Chapter 184: Take a step back
In April, late spring and early summer, the severe cold in Saibei gradually subsided, some vegetable farmers in Shu sold vegetables, where it has entered the harvest season, and the early rice will be ripe in half a month. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The darkness before dawn is often the most difficult, because the Chu army, which is facing each other due to a shortage of food and grass, is finally about to usher in a bumper harvest after more than a month of hunger. This year's wind and rain are smooth, and the moisture of Jingjiang River and Lianghu Lake is very good, and the empty granary can be filled immediately.
However, just when the Chu army was hopeful and its morale was growing, the Qin army made a decisive attack and bombarded it, shattering the dreams of all the Chu soldiers.
Whoever stops on the battlefield will die, when the Chu State was struggling to support, Zhao Zheng had already sent a battalion of Gushan troops to Shuzhong, and with the cooperation of Li Huai, he staged this big show.
The defense line of the Chu army collapsed on the whole line, and more than 100,000 Chu troops lost their armor and fled, and they were hungry and had no strength to fight, and they ran for their lives without ambiguity, and ran out of more than 20 miles in one go.
The independent battalion of the 1st Division of Gushan Jun, who was accustomed to galloping on the plains, looked at the Chu army fleeing for their lives on the rugged mountain road, and there was only a sigh left.
The battalion commander Zhao Gou scolded his mother, angry that the mountain road blocked his opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, so that the brothers had less vouchers for rewards.
Military Sima Meng Yu comforted him, the military merit will arrive soon, and it was sent by Li Huai personally, they represent Zhao Zheng, the prince of Qin, and the local people can't stand the bad treatment.
Sure enough, Li Huai gave tens of thousands of captives to Zhao Gou, accounting for more than forty percent of the total captives. If it weren't for the fact that there were only more than 1,000 people in the independent battalion, Li Huai would have sent even more prisoners.
However, these are enough for the lower-level soldiers to be promoted to the next level, ten per person, they are still alive, and they have made a lot of money.
The king of Chu lost a lot, and the army of more than 100,000 collapsed on all fronts, although it was not a brave Tenglong army, but the thousand-mile embankment collapsed in the anthill, not to mention half of the mouth collapsed.
10,000 were killed and wounded, 20,000 were captured, and the state of Chu was defeated. The king of Chu had no choice but to negotiate peace, sent Li Yuan as an envoy to Xianyang, and deposed Chunshenjun Huang Xie from the position of Ling Yin.
When the news reached Xianyang, Zhao Zheng's prestige was reinvigorated, and the people of Xianyang had changed its name to "Wannian" when they cheered, and there was only one king name different from Zichu.
"It's a big rebellion, it's a trespass, why doesn't Yingmu care, does he forget that his father is not dead yet, and he is lying in Jingquan Palace at this time."
Ying'an was disheveled and roared. Bai Ji lost his interest at this time, and looked at the pillar blankly, regretting why he didn't participate in the search for Zhao Zheng in the first place, so that the current crown prince who is in the limelight has a young adoptive mother queen.
"If this palace gives up fighting for the throne for An'er at this time and supports the crown prince instead, will the prince recognize this palace as his mother and be respected as the queen mother after ascending the throne in the future."
Bai Ji came up with an impossible thought, but the more she thought about it, the more possible it became, after entering the palace for decades, she had already seen the face of the so-called prince and princess. All for the family, all for the sake of profit.
After the filial piety of the Duke of Change, the Bai family shrank to Longxi for a hundred years, and accumulated some money by trading with small countries in the Western Regions, but Zhao Zheng opened his business all over the world in just three years, and his wealth was comparable to that of a country.
Although the Bai family is not as wealthy as Gushan, but in the Warring States period, which has a serious legacy in the clan society, the identity of the old Qin Xungui, the Bai family represents the old Qin Xungui faction.
Using this force as a guide and allied with the princelings, Bai Ji felt that things were promising.
"Mother, what are you waiting for, hurry up and contact your uncle and ask him to come to Xianyang with Yongcheng Xungui to deal with Yingzheng for a big disrespectful charge."
The title of "Ten Thousand Years" was only available to the King of Qin in the Qin State, and although Zhao was the next King of Qin who was ironclad, he could not transgress without ascending the throne.
Ying An made up her mind, she would definitely not be able to defeat Zhao Zheng, but it was still okay to disgust him, and there was a lot to be done.
"Mother, hurry up, my father can't do it anymore, and if you drag it out, you ...... to win the government."
Ying An stopped abruptly because Bai Ji glared at him fiercely.
"Bastard, it's come to this point, who cares about these false names, you go out and see Manxianyang City, whether it is a farmer or a soldier, the one who doesn't support the prince.
This '10,000 years' was fundamentally proposed by the people of Xianyang, and if you go out to oppose it now, you are going against the people of Xianyang.
Without the support of the people, you can't do it. β
Ying An was stunned in place, not because of the irrefutable truth in Bai Ji's words, but because of Bai Ji's tone, which seemed to be thinking about Zhao Zheng everywhere.
