Pigao is a hundred miles east of Handan, in a remote location, and the impact of the war there on Handan is not obvious.

Lian Po had long been sure that the Qin army would definitely attack. As soon as it entered October, he rushed to Wu'an with his doormen. Wu An ordered Li Chong to enter the city. Lian Po told Li Chong that the Qin army was about to attack, and Wu'an Ding Zhuang was all armed and took turns to guard the prison.

The so-called Pigao Pass is a section of about ten miles long east-west to the canyon, with mountains on both sides, and a south water in the middle to pass through. This has always been a gate from Shangdang to Wu'an, and Zhao Guo built passes at both ends of this canyon. At the beginning of the year, Wang Ji captured the pass west of Pigao by means of fire attack, and then crossed the mountains and mountains to attack the Zhao army's defense line of Zhushui. Due to the weakness of the Zhao army's defense line that was too far forward, it was broken by Wang Di. However, Wang Ji was also time-consuming and laborious here, and after breaking through the defense line of Zhushui, he was no longer able to break through the Wuji defense line, and confronted the Zhao army under the city of Wuji, until Qin Zhao began peace talks.

According to the content of the peace talks, the passes on both sides of the Pijiao, including the fortifications built along the water on the east side of the Pijiao, were not repaired on either side, and the Qin army did not leave Licheng and the Zhao army did not go out of the afternoon. However, from August, the Zhao army began to build fortifications along the river, and after the rupture of the substation in September, the Zhao army accelerated the progress of the project. This time, Zhao Jun learned the lessons of the previous failure, the design of the defense system was more reasonable, and the construction of the camp also hired Handan's skilled craftsmen to participate. In accordance with his usual style of holding weight, Lian Po also built three lines of defense in the territory of Wu'an, which are located at the confluence of the north and south rivers of Pigao and Wuji City, and the valley mouth leading from Wu'an to Handan. The meandering waters played the role of a trench in all three lines of defense.

Wu'an City is located between the second and third lines of defense. Wu Anling Li Chong was born in a family, his father was Bai Ren Shou Li Tan, and his ancestors can be traced back to Zhao Xiang Li Dui. Li Dui was the backbone of the Dune Rebellion, starving the heroic King Zhao Wuling to death in the Dune Palace, and was regarded as the hero of King Zhao Huiwen. As a descendant of the Li family, Li Tan also served as the minister of Zhao for a long time and a feudal official. Now it's his children's and grandchildren's turn.

At the beginning of the year, in the battle between Qin and Zhao for the leather prison, Li Mu, the defender of the eastern pass of the leather prison, was Li Tan's grandson, and Li Mu's father Li Ji was Li Tan's youngest son, and was currently serving as a doctor in the court. During the defensive operations at the beginning of the year, Li Chong and Wang Yi tacitly achieved peace on the battlefield and non-aggression against each other. As a side of the Zhao State, he successfully confined the Qin army to the corner of Wu'an, and the war did not expand; As the side of the Qin State, it realized the main strategy of eating the enemy and laid a good foundation for the opening of the Shangdang Trade Road. Both sides take what they need.

After Li Ji completed the task of retiring from the army in Wu'an, he was promoted to Sikou, in charge of national public security work, and no longer contacted Zichu; After the war, Li Mu was appointed as a captain of Yanmen and sent to the remote northern mountains. Both of the Li family were promoted after the war, but Li Chong, who was fighting on the front line, was still Wu Anling.

Wu'an is the east gate of Handan, from Taihang Mountain down to Handan, whether it is to go to the party or to Yan, you must take Wu'an. The important position of Wu'an in Handan gives the Wu'an Order a meaning beyond ordinary county orders, and it must be held by people who can be trusted, affordable, and kept. Li Chong is such a person.

As early as when Pingyuan Jun returned to Handan, Li Chong began to prepare for the defense work along the water. At that time, the Qin and Zhao sides had not yet broken their faces, and the construction of the fortifications could not be carried out. However, Li Chong invited Lian Po to personally design the camp along the river, and he secretly prepared construction materials and equipment according to the plan, and also recruited 3,000 people from the residents of Wu'an to start combat training in advance. After the breakdown of the peace talks in August, Li Chong immediately put into practice the plan for building the barracks that had already taken shape. With the support of skilled craftsmen in Handan City, Li Chong completed the construction of the camp in only one month and arranged personnel to take care of it. The whole process did not hinder the progress of the autumn harvest.

When Lian Po entered Wu'an City and informed him of the start of the war, Li Chong immediately sounded drums on the city and sent military envoys to Wuji City to inform the whole army there. Two hours later, 10,000 Ding Zhuang from the surrounding townships of Wu'an had already assembled, and Lian Po said with satisfaction: "Honesty and kindness!" The battle will be won! ”

Lian Po only selected a thousand elites from Ding Zhuang in Wu'an to follow him to the front line, and the rest of Ding Zhuang prepared for war on the spot. The 1,000 men received shields, spears, and bows and arrows from the city of Wu'an, and rushed to the city overnight.

Wuji City was presided over by Wu Anwei. After receiving the order to go out from the military envoy, he also immediately beat the drum to gather the soldiers who had been recruited long ago.

