Yiqu City.

Lu Buwei stood at the top of Yiqu City and looked at the plateau outside the city, his heart full of melancholy.

This trip to send troops is not a good job.

At this time, Lu Buwei had certainly reacted. The reason why Cai Ze found a way to get himself out of Xianyang was probably to do some small moves behind his back.

But to be honest, Lu Buwei was not very worried about Cai Ze's small actions, because Lu Buwei knew very well that the relationship between him and the King of Qin was an absolute friendship in distress, at least for the moment, that was not something that anyone could replace.

So what Lu Buwei is most concerned about now is actually the current job of conquering Yiqiu.

To be honest, Lu Buwei still has a headache about this job.

This is not because Lu Buwei was afraid of destroying Yiqiu and dissatisfied Zhao State. What Lu Buwei was afraid of being unable to win the war, which led to Qin Wang Chu losing trust in him.

This is a fatal thing.

Lv Buwei stood at the top of the city and thought to himself: "I heard that the Zhao army did not send one army and one soldier to protect Yiqu this time, which is enough to prove that the King of Zhao should not attach too much importance to Yiqu. However, judging from the information of Hu Yiwei, it seems that Li Mu is in the Yiqu army, so it is no wonder that Wang Yan and Wang Ling have no choice but to have the Yiqu people."

Lu Buwei thought again, "If this happens, maybe I should send a letter to Handan to see if King Zhao can give up Yiqu and let me get this credit smoothly? But the question is, if King Zhao really does this, will he feel that I am not capable enough?"

Lu Buwei was a little confused.

In fact, Lu Buwei knew very well that the reason why this battle came to this point was not because the Yiqu people were so powerful, but because the Yiqu people were Li Mu as a think tank behind them.

Lu Buwei is a very smart leader, so he can see the value of Li Mu.

Judging from the ability Li Mu showed in cavalry wars over the past few years, as long as this guy stands on the side of the Yiqu people, the Yiqu people will be in a huge trouble for Qin. But if Li Mu leaves Yiqu or even stands on the opposite side of Yiqu, then the demise of Yiqu Kingdom will be a matter of time sooner or later.

Lu Buwei thought again: "If King Zhao still thinks that I want to play a role, he should be able to give up Yiqu. After all, even if Yiqu does not form a restraint on the Qin Dynasty, Zhao State now has two Hetao counties in the north of the Qin Dynasty, which is actually enough to pose a threat to the northern part of the Qin Dynasty."

Lu Buwei continued to think: "It would be better if I directly ordered the Hu Yiwei in Xianyang to secretly contact Li Mu and let Li Mu leave quietly? It's not appropriate. What if Li Mu's mouth is not reliable and my identity is exposed? And King Zhao probably wouldn't be happy about this behavior."

After thinking about it, Lu Buwei finally made up his mind.

"Forget it, I will write a copy of the book to Handan later and ask the King of Zhao to give up Yiqu. As long as the King of Zhao understands my current situation, he should agree."

This has been almost a month since Lu Buwei came to Yiqu City. During this month, Lu Buwei had no intention of fighting against the outside world except to defend Yiqu City.

The reason for this is that Lu Buwei knew very well that only tens of thousands of infantry under his command could fight against the cavalrymen of Yiqiu Kingdom who came and went like the wind? It would be better for Wang Yan and Wang Ling to do the main combat matters, but Wang Yan had not sent military information for almost half a month, so he would have to write to ask later.

Unless the location where Yiqu people, women and children can be found, and the camp where Yiqu people, women and children can be destroyed in one fell swoop, this will severely damage the morale and people's hearts of the Yiqu Country.

In fact, Lu Buwei had a general judgment on the location of the women and children of Yiqu Country. He believed that tens of thousands of women and children of Yiqu Country must be somewhere near the border of Zhao State.

Lu Buwei didn't have to think that the Yiqiu people planned that as soon as they found traces of the Qin army, they would immediately retreat into Zhao State. In this way, with protection in Zhao State, security would not be a problem.

If the speed was fast enough, Lu Buwei could have defeated these uncombatious women and children with a blitzkrieg.

Lu Buwei naturally had no pity for these Yiqu people, but the problem now is that Lu Buwei has not yet figured out where these Yiqu countries are. After all, the border between Yiqu countries and Zhao countries is hundreds of miles away.

It is really a very, very difficult task to find the Yiqu women and children stationed in these hundreds of miles in front of the Yiqu cavalry who can see the wind everywhere on the plateau.

After a long time, Lu Buwei sighed and a wry smile appeared on his face: "Cai Ze, Cai Ze, you old boy, this time you really have a big and small problem for me."

That's true, but Lu Buwei did not feel too stressed. After all, as long as the order from Handan came, Lu Buwei could mobilize the Hu Yiwei of Qin and Hu Yiwei of Hetao counties to cooperate to obtain information from Yiqu people. Next, he could use thunder to eliminate the women and children of Yiqu people, and even use a little trick to kill the main cavalry of Yiqu people together.

Lu Buwei knew very well that he didn't spend much time here. The longer he wasted here, the higher the possibility of Cai Ze's wind and rain in Xianyang City.

