Xianyang, the world-famous capital of Qin, really did not have a city wall, and scholars in the 21st century have clearly confirmed this through archaeological excavations.

There are probably three reasons why Xianyang does not have a city wall, one is that the geographical environment of Xianyang is too good, and the four fortresses in Guanzhong, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, effectively protect the safety of Xianyang, and the second is that the Qin army in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is too good at fighting, and it also pays great attention to expansion and enterprising, and replaces defense with offense, which leads to the fact that no army can threaten the safety of Xianyang, and Xianyang has no need to overhaul the city wall.

The third reason is that Xianyang in a broad sense is too big, to the north to Chunhua, south to Huxian, west to Baoji, east to the Yellow River, known as eight hundred miles from east to west, four hundred miles from north to south, leaving the palace annex, facing each other, want to build the city wall and establish the city defense fortifications The amount of work is not smaller than the construction of the Great Wall.

Xianyang, which has no city wall, has not affected the smooth holding of the enthronement ceremony of the third son of Qin, although the five-day fasting time has not yet arrived, but the Great Qin can not be left without an owner for a day, and Xiang Kang, who hurts the heavens and reason, has already brought his accomplices and lackeys and brutal troops to Lantian to Lantian, and the people of the Great Qin court and Guanzhong need to have a wise and martial King of Qin to stand up and stabilize people's hearts, and lead the Great Qin army and people to resist the Chu thief Xiang Kang and defend their homeland, so on the night of the successful killing of the national thief Zhao Gao and others, Ziying still accepted the repeated invitations of the hundred officials of the Qin court, decided to hold an enthronement ceremony on the second day, officially inaugurated as the king of Qin, in order to stabilize people's hearts and boost the morale of the military and civilians.

Even if it was forced to be held in advance, many steps were simplified, and Ziying's enthronement ceremony was not solemn and grand enough, just after dawn, Ziying began to wear cumbersome and complicated Qin Wang costumes under the attendants of a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, what Zhongdan, Daqiu, Xuanyi, Xuanyi and crown, several sets of clothes inside and out, it took more than half an hour just to dress up, and then ran to the temple to worship the ancestors, tossed for a long time to finish the formalities, and then had to rush to the altar that was built overnight last night, A more complicated ceremony was held for the enthronement ceremony.

According to the ancient rites, the child is on the altar to be sealed, and the national treasures should be displayed in front of the altar, fortunately, this is also the strongest item of the Qin court at present, the accumulation of hundreds of years in the Great Qin, and the treasury of the six countries snatched from outside the customs, even if it is just one hundred and two of them, it is already dazzling, dizzying, even if the child is the nephew of Qin Shi Huang, many rare treasures are unseen and unheard of by him before.

It's a pity that Ziying is not interested in these rare treasures, waiting for the auspicious time to ascend the altar, Ziying is in Xianyang, but his heart is in Lantian seventy miles away, always thinking about the last Qin's main force in the Guanzhong area, Xianyang Lieutenant Army, only hating himself for not being able to have wings, flew to Lantian, and personally told Xi Teng and every soldier of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, saying that he had successfully killed the national thief Zhao Gao, and uprooted Zhao Gao's party that had brought disaster to the country and the people, so that the Great Qin soldiers of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army could fight with peace of mind and kill the lone Xiang Kang thief army. Keep the Guanzhong Plain and buy time for yourself to reorganize the dynasty and save Daqin.

In the middle of his heart, Ziying's eyes suddenly saw that a Qin court official cautiously walked to Han Tan, who was acting Lang Zhongling, and whispered a few words in his ear attached to his henchman Han Tan, Han Tan's face quickly showed joy, but after glancing at Ziying, Han Tan should have been worried about disturbing Ziying's enthronement ceremony, but he didn't come over immediately to report.

