Chapter 402: The Ruthlessness of Time (3)
Two days later, outside the city of Chencang, by the Weishui River.
The crowd was boiling, gathered on the riverbank, and Qin Jun, who had just come of age, was about to sacrifice to Hebo.
The Ximen Leopard of Wei has abolished the bad custom of sacrificing Hebo, but there are people martyred in Qin at this time, and this custom is still the same, and even the previous Qin Gong once sacrificed Hebo with his own daughters and sisters, so that Weishui would not flood.
When Qin Jun ascended the throne, he was only ten years old, and he was only an adult by now.
This year, Wei and Chu went to war again, Zheng Guo realized his own danger, this time he stood on the side of Chu State, but he didn't want to be occupied by the Wei people, and the Chu people were defeated again.
The Marquis of Wei, who had become a son, transferred Wu Qi, who had been operating in Xihe for more than ten years, back to the national capital, and the newly adult Duke of Qin felt that this was an opportunity. Taking advantage of Wu Qi's absence in Xihe and Wei Chu to start the war again, he opened up a situation for what several generations of Qin kings wanted to do but could not do, so he sent troops to attack Wei.
However, although Wu Qi left, the soldiers were still there, and in the battle of Wangcheng, 30,000 Qin people stained Luoshui with blood.
A few years ago, there was an earthquake, a landslide, blocking the Yellow River, and there are many rumors that it is because the Wei people do not sacrifice to Hebo. In the past few years, the aftershocks have continued, Weishui has had heavy rain, and the enthroned Qin Duke was defeated in Wangcheng at the beginning, so he thought of sacrificing to Hebo in order to have a smooth wind and rain this year, and no more problems.
Wuzhu priests, drum guards, and the people of Qin who watched the ceremony all gathered at the edge of Weishui. The woman who was about to be sacrificed was frightened, and Wu Zhu couldn't help but appease her, only saying that she was going to marry Hebo, seek benefits for the Qin people, and die a well-deserved death.
Nie Zheng squeezed to the front with his strong body, looking at the ugliness of this scene, he knew not only about Yecheng, but also about the Mo family's treatment of witches in Pei County, and he couldn't help but disdain it in his heart.
He didn't know that although he was not very willing to listen to his old friend talk about "righteousness", the righteousness of the Mo family was like a ball of ink, falling into the water, gradually melting, moisturizing things silently. So he rejected Yan Zhongzi, and Xu was a victory.
After all, it was because of the understanding of "righteousness" that gradually became a little different in his heart.
At this time, Princess Qin sacrificed, Nie Zheng touched the two bombs in the leather bag behind him, confirmed that the fire rope in the bamboo tube was still burning, and secretly observed the situation.
Since he decided to make a move, he didn't think about retreating or anything like that, the only thing he was worried about was that he would not succeed in the assassination, so that he did not fulfill his oath. It is the three cups of Turannuo, Wuyue is light, life and death are nothing, and it is a shame not to fulfill the instructions of friends.
After choosing the location of the raid, Nie Zheng covered his hood downward, pushed away the people in front of him, and chose an excellent location for the assassination.
This place is only a hundred feet away from Qin Gong, and if two bombs are thrown, they can be assassinated immediately.
He was about to make a move, when he suddenly heard the girls in front of him who were about to be sent into Weishui to be the river aunt cry loudly, and the cry was heartbreaking.
The corners of Nie Zheng's mouth showed a rare tenderness, thinking of his sister's child, at that time, the Mo family's wheat flour had just spread to the vicinity of the house, and the sister's child cried and begged his uncle to buy wheat cakes to eat. At that time, the crying was almost the same as the cry now, but soon after that crying, the sister's baby ate the wheat cake, but the girls in front of them were about to be thrown into the river.
The parents of several female babies are crying in the crowd, Wu Zhu is not hindered, marrying is exactly like this, before getting married, the parents are going to cry, and they are adding the breath of marriage.
Nie Zheng understood that if he threw a bomb at this time, he could certainly cause chaos among the Qin people, so he took advantage of the chaos to stab Qin Jun with his sword...... But those children are probably inevitable.
Fingers touched the bomb in the cowhide bag, thinking to himself when he was young and revenge on people as a ranger, how could there be these things? Isn't it a ten-step kill to kill a person, happy to take revenge?
Think about it again, with his dignified eight-foot body, entrusted by all his friends, he wants to hurt women and children? Is that the husband's doing?
After thinking about it, he made up his mind and said secretly: "I, Nie Zheng, have killed countless people, just by relying on a sword." That boy is even the dead soldiers around him, but so, he can't defeat him, what am I afraid of? ”
He took one last look at the weeping girls, thinking about what Sheng Yu had persuaded him, and said in his heart: "After all, I died both for the righteousness of my friends and for the so-called righteousness of Gongzaoye." There was neither a defeat nor a loss to the son, but there was also no defeat in the public industry. Today's matter, I want to come to Gongzaoye to know that I did it, but he just led people to capture the king of Chu and the king of Yue, and I will kill a Qin Jun today! ”
Thinking that he only has one sister left, even if he is already married, if someone bullies his sister one day, if he knows it, even if he is running around in the Mo family for the benefit of the world, he will not care, and he really has no concern.
