Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2527 Qin Shu battles Yangping Pass

Chapter 2523: Qin Shu battles Yangping Pass

The four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu were all allies, and the four countries joined forces to capture the entire country of Japan.

When Zhao Kuangyin, the king of Song, learned that Jingbei was empty, that a hundred thousand troops of Chu State attacked Qin from the north, and Qin asked for help from Wei and Wu, he couldn't stop laughing.

After all, Da Qin, who has always been domineering and domineering, would actually lower his arrogant head and ask for help from weak allies. Isn't this pleasant?

But after thinking about it, why did Da Qin only ask Wei Wu for help, but he didn't want to be an ally and was closer to the Song country for help?
Only Yingchuan County of Wei State bordered Nanyang County of Qin State, while Yuzhou, occupied by Song State, bordered both Nanyang and Zhangling counties.

Therefore, if Qin State asked Song for help, the speed of Song's support would definitely be much faster than that of Wei's.

However, Qin, who has always been smart, turned to Wei for help this time.

"Sure enough, Da Qin still cares about that."

"Lu Yue is not from my Song Dynasty. Besides, my Song Dynasty has already expressed his apology. What else does Da Qin want?"

"Da Qin also wants me, Da Song, to hand over Shen Guoshi."

"If even the national teacher is handed over, then what kind of face do I have in Da Song? Don't I want Da Song if Da Qin wants it?"

Due to the Lu Yue incident, the diplomatic relations between Qin and Song were cracked.

The Qin emperor Ying Hao sent Zhang Yi as an envoy and sent Shouchun as an envoy to question the monarchs and ministers of the Song state, why did they disregard the friendship of allies and sent Lu Yue and Shen Gongbao into Guanzhong and Daqin as enemies?

In this regard, Zhao Kuangyin's answer is that this is the personal choice of the two, and it has nothing to do with Song Guo.

Then Zhang Yi proposed to let Song Guo hand over Shen Gongbao to Da Qin.

Naturally, Zhao Kuangyin would not be able to hand over people. After all, Shen Gongbao and Zhao Gongming were close friends. What would Zhao Gongming think if they handed over Shen Gongbao?
What's more, Shen Gongbao not only has outstanding abilities, but also makes friends all over the world.

Zhao Kuangyin also wanted Shen Gongbao to help him win over the outer disciples of the Shangqing School, or some evil masters in the arena, to serve the Song country, and how could it be possible to hand him over to the Qin country?
Daqin prides himself on being orthodox and sticks to the right way.

Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, as long as he can serve himself, Zhao Kuangyin can still accept it even if there is not much loyalty at all.

Zhao Kuangyin refused to make friends, and tried his best to protect Shen Gongbao's actions, which lowered the diplomatic relations between Qin and Song to a freezing point.

Therefore, this time, Qin State stayed close and far away, and asked for help from Wei and Wu, but only did not ask Song State for help. Many people in Song State believed that it was because of the Lu Yue incident.

But what about in practice?Guan Zhong chose to ask for help from Wei and Wu, but it was only because he was sure that Wei and Wu would send troops, and Song Guo would probably refuse.

Unlike the State of Wei, the State of Song was choked by the State of Qin in every way.

Zhao Kuangyin dared to refuse when Qin State asked Song State for someone, but if Shen Gongbao was in Wei State and Qin State went to Wei State to request someone, Cao Cao would definitely not dare to refuse, because Wei State did not have the confidence to turn against Da Qin.

The state of Song dared to refuse Da Qin, and naturally dared not to send troops to help Qin. After all, Da Qin could not help the state of Song.

But if both Wei and Wu sent troops to help Qin, and only Song did not send troops, then Song would have to worry about gains and losses again, worried that Qin was deliberately crowding out Song, and even more worried that Qin, Wei and Wu would reach Song. Don't know conspiracy.

If Qin, Wei, Wu and the three kingdoms reached a conspiracy, after the Chu army was defeated, if they united to divide up the Song kingdom, then the Song kingdom would be in danger.

Of course, this is only the worst case. The better ones are to suppress Song State in business, and this will also greatly reduce the income of Song State's caravan.

Song Guo, who was accustomed to following Daqin to gain benefits, and whose national power was developing rapidly, was obviously unwilling to live a life like before.

But everything they have now, not to mention all of them came from Daqin, but at least nearly half of them are because of Daqin, and it is precisely because of this that they worry about gains and losses.

"Prime Minister, both Wei and Wu have sent troops to help Qin, do we want to send troops to Song as well?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

Zhao Pu, the prime minister of Song thought for a long time, and then said, "Send as much as you want. You don't need to send more, so that Qin State can't take this as an excuse to trouble me, Da Song."

"Ah."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and then sent an envoy to Xiangyang to ask the prefect Zhang Jiuling if he needed support.

