Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 257

The new King of Western Wei who took over Hedong was lucky. After personally surveying the ruins of the Wei Palace in Anyi City, the next morning, Sima Ang, King of Henan, who was canonized by Xiang Yu, sent his confidant servant Cheng Lian to Anyi City. Yi and Wei Bao negotiated the specific matters of the alliance and trade, and offered to establish a wider and deeper friendly relationship with Wei Bao. They exchanged goods and materials, and complemented each other in the military, so that they could jointly resist Xiang Kang's temporarily being blocked. A hungry wolf imprisoned in the Guanzhong Plain.

Sima Yang took the initiative to show his favor to the State of Wei, and his purpose was nothing more than to covet the supply of salt in Hedong, as well as the important geographical location of Hedong County. , everything is for the sake of his own interests, and he doesn't actually have much good intentions for Wei Jun.

However, Sima Ang, who has obtained half of the main force of the Zhao army, is strong and powerful after all, and the territory he controls is directly adjacent to the territory controlled by Wei Bao. He is one of the most important allies that Wei Bao must win. After all, Wei Bao urgently needed Sima Ang's assistance and support, so after receiving the news, Wei Bao was not only overjoyed, but also personally led the Wei army out of the city, and politely invited Sima Ang's confidant Cheng Lian into the city to sit down .

Cheng Lian, who already knew about the situation of the Wei Army, also knew what Wei Bao wanted, so he had a few polite words with Wei Bao, and Cheng Lian took the initiative to change the topic to the current Hedong War issue, and clearly told Wei Bao: "Please Don't worry, the King of Wei, our two countries are bitter, our Henan King will definitely not sit idly by and ignore the emergency of your country's war. After the foreign ministers return, we will try our best to persuade our king to send troops to Hedong as soon as possible to help your country resist the attack of Xiang Kang's bandit army. .”

"Thank you, Taipu Cheng. With Taipu Cheng and your country's army helping me, I can finally rest easy."

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly thanked Cheng Lian. Cheng Lian modestly said that he didn't need it, and on behalf of Sima Ang, he put forward various conditions for establishing an alliance with the Western Wei State. It's not harsh, just asking Wei Jun to serve as a standing fleet for Sima Ang's army at the three ferries of Shan County, Puban, and Xiayang is too much, but in order to get Sima Ang's assistance, Wei Bao still agreed without thinking, and even on the spot Signed his name on the covenant.

The negotiation was over to the satisfaction of both the host and the guest. According to the usual practice, Wei Bao, in addition to ordering wine and food to entertain Cheng Lian, also called some beauties to sing and dance for Cheng Lian. The lustful Cheng Lian also showed his true colors. Soon he fell in love with the two beauties with the most outstanding looks, and he was full of praise for their singing and dancing. Wei Bao understood it, and immediately asked the two beauties to toast Cheng Lian, and told them to wait for Cheng Lian to rest. Lian Daxi thanked her, and just after the banquet ended, she couldn't wait to take the two beauties back to the residence.

After Cheng Lian left, Wei Bao's cousin Zongzheng Wei Youcai said very displeasedly, "Why does your lord have to be so tolerant to a foreigner and personally arrange for a woman to serve his food and daily life?"

"The form cannot be controlled by others, and a man can only bend and stretch." Wei Bao himself didn't care very much, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Wei You: "Brother, do you still remember Wei who took the initiative to join us in Chudi?" Don’t you? Did she have five clothes with me?”

"Wei Wei?" Wei You took some effort to think of this distant relative of himself and Wei Bao, and then said with a smile: "It's not just five clothes? Seven clothes and eight clothes have been released, if it wasn't for the late king (Wei Wei) blame) recognized her as a relative during Linji, she is not qualified to enter the genealogy of our royal family of Wei."

"That's good." Wei Bao suddenly smiled, and immediately thought of Wei Yu's beautiful daughter he had seen yesterday.

Logically speaking, it was just after noon at this time, so even if Wei Bao thought about it, there was no need to worry, but it happened that Wei Bao drank a lot of wine when receiving Cheng Lian, and his head was very hot, so he went back to the back hall During the break, feeling itchy and unbearable, Wei Bao simply sent someone to deliver an order to Wei Wei, telling Wei Wei to send her daughter to his residence immediately so that he could talk to his distant cousin.

After a while, the guards outside the door came in and reported that Wei Yu's daughter, Bo Yuanzhi, had arrived, and that Wei Wei also came with her face, and wanted to come in with her daughter to meet Wei Bao.Wei Bao, who was leaning on the couch to let the two beauties wash their feet, was very dissatisfied, and ordered: "Tell Wei Wei to wait outside, and only bring her daughter in."

