Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 88: The Marquis of Wei Conquers Qin
Across the year,

The Marquis of Wei, who had already seized the land and treasures of the Prime Minister of Qi for several months, went to Luoyi again and asked to see the emperor.

Before he came to Luoyi,

He followed his father Wenhou and asked the Zhou emperor to recognize the division of Jin by the three families and list them as princes.

This time, the Duke of Wei came to Luoyi again to ask the Zhou emperor to recognize the Tian family's possession of Qi and enthrone Tian He as the new Duke of Qi.

The Zhou emperor issued an edict tremblingly, agreeing to the "requests" of Wei and Qi.

thus,

The Tian family officially took over the State of Qi, became the new vassal states, and founded "Tian Qi".

The original Duke of Qi with the surname Jiang could only hide on an island and use the fief of a small city to worship his ancestor Taigong Wang.

However, this Duke of Qi who had lost his country had no descendants, and the ancestral temple of Jiang Qi would be destroyed and cut off after his death.

And soon after,
After bullying the Emperor of Zhou in front of the whole world and being flattered and grateful by the new Marquis of Qi, Marquis of Wei became inflated again and intended to take back the vast Hexi land that should have belonged to him from the hands of Qin.

After receiving such an order, Ximen Bao only smiled bitterly and said to his wife, "Hey, what are you doing here with me?"

The wife didn't take it seriously, but just straightened her husband's hat and said, "When you went to Ye County, I followed you; now that you are coming to Hexi, I will follow you too!"

"Who knows if a high-ranking official like you would despise your old wife at home and marry a new concubine when you are serving in another place?"

Ximen Bao quickly bowed to his wife, "No, no, I am already very satisfied to have you accompany me in this life!"

After saying that, he walked to the rattan armor given by the ghost.

When I first took it over,
This armor is light, strong and tough.

The color is bright, as if it were forged from gold or iron, and even swords and knives cannot leave a trace on it.

Just half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Ximen Bao came back from the battlefield wearing it too many times, causing the color on it to fade a lot and adding some scars.

Just like a piece of gold, it has been knocked and scratched and is no longer as perfect as it once was.

"The king has given the order, so I can't just defend the city and repel the enemy."

Ximen Bao looked at the rattan armor that had lost its luster, then pulled out the sword beside him, and found that his hands could not help but tremble.

In the past six months, in order to consolidate her son's position, the Queen Mother of Qin not only took out a lot of treasures to win over the hearts of the people, but also once again instigated the people from top to bottom to launch a crazy attack on the State of Wei.

They declared that as long as they could take back all the land west of the Yellow River, the scene where the Qin State dominated the other states would appear again!

Go east!

We must continue to advance eastward!

If Qin wants to become rich and powerful, this is the only way to go!

Ximen Bao silently held on under such a crazy attack.

He was not a general who was good at conquering. After arriving in Hexi, he was able to maintain the situation thanks to the systems and talents left by Wu Qi.

But being able to defend the city does not mean that Ximen Bao can lead his troops to recover the lost territory.

Admittedly,

The State of Wei had made a lot of preparations this time, even the Marquis of Wei led the army in person, destined to avenge the previous humiliation and beat back the mad dog-like Qin people.

But Ximen Bao, the governor of Hexi County, was destined to face the conflicts on the front line.

The Duke of Wei was impatient by nature and did not take Ximen Bao's age into consideration. He only urged him to attack quickly.

Old?
Ximen Bao is fifty-six years old this year.
Wei Hou Ji is fifty-three years old this year.
The latter can still jump up and down, so how can you think the former is old?

Whenever Ximen Bao sent a message about his health, the Marquis of Wei would only think that he was deceiving the king!

But the Marquis of Wei never thought that not everyone in the world was like him, energetic, and had a long-lived bloodline.

Ximen Bao's father died at the age of fifty, and his grandfather died at the age of forty-six, both of whom died of natural causes.

After he turned fifty, his teeth became very loose and his hair turned white very quickly.

Therefore, Ximen Bao is already very content to be able to live to this year.

"The worst that can happen is that you die for your country. There's nothing to be afraid of."

"Who said I would die?"

Ximen Bao thought to himself.

Before the army was launched, he took some time out to go and look at the rushing river with his wife.

"Does the river have a river god?" the old wife asked her husband.

"Maybe." Ximen Bao didn't dare to conclude.

After all, on the night when he used force to throw the "He Bo's spokesperson" into the river in Ye County, He Bo came to his door.

"Why not show yourself?" said the wife.

