Zhang Luwu and his entourage broke up unhappily. The point of disagreement between the two is that Zhang Lu believes that Zhao will not let Handan, the foundation of the country, fall into war, and will definitely seek peace before spring ploughing, as long as Qin does not put forward other harsh conditions, and only let Zhao fulfill his promise to sacrifice six cities, peace negotiation may be very great. And Bai Qi believed that with the nature of the Zhao people, he would definitely play with the Qin State instead of sacrificing the six cities. Zhao Guo took Handan to play with the princes, today is not the first time. In history, Handan has been broken many times and rebuilt many times, and it is already the norm in the Zhao people! If Zhang Lu thinks that this is a stupid behavior, then even if the Zhao people are a bunch of stupid people, they won't bow their heads and give in anyway!

Zhang Lu returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and fell into deep contemplation. Is it possible that the Zhao people are desperate to play with the Qin people as Wu Anjun Bai Qi said? Or will you make a wise choice, as you estimated? After thinking about it, Zhang Lu still decided to bet the treasure on the side of Zhao Ren, who is a group of people who are reasonable and know the gains and losses.

After a few days of deliberation, the Prime Minister of Qin finally issued a fatwa: Guanzhong will levy 100,000 prisoners, that is, go to Handan. The king of Qin made Wu Anjun a general.

At the beginning of last year, Guanzhong requisitioned 20,000 convicts to participate in the battle of Shangdang, and in October another 50,000 convicts were conscripted to attack Taiyuan and Wu'an. Moreover, there are 30,000 or 40,000 knights at all levels who are supporting 100,000 prisoners. The army rumbled forward and assembled to the east of the river.

In the 41 counties of Guanzhong, each county has as few as 1,000 prisoners and as many as 5,000 prisoners, and they have arrived one after another, almost completely emptying the prisoners in Guanzhong, and all the construction projects in Guanzhong have been stopped.

According to the tradition of the Qin army, the commander of the army should be the first to reach the east of the river, set up a large tent, and instruct the camps and tasks for the various armies. But this time it was unexpected, it was Hedong Shou Wang Ji and Hedong Wei Pi Wan who came to preside over the camping work, and the county lieutenants who arrived one after another did not know who the leading generals were.

Everyone didn't know that the reason for this phenomenon was that Bai Qi, the god of war of the Qin State, refused to fight!

When the messenger of the King of Qin came to the palace to convey the decree of the King of Qin, Bai Qi refused to his face: "Handan is really not easy to attack, and the princes save it." His princes have been complaining about Qin for a long time. Although Qin broke the Changping army, more than half of the Qin soldiers were killed, and the country was empty. Far away from the rivers and mountains and fighting for the capital of the country, Zhao should be inside, the princes will attack it, and the Qin army will be broken. Cannot. "In short, this is a battle that must be lost, and I can't find a way to win at all, so please choose another way, the king!

In the history of the Qin State, there has never been a case where the appointed commander of the army refused to go on the expedition! In line with the principle that family ugliness should not be publicized, Zhang Lu sent people to persuade Bai Qi to accept the appointment many times, and he must do his best to meet all the conditions. Needless to say, Zheng Anping, Chen Si, and Mang Wei in his own mansion went many times, Wang Di, and even Sima Jin and Meng Wei, who had just returned from Chudi, also came forward, and finally, Zhang Lu himself also visited three times, trying his best to persuade Bai Qi to go on the expedition. But for some reason, Bai Qi seemed to be determined to refuse. In the end, Bai Qi seemed to be upset, and simply reported to King Qin that his old illness had relapsed and he couldn't take care of things. No more ministers who come to the door will be turned away!

In the past month, almost all the prisoners in all counties of Guanzhong have arrived, and the Qin army's big tent has not yet been set up. Zhang Lu had no choice but to ask Wang Di, the head of the left house, to go to Hedong first to reorganize the army.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, on the night of the full moon, a messenger galloped to Anyi, which was an urgent military intelligence report from Shangdang guarding the Wang's Tomb: Zhao's army divided into multiple routes, detoured the mountain road, and launched a flanking attack on the 5,000 people in the Wangling's prison. Only Wang Ling broke out under the escort of the pro-battalion, and all the 5,000 Qin troops he led were killed! Now Wang Ling has set up defenses in Jianzi City to prevent the Zhao army from breaking through to the party!

Wang Ji and Pi Juan immediately handed over the letter to Wang Di, and at the same time, Pegasus Xianyang reported the matter. The sound of horses' hooves galloped down the road, and the whole army was in shock.

Three days later, the King of Qin came to Anyi, appointed Wang Yi as a general, and led the Guanzhong army of 100,000 people to crusade against Handan!

In Jianzi City, Wang Ling hung one arm on his chest with a strip of cloth, and held the chariot with the other, accompanied by the driver and the right of the car, patrolling the defenses everywhere. Under the still calm and stern appearance, Wang Ling's heart was already like ashes: the whole army was full of four words, like a mountain pressing on his heart.

Twenty days ago, Li Bing informed him that the new fried millet would arrive immediately. Although Wang Ling felt a little ashamed, he was more relieved: after all, Li Bing still believed in his ability, and believed that although he had no work, he had done his best, and the current situation was not a crime of war.

However, after many days of silence on the battlefield, the Zhao army on the other side suddenly launched an offensive. They rushed across the river in a straggler, and when the Qin archers fired a volley, they all retreated. A large number of arrows falling in the river were swept downstream by the current, and they did not know what to do.

