Qin Gong

"Your Majesty, there is news from the State of Qi that the State of Qin is about to attack the State of Wei. Among the State of Qi, the number of people advocating sending troops to aid Wei has doubled, and more than half of the officials in the court have suggested sending troops to attack Qin."

In the study room of the palace, Kai stood beside the map, looked at Ying Zheng, and pointed to a place not far away on the ground. The location of Qi State on the map was full of dignity.

Along with Kai Zhuang, Wang Wan, Li Si and others were also worried.

Previously, when they agreed not to attack Chu State and instead attack Wei State, everyone was mentally prepared for the shock of Qi State's government and opposition, but when they heard the news, things still exceeded everyone's expectations.

More than half of the officials!

Anyone who is familiar with Kai's heart and mind knows that behind these words, Kai's attitude is already looking good, and the actual situation may far exceed this half.

"Yao Jia and Mao Jiao are already in the Qi State, using all their power, money, and lobbying the officials of the Qi State. Now Yao Jia has spent more than twice as much money as before, and many officials of the Qi State have already declined Yao Jia and Mao Jiao are already in the city of Linzi, struggling to cope with the wealth that Yao Jia has donated."

When Kai Zhuang said the last few words, he gave Ying Zheng a cautious look.

Wang Wan, Changping Jun and others, even the elderly Wang Jian and the young Li Xin, were silent at the moment. Everyone knew why Yao Jia and Mao Jiao were in Qi State. Wanting to meet the rumored old man riding a bull, he ignored the situation in Chu State and let Yao Jia and Mao Jiao go straight to Qi State.

The people present were all important ministers of the Qin State, and they all had their own connections, rights, and influence in their hands. For the rumored bamboo slips, more or less, they all secretly inquired a little bit.

Therefore, they can understand Ying Zheng and know how talented the old man is.

However, this does not mean that they really hope that the old man will appear in Qin State, and that one day, he will appear in the temple of Qin State.

For all of them, they are all important ministers of the Qin State now, and under Ying Zheng alone, no matter whether it is the power in the court of Qin State or the military power in the camp outside the court, they are already in the hands of them. No one wants anything to happen to Qin.

For this reason, they supported Yingzheng, supported Yingzheng to attack other vassal states, and participated in it one after another.

Everyone hopes that, just like Yingzheng's blood will inherit the position of Yingzheng, when they grow old, their children, grandchildren and even family members will successively enter the temple of Qin to take their place, and the cycle goes on and on until the future For generations to come.

Such as Meng's Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, ​​such as Li's Li Chong, Li Yao, Li Xin.
"Your Majesty, if the Qi State sends troops, there may be changes with General Bai Yan, and what I am more worried about is that once the Qi State sends troops, the Chu State will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack. When the time comes, Qi, Wei, and Chu will join forces to fight against Qin. Qin may not be able to conquer any country for a while."

After Wang Wan frowned and looked at the map for a while, she turned sideways and said to Ying Zheng.

Hearing Wang Wan's words, Chang Wenjun pondered for a while, thought for a while, and then raised his hand to look at Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task at the moment is to send envoys to Qi State earlier to appease the King of Qi!"

Chang Wenjun suggested.

Hearing Chang Wenjun's words, Kui Zhuang inadvertently frowned slightly, and after glancing at Chang Wenjun, he fell silent.

"All the ministers, who do you think is the right person to go to Qi State as an envoy?"

After Ying Zheng thought for a while, he glanced at everyone.

"Your Majesty, Si, I am willing to go as an envoy to Qi State! Previously, Si Meng was taught by his mentor Xunzi, and traveled to Qi State several times, and met many famous people. If you go to Qi State as an envoy, Si Meng will be able to persuade famous people and persuade the King of Qi."

Li Si replied, bowing to Ying Zheng to salute.

When Chang Wenjun heard Li Si's words, he looked at Li Si inadvertently, and then raised his hands to salute Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Lord Li Si is a Tingwei. Now that Yingchuan, Handan County, and Julu County are in turmoil from time to time, many matters need to be decided by Tingwei Li Si."

Chang Wenjun said with reason and evidence.

Li Si saluted with both hands, and when he heard Chang Wenjun's words, his pupils shrank, his eyes widened, and his breathing became a little disordered, which all showed that Li Si was already a little flustered.

"Kings."

Li Si still wanted to refute, but the words were on his lips, but he couldn't continue. Chang Wenjun's reason was too good. After attacking Han and Zhao before, apart from Yanmen County, which Bai Yan had governed, other counties and counties The governance of the region has always been a big problem, and the number of cases involving Qin Law is too numerous to count. In many cases, even the officials at the county level cannot make decisions, so they can only write to the Xianyang Tingwei Mansion to decide.

Inside the study.

Seeing that Li Si did not continue, Chang Wenjun looked at Ying Zheng after waiting for a few breaths.

