Since Handan has two cities and four districts, its defense system is also different. The royal city was defended by nobles, mainly the family power of the Zhao royal family and the power of the various fiefdoms; The city of Handan was defended by civilians, mainly from all over the country. The power of the Zhao clan is usually basically in the royal city, and all that needs to be mobilized is the peasants of the fiefdom. Elsewhere, the peasants were mainly concentrated in Handan. The suburbs of Handan have just undergone a conscription, and that time it was twenty conscriptions; At present, this force has not been disbanded, and it will have to recruit another army, and the proportion will be increased to one out of ten, and the burden is extremely heavy, which is almost equivalent to taking away all the strong men, and only the old and weak women and children are left in the family.

When Bing Cao arrived outside Handan City, he was not in a hurry to enter the city, but went around Handan City to observe the entry and exit situation. The people's armies of the counties and townships in the suburbs of Handan generally carry wooden sticks, and the people's armies of the counties and townships in the distance have not yet arrived. The defenders of the royal city were clearly armored, each holding a sharp weapon, obviously not an ordinary civilian, but a member of the Zhao clan. Although the conscription was in full swing, the city gate was not closed, and Handan City was still free to enter and exit. There are two city gates on the east, west and south sides of the royal city, all of which are directly open to the outside, and there is only one city gate in the west area in the north, and all the city gates in the east area and another city gate in the west area are all opened in Handan City. According to Bing Cao's observations, the gates directly outside the royal city did not use additional control methods, as long as there were corresponding knots, they could enter and exit.

Bing Cao checked the festival charms of the Guo family, entered Handan City, turned south, and found a restaurant at the gate of the royal city in and out of Handan City, just enough to observe the movement of all three gates of the royal city.

To be able to build such a two-story restaurant in Handan City and outside the royal city, the background of the main family is naturally not ordinary, and it is likely to be Pingyuan Jun or Pingyang Jun. Bing Cao entered the restaurant, and the bartender came to greet him. Bing Cao was dressed as a businessman, so he didn't dare to go upstairs to sit, so he chose a place downstairs to sit on a seat by the window.

The bartender asked, "Sir drinks himself, if there are any guests?" ”

Bing Cao said: "If you want to visit, you are looking for here!" Then he said to the stranger: "Please go to Guo's silk line Xing Guan Division." "The Inhumans should leave.

While waiting, Bing Cao seemed to be bored looking out of the window, seeing the entrance and exit inside and outside the royal city, so lively; While listening to the gossip of the other drinkers at the table, now they are naturally focused on the Qin people's invasion and the conscription of troops in various townships. A man dressed as a nobleman advised: "Do not worry, gentlemen. Seeing that General Zhao's extravagant wall was on top of the water, the Qin army did not dare to attack. General Fu Youlian is quite a general, and the army is recruited to restore Handan. Wen Qinjun is only comparable to Zhao Haojun, and he will not be able to cross the water. ”

Someone inquired: "Since General Zhao refuses Qin to be on the water, what is the use of recovering ten dings to draw an army?" ”

The man said: "Cover an army of 100,000 and wipe out the Qin people in Wu'an." ”

One of them asked, "Why should you abandon those who save them?" ”

The man said: "Yan and, the remote town, how can it be the same as Handan." ”

Someone said: "Zhao Hao was ordered by the king to save Yan He, if he saves Handan, what can he do?" ”

The man said: "If it is according to Zhao Fa, it will be useless!" ”

There is a humanitarian: "Those who suppress the Qin people in Wu'an and can't enter, Zhao Hao also." The one who protected Handan from the scourge of war, Zhao Haoye. Today, Zhao Hao has not saved the Yan and is not sealed, what is the mouth of the world! ”

The man said: "If Zhao Fa is like this, Zhao Hao will be useless." ”

When Bing Cao heard this, he secretly shook his head in his heart: Zhao Fa is so harsh! It is obviously a great merit to protect the country, but it becomes useless because it is not within the king's order! He couldn't help but admire Zhao Haolai: Zhao Haoming knew that it was not difficult to save the Yan and gain fame, but he just stuck to the mouth of the Wu'an Valley and stifled the pace of the Qin army's advance, just for the safety of Handan! If Lian Po's recruitment of soldiers is over and Hu Yang is completely annihilated, all the merits of the war will definitely go to Lian Po, and Zhao Hao will not get any credit. Even so, Zhao Hao still has no regrets! "This Cheng Zhao Zhi Gancheng also!" He exclaimed in his heart.

It didn't take long for Yiren to come with Mr. Xing from Guo's Silk Line, and Bing Cao hurriedly got up to greet him. Mr. Xing looked around and said, "But Mr. Cao, Mr. Zeng hasn't arrived?" ”

Bing Cao said: "Sir, forgive the sin!" We are visiting, so we are commensurate with Mr. Zeng! ”

Mr. Xing seemed relieved and sat down in the middle of the table. Bing Cao ordered the wine and food to be served. Less leaning, in front of each of the two seats, a ding, a pot, a jue, a basket and a plate, the row is full. The alien has no share, but only waits in the middle of the banquet.

Mr. Xing humbly said: "How dare Mr. Lao give it generously!" ”

Bing Cao said: "I Dongyan, when I was in Handan, I inherited Mr. Wang's strength, and there was no retribution. But one ding and one out, I dare not report it, but I will be rewarded in case! ”

Mr. Xing said: "How dare we! The two poured themselves and drank each other.

