At this time, it is the golden autumn festival in September, and the autumn breeze is cool, and the heat in July and August is also dispersed. And in the camp of the Qin army in Jingcheng, Wang Jian's pressure has also been reduced a lot, because the Zhao army has not come to Sao Rao Qin army to build a fortress for seven or eight consecutive days, which is a very rare thing in these few months.

At this time, the Qin army's construction of fortresses had been going on for more than two months, but the twenty-six fortresses that the Qin army planned to build had only now been completed, and according to the plan, at least twenty or more fortresses should be built by this time.

The reason for the delay in the construction progress of the Qin army was the harassment tactics of the Zhao army. Since the Qin army began to build the fortress, the Zhao army would come to harass the construction of the Qin army almost every three or five times, although the Qin army had deployed about 150,000 troops on the supply line, not only to protect the transportation team, but also to protect the construction of the fortress. However, the scope of the Qin army's need to protect was too wide, and the protection of the transport team was the first priority, coupled with the fact that the cavalry of the Zhao army was too fast, coming and going like the wind, it was indeed unguardable, and as a result, the progress of the Qin army's project was greatly slowed down.

However, this time there is finally an advantage, that is, the Zhao army no longer attacks the Qin army's transport team, for more than two months, the logistics of the Qin army has not been in crisis, the materials are guaranteed, the army's heart can settle down, a little tired, a little hard, the soldiers of the Qin army can also recognize.

During this period of time, the Zhao army did not come to attack the construction of the Qin army, which also accelerated the construction progress of the Qin army a lot, and Wang Jian did not dare to relax at all, because he didn't know when, the Zhao army would come again, and he should hurry up, take advantage of the fact that the Zhao army did not come to harass, do a little more if he can, and if he can build more than twenty fortresses, he will be able to basically protect this relief line. And the Qin army will be able to reduce the number of troops to protect the supply line by about 50,000. Therefore, Qin Jun, who has been working hard all this summer, cannot be idle at this time, and is still working hard.

In September, Wang Jian received a message from Xianyang, Qin Wangzheng decided to send 5,000 troops of Han Teng's troops stationed in Nanyang into Zhao to join the war to help the Qin army attack Zhao, but Han Teng did not join Wang Jian's army, but on the south bank of Weishui, and the army of Yang Duan and his troops who were fighting against Zhao Cong.

In fact, under the current situation, even if the Qin State sent tens of thousands of reinforcements to Wang Jiansheng, it would be difficult for the Qin army to make a substantial breakthrough on the Jingcheng line in a short period of time, so at this time, it is not a feasible strategy to launch an attack from the Zhangshui line and threaten Handan. Now Wang Jian is restraining Li Mu in Jingcheng, making it difficult for Li Mu to separate. And Zhao Cong, the main general of the Zhao army stationed on the north bank of Zhangshui, is a mediocre person, and the Zhao soldiers under him are also the second-line army of Zhao State, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, so it is a good breakthrough, if Yang Duanhe can break through the Zhangshui defense line of the Zhao army, he can take Handan directly.

Wang Jian knew before sending troops that Yao Jia had already bribed Guo Kai, a powerful minister of Zhao, and as long as the Qin army could reach the city of Handan, Guo Kai would respond in the city of Handan, or persuade Wang Qian of Zhao to surrender, open the city gate and let the Qin army enter the city, so Handan City was not a cause for concern. Once Handan is lost, the Qin army will be able to form a north-south attack on Li Mu, and Li Mu must abandon Jingcheng and Fanwu and retreat to Quyang. At the same time, he also lost the financial and material support of Handan merchants, even if Li Mu was refreshed, I am afraid it would be difficult to compete with the Qin army.

It's just that now there are as many as 130,000 Zhao troops stationed on the north bank of Zhangshui, and there is the Great Wall as the basis and Zhangshui as the boundary, while Yang Duanhe has only 50,000 troops, even if Han Teng's 5,000 soldiers are added, the gap between the two sides is a little too big. Of course, Wang Jian also knew that if the five thousand soldiers were all elite soldiers, they should not be underestimated, and Han Teng only used these five thousand soldiers to capture the capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, but Han Teng has always been unknown, and the combat effectiveness of the Korean army has always been very weak, so this battle does not mean anything. Wang Jian didn't think that these 5,000 soldiers could play much of a role after they came to Yang Duanhe's aid.

However, Qin Wangzheng is not an impulsive person, he made such an arrangement, it will never be a whim, or a desperate bet, after all, the Qin State has not yet reached that point, and there are still a group of capable ministers in the court, they will not arrange indiscriminately, and use dead horses as live horse doctors, since they are arranged in this way, there is a reason for it. Therefore, Yang Duan and that side are not completely hopeless.

Of course, Wang Jian is not a person who pins his hopes on others, and he must do his own things well. Therefore, Wang Jian also estimated that if the Zhao army stopped harassing, the Qin army could basically complete all the fortresses in about half a month, so that the Qin army could also concentrate its forces to deal with the Zhao army's Jingcheng camp. And what should the Qin army do to break the current deadlock? After more than half a year of fighting, Wang Jianzhi came up with two plans, one was to bypass the Jingcheng camp and attack the Fanwu camp of the Zhao army, and the other was to send an army north to capture Quyang. These two places are places where the Zhao army must be saved, so once the Qin army really sends troops to attack, Li Mu will definitely not be indifferent.

