Just when everyone was worried that Qin Chu would reach a secret agreement, and they were afraid that the random suspicion would annoy the fourth princess, Xiao Wenkao, who saw the strange look on Mi Chunxi's face, suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

He immediately joined the rest of the noble ministers around him and fixed his eyes on the shy Mi Chunxi.

"Fourth princess, sit down, and let the old man explain the matter."

In the silent pavilion, I saw Zhao Zhihai suddenly stand up, frown slightly and say loudly to Mi Chunxi.

After hearing this, Mi Chunxi bit his lip and groaned for a moment, then smiled slightly and bowed to Zhao Zhihai and said:

"Originally, Chunxi wanted to explain this matter to you personally, because if Lord Zhao said it, then you might not believe it, thinking that Lord Zhao was looking for an excuse to clarify, so it was up to Chunxi to say it."

Zhao Zhihai smiled and said: "The princess is too worried, this matter is the trouble brought by the old man to the princess, so it is up to the old man to explain, after all, the princess is a woman, how can she talk about her marriage in public." ”

As soon as Zhao Zhihai's words fell, he saw that everyone in the pavilion suddenly began to exchange words after a burst of surprise.

Compared with where the Chu ** team sent troops to rescue, the importance of Mi Chunxi's "marriage" is not much inferior to the former in the eyes of everyone.

You must know that Mi Chunxi's status in the Chu State can only be matched by Mi Chunjia, who occupies half of the rivers and mountains, how can the marriage of such a powerful figure not attract people's attention.

After a moment of discussion, everyone suddenly quieted down, staring at Zhao Zhihai who arched his hand.

I saw that after convincing Mi Chunxi, Zhao Zhihai slowly stared at everyone present and said solemnly: "Everyone also knows that the fourth princess has long delayed her marriage because of the current cause of resisting the war, and if she is in her early twenties, she will probably be married long ago." That's why Zhao wanted to be a matchmaker and go to Princess Mi to mention a family matter.

That's why Princess Mi made an exception to meet Zhao, but unexpectedly happened to be met by Lord Xiao.

I don't know how Zhao explained, everyone may believe that Princess Mi has not broken her promise and is still qualified to preside over tonight's banquet? ”

Zhao Zhihai said in just a few words, and even Xiao Wenkao realized that he had lifted a stone and hit his own foot today, so he just bowed his head silently, thinking about how to end next.

Although Zhao Zhihai's words are brief, the hidden meaning is quite complex.

Zhao Zhihai said that the meeting between him and Mi Chunxi was to propose, although there was nothing unseemly about it, but thinking that Mi Chunxi had already passed the age of leaving the cabinet, and when Zhao Zhihai proposed, she did not refuse Zhao Zhihai's request, but met with Zhao Zhihai twice, which indirectly shows that Mi Chunxi is not only extremely accommodating to Zhao Zhihai's proposal, but also may be quite satisfied with the man.

Therefore, even if such a thing is an ordinary person's family, it is generally not made public before the marriage contract is made, not to mention that Mi Chunxi is the princess of a country.

After understanding this section, everyone in the pavilion guessed in their hearts who the man was, and at the same time gloated and looked at Xiao Wenkao, who was completely skinless who would offend Mi Chunxi today.

However, at this time, no one dared to ask Zhao Zhihai who he was proposing, but a very few people with a heart had already looked at the bamboo chair who was sitting on the bamboo chair and watching everything coldly

Hua.

After Zhao Zhihai finished explaining, he saw that everyone in the pavilion was a little embarrassed for a while, so he smiled and said: "Since the fourth princess invited us to discuss the matter of resisting Rong, then I, Qin State, will talk about all the wars since the invasion of the Rong people in the fifth year of the Zhou calendar for everyone's reference." It is also a good start for today's deliberations.

As for where the reinforcements of the Chu State will go in the future, we still have to wait for the decision of the fourth princess and the Son of Heaven. ”

After finishing speaking, he nodded to Gu Daoyuan, and slowly sat down as Gu Daoyuan stood up.

Gu Daoyuan immediately got up and saluted everyone in the cabinet, and then said loudly: "In the fifth ** year of the Zhou calendar, the Rong people suddenly sent 40,000 troops to surround my Xiao Pass.

But at the same time, the Rong people raided the southernmost Yuxiao Pass of the Eight Passes of Sumeru, and they cooperated with the inner Ying who had long been planted in the Yuxiao Pass, and wanted to break through the defense of our Qin State from the South Eight Passes. However, General Yuli, who was the 100 generals of Yuxiao Pass at the time, discovered the Rong people's plan in time, so he still desperately defended Yuxiao Pass under the bloody battle.

In this battle, there were originally more than 3,000 defenders in Yuxiao Pass, and in the end, less than 1,000 people remained.

However, Yuxiao Pass has such a genius as General Yuli, but the rest of the passes are powerless to turn the tide, so the Rong people, with the cooperation of Neiying, have captured the Musashi Pass, and then attacked Xiao Pass from behind from south to north, and took Xiao Pass, which has never been lost for more than 500 years.

Subsequently, the general was ordered to lead an army of 100,000 to recapture Xiao Pass.

.........

