When the defenders of Zhao State on the city wall were still wondering what the situation was when the Qin army rushed and retreated, a huge explosion sounded, and then the entire city wall shook.

The soldiers on the city walls were shaken by the sound of the huge explosion, and the soldiers looked around, their eyes full of fear and confusion.

"What's going on!?"

"Was it the Earth Dragon that just turned over?"

"Is it thunder?"

"How can thunder on a sunny day? What the hell is going on? ”

The soldiers on the city wall suddenly panicked, in the face of unknown things, people have always been afraid, and even some soldiers knelt directly on the city wall and began to pray for the protection of ghosts and gods, but it was not ghosts and gods that responded to them, but a huge explosion, countless dust and sand shrouded this section of the city wall, and some Zhao soldiers directly lay on the ground and trembled all over their bodies and did not dare to move again.

The explosions came and went, and the originally solid city wall began to shake continuously, and some Zhao soldiers who were unstable fell directly from the city wall and fell to the ground.

The huge crack began to spread rapidly along the bottom of the city wall towards the top of the city wall, and after the last explosion sounded, the entire city wall was covered with cracks, and after hearing the explosion, Sergeant Zhao, who was lying on the ground, stood up cautiously, and the gravel and sand on his body slowly fell.

They looked around, trying to make sure that the thunder that was like a divine punishment from the ghosts and gods just now was over, at this moment these soldiers had no intention of fighting again, they didn't know how the Qin army managed to drive the ghosts and gods to fight, but they knew that if they were here again, they might be punished by the ghosts and gods in the next moment.

"I want to go down, Qin Jun can drive ghosts and gods!" A timid soldier Zhao shouted in a trembling voice and ran towards the city wall.

"Wait!" Seeing this scene, his captain hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab the soldier.

Escaping from the battle is a person who has to implicate a team, especially him, the commander, who is to blame, but just when the escaped soldier has just taken a step, the entire city wall fell into a shock again, and a clear cracking sound sounded in the ears of Zhao Jun on the city wall, and before they could find the source of the sound, the city wall under their feet collapsed.

The collapsed city wall fell with the Zhao soldiers on the city wall, and countless Zhao soldiers' miserable cries rang out, but only their own cries responded to them.

At this moment, among the golden fire cavalry, the deputy general looked at the collapsed city wall in front of him in a daze, he didn't expect that these clay jars taught to them by the Academy of Sciences could really break through the impregnable city wall, this unreasonable scene made the deputy general's world view completely collapse like the city wall in front of him.

The Golden Fire Cavalry is not only the deputy general, everyone's eyes are full of surprise and fear, they naturally heard the explosion just now, and even the war horse under the crotch was chaotic after hearing the explosion, if it wasn't for them to stabilize the war horse for the first time, I'm afraid they would have blown up the camp, but there was also a group of people's war horses who were frightened and chaotic, resulting in several people being trampled to death.

Even Meng Tian was looking ahead in fear at the moment, although he had long known the power of gunpowder, the Academy of Sciences only used a small amount of gunpowder in the demonstration. Such a large amount of explosives like this also opened Meng Tian's eyes.

Looking at the lieutenant generals and soldiers who were still in shock around him, Meng Tian coughed lightly twice before everyone came back to their senses.

"The whole army is ready, charge!" Meng Tian ordered.

After the commander conveyed Meng Tian's order, the golden fire cavalry in the front row drove the horses towards the broken city wall in front of them. The explosion on this section of the city wall naturally couldn't hide from the people around, and the defenders in other positions quickly reported it back after detecting the situation here.

The generals of the defending army were all suspicious when they saw the information sent back by the scouts, whether it was the huge explosion or the sudden collapse of the city wall, they could not accept that the Qin army would have such a magical power, and the generals of the Zhao State were not mediocre, knowing that the spread of this news would cause the entire Zhao army to be shaken, they closed all the news at the first time, and at the same time sent people to secretly bring the information back to Handan, and at the same time sent scouts to Wucheng and other cities to convey the news that the Qin army had broken through the defense line.

After Meng Tian broke through the Great Wall defense line of the Zhao army with the golden fire cavalry, he no longer marched in a low-key manner, and immediately broke down the nearest important town of the Zhao army, and began to move between Handan and the Great Wall defense line to attract the defenders of the Zhao army.

And Wang Jian of Wucheng was not idle, he sent people to feint to attack Wucheng, and at the same time sent people to cut off the road from Wucheng to other cities, and began to encircle and send reinforcements, constantly consuming the defenders of the Zhao army. Even Wang Jian felt that it was too slow to consume the Zhao army in this way, and even sent a small force to start penetrating the defense line of the Zhao army.