Ziying is very familiar with the Qin court official who whispered to Han, that person is called Chen Zongzheng, who was originally the counselor of the Qin court, when Zhao Gao slandered Li Si's father and son for rebellion, Hu Hai once sent him out of the customs to investigate whether Li Si's eldest son Li You was secretly colluding with the anti-Qin army, because Li You died fighting for the Great Qin, and the upright Chen Zongzheng risked offending Zhao Gao, and insisted on truthfully reporting Li You's loyalty to the Great Qin court to Hu Hai, which left a deep impression on Ziying, so after killing Zhao Gao's son-in-law Yan Le yesterday, Ziying personally appointed Chen Zong as the acting commander of Xianyang County, and let Chen Zongzheng replace Yan Le in charge of the Xianyang County soldiers, in order to reward his loyalty and integrity, and also said that he would reuse Chen Zongzheng's determination to be a loyal minister.

It was very clear that if a loyal minister like Chen Zongzheng was not an important event, he would never come over in person to report when he was about to be enthroned on the altar, Ziying took the initiative to beckon to Han Tan, Han Tan understood, hurriedly came to Ziying, and asked in a low voice: "What does the king command?" ”

"What did Chen Zongzheng say to you just now?" Ziying asked rhetorically.

"Back to the king, just now the Xianyang County soldiers under Dr. Chen caught Zhao Gao's nephew Zhao Juan." Han Tan replied in a low voice: "After Chen Zongzheng's personal interrogation, I learned that Zhao Juan had secretly left Xianyang before, and he went to Lantian on behalf of Zhao Gao's rebel thief to negotiate the terms of surrender with Xiang Kang's rebel thief, because he didn't know that Zhao Gao's rebel had been beheaded, and he returned to Xianyang to give orders to Zhao Gao's rebel thief, and he was arrested by the Xianyang County soldiers. ”

"What is the result of the negotiation between Zhao Gao's traitor's nephew and Xiang Kang's thief army?" Ziying hurriedly asked.

"Rest assured, the king, they have not come to any conclusion." Han Tan smiled and laughed in a low voice: "Xiang Kang found out that Zhao Gao's traitor killed the second emperor, not only terminated the negotiations, but also scolded Zhao Gao's old thief for killing the monarch and rebelling ministers, unwilling to accept any surrender conditions proposed by Zhao Gao's thief, and drove Zhao Juan out of the thief camp. ”

"Okay." Ziying also smiled and said in a low voice: "As long as Zhao Gao and Xiang Kang, the two traitors, do not reach any shameless deals, then the widow can rest assured." ”

At this time, the auspicious time was approaching, and Qin Tingfeng, who presided over the enthronement ceremony, often came to invite Ziying to the altar, Ziying did not dare to slack off, and got up with the support of Han Tan, and commanded in a low voice: "Remember, if there is a report about Xiang Kang's thief army, no matter when or what occasion, it must be reported to the widow immediately, without the slightest delay." ”

Han Tan hurriedly agreed in a low voice, and Ziying was relieved to climb the loess high altar, and in the eyes of the hundreds of officials of the Qin court and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Great Qin, he accepted the jade seal and other symbols such as the royal flag, and prayed to heaven and earth at the auspicious time, offered three animal sacrifices, and worshiped the mountains and rivers in all directions, all kinds of cumbersome procedures are countless, and it took a long time to officially ascend the throne and accept the worship of the ministers - it is a pity, because the relationship between Daqin and the six countries outside the Guanwai is too bad, and the time is too hasty, of course, no envoys from other countries salute Ziying to congratulate.

Then there was a cutscene was the Wen Dance and the Wu Dance, and after finally dancing the ninety-six dance postures, the time was close to the afternoon Shen Shi, and the hungry Ziying and the hundred officials of the Qin court were able to sit on the ground and enjoy the feast of the new king's enthronement. However, even so, before the banquet began, Ziying, who had officially succeeded to the throne of Qin, still had to give a speech.

"All of you love Qing, blessed by your ancestors, you are in love with the people of Great Qin, and the widow is officially crowned king today."

