In the city of Xianyang, it is very lively today.

Without him, the prince of Qin, Ying Ziyi, is about to return to the city today.

Ying Ziyi's team had not yet approached Xianyang City, and a hundred miles away, three thousand ghost prison riders and dozens of swordsmen had already been stationed on the spot. Guy Xianyang is the imperial capital of the imperial city, and once the army is in charge, without the will of the Qin Emperor, it cannot be approached privately. And Ying Ziyi is the crown prince, and there is a team directly under him in this Xianyang City, the East Palace guard. The number of guards in the East Palace is about 3,000 people, all of whom are served by the eldest son of the Qin State Sect's noble family in Guanzhong. This is a team that is more symbolic than practical, because no one expects them to go into battle to kill the enemy. Their usual training is inclined to etiquette training.

The flag is unfurled, and the armor is listed. On the official road, Ying Ziyi's chariot kept moving forward. Groups of Hell Ghosts rode backwards, and teams of Donggong guards took over the defense of the established route.

In terms of strength, the guards of the East Palace are more than a step behind the ghost riders of the Hell Hell. But in terms of appearance, the cloaked and unruly appearance of the ghost rider of the hell is worse than those guards of the East Palace who are dressed in black armor, holding brand-new ritual weapons, tall and tall, and a jade tree facing the wind.

Neither side can see the other. However, with Ying Ziyi's chariot as the center, the handover between the two sides was carried out in an orderly manner.

"Your subordinates send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The handsome horses neighed, and under the sun, the three thousand ghost riders of the Hell shouted in unison, and the sound reverberated the universe, shocking the group of guards of the East Palace one by one. However, the young man's temperament, this group of Donggong guards did not admit defeat after all, they erected the Changge in their hands, knocked it on the ground, and the cycle went on and on, and the momentum was not lost to the ghost rider of the hell for a while.

Zhang Han smiled, Shuai led the ghost of the hell to ride, looked at the chariot of Yingziyi who was far away, and said to Zhao Tuo beside him: "Let's go, let's enter Shu." ”

Three thousand horsemen jumped to the head of the horse in an instant, and the sound of hooves rumbled above the field. Three thousand hell ghosts rode in the direction of Shuzhong without stopping.

The closer you get to Xianyang, the more people will see the excitement around. In the midst of the surging flow of people, they were all separated by soldiers.

The crown prince, in a country, is only the Son of Heaven. The team of Yingzi Yi returning to the capital, in terms of etiquette, although inferior to Emperor Qin, is much higher than other princes, even the eldest son Fusu cannot be compared.

The sergeants in the army, the soldiers in the county, and the errand officers under the pavilion chief, layer after layer, 100,000 people control every detail on the hundred-mile long road.

The gates of Xianyang City are approaching. Yingziyi's chariot slowly drove into the city.

On the long street, in a secluded alley, there was a sick and weak woman dressed in plain clothes, watching the slowly advancing procession.

"What a Prince Qin. There was no trace for several months, and as soon as he returned to Xianyang, he set off a big formation. ”

"Ah Yan, what is Ying Ziyi making this kind of battle for?"

In the alleyway, there are several people, all of whom are farmers. Tian Meng, the master of the Lieshan Hall, asked his daughter on the side. Tian Yan has been in the eldest son's Fusu Mansion for more than a year and is deeply trusted by him. On weekdays, she helps Fusu deal with the secret things in the Yiying Mansion, and pays over the forces in the rivers and lakes, which is an important link between the peasant family and the Changgongzi's Mansion.

"The crown prince of Qin is declaring his sovereignty to everyone. In the months that he left Xianyang, there was an undercurrent in Xianyang City. Many of Emperor Qin's dozen sons were not idle. But this rumor, trickery, conspiracy, and secret words were all shocked by this monstrous momentum at this moment. Prince Qin greeted him, and tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong listened to his orders, and overnight, they drove for hundreds of miles and guarded the long road for hundreds of miles. In the Qin State, apart from the Qin Emperor, who has such prestige. The Prince of Qin had not yet returned to Xianyang City, and when the news came, those dissidents in Xianyang City had disappeared without a trace. Tian Yan chuckled and took a step forward. After she walked out of the alleyway, the noise in her ears suddenly increased a hundredfold.

Tian Yan looked at the Xianyang Palace in the distance, and under the sun, there was a sickly beauty on her pale face.

"Father, you see, how peaceful and peaceful the huge Xianyang Palace City is at the moment, as if it is really as recorded in the classics, brothers, friends and brothers, and the monarch and the minister are harmonious."

