After the autumnal equinox, the grain is put into storage.

In the season of high wind and cool weather, Xiao Rui ordered the royal driver to conquer the Qin State.

Since ancient times, sending troops has all needed a reason, and this time Xiao Rui's attack on Qin was naturally no exception, when Xiao Rui decided to drive the expedition in person, Daxia Daily published an article "The Mandate of Heaven Returns, and Shenzhou is Unified". For the first time, the article told the world about the term Xiaoice River period, and at the same time, the harm of the Xiaoice River period and the suffering that the people will encounter are described in detail.

The article was personally written by Li Mingchong, who was brilliant in writing, and the rhetoric was not only gorgeous, but also brilliant, especially the description of future disasters in great detail, presenting the future disaster world in everyone's minds.

And Great Xia is the country of destiny chosen by God, so other countries are getting more and more seriously affected, on the other hand, Great Xia is getting stronger and stronger, so only Great Xia can lead mankind through this crisis, and Great Xia's unification of Shenzhou is also the destiny of heaven.

To put it bluntly, it is to tell the world that Lao Tzu destroyed the Qin State not for selfish desires, but for the people of the world! The people of Qin, don't resist, you can only have a future if you take refuge in Great Xia!

As for whether Qin Ren believes it or not, it is not Xiao Rui's responsibility, he just needs a reason to send troops.

For the people of Daxia, it is a warm cheer, the adversity sees the truth, the people encounter disasters to know whether their country is good or bad, Xiao Rui's efforts over the years have not been in vain, when the news of the royal conquest spread, the people rushed to tell each other, enthusiastic support.

In this way, Xiao Rui began his personal expedition.

At this time, Kyoto has gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses, and followed Xiao Rui to the west, and the soldiers from all over the road will turn one after another, and when they reach the western state of Tibet, the final assembly of the soldiers and horses reorganized by Zhang Liang will gather into an army of 1.6 million.

In this campaign against the Qin army, Xiao Rui used all new generals.

Han Xin was appointed as the general of the soldiers and horses, and he was Xiao Rui's deputy this time, and the actual commander of the soldiers and horses!

Han Xin's contribution to leading his soldiers and horses to win the three passes of the Qinling Mountains has proved his ability, and he handed over the task of commander-in-chief of this expedition against the Qin State to see if he led the more troops the better.

Secondly, Li Cunxiao, Yang Youji, and Yue Fei were transferred back from Anbei, and Qi Jiguang was transferred back from Yingzhou, and Li Cunxiao, Yang Youji, Dian Wei, Chen Qingzhi, Gan Ning, Yue Fei, and Qi Jiguang were appointed as the generals who broke the captives, and cooperated with Han Xin's main road, and the troops were divided into eight routes to completely take the Qin State.

Huo Qubing stayed in the north of Dongqi, defending and defending, as long as the Yuan army dared to go south, then they would chop off their hooves fiercely. Now Huo Qubing has recruited his own cavalry team, the core of which is the heavy armored cavalry iron dragon cavalry of 5,000 people, and now he is not afraid of Yuan Guoxiao at all. And the Anbei states are garrisoned by the champion Hou, and they can also sit back and relax.

Facing the autumn wind, stepping on the glory, the army is out!

The emperor's personal expedition needs to get out of the momentum and the majesty of the imperial expedition, which is naturally different from ordinary marching or rapid marching, and the speed will not be too fast, so when he arrived in Tibet, it took more than a month.

Then the army converged and continued westward, and it took nearly a month to reach the three passes of the Qinling Mountains.

In autumn, when you come from Kyoto, the weather is already getting cooler.

For this attack on the Qin State, Xiao Rui prepared sufficient food and salary, as well as cotton clothes for the soldiers to keep out the cold! On the other hand, the Qin soldiers, not to mention whether they have enough food and salary for the time being, their warm clothes are definitely not as good as those of the Great Xia soldiers!

So this is also the reason why Xiao Rui knew that it was not appropriate to go on the expedition in autumn, but he went the other way.

The conquest pays attention to a favorable time, place and people, the Qin State occupies a favorable location, and the Great Xia occupies a heavenly time, as for the people and the current Qin State, the hearts of the people have fluctuated, and the people and this aspect are naturally biased towards the Great Xia.

