At the urging of the Marquis Han Wu, the Wu'an Han army launched a fierce offensive against the high wall from mid-July. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But what made Han Bing feel quite helpless was that the Wei soldiers repaired the Great Wall in this area very quickly, and they could build hundreds of zhang away in three or five days.

What's more, the Wei army used a mud-like thing as a glue between the masonry and stone, making the repaired Great Wall particularly strong, even if the Han army built catapults to smash it, the effect was minimal - their damage to this section of the wall was not as fast as the Wei army's repair of the high wall.

During this period, although the cavalry guarding Qin Kai in Yuyang continued to harass the Wei soldiers, trying to delay the speed of the Wei soldiers repairing the high wall, but to be honest, the effect was not obvious, and the Wei army used Wugang vehicles to pose a defensive posture on the periphery of the high wall, so that the harassment of the Korean cavalry's bows and crossbows was not painful at all for the Wei soldiers who repaired the high wall.

In this case, the Han army desperately launched a fierce attack on the high wall, but unfortunately, they were all repelled by the Su Wang army and the Wei Wu army.

Seeing that it was approaching the end of August, Marquis Han Wu finally decided to send someone to Handan to negotiate with that Wei Gongzirun.

Originally, the best candidate was the scholar Han Chao, but unfortunately, Han Chao did not escape before and after the fall of Handan that day, so the marquis Han Wu sent Zhao Zhuo, who had previously negotiated with the Wei side, as an envoy.

On July 27, Zhao Hongrun learned of the arrival of Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Wu'an, in Handan, and met with this lobbyist who had a relationship with him at the palace of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun knew very well that Zhao Zhuo's intention was nothing more than that the autumn harvest was imminent, and Wu An couldn't support it.

After all, before and after the autumn harvest, Korea will inevitably be attacked by many foreign tribes such as Linhu, Xiongnu, and Donghu, and these foreign robbers will invade Korea like the armies of Wei and other Central Plains states.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the actions of the former Northern First Army are far inferior to the attitude of those steppe aliens towards the Central Plains.

In the mouths of some cruel foreigners, the people of the Central Plains are called "two-legged sheep", and you can imagine how cruel and bloody they are.

In the courtyard of the Han Palace, where hundreds of birds were kept, Zhao Hongrun met with Zhao Zhuo, the envoy of Wu'an.

I have to say that Zhao Zhuo was really a little surprised that Zhao Hongrun chose the location of the meeting here.

This courtyard, Zhao Zhuo is clear, this is their puppet king Han Wangran's "Hundred Birds Garden", and there are many birds with bright feathers and melodious chirping in the courtyard.

As far as Zhao Zhuo knew, there used to be hundreds of birds in this courtyard at the most, so Hou Han Wu once inscribed the word "Bird Forest" in his own handwriting.

"Wei Gongzi Run...... Or a bird?'

When he walked into this courtyard and saw Zhao Hongrun, who had once had a relationship, standing in front of a birdcage and teasing the rare birds in the cage, Zhao Zhuo was surprised.

After all, their king, Han Wangran, has already become a typical example of "plaything discouragement" because of his love of playing with birds, and has been privately discussed by many Koreans, and the Wei Gongzirun in front of him doesn't look like this kind of person no matter how you look at it.

Therefore, Zhao Zhuo boldly smiled and asked, "Rungongzi is also good at raising birds?" ”

Zhao Hongrun turned his head to look at Zhao Zhuo, and said with a smile: "This king has an uncle Wang, whose name is '俼', who likes all kinds of treasures and playthings, and has a ...... voice of dogs and horses."

"It turned out to be Lord Ji Li!" Zhao Zhuo said in surprise, the 'Ji Li' in his mouth was Zhao Hongrun's sixth uncle, Zhao Yuanli.

"Your envoy has heard of the king's six uncles?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Zhao Zhuo's words.

