When Bai Qi entered the tent, everyone was discussing matters with the King of Qin. When King Qin saw Bai Qi coming in, he sat up from the crowd and asked, "Is Mr. Wu'an okay?"
Seeing that he was the king of Qin, Bai Qi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Where is the king coming? I don't know where he is, so I can't welcome him!"
King Qin said: "Mr. Wu'an is sitting down. I have heard about the military report of Lord Wu'an, so I am here! In the battle of Lord Wu'an, I used to be supported by Marquis Rang and Huayang. Now both Marquis Rang and Huayang have passed away, and Marquis Ying has been in power for a long time." , but the auxiliary prince, I am willing to personally assist Mr. Wu'an and help you succeed!"
Bai Qi had just sat down when he heard the King of Qin's words. He hurriedly avoided the table and worshiped: "How virtuous I am! I am willing to serve as the king's dog and horse!"
King Qin said, "I would like to hear your plan." Bai Qi looked at the five officials and ministers around him. The King of Qin understood what Bai Qi meant and said: "Today's discussion is temporarily suspended. Each of the ministers should do their own business and make sure the general camp is properly arranged."
Bai Qi said: "Does the king have any troops again?"
One of the fifth officials said: "The king's 20,000 soldiers are coming to the east of the river!"
Bai Qi said: "How is the king's favor so great!" Everyone resigned, and Bai Qi wanted to follow suit. King Qin stopped him and said: "I have suddenly arrived, where can Lord Wu'an rest? Why sleep under the same tent!... Again Ask for advice." Bai Qi said goodbye again.
Several visitors laid out pillows and mats for the two of them in the tent, and the two fell asleep with their feet resting on their feet. King Qin said: "There is no one at this time, but you are good at telling me your plans."
Bai Qi said: "It has been half a year since Qin launched its army in February. He killed generals and captured the pass, and Zhao's popularity was demoralized. In June, Zhao general Lian Po defended the wall and could not come out despite repeated challenges. Although Qin was trapped at that time, it was difficult for him to do so. Enter. You must wait until the food is exhausted before you can do anything. Therefore, Wang Xu sent reinforcements to lure Zhao to aid Changping in order to consume his food. Now Zhao's reinforcements have arrived, and the food and grass have also arrived. There are three million stones in the cloud."
The King of Qin said: "How much grain will be recovered in Handan? I heard that Zhao borrowed grain from the princes, maybe more than 100,000 shi, or 200,000 to 300,000 shi, but it was only five to six hundred thousand shi. In early autumn, the grain was about to be ripe and had not been harvested, and the warehouses Zhengkong. Why are there three million stones?"
Bai Qi said: "This is also the plan of the minister. In the former, Zhao took Kuo, the son of Jun She, who was in charge of Ma Fu, as a general..."
The King of Qin said: "The discussions in Handan are all about what Qin said, but Ma Fujun is the king. Now that Ma Fujun is dead, his son will be a general! Will Wu An use his son as a general?"
Bai Qi said: "The dog is incompetent. There is no one who can fight. They are just serving in the army."
King Qin said: "Do you have to serve me?"
Bai Qi said: "The uncle is seen riding with the guards, the Zhong is farming. The rest are young and have not been fully appreciated."
The King of Qin said: "Wu Anzi has not yet been appointed as a general, how can he obey his horse?" Both of them laughed.
Bai Qi said: "Ma Fuzi has already brought Changping to Changping. At the beginning, all the troops and soldiers relied on Lianpo. Three days ago, I heard that Lianpo had left Changping and returned. The next day, Zhao Gui and his descendants returned to Handan. I am afraid that Lianpo has returned to Handan." The war is coming."
The King of Qin said: "No one will hear about the return of Lian Po and Zhao Gui's relatives."
Bai Qi said: "I also heard about it today. Maybe we will arrive in Xianyang in one or two days."
King Qin asked: "Where did you hear about it?"
Bai Qi said: "It's not between ministers. Chen Si, a member of Yinghou's family, spreads his eyes widely, and all the moves of Zhao Jun are observed."
The King of Qin said: "I also rely on him very much. When Zhao is about to fight, what will his strategy be?"
