"If it weren't for the fact that I and Ziju conspired to come to the land beyond the river, I would definitely feel that Zhao Wuxi deliberately put the Han family here so that we could be attacked by foreign enemies..."

In February, it was a beautiful time when the spring breeze was blowing willows and swallows were building their nests, but Han Hu was haggard and had lost the elegance of a gentleman. ;Le;Wen;Fictionwww.lw＋

Last year, the Zhao family and the Wei family were plagued by drought and locusts. Han's main territory, Hewai, was blocked by the river and was not affected too much. However, Han Hu didn't have much time to be lucky, because everything that happened next made him overwhelmed.

Wei Manduo died. Some people said that Zhao Wuxi was the mastermind and defended himself without hesitation, but Wei Ju made a desperate attempt to secede from Jin and entered Qin. , and the Zhao family as an enemy.

In the past six years, Han's strategy has been to maintain a balance between Zhao's and Wei's, politically favoring Zhao Wu Xie, but not completely on Zhao's side and attacking Wei.

Now, Han Hu discovered that this kind of neutrality could no longer be maintained, because it was impossible to die, and Han's four territories were just blocking the only way for Qin, Wei and Zheng to attack Zhao.

After the Sixth Rebellion, the Han family's territory was roughly divided into four divisions: several cities in Hanoi were close to Dahe, and the opposite was Zheng Guo, who wanted to retake Hulao. The eldest son of the clan; Hancheng, Pingyang, and Ji are located in the upper reaches of the Fen River, sandwiched between the east of the Wei clan and the Taiyuan of the Zhao clan; the last is the main base of the family outside the river, with cities such as Guo and Yiyang, located in the middle of the Taolin Fortress. The east, occupying the north of Luoshui, is surrounded by Qin, Wei, and Zheng. There are Yu, Maojin and other towns on the north side of the Great River. Because it is close to Yanchi and Anyi, it has always been regarded as a thorn in the eye by the Wei family.

After Zhao Wei completely turned his face, the Zhao family sharpened their swords and declared that the Wei family had betrayed Jin, and sent people to win over the Han family to defend the territorial integrity of Jin. The truth of "lips die and teeth are cold", "borrowed" from Han, and hoped that they would fight against Zhao with Wei.

At this time, Han Hu must face a choice, whether to help Zhao defeat Wei or help Wei to defeat Zhao.

He hurriedly summoned his retainer Duan Gui to ask, "Wei led Qin to Hedong, Qin used the Wei River to transport food and troops, and now there are tens of thousands of people who have arrived in Puban. With Wei's guidance, I am afraid that Hedong will fall. Where should the Han family go?"

Duan Gui once suggested that Han Hu set up a base camp outside the river, and then he could avoid Zhao Wei and expand to the outside world. However, Hewai is not only a springboard for expansion, but also a place where enemy countries must fight for four battles when foreign enemies invade.

In this way, Duan Gui's plan was a miscalculation, and it brought the Han family into a big pit, but he was not affected by the failure, and said decisively: "Although Qin and Wei are aggressive, more Zheng Guo will help afterward. , in the short term, it may be possible to siege the city a little bit, but in the long run, it is still Zhao who can win."

Duan Gui analyzed: "Although the Zhao family was only hit by the drought last year, Zhao Wuxi ordered strict administration and active preparation for disasters. The losses were not serious. There was no famine in the territory, and they did not even borrow food from the Han family. The ministers expected that the Zhao clan was not in chaos, and all its soldiers and dead soldiers were listed in Taiyuan and the eldest son, and they attacked Lingshikou in the south. They already had the advantage of the terrain and could not be an enemy. However, as long as the troops of the Shandong counties are transferred to the west, Qin and Wei are no match, and allies such as Lu, Wei, Zou, Song, etc. will help them to contain Qi and Zheng.

Han Hu agreed with Duan Gui's suggestion. On the other hand, the Han family was an enemy of Zheng Guo, and they also occupied Hulao. If they fell to Qin Wei, not to mention it would be no good, and even return Hu Lao to Zheng Guo, no matter what. Look, it's not a good deal.

Duan Gui's prediction was proved to be credible in Tian Ben's surprise attack on Jiangdu. Now that the Zhao clan has captured Jiangdu, it not only occupied the righteousness of etiquette and law, but also controlled the upper reaches of the Fen River. Hedong's initiative has come. in their hands.

