The crown prince was ordered to return to the East Palace to face the wall and think about it after just a few months of imprisonment, and it did not have much impact on the Qin State, how to deal with the government or how to deal with it, how to run the institution or how to operate, how the commoners should farm and how to farm.

The ministers were even more so, they were loyal to the King of Qin, not the crown prince.

But Prince Zhu's brothers couldn't help but get active.

In the past, the position of Prince Qin Zhu was as stable as Mount Tai, and even if others coveted it, they were more than willing to do it, and Qin Wangji's health was very good, even if he really became the prince, he might not be able to survive his father, so everyone was not too enthusiastic about the position of the prince.

After all, no one's purpose is just to be a prince, and the prince is just a ladder to the King of Qin.

Now that the situation has changed, Qin Wangji is extremely old, and there are rumors that he was still injured on the front line. The crown prince was almost deposed, which meant that their chance had come.

Not only does he have the opportunity to become the crown prince, but he also has the opportunity to take over the throne of King Qin and become the supreme existence of the Qin State.

Even the sons of the former crown prince Qin Mourning have become active.

If it weren't for Qin Wangji's ability to live and their father died too early, they would have had a chance to become the king of Qin.

The princes and grandsons began to look for ministers to support them, and the ministers also began to look for people, both sides were betting, and the peaceful Xianyang City became treacherous.

Lou Xuan was in the center of the whirlpool, as steady as Mount Tai, and he didn't seem to see all kinds of hints to his son and grandson. He is older than Qin Wangji, and it was completely coincidence that he was pushed to this position, how could he have the energy to take care of such a thing.

"If you don't stand in line, you may not get glory and wealth, and you won't get the ultimate power, but at least you won't lose your life." Lou Fu looked out the window, sighed deeply, lowered his head and continued to deal with government affairs.

If he was young, he might have fought hard for the wealth of the next few decades, but now that he is old, there is no need, no matter who comes to power, he will not attack an old man like him.

His descendants are also mediocre people, and they can barely govern one county after another, and they will only be swallowed up in the court, and there is not even scum left, so they are not suitable for participating in such high-risk things.

"The last batch of winter clothes must be sent to the front line as soon as possible, so that the soldiers cannot be frozen to death. Grain and grass will also be sent from Bashu to the front. Wu Anjun wrote that he still needed 10,000 war horses, and he had to find a way to transfer them from Beidi and Longxi......" Lou to get the documents, check the storage of grain and grass in various places, the storage of war horses, and then wholesale the documents.

There was a faint sorrow in Lou Xuan's eyes, the grain and grass in Guanzhong and Nanjun had been emptied, and now they could only transport grain from Bashu to the battlefield, not to mention the long distance, once the grain and grass in Bashu could not be supported, the Qin State could only raise taxes or sell the lord.

Lou Xuan didn't want this to happen when he was in charge of the country.

"Taifu, the king's grandson Chu asks to see you." At this moment, the guards outside the temple walked in.

"Zichu? Let him in." Lou slowly sorted out the approved official documents and put them aside.

"Zi Chu has seen Taifu." Zi Chu stepped into the hall and leaned over and said.

"What is the matter with the prince and grandson looking for ministers?" Lou slowly looked at Zichu.

A few years ago, Lü Buwei secretly asked him if he was willing to marry his granddaughter to Zichu as a concubine, but unfortunately his granddaughter had already made a marriage contract at that time, and in the end he had to give up.

Lou Chu himself is still very optimistic about Zichu, but unfortunately now that such a thing has happened, when Qin Wangji comes back, once the crown prince is abolished, Zichu's situation will become very embarrassing.

"Zichu heard that the king was injured, and he was worried day and night, afraid that the king was sick, and it happened that I knew a famous doctor who wanted to be sent to the front line to see a doctor for the king, and I hope that the prince will help arrange it." Zichu said.

"The king and grandson are filial, and the king will be very happy. The minister will arrange for personnel to escort the divine doctor to the city." Lou said slowly. When the other princes and grandsons were still thinking about how to win over the ministers, Zichu had already sent people to find a name for Qin Wangji to treat his injuries.

Judgment from above.

If it weren't for Prince Zhu doing something stupid, the others would not be Zi Chu's opponents at all.

"I have also heard that the food and grass in China are a little tight, and as the grandson of the King of Qin, I should set an example for the people. At home in my home

There are also 5,000 stone of grain and 500,000 yuan of money, and I am willing to donate all of them to the imperial court to support the front-line war." Zichu gritted his teeth and said.

He didn't want to do that, but his father's stupid deeds had seriously affected his future, and he had to find a way to minimize the impact.

Fortunately, there is still enough time, and the battle on the front line will not end for a while, and at the same time, Lu Buwei is also helping him find a way.

