Hedong County, Qinguo, Anyi.

As the capital of the Wei State, the overlord of the Warring States Period, Anyi was the largest city in Hedong County and the seat of the county administration.

Today's county keeper of Hedong County of Qin State is named Wang Ji, who is about fifty years old, with a long face and pointed chin, a beard that reaches to his chest, a thin body, and a pair of small eyes, which looks quite shrewd.

The importance of Hedong County to the Qin State can be ranked in the top three of all counties, so this position can be said to be an out-and-out fragrant bun, and being able to serve as the Taishou of Hedong County is either extremely capable or has a strong background.

Wang Ji's ability to be honest is average, if you are a county commander, it may be more suitable, and if you are a county guard, it is actually okay.

The reason why Wang Ji was able to become the Taishou of Hedong County was actually because of the background.

Speaking of which, Wang Ji is also a good fate, hugging a super thick thigh.

This thigh is today's Qin State Xiangbang Fan Sui.

Speaking of how Wang Ji hugged Fan Sui's thigh, it is still a legendary story.

Fan Sui was originally from Wei, but he was almost killed by Wei Dafu Xu Jia and Wei Qi, the then minister of Wei, but fortunately, Fan Sui wittily pretended to be dead and escaped, and with the help of Zheng Anping, he escaped incognito.

At this time, Wang Ji happened to come to Wei as a diplomatic envoy of Qin, so Fan Sui caught up with Wang Ji through Zheng Anping's line.

After only one meeting, Fan Sui relied on his talent to convince Wang Ji, and Wang Ji decided to take Fan Sui into Qin.

After returning to Xianyang, Wang Ji recommended Fan Sui to Qin Wangji, and has been actively saying good things for Fan Sui, which can be regarded as contributing a lot to Fan Sui's final ascension.

Fan Sui has a characteristic, that is, "the virtue of a meal will be repaid, and the grievances of the eyes will be repaid." ”

Therefore, after Fan Sui became the prime minister of Qin, Wang Ji ran to ask Fan Sui for an official, and Fan Sui immediately made a statement to Qin Wangji, so that Wang Ji could directly ascend to the sky and become a member of the party such as the county guard of Hedong County.

From then to now, Wang Ji has been the county guard of Hedong County for six years.

To be honest, Wang Ji, the county guard of Hedong County, is quite worry-free.

Thanks to a complete set of Qin state systems designed by Shang Ying, the officials of the entire Qin State can be said to have their own duties and responsibilities, and Wang Ji, as the county guard, basically only needs to act according to the laws and systems left by Shang Ying.

Therefore, after a few years, Wang Ji, the county guard, can be regarded as decent and smooth.

In general, Wang Ji has been an official in Hedong County in the past few years, which is quite comfortable and in a good mood.

But Wang Ji's good mood has ended since the Battle of Changping last year.

In the Battle of Changping, the Qin army on the losing side paid a huge amount of casualties, and among the dead and wounded Qin soldiers, except for Guanzhong, Wang Ji's Hedong County soldiers had the most!

In the Warring States Period, the army was generally divided into two types: standing army and county soldiers, the standing army was needless to say that the full-time soldiers who received military salaries, and the county soldiers were farmers in peacetime and were called up to fight in wartime.

And the county soldiers usually play the role of cannon fodder, if they win, it's okay to say, if they lose, the county soldiers generally die the most.

The death of a large number of soldiers in Hedong County in the Battle of Changping last year inevitably led to a shortage of labor in Hedong County, which in turn affected the spring plowing and autumn harvest of Hedong County this year.

According to statistics, under almost the same climatic conditions, the grain harvested in Hedong County this year is as much as 20% less than last year!

Of course, Wang Ji was severely reprimanded by Qin Wangji and Xiangbang Fan Sui.

If it weren't for Fan Sui still thinking about that little bit of affection, Wang Ji would not be able to say that he would continue to be the county guard of Hedong County now, and whether he could save his life was a question.

Not only that, not long after that, Wang Ji heard another piece of news that made him anxious.

Zhao Guo, the new overlord who defeated Qin in the Battle of Changping, is now ready to move, and the target is likely to be Hedong County, where Wang Ji is now!

That's Zhao Guo!

Just when Wang Ji's heart was beating and he didn't know what to do, he secretly sent another general from Xianyang.

This general was none other than Meng Fu, who was sitting in the study of the county guard mansion at this moment, only a few steps away from Wang Ji.

Meng Fu looked at Wang Ji, and said with blazing eyes: "Lord Taishou, the amount of the county soldiers is still short of 30,000 now, and I ask Lord Taishou to assemble quickly." ”

"What?" Wang Ji was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but speak: "I have already recruited 50,000 young men according to the general's order, how can there be a shortage of 30,000?" ”

Meng Fu said in a deep voice: "Xianyang has just sent an order, the Zhao army has already sent troops, and it is possible to attack Hedong County at any time, so I ordered me to gather all the young people in Hedong County and prepare to meet the Zhao people." ”

Meng Fu said and took out an order from his bosom and put it in front of Wang Ji.

Wang Ji picked up this order and looked at it, and found that it was indeed an order from Qin Wangji and Xiangbang Fan Sui, and the content on it was the same as what Meng Fu had just said.

Wang Ji frowned, feeling a little surprised.

But this order was actually given to Wang Ji and Meng Fu, but it was sent to Meng Ji first, which made Wang Ji's heart a little unhappy.

After all, in Wang Ji's opinion, he is the confidant of Xiangbang Fan Sui, and this order should also be handed over to him first.

It's just that he is not happy, but Fan Sui didn't see anything unusual on his face, but agreed very happily: "Please rest assured, the general, I should gather the young man as soon as possible and send him to the general's barracks." ”

Meng Fu nodded and said, "That's very good, since that's the case, then I'll leave first." ”

Meng Fu is also a soldier's straight temper, and he left directly after saying things.

Looking at the figure of Meng Fu leaving, Wang Ji frowned, and couldn't help but snort: "But the general of the defeated army is also majestic in front of Dawu!" ”

Wang Ji also has some opinions about Meng Ao, not because of anything else, but because Meng Biao is the deputy general of Sima Terrier in the Battle of Yewang City, and he is also one of the parties and commanders of the Qin army's defeat.

At least more than 30,000 soldiers from Hedong County were killed in that battle!

It can be said that the reason why Wang Ji was reprimanded this year really has something to do with the disadvantage of Meng's war.

As a result, such a defeated general was not held accountable after returning to China, but appeared in front of Wang Ji alive, and was even able to take charge of the army again?

To be honest, Wang Ji really couldn't figure it out.

But Wang Ji knew very well in his heart that since such an order had come from Xianyang, it meant that the war was really going to break out in the land of Hedong County soon.

Wang Ji pondered for a long time and couldn't help but sigh.

"The Zhao army is strong, how should this battle be good..."

The main forces of Zhao State have all come to the door, but what Wang Ji can rely on is only a defeated general like Meng Fu and 80,000 soldiers of Hedong County! This made Wang Ji not optimistic about the situation of this battle at all.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the study.

Wang Ji's confidant butler walked in and told Wang Ji a piece of news that shocked him extremely much.

"The head of the family, the envoy of the Zhao State has arrived, I wonder if the head of the family wants to meet with this person?"