In the fifth year of the Qin King, there were many voices in Qin that advocated the Qin King's rule. Those who hoped that the Qin King's rule were young generals led by Wang Jian, including Yang Duanhe, Huan Qiong, the son of General Qiang Qiang, and even Changping Jun, Wei people Liao. These were people with good relationships with the Qin King. Unfortunately, these young and powerful officers still do not have the ability to challenge Lu Buwei at this moment.

They gathered in the name of King Zheng of Qin, constantly looking for allies, hoping that Lu Buwei could make concessions, but people like Han Fei and Zhao Kuo did not speak, and the young and strong faction was destined to be unable to realize their ideas in a short time. When Zhao Kuo was surprised to find that Ying Zheng was taller than his mother and could even look at him, Zhao Kuo finally understood two things.

Zheng has grown up.

I am no longer young.

Zheng is seventeen years old this year. Zhao Kuo often remembers when he just raised him. At that time, he was just a little bitch. But now, not to mention Ying Zheng, Cheng Qi and Kang, they have grown up and Zheng has become busy. He can no longer stay at home and accompany his parents like before. He has his own affairs, such as summoning young and strong sects who are close to him, or conducting inspections to increase his prestige and cultivate more confidants.

Cheng Qi is fourteen years old this year. Now, a 16-year-old child can establish a separate household registration and go to war with the army. Therefore, Cheng Qi is not far from adulthood... However, Cheng Qi is still as usual, just like when he was young, not very much like talking. He always has to think about it for a long time before speaking, not as smart as his brother... The worst Kang, now he is twelve years old, is the devil in Xianyang.

The children of the ministers in the court were unable to find any children who had been beaten by Kang. It was also because of the fight that Kang was caught by soldiers several times and handed over to Han Fei for trial. Han Fei was very helpless. According to the laws of Qin, he was less than fifteen years old or under-height, and could forgive his crimes. In this case, the government wanted to arrest his father because his father did not discipline his son well, so Zhao Kuo had to run to Han Fei every day and pay the fine.

Sometimes it was a shield, sometimes it was a armor... Of course, Kang was beaten by his father, but he never changed his mind. He didn't like reading, nor did he like the law. On weekdays, he would take the children in Xianyang to play around. He liked riding horses, playing football, and fighting with the corners... While he was disgusted with reading, he loved military affairs and often secretly ran to participate in practice with the people.

He also likes to shoot arrows and often begs his brother with bows and arrows, asking him to allow himself to hunt in the forest.

Facing such a naughty son, Zhao Kuo also had a headache. He could only continue to step up his discipline. He could not say that this concubine's son did nothing. Every time he risked being beaten, he would take all his prey home, and after it was cooked, he would feed it to his eldest mother himself... Among all the grandsons, Zhao's mother probably liked this naughty grandson the most, and Yi was also. Although Kang had a irritable personality, he never talked back to his mother. He would listen to whatever his mother said, and acted very well in front of Yi.

Kang also felt the pain of Zheng at the beginning. After Shan gradually grew up and was able to run away, she began to destroy her brother's treasures. Sometimes she hid Kang's bow and arrow, or let his prey run away, or broke Kang's little toys. Whenever Kang was furious, Zheng always smiled loudly: OK, you have today too! Retribution!

However, among Shan’s brothers, Kang probably loved her the most. Because Shan wanted to raise a rabbit, Kang ran up the mountain with his hunting tools and never came back for several days. When Zhao Kuo took people all over the mountains and fields to find him, he finally found Kang, who was catching two rabbits and smiling foolishly. Shan got the rabbit he wanted, but Kang was almost beaten to death by his father.

King Ying Zheng of Qin sat in the palace. In front of him, there were Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe and others. The King of Qin raised the wine cup to toast his confidants. After everyone drank, Ying Zheng asked: "I heard that Yan State's Ju Xin led 100,000 soldiers to attack Zhao State. Isn't this a chance for Qin State?" Wang Jian, who was sitting next to him, looked at everyone present, and then said: "I don't think it's."

"oh?"

The King of Qin looked at him and waited for his next sentence.

Wang Jian then said seriously: "Because of building canals, locust plagues, conquering Wei State... Qin State itself does not have much food..." In fact, there is another very important reason why Qin State does not have much food is that Xinlingjun burned the Huashan granary... But Wang Jian did not mention this. This is a taboo among the Qin people. Everyone chose to forget this point. The Qin Censors are very interesting. They rarely record the failed wars, or they just mentioned it in one sentence, using words like "failed to conquer".