"Your Majesty, attacking the State of Wei is a major national event. It concerns Qi, Wei, and Chu. Now that the Qi State is in turmoil, we have to be careful!"

When Chang Wenjun said this, he took a deep breath, bowed his head and continued to salute.

"Your Majesty, there are left and right prime ministers in the state of Qin. I believe that this time, as a gesture of benevolence and trust, one of the prime ministers should be sent to the state of Qi as an envoy to the state of Qi to appease the king of Qi on behalf of our king!"

After Chang Wenjun finished speaking, he bent down deeply again.

Chang Wenjun's words made Wang Jian, Wei Liao, Wang Wan and others all silent. Chang Wenjun had already made his words so clear that everyone present knew that Changwen Jun wanted to take this opportunity to let Changping Jun return to Xianyang again. No one can refute your reason,

"Your Majesty, Lord Changwen is right. Since I am the prime minister of Qin, I should go to Qi as an envoy no matter what!"

Kai stood up and saluted Ying Zheng.

Chang Wenjun’s mind is understood by Kui Zhuang, but Kui Zhuang understands Ying Zheng’s mind better. He, the left prime minister, went to Qi State. Whether it is Ying Zheng or Li Si, at least he still has time or finds an excuse to let Chang Ping Jun stay in Ying Zheng. However, once Lord Changping is sent as an envoy to Qi State, Lord Changping will definitely return to Xianyang as an envoy in the future.

Not to mention, Lord Changping is an official of the Chu family. In the current situation, how could Lord Changping be sent to Qi State as an envoy of Qin State.

If Kai Zhuang didn't understand this, he, the prime minister, would have been removed by Ying Zheng long ago.

"good!"

Ying Zheng nodded, and when he was about to speak, suddenly outside the study, an eunuch hurriedly came to the door of the study, said a few words to Han Yezhe, and then handed a roll of bamboo slips to Han Yezhe, Han Yezhe turned around Come to the study and walk up to Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the secret letter sent by General Bai's orders day and night!"

Han Yezhe held up the bamboo slips with both hands and said.

Hearing that it was the bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan, everyone in the study looked over one after another. Everyone knew that if it was correct, Bai Yan should have been attacking the State of Wei, and now the bamboo slips were sent, and they still ordered people day and night. Rushing, I'm afraid something happened.

Ying Zheng took the bamboo slips from Han Yezhe, his brows were slightly frowned. Today, Ying Zheng has not received any good news since he went to court today. Now this sudden secret letter makes Ying Zheng worry. bad news.

After all, he was the one who won the government this time, and regardless of the objections of the Chinese and military officials, he directly ordered Bai Yan to attack Wei.

Take a deep sigh.

Ying Zheng, who was already in a gloomy mood, opened the bamboo slips and looked at them, but as he looked at them, Ying Zheng's expression gradually became serious. After looking at the bamboo slips, he quickly looked at the position of the main beam of Wei State on the map, repeated several times, His breathing gradually became short of breath, full of excitement, and a smile that was rarely seen today appeared in his expression.

Seeing Ying Zheng's expression, Li Si, Wei Liao and the others looked at each other.

Seeing this, Li Xin and Mr. Changping vaguely guessed that it must be some good news from Bai Yan that made Ying Zheng so excited, even a rare smile appeared on his cheek.

"Ok?"

Ying Zheng suddenly murmured in doubt, and when he saw the back, he suddenly laughed heartily twice, put away the bamboo slips, and the gloom on his face just now disappeared.

"Your Majesty, is General Bai Yan the news of success in Wei?"

Seeing Ying Zheng staring at the map, Wang Wan asked curiously.

Li Si, Wei Liao, Kui Zhuang and others also looked at Ying Zheng one after another, but just when everyone thought Ying Zheng would nod, under everyone's gaze, Ying Zheng shook his head.

"Bai Yan did not attack Wei, but has been stationed in Licheng! This letter is a request for food and millet."

Ying Zheng said with a smile.

Ying Zheng's words made Wang Jian and others frown, and now they were completely puzzled. Since it was not a good news, why did Ying Zheng laugh.

Moreover, Bai Yan garrisoned in Licheng, instead of attacking Wei State, he continued to ask for food and millet, which made everyone even more puzzled, why Ying Zheng's expression was not only not angry, but on the contrary, he looked very pleased.

at last.

In the eyes of Wang Jian, Chang Wenjun, Li Xin, Li Si and others, Ying Zheng pointed to the position of the map beam with a bamboo slip.

"Bai Yan intends to surround Daliang this time, but not to attack, to dig the water from the Candle River and the Chasm, and flood Daliang City!"

Ying Zheng said to the crowd.

Looking at the position of the beam in the distance, Ying Zheng's heart was full of excitement, and Bai Yan, as always, lived up to his trust.

