"Your Majesty, news came from Qi State that Qin State is about to attack Wei State. Among Qi State, the number of people who advocate sending troops to aid Wei has doubled, and more than half of the officials in the court have proposed sending troops to attack Qin State."
In the study room of the palace, Wei Zhuang stood next to the map, looked at Ying Zheng, and pointed to a place not far away on the ground, where the position of Qi State on the map was, with a solemn expression.
Also worried about Wei Zhuang were Wang Wan, Li Si and others.
When they agreed not to attack the Chu State but to attack the Wei State, everyone was mentally prepared for the Qi State to be shocked. However, when they learned the news, things still exceeded everyone's expectations.
More than half of the officials!
Anyone who is familiar with Wei Zhuang's xinxing knows that behind this sentence, Wei Zhuang is already at best, but the actual situation is probably far more than this half.
"Yao Jia and Mao Jiao have been in Qi State, using all their power, money, and lobbying Qi officials everywhere. Now Yao Jia has spent more than twice as much money as before, and many Qi officials have declined seeing that the situation is wrong.
Yao Jia and Mao Jiao are already in Linzi City, struggling to cope with the wealth donated by Yao Jia."
When Wei Zhuang said the last few words, he looked at Ying Zheng cautiously.
Wang Wan, Changping Jun and others, even the old Wang Jian and the young Li Xin, were silent at this moment. Everyone knew why Yao Jia and Mao Jiao were in Qi State. It was just Ying Zheng thinking about it day and night.
He wanted to see the rumored old man riding a bull, so he even ignored the situation in Chu State and let Yao Jia and Mao Jiao go straight to Qi State.
The people present were all important officials of the Qin State, and they all had their own connections, rights, and influence. They had secretly learned more or less about the rumored bamboo slips.
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 the Qin State and really appear in the Qin State temple one day.
For all of them, they are now important ministers of the Qin State. Under Ying Zheng alone, both the power in the Qin State's court and the military power in the camp outside the court are already in their hands.
No one wants anything to happen to Qin again.
For this reason, they supported Ying Zheng, supported Ying Zheng in attacking other vassal states, and participated one after another.
Everyone hopes that just as Ying Zheng's bloodline will inherit Ying Zheng's position, when they grow old, their children, grandchildren and even family members will successively enter the Qin temple to take their place, and the cycle will continue until the future.
Through the ages.
Such as Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, such as Li Chong, Li Yao and Li Xin.
"Your Majesty, if Qi State sends troops, General Bai Yan may have some changes. What's more, I am even more worried that once Qi State sends troops, Chu State will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack. When the time comes, Qi, Wei, and Chu will allied to fight against Qin.
Qin may not be able to conquer any country for a while."
Wang Wan frowned and looked at the map for a while, then turned to Ying Zheng and said with her hands raised.
After hearing Wang Wan's words, Lord Changwen pondered for a moment. After thinking about it, he also raised his hand and looked at Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, the most urgent task at the moment is to send envoys to Qi State as soon as possible to appease the King of Qi!"
Chang Wenjun suggested.
When Wei Zhuang heard Chang Wenjun's words, he frowned slightly inadvertently. After looking at Chang Wenjun, he fell silent.
"Who do you think is the right person to be sent as envoy to Qi?"
After Ying Zheng thought for a while, he glanced at everyone.
"Your Majesty, Si Meng is willing to go to Qi as an envoy! Previously, Si Meng was taught by his mentor Xunzi. He traveled to Qi several times and got to know many famous people. If Si Meng goes to Qi as an envoy, he will definitely be able to lobby the famous people and persuade the King of Qi."
Li Si replied, bowing and saluting Ying Zheng.
When Chang Wenjun heard Li Si's words, he looked at Li Si inadvertently, and then raised his hand to greet Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Mr. Li Si is a court lieutenant. Now there are turmoils in Yingchuan, Handan and Julu counties, and many matters need to be decided by the court lieutenant Li Si."
Chang Wenjun stated it with reason and evidence.
Li Si raised his hands in salute. When he heard Chang Wenjun's words, his pupils suddenly shrank, his eyes widened, and his breathing became a little disordered. This all showed that Li Si was already a little panicked.
"Kings."
Li Si still wanted to refute, but the words were on his lips, but he could not continue. Chang Wenjun's reason was too good. After the previous attack on Han and Zhao, apart from Yanmen County, which was governed by Bai Yan, other counties
Regional governance has always been a big problem, and there are too many cases involving Qinlu to be counted. In many cases, even officials at the county level cannot make the decision and can only write to the Xianyang Tingwei Mansion for a decision.
In the study room.
