Yiqu City.

In the middle of the city, there is a palace resplendent with gold, which at first glance can definitely be reminiscent of words such as local tyrants.

This palace was built by Yiqusheng for several years to rob the wealth he had stolen from the Qiang, Wusun, Xiongnu and even the Qin people, and according to Yiqusheng's plan, it was actually only a half-finished product.

Yiqusheng gave the palace a name, called "Golden Palace".

However, the magnificent palace in Yiqusheng's heart has not really been built, and the palace has already changed owners.

Two masters.

Previously, Yiqu had 20,000 cavalry, and these 20,000 cavalry were divided into 30,000 cavalry by Yiqu Sheng, one for himself, and one for his two younger brothers.

In Yi Qusheng's view, such a distribution method should be very reasonable.

However, what Yoshiqu Katsu never expected was that one night last year, his two younger brothers suddenly joined forces to control all the forces in Yoshiqu's country and launched a fierce attack on Yoshiqu Katsu's Miyagi.

After a great battle, the defeated Yiqu Sheng was forced to flee from the city with the remnants of his defeated army and went to the north to take refuge with Li Mu, and then followed Li Mu to fight Liaodong.

"Yiqu Sheng is coming back soon!" On the left side of the Golden Palace, a man with a somewhat similar face to Yiqu Sheng, but younger than Yi Qu Sheng, said gloomily: "And this time he also brought Li Mu!" ”

The person who spoke was Yiqu Sheng's younger brother Yi Qu Bo, and the guy who looked more burly and strong sitting opposite Yi Qu Bo was Yi Qu Sheng's other younger brother Yi Qu Lie.

Yiqu Lie snorted when he heard this, and said with some unhappiness: "I already told you last year that we should attack Dingxi City as soon as possible and get rid of that damn Yiqu Sheng!" ”

Yiqu Bo laughed and shook his head with some disdain: "Yiqu Lie, please use your brain!" At that time, there was Li Mu in Dingxi City! We have all fought with Li Mu, do you really think that you are Li Mu's opponent? ”

Yiqu Lie snorted, and only said after a while: "So what should I do now?" ”

"What should I do?" Yiqu Bo stood up and said to Yi Qu Lie: "I have decided, it is impossible for me to wait for death here, I will take my people to the west to find a new pasture at the foot of Yin Mountain and on the territory of the Qiang people!" ”

Yiqu Lie couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "You don't want Yiqu City anymore?" ”

You must know that after driving away Yiqu Sheng, there was also an open and secret battle between these two people, just to fight for Yiqu City and the large area of land near Yiqu City where the Yiqu people had lived for hundreds of years.

If it weren't for the fear that Yiqu Sheng might lead Zhao Guo's troops back to the division, the two brothers would have even played out their brains a long time ago.

Now, their fears are indeed playing out.

"No need!" Yiqubo waved his hand and strode towards the outside of the palace: "As long as you want, everything in this city is yours!" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, he left Yiqu City with his people and handed over the huge Yiqu City to Yiqu Lie.

Yi Qu Lie stood on the city wall and watched Yi Qu Bo march away with a large army, and a trace of worry slowly appeared in his eyes.

"This damn Yiqu Bo, he wants me to stay here to attract the attention of the people of Zhao Guo, so that he can escape smoothly with his own people!"

A cronie standing beside Yi Qulie said, "King, since this is the case, then let's simply retreat." ”

Since Yiqu Sheng was beaten away, Yi Qu Bo and Yi Qu Lie have each claimed the king.

"Retreat?" Yi Qulie sneered and said, "Where can we retreat?" Don't forget, most of the king's men are Huns, and once these Huns learn of the order to retreat, then they can betray the king at any time! ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the cronies around Yi Qulie suddenly panicked: "King, since this is the case, what should I do now?" ”

Yiqu Lie snorted and said, "Although the Zhao State is very powerful, don't forget that our south is the Qin State!" If we are destroyed, then the people of Qin will definitely be restless, so this king has decided to surrender to Qin! In this way, the people of the Qin State will definitely come to our aid, and with the assistance of the Qin State, it is not impossible for us to deal with the Zhao State! ”

The news of Yi Qulie's intention to return arrived in Xianyang City on the morning of the third day.

After learning the news, Qin Wang Chu almost immediately summoned many important ministers of the Qin State to hold a meeting to discuss this matter.

"Zhuqing, now that the Yiqu people are ready to join the widow again, what do you think the widow should do?"

Anyone could hear the slightest hint of excitement from Qin Wang Chu's mouth.

Of course, Qin Wang Chu has a reason to be excited, you must know that since Qin Wang Chu succeeded to the throne to the present, the land of Qin has always been in and out, and it is getting smaller and smaller year by year.

