Now it is also the second year of the reign of King Qin, May 1. Four months ago, the second year of the reign of King Qin, January 2.

Taiyuan County, a new city!

Bai Qi led an army of 300,000 to Xinxing City for more than half a decade, and since the day he arrived in Xinxing City, Bai Qi sent scouts to reconnoiter in a range of 100 miles in the northeast and south.

"Report, General Qiyu, a hundred miles to the east, we have found an army coming in the direction of Xinxing City, and we have ascertained that it is the vanguard of the Six-Nation Alliance, about 50,000 people. "A scout came to the city lord's mansion to report.

In the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, Bai Qi sat on the main seat, and after listening to the news of the scout, he said flatly: "Chuan, Wang Ling, Huan Qi, Zhang Tang, and Meng Ming came to the City Lord's Mansion to discuss matters. ”

"No. The white guard outside the lobby answered.

Soon, the four of Wang Ling came to the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, greeted Bai Qi, and sat down.

Bai Qi was the first to speak: "The scouts have found out that there are 50,000 enemy troops a hundred miles away, and the general guesses that it should be the vanguard of the six countries. Generally speaking, the vanguard army ranged from 5,000 to 10,000, but 50,000 people came from the six countries, and it was speculated that the general had a plan to capture Xinxingcheng. ”

Huan Qi continued: "The general's speculation should be true, before our army arrived, Xinxing City was only 3,000 defenders, if the enemy suddenly attacked, regardless of the cost, he would definitely capture Xinxing before the eastern Sichuan battalion reacted." In this case, do we want to give them a meeting gift, otherwise, wouldn't it seem that my Qin State is stingy. ”

"Hahaha, what General Huan Qi said is extremely true, the six countries still think that our Qin State does not know that they have jointly attacked Qin, and these 50,000 troops do not need to go back. Wang Ling said with a smile.

"The six countries may not know that our Qin State already knows the news of their joint attack on Qin, but they are not sure yet, although Xinxing City has blocked the news for more than three months, ostensibly to prevent the six countries from knowing the news of our Qin State's spring expedition against the Qiang people, even if they believe it, they will plan for the worst, otherwise it will not be the vanguard of 50,000. Zhang Tang thought for a while.

"It is still the general who has the foresight, and the 300,000 troops are stationed ten miles in the rear. Presumably, it is impossible for the eyeliner outside the city to find that our army has reached Taiyuan County. Meng Ming said.

"It shouldn't be found, don't forget that there are people with nets within three miles of the barracks, and in addition to the army guarding the paths, there are also people with nets watching. Even if there are people from the six countries in Taiyuan County, they can't leave the message. Huan Qi said.

Meng Ming said: "That's true, with the help of the net, the news of our army's arrival here will not be leaked." The only possible thing is only when it comes, the movement is too great, and the army stretches for dozens of miles, and it cannot be concealed in any case. ”

"A few rest assured, before our army sent a letter to Guguan, all the people in the three counties outside the pass were cleared. It's not going to leak out. Bai Qi said.

Several people were shocked, the people of the six countries in the three counties outside the gate were all very hidden, some for several years, some for twenty or thirty years, I am afraid that one or two generations may also be, Bai Qi actually said that all of them had been cleaned up.

When Wang Ling was still thinking about what kind of power could find out and kill all the people in the three counties, the other three people, as if they had thought of something, looked at Bai Qi vaguely, Bai Qi nodded slightly, and the three of them were even more shocked. Those people, only Bai Qi and Huan Qi, Meng Mingshi have seen the three of them, Zhang Tang has only heard of it but has not seen it, and Wang Ling may not have heard of it.

Huan Qi felt that he was going to change the topic, those people were not something they could talk about casually, there was no sense of mystery, how to make people scared, frightened.

said: "Wu Qi has not been defeated in his life, and his ability to march and fight naturally does not need to be said, and we can't pay too much attention to it." ”

"What you said is true, Wu Qi is the commander, and he should really go all out. Look, there is a five-mile forest fifty miles east of Xinxing City, which is a good place for ambushes. However, we can think of it, and the enemy can think of it, so our army cannot lie in ambush in the forest, nor can we always lie in ambush at the front and rear ends of the road in and out of the forest. Bai Qi also echoed.

"General, within a hundred miles, only this forest is suitable for ambush, if you don't ambush in this forest, how can you be caught off guard and take advantage of the opportunity?" Wang Ling asked puzzled.

Bai Qi said confidently: "Our army only has 50,000 cavalry, and this forest is in the shape of a garden, divided into two armies, hidden on both sides of the forest, which can avoid the enemy's detection. ”

"General, although the road can accommodate up to three horses to pass through, the enemy has 50,000 horses and 20,000 cavalry, even if our army uses 30,000 soldiers to block the front road, the result will be a miserable victory. Meng Mingshi asked.

"No, the enemy should send scouts to scout both sides of the road in the forest and the western side of the forest before they enter the forest, and make sure that the western side will not pass through the forest without our troops blocking it. The time for the enemy scouts to return to report is enough for our army to go to the west to intercept the enemy, and if it is a smarter general, he will leave a few scouts here to prevent our army from suddenly intercepting it. Even if there are enemy scouts, it will take time to go back and report the news, and by that time the enemy is probably already more than a third of the way into the forest, and if they want to retreat, another army of our army has blocked the back road, as the general said, there is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to enter the ground. Zhang Tang explained.