Chang Wenjun saw that Li Si did not continue speaking. After waiting for a few seconds, he looked at Ying Zheng.
"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 must be careful!"
After Chang Wenjun said this, he took a deep breath, bowed his head and said in ceremony.
"Your Majesty, there are left and right prime ministers in the Qin State. I think this is a sign of benevolence and trust, so I should send one of them to the Qi State as an envoy to represent my king and appease the Qi King!"
After Chang Wenjun finished speaking, he bent down deeply again.
Changwenjun's words made Wang Jian, Wei Liao, Wang Wan and others fall silent. Changwenjun had made his words so clear that everyone present knew that Changwenjun wanted to take this opportunity to let Changpingjun return to Xianyang again, and Changwenjun
It is difficult for anyone to refute your reasons.
"Your Majesty, what Lord Changwen said makes sense. Since I am the prime minister of the Qin State, I should be sent as an envoy to the Qi State no matter what!"
Wei Zhuang stood up and saluted Ying Zheng.
Wei Zhuang understands Chang Wenjun's thoughts, but Wei Zhuang understands Ying Zheng's thoughts better. When he, the left prime minister, goes to Qi State, whether it is Ying Zheng or Li Si, at least he still has time or can find an excuse to let Chang Pingjun continue to stay in Ying.
Sichuan, but once Lord Changping goes to Qi as an envoy, Lord Changping will definitely return to Xianyang as an envoy in the future.
Not to mention, Lord Changping is an official of the Chu clan. In this current situation, how could it be possible for Lord Changping to serve as an envoy of the State of Qin and go on a mission to the State of Qi?
If Wei Zhuang didn't understand this, he would have been removed as prime minister long ago by Ying Zheng.
"good!"
Ying Zheng nodded and was about to speak. Suddenly, outside the study, a eunuch hurried to the door of the study. He said a few words to Han Yezhe, and then handed a scroll of bamboo slips to Han Yezhe. Han Yezhe turned around.
Come to the study and walk up to Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, General Bai ordered people to send you a secret message day and night!"
Han Yezhe held the bamboo slips in both hands and said.
Hearing that it was the bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan's order, everyone in the study looked over. Everyone knew that if it was correct, Bai Yan should have been attacking Wei State. But now that the bamboo slips were sent, he still ordered people to work day and night.
Ying Zheng took the bamboo slip from Han Yezhe and frowned slightly. Today, Ying Zheng has not received any good news since he went to court until now. This sudden secret message makes Ying Zheng worried. It is another
bad news.
After all, he was the one who won the government this time. Regardless of the opposition of the civil and military officials in the court, he directly ordered Bai Yan to attack Wei.
Sigh deeply.
Ying Zheng, who was already in a gloomy mood, opened the bamboo slips and looked at them. However, as he looked at them, Ying Zheng's expression gradually became serious. He looked at the bamboo slips, and then quickly looked at the location of the Wei State beams on the map. He repeated this several times.
His breathing gradually became short, full of excitement, and his expression showed a rare smile today.
Li Si, Wei Liao and others looked at each other when they saw Ying Zheng's expression.
Seeing this, Li Xin and Changping Jun also vaguely guessed that Bai Yan must have brought some good news, which made Ying Zheng so excited, and even a rare smile appeared on his cheeks.
"Um?"
Ying Zheng suddenly murmured in confusion. When he saw the back, he suddenly laughed heartily twice and put away the bamboo slips. The gloomy look on his face had long since disappeared.
"Your Majesty, is it General Bai Yan who has received good news from Wei?"
When Wang Wan saw Ying Zheng staring at the map, he curiously raised his hand and asked.
Li Si, Wei Liao, Wei Zhuang and others also looked at Ying Zheng. However, just when everyone thought Ying Zheng would nod, under everyone's gaze, Ying Zheng shook his head.
"Bai Yan did not attack Wei, but kept troops stationed in Licheng! This letter is a request for reinforcements of grain and millet."
Ying Zheng said with a smile.
Ying Zheng's words made Wang Jian and others frown, and now their minds were completely filled with doubts as to why Ying Zheng was laughing since it was not a good news.
Moreover, Bai Yan garrisoned Licheng and instead of attacking Wei State, he continued to ask for grain and millet. This made everyone even more puzzled as to why Ying Zheng's expression was not only not angry, but also looked very pleased.
finally.
In the eyes of Wang Jian, Chang Wenjun, Li Xin, Li Si and others, Ying Zheng took the bamboo slip and pointed to the location of the map beam.
"Bai Yan plans to encircle Daliang this time, but instead of attacking, he will dig up the Zhuhe River, the water of the chasm, and flood Daliang City!"
