The next afternoon, just as Li He and his surprise soldiers were preparing for climbing training, Zhai Hu and two guards rode to Wei Camp.

So Li He asked Li Ying to supervise the surprise soldiers to continue training, and he quickly walked towards Zhai Hu.

"Zhai Sima."

After holding his fists, Li He asked in surprise: "Why is Sima Zhai coming?"

Zhai Hu waved his hand casually and told Li He that there was no need to be polite, and said with a smile: "I'll congratulate Li Baijiang."

While watching the training of the surprise soldiers from afar, he smiled at Li He and said, "I told me yesterday that the surprise soldiers you trained were very powerful... Zhai Li is not only responsible for transporting supplies to you Wei Ying, but also for several other camps. It must be very outstanding to make him praise him like this."

"Sima Zhai has been awarded too much." Li He said modestly.

“Nothing is a bonus…”

While speaking, Zhai Hu saw several soldiers cooperate with each other and easily climbed over the Wei camp wall. He, who was born in a war, immediately realized what it means to be able to easily climb over the Wei camp wall, just like Wei Zhu.

At this time, Wei Zhu also learned that Zhai Hu had arrived in the camp and rushed towards him quickly.

When they arrived beside the two, they happened to hear Zhai Hu's sigh: "A group of soldiers with outstanding personal strength and good at climbing are a powerful weapon for the enemy camp..."

As he said that, he asked Li He curiously: "How much can they do?"

"I don't know this either." Li He understood what Zhai Hu meant, shook his head and said, "Because my surprise team does not have a suitable sparring partner..."

"A suitable training partner..." Zhai Hu murmured while touching his beard, then looked at Wei Zhu beside him thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Li He also turned his head to look at Wei Zhu.

Wei Zhu felt something vaguely. When he turned around, he saw Zhai Hu and Li He looking at him at the same time. His face turned dark and he refused on the spot.

He was not stupid. He knew that his Wei camp and the soldiers in the camp could not stop the surprise attack, how could he agree?

Isn’t this making yourself uncomfortable?

"Wei Zhu, can't you sacrifice your best to train your subordinates?" Zhai Hu joked maliciously, most of whom wanted to see Wei Zhu's joke.

Unfortunately, Wei Zhu was not fooled at all and said with a stern face: "I don't need to sacrifice my face. I believe in Li He and the surprise troops he trained!"

Looking at Wei Zhu's expression without any room for negotiation, Zhai Hu and Li He both laughed.

After some jokes, Wei Zhu brought Zhai Hu and Li He to the central army room.

After each other sat down in the room, Zhai Hu, who was sitting in the main seat, then expressed his intention: "Today, in addition to coming to commend Li He, I will also inform you of a bad news..."

"Unfavorable news?" Wei Zhu changed his face slightly, and frowned and asked, "Can it be Qin..."

"Um."

Zhai Hu's smile was completely closed and he said with a serious expression: "Shao Liang has received news from Xizuo in recent days. It is said that since last month, Qin has started to transport grain to Chongquan one after another..."

"Chongquan?" Wei Zhu murmured, and immediately signaled the guard Zheng Ping to get the map and lay it flat on the low table in front of him.

Li He stood up and moved the mat he sat down and approached Wei Zhu in order to view the map.

According to this map, Chongquan is located downstream of the Luo River in Shaoliang area, facing a place marked "Northern City Pass".

He couldn't help asking, "Battle General, this 'North City Pass' is..."

"It is the Luoshui City Bulletin that the Rong Kingdom in Hexi is being built..." Wei Zhu explained.

"Hexi Rong Kingdom?"

"Ah." Wei Zhu nodded and pointed to a large space below the Shaoliang Kingdom on the map and said, "Hehexi Rong Kingdom is the south of my Shaoliang Kingdom. It is said that when I lived in Jin territory, I was driven to Hexi by Jin, I destroyed the Qi Kingdom and established Rong Kingdom in Hexi. All countries called it the "Hexi Rong Kingdom". Because Rong Kingdom surrendered to Jin at that time, he was accepted by Jin. After the collapse of Jin, Rong Kingdom and my Shaoliang surrendered to Wei Kingdom together, and the three parties joined forces to fight against the eastward invasion of Qin..."

"So that's it." Li He nodded suddenly and said with a chuckle: "I didn't expect there is another country here. I originally thought that there is only one country in Hexi, Shaoliang..."

"Ha." Zhai Hu smiled, but for some reason he smiled a little reluctantly, and even, he quickly changed the subject: "Abstract, all the signs at present indicate that the Qin State is very likely to start a war in the end of July and early August..."

『He doesn't seem to want to mention this Hexi Rong Kingdom...』

Li He keenly felt that Zhai Hu might be a little dissatisfied.

He looked down at the map on the table. Judging from Wei Zhu's gesture just now, the Rong Kingdom of Hexi is comparable to Shaoliang, and I believe the national strength is comparable.

Combined with Zhai Hu's attitude, is there any possibility that Wei State would want to see the mutual restraint between Shaoliang and Rong State?

Just as he was thinking secretly, Wei Zhu frowned and asked, "Has it been concluded that Qin State will attack Rong State first?"

