In late April of the 10th year of Wei Xing'an, on the border between Han and Qi, Qinghe.

Qinghe is one of the rough border dividing lines between Julu North County in South Korea and Julu South County in Qi State. From here to the southeast, it is Pingyuan City in Qi State.

However, at this time, this land was filled with the armies of Wei and South Korea.

On the broad plain terrain beside the big river, more than 20,000 Wei Yanling troops and roughly the same number of South Korean troops were engaged in a war of fighting and retreating.

"kill--!"

"The left wing! The left wing is not allowed to step forward without permission! ...The right wing is pushing forward!"

"Arrow attack! Arrow attack!"

On this battlefield, the generals of the Wei and Korean armies looked very panicked. The reason was that this was an encounter that neither of them expected. The general on the Wei army's side was Qu Cheng of the Yanling army, and the general on the opposite side was Qu Cheng of the Yanling army.

Han Jun is Ji Kuo, a close lieutenant under Beiyan Shou Leyi.

It turned out that on the eighth day of April, Wei general Qu Cheng, who was stationed in Yecheng in Handan County, received an order from Wei King Zhao Run from Luoyang, ordering the latter to immediately lead his army to advance eastward and attack Julunan County of Qi State.

, in response to the Wei general Shao Hu who was attacking Mount Tai at the moment, he launched a two-sided attack on Qi State.

Now that he had obtained the king's order, Wei General Qu Cheng naturally did not dare to delay. He left his deputy Yan Mo and 20,000 Yanling troops to stay in Yecheng, while he himself led the remaining 30,000 Yanling troops to Qinghe, preparing to cross here.

On the border between Wei and Han, he attacked Qi.

But what he didn't expect was that South Korea didn't know whether it had intercepted the marching route of his army or predicted his intentions in advance. So when Qu Cheng led the army to trek to the Qinghe area, he happened to bump into Han.

Jiang Leyi's deputy general Ji Kuo - the latter seems to have just led his army here.

A sudden encounter forced the soldiers of Wei and Han to rush into battle.

It can be seen that although the Yanling Army often boasts that it is a powerful Wei army that is not inferior to the Shang Shui Army, when they actually step onto the battlefield and have a head-on conflict with a powerful Korean army like the Beiyan Army, this army is really fighting.

The place is remarkable.

Speaking of fighting, we must mention the characteristics of the Yanling Army.

Although the Yanling Army, like the Shangshui Army, had the same predecessor as the "Pingyang Army", due to the different personalities of their respective commanders Qu Cheng and Wu Ji, the fighting methods of the two armies were also completely different.

The way the Shang Shui Army fought was that before the war, they relied on Wei Gongzi Run or the former lieutenant general Zhai Huang to formulate the overall strategy or the tactics of the current war. After the war actually started, they relied more on the Shang Shui Army generals-especially individual Qian.

Depending on the individual strength of the team, the tactics chosen are generally based on "piercing the enemy's army" and "dividing the enemy's army".

Under this tactic, thousands of generals with outstanding military strength, such as Ran Teng, Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, etc., seemed to be at home. Sometimes, even Wu Ji, the leader, would personally go into battle and stage a solo battle.

The scene of killing the enemy general, simply put, the explosive power of the Shang Shui Army is terrifying.

But the Yanling Army is different. The leader of the Yanling Army, Qu Cheng, is not a brave general like Wu Ji. Neither of his lieutenants, Yan Mo or Sun Shuke, are even among the generals, like Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Zuo Xunxi, etc.

Generals such as Qiu Mu, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen Huai were not the type to show off their strength and bravery.

The Yanling Army is very good at cooperating with each other, whether it is the cooperation of each battalion or the cooperation of each thousand-man team. Compared with the generals of the Shangshui Army who rush forward with passion, the soldiers of the Yanling Army seem to be particularly special.

Good at the rhythm of war - even

What kind of tactics should be chosen under any circumstances? From Yan Mo and Sun Shuke to Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Zuo Qiu Mu, Nanmen Jue, Nanmen Huai and other generals, they are all familiar with it, and there is no need to wait at all.

As the commander-in-chief, Qu Cheng came to issue the order.

