The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Chapter 120

Ying Quliang took Daoman to Wei. They passed through the Guanzhong area under the management of Wei and the former capital of Liyang. Ying Quliang looked at the former capital and said to Daoman: "Daoman, when do you think our Qin can regain the lost territory?"

Daoman said: "Your Majesty, Wei is still relatively strong now. Our Qin should be patient for a few years. When the time is right, we will definitely regain the lost territory!"

Ying Quliang nodded and finally arrived at Hangu Pass. However, the flag on Hangu Pass was not that of Qin but that of Wei. A Wei army lieutenant stopped them and said: "Who are you?"

Daoman got off the car and bowed: "We are the Qin envoys, and we are going to Daliang to participate in the ceremony of the king!"

The Wei army lieutenant looked at Daoman and found that his armor was incomplete. He said mockingly: "I didn't expect that the general of Qin didn't even have a decent armor!" The Wei army soldiers laughed.

Ying Quliang, who was sitting in the car, saw this scene and could do nothing. Qin was still relatively poor, and many armors were purchased from Qi. The newly trained army only had armor for 30,000 people. Ying Quliang looked at the armor worn by the Wei soldiers and the armor worn by the generals, and felt disappointed. The dignified Qin general was not as good as the armor worn by a small soldier of Wei.

Daoman was not angry, but continued to say respectfully: "Excuse me, can I open the door?"

The Wei army captain smiled and said: "Open the door for them!"

After Ying Quliang and others passed the checkpoint, Ying Quliang said to Daoman: "General Daoman, when we return to Qin, I will immediately ask the craftsmen to make a new set of armor for you!"

Daoman shook his head and said: "A set of iron armor is worth nearly three thousand coins, and it is just the body armor, not including the thigh armor, shin armor and helmet. It is better to spend the money on the blade."

Daoman said again: "Those soldiers just now should be the armored soldiers of Wei State, belonging to the backbone of Wei State. The army of Wei State is composed of county soldiers and standing army. Each county has about 50,000 to 80,000 county soldiers and about 200,000 standing army. Among the standing army, there are Wei Wuzu! It is estimated that the entire Wei army is also Just over 400,000! These troops are soldiers wearing armor. If Wei wants to start a war, they will mobilize the county soldiers closest to the attacked country, transfer some standing troops, and then recruit some soldiers in other counties. These temporarily recruited soldiers are not armored. Therefore, the maximum number of armored soldiers that Wei can dispatch for each war is 100,000. But I heard that Wei has also included county soldiers in the standing army. Therefore, the equipment of county soldiers is no different from that of standing troops. They are just garrisons stationed in various counties. But they are still inferior to the weapons and equipment of Wei Wuzu, the elite troops of Wei. "

Ying Quliang asked: "Dao Man, Wei is equivalent to having more than 400,000 standing troops, so I would like to ask what exactly is Wei's Iron Army Square Phalanx?"

Dao Man replied: "The Iron Army Square Phalanx was created by Pang Juan. The Iron Army Square Phalanx is composed of 5,000 people.It is a square formation, which can be more easily commanded, and can be used for attack and defense. It is very difficult to break through the front, and the Iron Army square formation can also be changed in many ways, and the changes are very fast. It can quickly change into a goose formation, a hook formation, and a cone formation! Moreover, the Iron Army square formation can also cooperate with the Wei Wuzu square formation for combat. The combination of the two is very difficult to break through from the front. Only by wits! "

After hearing this, Ying Quliang asked again: "Daoman, can you help me practice that military formation?"

Daoman shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this formation was created by Pang Juan, and I don't know it! Even if you know the number of people and the shape of his formation, but don't know how to use it flexibly, even if you practice this military formation, you will only learn the fur. And Qin is not suitable for this formation of Wei. "

After hearing this, Ying Quliang sighed and said: "It seems that it is still a bit difficult for my Qin to go east! ”

………

Daliang City

Han Ruoshan, Marquis of Han, and Zhao Zhong, Marquis of Zhao, arrived first. The two came to Daliang Palace together. Han Ruoshan murmured, "This palace is so magnificent!"

Zhao Zhong couldn't help but nod his head. Zhao Zhong said to Han Ruoshan, "Han Marquis, I haven't seen you for many days. I didn't expect that we meet again. Let's go to see Wei Marquis together!"

Han Ruoshan agreed, "Okay!"

The two entered the side hall to wait. After a while, Wei Ling came in and smiled, "You two are very tired. I am the host to entertain you two."

Han Ruoshan smiled and said, "Wei Marquis, I haven't seen you for a few years. I feel that you are getting more and more energetic. Unlike us, we are almost old."

Zhao Marquis also said, "Wei Marquis, I haven't seen you for a few years. I didn't expect that you are going to be king, but we are getting old all the time. ”

Wei Ling smiled and said, “I don’t deserve it. How about you two join me for a drink and a game of chess?”

