The defeat of the Qin army in Chu did not surprise Zhao Kuo, and he immediately sent a secret letter to Zhao Gao again, asking him to try to get rid of Li Xin and Meng Wu, and encouraged the king of Qin to send troops to fight Chu for a decisive battle. Under Zhao Gao's rhetoric, King Yingzheng of Qin angrily kicked over the bronze lampstand in front of Wang's case, and angrily summoned Prime Minister Wang Juan, General Wang Qian, State Captain Wei Yu and Court Lieutenant Bi Yuan to the palace to discuss matters.

"Where is the defeated general now?" As soon as the ministers entered the table, Yingzheng asked straight to the point.

Zuo Prime Minister Wang Juan raised his head slightly and secretly observed King Qin's face, before he cautiously replied: "Enlighten my king, the crime will be handed over to the Imperial Governor's Mansion for temporary detention and awaiting execution." Wang Juan knew that the King of Qin had been dissatisfied with him over the years, and the rebellion of Changping Jun, so he had to be cautious in his words and deeds, so as not to be killed for no reason.

"Bi Yuan! According to the law of Qin, where will the sin be? Ying Zheng knocked on the Wang case with an expressionless face.

"The Huaibei army was defeated, and the Qin army lost 93,617 soldiers and 7 captains; 150,000 pieces of grain and grass were damaged, and more than 100,000 pieces of weapons were lost; Twenty-one cities were regained and lost. According to Qin law, the lord sent Li Xin improperly, and the light soldiers rushed forward, and he should be beheaded; The deputy general Meng Wu was negligent in his defense, lost the city and fell to the ground, and should be beheaded; If the commander of the scout battalion makes a mistake in his intelligence investigation, he should be beheaded; The rest of the defeated generals were sentenced to exile, and they were not allowed to return to the court without an edict. Bi Yuan stood up tremblingly and reported with difficulty.

"Punish according to the law! Don't be spared! Ying Zheng pondered silently for a long time, and finally made a decision.

"King! Absolutely not! The national lieutenant got up and hurriedly admonished, "How can the pillars of the country be ruined because of the loss of the First World War?" The king's move will make the army lose their hearts! ”

"Touching the law without killing it is tantamount to destroying the law!" Ying Zheng roared loudly, and the emotions that he had endured for a long time suddenly exploded.

"King, the defeat of Huaibei is really a miscalculation of the temple! Even if Li Xin does not seek safety with the method of rushing and attacking, it will be difficult to win! When King Qin's roar became weaker and weaker, General Wang Jian got up and said.

"What does Wang Jian mean? Could it be that he is ridiculing this king? Thinking of this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask casually, "How do you say this?" ”

"Pre-war prediction, the Chu army is no more than 300,000, and then until the end of the war, the Chu army on the Ruyin line alone will reach more than 400,000, if you add the troops in the south that have not yet gathered, the minister conservatively estimates that the strength of Chu is far more than 600,000! With 200,000 against 600,000, how can I be undefeated? Although he heard the voice of King Qin, Wang Jian still stated without hesitation.

"Oh?" Wang Qian's rhetoric made Yingzheng's chaotic mood for many days suddenly calm down, "Wang Qian's words seem to be reasonable, but Qin Law is ruthless, how can this king be wasted?" ”

"This defeat is widely implicated, and the law can be clarified if you don't kill the general! The minister asked my king to follow the defeat of Mu Gongkuo Mountain, not to kill the three generals of Meng Xibai, and share the responsibility from the temple to the hearts of the army and the people! Bi Yuan immediately proposed a compromise plan.

"This method works." Prime Minister Wang Juan nodded in agreement.

"That being the case, Li Xin and Meng Wu cut the knight to the third level and were fined for two years; The rest of the generals were each cut by one level, and the effect of retaining the army; The fallen soldiers are still rewarded and punished according to the regular battle! Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said lightly.

Solving the problem of disposing of the defeated generals, King Yingzheng of Qin then turned to the general Wang Jian again: "I didn't listen to the old general's strategy before, and I despised the Chu State, which led to this defeat, and it was too late to regret it!" I also asked the old general to take command of the expedition and capture Qi Qi alive, and I will be ashamed of my defeat! ”

Ying Zhengman thought that Wang Jian would be eager to agree, but he never thought that Wang Jian shook his head again and again after hearing this: "The previous attack on Chu, Zhao Shang waited and watched." Now Li Xinxin is newly defeated, the state of Chu is in full swing, and if he attacks Chu again, Zhao is bound to lead troops to attack, so that I can't take care of each other! Now that the fighter is gone, the old minister will forgive his fate! ”

"Wang Qian!" Ying Zheng was suddenly annoyed, "Mi Qi rebelled against Qin, and the world looked sideways!" And Xiang Yanjun is moving north step by step along the chasm, and there is a great tendency to advance to Nanyang! Zhao Guo is also gearing up and ready to move! If I don't take the initiative to attack and contain the Chu army, won't the great cause of Great Qin's unification fall short? This king has already admitted his mistake, why should the old general be rash and refuse the king's order? Is this the way of a minister? In recent years, Wang Jian always likes to sing against himself, and Ying Zheng really can't bear it anymore.

