After Cai Ze received the summons of King Yingzhu of Qin, he hurried into the palace and met Yingzhu.

After Ying Zhu saw Cai Ze, he asked directly: "Gang Chengjun, do you think that my Qin State should send troops to aid Zhao State?" ”

On the way to the palace, Cai Ze had already thought about this question.

At this time, after listening to Yingzhu's inquiry, Cai Ze replied:

"Your Majesty, at present, the Zhao State has been beaten to the death of the Yan State, and it is no longer the main opponent of my Qin State. At present, it seems that Yan Guo is the main opponent of my Qin State. ”

"This time, the Yan State attacked Zhao, aiming to destroy the Zhao State. If it is allowed to succeed, it will be very unfavorable to our Qin State in the future. Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, our Qin State must no longer allow Yan State to annex Zhao State, and should send troops to aid Zhao State to prevent Yan State from further expansion. ”

After listening to Cai Ze's words, Ying Zhu pondered.

After the Qin State attacked Yan the year before last, it injured about 100,000 soldiers, and its troops were also stretched.

After the general Zhao Yi died in the battle of Emperor Qiu, the Qin general Wang Di, who was originally in Anyang, was ordered to garrison Hangu Pass.

Now staying in the area of Luoyi and Anyang, the Qin army led by the general Zhang Tang is only sixty or seventy thousand.

After a while, Ying Zhu said to Cai Ze: "When my father was alive, I was very worried about Yan Guo. What Gang Chengjun said is exactly what the widow wants, since this is the case, let Zhang Tang of Anyang lead an army of 50,000 to aid Zhao State! ”

Cai Ze bowed down to King Qin Yingzhu and said:

"Your Majesty, I, the Qin State, can send someone to send someone to Zhao Wang Dan as soon as possible to send the news of sending troops to aid Zhao, so as to strengthen the heart of the Zhao State to resist the Yan army. In addition, our king can send envoys to Chu, Wei, and Han, and ask the three countries to send troops to aid Zhao together, and ask the king to learn from Mingjian. ”

After listening to the words of Gang Chengjun Cai Ze, King Yingzhu of Qin was overjoyed.

"Gang Chengjun is not a disadvantaged by his father during his lifetime, this strategy is very good."

"The king." Cai Ze was also very happy to see that King Qin Yingzhu had followed his advice.

King Qin Yingzhu took two steps back and forth in the hall and said to Cai Ze:

"Yan Guo's armor is sharp, and his strength is indeed very strong. When my father was leaving, he instructed the widow to equip my Qin army with the same weapons and equipment as the Yan army. The widow knows that this matter is in charge of you, how is it going now? ”

Cai Ze sighed and replied to King Qin Yingzhu:

"Your Majesty, after my Qin State obtained the weapons and equipment of the Yan Kingdom, the craftsmen began to imitate them. Don't hide it from the king, so far, it's not ideal. The most important thing is that the materials of the Yan Army's weapons and equipment are made by the craftsmen. ”

"Especially the Yan Army's hand fire thunder, the black powder in it is similar to an item refined by the alchemists, called gunpowder. Our Qin State also imitated it, but it could not cause any damage to the enemy army. ”

"As for the cavalry equipment of the Yan Army, my Qin State has completely copied it. Compared with the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom, the saddle and stirrup are not weak at all, and as for the place where the horse hooves of the war horses are, they are called horseshoes by the Yan army, but they can only be replaced by bronze utensils, and their durability cannot be compared with the cavalry of the Yan army. ”

After listening to Cai Ze's words, Ying Zhu had no choice but to say to Cai Ze:

"In this case, my Qin cavalry is configured according to the equipment of the Yan cavalry. As for the Yan Army's hand fire mines, as well as other Yan Army equipment, Gang Chengjun, you have to supervise more. ”

"No." Cai Ze bowed in response.

According to Ji Kang's edict, March 15 was the day when the Fourth Route Army of Yan State unified into Zhao State.

The whole country of Yan has fully entered the atmosphere of the war at this time.

The intelligence personnel sent by the Yan State to the Central Plains countries have also taken full action, and the information on the movements of the Central Plains countries has been continuously transmitted to the hands of Ji Kang in Wuyang, the lower capital, at the fastest speed.

In a palace in the palace of Wuyang City, after Ji Kang read a few pieces of information on the table, he did not hide it from Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu at the table, and circulated these pieces of information to the three of them.

After seeing that Tian Guang and the three of them finished circulating, Ji Kang said to the three of them:

"It seems that this time against Zhao will be very unpeaceful! If nothing else, in addition to Korea, the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Chu will definitely send troops to aid Zhao State, is it possible that my Yan State will fight another battle of the Central Plains? ”

Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu all looked solemn.

