Chapter 190: The Killing Before the Pro-Government (I)
Meng Tian stood there without moving, he looked at Han Fei's body lying on the ground in the distance, silent.
Jing Ke knelt on one knee, the sword in his hand was dropped at his feet, and he reached out and closed Han Fei's unclosed eyes. "Maybe it's a relief for him. Jing Ke looked at Han Fei's corpse and said suddenly.
Meng Tian's task had been completed, he turned around and walked back, saying as he walked: "My task has been completed, since you are his friend, then I don't need to do the matter of collecting the body." I promised Han Fei, I won't break my promise, you can take him away. ”
Jing Ke turned his head to look at Meng Tian's back as he gradually disappeared into the night at the mouth of the alley, shaking his head and sighing at Han Fei's corpse, feeling worthless for his old friend and regretting Han Fei's tragic life experience. As the illegitimate son of a prince, he did not get the dignity of his identity, but lived alone with his mother since he was a child, and died in such a place before he could display his talent when he grew up, and finally left only a small mound between this heaven and earth, and he would not even leave his name.
Jing Ke put his sword behind him again, leaned over to pick up Han Fei's body, and disappeared into the depths of the alley......
Returning to Xianyang City, Meng Tian told King Yingzheng of Qin that Han Fei had committed suicide. After Ying Zheng heard it, he felt a little guilty about Han Fei's suicide, no matter what, Han Fei was killed by his order, he was unwilling to surrender to himself, standing at the level of the king of a country, he would not allow Han Fei to raise a strong neighbor by his side, not to mention that he had been coveting this neighbor's land for a long time.
Li Si clenched his fists and said to King Yingzheng of Qin: "Your Majesty, Han Fei's suicide is his own choice. He didn't want to stay in Qin to serve my king, but he wanted to assist King Han, but he didn't know that the king was the true son of heaven, and he was bound to sweep ** in the future and dominate the world, and little Korea was not to be afraid. ”
Meng Tian continued Li Si's words and said: "The minister agreed with Taifu's words, the minister met the sect master of the Guigu faction at the border pass, and he also said to the minister that the king is a person with the will of heaven, and the unification of the world is the general trend. The king is now a good age, looking at the rest of the princes in the world, which one is not an old-eyed and dizzy-minded person, my king should be like Zhou Tianzi, reign over the world, and build the foundation of my Great Qin for all generations. ”
"Taifu, Meng Qing, what you said is that the widow's father and ancestor laid down the vast territory of Qin for the widow, and the widow should inherit their legacy, carry on the past and forge ahead into the future, and the widow's Great Qin will definitely dominate the princes. Ying Zheng's ambition was stimulated by the words of Li Si and Meng Tian,
He stood up and clenched his fists and said.
After Wang Jian led the army to quell the Shangdang Rebellion, he took advantage of the situation to capture several cities of Wei and Zhao, and then led the army back to Xianyang. On the contrary, it was the state of Qin, which attacked everywhere, and in two years it fought from the state of Qin to the border of the state of Qi, separating the state of Chu south of the Yangtze River from the five kingdoms of Wei, Yan, Han, Qi, and Zhao north of the Yangtze River.
Qin's domestic development is also very fast, with the support of Shu, Qin began to recruit troops extensively in various places, six years after the reign of Qin Wang Yingzheng, the number of soldiers in the country has reached more than 1.5 million, more than 100,000 chariots, the largest of the six countries. At this time, the number of the most elite Mengjia army in the Qin army has reached 200,000, and the cavalry is 50,000, and almost the entire Qin State has cavalry, which shows the importance of Meng Tian in the eyes of Ying Zheng.
In the sixth year of King Ying's reign, news came to Xianyang, saying that the rebel general Fan Yu of Qin was stranded in Wei and was the king of Wei. Ying Zheng sent an envoy to ask the King of Wei. asked him to hand over Fan Yu to the Qin State. The king of Wei did not obey, and Yingzheng immediately sent Meng Tian to lead the Mengjia army to attack Wei. Meng Tian led 50,000 Mengjia troops and 10,000 cavalry, and fought with the Wei army for less than three days, that is, he captured five Wei cities. On the battlefield, the Wei army went out of the city to engage the Mengjia army, and was defeated and fled by Meng Tian's cavalry after a charge, and Meng Tian easily captured the city and occupied the territory without much effort.