Ying Zheng said to everyone.
Looking at the position of the beam in the distance, Ying Zheng was filled with excitement. Bai Yan had indeed lived up to his trust as always.
"Water flooded the beam?"
"Bai Yan plans to flood the beam?"
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, not to mention Li Xin and Meng Yi who were in the distance looked shocked, even Wang Jian, Chang Wenjun, Li Si and others were no better at this moment. No one expected that Bai Yan actually planned to attack with water.
Directly excavating the Zhuhe River, the water in the chasm washed away Daliang City.
Well, Ying Zheng mentioned Bai Yan's request just now. The grain and millet must have been not intended for Qin's army from the beginning, but for the people in Daliang City of Wei.
The ministers of Qin State all looked at each other with surprised expressions.
"Bai Qi! Yancheng!"
Wang Jian suddenly took a deep breath and sighed.
Li Si, Chang Wenjun and others were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then immediately remembered that when Bai Qi attacked Chu State, he had also used water attack to directly flood Yan City. Unexpectedly, after so many years, after that,
People actually wanted 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 the city of Yan, causing more than 100,000 casualties and casualties among the Chu people and soldiers, and countless homeless people, the people of Chu can't forget it to this day. I think that this is what happened to the Wei state.
, or you can let General Bai Yan send troops to attack Daliang first. If you can't attack it for a long time, then do this again! If you can capture Daliang, you can stop the world from talking."
After Chang Wenjun gave his advice, he looked at Ying Zheng nervously.
Wei Zhuang stood aside and glanced at Chang Wenjun with a flat face, sneering in his heart. He didn't expect that karma would come so quickly.
"Your Majesty, there are now more than 100,000 soldiers in Daliang City, and the grain and grass stocks are the best prepared by the country. General Bai Yan was able to capture Daliang without any blood. It is a blessing for Qin, a blessing for the soldiers, and a blessing for the people of Qin."
Wei Xiang said with cupped hands. After saying that, he turned his head to look at Chang Wenjun and met Chang Wenjun's eyes. Then he looked back at Ying Zheng and continued to cup his hands.
"The attack on the city will cause tens of thousands of casualties. Don't sacrifice the people of Wei and hurt the people of Qin. What's more, General Bai Yan's letter is presented to the king, asking him to be kind to the people of Wei and provide food and grass without any heirs. Bai Yan
General Yan has such a heart, so he must use water attacks in a measured manner."
After Wei Zhuang finished speaking, he put down his hand and no longer looked at Chang Wenjun beside him.
Chang Wenjun has great prestige in the court, and his achievements are no less than anyone else. Therefore, even Li Si, Wang Wan and others are generally not able to directly refute Chang Wenjun, but Wei Zhuang is the left prime minister of Qin State, regardless of
It's the identity and position that can be refuted.
Wei Zhuang couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he thought of Chang Wenjun's actions just now.
Lord Changwen tried every possible means to get Lord Changping to return to Xianyang. Although he is now forced to go to Qi, with the arrival of Bai Yan's secret letter, Lord Changping will not even think about returning to Xianyang within a few years.
Thinking of this, Wei Zhuang couldn't help but feel happy that Bai Yan's secret letter really came in time. No wonder the king was so happy. Not only did he propose a way to destroy the Wei Kingdom without bloodshed, but he 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 panicked. After Wei finished speaking, he saluted Ying Zheng.
However, before Chang Wenjun could speak, Ying Zheng raised his hand.
"This time Bai Yan plans to flood Daliang, but he also has another plan to take advantage of the situation and attack the east of Chu State, at the junction of Chu and Qi."
Ying Zheng said.
Even Ying Zheng was a little frightened after learning about Bai Yan's plan. Who would have thought that before Bai Yan led the army, all the civil and military officials in the court and everyone in Xianyang City were speculating and guessing.
Can Bai Yan successfully capture Wei Daliang? If so, will it take half a year, a year, or even longer?
Who can know the result? Bai Yan, who has been speculated and questioned all the time, is already planning secretly. After destroying Wei, he immediately leads his cavalry and goes straight to the border between Qi and Chu to fight with the army commanded by Meng Wu in central Guizhou and the army commanded by King Ben of Jiaocheng.
, forming an encirclement trend.
It seems that from the beginning, Bai Yan was not worried about whether he could destroy Wei. In other words, Bai Yan's goal was not just to destroy Wei from the beginning.
When Ying Zheng thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh. Bai Yan always seemed to be able to bring him unexpected joy, whether it was from knowing Bai Yan's name at the beginning, to commanding the cavalry, and then to the high slaves of the county.
