At the beginning of March, after Tiandan's messenger came to Daliang, the capital of Wei, Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, met with the messenger sent by Tiandan in his study.

After reading Tian Dan's letter, Wei Wuji said to the messenger: "You should rest first, and after I discuss it with everyone, I will give Tian Xiang an answer." ”

After Tian Dan's messenger went out, Wei Wuji immediately summoned his trusted doorman Hou Huan, handed the silk silk with Tian Dan writing the letter to Hou Huan and said, "Look at it, what should I do?" ”

After reading Tian Dan's letter carefully, Hou Huan pondered for a moment and said to Xinling Jun: "Childe, Tian Dan said that this time the Qin State may be in the party, and the whole country will fight a decisive battle with the Zhao State, I think this is possible, and my Wei State must not be careless." As mentioned in Tian Dan's letter, Qin's attempt to unify the six kingdoms has been clearly exposed.

In addition, Qin Xiang Fan Sui hated my Wei State to the core, if this time in the battle of Qin and Zhao Shangdang, Zhao State was defeated. Then our Wei country will inevitably face the crisis of annihilation in the future, and we must not ignore it.

Childe, I agree with Tian Dan's proposition that I, the Wei State and the Chu State, can send troops to assist the Zhao State and defeat the Qin State. In this way, all our nations will be safe. ”

Wei Wuji sighed and said to Hou Huan, "Mr. Hou, I have the same opinion as you. But now, since the meeting with me in the autumn of the previous year, the king has been very wary of me. If I suggest to him that I let Wei send troops to Qin and help Zhao, it will be counterproductive! ”

Speaking of this, Xinlingjun was extremely remorseful.

After the death of Wei Wuji's father, King Wei Zhao, Wei Wuji's elder brother Wei Yu succeeded to the throne of Wei. After Wei Yu, the king of Wei, ascended the throne, he was still good to his younger brother at first, and named Wei Wuji as the king of Xinling, and many state affairs were also handled by his younger brother. Wei Wuji is indeed talented, and he handles all the state affairs assigned by King Wei in an orderly manner.

But in the fall of the previous year, the two had a party together. After eating, Wei Wuji accompanied his brother Wei Yu to play chess. At this time, an urgent report came from the northern border, reporting to the King of Wei: "King, Zhao sent troops to attack and will enter the border." ”

The king of Wei immediately put down the chess pieces and wanted to convene the ministers to discuss countermeasures. Wei Wuji dissuaded King Wei and said, "King, it's okay. It was Zhao Wangdan who was hunting, not invading the border. ”

Then he played chess with King Wei as if nothing had happened. But Wei Yu, the king of Wei, was frightened and had no intention of playing chess. After a while, news came from the north: "It was King Zhao who was hunting, not invading the border." ”

Wei Yu, the king of Wei, was surprised when he heard this, and asked Wei Wuji: "Brother Wang, how do you know that Zhao Wangdan led the people to hunt and not invade my Wei country?" ”

Wei Wuji was also a little drunk at that time, and replied: "My lord, some of my diners are lurking beside Zhao Wangdan, and they can keep track of Zhao Wangdan's whereabouts at any time. ”

As soon as King Wei heard Ling Jun's words, his eyes were about to pop out, and the more he pondered, the more wrong he became. This is worth it, you can plant a spy next to Zhao Wangdan, what about the widow? Not to mention widows! It's too unsafe to be outnumbered!

Since then, Wei Yu, the king of Wei, has been wary of his younger brother Wei Wuji everywhere and no longer lets him deal with state affairs.

Hou Huan heard Wei Wuji say this, sighed, thought for a while and said, "Son, we don't need to be too anxious about this matter, it's still early, and Zhao Guo is not so easy to defeat." The so-called "snipe and clam fight, fisherman profits", Zhao State is also a big threat to our Wei State, let Qin and Zhao fight each other first, wait to see the situation, and then make a decision.

Childe, now King Zhao also sent an envoy to meet with King Wei, but did not say any reward. I heard that the king was very unhappy, so he ignored King Zhao's request and let the envoy of Zhao go back. Gongzi can give Zhao Xiangtian a single reply, and say that he will find a way to let the King of Wei send troops to help Zhao Guo, and strengthen Zhao's determination to fight with Qin. ”

After hearing Hou Huan's words, Wei Wuji nodded and said, "Sir's plan is very good, so deal with it like this." ”

In mid-March, an envoy sent by Zhao Xiangtian went to Yingdu of Chu to meet Chunshenjun Huang Xie. Huang Xie was preparing to lead his troops to attack the small vassal states of Qi (the area south of present-day Shandong and north of Xuzhou).

Looking at Tian Dan's letter, Huang Xie and Wei Wuji are not the "Four Great Princes" who are equally famous in the world, and they all have the same idea, they all want Qin and Zhao to fight to the death and consume their strength.

Huang Xie said to the King of Chu: "Great King, what King Zhao and Tian Dan said in their letter is good, the Qin State does now have the potential to unify our six countries. Our Chu State must confront the Qin and Zhao armies at this time, and there is no time to take care of our country. Vigorously annex other small states to the east or south, so as to increase the strength of our Chu state in order to cope with future wars.

Now King Zhao and Tian Dan have both sent people to our Chu State to ask for help, but our Chu State is now preparing to set off to attack Ni State and Di State, and it is impossible to divide troops to attack Qin State.

