Qin's negotiations with Zhao went from inconclusive to the last moment. Neither Qin nor Zhao is willing to give a step, and the negotiations are facing a breakdown! Seeing that Zheng Zhu still didn't give an inch, the pedestrian tiger said helplessly: "The prince was ordered by the king to make Yu Zhao, although he is a doctor, he has not seen the king so far." Now I will return far away, may the king repay the king with a word! “

Zheng Zhu also felt powerless, knowing that the rupture of the relationship between the two countries was irreversible, and said: "The minister should return to Handan and report to the king." With heavy hearts, both sides bid farewell to each other.

A few days later, Zheng Zhu returned to Yecheng again and told Gongzi: "Wang Bao Gongzi, the land of Fulin, Lishi, and Qi is far away from Zhao and close to the great powers. With the wisdom of the first king and the power of the first ministers, it can be there. Now the widow is not caught, and its society can't be compassionate, and An's ability to collect compassion and leave the stone, Qihu? The widow has a minister who does not order, and it is really a matter that the widow dares to know. ”

The pedestrian tiger asked, "Greetings to Doctor Xie!" The minister's mission has been completed. Would you like to ask Doctor Yu, Gongzi Yu is still in Zhao Hu? ”

Zheng Zhu thought for a while and replied, "Zhao Shi has no son!" ”

The pedestrian Hu Fu asked: "The Prime Minister has led dozens of people to protect Gongzi Yu as for Tao, where is he now?" ”

Zheng Zhu said: "It's not to be said. ”

The pedestrian tiger asked again: "Is there an order to detain me?" ”

This time, Zheng Zhu replied clearly: "I have not been taught by the king." May you send it soon! ”

The pedestrian tiger said: "Thank you, doctor!" ”

In the evening of the same day, Ye Ling invited the members of the mission to the palace for a banquet, and the pedestrian tiger thanked him for the failure of his mission. That night, King Zhao packed up, and King Zhao did not return the gift, and the three-passenger cart containing the gifts was empty. The next morning, waiting at the gate of the city early, Zheng Zhu and Ye Ling came to see them off. When the hour came, the gates opened, and the members of the mission quickly left the city, crossed the Zhangshui, and came south.

Ningxinzhong is only a day's journey away from Ye, with a population of 10,000 households, located on the bank of the Yellow River, and its commercial activities are quite prosperous. It and the Fangling and several yi next to it originally belonged to the Wei State (by the way, Ye also belonged to the Wei State in an earlier time, and the first Ye Ling Ximen Leopard was the same name as Wu Qi, the virtuous minister of the Wei State), during the confrontation between Wei and Qin in Kaifeng, the Fangling and Jiyi were attacked and captured by the Zhao general Lian Po, and one of the cities was also strengthened, and only Ning Xinzhong was still in the hands of Wei. There is a crossing of the Yellow River in Ningxin, and Gongzi Jian has been out of Ye several times, and he has temporarily stopped here and chartered a few reverse brigades. Now that they have returned, the hosts of the reverse brigade are still very enthusiastic and invite them to stay again.

On the way, several pedestrians discussed with Gongzi that since the conflict between Qin and Zhao was inevitable, diplomacy should continue around this issue. They decided not to return to Xianyang for the time being, but to stay in Hebei and wait for further instructions.

Ten days later, Xianyang sent instructions that the mission be disbanded on the spot, and all pedestrians, swordsmen, and other members dispersed into the surrounding cities to pay close attention to Zhao's movements. The envoy came with the soldiers, who were engaged in the Mirong Mansion. This man is accustomed to lurking and spying on the room. As soon as Childe saw this soldier Cao engaged, he immediately felt a huge pressure.

After Bing Cao arrived, he first arranged for the six sons, father and son, to cross the Yellow River and live in a silk shop, which was only called a distant clan to the outside world. A swordsman and a pedestrian live in the adjacent counter-brigade and are responsible for protecting Childe. The other swordsmen and pedestrians, as well as the retainers of the Gongzifu, were all arranged to different cities, mainly Handan. Although Yecheng is also very important, Gongzi has lived here for a long time, and most of the people in the city know them and cannot lurk.

Although he spoke with a strong Qin accent, in the international city of Handan, dozens of people were still lurking, and some of them followed some giant businessmen to attend some important activities and collect a lot of important information.

These circumstances converged on the Hyoto Cao Engagement, and then transferred to the Childe. Gongzi sent his son, in groups of two or three, to rent a boat to Luoyang, hand it over to the Qin State Secret Line who stayed there, and turn it back to Xianyang.

When the negotiations with Zhao Guo broke down, Zhang Lu and Sima Jin finally met on the plank road that they repaired against each other! In the last few days, both sides could see each other's road construction armies, and an indescribable joy filled the construction site. In the most precipitous sections, there is no place to set up camp for dozens of miles, and the timber cut down from the mountains, after trimming, takes several days to move to the construction site on foot, and the construction workers simply eat and live on the plank road. There are those who accidentally fall into the water and die, there are those who die when they get sick due to lack of medical treatment, and there are those who die in the water because of the monotony of unbearable life. Of the 30,000 convicts prepared by Bai Qi, more than 1,000 were reduced due to injuries and deaths due to illness, and in addition to physical exertion, they were mentally exhausted and under endless pressure.

Under the persuasion of Qi Rong, the wives and concubines of the convicts were allowed to visit relatives at the construction site, which slightly alleviated the trend of suicide among the convicts, but increased the contradiction of jealousy. And the task of transporting food became even more onerous: he was forced to mobilize 50,000 prisoners to carry food to the construction site, which usually remained at 10,000.