When the clock and drums were about to ring, Wu Zhu got up, took the "wedding boat" made of reeds, and loaded the girls into the boat.
Nie Zheng took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to tie the scarf on his head tightly, the fingers of his right hand moved slightly, and he suddenly drew his sword, moving like a rabbit, rushing forward, stabbing towards a Qin soldier.
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Weidu, Anyi.
Wu Qi sat in the room, and there was still a copy of "Simple Nine Numbers and Geometry" stacked on the desk, but he didn't turn it over after reading it for a long time.
Three years ago, in the Great Liang War, he made immortal contributions to the Wei State, beheaded the four kings of Gui and Youyin, captured a king, and the world shook.
The prince settled into Chen, called himself the king of Chu, and was also the Duke of Chen, pro-Jin to defend himself, and the situation of Chu was completely opened. The cities of Chu in the Central Plains, such as Daliang and Yuguan, were completely reduced to the land of Wei, and Chu had no way to march to the Central Plains except in the direction of Luyang.
Sishang Huaibei, the Mo family has been occupied, and the Chu State is powerless to touch. The Chen people restored the country and supported the establishment of Wang Ziding, and the road to the north of the middle line of the Chu State was also blocked.
In the first battle of the Great Liang, the Mo family helped a lot "unintentionally". That volume about the defense of Daliang City allowed Wu Qi to come to a siege to help, and after defeating Ye Gong and scaring away the King of Chu, he easily broke the city and captured Shaoliang Jun.
The gunpowder broke the city, making the fortified Daliang City vulnerable, and the Wei people cheered.
Originally, he could achieve a greater victory, and with the help of that opportunity for the Chu people to panic, he broke through Wuyang, fell Fangcheng, and opened the door to the Chu State.
Can it be ...... The Marquis of Wen, who trusted himself, ascended the throne. Li Kui, a far-sighted and prestigious minister, also died subsequently.
Judging from the prestige and strength alone, at that moment, no one in the Wei State could control Wu Qi, who had heavy troops, outstanding achievements, and could enter the prime minister.
Not a single one.
If the army continues to be used in that battle, Wuyang and Fangcheng will be broken, the defense line of the Great Wall of Chu will collapse, and the Nanyang Plain will be in hand, and the Chu State can only retreat to Yanying. When the time comes, there will still be a prince to make this claim, what can the state of Chu do?
However, the crown prince did not dare to let himself lead the elite soldiers of the Wei State, let alone let himself take the Chu State and enter the prince's decision. After all, he is not Wei Chengzi, not Wenhou's younger brother and the uncle of the crown prince.
What's even more terrifying is that he can go out and out of the general, govern the people, govern the army, win a decisive victory, change the military system, conquer everything, be invincible, convince the people of the governing side, and even preside over the construction of cities and reforms......
Such a person is suitable for being a phase, but the gentleman who can suppress such a phase is none other than Wenhou.
Wu Qi thought that he had given too much to the Wei State.
When the Mo family guarded Shangqiu, Wu Qi was fighting with the prince, he felt that the Mo family should be allowed to defend Shangqiu, he believed in the Mo family's ability to defend the city, and dragged it until the time when the vitality of the Chu State was greatly injured before sending troops, so that the Song State, which was also greatly injured, relied on the Wei State and became a vassal of the Wei State.
At that time, he did not suggest that the Chu State should be oppressed too harshly, and the Wei State needed a Chu State to make Korea and the Wei State stand together.
In the first battle of Shangqiu that year, the Mo family captured the king of Chu and wanted to hold a military meeting, Wu Qi immediately wrote a book.
He hoped that the Central Plains would kill the troops, rely on the ability of the Mo family to defend the city, be a-stirring stick in the Central Plains, isolate the Qin State, treat the Qin State as Xirong, and prohibit the Qin State from participating in the affairs of the Central Plains, gradually compress the living space of the Qin State, and let the Qin State decline in twenty years, so that the Wei State will have no worries, the Central Plains is vast, and the Wei State can be free to cross and crisscross.
When all this was unsuccessful and the prince was determined to go to Wei, Wu Qi felt that if he was handsome, he would not be unable to capture Niu Qiyi, so as to win precious respite for the Chu State.
After Zheng Guosi Ziyang was killed, Wu Qi resolutely opposed the idea that Wei allowed Korea to encroach on Zheng in exchange for South Korea's support: if South Korea did not allow Zheng, then it would be just a country like Song and Zheng, and if Zheng was obtained, it might be able to compete with Wei, which was absolutely impossible in the long run.
