After Marquis Rang withdrew his troops, Rong Xun also withdrew his troops, but did not return the occupied city. After both sides retreated, Lord Pingyuan and Lord Anping returned to Handan together.
Lord Chang'an pledges Qi, and Lord Anping pledges Zhao. The two sides are evenly matched, or Zhao may make more money. However, Qi's request to return the land occupied by Zhao twenty years ago caused great controversy in Zhao. But Lord Pingyuan blocked everyone's mouths by saying that a single field was worth seventy-two cities. In fact, everyone knows that Queen Wei wants to support her own forces within Zhao State - Qi State is her natal family, so of course she must support Qi State's forces.
Although Zhao She, who was named Ma Fujun, had a high status, he was only responsible for the defense of Wu'an and did not participate in government affairs. After hearing about this, he also came to Lord Pingyuan and asked very unconvincedly: "The country has no one! You sent Lord Anping to take it, but you cut off fifty-seven cities in the three orders of Jidong and combined them with Qi? I have tasted it as Yan." I am familiar with the fortress of Yan's Tonggu. If you want to attack Yan, you must attack Yan within a hundred days. Are you asking for Anping?"
Lord Pingyuan did not explain to him, and only said: "The general has released it. The servant has spoken of his master, but the general has no words!" Zhao She couldn't understand the point either.
As the spring plowing unfolded day by day, news spread among the princes that Zhao Gongzi Chang'an Jun went to Qi as a hostage, and Zhao also captured all the fifty-seven cities in Gaotang, Linglu, and Pingyuan counties from Qi. Return it to Qi. At the same time, Qi Gongzi Anpingjun Tiandan entered Zhao. The alliance between Qi and Zhao became a major event in the diplomacy of the princes at that time. South Korea and Wei immediately sent people to celebrate. The envoys of the two countries met with Lord Pingyuan and specifically asked Zhao to preside over the alliance, expressing their willingness to follow King Zhao and fight against Qin together. Lord Pingyuan reported to King Zhao, but King Zhao was still hesitant. Lord Pingyuan had no choice but to invite Yu Qing to persuade King Zhao.
King Zhao met Yu Qing and asked, "Now Lord Pingyuan is asking for permission for Wei. What do you think?"
Yu Qing said: "Wei made a mistake."
King Zhao said: "Of course, I won't listen."
Yu Qing said: "The king is also wrong."
King Zhao said: "Why?"
Yu Qing said: "Whenever the strong and the weak act against each other, the strong will benefit from it, and the weak will suffer from it. Now that Zhao is strong and Wei is weak, Wei Qiu and Zhao Zong are asking for harm; and the king's words are words of benefit. Therefore, Wei If you mistake the king, you will also make a mistake." King Zhao then re-declared the alliance with Han and Wei.
In early summer, when the Empress Dowager Xuan's period of mourning had expired, she made arrangements for her burial and informed the princes in advance. But only the King of Qi and the King of Chu sent people to complain, and the other princes did not move!
Tian Dan led Zhao soldiers to the border to recover the cities occupied by Yan. Unconvinced, Zhao She asked to lead his troops there. Tian Dan asked him how many troops he needed, and Zhao She replied "one hundred thousand." Tian Dan said: "I heard that the emperor's army only used thirty thousand soldiers, and the whole world was in submission. Now the general must bear one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand soldiers and use them. If you use the soldiers, the people will not be able to farm, and the food will not be rented." It cannot be given. This way of sitting down and destroying oneself is not something done by just one person."
Zhao She argued: "In ancient times, the four seas were divided into ten thousand kingdoms. Although the city was not larger than three hundred feet, and the people were not larger than three thousand families, it was ridiculous to gather troops at thirty thousand distances. In ancient times, they were called ten thousand kingdoms. It is divided into seven parts of the Warring States Period, which can have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and last for several years. Qi used 200,000 people to attack Jing, and it will take five years to stop; Zhao used 200,000 people to attack Zhongshan, and it will take five years to return. Today's Qianzhang The city and the towns of ten thousand families face each other. Thirty thousand people surround the city of thousands of feet, and not even a corner of it is left. It is not useful in field battles. What will you do with this?"
