Chapter 53: Enter the city quickly
On the plains, the gentle breeze blew through patches of green grass, causing ripples.
Suddenly, a war horse's neighing sounded across the plain, followed immediately by a dull sound of the horse's four hooves rapidly hitting the ground.
The galloping war horses raised clouds of smoke and dust, extending from the vast plains to outside the city walls of Anyi, the capital of Wei State.
"Great victory!"
"Victory on the front line!"
This extremely loud sound of victory immediately attracted the attention of everyone in front.
Whether it was the Wei soldiers on duty at the top of the city, the tourists walking in the streets, or even the businessmen from various countries who were talking loudly in the wine shops, they all stopped doing their own business.
At this moment, everyone's eyes turned to the direction where the sound came from, and to the dusty Wei army messenger on the horse.
Although since the Wei State launched the war against South Korea and Wei, the success reports, especially the news that the Wei State army was besieging the capital of South Korea, have made the Wei people in the city somewhat accustomed to the Wei army's victory.
But when new good news appeared in their ears, the Wei people in Anyi City were still willing to stop and pay attention to this happy thing.
After all, witnessing more scenes and hearing more news can help them gain a little more face when discussing with their friends, right?
So, with pedestrians on both sides of the road stopping to watch, the Wei army's messengers carrying the frontline's victory news galloped all the way through the bustling streets and finally stopped in front of the palace gate of the Wei palace.
Gently tightening the reins in his hands, causing the war horse under him to stop. The Wei army messenger quickly turned over and jumped off the horse, landing on the ground very smoothly.
Holding the battle report from the front line, he passed through the Wei Palace guards on duty in front of the palace gate and stepped into the majestic palace in front of him.
In the back hall of the Wei Palace, the Marquis of Wei Wei?, dressed in a red robe, was sitting behind a few desks, his eyes silently staring at the document in front of him.
After pondering for a moment, a bright look appeared in Wei?'s eyes. He picked up the ink pen in his hand and wandered around, and the document was reviewed.
Just when Wei? rolled up the document and put it aside, preparing to take another copy, a loud voice appeared in his ears.
"Your Majesty, great victory, great victory on the front line!"
When this sound, accompanied by a burst of rapid footsteps, got closer and closer to him, Wei Wei quickly raised his head, and his eyes suddenly fell on the hands of the Wei army messenger.
Taking the battle report from the hands of the messenger, which was written by the prime minister's uncle Cuo, Wei? couldn't wait to unfold it.
As his eyes moved slowly over the battle report, and as the seal characters on the bamboo slips came into view one by one, the expression on Wei?'s face became more and more exciting.
Although he had gone through countless storms in his past and present lives, when such a glorious victory was placed in front of him, Wei? couldn't help but feel excited.
"color!"
"color!"
"color!"
Three cheers, each one louder than the last, and each one more joyful than the other.
Wei?'s excitement reached its peak amidst the cheers.
After a while, when the excitement in his heart gradually calmed down, Wei?'s attention also shifted from the victory in front of him to the next action.
With a sharp flash in his eyes, Wei? secretly said to himself: "It's time."
After a long time, another burst of footsteps sounded in the hall, and Duan Qianjie, the senior official of Wei State who had been ordered to enter the palace, appeared in front of Wei?
"My lord, Duan Qianjie pays homage to your Majesty."
"You don't need to be polite when you're a middle-aged doctor."
Lifting up Duan Qianjie in front of him with his own hands, Wei Qian then took the good news from several cases and handed it to the other party.
With some doubts in his heart, Duan Qianjie solemnly took the good news with both hands and slowly unfolded it to read.
As time passed by, the expression on Duan Qianjie's face became more and more excited, which looked very similar to Wei Qian's just now.
A crisp sound of the collision of bamboo slips resounded in the hall, and Duan Qianjie was seen bowing to Wei Wei in front of him with great solemnity.
"I would like to congratulate you, your Majesty, and I would like to congratulate the State of Wei."
Seeing Duan Qianjie like this, Wei Qian slowly stepped forward and helped him up again, but there was a bit of a smile in his eyes.
After some words of mutual appreciation between the emperor and his ministers, Wei? slowly began to explain the purpose of summoning Duan Qianjie today.
"The reason why I summoned Dr. Zhong here today is because of the incident in Korea."
As soon as Wei Wei finished speaking, Duan Qianjie immediately replied solemnly: "Your Majesty has an order, and I, Duan Qianjie, must do his best."
Seeing Duan Qianjie in front of him like this, Wei Wei nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and took out a silk book from several cases.
"In the first battlefield on the southern front, Sima led our army to capture Huangchi, Shouyuan and other cities, and then defeated the Korean army in Maling, and then besieged Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea."
"In this battle on the northern front, Xiangguo defeated the 80,000 Korean and Zhao coalition forces with an army of 60,000, and then went north to capture Pingyang, the old capital of South Korea. Later, he captured Zhidao, Yewang and other cities."
After counting in detail the achievements that Wei had achieved since the beginning of the war, the corners of Wei?'s mouth couldn't help but curl up a bit.
The war has reached this stage, and Wei has already completed three of the four strategic goals against South Korea proposed by Sima Gong and Sun Qi before the war.
Through the occupation of cities such as Huangchi and Shouyuan, as well as cities such as Zhidao and Yewang, Wei State has achieved the interconnection of various parts of its territory and connected all its enclaves into one whole.
Through two decisive battles at Maling and Huishui, the Wei State destroyed a total of 90,000 Korean troops, greatly weakening South Korea's ability to fight against the Wei State.
Through the actions of occupying or capturing cities such as Pingyang and Xinzheng, the Wei State had already caused South Korea's military morale to fall to the bottom.
Now that all the conditions are in place, there is only one thing Wei needs to do, and that is to force South Korea to surrender completely.
"I think it's time to end the war against South Korea." His eyes slowly fell on Duan Qianjie in front of him, Wei? He said in a deep voice while handing out the silk book in his hand, "This is my new decision.
As for the conditions for the withdrawal of troops, please also ask the senior doctor to send it to the senior doctor in Xinzheng."
Taking the silk book from Wei?'s hand, Duan Qianjie looked solemn and his eyes slowly moved between the seal characters on it.
In this silk letter, the first two conditions of Wei? have not changed much, but the third condition has changed from requiring Han Hou to go to Anyi for an audience to inviting Han Hou to go to Yecheng to form an alliance.
The original condition of the court meeting was to require South Korea to surrender to the Wei State, and South Korea's status was obviously lower than that of the Wei State.
In this alliance, although South Korea is also the weaker party in essence, South Korea maintains an equal status with Wei on the surface.
This change is undoubtedly a lot more gentle, and the possibility of South Korea or the Marquis of Han's consent has undoubtedly increased for a long time.
After seeing this, Duan Qianjie looked at Wei?, "Your Majesty..."
"This time, I believe South Korea will agree and send someone to Xinzheng as soon as possible." After gently interrupting Duan Qianjie, Wei? said in a deep voice with some dignity.
"I obey."
Chapter completed!