After listening to Zhao Hongrun's inquiry, Zhao Zhuo stroked his palms and smiled: "Lord Ji Li, can Zhao not know him?" When Lord Ji Yan visited my famous river in Korea, even though he was the first king, he also entertained Lord Ji Yan and served him as a guest. ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, shocked beyond measure.

He naturally guessed that the first king in Zhao Zhuo's mouth should refer to the Korean Mingjun "Han Wangqi", that is to say, Han Wangqi received his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanqi and treated him as a guest?

Zhao Hongrun, who originally just mentioned it casually, was not only a little stunned after hearing about this, but also sighed that the connections of the sixth uncle were really powerful, and they had all developed to South Korea, and even Han Wangqi regarded him as a guest.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun really didn't know what to say.

At this time, Zhao Zhuo didn't know what Zhao Hongrun was thinking, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhao Moufu is blessed, and he has never visited Lord Ji Yan in person. However, as far as Zhao knows, when Lord Ji Yan was young, he visited my country many times, but in the past seven or eight years, Lord Ji Yan has not visited my friends in South Korea, I don't know why. ”

Of course, Zhao Hongrun would not think that it was because of the bad relationship between Wei and Han, after all, in this era, the public is public and the private is private, even if Wei and Han go to war, it is not uncommon for a Wei person to visit a Korean, or a Korean to visit a Wei person.

Unless the contradiction between Wei and Han rises to the level of national contradiction, just like the Wei people and the Ba people, the state will generally not care about this kind of thing.

Of course, the premise is that you have to be a "citizen" without an official position, and if you are an official, then the situation is completely different.

And Zhao Hongrun's Uncle Liuwang, although he was born noble, he did not have an official position or position before, so even if he was a guest of Han Wangqi, no one would say anything, but some people would feel admiration and let Han Wangqi be a guest.

As for why Zhao Yuanyan, the sixth uncle, no longer came to South Korea seven or eight years ago, Zhao Hongrun can solve the puzzle: because Zhao Yuanyan went to Longxi.

Of course, there is no need for Zhao Hongrun to explain this kind of thing to Zhao Zhuo, so after he smiled, he turned the topic back: "Your envoy came this time, what do you have to say?" ”

"Don't dare." Zhao Zhuo owed a debt and bowed: "I came here this time, but on the orders of the marquis." The marquis hoped to discuss the matter of the war between the two countries with Run Gongzi. …… It is hoped that the two countries will shake hands and reconcile. ”

"Marquis ...... It's that Han Wu, right?'

"Huh." Zhao Hongrun laughed when he heard this, and said lightly: "This king also hopes that you and I will be neighbors in harmony, but your country has frequently attacked our Great Wei for decades, even if it is to swallow the party, it is still not satisfied, and it still covets the Hedong County of my Great Wei......"

"Run Gongzi." As soon as Zhao Zhuo wanted to speak, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun raising his hand.

I saw Zhao Hongrun looking at Zhao Zhuo, and said: "This king knows why the marquis sent your envoy here, it is nothing more than that the autumn harvest is approaching, and the frontier of your country may be attacked by foreign tribes...... Although the gentleman does not take advantage of the danger of others, in the eyes of this king, this is not a fighter. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo's face changed greatly, and he immediately said: "Young Master Run, please listen to me!" …… Han Wei's evil, brothers' wall; Rong Di's evil, evil neighbors outside the home. Rong Di is left behind, does not cultivate benevolence, does not respect the royal road, this is not my race, if the son of Run is pro-Rong Di and hits my Han, this is to lead the wolf into the house, disaster and the Central Plains. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun was silent.

In fact, to be honest, he just used Zhao Zhuo's mouth to pass on his to Wu An to scare and scare the Koreans, would he really do this? Of course not.

As Zhao Zhuo said, whether it is the bitterness of Wei and Han or the bitterness of Qi and Han, this is a brotherly wall and a national contradiction in the Central Plains, but Rong Di and the Central Plains are national contradictions that are incompatible. "Note: Ethnicity here refers to cultural differences, not narrow racial differences."

