Spring has arrived.

This year, Zhao's war came earlier than in any previous year.

Winter had just passed, and the snow in many places had not even completely melted, and a large number of Zhao troops had already assembled in Hedong County.

Because he was accustomed to the rhythm of this kind of war, Zhao Guo's war machine was very smooth when it started, and everything was so orderly.

Such a large-scale deployment of troops was naturally impossible to conceal from the Qin State, which was very vigilant about this, and gathered a large number of troops in the Hexi Land as soon as it received the information, preparing to guard against an attack from the Zhao State.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Ze's original intensive investigation was also forced to stop, and the imperial historian of the Qin State had to devote all his energy to the upcoming battle of the Zhao State against Qin.

So Lü Buwei's difficulty was finally temporarily overcome.

But Lü Buwei's psychology is very clear, and this is only temporary.

Because when the army first began to move, everything was complicated, and it required a lot of manpower and material resources to invest.

By the time the army has been fully mobilized, there will basically be precedents to follow, and at that time, Cai Ze will be able to regain his hands and continue to investigate Lü Buwei's case.

Although the rope around Lü Buwei's neck was loosened a little, it was far from being completely loosened.

At this time, Lü Buwei finally got in touch with the new leader sent to Xianyang by Hu Yiwei of Zhao State.

It was only at this time that Zhao Dan finally understood what had happened in Xianyang City in the past winter.

The leader of Hu Yiwei in Xianyang City left with a secret letter after the last meeting with Lü Buwei, but was suddenly attacked by Cai Ze and his men after that.

During this attack, the leader of Hu Yiwei of the Xianyang City branch was killed, and the secret letter written by Lü Buwei was also searched.

Fortunately, Cai Ze was unable to decipher the ciphertext composed of Arabic numerals on the secret letter, and no one saw that the leader of Hu Yiwei had indeed walked out of Lü Buwei's mansion, so Cai Ze still lacked sufficient and conclusive evidence to persuade Qin Wang Chu to attack Lü Buwei.

It is precisely because of this that Lü Buwei was able to survive this winter with great difficulty, and lasted until the moment when Zhao attacked Qin.

Half a month later, the assembled army of Zhao began to set out from Pujindu, crossed the Yellow River, and approached Qin.

And the Qin State obviously knew that this time was already the time of life and death, so Qin Wang Chu also frantically raised the combat readiness of the entire Qin State to the highest level, and even recruited almost all the adult men who were still able to act in the Qin State, forming an army of 250,000, with Wang Jian as the main general, in Yuanli City in Hexi Land and Li Musuo's department to confront.

But Zhao's army was not only the 300,000 troops composed of Li Mu.

Pang Xuan, the deputy general of this war, had already been ordered to gather the 50,000 cavalry of the Zhao State Border Cavalry Corps, preparing to go south from Hetao and Shuofang counties, and slash directly at Guanzhong from the righteous canal, and stab the Qin people in the back.

However, because at this time, unlike the Central Plains, the ice and snow in the north had not yet melted, which had a great impact on the march, and the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the northern counties would take a long time, so Pang Xuan's cavalry could not launch an attack like Li Mu's main infantry, and it would take at least a month before it could be launched.

The news of Zhao's war against Qin soon spread to the territory of Chu.

Today's Chu State has basically been divided into two parts, the eastern part is mainly the territory of the three major families of Zhaojingqu headed by Jingtong, while the western half of the Chu State centered on Yingdu is under the influence of Li Yuan.

In the past autumn, although no major war broke out between the two sides, the small-scale friction has never stopped.

The arrival of winter forced both sides of the Chu State to stop their military operations and give each of them some time to recuperate.

To be honest, before this, the two factions of Chu were actually very worried.

After all, everyone can see that the current Chu State is really the weakest Chu State in history, and it is divided into two halves.

But now the Zhao State did not send troops to attack the Chu State, on the contrary, the Zhao people went to fight the Qin State.

This undoubtedly made Li Yuan and Jingtong both breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Yuan sat on the main seat of the palace, looking at the humble envoy of the Qin State in front of him, although his face was expressionless, but there was a little happiness in his heart.

Wasn't you Qin people very awesome back then, didn't you not look at our Da Chu at all? What's the matter, it's not like you're going to come to us for help now.

Yes, at the first moment of the war, the Qin State had already sent envoys to contact Li Yuan and Jingtong respectively, hoping that the two could temporarily put aside their respective grievances and unite to resist the Zhao State with the Qin State.

