The majestic war horses galloped between the sky and the earth, the dust and smoke were flying on the road, and the red flags were fluttering in the cold wind.

Looking down at the vast land from the sky, the team rolling forward from east to west is like a giant red dragon, soaring over the land of Wei.

This giant dragon crossed the east side of the river, which was the foundation of the Wei family, jumped over the still-frozen river, and came to the land at its feet that got its name because it was located on the west bank of the river.

At this moment, sitting on a carriage among this giant dragon, Wang Cuo, the imperial censor, had a different kind of solemn expression on his face.

Feeling the bumps coming from time to time under his body, the scene of leaving Anyi that day kept replaying in his mind, and a doubt lingered in him and never went away for a long time.

Why did Wei Hou Wei Feng choose him to accompany this inspection?

Could it be that he saw the plot in his heart, or that he, Wei Zhi, Duan Qianjie and his group got too close and made Wei Marquis Wei Feng dissatisfied, or he should avoid fighting for power with Gongsun Qi in the court...

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The wheels of the carriage kept rolling forward, the neighing of the war horses kept echoing in his ears, and countless reasons kept popping up in Wang Cuo's mind at this moment.

Just now he thought a reason was quite reasonable, but in the blink of an eye he denied it himself.

As a result, time passed little by little as Wang Cuo racked his brains, and his expression became particularly solemn as the team marched.

"boom……"

Accompanied by a loud noise coming from the wheels, it seemed that the carriage had just passed through a deep pit, but the unprecedented huge bump knocked Wang Cuo out of his worries.

After finally regaining his physical and mental calmness, Wang Cuo had no intention of continuing to think about it.

With his right hand, he gently hugged the side curtain of the carriage, and a ray of sunlight shone through the gap, allowing Wang Cuo to see the scene outside the carriage.

As far as the eye could see, there was boundless plains in the distance. As he gradually retracted his sight from the distance, Wang Cuo's eyes were dazzled by a halberd blade flashing with cold light.

Quickly lowering the opened curtain, Wang Cuo was freed from the dazzling state, but in his mind he remembered the conversation with Wei Zhi and Duan Qianjie at the mansion that day.

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The reason why Wei Feng was able to hold Wei firmly in his hands was firstly because of his status as the son of Marquis Wu of Wei, and secondly because of this unrivaled army.

Gong Zhongxuan, South Korea, Zhao State, Qin State, Qi State...

The opponents that Wei Hou Wei Feng encountered in the years after his succession were all powerful, but they all failed without exception.

Recalling the words Duan Qianjie said that day, and recalling the thought buried deep in his heart, Wang Cuo's right hand clenched tightly into a fist.

Maybe I should make some plans, at least to have an army in my hands, just in case something changes in the Wei State...

Just when Wang Cuo was slowly having some thoughts that he shouldn't have had, what he didn't know was that there was a gaze quietly looking at the carriage he was riding in.

The owner of this gaze is none other than Wei Hou Wei Feng.

In fact, Wei Feng has always had great trust in Wang Cuo, a minister.

Not only because he followed Wei Feng closely when he was just a young master, but also because he traveled all over the world for Wei Feng and the Wei State over the years.

It can be said that the king's mistake was due to Wei Feng, which was a meritorious service to the state of Wei, and Wei Feng never treated him poorly.

From the position of senior official conferred upon him at the beginning of his succession, to the later position of minister and now the position of imperial censor.

It's a pity that since Gongsun Qi took over the position of Gongshu Cuo as the prime minister, the originally close relationship between the monarch and his ministers has gradually become farther and farther away.

Wei Feng, who has lived for two generations, is a nostalgic person. From the courtesy he treated Gongshu Cuo in this life, it can be seen that he does not want to become a loner.

Because he had really tried this feeling in his previous life.

However, Wang Cuo stood on the opposite side of Gongsun Qi for various reasons, and gradually got together with Wei Zhi, Duan Qianjie and others.

If you are a monarch of a unified dynasty in later generations, you will naturally be optimistic about the success of this phenomenon, because this kind of mutual checks and balances in the court is very consistent with the interests of the monarch.

However, this kind of mutual checks and balances also means the consumption of internal strength, which is undoubtedly very fatal to the Wei State in the Warring States Period, a race among the world's princes.

The confrontation between princes during the Warring States Period was far more cruel than during the Spring and Autumn Period, which required a country to gather its own strength as much as possible and invest it to the greatest extent possible.

The various reforms implemented by Li Kui of Wei, Wu Qi of Chu, Zou Ji of Qi, and Shang Yang who went to Qin in his previous life undoubtedly worked hard to achieve this.

Wei Feng, who has experienced the reality of the Wei State for two generations, is very clear about it. The Wei State in the land of the Four War should not and cannot bear this kind of internal strife.

What Wei Feng wanted was for the Wei State's chariot to drive in one direction with all its strength, which is why Wei Feng, as the Marquis of Wei, firmly chose to side with Gongsun Qi.

In the past, it was Gongshu Cuo, now it is Gongsun Qi, and in the future it will be Gongsun Yang. Wei Feng hopes that under the governance of these great talents, the Wei State can escape from the tragic situation of the previous life and find a bright road.

If necessary, Wei Feng would not mind personally removing any obstacles that stand in the way of this.

But as I just said, Wei Feng is a nostalgic person. He doesn't want to really meet his former comrades in arms and become enemies of each other. And this time he visited Hexi, Qin Dong was the last thing he prepared for Wang Cuo.

a chance.

