After Wei Zeng left, only Gao Yuan and Zhang Liang were left in the room.

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "The lord's move is really high, for the phase of Wei, Wei Zeng will do his best to help us, in this way, Wen has Wei Zeng, Wu has Lu Renjie, Su Hu and others, we have also established our own power in Wei, and after the lord takes up the phase of Wei, it will be much easier to act." ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "Ofan, you think too much about this group of clans of the Wei Kingdom, they will never be willing to hand over the phase to a person from another country, and they will definitely use other methods to attack us in the future, we must not be careless." We must not take a step back from the attacks of these clans, and let them touch the south wall a few times, and they will know that it is powerful. And my main energy will be on military affairs in the future, so I have to ask the widow to bother a lot with this group of clans. ”

Zhang Liang hurriedly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Zhang Liang will do his best." He sighed and said, "I didn't expect the situation in Daliang to be so complicated, we not only have to deal with the attack of the Qin army, but also deal with the exclusion of the Wei clan, we are really suffering from the enemy." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "There is no need to be too pessimistic, in fact, our biggest advantage is the danger of the Qin army, as long as the Qin army approaches the Great Liang again, this group of clan clans will immediately stop." ”

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly: "The lord is right, now the Qin army is our help, but at that time it was also the most dangerous time for Daliang, but unfortunately this group of clans don't know what to think, at this time, they still have to fight for power and profit, if the Wei State is destroyed, even if it wins, what's the use?" ”

Gao Yuan said again: "People like Wei Zheng, Lu Renjie, and Su Hu, although they are not considered talents, they still have some ability, a little sense of responsibility, and can do some things, how can they be stronger than these clans, Wei is all these people in power, and it is strange if they do not decay?" ”

Zhang Liang sighed and said, "Who said no, those who slow down the virtuous and forget the soldiers, the country of heaven is also the country of death, and the Wei country is the best example." ”

Gao Yuan also nodded, Zhang Liang said not bad at all, in the early Warring States period, Wei was the strongest country among the Seven Heroes, rooted in Wei Wenhou, the first monarch of Wei, who created two ways to strengthen the country that were later confirmed to be effective by history: one is to be anxious and virtuous, and the other is to actively change the law. And these two roads to a strong country are complementary and indispensable, because the recruitment of wise men is to actively change the law, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and if you want to actively change the law and enrich the country and strengthen the army, you need to introduce a large number of talents.

In the era of Wei Wenhou, the Wei State used a large number of emerging wise men from humble backgrounds and with real talents, such as Legalist celebrities Li Kui, Zhai Huang, Bingjia Youle Yang, Wu Qi, Ximen Leopard, Confucian celebrities Bu Zixia, Tian Zifang, Duan Ganmu, etc., which can be said to be bright stars and civil and military. Li Kui implemented the law of exhausting the land and leveling the law in the Wei State, making the country rich and strong, while Leyang seized Zhongshan and Wu Qi opened up the West River, which greatly expanded the territory of the Wei State.

However, this vigorous political tradition pioneered by Wei Wenhou was not inherited by later monarchs, and the second monarch Wei Wuhou forced away Wu Chao, a rare political genius in the early Warring States period, so that Wei lost the opportunity to become further powerful. Although the third generation of King Wei Hui reused Pang Juan, appointed Zou Yan and Hui Shi as ministers of state, and respected Mencius as a teacher, he missed Sun Bin and Shang Ying, two political and military wonders who could stand side by side with Wu Qi, as a result, Sun Bin fled to Qi and helped Qi defeat Wei twice, while Shang Ying changed the law in Qin State, made Qin strong and recaptured the land of Xihe. It was these two people who completely weakened the Wei State and lost its status as a great power.

Since then, the successive monarchs of the Wei State have not only not been able to resolve the pain, but have restored the good momentum of the Wei Wenhou era, but have become more and more conservative, and more and more unable to accommodate talents, and as a result, they have lost Zhang Yi, Le Yi, Fan Sui, Wei Yi, Yao Jia and many other virtuous talents, some of these people have served in the Wei State, and some of them are themselves Wei people, so to speak, in the Warring States Period for nearly two hundred years, the sky is full of twinkling stars, seven or eight out of ten are from the Wei State. The abundance of human resources can be seen, but most of them are used by other countries, and later even the great talent in their own royal family, Xinling Jun, is not allowed to be reused, so the death of Wei has almost become an inevitability.

Just when Gao Yuan and Zhang Liang lamented the success or failure of the rise and fall of the Wei State, Ling Feng came in to report that it was Lu Renjie who asked to see Gao Yuan, and he also brought more than ten people, who heard him say that they were all middle and lower-level officers in the Wei army, and they were moved by Lu Renjie's words, hoping to take refuge in the plateau.

After listening to Ling Feng's report, Gao Yuan was also very interested, and immediately asked Ling Feng to bring them all in.

