Starting from Yingdu, go north along Yingshui for 500 miles to Xiangcheng; Then enter Wei from Xiangcheng through Chen County, and go 350 miles to be the Liang of Wei; It goes up 500 miles from the north of Daliang, and it is Handan, the capital of Zhao, through the east county of Qin. Nearly 1,400 miles of travel, and the journey was in a hurry, Rao was the foundation of the martial arts, and when he saw Handan City, the crown was already sluggish.

Handan, as the capital of Zhao, is the most special one in the capital of all countries. This kind of particularity is not in the scale or prosperity, but in its construction - among the countries, only the city of King Zhao was built outside the capital.

The current capital of Qin, Chu, Han and Wei and other countries is not the original capital, but when the new capital is built, the royal city is still placed in the south of the capital, and the area is one-ninth of the capital. In addition to following the Zhou etiquette, another pragmatic consideration is to defend the city. When the enemy attacks the city, it must first break the capital and then break the royal city, and only when the royal city is captured, the temple is burned, and the monarch is captured and killed, the country can be regarded as truly dead. Zhao Guo built the royal city in the southwest of the royal city, and the closest place between the two was only 60 meters, but it was indeed a mistake to put himself in danger, and the enemy army could attack the royal city with all his strength when attacking the city.

"Disciple meets the teacher! The teacher traveled thousands of miles to Zhao and worked hard all the way. Outside the city of Handan, Zhao general Pang Nuan was dressed in green clothes, and greeted him in front of the car of the crown with a disciple salute, he was originally a Chu man, because of the merit of destroying Lu, he was sealed in Linwu (now Linwu County, Hunan), for Linwu Jun, and then entered Zhao as a general.

"Get up." The crown squinted at him, cheering up a little.

"Thank you, teacher." Pang Nuan got up, walked to the front of the car, took the whip from the royal hand, and drove the crown in person. "The teacher is far away, he must have been sleepy, please rest before the disciple, wait for the disciple to tell the king, and then go in to ask for help."

After traveling one hundred and twenty miles a day, he thought that his journey was no slower than that of the envoy sent by Dazai Shen Yinyu, and after he hummed a sentence, he asked, "How do you know that the teacher is here to ask for help?" ”

"Teacher, the disciple has many ears and eyes in the Qin State, and more than ten days ago, he knew that the king of Qin sent four counties of Hedong, Sanchuan, Nanyang, and Hanzhong and 200,000 soldiers to attack Chu. Although Shangdang and Dongjun, which were adjacent to Zhao, had not sent troops, they had also transferred a lot of grain and grass. Pang Nuan turned around and said.

Hearing that the Qin people were 200,000 people, Yu Guanzi was stunned and cheered up, and then asked: "Can Zhao Guo send troops to save Chu?" ”

"Teacher, disciple doesn't know." Pang Nuan sighed. "Four years ago, the defeat of Hezong, the king has many grievances, Zhao has been attacked by Qin, the national strength has been exhausted, now I hear that Qin attacked Chu, the Manchu Dynasty doctor does not play the crown and Zhenyi, the teacher rashly came to see the king of Zhao, I am afraid that it will be fruitless."

"If Chu dies, who will save Zhao?" The crown stared, and he was no longer tired.

"Teacher......" Pang Nuan said bitterly. Who doesn't understand the truth, but the Qin State finally shifted the target of the attack, and the disaster went south, and no one in the Zhao State wanted to offend the Qin State again. "The disciple should try to speak in front of the king, urging the teacher to meet the king."

In a few words, the car had already driven to the city of King Zhao. After more than 100 years of operation, this royal city also has the residence of nobles and craftsmen, and Pang Nuan lives in Xicheng. It's just that he went out of the city in civilian clothes this time, and he only took someone to open the road, and he had to mix in with the many cars that entered the city. Unlike the Chu State, the Zhao people are noble ladies and advocate excellence, and it is not only the high-crowned sword doctors who enter and exit this noble place, but also the beautiful Zhao Guo who is stunning in the world.

