Spring is here.

This year, the war in Zhao came earlier than in any previous year.

Winter has just passed, and the snow in many places has not even completely melted, and a large number of Zhao troops have gathered in Hedong County.

Since I was already accustomed to this rhythm of war, the war machines of Zhao State were very smooth when they started, and everything was so step by step.

It is naturally impossible to conceal the large-scale deployment of troops and generals from Qin State. Qin State was very vigilant about this. As soon as he obtained the information, he gathered a large number of troops in Hexi, preparing to guard against attacks from Zhao State.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Ze's intense investigation was forced to stop, and the Qin censor had to devote all his energy to the upcoming battle against Qin in Zhao.

So Lu Buwei finally passed this difficulty temporarily.

But Lu Buwei was very clear about his mind, and this was only temporary.

Because when the army was first mobilized, everything was complicated, and it required a lot of manpower and material resources to invest.

After the army has been fully mobilized, there are basically rules for all matters. By that time, Cai Ze will be able to free up his hands and continue to investigate Lu Buwei's case.

Although the rope around Lu Buwei's neck relaxed a little, it was still far from being completely loosened.

At this moment, Lu Buwei finally contacted the new leader sent by the Hu Yiwei of Zhao State to Xianyang.

It was not until this time that Zhao Dan finally understood what happened in Xianyang City in the past winter.

The leader of the Hu Yiwei in Xianyang City left with a secret letter after meeting Lu Buwei for the last time, but was suddenly attacked by Cai Ze and his men.

During this attack, the leader of the Hu Yiwei from the Xianyang City branch was killed, and the secret letter written by Lu Buwei was also searched.

Fortunately, Cai Ze was unable to decipher the secret text composed of Arabic numerals on the secret letter, and no one saw that the leader of the Hu Yiwei did walk out of Lu Buwei's mansion, so Cai Ze still lacked enough decisive evidence to convince Qin King Chu to attack Lu Buwei.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Buwei was able to spend this winter with great difficulty and last until the moment when Zhao State attacked Qin.

Half a month later, the gathered Zhao army began to set off from Pujin Ferry, crossed the Yellow River, and approached the Qin State.

The Qin side obviously knew that it was time for life and death, so King Chu of Qin also crazily raised the combat readiness of the entire Qin State to the highest level, and even collected almost all the adult men who could still act in Qin State, forming an army of 250,000, with Wang Jian as the main general, confronting Li Mu's troops in Yuanli City in Hexi.

However, Zhao's troops were not just the 300,000 troops formed by Li Mu.

The deputy general of this war, Pang Yi, had already begun to be ordered to gather 50,000 cavalry from the border cavalry army of Zhao State, and prepare to go south from Hetao and Shuofang counties, and rush straight to Guanzhong in the Yiqiu, and stabbed the Qin people hard behind the back.

However, because it is different from the Central Plains at this time, the ice and snow in the north have not yet melted, which has a great impact on the march, and it will take a long time to mobilize the troops and horses of the northern counties. Therefore, Pang Yan's cavalry cannot launch an attack like Li Mu's main infantry force, and it will take at least one month to launch it.

The news that Zhao State went to war with Qin State soon spread to Chu State.

Today, the State of Chu has basically been divided into two parts. The eastern part is mainly the territory of the three major families of Zhaojingqu led by Jingtong, while the western part is half of the State of Chu with Yingdu as the center is located under the influence of Li Yuan.

In the past autumn, although there was no war between the two sides, the small-scale friction never stopped.

The arrival of winter forced both sides of Chu to stop their military operations and each had some time to rest and recuperate.

To be honest, before this, both factions of Chu were actually very worried.

After all, anyone can see that the Chu State is the weakest Chu State in history, and it is divided into two halves. If the people of Zhao take advantage of the situation, then this matter will be really difficult to deal with.

However, Zhao has not sent troops to attack Chu. On the contrary, the people of Zhao have attacked Qin.

This undoubtedly made Li Yuan and Jing Tong both relieved.

Li Yuan sat on the main seat of the palace, looking at the humble Qin envoy in front of him. Although his face was expressionless, he felt a little happy in his heart.

Aren’t you Qin people very awesome back then? Didn’t you take our Great Chu seriously at all? How about it? You still have to come and ask for help from our Great Chu?

