"The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. Crossing the river and demolishing bridges, unloading mills and killing donkeys are always common. ”

Chun Shenjun has been the prime minister for twenty-five years, and if he can concentrate on governing the country, he will be a generation of virtuous ministers, but he has floated, not only is he lackluster in government, but he is also reluctant to exchange his life for the power he got at the beginning. Reluctance and inability to let go are the biggest mistakes in Chun Shenjun's life. During the reign of King Chukaoli, he never had any children. There is no prince in the country, and sooner or later there will be chaos, and Chun Shenjun has to be in a hurry, making a cameo appearance as an "infertility expert", and offering many women to the king of Chu, but they failed to give birth to a prince for the Chu country. At this time, Chun Shenjun's protégé, Li Yuan, a native of Zhao, gave his young and beautiful sister to Chun Shenjun as a concubine.

It didn't take long for Xiongwan, the king of Chu, to inadvertently fall in love with Chun Shenjun's concubine Li Yan.

The ill-intentioned Li Yuan persuaded Chun Shenjun Huang Xie to take the opportunity to dedicate her to King Chu Kaolie: on the one hand, he could curry favor with Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, and increase the friendship between the monarch and the ministers; On the other hand, if you are lucky enough to give birth to the prince, then in the future, the Li Yuan brothers and sisters will definitely be grateful to Chun Shenjun.

Chun Shenjun knew that King Chu Kaolie would die sooner or later, and he would lose his power one day, so it was better to arrange a way back as soon as possible, so he readily agreed, and dedicated Li Yuan's sister Li Yan to the King of Chu. Unexpectedly, Li Yan was really an easy woman to give birth to, and she gave birth to a son easily. Xiong Wan, the king of Chu, made him the crown prince and named Li Yan the queen. The king of Chu valued his brother-in-law Li Yuan, so Li Yuan participated in the government affairs.

Just as Chun Shen Jun was calculating the authority of the Chu State, Li Yuan had already had bad intentions and was unwilling to condescend to Huang Xie of Chun Shen Jun, so he secretly trained assassins with the large wealth obtained by his sister Li Yan because of her favor, planning to get rid of Chun Shen Jun Huang Xie and replace him.

And Chun Shenjun Huang Xie was unaware of this crisis.

Xianyang, the study room of the palace of the king of Qin.

Meng Yi, Qin Wang Yingzheng, and Changshi Li Si were secretly discussing their future plans.

Because Li Si persuaded King Yingzheng of Qin last time to "destroy the princes and become the emperor", he was appointed as a long history, which is equivalent to a staff member and staff officer. And Meng Yi, Meng Tian and other five-person cavalry generals all became captains (equivalent to ten thousand commanders).

"The relocation of the capital of Chu is short-sighted, and Huang Xie buries himself in trouble." Meng Yi received a secret report from the black-clothed guard, and couldn't help but sigh that the world was impermanent.

"The state of Chu is getting weaker and weaker now, and it is ridiculous to hope that it will be safe by moving the capital!" King Yingzheng of Qin also agreed.

"My lord, have you ever heard the story of 'For the sake of the mountain, the success fell short'? Once upon a time, a man wanted to build a mountain nine feet (eight feet = one thousand) high. He piled up year after year, no matter how cold or hot it was, digging from afar, picking up the soil, and piling it on the mountain bag, and finally one day, he was about to finish. On this day, as usual, the rooster just got up and started work, basket after basket, and saw that the mountain was about to be 9 thousand high, and only one basket of soil was missing. But when he touched his stomach and growled, it began to snow again, and he thought that there was only a basket of dirt, so he went home. After that, he always thought that he was lazy because he only had a basket of soil, so he didn't pile up this basket of soil until he died, and after all, this nine-hundred-high mountain with only one basket of soil was still not piled up. This is the origin of 'for the mountain, the success is short'. Du Wei Meng Yi said, "Although the plan of the six countries to attack Qin is good, it is abandoned halfway every time, and the result can no longer succeed. ”

"This is a great good, I, Daqin, must not make this mistake, I must make persistent efforts and annex the six countries in one go." King Yingzheng of Qin promised arrogantly.