"I see, what a good plan. ”

Huan Qi and Wang Ling exclaimed.

Wang Ling listened to the order. Bai Qi said solemnly.

"The last general will listen to orders. Wang Ling got up and bent over.

"I order you to lead 50,000 light cavalry to the forest at noon tomorrow to ambush and annihilate the 50,000 armies of the six countries. ”

"Wang Ling commanded. Wang Ling said.

"All of you should go down and prepare, the 500,000 troops of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong will be under the city in less than ten days. Bai Qi said again.

"No. The three of them replied.

The four of them left, and Bai Qi ordered the guards outside the hall: "Let Xuan Jian come to see the general." ”

"No. ”

Probably after a cup of tea, Xuan Jian entered the lobby with a black and white sword on his back. Li said: "Luo Wang Xuanjian has seen the general. ”

"The eyeliner outside the city will be handed over to you, and it will all be cleaned up before the fourth watch. Bai Qi said lightly.

Xuan Jian understood. After saying that, he said goodbye and left.

On the second day, at noon, Xinxing City.

A force of 50,000 cavalry, led by Wang Ling, left the city.

Seventy miles east of Xinxing City, a red flag and red armor infantry cavalry army marched in the direction of Xinxing City.

The fluttering banner has the two characters of "Wei" and "Chu", this army is composed of 30,000 cavalry of Wei and 20,000 infantry armor of Chu, and Wei He of Wei is the main general, and Miju of Chu is the deputy general.

"Report, General Qiyu did not find the enemy or Qin State spies within ten miles. A scout came to Wei He to report.

Wei He said: "Send someone to investigate all the way along the forest road, and come back immediately to report the situation when you find it." ”

"No. ”

Seeing the scout leaving, Mi Ju didn't look at Wei He, so he said in a disapproving tone: "General Wei, you have been exploring for ten miles all the way, and our marching speed has been slowed down for five days, isn't it a bit of a big fuss." Otherwise, today's Xinxing City would have been in our pocket for a long time. ”

Wei He glanced at Miju on the left, and still explained: "The day before yesterday, a scout came to report that they had found a few mysterious figures, but when they tracked down, they disappeared without a trace, and at the same time there were individual footprints on the ground, I would have been worried that our whereabouts would not be discovered by the Qin people." ”

"Could it be the figure and footprints of the people in the nearby villages? Mi Ju also became serious, as for why he only found out today, it was because he had been in charge of the rear of the army before, and he had also received an order from Wei He and had just arrived at the front army.

"The mysterious figure pursued by the scouts did disappear into a village, but I always felt that something was wrong. Wei He expressed his opinion.

"General Wei should have been overworked in the past month, since it is a common people's village, it is normal for people to come in and out. As for the so-called mysterious figures, the scouts are already very tired, and you asked them to expand the scope of the investigation by ten miles, and they are nervous, and it is normal for everyone to think that they are Qin scouts. Miju explained.

"Perhaps, as General Mi said, the general did let them expand the scope of investigation again and again, and they were also exhausted. When I set out, the boss told me that there were spies from Zhao, Wei, and Han outside Xinxing City, and if the Qin people sent troops, the news would now be sent to you and me. Wei He thought for a moment.

"You three kingdoms are afraid of Qin, and they are afraid of them like tigers. Miju sneered.

"The state of Chu is not afraid, so why should it join forces with those who are afraid of Qin?" Wei He asked rhetorically.

"You... ”

"Hmph... ”

Mi raised his sleeves and rode away.

Wei He looked at his back as he left, with a sneer on his face.

Then there was a helpless sigh, originally the power of the Seven Kingdoms, Qin and Zhao were the two superior countries. After the Battle of Changping, Qin became a first-class power, and the six countries had no chance of winning against the upper Qin state, so the six countries jointly attacked Qin again, even if they could not destroy the Qin state, they would let the Qin state slump from then on and could not go east.

For this victory, all the Wei warriors of the Wei State were taken out, a total of 60,000 Wei warriors, and they were led by Wu Qi, one of its founders. In addition to these, he also knew a small part of the secrets, all in all, in short, this time the Qin State was in a catastrophe.

The sun was setting, and at dusk, the 50,000 army arrived outside the forest, and the scouts came back and said: "General Qiyu, the birds are singing in the forests on both sides of the road, and the subordinates have also sent people to investigate, but they have not found the Qin army, and there is a secret post at the other end of the forest. ”

After listening to the scout's words, Wei He was a little unsure whether to march tomorrow or take advantage of the fact that the Qin State did not find out, cross the forest as soon as possible, and then set up camp.

If it was to march tomorrow, the Qin people got the news and came overnight to block the way out from the other side of the forest. The road in the forest can only be walked side by side by three or four horses, and even if you have 50,000 horses and you can't move, you will be blocked by the enemy with three or four thousand horses.

"Tell the three armies, advance at great speed, and regenerate fire through the forest to cook. Wei He thought about it again and again and decided to hurry overnight.

"No. The guard responded.