Early the next morning, the caravan crossed the Zhangshui and continued its march towards Handan. Because at this time it was very close to Handan City, and it was a flat avenue, so it walked very quickly, and when it was close to dusk, the procession had reached a place less than twenty miles away from Handan City.

At this time, it is not too late, if you hurry up, you can rush to Handan City before evening, but Xue Yuan is the first time to come to Handan, there was no foundation in Handan before, although it also sent people to Handan in advance to do some preparations, but in the evening into the city, there are also many inconveniences, so Xue Yuan ordered to camp outside the city to rest, and wait for tomorrow morning to enter Handan City. He also ordered someone to notify the people who had rushed to Handan City to prepare in advance, so that they could prepare to meet them.

And just when the caravan personnel were busy camping and resting, Gao Yuan said goodbye to Xue Yuan and prepared to leave, but Xue Yuan did not keep him, and arranged for his henchmen to release Gao Yuan, so that Gao Yuan quietly left the team without alarming other personnel.

Leaving the caravan on the plateau, I first found a place, cleaned up my makeup, and then rushed to Handan, it was still early, and the plateau was alone, and the foot was very fast, and he had arrived in Handan at dusk. He also carried the scroll of the Qin State on his body, so he entered Handan City very smoothly.

Handan is the first time in the plateau to reach a large city in this time and space, and it is also the city that has lived for the longest time except for Dai County, although he has not been to Handan City for nearly five years, but the city changes very slowly in this era, compared with when the plateau left Handan, there is almost no change, so the plateau also came to his destination very smoothly.

This is also the only place in Handan City that the plateau has seen, because it has been transformed into a restaurant, and this is the best time for business in the restaurant, with the crowd in front of the door coming in and out, and the building is brightly lit and lively.

However, although it has been converted into a restaurant, the building structure has not changed, so Takahara did not enter the restaurant, but turned to a side street and came to a small door.

The street was deserted, and there were hardly any pedestrians, but there were four fierce samurai guards at the gate, and when they saw Takahara coming to the door, two people immediately stepped forward and stopped Takahara.

And Gao Yuan did not hurry, took out a bronze medal from his bosom and handed it to one of them. The man took the bronze medal, glanced at it, and his expression immediately became respectful, and he saluted Gao Yuan and said in a low voice, "Please come with me." Then he led the plateau through the side door, and only said one sentence during the whole process, and there were no more superfluous words.

Gao Yuan also didn't make a sound, followed the people into the back house of the restaurant, passed through several courtyards in a row, turned a few corners, and came to a house, there were also two guards at the door, and the person who led the plateau in showed the bronze medal to the two of them, and then said, "Is the master inside?" ”

The man who guarded the door: "It's inside." ”

The man turned back to Gao Yuan and said, "Please wait a moment. Then he pushed the door open and went inside.

After a short time, the man came out of the room, returned the bronze medal to Gao Yuan, and said, "Master is inside, please come in." ”

Gao Yuan took the bronze medal and put it away, then pushed the door and walked in. I saw an old man about fifty years old in the room sitting firmly on the low couch, and when he saw the plateau coming in, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then wiped his eyes, and then let out an exclamation, "Wu ......" immediately reacted again, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Martial Arts Hall Master, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Only then did the old man understand, and he hurriedly got up from the low couch, walked to the front of the plateau in three or two steps, looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said, "Wu Anjun, why did you come to Handan." ”

It turned out that this old man was Wu Lie, the cadre Wu Zhanpeng under the plateau, Wu Hongyan's father, and Zhongsun Qi's master. Wu Lie was originally a military general of Zhao State, Lian Po's old department, and later because he was dissatisfied with Lian Po and was squeezed out by Guo Kai, so he resigned and opened a martial arts gym in Handan. and let his sons, daughters, and apprentices all defect to the door of the plateau.

Later, when the Zhao State was destroyed, the plateau originally sent people to Handan to pick up Wu Lie to Dai County, but Wu Lie voluntarily stayed in Handan, made internal responses for the plateau, and changed the martial arts hall into a restaurant, so the plateau set up Wu Lie's restaurant as an intelligence point in Handan, and there were often personnel from the Jinyi Guard who came to Wu Lie's restaurant to contact Wu Lie, but Wu Lie never thought that Gao Yuan would come to Handan in person. Of course, Wu Lie's daughters and brothers are all in Daijun, and Wu Lie has been lurking in Handan for four years, and he has also collected a lot of intelligence information for Daijun. Therefore, Gao Yuan can basically have absolute trust in Wu Lie, so he dares to show his identity here in Wu Lie, but Gao Yuan still calls Wu Lie the owner of the museum.

Gao Yuan also said in a low voice: "This matter is a long story, I am from the Qin State. ”

Wu Lie was also taken aback and said, "You also went to the Qin State." With that, he hurriedly invited Gao Yuan to sit on a low couch.