But I can reply to King Zhao and Tian Dan, saying that after I occupy Ni and Di, I can send troops to aid Zhao. Strengthen the determination of the Zhao State and the Qin State to fight each other, and when the time comes, our Chu State will reap its benefits. ”

Now the king of Chu has 100% trust in Huang Xie, and immediately said: "What Ling Yin said is extremely true, just reply to Zhao Guo according to what Ling Yin said." ”

Ling Yin is an official position unique to the Chu State, and in the Chu State, except for the King of Chu, Ling Yin is the highest official rank in the Chu State. He is the highest official who controls political affairs and gives orders. He is in charge of the state of a country, is in a high position, leads the people, presides over state affairs internally, presides over wars externally, and oversees military and political power.

Ling Yin is mainly held by the virtuous among the nobles of the Chu State, and now the king of Chu has appointed Huang Xie to this position, which shows how much trust he has in Huang Xie.

After Wang Yi led the Qin army to join Wang Qian, the Qin army also reached 300,000. Immediately, Wang Yi led a large army to attack the two cities of Mayi and Duanshi, which were occupied by the Zhao army, in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhao army led by Lian Po.

Qin Jun cautiously walked all the way, but he didn't even see half of Zhao Jun's shadow. The two cities of Mayi and Duanshi have been completely abandoned by Lian Po, and the Zhao army has retreated to the defense line of Kongcangling.

Wang Ji and the generals of the Qin army, this is angry! You are a famous general, and you are always like this as a shrinking turtle, is this appropriate? Do you deserve the title of "famous general"?

But Lian Po used what he did to tell the generals of the Qin State. These praise and disparagement titles such as "peerless famous general" and "shrinking turtle", whoever likes to use it can use it however he likes, and he doesn't care at all.

After receiving the two cities of Ma Yi and Duanshi, Wang Yi discussed with Wang Qian: "I thought that this time the Zhao army came out of the Kongcangling defense line, and our Qin army could fight a decisive battle with the Zhao army. I didn't think that this Lian Po old man, when he saw the arrival of my army, just like last year, he retracted back to Kongcangling, how is this good? ”

Wang Jian walked to the map of Shangdang hanging on the wall, thought for a while, and pointed to the place called Gaoping Pass in the middle of the Zhao army's Kongcangling defense line.

Said to Wang Di: "General, the key to this battle lies in whether our Qin army can break through the defense line of Kongcangling. And this high level, which is in the middle of the front of the empty warehouse ridge, is the key to the key.

As long as the main force is concentrated to break through the Gaoping Pass, Lian Po's empty Cangling defense line will naturally collapse. But judging from the deployment of the Zhao army of Lian Po Lao'er, I am afraid that it will not be easy. ”

Wang Yi also walked to the map, looked at the map on the wall, and said for a long time: "Lian Po Lao'er, you don't lose yourself to being a peerless general!" General Wang, you see that this Lian Po deployed the main force of the Zhao army in Guangwolf City behind Gaoping Pass, and could send reinforcements to any place in the north, middle, and south of the Kongcangling defense line at any time.

In this way, no matter which end of this defense line is attacked by the main force of our Qin army, the defending Zhao army can immediately get reinforcements from the main force of Light Wolf City. ”

Then he paused, and said: "This Lian Po old man is really good, and without hesitation, he gave up the two cities of Mayi and Duanshi. Our army's plan to start a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhao army in the area of Mayi or Duanshi this time completely failed. ”

Then he shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said, "It's a tug-of-war and a war of attrition again!" ”

After listening to Wang Di's words, the young Wang Jian thought for a moment, and shook his head like Wang Di, without the slightest solution.

With the arrival of the main force of the Qin army led by Wang Yi, the defense line of Kongcangling built by the Zhao army broke out again. The army of more than 600,000 troops of Qin and Zhao repeatedly fought over this line of defense.

The intensity of the battle exceeded the expectations of the two coaches, Lian Po and Wang Di. After more than half a month of tug-of-war, the Kongcangling defense line was still firmly controlled by the Zhao army, and the Qin army had no choice.

Wang Yi led the generals of the Qin army, standing under the Gaoping Pass of the defense line of Kongcangling, looking at the Qin and Zhao armies that were still fighting not far away. Just as Lian Po stood at the foot of Wuling Pass, the generals of the Qin army had heavy faces.

Wang Di looked back at the expressions of the generals behind him, and naturally understood what the generals were thinking. Sighing, he said to the herald beside him, "Let our army withdraw!" ”

"No." The herald was busy.

Wang Di, who returned to the tent of the Qin army's camp, said to the generals in the tent: "Generals, when you come." The king has instructed the general, such as the empty Cangling defense line is urgent. A partial division can be sent to continue to capture the two cities of Takou (northwest of present-day Dengfeng, Henan) and Lunshi (southwest of present-day Dengfeng) in South Korea, so as to completely solve the possible attack on our transportation line by South Korea or other countries through Korea. ”

Then he turned his head to the right and said to Wang Jian under the tent: "General Wang Qian, I will order you to lead an army of 100,000 people." Tomorrow from the south, you will go south to capture the two cities of the Tak Clan and the Lun Clan, do you have confidence? ”

Wang Jian hurriedly clenched his fists, bowed down to Wang Ji and said, "Please rest assured that the general will live up to the expectations of the king and the general." ”

Wang Ji nodded, and said to Wang Qian: "In this case, you go down and prepare to go, and lead the army south early tomorrow morning." ”

"No." Wang Jian responded with a fist.

Then he bowed to the king, turned and walked out of the tent.

After Wang Jian walked out of the tent, Wang Ji looked at the other generals of the Qin army, sighed and said: "The generals should also go down and prepare, tomorrow our army will continue to capture Kongcang Ridge." ”

Meng Wei and other generals of the Qin army looked at each other, and helplessly clasped their fists and said to Wang Di: "No." ”

After all the generals walked out of the big tent, Wang Yu closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Bantian opened his eyes, shook his head and said, "No way! There's really no way! ”