Xianyang, Xianyang Palace.

"Peace?" Zhao Zhu, the crown prince of the Qin State who was sitting at the top, looked at the important ministers of the Qin State in front of him with some incredulity.

Among the important ministers of the Qin State in front of him, of course, there was also Fan Sui, the prime minister of the Qin State.

A few days ago, Fan Sui was the only one among these people who asked for peace.

However, in just a few days, the people who are now asking for peace have become the mainstream voice in the court of the Qin State, which makes Zhao Zhu somewhat incomprehensible.

To be honest, Zhao Zhu is no stranger to negotiating peace.

After all, hundreds of years have passed since the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, during which thousands of wars have taken place, and there have been hundreds of wars in which the Qin State has participated alone, and there have been at least thirty or forty foreign wars in the Qin State that Zhao Zhu has an impression of in the past few decades.

In the wars that Zhao Zhu experienced, it was rare that they ended with the defeat of both sides or the destruction of one side, and usually ended in peace.

This is also a very normal phenomenon, after all, the Seven Heroes already existed at the beginning of the Warring States Period more than two hundred years ago, and today, two hundred years later, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period still stand on this land.

Annexation is the theme song of the Warring States Period, but if you want to unify the world, how easy is it?

In the past, wars between countries generally ended with the cession of land by the defeated side.

What Zhao Zhu wants to figure out is actually, why is this a peace negotiation?

In Zhao Zhu's view, although the Qin State lost the 50,000 army led by Sima Terrier, there were at least more than 500,000 troops that could be used, and the strength still had an advantage over the Zhao State.

You must know that usually peace negotiations are initiated by defeated countries, and now Qin intends to negotiate peace, doesn't this mean that Qin has actually fallen behind in this war?

Zhao Zhu set his eyes on Xiangbang Fan Sui, hoping to get an explanation from Fan Sui.

However, Fan Sui did not speak.

This is a military issue, and of course some military experts are needed to answer Zhao Zhu's questions.

Fortunately, although more than half of the generals of the Qin State have already gone on the expedition, after all, there are still a few retired old generals.

Under the statements of these retired veteran generals, Zhao Zhu finally understood the situation that the Qin State was facing now.

"According to what you and others said, it is not only difficult to win in Changping today, but there is also a risk of defeat?"

Looking at the ministers of the Qin State who were silent all around, Zhao Zhu's brows gradually furrowed.

Silence means acquiescence.

This is definitely not a good sign.

As the crown prince of Qin, although Zhao Zhu does not know much about military aspects, he still understands the most basic imperial techniques.

Everything is fine, let the professional come, don't blindly command.

The many ministers of the Qin State who are now in front of Zhao Zhu are undoubtedly much more professional than Zhao Zhu.

Since even they feel that this battle cannot be fought any longer, then I am afraid that this battle will really not be able to continue.

Zhao Zhu looked at the silent ministers around me, and I was also a little unhappy in my heart.

Unexpectedly, the Great Qin Empire had been fighting in Changping for nearly a year, and it would end up with the initiative to negotiate peace.

As the crown prince, Zhao Zhu was a little difficult to accept.

After all, judging from Qin Wangji's current age, Zhao Zhu may take over the position of the monarch of the Qin State anytime and anywhere.

Today's Zhao Zhu has begun to put himself more and more in the position of the monarch of the Qin State to consider the problem.

This way of taking the initiative to negotiate peace is obviously a very unpleasant thing for any Qin monarch, and Zhao Zhu is certainly no exception.

Zhao Zhu coughed and said with some difficulty: "There is really no other way than to negotiate peace?" ”

This time, Fan Sui finally spoke.

I saw Fan Sui say to Zhao Zhu: "Prince, the enemy of the Great Qin today is not the only Zhao Guoye." Chu, Wei, Qi, and Han are all friends of Zhao and enemies of Great Qin. This Zhao State joined forces with all the people of the world to attack Great Qin, no matter how prosperous Great Qin was, how could it respond independently? ”

Zhao Zhu snorted heavily and said, "It's not the first time that the matter of contemplation is also the first time. In my opinion, the five countries of Shandong are different in face and heart, but they can be broken by sending a few lobbyists, so why bother to ask for peace with Zhao Dan'er? ”

Zhao Zhu is talking about the last time he joined forces, and the Qin State at that time easily broke the six countries with Zhang Yi's mouth.