If Zhao Hongrun, in order to fight South Korea, get close to Rong Di and instigate the latter to take the opportunity to invade South Korea, then I don't know how many scholars in the world will stand up and accuse Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun even heard that when the father of Qi King Lü Xu, King Qi Lü Zhu, was in power, he had a bad relationship with Korea, and a war broke out between the two countries. But when Lu Zhu, the king of Qi, heard that the North Yan County of Korea was invaded by Donghu, he immediately stopped the attack on Korea and sent a letter urging the Korean army to go north to resist the enemy.

After that, before Korea repelled Donghu, Qi did not commit any offense against Han Qiu.

This is enough to prove that the attitude of the Central Plains countries is the same in the face of foreign races.

Zhao Hongrun is not unclear about these things, but he does not have the noble ethics of Lu Zhu, the king of Qi, and how to make up for the huge manpower and material resources invested by his Wei State in this battle if he doesn't scrape something back from South Korea.

And his timely silent look was just to give Zhao Zhuo an opportunity to further persuade him, or to put it bluntly, to give South Korea a chance to "buy" him to withdraw from the army with actual benefits.

Sure enough, seeing Zhao Hongrun's hesitant face, Zhao Zhuo struck while the iron was hot, quoted the words of the sages, and gave many examples to persuade Zhao Hongrun, which finally made Zhao Hongrun "lose his way and return" and give up his plan to attack South Korea.

"The words of the envoy moved the king, but ...... How could Handan be returned so easily? How does this make this king explain to the domestic court and my Wei people? Pretending to look at Zhao Zhuo with annoyance, Zhao Hongrun said slightly angrily: "Rong Di violated the border of your country, and it was not instigated by this king!" ”

So Zhao Zhuo understood, in his opinion, the Wei Gongzirun in front of him should have been persuaded by him, and was willing to terminate the exchange of Wei and Han troops and return Handan to South Korea, but this Wei Gongzirun was unwilling to give up like this.

After all, Zhao Zhuo also understands that he has indeed persecuted Wei too much in South Korea in recent decades, and he fights whenever he wants to, so it is no wonder that this Gongzi Run is not angry.

But this is easy to solve, as long as sufficient compensation is given to resolve the resentment in the heart of this Wei Gongzirun, the Wei soldiers will naturally retreat.

As for what kind of price to pay to persuade this Wei Gongzirun to withdraw from the army, it is not his Zhao Zhuo's task, Hou Han Wuzi will personally negotiate with this Wei Gongzirun, and he Zhao Zhuo only needs to ensure that this Wei Gongzirun is willing to make peace with Han, his task will be achieved.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhuo said to Zhao Hongrun: "Without further ado, you can go back to Wu'an and report this matter to the Marquis, I believe that the Marquis will definitely give Gongzi a satisfactory answer." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun wanted to nod, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the many bird cages in the courtyard out of the corner of his eye, and his heart moved slightly.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hongrun deliberately lowered his face and said, "Why is the marquis of your country negotiating with this king?" Isn't this king worthy to negotiate this matter with King Han face to face? ”

Zhao Zhuo was stunned when he heard this.

God is pitiful, now that he is in Korea, who would dare to underestimate the Wei Gongzi in front of him, but the question is, his king of South Korea, "Han Wangran", is just a puppet, how can he be the master?

Therefore, he said cryptically: "Gongzi Run doesn't know, in this matter, the marquis is more than the king...... Well, it's more appropriate. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongrun shook his head, pretending to be ignorant and said: "If the name is not right, it is not good, this matter is very important, and King Han should come forward!" ”

"This ......"

Seeing Zhao Hongrun's insistence, Zhao Zhuo was difficult to refute, so he simply returned to Wu'an with the news and let Wu'an agree on his own.

Anyway, his mission is done.