In the thirteenth year of King Wucheng, at the end of June, the county capital of Shu County, Chengdu City.

A herald from Xianyang came to the mansion of Sima Terrier, the general of the Qin army, jumped off his horse, and said to the sergeant guarding the door: "Go and report to General Sima, the king has an edict, and he is ordered to receive the edict quickly." ”

The soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to delay, and hurriedly entered the mansion and went to report to the Bashu general Sima Terrier.

After receiving the report, Sima Terrier came to the front yard.

The herald standing in the courtyard, when he saw Sima Terrier coming, raised the edict of King Yingji of Qin with both hands and shouted: "Bashu General Sima Terrier, take the edict!" ”

Sima Terrier knelt down and kowtowed: "Minister Sima Terrier, take the edict." ”

This herald opened the edict and read it aloud: "Order the Bashu general Sima Terrier, you can lead the Bashu army of 100,000, and you must rush to Xianyang in early August to crusade against Zhao, there must be no mistake." Edict! ”

After listening to the edict of King Yingji of Qin, Sima Terrier was stunned for a moment, but he did not dare to slack off, and responded loudly: "Minister Sima Terrier, obey the edict." ”

Then, from the hands of this herald, he took over the edict of King Yingji of Qin.

Speaking of Sima Terrier, we have to talk about the general who made great contributions to the Qin State, Sima Terrier's father, Sima Cuo.

In the ninth year of King Huiwen of Qin (316 BC), Sima Cuo, the general of Qin, had an argument with Zhang Yi, the prime minister of Qin, because of the military strategic direction of Qin at that time.

At that time, Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi advocated that Qin first attack Korea, and the general Sima Cuo advocated that "attack Bashu first, and if you get Shu, you will get Chu", and suggested that Qin send troops to occupy Bashu while the two countries were attacking each other.

Sima mistakenly believed that attacking Shu would allow him to obtain his manpower and material resources to enrich his armaments. Then the Qin state can attack Korea immediately, and it can also occupy a favorable position and attack the Chu state down the river.

King Huiwen of Qin adopted Sima Cuo's suggestion and decided to send troops to attack the two countries.

In the autumn of the same year, Sima Cuo, Zhang Yi, Du Weimo and others led an army from Shiniudao to attack Shu, and fought with the Shu army at Jiameng (now Guangyuan, Sichuan), and the Shu king was defeated and fled to Wuyang (now Pengshan Shandong, Sichuan).

In October of the same year, Sima Cuo led the Qin army to destroy the Shu State, demoted the King of Shu to the Marquis of Shu, and appointed Chen Zhuang as the Minister of Shu.

After that, Chen Zhuang, the prime minister of Shu, rebelled against Qin and killed the king of Shu. After that, Sima Cuo led the army to quell the rebellion of Chen Zhuang.

Subsequently, the general Sima Cuo led the army to destroy the country of Ba and completely occupied the land of Bashu.

After occupying the land of Bashu, the general Sima Cuo was appointed as the general of Bashu by King Huiwen of Qin and led the army to defend Bashu.

The land of Bashu is fertile for thousands of miles, and the grain is harvested twice a year.

Since the annexation of the Bashu State, the Qin State has become richer and stronger, and thus has more contempt for the Central Plains States.

In the eighteenth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (289 BC), Sima Cuo, the general of Qin, led a large army to attack Wei and captured 61 cities of Wei.

In the twenty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (280 BC), Sima Cuo led an army to attack Chu and capture Qianzhong County of Chu.

After the death of the general Sima Cuo, his son Sima Terrier was ordered by the King of Qin to succeed him as the general of Bashu, and cooperated with Li Bing, the county guard of Shu County, to govern Bashu.

The Bashu general Sima Terrier, seeing the edict of King Yingji of Qin, asked for a very urgent time.

On the one hand, he sent people to the two counties of Bashu to give orders and gather people; On the other hand, he went to report goodbye to Li Bingyu, the county guard of Shu County, and prepared to lead the army north.

After Sima Terrier met Li Bing, he asked the county guard Li Bing to read the edict of the King of Qin, and said to Li Bing: "The county guard, according to the edict of the king, now I want to send the army that is building Dujiangyan to the north." The construction of Dujiangyan is probably powerless. ”

Li Bing, the county guard of Shu County, frowned slightly, and said to Sima Terrier: "General Sima, it's okay to go, generally the king will not send my Bashu army to the battle." It seems that in the Battle of Changping last year, my Qin State was also greatly injured! ”

Sima Terrier sighed and said to Li Bing: "In the Battle of Changping last year, my son Sima Jin also served under the account of Wu Anjun, and his letter said that although the army of Zhao was destroyed by 450,000, more than half of my Qin army was killed or wounded!" ”

"It seems that this year, my Qin State will attack Zhao and transfer my Bashu army, which is also a last resort."

Li Bing listened and nodded.

King Zhou was fifty-six years old, King Qin Zhao was forty-eight years old, and Zhao Xiaocheng was seven years old.

Zhao brazenly tore up the agreement with Qin at the end of last year, reached an agreement in Xianyang to cede the six cities, and sent Qing Yuxin to Han, Wei, and Qi to lobby and prepare to join forces to resist Qin.

