It's going to be war.

This is what the two guards are thinking about in their heads, once Bai Hui starts to prepare strategic materials, he will not be far from the battle.

It was the same last time, on seemingly ordinary days, all kinds of materials were secretly stockpiled. Suddenly, the war against Beiqu began.

It is claimed that more than 40,000 people have been killed in battle, but who knows better than the soldiers in the barracks.

How many camps, how many people are eating, and how many are beside them.

There must not be 40,000 as much, because the number of people who eat has not decreased too much, and the camps are all there, and if there are more than 40,000 losses in the battle, then the barracks of 70,000 people must be half empty, in fact, the barracks are still full.

The next day, when the sky was just dawn and Bai Hui was still dreaming, the guards entered.

"Chief Zuo, Xianyang sent someone over to ask to see Chief Zuo."

Bai Hui turned over and sat up: "You say, Xianyang sent someone over." Is it difficult to calculate the time, is it possible that I sent someone as soon as I left Xianyang? ”

The guards are silent, and the guards will not intervene in this kind of thing.

When Bai Hui arrived at the main hall, a general in his thirties who came in saw Bai Hui clenching his fists, and then presented the edict of King Qin.

Bai Hui opened the edict, and there was only one line of words written on it: "Xiang Shou, listen to the order before the army." ”

Bai Hui hurriedly saluted: "General, military general Bai ......" Before Bai Hui finished speaking, he saw the man clenching his fists hard: "The last general listens to the order of the king in front of Shoufeng, and the general is the last general." ”

"I'm the left chief, and the general is the left guard."

"In the middle of the war, General Gao is a third-level lord, but the king has an order, this battle is commanded by the general, and any military attache who is transferred to the army is a subordinate of the general, and there are 20,000 elites of the Qin army who come with the last general, and there are seven people who are higher than the seven people in the long rank of Zuoshu, all of whom listen to the order before the army."

After Xiang Shou finished speaking, he saw that Bai Hui was silent, and then lowered his voice and said: "The king has an order, the two Bai generals are really Shaoliang, and the lord and the army are to carry out a big plan, and only eight of us know about this matter." ”

Bai Huixin said that Shaoliang made it, and King Qin was really generous, and he promoted himself to a fifth-level knighthood at one time.

Xiang Shou continued: "I waited for eight people, as well as the five doctors and above who were transferred here, all left blood letters, and the general ordered only the Qin army to fight to the death, and there was no Qin army that did not obey the order to fight. ”

Bai Hui said at this time: "General Xiang will first lead the troops to the Dingyang rear camp to rest, and take half a month to adapt to the intensity of the army here, this is indeed a vicious battle, what the king wants is ......"

Bai Hui paused for a moment and said slowly: "Half of Hedong County." ”

Xiang Shou clenched his fist hard: "No! ”

Xiang Shou is indeed a relative of the Empress Dowager Xuan's mother's family, but he is not a person from Wei Ran, his head is not too bent, he doesn't know what the art of war is, he has a good martial arts, a good hand at killing the enemy in battle, and he is also a courtier loyal to the King of Qin.

Such a big war first needs high-level generals who really dare to rush to kill.

It is impossible for Bai Qi to lead the army to kill the enemy, and it is even more impossible for Bai Hui to lead the troops to charge the battle. The rest of the army are all middle and lower house officers, and there must be high-ranking generals rushing into battle in vicious battles, which is the characteristic of the Qin army and a means to boost morale.

At least that's the case with the Qin army outside of Bai Hui.

Among the 10,000 elites, there are also a hundred real Qin soldiers, who are the elites of the elites, responsible for fighting the most difficult battles.

Xiang Shou left and pulled people to a military camp in the west of Dingyang according to the order.

When he returned to the barracks, he saw the generals watching the soldiers drill the army.

"General, carrying a weight of fifty pounds and running ten miles in the mountains every morning is just training before breakfast. I forgot to mention that the soldiers of the Qin army in this camp had three meals a day, and according to the standard of ten days and seven exercises, there were two days to do heavy manual farm work. I'm afraid there will be a few more sharp soldiers in this battalion. ”

After the general finished speaking, a knight stepped forward: "General, there are a thousand people in this barracks, and at least twenty people are not weaker than us." ”

The one who spoke was a Qin army warrior who was selected after many difficulties.

The crowd was watching, and the soldiers who had completed the training of lifting stone locks had already separated into a battalion of 100 men, and then they picked up wooden sticks wrapped in sackcloth and formed a formation, either stabbing or striking with short sticks.

Xiang Shou looked at the big characters on the camp wall and read: "Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime." ”

After finishing speaking, Xiang Shou said to the people beside him: "Go back to the camp, join the training tomorrow after resting, if you are compared to other battalions, you will ask for punishment." ”

"No!" The armies retreated.

At this time, Bai Hui was sleeping back.

At this time, Bai Qi stood on the top of the mountain with a sword in one hand, looking at Fencheng from a distance.

"General, the king's secret edict." An adjutant general came to Bai Qi's side with one person, and the person who came was holding an edict in both hands, and the edict was in duplicate, which surprised Bai Qi.

The edict is indeed that of the King of Qin, and the content on it is that Bai Qi is made for Shaoliang, and half of Hedong County must be taken in this battle. If anyone disobeys the military order, he can be cut off first, or the whole army is united, this edict should not be taken out, and the official reward will be awarded after the war.

The other edict was addressed to Bai Hui, and the content was basically the same.

The difference is that what was written for Bai Qi was that half of Hedong County must be taken, and the inappropriate means for Bai Hui must be taken down Hedong County.

Bai Qi asked the messenger: "This edict is not for me, why did it send it to me?" ”

The messenger replied, "This is the king's will." ”

It is not easy to ask what the king means, and he cannot ask, but he signed the edict at the moment, and the messenger left immediately.

Putting the two edicts in his arms, Bai Qi's eyes turned to Fencheng again.

The deputy general stepped forward and asked: "General, the moat of Fencheng uses live water to divert Fen water, and the waterway must be blocked before the river can be filled." ”

Bai Qi shook his head: "It's not good, it will take at least eight to eleven days to fill the moat in this way, not to mention how many casualties my Qin army will have in such a long time, just Fencheng has enough time to prepare for the battle, plus the siege battle, it is not difficult for the Fencheng Lord to defend for two months." ”

In two months, the reinforcements of the Wei army arrived, which was quite unfavorable for the Qin army.

Moreover, this battle will be fought in vain to show the prestige of the Qin army, and if it becomes a war of attrition, it is not in line with the actual situation of this battle.

The adjutant general said again: "If General Bai Er has a clever plan. ”

Bai Qi didn't answer, still looking at Fencheng from a distance, as the largest city in Hedong County, this is a real Xiongcheng. The city is four zhang high (about 13 meters), divided into the inner city and the outer city, the outer city is 48 miles long, and the city wall base of the outer city is more than six zhang (about 18 meters) wide.

There is also a living water moat outside Fencheng, the moat is five zhang away from the city wall, and the river is ten zhang wide.

This is only an external factor, after the battle of Beiqu, Fencheng seems to have strengthened its defenses, with more troops, and enough food and grass for the people in the city to eat for a year.

Moreover, Bai Qi also heard that the Wei State had replaced the chief general of Hedong, and the person who came seemed to be the Wei Duke, who had not yet been ascertained. I don't know if there is a talent for generals, Bai Qi thinks that Wei should not send an incompetent person to come.