"Under such a situation, the most important thing for Qin State is to build a canal. After the domestic reserve of food and weapons is enough... we will conquer the countries. Now they kill each other. This is a great thing for Qin State." Wang Jian said, then looked at Wei Liao opposite him. Obviously, he had exchanged ideas with Wei Liao before. Wei Liao also stroked his beard and said with a smile: "That's true."

Although these young and strong sects are eager for military merits, they will not launch wars that are unfavorable to Qin. The King of Qin nodded and continued: "Okay, then wait until the canal is completed and I will take charge of the rule, and then use you to destroy the countries and the world is the king..."

At this time, the Yan State's army had already rushed towards Zhao State. The Yan State sent a hundred thousand troops. Now, the national strength of all countries has been severely weakened, and the 100,000 troops is not a small number. Ju Xin still used his military talents to successfully capture more than a dozen cities bordering Yan State. The garrisons in various places were no match for Ju Xin at all. Ju Xin was promoting while stabilizing his rear and ensuring food and supplies, and was very cautious.

Handan, the King of Zhao's face was very ugly. He did not expect that Yan State would dare to use troops to him. Zhao State had just experienced a locust plague. Although it was not as serious as Qin State, for Zhao State, such a disaster was already unbearable for Zhao State... There was a grain shortage in Zhao State. Fortunately, even if the Prime Minister Jianxinjun provided relief, he did not starve to death.

King Zhao frowned and looked at his ministers, then asked: "The Yan people tore up the alliance and took the initiative to attack Zhao State. What do you think?" Jianxin Jun took the lead and said: "There are not enough soldiers in China, and the food and grass are not enough to support a war. Please send a general to resist the Yan people, and then ask Wu'an Jun to rush to the frontier to summon soldiers. As long as he can resist the Yan people for a period of time, when Wu'an Jun comes back with the frontier army, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy."

King Zhao nodded. This idea was good. Zhao State had no way to recruit so many soldiers due to locust plague. However, Zhao State had enough power to guard against the Hu people in the border areas, so it was OK to let Li Mu mobilize this force to fight. But King Zhao was still a little worried that Qin State would also send troops and compete with Yan State for the best achievements of Zhao State. Fortunately, Jianxin Jun appeased King Zhao, and the Qin State would not be able to send troops.

Next, it is the question of who will take people to resist the Yan people.

"Shangjun... please let me lead the army to resist Ju Xin." Mr. Pang stood up tremblingly and bowed to King Zhao. King Zhao widened his eyes. He smiled and looked at Mr. Pang in front of him, then shook his head and said, "Mr. Pang... How can I bear to let you go to the battlefield at your age? This is not possible, this is not possible, so why should I let Tian Yue go!" Mr. Pang said seriously: "Jusin is not something that Tian Yue can defeat."

"Tian Yue is cautious and can fulfill the orders of the chief general... but cannot be the chief general..." Mr. Pang shook his head and said, "Let me do it." King Zhao looked at him and hesitated. Mr. Pang was really too old. King Zhao was very worried that the old general would not only make him lose an important minister, but also affect the outcome of this war. He looked at Jianxinjun and Guo Kai.

Guo Kai narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment before he smiled and said, "Only General Pang Qian can bear such a heavy responsibility! General Pang Qian is a veteran general of Zhao State. When he comes to command the army to Yan State, he will definitely be able to repel the Yan people!" Jianxin Jun hesitated for a moment before choosing to believe Pang Gong. He nodded and said, "That's all." Both of them agreed, so King Zhao naturally did not refuse again.

He just asked repeatedly, hoping that Mr. Pang would take care of himself. If he felt bad, he could write a book immediately. I would send another person. General Li Mu would go to support him soon. Don't worry too much. In the end, Mr. Pang left Handan with more than 60,000 soldiers from Zhao State and headed to the border. However, Mr. Pang's marching route was very strange. He did not directly lead the army to participate in the frontal battle. He bypassed some small-scale battlefields and came directly to the Changshan area. He then made a defensive posture here.

Deputy General Tian Yue was very surprised. He asked, "General, now the enemies are all in Wusui, Song Zi and other cities. Not only do you not go to rescue those cities, but you have to set up defense lines in Changshan. Why is this?"

