September passed in a flash, October came quietly, midwinter came, everything withered, the weather was cold day by day, but the bright moon was eager to seek a fiefdom for herself. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Lingjun's words reminded him that day, thinking about it, if he wanted to implement the strategy of smuggling spirits into Qin, disrupting the order of Hedong, and damaging Qin Feizhao, he still got a fief first, and then brewed wine pulp in the fief, so as to prevent the leakage of the recipe and facilitate his overall planning. As for sales, Mingyue is indeed not as good as Lu Buwei and other big businessmen who are good at drilling, and now that he has formed a little friendship, he may be able to use his business routes and network in the future.

Mingyue has long been a feudal monarch, and theoretically has a fief and eats, but it is all a fictitious feud, and she can only enjoy its taxes, but she has not gone to the local government to open a government and govern the power of the people. Although both virtual and real seals are feudal kings, there is an insurmountable gap between the two. Although there are several sons in the history of Zhao State, but time has passed, after King Zhao Huiwen, the fiefdom is very strict, for close relatives of the sons, it is not difficult to mix a false seal, but if you want to get the real seal, you must have a good merit.

He calculated that it was a merit for him to "go to the country for the country" to go to Qi for the proton, and he was left and right in Linzi, and it was another merit to achieve the joint cutting of Yan by Qi and Zhao, and after returning to China, he built a single wheel car, which saved a lot of money for the internal history and saved a lot of money, silk and grain.

All of the above is still not as good as killing generals and beheading tens of thousands of people in a war......

"Ma Fujun has made great achievements in the two battles with Maiqiu, Yan and the two battles, but he has only gotten a small Zishan township, let alone me?"

He estimated that all of the above things add up, even if you ask for a real seal, at most a township, a thousand households, and want a county? It's too hard.

Although a small county is nothing compared to the entire state, the more power that can be held in one's own hands, the more the better.

Now Mingyue wants to start with military merits is undoubtedly a fool's dream, King Zhao, with the assistance of Yu Xin, is sparing no effort to plant people everywhere in the army, and he will definitely not let Mingyue get involved in military power, so he has to find a way from other places.

On the day of the beginning of October, according to the rules, the Gong Yin Department should inspect the results of the year's work, "the name of the work is to test its sincerity, and the merit is improper, and it must be done", and the workers should inspect the style and law of each workshop, and strictly prohibit the engineers from using the public for personal gain, in short, it is the big test at the end of the year.

Mingyue was leading his subordinates to inspect around, but a shocking news reached his ears.

"The Qin State has invaded Korea!"

Hearing this, Mingyue was immediately shocked!

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"Qin State did not save Yan and attacked Han?"

On the dragon platform of King Zhao's palace, when King Zhao heard the news at first glance, he was not worried but happy, but laughed heartily.

"Ma Fujun on the front line has regained the lost territory and counterattacked the territory of Yan State, and the widow is still worried day and night that Qin State will aid Yan and attack my Zhao State, but unexpectedly, King Qin will directly give up Yan State and attack Han instead? Hahahaha......"

King Zhao and his luck Zhao Mu also flattered King Zhao on the side and said: "This move of the Qin State is really a stupid move, as far as the minister knows, since the Battle of Huayang, South Korea has always been respectful to Qin, and he has not dared to be disrespectful at all." Now that he was suddenly attacked by the Qin State for no reason, he will be disappointed, and the Wei State next to him will also be frightened, maybe Han Wei will secretly rebel against Qin and obey Zhao, and the alliance of the Three Jin Dynasty will be re-established, plus after this battle, the Yan State will be afraid, and the Qi State is also willing to form an alliance with me, and the king may also be able to be a joint commander and raise the power of the world to resist Qin! ”

King Zhao was immediately happy, but unexpectedly, Yu Xin next to him poured a scoop of cold water on the pair of monarchs and ministers: "Back then, King Chu Huai and King Qi Min were both joint commanders and raised the strength of the six countries to resist Qin, but because they underestimated the current King of Qin, they finally ended up with a dead country and a broken country. Great King, King Qin is the biggest enemy of Zhao State, and Qin Xiang Fan Ju is not an idle person, not to mention that Qin State also has an invincible Wu Anjun......"

At the mention of Bai Qi's name, King Zhao, who was still very optimistic, couldn't help but shudder, he, and even the monarchs and sons of the other five countries now, have all grown up listening to the prestige of this Qin general, and the invincible Bai Qi is their nightmare.

So King Zhao hurriedly asked the black clothes who came to report the matter: "Who is the general of the Qin army this time to attack Han?" ”

"Qin will be the ...... of the five doctors Wang 龁 (hé)"

"Wang Di?" Zhao Wangdan shook his head: "The widow has never heard of it. ”

Zhao Mu also smiled: "I haven't heard of it, probably an unknown young general......

Yu Xin unfolded the map, looked at the march route of the Qin army above, and frowned: "It's such an unknown young general, it only took a month to capture the two cities of Shaoqu and Gaoping in South Korea, which is really not to be underestimated......"

King Zhao came over: "How far are these two cities from my Zhao country?" ”

Yu Xin pointed to the map and said: "Shaoqu and Gaoping are located in Nanyang, South Korea, and Zhao Guo is not close, but it is not far, the distance is about 600 miles, but it is still separated by the Yewang of Korea and the interior of the Wei River, and the mountains and rivers are blocked. ”

"It turned out to be hundreds of miles away."

