Early the next morning, in the farewell of his wives and concubines, Gao Yuan left the mansion, and with the large team, left Daijun and marched towards the Qi country.

Although it is necessary to go around a big circle, it is necessary to pass through Yan and Qi to reach Wei, but because this group of people and horses are all cavalry, the speed of the march is very fast, and there is also an important reason, that is, the army is lightly armed, only brought three days of rations, and passed through the places of Yan and Qi along the way, supplying them with food, and it only took eighteen days to pass through Yan and Qi in a row, and arrived at Taoyi City at the junction of Qi and Wei.

Taoyi is the later generation of Shandong Dingtao County, this is the territory of the Song State, later occupied by the Qi State, and here is also the place where the Tao Zhu family made a fortune, now the Tao Zhu family still has quite a lot of industry here, only more than 200 miles away from the city of Daliang, and there is a gallop road to communicate, if the full speed of the rapid march, only one day, you can reach the beam, in addition to the Taoyi transportation is convenient, extending in all directions, connecting the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Qi, so the business has been very developed, but also can be very good in the name of commercial trade, the materials are transported to the Liang, as the general rear of the rescue of the Wei State, is a very suitable place.

However, Yongyu Daijun is located in a remote area, so when the group of people and horses on the plateau arrived in Taoyi, Anping Jun Tian Kezang of Qi State and the people and horses of Chu State were already waiting for his arrival in Taoyi.

Tian Kezang and Xiang Dong, the chief general of the Chu army, went out of the city for ten miles to welcome the arrival of the plateau and his party.

In fact, Gao Yuan has only left Qi Country for more than two months, and this time Gao Yuan of course did not hide his identity, so after meeting, Tian Kezang smiled: "Last time, I didn't know that it was Wu Anjun who personally came to Qi State, and the etiquette was not careful, and I ask Wu Anjun to forgive me." ”

Xiang Dong also said: "Yes, I didn't expect that Wu Anjun would personally disguise himself as an envoy and send an envoy to the Qi State, I really admire it." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "The two of you, the last time you went to the Qi country, you didn't mean to hide your identity, so please forgive me." ”

Tian Kezang hurriedly said: "There, there, there is no need to mention the past things, now that the Qin army has pressed into the Wei State, we will wait for Wu Anjun to arrive, so that we can discuss the plan to aid the Wei State, this is not the place to talk, let's go to Taoyi City and talk about it." ”

Gao Yuan also nodded, and led the men and horses into Taoyi City with the two.

The scale of Taoyi City is not large, it can only be regarded as a medium-sized city in this era, but the prosperity on the street is not inferior to Linzi, the city is full of shops, cars and horses, people come and go, very lively, the whole city is like a big bazaar. However, Gao Yuan paid close attention to the observation, and found that there were many purchases and few shipments, and many shops were full of goods, and they were constantly moving all kinds of goods inward, most of which were silk, hemp, fruit, millet, rice, millet, wheat, oil, salt, wood, bronze, iron, pottery and other things.

Gao Yuan was also very strange, and asked Tian Kezang: "An Pingjun, why is it that every store is full of goods, but nothing has been shipped out." ”

Tian Kezhang said with a smile: "Merchants are people with a keen sense of smell, knowing that Qin and Wei are going to fight, and once this battle starts, a large number of materials will naturally be needed, so there are also great business opportunities, and Taoyi is the closest city to Wei, with convenient transportation, and it is the place of Qi, so they are not afraid of being attacked by the Qin army, so the merchants have accumulated a large number of materials here to facilitate transportation to Wei to sell and buy." Don't look at the fact that every shop is full now, at most a month, it will be swept away, and of course, it will be filled again soon. ”

Gao Yuan listened, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his impression, it seems that ancient Europe is like this, as long as it is a place to fight, a large number of merchants will gather, it seems that China in this era is also quite similar to Europe, but at this time, China, like ancient Europe, is also fragmented, wars are continuous, and commerce is very developed, so it is not surprising that this situation occurs. But this is also good, the materials for the rescue of Wei can be purchased nearby, which is much more convenient.

After entering the city, Daijun's army was led to the designated place to be stationed, and Gao Yuan ordered Yuan Xuan to take charge of the affairs of camping and setting up a village, and he came to the office of Taoyi with Tian Kezhang and Xiang Dong.

At this time, the doctors of the Qi State stationed in Taoyi, as well as several major generals of the Chu army, were waiting here. Tian Kezhang first introduced to the plateau that the current doctor of Taoyi is called Kuang Zhang, and he is Tian Kezang's most powerful subordinate, he was originally a doctor of Acheng, and was transferred to Taoyi by Tian Kezhang to garrison, in fact, it is also to better implement the plan formulated in Qi to help Wei resist Qin. Of course, it is also because Tian Kezang has now served as the Great Sima of Qi State, so he can transfer Kuang Zhang so lightly.

The other two generals of the Chu army are both Xiang Dong's brothers, one is called Xiang Liang and the other is called Xiang Bo. The plateau has an impression on these two people, because in another time and space, from the peasant uprising at the end of Qin to the struggle between Chu and Han, these two people were famous figures on the stage of that era, although they were not the protagonists, but they were also very important supporting roles. Of course, these two people have a deep relationship with another important protagonist, Xiang Yu, who is Xiang Yu's uncle. Xiang Liang served as the commander of the Anti-Qin Alliance, but later died in the chaos of the Qin army; And Xiang Bo tried his best to protect Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he was given the surname Liu and waited. If Xiang Dong is their elder brother, then he is most likely Xiang Yu's father.

