Chapter 65: Guilty

Mi Xuan betrayed him, and if Mi Xuan was handed over to Zuo Yinfu for punishment and execution, he was reluctant; But if he didn't punish Qi Xuan, he would have nowhere to vent his anger. Naoxin's report said that Gongsun Yan's maidservant admired Mi Xuan's beauty, so she entered the palace where Mi Xuan lived and heard the conversation between Mi Xuan and her father. Xiong Jing didn't want to listen to the details of the conversation, he only knew one thing: Mi Ling brought the poison from the Qin State, and Mi Xuan took the poison that Mi Ling gave her.

When his grandfather Mi Rong was still alive, the Mi family still had some prestige in the Qin State, and when Mi Rong died, in addition to leaving an empty lord, the Mi family had almost no influence except for relying on the ancestral queen mother Mi Thorn and relying on the entire Chu family. The title of Fengjun was received by the second, and when his father Mi Chang died, the Mi family, who had no improvement, would be no different from the head of Qian. No one expected that in such a declining family, the man did not do much, and poured out a woman who moved the world.

She really didn't know whether she should cry or laugh. His daughter King Qin wanted to marry, and King Chu also wanted to marry. Fortunately, now that King Qin has compromised, as long as King Chu agrees, his daughter can marry in and out of the palace openly. Therefore, he is particularly concerned about whether Qin and Chu can negotiate a peace alliance, only in this way can he be the uncle of the king of Chu, and he can revive the prestige of the Qi clan.

"Brother Wang only wants to recover his homeland, and he has no intention of destroying Qin." Mi Qian is not his own person, Xiong Qi does not dare to tell him the truth. "Once Qin Chu negotiates a peace alliance, Brother Wang will be crowned......"

"Crowned?" Mi Qian said strangely. "King Jing is less than twenty, how to crown?"

"The princes of the Son of Heaven are twelve crowns." Xiong Qi laughed as he spoke. "Besides, Xuan'er is very beautiful, and Brother Wang is very anxious."

Xiong Qi is a person who has come over, he has watched Zhao Zheng grow up and knows the thoughts of young people. When she heard the laughter, she felt uncomfortable. The daughter is the father's treasure, and he is reluctant to marry the king of Qin or the king of Chu.

"However," Xiong Qi turned around, "the affairs of the Chu State are not decided by the younger brother of the king, but by the Yingdu Zhengchao. If the Zhengchao insists on cutting down Qin......"

"How?" Qi Qian asked urgently. Whoever a daughter marries is married, but whether Qin Chu can negotiate peace is related to the fate of the Qi family.

"Then peace cannot be negotiated, and the war will start again." Xiong Qi no longer smiled, only solemn. This kind of solemnity seemed to others to be worried about the war situation, but in fact, he was worried about the future of the Qin State. After Xiong Jing invaded Xianyang, he abolished Zhao Zheng and established Fusu, and he would become the prime minister of Qin, and he supported Fusu until he was crowned pro-government.

In this way, the Qin state will undergo great changes: inside, the officials will be eliminated, the traitors will be cleared, and the counties will be given to the Zhao clan and the warlike generals in the Qin army. Outside, that is to redraw the border with Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu.

There is no problem with the Zhao State to use the Taihang Mountain as the boundary; Wei and Han had some troubles, mainly in the Cuihan Valley Road. The state of Chu did not mind that the state of Qin kept the land east of the river, but it had to hand over the road of the Cuihan Valley, and the greatest allowance was to keep Taolinsai (now Tongguan). The west of Taolinsai belonged to Qin, and the east of Taolinsai belonged to Korea or Wei.

It was the most troublesome with the state of Chu, and Xiong Jing believed that the courtiers were likely to use the Qinling Mountains as the boundary between the two countries. In the east, that is, south of Shangluo belonged to the state of Chu, and the five counties of Hanzhong, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, and Wu in the west were no longer owned by the Qin state. In fact, the state of Chu also took Nanyang County and Hanzhong County south of Shangluo, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, Wu County, as well as Cangwu County and Jiuyue County of Chu itself, all of which would be handed over to the Yue tribes who had contributed to the war.