Zheng Anping was severely emaciated. Although people of his level do not have the problem of hunger, sleeping in the open all day is a serious drain on his physical strength and energy. Unlike when I was a soldier, I didn't need to worry about a lot of chores at that time, as long as I didn't fight, I could rest after the exercise. Now, there are countless things to deal with every day, going back and forth to the construction site every day, coordinating personnel, urging deadlines, dealing with injuries and illnesses, and reporting deaths due to various reasons.

Gai Nie's martial arts developed in an unexpected direction: he somehow climbed the cliff and walked on the wall as if he were walking on flat ground, and he could quickly climb the cliff with a little hurdle, even without using his hands!

Mang did not fully undertake the organization of the construction, and became more and more skilled and efficient, which made Zheng Anping unable to reach him. Mangwei's originally handsome face became vicissitudes, looking like a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties. Zhang Lu sometimes thought that after returning to Xianyang, he would tell him a family matter.

Zhang Lu, who has always been frail and sickly, is still frail and sickly, and his rickety body is even more rickety, coughing constantly, and with heavy wheezing, but it did not stop him from running back and forth on the construction site; Even Mr. Cheyou, who has always been disease-free, can't compete with his physical strength.

Except for Gai Nie and Zhang Lu, each of these people has fallen ill, but the person next to you has an idea, he has a home remedy, and they have all been tinkered.

During the construction, there were several heavy rainstorms, and the river water rose sharply, causing a lot of damage, and many people fell into the water during the transfer.

No matter how much hardship has been experienced, now we finally see the dawn of victory, just as a person who has been groping in the dark for a long time, almost desperate, suddenly sees the light. The light was faint, but it was ahead. There's nothing like a morale boost!

The leaders of the two sides met in advance to discuss further work and reported to Xianyang and Hanzhong respectively. At the court meeting, Qi Rong reported on the progress of the construction of the Bao Chuan Road. Due to the small number of people involved, everyone did not have a first-hand experience of the difficulties and hardships of the project, but they unanimously expressed their joy that the road to Hanzhong was unblocked. The King of Qin specially ordered that Huayang Jun Qi Rong and Gaoling Jun go to the scene of Helong on behalf of the King of Qin to work on the spot, and approve the award of titles below the level on the spot, and nominate the titles above the doctor. The ministers had no objections, and the minister's office issued a fatwa.

With the breakdown of negotiations with Zhao, Wei Ran's main focus was on dealing with the military against Zhao. Due to Bai Qi's obsessive focus on building the Bao Chuan Road, the preparations for Zhao Yongbing were mainly presided over by Hu Yang in the middle of the year. Zuo Gengcuo was very old, and the king of Qin was ready to transfer him to the county guard. After Lin and Lishi changed hands, the defense of Shangjun became important.

Since nearly 100,000 convicts were used to build the Bon Slope Road, there were only 350,000 convicts who could be used to fight against Zhao. Hu Yang personally entered Hedong to observe the defense of Taiyuan, believing that it would be difficult to break through the defense of Taiyuan with only 350,000 prisoners. More importantly, once we enter Taiyuan, we must completely control it, and it is impossible to eat it in stages and step by step. This is by no means a task that can be accomplished by 350,000 people.

If it is not feasible to attack Taiyuan from the east of the river, then it is naturally even more infeasible to attack Handan directly from the Yellow River: Handan's defense, and the resources that Handan can mobilize, are far from being comparable to Taiyuan.

Hu Yang thought, if he can do it at the junction of Taiyuan and Handan, maybe he can do it! The largest junction between Taiyuan and Handan is the original Zhongshan border, which is known as the road of Jingcheng. That road was far to the north, well protected by Taiyuan and Handan at both ends, and perhaps it was only possible to break through from the middle.

So Hu Yang and Wei Ran set their sights on the party together.

Between the Taihang Mountains and the Taiyue Mountains, there is a slightly lower basin. It is said to be a basin, but in fact it is a plateau, higher than Taiyuan, in the world of the Chinese at that time, even if it was the "roof of the world", so it was called "Shangdang". In this plateau, in addition to the two mountains of Taihang and Taiyue, there are also two mountains of Wangwu and Zhongtiao that block the gap in the south and form a triangle. The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack; However, the poor mountains and bad waters, and the people's livelihood is difficult. Due to the rugged mountain roads and inconvenient transportation, the natural areas of the people were separated by countless settlements, and the Wei, Han, and Zhao families divided this area and set up Shangdang County each. In fact, none of the regions of any country is complete, but intertwined with each other, forming a complex situation.

The Qin State did not occupy any land in Shangdang, and if it wanted to attack Zhaoyi in the Shangdang region, it could only pass through other countries.

Qin then sent envoys to negotiate with Han and Wei about a joint attack on Zhao.

Qin's wagon ran over the desolate ancient road and galloped across the land of the Central Plains. Zhao was naturally not willing to be trapped, and also sent envoys to consolidate his diplomatic relations.

"Zhao betrayed the alliance and deceived the three cities. Qin Ben's allies believed in it, but it was unbearable to be bullied. If Wei/Han is frustrated with Zhao, Qin is willing to be Wang Xuezhi! The Qin envoy said this to both countries. When the two countries heard that Qin had been deceived, they were overjoyed, but they could only put on a sympathetic face and chatter.

"Qin used deceit to seize the three cities of Wujidong. The thief's heart is not dead, and he wants Wei/Han to take it! May the righteousness of the alliance not intersect with each other! Zhao Envoy generally said this. Hearing that Qin pointed the finger at Zhao State, the two countries naturally only gloated, but they also looked righteous and awe-inspiring: "The three Jin swear to be brothers, and they have to be between Qin." And ......"