Chapter 77 In the third quarter, the Qin State chariot starts rumbling

When Bai Qi and Fan Ju Xingye rushed back to Xianyang, it was already the end of the third watch.The palace chief Shi who had been waiting outside the east gate hurriedly led the two into the palace study without saying a word.King Qin Zhao was having a secret talk with Sima Geng, the new captain of the state, and when he saw Bai Qi Fan Ju's arrival, he immediately ordered two tables of wine and dinner, and asked the two to listen to Sima Geng's narration of various secret reports while eating.When the two of them had finished eating, Sima Geng also finished the general situation of the Shangdang Change in the Three Jin Dynasties.In the maid's tea room, King Qin Zhao ordered the head servant to stay outside the study hall, and any Kui Ye visitors would be turned away, and when he turned around, he looked straight at Bai Qi and Fan Ju, and said, how to deal with it?

"Three Jins colluded, as expected." Fan Ju saw that Bai Qi was contemplating, so he opened his mouth first, "I thought all the way: the alliance between the Three Jins is not powerful enough, but the situation is worrying. Competing for the Shangdang is our country's long-term plan, and it will become a success. When it was not completed, the overall situation was suddenly affected by a change in South Korea. One of the changes in the overall situation was that the alliance of the Three Jins might induce the six kingdoms of Shandong to unite against Qin again; I have completed a condescending offensive on the Hedong River; if we lose the East River and Nei, the results of Qin's decades-long war in the east will be wiped out! This so-called situation is worrying. However, this is the case, and the minister thinks that the time for a decisive battle with Zhao has arrived! But If there is any retreat, the world will undergo great changes!"

King Qin Zhao took a heavy breath: "What do Lord Wu An think?" "In response to the words of the Marquis, you can see clearly." Bai Qi's nature, the more dangerous the situation is, the more calm he becomes. Although his face is solemn at this moment, his tone is calm and soothing, "Zhao Guoquan is based on the Shangdang and has an alliance with Han Wei. It is clear that he wants to oppress me. Hanoi and the east of the river retreated. If we did not confront it tit for tat, Qin’s Shandong foundation would be completely lost. The times are also changing, and the enemy changes, so I should adapt accordingly and stick to the established strategy. The opportunity for Zhao's decisive decision has arrived unexpectedly. The Qin State can only achieve great things if it meets the challenge with great courage and wins decisively!"

"Good!" King Qin Zhao praised, "Mr. Wu An has such courage, I am sure of it!" However, Bai Qi changed his tone: "However, in terms of the general situation of the army's struggle, our army has not yet built the most solid foundation. The strength of the army is still insufficient, the food and supplies have not yet been stocked in place, and a group of generals is still worried. The army has not yet fought against Zhao. Full rehearsal and so on. But this is the case, I have a request: the planning of the war, and the full authority of the minister, and my king will not force me to supervise the battle."

King Qin Zhao laughed loudly: "It coincides with each other! Chang Shi, read the imperial edict!" Chang Shi hurriedly came over with a volume of imperial edict and unfolded it, and read aloud: "Edict of the King of Qin: Regarding the war in Zhao, I have heard that Lord Wu'an Bai Qi has full power to plan and dispatch, and the state captain Sima Geng assists with food and supplies; grants Bai Qi the national soldier talisman And suppress Qin Mu Gongjian, you have to refuse the king's order to act! Qin Wang Yingji forty-five years in April." The huge study room was filled with solemnity.The corner of Bai Qi's mouth twitched, but he couldn't speak.Even Fan Ju was so surprised that he stared straight at King Qin Zhao and stopped talking.Such an edict is simply handing over Qin to Bai Qi!Needless to say, Zhenqin Mugong Sword, before the battle, the generals are subject to the power of life and death, which was originally a common practice in the Warring States Period.The most important thing is the "amulet of the whole country's soldiers" and "resisting the king's orders to act"-full power to mobilize the whole country's soldiers and horses without obeying the king's orders!Has there ever been such a royal edict in the world?Bai Qi calmed down for a while, and bowed deeply to King Qin Zhao: "I dare to ask King Qin to take back the amulet of the whole country and reject the king's order. I just want to weigh the advance and retreat." Fan Ju thought for a while and said: "I also mean the same thing. Lord Wu An is caught in material disputes, which is not good for the country."