In this way, the places that Qin can retain are Longyou County, Beidi County, Neishi (Guanzhong), Shangjun, Hedong County, Shangdang County, and Taiyuan County to the north of Shangdang in Hedong. Shangdang and Taiyuan previously belonged to the Zhao state, and Hedong previously belonged to the Wei state. The state of Qin is weak, and the state of Zhao and Wei will inevitably start a war again after recuperation.

However, this is all a later matter, if Zhao and Wei join forces to attack Qin, Chu will inevitably intervene, because this will destroy the balance of power among the countries. Xiong Jing believed that as long as the gunpowder and artillery were controlled, the countries of the world would inevitably bow down to the Chu State. The nest is already too backward, and the countries should go out on sea ships and go to the colonies to fight, which is the right thing.

β€”β€”Yesterday evening, Xiong Jing, who had drunk too much, described to Xiong Qi the post-war world, which was not a war for the world, but a war for the whole world. He did not regret this for the Qin State, and believed that the Qin State must occupy Hedong County to the death, because only by occupying the easternmost part of Hedong County could Qin's sea boats enter the sea from the Yellow River.

Xiong Qi was solemn at first, and gradually smiled when he thought of the strange overseas world depicted by Xiong Jing. Mi Ling was taken aback by his sentence 'If the peace negotiation fails, the war will start again', he was about to say that if the peace negotiation fails, the whole Mi clan will probably be punished as a ghost salary - someone has already threatened like this, and finally saw Xiong Qi laugh, so he swallowed the words that went to his throat.

"Tell the Qin envoy that King Jing has a call." A soap-clothed man stood outside and said, Xiong Qi and Mi Qian immediately got up when they heard this.

"The situation has changed, and my army of Great Chu has pulled out the Jingzi Pass last night." After meeting, Xiong Jing got straight to the point. "No, no, no, not with Qin."

"This ......" Xiong Qi didn't expect it to be this news. He looked around and saw that Qi Wei's envoys were there, so he said angrily in front of everyone: "How can the king be like this!" I, Great Qin, am willing to cut the land of the two counties to seek peace, why doesn't the king make an alliance with Great Qin? ”

Xiong Qi was furious, and Qi Qian was trembling with shock, he wanted to point at Xiong Jing, but he didn't dare to point at Xiong Jing.

"The Qin people have no faith, and the words of seeking peace are just a measure to delay the army." Higashino retorted. "600,000 Qin troops are galloping from Anyi to help Nanyang, fifteen days later, Chu Qin will definitely fight again, don't you know if the prime minister?"

"The minister has not heard of this. This time, Chu is only for the sake of the alliance. Xiong Qidao. The king rejected Qin's good intentions and was instigated by Qi Wei, which was very unwise. The 600,000 Qin army is galloping from Anyi to Nanyang, and the king thinks that the Chu army will win? ”

"Victory?" Xiong Jing shook his head, "Why did the State of Chu have to fight hard against 600,000 Qin troops. The Chu army attacked Jingzi Pass, with the intention of Lantian. When the army arrives in Lantian, it should pull out Xianyang. ”

"You!" Xiong Qi pretended to be a giant shock, although he had long known Chu Jun's plan. "The king is like this, and there will be retribution in the Great Qin!"

"I don't summon Qin's envoys to meet each other, but to tell Chu Qin not to make peace for the time being. The war between Wuguan and Fangcheng is about to start, and these two roads can no longer return to Qin. The Qin envoy returned to Qin under the pretense of Wei State. Xiong Jing said to each other, glancing at Mi Li.

"Since the king doesn't want to be friendly with my Great Qin, why should he care about the life or death of his ministers." Xiong Qi was still angry, he made a false slap and shouted: "Please retire." With that, he took care of himself and withdrew. Qi Ling threw a resentful look at Xiong Jing and retreated with him.

"Congratulations to the king for pulling out the Wuguan and then going to Lantian." Tian He and Wei were overjoyed. The state of Chu is about to capture Wuguan, and the state of Qi and Wei must take the opportunity to defeat the water dogs and reap more benefits before the situation in the world is completely calmed down.