Ju Wu looked at Shimoda Guang and Han Fei, stood up, and said to Ji Kangyan:

"The king doesn't have to worry too much, the movements of the countries in the Central Plains are not what my Yan Kingdom expected before the war. Judging from the intelligence of various countries, the countries of the Central Plains are not bent on aiding Zhao, but have their own plans. ”

"Han Wangran has sent an envoy to our Yan country and took the initiative to ask for an alliance with my Yan country, it seems that South Korea will not send troops to aid Zhao; The state of Chu is also preparing to send envoys to mediate the war, and it seems that it is also planning to continue to be a wall-header. ”

"Your Majesty, the only people I am worried about in the Yan Kingdom are the Qin State and the Wei State. Qin and Wei will send troops to aid Zhao, but this time to aid Zhao, the number of troops of Qin and Wei is not very large, and our army can deal with it calmly. ”

Han Fei also stood up, bowed to Ji Kang and said:

"Your Majesty, even if Qin and Wei are ready to aid Zhao, their armies will have to have time to prepare. As long as our army can occupy Handan within a few months, Qin and Wei will also do useless work. ”

After Ju Wu and Han Fei finished speaking, Ji Kang looked at Shimoda Hikaru and said to him:

"Tian Guang, you also talk about your opinion."

"No." Tian Guang stood up and agreed.

Then, he hugged his fists and said to Ji Kang:

"Your Majesty, now the armies of our Yan Kingdom to attack Handan are in full swing. As the king often said, it is an arrow on the string, and it has to be sent. ”

"At the moment, don't say that it's just Qin and Wei who came to aid Zhao, but also Chu and Han, these countries used all their forces to help, and it was just a copy of the countries that even attacked me the year before last, and my Yan State would not be timid. Battle, that's it! ”

Seeing Ju Wu, Han Fei, and Tian Guang like this, Ji Kang couldn't help laughing.

Ji Kang knows that the people's will and morale of a country are made by fighting, not by talking.

For so many years, the Yan Kingdom has fought in the east and west, and in the south and north; Invincible, invincible. A belief in victory has been integrated into the blood and bones of the military and people of Yan State.

Nowadays, in the bones of the military and civilians of Yan State, there is no concept of not daring to fight.

Even if you come from all over the world, what about that?

Just like Tian Guang said just now, war, that's it!

Ji Kang stood up, walked to the map in front of the wall, and looked up.

After a while, he turned to the three of them: "Spread the widow's edict, ordering the reserve troops of all counties of my Yan Kingdom to be ready to enter battle at any time; Ordered me to attack the armies of Zhao and launch an attack on Zhao as planned. ”

Tian Guang, Han Fei, and Ju Wu stood up together and said in unison: "No." ”

On March 14, in the city of Pingyang in the south of Zhao State, in a residence.

The veteran Lian Po stood by the map in front of the wall and did not move for a long time.

The year before last, Zhao participated in the battle of the Central Plains countries to attack Yan, which was too big a blow for Lian Po.

As a famous general, he led 100,000 Zhao troops, and after careful planning, he attacked Fan Cheng. The final result was that the Yan army was defeated, and the Zhao army lost more than half.

After that, as expected, Yan Guo began to send troops last year to attack Zhao State.

Today's Zhao State has shrunk by more than half of its territory, and its national strength has declined even more.

In the face of the invasion prepared by the Yan army this year, Lian Po already felt that Zhao Guo was in danger of losing the country.

The deputy general Qingshe was behind Lian Po and said to Lian Po:

"General, our army is ready to set off and is ready to stand by at any time."

Lian Po turned around and said to Qingshe:

"General Qingshe, this time the Yan Kingdom has made a big attack, and my Zhao State has reached the critical point of life and death. Judging from the deployment of the Yan army, the direction of the Yan army's main attack is not in the south of our Handan, but in the north. ”

"General Ben will lead an army of 50,000 from now on, preparing to go north to reinforce General Pang Xuan's headquarters. In the area of the Great Wall in the south, it is all up to you to defend the Yan army. You must remember that you must not take the initiative to attack, the cities south of the Great Wall, our army can give up. All you need to do is rely on the Great Wall in the south to block the Yan army's advance. ”

Speaking of this, Lian Po wandered back and forth beside the map, and explained to Qingshe:

"General Qingshe, after General Ben and General Pang Xuan's troops repel the Yan army in the north, I will immediately lead the army south to reinforce you. If...... If the old man has an accident, you can abandon all the cities of the Southern Great Wall, and immediately lead the army back to Handan to guard Handan, do you understand? ”

Qingshe knew the meaning of Lian Po's words, and felt extremely sad in his heart.

"The last will obey." Qingshe deeply made a big gift to Lian Po.

March 15th, early in the morning, midnight (5 o'clock to 7 o'clock).

The Yan State Fourth Route Army, which was deployed on the border of Yan and Zhao, crossed the border at the same time and launched an attack on Zhao.