In the next few days, Li Si kept smelting the "I device", and the Jing family class also created a new type of instrument with the cooperation of Ji Fa.

The instrument was able to compress the liquid alloy into the shape of a plate, about two feet square, so that it could be used to build the outer walls of the royal tombs at a later date.

Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang to deal with the government.

When the weather was warmer, the Qin State began a new round of new seeds, exchanging the original grains for the people's grain or seeds.

With last year's results, the people no longer waited and watched, and actively exchanged with the government, and in just a few days, a lot of grain was gathered.

The grain that was exchanged was stored, part of it was kept for exchanging sweat and blood with Dawan, part of it was supplied to Qin Wangling, Zheng Guoqu and other projects, and part of it was transported to the two armies of the expedition.

On Wang Qian's side, after leaving Yongding Pass, he went all the way to the west and found some traces of the Huns, so he sent two teams to track down.

The main army continued to march towards Jiayu Pass, and the small city on the road was not attacked by the Huns.

Yang Duanhe's side had already arrived at Luyang, the border city with Zhao, delivered the paperwork, and handed over Yingzheng's edict together.

More than ten years ago, this Luyang was still the city of Qin, and it was given to Zhao by Ying Zheng's father, Ying Yiren, after inheriting the throne, to express Zhao Guo's gratitude for accommodating him as a proton.

Although this gratitude is a bit reluctant.

The county lieutenant stationed in Luyang was named Xu Ming, who was in his forties and had about 10,000 horses under his command.

After quickly delivering the news to Handan, Xu Ming took the guards out of the city and made an appointment to meet with Yang Duanhe, the commander of the Qin army.

Yang Duanhe took Suolin and Qiang to meet Xu Ming, and the two sides were a hundred paces away, stopping their horses and looking at each other.

"Dare to ask the other side, but General Yang of the Qin State?" Xu Ming asked politely.

Yang Duanhe bowed his hand and saluted back: "In Xia Yang Duanhe, may I ask your Excellency's surname?" ”

"In Xialuyang County, Xu Ming." Xu Ming said, "But what is the purpose of asking General Yang to raise the army so far?" ”

Yang Duanhe said: "It has been written in the official letter that we were instructed by the King of Qin to ask for an explanation from the Xiongnu tribes who attacked Longxi County. But they have already migrated, and they still need to borrow the cities of Zhao to catch up with the Xiongnu. ”

"If that's the case, I, the county lieutenant, really can't be the master." Xu Ming said, "It's better for General Yang to be stationed here for the time being, and when Handan's official document arrives, Xu will be released immediately." ”

In fact, Xu Ming's statement is correct, according to the procedure, it is true that he must wait for the approval of King Zhao before the Qin army can be released.

But Qin Jun was originally a provocateur, where would he do things according to the rules.

"That's not going to work." Thorin said, "The Huns are already migrating, and if this opportunity is missed, they will run away without a shadow, so how can we make a difference." ”

Xu Ming was puzzled when he saw that Solin looked like a foreign race, so he asked, "Dare to ask who this ......?" ”

Yang Duanhe introduced: "This is the righteous brother of the King of Qin, Suo Lin, and the other is also the righteous brother of the King of Qin, named Qiang Qi, they are all the vanguard generals of this expedition. ”

Although Xu Ming was puzzled, he still arched his hand and said: "Disrespectful, disrespectful." What General Solin said is true, but the matter of borrowing the Tao is not trivial, if he does not wait for King Zhao's instructions, even if he gives Xu Ming ten heads, he will not be able to bear this responsibility. ”

Qiang Yan took over and said: "But if the fighter plane is delayed, the King of Qin will also punish us, rather than being killed by the King of Qin, it is better to break forward." ”

Xu Ming raised his eyebrows, and said with a little surprise: "Listening to this, are you planning to force your way through the pass?" Didn't you take into account the alliance between Zhao and Qin? ”

Thorin said: "The covenant is signed, but the divine soldiers of Great Qin are doing it

If you don't come out, you won't be able to give it to Zhao Guo, and King Zhao won't be able to receive anything, so the covenant will naturally not count. ”

Indeed, Ying Zheng signed an alliance with King Zhao at that time and asked for black fire oil, but on the condition that the "I weapon" made would be distributed to Zhao Guo in half. Now it is being destroyed completely, and what will be given to King Zhao.

And if King Zhao can't get anything, most of them will not recognize the covenant, and Zhao will lose the black oil, but will find Yingzheng to settle accounts.

Now that Solin has made things clear, he also wants to pass on a message to King Zhao.

The divine soldier "my weapon", he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Xu Ming's eyebrows moved, he had already guessed the intention of Qin Jun's coming, so he said: "In this case, please wait a few more days, and send people to Handan at full speed, even if the covenant is abolished, then it will have to wait for King Zhao's instructions before you can take advantage of the road." ”

Yang Duanhe said: "In this way, we also perform our own duties, the commander will give Xu County Lieutenant two days, if King Zhao's instructions are still on the way, I have to rush in advance, if there is any obstacle, then it will only be offended." ”

"You're going to attack the city?" Xu Ming said angrily.

"Hehe, it's just a matter of borrowing the way." Yang Duanhe said, "My Daqin doesn't lack anything, and I have no interest in the small city in front of me at all. ”

The implication is that you can stay in the city, but we can go north without going into the city.

If you stop it, you'll be embarrassed.

"If you want to fight, you will fight, and in two days, where will you come back." Xu Ming let go of his voice, and his expression became solemn.

Yang Duanhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry." said that it was two days, that is, two days, otherwise people in the world would laugh at Daqin for bullying the weak with the strong, and even engaging in sneak attacks. ”

Xu Ming's nose was almost crooked, just now he said that he was in a hurry to pass, but this time he was not in a hurry, he suddenly drove out an army of 100,000, but he still said that it was not a sneak attack.