Just when the battlefield of Zhao State was in full swing, the court of Qin State was also in full swing.

Quarrels in the court of the Qin State are not uncommon, whenever something big happens in the Qin State, it is inevitable that there will be quarrels, but those are all quarrels between the courtiers, Ying Zheng sits firmly in the Diaoyu Tai, but today the quarrel in the court of the Qin State is rare for the courtiers of the Qin State to spray on Ying Zheng.

And the reason for this scene is because Ying Zhengdang personally went to the front line, to put it bluntly, it was a personal expedition. If you want to say what the ministers don't want to hear the most, it is natural disasters and man-made disasters, followed by the monarch's personal conquest, although it is not uncommon for the monarch to drive in the Warring States period, and it is even the norm, especially in the Qin State, each generation of monarchs has personally led troops to fight a lot of battles, but it cannot hide the degree of danger on the battlefield.

The original Qin Xiangong was killed on the battlefield, and even almost caused problems among the heirs within the Qin State. Although Yingzheng has now determined that Fusu is the future heir, how old is Fusu, an eleven or twelve-year-old child, and now the Qin State is at a critical moment of dominating the world, so no one is willing to let Yingzheng go to the front. What's more, the State of Qin is not without generals who can't fight, and it is necessary to let the King of Qin go to the battlefield in person.

Ziyou, the Tai Lieutenant, is already in Zhao State, if Ying Zheng goes to the front line again, once something happens to the two of them, it will be a devastating blow to Qin State.

"Great King, there is a great general Wang Jian on the front line, and the generals Meng Tian and Li Xin are on the left and right, and the Taiwei even went to Zhao in person, went deep into the hinterland of Zhao State, and persuaded Li Mu to surrender. Yesterday, Gongsun Bai sent back the news that Zhao Wangqian slaughtered the family members of the Wuling Iron Cavalry, and Li Mu was captured, but fortunately he was rescued by the Taiwei. Now that Li Mu has surrendered, he went to Yanmen Pass to lead the Wuling Iron Cavalry south to attack Handan, and the Zhao State will undoubtedly be defeated, why should the king go to the front line and go to the battlefield in person? Lu Buwei said fiercely.

Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei, who was the first to oppose, and just said lightly

"The successive monarchs of our Qin State, all of whom have personally gone to the battlefield, have been on the throne for many years, but they have never been to the battlefield in person, let alone know the hardships of the soldiers of our Qin State. The widow went to the battlefield in person to experience the life of the soldiers fighting bloodily, and secondly, the widow came to the front line in person will be the greatest encouragement for the soldiers, and the morale of our Qin army is great, and it will inevitably take the Zhao State in one fell swoop. ”

"It is a good thing for the monarch to be sympathetic to the soldiers, but the monarch should live above the temple, command the whole country, deter the Quartet, and bless the stability of the Qin country, not to go to the battlefield in person." A Confucian official stood up and said.

Seeing that it was an official from Confucianism, Ying Zheng frowned and looked at Li Si and Han Fei who were standing among the ministers, no one is better at quoting scriptures than Confucianism, so Ying Zheng planned to let Li Si and Han Fei, who were born in Confucianism but went to Legalism, debate the scriptures. After all, the two were not heretics in the eyes of Confucianism, but more hateful heretics than pagans.

Han Fei and Li Si, who are legalists, rarely ignored Ying Zheng's request for help, although they unconditionally supported the monarch's decision, they also knew the danger of the battlefield, and it was impossible for Ying Zheng to go to the battlefield in person.

Seeing that Li Si and Han Fei ignored their pleas for help, Ying Zheng had no waves in his heart, he naturally knew what the two of them thought, but Zhao Guo was sure that he would go.

Ying Zheng was born in Handan, since he was born, he has lived a life in Handan where everyone shouts and beats, and the days of being unclothed and hungry are the norm, and now his Qin State is about to destroy the Zhao State, Handan is going to become his land, and the people of Zhao who shouted at him will become his courtiers, and the disgust with him will turn into fear and respect, so he Yingzheng must personally go to see the scene of the destruction of Zhao State.

Ying Zheng wants to make the people of Handan kneel at their feet, humiliating to admit that the children they shouted and beat and abused at the beginning have now become the ones who destroyed their country, and he wants to take revenge, he wants to draw an end to his miserable childhood.

