Chapter 218: Jing Ke Assassinates King Qin (I)
Ying Zheng listened to Meng Tian's words, and snorted with some resentment, "At the beginning, the widow wanted Wang Jian to lead the troops to attack Chu, but he told the widow that the battle against Chu required the use of all the forces that the Qin State could use. His words made the widow very dissatisfied, let me ask which prince dares to confront the widow today's Qin State?
"Then dare to ask the king, how is the battle situation in the first battle of Chu so far? The minister saw it on the way back to Xianyang, and all parts of the country are sending troops and horses to Xianyang, I am afraid that the army of Qin gathered around Xianyang is no less than 500,000. "Meng Tian saw that there were troops gathering towards Xianyang City on the way from Beijun to Xianyang, and he had already thought that the battle of Huachu must have been hit, otherwise why would he mobilize so many troops?
Ying Zheng looked at Meng Tian and saw that he looked a little gloating, and said dissatisfiedly: "Okay, the widow knows what you mean." Anyway, since you have returned, and the army of the widows has been assembled, wait for two days for the widows to go to the house of the old general Wang with you, and ask the old general to go out of the mountains and lead the troops to attack Chu. ”
Meng Tian clenched his fists and said, "No." ”
"Hey, by the way, do you remember Fan Yuqi?" Ying Zheng suddenly asked Meng Tian.
"How could this minister forget, the minister's grandfather was killed by this thief, when the minister led his troops to attack the Wei State, I heard that he had already gone to the Yan Kingdom, I don't know why the king mentioned him at this time?" Meng Tian said.
It turned out that during the time when Meng Tian accompanied Zi Yanran to Beijun, the Qin army was very successful in attacking Wei and Zhao. Wei did not have a general who could lead troops, and was soon defeated by the Qin army in the national capital of Daliang, and the king of Wei surrendered to the seal of the national letter.
As for the Zhao State, under Li Mu's insistence, Handan City could originally hold on for some time, but the Qin army kept shouting outside Handan City, saying that if King Zhao handed over Li Mu, the Qin army would not slaughter the city. King Zhao was very afraid, and now there was only one city left in Handan, and the rest of the places had been occupied by the Qin army. At this time, the Qin State sent people to Handan City and told King Zhao that King Qin just wanted Li Mu's life, because King Qin wanted to avenge the revenge of the six counties of Shangdang, so Li Mu had to be killed, if King Zhao wanted to keep Li Mu, then King Qin would add up the new hatred and old hatred, and it was not impossible for everyone in Handan City to be slaughtered by the Qin army.
King Zhao was very afraid of the revenge of King Yingzheng of Qin, when Yingzheng was just born, King Zhao, who was still young at that time, and his sons bullied Yingzheng together, but he did not expect that the little beggar who was beaten under them and had no power to fight back would become an emperor who ruled their fate today. King Zhao had no choice but to give Li Mu to death. However, five days after Li Mu was given death, the city gate of Handan was breached by the Qin army. Once upon a time, the high-ranking King Zhao became a prisoner of the Qin army and was escorted to Xianyang to meet the Qin King Yingzheng.
After the destruction of Wei and Zhao, the princes of other small countries in the world were originally neutral, but at this time they surrendered to the Qin army, and Yingzheng did not treat the kings of these small princes badly, rewarded them with titles, and then gave them a piece of land to retire.
The princes of the world north of the Yangtze River are now only Yan and Qi, and Qi is not worried about Qin attacking them because Qi still maintains an ally relationship with Qin. Now the most worried about their fate is the Yan country, the Yan country is located in the north, although the terrain is remote, but the land of the Yan country is not small, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the army of the Yan country is not much.
Faced with the pressure of the Qin army, the monarch of Yan was also panicked, and after soliciting the opinions of many ministers, King Yan decided to bow down to the king of Qin. But Dan, the crown prince of Yan State, did not want his father to beg for surrender to Qin State, he strongly persuaded his father that Qin State is a country of tigers and wolves, and they will definitely not let go of the land of Yan State, rather than giving it to them for nothing, it is better to give it a go.
