Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1814: Going to the meeting alone, the generals rebelled, and Liangguan fell

The Henan Road is strategically located in all directions.

There is Tianqi in the east, Wei Pass in the north and Yang Pass in the south.

And to the west is the impregnable Liangguan Pass.

In the early stages of the battle between Prince Jing and the three small alliances, because Prince Jing was fighting on three fronts, the disadvantage of the lack of top generals in the army was fully exposed.

Therefore, in the early stages of the war, Prince Jing could be said to have suffered losses at every step!

On the eastern front, under the joint attack of Tianshi Dao and King Wei, Prince Jing even lost Heyang Dao, where he started his career. At that time, even many people under Prince Jing were already panicking and changing their minds.

In the west, they faced the sudden rise of veteran general Lian Po and Zhao Changfeng. Zhao Kuangyin and his son were good at selecting and appointing people to the right positions. As a result, the two counties east of the two passes of Henan Road were successively lost to the hands of the Zhenxi Army.

As a result, Prince Jing could only defend Liangguan Pass on the western front. Only by relying on this method could he block the Zhenxi Army in the west and temporarily stabilize the western front in the face of multiple fronts.

But later, as some generals of Tianshi Dao could not think straight for a moment and caused great disasters, it caused the four imperial merchants headed by Nangong family and even many other families to jointly counterattack. Tianshi Dao and King Wei were unable to take care of themselves and could only try their best to consolidate the fruits of victory. If they wanted to attack again, it would be impossible.

And Prince Jing, who had fought on multiple fronts and was able to concentrate his strength, clench his fists, and strike hard at one place, finally showed the strength that he should have as one of the two strongest men in Da Cang.

Relying on the gap in hard power, even though the Zhenxi Army was well-trained and powerful, they were defeated one after another and tried their best to keep the fruits of victory in this battle. However, it was still extremely difficult.

Even Zhao Changfeng, the leader of the Zhenxi Army, was shot through the shoulder by an arrow shot by Zhongli Mo with all his strength on the battlefield. The blood evil power attached to the arrow damaged his meridians. He temporarily went to the rear to recuperate, leaving the front battlefield to his eldest son Zhao Kuangyin.

After all, war is ultimately fought against the combined national strength of both sides.

At this stage, the Zhenxi Army is truly a large force with powerful generals.

The three generals of the Divine Archer Camp, Jianshang, Yin Qiangu and Duan Hou, are all masters of the heavenly level.

The strongest Jian Shang, his strength is as high as the peak of the heavenly level.

If there was no system, in the original Zhenxi Army, apart from Zhao Changling who was a god-level general, he would be the number one master in the Zhenxi Army.

Yin Qiangu and Duan Hou, although not as good as Jian Shang, were both heavenly masters with a basic force of 103. The three of them joined forces to seriously injure a divine general, and if Da Wu had not had the help of other powerful generals, it would not have been as simple as a serious injury, but they could have joined forces to shoot him to death.

It is to shoot it head-on, rather than relying on the hidden arrow method.

Among the four generals' mansions, although Zhendong and Zhenbei do have two divine generals, Zhenxi and Zhennan are not much worse. In terms of the number of heaven-level generals with basic force 103 and basic force 104, Zhenxi and Zhennan do have a little more each.

The two brothers Leng Wuyan and Leng Wuque of the Zhennan family can fight against the divine generals when they join forces, and the three divine bow generals of the Zhenxi family are even more sharp. If the three of them join forces, the deterrent power will definitely be greater than that of the two brothers Leng Wuyan and Leng Wuque of the Zhennan family.

Therefore, compared with Zhendong and Zhenbei, the strength of the other two was never their generals, but their inherent advantages over infantry as cavalry-based towns.

Among the Zhenxi family, there is not only the veteran master Zhao Changling, but also the younger generation Zhao Kuangwu who has grown up and reached the same level.

In fact, according to the original historical trajectory, Wang Yu of this period, like Zhao Kuangwu, would reach this level in the near future.

However, under that historical trajectory, Wang Yu spent his entire life in continuous bloody battles, and even joined forces with several other people to fight against Lang Mie. The current Wang Yu has a completely different growth experience, and they are leading two completely different lives.

The clan general Zhao Wuji, the Zhenxi generals Li Yuan and Ming Wei, each of them is a heavenly-level commander. They are in the Zhenxi Army equivalent to Wang Dang’s four generals in the Zhendong Army.

