After bowing slightly to thank the king, Fan Sui then continued to add: "To my king: It can't be delayed. I will go to prepare immediately and try to make the trip before the deadline."
"Thank you for your hard work, Prime Minister." King Qin nodded slightly.
Then Fan Sui was about to retreat, but he seemed to have thought of something. He bowed again and said, "Before I leave, I have two things to do. Please invite me, Wang Sizhi."
"Your Majesty, please speak." King Qin also hurriedly replied.
"In other words, before you think about victory, you should think about defeat first." Fan Sui said slowly: "First of all, although I am 60% sure that I am leaving, the major military and national affairs are completely determined by the will of King Zhao. If... My king still needs to make some preparations."
The King of Qin nodded and said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will immediately mobilize 20,000 troops from Chu to go north secretly. The 20,000 troops will not affect the overall situation of Chu. If things are not harmonious, the troops currently recruited in Guanzhong plus the troops from Chu The troops should be enough to cope with it. If it fails, Guanzhong will recruit tens of thousands more troops."
"It will be good if my king has a plan." Fan Sui continued: "Secondly, it is said in Wu'an Jun's silk book that Zhao is suspected of deceiving the Wei army, and he also suggested that I do something about it. Therefore, in accordance with the wishes of the minister, You can send the king's envoys to the Wei State. If you can persuade the Wei State to send troops, then a major event can be accomplished. Even if you can't, you can also alienate the relationship between Zhao and Wei, which will be beneficial to the performance of the ministers in Handan."
"What the Prime Minister said makes sense." King Qin agreed: "I will arrange the personnel now."
"Thank you, my king!" Fan Sui bowed slightly as a final farewell.
Under the sun, Fan Sui's figure gradually disappeared into the hall, and King Qin gradually lost his mind while looking at the clear blue sky outside the door. How many years has it been, how many years has the Qin State not been in such a mess? It seems that the Qin State has never suffered such a big loss since my grandfather appointed Shang Yang to carry out the reform!
It's so painful! Even the Prime Minister has to go to the dragon's pond and tiger's den himself...
Fortunately, the arrival of the eunuch's order brought King Qin back from being trapped in jade. Now is not the time to feel sad. The Shangdang's hundreds of thousands of troops are still waiting for my rescue, and the Prime Minister still needs my support! Everything is not over yet, everything is still unknown.
Even if Shangdang is lost, Da Qin Dong’s ambition cannot be lost, let alone lost!
Our Great Qin still covers nearly a quarter of the world's nine provinces, and still has hundreds of thousands of armored men. However, no matter how difficult the current situation is, it cannot be more difficult for my grandfather who is suffering from internal and external troubles, or for my father who has a difficult path, or even for myself who has just ascended the throne. time.
It’s nothing more than starting over again!
After gathering his thoughts, King Qin took a long breath and devoted himself to the next government affairs: "Call to the doctor Cai Ze."
Here, King Qin and Prime Minister Fan Sui were very busy on their mission to Wei and Zhao. Unknowingly, the sky was already dark, and under the dim night, the Shangdang battlefield gradually returned to calm.
The vanguard of the Qin army has arrived in the mountain forest less than three miles away from Jiepailing. A distance is neither long nor short. To put it bluntly, the cavalry can arrive almost instantly, but to put it short, it is obviously out of the range of Zhao Jun's scouts.
In order to maintain the suddenness of the attack and to await the arrival of follow-up ordnance supplies, Wang Hao immediately ordered that his 30,000-strong army ceased operations and stationed itself in the dense mountain forests, quietly waiting for dawn.
The dark night puts a thick layer of camouflage on the black Qin army, and the dense mountain forests are not only the best natural cover for the Qin army, but also the materials for the Qin army to cut down trees as ladders for reinforcements.
Taking advantage of the darkness, the Qin army slowly and secretly accumulated strength - the strength to hit it with one blow.
But what the Qin army didn't know was that their march, which they thought was fairly secretive, was actually being monitored by the Zhao army's scouts, and the news that the entire Qin army was heading south was also rapidly moving towards the Danshui Barrier to the east, Changpingguan and Jiepailing in the north pass.
Even the destination of the Qin army's trip, a boundary sign several miles away, had received rewards from scouts. The guard Zhou Qi was ready to face the Qin army alone, and with Tian Dan's general order When they arrived, the already well-defended city tower was already ready with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.
The people of the former Han Kingdom in the city were also mobilized by Zhao Jun. The huge rolling wood and rocks were like running water.
Generally, they were carried up to the tower; bundles of arrows were carried up to the tower and placed among the arrow stacks; every few meters, there was a large vat, and the golden juice was full of flavor before it was boiled; several On the protruding battlements, several bed crossbows left by the Qin army were ready to go. The fine iron arrowheads as thick as arms glowed faintly under the moonlight.
Under the city gate, the gate has long been closed. One person hugs a huge thick tree and locks the gate firmly. One end of several thigh-thick hardwoods is diagonally pressed against the door bolt, and the other end is embedded in the dug pit. On top of the pit, a mound of gravel was piled up. Obviously the tight defense has completely locked the door. Unless the door is completely destroyed, it is impossible to enter through the door.
However, the door, which is more than one foot high, is covered with several layers of cowhide and reinforced with fine iron rivets the size of fists. Water cannot penetrate it, and fire can only catch it! What's more, not far behind the doorway is a mountainous area of rolling logs and stones. Once the door is in danger, Zhao Jun can use these piles of stones to completely seal the door at any time.
It can be said that the Zhao army on Jiepailing is fully prepared and ready to surprise the invading Qin army at any time.
Not only Jiepailing, but also Guanglang City, the weakest point in Tian Dan and Lian Po's pocket that Tian Dan and Lian Po were most worried about, was also managed by Zhao Wei as if it were iron-clad.
After receiving Tian Dan's instructions, Zhao Wei even made further adjustments to the defense system. Especially in order to deal with the problem of insufficient troops, Zhao Wei directly ordered all entrances and exits to be blocked with stone barriers, not giving the Qin army a chance to break in.
Of course, as a result, Zhao Jun, including the people in the city, were not allowed to enter or exit. If the Qin army acted like this, it would definitely arouse a lot of resentment among the people. However, under the command of Zhao Wei, the people in Guanglang City not only did not complain, but even organized themselves spontaneously, moving rocks and arrows for Zhao Jun. Reinforce barriers.
It's not that Zhao Wei has any magic power, it's just that Zhao Wei, who was born in a poor family, knows what the people want. It is nothing more than being born and living.
So, the next thing is easy to handle. Since the closed city gate has cut off the livelihood of thousands of people, then just give them another way of survival. Coincidentally, Zhao Wei didn't have much in his hands, but he had plenty of food.
