Xu Ruo drove the carriage out of the city and looked back at Yecheng. There were many places to commemorate him here, and he naturally looked a little reluctant to leave. But there is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever, and you have to leave eventually.
Ye Ling walked out of Ye Ling's mansion early in the morning and rushed to Old Man Li's home. Standing outside the firewood door, he knocked on the door and called out: "Old man Li." Uncle Li stepped forward and opened the firewood door. He saw Ye Ling standing outside the firewood door and walked out: "Big insect." Ye Ling turned around and asked, "Sir, are you at home? ?" Old Man Li said: "Sir, he left early in the morning. Big insect, it's still too late to chase him now."
Ye Ling rode a fast horse and chased out of Yecheng. When he saw a carriage driving slowly in front of him, he called out: "Sir, please stay." The carriage in front stopped, and he got off and stood beside the carriage to look. Ye Ling came galloping on a fast horse and stopped suddenly. He dismounted and asked, "Sir, why are you leaving Yecheng?" Xu Ruo saluted and said, "Big Chong, the common people have finished the matter in Yecheng. I have nothing to do anymore. It's time to leave." Ye Ling was very surprised. Wanting to retain Xu Ruo, he persuaded him: "Sir, you assisted me in controlling the floods in Ye. You have done a great service to the people of Ye. I will write to the king, telling you about your achievements in controlling the floods in Ye, and I will grant you the title of Ye Cheng. No. The imperial edict will be issued soon. Besides, the people here still need you and cannot live without you. Sir, it is better to stay and jointly manage the people of Ye. Isn’t this better?" Xu Ruo refused decisively and said: "Xu Ruo is used to it and is not suitable to be an official. Big Chong, Xu will take his leave." Then he got on the carriage and left. Ye Ling stood aside and watched, but in the end he could not keep Xu Ruo.
Ye ordered Tu Su to control the floods in Ye, benefit the people of the area, and build water conservancy projects. During the flood season, rains continue, and this huge reservoir stores or drains water. In the dry season, it can irrigate farmland and increase food income. This year is a good harvest year. Every household has a surplus of food, which is handed over to the treasury. In addition, Zi Sang implemented it in the Wei State. Reform laws, promulgate laws, and reward farming, making the national treasury more abundant and the country rich and powerful.
At this time, the State of Wei began to recruit a large number of troops and train elite heavy infantry, which were the soldiers of Wei. Each soldier must wear triple armor, hold a halberd in his hand, an iron sword hanging at his waist, a large rhinoceros-faced oar on his back, a twelve-stone crossbow, carry three days of rations, and march hundreds of miles continuously in one day. Its organization is based on five insects; two Wus are Shi, and Shi is a tun, and one worm is the leader of the tun; two tuns are one hundred, and one hundred generals are one worm; five hundred worms, and five hundred chiefs are one worm; one thousand worms, Suppose two hundred insects are one insect, and one thousand insects are the basic combat unit. To this end, a decree was promulgated that soldiers who joined the military service would be exempted from the corvee taxes and taxes for their entire families, and would be rewarded with land, houses, and real estate. King Wei and Zisang stood on the city wall to review the army. The army under the city was arranged in a four-square formation, with the front, back, left and right of each other arranged, and the open space in the middle was for the chariot troops. The King of Wei asked: "Prime Minister, what is this formation?" Prime Minister Zisang replied: "This formation is the phalanx of Wei Wu's soldiers." The King of Wei muttered: "The phalanx of Wei's soldiers." Then he said : "Good name, good name. With such a large army, Wu Chong can strike with thunderbolts and bring out the prestige of our Wei State. Good name, from now on we will call it Wei Wuzu Square Formation."