"There's no reason for that!" Qin Zhaowang slammed the case, "Mr. Wu An is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. How can he achieve great things without great power? This king is not familiar with the military. If there is a whim, it will be the collapse of the country. What's the point of refusing it?" Impossible! Lord Wu An has fought a hundred battles. At this critical time, the whole country entrusts him with his loyalty! If there is any objection, Yingji will kill him!" Turning around and waving his hand, "Changshi, the second edict."

Chang Shi held another scroll of bamboo slips and began to recite: "Edict of the King of Qin: to mediate between the states of Shandong, to listen to Hou Fanju's full power to plan and dispatch, and to guard Wang Jifu of Hedong; Plenary covenant with the Six Nations! Qin Wang Yingji forty-five April." There was another silence in the study hall.Fan Ju, known to be quick-witted, only bowed deeply, and unexpectedly had no words to respond.Only King Qin Zhao walked around heavily, and the monarch and his ministers felt a heavy pressure.After a long time, King Qin Zhao smiled leisurely: "Yinghou has made the general trend clear, and the current point is two: one is to prevent the alliance from becoming a force, and the other is to prevent the Shangdang from accumulating prestige. The two burdens are divided, and Yinghou will carry them out. The diplomatic relations were broken, and Lord Wu'an led the army to suppress the Shangdang, and the king was in charge of Anguo to support each other. But if our monarch and ministers are of the same mind, the government and the people are of the same mind, how difficult is it to win?"

"Jiu Jiu, old Qin, let's go to the country together!" Bai Qi stood up suddenly, and suddenly said an old Qin oath. The monarchs and ministers were in awe for a moment, and they all said in unison: "Jiu Jiu Lao Qin, let's go to the country together!" Within ten days, the government and the people of Qin State became tense and busy.Counties and counties are busy enlisting new troops, treasuries in various places are busy transporting food, grass and supplies outside the pass, Xianyang Palace and all government offices are brightly lit day and night, and officials are busy.Even the Shangshangfang in the commercial area of ​​the Six Kingdoms also experienced abnormalities. The three items of salt, iron, and leather from the merchants of the Six Kingdoms were very popular, and they were out of stock within three to five days!The business travelers were very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly transported goods from outside the customs to Xianyang day and night.For a time, there was an endless stream of vehicles and horses on Dongfang Avenue in Xianyang. The Qin State motorcade going east and the Shandong motorcade coming from the west rumbled and intertwined day and night.When the goods arrived in Xianyang, they were sold out in an instant!Overnight, Xianyang Commercial City seems to have become a bottomless black hole that swallows salt, iron and leather. Even if you come rumbling like a mountain, it will disappear without a trace.The organic police merchant was finally puzzled, so he pretended to be a Xianyang native and wandered around to the official market of Qin State to have a look. It turned out to be very strange—these three goods in the official store of Qin State were lined up like a mountain, but no one came to buy them!Puzzled and asked, the officials and businessmen of Qin State only smiled: "Shandong's goods are exquisite, and Qin people like them, how can there be any other!"The people of Qin have always liked the things of their own country, and Chinese buyers seldom patronize the business travel shops in Shandong. The customers who benefit from the business travel of the six countries are all from the Qin government and the people from the Central Plains who entered Qin. Salt iron leather?It was not a famine year, and there was no war, how did the Qin people hoard salt, iron and leather like crazy?After a month, the merchants in Shandong finally gradually realized that Qin was about to fight a big battle!However, Qin State did not have such arrangements when it attacked Hanoi, Wei State, or Nan County, Chu State. Now, which family is more nervous than Wei Chu?During the Warring States period, business travelers had a tradition of "reporting righteousness". With Xianyang's momentum, the merchants were naturally uneasy. Among them, the Sanjin merchants were still panicked and immediately sent the news back to their home countries in secret.However, two or three months later, the news reported back turned out to be muddled, and the merchants gradually felt discouraged again, and it was useless to worry about the country.