Because at this time, Gao Yuan met everyone as Wu Anjun, so everyone's attitude towards Gao Yuan was also very respectful, and after being polite to each other, they sat down.

Gao Yuan immediately asked, "How is the situation in Wei now?" ”

Tian Kezang said: "Doctor Xiang, let's talk about it." ”

Xiang Dong nodded, and immediately asked someone to take the map, and said: "According to the information we have got, this time the Qin army dispatched 200,000 troops to attack the Wei State, the main general will be Wang Jian, and the generals who went to battle with the army are Yang Duanhe, Han Teng, Wang Ben, Qiang, Zhang Han and others, marching in three ways, led by Wang Ben 60,000, out of the wild king, and attacked Hanoi; Yang Duanhe led 50,000 troops, went out of Xinzheng, and attacked Yuguan; Han Teng led 60,000 troops out of Luoyi and attacked Chenggao; The main general, Wang Jian, led 30,000 troops to the rear, and responded in three ways. In addition, Feng Ji and Wei Yi led 100,000 troops and stationed them in Nanyang County as a reserve force and to ensure the supply of grain and grass on the front line.

As he spoke, he pointed out the map to explain the direction of the Qin army's attack.

After listening to him, Gao Yuan said: "How did Wei deal with it?" ”

Xiang Dong said: "The Wei State has already recruited 200,000 troops, worshiping the great Sima Wei Cuo as the main general, Lu Renjie and Su Hu as deputy generals, and leading 100,000 troops to garrison Chenggao to resist the Qin army. Xiangguo Wei Xing led 100,000 troops and garrisoned Daliang. The state of Wei has sent people to urge us to march. ”

Gao Yuan frowned slightly, Chenggao is located in the northwest of Bishui Town, Xingyang City, Henan Province, at the confluence of Bishui and the Yellow River, which is the location of the later Tiger Prison Pass and Bishui Pass. Since ancient times, it has been an important pass in the hinterland of the Central Plains. However, at this time, Chenggao was the border pass in the western part of Wei, the first line of defense against the Qin army's attack, and it was about 200 miles away from Daliang.

It is understandable that Wei sent a large army to garrison Chenggao, but the 200,000 army was divided into two, stationed in Chenggao and Daliang respectively, which seemed to have the best of both worlds and was exhaustive, but in fact it was a taboo to divide troops. Because Wei is weak and Qin is strong now, Wei's plan to deal with Qin is either to concentrate the army, garrison it on the border, fortify it layer by layer, and keep the enemy out of the country, or to shrink the defense line, defend the girder with all its might, and lengthen the front line of Qin, instead of dividing the army into two batches as it is now.

And Wei made such an arrangement, which also shows that Wei really does not have any famous generals, who is the great Sima Wei wrong, Gao Yuan does not know, but Lu Renjie and Su Hu are in Li Mu's records, Li Mu's evaluation of Lu Renjie is based on the rules, and the old man is serious, and he can be suspicious of the army; The evaluation of Su Hu is that he is commendable in his bravery, he can lead 10,000 people as the vanguard, not as the commander of the whole army, he can be lured by deception, and he can be annihilated by ambush.

After thinking for a while, Gao Yuan turned to Xiang Dong and said, "Doctor Xiang, how many people are there in the Chu army?" ”

Xiang Dong said: "We only brought 15,000 people. However, these fifteen thousand people are all the younger soldiers of my Xiang clan, not boasting, they are definitely the strongest army in the Chu State. ”

It turned out that after Xiang Dong and Jingtai returned to the Chu State, they informed the King of Chu and the ministers of the Chu State of the results of the discussions with the plateau.

The ministers of Chu are also more satisfied with this plan, in fact, Chu is also a country that is deeply affected by Qin, and has always been very worried about the expansion of Qin, everyone knows that once Wei is destroyed, Qin annexed the Three Jins, Chu is also very dangerous, but Chu and Qin are at war, and there have always been more defeats and fewer victories, so Chu is worried about whether to send troops to aid Wei, and many ministers are worried that once they send troops to aid Wei, the outcome is unpredictable and does not matter, in case they annoy Qin and lead Qin's troops to Chu, it will be worth the loss. And now that the Qin State has not attacked the Chu State after all, is it necessary for the Chu State to rush to ignite the fire.

If a small number of troops are sent to aid Wei in the name of private troops, it can advance or retreat, and there is also a diplomatic excuse to not excessively anger Qin, and as much as possible, use Wei to delay Qin for a longer period of time, and the security of Chu will be a little more guaranteed. Although there were some officials who opposed any form of rescue of the Wei state, the vast majority of officials believed that this construction was feasible.

So the king of Chu issued an edict and ordered the great Sima Liangyan to take charge of this matter. And Liang Yan did not dare to be careless, first sent an envoy to Wei to negotiate the dispatch of troops, and then sent his three sons to lead Xiang's private soldiers of 15,000 people to rescue Wei.

After entering the Warring States Period, all countries have strengthened the centralization of power and weakened the power of the Shi clan, in this regard, the Qin State has done the best, the power of the Shi clan is basically unable to compete with the monarch, and the Chu State has done the worst, and it can even be described as a failure, so the power of the Shi clan of Chu is very great, and each clan has a large number of private soldiers, and the assembly and training are stronger than the national army. Xiang Dong said that the fifteen thousand troops he brought were the strongest army in the Chu State, and he was not bragging.

Of course, the leaders of the Xiang Dong brothers were also the first to rush to Taoyi and station, waiting for the arrival of the plateau.