Shangyuan is about 80 miles away from Handan, but the farthest garrison location of the Qin army is about 30 miles northeast of Handan, Julu, and south of Shangyuan, there are more than 40 or 50 miles north of Julu, which is the default buffer area of both sides, Han and Qin have no garrisons, even if the patrols on both sides meet, they generally will not fight, but avoid each other. Of course, if you encounter a belligerent officer leading the team, you will also fight.

Because this area was originally the old land of Zhao State, and the Han army was stationed here for nearly two years, it is naturally very familiar with the roads in this area, there are two roads from Shangyuan to Handan, one is to pass through Juluze in the east of Yongdong, and reach Handan through Pingxiang; The other road is to go west along the side of Dunhe Mountain, passing through Mafu Mountain to Handan.

The Qin army has troops stationed in Julu and Mafu Mountain, and has set up two military villages, but there are not many defenders, because these two places are not far from Handan, and there is no danger to defend, plus the Qin army stationed in Handan is not enough, so the establishment of villages in these two places only plays a role in raising early warning, and there are not many troops stationed.

Gao Yuan and Sima Shang and Jiang Huanwu discussed overnight and decided to divide the troops into two routes, march together, and attack Handan at the same time, because the Han army now has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and it is completely possible to divide the troops and advance together; Second, it is also for the principle of noble strategy and speed, and to drive the army of the Han army to Handan, if you only march from all the way, it will be too slow. Therefore, Gao Yuan decided that night, Sima Shang and Jiang Huanwu each led 80,000 horses, marched from the east and west, and took Handan, and Gao Yuan led the rest of the army to follow.

So early the next morning, the Han army divided its troops into two ways and attacked directly to Handan. When encountering the patrol team of the Qin army again along the way, the Han army was no longer polite, not only did not hesitate to attack the patrol team of the Qin army, but also assigned men and horses, outflanked from the left and right flanks, surrounded and annihilated the patrol team of the Qin army, and the number of people in the Han army was large, and the Han army on both roads had a large number of cavalry, so most of the patrol teams of the Qin army were destroyed, and only a small number of people escaped.

The two Han armies marched south all the way to Julu and Mafu Mountain, the two strongholds of the Qin army. But there are not many Qin troops in these two strongholds, although there are camps to defend, but the Han army on both roads has a large number of chariots, although the offensive power of these chariots is limited, far less than the lightning strike vehicles, but it is still enough to deal with the camps of the Qin army, so the Han army did not waste force to break through the two Qin strongholds, and the defeated army of the Qin army had to abandon the camp and retreat to the city of Handan.

A day later, Gao Yuan led the following army to the edge of Juluze, where he rested in the Qin army camp captured by the Han army.

Juluze, also known as the mainland Ze, is a plain lake formed in the process of alluvial filling of the North China Plain by the Yellow River and Haihe River, and it is said that this area is the main battlefield of the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou. Although Juluze had completely dried up and become a part of the North China Plain in the time and space before the plateau crossed, in this time and space, Juluze was still a huge lake with hundreds of miles of blue waters.

Because there was no need to set up camp, the soldiers of the Han army quickly settled down and were cooking on a fire in the village, while the plateau took Li Yinghong, Yun Yao, Chunyu Zhongxiu and others to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains by the giant deer ze.

Although at this time, Juluze was just an ordinary lake, but Gao Yuan knew that not long after in another time and space, the famous Battle of Julu in the peasant uprising war at the end of Qin took place here, which was a turning point for the Qin Dynasty from its heyday to its destruction, and it also caused Xiang Yu's prestige, so at this time, he also felt quite a sense in his heart. Of course, Li Yinghong and the others didn't know what would happen to the giant deer, but they just regarded it as an ordinary scenery and enjoyed it in the military.

At this time, I saw that in the afterglow of the setting sun, the lake surface shimmered with scales and waves, and a few birds flew over the lake against the evening sunset, flying over the lake, making a crisp cry from time to time.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "Luoxia and lonely birds fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky, but unfortunately there is no fishing song to sing at night, otherwise it will be even more perfect." ”

Although Li Yinghong can read and write, he usually only likes to read military books, and has limited interest in books such as [Book of Songs] and "Chu Ci", while Yun Yao grew up in a mountain village and only knew a few words after following the plateau, so the two listened to the two sentences read by the plateau, and there was no reaction. But Chunyu Zhongxiu was very surprised, and said: "Luoxia and the lonely bird fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky, I didn't expect the husband to say casually, it is such a beautiful sentence." Why have I never heard of my husband before? After a pause, he said: "By the way, I forgot that when my husband was an envoy to the Qi country, he once wrote a five-character poem of [Chivalrous Travel], so it seems that my husband is really literary and talented." ”

Gao Yuan was also a little weak when he heard it, for fear that Chun Yu Zhongxiu would pull himself to compose poems or something again, not that he didn't want to pretend to be a poet, but Gao Yuan's ancient poetry skills were limited, so he remembered so many limited poems.

