On June 1, the capital of Qin, Xianyang, the palace hall.

Today is the day of the great dynasty of the Qin State, but the atmosphere in the hall is extremely solemn.

King Yingji of Qin sat on the throne of the main hall, extremely gloomy.

Yingji looked at His Royal Highness's ministers, and found that Xiangguo Fan Ju did not come, and his heart was extremely irritable, so he said to the ministers:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now you also know the news that my Qin army is in Handan! How should I deal with it? ”

All the ministers in the court already knew the news of the defeat of the Qin army in Handan. Especially the death of the generals Meng Fu and Sima Terrier, and Zheng Anping's defection to the enemy, made King Qin even more angry.

Above the main hall, no one dared to speak.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the door of the hall: "Guilty minister Fan Ju, please punish my king!" ”

When they heard this, they all looked towards the door. I saw Xiangguo Fan Ju showing his back and carrying thorns, walking step by step from outside the door of the main hall to the hall.

knelt at the door of the hall, knelt down again after entering the hall, and shouted: "Fan Ju, the guilty minister, please punish my king!" ”

It seems that he still has to kneel before the temple. Kneel down three times and apologize, this is a big sin!

King Yingji of Qin and all the ministers of the court looked at Xiangguo Fan Ju in surprise.

Fan Ju entered the hall and came to the front of the hall, as expected by the ministers, he knelt on the ground again with a "poof".

Kowtow to King Yingji of Qin and plead guilty:

"Great King, according to the law of Great Qin: "Whoever appoints others and does not do anything good will be punished for his sins." Today, Zheng Anping is the person recommended by the minister, but he did not expect that he actually defected to the enemy and treason, and the crime of the minister is unforgivable, please punish my king. ”

Yingji squinted at Fan Ju who was kneeling with old eyes, and found that his back had been covered with thorns, and his thorns were full of blood marks, and blood flowed.

Qin Wang Yingji was a little distressed, so he said to Fan Ju:

"Xiangguo, few people know about Zheng Anping, it's excusable, why is Xiangguo?"

When Fan Ju heard this, he howled and cried: "King, the criminal minister recommended Zheng Anping to lead the army to attack Zhao, no matter what the reason, he should not raise troops to commit treason, this is the minister's fault." It also violated the laws of my Qin State, and asked the king to punish the sins of his ministers. ”

"In addition, according to the law of my Qin State, whoever betrays the country before the battle should be the three tribes. The sinners should be guilty of the same crime as them, and they should also be punished by the three tribes. The ministers ask my king to punish the sins of the ministers according to the laws of Qin. ”

After that, Fan Ju knocked his head on the floor in the hall, and he couldn't stand it deeply.

Yingji looked at the ministers and found that there was no one who came out to intercede for Fan Ju, and she was even more angry in her heart.

said slowly: "Xiangguo, Zheng Anping is your benefactor, and he has the grace to save your life." It is natural for you to recommend him. Besides, Zheng Anping defected to the enemy for a reason, and it was not his fault. ”

"Now that my Qin army has been defeated under Handan City, I don't know how many people will look at the jokes of the widows anymore. The widow has cured you of your sins, and who is beside the widow? ”

As soon as the ministers of the Qin State heard what King Yingji of Qin said, they all hurriedly bowed down and said in unison: "The ministers don't dare." ”

Fan Ju cried, raised his head, and said to King Qin: "My king favors Fan Ju!" But in this way, how can the ministers face the ministers of the court, and even the people of my Qin State. Please let my king punish the sins of his ministers, and follow the laws of my Qin kingdom. ”

Yingji shook her head and ordered to the attendant next to her, "Come on." Spread the edict of the widow, Zheng Anping defected to the enemy and treason, according to his crime, exterminate the three clans, and immediately go down to execute! ”

The attendant hurriedly bowed down and said, "Obey the edict." ”

Fan Ju shook his head painfully when he heard this, but he couldn't say anything more.

Yingji slowly stood up from the throne, stepped down the imperial steps, and came to Fan Ju's side step by step.

Leaned down, stretched out his hands to help Fan Ju up, and untied the thorns behind Fan Ju.

Turning to another attendant, he said, "Go, bring some clothes for Xiangguo." ”

After a while, Qin Wang Yingji took the robe from the hand of the attendant and personally put it on Fan Ju.

Said to him: "Xiangguo, it doesn't have to be like this in the future." You are a widow's country, what kind of system do you look like this? Zheng Anping's matter was handled like this, and everyone didn't have to mention it in the future. ”

The ministers took a look, mom! The matter of surrendering the enemy is a big deal in the Qin State, just this yang, and it will be okay if you say it's okay.

This...... This Xiangguo Fan Ju is endlessly favored!