According to Wei Bao's instructions, after a while, Bao Yuanzhi, who Wei Bao coveted, was led into the room. Contrary to his aggressive and cheeky mother's personality, Bo Yuanzhi still looked timid and shy. The queen in the room can only salute, and dare not say a word timidly.Wei Bao also liked Bo Yuanzhi's weak appearance, and said with a smile, "Sister Bo, you don't need to be too polite, so let's go in and let me take a closer look at you, Brother Wang."

Hearing this, Bo Yuanzhi's pretty face turned red to the base of his neck, not only didn't step forward, but subconsciously took a step back, Wei Bao smiled again when he saw it, and told the people next to him: "You all go out, widow I have something to say to Bo Mei alone."

Guessing with his toes, he knew what Wei Bao wanted to do. The guards and maids in the room did not dare to disturb Wei Bao's interest, and immediately retreated according to the order. In front of Yuanzhi, he stretched out his hand to lift Bao Yuanzhi's chin, and said with a lewd smile: "Bomei is so beautiful, the more you look carefully, the more charming you will be."

Like an electric shock, Bo Yuanzhi immediately dodged Wei Bao's dirty hands and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, my daughter is your relative, you..."

"It's just the same clan, but not relatives." Wei Bao said with a smile: "The widow has already asked, we have already had five suits between us, and we are not considered relatives."

"But." Wei Bao dragged his voice out again, and said with a lewd smile on his face: "If you want, Bo Mei, the widow can get closer to you and let your mother directly be the widow's aunt (mother in law)."

Bo Yuanzhi panicked completely, quickly took a few steps back, and said even more tremblingly, "My lord, what do you want to do?"

"What is the widow going to do, Miss Bo, you still don't understand?"

Wei Bao couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed forward to hug Bao Yuanzhi into his arms, but Bao Yuanzhi hurriedly dodged and screamed, "Your Majesty, don't do this! The little girl has already promised her!"

"Who did you promise to?" Wei Bao sneered and said, "Tell the widow, who is your future husband? The widow went to tell him in person and asked him to give you to me. The widow would like to see if he has this." Have the guts to say no."

Bo Yuanzhi blushed and didn't dare to speak, while Wei Bao let out a wild laugh, and threw himself on him again, "Don't dare to say? Then you won't be polite!"

Bo Yuanzhi couldn't dodge this time, and after being hugged by Wei Bao, Bo Yuanzhi had no choice but to follow his mother Wei Yu's instructions, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, the little girl was promised The right general who took over the state of Chu is the current King Xiang Kang of Han."

Wei Bao almost stopped kissing Bo Yuanzhi's face, and asked in a dumbfounded exclamation, "You were promised to that traitor Xiang Kang?"

Bo Yuanzhi quickly nodded, and quickly followed Wei Wei's instructions and said: "General Zhou Shuzhou personally wrote a letter to be a matchmaker, and my mother also wrote back and agreed, but the King of Han had already led the army to the south, so the little girl could not be sent to the King of Han. Beside. Your Majesty, for the sake of my daughter's future husband, and for the sake of Wei's country, please let her go."

Wei Bao opened his mouth completely. After recovering, Wei Bao temporarily let go of Bo Yuanzhi, and calmly asked Bo Yuanzhi how he and Xiang Kang got acquainted, but after Bo Yuanzhi answered truthfully, Wei Bao not only did not choose to let go , still grinning ferociously, nodded his head and said: "Okay, okay, I never thought that Xiang Kang's little woman would fall into the hands of the widow, and the widow is even less polite now. The widow wants to let Xiang Kang That little Zhuzi knows what will happen if he dares to send troops to attack me!"

After saying that with a smirk, Wei Bao, who hated Xiang Kang so much that he hated him so much, rushed forward again, and directly tore Bo Yuanzhi's clothes. Bo Yuanzhi screamed and shouted for help, but a miracle happened. The door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and the captain of Wei Bao's personal army with the title of Lang Zhongling rushed in and said loudly: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation!"

"Get out!" Wei Bao yelled, "I won't listen! Anyone who dares to come in and disturb me will be killed without mercy!"

The captain of the guard hesitated, subconsciously retreated out and closed the door, Wei Bao also continued to tear the clothes on Bo Yuanzhi's body, but when the door was about to close, Wei Bao's captain couldn't help but say One sentence, "Your Majesty, the military situation is really urgent! Our main force was defeated in the pile, and almost the entire army was wiped out. General Zhang Zhi fled back to Anyi with injuries, and I want to see you immediately!"

