The great man will live forever

Chapter 137 Conquering the Peninsula ([-])

Time flies by like a white horse, and it has gone by in a hurry without even having time to prepare.In the blink of an eye, time flies by without reciprocation.

In the second year of Yuanfeng (109 BC), in order to strengthen the vassal relationship with Wei's North Korea, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent envoys involving He Wei to North Korea to persuade King Youqu to change his unfriendly policy towards the Han Dynasty.

In the palace of North Korea, the right prime minister of North Korea said to a passerby: "Your Majesty, please don't neglect the envoys of the Han Dynasty like this. In recent years, the Han Dynasty has conquered the Xiongnu in the north, conquered Hexi in the west, and pacified South Vietnam in the south. It is unstoppable. Especially since the Marquis of Lanling is good at fighting, why don't we still follow the Han Dynasty? Is it the request of the envoy?"

North Korea's King Wei Youqu directly refused: "How is it possible? He wants me to go to Chang'an every few years to pay homage to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. If I go, wouldn't it be restricted by him?"

Han Tao, the prime minister of the left, said quickly: "Your Majesty, the Han envoys can lower their requirements and send protons to Chang'an. They cannot prevent Zhenfan and Chen from joining the Han."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! I surrender to a big man and send a hostage. I only have two sons. Han'er is only 13 years old and weak and sick. Hui'er is the prince. I will never do it. Stop talking." King Wei Youqu of North Korea. Rejected again, several North Korean ministers had no choice but to accept.

Wei Youqu is the grandson of Weiman, the first king of Wei Dynasty in Korea. When talking about him, we have to talk about the entanglement between Wei Dynasty and Han Dynasty.

In order to destroy Xiang Yu, Liu Bang reversed the course of history and created seven kings with different surnames, namely King Han Xin of Chu, King Pengyue of Liang, Wang Yingbu of Huainan, King Zhang Er of Zhao, King Zang Tu of Yan, Changsha King Wu Rui and Han Wangxin.

After defeating Xiang Yu and establishing a stable position, it seems wrong. The total area of ​​the fiefdoms of these kings with different surnames exceeds that of Han County. They are armed and have independent administration. They are called Hanchen. They are actually independent kingdoms that cannot be controlled by the Han Dynasty. .

If this evolution continues, it will be the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period again. The only difference is that the seven heroes have become eight heroes.

Therefore, from October 202 BC to October 196 BC, in just 6 years, Liu Bang successively defeated King Zang Tu of Yan, King Han Xin of Chu, King Zhang Ao of Zhao (son of Zhang Er), King Pengyue of Liang, King of Huainan Yingbu and Han Wangxin.

Among the kings with different surnames, only Wu Chen, the king of Changsha, survived because his power was small and he did not pose a threat.

The reason why King Zang Tu of Yan was attacked first was because this guy had done his own evil. Zang Tu was the old general of Yan and entered the pass from Xiang Yu after the Battle of Julu.

Xiang Yu divided the feudal lords into feudal lords and moved to the east of Liaodong, King Han Guang of Yan, and established Zang Tu as King of Yan.Han Guang did not accept this arrangement, so Zang Tu attacked and killed Han Guang and annexed Liaodong.Han Xin destroyed Zhao and Dai, and transferred the letter to Zang Tu. Zang Tu was afraid of the power of the Han army, so he formed an alliance with the Han.

This is the grassroots. He was originally from Xiang Yu's side and colluded with Liu Bang. During the Chu-Han war, Zang Tu did not contribute much and was responsible for watching.

After Liu Bang destroyed Xiang Yu, he ordered various places to arrest Xiang Yu's old troops. This made Zang Tu feel uneasy, so he decided to attack first.

He launched an army against the Han in July of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty (202 BC). Liu Bang led his army to conquer the Han Dynasty. In October of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty (October 202 BC), he destroyed Yan and captured Zang Tu. The time from the rise of the army to the defeat of Zang Tu was Just over three months.

Good guy, Xiang Yu is not Liu Bang's opponent, does he think he can be?

Either don't rebel. If you want to rebel, don't wait for Xiang Yu to die. Otherwise, you are seeking death.

After Liu Bang succeeded in the rebellion against King Zang Tu of Yan, in September of the same year, he named his old general Lu Wan the King of Yan. Lu Wan was born a commoner and lived in the same hometown as Liu Bang. They had been close friends since childhood and followed Liu Bang all the way to raise troops in Pei and move to war. Various places have made great contributions.

He originally did not want to rebel, but later he became suspicious when he saw Liu Bang repeatedly punishing princes and kings with different surnames. In the 11th year of the Han Dynasty (196 BC), he began to collude with the Xiongnu and Chen Xi, the prime minister who rebelled against the Xiongnu, in an attempt to separate the country and protect himself.

In November of the following year, the conspiracy was exposed, and he retreated to the Great Wall under attack by the Han army, preparing to return to the Han to apologize after Liu Bang recovered from his illness.

Later, Liu Bang died of illness. Seeing that there was no hope of returning to the Han Dynasty, Lu Wan surrendered to the Huns and was named King of Donghulu. After his surrender, he was often bullied by the Huns and wanted to return to the Han Dynasty but could not, so he died of illness within a few years.

Weiman, the first king of the Wei family in Korea, was Lu Wan's subordinate. When Lu Wan fled to the Xiongnu region, Weiman also went into exile.

