After the Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang destroyed the national county in Liaodi, he immediately promulgated a new law, carried out internal restructuring, and vigorously developed. Xunzi, who traveled in the Qin State, received a letter from the queen of the Qi State, asking her to return to the Jixia School Palace of the Qi State and continue to serve as a sacrificial wine.

Xunzi, who has served as a sacrificial wine for two terms in the Jixia School Palace, really can't let go of his concern for the School Palace. After receiving the queen's letter, he summoned all his disciples to discuss the matter.

The eldest disciple Li Si, after listening to the words of the teacher Xunzi, bowed down to Xunzi and said, "Teacher, according to the current practice of the queen, the Qi country has not much development prospects. During this period of travel in the Qin Kingdom, the disciples were deeply touched. The disciple plans to stay in the Qin State in the future to see if he can realize his own ambitions? Please forgive the disciple for not being around the teacher. ”

The two disciples who had the same idea as Li Si expressed the same idea to Xunzi at this time.

Xunzi looked at Han Fei and a few other disciples standing next to him and on the other side, and said to them, "Han Fei, what do you think?" ”

Han Fei and the remaining disciples looked at each other, bowed to Xunzi and said, "Teacher, I would like to return to the Academy Palace with you." ”

Xunzi looked at the three disciples who were willing to stay in the Qin Kingdom, nodded and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced. Since you feel that staying in the Qin State can realize what you have learned and the ambition in your heart, I am also very pleased, teacher. In the future, you yourself are in the Qin State, so take more care. ”

Li Si and the other three Xunzi disciples bowed to Xunzi together and said, "Thank you for the teacher's teachings." ”

In March of the eleventh year of King Wucheng, Xunzi accepted the invitation of the queen of Qi State, took Han Fei and several other disciples to return to Qi State from Qin State, and made the sacrificial wine of Qi State Jixia School Palace for the third time.

Lian Po, who led the Zhao army stationed in the Hyun clan, launched a counterattack against the Qin army led by Wang Jian who confronted the Zhao army in Changping in March this year.

In the eleventh year of King Wucheng, in mid-February, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, Xiangguo Mansion.

Zhao Xiangtiandan, who was sitting in the study, pondered for a long time after reading Lian Po's letter, and then wrote two letters on the silk silk and shouted to the outside world: "Someone is coming." ”

The housekeeper who was waiting outside the door heard Tian Dan's voice and pushed the door in.

Tian Dan handed these two letters to the housekeeper and said to the housekeeper: "You can send these two letters to Wei and Chu, and you must personally hand them over to Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, and Huang Xie, the king of Chunshen." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "No." Then he went down to arrange people and went to Wei and Chu.

After the housekeeper left, Tian Dan picked up the silk silk sent by Lian Po in the study and looked at it carefully. Walking slowly, after thinking about it for a long time, he folded the letter sent by Lian Po, put it in his arms, and instructed: "Come here, prepare the carriage and horses, I will go to the palace and meet the king." ”

Ji Kang's uncle Zhao Wangdan frowned slightly, looked at Xiang Guotian and said, "Xiang Guo, are you saying that Lian Po still requires an increase of 100,000 troops in order to expel the Qin army that is in the upper party?" You must know that his current strength is already 200,000, which is a full double the strength of the Qin State stationed in Shangdang! ”

Tian Dan hurriedly bowed down and said, "King, it's like this. Although the Qin general Bai Qi led a large army back to Qin, Wang Jian also led 100,000 Qin troops to confront our Zhao army in Shangdang.

The Wuling Pass occupied by the Qin army is condescending, overlooking our Shangdang area, and the terrain is extremely unfavorable to our Zhao State. To the east of Wuling Pass, the area of Mayi and Duanshi City occupied by the Qin army is rich in water and grass, which is also conducive to the supply of the Qin army.

