sweeping the world

Chapter 368
Li Shoujia passed away the year before the Li family became Han, and Li Shi was replaced as the head of the family.

Some of Li Shi's deeds are very incomprehensible. After he ascended the throne, he overthrew many of Li Shou's national policies.If this alone is not enough to show absurdity, he even sent troops to attack Shijie Zhao State, destroying the long-standing good relationship with Shijie Zhao State.For the newly established Ran's Qin Kingdom, he has never thought highly of it.

There is one thing that Li Shi has adhered to the national policy of Cheng Han of the Li family, and that is to maintain a friendly relationship with the Liang country of the Zhang family.

Speaking of the friendship between Zhang's Liangguo and Li's Chenghan, it is based on the fact that the two sides have never been neighbors, and we also need to talk about the factor of Liu Yaojian, a Hun.

Liu Yao changed the name of the country established by Liu Cong to "Zhao". Adhering to the value that the enemy of the enemy is the friend, they have always echoed each other, and many times of cooperation that have stood the test have established a good friendship.

Ran's Qin State negotiated with Li's Cheng Han basically relying on Zhang's Liang State to be comprehensive. Even if Li's Cheng Han agreed to make excuses, it was still inevitable to make things difficult.

"Doesn't the King of Han have a powerful navy?" Xiao Quan stroked his chin, thought for a while and said, "It would be great if the King of Han could attack Bashu."

No one said anything, even Ran Min frowned.

There are already enough enemies in the Han Dynasty, and the ongoing wars include Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jizhou. For a newly established country, the military pressure can be imagined.

Ran's and Qin's side haven't noticed yet, that is, the contest between Han and Murong Yan in Liaodong is inevitable, and they are looking forward to it purely from their own perspective.

"It's either raising troops to destroy the country, or terrifying Li Shi." Seeing everyone's strange expressions, Xiao Quan explained: "Li Shi is a extravagant person, and he doesn't look like a British lord in his actions. This kind of person will Weakness is evident, but as long as you give it a powerful blow, you will surely surrender."

Jiang Gan smiled bitterly and said: "The problem is that we are the buyers, and we use the channel to ship and pick up the goods. Han Dynasty does not have much demand for interoperability."

"No!" Xiao Quan patiently explained: "The King of Han still needs something. The Han Kingdom is composed of fugitives and refugees, and they have a natural advantage in fleeing healthy men. As a result, most of the Han Kingdom's two million people are young Strong, old and young are scarce, and women are also lacking."

Saying this made many people think of a lot of things. For example, in the past transactions, the Han Dynasty had been seeking more women of the right age, and their attitude was that they didn't care about Hu Han. They just knew that as long as she was a woman who could get married and get pregnant. That's fine.

The Ran family and the Qin State suppressed it aggressively in Guanzhong. The captured population was either killed or sold to the Han State. Of course, women were indispensable among them, but they knew that they would leave a trace of face and not affect innocent people for the sake of transactions.

Xiao Quanman said deeply: "I heard that the Dai State repeatedly attacked the tribes in the grassland, just to rob women and trade with the Han State?"

That is something that is known all over the world. Tuoba Shiyijian owed a whole lot of debt. Tuobadai country is a nomadic country. Apart from herding livestock, it is fur. To repay the debt is also to obtain armaments. What else can I do besides robbing ?
Some time ago, the Murong Yan Kingdom fell out with the Tuoba Dai Kingdom because of Queen Tuoba Shiyijian's affairs. Tuoba Shiyijian fled to the west to avoid the battle, and then stared at the weak Huns and bullied them fiercely.

If you want to say that Tuoba Daiguo repaid the most debts, it really is the most women.However, the commercial road that Murong Yan Guo specially gave up before has been broken, and there is no talk of mutual communication with Han Guo, which is why Xiao Quan asked whether it is possible for Han Guo to attack Li's Cheng Han.

"Today, the only one who is willing and able to import women to the Han Kingdom is Daqin." Song Bin, the minister of Huangmen, had a reactionary expression on his face. He saluted Ran Min and said, "Perhaps if you use it, you can really be like the right servant Shelang. That said, it is not impossible for the King of Han to attack Shu."

In order to be able to tide over the difficulties, no matter what it is, you should try it. After all, Ran's Qin State needs assistance more than ever.

Ran Min thought about it for a while and was about to agree, but before he could say anything, he heard something from afar.

"Good news, great news, Your Majesty!" Tiao You was almost dancing while running, but he arrived before anyone could hear him: "The Han Dynasty marched westward and marched into Sizhou!"

Tiaoyou first went to Han and then to Jin, Jiang Gan first returned to Ran's Qin, and he returned to Han.

There was a silence in the hall of the city tower, and then there was a commotion.

"Quiet!" Ran Min was overjoyed, and urgently said to Tiao You who was out of breath, "Sikong say it again?"

Tiao You naturally repeated it again, facing the joyful expression of Ran Min and his colleagues, he did not care to pant heavily, and added: "It is absolutely true, the King of Han increased his troops to Jibei County, with the general Xu Zheng as his commander, he must Enter Sizhou!"

Jibei County is really not far from Sizhou of Shijie Zhao State, less than [-] miles away from Yecheng where Shihu is located, and only [-] miles away from Xiangguo, the capital of Shijie Zhao State.