In the early autumn, the windows of the cars are opened, and the neon clothes and cloud sleeves, drums and songs and dances in the car are endless. Chu Nu is just good at decorating, Zhao Nu is really enchanting, Chu Guoguo Baozi who went to Zhao with Yu Guanzi has seen such a scene, and was immediately startled, and then they ignored the etiquette, their eyes stared at those open windows, and they couldn't move them anymore.

"I haven't seen him for many years, but Zhao Guo is still the same." As a Zhao person, how could he not know the pleasures of the nobles of Zhao State. The reason why he didn't return to Zhao for decades and preferred to stay in Jingman Chu was that he didn't want to see this kind of extravagance.

"Teacher, the king is still enterprising...... "As a courtier, Pang Nuan had to defend King Zhao.

"I'm old for my teacher, but no matter how old I am, I still know right from wrong." The voice of the crown was very loud, and his expression was even more serious, and Pang Nuan was ashamed: a monarch who abolished his concubine and established the son of the crown prince as the crown prince really has nothing to maintain, but this is the reality of the Zhao State.

The nobles of Zhao Guo, who were separated from the Three Jin Dynasty, paid the same attention to timely pleasure as Han Wei, while Yan and Zhao were in the same style, the men were heroic, and the women were cheap. The fortunate thing about the women of Zhao is that if they have a good look and figure, they can please the nobles and change their fate. In Zhao State, advocating excellence has become an industry, it is Zhao Ji who sent a stranger to Lü Buwei, and it is also Zhao Ji who is dedicated to the king of Chu in Chunshenjun, and the monarch of Zhao Guoguo favors the harem, and several times because of the change of the crown prince and the chaos of the country, also because of Zhao Ji.

Accompanied by Mei, Ku Guanzi and others drove into the city of the king of Handan, intending to persuade the king of Zhao to send troops as soon as possible, and in the state of Chu, the former army of the Qin army had already camped ten miles west of Chengyang, except for Huaishui, Chengyang was completely cut off from the outside world.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die! Qin Qi is invincible. The sin of this war is not my sin! ”

In Cheng Yin's Mansion, a voice was at a loss and screamed with all its might. This is Jin Gu, he was given poisoned wine by Da Sima Nao as soon as he got up in the morning, and he was being pressed by two armor soldiers at this time, constantly struggling, and he refused to drink anyway.

Master Chen Sima Chen Bu looked at him with disdain, with a kind smile and kind words. "Zigu, Xie Yi's teachers are exhausted, and all the soldiers have turned into headless ghosts, and they have become the stepping stones for the Qin people to be promoted. But you came back unscathed, aren't you afraid that Cai Ren will ask you for their son and husband? Da Sima also persuaded you to drink for your own good. Come, drink it. ”

"The crime of this battle, not my crime, not my crime, not my crime......" Jin Gu was still struggling, but according to his armor strength, seeing that the cup of poisonous wine in Chen Bu's hand was getting closer and closer to him, he suddenly changed his words in a hurry: "... If I die, my father will kill you, and my father will kill you......"

"General, this is only the vanguard of the Qin people, and the army is still behind. In the morning, the Qin people sent people to ask for battle, but the last general left before the battle. "On the city wall, the army leader Chen Dang is introducing the Qin army outside the city to Chen Qi, the chief general of the inspection." General, at this time, the Qin people are gaining a foothold, why don't our army open the city gate and fight with it? ”

"The Qin people went to the city last night, and it was difficult to distinguish the number at night, and at this time they had already set up a village, and it would be a discounted business to fight again." Chen beggar has a business experience and never does a discounted business. He took the Lu Lijing handed by his subordinates and looked at the Qin camp, only to see that the Qin camp ten miles away covered an extremely wide area, although there were many tents, it was orderly, there were many soldiers, cars and horses were adjacent, and it was impossible to see how many people and horses there were.