"Eight or nine out of ten things." Zhai Hu stroked his beard and said, "The terrain of Shaoliang is high, and there is the Wei State's city block 'Yuanli' on the west side. It was very difficult for Qin State to cross the Luo River to capture this city block, so he chose to take the lead in attacking the Rong State with a lower terrain..."

Wei Zhu asked again: "Can the northern city gate that Rong State is building to block the Qin army?"

"I think it's difficult." Zhai Hu shook his head and said, "Some time ago, I went to the North City Pass to inspect. The progress of Rong people building the city wall is very slow..."

Speaking of this, he paused and explained to Li He the "city wall" he said.

This city wall refers to a section of Great Wall built along the Luoshui River with the "Northern City Pass" as the center. It is said that the total length of the city wall that was first decided to be built was about 180 miles. However, due to the serious lack of manpower and material resources, the Rong Kingdom of Hexi has been built for several years, and it has only been built to be more than 60 miles closest to the North City Pass, and there is still a gap of two-thirds of the distance.

Hearing these explanations, Li He felt a little moved in his heart and asked deliberately: "Is it built by Rong State alone?"

"How is that possible!"

Zhai Hu sneered and shook his head and said, "Although Rong State sent a lot of people to build this Great Wall, Wei State also provided huge staff. These people are mainly criminals and prisoners in Wei State. When I went there, it was said that there were more than 200,000 criminals there..."

"Those criminals may not have really committed crimes..."

Li He frowned slightly.

He couldn't help but think of what Yu Liang, a member of Linghu Jun, said that if Hu Fei had bribed Yu Liang at that time, and Yu Liang also hoped that the Hu clan would move to Liang as soon as possible, and would not want to cause trouble. I am afraid that Li He, Li Ying, and Peng Chou would have been convicted of "left their hometown without authorization" and sent to Hexi to build the Great Wall.

It turns out that this Great Wall refers to the northern city block that the Rong Kingdom in Hexi is under construction...

After completely understanding this incident, Li He's impression of Wei State became a little worse.

At this time, Zhai Hu and Zheng Wei Zhu were discussing how long the Rong Kingdom in Hexi could last under the attack of the Qin army.

"At most one month."

Zhai Hu analyzed with a serious expression: "The Luoshui River in the North City is built, and a 40-mile-long Great Wall is built. If the Qin State uses less than 100,000 troops this time, it should be able to withstand it. But you two know that Qin State can dispatch 500,000 troops. They have enough troops to attack Beicheng City and leave the Great Wall in segments. Once the Great Wall is broken by the Qin army, a large number of Qin troops will attack Rong State and cut off the roads between Beicheng City and Linjin. I think Beicheng City can only last for half a month at most... The remaining half month is the time it takes for the Qin army to capture Hexi City."

After a pause, he added: "If Rong Kingdom is more competitive, it may be able to last for forty days...it is impossible to have more."

Li He estimated it for a moment, frowned and said, "In other words, if Qin began to take action in late July, by the beginning of September, he would almost have captured Rong?"

"It's just right to arrive at the autumn harvest in Rong's territory, right? The Qin people are very smart!" Zhai Hu said jokingly.

Li He had no intention of joking with Zhai Hu, and frowned and asked, "Then what are my plans for me, Shaoliang...?"

Hearing this, Zhai Hu tapped the table in front of the ground and said slowly: "In Shaoliang City, my brother and the old man Dongliang Jun have discussed this matter many times in recent days, but it is unlikely that he will send troops to help Rongguo..."

Li He nodded slightly.

He knew that it was not Shaoliang City that he did not understand the principle of losing his lips and being cold. The key was that Shaoliang's army was too small, with only 20,000 people. Even if they were all sent to the Rong Kingdom in Hexi to fight against Qin Kingdom, it would be a drop in the bucket and was not enough to help Rong Kingdom repel the Qin army.

In this case, defending the national gates to the death and waiting for the Wei State to send troops to rescue is the most beneficial choice for Shaoliang.

However, Jieshi's surprise troops could go to the Beicheng Shou to experience it and use the Qin army to hone the skills they mastered.

"Do you want to go to the North City Pass?"

When Li He brought up this matter, Zhai Hu was slightly surprised and then fell into deep thought.

It can be seen that Zhai Hu seemed to have some prejudice against the Rong Kingdom in Hexi, so he seemed unwilling to send Li He and the surprise troops to the north city pass to assist the Rong people, even though Li He's purpose here was to train the surprise troops.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhai Hu finally nodded: "...The surprise troops will eventually need to go to the battlefield to hone their skills. Well, then I will write a letter of recommendation for you in my name, and you will take it to the North City Pass. But I will say that in front of you, the Rong people in Hexi are all proud and savage. Even if you have my letter of recommendation, it is best not to expect the soldiers over there to treat you well... My Shaoliang and Rong Kingdom are not so harmonious."

"I understand." Li He understood it.

What followed proved that Zhai Hu did make accurate judgments based on his understanding of Qin.

On July 28, Qin took advantage of the opportunity that Wei was still restrained by Zhao and sent troops to attack the Rong Kingdom of Hexi, and once again launched a war to swallow the land of Hexi.

Only one day later, Zhai Hu learned about this.

He wrote a letter of recommendation, went to Wei's camp in person, and delivered it to Li He.
Chapter completed!