In October, the Qin people also spent the New Year in apprehension. The Qin people were fooled by the Zhao people again! The last time Zhao Gongzi Yu deceived the Qin people once, the Qin people returned the three cities of Lin, Lishi, and Qi, but did not exchange for the proposed city. The Qin people went to crusade, but they suffered a small loss, which made the Zhao people proud for many years! How glorious the battle of Yan and the war was to the Zhao State, it was how ashamed the Qin people were! This time, when the Zhao people were ripe for the melons of the Korean Shangdang, they intercepted the fruits of victory halfway, which especially made Qin people angry!

However, almost all the Qin people knew that it was the famous general Lian Po who presided over the defense of Shangdang in Zhao State, and King Zhao would gather the strength of the whole country to defend Shangdang, asking people to give people, grain to food, and money to money. The angry Qin people knew that if they wanted to get back the party, there would definitely be a bitter and bloody battle. The Qin prime minister asked the Qin state to step up the frying of millet in the territory, indicating that the expected war would be very long, and there would be a lot of mobilized soldiers. Although the basic soldiers were all prisoners, the officers at all levels were to be borne by ordinary people, especially those with knighthoods. In war, the mortality rate of junior officers is often the highest, especially the captains and chiefs such as public servants and Shangzao. The larger the scale of the recruitment of prisoners, the greater the number of officers at all levels and the more families affected. Those families who estimate that their families will be called up have mixed feelings during the New Year: it may be life and death, or it may be a turning point in life! The family members tried to avoid talking about the war, only reminded each other of the things that needed attention, and silently prepared for the expedition.

Both prisoners and workers worked until Chinese New Year's Eve, young and vigorous engaged in various military training, and women were doing their best to fry millet. Craftsmen work hard to create a variety of weapons and other utensils.

The most nervous people are actually the officials at the highest level. They want to carry out all kinds of deceptions, wrapping their true intentions in all kinds of false lies; The various measures implemented are false and real, but under the guidance of the intention, they are all pointed in the direction of "revenge and shame to the Zhao State". Countless warlocks are concentrated in various lawsuits, strategizing like the wind, and making a lot of calculations.

Qin and Zhao stimulated each other in this way, comparing and improving the level of armaments.

After the Midyear Festival, the convicts from all over the country began to assemble to the assembly place one after another under the leadership of the local knighted people. This time, the staging area was designated as An-eup, Hedong. Wang Yi arrived at Anyi ahead of schedule and prepared to receive troops.

At this time, the Qin State even the internal history, a total of ten counties, the internal history, Shangjun, Hedong three counties are closer, Longxi, Beidi, Nanyang second, Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, Nanjun location is far away, there are mountains and rivers to block, is the most remote place. But these nationwide conscriptions brought all ten counties, and it is said that there were 20,000 people in each county, a total of 200,000 people!

Bringing together soldiers so far apart required a painstaking organizational effort in itself. This time, the Qin people took the farthest place to set off first, and the soldiers of Ba, Shu, and Nanjun set off first. When the soldiers of Bashu pass through the above counties, each county should prepare various services such as food, camps, medicine, and engineering repairs.

The soldiers of Nam-gun passed through Namyang, crossed the border of Korea, crossed the Yellow River into Hanoi, and turned to An-eup. Nanyang also had to provide a variety of logistics services when the soldiers of Nanjun passed.

Longxi and Beidi all have to pass through the internal history, and their soldiers also have to be provided with logistics services by the internal history.

Those counties that provide logistical support are allowed to organize non-commissioned soldiers to march in after the passage of the soldiers from the neighboring counties, so as not to affect the quality of logistics services.

Wang Yi waited in Anyi for two months before the first batch of Bashu soldiers arrived. At this time, it was the middle of winter, and heavy snow had fallen in Anyi, and it was already difficult to accommodate these 40,000 soldiers. Zhang Lu asked the soldiers behind not to follow up, when to follow up and listen to further orders! After leaving Nanyang, the soldiers of Nanjun stayed in the valley between Yiru and were ordered to camp on the spot. The new city on Yishui was originally the fief of Huayang Jun, which was regarded as the land of Qin; The beams by the Rushui River belong to the Wei State; The clamps further down the river belong to South Korea. Qin Guoqiang ordered Liang and Jia to share the food supply of 20,000 soldiers in Nanjun. Two thousand stone of grain a day is not heavy for two cities with a population of tens of thousands, but it is by no means easy. But at this time, no one dared to refuse easily, so as not to set themselves on fire.

Hedong was responsible for receiving all the Qin troops, so naturally the soldiers were not concentrated, and they were still training soldiers and horses in various cities.

Bai Qi moved the Bashu army, which had marched thousands of miles, to Xintian and Quwo to control the Fenshui coast. also asked Yang Chengjun to supply food for the soldiers of Xintian. After bargaining, it was changed to a supply of half, that is, two thousand stone per day. Binh Duong is now completely defenseless. Under Bai Qi's supervision, Pingyang was not allowed to practice, the city walls were not reinforced, weapons were not reorganized, and all the ore mined was to be transported to Anyi, and it was not allowed to smelt without authorization! Binh Duong has become a lamb to the slaughter, completely incapable of resisting Bai Qi's instructions.