Accepting the lesson that the Qin army could take food on the spot during the battle at the beginning of the year, starting from September, Ding Zhuang was all requisitioned from Wuji to the Yili between the leather prison, and the old and weak women and children were concentrated in the Wuji City for resettlement, and all the grain and straw were kept by the county, one to avoid being used by the Qin army, and the other was to threaten Ding Zhuang on the front line to fight with all his might. At the beginning of the year, this area was eaten and drunk by the Qin army of 20,000 or 30,000 people for more than a month, and the seeds in the city were almost eaten clean. Hearing that the Qin army was coming again, in desperation, they all took up arms. There were about 10,000 people concentrated around Wuji City, and more than 1,500 Ding Zhuang from this area.

The people's army of the Wei army was generally led by military pawns, the prisoners of Qin were led by the jazz, and the state of Zhao had neither military soldiers nor knights, and their civilian army was led by the princes of Zhu Zhao. The so-called princes of Zhao are not necessarily all Zhao's, for hundreds of years, relatives and nobles who can get in touch with the royal family (ancestors) of the Zhao family in previous dynasties can be called princes of Zhao, such as the Li family, the Lian family, and the Lin family...... Of course, the most is still Zhao's. Zhu Zhao Gongzi also has more or less relatives, close friends, retainers, and doormen, if by chance, for example, a certain Zhao Gongzi is appointed as a thousand generals, and he does not have enough clans, these people will also be listed. When the army was mobilized, the princes of Zhu Zhao would arrive at the designated city in advance to familiarize themselves with Ding Zhuang, who was about to take over, without disturbing the agricultural production of the people. Zhu Zhao Gongzi, who commanded the armies of Wu'an, also arrived in Wu'an in early September, and Zhao Gongzi, who received the armies of Handan, also arrived in the cities almost at the same time.

At the beginning of the year, more than 1,500 people who had settled in the Qin army were assigned to Zhao Gongzi to manage, which meant that he had to assign three 500 generals, 15 hundred generals, 30 50 generals, more than 150 sergeants and more than 300 army commanders, and nearly 500 officers. When he received the task, it was natural that someone would send him a number of related households, and these people would generally have to be placed in positions of more than 100 generals, or simply stay with him. The front-line Shiwu who needs the most personnel has to prepare it himself. There was no way, he could only delegate most of the retainers and disciples who guarded his safety to the army, and then select dozens of strong soldiers, led by his henchmen, to stay by his side as guards and military envoys.

After Wu'an's delay, when Lian Po arrived at noon, it was already midnight. Ding Zhuang of Wuji had already been assembled and divided into two divisions according to the region, and most of the commanders were already in place. Lian Po ordered the front 5,000 men to be led by himself and enter the preset camp before dawn. After daybreak, the 5,000 men reached the fortified area. Perhaps by coincidence, or perhaps by intention, the only force of 1,500 men was arranged to be stationed in three camps, just in the area closest to Pigao, and would be the first to accept the onslaught of the Qin army.

Lian Po especially stayed with this Zhao Gongzi, instructed him to set up camp, released a guard, and designated a big tent for him; Take him on patrol along the defensive sections, and instruct him on the tactical characteristics, possible enemy situations, and countermeasures of each section. Most of the Zhao Gongzi who can fight are killed in Changping, and now this Zhao Gongzi has limited combat experience, although he has served as a thousand generals due to his close kinship, but it is really difficult to reassure. But at present, there are no available soldiers in Handan City, let alone any available generals, and a figure like this Zhao Gongzi is already competent. Lian Po could only go out in person, guiding them to fight hand in hand, and his heart was secretly dripping blood.

It took about an hour, and Lian Po finished explaining everything he needed to explain, and was ready to leave for the next region. He specially told Zhao Gongzi that he must quickly implement the work he had just arranged, and he would come back to check it later. Zhao Gongzi nodded vigorously.

After Lian Po left, Zhao Gongzi wanted to follow Lian Po's arrangement and release a guard to the east entrance of the leather prison more than ten miles away, so he found two doormen and asked them to do it. The two doormen also had no combat experience and did not know how to release the alert. I had no choice but to visit around, and finally found two distant relatives of the Zhao family who had been on the front line and had experience in vigilance. Zhao Gongzi was overjoyed, and immediately asked the two of them to lead the soldiers of the headquarters to go to the west entrance of the skin prison to guard. These two men were 100 generals, and each of them left the camp with 100 of his own men and set out.

Although there are some points from Lian Po, in the final analysis, the matter of setting up camp still has to be done by the soldiers. At this time, the experience of the commander is very important. If the whole battalion is full of experienced commanders, it will be almost as long as a few words to get things done; If everyone is a novice, it will not be easy to do this well. Five hundred people eat, drink, and Lazar is enough to give the most delicate housekeeper a headache, not to mention the matter of war.

Zhao Gongzi also learned from Lian Po's appearance, inspected each battalion in turn, and guided each battalion to be stationed according to the essentials that Lian Po said. It's already frustrating for a group of farmers who can't live in their own homes, but have to live in the open air; It's just that all the preparations for sleeping in the open have never been done before, and most people have never even heard of it. Fortunately, the camp is ready-made, which saves the most troublesome thing about camping, otherwise I don't know how many things will happen.