Yan Shan, the commander of Panshan Heavy Infantry Battalion, has always been known as a man as immovable as a mountain among the many famous generals in Da Cang. In terms of defensive battles alone, he is well-known in Da Cang. He is a very extreme character, but he should never be underestimated.

Apart from them, Hu Sheng and Wang Zhongxiao are also two top-level warriors. However, they are relatively ordinary at this level. They cannot compare to Zhendong’s singles champion Wang Ye Jiyang, nor can they compare to General Yuanyang’s Jian Shang.

Among the three families of Zhenxi, Zhennan and Zhenbei, the system characters also extremely prefer Zhenxi.

Not only did he bring two powerful leaders, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Yong, to Zhenxi, but Zhao Kuangyin's joining also brought a number of generals, including Shi Shouxin, Wang Zhengzhong, Han Chongyun, Pan Mei, and Gao Huaide, to the Zhenxi army.

Zhao Yong was not bad either. Not only did he bring Zhao Sheng, one of the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, to the Zhenxi family, he also brought them Zhao She, the Marquis of Mafu, a commander at the top of the heavenly level.

In addition, the addition of veteran generals Zong Ze and Lian Po made the Zhenxi family even more powerful.

Xuanwu was implanted as Zhao Kuangyin's cousin, and the Zhenxi family had a real master.

There is also Gao Chong, a mid-level master general. As a descendant of the Gao family generals in the novel, he was implanted as the nephew of Gao Huaide, a general under Zhao Kuangyin.

Of course, also in the novel, Gao Siji, a top-level master of the Gao family, has now entered the arms of the Zhenxi family.

In the novel, Zhao Bifang, an initial-level god-level master who was known for his three-sword prowess, was also implanted into the Zhao family of Zhenxi.

In addition, the Zhenxi family now has the two brothers Xia Luqi and Xia Shunie as their support.

But even with such a strong Zhenxi Army, it is still impossible for it to fight against Prince Jing Huangfu Guyuan, one of the two strongest people in Da Cang, on its own.

But no one expected that even in this situation, even Zhao Changfeng in the rear had already made preparations in his mind that if it really didn't work, he would simply retreat to the two passes.

However, there was only one person, Zhao Kuangyin, who never gave up no matter how difficult the situation was.

After Zhao Kuangyin discussed with his four great advisers Zhao Pu, Xie Guanying, Chu Zhaoye and Han Chongming, they finally came up with a solution that was not a good solution. They tried to start from the small court in Hexi Road.

The political stances of the two parties were completely different. There was no basis for cooperation between the two parties, let alone forming an alliance of interests like the Tianshi Dao and the King of Wei. At least, it was impossible for them to cooperate openly. At most, they could only have some tacit understanding that could not be expressed in words.

If the Hexi Dao small court cooperated with the Zhenxi Prefecture, wouldn't that mean that they acknowledged the high-sounding excuses that the other party had created for them when they rebelled? However, although the two families could not cooperate, it did not mean that they could not exchange some interests.

Therefore, if Zhao Kuangyin wanted the small court in Hexi Road to help them, he had to let the other party see the benefits.

Zhao Kuangyin was also very decisive. The condition he offered was to directly cede the two counties in Guandong Road.

Today, the small court in Hexi Road only has half of Hexi Road left after losing the entire Hedong Road, and it is just barely surviving.

Although Guandong Dao is relatively low-ranked in Da Cang, these two Daos are extremely important to the small Hexi Dao court today.

  Firstly, given their current situation, it is good enough for them to have territory. Why would they have the right to be picky?

Secondly, the small court in Hexi Road is now surrounded by the Zhenxi Army to the west and south, Hedong Road to the north, and Prince Jing's Henan Road to the east. It can be said that they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and each enemy is stronger than them.

Each of them, if they really want to, has enough power to destroy them.

If they could take control of these two counties in Guanxi Road, it would be crucial to improving their current defense system.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the conditions given by Zhao Kuangyin cannot be without sincerity.

Moreover, this is not all the conditions Zhao Kuangyin gave, but only the first condition. The second condition Zhao Kuangyin gave was equally tempting.

For Zhao Kuangyin, the current enemy is not the Hexi court at all. Even if the two sides have irreconcilable conflicts, the opponent's strength is there. If the enemy, Prince Jing, can be defeated, the Hexi court will naturally have a way to solve it.

In order to persuade the small court in Hexi Road, the lobbyist Lou Huan was sent by Zhao Kuangyin to be an envoy to the Hexi Road court.

Lou Huan, a native of Zhao during the Warring States Period, was a famous diplomat in the middle and late Warring States period.

