Chapter 3: The Covenant War
As prophesied by the Confucian scholars, Mi Xuan is a woman like Daji, a demon who has lost her country, and once she joins the Chu Palace, the king of Chu will lose her country and lose her society. On the second day of the wedding, there was a warning message at the border: the Qin army diverted water to attack the beam, and the city wall of the beam did not collapse, but the beam turned into an ocean overnight, and only the land could be seen in the northeast.
Daliang had just been reduced to a water city, and soon news came from Shu that the Qin army broke through the valley and entered Shu, and Shu fell; Then came the bad news from the Qi State: the Qi people were allied with the Qin State, and the 100,000 Qi troops retreated to the east of Weishui, and instead wanted to attack Muling Pass.
According to the plan, after the wedding, the royal court and the Great Sima Mansion moved to Shouying for a while, and now the situation is critical, Xiong Jing, who had no time to move east with the royal court, hurriedly left Yingdu before the royal court and rushed to Chen Ying, thousands of miles away. With Ji Ying as the capital for only three years, the state of Chu moved eastward again in just three years, which is embarrassing.
"Wang Jianjun has 600,000 troops, and he wants to pass the beam." It was 10 days after arriving at Chen Ying. At this time, the moon has passed, and it is a new year.
"The girder has not been pulled, how can Wang Jian attack me beyond the girder?" The curtain of the Chu army is set in Chen Ying, a place that Xiong Jing is very familiar with.
"Da Ao, please see." Peng Zong was one of the few survivors of Chen Shi, and on the day of the battle, he happened to retreat to Fuyi with his baggage. "The terrain of Daliang is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, and the chasm runs through the city, but the Qin people lead the river water to attack the city in the ditch, and the water accumulates in the south."
There were sand tables in the north and south of the two cities, but the sand table did not reflect the terrain around the city, so the shogunate strategists redrew a map. The Mu Ze, Feng Ze, and Shahai, which have been cultivated by the Wei people for more than 100 years, have been turned into fertile fields, and they are marked on the map one by one. Now the Qin people divert the river water to attack the beam, and the water diversion route and where the river water accumulates are also very clearly marked.
"There is Fengze in the south, Muze in the southeast, and Muze is connected to the gap of the Liang, so the minister said that Wang Jian 600,000 people want to pass the Liang." On the map, Peng Zong pointed out where the river was drawn and where it flowed.
The chasm has been excavated for more than 130 years, because it is a low and humid place, so the city wall of the Great Liang City is constantly sinking, which Feng Ren once said when he built the Northern Beam. The chasm bed is constantly rising, and the river water drawn from the northwest of the chasm does not flow south along the chasm after flowing into the chasm, but crosses the chasm, flows into Fengze in the south of the chasm, and then flows into the southeast of Muze.
"This must be Zheng Guo's doing!" Those who can come up with this method must know very well about the geography of the vicinity of Daliang and the river, not only about the present, but also about the past. Zhuang Wudi naturally thought of Zheng Guo, Zheng Guo was originally a Korean, Han and Wei bordered, and the Qifeng City (now Zhuxian Town, Kaifeng County) south of Daliang belonged to Han, Zheng Guo should be very familiar with the terrain and history near Daliang.
"King Wei Hui shouldn't have set up his capital in such a humble and wet place back then!" Peng Zong directly accused King Wei Hui of choosing the wrong location, completely ignoring the presence of Xinling Jun Wei Jianwu and the presence of Wei Jiao, the prince of Wei. "Whoever establishes a kingdom shall not be under the mountains, but above the rivers; High is not near drought, and the water is sufficient; The lower is not close to the water, but the ditch is provincial.
