Chapter 280 The news arrived in Xianyang and the bamboo slips were sent to the mountain village
Xianyang City!
In the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng was attending the morning court with hundreds of civil and military officials.
"Your Majesty, I think that our Qin State should agree to peace talks with the Zhao State! Although the Zhao State is experiencing natural disasters and droughts, it is difficult for our Qin State to destroy it. It is better to negotiate for peace and accept the cession of territory by the Zhao State."
In the main hall, an official was standing somewhere reporting a report. He clearly said that he hoped to have peace talks with the State of Zhao and agreed to the request of the State of Zhao and withdraw the troops.
There are not many officials who hold this view, and almost all of them are civil servants.
As for military generals, they generally do not support peace talks. After all, peace talks are beneficial to civilian officials. For generals who need military merit, peace talks are not a good thing.
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal! Yang Duan and General are struggling in Zhao. Now it is difficult to make progress with General Wang Jian alone. In addition, our Qin State consumes a huge amount of food and grass, so it is better to agree to peace talks with Zhao!"
At this time, another civil servant also walked out from among the hundreds of officials. After arriving in the middle of the main hall, he raised his hands to Ying Zheng on the main hall.
In the main hall.
Ying Zheng frowned slightly as he listened to the words of these officials.
Since Zhao's envoys came to seek peace, during this period, more and more officials began to agree to peace talks with Zhao.
Think of this.
Ying Zheng looked at the officials of His Highness calmly.
"Are there other officials who have different opinions?"
Ying Zheng asked.
After the words fell, Ying Zheng saw that among the generals, some generals began to come out to refute.
"Report to the King, the general believes that peace talks with the State of Zhao must not be carried out at the moment. Today, the State of Zhao offers Yanmen to seek peace. It is actually the situation of the State of Zhao that is forced by the situation of the State of Zhao. If the State of Zhao recovers its strength, the State of Zhao will definitely send troops to recapture Yanmen in the future.
Gate, Yanmen is far away from our Qin State, and it is difficult to supply food and grass. This is a trick of the Zhao State. I hope the king will not agree to the Zhao State!"
"Your Majesty! The general seconded the proposal!"
In the main hall, military officers and officials stood up to speak.
The other civil servants began to retort unwillingly.
"I don't agree with what you generals say. Now our Qin State is struggling in the land of Zhao. It consumes the people's strength and the treasure of the treasury, but it is difficult to break through Jingxing! Isn't it futile to continue such a battle in a stalemate?"
A civil servant stood up, bowed his hands in front of Ying Zheng in the main hall, and then looked at the ranks of generals and retorted.
After hearing this, several generals were not to be outdone.
"Even so, we cannot agree to peace talks! Zhao Guo today."
A military commander said, but the words were not finished yet.
At this moment.
Suddenly, a guard appeared outside the palace. He hurriedly took the bamboo slips and ran into the main hall.
"Report!! Your Majesty, General Wang Jian has sent news!"
The guard held the bamboo slips in both hands and hurriedly knelt down in the main hall.
"Send it up!"
Ying Zheng heard the news that it was Wang Jian and ordered.
Then the two eunuchs walked into the main hall and took the bamboo slips from the guards.
Inside the main hall.
The civil and military officials who were still arguing at this moment stopped one after another.
They all knew that since it was General Wang Jian who sent the news, there were probably variables, so they had to wait until they knew the situation.
"color!!"
Suddenly, Ying Zheng shouted loudly in the main hall, startling everyone.
All the civil and military officials in the entire hall looked up. Whether it was Wei Liao, Li Si, Lord Changping, or even Wei Zhuang, Hu Quan, Mao Jiao, Bai Yu and others, they all saw the always calm and composed Ying Zheng.
, at this moment, he actually looked at the bamboo slips with excitement.
Everyone looked at each other.
Li Si, Chang Pingjun and others, who knew Ying Zheng very well, had more or less had a premonition at this moment that General Wang Jian must have won in Zhao, otherwise the king would never have been so excited.
really.
The next thing everyone saw was that Ying Zheng put the bamboo slips on the wooden table and then looked towards the main hall.