Amidst the clouds of doubt, Qin's chariot has already rumbled to the outside of the pass! With a certain strategy, Bai Qi took more than 30 Sima from the General's Mansion to the Lantian camp.As soon as the commander-in-chief shogunate was established, Bai Qi began to dispatch secretly.On the first road, Wang Lu led an army of 100,000 cavalry and marched first to station in Hanoi County adjacent to Shangdang.At this time, Wang Lu was already the general of Zuo Shuchang Gaojue, and in ordinary wars, Wang Lu almost always led troops to fight.Bai Qi repeatedly stated four points to Wang He: first, to garrison the northern section of Hanoi, to ensure that the three passages of Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing, and Baixing entering Shangdang would not be blocked by Zhao Guo; Let the six countries of Shandong clearly see Qin's determination to compete for Shangdang; thirdly, unless the Zhao army has occupied Sanxing and sealed off the Shangdang passage, no war is allowed, as long as there is a confrontation; In order to ensure the safety of the Sanxing, we must never go deep without authorization, and even if there are occasional passes that are not defended by troops, we are not allowed to occupy them without authorization.In the end, Bai Qi warned with a sullen face: "The key to the army's advance is to form a confrontation in the early stage, to build momentum for Ying Hou to mediate in Shandong, and to ensure the passage for the army to follow up! If you are greedy for merit and disperse your troops, you will be the first to lose!" Wang Lu accepted the order with a "Hi!", and said generously: "But there is a mistake, Wang Lu will come to see you!" Then he went away.

On the second route, Huan He, the commander of the infantry army, led 30,000 elite infantry, and left the Lishi Fortress in Hexi in light clothes. He went east to Jinyang to replenish supplies, and then went south secretly, entering Shangdang Qinshui Valley from several river valleys to secretly station.Bai Qi's advice to Huan He was: "This road is a strange soldier. The key to marching is not to be quick, but to be secret. The only thing is to not be noticed by the Zhao army. Arriving within a month is a great achievement! Entering the Qinshui River Valley, the army food It will be transported by Wang Yan from Zhiguanxing, and no cooking is allowed!"

