Chapter 65: The Prelude to the War [Two in One](1/2)
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The time goes back to the beginning of July, that is, after South Korea publicly issued a statement criticizing Wei and actually declared war on Wei.
On this day, the city captain of Qi County, Mou Bei, led a team of guards to inspect the city early. When he saw that the city was much more depressed than before, he inevitably felt uneasy in his heart.
Because a while ago, the "murder case on the street of the wife of King Yan Zhaojiang" was really weird. After the incident, when Mou Bei arrived with his guards, the murderer had already escaped, leaving only a group of Korean businessmen.
There he rebuked angrily.
At that time, Mou Bei felt confused.
You must know that the eldest son "Sun Hao" of the wife of King Zhao Jiang of Yan, the "Waihuang Sun Family", died in the "Third Wei-Han Northern Battle".
At that time, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, abandoned his defense north of the river, causing Shanyang to become an isolated city and food was in short supply.
Since his brother-in-law Zhao Jiang and his sister Princess Yan's Sun family were both in Shanyang, Sun Hao, the eldest son of the Waihuang Sun family, quickly raised food and grass and took the risk to personally escort it to Shanyang. As a result, he was robbed by Korean cavalry on the way and was seriously injured.
He escaped with his life, but died of his injuries not long after.
After that, because the defeated soldiers in the grain transport team of the eldest brother Sun Hao fled to Waihuang and told the "Sun family in Waihuang" about the robbery of grain and grass, Sun Hao's younger brother "Sun Jin" was also an idle playboy on weekdays.
, but at this time, he resolutely shouldered the important task and once again led a force to transport grain to Shanyang at great risk, so that Shanyang City had enough grain to support Zhao Hongrun and the Qin and Wei coalition forces to rush to aid.
Therefore, although Sun Jin, the second son of the Waihuang Sun family, is usually an idle playboy, he is indeed a responsible Wei man. How could he possibly kill a Korean businessman on the street in Qi County?
Beating to death folly?
What's more important is that this second master has returned to Waihuang since the end of the war between Wei and South Korea. All day long, he either brags to a group of friends about his heroic feat of taking risks to escort grain and grass to his brother-in-law, King Yan Zhao Jiang, or he is in Waihuang.
When you are eating, drinking and having fun, how can you have time to come to Qi County?
Therefore, Mou Bei, who could not catch the murderer at that time, immediately felt that this matter was not simple, and immediately reported it to Zhao Jiang, King of Yan, who was in Shanyang.
After King Zhao Jiang of Yan learned about this incident, he immediately asked his brother-in-law Sun Jin for confirmation. Because he had received strong support from his wife's family Huang Sun on many occasions, and his brother-in-law Sun Hao died because of him, Zhao Jiang had no intention of Sun Jin.
Jin is extremely trusting.
Facts have proved that on the day of the incident, the second master, Sun Jin, was having fun in a yellow flower house with a group of friends and was not in Qi County at all.
After verifying the matter, King Zhao Jiang of Yan refuted the rumors and denied that the murderer on the street was his brother-in-law Sun Jin. On the other hand, he secretly dispatched 5,000 Southern Yan troops to reinforce Qi County.
After all, King Zhao Jiang of Yan is also a man who has experienced hundreds of battles, and he has vaguely noticed that this matter is unusual.
In the next few days, the situation in Qixian County intensified. Many Korean merchants showed their distrust of the Wei State. They sold off their shops and other properties in Qixian County one after another and moved out of the city. This made Qixian County, which used to be bustling and prosperous,
, suddenly became deserted.
In this regard, Qixian City Wei Moubei had no choice but to allow the Korean merchants to move out of the city.
But he was also secretly murmuring in his heart: Could it be that something happened in South Korea?
He knows very well that merchants are very knowledgeable about information, and may sometimes transmit information faster than the secret agents and spies from various countries.
Therefore, when the group of Korean businessmen moved out of Qixian County, Mou Bei instinctively felt that the situation was not good.
Just when he was suspicious, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Master City Captain, just now a few people rode into the city on fast horses and changed their mounts at the post house in the city. One of them stayed and asked to see you.
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Mou Bei frowned slightly, and then led the team of guards to the post house in the city. However, outside the post house, he saw a man dressed as a commoner, holding a rather large pottery bowl, like a wolf and a tiger.
Pick up the food with your hands.
He was eating as if he had been hungry for several days.
"Who are you?"
Mou Bei stepped forward, hugged his fists and said hello.
The man who was cooking rice raised his head and glanced at Mou Bei. He put down the big bowl in his hand and stood up. After swallowing the food in his mouth with difficulty, he took out a token from his arms. The token was clearly engraved with "
With the words "Crow Twenty-Three" and other words.
Seeing this, Mou Bei was in awe. As the Zongwei of King Yan Zhaojiang, how could he not know that tokens of this style are unique to the Qingya people?
"I am the captain of this county and city, Mou Bei. I wonder if you have any instructions?" Mou Bei asked seriously.
I saw Crow Twenty-Three looking around, leading Mou Bei to a deserted place, and whispered: "A few days ago, Handan announced a proclamation to conquer the great Wei Dynasty and officially declared war on the great Wei Dynasty. Now,
Handan Army
We are already on the way to Qixian County. Please make preparations for defense immediately." After that, he bowed his hands towards Mou Bei and said seriously: "I'm sorry that I have important things to do, so it's inconvenient to stay here for a long time.
