"PS: The title "The Last Battle" does not refer to the last battle of this book. Let me state it in advance. "

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After a while, Zhao Hongrun came to the military commander's tent.

At this time, in the commander's tent, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and his general Pang Huan were standing in the tent, chatting in a low voice. When they saw Zhao Hongrun walking in from outside the tent, they and Pang Huan raised their hands and clasped their fists towards Zhao Hongrun: "Prince.

Your Highness."

Although it is not disrespectful, it cannot be said to be intimate.

Zhao Hongrun didn't mind this. In fact, he didn't intend to get too close to the third uncle who had turned against him. After nodding and saying hello, he asked: "Han Wangran sent someone to bring the war."

Book?"

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, turned around and walked to the table beside him. He took out a letter from a wooden box on the table and handed it to Zhao Hongrun.

"The King of Han probably knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was currently in our military camp, so he sent someone to deliver this letter... No matter how I look at it, this letter of war does not seem to be sent to me." Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang

He added something aside.

The implication is that he has already read its contents.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the King of Nanliang and said nothing. After all, this military camp was a military camp for suppressing the rebels. Since Han Wangran delivered the letter of war here, and the King of Nanliang checked the content of the letter, there was certainly no problem.

Slowly unfolding the paper of the letter, Zhao Hongrun saw a few words such as "Farewell in the past" at a glance, and it suddenly dawned on him: King Nanliang was right, this letter was written to him.

The reason is very simple. Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, has never met Han Wangran.

Zhao Hongrun casually sat down in the tent, frowning slightly as he read Han Wangran's letter.

In this letter, or the letter of war, Han Wangran repeatedly emphasized that "the people work together and unite as one", and also said that he would fight to the death with the Wei army outside Handan City. However, in Zhao Hongrun's view, Han Wangran's words were translated into just one sentence

Words: The war faction within South Korea is more powerful than the peace faction.

This is not surprising, considering that South Korea is also a huge country in the north. Let's not say that they are more arrogant than the Qi people, but at least they have a sense of arrogance. Of course, they will not give up the capital Handan so easily.

The question is, how serious is Han Ran about this battle?

"..."

With his eyes closed, Zhao Hongrun tapped his fingers on the table in front of him and meditated secretly.

Although in that war letter, Han Wangran's message to Zhao Hongrun seemed to be forced by the overwhelming power of the domestic war faction. Even if he was the monarch of South Korea, he could not ignore the opinions of his subjects, but it cannot be denied that he was also trying to use words to sway him.

Wei Jun, it seems, he is also inclined to fight this last battle with Wei Jun.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and gave instructions: "Send someone to send a message to Daliang and ask the Metallurgical Bureau to immediately transport the things that I asked them to prepare in advance...by ship immediately to the battlefield here, without any mistakes!"

"Are you...are you talking to me?"

Pang Huan looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang next to him, only to see the latter looking at him indifferently.

All right.

Secretly smiling bitterly, the general who was currently suppressing the rebel army cupped his fists and accepted the order: "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

After Pang Huan scratched his hair and temporarily left the commander's tent to summon his confidants to deliver the message to Daliang, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo glanced at Zhao Hongrun, who looked solemn, and asked casually: "The prince thinks that Han Wangran may be up to something?"

It has to be said that although Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, is a little older than Zhao Hongrun's father, the king of Wei, Zhao Si, his mind is still sharp and he can grasp the key points at once - if he didn't think that Han Wangran might be in the final battle.

What kind of tricks are you playing? There is no need for Zhao Hongrun to send a notification to Daliang and let the Smelting Bureau transport the materials prepared in advance to the frontline battlefield.

"...What did he ask the Manufacturing Bureau to prepare in advance?"

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was also a little curious.

After hearing the words of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "I can't say whether Han Ran will play any tricks, but it is always right to prepare for a rainy day. The only thing South Korea can rely on now is the 40,000

If I, the "Daijun Heavy Cavalry", can eradicate this army in this battle... it's not a bad idea."

Having said this, he said to Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang: "Is the messenger who came to deliver the message still in the camp?"

"Still waiting for our reply in the camp." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, said.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun stood up and walked to the seat that belonged to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang. After sitting down, he picked up the brush on the desk and wrote a few lines on the back of the letter of war. Then he blew the ink on it.

, handed it to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, and said: "Ask the messenger to deliver it to Han Ran, and tell him that my Wei army has accepted it!"

"..."

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, stared at Zhao Hongrun for a few seconds. After he wanted to say something but stopped, he stepped forward to take the letter, shook his head and walked out of the handsome tent, leaving Zhao Hongrun alone in the handsome tent, thinking deeply.

"...What tricks do you want to play? Han Ran."

Narrowing his eyes, Zhao Hongrun thought to himself.

At the same time, in the palace in Handan City, Han Wangran was standing in the courtyard watching some of his most cherished birds.

If in the past he was hiding his capabilities and biding his time, trying to make people think that he was despondent by raising birds, then now, he is just enjoying this kind of fun.

While teasing his love bird, he was also recalling the events of the past few days.