But Wang Jian also knew that Li Mu also set up heavy garrisons in these two places, each with 60,000 defenders, and a general in charge, and the Panwu camp was garrisoned by Li Mu's deputy Sima Shang stationed in northern Xinjiang, and there were strong fortifications; Garrisoning Quyang is Yuan Xuan, a general under Li Mu, and there are walls to defend, and these two places are not easy to fight. If there are fewer troops sent, not only will they not be able to defeat these two places, but they will also lose their troops in vain, and if they send more troops, they will weaken the Qin army in Jingcheng, so how to mobilize troops must be carefully calculated. In addition, if Li Mu goes to rescue these two places, how should he deal with it, and if Li Mu does not go to the rescue, what kind of action should he use.

Just when Wang Jian was thinking hard about how to break the current deadlock, he saw a school captain hurriedly run into Wang Jian's big tent, and said: "General, Qiu You is in a hurry, Yuan Xuan, the general of the Zhao army, commanded an army of 50,000 troops, and has sent troops from Quyang to attack Qiu You, and when the villain set off from Qiu Yong, the Zhao army was less than 20 miles away from Qiu Yong's city, and the two generals Wang and Meng are trying their best to dispatch troops to garrison, please send troops to rescue as soon as possible." As he spoke, he handed the bamboo slip to Wang Jian.

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, and was immediately shocked, Qiu You is the general base of the Qin army's front-line material supply, and all the military supplies transported from Qin are piled up in Qiu You, it can be said that once Qiu You is captured by the Zhao army, the Qin army will not have to fight anymore, and it will have to withdraw immediately.

In fact, the Qin army was also garrisoned by Qiu Youye, which was led by Wang Ben, the son of Wang Jian, and Meng Tian, the son of Meng Wu, with a total of 50,000 troops, who were specifically responsible for the supply of military supplies for the Qin army. However, the Qin army stationed in Qiu You had to receive the supplies from Qin on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to send a large number of troops to escort the transport team sent from Qiu You to Jingcheng, and as a result, the actual army stationed in Qiu You City was less than 20,000 people. Although before this, the Zhao army had attacked the Qin army's reinforcement line many times, but never attacked Qiu You, because the Zhao army's attacking army was cavalry, although Qiu You was a small city, but there were also walls more than two zhang high, of course, the cavalry could not attack the city, so Wang Jian was also very relieved about Qiu You's guards.

But the Zhao army just started against the enemy, and it was the Zhao army stationed in Quyang that the dispatch was dispatched, until this time, Wang Jian could be regarded as understanding Li Mu's intentions, it turned out that the previous Zhao army's actions were all bluffs, so that he could focus on the replenishment line between Qiu Yong and Jing Cheng, and relaxed the protection of Qiu Yong. I'm afraid that Li Mu has been eyeing Qiu You from the beginning, so this time when he sent troops, the Zhao army must have brought enough siege equipment, Qiu You Xiaocheng is difficult to withstand the fierce attack of the Zhao army, and he must send troops back to help Qiu You.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian also smiled bitterly, it seems that compared with Li Mu, he is not a little bit worse, but sighing and sighing, Wang Jian did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered to gather the generals to discuss the matter.

After a while, everyone arrived, and Wang Jian didn't talk nonsense, and directly told them the news he had received. And when the generals heard this, they were all shocked, Li Mu's move was really powerful. And Meng Wu immediately came out of the queue and said: "General, Qiu You is still the lifeblood of our army, so we can't help it. ”

Wang Jian nodded and said: "Qiu You is naturally unsavable, but the relationship is serious, I am a little worried about letting you go alone, so let Xin Sheng go with you, the two of you, if you have something, you can discuss." ”

Xin Sheng also hurriedly came out of the queue and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Wang Jian said: "Now there are not many troops in the big camp, and I can only give you 50,000 horses, but there are still more than 100,000 Qin troops stationed along the way from Jingcheng to Qiu You, you can mobilize another 50,000 people to make up the number of 100,000, this time not only to rescue Qiu You, but also to annihilate the Zhao army of Yuan Xuanbu who attacked Qiu You." ”

After all, Wang Jian is also a famous general who is proficient in the art of war, and at this time, he also calmed down from the shock he just heard the news, and at the same time thought of the Qin army's plan to rescue Qiu You.

The Zhao army's attack on Qiu You, although it was a surprise to the Qin army, it was not necessarily an opportunity for the Qin army. Because although Qiu You is small, there are also city walls to defend, and Wang Jian also knows that although Wang Ben and Meng Tian are not very old, they are generals who can take charge alone, and their ability is by no means under Meng Wu and Li Xin, although there are not many soldiers in the city, there are still tens of thousands of civilian servants, all of whom are young and middle-aged men, so they can completely defend Qiu Zhen in a short period of time and buy enough time for the rescue of the Qin army.

And the Qin army can just take advantage of this, rescue Qiu You with an absolute superiority of troops, and strive to eliminate this Zhao army under Qiu You City, and then Wang Jian can give Li Mu a way to use his own people, and govern his body, and immediately send troops to attack Quyang, and also see what Li Mu does, maybe he can turn the current situation around and defeat Li Mu in one fell swoop.