Yingshui is a province of Yingchuan County, but now it is occupied by the Han army, and Yingchuan County across the Ying River is far away, if it is not for the flags fluttering above the city on both sides, it is difficult for ordinary people to realize that this is actually the first line of confrontation between the two countries, these years, because of Tan Feng's deliberateness, these two places have joined forces to create the most prosperous trading place between the Qin and Han dynasties, Yingshui, Yingchuan and Yingchuan are also appropriate, a large number of merchants gather here, countless goods are traded here, contributing to the prosperity here.

The two cities are separated by the Ying River for a short distance, originally here are wasteland, but now, these places are filled with houses, of course, these houses are not carefully crafted, carefully built, most of them are mud for the wall, thatched for the roof, shelter from the wind and rain is not bad, really want to live in it, maybe not so comfortable.

The merchants who trade here know that sooner or later there will be a war between the two countries, and it is obviously not a good idea to sprinkle money to build a house here.

But don't underestimate these humble thatched houses, any of them, or at a certain time negotiated thousands of big deals, negotiated between the two sides, and then one after another ferries transported countless goods to the two places, and then from these two cities to various places in the Qin and Han dynasties.

Yingshui because of such a transaction, became the richest county in the Han Dynasty, when Fang Shu even pioneered the good deeds of distributing silver to the elderly over 60 years old, and was highly affirmed, so that this policy, and then in Jishi County and Tianhe County also began to be implemented, the rest of the Han Dynasty, but the strength is not caught, Jishi County is the industrial capital of the Han Dynasty, top businessmen gathered, and the annual tax is amazing. However, Tianhe County is the location of the capital Jicheng, the political center of the Han Dynasty, and naturally refuses to lag behind the locality, even if Tianhe County is a little difficult to do, but it can only grit its teeth and save money in other places, and it is not willing to lose this face.

As for Yingchuan County, Tan Feng used this market to earn a large amount of military spending, and his tens of thousands of troops were also extremely well-equipped, but most of his ordnance came from Chu State. In order to support Tan Feng, Huang Xie and Qu Zhong of Chu State can be regarded as having invested a lot of money.

However, after the end of June, this once extremely hot trading market suddenly fell silent, first the top merchants retreated, they were well-informed, they ran faster than rabbits, and one night passed, the agents and employees of these top merchants were gone, and then. The others also got the news that the peace between Yingshui and Yingchuan County, which had lasted for several years, was afraid that it was about to become a thing of the past.

The merchants of the Han Kingdom retreated from Yingchuan County in waves, and ferries loaded with these merchants left. Among them, there are naturally crying and howling, and the big merchants don't care too much about the loss of some goods, which is just a drop in the bucket for them. But for those small and medium-sized businessmen, throwing away all the goods and the money that has not been collected is a pain in the heart. Many of them came here to pan for gold because of the bustling trade, but apparently they were extremely unlucky.

On the night of the second day after the Han merchants retreated, the county town of Yingchuan was closed down. Countless heavily armed soldiers suddenly appeared on top of the walls, and new bed crossbows that had just been torn off the felt cloth were installed on the walls, stone cannons were densely arranged, and in the distance, huge trebuchets were also installed, and beside them, baskets of polished stone bullets were stacked on one side. On the streets of the city, except for the soldiers who were hurrying by, the people either closed their doors or retreated in a panic from the gate on the other side.

Qin and Han, it seems that war is about to break out, think about it, the Hangu Pass side has already started fighting, Lubin is now in the middle of the war, the two countries have torn the last skin, here, how can there be no movement?

Yingchuan County is in chaos, because the people in Yingchuan County are afraid, over the years, the Qin and Han have clashed, the Qin army has not won, fight a battle, lose a battle, lose so that they have long lost confidence, and now the two countries are going to war again, their first thought is naturally to flee.

Tan Feng doesn't care if these people flee or not, he won't announce his actual military goals to these refugees, he doesn't want those guys in Tai'an and Wulong to know their true purpose, for the Han army on the other side, Tan Feng is very sure in his heart, there are only more than 15,000 soldiers and horses in a division led by Gao Yuan's brother-in-law Ye Feng on the opposite side, and his military operation this time has also made corresponding arrangements for a possible attack on the other side, not to mention anything else, the city wall wrapped in thick cement alone is not something that the opponent can easily knock open, not to mention, he still has the dangerous pass of the Yingshui River.