Completely opposite to the Shang Shui Army, whose short-term explosive power is very terrifying, the Yanling Army's endurance is very strong, even stronger than that of the Shang Shui Army. The tenacity of this army is like brown sugar. It cannot be defeated, cannot be thrown away, and is worn away.

Your patience and morale will then slowly devour you.

Just like at this moment, Ji Kuo, the deputy general of Beiyan guarding Leyi, was tortured by the Yanling army so much that he was sweating profusely and kept scolding his mother secretly.

It was clear that the army under his command had just defeated the opponent's left wing, but when he was about to take the opportunity to attack and extend his victory, the opponent's right wing surrounded him; when he finally parried the opponent's right wing, the Wei army had just been repulsed.

The left wing, damn it, was touched again quietly.

When will this happen?!

What's even more terrible is that the Wei army on the opposite side, like the famous Wei merchant navy in the Central Plains, is an army that focuses on heavy infantry, supplemented by crossbowmen. Its defensive capabilities are simply beyond imagination. It seems that if you relax a little, the opponent will

Can regain momentum and make a comeback.

Fortunately, the news of a war between the two armies broke out here was quickly learned by the Korean warships patrolling the nearby large river. These Korean fleets, which were under the command of Julu Shouyan, immediately mobilized ships to intercept and assist in the discipline.

Kuo's Northern Yan army attacked the Yanling army together, which forced the Yanling army to retreat. Otherwise, Ji Kuo was really worried that he would be dragged to death by this Wei army today.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

Yanling troops will retreat in large numbers.

During the large-scale retreat of the Yanling army, Wei general Qu Cheng frowned and glanced at the dark fleet on the river, muttering secretly in his heart.

The purpose of leading his army here was not to quarrel with Ji Kuo's Northern Yan Army, nor to target the South Korean Julu Navy on the river, but to sneak attack on Qi's Julu Nanjun and cooperate with Shaohu to put pressure on Qi.

, where do you have time to fight with the Korean army here?

Unexpectedly, he happened to bump into the Korean army who came to intercept him.

"... Then Le Yi, did you expect that our army would attack Qi State by surprise?"

Qu Cheng thought secretly in his heart.

But it was useless to think about the matter now. Since it was impossible to cross the river for the time being, Qu Cheng had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

"Let's capture "Ganling" first and then make plans."

After thinking for a long time against the marching plan, Qu Cheng decided to attack Ganling first and prepare for the forced crossing of the Qinghe River later.

On the other side, Han General Ji Kuo looked at the withdrawal direction of the Yanling Army and guessed that Qu Cheng was heading towards Ganling, but he had no choice. After all, with the small number of troops under his command, even if he chased him, he would not be able to defeat him.

Well, on the contrary, it is very likely that he will be dragged to death by the Yanling Army.

Therefore, after Han General Ji Kuo thought about it, he decisively gave up rushing to help Ganling and decided to immediately try to cross the Qinghe River to help defend Pingyuan City of Qi. At the same time, he also sent someone to report to Pingyuan City of Qi immediately, asking you to

Be prepared immediately to prevent a surprise attack by the Wei army.

The Pingyuan city of Qi State is the ancestral fiefdom of the Linzi Tian family. The current guard is Tian Rong, that is, the clan brother of Tian Bao, Tian Dan and Tian Wu.

Two days later, Tian Rong was shocked when he received news from Han general Ji Kuo that Wei general Qu Cheng had attempted to cross the Qinghe River secretly to attack his Pingyuan city two days ago.

Although Julunan County has several water flows such as the Big River and the Qing River as natural dangers, the people on the opposite side are the Wei Army, and they are also the Yanling Army, one of the most elite elites in the Wei Kingdom. How can he dare to take it lightly?

So, while he sent people to notify "Wucheng" and asked the Qi navy stationed in the river basin around Wucheng to assist South Korea's Julu navy to block the river to prevent the Wei army from crossing the river secretly, he also sent people to Linzi to report the matter.

Report to the clan brother, the Right Prime Minister Tian Ta.