This guy was so powerful and smart that he gathered more than 1000 of his followers, wearing cone-shaped buns and barbarian costumes, and fled eastward from the frontier fortress, crossed the Huishui River (today's Datong River), and sought refuge in Jizi North Korea.

Wei Man asked Ji Zhun, the monarch of Jizi Korea, to let him live in the western border of Korea. He was responsible for recruiting the refugees from the Central Plains as the vassal of Korea. Ji Zhun actually believed him and directly appointed Wei Man as a doctor, gave him the ritual vessel Gui, and Hundreds of miles of land in the "Shangxiazhang" area of ​​the former Qin Kingdom in the west of Jizi Korea was sealed to Weiman, and Weiman was asked to guard the western border of Jizi Korea.

As for why Ji Zhun, the monarch of Jizi Korea, believed in him, it probably has the same roots. Jizi Korea was a regime established on the Korean Peninsula by Jizi, the uncle of Emperor Xin (King Zhou of Shang), after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty. It is known in history as Jizi Dynasty or "Yin Jizi Dynasty".

It's a pity that the North Korean monarch Ji Zhun believed in Wei Man too much and failed to see that he was a rebel.

In the first year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty (194 BC), Wei Man, who felt that he was already full-fledged, deceived Ji Zhun and said that the Han Dynasty had sent ten armies to attack, and asked him to come to Ji Zhun to protect him.

Ji Zhun still believed in him and agreed to Weiman's request without knowing it was a lie.

Good guy, when you were down and out, people treated you like this with all their heart. As a result, Weiman beat you up and took this opportunity to lead his army to attack Wangxian City (today's Pyongyang, North Korea), the capital of Jizi Korea.

Wei Man's army fought with Ji Zhun's army. Wei Man naturally defeated Ji Zhun and captured Wangxian City in one fell swoop.

Ji Jun led thousands of people around him to flee by sea to Handi in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

After Ji Zhun escaped, Wei Man proclaimed himself king, made his capital Wangxian City, and established the Wei Man Joseon (or Wei Man Joseon) regime. The people under his rule included Zhenfan, native Koreans, and exiles from Yan and Qi.

After that, Weiman was able to use his military power and wealth to invade and surrender the surrounding small countries. Zhenfan and Lintun both surrendered and belonged to Weiman. The area under his control was once thousands of miles in radius.I have to say that the big man is very good. One of Liu Bang's defeated subordinates took thousands of people to North Korea. It took two years to depose the other king and become the king himself.

Wei Man is not as good as Lu Wan, let alone Liu Bang, but when he goes out, he just beats the people around him, which is simply not the same dimension.

Wei Youqu was the grandson of Wei Man. During his reign, more and more refugees from the Han Dynasty were lured to flee. Moreover, Wei Youqu had never met Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty before, and even Zhenfan, Chen Guo and other countries wanted to write a request. When he met Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Youqu also blocked him.

He was ambitious and wanted to arm-wrestle with the big man. He felt that his grandfather almost started from scratch and built the Joseon Dynasty with thousands of people. Why couldn't he establish greater achievements?

It's a pity that he misjudged his opponent. Not to mention him, even if his grandfather Wei Man was resurrected, he would only be beaten against the current big man.

The most important thing for a person is to know himself, but he does not know himself.

The Han Dynasty sent She He to blame and warn Wei Youqu, but Wei Youqu ultimately refused to accept the Han Dynasty's edict.

"Since your Majesty is so stubborn and insists on having your own way, just do it yourself and don't say it was unforeseen!" She He left angrily.

Wei Youqu looked at his back and was very happy, "Come here, General Pi, to escort Doctor She back to the Han Dynasty for me."

"promise!"

There were escorts here and there, and the general Wang Chang Pi was obviously sent to monitor She He's departure.

Along the way, Shehe was very worried. He was worried that his trip would be fruitless, he was afraid of being punished by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he was angry at Wei Youqu for not knowing what was good for him. Wasn't this looking for death?
"Come here!" She He secretly called his coachman and guards.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"You guys are like this...like this..."

"Sir, is it a little dangerous? If North Korean soldiers come over, we don't care. Sir, just..." Several people were worried.

"It's okay. Let's do it at the border. We need to be quick."

"promise!"

So, when the group arrived at the edge of the Zhushui River (today's Datong River), She He called the North Korean general Bi Wangchang of the Wei family, "General, in order to thank you for escorting you all the way, I have a gift for you."

King Pi had no doubts and came over on horseback with two soldiers.

"That's very welcome. What gift?"

"Come here, General."

"Go!"

"Pfft!"

"General!"

Seeing King Pi close at hand, She He's groom took the lead and plunged a dagger directly into King Pi's neck. Blood spurted out in an instant. King Pi covered his neck with a look of disbelief.

"what!"

"what!"

At the same time, She He's guard swung his sword and slashed at the two soldiers of King Pi. They were completely unprepared. With two screams, their heads fell to the ground.

"quick!"

"Cross the river!"

She He shouted and asked someone to take the body of Wang Chang. They quickly took a boat across the river and entered the border of the Han Dynasty.

"General!" Several North Korean soldiers chased after them and fired arrows quickly, but it was too late and they could only watch them cross the river.

(End of this chapter)