Ziying spoke very directly, and said politely, "It's a pity that Daqin is unfortunate, first there are Zhao Gao's rebels and thieves who rebelled against the government, and then the relevant foreign thieves gathered to rebel, which led to turmoil in China and the revival of the Six Kingdoms, and then Zhao Gao's rebels were even more bold and killed the emperor, which almost made my Great Qin court and Jiangshan Sheji fall into a desperate situation. Now, although the ancestor Hongfu and the help of the ministers let Zhao Gao be the head of the traitor and the traitor party in the DPRK and China, but the six countries outside the Guanxi are already too big to fall, and they are eyeing my Great Qin, and the Chu thief Xiang Kang led the thief army directly into Guanzhong, which is only more than 70 miles away from Xianyang, which directly threatens my Great Qin. On the occasion of this stormy plan, I also hope that all Aiqing will work together and work together with the widow to lead the soldiers of the Great Qin army and the people to resist the thief army, recover the lost land, and recover the rivers and mountains of our Great Qin. ”

"The ministers obey the king's teachings."

There is no shortage of people like Mr. Uncle Sun, after the hundred officials of the Qin court agreed neatly, there were courtiers who immediately rushed to say: "Please also rest assured, my Xianyang Lieutenant Army of Daqin is brave and invincible, and if you lose, Lieutenant General Xi Lao is old on the battlefield, and he is like a god in his army, I believe that in a few days, General Xi will be able to report the victory again with the red flag like the original water battle, and send the good news of the big break Xiang Kang's thief army." ”

"What the history of his tenure says is that Xiang Kang's traitor and clown jumped off the beam, but he took advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Gao's rebellion and thieves to get into Guanzhong, and now Zhao Gao's traitorous party has been destroyed, and the British lord has succeeded to the throne, it must be easy to break Xiang Kang's thief army, and then sweep away the thieves outside the pass, it must be just around the corner."

"The king doesn't have to be anxious, Xiang Kang's thief army is just a group of rabble, there is General Xi Lao leading the Xianyang Lieutenant Army to sit in Lantian, even if Xiang Kang's thief army has ten times more troops, he doesn't want to go north again, the king only needs to wait with peace of mind, and there will be good news in a few days."

No one doesn't like to listen to good words, even if they are modest and cautious like Ziying, although they know very well that the ministers are just casually talking and picking what they like to say, but in order to save the Great Qin Court, Ziying hopes that these good words can come true than anyone else, smiling and nodding casually, he can't help but fantasize about the wonderful scene of the triumphant return of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army in his mind, and he looks forward to it, "I hope this day can come sooner." ”

Finally, when the ministers ended their gossipy flattery, Ziying raised the bronze lord in front of him, and was about to offer wine to the ministers in accordance with the rules, but the corner of his eyes suddenly moved again, and saw that Chen Zongzheng, a loyal minister of the Qin court who he was ready to reuse, walked quickly in front of Han Tan again, and whispered in Han Tan's ear for a while, but Han Tan's expression was obviously startled, and then he tried to regain his composure, and lowered his head slightly, not daring to let others see his expression.

Knowing that his henchman eunuch Han Tan was stable, even if Mount Tai collapsed, his face would not change, and Ziying immediately understood that something earth-shattering must have happened, and in his heart, Ziying simply put down the bronze jue, and asked the eunuch next to him to call Han Tan to the side, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?" ”

Han Tan didn't dare to answer, his lips trembled slightly, Ziying's heart was even more anxious, and he hurriedly urged: "What's wrong?" Say it. ”

In desperation, Han Tan could only attach it to Ziying's ear and whispered the news that Chen Zongzheng had just sent, but although Han Tan's voice was soft, it was like a bolt from the blue in Ziying's ears, and he turned his head to look at Han Tan in disbelief, and blurted out: "Is it really fake?" Do you want to confirm it? ”

Han Tan lowered his head again, trembling and replied in a low voice, "Hui Wang, it has been confirmed." ”

Ziying was completely stunned, there was no longer any look in his eyes, his eyes became a hollow, and the hundred officials of the Qin court also saw that something was wrong, but no one dared to ask, they all closed their mouths tightly, and the banquet hall was silent, only the breeze blew and shook the twelve strings of jade on Ziying's crown.

