October 10, 259 BC.

Zhao Dan sat on the throne, and his mood didn't look very good.

In fact, Zhao Dan's mood is indeed not very good.

I saw Zhao Dan say to Mixian on the side: "Miqing, tell Zhuqing about the news you just received."

Mixian responded, and then said to the many important ministers of Zhao State present: "A few days ago, the Huns had already surrounded Yuanyang and were besieging Yuanyang City. In addition, according to the latest intelligence on the front, the number of Xiongnu going south this time was not 30,000 as previously estimated, but a total of 50,000 cavalry! ”

As soon as Mi Xian's words came out, the ministers of Zhao State present couldn't help but be taken aback.

50,000 cavalry, this only represents one thing, that is, this time the Huns are not just to loot as usual, but to play real, to play big!

Yu Xin couldn't help frowning, looking obviously a little puzzled: "Why is this Xiongnu so crazy, is it because he wants to fight for his life with Zhao State?"

You must know that Zhao has maintained peace with the nomads in the north for a long time over the years, of course, there have always been small-scale frictions, but large-scale wars have happened for the first time in the past ten years.

What's wrong with the Huns?

Mixian quickly gave the answer: "According to the report from Lin Hubu, last year, the grassland snowed extremely strongly, and many Xiongnu people and livestock were frozen and starved to death in large numbers, which is why the Xiongnu went south."

When the people of Zhao Guo who were present heard Mi Xian's words, their faces couldn't help but be a little delicate.

What the hell, your Huns suffered a snow disaster, so they came to our Zhao country to fight the autumn wind?

It's a bit excessive, big brother! What are we Zhao Guo, the captain of the transport brigade?

Among them, Zhao Dan's mood was the most unhappy.

For the scourge of the Xiongnu, Zhao Dan knew very clearly.

Originally, Zhao Dan's idea was to wait until the whole of China was unified before trying to find a way to solve the scourge of the Huns, but what Zhao Dan never expected was that people were not as good as heaven, and the great cause of unification had not yet been tossed out, and the Huns came to the door first.

What is the concept of 50,000 cavalry? It can be compared with the strength of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he attacked the Xiongnu in history.

In the fifth year of Emperor Yuanguang of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing, Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao, and Li Guang sent out to conquer the Xiongnu, with 10,000 cavalry in each army, a total of 40,000 cavalry.

In the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing was the general of the chariot cavalry, went out of Yanmen, and 30,000 cavalry attacked the Huns.

In the fifth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing led 30,000 horsemen to attack the Xiongnu Youxian King with a surprise attack on Gaoque, capturing more than 10 Xiongnu kings and more than 15,000 of his subordinates, millions of animals, and leading troops back.

It can be seen from Wei Qing's several examples that even the Han Empire, which was powerful at that time and owned the entire land of China, could only use 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry at a time.

And now on the northern border of Zhao State, there are 50,000 Hun cavalry!

This is undoubtedly a huge threat to Zhao Guo.

As soon as the ministers of Zhao State heard the news, some people immediately couldn't sit still and proposed: "Great King, it is better to transfer General Lian Po to the north and take charge of the war in the north."

Due to his victory in the Battle of Changping, Lian Po is undoubtedly the number one general of Zhao State today, and he is also the first choice of Zhao State as the main general when encountering war.

Zhao Dan didn't answer this question, but said to Mi Xian: "Lin Hu has elected a new king?"

"Exactly." Mi Xian nodded and said: "The old king of the Lin Hu tribe died of illness three months ago, and then the sons fought, and now the new king is the youngest son of the old king."

After a pause, Mi Xian continued: "However, according to the new king, the Lin Hu tribe has suffered heavy losses due to civil strife, and it is not possible to send troops to help Zhao Ye for the time being."

Yu Xin, who was on the side, heard this, couldn't help but sneer, and said: "I'm afraid it's not that it's a heavy loss, but that this new king of Lin Hu wants to sit back and watch Zhao and the Xiongnu fight to lose both."

The ministers of Zhao who were present glanced at each other and agreed with Yu Xin's conjecture.

There is even Lou Chang said: "After all, King Lin Hu is a Hu person, and the stubborn people do not obey the king, so they are so swaying, the king should send troops to destroy him!" ”

Zhao Dan couldn't help but shrug his shoulders when he heard this, and said in his heart Now that the Huns can't be rectified, do you still want to fight Lin Hu? Isn't it just to make the entire prairie fight against Zhao to be happy?

Zhao Dan didn't answer the conversation, and motioned for Mixian to continue.

So Mi Xian continued: "According to the secret report of the Wei spies, a few days ago, a Qin envoy secretly entered the palace, and then Wei Wuji entered the palace to meet Wei Wangyu, and when he left the palace, Wei Wuji's face was heavy, and the Wei army began to move on a large scale since that day, probably preparing to attack Chu with Qin. ”

"Wei even Qin attacked Chu?" This news immediately caused waves among the ministers of the Zhao State.

Si Kou Zhao Bao's face was gloomy, and he snorted heavily: "This Wei Wang Yu Caifang has formed an alliance with Zhao State for less than half a year, but now he is attacking Chu even Qin, it's simply hateful!" ”

Zhao Sheng was also full of unhappiness, and said to Zhao Dan: "King, it's better to raise troops to attack Wei, so that this Wei Wang Yu knows that the alliance will end!" ”

Zhao Dan frowned when he heard this, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Wei Wangyu's actions are certainly hateful. But don't forget, Zhu Qing, now Qin Guofang is the great enemy of Zhao State! Mi Qing, what is the change on the Qin side? ”

To be honest, it was quite difficult for the infiltration of the Qin State.

After the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State was built into a very strict state apparatus up and down, and basically could not leave the place where he lived at will for the rest of his life except for fighting.

Coupled with Qin's strict restrictions on merchants, there are not many people doing business in Qin, resulting in any outsider being very conspicuous and very easy to be discovered by Qin's secret agent organization.

Fortunately, Hu Yiwei has another person who can provide cover - Lü Buwei.

Zhao Yiren has returned to Qin and changed his name to Zhao Zichu, and Lü Buwei has also become the number one celebrity around Zhao Zichu.

It was with the help of Lü Buwei that Zhao still made considerable progress in infiltrating Qin.

Mi Xian said: "Back to the king, the Qin State has mobilized troops and horses on a large scale, and sent all the troops of Bashu, the number should be about 200,000, and Wang Yi will be the general, and go out of the military pass to attack Chu!" ”

Due to the information from Lü Buwei, the information this time can be said to be quite detailed.

The figure of 200,000 obviously caused a certain shock to the ministers of Zhao State present, and no one spoke for a while.

Although it cannot be compared with the 600,000 at the time of the Battle of Changping, 200,000 is definitely not a number that can be dispatched casually.

Obviously, Qin Guo is also going to play really.