"What?"
"Chu State!!!"
If they were secretly surprised when they first learned that Bai Yan planned to flood Daliang, Li Si, Wei Zhuang, Wang Wan, Wang Jian and others, then when they heard Ying Zheng's words, they showed completely confused expressions.
Looking at the map again, according to Bai Yan's plan, everyone now understood how big Bai Yan's appetite was!!!
How great is this? Bai Yan actually planned to attack Chu directly together with the destruction of Wei. I am afraid that Bai Yan was the only one in the entire Qin State who dared to have such an idea.
"this"
Li Xin was also a little confused at this moment. Li Xin, who used to pride himself on being brave, was completely dumbfounded after learning Bai Yan's purpose.
Li Xin just imagined that if he were to lead the army this time, he would definitely besiege Daliang. With a heavy reward, he asked his soldiers to capture Daliang City. It turned out that Bai Yan's water attack had caught Li Xin off guard. However, Li Xin could not help it no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yan actually planned to attack Chu directly after destroying Wei.
This is to prepare to destroy one vassal state and then immediately attack the next vassal state!!!
"Your Majesty, General Bai Yan is planning to annex the place where the heavy troops of Chu State are stationed. Qi and Chu are handing over. Both Chu and Qi have dozens of cities, and the big cities are all heavily guarded. One move can affect the whole body. If General Bai Yan attacks,
Chu, I'm afraid Qi will also react."
Wang Jian still looked at the map with shocked eyes. As a general of the Qin State, Wang Jian was shocked by Bai Yan's actions. Qi and Chu bordered, and both countries had heavy troops. Bai Yan rashly attacked one country, but if the other country had few
If there is any abnormal movement, an encirclement situation will form.
Logically speaking, Bai Yan, who could think of floods in the beams, would never have thought of this dangerous situation.
"Indeed, Qi is already in turmoil now. If General Bai Yan is eager to attack Chu, if he is not careful, he may be cut off!"
At this time, Li Si also spoke up and remonstrated.
Now that Li Si had learned that Bai Yan planned to flood the beams, he no longer had to worry about Lord Changping. Therefore, Li Si did not agree with Bai Yan's attack on Chu. It was too risky.
Wang Jian, Li Si, and even Chang Wenjun all turned their attention to Ying Zheng, hoping that Ying Zheng would make Bai Yan withdraw his intention and just focus on destroying Wei this time. There was no need for many misfortunes to take risks and attack Chu.
However, what Wei Zhuang, Chang Wenjun and others did not expect was that when Ying Zheng heard what Wang Jian and Li Si said, he didn't seem too worried.
"It doesn't matter, I believe in Bai Yan!"
Ying Zheng looked at the map and after thinking for a long time, he said softly.
"quick!"
"Move quickly!!!"
In the wild not far from Zhaiyang, there are dense crowds of men, holding wooden tools or some bamboo weavings, constantly digging and lifting soil. Each of the men is ragged, sweaty, covered in holes in the clothes and mud, and sometimes they are so weak that they are crumbling.
.
However, whenever a man took a break, Qin officials armed with long swords and thick whips would come over and beat the men who stopped hard.
Among them was a middle-aged man with a fat complexion who was whipped several times in a row. There were marks 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. Apparently for some unknown reason, the uncle has not been tattooed.
"quick!"
The uncle was digging the soil with his weak hands full of pain. Whenever his head was dizzy, the panic in his heart made him dare not take a break.
not far away.
An exquisite carriage slowly passed by. The uncle took a look at it, full of longing, imagining that he could follow the carriage and leave, thinking about the free days he once had.
However, the angry scolding came from behind, and the severe pain of being whipped made the uncle quickly come back to his senses, lowered his head, and continued digging in the soil, not daring to be distracted at all. 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 the State of Wei!"
Two watchmen holding thick whips stood next to a Qin soldier, looking at the carriage in the distance and discussing.
"Indeed, it seems we are going to Li City!"
Qin Zu nodded, and then he no longer paid attention to the carriage. He turned to look at the densely packed prisoners in front of him. Whenever he saw the criminal moving slowly, a look of anger would appear in his eyes.
not far away.
The small window on the carriage was gently opened, and looking out of the window, one suddenly discovered that the person riding in the carriage was the corpse of Daliang.
At this moment, feeling the constant shaking of the carriage, the corpse weir watching from inside the carriage saw a large area in the distance with dense crowds of people digging into the soil. He immediately guessed something and his face turned pale!
"It's over, Wei is over!"
Xi Yan stared blankly at the scene outside the carriage, thinking of the interior of Daliang City, his eyes full of fear and his heart full of despair.