Yes, at the first time of the war, Qin had sent envoys to contact Li Yuan and Jing Tong, hoping that the two of them could temporarily put aside their grudges and unite to resist Zhao with Qin.

The envoy of Qin State said earnestly: "Kuaiji, if Qin State is destroyed, then there will be only Chu State left in the world. I don't need to say the fate of Chu State, but I think Kuaiji should be able to understand it. So please let go of prejudice and take resisting Zhao as the top priority."

Li Yuan couldn't help but snorted softly when he heard this, saying, "Even if I am willing to truce the battle, Jingtong will definitely not want to truce the battle. You may not know that Jingtong has already swore to the heaven to use my flesh and blood to sacrifice to Jingyang and his tribesmen's spirit in heaven."

Due to his anger towards Zhao State, Li Yuan was willing to temporarily put down his hatred, but the problem was that Li Yuan knew in his heart that the three major families were unwilling to do so.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan's killing in Yingdu did indeed annoy the three major families.

Including Jingyang, the heads of the three major families and many core members died in Li Yuan's mansion, and the sister Jingyang married Li Yuan was also executed by Li Yuan.

When his closest relative was killed in the hands of Li Yuan, it was actually completely understandable that Jing Tong made such an oath.

The Qin envoy coughed and said, "Please don't worry about this. As long as Kuaiji agrees to my king's request, my king has sent an envoy from the three major families and will definitely succeed in mediation."

Li Yuan laughed and said, "Of course I know that the King of Qin has sent an envoy to Jingtong, but look at it, Jingtong cannot agree to a truce with me. I just heard that Jingtong had gathered 50,000 troops and would soon come to attack Yingdu. If Jingtong could not truce, then I could only continue this war."

What Li Yuan said was really nothing wrong. After only three days, Jing Tong had led 50,000 troops across the border between the two sides and attacked Li Yuan's controlled area.

The reason for this is actually very simple. Perhaps Li Yuan was able to realize the necessity of uniting against Zhao and was willing to discuss peace with the three major families and fight against Zhao together, but the problem is that the three major families do not agree.

After all, the three major families are not decided by Jing Tong alone, nor is it the Jing family who has the final say.

Therefore, as long as the mainstream public opinion among the three major families is to destroy Li Yuan, no matter how profound Jing Tong understands the righteousness, he cannot violate the common will of the three major families. He must take the elimination of Li Yuan as his highest goal.

As for Qin State and Chu State may face Zhao State alone in the future, let’s talk about it later.

Among the three major families, there is even a view that is not proclaimed and secretly spreading. This view is that Zhao State will be called sooner or later. If Li Yuan cannot be eliminated before Zhao State comes, then there will probably be no chance of revenge in the future.

So in the hearts of the three major families, this is likely to be the last and the best chance to avenge Li Yuan.

After all, Zhao State will definitely focus all its attention on destroying Qin. It is impossible to send Lian Po to bring an army to cause trouble to the three major families like last year, so that the three major families will fail when they have seen the dawn of success.

So the three major families naturally pressed all the chips and mobilized all the elites they could gather, hoping to destroy Li Yuan, the damn traitor!

If the three major families want to destroy Li Yuan, of course, Li Yuan cannot sit still and wait for death.

Li Yuan himself had organized a 35,000 troops, so after learning that Jingtong was attacking, Li Yuan also led his troops to fight.

The two sides fell into a confrontation on the plain about one hundred miles west of Shouchun City, and a big battle was about to break out.

Although the two envoys from Qin had already persuaded each other very conscientiously, it was obvious that the three major families had no intention of giving up their revenge at all, so such advice could only return without success.

When leaving the military camp of the three major families, a Qin envoy couldn't help but sigh: "If Qin was destroyed, Chu would not exist. Such a short-sighted vision is really...ah!"

The two Qin envoys finally had to return to Qin with a very disappointed and frustrated mood.

Since the Qin envoys did not help Qin to obtain any help, under such circumstances, Qin could only face the war with Zhao.

The Qin people had no way out for this battle, because they knew very well that failure means death.

On the side of Zhao, the elite army of Zhao, which had swept across the four Central Plains, was also in high morale. They also knew very well that Qin was the last tough bone on this road to unifying the six countries.

To eliminate Qin, this is the wish of a total of 350,000 troops from Zhao, from commanding Li Mu to all the soldiers!
Chapter completed!