Xianyang Palace.

Although it was already night, it was still brightly lit in Xianyang Palace.

Almost all the ministers of the Qin State who were in Xianyang were anxiously waiting for news, and the hall was filled with an anxious atmosphere.

Prince Zhao Zhu's eyes were already red, and he walked around uneasily, looking up at the door of the dormitory from time to time, his face was extremely smelly, and no one dared to approach him.

A burst of footsteps suddenly came, Zhao Zhu was in good spirits, looked up and saw that it was an old palace doctor, and hurriedly greeted him.

"How's it going?" Zhao Zhu asked hurriedly.

The white-haired palace doctor looked at several important ministers of the Qin State who were surrounding at the same time, and stopped talking.

Zhao Zhu was obviously a little impatient, and shouted: "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

The palace doctor was taken aback by Zhao Zhu's sudden reprimand, his white beard and the wrinkles on his face trembled for a while, and after a while, he said: "The king is caused by too much fire, and it was not a big problem in the first place, just recuperate, but it's just ......."

Zhao Zhu's brows had just loosened, and he was extremely angry by the old palace doctor's divine turn, and slapped the palace doctor directly in the face, shouting: "If you have something to say, just say it, swallow and spit out, I think you don't want to die!" ”

The old palace doctor was slapped by Zhao Zhu and took a few steps back, and he was dizzy and almost fell to the ground, and a trace of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

After a while, Zhao Zhu finally understood the specific situation from the mouth of the old palace doctor.

In fact, this situation of vomiting blood, to put it bluntly, is to be angry and attack, and it is generally good to lie down and recuperate for a while.

But the problem is that Qin Wangji's age is too old.

Qin Wangji, who is now sixty-eight years old and almost seventy years old, is basically equivalent to a ninety-year-old birthday star in later generations.

This led to a situation where Qin Wangji's body's recovery ability was very, very poor.

In addition, Qin Wangji had also vomited blood once before, which made it even worse.

Upon hearing this, the faces of everyone present were quite heavy.

Zhao Zhu opened his mouth, and wanted to slap the crow-beaked palace doctor in front of him again, but after thinking about it, he still held back his anger and asked, "When will the king wake up?" ”

The old palace doctor covered his mouth, glanced at Zhao Zhu's right hand that kept trembling slightly with some horror, and said vaguely: "This...... The king has already been drugged, and he should be able to wake up in two or three days. ”

Three days later, the old palace doctor and his family were dragged to the gate of the Xianyang vegetable market and abandoned the market.

Just when many people in Xianyang City were watching the beheading ceremony in the vegetable market, Zhao Zhu had already begun to convene a meeting of the ministers of the Qin State as the presiding officer of the meeting.

This time, there were not many candidates to attend the meeting, only the three princes and nine kings of the Qin State, as well as a few respected elders of the royal family, and Lü Buwei.

It was obviously a very strange thing that a guest doctor like Lü Buwei could attend such a meeting that largely determined the fate of the Qin State.

But given that this is what Zhao Zhu meant, there is no one who is uninterested in questioning Lü Buwei's qualifications.

After all, Qin Wangji has not woken up since that day of coma, which is not a good thing, but it also means that Zhao Zhu may become the new King of Qin anytime and anywhere.

Under such circumstances, although Lü Buwei's attendance was not in accordance with the system, it was tacitly ignored by everyone.

The spirit was obviously not very good, and Zhao Zhu, who had two big black circles under his eyes, coughed lightly and said, "Zhuqing, now Lian Po has led a large army to surround Yuanli. Wang Ji ordered someone to secretly send a letter asking for help, saying that the situation was very critical, and even if there was a city wall, it could only hold on for about ten days at most. ”

The atmosphere in the hall was dull, and no one spoke for a while.

After all, several days had passed, and although the details of the battle that day were not too clear, the losses of the Qin army had already been transmitted back to Xianyang through Wang Di's urgent report.

Those who followed Wang Yi and retreated to Yuanli were less than 130,000 Qin troops!

This means that at least 70,000 Qin troops were either killed by the Zhao army or became prisoners of the Zhao army.

To make matters worse, Shaoliang City, east of Yuanli, was also besieged by the Zhao army at the same time.

Shaoliang City is one of the two most important cities in the west of the Qin River, and since the preparation of the war against Zhao, the Qin State has stored a huge amount of astronomical military materials here.

At this moment, the guards in Shaoliang City were extremely empty, but there were only a few thousand defenders, and they could not resist the Zhao army's offensive for too long.

Once Shaoliang City fell, then the Zhao army could directly obtain a large number of supplies, which could even support the 200,000 Zhao army for three months.

In the current situation, three months is enough for the 200,000 Zhao army to sweep the entire Guanzhong!

It can be said that the situation that Qin State is facing now is basically a dead end.

The kind that dies thoroughly!

Since it was already a dead end, then Zhao Zhu asked how to save it now, and these ministers of the Qin State naturally couldn't answer.