Daliang was originally Wei Zhiyiyi, is the place where the countries are staggered, King Wei Hui took this as the world, and lived here to rule over China, and the princes of the four links, so he set up the capital regardless of the persuasion of his subordinates, so there is today's trouble. Now Wang Jian can enter Chu, and stop to surround the beam, which is very disadvantageous to me. ”
"What about the things of the predecessors? The top priority is to save the beams first. "The Qin army surrounded Daliang with water substitute soldiers, Wei Zhao was anxious for help, of course Xiang Chao wanted to save it, but he was worried that Xiong Jing didn't want to save it, after all, the number of Chu troops was too small.
"There is a year's accumulation of grain and coal in Daliang City, even if you rescue each other, you should not be in a hurry." Peng Zong opposed hasty rescue. "And the minister thinks that Wang Jian will lead his troops south."
"No." Xiong Jing shook his head, "Our army must go north to fight." ”
"King!" Peng Zong was not used to the title of Da Ao, so he directly called the king. The Xinling Jun Wei Jianwu and the Prince of Wei, who were holding their breath and silent, said loudly: "Da Ao Yingming! Wei and Chu are one, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, if the Qin people pull out the beams......"
"The Qin people have pulled out the beams!" Xiong Jing didn't want to hide his opinion, "If our army doesn't go north, Wang Jian will command the Qin army to go south from Zhushui to Chudi, and it will be ...... at that time."
The role of the Great Liang is to hold the chasm, and to the south of the Great Liang, the chasm connects the rivers and penetrates directly into the hinterland of the Chu State. Based on Xiong Jing's understanding of Wang Qian, if the Chu army did not go north, he would inevitably go south. Going south is not going south along the chasm, but going south to Chu along the waters. Li Xin can live a young life in Fangcheng, why can't Wang Qian?
Xiong Jing was silent as he spoke, and Peng Zong, who didn't want to fight the Qin army too early, was also a little hesitant when he heard his description. Although the Qin army went south to the land of Song and Lu, where was it not the state of Chu? Ten years ago, the Qin army invaded the state of Chu and had already killed in the Song land, and if the Qin army invaded the Song land again, the people's hearts and the army's morale would be unstable.
"Report ——!" In the silence, there was a military report from the bottom of the stairs. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little strange when they heard this, Chen Ying is not on the front line now, how can there be such an urgent report.
Xiong Jing didn't pretend to be left and right, and said directly: "Summoning him into the hall." ”
"Yu Da Ao!" It was not the rebuke under the command of Concubine Jing who came, but Xiang Chao's younger brother Xiang Liang. "The Qin people have sent an envoy to the ghost Yan, and he wants to dedicate a letter of war to Da Ao."
"Where is the Qin envoy?" Xiong Jing's brows jumped when he heard the battle book, he didn't expect Wang Jian to make such an open appointment.
"The Qin envoy is at the bottom of the stairs." Xiang Shi's former division was stationed in Ghost Yan, and when the Qin envoy arrived at Ghost Yan, Xiang Liang had the courage to bring him into Chen Ying.
"Down the stairs?!" This time, even Xiang Chao was surprised, and when he wanted to angrily reprimand his younger brother for his good advocacy, Xiong Jing had already brushed his sleeves and said: "Summoning the Qin envoy into the court!" ”
Li Xin's plan was in Wang Qian's hands, and it was another understanding. Although Wang Qian, who was born as a fighter, could not understand the so-called honor of the Chu army, he believed that the king of Chu loved his name like a bird and cherished his feathers. To deal with such a person, if you have the chance to win, then directly provoke the general and fight it head-on; If you don't have the certainty of victory, it's like being in Linzi back then, you don't want any face at all, and you just run away. In fact, when I want face, you have to have face too; And when you want face, I can be shameless.
Wang Qian, who has an army of 600,000 in his hand, is now in a state where I want face, so Xiong Jing also has to ask for face. He sent his son Wang Ben directly without any scruples, in addition to Wang Ben, there was also Wang Ao, a student of Wei Yi. One of the two held a war book, and the other held a wooden box to go up the guest stairs and enter the Ming Hall.