Pang Gong asked: "Ju Xin had taken several cities in a row, and was his army seriously injured?"

"Nothing serious."

"Wu Sui, are the cities of Song Zi stronger than the ones he had previously captured?"

“Not this.”

"Yes, Ju Xin surrounded these cities but did not occupy them. His purpose was not to take away the cities, but to destroy my army. If I go to rescue, I will definitely be ambushed by him. I took advantage of this time to build a defense line in Changshan. If he wants to advance into Handan, we can cut off his retreat. Besides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack here. Even if he has 200,000 troops, he may not be able to attack."

Tian Yue suddenly realized.

Sure enough, after learning that Mr. Pang had not been to support him, he went to Changshan instead, Ju Xin quickly captured the cities, gathered a large army, and launched an attack on Changshan. Mr. Pang could no longer take the crossbow, and he could not shoot the enemy in person. He could only command the troops from all over the country. When Mr. Pang was approaching the city wall, Mr. Pang ordered the defenders not to fight back.

When the Yan people were getting closer and both sides could even see each other's faces, Pang Gong ordered the archery to shoot.

At that moment, Zhao State's arrows were overwhelming, and just one round of arrows caused great casualties to the Yan people. Ju Xin attacked from all sides at the same time. Pang Gong chose to use the favorable terrain in the local area to set up defense lines according to local conditions. At the same time, Pang Gong only allowed less than 20,000 troops to participate in the defense, and the other soldiers were still resting in various places. When Ju Xin's offensive continued to increase, the garrisons in various places could not bear it and were defeated, but Pang Gong still refused to allow the rest of the soldiers to participate in the defense of the city.

Seeing that the city's counterattack was getting smaller and smaller, and the Zhao's reinforcements might also arrive in the near future, Ju Xin chose to make a concerted effort and sent all his troops to attack the city. At this time, the city was almost broken, and at the order of Pang Gong, the gate of the city was suddenly opened. The Zhao army, who was raising energy, rushed out and fought directly with the Yan people. The Yan army was very frightened and retreated one after another.

Ju Xin continued to fight with his men, but Pang Gong cut off the ties from the two wings and had no choice but to withdraw his troops helplessly.

In this battle, the Yan people suffered huge losses. Ju Xin pulled the rest of the soldiers to retreat, and met the frontier cavalry commanded by Li Mu. Li Mu attacked Ju Xin's rear, making full use of the high power of the cavalry, cut the battlefield back and forth, and chasing the deserters, causing Ju Xin to be defeated again. Ju Xin immediately retreated again. By this time, his 100,000 army had less than 40,000 people left... When he retreated all the way to the Songzicheng area, Ju Xin met Princess Pang's force waiting here.

It turned out that Mr. Pang had already guessed the direction of his retreat. After repelling his attack, he led his main force to march at full speed in advance, and came here, waiting for Ju Xin.

The two sides fought again, and Pang Gong made all preparations and surrounded the Yan army without leaving any way to escape. Under the siege, Ju Xin personally led the army to break through. The soldiers of Yan, who were not very powerful in combat, chose to surrender one after another. On the one hand, Pang Gong recruited these surrendered troops, and on the other hand, continued to pursue Ju Xin. Finally, with the cooperation of Li Mu, Ju Xin's final breakthrough was also declared failure.

Ju Xin saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and as the tiger-wolf-like soldiers of Zhao kept charging towards him, he just held a shield and kept waving the spear in his hand, killing one after another of the soldiers of Zhao State after another, until he was exhausted and bleeding all over his body, he was surprised to find that there were no Yan people around him, and there were soldiers of Zhao State around him, holding spears and looking at him carefully.

Ju Xin looked at the corpses of the Yan people in the distance. He even saw his son lying in the pile of corpses.

Mr. Pang sat on the chariot, drove slowly, and stopped directly in front of Ju Xin.

"Surrender...Xin...Yan Country is not worth your doing...The Yan people who go to war with you have surrendered...and you, Zhao people..."

Ju Xin's tears washed away two traces on his face, and the blood stains were washed away... Ju Xin raised his head, looked at Pang Gong in the distance, and suddenly raised the spear in his hand... Blood splashed everywhere, Ju Xin fell down and fell among the corpses.

Mr. Pang just stared at his old friend's body dumbly and couldn't speak for a long time.
Chapter completed!