The sky is changing gradually, with dark clouds gathering, as if it wants another light rain before winter.
Bai Yan rode his horse, looking at the dense forests on both sides of the official road, escorting Yao Jia's carriage to Xinzheng.
I have been traveling for the past few days without encountering any dangers along the way. When Yao Jia left Xianyang, his news had not yet reached Xianyang. Even if some thoughtful people wanted to pass the news to Chu State, they would not be able to catch up with Yao Jia.
The distance from Xianyang to Xinzheng is much faster than reaching Chu State, and those in Chu State also need to rush from Chu State to Xinzheng if they want to take action. Putting this together, it will never be that fast.
And compared to Qin.
The terrain here in Xinzheng is relatively gentle, and there are no steep mountains and rivers to defend. Along the way, except for a few occasionally not particularly large mountains, the rest of the land is flat.
This is also the reason why Korea was far more fertile than the Qin State a hundred years ago. It was not until the period of King Qin Huiwen that the Qin State captured the land of Shu and had a fertile land and the foundation of Qin.
The more Bai Yan was exposed to war, and the last time he saw the consumption of food and grass, Bai Yan always felt that the evaluation of King Qin Huiwen in history had always been underestimated.
Before King Huiwen of Qin, Duke Xiao of Qin initiated reforms and established the foundation of Qin's reforms.
After King Huiwen of Qin, King Zhaoxiang of Qin used Bai Qi and Fan Sui more seriously, and their achievements were countless.
Therefore, between the two kings, King Qin Huiwen seemed to have few outstanding achievements.
But if you are careful, you can find that King Qin Huiwen's achievements are by no means smaller than the two.
Qin Xiaogong's reform, without Qin Xiaogong's suppression, the old clan forces were ready to move. After three years of pro-government, King Qin Huiwen eliminated all the old clan forces and supported the reform.
Later, King Qin Huiwen took the land of Shu to give Qin the foundation to go eastward, and cut down the Yi Canal to build twenty-five cities, so that Qin could have a steady stream of war horses.
Each of these incidents laid the foundation for Qin to move eastwards.
When he was in Yangcheng a few days ago, Bai Yan also talked with Sima Xing. When Qin Prime Minister Zhang Zi advocated going east to attack Wei, it was Sima, the ancestor of the Sima family, who mistakenly advocated attacking Shu. However, King Huiwen of Qin thought again and again and chose to attack Shu.
Shu.
From this incident, it is not difficult to see that the period of King Qin Huiwen was also the period when the Sima family was at its peak.
Along with thinking.
After a long time.
Bai Yan finally saw a huge capital city sitting on the endless plains in the distance.
Xinzheng!
"Industry!"
Bai Yan rode his horse and turned to look at Ye.
Ye nodded and quickly rode away. He did not follow Bai Yan and his party to Xinzheng, but rushed in another direction wearing civilian clothes.
When he was in Yangcheng, Bai Yan found out about some obvious locations outside Xinzheng through the people, and then asked the shopkeeper of the Lu family to contact the old man who had been sent to Xinzheng as promised.
Karma is responsible for contacting the old man.
This time the Qin State invaded Korea and had already conquered Xinzheng, so Xinzheng would be closely guarded. If the Chu State wanted to send assassins and dead soldiers, it would definitely need a lot of arrangements.
Inside the carriage.
Yao Jia seemed a little confused when he heard the sound of horse hooves leaving. Then he opened the curtain of the small window and looked outside.
"Doctor, is there something wrong?"
Yao Jia asked.
However, Bai Yan smiled at him and shook his head.
"Master Yao, nothing happened."
Bai Yan said softly.
Yao Jia nodded and did not continue to ask.
Xinzheng City.
As Bai Yan rode his war horse and gradually approached the city gate, he soon saw clearly that there were no less than a few hundred guards on the top of the city, and there were also forty or fifty Korean soldiers below the city tower.
Because the Qin army is in Xincheng and has not surrounded Xinzheng, it is not even known when it will attack Xinzheng. Therefore, Xinzheng is not closed at the moment. People and merchants can still enter and exit. However, compared with the past, the inspection of entry and exit at this time is undoubtedly very strict.
Harsh.