Ximen Bao laughed and said, "Maybe it's because I didn't throw a witch in there!"

There must be witches and wizards on both sides of the river who use the names of ghosts and gods to persecute others.

But there are many witches and wizards.
There are very few people like Ximen Bao.

The old wife held her husband's hand, leaned her head on his shoulder, and cried silently.

This time, the Duke of Wei personally led the army to demand the return of all the lost territories, and ordered Ximen Bao to lead an army to advance all the way.

In this case, Ximen Bao would surely suffer much more damage than before. "Remember to keep your armor on and don't let me worry."

When the army set out, the old wife said to Ximen Bao.

"I know."

Ximen Bao stroked his armor and picked up his sword again.

"I have the protection of ghosts and gods, nothing will happen to me."

He put on an air of confidence and gave his old wife a toothless smile.

Then, Ximen Bao got on the chariot, obeyed the order of the Marquis of Wei, left his garrison, and took the initiative to attack the State of Qin.

The Qin people were caught off guard and lost two cities.

Wei Hou Ji therefore met Ximen Bao.

He pointed at the man and said, "Doctor Ximen, you said you were not good at military affairs. Now it seems that you were too modest!"

Ximen Bao kowtowed, "I just relied on the strength of Wei. I am an old man. If I don't have a strong country to side with, how can I fight?"

The Marquis of Wei smiled happily, and then suddenly said, "I heard that you have a set of armor given by the gods, which makes you invulnerable to swords on the battlefield. Is that true?"

The principle of catching the leader first is to catch the thief.

It is also commonly used in today's world.

Therefore, on the battlefield, Ximen Bao often encountered situations where the enemy wanted to capture him, the old commander, first, and then drive away the leaderless Wei army.

As a result, the armor's defense prevented the enemy from succeeding.

However, the swords and arrows did not cause any harm, so they were naturally seen by others.

And Wei Hou Ji was not like his father either.

When Wei Wenhou was old, he had a minister who advised the monarch on matters concerning ghosts and gods.

The envoy who went to Ye County safely but was inexplicably speechless when he came back also made Wei Wenhou feel uneasy.

But in the end, he didn't do anything.

Duke Wen simply appointed Ximen Bao as the new doctor, but he died of illness the following year.

Wei Hou Ji did not have his father's calmness and tolerance.

He is an impatient man and a greedy man.

Since he came to power, he has been relying on the country's strength to fight wars on all fronts, and after achieving some success, he became even more arrogant.

If the gods could give him more,

Why can't he get in touch with these things?
So, Wei Hou Ji asked Ximen Bao to hand over the rattan armor.

Ximen Bao presented it in silence.

Although in Ximen Bao's eyes, this armor has lost its luster, but he is the original owner and has the sharpest sense.

But it was the first time that the Duke of Wei saw it.

He stroked the nail, then used the knife to chop, split and carve it, but in the end not a trace was left.

Marquis Wei nodded in satisfaction, "It is indeed a treasure."

"It's called rattan armor, but it looks like it's made of gold and jade. It's worthy of being a gift from ghosts and gods!"

He had it kept and did not return it to Ximen Bao.

Ximen Bao didn't ask for it either.

He Bo, who was far away on the other side of the river, did not know about this, but he had a hunch that based on the Marquis of Wei's love of wealth, he would not let go of the good stuff.

He felt a little angry.

Can a monarch take away at will the self-defense gifts given by ghosts and gods to their friends?

When Wu Qi was governor of Hexi Prefecture, the Marquis of Wei did not personally lead the army.

When Ximen Bao defended the city and repelled the enemy, the Marquis of Wei did not personally lead the army;

Why did he personally lead an expedition to Hexi at this time?
If it weren't for the fact that there was a river between him and the Marquis of Wei at this moment, He Bo would have been forcing himself to have a cordial conversation with him!
"Ugh!"

"Ximen Bao, you must not die!"

When in Ye County,

He Bo always asks Ximen Bao to die quickly.
Now he was worried that the old man had really died outside and would never come back.

Ximen Bao's wife was also worried about this.

After Ximen Bao left, she invited someone who was good at divination, hoping that he could predict her lover's situation.

So the other party used tortoise shell to divine, and it showed "unlucky".

The wife was silent for a while, then took out some more money and asked the man to try again, "Instead of using the tortoise shell, how about using the divination sticks?"

So the other party took out the yarrow and did the divination again, and the result was "lucky".

The wife kept saying, "Okay, okay!"

"Just follow the divination!"

She clenched her hands tightly, hoping that her expectations would come true.

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