When they heard that the Qin people came out of the Han Valley, Xin Lingjun and others thought that the Qin people would take the road and leave Xingyang; The preparation of the girder began from various channels. Unexpectedly, after the Qin people went out of Hangu, they went to Maojin and got on a boat there. Maojin is the ferry port from Shaanxi County to Wucheng. Although Wucheng also belongs to Hedong County, it is located in the south of Shoushan Mountain, blocked from the Hedong Road located in the north of the mountain, and must be reached by crossing mountains and mountains. Therefore, from Qin to Hedong, he did not cross the river from Maojin, but took the Puban Ferry. This route confused everyone: where was the Qin army going?

It took three full days for the Qin army to completely cross the river. In the past three days, Mr. Guo hurriedly adjusted his spy network: his spies are now arranged on the line from Xianyang to Luoyang, and the Qin army does not go to Luoyang, but to Hedong, and Mr. Guo's spy network immediately loses its target. But Hedong is a new place, and the spy network has not yet been established, so where can it be activated. Therefore, the movement of the Qin army after passing Maojin can only be provided by the words of the merchants: the Qin people entered the wall; The Qin people entered the customs; The Qin people are in! At this time, it was only three or four days since the Qin people disappeared from Maojin.

Liang flew to Nanyang and prepared for battle. But it was too late. Without Mr. Guo using his spy network, the cities of Nanyang flew like meteors: the Qin people entered Mengjin; The Qin people entered the Wen ...... In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Wei cities in Nanyang were all occupied by Qin, and only Xingqiu and Huaixian, which were more easterly, had just had time to gather people in the city for defense.

Wen is a Dayi with a long history in Nanyang, the earliest was the Wen State, which was destroyed by the Di people. Later, he was gifted to Duke Wen of Jin by King Zhou, and Duke Wen sent his right-hand minister Hu Qin to serve as Wen Shou. Later, although Wen was not as prominent as Yi, he was also a large city, both in population and wealth. After the Battle of Kaifeng, Wen was ceded to Qin in exchange for Qin's withdrawal from Kaifeng; After the Battle of Huayang, Qin returned the cities of Nanyang in Jin, including Wen, to Wei in exchange for Wei's cities around Nanyang in Chu. After such a toss, the defense of Wen County and the surrounding cities is naturally worried; But it fell into the hands of the Qin people almost without a battle, which was still much unexpected by the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State.

Compared with Wen, Xingqiu and Huaixian are far behind. Xingqiu is the former site of the ancient Xingguo Kingdom, known as "Qiu", which means that the place is on higher ground, and secondly, it is a ruin - the Xingguo has long been lost in the long river of history. Xingqiu, built on the ruins, can only be regarded as a ferry crossing across the Yellow River in Wenxian County. Huai is located in the mouth of the river with little water and forms a city, which is a new ferry city. The ferry port is commercially developed, but it is far worse than those agricultural cities in terms of combat effectiveness and food. When Xinlingjun and the others heard that only Xingqiu and Huai were left in Nanyang, they all despaired of Nanyang.

However, for Mr. Guo, the task has been lightened a lot. He no longer had to send spies to Hedong, and there were a large number of his informants in Nanyang. As long as you send someone across the river, you can get information. He soon found out that the Qin people were under the command of the five doctors who were stationed in Daliang with the prince, and that the convict army was almost all served by the prince's entourage as officers at all levels: public passengers, public doctors, official doctors, and doctors, ......; The low-level non-commissioned officers are all from Hedong, they have not been settled in Hedong for a long time, and their titles are not high, and some of them are even Wei Min from Yuancheng and Yicheng, who have just defected to Hedong for a few years, and now they are fighting back with the Qin people!

After that, Mr. Guo's men could only enter the vicinity of Xingqiu and Huai, because the Qin army had blocked these two cities, and all roads leading from Nanyang to these two ferries were impassable.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the coldest season of winter has arrived! Shinlingjun knew that the most difficult time for both sides had come: whoever could overcome the bitter cold of winter and persevere, would be victorious. Xinlingjun hopes that at least the city will be better than the wilderness!

Mr. Guo still continued to send spies to sneak across the river to find those informants who stayed in Nanyang. Although most of them returned in vain, some people sneaked across the blockade line and infiltrated the rear of the Qin army. The spies' return made everyone's hearts heavy: the Qin people did not rush to attack the city, but entered the towns around the two cities, and in the posture of a long-term siege, it seemed that they were waiting for the city to run out of food and open the city on their own.

Hearing that Mr. Guo conveyed the movement of Qin Jun, everyone suddenly relaxed again. This is the old trick of the Qin army, in the enemy's territory, eat the enemy's grain, and when the local grain is eaten, then find a reason to ask for a few cities to withdraw the army! This was the case with Kaifeng at the beginning, this was the case with Yanhe, and the same was true with Wu'an...... Anyway, when spring was approaching, Qin Jun had to retreat and go home to prepare for farming, otherwise he would have nothing to eat the next day. Those places that were eaten up by the Qin people were of course miserable, and there may not even be seeds left, spring planting is very difficult, and the harvest is naturally not enough, and there should be starvation in the coming year, but if it does not cause a large-scale famine, and some of the old, weak, sick and disabled will die, it is also within the acceptable range.

With one snowstorm after another, time enters the wax moon. The people of Wei have already begun to discuss how to open peace talks, and if they do, what can be done. The majority opinion is that it is acceptable to give up both Yi and Wen, and if you only cede Yi, it will be a victory! As for the wall? Then don't mention it. In the midst of the peace, even Mr. Guo reduced the number of spies sent to the other side, because every day the news came back from the same: the Qin army was stationed in the city, and Xingqiu and Huai were guarding the city. Sometimes the people inside the city came down to collect some firewood, and the Qin army outside the city did not interfere.