Tian Dan recruited 10,000 soldiers from Handan and led them to the former Zhongshan border, 500 miles away. He also recruited 20,000 soldiers from there and surrounded Zhongren, which was occupied by the Yan people. After three months of siege, the middle man was captured. Zhongren was once the capital of the Zhongshan Kingdom and the terrain was difficult. Although it is dilapidated now, it is still an important city, especially seizing Zhongren from Yan State can be regarded as revenge for the attack on Zhao at the beginning of the year. During these three months, Tian Dan secretly reached a peace agreement with Yan.
After the autumn harvest, all countries frequently conducted military exercises. Tian Dan especially led his army southward and entered Zhucheng in South Korea. His attitude towards monitoring Qin's movements was very obvious.
An undercurrent is surging, and it may set off a stormy sea at any time! The princes all have their eyes fixed on Qin's movements after the Zhongyuan period in October! The training of prisoners in the military camp outside Wangyi Palace and their movements became the focus of attention.
After the Ghost Festival, the prisoners began to gather. About 30,000 people were gathered at the mouth of the Weishui River and crossed the Yellow River from Puban. Spies from various countries also arrived and found that the prisoners were heading towards Pishi under the leadership of doctors from various counties.
The main direction of the Qin army's attack has been clear: it will go up the Fen River and occupy South Korea's land on both sides of the Fen River.
This direction of attack is of great concern to South Korea, but it has also been on guard for a long time. Along the Fen River, there is vast arable land, rich products, and a large population. It is an important strategic area; it is located in the north of Anyi and is generally called Pingyang. It has a total of twelve counties, and Pingyang City in the middle is the old capital of Korea. Korea ruled here for hundreds of years.
When Zhang Lu was running Hedong, South Korea was very vigilant and prepared all counties for war early. After finding out that the governor of Hedong County was changed to Bai Qi, the counties in Pingyang became even more nervous, fearing that they would be massacred by this murderous "human massacre". Now, 30,000 prisoners have arrived in Hedong, and the butcher's knife has been raised. Counties in Pingyang are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, watching with fear where the butcher's knife will fall!
Thirty thousand prisoners marched towards Pishi. The main direction of Qin's attack was clear: go up the Fen River and attack Xintian. Xintian was the capital of the old Jin State, with a tall city and a large number of people. The Xintian Order immediately gathered the people and food from the four townships into the city to prepare for Bai Qi's attack. At the same time, other counties are also arranging their troops and horses to prevent Bai Qisheng from attacking from the east to the west, and are ready to rescue each other at any time.
Just when the counties in Fenshang were concentrating on preparing to face Bai Qi's severe test, Bai Qi led his troops up the mountain and surrounded Shaoqu!
Shaoqu is not on the bank of Fenshui River at all. It is located on the Taihang Mountains in the east and on the bank of Qinshui River. It belongs to Duanshi County in Shangdang County. When the three families were divided into Jin, they moved the marquis of Jin here. When Si Mang led the Wei army to retreat from Yanyu, he also took this route, entered Anyi, and exited through Zhi Road. Bai Qi went up the mountain roughly in the opposite direction of Si Mang's retreat and surrounded Shaoqu. Although Shaoqu is a small city, it is on the transportation line between Pingyang and Shangdang. The occupation of it not only blocked the connection between Pingyang and Shangdang. Under the premise that Qin occupied Zhidao, if Shaoqu was occupied again, Pingyang would be destroyed. The connection with the rest of Korea will be completely cut off, and Pingyang will be completely isolated!
This is Bai Qi’s true face. If he doesn't take action, no one else will remember it; if he takes action, people suddenly realize how important such a small place is!
