If there was no urgent report from Tongguan, the king of Qin might have weighed it and might eventually regard the Xiongnu as a greater threat. After all, the 160,000 Xiongnu army was twice as large as the Han army, and they were only facing a city that could be bypassed and conquered, rather than a pass that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Just when the two factions were arguing constantly, trying to persuade each other to believe their own views, an urgent report came from the Tongguan guards, and South Korea took Jinwu Weiyun as the general, commanding 100,000 Korean troops to storm Tongguan! In order to ensure completeness, the Tongguan guard will ask Xianyang to send reinforcements!

Hearing this news, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State were stunned. If before this, the attack on Guanzhong by the Korean army in the Hanzhong direction was just a temporary intention, and it happened to collide with the Xiongnu attack, then this time, it was definitely an intentional act by South Korea. Otherwise, it would never happen that a full 180,000 army would attack Guanzhong together, and at such a delicate moment! Obviously, from a distance of thousands of miles, South Korea learned that the Qin State was now struggling and planned to fall into the ground!

If it weren't for the fact that Qin accidentally leaked the news, it would have been the South Korean Xizuo who had found out the news, and even, the Xiongnu's attack on Qin was facilitated by South Korea, and the latter was undoubtedly even more terrifying. This shows that South Korea has long known that it will be besieged from all sides, and it has already come up with countermeasures.

Qin just didn't understand that the Xiongnu could attack Zhao State, which was close at hand, why did they choose Qin State at the expense of the near and far?! Could it be the relationship between the Yiqu Kingdom? Maybe there is, or maybe not, Qin State doesn't know! Qin Guo only knew that this time, he had a big deal!

Tongguan is impregnable, but no matter how steep and difficult it is, the pass also needs to be guarded by the defenders, and the battle report sent by the Tongguan guard to the king of Qin has clearly expressed this, the Korean army attacked Tongguan for only three hours, and caused more than 500 casualties to the Qin army, although the casualties of the Korean army were greater. It's more than a thousand, but the Korean army didn't go all out! According to this ratio, the Korean army can take Tongguan, which is garrisoned by 10,000 Qin troops at a maximum cost of 30,000 people, and behind Tongguan is Ningqin County, and the 300 miles from Ningqin County to Xianyang are not dangerous to defend!

100,000 Korean troops is definitely not a simple number. Thinking of the 80,000 Korean troops going north from Hanzhong, there is no doubt that South Korea has undoubtedly made up its mind this time, that is, it must attack Guanzhong! Having lost the guard of the pass on the border, according to the current strength of the Qin State, where would it be the opponent of the Korean army! Even if the Qin State was lucky enough to repel the Han army in the end, within ten years, it would definitely not be able to recover its vitality!

Whether it is offensive or defensive has lost the meaning of calculation, it is obvious. No matter which side the Qin State takes the defensive, it will be doomed! And against the other side, even if it is-for-tat, what are the chances of the Qin State winning?! Unless, the 100,000 troops raised by Wu Anjun Baiqi are transferred back from Hedong, so that the Qin State can gather more than 250,000 troops, and the Qin State is desperate. to be able to deal with a total of 340,000 enemy troops at the same time!

"Your Majesty! Let's make peace! Prime Minister Wei Ran seemed to have aged many years all of a sudden, and said weakly.

No one knows who Wei Ran is talking about negotiating peace with. Or negotiate peace with Korea and the Xiongnu at the same time, the monarchs and ministers of Qin only know that negotiating peace seems to be the best and only way out for Qin. After all, Handan is thousands of miles away, at this time. It is no longer realistic to implore Zhao to send troops. The only thing that Qin could count on was that Lü Buwei, the guest secretary who had left a month earlier, could prompt Zhao and Qi to send troops to attack Dongjun together, and it was best to break through Daliang and besiege Xinzheng, so that the Korean monarchs and ministers in Luoyang City might be afraid and propose peace. Take the initiative to retreat! Otherwise, the South Korean army will never send troops!

In the Warring States period, all countries in the world calculate each other, there are always those who are more skilled, some win without danger, and there are also those who are poor in chess and lose their soldiers. Now it seems that Korea belongs to the former, and Qin belongs to the latter.

The Four Kingdoms invaded Han was a wonderful idea, but unfortunately, the Qi State did not contribute to the work, the Chu State had more than enough heart but not enough strength, and the Zhao State disappointed the Qin State, and only the Qin State itself captured most of the east of the river. Who knows, the invasion of the Xiongnu at this time disrupted the rhythm of the Qin State, and just when the Qin State had mobilized 100,000 troops to prepare to consume the Xiongnu army, the dispatch of troops from South Korea made the Qin State even worse.

Seeking peace is not so unacceptable, and there is such a precedent in the history of the Qin state, and the Qin monarchs and ministers have no burden on it. It's just that what makes the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State feel aggrieved is that it is clear that the victory of the Qin State is in sight, and it is clear that the Qin State has paid all the energy, incomparable courage and great sacrifices, but in exchange for the defeat, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State find it difficult to understand and accept!

"Is it to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu or with South Korea?" King Qin looked at Wei Ran and sighed.