It is said that it is a war, but in fact, it does not really use swords.

Just when Wei was about to send an envoy to sue for peace, Huai ordered an envoy to report to Daliang urgently: the Qin people gave up Xingqiu and would concentrate all their efforts to attack Huai. Xinlingjun hurriedly asked Mr. Guo to send someone across the river to check. Before the spy returned, he got the news that Xingqiu had been conquered.

Two days later, Xing Qiuling returned to Daliang with several retainers to report, saying that Xing Ren had been trapped for a long time and had only one meal for more than ten days; After the Qin people left, the Xing people opened the city to look for food in the wilderness, but they were killed by the Qin people; When the city saw the Qin army returning, they hurriedly beat the drum to call the police, but those Xing people who went out of the city did not want to return to the city to defend even if they heard the drums; The soldiers guarding the city saw that almost no one came back, and they didn't know whether to continue to open the city gate and wait for others to enter the city, or close the city gate to guard, hesitating, the Qin army entered, Xingqiu Ling fled in a hurry, and the other officials did not know what to do.

Xin Lingjun, Wei Qi and Jin Cong listened to Xing Qiuling's narration in the seat, and they were all silent. Xing Qiu Ling is also a clan, and his family lives in the north of Daliang City, and the people present have no right to take any punitive measures against him. Xinling Jun said: "Xing Ling abandoned the city and returned to the country, and the ministers were rude, and they will report to the king." May he return home. ”

Xing Qiu Ling bowed down and said: "The ministers are out of place, they violate the law of the country, they should treat the guilty family, although they dare not complain even if they die!" ”

After letting Xing Qiuling go home, everyone looked at Jin Cong. Jin Contempt also said without the slightest hesitation: "If Xingqiu is lost, Huai will not be guaranteed." Three days later, the news came that Huaixian had surrendered under pressure from the merchants, and Huai Ling had absconded and disappeared.

After the occupation of Yi, Wen, Mengjin, Xingqiu, and Huaihou, Wei's forces in Nanyang were basically swept away. But interestingly, the Qin army did not move the Korean city in Nanyang. The monarchs and ministers of Wei were puzzled by this result and did not know what to do. Now that the war is over, there is no room for land cessation.

The king of Qin also assigned the land he had just acquired to Hedong County, and transferred the county guard Wu Anjun Bai Qi to be the Hedong guard. Li Bing was appointed as the county guard of Shu. After leading the troops to capture Xingqiu and Huaihou, the five doctors and other retinues who followed the prince were overturned and reinstated. Under Wu Anjun's recommendation, they all held different positions in Hedong County. Hedong County became the focus of the entire Qin State for a while, and it was the most powerful county in addition to internal history.

The newly captured cities were quickly reorganized, and under the strong suppression of Wu Anjun and the strong impetus of Zhang Lu, the Qin law was implemented in the newly occupied areas.

Seeing that the Qin people did not withdraw after occupying Nanyang, officials were set up behind them to implement the Qin law. Wei began to have some hair. Originally, I thought that the Qin people would leave after eating the grain in Nanyang, and the Wei State only needed to clean up the mess after the Qin people left. Now, the Qin people are not leaving, and the Wei State can't clean up the mess if they want to, and the Qin people help themselves clean up, and the Wei people are dumbfounded. Only then did Xinlingjun vaguely realize that Hou Huan's judgment was accurate, and that Qin's occupation of Nanyang might have serious consequences. Nanyang is definitely not something that can be summed up by the word "Bianyi".

The occupation of Xingqiu and Huai by Qin did not diminish the Wei people's enthusiasm for the New Year. Ordinary Wei people still buy New Year's goods as usual, visit relatives and friends, kill pigs and sheep. Because this year's salt was exceptionally cheap, wealthy families all salted a few catties of extra meat or fish; Ordinary families are also able to garnish with some salt plums for dinner.

All the cities south of Yiguan in Hedong County were allowed to celebrate the New Year according to the old practice. The calendars of Wei, Han and Zhao are the same, and the cities and towns are basically not divided by country, and they are interconnected, and the entire Nanyang area is also immersed in the atmosphere of the festival, and the war that has just been extinguished seems to be a distant past.

On the day of the beginning of spring, Xinling Jun feasted the guests, claiming that he would join the teacher to learn the arts, and all the ministers and clans came to the house, and even the King of Wei sent a messenger to present the master ceremony. Wei Gongzi's Mansion was full of joy and lanterns.

Xin Lingjun personally drove, with Mr. Zhongyue as the right of the car, took his family and the entourage of doormen, and drove to Yimen. Hou Huan has been informed by Xinling Jun that he will apprentice in the future, and he will wait in the Yimen guard house on this day, and the Yimen soldiers are all gathered inside and outside the guard house in addition to those on duty, not to mention those young people.

Before the car arrived at the guardhouse, Xinlingjun got out of the car, holding a slip in his hand, and a retainer behind him held a plate and six bunches of dried meat, and came to the door.

Xinlingjun himself said loudly: "The boy Wei is unscrupulous, Mr. Muhou's virtue is to be cultivated, under the wall of the door, I am willing to teach day and night!" ”

A young man ran out of the courtyard and said, "Sir, you don't dare to listen to false praise in vain." Resignation! ”

Xinling Jun said: "Mr. Dade, there is no jealousy." The sincerity of this heart can be to the sun and the moon. Admiration for Mr. Fortunately, don't abandon it with no taboo and no morality, you must learn and learn it, and change it after that. ”

When he was young, the young man ran out again and said, "Sir! ”