The invasion of the Qin army and the attack on Hanzhong City occurred almost simultaneously, and this long-planned operation shocked the Blue Star Kingdom but was also expected.

Speaking of a shock, although the Blue Star Kingdom had already received the information that the Qin army was preparing to attack, it did not expect the Qin army to launch an attack so soon. After all, at this time, most of the Qin army had not yet conquered the Chu State, and there were still hundreds of thousands of Chu troops resisting stubbornly in the vast territory of the Chu State. What's more, there is still a lot of distance between the main force of the Qin army and the border of the Blue Star State, and there is also a Yue State that has been divided and controlled by the three kingdoms of Chu, Zhao and Wei respectively, although the three counties controlled by the Chu State have been rebelled by its leader Gui Luo and defected to the Qin State, but there are two other powerful forces belonging to the Chu State and the Wei State. Especially after the defeat of the Wei and Yan-Zhao coalition forces, most of the remaining forces of the three kingdoms retreated into these two spheres of influence, which was also a big threat to the Qin army. But what Lan Xingguo didn't expect the most was that he didn't expect the Qin army to choose to launch a sneak attack against their leaders in the country.

It was said that it was expected, of course, Lan Xinguo had long known that he was one of the targets that the Qin State wanted to conquer, and the Qin army would launch an attack on him sooner or later, and he had already taken precautions. As early as when the Qin army attacked Yan Zhao, the Blue Star Kingdom had already sent a large number of reinforcements, formed guerrilla forces in the five countries of Yan, Zhao, Wei, Chu and Yue, constantly organized local mortal resistance forces to fight against the Qin army, and always reported all the actions of the Qin army to their own country. When the Qin army marched towards Tianlunfeng, the two major armies led by Ivanov and Tang Long, who were stationed in the Tianlunfeng position, immediately made preparations for battle without waiting for domestic orders, which shows that they had predicted the attack of the Qin army.

On the day of the Qin army's sneak attack, almost all the high-level leaders of the Blue Star Country were attacked, and the two major leaders, Arden and Kangnai, were seriously injured and unable to govern the country, which was undoubtedly a major blow to the leadership of the Blue Star Country. But unlike Yan Zhao Chu and other countries, the Blue Star Country suffered this kind of disaster, which did not cause much trouble to the normal operation of the country, let alone destroy the leadership of the Blue Star Clan over the entire country, the Convention Council has long arranged the mechanism of the entire country, to ensure that once there is an accident at the top of the Blue Star Country, there will be a new leadership team to take control of the power and ensure the smooth operation of the country.

Therefore, when Arden and others were attacked and it was clear that they could not perform their duties normally, more than ten members of the Convention Council who could still work normally appointed Lin Da as the leader of the Blue Star Country in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution after a short period of contact, and was sworn in as the interim president of the Blue Star Country. The entire process of handing over power took just over ten minutes. Although Linda was extremely reluctant to take on this position, he immediately suppressed his various emotions, gathered this heavy courage, and devoted all his energy to dealing with the current crisis in the Blue Star Country.

Linda first issued a military order, announcing that the whole country should immediately enter a state of full alert, ordering Tang Long to be the commander-in-chief of the Western Front and Ivanov to be the deputy commander, leading the two major armies of the Western Front to defend the Tianlun Peak position at all costs. At the same time, he also ordered all border guards of the Blue Star State to fully enter a state of readiness, ready to face any invasion of the Qin State at any time. More than 500,000 standing troops across the country have also moved to the western region one after another, ready for battle. More than 1 million reserve troops have also begun to mobilize, and they will immediately be transferred to active duty and ready to go to the battlefield at any time. Lin Da also issued a battle order, allowing the mortal guerrillas of Yan and Zhao on the Qin army's offensive route to fight, destroying the Qin army's communication arteries to the Blue Star Country as much as possible, delaying the Qin army's march time, and buying time for the mobilization of large forces in the country.

At the same time, Linda immediately ordered the blockade of Hanzhong City. In less than an hour after the attack on Hanzhong City, tens of thousands of garrisons and other armed forces of the Blue Star Kingdom had already surrounded the entire Hanzhong City, rounded up the attackers in the city, and quickly eliminated most of the attackers and restored peace in the city. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other attackers either immediately hid or forcibly attacked and absconded, but these methods could not easily deceive the already enraged armed department of the Blue Star Country, and in just a few days, except for a very small number of people who were extremely hidden, most of the other killers were arrested under the strong pursuit and search of the military high-level.

Through harsh interrogation of captured captives, Linda quickly understood the ins and outs of the attack. As they expected, these attackers were all killers sent by the Qin State, and their main targets were the high-level leaders of the Blue Star Clan, including Arden and Kangnai, as well as the high-level leaders of various important departments and important positions in the Blue Star Country, and the entire list was as many as three hundred people!