"Wang Ben has seen the king." Wang Ben seems to be no different from ten years ago, still wearing a mustache and a standard Qin-style cold face.
"The bad man Wang Ao ......, I have seen the king." On the battlefield, from Lu Lijing, Wang Ao has seen Xiong Jing countless times, but it is the first time to meet him at such a close distance. When saluting, he couldn't help but secretly look at Xiong Jing, and the result of the look made him secretly frightened.
He originally thought that Xiong Jing's momentum would be as aggressive as Zhao Zheng, but unfortunately Xiong Jing couldn't find any aggressive flavor on his body, and his eyes were like his teacher Wei Yi, with a depth that was extremely incommensurate with his age. It was only after discovering his voyeurism that those deep eyes folded a little sharp, forcing him to bow his head.
"What happened to the Qin envoy?" Xiong Jing didn't look at Wang Ao, but only glanced back at Wang Ao when he looked at him. "If you have a war book with you, you can keep it."
"Wang Ben still remembers that he met with the king in Chencheng eleven years ago, and at that time he knew that the king was brave and extraordinary." Wang Ben did not hand over the war book immediately, but spoke first. "Today, Weng Shuai has 600,000 Qin troops, and he wants to fight with the king in Wei. If the king thinks that Wei is inappropriate, he can also fight with the king in Jingdi. Where the master is, thorns are born; After the great army, there will be a fierce year. It's a family ......"
"Humph!" Xiang Chao couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this.
"Vertical presumptuous!" Yang Yu scolded directly, his hand was already pressed on the hilt of the sword, and he almost wanted to draw the sword.
Summoned the Qin envoys, the Ming Hall was full of Chu generals, and Wang Ben's meaning was not clearly stated, but it was already threatening. What he meant in his words was that if the Chu army did not fight, the 600,000 Qin army would completely sweep away the Chu land.
"Don't you want the general of the Qin State, Wang Jian to have no generals?" Xiong Jing interrupted the general's scolding and laughed. His words do not contain half a dirty word, he is very elegant and gentlemanly.
"Shame on you!" Wang Ben also had a smile on his face, and he was ashamed of what he said, but he was actually not half ashamed. "The family man has always known his fate, and he often admonishes the villain to know his fate. Jia Weng said, since he is a villain, he should know the life of the villain, do the things of the villain, and never follow the behavior of a gentleman. The gentleman is poor, and the villain is poor. ”
"Oh?" Xiong Jing was a little surprised, he had heard a lot of Wang Qian's name, but he still didn't know much about Wang Jian as a person. Hearing that Wang Jian was so responsible, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. However, this surprise was then relieved, and there are talented people in every era, and there are talented people in every era.
What era was the Warring States? The Warring States period was an era when the princes fell and the common people rose. Bai Qi is like that, Lian Po is like that, Li Mu is like that, Xiang Yu is like that...... The rate of generals with aristocratic blood and the remnants of the aristocracy has gone, and the only ones suitable for this era are the general rates of the common people who know their duties, and Wang Jian is one of the best.
And ...... himself, Xiong Jing thought of himself. If the era in which Bai Qi lived is gone, then the era he represents has long since decayed. It was only thanks to the Chu people's tradition of advocating freedom and the political system of balance of power that he was able to lead this Chu army, which was fighting less and less and withering day by day, for ten years.
“…… The family wants to fight with the king, I don't know if the king dares? Wang Ben's words became more polite, and after saying the last sentence, he immediately looked at Xiong Jing with Wang Ao.
"Soldiers are not tired of deceit, how can they ......" Someone in the general rate spoke, but was immediately stopped.
"If you want to fight, then fight." Xiong Jing's thoughts were only for a moment, and he soon came back to his senses. "However, if the Qin army is defeated again, General Wang will wear that mattress first and then flee." Xiong Jing's eyes swept to the wooden box in Wang Ao's hand, which obviously contained a woman's mattress.
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