Li Yinghong listened to it and said: "Luoxia and the lonely bird fly together, the autumn water grows together in the sky, it sounds good, but something is wrong, those birds are not birds, and it is still summer, how can it be said that it is autumn water?" Husband, is there a mistake? ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu rolled his eyes, not knowing how to explain the artistic conception of these two poems to Li Yinghong, and at this moment, he saw Zhao Xuan hurrying over, saw the plateau, and said: "The king, I just received an important piece of information, please take a look at it." As he spoke, he handed a piece of paper to Takahara.

After taking the paper tube, Gao Yuan opened it and couldn't help but be taken aback, Li Yinghong immediately came over and said, "What happened?" What is the intelligence? ”

Gao Yuan said: "Qin Wangzheng's army turned around halfway and wanted to come to Handan. ”

Gao Yuan did not lower his voice, so Yun Yao and Chun Yu Zhong Xiu both heard it very clearly, and without waiting for Li Yinghong to speak, Chun Yu Zhong Xiu said: "Husband, as soon as Qin Wangzheng's army arrives, Handan's guards will inevitably be strengthened, we should march as far as possible, and we must first conquer Handan before Qin Wangzheng arrives in Handan, and then deal with Qin Wangzheng's army."

Gao Yuan sank slightly, and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the camp." ”

―――――――― the dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― Julu and Mafushan were lost, and the defeated army of the Qin army fled back to Handan, and the news of the Han army's large-scale attack on Handan was transmitted to Meng Wu and Meng Tian father and son stationed in Handan.

After Meng Wu and Meng Tian learned about it, they couldn't help but be shocked, although they didn't know how many Han troops attacked Handan, but only the defeated army of Julu and Mafu Mountain reported that the number of the two Han armies was at least seventy or eighty thousand, and now the Qin army stationed in Handan was only more than 60,000 people, plus the local army, it was less than 100,000, just the known Han army, far more than the Qin army.

Meng Wu still didn't understand, some time ago, wasn't the Hezong army attacking Daliang with all its might? Almost beat Wang Ben couldn't parry, and sent three urgent documents to Xianyang in a row, why did the Han army suddenly invest more than 100,000 troops to attack Handan, is it difficult that the Han army doesn't plan to participate in the alliance?

But Meng Tian immediately woke up, knowing that this was the plan of the plateau, attacking Daliang was false, the intention was to contain the forces of Qin, and the raid on Handan was real, if the Han army really captured Handan, it would also have a huge impact on the battlefield of Daliang, so Meng Tian also had to sigh that the way of using troops on the plateau was indeed elusive and unpredictable. However, although he knew the plan of the plateau, Meng Tian was helpless how to deal with the attack of the Han army, and there was no way.

In fact, although Handan's city defense is not as good as the beam, but it is also one of the few fortified cities in the world, it is not difficult to defend the city, the original Zhao State was relying on the fortified city of Handan, after the Battle of Changping, resisted the attack of the Qin State for the second time. But such a capital-level city has a common feature, that is, the scale is huge, and it must have enough troops to hold it, such as Daliang City, which needs 200,000 troops to hold, and Handan needs at least more than 150,000 troops.

Moreover, both the Montessori father and son know that the defenders in the city can really fight now, only the Qin army, and the local army, if it deals with the armies of other countries, may still be able to count on, but in the face of the Han army, it is simply unreliable, because the Han army is almost all Zhao people, and a considerable part of them are born in Handan, so we must not hope that the local army and the Han army will fight hard.

But in this way, there are fewer troops that can be used in Handan City, so Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father and son have nothing to do, although they sent back an urgent document to Xianyang, but the father and son have no hope for reinforcements at all, after all, it is far water does not quench the thirst of the near, since the Han army has invested so many troops to attack Handan, it will inevitably be a thunderous force, launching a fierce attack on Handan, and strive to conquer Handan in the shortest possible time, it is impossible to wait for the reinforcements of Qin to arrive.

However, Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father and son were loyal to the Qin State, and they also knew the importance of Handan, so although they knew that they were invincible to the Han army, the father and son still decided to stick to the city of Handan, and if the city was broken by the Han army, they would die in the city.

So the father and son also immediately took action, strengthened the city defense, and reorganized the army for battle, but for three days, the Han army did not launch an attack on Handan City, which also made Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father and son greatly puzzled, because Juluze was less than thirty miles away from Handan, and Mafu Mountain was only fifteen miles away from Handan, and the Han army had no reason to not be able to catch up with Handan for three days.

But I don't understand it, but the father and son are quite lucky, anyway, this delay is three days, but the father and son also understand that the Han army must be preparing for the attack on Handan, once the attack begins, it will definitely be the momentum of Mount Tai overwhelming.

And in the evening of the same day, Meng Wu received news that Qin Wangzheng led the army and arrived in Handan.