Since Bai Qi's main attack direction was completely unpredicted, there was basically no preparation in this aspect. ——In fact, even if you know it in advance, there is nothing you can prepare for: Shangdang is originally in a mountainous area, and the mountains and rivers are far away from each other, making it difficult to rescue each other; and the Duan family is in a corner of Shangdang, and the area is also surrounded by The mountains and rivers cut it into small pieces, and the population was sparse, leaving it almost defenseless.
Taking advantage of the dangerous terrain, Shaoqu held on for more than ten days and was defeated by the Qin army. The Duan clan officials fled without a fight, and Bai Qi quickly pacified the entire Duan clan.
Shaoqu is a small town, and its superior is the Duan family. Due to the flight of Duan clan officials, Shaoqu was attacked and the entire Duan clan territory was occupied by the Qin people, South Korea had no idea at all! Although the counties in Pingyang knew everything about it, they were sealed in the mountains and unable to spread the news. Moreover, Shaoqu belongs to the Shangdang and has no affiliation with Pingyang. Pingyang has neither the obligation nor the right to go to the rescue!
After occupying Duanshi, Bai Qi took a short rest and reorganized his troops before disappearing again. This time he went down the mountain along the Qinshui River, walked around the foot of the mountain, and appeared under Gaodu City!
Gaodu and Shaoqu are both the residences of the Jin Hous who are on their way out. They are located in remote areas, with harsh environment, sparse population and inconvenient transportation. The Duan clan is still hundreds of miles away from Gaodu, and there are only rugged mountain roads in between. Unless it is particularly necessary, no one travels between the two places, and the news of the Duan clan's occupation did not reach here. Bai Qi led his army on a three-day march to Gaodu. Gaodu was caught off guard and had to surrender.
In just one month, Bai Qi defeated Shaoqu and Gaodu!
Bai Qi's army basically came from Hedong, mainly Jin (Han, Wei) people from the original Nanyang. After occupying Duanshi and Gaodu, Bai Qi began to move the people from Hedong to these two places; while the prisoners who arrived at Pishi were arranged to build a road up the mountain from Quwo to connect Shaoqu, Duanshi, and Gaodu. Then, under the oppression of Bai Qi's army, the land was re-measured, the acres were distributed according to titles, the people were organized into households, and the Qin law was implemented... Zhang Lu's method of calming the people has been used very skillfully by Hedong officials.
Seeing that Pi's prisoners were transferred to build roads, Pingyang officials were relieved that the butcher's knife would not fall on their heads for the time being. However, although the butcher's knife did not fall, his way out was blocked. If the road to South Korea cannot be opened, it will only be a matter of time before he is left alone and swallowed up.
As a last resort, the envoys from Pingyang had no choice but to disguise themselves as business travelers, sneak out of Zhe Road, and report to the King of Han.
Since King Han ascended the throne eight years ago, he has always believed in the principle of rule by inaction: family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs, if there is no human interference, they will spontaneously be in a perfect state. South Korea's current imperfect state is entirely due to its excessive belief in human factors such as strategy and talent. The key to governing the world is to be able to abandon wisdom, benevolence and righteousness, and return the world to its original nature. In the eight years since he was in office, he has hardly handled any state affairs. He has issued an order and entrusted all state affairs to Han Ping, the prime minister of Han Dynasty.
Han Ping received the news that Duan and Gaodu had fallen, and immediately went to the palace to report to King Han. King Han said: "If an angel loses it, I don't dare to take it; if the angel gives it, I don't dare to say goodbye. The prime minister can only act according to the law." Han Ping couldn't think of any way. Fortunately, Tian Dan led the Zhao army to return it. In Zhucheng.
Zhucheng is a small city located on the edge of Ru River. It is one hundred and fifty miles away from Luoyang in the north and more than two hundred miles away from Zheng State in the east. It can not only control the route of Qin's attack, but also be able to provide timely relief when Qin attacks Zheng State. The three Jin Dynasties merged into a vertical, and Zhao was the commander. It was reasonable to send a team to protect Han and Wei.