Forgive me."
After that, he picked up the bowl, got on his mount, and slowly headed towards the south city gate.
Looking at the departing figure of the Green Crows, Mou Bei came back to his senses after a while.
"Korea...declared war on me, the Wei Dynasty?"
Blinking his eyes, Mou Bei felt a little unbelievable. After all, a while ago King Zhao Jiang of Yan was still saying that Wei and South Korea would not be able to fight each other in recent years.
Of course Mou Bei didn't know that Wei and South Korea had indeed been unable to fight each other in recent years, but who made Zhao Run, the crown prince of Wei, deliberately lead his army to the Song Dynasty and deliberately confront the Qilu coalition forces, showing that the two sides were in a stalemate?
Did South Korea mistakenly think that it saw an opportunity to take advantage of the situation?
"No! This matter should be reported to His Highness (King Yan) immediately!"
Mou Bei was shocked, and immediately sent someone to Shanyang to report this urgent military situation. Although he did not dare to determine the identity of the Green Crow, he would rather believe it or not.
After sending a messenger, Mou Bei immediately sent an order to the Nanyan Army, ordering the latter to send a cavalry patrol to patrol the Wei-Korean border and monitor every move on the Korean side.
Two days later, before Yan King Zhao Jiang could send a reply from Shanyang County, Mou Bei was awakened by a warning signal that day.
It turned out that it was the patrol cavalry of the Nanyan Army who sent back urgent military information, saying that the Korean army had crossed the Wei-Korean border and was heading towards Qi County.
At that time, Mou Bei did not even have time to summon the Nanyan Army cavalry who sent back the message, and quickly climbed up the city wall.
At this time, he was shocked to see that on the distant horizon, there was a black mass of people surging, like a black torrent.
"Hey, hey, hey...there must be more than 100,000 people, right?"
Mou Bei swallowed, feeling a little bitter in his heart.
You must know that in Qi County, there are currently only 800 guards responsible for maintaining law and order, and the 5,000 Southern Yan troops stationed here by King Zhao Jiang of Yan a while ago.
With less than 6,000 people, can they stop at least 100,000 Korean troops on the opposite side?
"It's over, I'm afraid I'm going to be killed in Qi County this time..."
Even though he thought so, as one of the border guards, Mou Bei couldn't do such a thing as running away from the enemy.
"I hope His Highness (King Yan)'s reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible."
With a bitter smile to himself, Mou Bei took a deep breath and shouted sternly: "Send the order to the whole city and prepare to defend the city!"
On the fifth day of the seventh month in the twenty-sixth year of Wei Hongde, Han generals Baoyuan and Jin Miao led an army of 100,000, as the first vanguard of South Korea to conquer Wei, and attacked Qi County of Wei. Wei general Mou Bei led 6,000 Wei soldiers.
They defended desperately and fought bloody battles, resulting in the Korean army's failure to attack the city on the first day.
One day later, an urgent letter asking for help from Wei Moubei of Qixian County was quickly sent by courier to Shanyang and delivered to the hands of King Zhao Jiang of Yan.
When he learned that South Korea had dispatched 100,000 troops to invade the national border, King Zhao Jiang of Yan was furious. He slammed the case and said angrily: "The Koreans have torn up the peace treaty for the second time. They are really untrustworthy people!"
After thinking about it, he summoned another soldier and said to him: "Go to Qi County quickly and ask Mou Bei to try to evacuate... This idiot dares to defend Qi County with less than 6,000 soldiers. Call him
He withdraws! He must come back alive for me! Do you understand?"
"As you command!"
The soldiers received the order and immediately went to Qi County.
On the same day, King Zhao Jiang of Yan sent a message to Daliang on the one hand, and on the other hand he assembled 30,000 Shanyang troops and 20,000 Nan Yan troops, using all his troops to rush to Qi County.
At the same time, in Suanzao, Liang County, Wei general Pang Huanzheng led 50,000 rebel troops to prepare to cross the river.
"The army of King Yan is believed to have gone to Qi County..."
On the bank of the river, Wei general Pang Huan watched the progress of his soldiers crossing the river while talking to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
"Hmm."
Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, nodded.
In his opinion, although King Yan Zhao Jiang is now thirty-two years old, his temperament is as fiery as that of a teenager in his 18s and 19s. It seems that South Korea is now aggressively attacking Qi County. How could King Yan Zhao Jiang be able to bear it?
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When he thought that his nephew was assigned to his own war zone, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo secretly shook his head: Will that boy really obey my orders?
As if he had guessed the thoughts of Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Pang Huan said with a smile: "That's why, I have to show my kindness first."
"..." Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo glanced at Pang Huan, snorted coldly, and then shook his head.
One day later, the anti-rebellion army led by Wei general Pang Huan rushed to Qi County. At the most difficult moment of Qi County's offensive and defensive battle, the generals, like heavenly soldiers and generals, circled back and attacked Han generals Bao Yuan and Jin Mao, saving Qi County.
There are not many Wei soldiers and generals left.
When he saw the reinforcements holding banners with the words "Suppression of Rebellion", "Wei Pang", "Wei Nan Liang Wang Zhao" and other words, Wei Moubei of Qixian County could not believe his eyes.
"I...I was rescued by the anti-rebellion army? I was rescued by the King of Nanliang?"
To be continued...