North of the Yellow River.

Zhao Yi is a native of the people.

A Wei scout shouted in terror on the hillside.

"Takayanagi's cavalry! Takayanagi's cavalry! They're coming! ”

Several Wei scouts on the top of the mountain jumped nervously and looked down the hillside, where smoke and dust had already risen in the distance.

The two men jumped on their horses and galloped towards Handan, and the remaining scouts quickly packed their baggage and wanted to leave.

But soon several Mo scouts targeted them, and after approaching several times, the Mo scouts did not entangle with these Wei people, and even several arrogant Mo scouts shouted from afar that they should hurry back and tell Ximen Leopard to withdraw his troops.

The people are already not far from Handan, the distance is only dozens of miles, the news of Gao Liumo's army has long been heard by the Wei people, but they don't want this army to defeat Zhao Gongzichao and Que Hejun's troops in Xiawu Mountain last month, and it will appear near Handan in less than two months.

In the Takayanagi cavalry marching in the distance, the captive who had been promoted to sergeant for a year and had made many meritorious deeds led his company to form a six-way line, and the war horse with a white star on his forehead that had followed him for a long time was tearing at the belly belt of a horse next to him, and he stretched out his hand and pulled the reins, but he was reluctant to hit it.

In just one year, the prisoner has made several meritorious achievements, the Mo family has been preparing for more than a year to send troops today, and last year to welcome the return of Suo Lushen in the expedition to stabilize the Hu people north of Takayanagi, temporarily swore an oath with them, and defeated several Hu tribes so that Takayanagi was not in danger in a short period of time.

The prisoner heard the news of his sister a while ago, and heard that they seemed to have gone deep into Lou Fu, and went to the clouds in the north of the Yellow River, where the Hu people are now very honest and dare not bend their bows to complain.

The Zhuxia people near Takayanagi now have an overwhelming advantage over the Hu people, and those merchants who went deep into the grassland relied on the "formation chariots" that were difficult to use on the battlefield in Sishang but were extremely effective on the grassland, relying on firearms and chariot formations, often more than 100 people were able to make the settlement of more than 1,000 people helpless.

Crops such as potatoes and corn are completely in line with the climate of Gaoliu, at this time the weather is warm, the farming and grazing line is already further north, the Gaoliu area has been fully adapted to agricultural life, and the new means of building and defending the city have made it a delusion for the Hu people to go south to plunder.

The development of iron tools in the Han Dynasty made the Han soldiers take one as five, and at this time, the development and tactics across the era, the confrontation against Lin Hu, who had not yet formed an imperial organization and the bone age, was afraid that one would be more than ten.

Even if there is a settlement that intends to plunder, the cavalry there can chase and slash without Gaoliu, and even those tribes who have obtained the right to trade with each other in Gaoliu will be eager to send troops to cooperate to divide the cattle and horses.

This time, the prisoner was still the sergeant company commander, but there were three companies under his jurisdiction, because this time the troops were mobilized in Gaoliu, and a large number of retired soldiers and farmers also participated, after all, this time the troops were not sent by the Mo family, but Zhao Gongzizhang granted the people of Gaoliu the land he owned in name, and exchanged autonomy for the blood tax of the people in the Gaoliu area.

Until now, when the prisoner recalls the scene of the oath that day, he can't help but laugh.

He didn't know how Qu Jiangzi, Hu Feizi and others talked to Zhao Gongzizhang, but because of the equestrian skills he showed in front of Hu Ren, he became the guardian of the alliance and witnessed everything that happened to the oath.

There are some truths that the captives won't know.

In fact, since last year, after welcoming Suo Lu Shen and solving the possible threat north of Takayanagi, the Mo family has been waiting for an opportunity on the side of Zhao State.

Before the Qi Mo war, Hu Feizi came to Handan first, because the Mo family had to dismantle the Three Jin Dynasty from the beginning to prevent Wei from interfering in the Qi Mo War.

More than ten years ago, the Mo family began to infiltrate in Zhao Land, making maximum use of the contradictions between Zhao Wugong and Zhao Gongzizhang, making Zhao Gongzizhang in an extremely embarrassing position.