In the third route, the cavalry chief general Wang Ling led 50,000 cavalry out of Hanoi to conquer Yewang, the only fortress leading to the Shangdang in South Korea.Since the wild king actually does not have South Korea's heavy defense, Bai Qi's statement on the main points of this road is: the king of the wild is not fighting but defending!When the army was stationed, they immediately built large warehouses to store grain for a long time, and at the same time widened the official roads for Ye Wang to go north to Shangdang and south to Dahe, so as to prepare for the steady flow of grain and grass.At this time, Wang Ling was already a general with the title of five senior officials, the same title as Meng Ao, only second to Wang Lu's title.Because Wang Ling was smart and capable, Bai Qi chose Wang Ling to take on the important task of both military and civilian affairs. On the fourth route, General Meng Ao secretly planned follow-up troops to march in.Meng Ao is now a veteran in the army. Not only is he highly respected, but he is also rare and steady. As long as there are no major battles and Bai Qi is not in the army, Meng Ao has always been appointed to preside over the central army. Never presided over the Chinese military shogunate.The matter of coordinating the follow-up soldiers and horses can be said to be complex, but the biggest difficulty lies in two places: one is to secretly and orderly transport all the large-scale attacking equipment of the Lantian Camp, and the other is to continuously transport new recruits from various counties and counties. Arranged into an army, and will have to train again for three months, and then follow orders to drive into Hanoi at any time.No one in She Meng Ao, a general in the army, can take on such a tedious task! On the fifth road, Guowei Sima Geng sits at Hangu Pass to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.This Sima Geng was the eldest son of Sima Cuo, the famous general of King Qin Hui. He was as steady and sober as his father, but his courage on the battlefield was a little less.Three years ago, Sima Geng entered Qin Dynasty at the behest of Nai's father. King Qin Zhao consulted Bai Qi's words, and ordered Sima Geng to be a national lieutenant, handling military affairs and not the battlefield.Bai Qi's military order to Sima Geng was: "Within one year, there will be no stops for roads and boats, and all the military rations in the country's warehouses will be delivered to the wild king!" If you eat the enemy for one minute, you will count for twenty minutes; for one stone of straw, you will count for twenty stones. Even if Mr. Wu'an cannot completely eat the enemy, he should stockpile food according to the situation on the battlefield. The army's rations are huge, like mountains In a dangerous place, if the war ends early, wouldn’t it be a waste of everything?” Bai Qi laughed out of nowhere: “After more than two hundred years, your grandson’s words are still regarded as the standard by you, a famous general. It’s ridiculous! There must be a granary inside. Destroy the army and kill the general to seize the enemy's food, and it will be as fast as a hurricane. Today, there are seven great powers in the world, and Hanoi has only one Ao granary in the state of Wei. How to seize the enemy's food? Even if we can capture a little, how can hundreds of thousands of troops have enough food?" Bai Qi suddenly suppressed his smile, "The battle between Qin and Zhao is a decisive battle for the whole country. Once the battlefield is opened, it will be unprecedented. How can we be victorious if we don’t prepare the whole country for a deadly battle? The existing military supplies for the whole country may not be sufficient, so why waste the world!” Sima Geng was alarmed, and bowed: “Mr. Wu’an is so powerful that he swallows mountains and rivers! I would like to be taught. " The armies from all walks of life were activated, and Bai Qi immediately returned to Xianyang, and reported all the dispatches and overall plans to King Qin Zhao and Fan Jubei. King Qin Zhao cheered up, and said with a smile: "It seems that it can be done." He said with a smile: "I have already seen the plan of Lord Wu'an, and I have a strong heart. I will match the grand battlefield of Lord Wu'an!" The three of them laughed, but the initial heaviness was swept away. The next day, Fan Ju took a carefully selected group of officials and two centurions of cavalry, and drove straight out of Hangu Pass to Anyi, the governor of Hedong County.The reason why Fan Ju set up the base camp for cutting Jiaojiao in Anyi was after careful consideration.Once the Shangdang formed a large army to confront each other, the world would immediately stir up turmoil. The three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Yan who had not joined the alliance of the Three Jins would inevitably seek new opportunities to advance to the Central Plains, and various delicate situations would emerge among the Three Jins.All these need to be dealt with on the fly, and the situation directly related to the battlefield must be decisive and pre-emptive. If they are in Xianyang, the implementation of all deployments will be delayed by more than ten days.For such a decisive battle that may be protracted, if everything is delayed for ten days, it may lead to an