Che Gong Gong, Ma Xiao Xiao.

The majestic Hangu Pass still stands among the mountains in the distance, and a group of iron riders are rushing in the direction of Xiongguan in the dazzling sunlight.

Behind the Iron Cavalry were huge phalanxes of infantry.

Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops have returned to the land west of the river under the leadership of Wang Yi.

It's just that, seeing that Hangu Pass is intact, Wang Di, who is the chief general of the army, is not happy at all.

As early as when Wang Di's army had just penetrated deep into the east of the river and had not yet entered the west of the river, the Zhao army attacking Hangu Pass had already received the news. At the same time that the Qin army waved its army to reoccupy Pingshan City, Sun Gu had already rushed out of the territory west of the river with the cavalry of the Zhao army.

Hurry up and hurry, and the Qin army that came back to help still pounced.

Of course, this is a normal thing. Even Wang Ji thought of the dilemma at this time during the march.

But even if Wang Di thought of the situation at this time, he had to lead a large army to help, because the Zhao army had never given Wang Di a choice from beginning to end.

This is a naked conspiracy.

It should be said that only the land of Zhou Wangji where Wang Yi evacuated, and the Zhao army under Hangu Pass would also evacuate Hangu.

And the Qin army, which was in passivity, wanted to accurately grasp the whereabouts of the Zhao army and then block it, which was actually very difficult. Naturally, it is not surprising that such a "return to nothing" situation occurred.

Soon, the army of Qin re-entered the Hangu Pass.

Once again, the Qin army failed to return to their homeland with the joy of victory; Again, they returned to Kannai with regret and loneliness.

Without victory, there will be no promotion of the title, and without the promotion of the title, it means that the hard life of the family will continue.

Because of such a psychological burden, the closer the entire Qin army got to Hangu Pass, the more depressed they became.

In the long run, I am afraid that the entire Qin army and even the Qin State will be greatly affected.

In fact, an important condition for maintaining the stability of the Qin state was actually the continuous victory of foreign wars. Only continuous victories can bring a steady stream of benefits to the Qin State. Only a steady stream of benefits can give the Qin State at the bottom a little respite in the aquatic and fiery life.

It is said that the Qin State died in tyranny, but in fact, the tyranny of the Qin State is not reflected in the punishment of cutting out the ears and cutting off the nose, but more in the exploitation of the people at the bottom.

The essence of the farming and warfare model is to take the last life-saving food of the poor people, and use this as a threat to force the people to do things in the direction they have set.

It's just that the benefits that have been included in the pockets of the royal family and nobles, how can they be taken out again, so the harvest of foreign wars has become the only source of materials that can make up for the survival of the people of Qin.

The system of cultivation and warfare made Qin's national strength rise rapidly, and the victory in foreign wars fed back this model. So, with the joint efforts of the Qin people, the snowball is getting bigger and bigger, and everyone seems to be making profits, but the nobles are making profits, and the people are just living lives.

temporarily sat in the state of slaves, so that all the old Qin people gradually ignored the essence of Qin law and the essence of exploitation.

Once the foreign war of the Qin State is frustrated, it will inevitably lead to a series of turmoil, and once the situation is turbulent, it will inevitably affect the changes in the ruling class, such as the war of the year, which will directly knock the invincible marquis into the dust.

As for later, when the First Emperor unified the six countries, the war was no longer fought, and he could no longer obtain more benefits from other countries, so it was naturally the ancestral dragon who died and divided.

Obviously, after a defeat, what the Qin army urgently needs is rest and psychological counseling, even if it is a slogan!

It's just that today's Wang Yi can't take care of so many "details".

There's so much going on on him right now.

The most important thing is that the core general of the next generation he left to the Qin army, Meng Fu, is still waiting for his reinforcements in Yiyang City, Zhou Wangji!

If you want to move your army to the east, the defense system of Hangu Pass must be reorganized, and the way from which the Zhao army comes from must be sorted out as soon as possible, east of the river and west of the river

The two counties also had to rearrange their troops, and even the forces in Guanzhong, Shuzhong, and even the land of Yanying had to be adjusted accordingly.

None of these did require he, the general of Great Qin, to participate in them, or even make specific suggestions.

It can be said that as soon as the Zhao army left in Hedong and Hexi, the entire Qin State's troop deployment system needed to be rechecked. In the midst of all these things, it is no wonder that Wang Yi failed to pay attention to the atmosphere of the army.

Of course, the Qin army is the strongest army in the world, and a temporary defeat will not be able to defeat this steel-like strong army after all.

The army immediately drove into Hangu Pass, and after Wang Ji explained the defense in detail, he did not stay in Hangu Pass any longer, and took fifty personal soldiers, one man and two horses galloped towards the direction of Xianyang.

Even if he was the general of Great Qin, if he wanted to change the troop layout of the entire Qin State, Wang Di still did not have this right.

Back in Xianyang, the face is the king of Qin, and only the king of Qin can make a final decision.

Fortunately, along the way, news was received from Yiyang Mengqiu, and Zhao Jun was busy collecting other areas of Zhou Wangji, and had no intention of marching to Yiyang.

Get busy!

On the way back to Xianyang with Wang Di's own soldiers, the capital of Wei was lively again.

It turned out that the news of the Qin army's withdrawal from the land of Zhou Wangji had unknowingly spread throughout Daliang. Of course, the credit of Zhao Guo's secret guard is indispensable here.

