When they heard that the Qin people were leaving Hangu, Lord Xinling and others thought that the Qin people would take the confusing road and leave Xingyang; preparations for the war in Daliang began from various channels. Unexpectedly, after the Qin people left Hangu, they went to Mao Jin, where we got on the boat. Maojin is the ferry from Shaanxi County to Wucheng. Although Wucheng also belongs to Hedong County, it is south of Shoushan and blocked from the Hedong road in the north of the mountain. It must be climbed over mountains and ridges to reach it. .So when entering Hedong from Qin, they never crossed the river from Maojin, but took Puban Ferry. This march route confused everyone: Where on earth was the Qin army going?

It took three days for the Qin army to completely cross the river. During these three days, Mr. Guo was busy adjusting his spy network: his spies were now arranged from Xianyang to Luoyang. The Qin army would not go to Luoyang, but to Hedong. Mr. Guo's spy network immediately lost its target. But Hedong is a new place, and the spy network has not been established yet, so there is no way to activate it. Therefore, the Qin army's movements after passing Maojin can only rely on the words of businessmen and travelers. Provided: Qin people entered Yuan; Qin people entered Zhiguan; Qin people entered Zhi! At this time, it was only three or four days before Qin people disappeared from Maojin.

Daliang flew to Nanyang to prepare for war. But it was too late. Without Mr. Guo using his spy network, various cities in Nanyang flew to Daliang like meteors: Qin people entered Mengjin; Qin people entered Wen... In the blink of an eye, Wei Guo More than a dozen cities in Nanyang were all occupied by Qin. Only Xingqiu and Huaixian, which are more easterly, had just time to gather people in the city for defense.

Wen is a large city with a long history in Nanyang. It was originally the Wen Kingdom and was destroyed by the Di people. It was later given to Duke Wen of Jin by the King of Zhou, who sent his capable minister Hu Qin to serve as Wen's guardian. Later, although Wen was not as prominent as Zhi, But it is also a large city, with considerable population and wealth. After the Battle of Qifeng, Wen was ceded to Qin in exchange for Qin's withdrawal from Qifeng; after the Battle of Huayang, Qin ceded the Jin Dynasty, including Wen, to Qin. The cities in Nanyang were returned to the Wei State in exchange for the Wei State's cities around Chu Nanyang. After such a deal, the defense of Wen County and the surrounding cities was naturally worrying; but it fell into the hands of the Qin people almost without a battle. It was still beyond the expectations of the kings and ministers of Wei State.

Compared with Wen, Xingqiu and Huai County are far behind. Xingqiu is the former site of the ancient Xing Kingdom and is called "Qiu". First, it means that the terrain of that place is higher, and second, it means that it (used to be) A ruin - Xing State has long been lost in the long river of history. Xingqiu built on the ruins can only be regarded as a ferry for Wen County to cross the Yellow River. Huaize formed a city because it is located at the mouth of the river with little water. A newly built ferry city. The ferry business was developed, but its combat effectiveness and food supply were far inferior to those of agricultural cities. When Lord Xinling and others heard that only Xingqiu and Huai were left in Nanyang, they all despaired of Nanyang.

However, for Mr. Guo, the task has been relieved a lot. He no longer needs to send spies to Hedong. He has a large number of informants in Nanyang. As long as he sends people across the river, he can get information. He soon found out clearly that Qin The human commanders are the five officers stationed in Daliang with the prince, and the prisoner army is almost all composed of the prince's followers who serve as officers at all levels: public officials, public officials, official officials, officials...; the low-level non-commissioned officers are all from Yu Hedong, they settled in Hedong not long ago, and their titles were not high. Some of them were even Wei people from Yuancheng and Zicheng. They had just defected to Hedong a few years ago, and now they brought the Qin people back!