Zhang Jiuling was stunned when he learned of Song envoy's intentions. Song Guo must have spent more money on territorial business than he had seen, but it was the first time he had taken the initiative to send troops to support troops and horses.

Zhang Jiuling instinctively suspected Song's intentions, and even suspected that Song had secretly formed an alliance with Chu, and planned to cooperate with Chu to attack the Qin army's rear under the guise of support.

But whether it was the Wei army or the Song army, after entering Jingzhou, the food and grass were supplied by the Qin army. In other words, their lifeline was already in the hands of the Qin army.

If they really dared to backstab the Qin army, the Qin army would only need to cut off its food and grass, and in a few days, the Song army would collapse without fighting because of the lack of food.

The probability of successful rebellion is too low, and the cost is too high, so Song Jun should be unlikely to betray.

It was difficult for Zhang Jiuling to make a decision, so she could only report it to Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui was also a little unclear about this. He didn't understand why Song Guo wanted to send troops to help Qin, but Guan Zhong did analyze the reason.

Guan Zhong was almost certain that if he directly asked Song Guo for help, he would most likely be rejected directly by Zhao Kuangyin, but he never thought that if he bypassed Song Guo and directly asked Wei Wu for help, Song Guo would take the initiative to come to help.

It's really a coincidence.

For a thug like Song Guo, Guan Zhong naturally refused to come. How many counted, so he replied to Zhang Jiuling and asked him to allow Song Jun to enter, but he could not enter the Xiangyang realm and could only go to Zhangling.

Guan Zhongyin had a countermeasure for the Chu army who entered the Xiangyang realm. If Song Guo came over at this time, it would be easy to startle the snake. If Deng Yu noticed it, it would not be worth the loss.

After Zhao Kuangyin received the reply from the Qin army, he was relieved, as long as he did not exclude him from the Song Kingdom, and then ordered Yuan Chonghuan as the main general and Zhao Defang as the deputy general, leading [-] Runan troops to Zhangling County to assist in the battle.

"Report...report to the king, General Zhao She is back."

"Who?"

After hearing the report, Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a while, and he didn't react, and asked, "Who is back?"

"Zhao She, General Zhao She, he escaped alive."

"Quick, let Zhao She come to see this king." Zhao Kuangyin said excitedly.

Zhao She and Zhao Kuangyin were cousins. They were captured by Li Shimin when they were courting Dong, and they had to surrender to the Tang after being detained for several years.

After Zhao She surrendered, he was reused by Li Shimin and made a lot of credit for Li Tang.

After Daqin occupied Guanzhong, Li Shimin died in battle. Although Zhao She escaped from Chang'an, he also disappeared.

Zhao Kuangyin thought that Zhao She was killed by Daqin's killer on the way to escape, but he did not expect Zhao She to escape alive.

When Zhao She saw Zhao Kuangyin, his eyes turned red all of a sudden. He stepped forward and subconsciously prepared to hug, but then realized that his identity was different. Zhao Kuangyin is now a king. "Brother, Zhao She is back."

Zhao Kuangyin grabbed Zhao She's arms, looked Zhao She up and down, and said happily, "Just come back, just come back."

After some inquiries, Zhao Kuangyin learned about Zhao She's experience during this period.

After the fall of Chang'an, Zhao She, Li Yuanba, Yu Wentai, Ji Fa, Gao Siji, Gao Xingzhou, Xiao Sheng, Hou Junji, etc. will escape from Chang'an one after another, and prepare to seek another opportunity to escape from Guanzhong.

After Daqin occupied Chang'an, he blocked the entire pass at the fastest speed. Several exits were guarded by great masters. Zhao She and others couldn't get through at all. In desperation, they could only find a place to hide and recover.

The Daqin Pursuit Team searched Zhao She and others very closely, and they had the attitude of searching the entire Guanzhong once.

Just when everyone was about to despair, people from the Taoist Taiqing faction contacted them and told them that the Taiqing Taoist was going down the mountain and was going to go up to Huashan to deal with Qin Huangyinghao, and the great masters in Guanzhong would definitely go to Huashan. escort, and they can take this opportunity to escape from Guanzhong.

With the help of experts from the Taiqing faction, Zhao She and the others escaped from Guanzhong without any risk, and they also captured Bu Jingyun, one of the seven swords.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Kuangyin asked in confusion.

"The Taoist people told Li Yuanba that Bu Jingyun's left arm was not his own, but was replaced after it was broken. Li Yuanba also broke his left arm, so he wanted to replace Bu Jingyun's left arm with himself to get rid of it. Disabled body, restore strength." Zhao She said.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned when he heard the words, and he never thought that there would be such an outrageous thing as changing hands.

Zhao She continued: "I fled into Wudu County after I waited, and the State of Shu betrayed its covenant with the State of Tang, and then the State of Qin launched an attack on the three counties of Longxi, and the State of Sui also sent troops to attack the three counties of Qiangdi. .

