Chapter 363: Sending Charcoal in the Snow
Hermione answered, and took dozens of people on their horses and set off.
Qu Nian led a few generals to stand in place, looking at He Min's distant back, stunned.
Wan Ting said at this time: "Childe, Yan Guo was originally a weak country, and now it has been disabled by the five-nation alliance, this Zhenbei Pass can be broken with a snap of a finger, there is no need to send envoys to negotiate with Yan Guo, even if you want to negotiate, take Zhenbei Pass and then negotiate, let the civil and military officials of Yan State kneel in front of you to talk, so you have the confidence to do it." ”
Qu Nian said: "It is the best policy to surrender the soldiers without a fight." There are also nearly 200,000 defenders in the north pass of this town, if we forcibly break through the pass, people have no way to retreat, they will definitely resist desperately, the casualties will not be one or two, or 100,000, so many people died in vain, I can't bear it. ”
Wan Ting sighed: "Childe, you are too benevolent and righteous, as the saying goes, Ci is not in charge of the army, since it is a war, there must be casualties, which of our generals was not killed from the pile of corpses in the sea of blood?"
Qu Nian said: "I didn't kill from the pile of corpses in the sea of blood, I can also command a million soldiers and horses, if you say that I am because of the identity of the son, I have also commanded a million soldiers and horses of the enemy country, but I have not killed a single person on the battlefield." ”
Wan Ting smiled and said, "Childe is different from others, and Childe is the only one in the world." ”
Qu Nian said: "Since there are exceptions, it means that my path is not wrong, I have always believed that leading soldiers should be people-oriented, no matter when, we must put the lives of the soldiers first, maybe you don't agree with my point of view, but I have always believed in it." ”
Wan Ting said with a smile: "Since the prince thinks so, it must be reasonable, and it is also the luck of the Qin State to have such a benevolent and righteous son!"
Qu Nian said: "Actually, I am not so benevolent, and I am also a person who will take revenge." In fact, there is another part of the reason why we did this, you may not know what we came to Yan Kingdom for, right?"
Wan Ting was stunned: "Indeed, I have never encountered this situation after so many years of fighting, and I have already attacked the enemy's doorstep, but I don't know what our purpose is, originally I thought that Gongzi was to destroy Yan Kingdom, but now it seems that it is not." ”
Qu Nian said: "I have no grievances and no enmity with Yan Guo, why should I destroy him? Even if it is to destroy the country, it should be the destruction of the righteous Qu country, not the Yan country." We came to Yan Country this time, mainly to find something, if we attack too quickly, I am afraid that Yan Kingdom will transfer this thing, or the jade will be burned, but if we give Yan Kingdom a little hope, they will be paralyzed, and then we find what we need, and immediately evacuate Yan Kingdom, it doesn't matter if this country is destroyed or not, I am not interested. ”
Wan Ting was stunned: "What is Childe looking for? This thing is so important that it is worth Childe to lead an army of 500,000 to find it?"
Qu Nian said: "You'll know then." ”
Wan Ting didn't ask either.
He Min led the delegation into the pass, and the guard of Zhenbei Pass sent hundreds of people to escort them, and they rushed to the north thistle without stopping.
Since the north thistle is not too far from the town of Beiguan, in the evening, Hermione arrived at the palace of King Yan.
If it were normal, a powerful country like Qin sent envoys to meet him, and King Yan needed to meet him above the court, but now that the capital of the country was about to die, King Yan was too lazy to pay attention to it, and he felt that after seeing the Qin envoy, everyone was going to break up, so what was the point of paying attention to these false courtesies? So he met with He Min in the Wenhua Palace.
He Min entered the Wenhua Palace, and all the civil and military officials were there, but looking at the faces of these people, as if they had died of their parents, they could wring water out of their faces, and seeing him, a mourner, was not friendly at all.
At this time, Hermione took two steps forward and saluted: "Qin envoy Hermione to meet King Yan!"
After all, King Yan was about to become a slave of the dead country, and the face of the slave of the dead country could not see where to go, so he snorted coldly and said: "Your Qin State is polite and courteous! The troops have already arrived in the city, and they have sent you over to inform them, will this show that your Qin State is benevolent and righteous? Why don't you just tackle the problem?"
He Min pretended to be surprised and said, "Tackling key problems? What is King Yan talking about? Why do we want to tackle key problems?"
King Yan was surprised, and said in a daze: "You are not here to attack the city and plunder the land, but not for sightseeing?"
He Min said: "King Yan's words are wrong. It's chilling my Qin State's heart! To tell you the truth, we led 500,000 troops here this time to help Yan Kingdom defend against foreign enemies!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, and the ministers couldn't help but talk in a whisper.
King Yan couldn't help but get excited and said, "You're here to help us?"
