In the fifty-ninth year of King Zhou (256 BC), the second year of King Yan Xiao.

Ji Yan, the son of Zhou Tianzi in his early eighties, knew that his time was running out.

In order to save the Guozuo of the Zhou Dynasty for nearly 800 years, Ji Yan decided to give it a go.

Ji Yanzi, the son of Zhou, asked the state of Chu to send the Son of Heaven in March, asking the princes of the world to join forces to attack the queen of Qin.

King Yingji of Qin said to Fan Ju: "What are the widows afraid of? But I'm actually quite scared. If the six major vassal states really listened to Ji Yan's edict, it would be difficult for the Qin State to face the six kingdoms of the world alone!

Yingji adopted Fan Ju's opinion, on the one hand, he actively expanded the army by 100,000 and actively prepared for war; On the other hand, let Wang Yi and Zhang Tang, who attacked Zhao, not fight Zhao, and led the Qin army back to Anyang, preparing to prevent various countries from conquering Qin.

In this way, because of Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan's Tianzi Yan this time, Han and Wei stopped fighting, and they were busy with their own affairs.

Qin's plan to attack Zhao this year was also completely ruined because of Ji Yan's Son of Heaven.

This made King Yingji of Qin angry and full of resentment towards Ji Yan, the son of Zhou Tianzi.

At the end of April, Qin's newly recruited 100,000 troops had all gathered in the capital Xianyang and began emergency training and preparations.

One day at the end of May, on a whim, Yingji personally put on armor and helmets, and led people to the Qin army camp in the east outside Xianyang City to inspect the training of the new army.

Early in the morning, Yingji rode to the outside of the Qin army camp, and heard people shouting and neighing inside the camp.

When she came to the gate of the camp, Yingji stopped the doorman's report and entered the camp with the guards.

I saw that in the big camp, all branches of the Qin army were training step by step, orderly and neat.

Yingji was overjoyed, so she asked the official accompanying her:

"This recruit battalion, the general is training recruits?"

The official pointed to a young general who was leading the army training not far from the main camp, and said to Yingji: "Your Majesty, this recruit battalion is to send General Zhao Yi as the main general to train the new army. Look, king, this is the man. ”

Qin Wang Yingji had also heard of this name, and knew that Zhao Ji was as young as Wang Jian who was born in Jiangmen, and both of them were in their twenties. In the Battle of Handan, the two led the army to break through, and made military achievements, and the two were promoted to deputy generals by themselves.

Yingji was very happy to see that Zhao Yi was very involved in training the new army.

He said to the official next to him: "Go, call Zhao Yi over, and the widow will take a look." ”

"No." The official hurriedly replied.

After a while, Zhao Ye came to Yingji's face, knelt down on one knee and said, "I am Wang Wannian." ”

Yingji said to Zhao Ji: "General Zhao, get up!" This is a barracks, so there is no need for much courtesy. ”

"Thank you, the king."

"General Zhao, how many years have you been in the army?"

"King Qiqi, the last general joined the army at the age of fifteen, and it has been thirteen years now."

"Who are your subordinates?"

"The king, the two generals Wu Anjun and Meng Fu have both brought and guided the last general."

"Oh, it turned out that I was born under the accounts of Wu Anjun and Meng Wei, two generals......"

After speaking, Yingji closed her eyes slowly, not knowing what to think again.

After a while, Yingji opened her eyes, looked at Zhao Ji and said, "General Zhao Ji, are your parents alive?" ”

"King Qiqi, the parents of the last general are no longer there!"

"Oh, is it a death?"

"Your Majesty, no. My father died in the Battle of Changping, and my mother, a grain carrier, was also attacked and killed on the way to deliver grain. ”

"Oh, I see! General Zhao Yi, do you have a brother or a younger brother? ”

Zhao Yi's tone was a little sentimental, and he said to Yingji: "Your Majesty, the last general has a brother and a younger brother, both of whom died in the Battle of Changping. There is only one little sister left in the last general's family, and there is no one else. ”

Yingji looked at Zhao Yi, and didn't know what to say? Parents and brothers have all died for the Qin State, what can they say?

Zhao Ji saw that Yingji was a little sad, and said busily:

"Your Majesty, at that time, the decisive battle of Changping had reached a critical juncture, and the king personally recruited soldiers and people. My father said, "Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear." Enmity with the Son! Let's go as a family! This is glory, and so, they ...... They're all dead."

"Your Majesty, after the Battle of Changping, the last general's entire family was killed in battle, and his military glory fell to the last general. My father was wounded, and when he was leaving, he said that the last general would become a general because of the war function, and this life is enough! ”

Zhao Yi couldn't go on anymore, and his words were choked.

Yingji was speechless for a while, and after a while, she slowly took a step back, looked at Zhao Yi, and said to her:

"General Zhao Yi, your whole family is not a good soldier and a good person of my Qin State."

