Chapter 676: Zhao Ji's Last Stand
Ten days have passed since the Great Xia soldiers and horses captured the Qin capital.
Qin has restored order, and many of the people who fled have turned back, and the pacification policy of Great Xia has made them feel at ease and will not offend them, so the people are naturally willing to go home, as for whether to be Qin Min or Xia Min, as long as they can live safely, anything will do.
After the order was stabilized, Xiao Rui sat in the Qin Imperial Palace, and at the same time ordered the army to send troops and began to use troops in the north, northwest, southwest and other places to take these areas as soon as possible. After all, Great Xia was attacking from the east and had not yet visited other regions.
Xiao Rui's order to everyone was to use three months to solve all areas except Kunlun County and completely fall under the control of Great Xia.
Now that the Qin State has collapsed, with Great Xia's bravery and good fighting, the next battle will not be difficult.
And when Great Xia began to occupy more Qin land, the war in the Yuan Kingdom was also hot.
Temujin struck a chord with the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, causing heavy losses to the 500,000 troops of the Yuan Kingdom, and finally the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom fled back to the royal court in disgrace.
Failed to kill the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, Temujin was very sorry, but the matter had come to this point, he could only go to the end and immediately gather troops, a full 300,000, this is the result of his development in the past few years, it is all his hard work.
The grasslands of the Yuan Kingdom are vast and dominated by cavalry, unlike other countries that are dominated by infantry, so having 300,000 cavalry is already a very amazing strength, and the entire Yuan Kingdom is only a few troops. Now that the Khan's forces of the Yuan Kingdom have been greatly reduced, Temujin's strength has increased, so he has the courage to attack the royal court and seize the throne of the Khan.
The khan, who fled back to the royal court, immediately began to gather troops to fight against Temujin, after all, it was the khan of the Yuan Kingdom, and the major tribes had to be subservient to it, relying on the snort, so they sent troops to support, and gathered together enough to gather an army of 400,000.
In this way, civil strife on the steppe officially began.
Temujin developed in a low-key manner, and the strength he had only accumulated could be used to wrestle with the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, but the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom was a Khan after all, and he was stronger than Temujin in his possession of resources.
So the two of them are half a catty, or Temujin's strength is a little weaker, but with Guo Jia giving advice for him, the two are evenly matched.
If neither side defeats the other's landslide victory, then the battle will be deadlocked, and it will last for a long time, and the battle will not be resolved in a short time.
Therefore, Great Xia can clean up the Qin Dynasty with peace of mind.
On the other side, as the weather warmed up, the battle between Yan and Wei began again, and both sides had lost their tempers to the point where they would not give up if they did not destroy each other. And the situation on both sides is the same as what happened to Temujin and the Khan of Yuan, it was originally Wei Guoqiang, but with the assistance of the Great Xia soldiers and horses, now it is Yan that reverses the situation and is slightly stronger, so it repels the attack of Wei. However, Xiao Yonghou Wang Feng released the water when he was fine, and he became evenly matched again.
This is not Wang Feng's own opinion, but Xiao Rui's order to him to delay the war between Yan and Wei, but to ensure that the result is that Yan will destroy Wei, but it will take a longer time to win.
Three months later, the weather started to get hotter.
In the territory of Qin, except for Kunlun County, the other areas were occupied by Great Xia, and they were honest, as long as they appeased the people and did not follow the coaxing, it would cut off the hope of Qin to regain the territory.
Now Li Cunxiao, Dian Wei, Yang Youji, Yue Fei, a total of 400,000 troops from the four routes, have arrived in Kunlun County, which frightened the Qin people in the county.
Qin Zheng's position as emperor lasted for another three months, but the following days were no longer able to hold on, and it was time to end.
Although there are still 100,000 troops in Kunlun County, they have no heart to fight at this time, and they can't stop the fierce Xia army at all.
Many officials who fled fled from Kunlun County again, wanting to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and take refuge in Great Xia. Great Xia occupied so many Qin lands, and it was in need of officials to govern the place, so it happened to be reused. For these Qin Dynasty officials who read the books of sages, any loyalty and patriotism are bullshit, and still being rich is the fundamental.
Compared with the military generals such as Meng Tian and Bai Meng, who died fighting for the country, the performance of the civilian officials is really despicable.
It's just why didn't the Xia army attack yet?
This is something that Qin Zheng can't understand.
Why not attack?
Because I'm waiting for a good show.
Chang Yu has already communicated with the Mo family and the Mo organization, and tonight he will send a dead soldier into the county guard mansion to kill Qin Zheng!
The night is dark, there is no moon and no stars tonight, and it looks dark.
Because of the secret help of the Kunlun County guard, the trained dead soldiers have become a member of the forbidden army to protect Qin Zheng's safety, and with the help of Chang Yu, he found out where Qin Zheng was resting, and after waiting for so long, he was finally able to do it.
After the sub-hour.
Chang Yu met with the dead soldier in a forbidden army uniform, he wanted to be a marquis must be a sword Qin Zheng, if the dead soldier killed Qin Zheng, then he didn't have a chance to be a marquis, he really thought it was so easy to be a marquis?
So Chang Yu personally participated in the assassination.
Soon, they came to the house where Qin Zheng was resting.
Now Qin Zheng's situation no longer supports him as before, and there is no forbidden army protection with three layers inside and three layers outside, and these dead soldiers are forbidden army identities, so they easily approached the house where Qin Zheng was resting.