He Min smiled and said: "King Yan is so smart, can't you see it? In addition to helping you, what else is there in Yan Kingdom that is worthy of our troops? To put it mildly, Yan Kingdom is now in danger, even if we don't intervene, we can't escape the doom of losing the country, and now more than a million coalition troops are attacking and fighting in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, even if King Yan transfers all the defenders of Zhenbei Pass, it will not be able to resist." Because of this, when my king heard the news, he was anxious, and King Yan also knew that my Qin State had just experienced civil strife and had suffered a great loss of vitality, but in order to help you, my king still took the plunge to transfer 500,000 elites, this friendship is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, I didn't expect that King Yan would not appreciate it, and even slandered us, which really chilled the hearts of my Qin soldiers. ”
Although this is very hypocritical, it is not unreasonable, Qin State is indeed unable to get any benefit from Yan, even if Yan State is broken, but Yan State and Qin State are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and it will never become the land of Qin State. At this time, he said: "Then why is the Qin State so enthusiastic? We are neither allies, nor do we usually have feelings, why do we suddenly want to help my Yan Kingdom?"
Hermione said: "Because the rabbit died and the fox was sad." I, the Qin State, and the Six Kingdoms of Shandong have always been at odds, but except for Qi and foreign countries, we have not taken the rest of the five Shandong countries into our eyes, and you are also trying to survive in the cracks, and my Qin State is also understandable. My Qin State has always regarded Qi State as the number one enemy, and will never allow his family to dominate, a few years ago they carved up the Song State, and now they want to carve up the Yan State, and in a few years, the land of Shandong will be carved up by the Qi State, which is what I Qin State does not want to see, and the existence of Yan State is beneficial to my Qin State. ”
Not only King Yan, but all the ministers felt that it was very reasonable, and nodded their heads one after another, after all, they were already people who were about to drown, and at this time, a person passing by the shore, even if they did not fall into the well, or stood by and watched, they would also be drowned, not to mention that they were still handing them a bamboo pole, this was their only hope of survival, and there was no reason not to catch it! Would a drowning person still care whether it was a good person or a bad person who saved him? Anyway, it didn't matter if the jar was broken and the wolf was lured into the house.
King Yan looked at the ministers and knew that everyone thought that grasping this life-saving straw was the only hope for Yan Kingdom. After all, they are all ready to run away, and there is no choice.
King Yan pretended to be deep, frowned and thought for a while, then looked at He Min and said, "Then how does Qin Guo plan to save my Yan Kingdom?"
He Min said: "It's very simple! You now open the Zhenbei Pass, let my Qin army enter the pass, and leave the rest to us, and we will meet the five-nation alliance." ”
King Yan was stunned and said, "You are here to fight, don't you need our help?"
He Min said: "With all due respect, I don't dare to compliment the fighting power of the Yan army, last time in Luzon Pass, it was also your Yan army that ran the happiest, and my Qin army is used to being alone, and I don't need to partner with others." ”
These words are quite humiliating, if in normal times, the envoys of the Qin State ran to the Yan State to say this, it is estimated that none of the ministers present can tolerate it, and they directly dragged him out and beheaded him. But now they are all people who are about to drown, drowning without a single backbone, but feeling ashamed, and many of them have lowered their heads in shame.
King Yan also felt that he couldn't get over his face, but now is the time for the country's life and death after all, if the country dies, his face will be even greater, and he won't have the face to meet his ancestors and ancestors when he dies, so he didn't have a seizure. Instead, he said: "But you only have 500,000 soldiers and horses, and the coalition army has 1.5 million, can your Qin army stop it?"
He Min said, "Does King Yan know who the commander of the Qin army is?"
King Yan said: "Qin Guozi Qu Nian?"
He Min smiled and said, "Since King Yan knows, he shouldn't have this worry! Don't you know that my son-in-law alone can be worth a million troops?"
That's so annoying!
But now don't say that you need people, even if you don't need it, you can't find a reason to refute it, people are indeed one person can be worth a million army, not exaggerated at all, and even a little modest, because now it is rumored that Qu Nian's son can reach an army of tens of millions. At this time, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's okay! But how can we ensure that after your Qin army enters the customs, it will directly go to meet the Five Nations Alliance, and not have other plans?"
He Min said: "King Yan, to put it mildly, your Yan Kingdom has no choice now, if we really have other plans, do you think that the 200,000 defenders of Zhenbei Pass can defend against the 500,000 tiger and wolf army of my Qin State? If we have other plans, we are now about to attack the North Thistle, do you still need to send me over to chat?"
This sentence carried a strong sense of disdain, and when he heard it, King Yan was embarrassed, and his old face was swollen and red, so he felt that he should not ask this sentence, it was simply a humiliation. What's more, what they said is indeed reasonable, they are all people who are about to drown now, what reason do they have to bargain with others? Either accept the rescue of others, or drown themselves, there is no third way to choose. If it were a normal time, he would still be able to calm down and think about it, what is there in my Yan Kingdom that is worth thinking about? But now that the country is about to be ruined, in their eyes, the Yan Kingdom is already a ruin, what can be worth thinking about? And even if people are worried about it, even if they are worried about their wives, they can't protect it.