Yiqu City.

Lü Buwei stood at the head of Yiqu City and looked at the plateau outside the city, his heart was full of melancholy.

This trip to the army is really not a good errand.

At this time, of course, Lu Buwei had already reacted, and the reason why Cai Ze was trying to get himself out of Xianyang was probably to make some small moves behind his back.

But to be honest, Lü Buwei is actually not very worried about Cai Ze's small actions, because Lü Buwei knows very well in his heart that the relationship between himself and King Qin is an absolute friend of trouble, at least for now, it is not something that anyone can replace.

Therefore, what Lü Buwei is most concerned about now is actually the current errand of conquering Yiqu.

To be honest, Lü Buwei still has a lot of headaches about this errand.

This is not because Lü Buwei was afraid that he would destroy Yiqu and make Zhao dissatisfied, but Lü Buwei was afraid that he would not be able to win this war, which would cause Qin Wang Chu to lose trust in him.

That's what a terrible thing to do.

Lü Buwei stood at the head of the city, and secretly thought to himself: "I heard that the Zhao army did not send a single soldier to the south to protect Yiqu this time, which is enough to prove that King Zhao should not attach too much importance to Yiqu in his heart." However, judging from Hu Yiwei's intelligence, it seems that Li Mu is in the Yiqu army, and it is no wonder that Wang Ji and Wang Ling have no way to take the Yiqu people. ”

Lu Buwei thought again: "In this case, maybe I should send a letter to Handan to see if King Zhao can give up Yiqu and let me get this credit smoothly?" But the question is, if I really do this, will King Zhao feel that I am not capable enough? ”

Lü Buwei was a little entangled.

In fact, Lu Buwei knew very well in his heart that the reason why this battle was fought to this point was not because of how powerful the Yiqu people were, but because the Yiqu people had Li Mu as a think tank behind them.

Lü Buwei is a very smart leader, so he can see the value of Li Mu.

Judging from Li Mu's ability in cavalry warfare in recent years, as long as this guy is on the side of the Yiqu people, then the Yiqu people will be a big trouble to the Qin State. But if Li Mu leaves Yiqu or even stands on the opposite side of Yiqu, then the demise of Yiqu Kingdom will be a matter of time.

Lü Buwei thought again: "If King Zhao still thinks that I want to play a role, he should be able to give up the place of Yiqu." After all, even if there was no Yiqu to contain Great Qin, Zhao State now had two counties of Hetao in the north of Great Qin, which was actually enough to pose a threat to the northern part of Great Qin. ”

Lu Buwei continued to think: "Why don't I directly order Hu Yiwei in Xianyang to secretly contact Li Mu and let Li Mu leave quietly?" It's not proper, what if this guy Li Mu's mouth is not solid and my identity is exposed? And King Zhao will probably not be happy about this kind of behavior. ”

After thinking about it, Lü Buwei finally made up his mind.

"That's it, I'll go to Handan to repair a copy of the book later, and beg King Zhao to let go of the Yiqu. As long as King Zhao understands my current situation, then he should agree. ”

This has been almost a month since Lü Buwei came to Yiqu City, and during this month, Lü Buwei has no intention of fighting outside except for sticking to Yiqu City.

The reason why this is so is because Lü Buwei knows very well that with so many tens of thousands of infantry under his command, how can he fight with those cavalry of Yiqu Country who come and go like the wind? It would be good to let Wang Di and Wang Ling do the main combat matters, but Wang Di has not sent military information for almost half a month, and he will have to write to inquire later.

Unless the location where the women and children of the Yiqu people are stationed can be found, and the camp where the women and children of the Yiqu people are stationed can be destroyed in one fell swoop, this can deal a heavy blow to the morale and morale of the people of the Yiqu country.

In fact, Lü Buwei has a rough judgment about the location of the women and children of Yiqu Kingdom. He believed that the tens of thousands of women and children in the Yiqu Kingdom must be somewhere near the border of the Zhao State.

Lü Buwei didn't have to think about it to know that the Yiqu people's plan was that as soon as they found any traces of the Qin army, then they would immediately withdraw into the territory of Zhao State, so that with the protection of Zhao State, safety would not be a problem.

If the speed was fast enough, Lü Buwei could completely defeat these ineffective Yiqu women and children with a blitzkrieg.

For the women and children of these Yiqu people, Lü Buwei naturally does not have any pity, but the problem now is that Lü Buwei has not figured out where these women and children of the Yiqu Kingdom are, after all, the border between the Yiqu State and the Zhao State is hundreds of miles.

It is really a very, very difficult task to find the Yiqu women and children stationed in these hundreds of miles in front of the Yiqu cavalry who can be seen everywhere on the plateau.

After a long time, Lu Buwei sighed, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "Cai Ze, Cai Ze, you old boy, this time you really gave me a big problem." ”

After all, as long as the order from Handan came, Lü Buwei could mobilize Hu Yiwei of Qin State and Hu Yiwei of Hetao County to cooperate to obtain information about the Yiqu people, and then he could use thunderous means to eradicate the women and children of the Yiqu people, and even use a little trick to kill the main cavalry of the Yiqu people.

Lu Buwei knew very well that he didn't have much time to spend here, and the longer he wasted time here, the higher the possibility of Cai Ze making trouble in Xianyang City.

No matter what Cai Ze wanted to do, Lü Buwei felt that he had to stop him, not for the sake of Qin and Zhao, but for self-preservation.