Recently, Shen Zhong would never speak if he could not speak, but now he had to speak, and asked eagerly: "Has the King of Han announced it to the world?"

"Yes and no." Tiaoyou didn't wait for anyone to ask again, just paused and said: "I didn't announce it to the whole territory, but I sent an order to all officials."

Ran Min thought of something, but his face changed drastically: "Shi Hu... Shi Hu is coming with his army?"

All of a sudden, the hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard. Everyone including Ran's Qin State thought so, thinking that Shi Hu must have gathered a large number of troops in Yecheng to go to Tongguan to take care of Ran Min, a traitor to the family and the country, and Liu Yan, the king of Han, would send troops to attack Sizhou, how could it be impossible to think that it was Shihu who really sent troops to the west.

"Not really." Tiao You was a little confused by the question, and he began to feel something was wrong in his heart, so he subconsciously said, "Yes, Shi Hu is still in Yecheng, and the King of Han is marching towards Sizhou..."

It's not that no one thinks in the direction of Liu Yan's arrogance, and there is also the idea that Liu Yan may want to rescue the Qin State of the Ran family, but both of these are somewhat unreasonable.

"Could it be that I'm waiting for a response to my request for help..." Ran Min looked dazed, and said, "The King of Han is so friendly... I don't know what to say."

It can be said that the civil and military members of Ran's Qin State were a little confused, just because they didn't know that the battle between Han State and Murong Xianbei was imminent, and the judgment made by the blocked information would not be clear.

Without knowing why, if it is beneficial to one's own side, one will subconsciously believe in it, even if it cannot withstand scrutiny, it is obvious that Ran's Qin State has fallen into this kind of thinking.

Just as Fu Hong used Zahu to continuously bring victories to Ran's Qin State, Liu Yan's march to Sizhou naturally had its purpose.

The Zhao army in Shijie outside Tongguan continued to attack the pass and was driven down. If it happened only a few times, it would be fine. If there were too many times, it would be enough to prove that it would be difficult to capture even if it really attacked the city of Tongguan.So will the main force of Ran's Qin army be drawn out of the pass, resulting in a shortage of troops in Tongguan, will it be possible to successfully capture the pass?

Fu Hong is a barbarian, but he is not a barbarian. After one strategy fails, he will try another method.He also studied Ran Min's character, and found that Ran Min didn't seem like a person who could still be clear-headed after gaining power.

After a series of studies, Fu Hong believed that Ran Min had the greatest chance of getting carried away. After communicating with Li Nong, this guess was recognized again.

Just when the king of Ran's Qin State and all the civil and military officials thought that things would get better and were about to start planning a major counterattack, the people of Shijie Zhao State outside Tongguan also started their own plots.

"The collected beards can withstand consumption, but it is not enough to completely consume the beards." Fu An is Fu Hong's younger brother, and his official worship is the Western School Captain.He looked at Li Nong and said, "Our headquarters will transfer a group of people, should your department do the same?"

Fu Hong raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Nong, feeling annoyed that Shi Hu hadn't appointed a leader or deputy in the Tongguan battlefield.

"Three thousand." Li Nong raised his hand and showed three fingers: "At most three thousand."

When Ran Min came to Tongguan in person, needless to say, he won the victory of defending the city. He led the army out of the pass and won another six consecutive victories. The number of kills should be around [-] to [-]?

In other words, Fu Hong was setting up a situation at all costs, seeing that they would continue to consume after negotiating, even filling in the lives of their own people, purely to make the situation look like that.

"I expect that Ran Min will definitely try to attack the camp if he wins several more times." Fu Hong still used Ran Min's character as the basis for judgment. Inner ecstasy to chase."

The terrain of Tongguan is complex, and the terrain nearby is not much simpler. That was something that had been considered at the beginning of the construction of the pass.

"When Jieshi showed the banner, Ran Min won't think too much in a hurry, and he will definitely chase after the big flag." Fu An looked around the crowd and said with great confidence: "We set up an ambush around the Forbidden Valley, and let Ran Min Lai can't figure it out!"

Tongguan is located in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain, at the center of the three provinces of Qin, Jin, and Henan. The situation in Tongguan is very dangerous, with the Qinling Mountains in the south.There is the Forbidden Valley in the southeast, and there are twelve cities in the south of the valley; there are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north, which will embrace the Yellow River and go down, and Huayue is near Huayue in the west.Surrounded by mountains, peaks and peaks, deep valleys and cliffs, high mountains and narrow roads, there is a narrow trail in the middle, which can only accommodate one car and one horse.In the past, people often compared the grandness of the situation here with "thin roads and apes' struggle" and "human roads stop at Tongguan".

The land covered by Fu Hong's bureau is very wide, and the "ambush of the forbidden valley" mentioned by Fu An is only one of them. The truth is that there is more than one ambush.After all, they all knew that Ran Min was fierce and brave, and he had elite soldiers under his command, so it would be very difficult to kill him once.

Speaking of which, there is no such thing as "character determines destiny" now, but there are still some concepts in cognition. Their plan is based on Ran Min's character, which is a bit like the meaning of "know yourself and the enemy and never be imperiled in a hundred battles" in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

(End of this chapter)