Shen Jiqi's plan was shattered like a bubble.

This spy war made Li Yuan feel the cruelty of the intelligence war for the first time. Faced with the final result, Li Yuan felt both gratified and regretful. Fortunately, Li Bi, the careful Xianyang Order, otherwise, if he was a verbal war, he would almost bring him a catastrophe.

It is impolite to come but not come.

After Ying Yuman's funeral, Li Yuan ordered Chen Ping to quickly form a special intercourse group, focusing on infiltration of the areas occupied by King Liu Bang of Han. According to long-term, medium-term and short-term intercourse tasks, different personnel were selected to perform different tasks to prevent the phenomenon of Fu'an Restaurant being exposed in one place and the entire intercourse network was caught in one place.

At this point, Li Yuan had to admit that the famous spy war TV series in later generations gave him a lot of inspiration, allowing him to perfect and supplement Chen Ping's ideas.

Due to his outstanding performance in this anti-espionage war, Li Bi was promoted to an important member of the secret front specifically responsible for this work by Li Yuan. The position of Xianyang Order he originally held was also served by Xin Sheng. Anyway, the veteran general is now full of fighting spirit and vows to build the most prosperous metropolis.

This spy war made Li Bi see another interest in fighting. Although the battle on this battlefield is not as refreshing as it is on the battlefield, it is even more tortuous and thrilling.

This is what he likes and what Qin needs now.

For this reason, Li Bi has no regrets.

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Chen Cangdao.

This mountain road trampled out by the Qiang team was surrounded by waves of noise and voices on the first day of the third year of the Qin Xinli period. After a cold winter, Li Yuan officially began his plan to guide Hanzhong and Bashu.

In the past, Sima Cuo, a general of Qin, attacked Shu, and went to Bashu from Hanzhong on the Jinniu Road. The roads between Hanzhong and Guanzhong are still dominated by Baoxie Road. The southern end of Baoxie Road is still in the hands of Liu Bang. Li Yuan was not very interested in fighting for this wooden plank road built on the cliff.

Although this road from Chencang to Hanzhong is far west, the distance is relatively long. However, the terrain is relatively flat. As long as it is vigorously repaired, Baogu can be replaced as the main road connecting Qin and Hanzhong. Before, the reason why the Chencang Road was abandoned was mainly due to the Qiang people's war. Now the Qiang people who opposed Qin have been frightened by Li Yuan and fled westward, and the remaining Qiang people basically have no idea of ​​resisting. The stable situation in the Chencang area is the most suitable opportunity to advance south.

The mountains and forests are undulating.

The breeze from the mountains and fields blew the weeds on the cliffs. The rising sun in early spring swept across the tall Qinling treetops and the thick and dense canopy. Finally, it fell on the road that had not seen the sun for a long time.

With the shouts of the Qin generals and craftsmen, pieces of cold bluestone were melted by wildfires, and then watered directly with cold water. The repeated burning and hammering finally caused the whole rock to crack in the middle and then be hit into fine stones by a mark. This project is very difficult for everyone involved in the road construction.

Feng Xuan was the vanguard of opening Chen Cang Road this time. He opened the road across mountains and built bridges across water. This is the main task of an army pioneer. In the past, this was just a talk. What the vanguard troops really had to do was to bravely face the enemy and defeat all the main forces of the invading enemy forces. But this time, Feng Xuan truly became the person who built the road and built the bridge.

Li Yuan’s requirement for Chen Cangdao was that the length of the road could be extended, but the traffic conditions of the road must be enough to allow a carriage to pass through. Otherwise, relying on manpower to carry it on the shoulder, the connection between Hanzhong and Guanzhong will never be smooth.

While Feng Xuan led the army to build the road, a Qin army reinforcement unit had crossed mountains and ridges and headed towards the Jushui River Basin in Hanzhong County. This was the troops sent by Li Yuan to defend the Jushui Iron and Stone Mine.

It's March.

After more than two months of intense construction, Feng Xuan’s army finally successfully raised the pass standard of Chencang Road by a higher level after paying the price of many soldiers falling off the cliff and dying. The completion of this project means that the connection between Guanzhong and Hanzhong will no longer be the only road Baoxie Road.

March 11th.

Under the personal command of Li Yuan, the 10,000 invaders of Qin who had been raising their energy for many days went south along the Chencang Road, passing through the Daoshui River and Jushui River to Nanzheng, an important western town in Hanzhong County.

It was heard that a large number of Qin troops arrived, and more than a thousand local county soldiers left by the Han army to defend Nanzheng surrendered without fighting. Then, the Qin army advanced east along the Han River with a lightning speed, defeating five cities including Chenggu, Mianyang, Xunyang, and Baozhong, and headed straight to the Xicheng, the county seat of Hanzhong County.

Faced with the aggressive offensive of the Qin army, King Liu Bang of Han had no choice but to retreat step by step this time. After abandoning five cities in a row, the Han army stopped to retreat in the west city. Liu Bang, who was in great health this year, personally led a group of Han generals to guard the city.