Wei has always been worried about the rise of the Mo family, Zhao Wugong needs to have a good relationship with Wei because of the existence of Zhao Liehou's son, thinking that his son is on the throne, Gongzizhang relies on the support of the old ministers left by Zhao Liehou, and the Mo family takes advantage of the weakness to develop in Handan, Gongzizhang's fiefdom.

In this case, Gong Zhong Lian, the old minister of the Liehou Dynasty, can see it clearly, but one is that Zhao Guo can no longer be used as a gun by Wei State, and the other is that Gong Zhong Lian knows about the Mo family's thoughts, and he is happy to do so.

As soon as Zhao Wugong died, Gongzi Zhang succeeded to the throne under the impetus of a group of old ministers.

Originally, Gongzizhang's choice would be very compromising, holding Handan, Wei could not attack for a long time and withdraw the army directly, and the two countries negotiated peace talks Wei recognized the legitimacy of Gongzizhang and denied that Gongzizhang had the right to inherit, which was over.

However, in order to dismantle the Three Jin Dynasty, the Mo family instigated the restoration of Zhongshan and paid money and guns to organize businessmen to support Zhongshan Kingdom.

Engineers and artillery units were sent to the south to support the Chu state in attacking Wang Ziding and forcing the Wei state.

This makes the situation extremely ugly:

It is difficult for Wei to ride a tiger, and it is impossible for Gongzizhang to trust Wei, and it seems that there is a lot of money to be made, and there is no second choice except to fight.

Gongzizhang was full of confidence, this was not a situation in history where Wei and Zhao turned their faces, but a situation in which Chu, Zhongshan and Zhao started a war against Wei, and Gong Zhonglian thought that this was a rare opportunity to get rid of the interference of Wei, and at the same time get rid of the internal aristocracy and continue to deepen the reform.

Before the battle of Qi and Mo started, the Mo family first launched an unjust war against the Wei State, and the Mo family was also for the hegemony of Sishang in the future, inciting public opinion.

Before that, when Wu Qi defected through Sishang, it was the Mo family who hyped up Wu Qi's entry into Qin in the newspapers, and provided technical support such as iron smelting for the benefit of the Qin people.

On the Qin side, there is a group of rebels, and it sounds like some incense after all; What kind of character Wu Qi is, Wei Hou doesn't know.

Wei and Zhao went to war, Wei interfered with Zhao's inheritance, and then the Mo family and Qi went to war, and Wu Qi was opposed by the nobles in Qin.

Wu Qi was opposed by the Qin nobles, and Wei could safely mobilize Xihe warriors to intervene in Zhao. Ximen Leopard in Yedi was capable and began to besiege Handan; On the Zhongshan side, Le Yang had not committed suicide at that time, and the uncle wanted to see Le Yang letting Wei Zhen see Wu Qi as a shadow of Wu Qi to prove that it was right to drive Wu Qi away, and support Wei to fight on all sides to fight the strategic initiative when Wenhou was fighting; In order for Wei to agree to his annexation of Zheng, Korea continued to form an alliance with Wei and went south to harass Nanyang of Chu.

The Mo family learned from Song Xianggong, because "Lu Min is innocent", and allowed Liang's father and doctor to enter the Fei country through the Lu realm, and Zhao Guogongzi Zhang began to sway and hesitate, suspecting that the Mo family was going to end, and Wei Guo might be able to play a Wenhou Zhisheng again, and win on all sides.

However, the Qin State tacitly hoped that Wei and Zhao would continue to fight, and immediately released a rumor to let Wu Qicheng Chongquan and Linxi River, so that Wei could have mobilized military soldiers but had to guard against Qin's revenge at this time.

Gongzizhang was a little more determined from hesitation, and felt that he could continue to fight.

Subsequently, the Pingyin army of the Qi State was destroyed in the first battle of Nanjishui, and Le Yang of Zhongshan thought it was an insult and gave his own Lingshou to his grandson, and the Le family and Zhongshan Jun, plus the funds provided by Sishang and the mercenaries funded by the merchants defeated Gongzi Zhi in Zhongshan State, and the Wei State was defeated and retreated; The state of Chu resolved the rebellion of Wang Ziding; The soldiers of the Mo family came to Lucheng and arrived in Linzi.