"......" Wang Jian lowered his head speechlessly, he never thought that the King of Qin, who had always been sharp, would be very angry about this, looking at the situation, it is useless to say anything now, the only way is to accept the king's order and wait until after the expedition to make plans, otherwise if the King of Qin entrusts the military power to other boastful people, Great Qin Ke will really be in danger.

"The king's will has been decided, and the old minister obeys his orders. However, Chu is really a big country, and it cannot be destroyed in one day, so I implore my king not to set a time limit for destroying Chu. Wang Jian closed his eyes tightly and said helplessly.

"So good! Just follow the old general! Immediately raise 600,000 troops to destroy the Chu State! Seeing Wang Jian receiving the order, Yingzheng's face suddenly showed a smile again......

After the beginning of autumn, Wang Qian's army of 600,000 finally set off in a hurry. This battle to destroy Chu can be described as a dangerous move, and the Qin State used all the military strength except for Meng Tian's Jiuyuan army, that is to say, the entire Qin State was almost hollowed out.

In order to prevent the news from leaking out and causing the Zhao army to attack, Ying Zheng ordered all border passes to be closed, and no one was allowed to leave the Qin realm. On the other hand, Ying Zheng ordered the county guards to urgently recruit new troops, and set up suspicious formations in the Lantian camp, creating the false appearance that the main army of the Qin State was still in Guanzhong.

After conquering Chencheng, which was occupied by the rebels, Wang Jian immediately issued an order to stop the march. He decided to garrison his troops here and fight Chu like the Battle of Changping. Once the state of Zhao changes, he can also quickly divide his troops to attack Zhao.

Changping Jun Qi Qi fled to Xiang Yan's army alone, listening to Qi Qi's general about the situation, Xiang Yan couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect that in just such a short time, the Qin State, which had just suffered a heavy defeat, would be able to reunite an army of 600,000. Although there are 600,000 Chu troops in Huaibei today, most of them are private soldiers of various clans, and their combat strength is uneven, and they are far from being the opponents of the Qin army. But winter is coming, if the Qin army cannot be repelled as soon as possible, as time goes by, these improvised tribal private soldiers will fall apart again? Xiang Yan immediately fell into a dilemma.

Months passed, and the Chu army's previous high fighting spirit gradually turned into endless complaints. After the beginning of winter, a heavy snowfall suddenly came, the Chu army's food route was suddenly cut off, and the soldiers of the Chu army, who were hungry and cold, finally couldn't bear such hardship, and asked for orders to retreat across the Huaishui, and then fight the Qin army in the spring of the next year. Xiang Yan was still hesitating, and the private soldiers of Jing, Zhao, and Qu had already evacuated the garrison without authorization under the leadership of the deputy generals Jing Qi and Qu Ding.

The Jing, Zhao, and Qu families were originally the largest clans in the Chu State, and under their leadership, the entire Chu army camp was suddenly in chaos.

The fighter plane was fleeting, Wang Jian then ordered the Qin army to launch a full-scale attack, at this time the Chu army had no intention of fighting, under the fierce rush of the Qin army, the Huaibei defense line suddenly collapsed.

"Order all departments to work together to intercept and kill the Chu army! In addition, he ordered Zhang Hanbu to cross the Huaishui River, and he must besiege Yingshou before the defeat report arrives, and he must not escape the king of Chu! Seeing that the overall situation in Huaibei had been decided, Wang Jian immediately issued a new combat order to the whole army.

It was only a few days after Yingshou was besieged, and the main force of the Qin army rumbled to the city of Yingshou, and it only took half an hour for the Qin army to rush through the north gate of Yingshou, and the king of Chu and all the ministers of the clan in the city became prisoners of the Qin army. Immediately afterwards, Wang Jian personally led an army of 300,000 troops, non-stop pursuit to the north, and finally caught up with the remnants of Xiang Yan in Qicheng, after a fierce battle, Xiang Yan drew his sword and killed himself, only his son Xiang Liang protected Changping Jun Qiqi to break through and fled to Jiangdong.

But just when Wang Jian was about to take advantage of the victory and wave his army to sweep Jiangdong in one fell swoop, one thing he didn't want to see finally happened: Zhao gathered an army of 400,000 and suddenly entered Huaibei and launched a fierce attack on the Qin army from behind.

Due to the pursuit of the remnants of the Chu army, most of the Qin army was scattered in the vast land of Northern Chu, under the lightning offensive of the Zhao army, the Qin army was suddenly divided into two parts, the north and the south. The 300,000 Qin troops stranded in the south had no choice but to retreat to the mountains of Lingnan under the leadership of the deputy general Zhao Tuo.

Wang Jian died, and Zhao Jun also stopped the pursuit. After this battle, the main force of the Qin army was lost, and all the Northern Chu lands previously occupied were also captured by the Zhao State. The strength and weakness reversed in an instant, and Zhao replaced Qin as the overlord of the world.