The southern part of Hedong County.

When the commanders of Yan and Qi received Zhao Jia's letter, they were immediately overjoyed, and took advantage of the stalemate between the coalition forces and the Qin army to divide their troops to the southeast of the river and plunder the population.

Anyi, as a big city in the east of the river, although it is in the hinterland of Guanzhong, there are still more than 1,000 defenders.

It's just that at this time, the Anyi County Order is a little panicked.

"County Zun, the Qi army is swarming, the grain planted in the villages near Anyi has been burned, and the people have been captured whenever they encounter the Qi army.

The county lieutenant's face was full of urgency.

The county lieutenant is in charge of the army, and has the responsibility of defending against the enemy, but the Qi army is strong, and the city of Anyi is still insufficient, where can he dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, he can only watch the Qi army loot wealth and population everywhere, and burn fields and houses.

It stands to reason that the county lieutenant is understandable for doing this, but now the county lieutenant has to be in a hurry.

Just because most of the families of the soldiers in the city were in the villages outside the city, the soldiers saw their homes destroyed, their parents, wives and children taken captive, and saw that the county lieutenant refused to go out of the city to defend against the enemy, they were already so angry that they almost mutinied.

The county magistrate looked at the smoke rising in the distance and asked, "Did the soldiers who went to ask for help bring back any news?" ”

The county lieutenant sighed: "Don't say that it is difficult for the soldiers to reach Hangu Pass, even if General Fan Yuzhi receives a letter asking for help, it is impossible to send troops to rescue us." ”

"County lieutenant, dozens of soldiers quietly opened the city gate and ran out, saying that they wanted to avenge their dead relatives!"

At this moment, a soldier ran over with a panicked face and said loudly.

"Oops!"

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other, and they both felt that something was wrong.

The Qin people will never lack blood, especially the old Qin people who are brave and good at fighting in Guanzhong, and they are even more happy when they hear the battle.

As Wang Jian expected, the southeast of the river is the hometown of the Qin State, and the people here have a strong sense of belonging to the Qin State, and the vast majority of the Qin people choose to refuse in the face of the Qi people's request to migrate.

It's just that the Qi people want to plunder wealth and population, how can they give up just because of the Qin people's refusal?

If they can't be persuaded, then the Qi people will begin to use force, and the Qin people, who have a strong temperament, will naturally resist fiercely, and as a result, more than one-third of them will be slaughtered.

In the face of the Qi people's cruel methods, the Qin people finally began to succumb, but for those Qin people who had lost their families, the hatred had already been formed.

The same thing happened in the entire southeast of the river, and in just half a month, the once extremely prosperous southeast of the river has been full of smoke, scorched earth everywhere, and corpses and bones are everywhere.

At first, the Qin people resisted quite fiercely, and the proportion of Qin casualties was as high as 50%, but as the news continued to spread to the rest of the cities, many Qin people also began to choose to give in.

For those hot-blooded men, they would rather die than be forcibly relocated to the Qi country.

It's a pity that they represent not only themselves, but also their parents, brothers, wives and children behind them.

Fan Yuzhi did get the information about Hedong's request for help, but unfortunately, as the county lieutenant of Anyi said, Fan Yuzhi is still a little difficult to protect himself now, where can he dare to divide his troops to help Hedong?

Fan Yuzhi really wanted to do that, Mo said that it was impossible to save the people of Hedong, and even those soldiers of the Qin State who were sent out would be buried on the battlefield.

At this time, Wang Qian, who had led the troops to clean Pinyang, had already followed Zhao Jia to the south from Qishui, and those who had lax defense in the city along the way were all conquered, and the treasury was looted.

Zhao Jia ignored those well-defended cities, led his troops around, and continued to move towards Xianyang.

In just a few days, Zhao Jia had arrived at Bao with 30,000 cavalry, which was only more than 100 miles away from Xianyang.

Xianyang, Qin Palace.

"Bang!"

"Didn't you say that Zhao Jia didn't dare to take a detour and go deep into Xianyang?"

King Qin threw the thick urgent report on the case on the ground, and roared loudly at the few generals who had concluded that Zhao Jia did not dare to go south.

In just a few days, urgent reports from all over the country flew into Xianyang like snowflakes.

This time, Zhao Jia led the troops to come, and the crops in the yield fields along the way were burned, and this result was not much better than the clear field of the strong wall.

The most important thing is that the Zhao army is only more than 100 miles away from Xianyang, and it will be able to besiege Xianyang tomorrow.

Although Xianyang was the capital of Qin, no city walls were built, and most of the troops were sent to the front line, and 30,000 elite cavalry of Zhao State were killed, which was definitely a huge threat to Qin.

"Poof!"

The three generals who patted their chests and promised that Zhao Jia would never dare to make a detour and go directly south, but at this time, their faces were so frightened that they didn't even dare to quibble.

At this moment, Lü Buwei walked up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, Meng Tian concluded that Zhao Jia would bypass Qiyuan and go south to attack Xianyang, and suggested that the king send heavy troops to guard the cities along the way, and fortify the walls so that the Zhao army had nowhere to grab food. ”

"If you act according to the words of Captain Meng Tian, even if Zhao Jia bypasses Qiyuan, it is impossible to break through so many cities along the way, burn countless money and grain stored in the treasury, and it is impossible to threaten the capital Xianyang."

"However, it is precisely because of your repeated obstructions that Zhao Jia has taken advantage of it, putting the Great King and the Great Qin Sect in a dangerous situation."

"Since you have already made a military order, you should be responsible for what you have done, and ask the king to execute these three people in public to set an example!"

When the three generals heard this, their faces all changed, and they couldn't help but set their eyes on an old man.

Seeing this, the old man had no choice but to step forward and say: "Now that the enemy is at present, it is the time to employ people, and I hope that the king can temporarily leave the lives of the three people and let them make meritorious contributions." “

"Hahahaha!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the old man finished speaking, Lu Buwei burst out laughing, and then said sharply: "According to Qin Law, merit is merit, and demerit is deed, how can there be a saying that there is a meritorious service?" ”

"And at the beginning, the prime minister thought that it was difficult for these three people to bear the serious consequences, and it was Shangqing who vouched for the three of them and was willing to bear the consequences with them, so the prime minister gave up."

"In this way, not only will these three people be executed, but even Shangqing will not be spared!"

When the old man heard this, his face immediately changed slightly, and he set his eyes on the Qin State Clan.

It's just that those Qin clans who supported the old man at the beginning, when faced with the huge crisis in Xianyang, did not hesitate to abandon it and chose to stand with Lü Buwei.

They knew that Xianyang was in danger at this time, and if they could not cooperate with Lü Buwei to resist the enemy, the entire Xianyang might fall.

At that time, the Qin clan must have been the primary target of the Zhao massacre.

Lu Buwei took in everyone's expressions, and seeing that the Qin State clan did not say anything to intercede for a few people, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but outline a cruel arc.

"Come on, show the heads of these four people!"

As soon as Lü Buwei's words fell, a soldier rushed into the main hall, and dragged them out regardless of the desperate struggle of the four of them and begging for mercy.

"Meng Fu lost the position of Shangqing, and now Zhao Jia has helped the prime minister take it back."

Seeing the four of them being dragged away, a smile appeared on Lu Buwei's face.

In the case of Meng Fu's defeat and death, Lü Buwei was able to rely on his understanding of Zhao Jia to regain the initiative in this battle between the Qin dynasty and court, and he deserved to be the minister of power in history.

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