Xianyang Palace.

"What, there are a large number of Zhao cavalry on the outskirts of Xianyang, and the number is at least eight thousand?"

The first moment he heard the news, Qin Wangji couldn't help but slam the table.

The next moment, the entire hall was filled with Qin Wangji's roar: "Who will tell the widow, how did this Zhao army cavalry come to the widow's nose!?" ”

There was silence in the hall.

In fact, what Qin Wangji didn't know was that in fact, the cavalry of Zhao State who came outside Xianyang City did not report so much, but after layers of reporting, the number of reports to Qin Wangji's ears was inevitably much more than the original actual number.

This is still because the people of the Qin State have become accustomed to a more realistic style of doing things after Shang Ying's reform, so when they exaggerate, they only exaggerate a little.

If it had been changed to the Shandong States, perhaps the reported figure would have been 20,000 cavalry or even more.

Of course, even the number of 8,000 cavalry was enough to make Qin Wangji very angry.

Eight thousand people are enough to threaten Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State.

You must know that the last time Xianyang, the capital of Qin, was likely to be breached by the enemy, it was more than thirty years ago!

It was after that incident that Qin Wangji became angry and tried to be strong, and with his scheming and skill, he defeated the two major opponents of Chu and Qi.

I thought that I would be able to sit back and relax, but I never thought that people would have a lot of worries in their old age, but they were bullied by the enemy again.

Speaking of which, the last time the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army only broke through the Hangu Pass, they forced the Qin State to negotiate peace, and basically did not enter the hinterland of Guanzhong.

And this time, the people of Zhao came to Xianyang City with a swagger, and under the noses of Qin Wangji and the ancestors of Qin State, they came to show off their might!

Coupled with the grievances and grievances between Zhao and Qin over the years, no matter how you look at it, the anger in Qin Wangji's heart is obviously stronger this time.

Looking at Qin Wangji's angry expression, the ministers of the Qin State in the palace were also panicked, and they were speechless one by one.

Seeing this, Xiangbang Cai Ze felt helpless, so he had to stubbornly come out and say: "Please rest assured, although the people of Zhao have already come to the city, they will not be able to break through Xianyang City with only 8,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Qin Wangji snorted heavily and said, "Of course, the widow knows that he can't break through Xianyang City with only 8,000 soldiers and horses, but how can you be sure that the Zhao army only has these 8,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

As soon as this question was asked, Cai Ze was speechless.

It was at this time that Cai Ze suddenly remembered something.

That is, a few hours ago, that is, early this morning, Wang Di, who was on the front line of Wangcheng, sent back a messenger with an urgent message, saying that a cavalry of the Zhao State might have gone south to secretly attack Guanzhong, so that Xianyang could prepare early.

However, Cai Ze did not take this urgent letter seriously at that time.

In Cai Ze's opinion, unless the front line of Wangcheng is defeated, even if Zhao Jun's kittens run to Guanzhong in threes and twos, it won't be a battle merit?

What's more, although Wang Di didn't know, Cai Ze had been receiving news from various cities in Shangjun in the past few days.

Judging from these news, a large Zhao cavalry was looting everywhere in Shangjun, and while looting, they were heading south towards the front line of the royal city.

Cai Ze naturally made such a judgment, this Zhao army obviously planned to flank the main force of the Qin army led by Wang Yi with Lian Po's troops.

Therefore, Cai Ze did not take Wang Di's warning to heart, and directly withheld Wang Di's urgent report and did not report it.

The main reason is that Qin Wangji's temper is also irritable for a while, and Cai Ze is also a little worried in his heart that he will rashly submit it, whether he will give Qin Wangji a meal with the excuse of lax review, this kind of thing, Qin Wangji has really done a lot recently.

But it is clear that the main force of the Zhao army is in Shangjun, but there is another main force of the Zhao army's cavalry in the hinterland of Guanzhong a hundred miles away, which is too nonsense!

You must know that this is a cavalry, even with men and horses, how did they quietly cross Luoshui without being discovered?

It's amazing!

But no matter what, Cai Ze now has to face the fact that he did make a mistake, and what Wang Di said is right.

Thinking of this, Cai Ze really regretted his intestines.

So Cai Ze coughed and said, "My lord, in the opinion of the ministers, it is very likely that this cavalry of the Zhao army is the one that suddenly entered Shangjun from Henan a few days ago!" ”

Qin Wangji paused for a moment, and then an old face began to stretch out: "I see...... Hmph, the widow thought that this Zhao cavalry was just coming in to harass him, but he didn't expect to be bold enough to come to the widow's Xianyang City! ”

As soon as he heard the news, Qin Wangji was relieved, why? Because apart from the one one one a few days ago, there have been no other beacon alarms these days.

In this way, it is enough to explain that this Zhao cavalry suddenly appeared outside Xianyang City, and there was no follow-up troops of Zhao State behind them!

Thinking of this, Qin Wangji's mood improved a lot.

If there are any follow-up troops, then Xianyang will be really dangerous.

As for Cai Ze's dereliction of duty, although Qin Wangji was also aware of it, he didn't say anything.

After all, there is already such a trend in the separation of civil and military forces in the Qin State, and the two successive prime ministers Fan Sui and Cai Ze are the kind of candidates who are not very good at military affairs, in this case, this pot is really not Cai Ze's turn to carry it.

After all, there are many Qin generals present now, and it is normal for Cai Ze not to see the problems that so many Qin generals can't see.

So Qin Wangji waved his hand, and then said: "Quickly send someone to investigate how many cavalry there are outside this Xianyang City!" ”

Cai Ze bowed and said, "Oh! ”

Regarding the investigation of the enemy's situation, Cai Ze is still quite confident.

After all, this is the hinterland of Guanzhong that the Qin State has operated for hundreds of years, and it is no exaggeration to say that every old Qin person living in this land is the eyeliner of the Qin State.

Under such circumstances, in two days at most, Cai Ze was confident that he would be able to find out all the enemy forces clearly.

But it was at this time that a proclamation suddenly sounded: "King, Liyang is urgent!" ”

"Oak Yang?" Qin Wangji was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Why don't you hurry up and present it to the widow!" ”

After a while, Qin Wangji, who had finished reading this information from Liyang City, raised his head, and his face was already iron-blue.

"According to the Liyang Emergency Report, the 20,000 cavalry of the Zhao State have completely surrounded Liyang City!"

As soon as Qin Wangji said this, there was an uproar in the hall.

First Xianyang, then Liyang.

Why did it happen that overnight, the hinterland of Guanzhong, which originally seemed to be impregnable, was full of wolf smoke, and the cavalry of Zhao State was everywhere?