"Huns!" Wei Ran said, looked around at the ministers, and began to explain the reason why he built it like this, "The four countries invaded Korea, and the first thing to ask for peace with Korea was to violate the covenant, which will definitely make the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao, and Chu cold, and now we in Great Qin need the support and solidarity of the three countries, so this move is not advisable!" What's more, if peace is negotiated, most of the east part of the river that our Qin State has managed to occupy at the cost of 50,000 soldiers will not be owned by our Qin State! If that's the case, why should we unite Qi, Zhao, and Chu Vahan! The second is also! The Huns have now lost 40,000 soldiers and horses, their morale has been weakened, they have come all the way, and all they are trying is to make profits! Even if they ceded the land, they would not be able to control it! Therefore, a little wealth and food plus beautiful women are enough to make the Huns tempted! Once the threat of the Xiongnu is eliminated, our Qin State will be able to deal with the Han army with peace of mind. Relying on fortresses like Tongguan and Meridian Pass, no matter how sharp the siege equipment of the South Korean army is, no matter how tenacious the South Korean army is, the casualties will be several times that of us! After learning the news of the retreat of the Xiongnu, the Korean army will naturally be defeated! On the contrary, if we negotiate peace with Korea, we will lose the land we have robbed, and the Xiongnu will not withdraw because of this! Therefore, this is the third reason why the minister thinks that he can negotiate peace with the Xiongnu! ”

King Qin nodded secretly, Qin and Korea can be said to be endless, over the years, although Qin has been defeated in the war against Korea, it has never sued for peace. If the old Qin people in Guanzhong learned that they had taken the initiative to sue for peace with South Korea, it would be a huge blow to the people's morale and morale. Surrendering Hedong is enough to make Qin State unable to raise his head when facing South Korea in the future! The most important thing in a country is the spirit of its people! The state of Qin can accept defeat, but it can't accept defeat with peace of mind!

After all, the world of the Xiongnu is thousands of miles away in the grassland, and after sending them away with wealth and grain, if they want to invade the Qin State again, they need to carefully weigh whether the Qin State has hoarded heavy troops on the border! Korea is the biggest obstacle for Qin's eastward advance into the Central Plains, which can only be fought and cannot be peaceful, because only the victor can live under the sky of the Central Plains.

As for whether the Xiongnu will have to make an inch and the lion open their mouths, as long as they don't know the news of South Korea's troops, coupled with the continuous flow of reinforcements from the Qin State to Qi County, they should be able to take advantage of the fact that the Xiongnu are not working together to break through and divide them. King Qin had secretly made up his mind in his heart, as long as Xiongnu Shan Yu's request was not too excessive, he was willing to accept it!

"It's okay to negotiate peace, but the prestige of our Great Qin can't fall, otherwise, the widow would rather fight!" King Qin said categorically.

Wei Ran breathed a long sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that King Qin was in power at the beginning, and he couldn't stand such humiliation! Although it is not good to negotiate peace with foreigners, it is better than suing for peace with Qin's mortal enemy, Korea. Xianyang now has only 150,000 troops, which are either used against the 180,000 army of the Korean invasion or the 160,000 Xiongnu army in Qixian. If you want to have both, for example, 50,000 troops defend Tongguan, Ziwu Pass, and Anping Pass, and 100,000 troops gallop to aid Qi County, then the 800-mile pass is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, except for the garrison on the border, there will be no soldiers in the cities in the interior, if the nobles have a change in their hearts, the king of Qin will not have time to suffer!

"Obey orders!" Wei Ran hurriedly agreed.

King Qin nodded slightly, and said to his ministers: "The widow has already decided to send 20,000 troops to aid Tongguan, and it is necessary to make sure that the 100,000 Han troops attacking Tongguan cannot get an inch of my Great Qin." In addition, sending 10,000 troops to aid Chencang, Anping Pass must not allow the Korean army to advance half a step. Where is Lang Zhonglingan? ”

The Duke hurriedly came out and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"You still lead 100,000 troops to aid Qi County, if you can't negotiate peace with the Xiongnu, your task is to block the Xiongnu to the north of Qianxian; If the matter of peace is decided, it will be necessary to wait until the Xiongnu army withdraws before returning to Xianyang, do you know? King Qin said in a deep voice.

Obviously, the king of Qin was also worried that the Xiongnu would not negotiate peace, or that after agreeing to negotiate peace, they would disobey the yang and the yin and disobey the Qin state! Any peace is based on the strength of both sides, the so-called weak country has no diplomacy, basically this is the truth, if the Xiongnu made up their minds, not to break Xianyang more than soldiers, then the king of Qin will accompany to the end! It's a big deal to give up Hedong, transfer Bai Qi's 100,000 troops back, fight on both sides, and completely destroy the Xiongnu, a northern Hu tribe!

Wei Ran secretly claimed in his heart that King Qin's decision was very correct. Although I believe that most of the Xiongnu will not give up such a good opportunity to blackmail the Qin State, I can't be sure that the Xiongnu are obsessed with the devil and put forward the conditions that touch the bottom line of the Qin State. And what Cheng dù hits, the Xiongnu will naturally be driven out of the national border, and the Korean army will depend on the war of Zhao, Qi, and Chu against Korea!

"In addition, send people to Handan, Linzi, and Yingdu, don't tell the widow that you can't do it, within half a month, the widow will let the three kingdoms know that the Xiongnu and Korea will unite to attack our Qin State! Whether our Qin State is at war or at peace depends on them! King Qin said categorically. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update!