At this time, King Lu Bai of Qi, accompanied by Shang Qing Gao Xi and scholar-bureaucrats Bao Shu, Guan Zhong and others, received Wei's envoy Tang Ju.

At this time, King Lu Bai of Qi had gradually grown up. With the assistance of several important ministers such as Zhao Zhao, Tian Yi, Gao Xi, Guan Zhong, etc., he had gradually revealed his potential as a wise king, at least he looked better than he had in previous years.

Much more reliable.

At the beginning, King Lu Bai of Qi did not want to see Tang Ju. After all, Wei State had already declared war on Qi State. Now that war had been declared, what else was there to talk about?

However, the scholar-bureaucrat Uncle Bao persuaded Lu Bai. Just seeing that the Wei State only sent 50,000 soldiers of the Wei Wu Army to attack Mount Tai, and the Wei Wu Army's offensive was not too hasty or too slow, this shows that the Wei State still has room to declare war on Qi State. In this case

, it’s not a bad idea to meet Tang Ju - although it’s unlikely, what if Wei changes its mind and stops attacking Qi?

King Lu Bai of Qi thought for a while and finally decided to meet Wei envoy Tang Ju.

Although he agreed to the matter, King Lu Bai of Qi could not help but feel resentful about Wei's declaration of war on Qi. Therefore, when he saw Tang Ju, he was not so polite and said to Tang Ju to the effect

:Since your country has declared war on our country, why do you need to send an envoy here?

It is undeniable that at this time, Lu Bai already possessed some of the aura of a monarch. Unfortunately, this aura could not scare the Wei envoy Tang Ju. After all, in terms of aura and tyranny, there is no other monarch in the world who can match him.

Where is Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei?

Therefore, Tang Ju explained with neither arrogance nor humility that day: "The declaration of war against your country is the consideration of Tiance Mansion, not the decision of our Luoyang court. Our court still hopes that your country can rein in the precipice and assist our country in the crusade."

The unjust Korean."

After hearing this, King Lu Bai of Qi, Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong, Gao Xi and other important officials were all surprised and asked curiously: "Isn't Tiance Mansion under the control of your country's court?"

Tang Ju shook his head: "Tiance Mansion is Tiance Mansion, and the imperial court is the imperial court."

After Tang Ju's explanation, King Lu Bai of Qi finally understood that it turned out that the Tiance Mansion of the Wei State probably refers to the military that commands the armies of the Wei State. Although it is said to obey the orders of Wei King Zhao Run, its essence is

, there is still a difference from the Luoyang court - probably the difference between hawks and doves.

Of course, this only refers to the overall situation, because even in the Luoyang court, there were actually hawkish civil servants like Jie Ziu and Zhang Qigong who aspired to "unify the Central Plains."

But in general, the Luoyang court still recommended using diplomatic means to sanction and isolate South Korea. As for Tiance Mansion, the attitude towards this was only one word: fight!

This is the biggest difference between the two.

After that, Tang Ju and Qi King Lu Bai and others began to argue with each other. Tang Ju's purpose was nothing more than to intimidate Qi State, and Qi King Lu Bai's side was nothing more than hoping that Wei State would stop attacking Qi State.

Deadlocked.

The scene at that time was very intense. Tang Ju first pointed out the unjust act of Qi State in secretly helping South Korea - in fact, when Qi State sent envoys to Wei State, the Ministry of Rites had already questioned him - and then he even more unceremoniously

He pointed out that despite the current stalemate between Wei and Qi on the battlefield, it was only because the Wei State had not yet exerted its strength. If the Qi State insisted on joining forces with South Korea to resist the Wei State, then when the Wei army attacked Linzi in a large scale in the future, they would not

It is his fault that the Wei State is unkind.

With these words, Qi King Lu Bai, who was gradually gaining power in anger, wanted to order the arrogant Wei envoy to be killed. Anyway, Wei King Zhao Run also killed his Qi envoy Tian Hu, retaliation for retaliation.

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Facing the murderous King Lu Bai of Qi, Tang Ju, the Wei envoy, was not afraid and had the attitude of "I will kill or behead you as you please". In the end, it was Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong and others who came forward to make peace.
To be continued...