Xianyang Palace.

The Xianyang Palace in winter is empty and cold, even if there is a stove burning in the main hall, it still can't drive away the chill in the hearts of everyone in the main hall.

Qin Wangji sat on the throne, the monarch of Qin, who was over sixty-five years old, looked much older than before, but his voice was still as majestic as ever.

"How is the war between Zhao and Yan?"

This was not a big court meeting, so there were several important ministers of the Qin State sitting in front of Qin Wangji.

Among them, a minister replied: "Back to the king, according to the Japanese front report, King Yan has asked people to go to Handan to ask for peace. ”

"Summation?" Qin Wangji's face turned cold, and he snorted fiercely, and said: "This Yan King has an army of 200,000, and even 50,000 Zhao troops can't be defeated, how ridiculous!" ”

Qin Wangji was obviously very dissatisfied with the scum combat effectiveness shown by Yan Guo, and he was even more dissatisfied with Yan Guo's attitude of wanting to make peace with Zhao State so soon.

In Qin Wangji's opinion, Yan Guo should obviously fight with Zhao Guo for three years and five years, and it is better to fight both defeats.

It's a pity that the Yan King was not as brave as Qin Wangji imagined, Qin and Zhao had just negotiated peace, and the Yan King was immediately instigated...

Qin Wangji was angry, and the main hall of Xianyang Palace suddenly became silent, and no minister dared to speak at this time, so as not to touch Qin Wangji's scales.

Since the Qinghe Meeting, Qin Wangji's temper has obviously become a lot worse, and in these days, there have been four ministers who have been ordered by Qin Wangji to be punished for some small mistakes that are impossible to be held accountable on weekdays.

Qin Wangji was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

If you want to make Qin Wangji happy again, then there is only one way, and that is to win again.

Only victory and expansion of the territory could please this king who aspired to rule the world.

Qin Wangji glanced at the important ministers of the Qin State who were speechless, and only felt a burst of irritability in his heart, he didn't even have a person who could share the worries of the widows?

Qin Wangji took a deep breath and continued to speak with anger and dissatisfaction: "How about the casualty count? ”

After negotiating peace with Zhao and withdrawing troops from the Changping front, Qin did not immediately mobilize its army south again, but counted the casualties, and then disbanded the army and the conscripted people and returned home.

Due to the huge number of Qin troops, and the fact that it would take some time to return to the Qin mainland from the Changping front, this work was obviously not something that could be completed in three or five days.

However, now that more than half a month has passed, Qin Wangji feels that it should be almost time to have a statistic.

Qin Wangji set his sights on Xiangbang Fan Sui, who was in charge of this work.

Fan Sui straightened his body slightly, and said to Qin Wangji: "Back to the king, in this battle of Changping, the number of casualties of our army should be about 80,000, and the number of wounded is about 150,000. ”

As soon as Fan Sui's figure came out, the ministers of the Qin State present couldn't help but gasp.

Eighty thousand killed sounds like an acceptable result for a defeat, after all, the Qin State dispatched an army of 600,000 this time.

But any minister of the Qin State who knew a little about the war would know that this was not the case.

The key lies in the wounded 150,000 Qin soldiers.

Due to the limitations of medical conditions in this era, the mortality rate after injury is very high.

And like ordinary minor injuries, such as being cut on the arm and cutting a big hole, or being cut off one or two fingers, these are not included in the scope of injury in order to make the numbers look good.

Generally speaking, if you want to be called an injury, it is a broken hand or foot, someone stabbed through the abdomen or something like that.

There is no doubt that such an injury is already a major injury.

In terms of the medical conditions of this era, it is almost a matter of resignation to try to heal such a serious injury.

Therefore, the mortality rate after injury is very high, usually as high as 70% to 80%.

What does this mean? This means that among the 150,000 wounded Qin soldiers, at least more than 100,000 wounded soldiers of the Qin army will not survive this winter, and may not even survive half a month.

If the statistical report were two or three days late, the number of deaths would definitely change from 80,000 to 100,000, or even more.

In other words, the real death toll paid by the Qin State in this defeat was not only a mere 80,000, but at least 100,000 more, and the total number was about 200,000!

In just one battle, the Qin State lost the lives of the entire 200,000 Qin soldiers, and gained nothing, but allowed the Zhao State to seize Shangdang County and become an opponent who could stand side by side with the Qin State.

Even for the Qin State, this was a painful loss.

For Qin Wangji personally, this is the biggest setback he has suffered since he ascended the throne for 47 years.

No one would be in a good mood when faced with such a setback.

Sure enough, after Qin Wangji listened to Fan Sui's report, the king's face was extremely gloomy, and he looked like a dark cloud, as if he could erupt at any time.

did not get angry immediately, this was already a manifestation of Qin Wangji's superb self-control.

After a full moment, Qin Wangji asked again: "Next spring, the widow wants to send a large army to conquer the Chu State, is this matter feasible?" ”

Fighting the state of Chu was a strategy that Qin Wangji had already set when he negotiated peace with the state of Zhao.

Since it is no longer possible to stop the rise of Zhao, then at least the momentum of the re-emergence of Chu, a country with a deep blood feud with Qin, must be contained.

Qin Wangji's original plan was to send troops to conquer Chu in the spring of next year and regain the lost southeast counties from the hands of the Chu people.

But after hearing such heavy casualties, Qin Wangji was not so confident all of a sudden.

Qin Wangji set his eyes on Fan Sui, but there was no longer as trusting as before in his eyes, but with a bit of doubt and coercion.

The defeat of the Battle of Changping also represented the bankruptcy of Fan Sui's plan for a close attack.

It is precisely because of this that Qin Wangji had ordered Fan Sui's fief to be cut in half a few days ago.

But this is just the beginning, if Fan Sui's next performance still can't satisfy Qin Wangqi, then Qin Wangji's punishment is not just as simple as cutting off half of the fief.

For this point, Fan Sui's heart can be said to be as bright as a mirror.

So after hearing Qin Wangji's question, Fan Sui immediately replied: "Back to the king, most of the dead and wounded in this battle are the children of Guanzhong and Hedong counties. ”

After saying this, Fan Sui paused, and then continued to speak: "King, in this battle of Chu, it is appropriate to use Wu Anjun as the general. ”