"Don't worry about this matter, three days later, the widow set off for Zhao State, and the CRRC Mansion ordered Zhao Gao, Tingwei Changshi Meng Yi, and the prince Fusu. Feng Quji, the general of the Yulin Army, led three thousand Yulin troops to accompany the car. After Ying Zheng finished saying the name of the person accompanying him, he turned his head and left the throne directly.

Zhao Gao shouted when he saw this scene

"Retreat!!"

Zhao Gao left the court with his chamberlain and followed Ying Zheng, leaving behind the courtiers who were talking about it in the hall, and Ying Zheng's resoluteness was something they had never seen.

"How's that okay?" Some ministers sighed weakly.

"The king set off three days later, we still have time, as long as the king gives up the idea of going to Zhao in these three days, it is man-made, there must be a way."

"If it's a captain." Some people wanted to sigh that if Ziyou was in the court, he might not be able to persuade Zhu Yingzheng, but he was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"If the Taiwei is here, we really won't have a chance to persuade the king."

The person who wanted to sigh just now thought about it, and according to Ziyou's character, maybe he strongly supported Yingzheng to go to Zhao State, so he stopped talking.

"Wen Xinhou, it is up to you to persuade the king, you know the danger of the battlefield, when you led the army to intercept Pang Xuan's attack on Xianyang, you have seen how dangerous the battlefield is, the king must not take this risk." A minister saluted Lu Buwei and said respectfully.

"Yes, Marquis Wenxin."

For a while, all the courtiers gathered around Lü Buwei, and now the only person who can persuade Yingzheng is Lü Buwei.

Lu Buwei looked at these ministers and said with a blank face

"Rest assured, Ben Hou understands the sinister nature, so he naturally won't let the king come to the front line in person, but this matter is not so easy to solve. Ben Hou has an idea, I don't know what you think? ”

Hearing that Lu Buwei had a way, these people hurriedly bowed down and said

"Wen Xinhou, please speak."

"The king wants to go to the battlefield just to see the situation on the battlefield. The king succeeded to the throne at a young age, and now he has been on the throne for thirteen years, but he has never experienced the battlefield, and it is inevitable that he will indeed be curious about the battlefield. ”

Hearing Lü Buwei's words, a large part of the people echoed them, and they thought the same way, but there were still a small number of ministers who looked sideways after hearing Lü Buwei's words, including Li Si, Han Fei, Zhang Cang and others.

"Now that you understand why the king wants to go to Zhao Kingdom, as long as you persuade the king's thoughts, you will definitely be able to persuade the king. Now that the king's idea is so firm, he will definitely not let me and others meet and persuade me easily. ”

"What Wen Xinhou said is extremely true, and it is precisely because of this that we are worried!"

"You may have forgotten one thing, the king has set a requirement for himself, every day must be corrected, no matter what it is, as long as it is submitted, it must be corrected, you might as well go back and write a letter of advice, and Benhou will choose the best one to play to the king, and then the king will inevitably see, as long as you write so that the king can put away the idea of going to Zhao, this matter will inevitably be dispelled.

It just so happens that the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu clan of Benhou lacks content about advising the monarch, and you can also help Benhou with a matter of heart. Lu Buwei said with a smile.

Hearing Lü Buwei's words, these ministers suddenly realized, and they were all eager to try, because writing exhortations can not only persuade Yingzheng, but if they write well enough, they will inevitably be included in Lü Buwei's Spring and Autumn Period, and maybe they can become the objects of emulation by future generations, and they can be regarded as leaving a name in history.

And Li Si, Han Fei and Zhang Cang saw this scene with shock in their eyes, and now they naturally understood what Lu Buwei was thinking.

After the surrounding ministers determined in their hearts that this was feasible, they began to think about how to use what they had learned in their lives to write a piece of advice.

After the courtiers dispersed, there were only four people left in the hall: Lü Buwei, Li Si, Han Fei and Zhang Cang.

Han Fei, Li Si and Zhang Cang saluted Lu Buwei, their salute was a respect for Lu Buwei, they were still too young, if they really played with an old fox like Lu Buwei, they really couldn't play.

The ministers of the entire Qin State court are not said to be the sons of Tianjiao, but they can also be said to be one in a million, not to mention that they are all old fritters who are immersed in officialdom, but they were played by Lu Buwei in a few words, and it is really true that people become old and refined.

Lu Buwei just smiled faintly and didn't take it seriously, he has not been a fool in officialdom all these years.

The actions of the court will naturally be known to Ying Zheng, and after hearing what Lu Buwei did, Ying Zheng was also slightly stunned, but then smiled and didn't say more.

(End of chapter)