, the Battle of Hedong, which had been postponed for nearly a year, inevitably broke out. At the same time, Li He, who had made all arrangements in Shangjun, was preparing to return to his homeland with Lin Zhan.
Just as he was about to return to China, Lin Zhan brought several guests, in addition to Lin Yi, Lin Yuan, and Lin Xiangru's grandchildren whom Li He had met, there was also a more important distinguished guest, that is, Zhao Bao, the brother of the new king of Zhao State, who was the guard of Taiyuan.
Chapter completed!