On the other hand, the sworn enemy of the Qin State, the Zhao State, not only became bigger and bigger year by year, but also destroyed the Wei State and the Yan State successively, becoming more and more powerful than before.

Whenever Qin Wang Chu thought of these things, he felt very congested, it could be said that he couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well.

But now, the Yiqu people are actually going to take the initiative to join them.

This is the first time since Qin Wang Chu succeeded to the throne that he has seen the hope of expanding the territory of Qin outward!

Therefore, Qin Wang Chu's excitement is a matter of course.

After Qin Wang Chu's question, none of the ministers spoke, but first set their eyes on Xiangbang Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "King, Yiqu is the hometown of Great Qin, and it is understandable that the king wants to take Yiqu back, but the minister also wants to ask the king to think about it, and now Yiqu is not facing others, but Zhao Guo!" ”

As soon as Lu Buwei's words came out, Qin Wang Chu's face suddenly became a little unhappy.

If the relationship between Qin Wangchu and Lü Buwei at the beginning of the succession can be described as intimate, then at this time, the relationship between Qin Wangchu and Lü Buwei is still close, but it has begun to fade slowly.

This is not because Qin Wang Chu does not attach great importance to feelings, but because Lü Buwei has not helped Qin achieve much benefit during his years as Xiangbang.

If there is no external victory, where will the benefits come from?

In the Qin State, the power of the military nobles is very huge, for these military nobles, what they desire most is victory, but what the Qin State lacks is victory.

Someone has to be held accountable for this.

Qin Wang Chu, as a high-ranking monarch, naturally does not need to be responsible, so of course, the only person who can be responsible for this is Xiangbang Lu Buwei, who is below one person and above ten thousand people.

It is precisely because of this that in recent years, the voices of doubts against Lü Buwei within the Qin State have gradually increased, and an undercurrent of "overthrowing Lü" is quietly surging.

For such a situation, Qin Wang Chu is well aware.

But the problem is that Qin Wang Chu did not have a good solution.

No matter how close the relationship is, a state will not make Qin Wang Chu and the entire military aristocratic class enemies, because that is the cornerstone of Qin's cultivation and warfare system.

So under the pressure of these military nobles, Qin Wang Chu had to alienate Lü Buwei.

As soon as Lu Buwei's words fell, someone on the other side spoke.

It was none other than Lü Buwei's old rival, Cai Ze, the imperial historian of the Qin State.

Cai Ze slowly spoke: "Great King, the ambition of the wolf son of Zhao State is now known to the world, and the minister heard that Zhao State has been making frequent moves in the direction of the Central Plains recently, and it seems that he is about to start conquering other countries again. Yiqu is the northern barrier of Guanzhong, if the people of Zhao have to go to Yiqu, then the east and north sides of Guanzhong are all owned by Zhao, and Xianyang cannot be defended! ”

Lu Buwei was not happy when he heard this, and glared at Cai Ze and said, "Gang Chengjun, do you think that the current Great Qin has enough strength to confront the Zhao State?" ”

Not to be outdone, Cai Ze glared back and said, "Wu Chengjun's words are wrong. Now it's not that Daqin wants to confront Zhao Guo, but that Zhao Guo is aggressive, and Daqin has to fight back! If you follow Wu Chengjun's intentions, can you just sit back and watch Yiqu be destroyed by Zhao State, and then let Li Mu take Zhao State's cavalry to the south, and then surround Xianyang City? ”

Lu Buwei said angrily: "How did I not know that Zhao Guo was aggressive? But now Daqin needs to recuperate! ”

Cai Ze also blew his beard and glared: "Daqin has used troops every year in the past few decades, why haven't you seen anything to recuperate?" If it continues like this, I'm afraid that Daqin will really die at the hands of your recuperation policy! ”

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" Qin Wang Chu interrupted the quarrel between the two very impatiently: "Gang Chengjun is right, Daqin doesn't need any rest and recuperation, what Daqin needs now is a victory!" The widow has already made people find out, this time Li Mu led the troops south with only 20,000 cavalry, the widow may not be able to defeat the Zhao State, but the widow does not believe that the widow can't even win with 20,000 cavalry! Come on, summon Wang Jian and Wei Yi into the palace! ”

Lu Buwei waited to say more, but after seeing Qin Wang Chu's face as black as the bottom of a pot, he finally closed his mouth reluctantly.

It's come to this, and it's useless to talk about it.

Soon, the order of Qin Wang Chu spread throughout Xianyang City and Qin State.

With Wang Jian as the main general and Wei Yu as the deputy general, the Qin State will lead 100,000 Qin troops north to aid Yiqu and fight against Li Mu!

In addition, Qin sent envoys to Han, Chu, and Qi, hoping that the three countries would fulfill the agreements reached before and send troops to fight against Zhao.

After recuperating for more than a year, the Qin State finally made a decision again, once again standing on the opposite side of the Zhao State.