By now, Lü Buwei and Cai Ze are already out-and-out political rivals, and the struggle between the two can only end with one of them going into the wilderness.

Lü Buwei felt that he would definitely not be the losing side, so he had to solve the Yiqu people as soon as possible and satisfactorily.

At this moment, Lu Buwei, who was standing at the head of the city, suddenly sensed something, and subconsciously turned his gaze to the south.

A little smoke and dust suddenly appeared in the far south, and after a while, it slowly approached, only to realize that it was a small cavalry.

After a while, Lü Buwei found that it was no one else, but a messenger from the Qin State in Guanzhong.

"Eight hundred miles in a hurry?" Lü Buwei's gaze fell on the banner behind the messenger in the middle of the cavalry ranks, his pupils shrank slightly, and a trace of bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.

A moment later, the messenger hurried up to the top of the city, greeted Lü Buwei with great respect, and then handed a letter into Lü Buwei's hands.

Lu Buwei knew that if he could use a messenger of this level to deliver the letter, something big must have happened, so he didn't talk nonsense, and directly opened the letter on the spot.

After reading this letter, Lu Buwei's face suddenly changed, and he walked down the city quickly, called his own guard captain and deputy general, and said to the captain of the guard: "Prepare the horse, I want to rush back to Xianyang immediately!" ”

Then Lü Buwei said to his lieutenant general: "Pass the order, the army will pull out the camp tomorrow and leave this place and return to Xianyang!" ”

"What?" The adjutant general obviously didn't understand what Lu Buwei meant, and his face was full of puzzlement.

But Lu Buwei didn't want to explain to the deputy general at all, but directly rode the horse led by the captain of the guard in the stunned expression of the deputy general, and then walked towards the southern Guanzhong without stopping, without stopping for a moment.

The deputy general looked at Lu Buwei's figure flying away, and couldn't help muttering: "It's already dusk now, can't you wait until tomorrow to set off?" ”

Two days later, Lü Buwei, who had been hurrying almost sleeplessly, returned to Xianyang as fast as he could, and entered the Xianyang Palace, where he met the Qin King Chu and a cadre of important ministers of the Qin State.

Qin Wang Chu smiled and said to Lu Buwei: "Wu Chengjun, this matter is a bit sudden, and suddenly summoned you back, so that your plan to conquer the righteous canal did not succeed, you shouldn't blame the widow, right?" ”

Lü Buwei bowed to King Chu of Qin, and said with a wry smile: "The king said that he was joking, the minister is the king's courtier, how dare he question the king's decision indiscriminately?" The minister just wanted to ask, why did the minister leave Xianyang for less than a month, and the national policy of Daqin had undergone such a major change, could it be that someone had entered some slander in front of the king? ”

Lu Buwei's eyes kept on Cai Ze's body when he spoke, and the intention in and out of his words was already very obvious.

Cai Ze smiled, and said to Lu Buwei without showing weakness: "Wu Chengjun's words are very wrong, this decision was made by the king, does Wu Chengjun want to question the king's decision?" ”

Lü Buwei snorted and was about to speak, but Qin Wang Chu waved his hand, interrupted Lü Buwei's words, and then said, "Wu Chengjun, this time I summoned you back not to discuss whether to kill Zhao. The widow has already made up his mind, and Wu Chengjun only needs to help the widow with a staff member. ”

Seeing that Qin Wangchu's attitude was so firm, Lu Buwei couldn't help but feel very depressed in his heart, knowing that this was not the best time to persuade Qin Wangchu, so he sat down patiently, wanting to understand what the situation was first.

As the saying goes, I don't know if I don't listen, I was startled when I heard it, and I only heard Qin Wang Chu say: "Three days later, it was the time to send troops to Zhao State, and there was no problem with the war preparations made by the widow Zhuqing, right?" ”

After Lu Buwei left, Cai Ze, who was temporarily in charge of the overall situation, immediately stood up and said, "Please rest assured, the king has prepared all the armaments and baggage, and there is no problem. ”

Lu Buwei's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but speak: "Great King, now that the troops led by the two generals of Wang Ji and Wang Ling are still in the Yiqu Kingdom, even if they can grow wings, it is impossible for them to come hundreds of miles away in three days and launch an attack on the Zhao State in the eastern part of the country." ”

Qin Wang Chu glanced at Cai Ze when he heard this, and the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

After a long while, King Chu of Qin said: "Wu Chengjun doesn't know, as early as half a month ago, Wang Ji and Wang Ling withdrew their troops from the Yiqu Kingdom on the orders of the widows. Now that the troops led by Wang Di should have arrived in Yin Jin City, launching an attack is something that can be done at any time. ”

"What?" Lu Buwei's eyes widened again, his heart was full of shock, he never thought that Qin Wang Chu would actually do so many big things without knowing it from him, and he didn't know anything about it as Xiangbang.

No wonder Wang Di has not sent a military intelligence report to himself stationed in Yiqu City for so long, it turns out that Wang Di is no longer in the border of the Yiqu people!

Lu Buwei's heart suddenly felt extremely remorseful, if only he had found out about this matter earlier......

Suddenly, Lu Buwei completely came to his senses and stared fiercely at Cai Ze, who was smiling with a playful smile on his face.

It turned out that this old guy transferred himself out of Xianyang City for such a thing.

This damn Six Kingdoms Raid Zhao!