unimaginable ending.When Fan Ju was stationed in Anyi, he and Bai Qi actually formed a war command that could decide everything at any time, and even supervised the transportation of food and grass for the soldiers, and the collection of boats, carts, cattle and horses. When Bai Qi deployed his army, Fan Ju was also selecting his own team.Fan Ju's first order was to transfer Zheng Anping from Lantian Daying.Fan Jusimou: Although Zheng Anping has become a high-ranking Sima, it seems to be in vain. Without actual military merits, it is obviously impossible to be a leading general. How can he make meritorious service without being a general? For a long time, Zheng Anping has been like an incompetent noble son. Gao Jue has a low position, how can he repay his life-saving grace twice?After all, Fan Ju knew Zheng Anping well, and he knew that this person's talent could be called a hero in the market, as long as he used it properly, he might not be unable to make great achievements.After much thought, Fan Ju had a long night of secret talks with Zheng Anping, and set up a special title for Zheng Anping—Shandong Scout Chief, and assigned Zheng Anping all the state affairs scouts that originally belonged to the Prime Minister's Office.At the same time, Zheng Anping also has a secret force, which is the Black Ice Terrace originally controlled by Lord Jingyang.After Jingyang Lord was deposed and left the customs, the Black Ice Terrace was always under the leadership of the Pedestrian Office, which was actually under the orders of Prime Minister Fan Ju.Fan Ju is extremely cautious about the use of this formidable power, and the palace is also extremely concerned.However, it is justifiable to use it in diplomatic wars, so Fan Ju has no scruples at all.In addition to these two groups of elite troops, Fan Ju also transferred 30,000 gold from the royal treasury to Zheng Anping.When Zheng Anping saw hundreds of boxes of dazzling gold coins in the secret vault of the Black Ice Terrace, his eyes widened! "Brother Anping, money can live or die." Fan Ju's icy eyes swept across Zheng Anping's face sharply, "If you just want to be a rich man, Fan Juli asks the King of Qin to give you ten thousand gold, and you will enjoy wealth and honor in peace." how?" "No, no, no!" Zheng Anping waved his hands again and again, and said with a blushing smile, "I'm so poor, how have I ever seen such a golden mountain? Brother, I laughed." "That's good." Fan Ju still had a straight face, "You have to remember two points: first, you should spend money like water in running state affairs, but if you have an inch of gold in your own pocket, it is a taboo in diplomatic relations! Second, the black ice platform warriors and The scouts of the Pedestrian Office are all the children of the old Qin. You are from the Wei Dynasty, but if you are careless and frivolous and make mistakes, the King of Qin will know immediately! If you have to be vigilant and work hard to rebuild the foundation, this time is a good opportunity to make contributions. Otherwise , although God cannot save you!" "Little brother understands! Don't let big brother down!" Zheng Anping replied firmly. During the mediation of diplomatic relations, Fan Ju chose Wang Ji as his envoy.Wang Jijiu was an official in the royal palace. Although he is now the Governor of Gaojue River East, he is really incapable of governing. If there is no special edict of King Qin Zhao's "three-year exemption" to reward merits, I am afraid that he will be punished by the country in the first year. The supervisor is impeached.Fan Ju knows that Wang Ji's only advantage is that he does things according to orders, and he is most suitable for diplomatic envoys who don't need a sudden change in talent. If Wang Jiqiqi hadn't longed for the position of a high-ranking and important minister, he would rather advocate that Wang Ji be a high-ranking minister. Wang Ji was called out as the chief envoy of the expedition, and he also wanted Wang Ji to make a great contribution in the Qin-Zhao decisive battle that turned the world around, and then return to Xianyang to become a high-ranking official like the Taimiaoling. up. Hearing Fan Juyi's words, Wang Ji accepted the order with great emotion: "It's easy to know how to deal with diplomatic relations. You should just hand it over to me!" "Brother Wang, don't take it lightly." Fan Ju solemnly warned, "This big decision is related to the survival of the Qin State, but any mistake is a crime of extermination. Your mission is to deal with the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Yan with full power, so that they will not be in conflict with the three kingdoms." Jin is united in an alliance! Just like the last time, money and goods are free to spend, and officials and warriors are dispatched, so that no mistakes can be made! How?" "I would like to obey the orders of the Marquis!" Wang Ji bowed deeply, "The old man was promoted to a high-ranking and important minister. He was originally recommended by the Marquis. If there is a mistake, it will affect the Marquis. How can the old man stand in the world?" "Brother Wang understands this, Fan Ju has no worries!" Ten days after Fan Ju was stationed in Hedong County, tall chariots and horses left Anyi in an endless stream, and scattered to the six kingdoms of Shandong.