When he was almost done eating, Ying Zheng put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked:
"General Wang, how are things going lately?"
Wang Jian and Yang Duan quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks and swallowed the food in their mouths with a gulp.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Jian replied: "The ministers have surrounded Jicheng and have prepared trebuchets, stone bullets and other siege equipment. They can be ready at any time..."
Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng was not interested in hearing this at all. He raised his hand and shook it, interrupting Wang Jian's words:
"I'm asking about the situation of bandits."
Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe were stunned. They were clearly attacking Yan State, so why did they suddenly ask about the bandits?
This kind of thinking is so exciting!
But of course the two of them didn't dare to say anything. You replied one sentence at a time and I replied:
"Wei Chen and General Yang are responsible for the two groups of bandits."
"We have already forced it into the forest and dare not challenge it."
"But the bandits are very cunning. They always take advantage of our unpreparedness to make sneak attacks. They often sneak into the city to cause trouble."
"Fortunately, we used a trick to catch them all..."
Ying Zheng knew all this, so he was still not interested in hearing it. He frowned and asked:
"Are those bandits running around the borders of Zhao and Wei?"
Wang Jian couldn't help but be stunned. He had never thought about this problem before, so he could only turn his attention to Yang Duanhe.
Yang Duanhe thought for a while, nodded and replied:
"When the king said this, I remembered it."
"Most of the bandits are on the border between Zhao and Wei, and only a small number are distributed in the north..."
Ying Zheng asked again:
"Have you ever interrogated those bandits?"
"Have you found out who they are?"
At this point Yang Duanhe had nothing to say.
Aren't the bandits just the remnants of the Zhao Kingdom and some people who can't survive?
At that time, we were working in the fields, protecting food, and arresting bandits. How could we have time for interrogation?
And even if you interrogate it, you won’t be able to find any valuable information!
So a group of them were cut off on the spot, and the rest were sent to do hard labor.
After thinking about it, Yang Duanhe could only answer:
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. I have never tried it."
Ying Zheng let out a long sigh, put on a look of resentment, and said earnestly:
"Have you ever thought that they might have been instigated by the Wei State or even disguised as Wei people?"
Wang and Yang could not close their mouths for a long time.
What the hell is this happening?
However, this seems reasonable and reasonable. The Wei State was worried that the Qin State would gain a foothold in the three counties and then attack the Wei State, so they tried every means to prevent the three counties from transporting grain, and even sneaked into the city to cause chaos.
No wonder these gangsters have such a large scale and are organized and able to cooperate with each other.
But it turned out that Wei Guo was behind the scenes.
Thinking of these two people, they quickly knelt down:
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. I failed to discover Wei's evil plan."
Ying Zheng raised his hand to signal the two of them to stand up.
Of course he wouldn't blame Wang and Yang. In fact, he didn't even expect it.
After thinking about it, Ying Zheng ordered:
"Wang Jian listens to the order. On my behalf, go and test the head of the Prince's Pill."
"And put forward the terms of reconciliation, asking Yan State to send 100,000 shi of grain within three days, not even a dou less!"
"Otherwise, Yan will be uprooted."
Wang Jian responded, but at the same time he was secretly wondering:
The king actually refuses to avenge his assassination?
This doesn’t look like the king’s character!
And why do we need food instead of property?
Although the Qin army was short of food, the large amount of military food seized from the Yan State was enough for the soldiers and civilians of the three counties to survive the winter.
Next year, some more will be shipped from the direction of Xianyang to last for a while, and the three counties will have a harvest.
Therefore, wouldn't it be more convenient and faster to ask for property from Yan State?
But after thinking about it, Wang Jian understood:
Your Majesty, you are planning to use the food of Yan State to attack Wei State!
Wei Guo is in trouble this time.
In fact, Wang Jian only guessed the first one but not the second.
Ying Zheng further deepened Shen Bing's strategic thinking.
The reason why he asked Yan State for food instead of property was because food was more important to Yan State at this time.
Given King Yan's greedy and fearful character, he would probably agree to this condition.
There is a reason why Yingzheng limited "three days" to collect 100,000 dan.
The State of Yan first lost a large amount of military supplies, and now it had to hand over 100,000 shi in a short time...
That cannot be dealt with by the surplus grain stored in the national treasury or local areas. There may be grain in further border areas, but three days is not enough to transport it.
Therefore, King Xi of Yan could only plunder the people's surplus grain for the winter.
You must know that the Yan State is located in the north and it is extremely cold in winter. If the people give away all the surplus food, they will starve to death in the winter.
Thus... it can intensify the conflict between Yan Wangxi and the people, causing anger and resentment.
When Qin wants to destroy Yan, won't it be easy to do so?
So this is actually a plan that kills two birds with one stone:
On the one hand, it can weaken the rule of King Yan and prepare for the future destruction of Yan; on the other hand, it can replenish the Qin army's military supplies in preparation for attacking Wei.
After finishing, Ying Zheng raised his head and said: "Go down!"
Wang and Yang both agreed and were about to leave, but were soon stopped by Ying Zheng:
"General Yang, I want to ask you for someone!"
Yang Duanhe replied:
"Does your Majesty want Shen Bing?"
"Weichen will bring him immediately."
Yang Duan and Xin knew that during this period, Ying Zheng was in contact with Shen Bing as a horse dealer.
Although Yang Duanhe did not give up the troops, he would not dare to refuse to obey the king's request.
Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng shook his head:
"No, although the engineers are extraordinary talents, they are put to their best use under General Yang's care."
"It would be a waste if you are around others."
"What I want is that stingy man called..."
As he spoke, Ying Zheng turned his attention to Zhao Gao beside him.
Zhao Gao quickly replied:
"The stingy man Chen Wei!"
Ying Zheng nodded:
"This is the guy, bring him here!"
Yang Duanhe couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he heard that Yingzheng's tone seemed a little unkind.
Chen Wei was probably looking down on others and accidentally offended the king. Now he didn't need to do anything himself and Wang Jian couldn't blame him.
He immediately agreed and immediately sent someone to summon Chen Wei.
Chen Wei didn't know what was going on, and he said that Yang Duan called him because he had something to discuss, and he immediately felt happy, secretly thinking that this trip was finally in the eyes of the general.
So Pidianpidian followed the bodyguard.
When I came to the tent, I saw that it was the horse dealer who had been eating for a while.
When Chen Kui was confused, he heard Zhao Gao yell angrily:
"How brave! Why don't you kneel down when you see the king?"
Chen Wei was immediately frightened to the point of losing his consciousness. He knelt on the ground with a bang and shivered. It took him a while to come back to his senses, and he immediately knocked his head as if pounding garlic:
"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
"My subordinates have eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, and they don't know that the king is coming in person..."
Ying Zheng slowly stood up from the fire and asked Chen Wei word by word:
"I heard that you were jealous of Shen Bing's talent and made things difficult for the gunners. Is that true?"
How could Chen Wei dare to deny it, or he was so frightened that he didn't know how to defend himself, so he could only repeat it over and over again:
"I know that I have sinned. Your Majesty, I will forgive you..."
Ying Zheng shook his head and sighed:
"You only know one ten thousandth of Shen Bing."
"What's the point of being jealous and narrow-minded, but being above Shen Bing?"
"Even if I forgive you for being disrespectful, I can't forgive you for dereliction of duty!"
After saying that, he raised his head towards Zhao Gao and said very casually:
"Tricked!"
Then he turned around and left, as if he had dealt with a trivial matter.
Behind him, Chen Wei collapsed on the ground with a pale face...