"Qin has a total of 4 national capitals, Yongcheng, Jingyang, Liyang, Xianyang. In 350 B.C., Shang Ying changed the law and moved the capital to Xianyang for the last time, where he achieved the hegemony of the Qin State.

The state of Chu has 7 capitals, and the state of Chu is undoubtedly the prince who loves to move the capital. The first few moves of the capital were conducive to territorial expansion, but later the state of Chu was broken twice by the enemy, and the capital was moved 4 or 5 times in order to escape. It can be seen from this that the state of Chu, which has the largest territory, has a great decline in national strength at the end of the Warring States period, and is no longer capable of dominating the princes. Changshi Lisi, who has just taken office, obviously likes to show off his knowledge, quote classics, integrate and analyze, and all show his outstanding ability.

"King, whether to repair for two years, wait for you to officially take power, and then carry out the conquest." As a general who has just returned from the front line, Du Lieutenant Meng Yi actually understands that the soldiers have been fighting for a long time, they have long been exhausted, and they have not seen their parents and relatives for several years, and they are homesick.

"No, continue to attack Zhao State! The six countries of the East must not be allowed any respite. Qin Wang Yingzheng didn't think about it so much, in his eyes, the great cause of Qin was the most important, and everything else could be ignored.

"Your Majesty, there are still plenty of food, grass and weapons in the country, but the soldiers are indeed tired. Besides, Zhao Guo will definitely recall the general Li Mu to visit Handan, why should we compete with Zhao Guo for a while? Commander Meng Yi continued to persuade.

"Just one Li Mu, how can he stop the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, the widow has decided to send an elite army to replace the previous soldiers, so that they can take turns to conquer the Six Kingdoms until the Six Nations are wiped out!" King Yingzheng of Qin insisted on going his own way, and then said, "Last time, I planned to let Chang'an Jun Chengjiao lead the army to fight, but it ran aground when the five countries jointly attacked Qin. Let's do it all this time. ”

"It can be used as an excuse that Cheng Jiao commanded the army to attack Handan because he had served as a hostage in Zhao State for many years and was relatively familiar with the situation around Handan.

In addition, the tradition of leading the army in battle has always been a tradition of the children of the clan, and it will not arouse the suspicion of others. Li Si suggested.

"King, do you want to think about it again? After all, 150,000 troops is not a small number! Meng Yi remembered that the scale of the Chengjiao Rebellion in history was still very large, and the handiwork of Qin Wang Yingzheng and Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei was also too big!

"It's okay, the widow has already ordered the clan generals Yingjie and Yingliang to go out with the army, and Cheng Jiao can't turn over the big waves." King Yingzheng of Qin insisted on going his own way, and he had to take the opportunity to eradicate Chang'an Jun Chengjiao and the forces behind it.

Seeing this, Meng Yi had no choice but to keep silent, but there were always some fragments flashing in his mind, and his eyelids kept jumping, thinking: What unexpected situation will happen?

Since Zhao was the mastermind of this concerted effort, it became the first choice for Qin to counterattack. At the same time, because the commander of the coalition army, Pang Xuan, vented his anger in Qi State, he also had to guard against Qi State's retaliation.

At the end of 240 BC, Zhao ordered the general Fu to lead an army to garrison Pingyi, and ordered the general Qingshe to lead the divisions of Dongyang and Hewai to guard against the Yellow River. These are all to prevent the counterattack of the Qi State.

In 239 BC, Qin's army also marched into Zhao. The Qin army was divided into two routes: the 100,000 troops on the north road were commanded by the famous general Meng Wei, and went north to Taihang to attack Longcheng, Gucheng, and Qingdu of Zhao State, trying to cut off the connection between the surrounding areas of Handan and Daijun and Yanmen in the north, and prevent Li Mu from going south to rescue Handan. The 150,000 troops on the South Road were led by Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, the younger brother of King Yingzheng of Qin, and prepared to leave the Taihang Mountains from Tunliu in Shangdang County to the east and approach Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

However, King Yingzheng of Qin seems to have mistakenly believed that this nearly eighteen-year-old Wang brother, the army led by Chang'an Jun Chengjiao, stayed in Tun for a long time and stopped. This caused Meng Fu's army on the North Road to become a lone army to go deeper, and Zhao State could fully free up his hands to annihilate the Qin army on the North Road.