Before the captain of the guards had finished speaking, Wei Bao turned his head quickly, and shouted in disbelief: "What did you say? Our main force was defeated on the stage, and almost the entire army was wiped out?! Where are Bai Zhi and Feng Jing? They What are you eating?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Feng Jing died in battle." The captain of the personal army tremblingly replied: "General Bai Zhi is missing, and it is probably a sign of bad luck."

With a plop, Wei Bao fell directly to the ground, his eyes turned white and he exhaled more air than he inhaled, scaring Bao Yuanzhi into screaming again, and Wei Bao's soldiers also rushed into the room, yelling and helping Wei Bao , rubbing his chest and pinching him, it took quite a bit of effort to wake Wei Bao up.As a result, after recovering from his senses, Wei Bao immediately howled hysterically and crazily, "Bai Zhi, Feng Jing, I was killed by you! The main force of the widow, the old man of the widow! I was killed by you in one battle!" The widow's gone!"

After roaring hysterically for a while, Wei Bao pointed at Bo Yuanzhi, who was crying in the corner of the room, and shouted with red eyes: "Lock this woman up with her mother, so that I can take care of them, they may It's still useful! Besides, call all the officials immediately to discuss the matter in the hall!"

There is no need for Wei Bao's order, because Wei Jun general Zhang Zhi fled back to Anyi City with more than 20 cavalry in broad daylight. After hearing the sound of the drum calling for all the officials to meet, he immediately boarded the so-called Wei Bao palace hall, waiting with trepidation for the answer to be revealed.And after Wei Bao hurriedly boarded the hall, the smell of alcohol on his body had already been swept away, he ignored Wei Jun's civil and military salute, and just shouted: "Immediately bring Zhang Zhi to the widow!"

Not a moment later, Zhang Zhi, whose face was covered with sweat, dust and blood, was escorted to the main hall, and as soon as he met, he bowed down in front of Wei Bao and cried loudly, pleading guilty again and again, Wei Bao was anxious and angry, and shouted: " Shut up! Don't cry! Say, what's going on?!"

Zhang Zhi reluctantly suppressed his crying, sobbing, and reported to Wei Bao the whole story of the disastrous defeat of the main force of the Wei army. All the civil and military officers of the Wei army who were present were shocked when they heard this, and cried out loudly in their hearts. He said: "Okay! Okay! The widow really misunderstood. Unexpectedly, Uncle Zhou would have such ability. He could wipe out the main force of the widow in one battle. He didn't even give our Wei army a chance to escape! No wonder Xiang Kang Xiaoer valued him so much, not only did he chase him for dozens of miles when he was in Pengcheng, but he also relied on him! The widow was wrong, the widow really was wrong."

Speaking grimly, Wei Bao suddenly overturned the case in front of him, and shouted: "The traitor Uncle Zhou, how dare he attack the mother country so viciously! If you don't kill the traitor, it will be difficult to dispel the hatred in everyone's heart." !"

No one dared to agree with Wei Bao's words. After Wei Bao's violent chest heaving gradually stopped, Zongzheng Wei Youcai stood up and said cautiously: "My lord, the main force of our army has suffered a disastrous defeat. Xiang Kang's bandit army will definitely take advantage of the victory and pursue it. They will soon be sent to Lin'an!" Under Yicheng, how to deal with it, please make a decision early."

Wei Bao was silent, and then suddenly shouted: "Go and invite the envoys of the King of Henan right away! Also, send fast horses to the north, and ask Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi to return to the south to reinforce Anyi immediately! Tell them, as long as If you can help the widow to overcome this difficulty, no matter what the conditions are, the widow will agree to them!"

Wei Jun's civil and military officials hurriedly agreed, and immediately followed the order. Only the chief secretary, Yang Cha, stood up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, although asking for help is also a way, it can't quench your thirst in the long run. Now there are only three thousand defenders in Anyi. The city is dilapidated and old, and it has been in disrepair for a long time, so it is difficult to defend it for a long time, so it is better for the king to make other preparations for the rainy day."

"What other preparations do you need me to make?" Wei Bao asked angrily.

"Wei Chen believes that we should first prepare to retreat, and if necessary, we should abandon Anyi and retreat to other places to regroup." Yang Ci said more carefully: "The second preparation is that if the situation is really wrong, we will report to... ..., to..., surrender to the Han army."

Wei Bao glared at Yang Cha, his eyes almost spit fire, and said word by word: "You want me to lay down my arms and surrender to Xiang Kang, who is not yet 20 years old?"

"Your Majesty, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with age?" Yang Ci said tremblingly, "Prince Qin, didn't he also surrender to the King of Han?"

"Shut up!" Wei Bao interrupted Yang Ci violently, and shouted, "How dare you compare the widow with the tyrant King Ziying? Who do you think the widow is?"