I don't know how long it took for Ziying to slowly come back to her senses, and her lips trembled several times and she wanted to speak, but every time the words came to her mouth, she didn't know what she should say. After taking a breath hard, Ziying slowly stretched out his right hand, picked up the bronze jue in front of him with great difficulty, and said slowly with trembling: "Ladies and gentlemen, this glass of wine, this cup of wine ......." ”

The hundred officials of the Qin court understood that something was wrong, and they didn't dare to speak, just holding their breath and waiting for Ziying to finish speaking, but Ziying's voice gradually became hoarse, and tears began to flicker in the corners of his eyes, and it took a lot of effort to continue: "This glass of wine, we salute it, we salute it to General Xi Teng Xi, and, yes, there are ...... Great Qin soldiers who died with him." ”

Before the words were finished, the two lines of tears in Ziying's eyes had already burst out of her eyes, and the hundred officials of the Qin Court were all like being struck by lightning, and they opened their mouths wide one after another, and they couldn't believe their ears at all!

Trembling and pouring the wine on the ground in front of the case, the bronze jue in Ziying's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and Ziying, who had just officially become the king, could no longer control his feelings, and fell on the wine table and cried loudly, crying in despair......

"Old General Xi, why can't you hold on for a few more days for the widow? The widow has already sent someone to contact General Zhang Han and General Wang Li, as long as you hold on for a few more days, they can return to the division to save Guanzhong and help you! Why did you just ascend the throne as soon as the widow ascended the throne, and you were already defeated and killed, how can you save the Great Qin country if you call the widow? ! ”

The news of the fiasco of Lieutenant Xianyang's army last night and Xi Teng's martyrdom not only completely interrupted Ziying's enthronement ceremony, but also shocked the Qin court civil and military forces in Xianyang like a thunderbolt, and the military and civilians, even the most optimistic Daqin officials, also understood that Xianyang is now in no danger to defend, there is no army available, and the destruction is only in the mist, and there is no power to return to heaven. Therefore, before it was completely dark, there were already countless wealthy businessmen and magnates in the Xianyang area who began to transfer their family property, and countless Daqin officials began to secretly write a letter of surrender, and sent people to Lantian overnight to ask Xiang Kang for surrender.

That night, Ziying summoned more than a dozen Great Qin officials in the Xianyang Palace that he could trust, and discussed with them how to deal with the next attack of the young marshal's army, but no matter how Ziying asked and coerced, and even pleaded with tears, the Qin court officials present were silent and did not say a word, Ziying cried in despair and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, why don't you speak?" Don't speak? Could it be that you want to be widowed and have just ascended the throne today, and tomorrow you will be the army of Great Qin's country? ”

Qin Tingwenwu, who was present, accompanied Ziying to cry and wept, but still no one spoke, or when Ziying was crying and was about to faint, Chen Zongzheng, who was favored by Ziying, said with tears in his eyes: "King, now there are no soldiers available in Guanzhong, and there is no danger in Xianyang. In the opinion of the subordinates, ...... in the opinion of the subordinates, we might as well take the initiative to surrender. ”

"Chen Zongzheng! You greedy for life and afraid of death! Another loyal minister of the Qin court, Wang Ming, cried and scolded: "As a courtier of the Great Qin, you have been the king of the world for a long time, and you have been favored by the country for a long time, and at the time of the life and death of the Great Qin country, you dare to persuade the king to surrender to the thief army, you are disloyal!" Unfilial! You disloyal and unfilial traitor! ”

"Doctor Wang, if the lower officials were not loyal to the king, they would never persuade him to surrender!" Chen Zongzheng cried frantically, almost hysterically: "Don't you know how much the thief army of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong hates us? Although Xiang Kang's traitor is treacherous and hateful, he also talks about benevolence and righteousness, after Li Youli Junzun was martyred abroad, how Xiang Kang's traitor treated his body well, you also saw it with your own eyes! Now the king can only quickly surrender to him to save his life and leave the Win bloodline of the Great Qin royal family! ”

Wang Ming was speechless to refute, he could only crawl on the hall and cry bitterly, Chen Zongzheng also cried to death, and also prostrate on the hall, bowing to Ziying again and again, unable to say a word, let alone think of any other way to resolve the crisis of destruction that Qin Ting was facing at the moment.

