After the flotilla of the plateau sailed into the Yellow River, the journey was smooth, and after a few days, the flotilla reached the boundary of Pingyang, where Jiang Huan Wuji led the Fan Yong army to wait for the arrival of the fleet. And all the soldiers and civilians abandoned their boats here and went ashore, and then came to Guiling County by land.

Yuan Xuan had already received a notice in Guiling County, so he went out of the city to greet the plateau party. And Gao Yuan unexpectedly found that among the people who went out with Yuan Xuan to greet him, Zhang Liang was actually on the list.

It turned out that when the Qin army attacked Xinzheng, Han Wangcheng sent Zhang Liang to the rescue of Chu. Although Zhang Liang was very dissatisfied with Han Wangcheng's power tricks and the intrigue of the Korean ministers, Zhang Liang was still a Korean after all, and he still thought about South Korea again, and he also understood in his heart that now South Korea has just been restored for more than a month, and its strength is still very weak, plus it is still in internal friction, if there is no help from foreign aid, with the current strength of South Korea, it will definitely not be able to stop the attack of Qin, so Zhang Liang still accepted Han Wangcheng's order, rushed to Chu State, and met Xiang Yan first, asked Xiang Yan to help him lobby the king of Chu to send troops to rescue South Korea.

But the whole state of Chu is not interested in rescuing South Korea, on the one hand, because the current state of Chu is indeed as Li Si said, more than enough to defend and not enough to enterprising, many people hold that since the state of Qin has not come to attack the state of Chu, then there is no need for the state of Chu to take the initiative to provoke the state of Qin; On the other hand, even a small number of knowledgeable ministers also believe that the current South Korea has no strength at all, and it is not worth the rescue of Chu State, so although the King of Chu received Zhang Liang with hospitality, he pushed left and right on the matter of sending troops, and found all kinds of excuses to refuse.

And Xiang Yan was also very dissatisfied with Han Wangcheng and the Korean clan who insisted on launching a move regardless of their own persuasion, because Xiang Yan very much agreed with Gao Yuan's view and believed that now was not a good time for South Korea to restore the country. And from the interests of the Chu State, Xiang Yan actually hopes that South Korea's move will stay at the most critical time, judging from the current situation, there will be a war between Qin and Chu sooner or later, if there is a fierce war between Qin and Chu, the Korean clan will launch another move, it can disrupt the position of the Qin State, which is naturally very beneficial to the Chu State.

However, Han Wangcheng and the Han clan boldly launched an incident and disrupted their own arrangements, which of course made Xiang Yan very unhappy, although he appreciated Zhang Liang's talent very much, but he did not help Zhang Liang lobby. Therefore, Zhang Liang was active in the state of Chu for a few days, but still found nothing.

At this moment, news came from Yingchuan County that Wang Ben, the general of the Qin army, led the cavalry army to travel hundreds of miles overnight to assault the Korean army led by Duan Da. As a result, the 40,000 Han troops led by Duan Da were defeated by the 5,000 Qin troops led by Wang Ben, and more than 25,000 Han troops were killed in battle, and Duan Da, the main general of the Han army, was captured. And almost at the same time, Han Teng led the army to break through Xinzheng and captured Han Wangcheng, Yan Ti and other ministers, and South Korea, which had just been restored for just over a month, was like a flash in the pan, and immediately disappeared.

After Zhang Liang learned that Xinzheng City was broken and Korea was destroyed again, he couldn't help but sigh, knowing that the general trend was gone and irreparable. Although Xiang Yan tried his best to keep Zhang Liang, and strongly persuaded Zhang Liang to be an official in the Chu State and serve the Chu State, and also promised to meet the King of Chu and promote Zhang Liang to be the doctor, Zhang Liang still resigned from Xiang Yan and ventured back to Yingchuan County to find out the news.

However, after Zhang Liang returned to Yingchuan, he contacted some surviving Korean clans, and learned that Han Wangcheng and the Korean clans who participated in the restoration of the country had been all killed by Han Teng, and the total number of people killed reached more than 20,000. It can be said that the vitality of the Korean family was greatly damaged, and the few Korean families who escaped were also frightened and did not dare to act at all.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liang was also completely disheartened, knowing that South Korea's restoration of the country was completely hopeless, so he fled from Yingchuan County, and originally wanted to go to Daliang to defect to the plateau, but Daliang had been flooded and besieged by the Qin army, Zhang Liang wandered near Daliang for more than ten days, and could not find the opportunity to sneak into Daliang, so he had to return to Guiling County, patiently waiting for the plateau to return from Daliang.

Although Gao Yuan was trapped in Daliang City, because of the book from Asuka Chuan, Gao Yuan also knew that South Korea's move to restore the country had completely failed, but he didn't know the details. Gao Yuan also felt that it was a pity, how good it would be if this move was left to the moment of Guan Jian, and at the same time he was worried about Zhang Liang's safety, and he didn't know if Zhang Liang had escaped from Yingchuan. When I saw Zhang Liang in Guiling, I was completely relieved.

After everyone came forward to each other, they exchanged a few words before entering Guiling County.

