Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 164 Borrowing Troops from the Wolf Clan
Lord Changping received military battle reports from Zhao and secret letters from Yan.

He had already been mentally prepared for the development of the war situation in Zhao.

How can a country sustain a large-scale foreign war when a civil war breaks out among the upper echelons of the country?

Xiong Qi calmly put aside the battle report, and opened the secret letter sent by Yan Dan's envoy.

This letter was sent on the same day as the battle report, and the secret letter was sent a few hours sooner.

Even considering that the Mohist machine beast has the ability to transmit messages quickly, the location of Jicheng is much further than the Qin army's Zhaodi camp.

What's more, the text in the letter is very calm, clear, and orderly, and there are even a lot of meaningless polite sentences at the beginning.

I'm afraid Yan Dan had written this letter a long time ago and kept it in Zhao. As soon as the Yan army showed signs of defeat, he immediately sent it to Xianyang for him.

After reading the text, he raised his hand and burned it in the candlelight.

Although his allies have caused Yan State to be in chaos, they are worthy of praise for their prepared plans and their firm anti-Qin mentality.

Lord Changping called for the dead men, but did not issue an order for a long time.

His slender fingers tapped slowly but firmly on the table, and the reflection of the candlelight in his sight swayed in the calm breeze.
Yanzhao will soon fall. It seems that the world's situation has reached an irreversible point.

If there is a glimmer of hope left, it is his hometown, Chu State.

In order to prevent his plan in Chu from being exposed in advance due to risks, he should rationally give up the layout of Yan and continue to serve as the right prime minister of Qin for the past two years without revealing any flaws.

The more important the matter, the fewer links in the layout, so that it can be kept concealed to the maximum extent.

Now I do more of other things. Once I make a mistake in any link, I might lose everything in advance.
'This is already a very bad situation, so we must make dangerous moves! '

The sound of tapping on the table suddenly stopped, and the flame reflected in the candle in Changpingjun's pupils increased by three points.

He wrote smoothly on a piece of cloth: "Send it to Liusha!"

The dead man took it with both hands and quickly disappeared into the empty study.

Xiong Qi then wrote down a few words and asked another dead soldier to reply to Jicheng.

As long as the game can be won by accumulating the general trend, Chang Pingjun is never willing to gamble with small gains.

But now, the situation is more favorable to the enemy than to him, so he must take a gamble.
Yan Dan's anti-Qin stance and the Mohist forces behind it are worth rolling the dice.
Awaiting results!

Lu Weiren was in Shouchun and received the battle report from Zhao Di several days late.

The situation in Zhao was basically in line with his expectations and did not surprise the hall master.

But the Yan Di farm disciples suffered a wave of additional losses, which made him frown.

Lu Wei has been operating in Yandi for many years. Even though he took many elite disciples with him to Daze Mountain when he retreated, more ordinary disciples and some elites who were unwilling to leave their hometown were still scattered among the people and allowed to act on their own.

When the Qin army invaded the Yan region, the safe peasant status that these disciples could rely on became a meaningless joke. Some of them were captured by the Qin army, and some were forcibly conscripted by the Yan army.

The Ji Ran family and Lu Shan's former confidants, who are currently in charge of Lu Qiuge, are unable to control the situation at all. Lu Qiuge's Jicheng property has been robbed many times by various forces.

Most of the structures in Jicheng suffered heavy losses.

Basically useless.

Fortunately, Lu Shanzhang Yan spread the power of Lu Qiuge to other small towns and even villages in the later period. The power of farmers in Yan State showed a spark and was quietly developing.

In any case, this is the first time that the power of the Hall Master has suffered such a blow, but it will definitely not be the last time.

The boundary of Zhao State has actually been hit once, but there was not much investment there, so the losses were acceptable.

Rationally, Lu Wei was mentally prepared for this: some of the hundreds of thousands of peasant disciples would always be lost in this world of war.

In the future, after the Qin State is unified, it will immediately recruit civilian laborers to carry out major projects. It will also be a huge loss of civilian labor to conquer Baiyue and transport grain and grass to the south.

