In October, the people of Qin also spent the New Year in anxiety. The people of Qin were fooled by the people of Zhao again! The last time Zhao Gongzi Xi deceived the people of Qin, the people of Qin returned the three cities of Lin, Lishi and Qi, but did not exchange them.

They came to the proposed city. The Qin people went to attack, but they suffered a small loss, which made the Zhao people proud for many years! How glorious it was for Zhao to fight with him, but how shameful it was for the Qin people! This time, the Zhao people were in

When the Shangdang in South Korea cut off the fruits of victory halfway, it made the people of Qin especially angry!

However, almost everyone in Qin knew that it was the famous general Lian Po who was in charge of the defense of Shangdang in the State of Zhao, and King Zhao gathered all the strength of the country to defend Shangdang, asking for people to give, food for food, and money for money. He was angry.

The people of Qin knew that there would be a hard and bloody battle to get Shangdang back. The Prime Minister of Qin asked Qin to step up millet speculation, indicating that the expected war would be long and many soldiers would be mobilized. Although the basic soldiers were all prisoners

, but officers at all levels must be borne by ordinary families, especially those with titles. In wars, the mortality rate of junior officers is often the highest, especially for officers, such as sergeants and corps commanders. The punishment is very long.

The larger the recruitment of gangsters, the greater the number of officers at all levels required, and the more families will be affected. Families who expect that their family members will be recruited have complicated emotions during the New Year: it may be a separation of life and death, or there may be separation.

It was a turning point in life! The family members tried their best to avoid talking about the war. They only reminded each other of things that needed attention and silently prepared things for the war.

Both prisoners and workers worked until New Year's Eve. The young and strong were engaged in various military trainings, while the women were busy frying millet. The craftsmen were working hard to build various weapons and other equipment.

The most nervous people are actually the highest-level officials. They want to carry out various deceptions and package their true intentions in various false lies. The various measures they implement are false and true, but under deliberate guidance, they are all directed towards "

In the direction of "revenge Zhao Guo and avenge shame". Countless magicians concentrated on various lawsuits, strategizing like the wind, and making a lot of calculations.

Qin and Zhao just stimulated each other and competed to improve their armaments.

After the Ghost Festival, prisoners from all over the country began to assemble at the assembly area one after another, led by local knights and nobles. This time, the assembly area was designated at Anyi, Hedong. Wang Lu arrived at Anyi in advance, preparing to receive the troops.

At this time, the Qin State had ten counties including Neishi. The three counties of Neishi, Shangjun, and Hedong were relatively close, followed by Longxi, Beidi, and Nanyang. Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, and Nanjun were far away and blocked by mountains and rivers.

The most remote place. However, these nationwide conscriptions reached all ten counties. It is said that there were 20,000 people in each county, a total of 200,000 people!

To gather soldiers who are so far apart requires arduous organizational work. This time, the Qin people adopted the method of setting off from the farthest place first. The soldiers from Ba, Shu, and Nanjun set off first. The soldiers from Bashu took the road

Hanzhong, and then entered Xianyang via Baoxie Road. When Bashu soldiers passed through the above counties, each county had to prepare various services such as food, camps, medicine, and engineering repairs.

The soldiers of Nanjun passed through Nanyang, and after passing the Korean border, crossed the Yellow River and entered Hanoi, then transferred to Anyi. Nanyang also had to provide various logistic services when the soldiers of Nanjun passed through.

Both Longxi and the Northern Territory must pass through Nei Shi, and their soldiers also need to be provided with logistical services by Nei Shi.

Those counties that provide logistics support allow soldiers from neighboring counties to pass before organizing soldiers to move in, so as not to affect the quality of logistics services.

Wang Hao waited for two months in Anyi before the first batch of soldiers from Bashu arrived. It was already the middle of winter and heavy snow fell in Anyi. It was already difficult to place the 40,000 soldiers. Zhang Lu asked the soldiers behind him not to follow.

When to follow up and wait for further instructions! After leaving Nanyang, the soldiers of Nanjun stayed in the river valley between Yiru and were ordered to camp on the spot. The new city on the Yishui River was originally the fiefdom of Huayang Lord and was considered the land of Qin State

Liang by the Ru River belongs to the Wei State; Jia a little downstream belongs to South Korea. The Qin State forced Liang and Jia to jointly bear the food supply of Nanjun's 20,000 soldiers. Two thousand shi of food per day was enough for two cities with a population of tens of thousands.

For a city, although it is not heavy, it is by no means easy. But at this time, no one dared to refuse easily, lest they get burned.

Hedong had the important task of receiving the entire Qin army, so the soldiers were naturally not concentrated and were still training in various cities and towns.

Bai Qi moved the Bashu army that had marched thousands of miles to Xintian and Quwo to control the coast of Fenshui River. He also asked Yangchengjun to supply food for Xintian soldiers. After bargaining, he changed the supply to half, that is, two thousand per day.

Shi Pingyang has now completely lost its defense capabilities. Under Bai Qi's supervision, Pingyang is not allowed to drill, reinforce the city walls, or rectify weapons. All the ore mined must be transported to Anyi, and smelting without authorization is not allowed! Pingyang has become a lamb to be slaughtered.

, completely unable to resist Bai Qi’s instructions.

