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After Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat down on the heated kang in the East Nuan Pavilion, the eunuch walked in with several important officials. After the important officials saluted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, Zhao Junsheng signaled them to get up and kneel on the warm cushions on both sides.

Zhao Junsheng signaled to Lu Xuanbo: "Tell the situation to your family!"

"Yes!" Lu Xuanbo agreed, and told the story of Bu Liuguli moving the capital to Chang'an in short words.

After listening to the important ministers, Kou Qianzhi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, from this matter, it can also be confirmed from the side that the court of Wei State has regained the allegiance of the princes from all walks of life, at least temporarily. The edict is to crusade against our country, and the princes of all walks of life will definitely obey the order and send troops!"

"In this way, I'm afraid that Xue An in Huazhou will be in danger. If the Wei court wants to crusade against our country, Xue An in Huazhou will be a stumbling block, and he will definitely be kicked away by Pi Baozi and Bu Liuguli. Otherwise, the Wei army will not be able to cross the river to attack Bingzhou unless they take Huazhou and Tongguan from Chang'an!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "What the national teacher said is right. Many people know about Xue An being an old general. Bu Liuguli and Pi Baozi naturally know about it. He will also be guarded against, no matter how much Xue An asks for perfection, it will be of no avail!"

Dongfang Chen said: "Your Majesty, there are two choices now: first, order Xue An to abandon Huazhou and Tongguan, and lead his army to retreat into Bingzhou; second, order Gao Xiu to lead his army south and send troops together with Xue An , before Buliuguli, Pibaozi and Weijuan took precautions and captured Hedong, so that Bingzhou, Hedong, Huazhou, and Tongguan will be connected together!"

Sitting next to Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan said: "Huazhou is an enclave for the current Qian State, but if this enclave is used well, it can play a big role. It can be used as a place for our Qian State to send troops. Attack the bridgehead in Guanzhong. The problem now is that the Wei State court wants to send troops to attack us, but we cannot send troops to attack the princes from multiple routes at the same time. The logistical supply burden caused by sending troops from multiple routes is too heavy. With the current national strength of our country, we must not be able to bear it. rise!"

Zhao Junsheng asked Pei Jin:

"If our country wants to take the initiative to send troops, how many supply lines can it afford at the same time?"

Pei Jin replied: "At most two supply lines can be supported at the same time!"

"It seems that once Wei Guo takes the initiative to provoke a war, our army can only defend passively in the early stage!" Zhao Junsheng frowned, thought for a while, and immediately said: "In this case, we can only give up Huazhou! But Before giving up Huazhou, we must first take down Hedong and Hongnong, and at the same time defend Tongguan to prevent the Wei army from passing through Tongguan and connecting with the Wei family!"

Cui Hao stood up and reminded: "Your Majesty, the governor of Xiangzhou, Pang Ji, is serving Luoyang to lobby his family members to join our country. This matter..."

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "We can't wait any longer. As long as we cut off the connection between Chang'an and Luoyang, the Wei family can't do anything. Even if the Southern court agrees to send troops to attack our country, the Wei family will not be at ease with the Southern court. He will send troops to attack our country." In our country, the premise is to leave enough troops to guard against the Southern Dynasty, lest the Southern Dynasty suddenly turn around and take away his lair! An imperial edict was ordered to order Xue An to send his troops east to attack Hongnong. He must take down Hangu Pass and defend Tongguan and Hangu Pass to the death , to block the connection between Chang'an and Luoyang; order Gao Xiu to send his troops south to conquer Hedong!"

Cui Hao stroked his beard and said: "The attitude of the Weijuan has been ambiguous and vacillating before. This move can force the Weijuan to make a choice! However, Gao Xiu only has 5000 troops at full strength. With this strength, we must defend the army at the same time. Bingzhou and Hedong should be under great pressure!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "If every city is deployed for defense, the troops will be dispersed. Even if 10 people are deployed in Bingzhou and Hedong, it is not enough. The most important thing is to guard several important passes. Among them, Pingcheng City, Jinyang, Anyi, Yanmen Pass and other cities and passes are the most important. As long as these cities are not lost, the army of Wei State will not dare to go deep into the hinterland of our country! Besides, even if they take the land of Bingzhou and Hedong, If they want to attack our land in Hebei, they have to go through the Taihang Mountains, and if they want to capture our various passes in the Taihang Mountains, it will not be so easy for them to fight!"

