On the night of July 28, 260 B.C., Changping.

A wide, gentle river flows quietly from northwest to southeast through the valley, the water is crystal clear, and the moonlight shines down from the sky, reflecting the glittering waves on the surface of the river.

The name of this river is called Dan River.

On both sides of the Dan River, there should have been a large flat open land, but at this moment, there are two walls that are more than ten miles long, which are located on the north and south banks of the Dan River, facing each other across the Dan River.

This is the main battlefield of the Changping War, which has attracted all the attention and attention of the entire continent.

Among the two opposing sides, the defender Zhao Guo's army is located in the northeast of the Dan River, and the attacker Qin's main force is located in the southwest of the Dan River.

There is a small city named Hyun clan directly behind the north side of the Zhao State fortress wall, there are countless tents with banners in and outside the city, and from time to time you can see several elite soldiers starting from the city, patrolling all the way along the north side of the fortress wall that is more than ten miles long, ready to support the friendly troops on the wall at any time, and resist the offensive of the Qin people.

On the left and right sides of the small city of the Hyun family, there are two very high mountains, one is called Hanwang Mountain, and the other is called Daliang Mountain, these two high mountains and the small town of Hyun in front of each other are horns and three-legged tripods, forming a "product" word that turns upside down from the northeast to the southwest, which is the third line of defense of the Zhao army.

This main line of defense of the Zhao army stood firmly behind the fortress wall on the north bank of the Dan River, blocking all the routes that the Qin army wanted to attack.

Behind Hyun Castle, that is, between Hanwang Mountain and Daliangshan, there is a valley about ten miles long, because there is a small river in the valley called Xiaodongcang River, so this valley is also called Xiaodongcang River Valley.

Along the Xiaodongcang River valley all the way to the northeast for about ten miles, there is a pass called the old pass.

The ancient pass was built on the east side of a mountain range called Sheep's Head Mountain, and on the west side of the mountain range, there was another pass guarded by the Zhao army, Changping Pass, and the fourth and last line of defense of the Zhao army was built on the Sheep's Head Mountain between the pass and Changping Pass, the Great Wall of Baili Stone.

In this way, the entire defense line of the Zhao army roughly formed a "work" character, the upper and lower two horizontal lines of this word are the third line of defense of the Zhao army, Hyunshi City and the fourth line of defense, the Great Wall of Bailishi, and the vertical connecting the two horizontal lines is the small Dongcang River Valley between the two lines of defense.

After the 300,000 Qin troops led by the Qin state's left commander Wang Yi broke through the first and second lines of defense in only one month, the general of Zhao State, Lian Po, retreated to the third line of defense west of the Dan River with his 250,000 Zhao troops, relying on the three-legged strongholds of Hyun City, Hanwang Mountain and Daliangshan to defend it.

Due to the existence of the fourth line of defense, the Baili Stone Great Wall, Changping Pass, and the Ancient Pass, the Zhao army that retreated to the third line of defense did not need to worry about the back road being copied, and because there was a small Dongcang River valley connecting the two defense lines, the Zhao army could also easily obtain reinforcements and grain and grass supplies.

Therefore, after retreating to the third line of defense, the general Lian Po of Zhao never took a step back, no matter how fierce the offensive of the Qin army was, the Zhao army not only did not show any signs of defeat by virtue of the geographical advantage and the convenience of supplies, but instead gave the Qin army a huge amount of casualties, forcing the Qin army to stop the attack, thus stagnating the large-scale battle on the Changping front line for a full five months.

At the end of July, the whole of northern China has entered summer, and Changping is no exception, and the slightest heat fills the air, making people feel a little irritated unconsciously.

Even though it was already late at night, Lian Po, the general sitting in the tent of Zhao Junshuai on Daliang Mountain, still heard the annoying sound of cicadas from outside the camp very clearly.

"Damn, it's noisy!" Lian Po muttered, stood up a little impatiently, walked to the bronze oil lamp in the camp tent, which was already a little crumbling, and picked a wick, so that the flames in the oil lamp were vigorous again, and once again illuminated the entire camp tent.

This general of Zhao State, although his temples are gray now, his eyes are still as sharp as an eagle falcon, he still walks with a tiger style, his waist is also extremely straight, and his already tall and powerful figure makes him look even more vigorous than many young and strong soldiers.

After turning on the lights, Lian Po returned to the table in the tent and began to focus on a silk book map in front of the table.

On this map is the topographic map of the Changping battlefield at this moment, with black and red markers densely placed on it, obviously representing the two sides facing each other on both sides of the Dan River.

Lian Po thought for a moment and moved some of the markers, but most of them remained largely unchanged.

Obviously, in the past day, the two sides have not actually made much action.

