Lü Buwei did not lie in the secret letter, and three days later, the entire Xianyang City was enveloped in an atmosphere of ubiquitous sadness.

In order to commemorate the second anniversary of his father's death, Qin Wang Chu ordered the entire Xianyang to prohibit marriage and driving, and mourned for his father for a day.

Shortly after the sacrificial ceremony, a large number of black people fell down in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, and the civil and military officials of the Qin State were crowded in the main hall, causing the air in the hall to be very stuffy, and many obese officials were sweating but did not dare to get up at all, lest others find out their rudeness.

But even so, from time to time, an official suddenly fell to the ground with a grunt in this low sob, and then his colleagues would watch with envy as the prepared palace doctor carried out this guy who was called over-grieved and was actually suffering from heat stroke to replenish water, and then he could get out of this sea of suffering.

And the one kneeling in front of everyone is naturally the young Qin monarch Qin Wang Chu.

Qin Wang Chu was kneeling with red eyes at the moment, his face was full of sorrow, and he looked like a son who was very sad about his deceased father.

In fact, to be honest, this is the second year since the death of King Qin Huiwen, King Qin of King Chu's father, and there was no need to hold this sacrificial ceremony at all.

The reason why this is so is entirely because of Cai Ze's suggestion. Because he has recently been favored, Cai Ze is also proud in front of Qin Wang Chu, and he has a tendency to overwhelm Lu Buwei.

Cai Ze is not stupid, he naturally knows that if he wants to get rid of Lu Buwei, he must first make Qin Wang Chu's trust in himself exceed his trust in Lu Buwei, so in order to please Qin Wang Chu, he specially came up with such an idea.

Cai Ze told Qin Wang Chu that if a sacrificial ceremony was held, it would not only make Qin and all the countries in the world feel that the king was a filial son, but also make the people of Qin love the king more, and at the same time, he could also use this opportunity to stimulate the morale of the people of Qin to resist the upcoming invaders of Zhao, which can be said to be a multiplicity.

Qin Wang Chu was originally a person with very soft ears, and when he heard Cai Ze's two, three, or four benefits come out, he was naturally moved, and immediately approved this sacrificial ceremony despite Lu Buwei's obstruction.

Rituals like this are usually so long that people want to doze off, so just when it was lunch time, Qin Wang Chu, who was a little impatient, stood up and wanted to go to the meal.

Perhaps because he had been kneeling for a long time, Qin Wang Chu's body shook violently when he first stood up, and the whole person stumbled to the side, but fortunately, Lu Buwei, who had been kneeling behind Qin Wang Chu, quickly stood up and stretched out his hand to support Qin Wang Chu steadily.

"The king must put state affairs first, and not be overly sad." Lu Buwei said in a low voice of relief.

Qin Wang Chu glanced at Lu Buwei gratefully, nodded at Lu Buwei, and then turned to the Qin ministers in front of him and said, "Okay, all of you must be tired, let's go eat first." ”

Just now, the courtiers suffered heat stroke one after another, but Qin Wang Chu's heart was the same as Mingjing, if he fainted from hunger a few more, then he, the king, was really a little bit of that.

Of course, the most important point is that Qin Wang Chu himself is hungry.

Maybe it's because he was used to being lonely when he was a proton in Handan, so Qin Wang Chu liked to let the minister chat with him while eating.

In the past, in most cases, it was almost Lü Buwei's patent and favor to accompany Qin Wang Chu to dinner, but today it has become Lü Buwei and Cai Ze.

The meals are very simple, after all, it is the period of filial piety, and the etiquette must be observed, although the situation of keeping filial piety for a day is strange enough.

Maybe it's because he has been kneeling for a long time, today's Qin Wang Chu's appetite looks okay, and he swept away the simple but absolutely attentive dishes in front of him in three strokes and two clicks, and then drank the summer soup in front of him, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief with great satisfaction, and asked Lu Buwei in front of him: "Wu Chengjun, how is the battle situation in Suiyang these days?" ”

For the monarchs and rulers of any country now, the battle situation on the Suiyang battlefield is definitely the top priority that must be understood every day, after all, it is the place where the victory or defeat of the whole war is decided, and it is also the place where every monarch is hoped.

Lü Buwei replied very respectfully: "Back to the king, now that the Four Nations Alliance and the Zhao army are still in a confrontation, the Zhao army seems to want to delay time and wait for the turnaround. ”

Qin Wang Chu was stunned for a moment, then a mocking smile flashed on his face, and said, "With the situation of Zhao State now, what kind of turnaround can there be?" It's ridiculous! ”

For the current war situation, Qin Wang Chu is still very confident, after all, no matter what, it is absolutely impossible to compare with all the other countries in the world with the strength of this mere Zhao State.

The Qin State under the rule of King Qin Zhaoxiang, the grandfather of Qin Wang Chu, was so powerful, wasn't it also possible to take a defensive position in front of the Six-Nations Alliance?

So Qin Wang Chu turned to ask another question: "What about Li Mu?" What is Li Mu's current trend? ”

Compared with the war in Suiyang City, which did not have much suspense in the eyes of Qin Wang Chu, in fact, this Qin monarch was still more concerned about Li Mu's situation.

