Chapter 712
Bai Qi walked with heavy steps and heavy thoughts.
Even though he is already a very popular minister, how can he remain indifferent when the glory of destroying the country is really close at hand?
Originally, he just wanted to make a time difference. Although the Qin army also suffered countless losses after the Battle of Changping, and the country and people were in a deficit situation, under this situation, he was still confident that he could destroy Zhao.
Sending some people to report the news was part of his plan, in order to let other countries know that Zhao State was defeated at Changping, and the killing god Bai Qi killed 400,000 of them in a trap, so that the other five countries would not dare to intervene!
To put it another way, what if they intervened?
It takes time to get the news, it takes time to issue orders, and it also takes time to send troops. However, the Qin army only needs to wait for King Qin Zhaoxiang's order to immediately attack Handan. Within this time difference, he can completely implement his strategy.
But……
Someone in the court was plotting against him!
His king listened to the slander and did not believe him!
Bai Qi frowned, he knew that the king must want to destroy the Zhao Kingdom. If that villain Fan Sui hadn't turned a deaf ear and shaken his ambition, the Zhao Kingdom would have perished.
But my king, do you know that that will be the most regretful time in your life?
But at that time, I...
Why not take charge?
Bai Qi's expression became more and more solemn, and his mind began to imagine the possible psychology that he might have in that kind of environment.
Because the king doesn't trust him, so he doesn't take command?
Or is it because the battle is truly unwinnable?
After thinking for a while, he turned to look at Jiang Yi: "Please tell me in detail what happened at that time."
Jiang Yi replied: "Qin State did have the ability to attack Zhao State at that time. In the second year after the Battle of Changping, Lord Wu An led his army to pacify Shangdang again. The rear army was divided into two groups: one was led by Wang Lu
Take the lead and attack Pi Lao; Sima Geng will capture Taiyuan along the way, and you will personally besiege Handan."
"This historical fact proved the feasibility of Qin's destruction of Zhao, but in the end Qin was still persuaded by its enemies to succeed."
"The lobbyist Su Dai proposed conditions for ceding land that both Fan Sui and King Qin Zhaoxiang liked to hear, which suited their ambitions."
"How could the king fall for such a villain's trick? How could he not see it?" Bai Qi was puzzled.
Jiang Yi continued to reply: "Of course King Zhaoxiang can see it, but he tried to make an improvement under Fan Sui's suggestion."
"improve?"
"That's right, as the junior said just now, wherever Lord Wu An goes, you will kill all the people and prisoners, whether they are civilians or prisoners. Especially after Changping, when the people are afraid of you, they are also more resistant to you and Da Qin."
"This can be seen from the white meat."
Jiang Yi looked at the white meat covered with bright red and said:
"There is also the matter of Shangdang before the Battle of Changping. At that time, the people of Shangdang were unwilling to surrender to Qin anyway, and instead turned to rely on Zhao."
"This shows that the name of Great Qin's 'Tiger and Wolf' and the existence of Lord Wu'an have frightened the people of the six kingdoms. As a result, wherever the Qin army came, they could only get the land but not the people."
"This situation catered to Qin's needs in the early and middle stages, but in the middle and late stages, it would be even more difficult for Qin to truly return these places to its own country."
Bai Qi sat on the stool next to the military tent, glanced at the tea on the table in front of him, picked it up and poured himself a cup, listening and thinking carefully about Jiang Yi's words.
The audience was also led to think by Jiang Yi.
"I don't think it's useful to attack a place where no one is around!"
"Indeed, Qin Ruishi has extended the battle line so far. It will be difficult for the logistics to keep up. Even if you capture a city and capture the food in it, what will you do once the food is gone?"
"And every war is usually very fierce. Most of the food in the city may have been eaten by the soldiers, and it won't be able to last long."
"That's right, if there are no people to grow food, the Qin army will not be able to farm the land themselves!"
"I now understand why King Zhaoxiang had to lose some of his battle results in the later stages. Although the Six Kingdoms were weakened, the Qin State at that time never conquered the people of the Six Kingdoms in a real sense."
The audience was chatting lively in the live broadcast room, and they discovered that many things really became more interesting the more they thought about them, and some things they didn't understand before became clear immediately.
For example, Qin Ruishi had obviously experienced hundreds of battles and was extremely powerful. Why did King Zhaoxiang still give up those achievements?
One after another, questions that seemed very puzzling to them all were answered by Jiang Yi's persuasive guidance.
When they come up with this new knowledge by themselves, the feeling is simply indescribable and refreshing.
And this kind of thinking ability will subtly accompany them when they face various problems and dilemmas in the future.
"But what does Jiang Shen mean by King Zhaoxiang trying to improve?"
Soon, another audience member asked questions.
Why do you have to kill Bai Qi when trying to improve?
"What King Qin Zhaoxiang wanted to try was to change this situation, so the younger generation said that Su Dai's lobbying was just right."
"He deceived King Zhaoxiang and sought to cede territory so that the people could accept the Qin Dynasty to the maximum extent and greatly reduce the loss of people due to war."
Jiang Yi said a big key.
Bai Qi is suitable for fighting various battles, but he is not suitable for unifying Da Qin in the true sense!
Rather than saying that King Zhaoxiang was afraid of Bai Qi's superiority, it would be better to assume another idea: Bai Qi's fighting method could no longer meet the political needs of King Zhaoxiang and even the entire Qin Dynasty.
It seems that the latter is more likely.
After all, if he was afraid of the former, how could he let Bai Qi go to Changping for a decisive battle?
With the ambition and courage of King Zhaoxiang, he wished to unify the six countries during his reign, and who else but Bai Qi could assist him in realizing this grand ambition? The intention of sending him to the expedition was obviously to destroy Zhao.
If he hadn't met Su Dai and Fan Sui, two talkative people who kept talking to each other, he wouldn't have thought of recalling him at all. How could he be afraid of his superiority at the critical moment?
The most likely reason is that King Zhaoxiang was really deceived and wanted to change Qin's unification method.
Of course, this is just Jiang Yi's personal idea at the moment.
"So, I understand the king."
Bai Qi said slowly, he had always known that attacking the heart was the priority, but he was so red-eyed that he did not expect that the originally planned attack strategy would change so quickly.
"It's a pity that the king failed to choose a good time. Fan Sui must have been able to see that this move was untimely, but he was in a hurry to overthrow me, so naturally he couldn't care so much."
Bai Qi frowned and veins popped out on the back of the hand holding the cup. He threw the cup on the table with a "pop" sound. The cup bounced along the table a few times and fell to pieces on the ground...
Chapter completed!