The news of the Great Xia attack has been brewing in the Qin State for two months, and I dare not say that the people are panicked, but the fluctuation of the people's hearts is certain.

Great Xia and Qin had never fought before, so the Qin soldiers and Qin people underestimated Great Xia, but the loss of the Dongqi region was like a slap in the face, so that the Qin State knew the strength and ferocity of Great Xia, and the Dongqi region they took with great effort was robbed in a short time, and even General Meng Yi of the Five Tiger Generals was also destroyed, and in the end, only the ashes were brought back to the Qin capital by the Qin soldiers. And ironically, these Qin soldiers were still escorted out of the North Pivot Pass by Huo Quai.

Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qin State were lost in Dongqi County, the speed was shocking, and the Qin people realized the strength of the Xia State, so this time the emperor of the Xia State drove the expedition in person, holding the posture of not destroying the Qin State and not giving up, and the Qin people's hearts were even more floating.

Among them, the most pressure is still Emperor Qin Zheng, who originally thought that the emperor was very easy to do, but once he did it, he knew that it was very hard. After hearing that the emperor of the Xia State drove the expedition in person, Qin Zheng immediately summoned the ministers to find countermeasures, and finally all the ministers proposed: The outside must first be settled, so the king of Xiang and the king of Zhuang must be solved first, and the national forces must be integrated to fight against the Xia army.

Now Qin Zheng began to scratch his head, how to be safe?

Qin Zheng, who had no choice, decided to use the most stupid way, Xiao Yiyi, and wrote a letter to Qin Yu and Qin Xiang, telling them about the wolf ambitions of the Xia army.

Then send officials who have a good relationship with Qin Yu and Qin Xiang to be lobbyists in person.

After reading Qin Zheng's letter, Qin Yu hesitated for a long time, and finally rejected the public opinion, rejected the advice of the strategist, and chose to support Qin Zheng.

It can be seen that Qin Yu's three views are still very upright, but he also has requirements, his fief remains unchanged, and the title is hereditary, and he can control the private army, and Qin Zheng must not take revenge on any trumped-up charges afterwards.

As long as he agrees to these conditions, Qin Yu is willing to agree with the legitimacy of Qin Zheng's throne.

On the other hand, the letter was sent to Qin Xiang, the king of Zhuang, but was opposed by Qin Xiang. He is very deep in the city and has a gloomy personality, thinking that Qin is deliberately using him to deal with Xia Jun, and he is so calculating that he naturally does not want to become a pawn.

Subsequently, Qin Xiang killed the minister who came to lobby, and then sent a reply letter to humiliate Qin Zheng for not being in the right position, which caused this catastrophe!

For Qin Yu's response, Qin Zheng is quite satisfied, just let him be hereditary, it is not impossible to control the private army, but it must be controlled within a range, if you really pull up hundreds of thousands of private troops, then Qin Zheng is not at ease.

As for Qin Xiang's response, Qin Zheng was naturally furious, and immediately issued an order to agree to Qin Yu's request, and at the same time asked Qin Yu to send troops and destroy Qin Xiang first with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

Who knew that Qin Yu did not agree to send troops, he was willing to send troops against the Xia army, but he would not attack Qin Xiang, so if he wanted to solve Qin Xiang, he had to rely on Qin Zheng himself.

Qin Yu was also afraid that it was Qin Zheng's conspiracy and deliberately weakened his own forces.

Qin Zheng had no choice but to send Bai Meng and Meng Tian to encircle and suppress Qin Xiang, and at any cost!

Bai Meng and Meng Tian deserved to be the generals of the Five Tigers, each of them led an army of 100,000 troops, encircled and suppressed them back and forth, and it took a month to finally sweep away the traitors and capture Qin Xiang alive.

Finally, the problem of internal worries was solved before the Xia army pressed the border, and the next step was to face the external enemy.

Subsequently, the Qin State began to reorganize its troops and horses, and discussed how to meet the invading Xia army. The generals that Qin Zhengneng relied on were naturally the Bai and Mongolian families, so Meng Tian was appointed as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses to be in charge of the military affairs.

Meng Tian didn't dare to be careless, his younger brother and cousin both died in the Dongqi region, which illustrated the methods of Great Xia, especially the commander Han Xin this time, who now seems to be definitely a powerful character.