In the past few years, the name Li Mu has brought countless pains and sorrows to the dignified Great Qin, and it is simply an almost nightmare existence.

Now in the folklore of the Qin people, Li Mu has been described as a demon and monster from the underworld, and the old Qin people use "If you are naughty again, the great demon king Li Mu will arrest you to the underworld!" This kind of talk is used to scare naughty children, and it works fairly easily.

Lü Buwei replied very respectfully: "Judging from the situation a few days ago, Li Mu has gathered the main force of the Zhao State Border Cavalry Legion and the Yiqu people to merge, and now he is leading more than 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry to go south with great fanfare, and the target seems to be Shaoliang City or Yin Jin City. It seems that Li Mu may have wanted to conquer one of these two cities, so as to cut off the connection between Guanzhong and the main force on the front. ”

Qin Wang Chu's brows twitched slightly, and then he asked, "How is the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls formulated before?" ”

Lü Buwei replied: "It was very successful, almost all the people had completely withdrawn into the nearby cities, and the minister could assure the king that this time Li Musuo's troops would definitely not be able to obtain enough military rations at Guan. ”

In order to stop Li Mu from going south this time, the Qin State also paid a very heavy price, that is, now it has just grown halfway, and it seems that there are still four or five months to be harvested The grain has been urgently harvested by the Qin people, and those who are too late to harvest have also ordered the people of Qin to burn them before leaving.

In this way, this year's harvest in Guanzhong is inevitable. But the advantage of this is that it is impossible for Li Mu to get much supply in such a pass.

As long as Li Mu can't get enough supplies, then Li Mu has only two options in front of him, the first is to face the strong city of the Qin people, and the second is to retreat in disgrace, after all, cavalry and infantry are different, it is impossible to carry a large amount of baggage and military rations.

According to the speculation of many generals of the Qin State and the experience of fighting Li Mu before, at most ten days and half a month, Li Mu, who had no food and grass, had to retreat.

If Li Mu retreats quickly, then Guanzhong can urgently plant a wave of soybeans, and he can barely have a little capital to survive.

Of course, this soybean alone is not enough to solve the problem of food shortage, but the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State have already figured out a way to deal with it.

Due to the fact that the Qin army went east for thousands of miles to fight this time, and Li Mu harassed him in the backyard Guanzhong, it was determined that the grain and grass of the Qin army would be jointly borne by the three countries of Han, Chu and Wei when the Six Nations Anti-Zhao Alliance was established at the beginning.

As a result, the Qin State saved a large amount of military rations, and the Qin King Chu happened to use the saved military rations to start relief for the Qin people who had no food this winter.

In addition, in the past two years, with the continuous progress of the water conservancy project led by Li Bing in Shuzhong, the grain output in Shuzhong has also risen year after year, and this year it has approached the level of eighty percent in Guanzhong, which is the highest value in the past years.

Before this, although the founder of the Enlightened Dynasty, the Enlightened Emperor Ling, had also treated the water, but it did not fundamentally solve the problem of waterlogging in Shuzhong, but with the continuous progress of Li Bing's Jiangyan project, the Shu County Taishou even wrote on the fold that "in less than ten years, the output of the land of Bashu can be used by the entire Great Qin".

It can be expected that Bashu will soon become the big granary of the Qin State in the next few years, and at that time, the people of the Qin State will really not have to worry about this lack of food.

Cai Ze on the side has never had any sense of existence, and this one also took the opportunity to cough, and interjected: "King, what the minister wants to say is that don't underestimate the columnists of Zhao State. In the past few years, what Zhao is best at is relying on those columnists to reverse black and white, so that other countries can join Zhao's camp. Now Zhao Guo intends to delay on the battlefield, perhaps to buy time for the Zongheng family. ”

Qin Wang Chu frowned, and said after a while: "So what Gang Chengjun means is that he wants the widow to find a way to start a war with Zhao State immediately?" ”

Cai Ze nodded and said, "The king should urge the people of Qi to go south as soon as possible, and then let the coalition army start a war against Zhao as soon as possible." As long as the main force of Zhao State is defeated as soon as possible, then the situation can be laid down as soon as possible, Zhao State can be defeated as soon as possible, and Hedong County and Cuihan Passage will return to the hands of Great Qin as soon as possible! ”

Qin Wang Chu seemed to be a little hesitant, but after thinking for a while, he finally nodded and agreed with Cai Ze's opinion, and said, "In that case, then wait for the widow to repair a letter to King Qi and talk about this matter." ”

Seeing that Qin Wang Chu agreed with his opinion, Cai Ze was also secretly proud in his heart, and couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Lu Buwei provocatively.

But today's Lu Buwei seemed to be a little distracted, and his expression looked a little strange, which made Cai Ze secretly strange.

After the three of them finished discussing, some palace people came to remind them that the time for keeping filial piety in the afternoon had come, so the three of them got up one after another and prepared to go to the mourning hall.

But it was at this time that the chief of the palace guard of the Qin State suddenly rushed in like the wind, and shouted at the Qin King Chu in front of him with a panicked face: "King, Li Mu is here!" ”