"From now on, the widow's edict officially promoted Zhao Yi to general, the 100,000 army of Hangu Pass and the 100,000 army of this new barracks, a total of 200,000 troops, are led by General Zhao Yi."

Zhao Yi hurriedly knelt down on one knee, clenched his fists and bowed his head, and said: "The king is so important to the last general, and the last general is grateful." But the last general is still young and has little grinding! There are many generals in our Qin army who are more senior than the last general, and the last general does not dare to accept this position, so I ask the king to withdraw the edict. ”

Yingji laughed and said to Zhao Ji: "General Zhao, before I saw you, I read your resume in the army and already knew your performance in the army. Even if the widow has given an edict, he will not take back his edict. ”

"General Zhao, don't say anything, don't dare! You don't have to be afraid of anything, you have your back. Wu Anjun...... When Wu Anjun was at your age, he had already led my Qin army to crisscross the country...... It's all over the world. ”

Zhao Yi knelt on his knees, kowtowed, and said, "The last general will live up to my king's trust!" I am the king of ten thousand years! Great Qin 10,000 years! ”

The 100,000 soldiers of the entire Qin army camp all knew about the arrival of King Yingji of Qin at this moment.

The 100,000-strong army has been lined up in a neat formation, waiting for Yingji's review.

At this moment, seeing that Zhao Yi, who had just been named a general by King Yingji of Qin, shouted like this, they all shouted with Zhao Yi:

"I am the king of ten thousand years! Great Qin 10,000 years! ”

"I am the king of ten thousand years! Great Qin 10,000 years! ”

……

Yingji raised her hand, and the entire military camp was silent.

"General Zhao Yi, now that Ji Yan, the son of Zhou Tianzi, has ordered the princes of the world to jointly attack my Qin State, are you afraid?"

"King Qiqi, since joining the army, the last general no longer knows the word "afraid". ”

"Okay, don't lose it to me Qin Guonan! General Zhao Yi, you continue to train the new army. Waiting for the edict of this king, I am ready to lead the army of our Qin State at any time to defeat the combined forces of all countries in the world. Go to Wangji for this king, and catch this Ji Yan Lao'er for this king! ”

Zhao Yi clenched his fists and bowed and said, "The last general will obey the order"

When King Yingji of Qin inspected the recruit camp outside Xianyang City, Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan was not idle.

Since the state of Chu's Ling Yin, Chun Shenjun Huang Xie left from Wangji.

Ji Yan was in Luoyi, the land of Wangji, and began to recruit troops and horses, gathering the only 5,000 troops under his command. He appointed the Western Zhou Dynasty Duke Ji as the general, and asked the princes of the world to meet in Yique (now south of Luoyang City, Henan) to prepare to attack Qin together.

Although Ji Yan is the son of heaven, he is poor!

Although the land of Wangji is rich, the territory is small. If you want to go out with an army of 5,000 under your command, you must at least have enough weapons and armor! Have enough food, too! That's it, our Zhou Tianzi can't make it up.

Ji Yan was very worried, and in a hurry, he borrowed military funds from the wealthy families in Wangji's land, paid them the coupons, and promised the Zhou army to repay them with the spoils of war on the day of the division. And with the respect of the Son of Heaven, he promised that the capital contributions of these rich families would be doubled after the war was over.

That's all, one way or another! Our Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan finally gathered enough military supplies, food and other materials for his army to go out before the end of June, so that Ji Yan, the Duke of Western Zhou, led the army to Yique and waited for the arrival of the military horses of the six major princes.

Zhou Tianzi Ji Yan was too confident, and he believed too much in the words of Yin Huangxie, the commander of the Chu State. According to Ji Kang's words, he has no political acumen. Unexpectedly, without getting a positive reply from the other five countries in the Central Plains, he hurriedly summoned a large army to attack Qin.

He thought that the Qin State had offended all the princes of the world in the past few decades.

The princes and countries of the world, as Huang Xie said, "have been bitter for a long time".

As long as he ascends to the heights, all the princes in the world will inevitably respond to his call and send troops to attack Qin.

At the beginning, Zhou Tianzi was very happy, because the six major vassal states had moved.

The army of Yan began to mobilize southward; The state of Qi sent 100,000 troops to the border of Qi and Wei; Wei and Korea also did not fight each other; The state of Chu sent 100,000 troops and began to move north; The state of Zhao had fought fiercely with the Qin army on the southern border of the state of Zhao.

Just like Ji Kang famously said in his previous life: "The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny!" ”

Since the end of June, the Western Zhou Dynasty Gongji led an army of 5,000 to reach the southern end of Wanggi after the city of Yique.

sat and waited to the right, but he could not see any of the princes in the world, and sent troops to join him.