No matter what trouble Cai Ze was going to do, Lu Buwei felt that he had to stop him. This was not for Qin and Zhao, but for self-protection.

At this point, Lu Buwei and Cai Ze are already the mortal enemies of the political arena, and the struggle between the two can only end with one of them leaving the world sadly.

Lu Buwei felt that he would definitely not be the one who failed, so he must solve the problem of Yiqu people as soon as possible.

At this moment, Lu Buwei, who was standing on the top of the city, suddenly felt something and subconsciously turned his attention to the south.

A little smoke suddenly appeared in the distant southern land. After a while, I slowly approached and found that it was a small-scale cavalry.

After a while, Lu Buwei discovered that it was not someone else who came, but the messenger of Qin from Guanzhong.

"Eight hundred miles of urgent items?" Lu Buwei's eyes fell on the flag behind the messenger in the center of the cavalry. His pupils shrank slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.

A moment later, the messenger quickly climbed to the top of the city and met Lu Buwei very respectfully. Then he handed a letter to Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei knew that something big must have happened when he could use a messenger of this level to deliver the letter, so he didn't say nonsense and opened the letter directly on the spot.

After reading this letter, Lu Buwei's face suddenly changed drastically. He walked down the city wall quickly, called his own captain and deputy general, and said to the captain of the guard: "Prepare horses, I will rush back to Xianyang immediately!"

Then Lu Buwei said to his deputy general: "Send the order, the army will set off the camp tomorrow and leave here and return to Xianyang!"

"What?" The deputy general obviously didn't understand what Lu Buwei meant, and his face was full of confusion.

However, Lu Buwei had no intention of explaining to the deputy general at all. Instead, he rode the horse led by the captain of the personal guard in the stunned expression of the deputy general, and then headed towards the south of Guanzhong Juechen without stopping for a moment.

The deputy general looked at Lu Buwei's figure who was moving away quickly and couldn't help but murmur: "It's already dusk now, can't you wait until tomorrow to set off?"

Two days later, Lu Buwei, who had been traveling almost without sleep, returned to Xianyang as fast as possible, and entered the Xianyang Palace, where he met the Qin King Chu and a group of important officials of the Qin State.

King Chu of Qin smiled and said to Lu Buwei: "Wu Chengjun, this matter is a bit sudden. I recalled you in one go, so that your plan to conquer Yiqu failed. You shouldn't blame me, right?"

Lu Buwei bowed to King Chu of Qin and smiled bitterly, "The king is joking. I am the king's minister. How dare I question the king's decision? I just want to ask why I have left Xianyang for such a major change in the national policy of Qin within less than a month. Could it be that someone made some slander in front of the king?"

When Lu Buwei spoke, his eyes were always on Cai Ze, and his intentions were already very obvious.

Cai Ze smiled and said to Lu Buwei without showing any weakness: "Wu Chengjun's words are very wrong. This decision was made by the king. Does Wu Chengjun want to question the king's decision?"

Lu Buwei snorted and was about to speak, but King Chu of Qin waved his hand, interrupted Lu Buwei, and then said: "Wu Chengjun, this time I summoned you back is not to discuss whether to attack Zhao. I have made up my mind. Wu Chengjun only needs to help me take charge."

Seeing that King Chu of Qin was so firm, Lu Buwei couldn't help but feel very depressed. He knew that this was not the best time to persuade King Chu of Qin, so he sat down patiently and wanted to understand what was going on.

As the saying goes, I don’t know if I don’t listen. I was shocked when I heard it. I heard that King Chu of Qin said: “Three days later, it’s time to send troops to Zhao State. There is no problem with the war preparations I asked the ministers to make, right?”

After Lu Buwei left, Cai Ze, who was temporarily responsible for taking charge of the overall situation, immediately stood up and said, "Please rest assured that all the military supplies have been prepared, and there is no problem."

When Lu Buwei heard this, he widened his eyes and couldn't help but speak, "King, the troops led by the two generals Wang and Wang Ling are still in Yiqu Kingdom. Even if they can grow wings, they will not be able to come hundreds of miles away within three days to launch an attack on the Zhao Kingdom in Kanto."

King Chu of Qin glanced at Cai Ze when he heard this, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

After a while, King Chu of Qin said, "Wu Chengjun doesn't know anything. Half a month ago, Wang He and Wang Ling withdrew their troops from Yiqu Kingdom under my order. Now the troops led by Wang He should have arrived in Yinjin City, and launching an attack is something that can be done at any time."

"What?" Lu Buwei widened his eyes once again, his heart full of shock. He never expected that King Chu of Qin had done so many major things without hiding it, but as a prime minister, he knew nothing.

No wonder Wang He hasn't sent a military information notice to himself who is stationed in Yiqu City for so long. It turns out that Wang He has long been no longer in the Yiqu people's borders!

Lu Buwei suddenly felt extremely regretful in his heart. It would be great if he had discovered this earlier...

Suddenly, Lu Buwei woke up completely and stared at Cai Ze with a playful smile on his face.

It turned out that this old guy transferred himself out of Xianyang City for such a thing.
Chapter completed!