On the flat and wide gallop road, the voices of people were boiling, the carriages and horses were rutted, and the long line was difficult to see the beginning and the end, but the soldiers were carrying weapons and wearing armor, and they were all hurrying silently, and almost no one spoke.

In the middle of the procession, there is a tall chariot pulled by four tall horses, the vehicle is carved with exquisite ornaments, and it also supports a black embroidered gold thread cover, hanging a long curtain, which is the car of Qin Wangzheng.

At this time, Qin Wangzheng lifted the curtain and looked back from the car, the majestic and dangerous Hangu Pass was hundreds of steps behind him, and the Qin army's team had not yet finished walking from the Guancheng. Qin Wangzheng sighed softly, put down the curtain, and sat back in the car.

In 341 B.C., Qin Xiaogong defeated Wei in the Battle of Xiyi, seized the land of Cuihan, and set up a pass here, because its gate is in the valley, deep and dangerous like a letter and named Hangu Pass, and since then Hangu Pass has become the most important city of Qin. Since then, the Qin State has opened the way out of the Central Plains in the east, and once the war is unfavorable, it can retreat to Hangu Pass, and defend it according to the danger, so it is known as the hundred and two mountains and rivers. In the battle with Qin, the six eastern countries have always been inferior to Qin, on the one hand, because of the Shang Yang reform experienced by Qin, the most thorough reform, which made Qin's national strength strong, and on the other hand, because Qin occupied this superior geographical condition.

In addition to Qin's efforts in military diplomacy, the danger of Hangu Pass is also an important factor.

In 247 B.C., Wei Gongxiao Xinling Jun Wuji organized the Five Kingdoms to join forces, defeated the Qin army south of the Yellow River, and made the Qin general Meng Fu defeated and fled, but the Qin army retreated to Hangu Pass, making it difficult for the Five Kingdoms to advance an inch, and then played a counter-plot to divide the relationship between Xinlingjun and King Wei Anjiao, as a result, King Wei Anjiao withdrew Xinlingjun's military power, and this time the Five Kingdoms combined to attack Qin, and it ended like this.

When Xinling Jun organized the Five Kingdoms to join forces to attack Qin, Qin Wangzheng had just succeeded to the king of Qin, and he was only a thirteen-year-old child at that time, although it did cause a panic in Xianyang at that time, but Qin Wangzheng was still young at that time, and there was no pro-government, and the military and political power of Qin was in the hands of Lü Buwei, so Qin Wangzheng did not feel any nervousness.

However, that was also the last time Hangu Pass experienced a war, and since then more than 20 years, due to the rapid rise of Qin's national strength and the rapid expansion of its territory to the east, Hangu Pass has long been no longer the border pass of Qin, and naturally there will be no more wars. Qin Wangzheng also grew from an ignorant teenager to a middle-aged king who was close to being confused. In another time and space, the time for Hangu Pass to experience war again was postponed to the peasant uprising at the end of Qin nearly twenty years later, when Liu Bang led his army to break through Hangu Pass and enter Guanzhong, and finally completely destroyed the Qin State.

Of course, Qin Wangzheng didn't know what would happen in the future, but at this time, Qin Wangzheng felt a heavy pressure, so when he passed Guò Hangu Pass, he couldn't help but think in his heart that maybe Hangu Pass would face war again. Although Hanguguan had protected the safety of the Qin State many times before, even Qin Wangzheng did not know whether he could protect the Qin State again this time.

Because Wang Ben had sent back to Xianyang three times in a row, and described in detail the terrible power of the lightning strike car of the Hezong Army, Qin Wangzheng couldn't help but be shocked after learning about it, if the Hezong Army really had such a powerful weapon, it could project a hundred catties of boulders at a distance of four hundred steps, far exceeding all the long-range weapons of the Qin State, not to mention the Great Liang, I am afraid that even Hangu Pass would not be able to resist.

Although some Qin ministers questioned Wang Ben's emergency document, believing that Wang Ben deliberately exaggerated the weapons of the Hezong army, and there was no trebuchet that could throw stones 400 steps away, Qin Wangzheng believed in Wang Ben's character and loyalty, and would never deliberately exaggerate, since he said that the Hezong army had such weapons, he would never be wrong. And since the Hezong army has such a powerful weapon, then the plan formulated by the Qin State before the war to rely on the Great Liang to fight against the Hezong army may be difficult to realize, so the only countermeasure of the Qin State is to concentrate the elite army and fight to the death with the Hezong army.

Therefore, Qin Wang Zhengcai decided to rush to Daliang to supervise the battle in person, on the one hand, to see this trebuchet of the Hezhong army with his own eyes, and on the other hand, to boost the morale of the whole army, so as to fight a decisive battle with the Hezhong army.

However, despite this, Qin Wangzheng's heart is still very heavy, because he has no confidence in this battle, the strength of the joint column army is definitely more than the Qin army, and according to Wang Ben's emergency report, the Qi army, which has always been looked down upon by the Qin state, is not vulnerable, and it is not easy for the Qin army to defeat the Qi army, not to mention that there is a Han army whose combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Qin army. Therefore, before setting out, Qin Wangzheng ordered to collect troops in Xianyang to ensure that the Qin army had enough troops available, but whether it could be used or not, Qin Wangzheng did not know.