One thing Zhao Hongrun misunderstood was that Han Wangran had no intention of playing tricks at first. He would not use deception to make the former relax his vigilance and wait for opportunities to turn defeat into victory. After all, it was well known in the Central Plains that so far, he had offended Young Master Wei.

The fate of those who run is often miserable - Han Wangran is not willing to pin the fate of the country on vague and extravagant hopes, for example, hoping that Wei Gongzi Run will be deceived by him or something.

God Han Wangran, in the face of powerful power, any conspiracy is pale and fragile. Only a win-win conspiracy can convince the other party. Because of this, he used a man on the hillside in Julu to convince the other party.

The Wei people's perspective made the best strategic plan for the Wei State, and by the way, they took South Korea off the Wei State's plate, so that Wei Gongzi Run had to adopt his suggestions even though he was clear about his intentions.

.

This is a wise move.

But in this case, why did Han Wangran suddenly send a letter of war to the Wei army?

In fact, the reason was just as guessed by Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Yuanzuo. It was the war faction within South Korea that put pressure on the imperial court.

The reason lies in Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin.

Han Yang could never accept begging for peace with the Wei State. Therefore, when he vaguely realized that Han Wangran seemed to have secretly reached an agreement with Wei Gongzi Run, he felt anxious and angry. So while contacting his colleagues, he sent people to spread rumors and tried to use the power to the imperial court.

Pressure, the method of putting pressure on the royal family, forced Han Wangran to order the continuation of the war.

But what no one expected was that something happened during this period that no one wanted to see happen: At first, Han Yang just out of his own dissatisfaction, scolded the Shanggu Shou Ma She who came to visit the prison, but he didn't want to see it happen.

Unexpectedly, Ma She, a veteran minister who was loyal to the country, was scolded by him and became unhappy. When he returned home, he became bedridden and passed away soon after. This made South Korea lose money again in such a critical situation.

A good general.

For this reason, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, also felt extremely regretful.

But the big mistake has been made, and regret will be of no use. However, this regret has dissipated some of the resentment and obsession in the heart of Dangyin Hou Han Yang. To put it bluntly, after Ma She died of illness one after another, he himself was killed by Han Wangran because of this.

After being deprived of his title, Han Yang was inevitably a little disheartened and simply left Handan with his family.

However, although Han Yang left, the rumors he spread spread among the government and the public.

Originally, only a few people knew about Han Wangran's agreement to "cede Handan in exchange for a truce with Wei", such as the old prime minister Shen Buhai, but Han Yang's move caused a storm in the city and everyone knew about it.

This made Han Wangran feel a lot of pressure. After all, "taking Handan by the Wei army" and "ceding Handan" are two completely different things. If the former is a five-point shame, then the latter is a very shame.

Even the Koreans, who are so sincere in this country, are not willing to accept this fact.

No, in less than twenty days, many people from the Han family alone who were Han Wangran's uncles or even great-uncles came to present themselves. On the one hand, they expressed support for Han Wangran, and on the other hand, they

Strongly opposed to ceding the royal capital in exchange for an armistice with Wei.

These people firmly believe that South Korea still has hundreds of thousands of available troops, and there is absolutely no need to humble themselves and ask for peace with the Wei State. The worst is to perish together! - Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for the Wei State, which is about to secure its position as the "Hegemon of the Central Plains", to compete with them.

The fish is dead and the net is broken.

Regarding this matter, Han Wangran complained privately to the old Prime Minister Shen Buhai.

"...These people are confident that "Wei will never choose to fight to the death", but they have never considered that we, Korea, still have threats from Qin... If we lose too many in the war with Wei

How can we resist South Korea with our military strength?”

After hearing these complaints, the old prime minister blinked his eyes and said with a somewhat surprised smile: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and far-sighted..."

Han Wangran snorted, shook his head and said: "In the end, my opponent is that Wei Gongzi Run... That day, I used the position of a Wei man to persuade Zhao Run in a way that seeks the best interests of the Wei State.

Run was still reluctant to accept it, and finally accepted my suggestion with great reluctance..."

"It's not surprising." The old prime minister stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Wei Gongzi Runzhirui is outstanding and arrogant. Of course he will not be willing to accept the enemy's suggestions... Doesn't this prove that he has been compared to you, the king?

Is it done?”

Han Wangran smiled, and then said seriously: "I think so too, so it can be foreseen that the arrogant Wei Gongzi, although he has to accept my suggestion after analyzing the pros and cons, will definitely give me Dahan

Create some trouble for, say, Qin."

After a pause, Han Wangran took a long breath and said melancholy: "I was at least 80% sure about persuading Wei to cease the war. As a result, what Han has now, Wei also has... and even

, they now even have their own river

If we can't control the Hetao in the west, we won't have the intention to destroy our country; secondly, both Wei Wang Zhao Si and Wei Gongzi Zhao Run can be called wise monarchs, and they won't resort to military violence and do things that are useless to the country.

War...as long as we are willing to respect

The Wei State is the overlord, and if Handan is ceded to quell the Wei State's anger towards our country, the Wei State will not kill them all... But the Qin State is different. The Qin State's national strength is backward, and in recent decades, it has relied on war to support war to maintain its livelihood.

, despite their help in Wei in recent years
To be continued...