"The two envoys, please take a break for a day, and tomorrow they will walk with the Qin envoys." After Xiong Jing told him, he asked them to be invited out of the shogunate and make final arrangements for the generals. "Wancheng is the Chen Ying of the past, Wancheng and Dengyi are not lost, and the Qin army cannot cut off the way back for our army. Therefore, the duties of garrisoning Wucheng, Eyi, Wancheng, Shuyang, Xinye, and Dengyi should not be handed over to Chen Qing. ”

"The minister will not fail in his mission!" Chen Bu was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly went out to tell Xiong Jing and took the feather in his hand.

"The divisions of Ludi, the divisions of Songdi, and the division of Chen, must be stationed until the army retreats to the west." Every time Xiong Jing said a place, the generals of a place were out of the ranks, and they stood behind Chen Ke. The combined strength of the three regions has thirteen and a half divisions, with more than 90,000 people. "If the Qin army crosses the white water by force, it should be able to fight with it in the west of the water."

Baishui is almost divided into Nanyang County, Wucheng (100 miles north of Wancheng, now Yahekou Reservoir), Eyi (50 miles north of Wancheng, the fief of Ejun Qi before the defeat of Chuisha), Wancheng, Shuyang, Xinye, and Dengyi. These cities are all along the shores of the White Water, and all of them are on the west coast, except for Shinno. The strategic plan of the Chu army is very clear, that is, to use these cities as a base and defend it according to Baishui.

The Qin army came from afar without boats, and it was difficult to cross the river under the threat of the Chu army. Even if the soldiers were forced to cross the river at night, it would be difficult for the baggage and grain to cross the river in a short time. The time that Chu was stationed was not long, if the Qin army did not save Xianyang, the news of Xianyang being pulled out came half a month later, and the Qin army should have no intention of fighting, and would return to Qin from Hangu Pass. If the Qin army divides its troops, half of the 600,000 troops will rescue Xianyang, and half will attack Nanyang and Jiuying, and the Chu army will have 200,000 people after converging with the Wei army, and it will be possible to fight the Qin army at the right time.

There are divisions and brigades ordered to defend the city, there are divisions and brigades ordered to pull out, the crowds inside and outside the city are surging, the boats on the white water are Sai River, until the night, the two banks of the river inside and outside the city are still blazing, and life is boiling. Under the starry sky, Xiong Qi and Xiong Jing stood on the wall of Wancheng again, looking at the soldiers and boats on the dock under the city.

"Brother Wang also wants to enter the martial arts?" Xiong Qi didn't say anything during the day, it was for outsiders to see.

"Yes." Xiong Jing thought that he could wait until Mi Xuan, but he didn't expect that he would lead his army to attack Qin tomorrow.

"The king must have mobilized the soldiers of Guanzhong to guard Lantian." Xiong Qi couldn't stop the Chu army from attacking Lantian, he only hoped that Qin Chu could really stop the war. "Brother Wang is going to ......"

"It has only been 20 days since our army attacked Qin, and it has only been 15 days since it reached Lantian. Brother thinks that the army gathered in Lantian should have geometry? "It is also advantageous to take Jingzi Pass in advance with the division, that is, the time for the Qin military war in Guanzhong is shortened.

"I don't know." Xiong Qidao. "But the time is so rushed, and Guanzhong has recruited soldiers before, or there are 300,000 people."

Xiong Qi's judgment is not much different from the judgment of Da Sima Fu, the counties south of the Qinling Mountains can't catch up in such a short time, Longyou County, Beidi County, and Shangjun are too far away, and it is estimated that it is too late, and the only ones who can really be recruited are the forty-one counties of the internal history, and these counties have already been recruited once because they are on both sides of the Weishui.

"It doesn't matter if there are many people, the important thing is that there are no soldiers in the pass. Back then, my father was just in the past, and I fought with the Qin army in Qingshui. Although the Qin army entered the ambush of our army, our army could not attack. All the best pawns too. "Xiong Jing talked about the battle nine years ago, and the defeat of Chu State may not die, but he will definitely die." Today's Qin army is not as good as before, whether it is 300,000 or 400,000, the 100,000 Chu army will be swept away. ”