Bai Qi said: "In this battle, Handan will lose its food and fodder, and we must attack and defend. It cannot be done by him. According to my plan, the land is long and flat, so we must go out to Shangdang, so we have to use force. However, all the Shangdang roads are owned by Zhao. There is no way to get out. I looked at the mountains at night and saw a valley where I could get out of Shangdang, but it was steep and difficult to walk. Doctor Sima and Wei Wei are both good at building roads, so I asked you to pass through it. If you can get out of Shangdang, everything will be safe."
The King of Qin said: "My army goes out to Shangdang, and Zhao's army fights at Changping. Isn't it true that we are outnumbered and defeated by many?"
Bai Qi said: "Although his army is large, it has no place to use force. What's the use of being large? But if we defend it with tens of thousands of people, we will have no worries. First occupy Shangdang and threaten Handan, and Kuo will return to fight with me. He Coming over the mountains, I waited for my work with ease, and fought with the exhausted soldiers in the wild, and I was sure to defeat them."
The King of Qin said: "Good! I hope you will plan carefully and plan carefully, and you will definitely win! Anyi is four to five hundred miles away from Changping, and news often comes and goes after two or three days. Military aircraft are hard to find and easy to disappear. You will have a long life. Is it okay?"
Bai Qi said: "I am going to Changping, who will I pay to Hedong?"
The King of Qin said: "I personally govern Hedong to provide support to the king."
Bai Qi said: "Your Majesty, if the world's great secret cannot be revealed to the world, the world will be shocked and there will be no way back."
The King of Qin thought for a while and said: "Your visitor, Wang Ji, has made great achievements in recommending the Marquis of Ying, and the Marquis of Ying has repeatedly asked for the title. However, because of his talents, he has not been put to great use. Now he is used as a guard, maybe people don't know it!" It is also based on the recommendation of Ying Hou."
Bai Qi said: "The king's strategy is beyond the reach of his ministers." The king and his ministers chatted all night long, and then fell asleep until the rooster crowed.
The next day the drums sounded and the two men woke up. The King of Qin asked all the officials and ministers not to come out. It was still up to Bai to start his troops and send troops, and then return to Anyi City to handle the government affairs. In the afternoon, when no one noticed, he led his entourage and rode to Duanshi.
After Bai Qi left, one of the five doctors brought Li Bing, the current Wei Gong doctor of Beidi, to King Qin's tent. The King of Qin said: "Before the trip, the marquis recommended high officials for important tasks. Now I have arrived in Anyi, and I will be temporarily guarded by Wang Ji in the east of the river. I will serve as high officials for all government affairs, and I will order them in the name of Wang Shou." Li Bing saw the King of Qin. He took the matter seriously and did not dare to ask deeply about the background.
In the afternoon, the visitor Wang Ji led Li Bing to Anyi City and showed King Qin's order to He Dongcheng: "Wu'an Jun will go to Changping as soon as he gets up. Hedong will be guarded by the visitor Wang Ji, and Wei Bing from the north will serve as his deputy!" Cheng told him that before leaving, Bai Qi had ordered that the roasted millet in August must be sent out on the first day of the lunar month. The troops that have already passed Anyi will be received by Duanshi, and those that have arrived at Gaodu will be received by Zicheng. Those that have not yet passed Anyi will be supplied by Anyi. Wang Ji issued the first order in accordance with He Dongcheng's opinion.
Li Bing served as the watchman of Hedong in Zhang Lu and once served as the captain of Hedong. However, the situation in Hedong has changed greatly in the past few years, and it was difficult for Li Bing to control the political affairs of Hedong in a short period of time. So Wang Ji, the new governor of Hedong, sent a message and ordered Wei Wan of Hedong to return to Anyi quickly. When the message arrived, Bai Qi had already arrived at the front line at the mouth of the valley, met with Wang Lu, Sima Jin, and Pi Wan, and told them that King Qin had arrived in Hedong in person and was now in Anyi. He appointed himself as the general, commander-in-chief of all the troops and horses, and Wang Lu as the lieutenant general. The arrival of King Qin in Anyi and the appointment of Bai Qi as general are currently kept strictly confidential, and orders are still issued in the name of Wang Lu to the outside world. Hedong was guarded by the visitor Wang Ji. All instructions issued by Wang Ji were actually orders from the King of Qin. Bai Qi also revealed that the King of Qin would mobilize 20,000 swordsmen to join the battle in Changping. Now that he had received Wang Ji's message, Pi Wan did not dare to neglect and led his entourage back to Anyi overnight. Of course, he has also discussed solutions to many engineering problems with Sima Jin in the past few days.