Yang Li didn't dare to persuade him any more, so he knelt down and kowtowed desperately. Unfortunately, Wei Bao was on fire and ignored his begging. Temporarily staying in the palace, and then roared again: "Listen to the widow! Who will dare to persuade this king to surrender to Xiang Kang's son in the future, and kill without pardon!"

Wei Jun's civil and military hastily agreed, but most of them made up their minds on the spot. They planned to wait for the Han army to break through Anyi and enter the city. The leopard was buried with him.Wei Bao kept roaring, first ordered to recall all the troops stationed outside the city, and then ordered to repair the city defense immediately, to force the young and strong men and women in the city to join the army to prepare for war, and to use all the military supplies to defend the city. They could only nod their heads in agreement, each running down to carry out the order.

After a while, Sima Ang's confidant, Cheng Lian, who had only accepted Wei Bao's two beauties at noon, was invited before Wei Bao. As a result, after learning that the main force of the Wei army had been wiped out, Cheng Lian was not panicked. On the contrary, there was a little joy in his eyes, and after a little calculation, Cheng Lian asked again: "May I ask the king of Wei, where are the troops of the king of Jin (Sima Xin) and the king of Dai (Zhang Han)?"

"According to the distance, we should have crossed Pingyang." Wei Bao replied: "If the messenger sent by the widow successfully contacted them and they immediately returned to Shinan, they should already be on their way from Pingyang to Shizuoyi. "

"The gang of Zhang Han and Sima Xin are not idiots. Seeing that there is an advantage to take advantage of, they probably won't refuse Wei Bao, an idiot's request for help." Cheng Lian came to a conclusion in his heart, and then said: "Then the king doesn't have to be too harsh. Don't worry, if it goes well, your army only needs to hold on for three to five days, and the reinforcements from King Jin and King Dai can return to rescue Anyi. With their help, we will wait until the reinforcements sent by our king arrive in Anyi. Yap, there is definitely no problem."

"Then when will your country's reinforcements arrive?" Wei Bao asked impatiently.

"Half a month!" Cheng Lian replied resolutely: "The foreign ministers will return to Luoyang now and ask my king for emergency. Please send troops to reinforce Hedong immediately. In half a month at most, our reinforcements will definitely arrive in Anyi!"

Hearing that Wei Bao was overjoyed, he quickly thanked Cheng Lian and took out a valuable gift to thank Cheng Lian. Cheng Lian accepted it unceremoniously, and said, "Your Majesty, although the situation is critical, rescuers from all walks of life will arrive one after another immediately. , I also hope that the king must see the situation clearly, and don't be deceived by Xiang Kang's children's lies, and give birth to other thoughts, so as not to regret it for life in the future."

"Please don't worry, Mrs. Cheng." Wei Bao gritted his teeth and said, "Anyi is the old capital of our Wei State, where countless ancestors' tombs are located. Wei Bao, I swear that I will live and die with Anyi. The city lives and the people live, and the city dies and the people die!"

"The foreign minister can rest assured." Cheng Lian nodded, and then bid farewell to Wei Bao, and hurried back to Hanoi with Wei Bao's letter asking for help, to ask for help from the powerful Sima Ang on Wei Bao's behalf - and also called Sima along the way Ang hurriedly sent troops to Hedong to pick up huge bargains.

Wei Bao's luck was really good. At noon the next day, the [-] Han troops led by Uncle Zhou had just arrived at the outskirts of Anyi. Han, Sima Xin and others have already accepted Wei Bao's request for help, and are rushing here with their troops.

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard the news, but he didn't dare to rest assured. After a little calculation, Wei Bao ordered decisively: "Send an envoy to contact Mr. Zhou Shupifu, and tell him that I intend to surrender. I was just worried that Xiang Kang would not tolerate me and dared not make up my mind, so I begged him to come forward and beg Xiang Kang for a pardon document for me. As long as Xiang Kang personally promised not to kill me and the surrendered Wei soldiers and officials, I would immediately Put down your weapons and surrender."

"Your Majesty wants to use the strategy of slowing down the troops to buy time for our reinforcements?" Wei You, his confidant, guessed Wei Bao's intentions, and said, "What if Uncle Zhou refuses to be fooled?"

"Give it a try. That guy is an old official of our Wei State. For the sake of his past, he might be fooled." Wei Bao replied with a glimmer of hope, and then said, "By the way, let's tell Uncle Zhou about him by the way. Bo Yuanzhi, the daughter of the Wei clan that the matchmaker promised to Xiang Kang's son, is in our hands, as long as he promises to intercede for me, I will release him immediately, and let him use beautiful women to please Xiang Kang's son!"

(End of this chapter)