The king of Qin was overwhelmed by the war in the east, and when he learned that Wang Ben had stabilized the battle situation, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Zhao Ji immediately presented a bowl of soothing soup, and the king of Qin took it and drank it, and snuggled up to Zhao Ji's chest and fell asleep.

On the morning of the second day, the king of Qin was about to convene his ministers to discuss the next battle, but he saw a eunuch outside the palace running towards the palace with an urgent letter.

"Report ......, Northwest Urgent Good News." The king of Qin was overjoyed when he heard this, jumped up from the throne, and without waiting for the eunuch to present it, he hurriedly ran down and grabbed the letter, opened it and looked at it, the letter said that the Northwest Army had broken the dog Rong, Zhang Han had slashed the leader of the dog Rong, and the head was being transported back by the deputy general. The king of Qin sent the letter to the ministers to read, and the ministers all kowtowed and cheered: "God bless the king, God bless me Great Qin, long live the king, long live the Qin country."

The king of Qin was overjoyed, and gave Zhang Han on the spot as the Marquis of Dingyuan, ten thousand households in the city, and ten thousand taels of gold and thousands of hectares of fertile land. The envoy who issued the edict of commendation set out from Xianyang to the northwest on the same day, firstly to show the importance of the imperial court, and secondly, to urge Zhang Han to quickly return to the court and support Wang Ben to resist the strong offensive of the Chinese state.

King Qin has been waiting for news from the northwest for more than half a month, and he is on pins and needles every day. During this period, Wang Ben also kept urging the imperial court to ask when the reinforcements would arrive, but the envoys sent to the northwest were like stones sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

"Report ......, the northwest side will report urgently."

"Tell me quickly, when will General Zhang Han lead the army to the east?" King Qin asked impatiently when he heard the news.

The messenger hesitated for a long time before he said, "The king of Qiqi ......, the marquis of Dingyuan...... He, he, he...... It's the other way around. The soldier's reply was like a slap on King Qin's head, and King Qin suddenly felt that the sky was cracking, and a mouthful of thick phlegm poured up, almost suffocating.

King Qin beat his spirits and said in a voice that was almost trembling: "What's going on? What about the envoys sent to the northwest? Tell him to come and talk to the widow. ”

The soldiers couldn't help but cry out: "The Marquis of Dingyuan cut off the heads of the envoys sent by the king on the same day, and then led the army to capture the northwest states and counties, set himself up as the king of the northwest, and fought against my Great Qin."

King Qin couldn't hold it anymore, a stream of blood burst out of his mouth, and he immediately fainted to the ground, and the female eunuchs of the palace immediately made a mess when they saw this, and hurriedly set up King Qin and rushed to Zhao Ji's Huayang Palace.

At this time, the Qin State can be said to be attacked on three sides, and hundreds of thousands of allied troops of Le Yi in the east have approached the Hangu Pass; Wu Zixu in the south led 300,000 elite Chinese troops to sweep the land of Sanjin, and they could enter Sanguan in a few days; Zhang Han, who had just rebelled at this time in the northwest, also hit the front of the Yumen Pass with lightning speed. The situation of the Qin State has taken a sharp turn for a while, and the Qin State at this time is already in danger, and the death knell of the country seems to have sounded.

Poor Qin Prince Chu, in the troubled times had nine deaths, half of his life finally met nobles, actually soared to the sky to climb the treasure, stealing that this is the mercy of the heavens, the heart of the courage suddenly born, the deployment of troops will chase the Central Plains, Jiuhe princes want to be the king of the world. Now he can only helplessly let the flowers fall, and he kneels in front of the ancestral tablet and weeps bitterly.

On the main hall of the early dynasty, the ministers were looking up at the empty throne above the court, and they couldn't help but be worried and anxious, and the angry ministers pointed the finger at Zhao Gao, who had supported Zhang Han at the beginning, and as soon as the king of Qin arrived, he wanted to ask the king of Qin to take him down and punish him. Zhao Gao's face was pale, and he stood quietly on the left side of the court, bowing his head and saying nothing.

At this time, there was finally the sound of footsteps behind the throne, and all the ministers followed the prestige, but only Queen Zhao Ji came alone, and there was no trace of King Qin.

Zhao Ji arrived at the hall, stepped up the steps and sat on the throne, looked around at the ministers, and the ministers immediately knelt down and bowed. Zhao Ji said slowly: "The king has been in poor health recently, and all the affairs of the court have been handed over to the future for disposal."

All the ministers said in unison: "I respectfully ask the queen to show me." Zhao Ji smiled with satisfaction and continued: "The traitor Zhang Han has lost the favor of the king, and now he has removed the title of Marquis of Dingyuan, seized his mansion, and punished his nine clans. The right prime minister Zhao Gao is inappropriate, resulting in today's catastrophe, although it is not the original intention, but it is difficult to escape the blame, and now he will be dismissed from the official and sent to the prison to be handed over to the Criminal Punishment Division for trial and conviction. After speaking, he immediately ordered the palace guards to remove Zhao Gao's clothes and take them down.

All the ministers were excited when they saw this, clapped their hands, and hurriedly shouted long live, as if they had completed a very happy thing. After the ministers calmed down, Zhao Ji asked the ministers: "Now that the Qin State is under enemy on three sides, and the situation is extremely critical, do you have any good strategies to break the enemy, or do you have any good generals to recommend?" The court, which was still a little restless just now, suddenly fell into a deathly silence, and I saw dozens of heads under the court leaning down in unison, as if a group of devout Buddhists were praying to the Buddha or something.

"Smack." Suddenly, a piece of sawdust that fell from the beam of the main hall fell to the ground, making a crisp and loud sound, which caused everyone to startle for a moment, and then it was quiet again.

After a long time, Zhao Ji could only say in a helpless and angry tone: "That's it, that's it, this future will not prevent you from going back to embrace the red and green, and the fate of Daqin will be left to the heavens." After speaking, he waved his hand, and the eunuch next to him shouted: "Retreat." Before the eunuch's melodious voice dissipated, the hall was already empty.