"How about this, let Gao Xiu defend Bingzhou well, and order Zhang Xing to send [-] troops to attack Hedong!"

The timing of Zhao Junsheng's choice to send troops was very good. It was the time when Bu Liuguli moved the capital to Chang'an with the Yunzhong court.

Not only Pi Baozi didn't expect that Xue An would suddenly send troops from Tongguan to attack Hongnong, but even Wei Juan didn't expect that it was too late when Wei Juan reacted and sent troops to rescue. He captured five cities and fought all the way to Hangu Pass.

Among Zhao Junsheng's old troops, Xue An used infantry to attack the fastest and fiercest. He used cavalry to open the way, defeated the enemy troops who came to fight, and used infantry to storm the opponent's terrified city wall defenders. Hit and break the city.

But this time, Xue Andu immediately dispatched a cavalry force of 3000 to attack Hangu Pass on the first day after capturing Hongnong County. The cavalry had already circled the city, and it took only two days to arrive at Hangu Pass and successfully captured and garrisoned the pass.

After learning that Hangu Pass had been raided and captured, Wei's family was shocked and angry. Before sending troops, he wanted to sacrifice Wei's envoy Pang Ji to the flag, but Pang Ji had already been notified to evacuate and left Luoyang secretly.

Then Wei Juan personally led the army to storm Hangu Pass, and continued to attack day and night for three days without taking it down. On the fourth day, he got the news that the entire Hongnong County had fallen and was captured by Xue Andu's troops.

The capture of Hongnong County by Xue Andu not only made Wei's family lose contact with Chang'an, but also made Hedong under his control hang out and be surrounded by the sphere of influence of the Qian Kingdom.

After Wei Juan led the army back to Luoyang, what he was most worried about happened. Qianguo had already sent troops to attack Hedong, but he still sent troops from Jizhou. He wanted to send troops to rescue, but the reinforcements could not go to Hedong through the blockade controlled by Qianjun. , can only watch Hedong being captured by the Gan army.

Losing Hedong and Hongnong's family members, the area under his control has been reduced by more than half, and his strength has also dropped significantly, which makes him feel like he is encircled by an iron wall.

Allegiance to Tuobahuang, together with Buliuguli and Pibaozi

To attack Qianguo?I'm afraid his family members have already been made dumplings by the army of the Qian Kingdom before they hit the land of Hebei, right?

Weijuan finally understood his current situation and situation. He had no choice but to choose to surrender to Qianguo, and he was not qualified to ask for a price. It depended on how much food Zhao Junsheng offered.

In December [-], Qianjing.

Lu Xuanbo reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, Wei's family sent people to Yecheng and expressed their intention to submit to us. It was his younger brother Weiguan who came."

Zhao Junsheng actually admired Wei Juan very much. He was very brave, but since the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty died one after another, three emperors died in a row within a few years. During his reign, he acted recklessly and indulged in excesses, and the loyalty of the Wei family members plummeted. Zhao Junsheng still felt that it was not easy to deal with the Wei family members' intention to send someone to express their submission.

Zhao Junsheng asked several ministers: "What do you think the court should do with respect to the family members?"

Dongfang Chen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the Wei family has no choice, and he is not qualified to make conditions. The court should let him surrender military power unconditionally, and arrange an official position for him in Qianjing!"

Gao Yun next to him said: "Isn't this being forced too hard? If he changes his mind in a fit of anger and fights to the death with our army, wouldn't our army have to suffer a lot of losses?"

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Chapter 694

"If he wants to fight to the death, will his generals be willing? No one is a fool. In the current situation, as long as everyone knows that Wei's family is finished, who will follow him to be buried? Besides, should he and Sima Chu be buried together? Sima Chuzhi is enough, if there are more people in this dynasty who listen to the tune and keep preaching like Sima Chuzhi, big things will happen sooner or later!"

Zhao Junsheng admitted that Dongfang Chen's concerns were justified, and he had to force the family members to make a choice as soon as possible. Once Bu Liuguli arrived in Chang'an with the court of Wei and [-] troops, things might change.

If Weijuan is desperate and refuses to hand over military power, and wants to drag the Wei Dynasty court and other princes to send troops, then the Weijuan must be dealt with before the Wei Dynasty court and other princes send troops.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and issued an edict: "Order the family members to hand over military power within three days after receiving the edict, and set off for Qianjing to have an audience, and Xue Andu will take over the Luoyang army!"

Luoyang.

