General Qin

Handan!

Since Zhao Jinghou moved his capital here, this big city has been the capital of Zhao State for 158 years.

Before that, it had a history of six hundred years.

It is said that in the distant Yin and Shang dynasties, Emperor Xin of the Zhou Dynasty built a large number of palaces and villas in Handan. Since then, the name of Handan has been on the stage of history and has been used to this day.

After becoming the capital of Zhao State, Handan was reinforced and repaired by successive Zhao kings, and became the first-class strong city in the world.

This city is the hardest bone for Qin Guodong to annex the world.

Especially the battle of Qin's attack on Handan more than 30 years ago is well-known all over the world, and all the people involved are famous people in the world.

In that year, King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent the five senior officers Wang Ling to lead an army to attack Zhao, and went straight to the outside of Handan City, where he encountered tenacious resistance from General Lianpo of Zhao.

The whole country of Zhao State is united in one mind, Zhao Xiangping and Lord Pingyuan also dissipate all their wealth, and organize their wives and concubines into the army to go to the national calamity together.

Under the united resistance of the Zhao people, the Qin army was still unable to win in the second year. King Qin added 100,000 troops to support Wangling, but was defeated by Zhao Jun, killing five schools and suffering heavy casualties.

The King of Qin was furious and ordered Wu'an Lord Bai Qi to take charge of the army, but Bai Qi refused because of his illness.

The helpless King Qin had no choice but to order Wang Yan to replace Wang Ling as the general, and increase troops to continue to besiege Handan. But I didn't expect that the Zhao army was so strong that nearly half of the Qin army was killed and injured, and they still couldn't capture Handan.

At this time, Qin Xiang Fan Sui recommended Zheng Anping as a general, leading an army of 50,000 and carrying a large amount of food and supplies to support Wang Lu.

Under the reckless siege of the Qin army, although Handan was still strong, the food in the city had been exhausted, and King Zhao Xiaocheng was forced to ask Wei and Chu for help.

After that, the famous "Mao Sui recommended himself" and Lord Xinling's "stealing amulets to save Zhao" and other incidents happened.

The Qin army was severely injured by the allied forces of the princes. Wang He led the Qin army to retreat to Hedong. Qin general Zheng Anping led 20,000 Qin troops to surrender to Zhao State when he was besieged, and was named Wuyang Lord by King Zhao Xiaocheng.

In the Battle of Handan, nearly 200,000 people were killed or injured by the Qin army, which was the biggest defeat since Qin Guodong came out.

The most regrettable thing is that Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, was angered because of this and was bestowed to death by King Qin.

At the same time, Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju was also implicated and implicated by Zheng Anping recommended by him.

The Battle of Handan was the first major victory won by the eastern vassals against Qin, sweeping away the haze brought about by the Battle of Changping.

But alas, the strongest fortresses are often taken from within.

Handan, Handan!

The most difficult capital city to conquer in the world, after all, it still surrendered at the feet of King Qin.

Zhao Tuo sighed softly. When he saw the power of the Qin army with his own eyes, and carefully observed the area under the rule of the Qin people on the way to Handan, he realized it clearly again.

In addition to national strength, whether it is the ruling class, the social system, the army, or the people at the bottom, Qin is far stronger than the six Shandong states.

Even if Jing Ke succeeded in assassinating Qin, it was nothing more than changing the king of Qin.

Qin's annexation of the world is a general trend, and no one can resist it.

"Tuo, I heard from those cavalrymen of the Qin Army. There were riots in Handan City a few days ago, so during this period of time, the city is under martial law and we cannot go in."

Heng didn't know when he came behind Zhao Tuo and shared the information he got.

At this time, the convoy stopped on a flat ground outside Handan City, and everyone was camping to spend the night.

Zhao Tuo had just finished feeding the horses, when he heard Heng's words, he was surprised and said, "Those Qin people told you?"

He curled his lips and said, "I eavesdropped. Hmph, those dogs from Qin occupied our Zhao country's land and killed my Zhao people. I wish I could eat their flesh and sleep on their skin. How could I talk to them."

Zhao Tuo said in a low voice, "Well, now that you're all here, don't say such things, or you will be killed if you hear about it. There is only one of your clan left now. If you die easily , then it’s really extinct, I’m sorry for the ancestors and gods.”

Hearing what Zhao Tuo said, the anger on Heng's face faded away.

He bit his lip, "Understood, I will be careful."

Seeing Heng's appearance, Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, cynics don't live long.

Especially Heng, who bears the hatred of subjugating the country and killing his father, according to his temperament, he may be slaughtered by the people of Qin one day for saying something wrong. Or because of his blood, he desperately sought out the Qin people, and ended up losing his life in the end.

So Zhao Tuo often instilled the concept of "there are three ways to be unfilial, and having no descendants is the greatest" concept on the road. Everything is for this young man to have the motivation to live. Now it seems that it is still somewhat effective.

"Tuo, I know that you are doing it for my own good. I also know how powerful the Qin people are. Even if I try my best to kill one or two Qin people, it will be of no use. Instead, I will cut off the blood passed down from my ancestors."

"Although you are younger than me, you have more wisdom than me. I will listen to your words. After the Yan Kingdom has offered land to the King of Qin and made a covenant, I will follow the mission to the Yan Kingdom. Find Surviving on a piece of land will not make my family die."

Heng, who had been successfully brainwashed, gradually looked away, but Zhao Tuo was speechless.

He knew very well that there would be no Yan-Qin peace talks at all, and there would be no paradise like the Yan Kingdom for him to live in.

In this trip, there is death and no life.

Zhao Tuo didn't think of a way to escape yet, but he tried Jing Ke on the way, making excuses to leave the convoy.

But they were all rejected by Jing Ke, and the twinkling light in those deep eyes made Zhao Tuo dare not speak again.

Because of Han Nan's betrayal, Jing Ke was very concerned about the team members.

No one is allowed to leave, even if someone is sick or injured on the road, they are directly loaded into the luggage cart and dragged along the way.

Everyone must go to Xianyang, unless it is a corpse.

When Zhao Tuo was thinking hard about the way to escape, time passed like a white horse, and it was night in a blink of an eye.

The sky was dark, only half a waning moon hung high in the sky, surrounded by scattered stars.

Zhao Tuo finished his urgency under the watchful eyes of the rangers on patrol, and was about to go back to the tent he had set up in the afternoon to rest, when he suddenly found someone standing in front of the tent.

Jing Ke!

That person was Jing Ke in plain white and deep clothes, he stood there quietly, like an ancient tree, making no sound.

"I met Jing Qing."

Zhao Tuo quickly saluted.

"You come with me."

Jing Ke said lightly, turned around and walked towards a bush not far away.

Zhao Tuo gasped, his heart pounding like a deer.

This man actually invites you late at night, what does he want to do?

Zhao Tuo suspected that the reason why Qin Wuyang was always targeting him had something to do with his appearance.

Han Nan chose him to blame him, maybe there is also this factor. Otherwise, Heng is obviously much more stupid than Zhao Tuo, why not blame him?

Now being summoned by Jing Ke in the middle of the night, Zhao Tuo couldn't help being a little scared, and he thought of Jing Ke's story of "eat the liver of a thousand-mile horse, and love the hands of a beautiful man", which made it even more frightening.

Zhao Tuo held down his lower garment, and followed behind Jing Ke tremblingly.

The ranger patrolling not far away saw this scene, shook his head and turned around.

And in the shadow of another tent, a pair of dark eyes watched the two leave, and the light in their eyes became colder and colder.