I didn't do it before, but now the time has come, and I can finally do it. Battle
Chang Yu and the dead man rushed into the room in the house, Qin Zheng, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up, he had been sleepy since he came here, he was still stunned when he saw the forbidden army rushing in, but then when he saw the knife in the hand of the forbidden army, he realized that this was to kill him!
"What do you want to do?" Qin Zheng's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted.
Chang Yu rushed forward directly, and the sword in his hand flew over, the speed was extremely fast, and Qin Zheng didn't have time to dodge, so he was stabbed in the chest.
Then, the flying sword was raised and cut off Qin Zheng's head.
Chang Yu wrapped his head in a sheet, couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh, and then rushed out with the dead man. At this time, the forbidden army who rushed to hear the news saw this scene, and their "colleagues" actually killed His Majesty, so the scene suddenly looked at each other.
At this moment, Zhou Luo, the commander of the forbidden army, rushed over.
This person is loyal to Daqin, which is the main reason why they did not assassinate Qin Zheng for a long time, because this person is a six-rank master, and he has always protected Qin Zheng closely, and he stayed outside Qin Zheng's house every day, until recently he was sick and was asked by Qin Zheng to go back to the house to rest.
But he didn't expect Chang Yu to take the opportunity to kill Qin Zheng.
Zhou Luo saw that the package in Chang Yu's hand was dripping blood, his expression on his face changed drastically, and he roared: "Assassinate Your Majesty, damn it!" ”
After that, Zhou Luo drew his knife and rushed to attack Chang Yu, full of murderous aura, wanting to avenge Qin Zheng.
Chang Yu immediately retreated, not daring to fight, and the dead soldiers behind him played a role at this time, fearless of death, blocking Zhou Luo, and creating a chance for Chang Yu to escape.
And Chang Yu turned around and fled.
Zhou Luo was entangled by the dead, and it was difficult to pursue for a while, and the other forbidden troops were not as good as Chang Yu, but they were also chasing behind.
Chang Yu threw off the chasing forbidden army, turned back to the house where Zhao Ji lived, and then washed off the disguise on his face and returned to serve as an internal official.
As for Qin Zheng's head, he put it in a brocade box.
Excitedly, Chang Yu patted the brocade box, this will be the proof of his marquis, even if his son can't be the emperor of Qin, it doesn't matter, he can be the marquis of Daxia.
At the same time, the news of Qin Zheng's assassination also came out, and Zhao Ji hurried over, and Chang Yu naturally followed him respectfully.
At this time, in the courtyard of the house, the corpses of the dead on the ground have not had time to be disposed of, and there are only twelve corpses of the dead in Chang Yu's calculations, and it seems that the others have escaped.
Zhou Luo knelt in front of Zhao Ji and said guiltily: "The poor protection of the lowly duty led to the success of the dead man and the assassination of His Majesty." Willing to die to apologize! ”
Zhao Ji's expression was a little trance, if there was no Great Xia, Zhao Ji would be very happy that Qin Zheng was assassinated, but now that the Qin State was about to die, her son could not be the emperor, so she didn't feel the slightest joy, and some were just confused and desperate.
Where will they go from here?
Zhou Luo knew that Zhao Ji was too sad, so he said: "Queen Mother, the country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty dies, and Prince Yue should inherit the unification!" Rebuild the glory of Great Qin! ”
This person is dedicated to Qin, and now that Qin Zheng is dead, only Zhao Ji's youngest son is left in the royal family, so his recommendation is not wrong.
Zhao Ji can't let his son be the emperor, the current throne is a hot yam, once he becomes the emperor, how can Daxia be spared?
But soon, Zhao Ji was excited and suddenly had an idea.
If his son becomes the emperor, and then takes the initiative to write to the Emperor of Great Xia before attacking Kunlun County, acknowledging that Great Xia is the orthodoxy of Shenzhou, Great Qin is willing to submit and belong to Great Xia. At that time, in order to govern the Qin land as soon as possible, the emperor of Great Xia will inevitably give a certain reward, and he will not kill them all, and it is better to be able to mix up the title when the time comes, than to be the king of the dead country.
General Zhou was reasonable, and the mourning family agreed. This matter was handed over to General Zhou, and the mourning family was heartbroken. Zhao Ji commanded.
Zhou Luo said: "Yes, the lowly leader!" ”
In this way, Qin Zhengzhi's death was hastily resolved, and then he claimed to the public that he was exhausted and died of illness, and then passed the throne to Prince Yue, and the queen mother listened to the government.
But what happened next was beyond Zhou Luo's expectations.
Zhao Ji, together with the county guard of Kunlun County, directly poisoned Zhou Luo and poisoned the last loyal minister of Great Qin, because he held the soldiers and horses of the entire Kunlun County, it did not die, and Zhao Ji could not do follow-up.
The next thing is simple, Zhao Ji sent envoys to the Qin capital, submitted credentials, and was willing to serve the Emperor of Great Xia as the lord, bow down to the courtiers, and dedicate all the land and people of Great Qin.
Xiao Rui didn't expect Zhao Ji to play this play, and in order to protect herself, it was difficult for her.
However, this is exactly what Xiao Rui wants, the Great Qin Emperor bows down to his vassals, which will allow Great Xia to better manage the Qin land, after all, even the emperor is a courtier of Great Xia, and the Qin people and Qin soldiers are naturally the people of Great Xia.
They will be able to return to Great Xia with peace of mind.
"Exactly! Let the lord of the Qin State come to see me! Xiao Rui immediately ordered.
Wang Dazhi received the decree and immediately sent someone to Kunlun County to give the order.