In the past few years, he has not allowed the construction of that kind of reinforced concrete bridge between the two cases, even the size of the boat is limited, more than a hundred large ships, he will never allow them to drive on the Yingshui River, if the Han army wants to attack, with those small boats that can only carry dozens of people at a time, what can they do? The banks of the river near him are densely covered with carved towers. The crossbows, the stone cannons, can easily overturn these boats while they are still in the middle of the river. If the Han army wanted to land and fight, the middle of the river and the beachhead would be enough to make them pay a heavy price.

With less than 20,000 troops, do you want to conquer Yingchuan County, which is defended by 20,000 people? It's a dream. Tan Feng estimated that if he was to command, if he wanted to conquer the Yingchuan county town guarded by 20,000 people, it would take at least 50,000 to 100,000 people, which lasted more than a month, and this would not count the casualties, even if he won it in the end, the number of casualties of the attackers would definitely exceed 10,000, such a big price, the Han army was definitely unwilling to bear.

Over the years, I haven't thought about attacking, and I've been planning how to defend and how to make Yingchuan County impregnable, this is Tan Feng's true thoughts.

Therefore, when all this came, he was relieved to leave Gongsun Zheng to guard the city, and he followed Gongsun Yan to Tai'an, for him, the most important thing now is to take Tai'an, Wulong, Tai'an is the next ruling center in his plan, and it must not be lost.

Occupying the three counties of Wulong, Tai'an, and Yingchuan, he will have strategic depth and room for maneuver, and when the time comes, whether it is with Lu Chao in front of the army to respect himself, or with the state of Chu to bargain, he will have a greater capital. What Lu Chao can do today, why can't he do it in the future? What's more, he is much better than Lu Chao in terms of geographical advantages, although he is bordered by Han and Chu, but they must be happy to see themselves and Lu Chao against each other. In the gap between the three kingdoms, although living a life like stepping on a tightrope, there may not be any real danger. Or at a certain time, the three countries will have to think about winning themselves over!

Got Tai'an, Wulong two places, Tan Feng believes that he can run them to the same prosperity as Yingchuan, over the years, and Yingshui City across the river, Tan Feng by the convenience of the location, constantly studying the reasons for Gao Yuan's success, Han Weekly, he is not a single issue, but often find some businessmen in the Han Kingdom to talk to them, he thinks that the lofty set, he has learned almost, of course, what he wants to learn is only his rich country and strong people, As for the big council that Gao Yuan committed suicide politically, what kind of bullshit big council, big councillors, and what grassroots officials and the people elected themselves, etc., there is no need to think about it.

Learn from the Han State on the economy, but learn from Lu Chao's authoritarian rule on the political, and the combination of the two will create a more powerful force to appear in front of the world. Han Chu himself can't gnaw, but in the future, why can't he can't nibble away at the two parties that are about to fight in Daqin step by step? Whether Lu Chao wins or Ying Ying wins, in the end, his goal is to replace people.

Tan Feng left the chaotic Yingchuan County with hope, it doesn't matter if the people are in chaos, as long as the army is not chaotic, it is enough. These people who have fled, they will one day, they will still come back.

Although there are obviously more soldiers on the street, all kinds of carriages transporting weapons and ordnance are also driving into the city from afar, but there is no martial law in the city, the people are still doing anything, and the shops are doing a good business because of the Chinese people who have withdrawn from the city of Yingchuan County, the major inns are full, and there will never be empty seats in the full hall, everyone is drinking wine and meat, while discussing this sudden big change.

"This time it seems that it is really going to fight Luo, this business will definitely be affected." There is humanity, this is the landlord of Yingshui City, I am the one who opened the inn, don't look at the business is still full at the moment, if you really want to fight, I am afraid that the flow of people will drop sharply, during the war, the business is naturally not much, and those who can do war business are top businessmen, these people are a minority, and they will not choose a small shop like them.

"I'm going to fight, you know? I heard that we suffered a big defeat in Lubin! The king was furious, so he had to teach these Qin people a good lesson. ”

"Dude, when did you hear from this? I haven't read the latest issue of the Dahan Weekly, Lubin has already been recaptured by us, and the previous small defeat, I guess we deliberately showed weakness, and then led the enemy to the bait, and then dealt them a heavy blow. ”

"What, Lubin has been recaptured, I have been staying on the other side for the past ten days, and I only came back today, is this true?"

"See for yourself, there's this report on the wall of the store!" Someone laughed, "I don't know what you've been looking at in the store for so long, and you haven't even noticed it." (To be continued.) )