In this way, Chen Qi didn't want to fight, he put down Lu Lijing and said: "General Xiang has an order before leaving the city: My division will hold Chengyang for two months is a great achievement, why bother to go out of the city and take risks?" Moreover, excluding the defenders of Dazicheng five miles away, our army is no more than 10,000. If you die in battle, how will you defend it for two months? If you want to kill the Qin people, kill them at the head of the city. The ravines here are deep and wide, condescending, and our army has the advantage of occupying the city, so why bother to go out of the city? ”

"The Admiral understands." Chen Dare said. He also understands business experience, and he just took risks and greedy for merit.

"You have to tell the soldiers what you say, and let them understand it." Chen Cheng emphasized. "It is our duty to defend the city."

"Yui. The last general will tell the sergeant of the army all over the time. Chen dared to do it again. At this time, Chen Cheng had already moved forward to check the city's defense and combat readiness.

Chengyang is a strong city, the city is high and the pool is deep, but it is no more than three feet six feet, that is, eight .3 meters. This height is determined by technology: the pre-Qin city was built, and it was generally a plate building. Plate building is to use two wooden planks as a mold, put soil inside, and then use the building to tamp the soil into a wall.

A rammed wall is called a plate, and it is about six feet high. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the height of the city wall was generally two versions, that is, one zhang and two feet, and the war in the early years of the Warring States period increased, so it was changed to four versions, that is, two zhang and four feet; After the war intensified, the attack and defense intensified, the city wall continued to increase, some important cities built six editions, three zhang six feet high, but this height is still not enough, the height of the capital is already eight editions.

Of course, the higher the city, the better, but the city has been built for too long, and the city is not big, so the width of the city wall cannot be guaranteed. Building a wall with plate building technology is like building a step, the upper step must be based on the next step, a version is narrower than a version, and how high the wall can be built is determined by the foundation. The bottom of the Chengyang city wall is only more than five meters wide, and the top has been narrowed to more than four meters in order to increase the height earlier.

The height of the city is so, fortunately, the Huaishui is on the side, and it can be used as a pool. According to the practice of defending the city in this era, the city and the city wall are also the focus of defense. The defenders would set up a firewood domain along the castle, that is, bury half-human-high bowl-mouth logs on the bank of the moat, and send troops behind the domain to block the enemy from crossing the river. When it was impossible to stop it, the defenders would burn the firewood they had prepared before retreating into the city, so that the wood would not be used by the enemy.

And at a distance of one foot from the city wall, there are also wooden stakes buried deep in the ground. Unlike the Chai Domain, the Chai Domain uses a large log circle, which is erected; The stakes were made of sticks the thickness of duck eggs, cut down and slanted outward, and the rows were facing the direction of the enemy's attack, hindering them from erecting ladders to climb the city.

The firewood and stakes are all wooden, and the wood will rot after being buried for a long time, and the time is short and it is too late to bury it. Fortunately, this time the Qin army came from afar, and when Xiang Yan did not leave the city, Chengyang began to bury firewood and wooden stakes, and now, some of the Chu troops defending the city stood in the city, some stood on the city, and some stood outside the city, guarding according to the Chai domain to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river.

Chen Qi came to inspect, and the firewood domain, firewood pile, and wooden stake under the city were clear at a glance, and what he wanted to inspect was the city's military equipment.

There are gravel in two steps, rolling wood in the second step, and occasionally sand, dust, horse manure and other eye-catching things; When there is a fire in the ten steps and a stove in the twenty-five steps, and the enemy ants attach a ladder to the city, they can burn the fire to answer it, or pour boiling soup and gold juice. In addition, there are also itinerary, borrowed cars and other equipment to defend the city, but Chen Qi is most interested in the Jing crossbow, which was urgently sent by the Great Sima Mansion and arrived in Chengyang just before the siege of the Qin army.