The ministers in the big tent didn't know what was going on, and seeing that King Qin was so sad and angry, it was not easy to ask directly, so they all looked at Meng Tian.

Meng Tian also explained with a look of resentment: "That Yan Dan took advantage of the king's absence in Xianyang to instigate Chang Wenjun to defect, and when she was holding Princess Nansu's mother and son hostage, the princess was unfortunately killed. ”

"Huh!?" The ministers were all shocked.

Wang Jian said: "I've only been out for a few days, why did Xianyang have such a big thing." ”

"Then Chang Wenjun should be a car crack and hate Princess Nansu!" Meng Yi said angrily.

Xu Wandao: "This Jiayuguan is already peaceful, if there are so many soldiers, it is better for us to kill back together and directly solve the two countries of Chu and Yan." ”

Ying Zheng was speechless, obviously still immersed in grief.

King Xiqiang was already calm and had a high status, he waved his hand to quiet everyone down, and comforted Yingzheng and said: "The matter has come to this, people can't be resurrected after death, you have to mourn, the most important thing at the moment is to return to Xianyang quickly, here I am, you should hurry back." ”

Ying Zheng's mood finally calmed down a little, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and began to make arrangements: "Xu Wan, the widow left you 50,000 elite soldiers, and you and the King of Xiqiang will go together to take over Yumen Pass and Yangguan, and help Chen Li rebuild Dunhuang City." ”

"Meng Tian, you take the first step and go to Di Dao to inform Qiang Qi and Suo Lin that they are ready to raise troops to attack Zhao State."

"Li Xin, you are more familiar with Yingcheng, you bring some people to inquire about Chang Wenjun's whereabouts, presumably after he escapes from Xianyang, it is very likely that he will go to Yingcheng to find his brother Changpingjun."

"The rest of you, come back to Xianyang with me!"

All the retainers received their orders and answered together.

Ying Zheng looked at King Xiqiang and said: "Uncle, this place will be entrusted to you, and when Wuchan puts the people in order, you will send some people to escort them to Di Dao, and I will arrange for someone to take them to Beidi County." ”

"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements over there." King Xiqiang said, "It's just that you don't say hello to her?" ”

"Time is pressing, you can help me talk to her."

Everything was arranged, Yingzheng hurried back to Xianyang with the Tiger Army, and the rest of the retainers also acted separately.

The speed of the Tiger Army's march is not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.

I think that when the original "our army" was just formed, Ying Zheng brought them to the Western Regions, and at that time, they spent half of their time competing with their war horses, training and hurrying at the same time.

Now this tiger army, although there are some newcomers, but the combat power is especially better than back then.

It's only been a day's work, and some of the teams led by Wang Jian have been thrown away a long way.

A day later, Ying Zheng rushed to the bank of the Yellow River.

Meng Tian in front of him had already arrived at Di Dao, and he told Shen Jun that King Qin had returned, and Shen Jun had already waited on the north shore with a merchant ship.

As soon as he boarded the ship, Ying Zheng said to Shen Jun: "Now that the Jincheng has been built, and Chen Li is watching from Liangzhou and Dunhuang, your next task is to welcome the entire Jingjue Kingdom." When the queen of Wuchan arrived, she first placed them in Jincheng, and then went to Beidi County from here. ”

Shen Jun frowned, bowed down and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what the eating habits of that exquisite tribe are, what do you need to pay attention to, the current private houses are not enough, can you live in the military tent?" ”

"They don't have anything to fear, and it's okay to live in a military tent for the time being." Ying Zheng said, "I will ask Yiqu Gong to help you with the reception, and after taking them to Beidi County, you can be the county guard there, and help them build a few new cities, the scale is not too large." ”

It seems that King Qin has taken a fancy to his ability to transform the city, and of course he can accept this kind of transfer, so he gladly accepted the order.

"By the way, a couple of things." Ying Zheng added, "Right now, Yang Duanhe is serving as the chief soldier in Beidi County, you bring more military rations, and tell him that the widow may attack Zhao in the near future, let him sharpen his war sword, feed his war horse, and wait for the widow's will at any time." ”

Subsequently, Ying Zheng wrote a letter to Yang Duanhe and handed it to Shen Jun.