Coupled with the fact that the pro-Zhao princes announced the establishment of "HeZong" at the Taoqiu Conference to fight against the "Lianheng" of the four countries, Zhou Tianzi even stood on the Zhao family's side. Seeing that his allies were so numerous and powerful, Han shi pointed and calculated that the balance of power had completely tilted towards Zhao shi, and his heart suddenly felt at ease. Under the temptation of Zhao Wuxi's promised benefits such as Anyi and Yanchi, he also Conform to the current situation, completely fall to Zhao.

However, after Han's full expectations, Zhao's immediately dispatched troops to fight Qin Wei in Hedong, and the idea of ​​expelling the enemy from Jin after a quick battle was ruthlessly mocked by the facts.

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Throughout January, the grain stored in the Qin state was continuously transferred to Hedong, and the soldiers of the Wei family also returned to Anyi, Quwo and other cities from Hexi. On the other hand, the Zhao clan took a defensive position in Hedong, and the line of troops was maintained to the south of Jiangdi. The number of troops was only 20,000 to 30,000, mainly from Taiyuan County. It will not be fully operational until the end of February.

So during this period, it was Han's turn to suffer. They were like the shields that Zhao held up high and blocked in front of them. Whenever an arrow came from the enemy, Han would suffer first.

Relying on the advantages of water transportation, Qin Wei already had an army of 40,000 people in Hedong. They did not dare to do anything to Zhao's hard bones before the backup arrived, so they picked up Han's soft persimmons and pinched them. After all, Han occupied the road. The center, whoever gets it will take the initiative.

The combined forces of Qin and Wei began to invade the cities of the Han family. Although Han Hu let all counties and towns enter the city and defend it, the number of enemy troops was too large, and the guards of the Han family were too scattered. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers was indeed a fish compared to Qin and Wei. Belly.

In the following period of time, urgent reports continued to reach Guocheng.

"Master! Hancheng is in a hurry!"

"Master, Maojin is in a hurry!"

"Lord……"

But within a month, Hancheng, the hometown, was first lost, and then Shangyang, Xiayang, and Maojin, which were not protected by high walls to the north of the Dahe River, declared their fall one after another. Only the two lonely cities of Pingyang and Yu were left to support.

Fortunately, in the previous battle to attack Qin, the fortress of Taolin had been taken by the Han family. Relying on this, at least Qin's army in Hexi could not directly attack the river. This is the land where the Han army retreated and defended.

But what scares Han Hu even more is still to come. In early February, bad news came from the east of Yiyang. A Zheng * team of up to 5,000 people began to attack the river from the shadowy area and advance to Yiyang...

Han Hu was horrified: "During the Taoqiu alliance last month, didn't it say that the Zheng Kingdom would be contained by the Song Kingdom!?"

Although the country of Song has experienced several civil strife, it is still a large country with 1,500 troops. Although the combat effectiveness of the Song army is not as good as that of the Zheng army, it has an advantage in numbers. It should not be a problem to hold down the Zheng people. What about the big thorns to the Han family? Does Zheng Guo not want the east border?

For a time, together with the partial division of the Qin people who had bypassed Shangluo, the Wei army cruising on the north bank of the Great River, and the troops of Zheng State, Han's base camp outside the river was surrounded and attacked, showing a precarious situation...

"It was like this during the Sixth Rebellion~lightnovelpub.net~ This time it is like this again!"

Han Hu wanted to cry but had no tears, and now there is no other way. Qin Weizheng obviously wanted to force Han to submit, so he couldn't open the city and surrender. So he hurriedly sent someone to the Zhao family to ask for help. It was already mid-February when the news reached Wenxian and then Tongjie.

Zhao Wuxi looked at Han's request for help, and shook his head helplessly. Although he didn't have much hope for Han's combat power, this time, he really didn't deliberately trick Han Hu.

"In a war situation, there will always be accidents."

Sun Wu was right. It was less than two months before the full-scale war began, and Zhao Wuxi encountered the first accident: for some reason, the Song Kingdom did not send troops to contain the Zheng Kingdom, as promised by the Taoqiu Alliance. Han relieves stress.

Although Le Mun was not talented, he was responsive to the Zhao family. Before he left, he promised to teach Zheng Guo a good lesson. Before entering the summer, he joined the Zhao army in Xinzheng, but now he has not dispatched a single soldier or soldier.

What happened to Song Guo in just one month? Zhao Wuxi has no way of knowing for the time being, but there is a trace of unease in his heart. Because after all, at this point, Nanzi, who was pregnant for him for ten months, should almost give birth... (To be continued.)