When the King of Wei returned to the Palace of Wei, he was in a good mood. He stood in front of several cases, faced the civil and military officials, and said, "The fact that our country of Wei is as rich and military as it is today is the credit of the Prime Minister." Zi Sang stood in the crowd. The ministers said to each other: "Your Majesty, I dare not be greedy for heaven's merit. This is the credit of all the ministers working together." After hearing this, King Wei was very pleased and said: "The Prime Minister takes credit but is not proud. Now the time has come to destroy Zhongshan Kingdom. Zi Sang stepped forward to dissuade him and said, "Your Majesty, you can't." King Wei asked, "Why not?" Zi Sang replied, "If we attack Zhongshan at this time, Zhongshan will definitely ask Qin for help. If Qin sends troops, , our Wei State is attacked from both sides, and the gains outweigh the losses!" King Wei asked: "Xiangguo, which vassal state should we attack?" Zi Sang asked in return: "My lord, which one do you think is the most powerful among the vassal states? How powerful is it?" King Wei replied: "Of course it is Qin." Zi Sang said: "Your Majesty is right, it is Qin. Qin is the most powerful among the vassal states and poses the greatest threat to Wei. In the past, The State of Qin took advantage of the defeat of the State of Zhongshan by the State of Wei and captured the land of Hexi of the State of Wei. If we defeat the State of Qin in the land of Hexi and recover the land of Hexi, we can eliminate our worries, send troops to the State of Zhao, and recover Anyi. Attack and destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom and dominate the vassal states." King Wei said: "Okay, the time has come to regain the land west of Hexi. Prime Minister, who do you want to be your general?" Zi Sang recommended himself: "I am willing to lead troops there." King Wei He asked again: "The affairs in the court are complicated, and this matter may not be appropriate." Zi Sang said: "Your Majesty, we are facing a powerful Qin State, which is extraordinary. Ye ordered Tu Su to control the floods in Ye, and his achievements were outstanding. Your Majesty, You can recall Tu Su to deal with major military and political affairs in the DPRK." King Wei said: "Okay, let's rely on the will of the Prime Minister to do it. He recalled Tu Su from Ye to return to the DPRK, and appointed the Prime Minister Zi Sang as the general of the expedition. He sent troops to Hexi, hoping that the Prime Minister's flag would be victorious. Zi Sang said: "I am determined to live up to the high expectations of your Majesty." King Wei stepped down and stood in front of Zi Sang, saying: "Prime Minister, you go, I will wait for your triumphant return. When you return to the court, I will Chong celebrates the success of the Prime Minister." Zi Sang immediately knelt down and looked at King Wei and said: "Your Majesty, I have no way to repay you for your kindness. I will fight for your Majesty in all directions to repay your Majesty for your great kindness." The King of Wei helped Zi Sang up and said: "Please get up, Prime Minister." Zi Sang said, "Your Majesty, I'm leaving now." King Wei nodded and said, "Okay, you go." Zi Sang then left the court.
The next day, Zisang led his troops out of Daliang, the capital of Wei. The king of Wei and his wife Chong stood on the tower. Zi Sang looked up at the King of Wei and Fu Chong who were standing on the tower, and knelt down with the soldiers behind him, saying: "My king will live forever." King Wei and Fu Chong of Wei walked down the tower hand in hand, brought a bottle of wine, and said: "This is the farewell wine, drink it." Zi Sang took the wine, drank it in one sip, and placed the wine on a tray raised by the eunuch. The king of Wei said: "I am in Daliang City to wish the Prime Minister an early victory." Fu Chong of Wei State who was nearby said: "The Prime Minister must come back soon." Zi Sang knelt down and said: "I will live up to your Majesty, and my wife Chong will do my best." Great trust." Zisang got up and got on the chariot, stood on the chariot and said: "The army is setting off." The army began to set off and rushed to the land west of Hexi.
After marching for a day and night, they camped outside the city early the next morning. The Qin army stood on the city tower and looked from a distance, seeing the smoke rising from the Wei army camp behind the valley. The soldiers were so fast! What I didn't expect was that the Wei army would reach Hexi so quickly. General Qin stood on the tower and watched, asking: "When did the enemy arrive?" A soldier replied: "This morning." General Qin said anxiously: "Prepare for war quickly, prepare for war quickly." They were caught off guard, hurriedly prepared for war, and returned to the general's mansion to submit a letter to Qin Ting.
On the second day, the two armies lined up in Shaoliang and launched a decisive battle. The battle is imminent, and the war drums are rumbling and resounding in the sky. The commander-in-chief of the Wei army, wearing armor, stood on the observation tower and watched. Looking at the Qin army in the valley, he sighed: "The Qin army is so organized that it can fight in all directions. How can it not allow other vassal states to do so?" What are you afraid of?" A general came forward on a chariot and said: "General, please stop showing off the enemy's majesty until I behead the enemy general and present it to the general's tent." Zi Sang stood at the lookout. On the stage, he said: "General, don't be reckless. The enemy troops are all brave and good at fighting. We can't underestimate it. We need to be prepared and ready to attack." Then he looked at the counselor standing next to him and said, "Feng Xi, you don't know the Qin army." Who is the general?" The counselor replied: "Coming back to the general, the enemy general is none other than General Wang Cuo. He once followed Wu'an Lord Bai Gongfeng in the north and south, and made great achievements in battle." Zi Sang said, "I have already I heard that General Wang Cuo is a fierce general, and we are facing the most ferocious Qin army." Looking at the Qin army's formation standing on the valley, General Wang Cuo drove forward on his chariot, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and He shouted: "Generals of Great Qin, charge!"