Zhao Zhu looked left and right, and simply named him directly: "Gang Chengjun, let's talk about it." ”

Gang Chengjun Cai Ze was shocked when he heard this, and glanced at Zhao Zhu in disbelief, and after confirming that Zhao Zhu was calling himself, he slowly stood up.

To be honest, Cai Ze really didn't expect that he would be the first to be named by Zhao Zhu.

After all, a few days ago, Cai Ze had just been removed from the phase by Qin Wangji.

In any era, the most obvious place where people take the word tea and cool is definitely officialdom, which is not divided between ancient and modern.

Therefore, although Cai Ze is still one of the nine kings of the Qin State, Cai Ze's mansion has been full of people in the past few days, and even more than half of the people in the guest house have run away, and he is no longer the situation when he was the prime minister a while ago.

Cai Ze is actually a very interesting person, so in such a situation, it is clear that he has an idea in his heart, but Cai Ze also chose to shut up very low-key.

But now Zhao Zhu has named Cai Ze, and he is the first to order.

This made Cai Ze unexpected, and at the same time, he couldn't help but start to have a trace of expectation in his heart.

Could it be ...... The prince actually still has hope for me?

So...... In fact, this position of Xiangbang may be able to sit again?

Although he knew very well in his heart that this possibility was not too big, Cai Ze was still stimulated by his own idea, and he was a little trembling and excited.

This opportunity to make a comeback, Cai Ze will never let go!

Cai Ze got up and went out of the ranks, saluted Zhao Zhu, and said very respectfully: "An Guojun, in my opinion, the only way to do this is to ask for peace with Zhao Guo!" ”

Cai Ze's voice was very firm.

It was rare for the rest of the people in the hall to raise no objections.

To be honest, no one is stupid, this battle has reached this point, even if you are a fool, you really can't fight.

If you don't take advantage of the fact that you still have a little capital to sue for peace, and wait until the Qin army led by Wang Yi is finished, then the Qin State will also be finished!

Zhao Zhu glanced around the hall and found that everyone's faces were taken for granted, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, "Then Handan...... Is it really unthinkable? ”

Cai Ze shook his head very firmly, and said, "An Guojun, now is no longer the time to think about Handan. With all due respect, even if the Wei-Qi coalition forces really break through Handan now, so what? The left and right are just Wei and Qi Deli, and Qin and Zhao are both defeated. Since this is the case, then it is better to make peace with Zhao Guo as soon as possible, let Zhao Guo fight with Qi Wei, and leave some fire for Daqin! ”

As soon as Cai Ze's voice fell, Yangquan Jun Mi Chen, who had just rushed back to Xianyang overnight, also spoke: "An Guojun, now the army led by Wang Di must be preserved!" Without this army, it is very likely that Great Qin would not even be able to parry the Chu State and Korea! ”

Qi Chen's words are really not alarmist.

You must know that since the Battle of Changping, the size of Qin's regular army has been shrinking with repeated defeats and loss of land, from a staggering 560,000 at the beginning to 200,000 before the start of the current war.

If these 200,000 people are compensated again, then although the Qin State has a huge territory and a large population, the veterans who have really experienced the war have been completely lost.

Anyone who has led troops to fight in war knows that using the old to lead the new is the most scientific means of military training.

If you lead a troop of pure recruits into battle to face an enemy army with both old and new, then the recruit army will not end up with anything but a crushing defeat!

And as long as these veterans led by Wang Yi do not die, after a few years, the Qin State will be able to use these veterans as the backbone to raise a brave and warlike army again!

Zhao Zhu pondered for a moment, nodded slowly, and said, "Since this is the case, then let's make peace with Zhao Guo!" Who wants to take a trip to the Zhao army camp? ”

Considering that Handan of Zhao is thousands of miles away, if he really waits for the envoy to come and go, then Wang Di in Yuanli City is afraid that even the corpse will be cold.

Therefore, it is necessary to stabilize Lian Po first, at least to make Lian Po stop continuing to attack Yuanli City.

This is not an easy errand.

Yangquan Jun Mi Chen hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: "An Guojun, after all, this matter of seeking peace is very important, if the king wakes up......

This Qin Wangji is not dead after all, in case he is dissatisfied with the peace sue after this Qin King wakes up, then everyone present will have to admit it.

Zhao Zhu glanced at his brother-in-law with an unkind gaze, with an obviously incomparable look of dissatisfaction on his face, and said coldly: "If the king is to blame, I will bear this matter!" ”

With all that said, the others naturally have nothing to say.

It's just that...... Who will you send?

Cai Zeyi gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Zhu: "An Guojun, I am willing to go to the Zhao army camp!" ”

Zhao Zhu glanced at Cai Ze deeply, and nodded slightly after a while: "Since this is the case, then I will bother Gang Chengjun to go." Without further ado, please set off immediately! By the way, Doctor Lu Buwei can help Gang Chengjun, so he will accompany Gang Chengjun and his party as the deputy envoy of this meeting! ”