This is the answer that Wang Cuo has been unable to come up with after pondering for a long time.

In fact, it seems so simple. It depends on whether Wang Cuo can understand Wei Feng's meaning.

Slowly looking away from the carriage Wang Cuo was riding, Wei Feng felt a familiar feeling arise in his heart as he looked at the vast plains in the distance.

Wei Feng, who had reached old age in his previous life, had once set foot on this land, but at that time he was invited by King Huiwen of Qin, Ying Si, to participate in the Longmen Prime Minister Ceremony of the State of Qin.

The once powerful State of Wei gradually declined in his own hands, and the rising State of Qin seized the land under his feet and declared himself king. Wei Feng, who was already the King of Wei at that time, felt really uncomfortable.

Now that he was revisiting his old place and looking at the familiar scenes from the past, Wei Feng had an unreal feeling in his heart.

However, when scenes similar to those in his memory kept appearing before his eyes, Wei Feng felt a little firmer in his heart.

In this life, I will definitely not make the same mistakes again.

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Amidst the different thoughts in the carriage, with the flags flying on the top of the carriage, Wei Feng and his team finally slowly approached the earliest and most important fortress captured by the Wei State in Hexi.

Shaoliang.

In the seventh year of King Weilie of Zhou, that is, 419 BC, the Wei State under the rule of Wei Wenhou launched a large-scale war against the Qin State to compete for Hexi.

The Wei army who crossed the rolling river from Longmen Ferry first built a city in Shaoliang and established a base for advancing against Qin. This is Shaoliang.

Facing Wei's aggressive offensive, the Qin State at that time naturally would not sit still and wait for death. At the then-reigning Qin Linggong's order, the Qin army began to launch a fierce attack on the Shaoliang Fortress.

However, the Shaoliang Fortress was strong and the Wei army in the city was very brave. Although the Qin army did not hesitate to take it, they could not capture it for a long time.

Seeing that the frontline offensive was blocked, Qin Linggong ordered the army to retreat and built a city in a crowded place to block Wei's offensive, and Wei's Shaoliang Fortress was preserved.

Since then, the Shaoliang Fortress built by the Wei State has become a crucial point in the battle between Wei and Qin.

In 412 BC, Marquis Wen of Wei sent his prince Wei Jing, later known as Marquis Wu of Wei, to lead an army from Shaoliang and captured Fanpang City built by Qin Linggong, thus expanding Wei's territory in Wei.

In 362 BC in the original time and space, Ying Shixi, the son of Qin Linggong who had been in exile for more than thirty years before returning to the country to succeed him, launched an offensive against Shaoliang Yi of Wei State after working hard for more than twenty years.

In that battle, Wei's general Gongsun Cuo was captured, and the Wei army encountered Luoyin at the hands of the Qin army, another disastrous defeat after Shimen.

It can be said that the city of Shaoliang is like a barometer, showing the strength comparison between Wei and Qin in Hexi.

In this life, because of the existence of Wei Feng, a butterfly, Wei State did not implement its original eastward strategy, but still set its sights on the west.

Not long ago, another Shaoliang battle between Qin and Wei ended with Wei's complete victory. This result was completely different from the one that happened a few years later in the previous life.

It not only means that Wei once again had the upper hand in the confrontation with Qin, but also means that the transition between Qin and Wei in the previous life will not happen at least in the short term.

The scenery outside the carriage continued to pass through Wei Feng's field of vision as the carriage rolled forward.

At this moment, a war horse appeared in Wei Feng's field of vision, and then an order to stop advancing was heard in the team.

After a while, the war horse came to the stopped carriage and brought Wei Feng a piece of news from the front.

"Your Majesty, Shaoliang City is ahead. General Zhai Liang, the commander of the Hexi Camp, is leading five thousand soldiers out of the city to form a formation to welcome Your Majesty."

"I know."

After listening to the news reported by the messenger, Wei Feng nodded gently, but a trace of expectation quietly appeared in his eyes.

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"Xu..."

Soon after, the advancing team finally arrived at the foot of Shaoliang City. With the sound of horse control, the wheels of the carriage slowly stopped moving.

Gently opening the car curtain in front of him, the Marquis of Wei Wei Feng, dressed in a red robe, quickly walked out of the car and quickly stood firm on the ground.

Then he carefully arranged the prince's robes on his body, and Wei Feng looked straight ahead of him.

Sure enough, just as the messenger reported earlier, under the fortified city in front of him, five thousand soldiers in armor and swords were waiting in neat formations to wait for his guest.

There were red flags flying high on the city wall in the distance, and a famous soldier standing in front of them. The two combined together formed a solemn scene.

As Wei Feng walked step by step towards the battle-hardened soldiers in front, a middle-aged man wearing the armor of a Wei general took a step forward.

"Zhai Liang, the last general in charge of the Hexi camp, led five thousand soldiers of the Hexi camp to welcome you when you arrived in Shaoliang."

Almost at the moment Zhai Liang finished speaking, the five thousand soldiers of the Hexi Camp behind him knelt down.

Then thousands of roars converged into bursts of violent sounds like landslides and tsunamis.

"The king has been here for thousands of years, and the state of Wei has been here for thousands of years."

"The king has been here for thousands of years, and the state of Wei has been here for thousands of years."

"The king has been here for thousands of years, and the state of Wei has been here for thousands of years."

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To be continued...