When Yan Zhongzi of South Korea was fighting with Xia Ti, it was he who found someone to recommend Nie Zheng to Yan Zhongzi, because he knew Nie Zheng when he was young and knew Nie Zheng's ability. Han Hou Xinxue, Xia Ti is the uncle of the new Han Hou Han Take, if Xia Ti is killed, Korea will definitely be in chaos for a while, which can buy more time for Wei and seize the initiative.
When the new weapons, stirrups, and bronze cannons of the Mo family began to appear, it was he who first keenly discovered the dawn of the reform of the military system, and was convinced that the chariot soldiers were about to usher in the sunset, and that the reform of the military system would make the Wei State strong.
Even when Wenhou appointed Wei Chengzi as his minister, Wu Qi also recognized it without complaint: after all, Wei Chengzi was the uncle of the crown prince, and Wenhou was old at that time, and he needed a stable country to maintain the conflict between his non-duke taxis and dukes.
He is not a political idiot, he understands the joints, and he is not a "weirdo" who can only fight wars and govern the country.
When he commanded an army to defeat the Chu people in Daliang City, he felt that the golden age of Wei was approaching. When the news of Wen Hou Xue came, he was sure that Wen Hou still trusted him, because Wen Hou still did not let him return to the army even before he died. So much so that when the crown prince asked him to collect his troops and return, he even thought about the idea of not accepting the orders of the foreign monarchs, and tried to solve the problem of Chu in a war and let Chu decline for twenty years.
When he came back from the front line of Chu, he immediately wrote to the prince, or the Marquis of Wei, hoping to maintain the decline of Chu and contain Korea, and keep an eye on South Korea not to let South Korea attack Zheng Guo, not to covet Zheng Guo's land and force Zheng Guo to the side of Chu State, let alone think about carving up Zheng State with South Korea...... This will not benefit Wei at all, and will only allow South Korea to take advantage of the opportunity.
His strategy was still to suppress Korea, weaken Chu, form a good alliance with Qi, attack Qin, guard against Zhao, and support Zheng. The state of Chu has been weakened, and it has not touched the power of the Central Plains for twenty years, and the prince must have divided the state of Chu. The Mo family has gained a firm foothold in Sishang, and the stirring Sishang is in a terrible peace.
Last year, the Qi State attacked Lu, the Mo family immediately abided by the Meng Zhuze Covenant, sent troops to help Lu defend the city, Wei and Han sent troops, and then defeated the Qi State, and the Qi State temporarily had no expansion direction in the west and south, only the west and the north.
The current situation of the Wei State, in Wu Qi's view, either did not hesitate three years ago, completely defeated the Chu State, and created another rebellion of the Chu king's power, just like the fifty years after the Gong King.
Either now, kick out of South Korea, and no longer need the full support of South Korea as an ally, let alone acquiesce in South Korea's encroachment on Zheng Guo. At this time, a part of the Zheng State should be co-opted, the Zheng people should be supported, the hatred of Zheng Han should be created, and the mediator should be used, so as to withdraw from the Central Plains and begin to continue to compress the Qin State to the west.
And all these strategies require Xihe to have more power, more investment, and more troops, and his power as Xihe's guard will become greater and greater.
So, the prince struck Fuxu.
It seems, it's a battle of strategy: continue west? Or is it the Central Plains?
In fact, it was a dispute between kings and ministers. Wenhou can suppress Wu Qi and trust Wu Qi, but the prince doesn't dare, and he doesn't have such energy.
It is rumored all over the world that he is unfilial, kills his wife, is greedy, and lustful.
But all his rewards were distributed to the soldiers, so that the soldiers could advance and retreat with them, is there such a greedy person in the world? But those people accused him, saying that he only did it to make greater achievements, and to make greater achievements in order to be more greedy in the future.
In the face of such accusations, Wu Qi only smiled faintly, thinking of Mo Jia's words: Xia insects can't talk about ice.
Although he smiled, he was depressed in his heart.
There was still the smell of residual wine on the case, and the cronies and servants came over and whispered: "County Prince, there are old friends of Lu Guo who want to see you." The name and surname were not stated. ”
Wu Qi was stunned, and said in his heart that he had any old friends in Lu State? There are many enemies.
"What else did he say?"
The servant said hurriedly: "He said that he has not only seen it in Lu State, but also in Luoyin. Twice to get you astray, you can be described as an old friend. ”
As soon as the servant said this, a person suddenly appeared in Wu Qi's mind, and when he thought of the rumors circulating in Anyi, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "How dare he come?" Twice stop me from going astray? ”
When the servant saw this, he was about to withdraw, wanting to get rid of the gentleman who was neatly dressed and wearing a jade pendant, and after not wanting Wu Qi to scold angrily, he pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword and said, "Let him come in!" ”
The servant was stunned, but he still obeyed the order, Wu Qi secretly scolded: "Shengxuan, Shengxuan, you still dare to come to see me?" You must be bold, too! ”