Mr. Xing said: "Mr. Zeng has made a lot of money in the past few days, which is gratifying!" Mr. Cao would rather have a business to care about? ”

Bing Cao said: "This business in the east has been completed, and it will return to our hometown." I sent Dongdong to his hometown, and returned to Handan to see how much things happened, dare to ask what he meant? ”

Mr. Xing said, "Why do you want to ask again, sir. The Qin people entered and exited Wu'an, and it was only thirty or forty miles away from Handan. Fortunately, the king of Zhao from Tianyu prepared an army of Zhao Hao in the field in advance, and blocked it at the mouth of the valley, so that he could not enter. However, the army of the field is really set up to save the Yan and, the soldiers are few, and the armor is not complete, but the strong wall does not fight, so as to delay the day. It will be necessary for Handan to complete the soldiers, and to attack Qin in Wu'an, it will be safe! As for Qin Po from that time, Handan had no peace. ”

Bing Cao said: "I look at Handan City, and I am not worried. Sir would rather not worry too much? ”

Mr. Xing said: "It's not too much to worry about. Handan draws one out of ten, and the strength is all in the army, and every family has something to do with it for a long time, and there is no labor, so it will be disturbed! Look at it! Bing Cao thought so, and frequently raised his knight to toast Mr. Xing.

After a few rounds, Mr. Xing opened the conversation box and told everything he knew about Handan and Zhao Guo without reservation. Although most of them are useless, occasionally a sentence and a half also reveal some amazing inside stories. Bing Cao blindly complimented, inducing the other party to tell more mysteries. Mr. Xing is not a big name in Guo's business, and he does not usually participate in any confidential activities, and his words and deeds are ordinary. But under Bing Cao's careful calculation, some inconspicuous little things, if you dig deeper, can also reveal the big insider. For example, he knew that this conscription only involved villagers, and there were not many merchants, because most of the merchants came from foreign countries and were not as reliable as the locals. For the same reason, prisoners, sinners, slaves, sons-in-law, and other low-status persons are also excluded from the scope of levy. It seems that Zhao has high requirements for the purity of his soldiers.

After sending Mr. Xing away, Yiren ate the leftover wine and food of the two, and Bing Cao paid back the wine money. Start home. Along the way, you can still see groups of requisitioned soldiers on the way to Handan.

Could it be that the State of Zhao really wanted to recruit an army of 100,000 to fight the Qin army? In this way, isn't it dangerous for Gongzi to be reeled!

In the past, Bing Cao only knew that Gongzi was weak and couldn't help it, and he despised it very much in his heart. got along for half a year, but saw that the son's weak body had a fire-like enthusiasm; And the more difficult the situation, the more you can burst out of the fighting spirit; On the contrary, the bland environment is depressing. In half a year, their cooperation was perfect. Gongzi always shows people as a playboy, leaving footprints everywhere in Flower Street Willow Lane and Market Restaurant, but he can do it quietly. Hyosa, on the other hand, played the role of a loyal retainer, and was able to enter and leave these places, meet with many people who were difficult to see, and find out information that was difficult to find.

Out of this emotion, Bing Cao sincerely hoped that Gongzi Jian would be sent back to Qin safely. So as soon as he heard that Wu'an was coming to the Qin army, he began to use his brains in this regard. And with keen observation and extensive intelligence, he quickly found Zheng Anping and his party. Although Zheng Anping and others have made a lot of efforts, in the eyes of those who care, their eyes are still full of flaws, especially the local accents with Qin Yin, for them, Qin people, they are like fireflies in the dark night. So it's not difficult to find them.

Send Gongzi back to Hu Yang, and Gongzi must let his three sons come back. Originally, Gongzi and Bing Cao made an appointment to go to Hu Yang by themselves, and Bing Cao stayed for Hu Yang to listen to information for a few more days, and then left together. Bing Cao took it upon himself to bring back the five sons. Childe resolutely disagreed. Under the argument, Gongzi relented and let the three young soldiers return. The reason why the young one was wanted to return was because none of the three had a public relationship with Childe: they looked too young, and if they didn't have a background, they would basically not go far away. Therefore, they are counted as servants of the retainers' family played by Bing Cao. - The two eldest sons are the scholars of Gongzi. Gongzi went in and out of Flower Street and Willow Lane, and the scholars did not bring it, only an old retainer.

On the way home, Hyocao whispers to the stranger. The alien is very humble and has the posture of a small servant. It seems that the master explained things to his servants, but in fact, Bing Cao explained what he saw and heard to Yiren, and analyzed and summarized one astonishing conclusion after another: Hu Yang's sudden appearance in Wu'an was completely unexpected by Zhao Guo; Zhao pulled out the army that was originally intended to be used to recover Huyang to meet Hu Yang; Although Zhao Hao is a field, he is actually very broad-minded, and bravely takes on a burden that he is neither prepared nor utilitarian - to resist the Qin army. And this is completely thankless for Zhao Hao! Zhao Guo took advantage of the time that Zhao Hao had gained, and quickly gathered troops in Handan, the first was to defend Handan, because he did not know how much time Zhao Hao could buy, this work was very urgent, so he adopted a strategy of almost exhausting the water and fishing, and cobbled together the basic forces needed for defense as soon as possible. Now it seems that this force has been roughly assembled, and it is no longer a problem to defend Handan. So the goal turned to retaliating against Hu Yang as quickly as possible to eliminate this henchman.

Based on this judgment, Bing Cao believes that it is not appropriate to withdraw from Wu'an prematurely. If they withdrew, Zhao would no longer have to continue to mobilize troops, but would let them settle down. Staying in Wu'an for one more day, even if he didn't do anything, had already caused great harm to Zhao Guo. When all the strong men are concentrated in Handan, it will definitely cause some irreparable damage elsewhere!