From now on, Mr. Guo's people can only enter the area around Xingqiu and Huai, because the Qin army has blocked these two cities, and all roads in Nanyang leading to these two ferries are impassable.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the coldest season of winter has arrived! Lord Xinling knows that the most strenuous time for both sides has arrived: whoever can overcome the severe cold of winter and persevere will win. Lord Xinling hopes that at least

The city will be better than the wild!

Mr. Guo still continued to send spies to sneak across the river to find those informants who stayed in Nanyang. Although most of them returned without success, some people still sneaked across the blockade and penetrated into the rear of the Qin army. The spies' returns made

Everyone was in a heavy mood: the Qin people were not in a hurry to attack the city, but entered the towns around the two cities, and besieged them for a long time, as if they were waiting for the food in the city to run out, and then opened the city on their own.

Hearing that Mr. Guo conveyed the Qin Army's movement, everyone suddenly felt relieved. This is an old trick of the Qin Army. They eat the enemy's food in the enemy's territory, wait until the local food is eaten up, and then find another reason to ask for it.

Several cities withdrew their troops! It was like this in Qifeng, it was like this in Yanyu, and it was like this in Wu'an... Anyway, when spring is approaching, the Qin army will retreat and go home to prepare for farming, otherwise they won't have anything to eat the next day. Those who were killed by Qin

Of course, it will be miserable in places where people have eaten all the food, and there may not even be any seeds left. Spring planting is very difficult, and the harvest will naturally be impossible. Some people will starve to death in the coming year, but if a large-scale famine is not triggered, some old and weak people will die.

Being sick and disabled is within the acceptable range.

With one snowstorm after another, the time has entered the twelfth lunar month. The whole country of Wei has begun to discuss how to start peace talks. If there are peace talks, what places can be given up. Most opinions are that it is acceptable to give up both Zhi and Wen, as long as

If only Zhi is ceded, it will be a victory! As for the Yuan? Then don’t mention it. In the gentle breeze, even Mr. Guo has reduced the number of spies sent to the other side, because the news coming back from the inquiries every day is the same: the Qin army is in the city.

They were stationed, and Xingqiu and Huai were guarding the city. Sometimes people in the city came down to collect some firewood, but the Qin army outside the city did not interfere.

It was said to be a war, but in fact no weapons were actually used.

Just when Wei was about to send an envoy to sue for peace, Huailing sent an envoy to report to Daliang: The Qin people have abandoned Xingqiu and will concentrate all their efforts on attacking Huai. Lord Xinling urgently asked Mr. Guo to send people across the river to check. The spy has not returned yet.

Then I got the news that Xingqiu had been captured.

Two days later, Xing Qiuling returned to Daliang with several retainers to report that the Xing people had been trapped for a long time and had only one food for more than ten days. After the Qin people left, the Xing people went to the city to look for food in the wild, but were killed by the Qin people.

They turned around. Seeing the Qin army coming back, the city hurriedly beat drums to call the police, but those Xing people who left the city were unwilling to return to the city to defend themselves even if they heard the drums. The soldiers guarding the city saw that almost no one came back, and they didn't know what was going on.

Should he continue to open the city gates and wait for people to enter the city, or should he close the city gates and defend the city? During the hesitation, the Qin army invaded, and Xingqiu ordered to flee in panic, leaving other officials unaware of where they were.

Lord Xinling, Wei Qi and Jin Bi sat in silence after listening to Xingqiuling's story. Xingqiuling is also a clan member and lives in the north of Daliang City. No one here has the right to take any punitive measures against him. Xinling

The king said: "Xing Ling abandoned the city to defend the country and returned to the country. The ministers were rude and will report it to the king. I hope he will return home as soon as possible."

Xingqiu ordered him to bow down and say: "I have lost my position and violated the laws of the country. I will treat the offender as such. Even if I die, I will not have any grudges!"

After letting Xingqiu Ling go home, everyone looked at Jin Bi. Jin Bi said without hesitation: "Xingqiu is lost, and Huai will not be saved." Three days later, the news came that Huai County was under pressure from merchants.