Zhao Guo watched vigilantly the movements of the Qin army. When the troops of each county drove through the land of Guangrou, it aroused indescribable tension in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State. The rapid mobilization of food and soldiers became the subconscious of everyone's heart.

The transportation of five million stone grain is not a simple matter, especially after the death of Zhao Hao, who is good at organizing transportation, and Zhao Kuo's mourning. The newly appointed Tabe mobilized 100,000 people and more than 10,000 head of livestock, and it took more than two months to transport the grain back and forth. And in the end, there are many fewer people who actually arrive in Changping.

After returning the grain to the warehouse, it was the New Year, which was the day of the rotation of the soldiers. Since the first batch of prisoners from afar has already arrived in Anyi, there is controversy over whether or not to change the war this year, because it may cause chaos on the front line! But then news came from Anyi that due to the cold weather, the large army of the Qin army had stopped in Anyi for the winter, and the soldiers of other counties had also stopped moving. Zhao Guojunchen secretly called it "lucky" and continued to rotate soldiers as originally planned.

Due to the overlap between the two battles of the guard and the transportation, Xu Li took a lot of effort to collect 100,000 troops and send them to the front line to replace Zhao Zu, who had been defending for half a year. The Shangdang had completely lost its productive function, and all the inhabitants had become participants in defensive operations, dependent on military rations, even women, children, and the elderly.

But the Qin army did not come......

100,000 Zhao Jun plus more than 200,000 people in Shangdang consume 30,000 or 40,000 stone of Shangdang's grain every day.

waited until February, Lian Po found that Changping's granary had bottomed out again, and rushed to Handan to urge grain. And at this time, the Qin people were unusual, not only did not withdraw their troops, but started to march again!

In mid-February, when the winter chill was still a little over, Changping finally received a report from the Qin people: the Zhao army, which had placed its patrol on the Shaoshui line, found that it was dusty in the distance to the west, and it was obvious that a large army was marching in.

Lian Po immediately alerted all armies: The Qin army is coming!

The Duanshi line by the Qinshui River was controlled by the Qin people, and the Zhao army did not attack it, but avoided the city far away. The defenders in Duanshi City are naturally worried every day, fearing that the city will fall. The arrival of the main force of the Qin army made Duanshi City rejoice.

Although Wang Di's camp was located in Anyi, he didn't stay there all the time, he and Bai Qi took turns squatting in a small city next to Duanshi, alternately observing the movements of the Qin army and handling the affairs of the army. So when the Qin army came to Duanshi, Wang Di already had a comprehensive plan for the battle.

He first set up an ambush on the mountain east of Shaoshui, and eliminated the scouts who went up to patrol the mountain one by one. After five days, the scouts of the Zhao army no longer showed up, and Wang began to concentrate his forces to attack the pass that the Zhao army had set up at the mountain pass.

Lian Pofei reported to Handan that the Qin army had met the Zhao army, and it was necessary to transport the grain as soon as possible. Otherwise, we may be defeated due to lack of food at the most critical juncture of the war.

King Zhao was a little flustered, and he asked Pingyuanjun, Pingyangjun, and Lin Xiangru to quickly count Handan's granaries to see how much grain there was to be transported.

It is only February, and it is still a year old, and the necessary expenses are only paid for the salaries of officials, and there is still a lot of grain in the warehouse, but considering the necessary expenses in a year, the grain in this warehouse is actually no longer available! Also, February is the season to prepare for spring ploughing, and the people are dispatched to transport grain, so can you still grow grain?

But the war of Shangdang has started, this is a battle that Zhao cannot lose, a battle that King Zhao cannot lose, if he loses, Zhao and King Zhao will lose face, and Handan will also be directly exposed to the blow of the Qin army. This is a weight that Zhao Guo can't bear!

The monarchs and ministers of Zhao State all regretted it a little, if they hadn't been sent so early, would the food problem have eased somewhat? But Pingyuan Jun, who was resolutely fighting the battle, retorted: "If it weren't for the Zhao army coming first and fortifying the wall, how could we sit here and count the food?" ”

If the Zhao army can defeat the Qin army with superior forces in a few months, what does it matter if it loses some food? King Zhao ordered that all the expenses should be spent, and another three million stone grains should be transported up the mountain. In order not to delay the battle, Handan recruited 100,000 people, collected all the livestock that could be collected, and strived to send grain to Changping as quickly as possible.

Over the next two months, Handan was transporting grain to Changping, Changping was receiving grain, and the Qin army uprooted the passes set up by the Zhao army in the mountains one by one.

It should be said that the passes set up by the Zhao army were very effective, and the terrain chosen was also very favorable, which brought great difficulties to the Qin army. However, the Qin army could concentrate its forces to seize the passes one by one, and retain enough troops to deal with reinforcements from other places, while the Zhao army was in a state of passive attack here. Each pass is not large, and there are not many troops that can be gathered, so it can only delay time, and cannot hold on for a long time.

After two months of hard fighting, the Zhao army was uprooted one by one at the passes of the mountain pass. The Qin army finally appeared on the shore of Danshui. At this time, the Zhao army also completed the food supply, and the morale was high, ready to compete with the Qin army!