Zheng Anping, who was at the front station, informed Zuo Yi Ling of the news of the army's mobilization tomorrow and asked him to arrange the army's food and lodging. He deliberately stayed in the mansion that Gai Nie had discovered, and the swordsmen were all camped left and right. The owner of the house was amazed to know that his deeds had been revealed. Zheng Anping called the master to the hall at night for questioning, and within a few words, the family all explained: they were the dark line arranged by the Zhao people. But the master swore that he had not sent a single message.

Zheng Anping did not embarrass the family and asked him to find a hundred donkeys. The family didn't know what to do, so they could only go to the mountains overnight to ask for donkeys.

When he left the next day, Zheng Anping left a hundred people to answer, and he continued to walk into the mountains with the rest of the people. In the afternoon, the advance of the follow-up troops arrived, and Zuo Yi Ling had already greeted Yu Dao. The striker expropriated all the houses. The swordsman left behind by Zheng Anping got in touch with the swordsman striker Doctor Gong, who immediately sent someone to bring the family of that family to Beishan to greet him.

The army of the King of Qin arrived at dusk and rested in the courtyard arranged by the forward. The King of Qin secretly entered the city of Zuoyi to rest, accompanied by 500 swordsmen.

After dinner, the bus came to report tomorrow's itinerary and told King Qin that he would take the mountain road tomorrow and could not take the car; Dr. Zheng arranged for 100 donkeys to ride into the mountain tomorrow. King Qin agreed. At noon, the King of Qin during the journey received a report from Xianyang, the King of Qin's guard of honor will set off tomorrow, and predicted the itinerary of the King of Qin's guard of honor, which is expected to arrive in Bashang tonight, and will enter Zheng County tomorrow, and go to Ningqin County the day after tomorrow. At the same time, Xianyang's grain million stones have been loaded onto the ship and will be shipped with the army. Grain from each county was then transported to Xianyang to replenish Xianyang's stocks.

At night, the Changping army reported that the Zhao army was still attacking the Qin army on all fronts, while the Qin army continued to destroy two camps under the cover of the shield. The King of Qin informed Bai Qi that he had set off for Yicheng.

Zheng Anping, who had already arrived in Yuancheng, placed nine hundred swordsmen in several mountain passes and controlled all the passages in and out of Yuancheng; A lookout was also set up at a high place. After a busy night, I slept in my clothes when the rooster crowed. At dawn the next day, he immediately got up and arranged for the patrol and guard of the road into the mountain of King Qin, and the cordon was released fifty miles away. Mangwei took the soldiers and guarded all the passages in the county.

The next day, the king of Qin went out of the city, came to the house, and for the first time in his life, he got on a donkey, led by a porter, and walked up the mountain road. The female officials accompanying the King of Qin, as well as a pair of tools, were also carried on donkeys.

At noon, the envoy who had changed the road sent Xianyang's report to Yuancheng, and after Mang did not receive it, he immediately sent Pegasus to the King of Qin.

When King Qin received Xianyang's report, he had already joined up with the advance team led by Zheng Anping. The king of Qin opened the report on the donkey. Zhang Lu reported that all countries were busy with the autumn harvest, and there was no sign of transferring troops and reorganizing the army for the time being, only Zhao Guo had strengthened its vigilance in recent days, and it should have been the unfavorable war report of Changping sent back to Handan. King Qin shook his head secretly when he saw it: Changping is going to be wiped out here, and Handan has just gotten the news! And the measures taken are only to strengthen vigilance, obviously not knowing the seriousness of the matter!

In the evening, King Qin's front team had already entered Yuancheng, and King Qin's rear team was still on the way. King Qin looked out from the mountains, the mountains were round, the autumn breeze was blowing, and the half-round moon hung in the sky, a piece of peace.

At night, all the men and horses were encamped, and the king of Qin was invited to the Yuanling Mansion. The torch in the lobby was hoisted high, the door was wide open, and the king of Qin and his party were brought in, and the family of the Yuan Ling family retreated to the position of servants, and all the main rooms, wing rooms, and school rooms were given to the king of Qin and his entourage. The hundred donkeys were tied outside the city, and a hastily fenced was erected, and water and grass were supplied.

Yuancheng really couldn't accommodate 5,000 troops, and only 2,000 people came in with King Qin, plus 1,000 people brought by Zheng Anping, a total of 3,000 people. The remaining 2,000 swordsmen stayed in Zuoyi and controlled the two entrances to the walled city. Of the 3,000 people who entered the walled city, only 500 could be stationed in the city; Five hundred men marched along the river to the mouth of the river, where they set up camp in a small town. 500 men were assigned to each of the two mountain passes, and the remaining 1,000 men were used as reserves, and a camp was found on each side of the road. The farthest distance between the battalions was twenty or thirty miles, and the closest ones were three or five miles.

The prisoners just outside the city also felt the pressure, as the number of guards increased significantly. Those prisoners who had a good relationship with the guards even boldly inquired about who was coming in the city, and the answer was "King Qin". was immediately ridiculed by the prisoners: how could the king of Qin come to such a mountain nest and not even find a beautiful woman. The guards also teased: "You may all be lucky!" ”

Soon, everyone understood that King Qin was really here, because the sound of horses' hooves was continuous every day, and it was the sound of galloping, which was obviously different from the sound of horses' hooves obtained by ordinary people. So even the convicts were cleaned up, and the process of taking millet at the point was more attentive; At the end of the day, send the fried millet back to the city, and run quickly. The farmers were more diligent, and they were meticulous in harvesting cool grain, lest they be seen by King Qin.