Gongzizhang's attitude changed again, feeling that this battle could not only continue to be fought, but also completely weaken the Wei State and most completely solve the nobles of the Gongzi Dynasty.

But then, as soon as the Nanjishui War ended, Wei Han betrayed the alliance and hooked up with the Mo family in private, and the Mo family said that they did not want to become Yang, did not want to Qiuqiu, and were ready to make peace with the Wei State.

The reform of the Qin State began, and many nobles opposed it, and the civil strife in Qin was imminent.

The state of Chu basically quelled the rebellion of Wang Ziding, but the army of Wei confronted the Chu army without a fight, and the state of Chu seemed to be unable to continue to go north and wait for the mediation of the alliance.

Before, Gongzizhang's determination was too ruthless.

The successful restoration of Zhongshan, the complete victory of the Mo family in Sishang, and the failure of Chu to advance or retreat on the southern front all made the strategic situation of Wei extremely ugly - the original strategic situation was acceptable to sell the Gongzi Dynasty, as long as it continued to maintain the friendship between Wei and Zhao, it was still promising.

The current strategic situation is not to deal with Zhao and not take the opportunity to weaken Zhao State...... There is the Mo family in Si, the Chu state in Nanyang, the Chu state in Daliang, and the Qin state in the west.

On the one hand, he made peace with the Mo family, and on the other hand, he confronted Chu, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qin State to start the reform and start the imminent civil strife, the Wei State had to fight to the death: making peace with the Mo family meant that the Mo family, which had not moved in the Gaoliu region, might not be involved in the dispute between Wei and Zhao.

Immediately, Uncle Acne and his handsome Xihe died through South Korea and went straight to Taihang Mountain; The Wei army in the Anyang region cut off the connection between the capital of Zhao and Handan along the Zhangshui, and used the enclave of Wei to cut the essence of Zhao in two; Ximen Leopard continued to besiege Handan; Beginning to negotiate with Zhongshan to recognize Zhongshan in order to disgust Zhao in the future, Gongzi Zhi began to gather the remnants of his strength and advance south to Juluze; The prince of Zhao rebelled with the help of his fiefdom and called himself the marquis.

The situation of Gongzi Zhang is a little stretched.

Gong Zhonglian, an old minister in the era of Liehou, died.

The continuity between Handan City and Zhongmu was cut off, the Xihe warriors continued to advance, and more importantly, the Gongzi Dynasty had already proclaimed itself a marquis, and Wei State was determined to intervene to support a pro-Wei regime to solve the strategic situation of enemies on all sides, and at the worst to weaken Zhao.

The current situation is that Gongzizhang can't talk about it if he wants to, so he can only fight hard.

Hu Feizi helped defend the city on the other side of Handan City, obviously he could fight out but did not move, and Ximen Leopard teased each other across the city wall, anyway, Ximen Leopard could not capture Handan, but Hu Feizi did not send troops to fight a decisive battle, Hu Feizi had a tiger talisman in his hand when he defended the city, and Gongzizhang's cronies could not move troops, and they were all peasant soldiers and businessmen in Handan City, all of whom hoped to bargain with Gongzizhang by fighting under the instigation of the Mo family.

The Mo family wantonly "killed" Gongzi Zhang, and directly said, "How difficult it is to prosper the country, this time is an opportunity for Zhao to prosper, as long as those powerful feudal princes can be eradicated, Zhao Gongzi Zhang will have the merit of Xiangzi and Jianzi, and it is the righteousness of the Mo family to open the army when Jianzi opened the army, which is the righteousness of the Mo family", and then the Mo family reformed in Jishui and Wenshui, so that many hereditary nobles began to wait and see.

Forced to this part, there is a Wei army in the south, there are nobles waiting and watching, and there is a cousin who sets himself up as a marquis, and the Qin State has no time to seize the West River, and the Mo family announced that it will not take Chengyang Liqiu...... The only force that Gongzizhang can ask for is the Mo family troops on Gao Yanagi's side.

And the Mo family has been carefully laying out the demolition of the Sanjin Dynasty and seeking the Hetao, but in fact, it has long been waiting for the price to sell.

One is hesitant and determined to change four times, and now he is impatient, and the other has been planning for more than ten years to lure and wait for the door, which is why he has the "oath with the Democratic League" in the memory of the prisoner.