“Okay.” The two said in unison.

A few days later, Ying Quliang also arrived. Ying Quliang entered Daliang City. The kings of Song and Wei, as well as the prince of Qi, also arrived with him. However, what caught his attention the most was a carriage that looked like a Rongdi carriage. This carriage was not of the Central Plains style. After a closer look, he saw a big “Zhu” character written on the flag.

Ying Quliang felt a little confused and said to Daoman, “Daoman, it seems that the king of the Zhu country is here too. How can a Rong enemy country invite to such an occasion? What do you think? ”

Daoman took a look and was a little shocked. The soldiers protecting the Ju State convoy were all wearing armor. From their eyes and physique, it can be seen that they should be well-trained elite soldiers.

Daoman said: "Your Majesty, these Ju State soldiers are not simple. I have also learned about the countries in Bashu. This Ju State can be said to be so poor that even their prime minister may not be able to afford a carriage. Soldiers absolutely cannot wear armor. They are just some migrant soldiers, but these soldiers are all wearing armor, holding long halberds and wearing sharp swords on their waists. These are armored soldiers!"

When Ying Quliang heard this, he hurriedly opened the curtains and carefully observed the soldiers of the Ju State. Sure enough, these soldiers all wore bronze on their heads.Helmet, black leather three-element armor, including shoes are leather boots. This is completely the equipment of the armored soldiers! The armor worn by the Qin soldiers is just some leather upper body armor. The most eye-catching is this team, and there are two chariots accompanying them.

Ying Quliang was a little surprised and said: "Such a poor and small Rongdi country actually has chariots! From their position and control of the chariots, it can be seen that they are already skilled in using chariots to fight!" Ying Quliang thought thoughtfully.

Zhu Hou Du Shujie was very happy. This was his first time to come to the Central Plains and the first time he saw such a huge and glorious city. He sighed: "It is worthy of being the strongest country in the world. This capital is so big! The wall is much higher than ours!"

Prime Minister Ying Bao said: "Your Majesty, although our Ju State is a little poor, we have become much stronger after the reform. When we go back, we can launch a war against the Li State, destroy the Li State and then send troops to attack the Shu State! In this way, we can dominate the land of Bashu! Then we will rest for a few years and wait until the time is right to attack the Longxi land of Qin State!"

Du Shujie nodded and said: "Yes, I seem to have seen the carriage of the king of Qin. If we meet it later, what do you say? What should we do? "

Ying Bao thought for a while and said: "We have encountered it. The King of Qin can't do anything to us. Moreover, I found that most of the Qin soldiers around the Qin caravan were not wearing armor, which was completely incomparable to our elite soldiers! I guess Qin would not be able to understand what the new armored army is even if it was given ten years!"

Du Shujie said: "Prime Minister, can you tell me why Qin could not build a new armored army in ten years?"

Ying Bao explained: "First, Qin's armor-making technology is relatively backward. There is no need to think about using bronze and iron to make armor. At present, iron armor is not as good as iron armor. The best armor and bronze armor production technology is in South Korea, followed by Wei and Qi! Qin is not even counted. At most, it is composed of 50,000 or 60,000 old-style armored soldiers! Second, Wei has already imposed some blockades on Qin, and the iron needed to be transported to Qin is decreasing. Qin is mainly rich in copper mines, but less iron mines, and Qin does not know how to refine iron. Third, the six states in Shandong are not willing to sell items such as armor to Qin. At most, they sell them some leather armor! Of course, the most important thing is that the production technology is not good, and the production volume is extremely low. "

Ying Bao said again: "Now we are in Ju State The new army has a total of 50,000 people, and there are 10,000 soldiers wearing armor in the new army! And when we destroy the State of Qi, the national strength of our State of Qi will rise again, and Qin will probably not even be able to gather 5,000 armored soldiers. " Du Shujie nodded and said, "Thanks to the assistance of the prime minister and the national teacher, our State of Qi can become strong! After returning, we must destroy the State of Qi, and it's time for Shu to pay the price!" After entering the Daliang Palace, the kings of the countries in the Central Plains saw the strange clothes worn by the king of Qi, and they avoided him and didn't want to stand with him at all.Together, even the Qin State did not want to stand with him.

Du Shujie looked at the strangeness of the people around him and did not think it was strange.

At this time, Wei Shen, the crown prince of Wei State, and Pang Juan, the general of Wei State, came out to greet them. All the kings bowed and said, "Meet the crown prince!" Meet the general!"

Wei Shen and Pang Juan also bowed and said, "Meet the kings, please wait in the side hall!"