"Flooded girders?"

"Bai Yan plans to flood the beam?"

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, not to mention Li Xin and Meng Yi in the distance with shocked faces, even Wang Jian, Chang Wenjun, Li Si and others are not much better at this moment. No one expected that Bai Yan actually planned to attack with water. Directly excavate the water of the Candle River and the Crimson Gap to destroy Daliang City.

Then just now Yingzheng mentioned Bai Yan's request, the food and millet must have been intended not for the army of Qin State from the beginning, but for the people in Daliang City of Wei State.

All the ministers of Qin State looked at each other with surprised expressions.

"Baiqi! Yancheng!"

Wang Jian suddenly took a deep breath and sighed.

Li Si, Chang Wenjun and the others were slightly taken aback when they heard the words, and then immediately remembered that when Bai Qi attacked Chu State, he also used water attack to directly drown Yancheng. People actually want to use the same method to capture the capital of Wei State, Daliang!
Chang Wenjun looked at Wang Jian, and immediately stepped forward to salute Ying Zheng.

"Kings!"

Chang Wenjun said: "Looking at the past when Baiqi flooded Yancheng, causing more than [-] casualties and countless homeless people in the Chu State, Chu people still cannot forget it. I think that Wei State is like this. , or you can let General Bai Yan send troops to attack Daliang first, if you can't attack Daliang for a long time, then do this! If you can capture Daliang, you can stop the world's mouth."

After Chang Wenjun's remonstrance, he looked at Ying Zheng with a nervous expression.

Wei Zhuang stood aside, glanced at Chang Wenjun with a flat face, and sneered in his heart, he did not expect karma to come so quickly.

"Your Majesty, there are now more than [-] soldiers in Daliang City, and the food and grass stockpile is the entire country's preparation. General Bai Yan was able to take Daliang without bloodshed. It's fortunate for Qin, fortunate for the soldiers, and fortunate for the people of Qin."

Kui Zang cupped his hands and said, and after he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Chang Wenjun, met Chang Wenjun's eyes, then looked back at Ying Zheng, and continued to cup his hands.

"The siege of the city caused tens of thousands of casualties. Don't let the people of Wei hurt the people of Qin coldly. What's more, General Bai Yan's letter is presented to the king, asking the king to favor the people of Wei, and to give them food and grass without success. General Yan has such a heart, he must have a sense of proportion when attacking with water."

After Kai Zhuang finished speaking, he put down his hands and stopped looking at Mr. Chang Wen who was beside him.

Chang Wenjun has prestige in the court, and his achievements are not weaker than anyone else's. Therefore, even Li Si, Wang Wan and others are generally not easy to refute Chang Wenjun. It is identity and position that can be refuted.

Kui Zhuang couldn't help laughing in his heart when he thought of Caichang Wenjun's actions just now.

Lord Changwen tried every means to get Lord Changping to return to Xianyang. Although he was forced to go to Qi State now, with the arrival of Bai Yan's secret letter, Lord Changping might not even think about returning to Xianyang within a few years.

Thinking of this, Kai Zhuang couldn't help but rejoice that Bai Yan's secret letter really came in time, no wonder the king was so happy, he not only suggested a way to destroy Wei State without bloodshed, but even inadvertently helped Ying Zheng stop it easily Lord Changping returned to Xianyang.

"Kings!"

Chang Wenjun looked a little embarrassed, but he was still not too flustered, and after Kai Xing finished speaking, he saluted Ying Zheng.

But before Chang Wenjun could speak, Ying Zheng raised his hand.

"Bai Yan intends to flood the beams this time, but he has another plan to take advantage of the situation and attack the east of Chu State, the border between Chu and Qi."

Ying Zheng said.

Even Ying Zheng was a little shocked after learning of Bai Yan's plan. Who would have thought that before Bai Yan led the army, no matter the civil and military officials in the court, or everyone in Xianyang City, they were all guessing, guessing. Whether Bai Yan can successfully capture Wei Guo Liang, if he can capture it, will it take half a year, or a year, or even longer.

In the end, who would know that Bai Yan, who has been speculated and questioned all the time, had already planned in secret. After the Wei Dynasty was destroyed, he immediately led the cavalry and went straight to the border of Qi and Chu, and joined the army led by Mengwu in central Guizhou and the army led by King Ben of Jiaocheng. , forming an encirclement trend.

It seems that from the very beginning, Bai Yan was not worried about whether he could destroy Wei, or in other words, Bai Yan's purpose was not just to destroy Wei from the very beginning.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng couldn't help sighing, Bai Yan always seemed to bring him unexpected joy, whether it was from knowing Bai Yan's name at the beginning, to leading the iron cavalry later, and then going to Gaonu in Shangjun.
"what?"

"Chu country!!!"