Therefore, General Lian Po suggested occupying the two cities of Duanshi and Mayi and conquering Wuling. Completely solve the threat of Qin to my Zhao State, the old minister thinks it is right, so he asks the king to adjudicate. ”

Zhao Wangdan stood up, turned to look at the map of Shangdang hanging on the wall, pondered for a long time, and said: "Xiangguo, since this is the case, I will send another 100,000 troops to General Lian Po and order him to fight a quick battle and occupy Wuling, Mayi, and Duanshi, so as to completely solve the threat of the Qin army to my Shangdang." ”

Tian Dan saw that King Zhao agreed with his proposal, and said to King Zhao: "Great King, in order to contain the Qin army, the king can send envoys to Wei and Chu to meet with Wei and Chu, and promise a heavy amount of money." Let them send troops to the Qin State to facilitate our Zhao army to fight against the Qin army.

The old minister has already sent a letter to Xinlingjun and Chunshenjun, and they will definitely help persuade the kings of Wei and Chu. As long as the Wei army and the Chu army send troops, the victory of our Zhao army is still predictable. ”

Zhao Dan was a little unhappy in his heart, and he was a lot of money? This Tiandan is too, I don't know if I, Zhao Guo, have spent a lot of money to settle the military and civilians of the Shangdang?

After thinking for a while, he said to Tian Dan: "Xiangguo, send someone to Wei and Chu to talk to Chen first!" After he sends out his troops, he will consider giving him money. Xiangguo, according to the opinion of the widow, you go down and deal with it! ”

With that, he turned and walked to the back of the hall. Tian Dan looked at King Zhao's back blankly, and after a long time, he sighed slightly.

Last year, Lian Po built a defensive line in the area of Kongcangling, but only defended but did not attack. The general of the Qin army had no choice but to lead the Qin army back to Qin.

Although the main army of Qin retreated to Qin, the 100,000 Qin army led by Wang Jian was still stationed in the area of Wuling, Mayi and Duanshi City, and the Zhao army was on the front line of Shangdang Kongcangling, constantly engaged in a tug-of-war, which made the Zhao army also quite a headache. Although the Zhao army led by Lian Po was 100,000 more than the Qin army, it was not enough to expel the Qin army.

In order to completely eliminate the threat of the Qin army to Shangdang, Lian Po sent a letter to King Zhao and Xiangguo Tiandan, requesting reinforcements of another 100,000 troops, in a vain attempt to take Duanshi, Mayi, and Wuling Pass in one fell swoop, and expel the Qin army led by Wang Jian to completely stabilize the situation of Shangdang.

At the beginning of March, the 100,000 troops reinforced by the Zhao army came to the city of Shangdang Hyun and joined up with Lian Po's main force, the Zhao army. After a short rest, Lian Po immediately led the Zhao army, out of Kongcangling, and launched a pounce on the Qin army.

The Qin general Wang Jian was caught off guard, and due to the limited number of troops, on the one hand, he ordered the Qin army to retreat to Wuling Pass to resist the Zhao army; On the other hand, he immediately sent someone to report to the King of Qin in Xianyang and asked him to send reinforcements.

On March 16, after the Zhao army captured the two cities of Duanshi and Mayi, the troops came to Wuling Pass.

Lian Po stood at the foot of Wuling Pass, watching the steep peaks crisscross and stretch to the north and south. And Wuling Pass is located in the gap between the two mountain peaks, tightly locking the path of Zhao Jun's forward.

Wang Rong, the general of the Zhao Army behind Lian Po, frowned, and said to Lian Po: "General, this Wuling Pass is not easy to fight!" ”

After hearing Wang Rong's words, Lian Po turned around and took a look, and found that many of the generals of the Zhao army behind him had heavy faces.

Among the many generals of the Zhao army, only Shangdang County Shou and Huayang Jun Feng Ting were more familiar with the terrain in this area.

Lian Po looked at Feng Ting and asked, "Huayang Jun, is there any other way to bypass Wuling Pass and reach behind the Qin army?" ”

Feng Ting hurriedly bowed down and said to Lian Po: "General, within a hundred miles on both sides of this Wuling Pass, there are cliffs and deep valleys. It looks close, but it's actually far away. If we send someone to climb over the mountain, the last general is afraid that my Zhao army will suffer more damage, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Hearing Feng Ting say this, Lian Po and the generals of Zhao Jun were even more sad.

The general of the Zhao army tied the leopard, sighed, and said to Lian Po: "General, this Wuling Pass is very dangerous, the road is rugged, and it is built on a high place. Our army's catapults could not reach it, so they could only attack by force. ”

Lian Po nodded and said, "No matter how difficult it is, you have to give it a try." ”

Then, he said to the generals: "Give me the order and prepare to attack." ”

"No." The generals of the Zhao army responded.