There were also loyal courtiers who proposed with tears in their eyes, suggesting that Ziying immediately go out of the customs to meet with Zhang Han and Wang Li's army, save his life first, and then take the Qin army outside the gate to kill back to Guanzhong to recapture Xianyang, but before he finished his unrealistic words, Ziying had already shook his head in great pain and said: "It's impossible, it's impossible, the Six Nations Alliance will never let our troops outside the customs go back to Guanzhong, and the widow will never have a chance to come back when he gets out of the pass." ”

The courtiers who offered the plan had no choice but to continue to cry bitterly, and the monarchs and ministers wept together, and they were so sad that they couldn't discuss any ideas in the middle of the night. In the end, in the case of completely helplessness, Ziying, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, could only say helplessly: "Surrender, send an envoy to contact Xiang Kang's traitor, ask him to accept our surrender, and also beg his subordinates to be merciful and not to hurt the innocent Qin people in Guanzhong." ”

"King!" A dozen courtiers fell to their knees together, and once again wept loudly with their children, until the tears ran out and their eyes were bloody.

On the afternoon of February 25 in the third year of Qin II, Xiang Kang led the main force of the young marshal army to the southern suburbs of Xianyang. And at this moment, it has been less than twenty-four hours and two days since Ziying officially ascended the throne, and the Qin State of the Ying clan, which was founded for 563 years, was officially declared extinct on this day.

Seeing that Ziying was as well-behaved as in history, Xiang Kang, who was eager to buy the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, of course personally came forward to accept Ziying's surrender, and after picking up Ziying with his own hands, Xiang Kang issued a military order in public, ordering to treat Ziying and his family well, and strictly prohibiting the young marshal soldiers from killing any minister of the Qin State Clan.

When the sun is about to set, the young marshal army arrived on the bank of the Weishui River, looking at the continuous palaces on the north bank of Weishui, the dense streets, and the people of Guanzhong who burned incense to worship on the road, the young marshal army went up to Xiang Kang, down to the ordinary soldiers, none of them were not full of emotion, excited, hazy tears, Xiang Kang and countless young marshal soldiers and soldiers, but also remembered the past of the young marshal army in the past two years, the faces of the fallen companions, weeping and crying, can be seen everywhere in the young marshal army.

Xiang Kang's nose was also a little pantothenic, and when he struggled to hold back his tears, Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping suddenly came to Xiang Kang's side, and Chen Ping said: "General Right, although the subordinate knows that you are not that kind of person, I still have to remind you that the gorgeous palace rooms in Xianyang, as well as the countless beauties in the Qin Palace, and the mountains of rare treasures are all a major cause of the demise of the Tyrannical Qin. ”

"Don't worry, sir, I can hold it." Xiang Kang choked up and replied: "Immediately give me an order to the whole army, after crossing the river, immediately count and seize all the palace warehouse property in Xianyang, and if there is a person who takes something in vain, he will be beheaded immediately." No matter who it is, those who dare to stay in the Qin Palace, those who rape **, will be beheaded immediately. ”

Chen Ping nodded, and immediately sent someone to convey Xiang Kang's order, while Zhou Zeng hurriedly said: "General Right, jewelry and gold, we can't mess around, but there are some things, please let General Right allow Xia Guan to send someone to take it away." ”

"What's that?" Xiang Kang asked.

"All the legal documents of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial History Temple of the Qin State, as well as the archives and catalogues."

Zhou Zeng's answer made Xiang Kang smile gently, and said in a softer voice: "Uncle Ya, you are really my Xiao He." ”

"Xiao He?" Zhou Zeng, who had seen Xiao He in Liu Laosan's army, was inexplicable and said, "General Right, why did you suddenly remember Xiao He, a scribe under Duke Pei?" ”

After a moment of speechlessness, Xiang Kang naturally couldn't answer Zhou Zeng's question, so he could only change the topic, and asked Zhou Zeng and Chen Ping with a smile: "Uncle Ya, Mr. Chen Ping, you say, if Pei Gong and my elder brother knew that we had already taken Xianyang today and forced the violent Qin court to surrender on its own initiative, what kind of reaction would it be?" ”

"What kind of reaction they will have, Xia Guan can't imagine for a while." Chen Ping smiled and said: "Only one thing is certain, they will definitely not be happy and happy, and they will definitely be red and jealous." ”