If Li Si, Kui Zhuang, Wang Wan, Wang Jian and others were secretly surprised when they knew that Bai Yan planned to flood the beam at the beginning, then after hearing Ying Zheng's words now, they would show completely bewildered expressions.

Looking at the map again, according to Bai Yan's plan, everyone knew just how big Bai Yan's appetite was this time! ! !
How big is this? Together with the extermination of Wei, Bai Yan actually planned to attack Chu directly. I am afraid that in the entire Qin country, only Bai Yan dared to have such an idea.

"This"

Li Xin was also a little dazed at the moment. Li Xin, who used to boast of being brave, was also completely dumbfounded after learning of Bai Yan's purpose this time.

Li Xin imagined that if he were to lead the army this time, he would definitely besiege Daliang, and with heavy rewards, let the soldiers capture Daliang City. However, Li Xin was caught off guard when he learned that Bai Yan's water attack had caught him off guard. Unexpectedly, Bai Yan actually planned to attack Chu directly after destroying Wei.

This is to attack the next vassal state immediately after destroying one vassal state! ! !

"Your Majesty, General Bai Yan intends to annex the heavily guarded lands of Chu State this time! Qi and Chu hand over, both Chu and Qi have dozens of cities, and the big cities are all heavily guarded by heavy soldiers. If General Bai Yan attacks Chu, I am afraid that Qi will also react."

Wang Jian's eyes were still looking at the map in shock. As a general of Qin, Wang Jian was taken aback by Bai Yan's actions. Qi and Chu border, and both countries have heavy troops. If Bai Yan attacked one country rashly, the other country would have few If there is a change, it will form a situation of encirclement.

It stands to reason that Bai Yan, who can think of flooded girders, would never fail to think of this dangerous situation.

"Indeed, the state of Qi is already in turmoil. If General Bai Yan is eager to attack Chu, if he is a little careless, he may be cut off!"

Li Si also spoke admonishingly at this time.

Right now, after learning that Bai Yan plans to flood the beams, Li Si no longer has to worry about Lord Changping, so Li Si doesn't agree with Bai Yan's attack on Chu, it's too risky.

Wang Jian, Li Si, and even Lord Chang Wen all set their sights on Ying Zheng, hoping that Ying Zheng could let Bai Yan withdraw his intention, and that this time, he could just destroy Wei with all his heart, and go to attack Chu State with all his heart.

However, what Kai Zhuang, Chang Wenjun and others didn't expect was that after hearing what Wang Jian and Li Si said, Ying Zheng didn't seem to be too worried.

"It's okay, I trust Bai Yan!"

Ying Zheng looked at the map and said softly after thinking for a long time.

"quick!"

"Move fast!!!"

In the field not far from Zhaiyang, densely packed men, armed with wooden implements or some bamboo weaves, are constantly digging and lifting the soil. The men are ragged, sweating, covered in ripped clothes and mud, and are weak and crumbling from time to time. .

However, whenever a man rests, Qin officials and pawns with long spears and thick whips will come over and beat the stopped man vigorously.

Among them was a middle-aged man with a plump complexion. He was whipped several times in a row. There were signs of whipping all over his clothes, and the faint scars were clearly visible.

This man is Bai Yan's uncle.

But what is surprising is that there is no tattoo on the uncle's pale face. Obviously, for some unknown reason, the uncle has not been tattooed.

"quick!"

The uncle was digging the soil weakly with his hands full of pain. Whenever his head became dizzy, the panic in his heart made him dare not take a break.

not far away.

An exquisite carriage passed by slowly, the uncle glanced at it, full of longing, dreaming of leaving with the carriage, thinking of the days when he was free.

However, the sound of cursing came from behind, and the severe pain of being whipped brought the uncle back to his senses. He lowered his head and continued digging the soil, not daring to be distracted. Looking at his hands full of scars, the uncle wanted to cry. I couldn't cry, tears of regret had already flowed countless times in my red and swollen eyes.

"That carriage seems to belong to Wei Guo!"

Two guards holding thick whips stood beside a Qin soldier, looking at the carriage in the distance, and discussed.

"Indeed, it seems to be going to Licheng!"

Qin Zu nodded, and then he stopped paying attention to the carriage, and turned his eyes to the densely packed prisoners in front of him. Whenever he saw a sinner moving slowly, a look of hostility would appear in his eyes.

not far away.

The small window on the carriage was gently opened, looking through the window, it was shocking to find that the people in the carriage were corpses from the beam.

At this moment, feeling the constant shaking of the carriage, watching the corpse weir in the carriage, seeing a large area in the distance, densely packed people are constantly digging the soil, immediately guessing something, his face turned pale!

"It's over, Wei Guo is over!"

Shi Yan stared blankly at the scene outside the carriage, thinking of Daliang City, his eyes were full of fear, and his heart was full of despair.