So Pang Xuan personally led the army north to fight against Mengfu. At this time, the 100,000 Qin army of the North Road of Mengfu was stationed in Dushan, southwest of Quyi.

Zhao Jun coach Pang Xuan believes that the north of Dushan is the highest in Weiyao Mountain, and Dengyao Mountain can look at Dushan, so it is advisable to go to it. So Pang Xuan, the commander of the Zhao army, sent the fierce general Hu Xuan to lead 20,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, and a total of 100,000 Zhao troops rushed to Yaoshan. Yaoshan originally had 40,000 Qin soldiers stationed, but when they were caught off guard, the 20,000 elite soldiers who were taken out of town successfully stole the camp and fought bravely to disperse. The Zhao army established the stronghold of Yaoshan.

The commander of the Qin army on the North Road, Meng Fu, ordered the veteran general Zhang Tang to lead 20,000 troops to recapture Yaoshan. Pang Xuan's army also arrived, and the two armies fought many times at the foot of the mountain and fell into a bitter battle. Zhao generals were brave and strategic, holding the red flag on the mountain, Qin sent Zhang Tang's army to the east, and the red flag pointed east; Zhang Tang went west, the red flag pointed west, and led the Zhao army to fight under the mountain, and the Zhao army was wrapped around the red flag like a tide.

Pang Xuan inspired the soldiers: Those who captured Zhang Tang were sealed with a hundred miles of land. The Zhao army fought bravely one by one, and the Qin general Zhang Tang fought hard to kill, but he couldn't get out of the encirclement. This was the first time Zhang Tang had encountered such a dangerous situation, and since then it has caused him a long-term psychological obstacle, and his fear of Zhao Guo has not weakened until Gan Luo's persuasion.

At the critical moment, the commander of the Qin army on the North Road, Meng Fu, led the army to kill, rescued Zhang Tang, and returned to the Dushan camp together. At this time, the Qin army on the southern route of Chang'an Jun Chengjiao still did not move, and the commander of the Qin army on the northern route, Meng Fu, saw that the situation was unfavorable and had to retreat. Pang Xuan sent troops to ambush in the depths of the dense forest of Taihang Mountain, and killed Meng Fu with random arrows, and the Qin army was defeated.

Cheng Jiao, the younger brother of King Yingzheng of Qin, Cheng Jiao was named Chang'an Jun after Yingzheng succeeded to the throne of King Qin. He was ordered by King Yingzheng of Qin to go to Korea to force Han Ran, the king of Han, to cede 100 li of land to Qin. This time, King Yingzheng of Qin ordered Cheng Jiao to lead an army to attack Zhao, but Cheng Jiao stayed in the garrison and stopped.

Cheng Jiao heard that Meng Fu had died in battle and that the Qin army had been defeated, so he occupied Tun with the support of Fan Yuzhi and tried to seize the throne, which was known as the "Cheng Jiao Rebellion" in history.

Cheng Jiao stayed in Tunliu for more than half a year, during which King Zhao sent envoys to form an alliance with him at the suggestion of Pang Xuan, and sent Rao Cheng to Chang'an Jun Cheng Jiao to relieve him of his worries.

Xianyang Palace, King Qin's study.

"The 150,000 army is stagnant, what the hell is going on? What are Yingjie and Yingliang doing? Did they also rebel? King Yingzheng of Qin was very angry and forced Meng Yi, the commander in charge of the black-clothed guard.

"Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for his carelessness. This time, there was a Qin general named Fan Yuzhi in the South Road army, who bewitched Chang'an Jun Chengjiao to put the generals under house arrest through a wine banquet, and the clan generals Yingjie and Yingliang were also among them. ”

"Fan Yuzhi? Who is this person? Why is it so bold? Qin Wang Yingzheng asked in surprise.

"This person was originally a Chu general, and after being recommended by a relative surnamed Mi, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant after all the military exploits. This time, he also went out with Cheng Jiao. Meng Yi had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Relatives surnamed Mi? Hmph, I think they're getting impatient! Qin Wang Yingzheng laughed angrily and slammed the table.

At this moment, an urgent report of the military situation came from outside the door: Meng Fu died in battle, and Cheng Jiao rebelled!