The war horse swooped down, drew the long sword from his waist and rushed towards the Wei army's formation. Zisang looked down at the army under the tower and said: "Line up and accept the battle." The Wei army formed a square formation. The shield soldiers came forward, their halberds stretched out from behind the shields, and the crossbow soldiers behind them drew their bows and nocked arrows. Shoot upward. Thousands of arrows were fired in unison, and the beast was suddenly turned upside down. General Wang Cuo looked at the surrounding troops and said: "Charge again." The surrounding troops stood up, showed their long soldiers, and rushed towards the Wei army's formation. The phalanx changed and ate up all the enemy troops that came towards them. The dust flew up and covered the sky and the sun. The Qin army rushed into the military formation and fought. The shield soldiers stepped forward and surrounded them. Their halberds thrust out and pierced their bodies, causing blood to splash. The soldiers of Wei fought flexibly, and the disrupted military formation reorganized into a square formation to fight with them. Wang Cuo led the air troops behind him and flew towards the Wei army's formation. Zi Sang ordered the air troops behind him to flap their wings and fly out to fight over the army's formation. The flying troops fighting in the sky fell like raindrops. General Wang Cuo stood on the chariot and personally led the millions of troops behind him to rush towards the Wei army's square formation. He saw the army inserting into the Wei army's square formation in four directions. The chariots were rushing through the fighting army. Many soldiers were knocked out of the military formation by their horses, and even the ruts left on the ground were filled with blood. The chariot rushes back and forth, and there are three soldiers on the chariot, one is a crossbowman, one is a soldier, and the other is a driver. The crossbowmen drew their bows and arrows, and shot down the generals on their horses. A soldier jumped onto the chariot, fought hand to hand with him, rolled into a ball, rolled off the chariot, and beat each other. A soldier pressed on the enemy soldier, pulled out the short sword from his waist and stabbed him to death. The wheels of the chariot ran over their bodies, or they were cut off at the waist, and their lower bodies were caught in the wheels and minced into flesh or blood. The insect head rolled down, stained with blood.
The war between the two great powers was very tragic. In the end, Qin was defeated and retreated to the city, unable to escape, waiting for reinforcements. The Wei army repeatedly attacked the city, but the city was fortified and difficult to break. They had to withdraw their troops, retreat ten miles and set up camp, and the armies of both sides were exhausted.
The King of Qin received the report of the battle in Hexi. The army in Hexi was defeated and asked for more reinforcements. He also asked Lord Wu'an to fight and win. So the old King Qin summoned the Prime Minister of Qin to the Qin Palace overnight to discuss countermeasures. The Prime Minister of Qin entered the palace of Qin and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty." The King of Qin sat in front of several cases and said, "Prime Minister, please be free." The Prime Minister of Qin stood up and stood in front of the King of Qin and said, "I don't know why the King summoned me to the palace late at night. What happened?" King Qin looked at the Prime Minister of Qin and said: "Prime Minister, my army of Great Qin fought a decisive battle with the Wei army in Shaoliang and was defeated. I wonder what Prime Minister has to say about this?" This time, Prime Minister Qin knew that the old King of Qin was suspicious and jealous. He is very scheming and often kills insects invisibly without making a sound. Therefore, the Prime Minister of Qin was wise. He first tested the King of Qin's tone, bowed and saluted, and said, "I dare not speak nonsense. I don't know what the King's wishes are." The King of Qin asked again: "The border army asked Lord Wu'an to go on an expedition. What does the Prime Minister think? ?" Prime Minister Qin still said the same thing, and said: "I don't know what your Majesty's intention is?" King Qin stood up and stepped forward and said: "You must not let Lord Wu'an go on an expedition. Lord Wu'an has been fighting for many years, and his performance is far better than that of a widow. If The general's power is too great, and our country, Qin, is in danger." The Prime Minister of Qin followed and began to flatter him: "Your Majesty is wise."