After several days of continuous attack, the climate suddenly changed, the cold wind howled, and the temperature plummeted. The sergeants on both sides huddled in the camp, shivering. There are houses around Zhao Jun's camp, and the situation is slightly better; The Qin army on the top of the mountain could only light a roaring bonfire to dispel the bitter cold of the winter night.

The cold winds for three consecutive days seriously damaged the combat effectiveness of both sides, and almost half of the Qin army was frozen. Every night, the soldiers of each battalion ran slowly around the campfire, and could not sleep at all. You can only wait until noon to close your eyes and sleep in the sun. As soon as the gale stopped, the Zhao army under the mountain suddenly began to line up. After a night of hard work, the Qin soldiers had to fight as a team. Qin Jun was horrified to find that more than a dozen wagons had appeared in the Zhao military camp, and they were full of clay pots. The captain of each team was given four clay pots, which were poured into the soldiers of their own team in turn, and the soldiers drank them all. Undoubtedly, they are drinking!

Wang Ling's pupils contracted, and he knew what kind of impact the pre-battle drinking would bring. The soldiers felt less pain, their strength was violent, and they were feverish...... And on his own side, even the fried millet promised by Li Bing has not yet arrived! The soldiers were left with little to eat.

Although he already had the consciousness of life and death, Wang Ling still drove the two battalions down to the river to prepare for the battle as usual. The official doctor who went down to the bottom of the mountain sent someone to report to him that the river had frozen.

At this moment, Zhao Jun had already rushed over. They jumped off the ice and spread out to kill the Qin army. The Qin army also began to shoot at the ice.

The cold air reduced the lethality of the arrows, and the soldiers of the Zhao army, who had drunk wine, ran quickly across the ice like a group of fearless beasts and rushed ashore like madness. They did not confront the Qin army head-on, but tried to infiltrate behind the Qin army as much as possible. The Qin army mobilized its formation and tried to face the enemy head-on.

At this time, the two phalanxes went down the river, formed a formation on the ice, and rushed towards the Qin army quickly. Due to the freezing of the river, the depth of the river was no longer an obstacle to the march, and the Zhao army was able to cross two battalions at once. The Qin army, which was disrupted by the stragglers, was still adjusting the formation before it was landed by the Zhao army. The Zhao army of these two battalions was strong, and their spears and halberds took the initiative to attack the Qin army. The Qin army resisted for a while, and its physical strength was obviously exhausted, so it could only retreat step by step. At this time, the Zhao army, which had infiltrated behind the Qin army, launched an attack on the flank of the Qin army.

The royal tomb at the top of the hill had been discovered, and another phalanx and a strange army had begun to march towards the river. He had to order two more battalions to be sent down the mountain. Just as the two battalions were heading down the mountain, the lookout post at the top of the mountain reported to him that there were also Zhao troops crossing the river five miles downstream of the river. Wang Ling ran over, and sure enough, about five miles on the opposite bank of the mountain, the Zhao army was crossing the ice, because there was a mountain block, it was impossible to see how many people there were in that Zhao army, but from the width of the first crossing force, the first echelon had at least four battalions. If there are three echelons, then there are at least twelve battalions, six thousand people. Listening to the shouts of killing under the mountain, the violent impact of weapons, a chill hit Wang Ling's whole body. In just an instant, Wang Ling made up his mind that he must completely defeat the Zhao army in front of him before all the Zhao troops downstream crossed the river. He asked the lookout to closely monitor the Zhao army downstream, and he rushed back to the command position and put the two battalions of the third echelon into battle.

The Qin army, whose whole body was almost frozen in the first echelon, finally couldn't resist the Zhao army, whose eyes were red, and the formation collapsed. Fortunately, the second echelon arrived in time and blocked the Zhao military formation.

The newly joined second echelon was still a new force, and it didn't take long for the Zhao army, which had been exhausted for a long time, to retreat to the river, and they jumped off the ice one after another and retreated to the opposite bank. At this time, the second echelon of the Zhao army also happened to go down to the ice. Wang Ling's drums didn't stop, and the second echelon of the Qin army jumped off the ice, and after a little team, they fought on the ice with the Zhao army who rushed over.

The Qin army was on the side close to its own bank, and the Zhao army was in the middle of the river. After several pushes, the ice under Zhao Jun's feet cracked, and several people immediately fell into the water. Zhao Jun was shocked, hurriedly gave up resistance, dragged up his companions who fell into the water, and fled in a hurry. Due to the rupture of the ice in front of him, the Qin army did not dare to continue to chase, and shot a few arrows, but the other party had a shield to protect him, and the damage was not great.

Seeing the ice break across the river, Wang Ling's heart sank again: his idea of breaking through to the positions on the opposite bank of the Zhao army by storming seemed difficult to realize. Cracked ice is more difficult to navigate than a rushing river. Wang Ling tried to let the third echelon attack the opposite bank, and sure enough, when passing through the cracked ice, the formation was chaotic, and the archers on the opposite bank seized the opportunity and shot fiercely, and the loss was not small. When they reached the shore, it was difficult to launch a powerful assault and was driven down the river.

After fighting all day, Zhao Jun did not collect his troops and returned to the camp. Seeing that the Zhao army did not withdraw troops, Wang Ling did not dare to withdraw troops. He shrunk his troops halfway up the hill so that the distances between the divisions were not too far apart, so that they could rescue each other.

When night fell, the Qin army, which had not rested for a day and a night, was horrified to find that there were torches under the mountains on all sides, and the Zhao army completely surrounded this mountain.

There is no strong wind today, which is a rare good weather in the past few days. Qin Jun, who had not been able to rest for several days, could no longer hold back his sleepiness after lighting the bonfire, and fell asleep with his head planted on the ground.