For Liu Bang, the importance of Xicheng is self-evident. As long as the county seat of Xicheng is still in the hands of the Han army, he, the Han King, is justified. No matter how many small cities are lost, it is nothing. Once the Xicheng is lost, then once someone attacks, Liu Bang's name as Han King is likely to be deprived.

In this regard, Zhang Er is a living example. Shortly after this unlucky prince who lost his fortune in the internal strife, he lost all his fiefdom and had no soldiers or generals. The title of prince was canceled by the overlord Xiang Yu. King Changshan was immediately crowned Zhonglimei.

As for his current strength, Li Yuan would not talk about him. This is an anomaly. Even if he knew the Qin army's military strength, Liu Bang could not measure what kind of combat power the Qin army would burst out under Li Yuan's command.

In all the princes, the overlord Xiang Yu was undoubtedly the best in strength. Although the Hulao Pass Battle last year caused Xiang Yu to lose his troops, at least, on the surface, the Chu army did not suffer much. The subsequent military operations to consolidate Donghai County, Dong County and Dang County also brought Xiang Yu's reputation to a higher level.

In comparison, Liu Bang has been relatively quiet recently. It is really not a fault for him. The national treasury has no food and no money in his hands. He has nothing to do with anything. He is guarding a broken stall. Liu Bang is already lucky to be able to take advantage of the opportunity of Qin and Chu fighting against each other.

This time, the Qin army went south to Hanzhong, Liu Bang was unable to react. He made a rash move, exposing the intercourse network that Liu Bang had been ambushed for many years. For this reason, Liu Bang and Lu Zhi completely turned against each other and disappeared the most basic husband-and-wife rituals.

How to deal with the Qin army's attack? Liu Bang and Zhang Liang and other ministers were puzzled and had no solution. They were also very conflicted. Compared with strength, the gap was too big, and the courage of the soldiers. When the Han army saw the Qin army, they couldn't help but lower their heads, compared with strategy, and repeatedly losing their troops and generals, Liu Bang began to doubt his wisdom.

More importantly, the Han State has been preparing to launch an offensive against Linjiang King Gongao in the Nanjun area a year ago. Compared with Hanzhong County, which is vast and sparsely populated and in the southwest remote area, although Linjiang County is densely populated, it is the former capital of Chu State Yingdu. This place has been operated by Chu State for several generations, population, and farmland scale are not much weaker than that of the Central Plains.

With Linjiang and Nanyang counties, Liu Bang at least had the confidence to fight against Xiang Yu and Li Yuan, which was what he needed most at the moment.

Is it better to defend or abandon Xicheng?

King Liu Bang of Han, in a state of uncertainty, ushered in the biggest hard-working fight for hegemony - Li Yuan.

Inside the city.

Han Wang Mansion.

After several days of lights, Liu Bang forced himself to hold his sick body and summoned Zhang Liang, Cao Shen, Xiahou Ying and other Han army generals and school counselors to discuss countermeasures.

"The King of Han and the troops in Ba County have been ordered to retreat to the Shangyong area. However, General Li Shang of Shu County wrote that he was unwilling to give up. He was willing to lead an army to defend in Shu until the King of Han will return one day." Cao Shen's voice was low, and there was a hint of blood in his hoarse voice, which was a slight ill caused by continuous fatigue.

The Han army lost the city continuously. As the Han army general, Cao Shen was under great pressure. What made him feel even more stressed was that the opponent he faced this time was Li Yuan, who had caused him to suffer enough.

Enemies have a narrow road.

Cao Shen no longer has the heart to complain about God's injustice. The news that Li Shang was unwilling to retreat made him feel sad as if the wind was whistling and Yishuihan was cold.

Li Shiqi's death had a great influence on Li Shang.

This uncle and nephew have a deep relationship. Li Shiqi was also the guide for Li Shang to defect to Liu Bang. He died unexpectedly while lobbying Zhang Han. Others believe this statement, but Li Shang definitely does not believe it.

For Li Shang, the Qin people were his irreconcilable enemy. Now, if he had the opportunity to compete with the Qin people, how could he be willing to retreat from the abundant Shu County?

"Tell Li Shang that there will be one day when I, Liu Ji, will definitely get the blood debt for Mr. Gao Yang. I promise--." Liu Bang said loudly with a slap in the face of the slap in a slap.

"King of Han, we fought with Li thieves several times, but we had to give up because the city was difficult to get down. This time, it was replaced by Li thieves who came to attack Xicheng. Why not fight back against the Qin people with the same persistence to boost the morale of the Han army?" Zhang Liang looked depressed, and a hint of indescribable madness appeared in his eyes.

"King of Han, what Mr. said is reasonable. If the Xicheng does not defend, how can we control the world?" Xiahou Ying nodded and advised.

"King of Han, fight and fight - even if you die in battle, you cannot let Qin Gou get the city easily." Guan Ying also shouted in anger. After hearing what Xiahou Ying and Guan Ying said, the Han generals who were full of anger were all excited.
Chapter completed!