"Mother, you ......"
Bai Ji sighed, touched Ying'an lovingly, and said, "Son, you can't compete with the prince in the current situation." But the Bai family can't be the target of the crown prince's cleanup after he ascends the throne, so Wei Niang plans to take you to the hot spring palace to apologize to the prince and take the lead in supporting the prince's accession to the throne. β
"Gluck"
Ying An was like falling into an ice cave, and he felt naked lying on the ice in the hot afternoon. Bai Ji was his mother who taught him how to become the king of Qin for twenty years, and now he didn't give up, Bai Ji gave up first.
"Son, you have to accept your fate. The Bai family supports the crown prince, and the Yongcheng families will no longer oppose it. The Bai family is the leader, and the prince will also be grateful to Dai De, and his mother decided to accept the prince as his son-in-law, so as to confirm his winning Qin bloodline.
Helping him twice in a row, our past grudges with him will no longer exist, the Bai family can continue to gain a foothold in Longxi, and you may be able to become the prince's brother. β
Ying An took a few steps back with a sad face, he couldn't believe that this was what Bai Ji said, his childhood dream was still there just now, and at this time, only the dream was broken by Bai Ji's words.
"You're not my mother, you're not ......" Ying'an screamed and ran away, Bai Ji called silently twice with tears in her eyes, and didn't get up to chase after her.
"That's fine, without you following, the prince may recognize this palace on the spot. An'er, it's not that my mother doesn't love you, it's really that the Bai family can't lose power, otherwise you can't even be a carefree son, why don't you understand? β
In the Hot Spring Palace, Li Yuan cried with a sad face, and every time Zhao Zheng made a move, he would be frightened, for fear that he would be dragged out and beheaded like when he was in Wuyang.
The eloquence of being able to speak well became a burden, and Li Yuan cursed in his heart that the king of Chu was not benevolent and righteous. It was Huang Xie's idea to fight against Qin, and if something happened, he just dismissed the official and cut his post, but he let him go out to fight the thunder and risk his life to come to Xianyang to negotiate peace.
"Ahem"
"Flutter"
Li Yuan leaned over and sat on the chair, his body trembled and suddenly fell to the ground, which made the guards and maidservants want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
Zhao Zheng walked over with a smile and helped him up, turned to Li Si, who was the secretary, and said: "Don't write this paragraph, you can't let the doctor of Chu State be embarrassed, and let future generations read the history books and see that Dr. Li accidentally fell from the chair when he made peace with Qin."
You say yes, Dr. Li? β
Li Yuan got up with a wry smile and said with a smile: "The prince forgives his sins, and the foreign minister is rude." β
"Lord, it's noon, and the housewife calls you to eat."
Xiaolan came over and said, Zhao Zheng waved her hand to let her retreat temporarily, and said to Li Yuan with a smile: "Doctor, let's talk after eating, or after talking?" β
Eating and chatting, there must be a mystery in it.
Li Yuan quickly went through the various forces of the Qin State in his mind, and it seemed that Zhao Zheng's position as the crown prince was not as stable as the outside world legend.
"Forgive the old man for being rude, let's talk about the covenant first."
Li Yuan regained the feeling of not being a bad tongue, flicked his sleeves, raised his head and said: "Qin Chu can't fight anymore, although the Qin State still has the strength to spare, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pointed the finger at the Chu State, Xianyang is empty, this is not good for you." β
"Hmm!" Zhao Zheng looked at him in surprise, and in an instant, he seemed to have changed into a person, just like eating a "golden fly" without lifting it.
Li Yuan made a gesture of hello, hello, hello, everyone, and whispered in his ear: "At this time, the war is stopped, and my king is willing to announce the world's support for His Highness and help His Highness fight against your country's old Qin Xungui." β
"Hehe, how does Doctor Shang know that Old Qin Xungui will not support this prince, you must know that it was my Gushan Army that defeated the Chu Army."
Li Yuan twitched, they all talked about cooperation, why are they still fighting and killing, how unpeaceful.
"Your Highness, you are still hiding it from your ministers, but now the world knows that your country's Zhong Gongzi An and the Bai family behind him have secretly sent someone to assassinate you.
Don't you understand that it is easy to get the support of my Da Chu, and what you lose is just a small piece of business. β
Qin and Chu negotiated peace, and LΓΌ Buwei tried his best to ask half of the Chu State to get Shang Yu County, hold Danyang City, and prevent the Chu army from going north.
Li Yuan did not dare to make the decision to cede Danyang City without authorization, although the king of Chu gave him the right to "act with a camera" when he came, but how could such a soldier be allowed to be lightly allowed to do so.
"Your Highness, take a step back and get what you get, why don't you take a step back?"
At this moment, the guards outside the palace came to report that Mrs. Bai Ji came to visit with a heavy gift, and Li Yuan's face was blue and red.
"Gift-giving", there must be a mystery in this, but unfortunately he can't guess it.