It is impossible for all farm disciples to avoid conscription, and they will inevitably lose an astonishing number of people.

After all, the number of disciples that Daze Mountain can protect is limited.
But when you are prepared, you are prepared. Now that it has really happened, Lu Wei still feels a little bit uncomfortable in his heart.

My own strength is still insufficient, and I am still weak.

Putting aside the discomfort in his heart and making judgments, Lu Wei needed to step up and make more secure arrangements for the disciples of Wei Di Gonggong Hall.

Simply withdrawing from Daliang City is not enough.

The communication with Ayu and Aye was strengthened, and the layout of Wei Di was accelerated.

After staying in Xiang Bo's house for a month, Lu Wei finally met Xiang Yan, the general of Chu State, by chance.

As the last famous general in the Five Kingdoms of Shandong after Li Mu retired, the first feeling Xiang Yan brings to people is that of nobility and arrogance.

Almost everyone in the Xiang clan is like this. Even Uncle Xiang, who is now on good terms with Hall Master Lu, did not get along very well when they first met.

But Xiang's arrogance naturally has the confidence to be arrogant.Perhaps it is this pride that cultivates the brave style of Xiang Jun's direct descendants from an early age.

Everything has gains and losses, so what will the Xiang family lose?
Riding on horseback with Xiang Bo in the remote mountain forest, he bent his bow and shot at the fleeing prey. Intentionally or unintentionally, he looked at Xiang Yan and Xiang Yu in his arms at the main camp surrounded by stars. Lu Wei calmly looked away.

He came to have fun with Xiang Bo during this large-scale hunting event, and get to know some of Xiang's generals.

For example, in addition to Ji Bu, Yingbu, the commander of the Thunder Leopard Army, and Long Qie, the major general of the Tenglong Army who was only a few years older than Xiao Xiang Yu.

Although he doesn't have the opportunity to meet and talk to these noble figures now, it might be useful to recognize their faces for the time being.

Not only Hall Master Lu was observing General Xiang Jun, there were also several pairs of eyes that had been staring at him during this hunting activity.

Lu Wei was aware of it, but he didn't know where these eyes came from or what their purpose was.

Maybe they were just normal guards in Xiang's army.After all, the master of the hall is an outsider to Xiang Jun, so it is reasonable to arrange for some people to keep an eye on him.He had no nefarious intentions and allowed himself to be watched by these eyes.

Finding Chu Nan Gong in Yunmeng Market went smoothly. The short old man's daily activities were very regular. After dark at night, he must take a stroll in Yunmeng Market.

In the morning, I would play chess with others at several city gates.

He disappeared during the day. Although he was curious, Lu Wei did not follow Chu Nan Gong.

If Tian Guang, Nianduan and other veterans are experienced foxes, then Chu Nan Gong can be described as a fox fairy.

The little old man is very shrewd.

After being around Duke Nan of Chu for a month, Lu Wei didn't find anything else, but he had many personal experiences of being hidden in the city, and his progress in practicing this technique was much faster.

Although Nan Gong has never mentioned Zhao Di's world situation directly in the past month, a few casual chats always make Lu Wei suddenly think of Zhao Di's situation.

Hall Master Lu's reaction was to ignore it.As long as the topic is not mentioned directly, he will treat it as if he does not understand the metaphor.

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The defenders of Shannan City in Handan, Zhao State, still defended the city tightly and did not go out even half a step when Qin State broke through the Yan army's formation.

In fact, Zhao Jun's attack may not have much effect, but if you are unwilling to provide help in this situation of reinforcements and heavy reinforcements, holding on will really become waiting for death.

Hopes of reinforcements from other countries, which would never have come in the first place, were completely cut off.

After defeating the Yan army, in addition to a small number of troops pursuing the Yan territory and causing great panic in the Yan state, the main force of the Qin army quickly re-encircled Handan City.

It was dangerous and foolish to conduct sieges on the two capitals at the same time. Wang Jian's military actions remained unchanged, and he chose to destroy Zhao first and then send his army north to destroy Yan.