Just when Qin Wangzheng was in deep thought, he only heard the voice of Zhao Gao, who was setting up a car outside the mantle, and said: "King, General Han of Nanyang has an urgent official document coming, please take a look at it." ”

Qin Wangzheng was stunned, the urgent official document sent by Han Teng was naturally very important, so he immediately opened the curtain again, only to see that by the side of his car, an envoy was riding a horse with the car, obviously the person sent by Han Teng to deliver the official document, but he was separated by the guards and could not get close to his car. It turned out that after Jing Ke's assassination, Qin Wangzheng's guards were also greatly strengthened, and those who had not been inspected were not allowed to come within ten steps of Qin Wangzheng.

At this time, Qin Wangzheng immediately said: "Stop, bring the official documents, and let the widow watch them." ”

When Zhao Gao heard this, he immediately stopped the carriage, and the messenger hurriedly dismounted, knelt down to Qin Wangzheng, and then took out a scroll of wooden tablets from his arms and handed it to a guard around the carriage, who handed it to Zhao Gao, and then Zhao Gao presented it to Qin Wangzheng.

After taking the wooden slip from Zhao Gao's hand, Qin Wangzheng immediately opened the fire paint seal and unfolded it to watch, but before Qin Wangzheng finished reading it, he couldn't help but change his face, because the content written on the wooden tablet was that the army attacked Daliang was fake, and in fact he wanted to take advantage of the weakness to capture Handan, and asked Qin Wangzheng to hurriedly mobilize troops to guard Handan. And when Zhao Gao and the guards saw Qin Wangzheng's expression, they didn't dare to disturb Qin Wangzheng, and they were silent one by one, hanging their heads and waiting.

It turned out that Han Teng took into account the rapid action of the plateau, and Qin Wangzheng went all the way east after leaving Hangu Pass, so Qin Wangzheng may not be able to receive the news of the plateau's advance into Handan in a very timely manner, and it is also possible that when Qin Wangzheng receives the news, the plateau has already captured Handan, and Qin Wangzheng will naturally not go to Handan again, so Han Teng's plan will naturally fall through. So Han Teng personally sent an urgent document to Qin Wangzheng, informing Qin Wangzheng of the plan for the plateau, prompting Qin Wangzheng to divert to Handan.

Although Han Teng did not explain where his news came from in the official document, so Qin Wangzheng may not believe his official document immediately, but Qin Wangzheng will never despise this official document, at least he will gather the accompanying ministers to discuss, but there are many knowledgeable people among the ministers of the Qin State, and there will definitely be people who believe the news he sent, and the final result is likely to be a detour to Handan to take a look.

After a long while, Qin Wang Zheng said to the envoy, "Where did Han Teng get this news?" ”

The envoy lowered his head and said: "The villain doesn't know, but before the villain set off, General Han repeatedly told the villain that he must do his best to send the official document to the king, and let the villain play the king on his behalf. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly, if the news from Han Teng was true, it was naturally the most important secret, of course, he would not let people like the envoy know, and when he received the wooden tablet, the fire paint seal was intact, obviously no one had seen it, but the messenger relayed Han Teng's words, showing that Han Teng was convinced of this.

But Qin Wangzheng can not distinguish the truth from falsehood, if what Han Teng said is true, then Handan will definitely not be able to hold, and Handan is lost, the Han army will inevitably take advantage of the trend to the south, and if Chu State attacks Nanyang to the north again, Qin State will have no resistance at all, can only let Han and Chu attack from the north and south, completely cut off the connection between Qin State and Daliang, for Qin State, can only retreat to Hangu Pass, and the territory outside the pass will be lost, and even Hangu Pass can not be kept.

But is this really true? Will the plateau really take Handan as the main direction of attack, and the direction of Daliang is just a bluff, involving the strength of the Qin State, only a small number of Han troops, and the main combat force is actually the Qi army? But can the Qi army beat Wang Ben to Xianyang continuously? And what about the powerful trebuchet of the joint column?

Although Wang Ben said in the emergency document that the combat effectiveness of the Qi army was not weak, and under the leadership of a small number of Han troops, it was enough to compete with the Qin army, but Qin Wangzheng had not seen the battle of the Qi army, so he still had some disbelief that the Qi army was really so strong that it could fight against the Qin army.

But Han Teng wouldn't send such an urgent document for no reason, so what is it really like? It was also difficult for Qin Wangzheng to make a clear judgment. It's a pity that Han Teng is not here, otherwise Qin Wangzheng can also ask Han Teng in person.

After a long while, Qin Wangzheng came back to his senses and found that the messenger sent by Han Teng was still kneeling in front of the car, so Qin Wangzheng asked him to get up before he said, "When you left Nanyang?" What is Han Teng doing? ”

The envoy said: "Back to the king, before the villain set off from Nanyang, General Han had already sent troops from Nanyang to Daliang. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said, "You go back and tell Han Teng that his urgent documents have already been read by the widow, and he will deal with them, so let him be stationed in Daliang well, and there will be no mistakes." ”

The envoy agreed, and then said goodbye to Qin Wangzheng and left. And Qin Wangzheng said to Zhao Gao: "Immediately send the order of the widow, the whole army immediately stop advancing, stop on the spot, and then notify all the ministers to come to see the widow." ”