Meng Tian's Mengjia army was so powerful that King Wei was very afraid. The king of Wei hurriedly sent people to ask the other princes for help. The strength of the Qin army made the Shandong states look sideways, coupled with the fact that the territory of the Qin State has been expanding day by day in the past two years, and the Dongjun is set on the border of the Qi State, and the world will be captured by the Qin State sooner or later. The five states of Zhao, Chu, Yan, Wei, and Qi reached an agreement to elect King Kaolie of Chu as the longitudinal treaty, appoint Zhao Guopang as the general of the coalition army, and Jiawei, the prince of Chu, led the army of the five countries to attack Qin in five ways.
The weakness of the Qin State at this time was revealed, the territory was too large, but there were not many generals guarding the territory. The coalition forces sang triumphant songs all the way, and it took two days to occupy Shouling, which was originally located in Chu. Pang personally led the army, passing through Puban of Wei State, westward from Zhao's internal Huazhou, attacking all the way to Lishan, and then passing through Weinan, waiting for an opportunity to seize Tongguan, an important town in the northern part of Qin, and then directly taking Xianyang City.
When the news reached Xianyang City, the court of the Qin State was suddenly in chaos. Yingzheng Pegasus sent a message to Meng Tian to stop attacking Wei, and then the army returned to Tongguan and stationed at Tongguan to confront the coalition army led by Pang.
Lü Buwei said to King Yingzheng of Qin: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that the five kingdoms were attacking my Qin State this time, but in fact they did not
What interests are in place. The current territory of our Qin State is the most of the princes in the world, and the attack on Qin by this coalition army also highlights the weakness of our Qin State, that is, there are many cities, but there are too few generals to defend the territory, so that the coalition army can reach Tongguan in such a short time. Therefore, the minister thought that this time we could still use the strategy of division, the Chu State and the Jiangbei Four Kingdoms Alliance Army were not together, we could attack the Chu State first, and the Chu army would definitely withdraw when we heard it, and then we would send people to lobby the other princes. Once the Chu State retreats, then the morale of the coalition forces will inevitably drop greatly, and at this time, our army will be able to win a big victory in one fell swoop. ”
After learning that the Chu army had attacked Xiashouling, Wang Jian had already led his troops to the front line, and there were not many people in the court who knew military affairs at this time. Lü Buwei also led troops to fight in his early years, so his proposal was approved by many people, and even Li Si and Meng Yi felt that Lü Buwei's method could be tried. So Ying Zheng ordered Wang Jian to lead his troops to attack Chu, as long as he waited until the Chu army retreated and then stopped the attack.
When King Kaolie heard that Wang Jian began to lead a large army to attack Chu, he secretly said that something bad was going to happen in his heart. The purpose of attacking Qin this time was to rescue Wei, and now that Meng Tian, who attacked Wei, has withdrawn, the purpose of the coalition has been achieved, so naturally there is no need to insist on attacking Qin. So King Kaolie conveyed his intention to Pang, and after Pang learned that Wang Jian was attacking Chu, he had to agree to King Kaolie's retreat.
The leaders of the coalition retreated, and the siege of Wei had been lifted, so Han, Yan, and Qi also withdrew their own troops. However, Pang couldn't see that the Qi ** team came at the latest in this attack on Qin, not to mention, the army sent was also the smallest number, so he directly took Rao An of Qi State on the way to withdraw the army, and then returned to Zhao State.
After the coalition army attacked Qin, the territory of Qin increased instead of decreasing. After learning of Pang's withdrawal, Meng Tian led a large army to attack, defeated the Song of Wei, and destroyed a small neutral country by the way, causing Wei Jun to abandon the city and flee, move the capital to Yewang, and swear to become a vassal of Qin, Meng Tian gave up the pursuit. Not long after, Meng Tian attacked again and captured the capital of Wei, Pusaka and Yan, so far, the capitals of Wei and Han were all exposed under the noses of the Qin army.
Just when Meng Tian was about to take the entire territory of Wei in one go, an edict from Xianyang stopped his steps. After Meng Tian read the edict, he ordered the army to withdraw quickly, retreat to the occupied city, and then rush back to Xianyang City.
This paragraph is written to fill in the pit in the front, and the second is to pave the way in the back, which is different from the original history, I hope you don't mind.