The Travelers of the Heavens

In the fifty-third year of King Nan of Zhou and the forty-fifth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (262 BC), 500,000 people from Qin and Zhao gathered in Shangdang County, and the two sides were murderous and prepared to fight to the death.

In view of the high morale of the Qin army, Lian Po, the commander-in-chief of the Zhao army, decided to adopt a defensive strategy to deal with the Qin army in order to dampen the morale of the Qin army.

Sure enough, the Qin army attacked the Zhao army's camp many times. Although they captured several places, it had nothing to do with the overall situation, and the two sides began to confront each other.

Fendu, Guo State, Taishi Mansion

"General Bai Feng, how is the military situation I want you to inquire about?" Moon God asked Bai Feng

"The war has been going on for several months, and it seems that neither country can do anything to the other, and they are in a stalemate," Bai Feng said.

"Very good, you have to keep an eye on it, and if there is any abnormality, report it to me immediately," Moon God said

"OK." Bai Feng nodded.

"Moon God, if you are commanding my subordinates like this, shouldn't you ask my opinion first?" Wei Zhuang said

"I am the top ruler of the country, and I hope Mr. Wei Zhuang and your subordinates can fully cooperate with me, so that it will be beneficial to everyone." Yueshen turned his head slightly and said to Wei Zhuang

"I hope you won’t put on the airs of your grand master in front of me again." Wei Zhuang put down these words and left.

Bai Feng followed him out.

Outside Fendu City, in the military camp, 10,000 strong soldiers were undergoing intense training..These soldiers are fierce men selected by Wang Yu from all over the country. They are equipped with various weapons that Wang Yu personally designed and directed the craftsmen to build. These weapons include iron armor, 3.2-meter-long spears, straight-edged knives, iron armors and shields. Bows and crossbows.

These weapons were made by Wang Yu using special materials developed by himself and fused with iron. This kind of armor not only has excellent protection but is also very light. As long as it is neatly dressed, it can catch the enemy's arrows, and even the enemy can directly use swords and spears to attack them. Stabs, hammers and other blunt objects cannot damage the soldiers wearing this kind of iron armor.

These ten thousand horses will be the weapons that crush the elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty and other countries. They were named the Iron Armor Army by Wang Yu

"Well, the soldiers look pretty good." Wang Yu stood on the commander's platform and watched the soldiers training below, and he nodded.

"Lord Marquis, there is something unknown at the end of the day," the general asked.

"What's up?"Wang Yu asked. After the establishment of the Guo Kingdom, he was renamed the Marquis of Xining, and his fiefdom is now the Qin Kingdom.

"Qin and Zhao are already at war. When can we send troops?"The general asked

"send troops? What to send troops? Wang Yu asked rhetorically. At present, he does not want to get involved in the war.

"Since we are not going to send troops, why are we so eager to train our soldiers?" the general asked.

"In a world of great strife, no one dares to predict what will happen tomorrow, so be prepared." Wang Yu said

""Yes" the general responded

"Supervise them well and don't be lazy." After Wang Yu said this, he left the military camp.

Then he went to several weapon-making workshops to inspect. Although these weapons workshops also made weapons by hand, they were produced with the assistance of machine beasts. The quality of the soldiers produced is very high, and the output has been greatly increased compared to before.

At present, the Guo State's arsenal contains 56 million feather arrows, 500,000 straight-edged knives, and 40,000 long spears, which are five meters long. There were 100,000 spears, 120,000 shields of various sizes, and 8,000 pieces of horse armor.

By 261 BC, the total number of the Guo army was 75,000, equipped with 400 chariots (no accompanying infantry) , is a pure chariot unit), and there are 2,500 cavalry.

After checking around, Wang Yu returned to the Taishi Mansion

"You came back pretty quickly." Seeing Wang Yu walk into the main hall, Da Siming said

"With such a small matter, how can I stay outside the city for one day?"Wang Yu joked

"The two countries of Qin and Zhao have reached a stalemate. I think it is better to send troops from Xihe County now to attack Hangu in one fell swoop," said Da Siming.

"No, Qin and Zhao have just entered a stalemate, and they are far from exhausted. We will not get any benefits by sending troops now, it will only make Zhao easier," Wang Yu said

"Now the envoy of the State of Zhao is in the city. He urges me to send troops to raid the Qin army's rear route as soon as possible, so that I can attack with General Lian Po and annihilate the Qin army," said the Moon God.