The State of Zhao watched the movements of the Qin army with vigilance. When troops from each county passed through the land of Guangrou, it aroused unspeakable tension in the hearts of the kings and ministers of the State of Zhao. Rapidly mobilizing food and soldiers became everyone's heart

deep subconscious.

The transportation of five million shi of grain was not an easy task, especially after Zhao She, who was good at organizing transportation, passed away and Zhao Kuo went into mourning. The newly appointed Tian Bei mobilized 100,000 people and more than 10,000 livestock to transport the food back and forth.

It took more than two months to finish transporting the grain. In the end, much less arrived in Changping.

After the grain was returned to the warehouse, it was the New Year, which was the day for the rotation of garrison soldiers. Since the first batch of prisoners from afar had arrived in Anyi, it was controversial whether the garrison should be renewed this year, because it was possible that

Chaos arose on the front line! But then news came from Anyi that due to the cold weather, the Qin army had stopped in Anyi for the winter, and soldiers from other counties also stopped mobilizing. Zhao Jun and his ministers secretly said "lucky" and continued

Carry out soldier rotation as originally planned.

Due to the overlap between the soldier patrol and the transportation campaign, Xu Li spent a lot of effort to recruit 100,000 troops and sent them to the front line to replace Zhao soldiers who had been guarding for half a year. Shangdang had completely lost its production function, and all residents became defensive

Participants in the war relied on military rations for their livelihood, including women, children and the elderly.

But the Qin army did not come...

One hundred thousand Zhao troops plus more than 200,000 Shangdang civilians consumed 30,000 to 40,000 shi of Shangdang's food every day.

Waiting until February, Lian Po found that Changping's granary had bottomed out again, and rushed to Handan to collect grain. But at this time, the Qin people, uncharacteristically, not only did not withdraw their troops, but started to march again!

In mid-February, when the winter chill was still lingering, Changping finally received a report from the Qin people: Zhao Jun, who had already sent patrols to the Shaoshui line, found dust rising in the distance to the west, and it was obvious that a large army was advancing.

Lian Po immediately issued an alarm to all armies: The Qin army is approaching!

Duanshi's front line by the Qinshui River was controlled by the Qin people. The Zhao army did not attack, but just avoided the city. The defenders in Duanshi City were naturally worried every day, fearing that the city would fall. The arrival of the main force of the Qin army made Duanshi

Cicheng rejoiced.

Although Wang Lu's camp was located in Anyi, he actually did not stay there all the time. He and Bai Qi took turns squatting in a small city next to Duan clan, alternately observing the movements of the Qin army and dealing with the affairs of the army.

Affairs. So when the Qin army came to Duanshi, Wang Hao had already made a comprehensive plan for the battle.

He first set up an ambush in the mountains east of Shaoshui and eliminated the scouts who patrolled the mountains one by one. After five days of this, Zhao Jun's scouts no longer showed up, so Wang Lu began to concentrate his forces to attack the passes set up by Zhao Jun at the mountain pass.

Lian Po flew to Handan to report that the Qin army had met the Zhao army and they must transport food as soon as possible. Otherwise, they may be defeated due to lack of food at the most critical moment of the battle.

King Zhao was a little panicked. He asked Lord Pingyuan, Lord Pingyang, and Lin Xiangru to quickly count the granaries in Handan to see how much food could be transported forward.

It's only February now, and it's still early in the year. The necessary expenses only cover the salaries of officials. There is still a lot of grain in the warehouse. However, considering the various expenses necessary within a year, the grain in this warehouse can no longer be used.

Yes! Also, February is the time to prepare for spring plowing. If civilian workers are dispatched to transport grain, will they still be able to plant grain?

But the war in Shangdang has begun. This is a battle that Zhao State cannot lose, and King Zhao cannot lose. If it loses, Zhao State and King Zhao will be disgraced, and Handan will also be directly exposed to the attack of the Qin army.

Next. This is an unbearable burden for Zhao State!

The kings and ministers of Zhao State were a little regretful. If they had not sent their followers so early, would the food problem have been alleviated? But Lord Pingyuan, who was determined to take the lead in the battle, retorted: "If the Zhao army hadn't arrived first and strengthened the wall, how could we have done this?

grain?"

There is no need to take the medicine of regret. If the Zhao army can defeat the Qin army within a few months with its superior strength, what’s the harm in losing some food? King Zhao ordered that once all expenses were spent, he would transport three million stones of food.

Up the mountain. In order not to delay the battle, Handan recruited 100,000 civilians and collected all the livestock they could collect, striving to deliver food to Changping as quickly as possible.

In the next two months, Handan was transporting grain to Changping, and Changping was receiving grain, while the Qin army uprooted the passes set by the Zhao army in the mountains one by one.

It should be said that the passes set up by the Zhao army are very effective, and the terrain selected is also very favorable, which brings great difficulties to the Qin army. However, the Qin army can concentrate its forces to seize the passes one by one and retain enough troops to deal with them.

There are reinforcements from other places, but Zhao Jun is in a passive state of being beaten here. Each pass is not big, and there are not many troops that can be gathered. They can only delay time and cannot hold on for a long time.

After two months of hard fighting, the Zhao army's passes at the mountain pass were eliminated one by one. The Qin army finally appeared on the bank of Danshui. At this time, the Zhao army also completed its food supply, and its morale was high. It was gearing up to fight with the Qin army.
Chapter completed!