After the Rong army occupied Shubei County, they immediately sent 40,000 troops along the Han River to besiege Xiayang City. At the same time, the Rong army of Qinlan County sent 50,000 troops to the south, crossed Yushan, crossed Wenshui, and directly took Wenshui City.

However, under the control of General Yuli, the main force of more than 100,000 Rong troops in Xijing did not dare to easily flank Xiazhong County, so Gu was able to take my Lady Qin Guoyin and Gongzi Hui to flee into the Shangdang in Hexi, while Zhongda and Jieyuan Sima escorted my Qin Jun to break through the Xiayang defense line and enter Wangji south.

After that, I think you all know more or less about it, and General Fang Cai Li also made it clear to you about the current movement of the Rong army, so Gu will not repeat it.

Gu just wanted to say that since the Rong army started its army, our Qin State has used a total of more than 600,000 troops, but now only 60,000 horses under the command of General Yuli and 40,000 horses under the command of General Wei Huan of the Qi State are guarding the Shangdang fortress in Hexi and the whole county in Hedong.

There are also 2,800 soldiers who came to Wangji with my Duke of Qin.

As for the remaining 500,000 troops, they were all martyred in the previous wars of resistance in these years.

After several years of war, our Qin State has accumulated dead and missing, Fang Yuanheng on the left, and Yongluan on the right;

the dead and missing deputy general Fang Hengxin and 12 people including Zhao Zhidong, Zheng Lu, Yong Yunqi, and Wen Zhaoyuan;

26 generals including Zhao Zhiliang, Zhong Xu, Wang Min, Yin Fang, and Wu Meng were killed or missing; There are 343 generals below the rank of lieutenant and below the rank of military marquis, and there are even more casualties among generals below the rank of military marquis.

Under the Rong people's policy of exterminating the aristocracy, there is not one nobleman in ten places, and even my Great Qin Office has only escaped more than ten people, and the rest are all in the hands of the enemy, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

I don't know about Gu Daoyuan, but none of my Gu family escaped after the fall of Xijing, and they all died and died. And the fate of the family of Lord Zhao in the middle is the same.

......”

As Gu Daoyuan calmly recounted the past few years, everyone in this pavilion was also immersed in Gu Daoyuan's story.

They listened carefully, and at the same time, they also had their own feelings about the fall of the powerful Great Qin.

Although for hundreds of years, the arrogant Qin people have not bullied the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Shu, but they also have to admit that the Qin State has also silently paid an unimaginable price for the three kingdoms in these hundreds of years.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Master Gu has already told you everything in the past, this Rong people's eastward advance this time can reach the point where they are now, in addition to the strength of the soldiers and horses, there are three reasons that cannot be ignored.

One of them is the Rong people who are only in my pass, and this person's name is Xiao Jinxing. He not only used his soldiers like a god, but also brought all the methods of training soldiers and arranging troops from all the countries in my Guanguan to outside the Guan, and taught them to those strong Rong people. This made the advantage that we were able to discharge the battle formation when we fought with the Rong people in the past collapsed instantly, which caused the lack of our Qin army's ability to take the initiative to attack every time in a field battle. Therefore, in the final stage of the war, the defenders in various places had to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses to defend by risk. However, the Rong people have always been able to occupy strategic opportunities, and often we will lose the direction of defense between vertical and horizontal transitions. That's why they were able to attack and break through from our weakest link in all major battles, causing the rout of the defenders on all fronts.

The second is that there should be many Rong people in various parts of the Guan, and Gu Zaizuka also explained this to everyone. Whether they are ambushed in the army or in the city, they will always join forces with the Rong army at the right time to seize the city, which has never happened in the previous hundreds of years of anti-Rong wars. From what we've been looking for, it seems that those internal shoulds have been planted everywhere more than ten years ago.

Later, the Meng Chun Rebellion broke out in various parts of our Qin State, and the backyard caught fire again under the already stretched strength of the army, which made the situation of my Great Qin's resistance to the army worse and worse.

When we fought hard to suppress the rebellions in various places, we found that the first people who instigated mob riots in each city also had close contacts with the Rong people. Therefore, we are sure that the Meng Chun Rebellion was also a pawn laid by the Narong people a long time ago.

The third is that the new laws implemented by the Rong people after occupying the counties of our Qin State have made the people have a dead trust in the Rong people, and those people are even more eager to participate in the Rong army.

We once sent a fine work to the Rong people to find out the cause of this matter, and to know how they managed to win people's hearts. After some exploration, it was discovered that every city occupied by the Rong people was bound to kill the nobles first, and then divide the land. Moreover, it was not only the common people of the Shu tribe who could get a share of the land, but also slave tenants.

As soon as the Rong people from all walks of life changed the bad habit of burning, killing and looting after occupying all parts of the Guannai, they were able to always restrain themselves from living in harmony with the people in our Guannai. Even their laws clearly state that the people of Xia and Zhou do not distinguish between high and low, no matter who kills to pay for their lives. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhihai took out a bamboo book from his arms, and said to the people who were looking at him in the silent pavilion: "This is the "Xia Law" promulgated by the Rong people, I will read this "Xia Law" for you to see how they win people's hearts.

All people in the world are equal, the king is not noble, there is no high or low, the people of Zhou and Xia are harmonious;

The people's wealth is private, God blesses it, the law does not tolerate it, there is a contract for transactions, and there is a contract for trust.

......”