Qin Gong Yingshi Xi gave an order, and hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers held up dark Qin flags and crossed the Luoshui River between Qin and Wei.

Facing Qin, a ferocious beast that has been dormant for decades, how should Wei, as the defender, respond?

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"Drive... drive... drive..."

A burst of urgent urging, accompanied by the sound of war horses neighing, came from the vast plains in the distance, and soon a strong war horse galloped in front of us.

On the horseback is a Wei army messenger wearing red light armor. From the hands holding the reins tightly and the anxious expression, it is not difficult to see the anxiety in his heart at this moment.

"Drive... drive... drive..."

The sound of urging the horses became louder and louder, and the neighing of the war horses became louder and louder. One man and one horse continued to speed up, galloping towards the front like a hurricane.

After walking along the wide road ahead for a long time, a majestic city appeared in the sight of the messenger.

The capital of Wei State, Anyi, arrived.

A moment later, in the main hall of the Wei Palace, Wei Marquis Wei Fengzheng, Prime Minister Gongshu Cuo, and Sima Gongsun Qi sat opposite each other.

What the three people were discussing was not other matters, but the Battle of Hexi that could break out at any time between Wei and Qin.

"Your Majesty, the 50,000 troops stationed in Hexi have been fully prepared for war. In addition, Pang Juan's 100,000 troops have also been trained. They are just waiting for your order."

"Your Majesty, the first batch of grain and grass baggage has arrived at the Hexi front line ten days ago. There will be a steady stream of grain and grass sent to Anyi from various places. The army will definitely not be short of grain and grass baggage."

Sitting behind a few tables, listening to the news reported by Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi across from him, Wei Feng, the Marquis of Wei, nodded gently with a somewhat satisfied expression.

With the solid foundation laid by Li Kui's previous reforms, coupled with important ministers and generals such as Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi, the Wei State had completed the mobilization of more than 100,000 troops in a short period of time, including the early transfer of grain, grass and baggage.

A series of war preparations.

It is no exaggeration to say that a state machine that operates as efficiently as the Wei State is still very rare in today's Warring States Period.

Just when Wei Feng was satisfied with Wei's war preparations, a burst of messy footsteps appeared outside the palace gate.

"Report..."

"Your Majesty, the battle report from the Hexi front line has been sent."

When the voice of report rang in his ears, the satisfied expression on Wei Feng's face immediately disappeared, replaced by a solemn look on his face.

Although he still didn't know the specific content of the battle report, the sudden intuition still made Wei Feng feel a little bad in his heart.

I saw Wei Feng slowly stand up from the throne, and under the gazes of Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi, he slowly walked in front of the messenger.

After receiving the battle report from the Hexi front line, Wei Feng first asked the ordering soldiers to go down to rest, and then unfolded it to read.

Wei Feng's eyes moved slowly over the battle report. As each seal character fell into his eyes, the expression on Wei Feng's face became more solemn.

Time passed by minute by second, when Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi both came to him at the same time, Wei Feng slowly turned his eyes away from the battle report.

"It's coming fiercely."

"The plot is not small."

While giving these two comments, Wei Feng handed the battle report in his hand to Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi.

"Xiangguo, Sima, you should also take a look."

"Here."

With some trepidation, he took the battle report from Wei Feng's hand and just glanced at it briefly. A look of shock appeared in the eyes of both of them.

One hundred and fifty thousand Qin troops!

Although Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi had already made preparations before, it is estimated that Qin will send troops this time with a large number of troops;

But when the real number of the Qin army was in front of them, both of them inevitably felt a little scared.

For this war against Wei, they were able to deploy such a huge army. It seems that Qin was determined to regain the land west of Hexi.

If Wei had not made sufficient preparations for war, it is unlikely that it would have suffered a big loss at the hands of Qin this time.

When his thoughts flowed here, the prime minister, Duke Cuo, who was always known for being cautious and calm, immediately bowed with Wei Feng with some worry.

"Your Majesty, the State of Qin dispatched 150,000 troops to attack Hexi. Now the troops stationed in Hexi led by General Long Jia are only 50,000."

"Although there are Shaoliang and Linjin cities with strong walls in the west of Hexi that can serve as barriers, for the sake of safety, do you want to order Pang Juan to lead his 100,000 troops to reinforce?"

After Wei Feng listened to Gongshu Cuo's suggestion, he immediately felt some agreement in his heart.

The 50,000 Wei army faced the 150,000 Qin army. Although the Wei army was slightly better than the Qin army in terms of combat power and held strong cities like Linjin and Shaoliang, the military strength gap between the two sides was a bit too great after all.

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If there were 100,000 troops under Pang Juan as reinforcements, the Wei army in Hexi would be able to defend more easily when facing the Qin army's offensive.

However, while he agreed with Gongshu Cuo's suggestion in his heart, Wei Feng did not forget that there was a wise man beside him.

"What do you think, Sima?"

"To report to your Majesty, I believe that the Prime Minister's suggestion is indeed a sound move. But..."

After giving some comments on Gongshu Cuo's proposal, Gongsun Qi showed some hesitation in his tone, and then the conversation turned to Wei Feng and said: "Do you still remember what I proposed during the court meeting that day to deal with the Qin State?

strategy?"

"of course I remember."

As Gongsun Qi mentioned the meeting that day, scenes appeared in Wei Feng's mind.

Avoid the enemy's edge and lure them deeper.

When all the images slowly dissipated and only these eight words were left in his mind, a look of clarity suddenly appeared on Wei Feng's face.

"Sima means that this is not the right moment yet?"

"Exactly."

After bowing to Wei Feng, Gongsun Qi said in a deep voice: "At this moment, the Qin army has just crossed the Luoshui River, and its morale is at its peak."

"If our army rashly dispatches all its main forces at this moment to engage in a head-on contest with the Qin army, it will inevitably suffer considerable losses."

While talking, Gongsun Qi led Wei Feng and Gongshu Cuo quickly walked to the map on the side of the hall.

As his fingers continued to move on the map, he heard Gongsun Qi explain: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, please see, although our Wei State had tens of thousands of troops stationed in Hexi, most of them were distributed among many cities. Facing the

There is no way to effectively defend against the menacing army."

"However, after General Long Jia was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Hexi garrison, he immediately ordered the abandonment of some cities that were difficult to defend and concentrated his troops in several fortified cities."

"This move can not only lengthen the Qin Army's front, consume the Qin Army's food, grass and baggage, and disperse the Qin Army's forces, but can also reunite our scattered forces into a more powerful force."
Chapter completed!