Later, Kaicheng surrendered, and Huailing fled without trace.

After occupying Zhi, Wen, Mengjin, Xingqiu and Huaihou, Wei's forces in Nanyang were basically wiped out. But interestingly, the Qin army did not touch South Korea's cities in Nanyang. The kings and ministers of Wei were very satisfied with this result.

I don't understand, and I don't know what to do. Now that the war is over, there is no room left to cede territory.

The King of Qin also assigned the newly acquired land to Hedong County, and transferred the county governor Wu'an Jun Baiqi to be the governor of Hedong. Li Bing was appointed as the governor of Shu County. He led his troops to capture Xingqiu and Huaihou, and the five officials and other entourage who followed the prince

After being dismissed, they were re-employed. Under the recommendation of Lord Wu'an, they all held different positions in Hedong County. Hedong County became the focus of the Qin State for a while, and was the most powerful county except for internal history.

The newly captured cities were quickly reorganized into households. Under the strong suppression of Wu Anjun and the strong promotion of Zhang Lu, Qin law was implemented in the newly occupied areas.

Seeing that the Qin people did not withdraw after occupying Nanyang, and set up officials behind them to implement Qin's laws, the Wei state began to feel a little hairy. It was originally thought that the Qin people would leave after eating Nanyang's food, and the Wei state only needed to clean up the mess left by the Qin people.

. Now, the Qin people did not leave, and the Wei people could not clean up the mess. The Qin people helped them clean up, and the Wei people were dumbfounded. Only then did Lord Xinling vaguely realize that Hou Ying's judgment was accurate, and that the Qin people

Occupying Nanyang may bring serious consequences. Nanyang is definitely not something that can be summed up by the word "border town".

The occupation of Xingqiu and Huai by the Qin Dynasty did not reduce the Wei people's enthusiasm for the New Year. Ordinary Wei people still bought New Year's goods, visited relatives and friends, and killed pigs and sheep as usual. Since this year's salt was extremely cheap, wealthy families salted more

Several kilograms of meat or fish; ordinary families can also decorate their dinner with some salted plums.

All the cities south of Zhiguan in Hedong County are allowed to celebrate the New Year according to the old customs. Wei, Han, and Zhao have the same calendar, and the cities are basically not divided by country. They communicate with each other, and the entire Nanyang area is also immersed in a festive atmosphere.

Here, the flames of war that had just been extinguished seemed like a distant past.

On the day of the beginning of spring, Lord Xinling held a banquet for guests and announced that he would become a master to learn martial arts. All the ministers and clan members came to the house, and even the King of Wei sent envoys to offer gifts as teachers. The Prince of Wei's house was filled with joy and was decorated with lanterns and festoons.

Lord Xinling drove the car in person, with Mr. Zhongyue as the right-hand man. He took his family and followers with him and drove to Yimen. Hou Ying had been notified by Lord Xinling that he would become a disciple in the future. He was waiting at the Yimen guardhouse that day.

Except for those on duty, all Yimen soldiers gathered inside and outside the guardhouse, not to mention the young men.

When the car arrived in front of the guard house, Lord Xinling got out of the car, holding a slip in his hand. A retainer behind him came to the door holding a plate with six bunches of dried meat.

Lord Xinling personally said in a loud voice: "Young Wei family Wuji, Mr. Muhou is so virtuous that he has a lot of virtues. He stands under the gate and wall. I am willing to teach you day and night!"

A young man ran out of the courtyard and said, "Sir, your Majesty is in vain for your false praise. You really don't deserve it. I'm willing to resign!"

Lord Xinling said: "Sir, you are of great virtue, and Wuji has been promised by God. This sincerity can be compared to the sun and the moon. I admire you so much that I am hungry and thirsty. Fortunately, don't abandon Wuji because of his lack of virtue. You must learn from it and correct your mistakes."

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