It's just that what the secret guards of Zhao didn't expect was that they had just taken the first step of the plan here, and a lot of details were still spreading the information about the retreat of the Qin army, but the King of Wei, who had already received the news, wanted to take all their jobs at the first time.

Yes, at the first time when he heard that the Qin army was retreating, the king of Wei did not believe it at first, but he still ordered the troops stationed at the border to send scouts to the land of Zhou Wangji.

The scouts also quickly brought good news to the King of Wei: the Qin army had really retreated.

Although the scouts did not find out why the Qin army retreated, the banners of the Zhao State fluttering everywhere would not deceive people, and the Zhao troops coming and going would not deceive people.

And King Wei, who got the exact news, was a little stunned for a while!

King Wei was puzzled - how did Zhao win? You must know that Xinlingjun has just returned to Daliang with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and from his mouth, he learned that the Qin army has come to the city, Lian Po is trying his best to resist, and Zhao is trying to transfer troops and food.

How come it is that in the blink of an eye, it only takes more than ten days before and after, and the situation has reversed?!

Could it be that Zhao Jun hid soldiers and horses there again? Just wait for the Qin army to fight with our Wei army and get tired, and then kill it with one sentence?

But that's not right! After all, according to Xinlingjun's description, the Qin army defeated our Wei army, and it didn't cost much combat power at all! In an instant, they followed and attacked Yicheng, which was a full 200,000 Qin army, even if the Zhao army hid the army, it was impossible for the Qin army to retreat without a fight!

With the mind of the King of Wei, it was obvious that he could not think of how the Zhao army forced the Qin army to retreat.

Simply, King Wei is also a little self-aware of himself, since he can't figure it out, he doesn't want to.

Why didn't the Qin army go, it really doesn't matter to the Wei State, the important thing is that if the Qin army retreats, Zhou Wangji's territory will be vacated!

According to the agreement before the war, Zhao Guo will not take one place!

Doesn't that mean that my Wei State can get the fat of Zhou Wangji without much effort?

Yes, almost at the moment when it was confirmed that the Qin army had withdrawn from Zhou Wangji, the King of Wei had already thought of Zhao Kuo's promise, and there was no need for Zhao Guo's meticulous workers to take any effort to remind him.

Of course, King Wei is obviously not a fool, in today's era, which country still talks about credit, and the country that talks about credit has long been swallowed up to the scum.

Although King Zhao said this before the war, and even recorded it in the national letter, Zhao Guo didn't recognize it, what can you do. After all, if the land of Wangji can be recaptured this week, it can be said that it is almost the credit of the Zhao family.

What's more, Han Zhiguo, who also signed the letter of state, can even sell the alliance to the Qin State, and the Zhao State breaks the contract, and

What does it matter?

However, Zhou Wangji's fat meat was put in front of King Wei and not let him grasp it in his hands, this itch in his heart was simply inhumane treatment.

Licking his lips, King Wei suddenly had an idea in his heart.

"Someone." The king of Wei immediately summoned the eunuchs and said, "Immediately send an order to Xiangguo, force the Zhao army to retreat from the Qin army, occupy the Zhou Wangji, and send a letter to the king of Chu, inviting him to send an envoy and the widow's envoy to Handan to celebrate the victory of the defeated Qin."

"Yes." The eunuch immediately agreed.

The good news is that the King of Wei is not completely brainless, he didn't think about going directly to Zhao State to ask for territory, and he also called out to Chu State, which also contributed money and effort but got nothing;

The bad news is that King Wei's mind is so obvious that there is no need to speculate. The so-called "celebration" is fake, and forcing Zhao to fulfill the covenant is true.

It's just that the Chu State has that much courage?

More importantly, is Zhao Guo afraid?

Not to mention Wei and Chu, even if the King of Wei calls all the other countries, as long as there is no Qin State among them, what will Zhao Guo be afraid of?

However, the king of Wei did not only contact the state of Chu to prepare.

In fact, issuing a letter of state and contacting Chu to persecute Zhao together was only one of the purposes of King Wei, and more importantly, King Wei needed to create an established fact.

An established fact that a Wei state had already issued a territorial claim to the Zhao state.

And under this established fact, no amount of justification is meaningless, rather than the two ends of the rat, it is better to push the boat with the current.

For the sake of the overall situation, his brother, Xin Lingjun, must and can only bite the bullet and seek the land of Zhou Wangji from Zhao State.

Immediately, the king of Wei ordered the eunuch to bring Xinling Jun to the palace.

Because of the two consecutive defeats, Xinlingjun no longer has any possibility of threatening the status of King Wei, although he can't let himself go, but King Wei is actually getting better and better to Xinlingjun.

The reason is very simple, King Wei knows that his ability is not comparable to this younger brother at all.

Whether it's the previous suppression or distrust, to put it bluntly, it's half jealousy and half fear. Now that these two battles have been lost, although the national strength of Wei has lost a lot, the throne of King Wei has indeed become more stable.

Now that there is such an important matter in front of him, the first thing that comes to King Wei's mind is still Xinlingjun. In the huge Wei State, every time there is a major event, the King of Wei can rely on only a small Xinling Jun, which also shows the withering of talents in the Wei State today.

Of course, judging from the fact that Xinlingjun can borrow grain and road from Lian Po, the relationship between Xinlingjun and Zhao Guo is indeed extraordinary, and it is also the most suitable to be the leader of this matter.