Fan Sui shook his head and said, "Prince, this time, that time." If you send envoys to other countries, it is nothing more than a temptation to benefit, but at this moment, the benefits of all countries are beyond the power of my Great Qin. ”

Zhao Zhu glanced at Fan Sui and asked a little puzzled, "What does Fan Jun mean by this?" ”

I saw Fan Sui say eloquently: "The people of Qi State, but they borrowed grain from Zhao State, and did not participate in the war." Therefore, even if there is a messenger, it is difficult to say. ”

Zhao Zhu was silent.

Fan Sui said again: "The Wei State is Wei Wuji's edict to seize military power, and the Wei army is no longer under the orders of Wei Wangyu. And Wei Wuji has always advocated that Lian Zhao resist Qin, so it cannot be said that he withdrew from the army. ”

Zhao Zhu was silent.

Fan Sui continued: "The people of Chu State are asking for nothing more than the two counties in the southeast, if they get it, the Chu State will quit its army, and the prince may cede these two counties to the Chu State?" ”

Zhao Zhu opened his mouth, but finally chose to keep his mouth shut.

What are you kidding, let's not say that Zhao Zhu is not the monarch now, such a matter of cutting land and seeking peace needs Zhao Zhu's father Qin Wangji to make a decision, even if Zhao Zhu has inherited the unification now, it is impossible to say that it is so simple to send out the two southeastern counties that Qin worked so hard to fight.

You must know that Nanjun and Nanyang County are not only vast in area, nearly one-third of the territory of Qin, but also have a large population and rich land among the two counties, and were once the core area of Chu State, and there are steel bases such as Wancheng and Dengcheng, which are of great significance to the Qin State, which is dominated by bronze weapons.

The most important thing is that the two southeastern counties of Chu are one of the major achievements made by Qin in opening up its territory to the outside world in the past few decades.

A large number of soldiers and generals of the Qin State were awarded land in these two southeastern counties because of the military merit system.

It can be said that whoever dares to cede these two southeastern counties will immediately turn against the Qin military and become the enemy of the Qin military.

In a militaristic country like Qin, where all the people are soldiers, how dare anyone become an enemy of the military?

Even Zhao Zhu, the crown prince, didn't dare.

The more Zhao Zhu thought about it, the more upset he became, but Fan Sui's words continued: "Koreans, all they ask for is ......"

"Enough!" Zhao Zhu finally couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Fan Sui's words: "I already know, Fan Jun doesn't need to say much. ”

It is impossible to negotiate peace with South Korea, at least not for a short time.

You must know that South Korea has been the little brother of Qin State for many years, and this sudden betrayal and stabbing Qin Jun fiercely in the body is already a very unexpected performance of Qin State.

Under such circumstances, the whole Qin State is now holding back their strength, and they want to teach South Korea a lesson or even kill this disobedient little brother.

Ceded land to make South Korea retreat? This option does not exist.

So after such a calculation, all the allies of Zhao State could not be dismantled.

It's very embarrassing.

The hall fell silent.

In fact, Zhao Zhu's heart is very clear about why it became like this.

To put it bluntly, in order to become stronger in the past few decades, the Qin State has offended all countries except the Yan State.

In the past few decades, the State of Wei and the State of Chu of Korea have directly seized large tracts of land by the State of Qin, and it is the State of Qi that has fallen directly from the altar of the hegemon level by the State of Qin with the Five Kingdoms Attack, and then the State of Zhao is now the sworn enemy of the State of Qin.

As the saying goes, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

It used to be the initiator and participant of this wind of the Qin State, but after the fall of the Southern Heavenly Hegemony Chu State and the Eastern Emperor Qi State, this evil wind finally turned its head and blew on the Qin State.

Zhao Zhu sighed and was about to say something, when suddenly a messenger walked into the hall and handed a letter to Zhao Zhu's hand.

Zhao Zhu opened the urgent letter from Yiyang City with some confusion.

After a moment, the crown prince of the Qin State raised his head with a somewhat shocked look on his face.

"My father will return to Xianyang on the same day, and order us to send Zhao Guo in advance to negotiate peace with that Zhao Dan."