"The king and grandson are righteous, and the ministers will report this matter to the king." Lou Huan's heart moved, maybe he could use this matter to stimulate other sons and grandsons to donate food and money.

With the prince and grandson taking the lead, and then let those nobles and wealthy businessmen 'voluntarily donate grain, maybe without raising taxes and selling knights, they can also raise enough grain and grass to support a few more months.

However, it was vetoed by Lou Slow in an instant.

It's not that this method is bad, but it's easy to be hated.

He is old, he can't shelter the family for a long time, and the King of Qin is a cool person, so he can't provoke enemies for the family at this time.

Spread the word about Zichu donating food and money, help him make a name for himself, and form a good fate, as for others, if they are willing to donate, they will donate, and if they are not willing to donate, they will be counted.

Let a sleeping dog lie.

"Zichu, thank you so much." Zichu bowed solemnly.

"Longxi Urgent, Longxi Urgent!" At that moment, a hurried shout came from outside the temple.

"Not good!" Lou Shu was shocked, and immediately said to the guards, "Bring people in quickly."

Soon, a soldier with a torn armor and bloodstains was brought in, and after seeing Lou Zhuan, he was about to kneel down, but Lou Xuan stopped him.

"I'm Taifu, what's wrong with Longxi?" Lou asked urgently.

"...... Taifu, Longxi Yuzhong is lost." The soldier took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lou Shu.

Lou slowly opened it and saw that the whole person stood up in shock......

It is no secret that Zhao attacked Yuzhong, as early as a month ago, Qin received the news that Zhao attacked Longxi County.

However, the Qin State was not worried. After Qin discovered that Zhao's Helan County was located in the rear of Qin, it anticipated this day and made preparations, not only setting up fortresses and beacon towers on the border, but also sending 6,000 troops to Longxi and Beidi counties to garrison.

After Qin Wangji received the news that the Zhao army was attacking Yuzhong, he sent an additional 4,000 troops.

In other words, the two counties of Longxi and Beidi have a full 10,000 army.

And the number of Zhao Jun is only 10,000.

The number of armies on both sides is about the same, and the Qin army occupies the advantage of defending the city, it is still winter, the weather is cold, the morale of the soldiers is low, and it is almost impossible to capture Yuzhong.

It is true that Lejian led the Zhao army to fight for nearly two months, and there was no sign of breaking the city.

The whole Qin State was even less worried.

Before December, the city could not be broken, and in December, the weather was cold, thousands of miles of ice were frozen, and the cold wind from the desert could freeze people to death, and the soldiers still had any combat effectiveness.

At this time, let alone attacking the city, if the Zhao army didn't want to freeze to death outside, it was time to withdraw the troops.

No one thought that at this time, the Zhao army would break through Yuzhong City!

"Yuzhong lost? How is this possible?" Zi Chu's face was full of disbelief. The Qin State deployed a full 10,000 troops in the two counties of Longxi and Beidi, and Yuzhong City alone had 7,000 defenders, while the Zhao army was only 10,000.

The time, place, and people were all on the side of the Qin State, how could the Zhao army break through Yuzhong County in such a short period of time.

"Tell the old man, how did you lose Yuzhong?" Lou asked in a deep voice.

"Small...... The small one is not very clear, the small one only knows, it was very cold that day, the sky was snowing heavily, some brothers were frozen to death, the Zhao army suddenly attacked, and we desperately resisted and it was not the opponent......" the soldier said.

"You go down first." Lou said to the soldiers.

"No."

"The Hexi Corridor must not be lost, at this time, we can only report to the king and withdraw troops from the front line." Lou said in a deep voice, Longxi is not just a county of Qin, but also Qin

The country's main horse farm, and the economic lifeblood of the entire Qin state: the Hexi Corridor.

To the west of Longxi was the Hexi Corridor, and once Longxi was lost, the Qin State lost control of the Hexi Corridor.

In the past two years, more than half of Qin's economic resources have relied on the Hexi Corridor, and after an ordinary Shu brocade is transported from the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions, the price has increased at least tenfold, making Qin's fortune a lot. Look at the book

The Qin State must not lose the Hexi Corridor.

"It's too late, wait until the letter is delivered to the king, and then transfer troops to Longxi, it will take a month at the earliest, and by then, Longxi will have already been occupied by the Zhao army. Once China withdraws its troops, the 500,000 Four-Nation Coalition troops will be able to fight all the way from the front line to Guanzhong. The Hexi Corridor cannot be lost, but there must be no problems in Guanzhong. Compared with the 10,000 Zhao troops in Longxi, the 500,000 allied troops are the great trouble for my Qin State." Zichu said.

"What does Wang Sun think he should do?" Lou asked slowly.