King Zhao seemed to be relieved, feeling that this time Qin attacked South Korea, using an unknown young general, who would not pose a threat to Zhao State, so he had to continue to wear clothes, because today is the winter solstice, according to tradition, he wants to personally handsome Dr. Qing, go to the suburbs to welcome the winter, and at the same time welcome a group of dead and wounded bones who returned from the front line, reward the dead, and show compassion for the orphans and widows, this is a good opportunity for him to gain prestige and popular support again.

But Yu Xin was still worried, staring at the map, and the locations of the two cities of Shaoqu and Gaoping on it always felt particularly dazzling.

Because these two cities are the gateways to Namyang, South Korea......

This Nanyang is not the Nanyang County of later generations, but the name of the area south of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River. Originally, it was the territory of the Zhou family, and because of the meritorious work of King Qin during the reign of Duke Wen of Jin, the king of Zhou gave the city of Yangfan, Wen and Yuan to the Jin State, and the Jin State used it as a base for advancing the Central Plains.

When entering the Warring States period, Jin was divided into three, and the original Nanyang land of the Jin State was first occupied by Han, but because Nanyang was located in the staggered area of Han and Wei, and it was the main transportation route for Qin Dong to enter the Central Plains, so the three kingdoms had many battles for it, and when King Hui of Wei (357 BC), Wei was in order to get Han

Zhinanyang thought that it was a fortress to guard against the Qin State, and once proposed to Korea to exchange Nanyang with two large counties of ten thousand households, but later because this idea was not conducive to the Western Zhou Duke who was huddled near Luoyang, Zhou sent people to obstruct it.

Not only did Wei have the idea of trying to get Nanyang, but Qin also coveted it for a long time, and as early as when Zhang Yi was in charge of Qin, one of its strategic plans was to unite with Wei to seize Nanyang in Han. As a Wei native, Yu Xin was well aware that this plan was realized to a certain extent, and the Wei State seized the Wendi of Nanyang, but was immediately ceded by the Qin State after the Battle of Huayang.

Nowadays, the Wei State has been squeezed out of Nanyang, and the Qin State and Korea have Nanyang.

"Could it be that Qin Guo wants to take all the Nanyang land this time?"

Thinking of this, Yu Xin was shocked for a while, if it was really as he thought, Qin State's attack on Han this time was not a small fight, but a whale swallowing it!

However, on the other hand, on the side of Zhao State, even if he knew Qin's plans, he still couldn't do anything, after all, Qin State was only attacking neighboring countries, Hugh said that South Korea did not send people to ask for help, even if it was sent, Zhao State was busy cutting down Yan, the army was all transferred to the north, and the rest were defending in Taiyuan, and there was no time at all for Korea, and then in this midwinter season, he fought with Qin and fought outside.

Therefore, Yu Xin could only put away the worries in his heart and pray that the war in the north would end quickly.

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Yu Xin didn't know that in the Chang'an Jun Mansion outside the palace, Chang'an Jun was also thinking about the same thing as him, staring at Nanyang on the map, his face was cloudy.

The reason why Nanyang is so important is that in addition to the danger of controlling the tiger prison in the south, relying on the solidity of Taihang in the north, the boat and car metropolis, the population is solid, and the food is sufficient, Zhou Renqi Wuhui pointed out bloodshed when he met King Wei Zhao after the Battle of Yique: "The soldiers outside the Qin Xisai and the people of Zhou are in Nanyang, and the Han and Wei Shangdang are ......"

Nowadays, the territory of South Korea is composed of four parts, namely Pingyang, Shangdang, Nanyang, and Xinzheng, and Nanyang's Taihang Road and Yangjiban are the main transportation routes between Shangdang and Xinzheng, once Nanyang falls into the hands of Qin, Xinzheng and Shangdang, Pingyang will be completely severed, and these two places are annexed by Qin, it is only a matter of time......

And if the Qin State annexes Pingyang and Shangdang, the next first to bear the brunt will be the Zhao State, and the Qin army can directly send troops from Nanyang and Shangdang, and drive straight into Taiyuan of Zhao State, and even threaten Handan!

This is the background of the Battle of Changping.

"Wang Di?" Mingyue pondered this name, and her heart was shocked, isn't this the Qin general who confronted Lian Po in the Battle of Changping?

"Could it be that Qin Guo made a move against South Korea in advance? Will the battle between the parties and the battle of Changping be advanced? ”

This news made Mingyue lose the mood of leisurely spending the winter solstice, Qin's war machine had been aimed at the east, but he was still a little boy with no real power in Handan, doing nothing, a sense of urgency and anxiety choked his throat.

In the next few days, Mingyue and Yu Xin, a confidant of King Zhao, invariably paid attention to the Qin and Han wars hundreds of miles away, and they watched the Qin army's every move nervously, hoping that this time would not lead to a larger-scale war, and only hoped that the winter snow would come as soon as possible to slow down the Qin army's offensive.

Perhaps it was their expectation that had an effect, but after the time entered mid-October, news suddenly came from the south that the Qin army had withdrawn after the capture of Shaoqu and Gaoping, and it was a relatively complete withdrawal, not stationed on the spot to wait for next year's battle.

"It turned out to be a false alarm...... Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought, what made the Qin army, which rarely gave up halfway once it started, return to the division?

A few days later, he learned more definite news:

"Empress Dowager Mi of the Qin State, it's gone!"