Meng Tian and several generals discussed countermeasures, how to deal with the attack of the Xia State, whether to directly push the troops to the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, stop them directly in front of the pass, and stop them in front of their homes, or in the counties where the other party may attack, according to the terrain and terrain.

Meng Tian's suggestion was to block the attack according to the terrain, so as to expand his own advantages, after all, the three passes of the Qinling Mountains had been lost, and the Xia army controlled the portal, and it was impossible to stop them from entering the territory of the Qin State.

However, Bai Meng put forward the opposite opinion, just because the Xia army had mastered the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, so he had to stop the other party in front of the pass, and he could not let the other party enter the Qin State. The Xia army was divided into eight routes, with 1.6 million troops, and they were well prepared, once they were allowed to be unscrupulous in the territory, after a long time, the entire Qin State would be dispersed.

The two parties disagreed, and they couldn't come up with the same opinion, and finally the question was handed over to Qin Zheng.

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Zheng asked Bai Meng: "General Bai, if you stop the other party in front of the pass, can you have the confidence to win?" ”

Bai Meng thought for a while and said: "Wechen doesn't have the confidence to win, but Wechen is willing to defend the security of the territory with his life!" ”

Qin Zheng nodded, ordered someone to take the map of Qin State, and then asked Meng Tian: "Meng Aiqing, the Xia army claims that there are 1.6 million troops to the outside world, in addition to Han Xin, there are also seven main generals, it seems that Great Xia wants to divide the army into eight ways!" So how do you think the Eight Route soldiers and horses of Great Xia will attack? ”

Meng Tian took out a brush and dipped it in cinnabar, and then drew eight routes on the map.

The eight routes represent the marching route of the Xia army, I dare not say certainly, but it is very valuable to consider, and it is the route that Meng Tian and countless generals came up with after thinking about it.

After these routes enter the Qin State from Sanguan, they either go straight, or go south, or go north, and the eight routes are like a blooming lotus flower, and Qin is one of the lotus canopies.

There are a total of thirty-two counties in the territory of Qin, and these eight routes are to encircle the Qin capital, and their route needs to pass through more than a dozen counties, so once the Xia army kills the Qin capital, it indicates that the Qin state is going to be destroyed.

Qin Zheng stared at the map for a long time, and then asked, "The soldiers and horses are almost in order, how many troops do we have?" ”

Meng Tian sighed and said, "With the strength of His Royal Highness King Xiang, there are only one and two hundred thousand!" ”

"So little?" Qin Zheng's face sank.

Meng Fang said: "The two princes rebelled and consumed part of their troops. The loss of the Dongqi area and the loss of part of the troops. In addition, there is already the phenomenon of empty salaries, so even the actual number of troops is less than this number! ”

Qin Zheng nodded, and said, "If you really can't do it, then you can only forcibly recruit soldiers." ”

Meng Tian moved his lips, but the words did not come out of his mouth.

Now the people who are tormented by disasters are struggling to make a living, and they are very disappointed in the country, and forced conscription is a conscription, but it is all scattered, and they really think that there are 30 million adult men with 30 million troops?

They all have families, and behind them stand daughters-in-law, children, and elderly parents, who need to support their families.

So don't blame the Qin people for being unpatriotic, it's because they live too humbly and don't have the ability to love.

If the family is at ease, they are also willing to carry a knife and serve the country.

So forced conscription is not the way out.

In the end, Qin Zheng came up with a final opinion: "My suggestion is to divide them and divide them, rely on the terrain to defeat the enemy forces from all walks of life in Great Xia, so that they will not return!" ”

Since His Majesty has given an order, Bai Meng can only obey it.

"Your Majesty, Wechen wants to pay the soldiers in advance to increase morale. In addition, improve military merit," Meng Tian pleaded.

Qin Zheng thought about it, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! ”

After speaking, Qin Zheng rubbed his eyebrows.

The disasters of the past few years have made the Qin court unable to make ends meet, and now it is a large-scale national war, which has emptied the treasury all of a sudden. If the disaster continues to increase, then the Qin State will not be destroyed by Great Xia, but will also destroy itself.

Now Qin Zheng has insomnia every night, state affairs, state affairs, his mind is full of state affairs, destroying the new emperor who has just been weakly crowned and has just ascended the throne.