The fleet docked, Ying Zheng did not stop, and rushed directly to Di Dao.

After this winter, Thorin and Qiang have each trained a new army, and they all conduct daily training according to the level of the Tiger Army, and their strength is faintly higher than that of the Tiger Army.

Suorin's team reached as many as 30,000, most of them were the Yiqu warriors under him, they were already brave and good at fighting, and after coming to Longxi, they did not slack off in training, but they were nominally the private soldiers of Yiqu Gongyutu.

The 20,000-strong team of the Qiang is a pure Xiqiang army sent by the King of Xiqiang, and after many days of training, its combat strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

Both teams were carefully selected elites from the Yiqu and Xiqiang tribes, and they were already very brave, and they often practiced formations with each other on weekdays, coupled with special training methods and powerful weapons such as flying crossbows, they were already close to the level of the Tiger Ben Army at this time.

An army of 50,000 was ready to welcome the triumph of the King of Qin.

Ji Fa and Yu Tu sat in the carriage in front of the battle, waiting for Yingzheng's return.

Ji Fa stayed in Didao for a winter, and had completely determined the route and direction of the Great Wall, and also found the location of several fire eyes, and some ghost hands from Xianyang had already begun the preliminary hole work.

"The second elder is working hard, waiting for me in the house, why did you come out?" Ying Zheng bowed his hand and saluted.

Ji said with a smile: "The weather is warm, come out for activities, why don't you see Wang Qian's team?" ”

"I'll hurry back, something happened in Xianyang."

Immediately, Ying Zheng told the content of Li Si's letter.

Ji Fa and Yu Tu were all taken aback, and the Qiang and Solin in the back frowned.

"If that's the case, it's not a trivial matter." Ji Fa said, "Nansu's child is good, why did he suffer this catastrophe, it's really distressing." ”

"yes, it's a pity." Yu Tu sighed.

"So I'm going back quickly." Ying Zheng said, "Xianyang must be in chaos right now. ”

"We'll go back with you." Yu Tudao.

Ying Zheng shook his head: "Wuchan and the Elite Clan are still behind, they need to be well settled, so you have to settle them down, and then send them to Beidi County, and when I finish dealing with the affairs of Xianyang, I will go to Beidi to meet you." ”

Yu Tu thought about it, so he had to nod his head.

Ying Zheng looked at Thorin and Qiang and said, "The two virtuous brothers have worked tirelessly to train a new army, and now it is time to come in handy. ”

"Brother Wang is full of orders." The brothers said together.

Ying Zheng ordered: "You take the new army to the north, follow the route of the Great Wall we have formulated, cut down all the trees, smooth the road, and stay in Shangjun until you are stationed." ”

"Then build ships with those logs, ready to cross the Yellow River east at any time and attack the northwest of Zhao."

Shangjun, located on the west bank of the Yellow River at the boundary between Qin and Jin, was the land ceded by Wei to Qin in that year.

For many years, Qin and Zhao have been bounded by the Yellow River, because of this natural barrier, so there is basically not much defense force on both sides of the strait, if you secretly cross the Yellow River and enter the Zhao realm, it is not too difficult.

"Brother of the courtiers takes orders." The brothers arched their hands.

"Remember, don't cross the Yellow River without my orders." Ying Zheng added, "You are a strange army, and you can only appear in the most critical positions at the most critical moments. ”

Suorin and Qiang took King Qin's words to heart and did not dare to miss them.