I saw that the envoy of the Qin State said very earnestly: "Huijijun, if the Qin State dies, then there will be only one country left in the world, the Chu State." At that time, there is no need for me to say the fate of the Chu State, and I think that Huijijun should also be able to understand. Therefore, please also ask Hui Jijun to let go of his prejudices and take resisting Zhao as the first priority. ”

Li Yuan couldn't help but snort softly when he heard this, and said, "Even if I am willing to stop fighting, Jingtong is definitely not willing to stop fighting." You may not know it, but Jingtong has sworn to heaven that he will use my flesh and blood to sacrifice Jingyang and his people's spirits in heaven. ”

Because of the resentment against Zhao Guo in his heart, Li Yuan was willing to let go of his hatred for the time being, but the problem was that Li Yuan knew in his heart that the three major families were unwilling.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan's killing in the Yingdu did provoke the three major families.

Including Jingyang, the heads of the three major families and many core members died in Li Yuan's mansion, and Jingyang's sister who married Li Yuan was also executed by Li Yuan.

In the case that his closest relatives were killed in the hands of Li Yuan, it is actually completely understandable for Jingtong to make such an oath.

The envoy of the Qin State coughed and said: "Please don't worry about this, as long as the Huiji Jun agrees to my king's request, the three major families have also sent envoys, and the mediation will definitely be successful." ”

Li Yuan laughed and said, "Of course I know that King Qin has sent an envoy to Jingtong, but if you look at it, it is impossible for Jingtong to agree to a truce with me." I just heard that Jingtong has gathered 50,000 horses and horses, and will soon come to attack Yingdu. If Jingtong can't stop fighting, then I can only continue this war. ”

What Li Yuan said was really not wrong at all, and only three days later, Jingtong had already led 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross the border line between the two sides and attack Li Yuan's control area.

The reason for this is actually very simple. Maybe Li Yuan can realize the necessity of uniting against Zhao, and is willing to negotiate peace with the three major families and fight Zhao together, but the problem is that the three major families do not agree.

After all, the three major families are not Jingtong alone, let alone Jingtong's family.

Therefore, as long as the mainstream public opinion among the three major families is still to destroy Li Yuan, then no matter how well Jingtong understands the righteousness, he will not be able to go against the common will of the three families, and he must take the elimination of Li Yuan as the highest goal.

As for what Qin State, what kind of thing that Chu State may face alone in the future Zhao State, then let's talk about it then.

Among the three major families, there is even an undeclared view that is secretly spreading, this view is that Zhao Guo will fight sooner or later, if he can't eliminate Li Yuan before Zhao Guo fights, then I'm afraid there will be no chance of revenge in the future.

Therefore, in the hearts of the three major families, this is likely to be the last and best chance to take revenge on Li Yuan.

After all, the current Zhao State will definitely focus all its attention on destroying Qin, and it is impossible to send Lian Po with a large army to cause chaos to the three major families like last year, so that the three major families will fall short when they have already seen the dawn of success.

So the three major families naturally pressed all the chips and mobilized all the elites they could mobilize to pour out of the nest, in order to destroy Li Yuan, a damn traitor!

If the three major families want to destroy Li Yuan, of course, Li Yuan will not be able to sit still.

Li Yuan himself had already organized a force of 35,000 soldiers and horses, so after learning of Jingtong's attack, Li Yuan also led his soldiers and horses to meet the battle.

The two sides were locked in a standoff on the plain about a hundred miles west of Shouchun City, and a major battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Although the two envoys from the Qin State had already done their best to persuade each other, it was obvious that the three major families had no intention of giving up revenge at all, so such advice could only be returned in vain.

When leaving the military camp of the three major families, an envoy of the Qin State couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "If Qin dies, then Chu will not survive." It's really short-sighted...... Alas! ”

The two envoys of the Qin State finally had to return to the Qin State with a very disappointed and frustrated mood.

Since the envoys of the Qin State did not help the Qin State to obtain any helpers, then in such a situation, the Qin State could only face the war with the Zhao State alone.

For this battle, the Qin people had no way out at all, because they knew very well in their hearts that defeat meant death.

On the side of Zhao State, the elite army of Zhao State, which had already swept through the four countries of the Central Plains, was also in high spirits, and they also knew very well that Qin State was probably the last hard bone on the road to unifying the Six Kingdoms this time.

Destroy the Qin State, this is the common wish of a total of 350,000 troops from the Zhao State, from the commander Li Mu to all the small soldiers!