On the eleventh day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Xianyang, the capital of Qin, the royal palace.

After receiving an urgent request for help from Wang Jian, the general of the Qin army, Wang Yingji immediately ordered someone to summon Bai Qi, the general who was recuperating at home, and Fan Sui of Xiangguo to discuss the matter.

King Qin saw Bai Qi after entering the palace, and his face was haggard. A little surprised in his heart, he said to Bai Qi: "General Bai Qi, you have to take care of your body!" The widow also expects you to make new contributions to the Qin State. The position of the three princes is not rewarded by the widows. ”

Fan Sui, who was next to him, was stunned for a moment when he heard King Qin say this. His brows were lowered and he didn't say anything.

Bai Qi heard Qin Wang Yingji say this, his heart was moved, and he bowed down to King Qin and said: "King, Weichen's body is only a little tired, and after a period of cultivation, it will naturally be fine." Let the king worry about it, Weichen should be damned! ”

After hearing Bai Qi's words, King Qin relaxed a little and said to Bai Qi: "So very good, so very good." ”

Then, after a pause, he continued to Bai Qi: "General, now Wang Jian has reported from the Shangdang that Lian Po has received reinforcements from Zhao State, and has led the army to occupy the two cities of Mayi and Duanshi, and now he is entering Wuling Huangguan City, how do you think this matter should be handled, General?" ”

Bai Qi turned his head and coughed twice, and said to Yingji: "King, last year, the army of our Qin State and the Zhao army confronted each other in Shangdang, but Lian Po Lao'er couldn't shrink, causing Weichen to lead the army back.

This time, after receiving reinforcements, the Zhao army poured out, and our army happened to fight with it. I, the Qin State, had planned to continue to attack Shangdang this year, with an army of 200,000, and now I have already made good preparations.

Due to physical reasons, Weichen may not be able to go on this expedition. But let me Qin general Wang Yi lead a large army, send troops to the party to join the army led by Wang Qian, and the Zhao army will be defeated. ”

After hearing this, Qin Wang Yingji laughed, turned his head to Xiangguo Fan Sui next to him and said, "Xiangguo, what do you think of what General Bai Qi said?" ”

Fan Sui hurriedly bowed down and said to King Qin: "What General Bai Qi said is extremely true, and Weichen agrees. ”

King Qin saw that his two ministers were in agreement, nodded, and said to the two: "Since the two of you have the same opinion, then the widow will deal with it according to General Bai Qi's suggestion." ”

Turning his head to the herald officer next to him, he said, "If someone comes, you can order the general Wang Yi to lead an army of 200,000 to reinforce the party." ”

"No."

Then, King Qin turned his head to Bai Qi and said again: "General, you are so good to recuperate at home. ”

On the third day of April, early in the morning.

Under the Wuling Pass, thick smoke billowed and the sound of fighting continued.

Lian Po stood at the foot of Wuling Pass, watching waves of Zhao Jun carrying cloud ladders and climbing towards the Wuling Pass city wall. But then the Qin army guarding the pass smashed down and picked down with rolling logs, stones, arrows, weapons, etc.

The blood flowing from Zhao Jun's corpse had stained the entire hillside under Wuling Pass.

In the past half a month, Lian Po has tried his best to break through Wuling Pass, but he has not succeeded, and he is extremely depressed. And the generals of the Zhao army behind Lian Po were even more ugly.

At this moment, I saw a captain of the Zhao military academy, riding a horse in front of him and the generals.

The lieutenant jumped off his horse and knelt down on one knee and reported to Lian Poyu: "General Qiyu, the 200,000 Qin troops led by Wang Ji of the Qin army have arrived at Huangguan today, and they will arrive at Wuling tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”

All the generals of the Zhao army were taken aback, and they all looked at Lian Po.

Lian Po looked at the Zhao army who was fighting at Wuling Pass, sighed, and ordered: "Order our army to withdraw to Mayi, and then slowly withdraw to the front line of Shangdang Kongcangling." ”

All the generals breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison: "No." ”