When this list was placed in front of the top leaders of the Blue Star Country, everyone was stunned. Not only because this list includes almost everyone in the Blue Star Clan except for a few generals such as Lin Da, but these people are also important people in various departments of the Blue Star Country. Once the Qin army succeeds, the top of the Blue Star Kingdom will collapse because of this, and at least for a period of time, it will not be able to carry out effective organizational leadership, resulting in a huge chaos in the operation of the country. And these times were enough for the Qin army to gain enough advantages in the war.

Lin Da also realized that the fact that the Qin army was able to make such a detailed list showed that they had done a very detailed job of the intelligence of the Blue Star Country, and had completely figured out the weaknesses of the Blue Star Country's society. "Capture the thief and capture the king first", as long as the head of the Blue Star Country is killed, the Blue Star Country can be conquered by them. And on the battlefield, the collection of intelligence is like grasping the rhythm of the fate of war, and the fact that the Qin army can make such a bold sneak attack and arrange such a detailed attack operation shows that the enemy facing the Blue Star Country is powerful and terrifying.

Linda, who was apprehensive, immediately convened a meeting of the members of the convention to study and deploy a series of emergency measures. In just a few days, almost all departments of the Blue Star Country, including the Ministry of Defense and the Intelligence Bureau, were urgently operational, bringing the entire Blue Star Country into a state of all-out war.

The first was a large-scale counter-espionage operation launched by Danny's organization. The Qin army sent more than 1,000 people to launch an attack on Hanzhong City, which could not be done without a huge spy network, and even the military and government departments could be spies who could be penetrated by the Qin state. In addition to ordering the Intelligence Bureau to urgently carry out counter-espionage intelligence work, Danny also became a secret spy intelligence agency called Sharod, whose intelligence personnel were all composed of monks, and the target was precisely the enemy's monk spies.

Of course, the use of spies cannot be dealt with by relying only on government agencies, and under the impetus of Linda, a civil counter-espionage campaign that swept the whole country was vigorously launched. The Intelligence Bureau carried out large-scale propaganda to the people, distributed manuals for identifying suspicious persons, and formed civilian counter-espionage volunteers to involve all citizens in the fight against the infiltration of the Qin State.

Under the impetus of comprehensive counter-espionage, the Blue Star Kingdom set off a vigorous upsurge of searching for and arresting the spies of the Qin State, attracting all the people to participate in this major event of "protecting the family and defending the country", and staring at all the objects that can be suspected around them, and a large number of counter-espionage support teams soon spontaneously appeared among the people, and even many women and children also participated.

The group that is most likely to have spies in the Blue Star Country is naturally the millions of refugees who have been pouring into the Blue Star Country in large numbers from the five war-torn countries in the west. The number of these refugees is so large, and the composition is extremely complex, it is very possible that there are Qin people hiding in them, and it is very possible to hide in the shadows to monitor the important targets of the Blue Star Country. Of course, it is also very likely that there will be traitors among the native people of the Blue Star Country, after all, in the face of absolute interests, anyone may not be able to stick to their principles, and it is extremely easy to be bought.

Driven by the participation of the whole people, the counter-espionage campaign of the Blue Star Country has achieved remarkable results. In just over a month, more than 20,000 people were arrested nationwide on suspicion of espionage. Among these suspects, there are more than 1,000 people who are clear spies of the Qin State, most of them are Qin people sent by the Qin State and infiltrated as refugees and merchants, and many are natives of the Blue Star Country who have been bought by the Qin people, and there are even many officials, military officers and high-level people from all walks of life in the Blue Star Country, and there are many royal families and nobles of the previous dynasty. Among them, the highest official position actually achieved the main position of an important government department, and this person was actually a member of the Li clan among the nobles of the previous dynasty. At that time, the Convention Council also had to put him in this position in order to balance domestic forces, but he didn't expect that something went wrong in the end.

What shocked the Blue Star Nation's top leaders even more was that through the interrogation of these spies, they also learned of a series of sabotage operations that the Qin State intended to carry out in the Blue Star Country. These include terrorist violence against densely populated areas, sabotage of important transportation, administrative and communications hubs and factories and other important facilities, as well as numerous terrorist attacks on civilians. If these plans really allow the Qin State to succeed, it will be unknown how much damage will be caused to the entire Blue Star Country. Fortunately, these horrific plans were stillborn before they could be put into action.

For the spies who were caught, Lin Da immediately punished them severely in accordance with the law, and for the spies in his own country, he was mercilessly punished with heavy punishment, and was interrogated and sentenced in public. These harsh actions dealt a severe blow to the enemy's arrogance intent to sabotage the Blue Star Country, so that the remaining spies had to restrain themselves and avoid the limelight for a while. More importantly, through this movement, the cohesion of the people of the entire Blue Star Country has reached a new height, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the people is unprecedentedly high.

As a result, Linda took advantage of the situation and immediately declared a state of war in the country, and delivered a national address at the presidential palace in Hanzhong City more than ten days after he was sworn in as interim president.