A sound of footsteps accompanied by the friction of the nails as he walked slowly approached, and finally stopped outside Lian Po's handsome tent.

"The last general is happy, I want to see the general!"

Lian Po's movements paused slightly, but he didn't raise his head: "Come in." ”

The curtain of the handsome tent was lifted, and a general of Zhao Guo, who was about forty years old, with dark skin but a rather tall figure, walked in and saluted Lian Po: "Le Cheng has seen the general. ”

"Hmm." Lian Po replied casually, his eyes still not taking off the map on the table: "What is the movement of the enemy army?" ”

As Lian Po's deputy general, Lecheng is responsible for Han Wangshan in the third line of defense, and the main general Lian Po is in charge of Daliangshan. At this moment, Lecheng specially came from Hanwang Mountain in order to report on military affairs every day.

"Back to the general, there is no movement in the enemy army."

"Good." Lian Po nodded slightly, and then said, "Those new soldiers, have they all been arranged?" ”

"Back to the general, everything is arranged."

After the two of them responded and answered, the military situation on Han Wangshan's side had already been reported.

It stands to reason that Lecheng should leave after the report, but today's Lecheng doesn't seem to have this plan.

After half a minute, Lian Po finally raised his head and glanced at Lecheng, who still hadn't left: "Something?" But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Le Cheng took a deep breath and hesitated for a moment before saying, "General, there is a sentence among my subordinates, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Speak."

"Our army and the Qin army have been confronting here for several months, and now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the sergeants and soldiers of the army have a sense of homesickness..."

"Autumn harvest?" Lian Po was even more strange: "There are still more than a month before the autumn harvest, why are people so anxious?" ”

Le Cheng touched his nose in embarrassment, and said stubbornly: "The soldiers thought that if the confrontation continued here, there would be no hope of returning home in the autumn harvest, so the soldiers hoped that the general would lead the army to attack and repel the Qin people..."

"That's nonsense!" Lian Po slapped the table with some annoyance: "How can the autumn harvest be compared with the victory or defeat of a million-strong army in this battle?" Tell the order, and if there is anyone who privately discusses the matter of the autumn harvest, the rod will be twenty! ”

After a pause, Lian Po suddenly remembered something, and glared at the reluctant Lecheng: "I heard that you have been inseparable from that Zhao Kuo in the past few days, and I want to come to this so-called autumn harvest plan, that is, Zhao Kuo ordered you to inform Yu Wu, and want to provoke me to fight." ”

Le Cheng's face changed, and after a few seconds, he lowered his head helplessly: "The general forgives the sin, the last general..."

Lian Po snorted heavily and interrupted Le Cheng's words: "Then Zhao Kuo is just a yellow-mouthed erection, how dare he repeatedly try to meddle in the command of my army?" From tomorrow, let him Zhao Kuo return to his hometown to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, I don't want to see him again! ”

"As for you..."Lian Po glared at Le Cheng fiercely, and only after glaring Le Cheng sweating profusely did he snort again: "Give General Ben a good look at the defense line of Hanwang Mountain, don't let the Qin people have any chance!" ”

Obviously, for this deputy, Lian Po still let go, and he didn't want to embarrass him too much.

Le Cheng was like a pardon, and after a bow, he hurriedly withdrew from the tent.

After Lecheng's footsteps faded away, Lian Po looked at the map for a while, and suddenly got up and walked out of the tent.

Lian Po's handsome tent is located on the top of Daliang Mountain, and standing here you can condescendingly overlook the battlefield of the entire Changping line.

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the bright moonlight falls from the sky, illuminating the land on both sides of the Dan River.

With this rare good weather, Lian Po, who was standing on the top of Daliang Mountain, could clearly see the Qin army fortress wall on the south bank of the Dan River, and the light wolf city behind the Qin army fortress wall, which was originally the second line of defense of the Zhao army, but is now called the Qin army's camp.

Under the light of the moon, the countless tents and banners in it, the shining light wolf city was like a dormant beast, as if it could cross the Dan River at any time and launch a devastating attack on the defense line of the Zhao army.

Lian Po stared at the Qin army camp in Light Wolf City without saying a word, and it wasn't until a long time later that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Bai Qi, Bai Qi, presumably you are already in the Light Wolf City at this moment? You Qin people are really worthy of the name of despicable and cunning, and you want to use that divisive plan to get the king to remove me, which is really a good calculation. But I don't want to think about how the king is so wise, how could he fall for your shameless schemes, hum! ”

Lian Po sneered a few times, and then shot a high-spirited battle intent in his eyes: "Bai Qi, this time, let me see, what kind of ability do you, the world-shattering Wu Anjun, have!" ”