Guiling is only a small county with a population of less than 20,000 people, and this time there are 80,000 or 90,000 people, and the small Guiling County naturally cannot accommodate it. However, Yuan Xuan had already received a notification from the plateau, so he was also fully prepared, and set up thousands of tents outside Guiling County for people to live in. At the same time, Yuan Xuan also raised some grain vehicles and prepared to evacuate from Guiling and return to Daijun.

Gao Yuan asked Zhao Jiang, E Chongyu, and Lu Renjie to pay the responsibility for arranging for soldiers and family members to live, and he and Yuan Xuan, Zhang Liang, and Wei promoted the city.

After entering the city and sitting down, Zhang Liang gave a detailed account of the restoration of South Korea.

After listening to Zhang Liang's speech, Yuan Xuan first said: "It's really self-inflicted, you can't live, when is it, you have to fight for power and profit, and the infighting continues." It seems that there is really no salvation for South Korea. ”

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly, although Yuan Xuan's words were not good, but there was nothing wrong at all, if South Korea did not engage in internal fighting, it may not be impossible to keep South Korea, after all, most of the Qin army is now contained in Daliang, and there are not many Qin troops attacking Xinzheng.

And Wei Zeng thought of the situation of Wei from Zhang Liang's words, in fact, isn't the situation of Wei the same as that of South Korea? Even under the threat of the Qin army, there was still a lot of infighting, and if the clans of the Wei State could work together, with the strength of the Great Liang City and the assistance of the Dai Army, the Wei State would not have perished at all. Therefore, it can also be said that the death of Wei was not because of the strength of the Qin army, but also because of its own internal fighting.

Gao Yuan said: "No matter what, the house can come back safely from Yingchuan, this is a good result, this time I am really unable to support South Korea, and when I have the opportunity in the future, I will help South Korea recover, so I also hope that the house can try its best to help us." ”

Zhang Liang saluted the plateau and said: "Please rest assured, the lord has nothing to worry about now, so from now on, he will definitely do his best to assist the lord to achieve great causes, so as to repay the lord's kindness." ”

At this time, Yuan Xuan said: "Lord, yesterday Jiang Huanwu found the whereabouts of the Qin army more than forty miles southwest of Guiling, it seems that the Qin army will soon kill Guiling, so we should not stay in Guiling for a long time, and leave Guiling as soon as possible and return to Daijun." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, although it was said that the Qin army occupied Daliang, but there were a lot of things to finish, that is, to drain all the water that flooded Daliang, and it would not be completed in a month. But after all, the Qin army has a large number of troops, and it is completely possible to clean up the mess of Daliang on the one hand, and send troops to collect the rest of Wei on the other. Although Guiling is almost more than 200 miles away from Daliang, after all, it is within the territory of Wei, and there is no danger to defend, plus it has a large number of family members, so it is better to leave Guiling as soon as possible, even if it is transferred to the territory of Qi first, you can also avoid the Qin army.

So Gao Yuan said: "How much grain is there in Guiling City now?" Vehicles?"

Yuan Xuan said: "Back to the lord, there are now about 50,000 stone grains in Guiling City, and there are about 1,000 vehicles of various kinds. ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "It's too little, we brought back more than 80,000 soldiers and family members this time, plus Guiling's army, there are almost 90,000 people, and 50,000 stone grain, it is estimated that it is only enough for more than 20 days, and it will take at least two months to return to Daijun from Guiling, which is not enough at all." ”

Zhang Liang said: "Don't worry, my lord, if we want to go back to Daijun, we always have to pass through the territory of Qi, and from Guiling to Taoyi of Qi is less than fifty miles, and now there is a large amount of grain for sale in Taoyi City, so we can first organize an army of residents, leave Guiling and enter the territory of Qi, and send people to Taoyi to buy grain, and we have the guarantee of Anpingjun, we can get the grain first without paying, and then converge in the territory of Qi, and then transfer back to Daijun together." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, Zhang Liang's construction is indeed very good, in the past two years, the Wei State has been at war, and a lot of Qi merchants have gathered in Taoyi City, making a big war windfall, since it was after the Daliang City was flooded, the trade between Taoyi and Wei was cut off, but the Qin army also bought a large number of materials from Taoyi. Therefore, in the past two years, the merchants of Taoyi have all made a lot of money. Now there are still a large number of materials in Taoyi, and it is definitely not a problem to buy 120,000 stone of grain.

So Gao Yuan said: "Okay, let's ask the ovary to work hard, and we will set off to Taoyi tomorrow to buy food, and we will set off later, and then meet near Taoyi." ”

Zhang Liang said: "Yes, I will set off tomorrow and rush to Taoyi immediately." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Let the families of the soldiers have a good night's rest today, and start preparing tomorrow." It is estimated that in a day or two, you will be able to set off from Guiling. After a pause, Gao Yuan said: "But whether they are willing to return to Daijun with us is up to them, if they want to stay in Guiling, or if they want to move to other parts of Wei State, or Qi State and Chu State, they will be at their own convenience." We don't force it. ”

Yuan Xuan said: "My lord, what about the residents of Guiling? I think there are quite a few residents of Guiling who want to go with us, should you take them with you? ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Of course take it away, as long as it is someone who is willing to follow us, we will not refuse, now the most lacking thing in Daijun is the population, they are willing to move to Daijun to settle down, naturally it is welcome." ”