October 10, 259 BC.

Zhao Dan sat on the throne of the head and didn't look very good.

In fact, Zhao Dan was not in a good mood.

Zhao Dan said to Miao Xian beside him: "Miao Qing, please tell me about the news you just received."

Miao Xian responded, and then said to many important officials of Zhao State present: "A few days ago, the Huns had surrounded Yuanyang and were besieging Yuanyang City. In addition, according to the latest information on the front line, the number of people from the Huns who went south this time was not as expected as previously estimated, but had a total of 50,000 cavalry!"

As soon as Miao Xian said this, the ministers of Zhao State present were involuntarily surprised.

Fifty thousand cavalrymen only represent one thing, that is, this time the Huns did not robbery casually as usual, but wanted to play real and big!

Yu Xin couldn't help frowning, looking obviously confused: "Why are the Huns so crazy? Could it be that they want to fight with Zhao State?"

You should know that over the years, Zhao State has maintained peace with the nomadic peoples in the north for a long time. Of course, small-scale friction has always occurred, but large-scale wars have occurred for the first time in nearly ten years.

What happened to the Huns?

Miao Xian quickly gave the answer: "According to Lin Hu's tribe, the snow on the grassland was extremely heavy last year, and many Huns were frozen and starved to death. This was why the Huns marched south in large numbers."

When everyone present heard Miao Xian’s words, their faces were a little subtle.

What the hell, you Huns were hit by snow disaster, and you came to our country of Zhao to fight the autumn wind?

It's a bit too much, big brother! What is our State of Zhao, the transport team leader?

Among them, Zhao Dan was the most unhappy.

Zhao Dan knew the harm of the Huns very clearly.

In the original idea, Zhao Dan planned to wait until the entire China was unified, and then he would find a way to solve the disaster of the Huns. However, what Zhao Dan never expected was that human calculations were not as good as God's calculations. Before the great cause of unification could be done, the Huns came to the door first.

What is the concept of 50,000 cavalry? We can compare the forces of Emperor Wu of Han when he attacked the Huns in history.

In the fifth year of Yuanguang in Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing, Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao and Li Guang's four armies jointly launched an expedition to fight against the Huns, each of which was 10,000 cavalry, totaling 40,000 cavalry.

In the first year of Yuanshuo of Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing was the general of chariots and cavalry. He left Yanmen and 30,000 cavalry to attack the Huns.

In the fifth year of Yuanshuo of Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing led 30,000 cavalry out of Gaoque to attack the right wise king of the Xiongnu, captured more than ten Xiongnu Xiaowang and his troops and more than 15,000 people, millions of animals, and led troops back.

From Wei Qing's examples, we can see that even with the powerful Han Empire at that time and the entire land of China, it could only use 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry at one time.

But now there are 50,000 Hun cavalry on the northern border of Zhao State!

This is undoubtedly a huge threat to Zhao State.

When the ministers of Zhao State heard the news, some people could not sit still and suggested: "Master, it is better to transfer General Lian Po to the north to be responsible for the war in the north."

Due to his victory in the Battle of Changping, Lian Po is undoubtedly the number one general of Zhao State today, and it is also the first choice for Zhao State to be the main general when encountering war.

Zhao Dan did not take on this conversation, but said to Miao Xian: "Has Lin Hu's troops selected a new king?"

"That's right." Miao Xian nodded and said, "The old king of Lin Hu's tribe died of illness three months ago, and then his sons fought in a mess. The new king is the youngest son of Lao Wang."

After a pause, Miao Xian continued: "However, according to what the new king said, Lin Hu's tribe suffered heavy losses due to civil strife and could not send troops to help Zhao Ye for the time being."

After hearing this, Yu Xin, who was standing aside, couldn't help but sneer and said, "I'm afraid it's not because of the heavy losses, but because King Hu Xin of Lin wants to sit down and watch Zhao fight against the Huns and both sides suffer."

Minister Zhao, who were present, looked at each other and agreed with Yu Xin's guess.

Lou Chang even said: "The King Hu of Lin is a Hu man after all. The stubborn people do not accept the king's transformation. They are so unsteady that the king should send troops to destroy it!"

When Zhao Dan heard this, he couldn't help but shrugging his shoulders, thinking that the Huns can't even fix it now, and you still want me to fight Lin Hu? Could you be happy to make the entire grassland fight against Zhao?

Zhao Dan did not take on this conversation, and signaled Miao Xian to continue.

So Miao Xian continued: "According to the secret report of Wei spies, a few days ago, a Qin envoy secretly entered the palace. Later, Wei Wuji entered the palace to pay homage to the King of Wei. When he left the palace, Wei Wuji looked heavy, and the Wei army began to mobilize on a large scale since that day, perhaps to prepare to attack Chu with Qin."

"Wei State attacked Chu?" This news immediately caused a stir among the ministers of Zhao State.

Si Kou Zhao Bao's face was gloomy and he snorted heavily: "This King of Wei has only formed an alliance with Zhao for less than half a year, but now he is attacking Chu with Qin. It's simply hateful!"

Zhao Sheng was also full of dissatisfaction and said to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, it is better to raise an army to attack Wei, so that the King of Wei will know the consequences of his defeat in the alliance!"

Zhao Dan frowned after hearing this, and after a while, he slowly said: "The actions of King Wei are certainly hateful. But don't forget that Qin is the enemy of Zhao now! Miao Qing, what are the changes in Qin's side?"

To be honest, it was quite difficult to infiltrate Qin.

After Shang Yang's reforms, Qin was built into a very strict state machine. Except for fighting, he could not leave his place of residence at will.

In addition to the strict restrictions on merchants by Qin State, there are not many people doing business in Qin State, which leads to any outsider being very conspicuous and easily discovered by Qin State's spies.

Fortunately, Hu Yiwei had another person who could provide cover - Lu Buwei.

Zhao Yiren has returned to Qin and has changed his name to Zhao Zichu. Lu Buwei has also become the number one celebrity around Zhao Zichu.

It was precisely with the help of Lu Buwei that Zhao's infiltration into Qin State still made considerable progress.

Miao Xian said: "Return to the king, Qin has mobilized troops on a large scale and sent all the troops from Bashu. The number of people should be around 200,000. The general will take Wang Yu as the general and attack Chu from Wu Pass!"

Due to the information from Lu Buwei, the information this time can be said to be quite detailed.

The number of 200,000 obviously caused a certain shock to the ministers of Zhao present, and no one spoke for a while.

Although it cannot be compared with the 600,000 in the Battle of Changping, 200,000 is definitely not a number that can be easily dispatched.
Chapter completed!