Chapter 437 The World Situation

Hua Kai's concubine was quiet and silent. He just invited several core members of the Hua family to have a meal, but the news spread quickly in Gaoliu County.

At the same time, the news that Hua Kai's maid was looking for a husband came out. The Hua family was going to hold a matchmaking meeting in Xiacheng. All adults could participate, whether they were commoners, children of aristocratic families, or scholars of hundreds of schools. As long as they were over 18 years old and had no wife or three concubines or less, they could get a beautiful woman. All women could also sign up to choose a husband.

For this reason, Hua Kai also opened a special reception service from Xiacheng to major cities. All people who successfully registered locally could take a special carriage to Xiacheng for free. Men and women were separated, and they would leave when there were enough people.

On July 15, after Hua Kai held a simple ceremony with the eight girls, he had already started preparing for the matchmaking meeting 20 days later. The eight people discussed that Xue Yiyu would be responsible for Xiacheng, Qi Qige would be responsible for family activities, and the other six would manage Gaoliucheng Huafu, Xiacheng Huafu, textile workshop, female official assessment training, maid assessment management, and girls' college respectively.

As soon as the eight people became Hua Kai's concubines, they helped Hua Kai manage the family. In fact, they were still doing the same things as before, but this time it was more legitimate.

No one had to stay in the place they were responsible for all the time. They were completely free to deal with their own affairs and then return to Xiacheng with Hua Kai. If they got pregnant, they would have made great contributions to the Hua family!

Let's talk about Qin's Dasan Pass. After Zhao and Qin soldiers had been in a stalemate for half a month, Qin soldiers only had the last East Pass wall left. All the streets and alleys of Dasan Pass were occupied by Zhao soldiers. As long as they could take down the last wall, Zhao soldiers could gallop under the city of Xianyang.

At the critical moment, the 50,000 troops provided timely support to help Qin soldiers stabilize the situation. With the advantage of numbers and the addition of tens of thousands of Qin soldiers, the streets controlled by Zhao army were gradually occupied by Qin. At this time, Zhao received the news that 20,000 Qin soldiers were stationed in Longxi City.

With their retreat blocked and Dasan Pass unable to be taken, the Zhao army became an isolated army. They persisted until the end of July, when they finally chose to give up fighting. They came to Longxi City and attacked the city for three days, leaving more than 5,000 corpses. Finally, they could only choose to flee westward into the territory of the Qiang people.

When the Zhao army and the Yiqu army entered the Qin Xiaoguan Pass, there were 110,000 soldiers. When they fled to the Qiang people, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers. To return to Zhao, they had to go around from the west to the north of the Yuezhi State, then return to the Linhu State, and then return to Zhao from the Linhu State.

This journey was more than 20,000 miles, passing through countless mountains and rivers. Even if everything went well, it would take more than two years. Zhao had lost all its elite troops this time.

Qin left 10,000 garrisons at Dasan Pass, and the remaining personnel hurried to Hangu Pass, because Wei State increased its offensive against Hangu Pass as soon as it knew that Qin State had stabilized the situation in Zhao State. After paying the price of tens of thousands of people, 3,000 Wei Wuzu invaded Hexi County of Qin State. Many cities in Hexi County were quickly occupied by Wei State. Wei State also knew that this was the most critical time. Wei State could not put pressure on Qin State, and let Chu State also lose. The world really became Qin State.

Chu State attacked Hanzhong County, Wei State attacked Hexi County, and Qin State used all the troops withdrawn from Han State, Zhao State and other countries in the two places. The Qin attack that the countries in the central plains were waiting for did not come, and they had already begun to celebrate their victory.

Zhao State, Handan City, Zhao Palace.

Zhao Dan did not recover for a long time after hearing the news of the defeat of the Zhao army. Qin State actually defended Dasan Pass with all its elite troops. At this time, the civil and military officials of Zhao State finally realized the strength of Qin State.

"Your Majesty, the strength of Qin is not only the Qin government and the elite soldiers of Qin, but also the millions of Qin people. This time, our 110,000 coalition forces killed more than 300,000 people who cooperated with the Qin army to resist, but did not obtain a prisoner. Qin... cannot be defeated!" A minister of Zhao said to Zhao Dan.

"What about Qi and Yan? What do they say?" Zhao Dan looked at his prime minister and asked loudly.

At the beginning of Zhao's attack on Qin, Zhao Dan sent envoys to Song, Chen, Xu, Cai and other central plains countries, hoping that these countries could send troops to deal with Qin, but the result was very unsatisfactory. All countries had the intention to fight against Qin, but when it came to the specific details of sending troops, they could not come up with a solution.

"Your Majesty, the saint Zeng Shen of Qi has rarely been in charge of things. The major families of Qi disagreed and it was difficult to accomplish anything. The King of Yan seemed to be not worried about the expansion of Qin at all. When it came to sending troops to Qin, Qin always said that it was too far away. The King of Yan might have a way to deal with Qin. He is just waiting for an opportunity now." The prime minister of Zhao returned.

"Zhao has lost 80,000 elite cavalry, and has lost one of its arms. Now we can only send troops to help Wei attack Qin. We hope that Chu and Wei can defeat Qin. Otherwise, when Qin recovers, no one in the world can stop the Qin people!" King Zhao said worriedly.