On the day that the King of Qin stayed in Yuancheng, the honor guard of the King of Qin also arrived in Ningqin, and after resting for the night, the next day Ningqin County arranged for them to cross the river, and the ferry was lively all day. Dozens of boats sailed down the Yellow River and reached Mengjin at night. Meng Jinling had already received a secret order and had already been guarded at Jinkou to greet him. - This is exactly the vanguard of King Qin.

Another day later, the guard of honor of the King of Qin sailed down and landed in Mengjin. After resting for the night in Mengjin, he immediately transferred to Yicheng. The rear team of the King of Wei Qin arrived by boat one after another.

After the king of Qin arrived in Yicheng, he issued an order: "Give the people of Hanoi all ranks, and those over the age of fifteen will be given Changping, and Zhao will be denied salvation and food." ”

On this day, it is the time of the full moon.

The Nanyang of Hanoi, South Korea, which Bai Qi captured, included a few counties such as Yewang, Huai, Mengjin, Yi, and Wen. Although the number of counties is small, the population is quite large, and there are nearly 100,000 households in the entire region.

Hanoi is different from Guanzhong, there is no tradition of joining the army, once conscripted, the whole family is frightened, crying dad and shouting, and the whole territory is in turmoil.

The king of Qin issued another order, and those who paid fifty stone of grain were exempted.

Hanoi has scarce arable land, there are not many people who farm, how can there be so many families with 50 stone of grain stockpile, this order is actually not very involved. But those who could find a way to do so immediately scraped together fifty stone of grain and exempted their families from military service.

Those who could not afford to be exempted from military service were organized into a march according to the Yili, and the children of the nobles who arrived from Guanzhong were appointed as the chiefs of the Shiwu. Within a few days, Gaodu formed a team of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and collected millions of stone grains by the way.

King Qin entered Hanoi on a high-profile basis and mobilized all the Hanoi people, attracting everyone's attention. The Qin army in Changping also rejoiced when they learned that the King of Qin had gone to Hanoi to personally conquer him. Only the high-ranking officials of Xianyang and the high-ranking generals of Changping knew that the King of Qin was not stationed in Yicheng, and they still sent daily briefings to Yuancheng as agreed.

Supervising the recruitment work in Yicheng were Gongzi Yiren, as well as Zheng Anping and Mangwei, who came with him. The king of Qin really did what Zhang Lu said, and left Gai Nie in the walled city and became his personal guard. But the King of Qin did not keep Gai Nie by his side, but allowed him to come and go at will.

10,000 swordsmen who followed from Xianyang blocked the entrance to the road. Those who were able to disserve in Hanoi were each handed over 50 stone grain, and about 20,000 people, a total of 1 million stone grain, were all required to be transported to Yicheng to pay and put into the granary of Yiguan.

Chen Si was in Yicheng, and he admired what King Qin had done. After Mangwei arrived in Yicheng, in the name of the old master, he often invited Chen Si into the mansion to discuss, sometimes staying for several days. The car dealers were requisitioned to deliver fried millet to the counties. Those who were conscripted into the army were each given 10 catties of fried millet as rations for the next month.

Zheng Anping and Mang Wei traveled to various counties every day to give short training to the people who had been conscripted into the army. Fortunately, Bai Qi and Pi Wan both paid more attention to the military training of the Yi people, and although Hanoi was newly attached, they were still familiar with the Qin army's orders.

Three days later, the first batch of troops of 10,000 people marched into Gaodu. There, officers sent by Bai Qi took over the troops. By order of Bai Qi, these units were assigned to different combat areas. The casualties of the Changping Qin army were replenished and the strength was strengthened.

Almost at the same time, spears, halberds, bows and arrows made in Hedong were also transported to Changping.

The million-stone grain transported from Guanzhong landed in Pusaka, and Pi Wan and Wang Ji were responsible for transporting it to Anyi and other places.

For a time, the Changping Qin army was full of food, and everyone was gearing up to deal a heavy blow to the Zhao army.

In his reply to Bai Qi a few days ago, the King of Qin pointed out that the recent war report learned that if Zhao attacked Qin, Zhao would lose Zhao, and if Qin attacked Zhao, he would lose Qin.

Bai Qi also understood what King Qin meant, stopped the offensive operation, and only ordered each army to send small units to constantly harass the Zhao army.

For the next three days, Hanoi's soldiers marched into Cao Du at a rate of 10,000 per day. In addition to replenishing them to the various combat units, Bai Qi did not give them an independent theater of operations. What is the quality of Hanoi soldiers, Bai Qi knows very well in his heart that it is okay to bully others, and if they are allowed to take the lead independently, they will only scatter in a hurry. For the last 10,000 people, Bai Qi simply let them be stationed outside the high capital for military training.

The Qin army is strong and strong, and the army is revival, while the Zhao army is declining. Even if it's just a bowl of gruel a day, the food is finally gone. There was no porridge to drink, so naturally they could no longer attack the Qin army, and the Zhao army's offensive gradually fell silent.

The harassment troops sent by the Qin people became the hope of the Zhao army. It is rumored among the Zhao army that the soldiers of the Qin army generally carry all the food on their backs, and if they kill one, they will have food to eat. Those Zhao troops who were still able to move were ambushed in the area where the Qin army was active, specifically ambushing small groups of harassing troops of the Qin army. Driven by hunger, these Zhao troops acted decisively, desperately trying to kill the Qin army; Generally, after killing a Qin soldier, drag the corpse of the Qin soldier and run backwards.

The Qin army's fried millet was indeed on the back of the soldier. After grabbing a Qin soldier, the whole battalion opened fire and boiled the fried millet, no matter how much, each person had a bowl. Qin Jun's fried millet was salted, and it tasted much better than the light and tasteless millet porridge he had eaten before. This also inspired the Zhao army to attack more, killing the Qin army at any cost and snatching the fried millet.