They all responded together: "The ministers obey the edict." ”

Yingji ordered again: "Come and reward Xiangguo with 500 pieces of fine cloth." ”

When Fan Ju heard this, he was in pain. He knelt on the ground again and said to King Qin: "Your Majesty, you dare not be ashamed!" ”

Yingji waved his hand and said to the courtiers: "As far as the widow knows, the widow has rewarded the country with a lot of treasures. But Xiangguo gave a lot of property to the poor people who helped him and even Xianyang City. ”

"Xiangguo's own underwear has patches, as the Xiangguo of my Qin State, it is actually so simple. The people of the court, who dares to stand up and say that they are more simple than Xiangguo? ”

The ministers of the Qin State have once again said in unison: "The ministers are ashamed. ”

Speaking of this, Yingji helped Fan Ju up again and said to him: "Xiangguo, now that the army of my Qin State has been defeated under the city of Handan, the two generals Meng Fu and Sima Terrier have died at the hands of the Liao army. ”

"Xiangguo, now my Qin Kingdom can't do without you! In such a situation, what do you have to say to the widow? ”

Fan Ju is still very cautious about national affairs.

After thinking for a while, he said to King Yingji of Qin: "Your Majesty, although our army has been defeated under Handan City now, General Wang Ji has led his army to break through from the south, and our army should now withdraw to Hangu Pass as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty, now that the countries of the Central Plains have joined forces to resist our Qin State, our army is invincible. For the time being, let our army withdraw to the country to rest, and after the armies of the Central Plains countries are disbanded, our Qin State will send troops again to break each one. ”

After listening to Fan Ju's words, Yingji shouted: "Good." If it is in line with the will of the widow, it will be handled according to the policy of the prime minister. ”

At this time, in the Junhou Mansion of Xiangping City, Ji Kang had just come down from the Great Dynasty Meeting, and he came to the Military Pavilion with Ju Xin, Zou Yan, and Lu Zhonglian.

Ji Kang came to the map in front of the wall, looked at the hinterland of the Central Plains, a little depressed, and said to Ju Xin and the others:

"The Three Kingdoms Alliance is still as we expected, and did not block the Qin army in Wu'an City. Now the Qin army has broken out of the encirclement and has gone south. Looking at it like this, he wanted to transfer to Wei and Han and return to Qin. ”

"Although our army has experienced great battles, its losses are not large. Three gentlemen, can our army go south from Shangdang, enter the territory of Wei and Han, and then strike at the Qin army? ”

Lu Zhonglian hurriedly said to Ji Kang: "Junhou, don't! In the southern part of our army, there are too many mountainous areas. Our army in Liaodi is all cavalry, and this place is not conducive to our army fighting the enemy. ”

"If we force a fierce battle with the enemy under this terrain, our army will suffer great losses. Prince, don't force it! This is the foolish opinion of the minister, please be enlightened. ”

Zou Yan also said to Ji Kang: "Childe, what Lord Lu said, the minister seconded it!" Childe doesn't have to be frustrated! Now that our army is moving south, it has completely annihilated the Qin army of 150,000, and killed many Qin generals such as the Qin generals Meng Fu and Sima Terrier, which is far beyond the imagination before the war. ”

"Prince, as the saying goes: "It is easy to fold just after it". At present, we should not be in a hurry, and we should slow down. ”

Jun Xiangju Xin also stood up and said to Ji Kang:

"Childe, what Lord Lu and Lord Zou said just now, the minister seconded it! Now it has been three months since our army began to assemble in March and move south. Our army has completed the pre-war plan and cannot be forced. ”

"The most important thing for me in Liao at the moment is to quickly move the nearly 90,000 captured Qin troops and even the 1230,000 people who are willing to move to my Liao land. In addition, we should pay close attention to the implementation of the promise made by Zhao before the war, and hand over the five cities such as Lingshou to my Liaodi. ”

Ji Kang looked at his three important ministers and blinked.

I also saw that in the left corner of the military pavilion, a historian was writing a book, recounting the conversation of everyone just now.

The heart said: "I just sighed! As for that? ”

But I also know that now my three important ministers have treated themselves as kings and even the Son of Heaven.

The so-called "no jokes"! If you say a word casually, you have to think about it for a long time now, not to mention the major events of the army!

Ji Kang nodded and said, "Three gentlemen, just wait for you." ”

In mid-June, Wang Yi led the Qin army and fled for hundreds of miles to Yuanyong City. Here, it joined the Qin army led by Zhang Tang.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Han Wangran saw the defeat of the Qin army under Handan City at this time and was chased and killed by the coalition army. finally "rose up" and sent troops to join the ranks of the coalition army to pursue and block the Qin army.

The Qin army was unable to do so, so they had to forcibly break through the interception of the Han army and abandon Yuanyong City.

Instead, he turned west and headed towards Hedong County of Qin.

The allied forces of Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Han followed closely behind, pursuing the Qin army and trying to force the Qin army to fight a decisive battle with it.

In late June, the Qin state lost Hanoi County, which had occupied Korea; In mid-July, Hedong County was recaptured by the coalition forces, and another confidant of Qin Xiang Fan Ju, Hedong County Shouwang Ji, was forced to flee back to Xianyang.

The commander of the Qin army, Wang Di, was helpless, and did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the coalition army when there was no food, grass, military resources, etc.

He fled all the way, and at the end of July, he led his army back to Hangu Pass in Qin.

In the past three years, the Qin State sent out the army of Handan, bringing with Zhang Tang's army of 50,000, a total of 600,000.

However, the Qin army that returned to Hangu Pass had only nearly 250,000 left, and the remaining 350,000 troops were all lost in this battle.

The Four-Nation Alliance, following closely behind, pursued Hangu Pass and prepared to attack Hangu Pass.

The whole Qin country was in a panic.