Yu Tu was puzzled on the side: "Wait, why did you confuse me, Nansu died, it stands to reason that whether the State of Chu is in charge of your people, or you go to arrest Chang Wenjun, it should be to use troops to the State of Chu, and the State of Yan should also be beaten, why did you let them go first to prepare for a sneak attack on the State of Zhao?" ”

Ying Zheng explained: "Chang Wenjun is just being used, even if I don't take him, presumably the Chu State will not be able to tolerate him, and the culprit is Yan Dan, as long as I don't take the initiative to use troops against the Chu State, it will not cause a war." ”

"As for the Yan Kingdom, it is the country that I will be punished! However, if there is a Zhao State in the middle, you can only destroy the Zhao State first, and then attack the Yan State. "Moreover, I always feel that this matter is a little strange, Yan Dan's own strength alone cannot penetrate into the palace, there must be some mystery behind this, I have been deducing various possibilities in the past few days, if I guess correctly, there should be a mastermind behind the whole thing, he should be extremely familiar with Xianyang Palace."

Ying Zheng had already vaguely guessed that Fan Yuzhi, who was hiding in Zhao State, also participated in this plan.

"I see." Yu Tu turned to Thorin and Qiang and said, "You must not be reckless when you go on this expedition, I will choose some craftsmen who can build ships for you, and you can cross the river when everything is ready." ”

Suo Lin said: "Grandfather, don't worry, this time I will wait for the best opportunity to kill King Zhao and get back his head." ”

"Okay, you brothers are precious, let's go our separate ways." Ying Zheng said goodbye to everyone, and took the tiger army back again.

On this day, Xianyang City finally appeared in sight.

Facing his thriving national capital, Ying Zheng's heart was desolate at this time, and he didn't care about the fatigue of running around for days, so he went straight to Li Si's prime minister's mansion.

Outside the Li Mansion, a lot of forbidden troops were added to patrol, and Li Si, who received the news in advance, went out to greet him.

I saw that Li Si's eyes were slightly bloodshot, presumably due to the hard work of the past few days.

"Where is she?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Put it in the back hall, and the king will come with me."

Li Si led the way in front, and Yun Zheng asked Daniel Zhang and others to stay outside the mansion and followed him into the back hall alone.

A coffin is placed lonely in the center of the back hall, and in front of it is an incense platform, because the death of Nansu has not yet been made public, so it has not yet been arranged as a mourning hall.

Rushing all the way, Ying Zheng wanted to see Nansu for the last time, but now standing in front of the coffin, he couldn't take his own steps because he was afraid.

He is afraid that the former concubine is no longer as delicate and moving, gentle and virtuous as before.

He was afraid that his first woman would complain that he didn't take good care of the other person.

He was afraid that this meeting would be an eternal parting, and there would be no day to meet again.

However, although he was ashamed, Ying Zheng still took his steps with difficulty and slowly came to the coffin.

Nansu lay quietly in the coffin, his face was pale and bloodless, but his face was still bright and his hair was not messed up at all.

Ying Zheng trembled and took her hand, held it in the palm of her hand, and the two lines of hot tears had slipped silently.

The thousand words gathered along the way seemed to be blocked in his throat, and at this time he couldn't speak, couldn't say half a word.

Li Si exited the door very familiarly, but he also frowned, and it was difficult to hide his sadness.

I don't know how long later, there was movement in the outer hall, and Zhao Gao followed Daniel Zhang to come, and there was something important to play.

Li Si took Zhao Gao into the inner hall, and Yingzheng had calmed down a lot at this time, wiped away his tears, and put Nansu's hand back.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is critically ill, you better hurry back to the palace." Zhao Gao arched his hand.

"What?!"

It's really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave.

Ying Zheng quickly followed Zhao Gao back to the palace.

After Mrs. Huayang was poisoned a few days ago, she has not recovered, and in the past few days, I don't know who leaked the news, saying that something happened to Princess Nansu.

After Mrs. Huayang heard about it, her condition worsened, how could her already old body withstand such a series of blows.

Ying Zheng came to her sickbed and said softly: "Grandmother Wang, I'm back, are you better?" ”

Looking at Ying Zheng's red and swollen eyes, Mrs. Huayang said weakly: "Grandson, I can't do it, but before leaving...... You're going to tell me...... Nansu, is she really in trouble......"

When a man is about to die, his words are good.

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

Mrs. Huayang seemed to be grief-stricken, and it was more like she had opened her heart knot, only to hear her throat grunt, and then there was no more sound.