A famous Korean soldier on the city tower holding a long sword and a famous Korean soldier at the city gate looked at Bai Yan and his party, or at the Qin Ziqi, with undisguised resentment in their eyes, but looking at the Qin Ziqi
, they also have a trace of fear in their hearts.
They are Koreans, and the Qin State has raised troops to attack Korea. Naturally, they do not like the Qin State, and their fear comes from the fact that the Qin State has already captured Yang City and destroyed Xin City.
"stop!"
At the city gate, a middle-aged general led by Han Zu stepped forward to signal Bai Yan and others to stop.
Beside the carriage, a man in civilian clothes dismounted and then opened the curtain of the carriage.
Yao Jia slowly took the envoy and walked out of the carriage.
"Yao Jia, the envoy of the State of Qin, was sent to South Korea by order of my king to meet the king of Han."
Yao Jia said softly.
After saying that, Yao Jia raised his head and glanced at the tower. There were already dozens of Korean soldiers, pointing arrows at him.
Yao Jia, who traveled around the four kingdoms of Chu, Zhao, Yan and Qi all year round, was naturally not frightened by this scene.
"Yao Jia!!"
When the middle-aged general heard Yao Jia's words, his eyes widened and he looked at Yao Jia in surprise.
As a Korean general, how could he not have heard of Yao Jia's "famous name"?
It seemed that he was thinking of Han Fei.
The middle-aged general looked at Yao Jia with even more anger.
But now, looking at the envoy in Yao Jia's hand, he did not dare to draw his sword and kill him.
"Go and report to the king!"
The middle-aged general turned to another Korean soldier and said.
Han soldiers quickly ran towards the city, preparing to ride on the horse that was used to carry orders and go to the palace.
On the tower.
A famous Korean soldier holding a curved bow and arrow lowered his bow at the signal of the Korean general in the city road.
Bai Yan rode his horse and slowly came to the carriage.
"Master Yao! It may take a long time to wait."
Just when Bai Yan opened his mouth, he saw Yao Jia waving his hands.
Yao Jia knew what Bai Yan was worried about and chuckled.
"It doesn't matter. The carriage has been sitting these days, so it's okay to come out and stand now. I want to see if I can see King Han today."
Yao Jia said.
Bai Yan didn't say anything after hearing this. Yao Jia's last sentence seemed to be asking whether King Han dared not to see him.
But the truth is that we know otherwise.
The Qin army has captured Xincheng and will attack Xinzheng at any time. How could the King of Han not see Yao Jia under such circumstances?
Yao Jia's words were obviously saying that these Korean soldiers dared to kill him!
More than half an hour later.
The Han soldier who went to deliver the order just now came back on horseback, and with him were two eunuchs.
After the middle-aged general guarding the city gate learned that King Han wanted to see Yao Jia, even though he was unwilling to do so, he ordered the Han soldiers to let him go.
Bai Yan was riding a horse and saw this scene, and then turned sideways to see Yao Jia returning to the carriage, and then he slowly drove the horse and entered Xinzheng under the leadership of two eunuchs.
On the streets of Xinzheng.
Bai Yan could clearly see that along with the Qin armor on his body, as well as the Qin flags in the hands of the Qin officials behind him and on the carriage, all the people on the street stepped aside in fear.
Among these people, there are some who are resentful and some who are fearful.
Among the people, many men seemed to dodge their gazes, and then quickly turned around and left.
Bai Yan knew that those people should be the spies of the nobles in the city. Xinzheng was the capital of South Korea, and almost all the powerful clans of Korea in the past were gathered in the city. Now when South Korea was about to survive, the nobles naturally had to pay attention to the troubles at all times.
"It should be the envoy of the State of Qin."
"I don't know why the Qin envoy came this time."
"Who knew, now that the Qin army has conquered the new city, they are sending envoys this time"
The people on both sides of the street watched Bai Yan and his party passing by, and started talking to each other.
Sorry, I broke my promise yesterday. The wound has become red, swollen and inflamed, and I can't even rest well. There are still ten days before the stitches can be removed.
I won’t talk nonsense anymore. I was impulsive yesterday, I’m sorry! I’m really sorry.
The weather is hot, readers please take good care of your health.