In the early days, Lou Huan followed King Wuling of Zhao and promoted reforms. Lou Huan first served the State of Zhao and served King Wuling of Zhao. He advocated learning the system of Qin and introducing the Hu clothing and horse riding to make the State of Zhao strong. During this period, Lou Huan made suggestions for the State of Zhao and helped King Wuling strengthen the royal power and promote reforms.

In the middle period, Lou Huan turned to Qin and became the prime minister of Qin, assisting King Zhaoxiang of Qin and King Huiwen of Qin successively. During this period, Lou Huan tried to destroy the alliance between Zhao and Qin, making the two countries hostile. He also used diplomatic means to unite Qin and Chu to fight against Wei and Han.

After Lou Huan was brought out by Zhao Yong, he worked hard step by step to become Zhao Changfeng's number one lobbyist, and was highly valued by Zhao Changfeng and his son.

And Lou Huan lived up to everyone's expectations. During the negotiations with the small court in Hexi, he first put forward the first condition and then induced the other party to take the initiative to propose the second condition, thus officially facilitating this matter and getting what they wanted.

And what they wanted was actually just a few letters.

After that, Zhao Kuangyin disguised himself and went to the meeting alone, personally inviting enemy generals Xia Ze, Yu Fengsheng, and Feng Yihan to come for a meeting.

Xia Ze and Yu Fengsheng, both of them were once among the eight generals of the imperial guards. As everyone knows, these eight generals of the imperial guards were Huangfu Chaoting's minions and were among the most loyal people to the emperor. The idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor was engraved in their bones.

If it weren't for Huangfu Mingzhao's last words, these people would rather die in battle than surrender to Huangfu Guyuan.

Just like Huang Feiyang back then, even if the whole family bowed their heads, he refused to bow his head. Although he followed Wang Yu's army and participated in the war against the Western Rong, he actually did not bow his head to Wang Yu. The reason why he participated in that war was to seek death.

Huangfu Guyuan was also well aware of this. He knew that leaving these people behind would be a hidden danger, but these people were all brave and good at fighting, so he couldn't bear to kill them.

Moreover, if they really did so, then the other people named Huangfu who surrendered to the court would also suffer the consequences, which would not be worth it.

Therefore, they can only be praised highly but not given real power.

These people, on the surface, seem to hold high official positions, but they have been walking on thin ice during this period and their situation is not very good.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin came with letters from many important officials of the small court in Hexi. Zhao Kuangyin personally explained the pros and cons, intending to persuade these three people to help him.

The reason why Zhao Kuangyin came to persuade these two people was not because he expected to persuade them to join him. That was a fantasy. Even if these people had a hard time with Huangfu Guyuan, they would never turn to Zhao Kuangyin who had rebelled against the Huangfu court.

The reason why he came to persuade these two people was related to another condition that Zhao Kuangyin agreed to the Hexi Small Court. The Hexi Small Court agreed to help Zhao Kuangyin persuade these people to surrender. However, in addition to the two counties promised by Zhao Kuangyin, these people must also be released and returned to the Hexi Small Court.

In addition to relying on those letters to use affection and coercion, Zhao Kuangyin and Han Xin also explained the pros and cons.

Not to mention that if these three people helped Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin would agree to the conditions of the Hexi small court.

If their Zhenxi Army were defeated and lost the two counties in Henan, Prince Jing would once again border Hexi.

The Zhenxi Army was certainly a thorn in Prince Jing's side, but Prince Jing viewed the remaining bloodline of Huangfu Mingzhao as something he could not tolerate.

Therefore, although Xia Ze, Yu Fengsheng and Feng Yihan hesitated for several days, they were finally persuaded by Zhao Kuangyin.

Especially Feng Yihan, he and Chu Xizhao were both teachers and friends back then. The main blame for Chu Xizhao's death was of course on Wang Yu, but the other people were definitely not to blame either.

Not only was he worried about the situation of the small court in Hexi because of Zhao Kuangyin's words, but Zhao Kuangyin also aroused the hidden hatred in his heart.

Ever since the destruction of Huangfu Mingzhao's court, Feng Yihan had to hide this hatred for various reasons. He even had to deceive himself and try to forget this hatred.

However, he cannot deceive himself forever. It is impossible for a person to deceive himself all his life.

Therefore, among the three people, he was the first one to make the decision.

It was precisely because of the betrayal of these three people that Prince Jing's originally favorable situation was completely lost. Even one of the gateways, Liangguan, eventually fell into the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.