Tian Meng frowned and said, "In that case, isn't there no hope at all for Prince Fusu?" ”

Tian Yan returned to the cold alleyway again and asked, "Not necessarily, Emperor Qin's world is full of variables. Father, let me ask you here, do you really want to obey the orders of Changping Jun and Xia Kui, and be loyal to Gongzi Fusu, and Lieshan Tang is really willing to take the lead? ”

Tian Meng looked at his daughter, without a trace of hesitation, and said: "Gongzi Fusu has great kindness to me, to the entire Lieshan Hall and even to the farmer. On the day of the battle on the broken rock cliff, if it weren't for the protection of Gongzi Fusu, my farmer would have been wiped out. Such a great kindness, I Tian Meng must repay it. ”

As if he had already understood his father's answer, Tian Yan said: "In this way, my farmer must get rid of the traitor first." ”

"Mole?" Tian Meng looked at the inexplicable smile on his daughter's face and said suspiciously.

In front of the imperial city, Ying Ziyi's car slowly stopped. On the wide square, the guards of the East Palace on Qudao were scattered in all directions, guarding the road for the last journey in front of the imperial city.

The royal road is vertical and square, along with the north, south, east and west. Yingzi Yi walked on it, the road was as white as jade, connecting the gate of the magnificent building in the distance, the Xianyang Palace. The palace wall is tall, there is a guard in ten steps, and a sink in a hundred steps. On both sides of the palace gate, there are corner towers at the four corners of the palace wall to monitor the movements around the imperial city.

The gimbal is highly locked, and the palace is extended. The huge palace was hidden behind the palace, solemn and majestic. Ying Ziyi was dressed in a black nine-chapter gown, walking on the marble road step by step, slowly walking towards the beast-like palace.

As we got closer, a sense of oppression came over me. The main hall is like a giant beast, if it is an official who has never entered Xianyang in his life, just seeing such a huge and majestic palace, I am afraid that he will have to kneel down and be frightened. This is the majesty of a king. On a high platform with hundreds of steps in front of the hall. The hundred civil and military officials of the Great Qin, the relatives of the clan, and the sons of the Qin Emperor are all listed on this long step. The armor guards the guards, and the tiger patrols outside.

Ying Ziyi walked up the steps, and three tsunamis hit.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Ying Ziyi did not answer, and did not need to answer. He kept moving forward, towards the huge door in front of the main hall.

Ying Ziyi walked through the distance of hundreds of steps, and the wrestlers guarding the palace gate slowly opened the gate.

The attendants on both sides took off their shoes for Ying Ziyi. He stepped into the hall. Then, the wrestler guarding the door slowly closed the door again.

The temple was empty, and there was no one in it. Unlike the scorching heat outside, there was a chill in the air in the hall.

Emperor Yingzheng of Qin sat on the throne, crowned, wearing a black twelve-chapter dragon pattern gown, with no majesty.

"Are you finally willing to come back?"

Yingzi Yi walked ten steps in front of the throne, and Brother Zheng suddenly spoke.

"Erchen knows that he is wrong." Ying Ziyi said sincerely. Either way, it's just a matter of admitting it first.

Brother Zheng looked at Ying Ziyi, looking at his son, who had his head down and seemed to be respectful, and a smile flashed on his face.

"How sure are you that you take Shushan?"

The smile was fleeting, and the emperor's face returned to applied indifference.

"Ten percent."

"The two places of Bashu have been isolated from the world for a long time. Since Sima mistakenly cut down Shu, Shuzhong has always been the granary of my Great Qin. The people of Bashu are fierce. Shushan is famous for its witchcraft, and is very popular in the local people, and even connected with the party in a vain attempt to oppose the New Deal. If it is not handled well, it may start a rebellion, so you should be cautious. Brother Zheng advised.

"Erchen understood."

The two places of Bashu are most of the areas of Yizhou in later generations. For the Qin State, it was a very important strategic location. First, the fertile fields in Shuzhong are thousands of miles, and since the construction of Dujiangyan, it is even more rich and abnormal. The Shu warehouse built near Chengdu is a large granary that can be compared with Ao Cang near Xingyang. It was by virtue of the land of Bashu, Hanzhong, and Guanzhong that the Qin State accumulated huge resources, and then dominated the world. The two, Yizhou is located in the upper reaches of Jianghan and Han, and has a condescending advantage for the old Chu countries such as Nanjun and Nanyang County. Both economically and militarily, the two places of Bashu were of great value to the Qin State.

It can be said that the two places of Bashu are the backyard of Qin. And in this backyard, there is actually a force like Shushan that does not respond to the call of the imperial court, but has a strong influence on the people of Bashu.

There have been several groups of envoys sent by the empire to Shushan, but they have all returned empty-handed without exception.

For such a force, Ying Ziyi just wants to say, I wish them good luck.

You know, Brother Zheng is not a very patient person. The empire conquers the world, and the blood is not more than a million? Among the hundreds of schools of thought, the top few forces, Legalism, Yin and Yang, celebrities, and public losers were attached to the empire, Taoism was hidden in the mountains and forests, regardless of the world, and Confucianism closed its doors and studied with peace of mind. The farmer's attitude is ambiguous, and the relationship with Gongzi Fusu is extraordinary. The only Mo family that did not obey the discipline was also under the ban order at this moment, and its power was reduced several times.