After the Qin army increased its troops, Zhao Wangdan sent Two envoys went to Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, and Fendu, the capital of Guo, respectively, asking the two countries to send troops to cooperate with Zhao's war. However, South Korea said that it was unable to participate in the war and sent the Zhao envoys away. The angry Zhao Wangdan cursed King Han as a coward.

The Zhao envoy who came to Fendu on the other hand met with Yue Shen several times and expressed King Zhao's wishes. However, Yue Shen dismissed the offer because the number of Guo troops was too small and most of them were new soldiers who lacked training and weapons.

The envoy of Zhao did not believe the Moon God's words, but he did not want to get angry, so he stayed in Fendu, and at the same time sent his entourage back to Zhaodu to report to Zhao Wangdan.

"If you want our army to block the sword for Zhao, there is no way," Wang Yu said

"But I’m afraid it’s not appropriate for the envoy to stay in Fen all the time," Moon God said.

"There is no shortage of food for him in Fendu, so let him live here. He will be well fed and served, and it will save outsiders from gossiping." Wang Yu rubbed his hands and said.

I don't want the envoy of Zhao State to live here alone. More than a year ago.

In the fifty-fifth year of King Nan of Zhou and the forty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (260 BC), the Qin army increased its troops to 500,000 troops many times, and the young men in the country were exhausted. Zhao also increased its troops to forty An army of 50,000 people.

As rumors spread in Zhao about Lian Po's behavior, Zhao Wangdan became suspicious and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo. At this time, the Qin army had already captured Shangdang County, but did not withdraw its troops and instead invaded Zhao. border, the two sides faced off in Changping.

Soon, the Qin State once again lowered the period of recruitment to fourteen years old, and the supplemented Qin army increased to 600,000 troops.

At this time, Zhao State's domestic food reserves were almost exhausted, and even Zhao Wangdan's meals It was also reduced to one meal a day, with only a piece of cake and very few vegetables.

King Zhao ordered the Zhao army on the front line to drive away the Qin army as soon as possible to end the war.

The Qin State could no longer support it, and the national grain and grass allocation Going to the Changping front line, Lao Yingji also supported the front line war by reducing meals like King Zhao.

Both countries have reached the most critical moment.

Guo State and Fendu

"Envoy Zhao, go back and tell King Zhao that our Guo State is willing to assist Zhao State with food and grass. I will give him as much as he wants." Wang Yu summoned the Zhao envoy who had been staying for more than a year and said

"I don’t know if the Marquis of Xining is serious about what he said." Seeing that the Moon God didn’t say anything, Ambassador Zhao asked again.

"What the Marquis of Xining said is what I mean, please ask King Zhao to send someone to the border," Moon God said

"Thank you so much, Grand Master, and the Marquis of Xining. The foreign minister will return home to report to my king." Envoy Zhao hurriedly thanked him, turned around and ran away.

""Come here!" Wang Yu shouted.

""The servant is here, please go to Fendu, Lord Marquis." A fairly beautiful female steward on the side responded respectfully.

Why do I say"fairly" because it is too difficult to find beautiful women who are pleasing to the eye on this interface, otherwise Wei Jingyu would not have been able to do so back then. Caused a sensation in Xianyang

"Please invite General Wei Zhuang and his leaders to come here to discuss matters," Wang Yu ordered.

""Yes." The female steward went out.

After a while, Wei Zhuang led everyone in Liusha to the main hall.

"General Wei Zhuang, there is an errand that you and your men need to do," Wang Yu said.

"What errand? Wei Zhuang asked

"I will give you 25,000 people, together with the most elite armored army, a total of 35,000 people. You can lead them to escort 300,000 shi and food and grass to the border of Zhao for handover. However, the march must be slow. It is best to arrive in September. Zhao Guo" Wang Yu said

"I know," Wei Zhuang responded

""Okay, okay." Wang Yu nodded.

On the other hand, the Zhao envoy hurried back to the capital of Zhao to report Guo's attitude to Zhao Wang Dan. Zhao Wang Dan was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately asked how the dispatch of troops was going, and the Zhao envoy replied: The other party did not propose troops. This made Zhao Wangdan less excited.

In August 260 BC, the grain and grass aid from Guo State had not yet arrived, and the war situation took a turn for the worse against Zhao State. Zhao Kuo fell into Bai Qi's trick of luring the enemy and was captured by the Qin army. They were divided and surrounded, and the food and fodder they carried with the army was about to be exhausted.

"God is really helping me." This is what Wang Yu said after learning the news.