Since the veteran generals left, Zhao Jun's counterattack on the southern front has become larger and larger in scale, rapidly increasing from 500 to 1,000 men at a time to 5,000 men at a time. Ten battalions poured out from all directions and quickly set up a formation. Although the order was not as strict as that of the Qin army, it was still decent. After contacting the Qin army, the Zhao army practiced retreating in front of the enemy: ten battalions took turns to cover and retreated step by step to the camp; during the retreat, the Zhao army on the wall was ready to shoot at the following Qin army. ; So the Qin army stopped pursuing after they were beyond the range of bows and arrows.
Bai Qi set off from Duanshi in the early morning and headed for the mouth of the valley. When he arrived, he happened to catch up with a large exercise involving 5,000 men on each side. Seeing the gentle fighting between the two sides, Bai Qi turned pale and stopped looking at it for a while.
There were almost no obstacles for Bai Qi to take over the command of the army. Wang Lu had already acquiesced in Bai Qi's mind that Bai Qi was his superior and consciously obeyed Bai Qi's command. Now the King of Qin's decree only acknowledges all this. He originally wanted to see the battle between Qin and Zhao today, but he encountered something like this. Bai Qi didn't want him to accompany him when he inspected the military camp. He first asked him to send someone to Duan's family to get fried millet for August, and then asked him to take him to find Sima Jin and Pi Wan. They were both on the mountain now.
Bai Qi found them and asked about road construction. Sima Jin said: "There are rivers and grass in this valley, and a large army can pass through it. There is no need to build more. The only difficulty is the mountain ears. If you hide in the mountains, you should pass through it." To reach the front col, we need to travel more than ten miles and then turn back. It is better to just cross over the mountains."
Bai Qi said: "How long will it take for twenty thousand people to cross this mountain range?"
Sima Jin said: "It can be done in one day and one night."
Bai Qi said: "If it can be completed in one night, there is no need to build a road. If not, the road ahead should be opened."
Sima Jin said: "If we build a road, how can we cover it with dust?"
Bai Qi looked at the sky and said, "It's just a rainy day."
Bai Qi's idea awakened the two of them, and they immediately started discussing.
In the afternoon, Pi Wan was called away.
At sunset, the armies on both sides withdrew. As usual, before the meal, Wang Hao would comment on the performance of each team today. When the five officials, Gongcheng, and Gongdafu entered the tent, they were surprised to find Bai Qi. Bai Qi has been here before, but he didn't get together with the doctors. Now when Wang Hao usually comments, Bai Qi's appearance makes people feel a little unusual.
Bai Qi said: "I see the battle between the two armies, it is not a battle, it is a child's play! If we go to war on the same day, it is not a child's play. We must fight with the Zhao army before going out."
One of the fifth doctors said: "Shoot it with an arrow?"
Bai Qi said: "Don't shoot. But hit him hard!"
This is how the review session ends. Bai Qi ordered that tomorrow's battle must be carried out with real swords and guns, no more pretense! Wang Lu also arranged according to this spirit.
Wang Hao called all the corps commanders together and asked the two battalions to demonstrate the formation's shock tactics and explain the key points of the tactics to them.
As Commander Shi returned to each camp, the tense atmosphere quickly spread.
Wang Hao's soldiers who went to Duanshi to pick millet for frying didn't come back until night, saying that they had seen many troops coming this way on the road. At the same time, it was reported that Duanshi had ordered that each person be rationed an increase of three kilograms! This month, each soldier has thirteen kilograms of fried millet.
By the end of the month, many soldiers who had eaten a lot were already starving. Relying on the tradition of fellow soldiers in the Qin army, everyone was still able to help each other. We got new fried millet, and there was much more than before, which made everyone even more uneasy.