Zhao Guo has been extremely tenacious for so many years, and there is no chance to let the tiger return to the mountains this time.

In the city, Guo Kai is also playing an active role.

When the main force of the Qin army attacked Yan, Zhao Gongzi Jia quietly escaped with more than a hundred of his followers. A group of Qin cavalry chased him, but I don't know what the result was.

Many of the people Gongzi Jia took away were opponents of Guo Kai. Now that they have left, Guo Kai can exert greater influence on Zhao Wangqian.

Surrender, this word is constantly expanding and expanding.
After all the Mohist disciples evacuated from Jicheng in Yan State, Yan Dan arranged for a group of additional personal guards and some of his trusted heirs to join the Mohist family and follow them into the city.

His queen Yan Yun and daughter Princess Gao Yue are also included in the commission.

After such an arrangement, when the trap Suzaku flew away for the last time, the only trustworthy people in the city were himself and his teacher Ju Wu.

"Your Majesty." Ju Wu refused the order to become a disciple of the Mohist family and fled to Guancheng. He was a veteran minister of the Yan Kingdom for several dynasties, and now he has become the Prime Minister of the Yan Kingdom.

Ju Wu believes that perishing with this country is the best destination for him.

"There are not many Qin soldiers in Yan now. We can send envoys to borrow troops from the wolf tribe on the grassland, so we can still fight!"

Ju Xiangguo put forward a bold idea: "The wolf cavalry are extremely tough. We promise them gold, silver, jewelry, and beauties from the land. Once these wolves suddenly appear on the battlefield, they will definitely catch the Qin army by surprise."

"Wolf clan?" Yan Dan did not turn around to look at his teacher. He only focused on the direction of the Suzaku flying in the distant sky: "The kings of the Yan Kingdom have been the mainstay in fighting against foreigners. How can I go against the cause of my ancestors?"

"This moment, that moment, now"

"Teacher, there is no need to say any more." Yan Dan interrupted Ju Wu, who was about to persuade him again: "The soldiers of the wolf tribe are nothing but crumbling dogs in front of Li Mu of Zhao State. He sacrificed his reputation to introduce them to the land of Yan. Faced with Wang Jian's How powerful can the Qin army be?"

"Even if I am dying, I am still the king of Yan State now, and the king should have the king's bottom line."

"Don't mention this matter again!"

"As ordered." Ju Wu quietly retreated.

Since this plan doesn't work, then all you have to do is maintain your noble dignity and die peacefully.

In an ordinary mountain forest on the border of old Korea, the hissing and spitting of venomous snakes that were supposed to be hidden killers was extremely noisy.

Wei Zhuang attached great importance to the letters sent from Xianyang.

The words 'Xin Zheng' mentioned several times above caused Guigu disciples to have constant emotional ups and downs in their hearts.

"Baifeng", a name was called out in a deep voice, and a man in white feathers appeared from the top of the tree: "Let's go to the north."

"The fighting is raging there right now."

Chi Lian walked out of the forest with one hand on his hip.

"It was for the war that I went."

Wei Zhuang didn't stop at his feet: "You stay here."

He and Bai Feng walked out of the forest. Soon, a huge white bird flew northward in the air.
It will take some time to get the final result of the overt and covert struggle over the land of Yanzhao.

Hall Master Lu Weilu controlled Wei Di and Daze Mountain remotely in Shouchun, and occasionally sent two letters to Jinghu Lake to inquire about Nian Duan's situation.

The disciple who delivered the letter had to wait for Duan Murong to come to the village outside Jinghu Lake to purchase daily necessities before delivering the letter, which was very slow.

Xiao Duanmu replied to him with a letter, in which she expressed her worries about her master Nianduan's health. From the words she described in detail, Nianduan should be fine for the time being.

Changping Jun has recently sent soldiers to have closer contact with General Xiang Yan's mansion. This is a dangerous move. More contacts represent greater risks of exposure.

It's not that Xiang Yan's house doesn't have other eyes watching. Lord Changping would rather risk exposure to increase contact, which shows that the details of their plan are very important.

The chaos in the world has not yet reached its peak!

(End of this chapter)