"Bai Yan has led his army to seize Jingxing, capture Zhao Cong, the leader of the Zhao army, and capture tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi!"
Ying Zheng said.
One sentence.
In an instant, the entire hall became noisy.
"What? General Bai Yan has captured Jingxing?"
"We also captured Zhao Cong, the general of the Zhao army! We captured tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi! This"
"Isn't it said that Jingxing is a natural barrier? General Wang Jian has been unable to break it before!"
In the main hall, the civil and military officials began to discuss among themselves privately.
At this moment, the civil servants in the court were a little confused. They had been in favor of peace talks with Zhao during this period. The biggest reason was that General Yang Duan and General Wang Jian had not made any progress, and General Wang Jian had been unable to capture Jingxing, the last natural barrier to Handan City.
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But now it is said that Bai Yan led the army and captured Jingxing!
Think of this.
Even among the generals, the generals looked at each other and turned to look at one man: Bai Yu!
"It's that boy of yours again, that boy of yours is really fierce!"
This is what a middle-aged general next to Bai Yu said to Bai Yu.
Hearing this sentence, Bai Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. At this moment, Bai Yu looked at the eyes of many ministers in the hall, all looking at him.
Of course Bai Yu knows why!
Thinking of Bai Yan.
Bai Yu really didn't expect that that kid was really born to be a general, but he just didn't know what method he used to do it this time.
I think of the first time I met that boy in Lantian, he looked so thin and weak.
I remembered that time in Sima Xing's camp, when I met Bai Yan for the first time.
Bai Yu couldn't believe that in his eyes at that time, the boy who had just joined the army would actually do one shocking thing after another in the future.
In the main hall.
Ying Zheng looked away when he saw that no ministers were talking about peace talks anymore.
Look at the bamboo slips in front of you.
The joy in Ying Zheng's heart at this moment is difficult to describe.
Wang Jian had previously sent a letter to Xianyang, saying that Jingjing was hard to win. At that time, he was unwilling but helpless. He did not expect that Bai Yan would surprise him again.
"Bai Yan!"
Ying Zheng was so happy that he decided to give Bai Yan a generous reward when he saw him.
How can anyone not like such a blessed general?
According to the time.
Now Wang Jian and Bai Yan should have led the army to attack Handan!
As long as Wang Jian and Bai Yan could destroy Zhao, he would definitely go to Handan even if he put down his political affairs.
North of Qinling Mountains.
On a half-slope of a forest, among green mountains and green waters, an ordinary village looms and appears.
There are hundreds of households in the village, and villagers can be vaguely seen working in the fields not far away.
In front of a dilapidated wooden house.
An old man with white hair and rags was lying on a wooden bench, holding a wine bottle, sitting drunkenly and dreaming.
Suddenly, there was movement outside the yard. It was quite loud. The old man woke up due to the mixed sounds. When the old man opened his hazy eyes, he saw all the villagers gathered outside the yard.
And a woman entered the small garden with several Qin soldiers wearing Qin armor and Qin swords.
When I saw several Qin soldiers riding war horses, I immediately recognized that these were no ordinary Qin soldiers.
The old man stood up slowly, supporting his body unsteadily.
"May I ask you, General Yu?"
The leader of the Qin soldiers did not lead the horse, but walked forward, came to the old man, raised his hands and asked, with a very polite tone.
Several other Qin soldiers also stood behind and held their hands in front of the old man.
"Are you?"
Old soldier Yu looked at these Qin soldiers curiously with a hint of drunkenness, wondering why these Qin soldiers came to him.
At this time, Yu Laozu saw that the leading Qin soldier took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed it to him.
"Sir, this is the bamboo slip that my general ordered us to deliver to Lord Yu!"
Qin Soldier said to Old Soldier Yu.
"Your general?"
Old Soldier Yu took the bamboo slips and felt a little confused.
"My general is Qin Zuo's concubine, Bai Yan!"
A word from Qin Zu.
In an instant, Old Man Yu woke up from his remaining drunkenness, quickly opened the bamboo slip in his hand and looked at the contents.