Chapter 1685: Really heartless
Chapter 1685: Really short-sighted
Chapter 1683: Really short-sighted
It only took a month for Kublai Khan to leave Luoyang, return to Longcheng, and then be crowned emperor.
It is hard to believe that the birth of an emperor of a great country could be so hasty and urgent, and Kublai Khan undoubtedly set a precedent.
In the month when the Yuan and Meng dynasties continued to be turbulent and Kublai Khan hastily succeeded to the throne, many major events also happened in the Central Plains, the most important of which was naturally the Battle of Yecheng.
On the Yecheng side, Bai Qi finally launched the final general offensive. In order to resist Bai Qi's offensive, Han Xin originally planned to concentrate his efforts on defending Yecheng, but he did not expect to be held back by Yuan Shao's sons.
Before Yuan Shao's death, he sent Tian Feng, Xun Kan and others to send his three sons, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, away from Bohai. Along with them was Tantai Yu, who was seriously injured.
Soon after the three sons of the Yuan family arrived in Yecheng, they received the news that Bohai City had been captured, their father Yuan Shao committed suicide, and the family guardian Yuan Shoucheng also died in the battle. This made the three sons of the Yuan family feel that the sky was falling.
Yuan Shao, the king of Zhao, committed suicide, the capital Bohai fell, and only a few cities such as Yecheng were left in the country. Zhao was basically destroyed, and logically there was nothing left to fight for the throne.
But the key point is that although Zhao's territory has basically fallen, there are still nearly 70,000 troops in Ye City.
In the Battle of Hebei, between Yan, Han, Zhao, Liao and Qi, among the five-nation alliance, Zhao contributed the most, mobilizing a total of nearly 250,000 troops, accounting for almost half of the five-nation alliance.
In the three battles of Hebei, Julu, and Bohai, even though the Zhao army lost more than 150,000 main troops, there were still 100,000 troops in Yecheng.
Of course, in the battle with Bai Qi, the casualties of the 100,000 Zhao army were not small. Currently, there are only nearly 70,000 left.
A full 70,000 main army is not a small number. As long as the Qin army can be defeated, with this 70,000 army, Zhao will still have the power to restore the country. How can Yuan Shao's three sons not be moved? .
None of Yuan Shao's three sons, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang, were efficient. Their abilities were not outstanding, but their ambitions were greater than the last.
In the original history, Yuan Shao lost two battles in Guandu and Cangting. Although the heritage of Hebei was wiped out, not much was lost in Hebei.
After Yuan Shao's death, if the three brothers of the Yuan family could work together, they might not be able to stop Cao Cao, but what did the three sons of the Yuan family do? Instead of uniting to deal with the outside world, the brothers are constantly fighting among themselves.
If this matter had happened to someone else, he would definitely rather help his brother than take advantage of his enemy.
However, the Yuan brothers were just the opposite. They would rather take advantage of Cao Cao, an outsider, than fulfill their own blood brothers. In the end, Cao Cao, an outsider, easily occupied Hebei.
How much hatred and hate is there!
It can also be seen from this that the contradictions between the three brothers of the Yuan family are deep, which can even make them ignore their flesh and blood ties.
The situation in this life was not much different. After Yuan Shao committed suicide, even with the threat of the Qin army, the three brothers of the Yuan family continued to fight for the throne, and this also made Han Xin anxious.
Twenty-one thousand Qin troops are just outside the city, and the city of Ye is already crumbling. At this critical moment, the three brothers of your Yuan family are still fighting among themselves. It's so heartless!
While Han Xin scolded the three brothers of the Yuan family, he couldn't help complaining about Yuan Shaolai. Why didn't he establish the heir apparent early so as to cut off the thoughts of the other two sons? As a result, all three sons killed each other in order to seize the throne. .
At present, there are still a total of 150,000 Korean and Zhao coalition forces, and there are 110,000 defenders in Yecheng, of which Zhao troops account for another 70,000, more than half of the total number of Yecheng defenders.
Therefore, if the Yuan brothers are allowed to fight among themselves, they are likely to end up fighting each other, which will only give the Qin army an advantage.
As the commander-in-chief of the Han-Zhao coalition, Han Xin naturally could not leave things alone, so he contacted generals such as Yuan Hong, Tian Feng, and Xun Kan, and prepared to recommend the eldest son Yuan Tan as the new king of Zhao. Yuan Tan is the eldest son of Yuan Shao. Although he is not favored by Yuan Shao, he is the eldest brother of the three brothers after all. If he succeeds to the throne, he can at least convince most people.
So, with the support of Han Xin, Yuan Tan succeeded to the throne and became the new King of Zhao.
Han Xin originally thought that Yuan Tan had succeeded to the throne and that the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi would at least calm down. However, he far underestimated the conflicts between the three brothers and the consciousness of the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi.
Even though the eldest brother Yuan Tan has taken the throne of Zhao Wang, the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi still want to bring down the eldest brother. Assassination and mutiny are already considered small tricks. They even did not hesitate to collude with the Qin army who had the hatred of killing their father.
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After hearing the report from his subordinates, Han Xin angrily smashed the tea cup in his hand and cursed: "Asshole."
Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi thought they were doing something secret, but they didn't know that all their actions were under the eyes of Han Xin. With Han Xin sitting in Yecheng, the two of them were destined to fail.
However, Han Xin really couldn't figure out what kind of hatred there was between their brothers. It was really eye-opening for him to hate his own brother so much!
“Brother, have you informed Yuan Tan about this?” Han Yu asked with a frown.
Han Xin thought for a while and then said: "We can't tell Yuan Tan. If he knew, I'm afraid the situation would be even worse."
“What should we do?”
Hearing this, Han Xin also frowned.
Now brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are jealous because they did not take the position of King Zhao. In addition, the current situation of the coalition forces is getting worse and worse, and they have already planned to surrender to the Qin army.
It was easy for Han Xin to suppress the two brothers, but the difficulty was how not to affect the two men's armies after the suppression. After all, the Qin army outside the city was the real enemy.
Just when Han Xin was in a dilemma, a glint flashed in the eyes of military advisor Jushou and he said: "My lord, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi have the intention to surrender to Qin. Maybe we can take advantage of it."
Han Xin’s eyes suddenly lit up: “What the military advisor means is…”
Although Han Xin only said half of what he said, he had obviously understood Ju Shou's intention. But after pondering for a while, he frowned and said: "With Bai Qi's level of caution, even if this method can attack the Qin army, it will not be able to severely damage the Qin army." , Hebei’s crisis remains unsolved.”
“My lord, as far as the current situation is concerned, the existing strength of the princes of Hebei is not enough to protect themselves. It is impossible to repel the Qin army.”
Jushou's eyes were full of wisdom and he said in a deep voice: "Now that the Southern Han Dynasty has started a war with the Qin army on all fronts, the Qin army's southern front is already in a hurry, but this alone is not enough to make the Qin army withdraw.
The Qin army is extremely determined to occupy Hebei. Yecheng will probably be captured sooner or later. What the lord should consider is not to defend, but to find ways to preserve his strength. "
To make up for what I left yesterday, I planned to double update yesterday, but I was so sleepy only halfway through the chapter that I fell asleep without even taking off my clothes. I finished this chapter in a little while after going to work in the morning. . The author is already working, and his free time is really limited compared to when he was at home in February. Please understand, there will definitely be more updates this weekend!
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