The King of Qin was sitting in front of the main hall, shaking the wine cup in his right hand and stroking his not-luxury beard with his left hand. His eyes were a little blurred, and a weak smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He did not have the dignity of a monarch.
When he was young, he first ascended the throne, the Queen Mother was in power, and Marquis Rang was the general. His power was eclipsed, and he could only drink to relieve his sorrows every day.
In order to reduce food consumption, the Shang monarch used more food for war and banned the use of surplus grain to make wine. As a result, the price of wine in Qin soared tenfold, and the supply still exceeded demand.
As a result, he was criticized by the ministers every time he drank, and was fined by the Queen Mother for violating Shang Jun's prohibition on alcohol.
At that time, King Qin was particularly resentful of Shang Yang.
Later, with the help of Fan Ju, he deposed the Queen Mother Xuan, expelled the four nobles, and took back the power in his hands.
At this time, he realized the greatness of Lord Shang, and often lamented why there was no Lord Shang to help him.
From then on, the King of Qin rarely drank. Only when he was very happy, he would fill a glass, sit in front of the hall, look at the beautiful rivers and mountains, and taste it slowly.
For example, now, news has just come from the Shaofu that 20,000 saddles and stirrups have been made and can be sent to the front line at any time.
This means that Qin’s only shortcomings have been made up, and the Six Kingdoms of Kanto are no longer Qin’s opponents!
The time has come for Da Qin to conquer the world!
"Your Majesty, there is news from the front line." At this time, Fan Ju walked in.
"Nian." King Qin narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Wu'an Jun has captured Zhao's Baili Stone, the eldest son, and cut off Zhao's army's food route." Fan Ju said.
"Okay, okay. Immediately send an order to recruit all the able-bodied men in Hanoi over fifteen years old to rush to Changping to intercept Zhao's reinforcements. Each of them will be given a rank of nobility." King Qin suddenly stood up, with an aura that swept the world.
"There is another news... Ye Wang, Dakou Pass, Tianmen has been lost..." Fan Ju said cautiously.
"The Wild King has fallen? Did Wei and South Korea take action?" King Qin asked in a deep voice, and the entire hall instantly felt like it was in the cold winter.
"It's Zhao Feiqi. Zhao Feiqi went south from Baixing, destroyed our army's food route, captured Yewang, and killed all the soldiers in the city. Not only that, but all the 60,000 people who were transported by our army in Hanoi were spared." Fan Ju
He said after looking at the battle report.
"Zhao Jun didn't even spare the civilians who were transporting grain and grass. They were so cruel and unkind! Butchers! Executioners!" King Qin kicked the eucalyptus over and rolled down the steps to the outside of the hall. His teeth were clenching and his eyes were filled with emotion.
Containable anger, like an enraged lion.
Haha, the Zhao army was cruel and unkind? The civilians who were killed by others for transporting grain and grass were barely considered soldiers. The Qin army directly massacred the city, not even sparing the unarmed people.
Otherwise, do you think that after conquering a city, where did the tens of thousands of heads come from? Do you really think that they are all soldiers?
Fan Ju felt a burst of curse in his heart.
Of course, he would never say this.
He is not one of those rotten scholars who talk about benevolence and righteousness every day, or a meddling Mohist who preaches universal love and non-aggression. How many people in the enemy country care about him?
"What else does Mr. Wu An say?" King Qin suppressed the anger in his heart and asked with a gloomy face.
"Wu'an Jun said that the king should transport grain and grass from Duanshi instead, and he would trap the main force of the Zhao army in Changping. In addition, Wu'an Jun asked the king to be careful about Zhao's alliance with the other five countries." Fan Ju leaned over and said.
"What do you think?" King Qin looked at Fan Ju.
Compared to Bai Qi, he still trusted Fan Ju more, not only because Fan Ju had helped him depose the Queen Mother and expel the Four Nobles, but more importantly, Fan Ju did not hold military power.
"Send envoys to Handan to negotiate peace and spread the news to the other five countries. At the same time, recruit the strong men in Hanoi to surround the wild king and destroy Zhao Feiqi." Fan Ju said.
"Where's Changping?"
"Listen to Mr. Wu An, we must not give up at this time. Our army can at least transport grain and grass from Duanshi. It will not be a problem to persist for a few months. Zhao's army's grain road is completely cut off. At most, it will last until winter, and it will inevitably collapse."
"Okay, let's do this. Notify Lou Huan to send envoy to Zhao State, and I will go to Hanoi in person to mobilize the people."
King Qin strode towards the outside of the palace.
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Zhao Guo, Handan.
Since the last good news came, the people of Handan were happy and excited. Many nobles even took out the remaining food at home to help the people outside the city in order to gain the favor of King Zhao.
The whole city seemed to have returned to its former prosperity.
However, on this day, a fast horse broke into the city of Handan, bringing the prosperous Handan back to deathly silence again.
"All the ministers, tell me, what should be done?" King Zhao sat on his seat, his face no longer full of glory.
Let's talk about this Zhao Kuo. The front leg just sent a successful report, saying that the Qin army had killed 200,000 people, but the rear leg's food route was cut off by the Qin army.
Not even half a month!
This is also... alas!
There were a few more wrinkles on King Zhao's young face.
"Your Majesty, our Zhao Kingdom's 400,000-strong army has to be rescued. Now we must recruit the adult men and slaves of nobles in the country to go to Changping. They will be given titles and certain compensation afterwards." Lin Xiangru stood up slowly and kept coughing.
"But...where does the food and grass come from?" King Zhao said helplessly.
If Zhao Guo takes the risk of subjugating the country, it can still recruit some soldiers. The problem is that even if there are soldiers, there will be no food!
Now not only the common people have no food, but also the nobles have no food!
"You can borrow food from Qi State," Zuo Shi said to the dragon.
"Your Majesty, I would like to go to Qi to borrow food." Lou Chang took a step forward, leaned over and said.
"Your Majesty, no." King Zhao was about to agree, but Yu Xin suddenly stood up and stopped him.
"Yu Qing, why is this?" King Zhao looked at Yu Xin strangely.
"Could it be that Mr. Yu thinks I'm not worthy of calling?" Lou Chang asked in a deep voice.
"No, it's just that you are an important minister of Zhao State, and Zhao State still needs you. It is not appropriate to go to Qi State in person. Your Majesty, Mr. Su Dai just returned to Handan a few days ago. Why not send him to Qi State? He will definitely be able to
Convince King Qi." Yu Xin bowed his head and said.
"Su Dai?" King Zhao was a little confused at first. After a while, he finally thought of who Su Dai was. He said excitedly, "He is actually in Handan? With his talent, he will definitely be able to borrow food for our Zhao country!"
When his father, King Huiwen, attacked the Yan State, it was Su Dai who persuaded King Huiwen with the story of "a snipe and a clam fighting against each other to make a profit for the fisherman", and saved the Yan State from a military disaster.
"Your Majesty, although Su Jun's talents are famous all over the world, he is only a guest of our Zhao State. How can we show the sincerity of our Zhao State? It is precisely because I am an important minister of the Zhao State that I am more suitable to be sent as an envoy to the Qi State." Lou Chang said.
"Your Majesty, Su Daiyi..." Yu Xin wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by King Zhao's hand.
"Well, in that case, let Lou Qing be the envoy to Qi." King Zhao thought that Su Dai had been the high minister of Yan, and felt that his own people were worthy of trust.