With a snort, Xu Ming turned his horse's head and went back to the city.

When he returned to the palace, Xu Ming immediately wrote a letter to Handan, reporting the war and requesting support.

However, he knew in his heart that in two days, the news might not reach Handan, how could he receive a reply so quickly, let alone reinforcements.

In desperation, Xu Ming wrote letters to the neighboring cities asking for support, and at the same time made every effort to prepare for war.

The nearby city did receive an emergency military situation, but the generals led by him knew in their hearts that the Qin army came this time, nominally by borrowing the road, and they couldn't say what idea they had behind it, if the team was sent out to reinforce Luyang, then when the Qin army attacked again, wouldn't their city become an empty city?

As a result, all the neighboring cities stood still and preserved their strength.

Two days passed, and without waiting for Xu Ming to respond, Suorin and Qiang had already led 20,000 horses each in advance to cut off the back road of Luyang.

Yang Duanhe led the main force of 60,000 to attack Luyang head-on.

This small city did not have any strong city defenses, and many of the defenders were originally from Qin people.

After holding out for less than a day, the city of Luyang was broken, Xu Ming was captured, and the remaining defenders all surrendered.

After a slight adjustment, leaving 10,000 defenders, Yang Duanhe took the surrendered army of Zhao State, continued to march north, and came to the next target - Que He.

The news was transmitted back to Xianyang, although Ying Zheng was happy, but he also knew in his heart that he had a falling out with Zhao Guo again this time, but this was also a matter of time, because in the face of Zhao Guo, he would definitely not be able to deliver "my device" as agreed.

Ying Zheng wrote a letter to make a slight arrangement for the front line, and sent a few young generals with reinforcements to take over the city that had been attacked.

Yang Duanhe faced Que and Cheng, and it was the same routine, obviously giving two days, but he had actually let Suorin and Qiang surround him.

Although the soldiers of Que and said that it was a little more bloody, but it only lasted one more day, and the city defense was immediately broken.

Yang Duanhe stationed in Que and escorted part of the Zhao army back to the territory of Qin, and then waited for news from Ying Zheng, and at the same time released a probe horse to inquire about the movements of the Zhao army.

Ying Zheng's order arrived, ordering Solin and Qiang to continue to advance northward, while Yang Duanhe led the main force to change the route and advance eastward, heading straight for Handan.

At the same time, Xianyang had increased its troops by 50,000 and continued to put pressure on Zhao.

Yang Duanhe made a slight adjustment, divided the troops into two routes, and advanced in the east and north directions respectively.

What is strange is that after such a big commotion here, several waves of scouts who came back reported that Handan did not react much, but only symbolically sent a team of 30,000 people to support.

Although he had some doubts, Yang Duanhe let go of his hands and feet, and marched east step by step.

Ying Zheng was also quite puzzled by Handan's actions, and it wasn't until the people lurking in Handan sent back the news that the truth was clarified.

It turned out that Zhao Wangyan had been in poor health recently, and recently contracted a cold and was lying in bed.

Zhao Jia, the prince who was deposed before, was anxious, and asked to lead troops to fight several times, but Zhao Qian, who took his place as the crown prince, was afraid that Zhao Jia would threaten his position after he had military power, so he obstructed it and never let Zhao Jia get his wish.

At this time, Li Muzheng led a large army to attack the city of Yan State, and when he heard that the Qin army was coming, he immediately ceased war with Yan State and was on his way back.

In addition to Li Mu, there are really not many Zhao generals who have the confidence to be tough with the Qin army, even if they want to fight, they all want to go out with a certain son, and Zhao Jia is blocked from taking command, so they naturally have nothing to do.

The bloody soldiers secretly scolded Zhao Qian in their hearts for ignoring the overall situation, but they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, because looking at the state of the old King Zhao, it is estimated that it will not be long, if the crown prince Zhao Qian succeeds to the throne, then he will be the next King Zhao, and now offend him, where is there good fruit to eat.

But just when the Zhao Dynasty was in chaos, Yang Duanhe had already left two more cities, continued to advance, and surrounded Yecheng.

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In Xianyang Palace, Hu Yu's eyes were full of resentment, and he looked at Yingzheng.

"Your Majesty, didn't you promise me that you would not attack Zhao again?"

Ying Zheng knew that he was at a loss, but he still defended: "Didn't the widow tell you, that team was going to attack the Xiongnu and borrow from Zhao State, but they refused, so they fought." ”

"Then wait, just wait for the news of my father to arrive." Hu Yu said angrily.

"The tribe of the Huns is nomadic, you know this." Ying Zheng said, "When your father comes to the news, they don't know where they have gone." ”

"Having said that, do you have to attack the city of Zhao State?" Hu Yu was aggressive, "I heard that General Yang also changed his route and attacked Handan?" ”

Ying Zheng sighed lightly and said: "Let me tell you the truth, those 'my weapons' have been smelted by the widows, and your father must blame the widows, and the widows want to use the attack on the Xiongnu to invalidate the covenant." Now, even if there is friction with the Zhao State, it is on a small scale, and when the widows finish fighting the Huns, return the city to your father. ”

Hu Yu understood that Ying Zheng's words were indeed true, so he was a little angry, blinked his eyes and asked, "Really?" ”

Ying Zheng said: "Why are you lying to you? ”

At this moment, Zhao Gao entered the door and announced: "Your Majesty, news has come from Zhao that King Zhao is critically ill. ”

"Ahh Hearing this, it was like a thunderbolt hitting Hu Yu on a sunny day, and she trembled her lips and said, "I, I want to go back!" ”