"How many soldiers are there in Xianyang?" Zichu asked.

"Six thousand." Lou said slowly.

"Give me 4,000, and then send 6,000 strong men to me, and I will go to support Longxi." Zi Chu said firmly.

The loss of Yuzhong was a catastrophe for the Qin State, but for him, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Qin attaches the most importance to military merit, and if he can stand up and repel the enemy army when the country is in danger, he will win the support of most people.

Even if Qin Wangji really abolished his father, he had to consider him.

"The Lord of the Zhao Army will be the son of the monarchs of Zhao Guowang, the former famous general of the Yan Kingdom, Lejian, Wang Sun is sure to defeat him?" Lou asked slowly.

"I'm not sure. But at this time, all the famous generals of my Qin State followed the king to fight on the front line, and I, as the grandson of the king, should guard the country against foreign enemies, even if I die, how can I retreat." Zi Chu's gaze was extremely determined.

"Now that Wang Sun has decided...... Within three days, I will gather an army of ten thousand for the king." Lou said slowly.

"Thank you, Taifu, then I'll go back and prepare." Zichu said.

It is said that on the Lejian side, after receiving Zhao Kuo's order, he recruited soldiers and sent troops to attack Longxi, Qin State.

After Zhao occupied Helan County, he began to send people to explore the surrounding area.

In the west is Helan Mountain, over Helan Mountain is the desert, in the east is grassland and sand, in the south is one mountain after another, one ravine after another, stretching endlessly, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Between these huge ravines, a flat plateau is formed, which is called Yuan by the locals, and the people there basically live on the plains, living a life of half-farming and half-pasture.

The two adjacent plains look very close, but they can run away from the dead.

On the other side of the ravine, there is the Qin State.

If only Lejian himself, he would easily be able to climb over these big mountains and ravines, but leading the army was different, he had to ensure that the army could reach the border of Qin smoothly, have enough combat power to attack the city and fight, and at the same time ensure the smooth flow of the grain route.

But the terrain here is simply an insurmountable moat for transporting grain.

Fortunately, there is a magical profession in this world, called a merchant. In order to do business, they are often able to travel through deserts, inaccessible forests, and dangerous mountains in search of a path that no one ever knew.

Long on, the Quyan people traded along the river with the Yueshi people who lived upstream, and later the Quyan were destroyed by the Zhao state, and the Yueshi were destroyed by the Qin state, and their territory was also occupied by the two countries.

But the middle trade was passed down by the merchants.

From Helan County, you can go up the river to Yuzhong County (now also called this name, located in Lanzhou) in the Qin State. Yuzhong City controls the entrance to the Hexi Corridor, and from Yuzhong City, you can enter the Hexi Corridor by going north along the Zhuanglang River Valley.

Before Lejian led the army to Yuzhong, he was discovered by the beacon tower of the Qin army, and when the beacon tower was uprooted and rushed to Yuzhong City, the three thousand Qin troops were already ready.

The guards of the Qin army were very cautious, and they were a little too cautious. No matter how provocative Lejian is, he resolutely does not go out of the city to face the battle. Rakuma tried to attack several times, but all of them failed.

Half a month later, the Qin State sent it again

Four thousand reinforcements.

At this time, the defenders of Yuzhong City had reached seven thousand, which was not much less than the Zhao army.

Even so, the Qin army still did not take the initiative to attack the Zhao army, and was even more indifferent in the face of the Zhao army's provocation, as if they wanted to rely on the city wall to consume the Zhao army under the city.

The Zhao army is also anxious, it is early winter, they still have the strength to fight, and when it comes to the depths of winter, the cold wind from the desert blows, what will they fight?

By that time, the river was frozen, and the Zhao army could not transport grain by water, and if it snowed again and the land route was blocked, they might starve to death outside Yuzhong City.

After Lejian determined that Qin Jun was bent on being a shrinking turtle, he gave up the idea of breaking through Yuzhong in a short period of time, and instead chose to fight against Qin Jun and slowly look for opportunities.

At the same time, chestnuts were urged to transport enough grain and grass before the river froze.

It wasn't until mid-December that Rakuma finally got his chance.

On this day, the cold wind from the desert blew to Yuzhong City, cold and piercing, cutting Qin Jun's body like a knife, goose feathers and heavy snow fell in the sky, and the sky and the earth were white.

All the Qin troops huddled in the city, snuggled together to keep warm, their winter clothes were only a thin layer, and they could barely guarantee that they would not freeze to death in the Central Plains, but in Longxi, there was no effect on the cold at all, some people were shivering from the cold, and some people were not moving when they were fighting, and when they touched it again, they had already lost their breath.

It was at this time that no one expected, and the Zhao army launched an attack......