Zhao has lost 80,000 of its 100,000 elite cavalry, and it is difficult for the remaining troops to protect themselves. Now all bets can be placed on Wei. If Wei can defeat Qin, contain Qin's politics, and give Zhao a few years to breathe, Zhao will have a chance to regain its glory.

"Alas! Now it depends on whether General Lian can return to the country. If 20,000 Zhao troops can return to the country, everything will be fine." The prime minister of Zhao said.

At this time, on the Qiang grassland in the western border of Qin, tens of thousands of Qiang troops were chasing after Zhao's elite cavalry. They walked through thousands of miles of mountains and forests, encountered hundreds of beasts, and encountered several waves of monster attacks. Fortunately, they did not encounter intermediate monsters. After paying 3,000 elite cavalry, two foundation-building realm, and more than 6,000 war horses, they successfully entered the Qiang grassland.

When they entered the Qiang grassland, they had used up all the food and grass they brought. They encountered a small tribe. The Zhao army exchanged some horses with this small tribe for some cattle and sheep, which solved the problem of food and grass. When they retreated from Dasan Pass, they brought more than 50,000 horses, and each person had two horses left.

The Zhao army did not want to cause trouble. They marched fast to bypass the Tianshan Mountains in winter this year. They would be able to enter the Yuezhi Kingdom by the end of next year, and then it would take about two years to return to the Zhao Kingdom from the Linhu Kingdom.

However, half a month after entering the Qiang grassland, they saw Qiang cavalry following them from a distance. The Zhao elite cavalry did not want to pay attention to it, but as time went on, the number of cavalry following them increased.

"We can't go on like this. We are obviously being targeted. If we wait until their forces are fully assembled, I may not be able to leave!" said a Foundation Building Realm of Yiqu State.

"Lian Shuai's injury is getting worse and worse. We must rush to Yuezhi State as soon as possible. I heard that the Wuzhumuqin tribe of Yuezhi State has elixirs to treat Lian Shuai's injury. If he is held back by the Qiang cavalry again, I am afraid that Lian Shuai will not be able to hold on." said a Foundation Building Realm of Zhao State.

"Or, we can send a few Foundation Building Realm to send Lian Shuai to the Wuzhumuqin tribe. After all, we still belong to Yuezhi State in name, and it will be easier to negotiate with Yuezhi State." Another Foundation Building Realm of Yiqu State said.

All Zhao State cavalry thought this was a solution. A Foundation Building Realm riding a BMW can reach Yuezhi State in at most one month. At that time, they can negotiate with Yuezhi State early and let Zhao State's elite cavalry and thousands of remnants of Yiqu State pass.

Soon everyone decided to let one of the Zhao State Foundation Building Realm and three of the Yiqu State Foundation Building Realm go first. They first brought ten of the best horses and tied the unconscious Lian Po to the horseback. Lian Po had been seriously injured and unconscious for more than a month, but he was still breathing. No one knew how long he could hold on.

After Lian Po left, the Zhao State elite cavalry continued to march north. The grassland was hot at noon in August, but a little cold in the early morning and evening. The Zhao State elite cavalry wearing armor was uncomfortable in this environment, and many people began to get sick.

By the end of August, the Zhao State elite cavalry could only walk more than 300 miles a day. The horses had no fine feed and their physical strength declined. They had to give the horses more time to eat grass and rest every day to ensure that the army could continue on the road.

The dried meat made from cattle and sheep exchanged last time had been eaten almost. When they passed a medium-sized tribe, the other party was unwilling to trade with them again. Seeing this, the Zhao State elite cavalry could only occupy this medium-sized tribe. Then, they found that there were more and more Qiang cavalry behind them.

But the elite cavalry of Zhao State is the best cavalry in the world, at least that's what the people in the Central Plains think. They don't care even if the other side has 100,000 troops. After occupying this medium-sized tribe, the Zhao soldiers did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. After slaughtering some cattle and sheep to make dried meat, they continued on their way. As long as the Qiang cavalry behind them did not approach them, they would ignore them completely.

On August 30, the elite cavalry of Zhao State saw more than ten cavalry tribes behind them, and the largest cavalry had more than 20,000 horses, so they had to take the initiative to attack the Qiang cavalry.

At the same time, in Jicheng of Yan State, the King of Yan and the 18 cavalrymen of Yanyun were secretly receiving a man in black wearing a bamboo hat in a palace in the palace. This man in black was not tall and seemed to have no real energy, but he was able to receive such a hospitality from the King of Yan, which was really amazing.

"Jing Jun, this matter depends entirely on you. The cruelty of Qin State has angered the world. If this matter succeeds, this king will grant you a county. If you regret it, heaven will not tolerate it!" It is not easy for the King of Yan to speak to someone like this.

"The crime of Qin's violence lies with Qin Zheng. If Qin unifies the world, the noble families will lose everything, and the people of the world will become slaves of Qin Zheng. Your Majesty has entrusted me with this, and I will not hesitate to die!" The visitor bowed to the King of Yan.

Speaking of Jing Ke, he was also a strange man in Yan. He was born in a noble family. When he was young, he traveled to various countries. Ten years after joining the Mohist School, he became a Mohist master.

After becoming a Mohist master, he turned to Gongsun School, and finally became a leader of Gongsun School. This is a strange story among the rangers in Yan. The Gongsun family values ​​righteousness and good fighting, and most of them are rangers. Jing Ke has been known for his righteousness for a hundred years. He is a leader among all the rangers in Yan. I didn't expect that the King of Yan would invite him.