Qin Wang Yingji was furious and said to Qin Xiangfan: "Zhao Dan's child deserves to die for his crimes, and he should be punished!" ”

Ignoring the fatigue of the Qin army, he remobilized the troops from all over the Qin State and ordered the Qin General and Wu Anjun Bai Qi to lead the army to prepare to attack the Zhao State.

Bai Qi said to Fan Sui, the prime minister of Qin who came to announce the edict: "My Qin army has just returned to Qin, and the soldiers have not yet rested, how can I fight again?" ”

Qin Xiang Fan Sui said to Bai Qi: "Wu Anjun, this crusade against Zhao is the king's idea. The king said: "King Zhao's erection thought that my Qin army was tired and did not dare to send troops, so he dared to tear up the agreement like this." "It's not too much deception!"

The king also said: "Let all the countries of the world see how bold and mighty this Qin army that shocks the world is." Wu Anjun, don't make a mistake! ”

Wu Anjun got up, glanced at Fan Sui, and said to him: "Xiangguo, please tell my king." After the Battle of Changping at the end of last year, the entire army of Zhao was annihilated, and Zhao was panicked and had no ability to resist. This was the best time for our Qin army to attack Handan and occupy it. ”

"But Xiangguo, you and the king, let Bai Qi lead the army back to the country and negotiate peace with the Zhao country. Now Zhao took the opportunity to rearm his troops at home; Actively liaise with the Central Plains countries to join forces to resist Qin. ”

"After the Battle of Changping, although our Qin army annihilated the entire army of Zhao State of 450,000, more than half of our soldiers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and the fighter plane to attack Handan had been missed. It's better to recuperate, wait for a long time, and then make plans. ”

Fan Sui looked at Bai Qi and said to him: "Wu Anjun, you have previously admonished the king of Wu to take advantage of the victory to pursue. However, my king ordered Wu Anjun to lead the army back to the country, and after half a year, this Zhao State provoked our Qin State again, tore up the agreement, and refused to cede the six cities. ”

"Wu Anjun, forgive me Fan Sui for being blunt, you have a grudge in your heart, and you refuse to fight for this, right?"

After listening to Qin Xiang Fan Sui's words, Bai Qi looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to Fan Sui: "Xiangguo, Bai Qi is not some important minister of the court, and he is definitely not a person who misled the country because of selfishness. If I don't lead the army to fight, it is because the time for my Qin State to conquer Handan has indeed passed, and the war will be defeated! ”

"If the king has to lead the army to attack Zhao State, please ask Xiangguo to tell my king, just say that Bai Qi has been fighting abroad for many years, he is sick, and he is no longer able to lead the army, please send other generals as the commander and lead the army to attack Zhao!"

Bai Qi said, closed his eyes, and no longer paid attention to Qin Xiangfan Sui.

Fan Sui persuaded again, but Bai Qi was silent.

Seeing this, Qin Xiang Fan Sui was indignant, and went back to the palace to tell Qin Wang Yingji what Bai Qi said.

After listening to Fan Sui's report, Qin Wang Yingji's eyes narrowed.

After a long time, the king of Qin said to Fan Sui: "Wu Anjun said, my Qin army will defeat Zhao this time, will the battle be defeated?" ”

Fan Sui hurriedly replied, "King, Wu Anjun did say so. ”

Then looking at King Qin's face, Fan Sui bowed down again and said, "King, as expected, Wu Anjun's illness is a heart disease!" It must have been before, my king listened to what his ministers said and ordered him to retreat, Wu Anjun was displeased! ”

King Qin stood up, walked to the map of the Central Plains hanging in front of the wall, and looked at Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

After a while, he turned around and said to Fan Sui: "Xiangguo, you went to Wu'anjun's mansion this time to see how Wu'anjun's complexion was?" ”

Fan Sui replied: "Qi my king, look at the look on that Wu Anjun's face, he is indeed haggard, but it may not be that he cannot lead the army to the battle!" ”

Qin Wang Yingji's eyes narrowed again, and he didn't make a sound, walking slowly in the hall.

After half a ring, he turned to Qin Xiangfan Sui and said: "Xiangguo, pass on the edict of the widow, order the five doctors to lead the army of 300,000 people from all over my Qin country." ”

"Before the end of August, the army of our Qin State will be gathered, and we will send troops to capture Handan, and we must overcome it in one fell swoop, and take the head of Zhao Dan's despicable children."

Qin Xiangfan shook off his robe, hugged his fists and bowed in response: "The minister obeys." ”

Then, Fan Sui said to King Yingji of Qin: "My lord, I heard that King Zhao sent Yu Qing to Han, Wei, and Qi to lobby and prepare to jointly resist our Qin State. ”

"The minister suggested that our Qin State should send envoys to its three kingdoms as soon as possible to warn Han and Wei that they should be reconciled with Qi State. Let the three countries not send troops. ”

"Another minister also suggested that an envoy be sent to Yan State, so that Yan State could accumulate troops on the border of Yan and Zhao according to the alliance between the two countries, and let the army of Zhao State and Pang Xuan in the north not go south."

"This is the last sight of the minister, please let me Wang Mingjian."

King Qin turned around and looked at Fan Sui appreciatively, and said to Fan Sui, "Good." Xiangguo's words are in line with the widow's intentions, Xiangguo, you can handle it safely! ”

Fan Sui replied again: "No." ”