After the two sat down, Gao Yuan briefly told Wu Lie about his trip to the Qin State, and of course he also hid a lot of things, but only emphasized that the Qin State would send troops in two ways to attack Daiyan respectively.

After listening to Gao Yuan's speech, Wu Lie also nodded, and said: "Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Wangzheng, we have also heard some here, the vigilance of Handan City has been strengthened a lot in the past few days, and the number of teams patrolling the streets has nearly doubled, and it has been banned from night, I knew that it was going to be a war, and I didn't expect that this time the Qin State sent an army of 400,000 to attack our Daijun and Yan Kingdom respectively." At the same time, he was a little worried, and said, "Wu Anjun, I don't know if we can resist the Qin army." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Martial Pavilion Master, don't worry, for more than four years, I have been preparing for the attack of the Qin army in Daijun, and now the Qin State is fierce on the surface, but the actual treasury is empty, and the national strength has not yet recovered, so I am completely sure that I can defeat the Qin army." ”

After Wu Lie heard this, he was also a little relieved, because in the past few years, although he had been in Handan, he had also heard about the war in Wei, so he still had some confidence in the plateau, so he said: "I don't know what the old man can help Wu Anjun do this time?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "The territory of Dai County is too small, and the space for development is limited, so we must do our best to expand the population of the Yi region in order to compete with the Qin State." After defeating the Qin army this time, I will take advantage of the victory to attack, seize the Yan land, and wait for the opportunity to recover the old land of the Zhao state. ”

After Wu Lie heard this, he couldn't help but be very excited, because when he was in the army, he basically fought with the Qin army, so he has always had a deep hostile attitude towards the Qin State, and the reason why he wanted to stay in Handan and lurk was to wait until the plateau could lead the Dai army, defeat the Qin army, and recover the Zhao land. Now when I heard Gao Yuan say this, he was naturally very happy, and immediately said: "That's great, I have endured it in Handan for four or five years, and I am fed up with the anger of the people of Qin, just waiting for this day, Wu Anjun, what do you want me to do, I Wu Lie is broken bones, and I will not hesitate to do it." ”

Gao Yuan said: "I came to Handan to understand the current situation in Handan so that I can make decisions, so I hope that the martial arts hall master can answer me truthfully." ”

Wu Lie is also a soldier, of course he knows that the formulation of military operations is based on accurate intelligence, and if the information is wrong, of course it is impossible to formulate a correct battle plan, so he can't help but say solemnly: "Wu Anjun, please ask, the old man will definitely try his best to reply to Wu Anjun truthfully." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "In the past four years, how has the Qin State ruled in Handan, is it completely using severe punishment and harsh laws to suppress the people, or is it a combination of grace and power, and rewards and punishments?" And what is the attitude of the people of Handan towards the Qin State now, whether they have submitted to the rule of the Qin State and regard the Qin State as the state of their parents, or are they hostile to the Qin State, if someone raises their arms and shouts, the people will rise up? Please tell me truthfully. ”

Wu Lie pondered for a while, then smiled bitterly, and said: "Since Wu Anjun wants me to tell the truth, then I will also tell the truth, since the Qin State destroyed the Zhao State, the general Meng Wu was appointed to garrison the Zhao Land, this person is quite good at governing the place, and indeed did not blindly rule the Zhao Land with severe punishment and strict laws, but the combination of grace and power, so that the order of the Zhao Land is generally restored to normal, plus when the Qin State just destroyed the Zhao State, Princess Hehua in order to prevent the Qin Wangzheng from slaughtering the city, once incarnated as a Xuanniao, this matter Many people have seen with their own eyes, It did shock a lot of people, so although the people do not regard Qin as their parents' state, and in their hearts, they can be regarded as hating Qin, but they are indeed somewhat subservient to the rule of Qin. ”

After a pause, he said again: "According to the old man, if Wu Anjun's army attacks the city of Handan, the old man is somewhat sure that he can recruit the people in Handan City to rise up and resist the Qin army, otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult." Handan is like this, as for other places, although the old man did not go to Tsuji, but he wants to be similar to Handan, but the old man has hundreds of disciples under him, and they all obey the old man's orders, and they will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire, as long as Wu Anjun gives an order, the old man can immediately recruit them to assist Wu Anjun in fighting. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "The martial arts hall master has such a heart, I am very grateful, but please rest assured that the martial arts hall master, we will definitely not do things that we are not sure of, and we will not let you take risks lightly, but the detailed plan will not be decided until I return to Daijun and discuss with others, so during this time, the martial arts hall master should not act rashly in Handan, it is still as usual, if we need the help of the martial arts hall master, we will definitely send someone to Handan in advance to inform and assist the martial arts hall master." ”