As soon as the voice fell, Wei Shen and Pang Juan walked in front of the king of Ju State. Wei Shen said, "Please come over here with us!" Du Shujie quickly agreed, "Okay! ”

Du Shujie and others followed Wei Shen and others. The kings of other Central Plains countries were a little confused. Why did they feel that Wei seemed to have a good relationship with Zhu? But some kings were a little angry. It was against Zhou Li for a big country in the Central Plains to be so close to a barbarian country.

Ying Quliang stared at the man next to the king of Zhu. This man was the escaped Zhong Dafu Ying Bao. Ying Quliang said to Daoman: "I didn't expect that the traitorous guy actually ran to Zhu and seemed to be quite favored." After that, he followed the other kings to the side hall.

In a palace, Du Shujie and others sat down with Wei Shen as host and guest. Wei Shen said: "Marquis Zhu, I just looked at your army. It seems that your army has formed a new iron-clad army! ”

Du Shujie smiled and said: "Thanks to your assistance, my country has made such great improvements. From now on, my country is willing to follow Wei forever."

Wei Shen smiled and said: "My country is also willing to be an ally with the country forever. This time when the Marquis of Zhu comes, my country is willing to send another 3,000 sets of iron armor! Your country also has rich iron ore resources, so you can give five iron smelting craftsmen."

Du Shujie bowed and said: "Thank you! ”

In the evening

A banquet was being held in the hall, and the kings of various countries were drinking until dawn. What was most shocking was that the barbarian country of Ju was sitting so close to the front, and the king of Wei raised his cup to him many times, talking and laughing.

When the prince of Qi, Tian Yinqi, saw this, he gnashed his teeth. He was a great country, and according to Zhou Li, his title of Qi belonged to the Duke, and a small viscount was sitting in the same row with him.

Ying Quliang had no interest in drinking at all. After all, the relationship between Wei and Qin could be regarded as a feud, and it was naturally difficult to laugh when drinking in the enemy's house. Moreover, Ying Quliang was quite miserable. Almost no monarch of any country toasted with him. Even the Rongdi country of Ju State had the monarch of Wei State toasting with him. He could be called the person with the least sense of existence.

The monarchs of Zhao State and Han State drank the most happily, and even sang the folk songs of the Central Plains together. By the way, he also went over to pull the monarch of Wei State to drink with them. Ying Quliang thought: It seems that the relationship between the three Jins is quite good. If you want to defeat Wei State, you must provoke the relationship between the three of them!

No words were spoken that night. The monarchs of various countries went back to their rooms to rest after getting drunk.

The next morning, the sacrificeStage

Standing below the stage were the kings of various countries, with 1,000 Wei Wuzu soldiers on each side ready to fight. The kings of various countries were terrified when they saw Wei Wuzhuo, and were all frightened by the Wei Wuzu soldiers.

At this time, nearly half an hour had passed, and the Marquis of Wei had not arrived yet. The envoys of the Zhou emperor had arrived, but he had not yet arrived. The king of Wei looked anxious and whispered, "Why hasn't the Marquis of Wei come yet?"

Finally, the king was heard~~ Wei Ying, the Marquis of Wei, dressed in clothes that only a king could wear, walked up to the altar from among the kings of various countries.

The envoy of the Zhou emperor saw the Marquis of Wei on the altar and hurriedly said, "The emperor has learned that the Marquis of Wei, Wei Ying, has been promoted to the king, and congratulated him on this. He has specially appointed the Marquis of Wei, Wei Ying, as king and bestowed upon him a crown with twelve tassels and a jade seal!" The envoy of the emperor was about to help Wei Ying take off the seven-tassel crown on his head, but Wei Ying took off the crown himself, took the twelve-tassel crown held by the envoy of the emperor, and put it on himself. By the way, he took the jade seal in his hand and faced the kings of various countries. Wei Gong held up the jade seal, and the Wei Wuzu below shouted: "Long live the great King of Wei! Long live the great King of Wei!"

The kings of various countries did not care about the embarrassment of the emperor's envoys, and they stepped forward and bowed and said: "Congratulations to the Marquis of Wei for his success in becoming the king! The Marquis of Wei..." Zhao Hou Zhao Zhong hurriedly interrupted and said: "It's no longer the Marquis of Wei, it's the King of Wei now!" The kings of various countries hurriedly changed their words and said: "Congratulations to the King of Wei!" Seeing this scene, the envoys of the emperor also left in disgrace.

From then on, the State of Wei was called the king! All countries in the world despised the authority of the Zhou emperor even more!

(In ancient times, the enthronement ceremony should be carried out by the emperor's envoys, and the enthroned person could not wear the crown by himself)

The next morning, the monarchs of various countries returned to their respective countries. Ying Quliang said to Daoman: "Wei Lang is now king. I have heard that when he should be king?"

Daoman said: "Your Majesty, my Qin State will definitely be able to be king! It's just that the time has not come yet."

Ying Quliang sighed and said: "Go back quickly, there are still so many things waiting for me to do in Qin State!" - Yes! ………

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