Ying Zheng now wants to attack the state of Chu wholeheartedly, and when facing the state of Yan, which is mostly poor mountains and rivers in the territory, the only remaining forces of the Qin army are not enough to destroy the state of Yan. Therefore, after learning the news that King Yan wanted to surrender to Qin, Ying Zheng was overjoyed and ordered King Yan to hand over the fifteen cities of Yan and the head of the rebel general Fan Yuzhi who fled to Yan State, and Ying Zheng allowed King Yan to keep his throne and land. Trina
King Yan was overjoyed to learn that Ying Zheng was willing to retain his throne. Although it was a little heart-wrenching to cede fifteen cities to Qin, after ceding to Qin, he still had half of Yan and his throne was retained, which was much better than the kings of Wei, Zhao, and Korea, especially King Zhao, who was tortured to death within three days after arriving in Xianyang City. Yingzheng's conditions are not too harsh, Fan Yuzhi originally fled for his life to Yan Kingdom, and now he can kill him to send a favor to King Yingzheng of Qin, and this business is not a loss.
Fan Yuqi also didn't expect that he ran from Zhao to Wei, and then from Wei to Yan, but in the end he still couldn't take out Yingzheng's palm. Knowing that he would not escape death, Fan Yuzhi simply stopped escaping. At this time, it happened that Dan, the prince of Yan State, found him and discussed a major matter with him, so that Fan Yuqi saw his value, so Fan Yuqi didn't say a word, waved his knife and cut off his head, and asked the envoys of Yan State to take Xianyang City to meet King Yingzheng of Qin.
Meng Tian finally understood, it turned out that the envoys of the Yan State would come to meet Yingzheng tomorrow, in addition to the head of Xiang Shang, who presented Fan Yuzhi, there was also a map of the fifteen cities ceded to the Qin State.
Knowing that Meng Tian and Fan Yu were enemies who did not share the sky, Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said: "Now we can finally pay tribute to the spirit of the old general Meng Yu in the sky, but I just hope that the old general will not blame the widow for being too late to avenge him." ”
After hearing this, Meng Tian knelt on the ground, "The king cares for the minister's family, and the minister is grateful. My grandfather had a spirit in heaven, and he would also give thanks to the king. ”
"Don't talk about Meng Qing and the widow, as soon as the widow took the throne, General Wang and General Meng were the first to publicly express their support for the widow, and the widow has always kept this kindness in mind. Being able to avenge the old general, the widow is also very happy. You go back and have a good rest first, tomorrow the widow is here to meet the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, and you must also be present. ”
So the minister retired first. ”
Meng Tian returned home and told the family the news, and Meng Wu and his wife also cried with joy and bowed down in front of Meng Fu's spiritual seat, hoping that Meng Fu's spirit in the sky would learn the news.
On the second day, Meng Tian wore his official uniform to the court, and after he went to the court, he found that there were no more generals in the court now, because basically all the generals were either leading troops on the battlefield or stationed in the barracks to manage and train the newly recruited Qin soldiers. So much so that in the queue of generals, Meng Tian and several generals who had no military affairs for the time being stood there, looking a little lonely.
Zhao Gao ascended to the high platform where the throne was located, and then shouted loudly: "The king has arrived, and the kings are bowing down." Everyone in the court knelt down and shouted long live to King Yingzheng Mountain of Qin, who had stepped on the throne.
After Yingzheng had flattened all the ministers, Zhao Gao stepped forward again, "The envoys of Xuanyan Kingdom go to the palace." ”
The civil and military ministers in the court all looked at the gate of Zhangtai Palace, where a palace attendant appeared, and there were two people behind him, thinking that it should be the envoy of Yan State.
After the chamberlain led the envoy in, Meng Tian saw the appearance of the envoy of Yan State clearly, which surprised him a little, because the envoy of Yan State was an acquaintance, and this acquaintance was also the person who made Meng Tian feel that he was not an opponent for the first time.