For Brother Zheng, being strong is the biggest sin. And if he is strong enough to threaten the rule of the empire, but he does not obey the call of the empire, then congratulations, he has been blacklisted by Brother Zheng.

Brother Zheng's life, he has been dominant, he has been angry and waved a million, slaughtering the city and destroying the country, and he has never been soft. The princes of the six countries, the sons of the hundred schools, can only bow their heads under the hands of Brother Zheng, and survive for a long time. And the person who is fortunate enough to be on the blacklist of Brother Zheng, Ying Ziyi shuddes a little when he thinks about it.

Most of those who dare to argue with Brother Zheng have already entered the ground. And the rest of the living ones are also grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump for a few days.

Brother Zheng's life can be described in two words, that is, he is fierce. If you had to add an adjective, it would be unusually strong.

And Shushan, the thorn in the head, unfortunately, has already been on the blacklist of Brother Zheng. For Yingziyi, Shushan has a more important significance, that is, Shu brocade, the most important and precious material on the Silk Road.

"It is rumored that you have been in the Yin and Yang house for several months, and they didn't even notice it. That's interesting. I'm here to ask, what do you think of it? Brother Zheng asked.

"Ill-intentioned." Ying Ziyi's answer was very concise.

"The answer is very accurate." The corners of Brother Zheng's mouth lifted a slight arc, as if he was very satisfied with Yingziyi's answer.

This Ying Ziyi didn't understand a little, he raised his head slightly, and asked: "Since my father knows that the Yin and Yang family is unpredictable, why do you still use it?" ”

Brother Zheng smiled and looked at Yingziyi, his expression seemed to say, you are still too tender. "For an emperor, he will have countless knives under his command to solve countless difficult things, both light and dark. What matters is not the knife itself, but where is the knife pointing? ”

"And if one day it points to the Empire?" Ying Ziyi asked tentatively.

Brother Zheng snorted coldly, "Then there is no need for this knife to exist." Each of the hundreds of schools of thought can become a sword in my hand, but each of these knives may point to the empire, to me, or even to you. The world is so big that there are very few people who wield swords, and most of them have been wiped out by me, but this does not mean that the empire can be stable for a long time. After all, Shushan is just a small trouble, and the reason why I want to solve Shushan is to serve the strategy of the empire in the future. ”

"What does Father mean?"

"Baiyue!"

Ying Ziyi gasped, Emperor Qin was finally going to make a move on Bai Yue. Ying Ziyi knew that in history, the Qin State used 500,000 Qin troops, which cost countless amounts, and it took two southern expeditions to finally conquer Baiyue.

"The Yueyi in the south and the Donghu Xiongnu in the north have always been a great disaster for the empire. If we don't solve them all, how can the eternal inheritance of the empire survive forever? Brother Zheng waved his huge sleeve robe and said domineeringly.

Ying Ziyi knew that in order to conquer Baiyue in the south, the empire mobilized 500,000 people. In the north to drive the Xiongnu, the empire mobilized 300,000 people. Among them, in the turbulent times of the Qin and Han dynasties, the 500,000 Qin army, under the leadership of Zhao Tuo, was sure that they did not go north, but took root in the local area. And the 300,000 elite Qin troops under Meng Tian, due to the lack of historical materials, after Meng Tian's death, they did not know where to go.

But one thing is certain, these 300,000 people did not participate in the Qin army's suppression of the rebellion of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms in the years after the fall of the Qin State. And when the Qin State was at its most critical, it was also Zhang Hanshang Shu Qin II, the 200,000 prisoners of **** Lishan, and the Qin army had sufficient soldiers.

For the unknown, Ying Ziyi is a little afraid. Ying Ziyi didn't know, what kind of impact would Emperor Qin's decision have on the future Qin State? At least, in another world, if these 800,000 soldiers are still in Guanzhong, it is still unknown whether Xiang Yu and Liu Bang can successfully attack Xianyang.

"You're afraid." Brother Zheng looked at Ying Ziyi, who was in deep thought, and said.

"Yes, Father." Ying Ziyi said honestly.

"In fact, in the past few days, I have been worried, even sleepless, thinking about whether this decision is correct or not? But then, I made this decision anyway, do you know why? ”

Ying Ziyi shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.

"On the long border of the Empire, there is already a Great Wall. If I don't cut down a hundred Yue, do I have to build another one in the south? When a husband walks in the world, how can he live in peace. The path of guarding the corpse by the mountains and the sea is not the work of my generation. I am a beautiful man, and I am not afraid of barbarianism. The wolf clan is fierce. But in front of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry, if you don't enter my Huaxia, sooner or later it will just be hundreds of thousands of more corpses! ”

At this moment, Ying Ziyi was really a little excited. (To be continued.) )