Chapter 153: The History of the Exploration of the Jin Kingdom (10)

This plan was unanimously approved by the generals, and Xi Zhong was full of praise when he thought that Xiangong was going to send him back to the throne of Wei Jun.

The Jin Shang army pulled out the camp and went south that night. The Geng people found that the enemy had withdrawn, but they could not guess their intentions, so they neither pursued nor sent a message to the Wei army, as if nothing had happened.

On the Jin side, the Quwo people dug a trench in front of the Wei army's march to prevent them from supporting the Geng state. The defenders made a great effort, but the defense line was quickly breached due to their poor equipment. The Wei army drove the Quwo people back to their lair and continued their advance, only to be informed by the arrival of the Geng state that the Jin army had long since disappeared.

Prince Wei immediately understood what was happening, and he couldn't help but curse, saying that he had not died at the hands of the enemy, but had been killed by those pig-headed allies; He even wondered if Geng Ren had colluded with the Jin people and planned to kill himself.

Prince Wei immediately led his army to turn around and return to China; And at this time, groups of Wei villagers ran into the barracks, and the sergeants couldn't stop them. They searched for their in-laws, and told them that old Wei Bo had died, and Xi Zhong had been crowned king. The new monarch issued an order: all Wei soldiers who were outside should return to China immediately; Those who return first are rewarded, and those who arrive late are reduced to slaves.

The Wei ** camp suddenly exploded, most of them didn't even want weapons and armor, and people just wanted to escape back to Wei as soon as possible.

It turned out that the Jin army sneaked all the way and soon came to the outskirts of Wei. Xi Zhong informed the henchmen lurking in the country in advance, asking them to open the city gate at a certain time during the night. When the time came, the gates of Wei were wide open, and the Jin army swarmed in and quickly occupied the unsuspecting Wei state.

Xi Zhong broke into Wei Bo's dormitory and threatened the lives of all his brothers' sons, demanding that he pass on the throne to him. The old monarch died after announcing the edict to the ministers. Xi Zhong entered the Taimiao surrounded by a group of ministers and held a coronation ceremony. Just as Taizhu placed the crown on his head, in this cold night in the middle of winter, in the extremely distant sky, there was a faint thunder.

Xi Zhong issued a recall order immediately after ascending the throne, and he wanted to quickly disintegrate the power of the crown prince and take the army into his own hands. However, Jin Xiangong would not give him this opportunity, and the Jin army took advantage of the collapse of the prince's army and Xi Zhong did not rearm the Wei people, and suddenly launched an attack and imprisoned all the members of the Wei office.

This result was expected by Xi Zhong, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. He shouted to the Jin people who were guarding him, "But we are still allies!" Xun Xi sent someone to answer him: "You can't even tolerate your own brother and nephew, how can you tolerate your allies?" Heaven has expressed its wrath at your crowning; The widow realizes the mistake of forming an alliance with you, so he must correct it now, so he must not hand over the country to you, a scoundrel who is angry with heaven and man. ”

On the outskirts of Geng State, Prince Wei looked at the messy military camp and wanted to cry without tears, he regretted that he was blind at the beginning, and his eyes were only staring at Xi Zhong and did not attack Jiangdu. Now the soldiers have almost fled, and only 12 out of 10 remain. Most of those people were loyal to the crown prince and Xi Zhong's enemies, and they pondered that even if they returned to Wei, they would not end well.

Prince Wei decided to give it a go, and he asked to enter the Geng Kingdom, where he met the old monarch with a slouchy look, a bloated body, and a sloppy appearance (this man looked much like he had imagined). He persuaded Geng Bo to immediately attack Jin in order to save the alliance from danger. But Geng Bo proposed, should you wait for Huo Guo's reinforcements?

Prince Wei said that a country should never pin its hopes on other countries, otherwise the country will not die; Huo Guo is experiencing a serious war, and he has no time to take care of himself, where can he have the experience to support Geng Guo? If Jin Yizhu (Jin Xiangong) put Xi Zhong on the throne, Wei would become an enemy of Geng. When it comes to reinforcements, there will never be more than the thousand or so people you have brought! Geng Guo now has only himself to save himself; Moreover, if Geng can save the countries from peril, he will become the overlord of Hexi.

Geng Bo was finally persuaded by the other party, and he sent a heavy army to attack Jiangdu, and wanted to incorporate the Wei people into the Geng army sequence. However, the Wei prince insisted on independent command of the Wei army, and declared that it was a joint operation between the two countries.

At this time, Shen Sheng had already destroyed the Huo Kingdom. After the combined forces of Geng and Wei set out eastward, Shen Sheng came to the northern suburbs of Geng with heavy troops; Geng Bo stood on the city tower, he didn't know where the Jin army came from, and he was stupid at that time. When Shen Sheng learned that the country was about to be attacked, he abandoned the attack on Geng and pursued the coalition forces instead.

Not long after Shen Sheng left, just as the Geng people were relieved, they suddenly received news that Jin Xiangong had occupied the Wei State and was leading a large army to advance towards the Geng State.

Geng Bo, who has always been known for his freedom and casualness, could no longer tolerate the endless invasion of the Jin people at this time, and he decided to take the initiative to let the invincible Jin Xiangong taste the taste of being attacked.

Geng Bo gathered an army and handed it to the crown prince, and ordered the prince to lead the army to arrange a pocket on the road of Jin Xiangong.

The ambush was set up in a long hilly area, and the vegetation on the hills was very lush, but now it is a harsh winter, and the weeds are withering and the branches and leaves are withering, which makes the ambush more difficult.

Geng Jun first saw Jin Rong's cavalry slowly moving forward, and the captain Hu Yan rode a tall horse to the front, showing an arrogant look of "no one is allowed to mess with me" on his face. After the cavalry brigade was the chariot unit of the vanguard of the Jin army, and the ambushers could already faintly see the banner waving in the wind on the Jin Xiangong chariot.

Just as Geng Jun was holding his breath and waiting to launch a fatal blow, someone suddenly discovered that the main force of the Jin army was not along one road, but divided into three groups and advanced from three roads respectively! In this way, the two flanks of the Jin army instead wrapped the ambushers into their own encirclement.

However, regardless of whether the situation on the battlefield is favorable or unfavorable, and whether the outcome of the war is won or lost, this battle will be the last battle between the two countries. When Jin Xiangong entered the ambush circle, the prince waved the order to attack; Countless war drums were beaten at the same time, and the huge war drums were heard one after another, so deafening that the Jin army had the illusion that the drums were coming from the sky.

Geng's archers condescendingly shot a rain of arrows at the Jin army, and the Jin army was caught off guard and immediately panicked. But the commanders of the Jin army were experienced in a hundred battles and the soldiers were well trained; As the officers calmly gave orders, the soldiers quickly formed a defensive formation, and order was immediately restored.

Seeing that the bow and arrows were no longer lethal, the prince ordered the infantry to attack. The ambush rushed down the slope of the hill. However, the Jin army especially liked hand-to-hand combat, and the sergeants simply threw away their shields and engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

The crown prince wants to capture Jin Xiangong in the shortest possible time, and he doesn't care no matter what the price is; He immediately led one of Geng's most elite troops to rush towards Jin Xiangong.