A few days later, Zhao Junsheng's edict was sent to Xiangzhou in a hundred miles, and Wei Guan's younger brother Wei Guan got the edict and quickly returned to Luoyang, accompanied by officials sent by Xiangzhou governor Pangji.

That night, the guard house was brightly lit, and several younger brothers and confidantes of the Wei family were notified to come over to discuss matters.

Wei Juan sat at the head seat and looked at the crowd, picked up the edict on the desk and said: "This is an edict sent by the king of the Qian Kingdom, ordering me to hand over the military power to Xue Andu within three days after receiving the edict, and Immediately set off for Qianjing to have an audience! What do you guys think of this?"

Wei Lijin, Wei Juan's younger brother, was furious when he heard the words: "It's unreasonable, Qianguo is really deceiving people! Brother, we still have 2 horses, we are afraid that he is a bird, let's fight them!"

A general stood up and said: "General, the country is so powerful that we can't fight it. The key is that we don't have any foreign aid now. The soldiers in the army and the residents inside and outside the city are panic-stricken. If several countries really send troops on a large scale, we can't do it at all." withstand!"

Several officials stood up and took a pessimistic attitude towards the outcome of the war, and persuaded the family members to accept the imperial edict of Qian.

Wei Juan asked his most talented and resourceful younger brother Wei Guan: "Brother, what are the chances of our army winning if we go to war with Qian?"

Wei Guan smiled wryly and shook his head: "Brother, it's not that my younger brother grows up with others' ambition to destroy his prestige. It's really... If there is a war, our army has no chance of winning. Under the siege, our army can't even break through the encirclement. We can only defend to the death , but if you stick to it for a long time, you will lose it in the end!"

Wei Juan pondered for a while and asked: "Is there any way to delay until the day when the imperial court unites with all parties to send troops to crusade against Qianguo?"

"Brother, don't have such illusions. Qianguo will not give us this opportunity. The imperial edict clearly stated that we will hand over military power within three days and set off for an audience in the north. There must be someone staring at us. If elder brother does not follow the edict According to the request, the soldiers and horses of Qianguo will come! According to the news from the spies sent by the younger brother, the army of Xiangzhou, Jeju, and Hongnong are already ready to fight!"

Wei Duohou, the son of Wei Juan, is a young military general. He stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Father, we have [-] soldiers and horses. If we concentrate all the [-] soldiers and horses in Jinyong City and Luoyang City, with the material reserves and fortifications in the city The city is enough to last for more than three months, or even longer! We don't need to go to Ganjing to be angry with birds. If we hand over our military power and go to Ganjing to have an audience, it is tantamount to handing over our wealth and life to the king of Qianjing, Zhao Junsheng. Don't you want to kill what you want?"

Wei Juan's younger brother, Wei Digan, stood up and said, "Nephew, although what you said is reasonable, have you ever thought that if you want to fight to the death, will the soldiers below fight to the end like you? Now the soldiers of our army More than [-]% of them are locals, and they all have families and mouths here. They will drag the whole family and follow your nephew to fight to the death? As long as Qianguo declares that only the chief villains will be punished, my Wei family will be isolated immediately. Do you believe it? Do not believe?"

Yu Duohou opened his mouth, and then looked miserable: "Is there no other way? I can only wait for the king of Qian Kingdom to take pity on us and show mercy to spare us?"

The sad atmosphere in the lobby began to spread. What kind of scenery has Wei's family been in these years?Up to now, I can't decide my own destiny by myself, what a pity!

After a long time, Wei Juan sighed, "I miscalculated.

Considering the situation, the situation has reached the point where it is irreversible, and the only option is to surrender to Qianguo!There has never been a precedent for killing and surrendering generals in the Qian Kingdom before, and presumably it shouldn't happen this time either!I have made up my mind, I will do as the edict requires!Wei Guan, you have been in contact with Qianguo, you go and tell the envoy, and say that my family member has received an order to hand over the military power to General Xue outside the west gate of Luoyang City at Sishi three days later, please come and receive it on time! "

"Yes, big brother!" Wei Guan agreed with his hands clasped.

Wei Juan then said to his brothers and nephews: "Go back and tell your wives and children to make preparations in the next two days, pack up your belongings and luggage and load them into the car to prepare to go to Beijing. After three days, the transfer of military power will be completed and you will leave immediately. Now that you have decided to surrender unconditionally, don't procrastinate, it's just annoying!"