After a while, I saw Lu Renjie walk into the house with more than a dozen people, and they were like plateau salutes together. Gao Yuan saw that the people brought by Lu Renjie were not very old, basically under the age of forty, and a few people were estimated to be in their twenties.

Lu Renjie said: "Wu Anjun, these people are in the old department of the Xia, and now they are all middle-level officers in the Wei army, because they are dissatisfied with the appointment of relatives by the Wei State and discriminate against outsiders, hoping to take refuge in Wu Anjun's subordinates, defend the beam, and defeat the Qin army." After a pause, he said: "If they can't hold the beam, they are all willing to serve Wu Anjun, and I hope Wu Anjun can accept them." ”

After he finished speaking, a thirty-six-seven-year-old military general came out of the ranks, saluted the plateau, and said, "The last general, Chen Hao, has seen Wu Anjun. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, I heard Lu Renjie say that Chen Hao is one of the few non-clan senior generals in the Wei army, and now in the newly recruited army of the Wei State, he is one of the main generals, and said: "General Chen, there is no need to be polite." ”

Chen Hao said: "Wu Anjun, it's not that we deliberately betray the Wei State, but now the Wei State blindly appoints the members of the clan, and does not look at us as non-clan civilians at all, when we fight, we are desperate on the battlefield, they hide behind, win the battle, and make war exploits are led by them, and if we lose the battle, we will be blamed, and we are usually deducted from our food and salary, and now the Qin army is pressing, and the Wei State is in danger, this clan is not reliable at all, only Wu Anjun can lead us to repel the Qin army." Therefore, we are all willing to obey Wu Anjun's orders. ”

It turned out that in the Wei army, the Wei State suppressed the people with foreign surnames very badly at the same time, as long as it was the clan of the Wei State, they were promoted very quickly, and the generals with foreign surnames were very rare. In addition to the guards guarding the palace, even the army under Wei Yan, the general of the Great Liang, could only get seven or eight percent of the food at most, and the newly recruited soldiers could only get five or six percent, and the rest were all privately swallowed by the clan officers and officials in charge of finance.

In the past, the generals of Wei with foreign surnames, soldiers could only dare to be angry and dare not speak, but now it is different, Gao Yuan took over as the Xiangguo of Wei and concurrently served as the Great Sima, breaking the monopoly of the Wei clan on military power, and the current situation is critical, the vast majority of soldiers are not optimistic that Wei can win this battle, and they all plan to find a way out for themselves, coupled with Lu Renjie's persuasion, so they immediately persuaded these people to take refuge in the plateau. Of course, it is good to be able to keep the Wei State, if you can't keep the Wei State, you can also retreat to Daijun with the plateau, which is better than staying in Daliang.

However, no soldier thought of surrendering to Qin, because the Sanjin has always been an enemy of Qin, so they are desperately trying to exaggerate the brutality of Qin, so in the Sanjin country, Qin is basically synonymous with ferocity and brutality, plus the Qin army slaughtered more than 40,000 Wei prisoners of war before, basically not many soldiers are willing to surrender to Qin.

After listening to Chen Hao's words, Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, since you are all General Lu's old subordinates and are willing to follow me, then I am naturally willing to take them in." However, it is the top priority to unload the Qin army and defend Daliang City now, so please go back first to appease your soldiers, let them practice with peace of mind, and prepare to meet the Qin army, and when I take over Xiangyin, I will definitely make up all the food and salary owed before, and I will never deduct the soldiers' food and salary in the future. ”

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, these dozen people were also greatly relieved, so they all saluted Gao Yuan again before they all withdrew.

At this time, Gao Yuan turned his head to Lu Renjie and said, "General Lu, you did a good job this time. After subduing this group of people, the next step is much easier. ”

Lu Renjie hurriedly said: "There, there, they all admire Wu Anjun's personality, and as soon as they say this, they immediately make sense of them, and they are all willing to serve Wu Anjun." ”

Gao Yuan smiled and was about to speak, when Ling Feng ran in again and said, "Lord, I just received the news that the vanguard of the Qin army has been stationed in Zhongmu and is building a camp. ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "It's so fast." ”

Zhongmu is in the west of Daliang, only more than 20 miles away from Daliang City, and it is exactly in the middle of Daliang and Xingkou, so whether it is attacking Xingkou or attacking Daliang, Zhongmu is a good base. The Qin army chose to set up a village here, which is indeed a very good place.

However, the comeback of the Qin army has long been expected on the plateau, after all, the defeat of Xingkou is not a pain in the bones for the Qin army, and the vitality of the Qin army has not been lost, so it will definitely kill Daliang again. In this way, the Qin army will inevitably build a strong camp in Zhongmu and plan to garrison it for a long time, coupled with the transportation of grain and grass, this time will never be short, at least within ten days, the Qin army will not be able to launch an attack on Xingkou or Daliang. He still has plenty of time to control the situation of Wei, and he can also use the Qin army to exert pressure on the monarchs and ministers of Wei.

Gao Yuan pondered for a while before he said, "Xiaofeng, you go and invite Brother Jiang right away." ”