Since most of the people's injuries were still not healed, they were unable to participate in the battle of Longxi. Only Ji Fa, who was slightly injured, returned to Longxi County.

After my injuries were almost healed, the three counties of Longxi had been captured by the Qin army, and Li Tang had surrendered to Shu Han, and after some discussions, I decided to go our separate ways.

Li Yuanba was taken away by the masters of the Taiqing faction.

Hou Junji and Xiao Sheng returned to Hanzhong and joined Li Siyuan and Li Keyong respectively.

Yuwentai and Ji Fa had a good personal relationship, and Gao Xingzhou was saved by Ji Fa, so both of them went to Qiangdi to defect to Ji Chang.

As for the younger brother, he neither wanted to join Liu Yu, nor did he want to work for Li Siyuan and Li Keyong, so he took General Gao Sji back to Song and went to join his brother. "

Gao Siji will choose to join the Song Kingdom, not only because of Zhao She, but because of Gao Huaide, who is related to him, and currently holds an important position in the Song Kingdom's army.

Hearing that Zhao She didn't come back alone, and that Gao Siji was kidnapped, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes lit up immediately, and his heart was even more ecstatic. After all, he had heard the name of Gao Siji's bravery.

"Brother She, I didn't expect you to come back, so I gave such a big gift to my brother." Zhao Kuangyin laughed.

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On the other side, Ji Changji, Lei Zhenzi, father and son, led the army to retreat into the Qiang, and immediately incorporated the Tang army in the Qiang, and recruited many Qiang people into the army. What came was the attack of Yang Su's [-] Sui army.

Facing the [-]-strong Sui army with high morale and the [-]-strong Tang army with low morale, it is obviously extremely difficult to win.

There are four reasons why Ji Chang can win this battle:
1. The people of Qiang support Li Tang more.

2. The army left by Li Tang in Qiang was mainly cavalry, and the number of cavalry in the Zhou army was not small.

3. Coupled with the timely arrival and help of Yu Wentai and Gao Xingzhou, Zhou Jun's generals are even better.

4. Yang Su committed a major taboo in the military. He underestimated his own Ji Chang, and felt that the other party was a literati, and he was beaten so badly by Xuanyuan, and his ability to command the army should be extremely mediocre.

It is precisely because of these four points that Ji Chang has the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The battle in Qiang land ended with Ji Chang's small victory over Yang Su, killing [-] Sui troops and losing [-].

After the war, Ji Chang took advantage of the great victory and negotiated with the Sui state, and expressed his willingness to join the Sui state.

Yang Guang saw that Ji Chang's army was so capable of fighting that if he forcibly annexed the opponent, he might lose both. In order to occupy the Qiang land at a small price, he accepted Ji Chang's annexation and appointed Ji Chang as the governor of Yizhou County.

The Sui State had three counties in the Western Regions, namely: Tianshan County (Urumqi), Yizhou County (Hami), and Gaochang County (Turfan County);

Yang Guang appointed Ji Chang as the governor of Yizhou, but he did not really trust Ji Chang, but wanted to transfer his army away from Qiang, so as to completely control the seven counties of Qiang.

In addition, the Western Regions is also the chassis of the Sui State. After Ji Chang arrives in the Western Regions, how to exploit Ji Chang is not up to Yang Guang.

At the same time, Yang Guang can also take this opportunity to see if Ji Chang is sincere.

Therefore, Yang Guang's move is simply killing three birds with one stone.

But what Yang Guang didn't know was that Ji Changba could not leave Qiangdi and enter the Western Regions, so he cooperated like this and voluntarily gave up the relatively wealthier Qiangdi three counties.

In this way, Yang Guang got the three Qiang counties as he wished, and Ji Chang also entered the Western Regions as he wished. Both parties can be said to be very happy.

After Yang Guangquan took possession of the seven prefectures of Qiang, he saw that the two countries of Qin and Shu were fighting at Yangping Pass, and then all the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Wu were involved, and his mind began to liven up, and he wanted to find an opportunity to completely expel the Qin army from Liangzhou.

Therefore, Yang Guang secretly contacted Liu Yu of the Shu Kingdom, and at the same time mobilized his troops to the front line, but he did not start a war with the Qin army, but only tested the depth of the Qin army in Liangzhou.

This test really made Yang Guang test out something. Although Li Jing lost [-] troops to Yangping Pass, his troops in Liangzhou were still sufficient, and the main general was Li Jing who had never lost.

In this regard, Yang Guang is also very helpless, he can only hope that the Qin army will meet with blood at Yangping Pass, and then transfer the army of Liangzhou to the front line of Hanzhong, so that the Sui State can profit from the fisherman.

(End of this chapter)