The Jagged Empire of Daqin

In case one day raises his arms and shouts, and the 50 people of Yandao swear to follow him to the death, Yin Li will play the same trick at the beginning and take the Daqin navy away. Although this possibility is very small, it is not impossible. You know, Yin Hai, the captain of the navy, is Yin Li's younger brother.

Seeing so many ministers proposing to execute Yin Li, Ying Chang's eyes flashed with surprise. In fact, he did not intend to execute Yin Li for two reasons. Brother, if Yin Li is killed, there is no guarantee that Yin Hai will not feel alienated from the court!

[-]. Yin Li has a very high prestige among the Yin army, and the people of Yin City also support Yin Li very much. If the imperial court kills Yin Li, it will definitely cause public resentment. Furthermore, the imperial court does not need to kill Yin Li. Killing him is of no use to the overall situation , the living Yin Li is better than the dead Yin Li.

"What does Zhang Aiqing think?" Ying Chang threw the question to Zhang Feizi, wanting to hear Zhang Feizi's opinion.

Zhang Feizi's brow revealed a contemplative look, and after about a few breaths of contemplation, he bent down and saluted and replied: "Your Majesty, I think that if Yin Li can not be killed, he can be put under house arrest in Xianyang City. The governor and deputy governor under him were also put under house arrest, and they were not allowed to leave Xianyang City for half a step. As long as they couldn't get out, the world would be settled!

"The 50 people in Yandao and the 9 prisoners of war will not complain about Daqin just because they are under house arrest. When the time is right, we can pick out a few generals with good morals and let them serve as our Daqin. effective!"

Ying Chang nodded in satisfaction, and these words reached his heart, "Okay, let's do it according to Zhang Aiqing's wishes, and the Ministry of Punishment will be responsible for this matter!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhang Feizi bowed and said flatteringly.

"Your Majesty is wise!!" All the ministers also made edits and saluted one after another.

Having said that, Yin Li's matter is over. After talking about this matter, Ying Chang took a deep breath and secretly lifted his spirits. The officials in the audience saw the situation and immediately told them that His Majesty was about to announce a major event. .

Their instincts are spot on!

After Ying Chang raised his spirits, he looked at the officials with a stern face and said: "Since the battle of destroying Yan, my Great Qin has been recuperating for two years. Return to Qin!"

"Therefore, I decided to declare war on the Zhao Dynasty. On the first day of the first month of next year, I will send my troops south to destroy Zhao and seize the land, further accelerating the unification of the Great Qin!"

boom!

All the officials were stunned and shocked, as if they were hit by a bolt from the blue.

Indeed, Ying Chang's words shocked Baiguan no less than a bolt from the blue!

"Your Majesty must not, the marriage between Qin and Zhao is still alive, and Concubine Ning gave birth to a prince for Daqin last night. Out of emotion and reason, she should not attack Zhao!" Li Ke, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the first to stand up and object, and his attitude of opposition was very strong. Be firm!

"Your Majesty, although the national power of the Zhao Dynasty is far inferior to that of our Great Qin, the Zhao Dynasty has good generals and virtuous ministers. Even if our Great Qin wants to attack south, we should choose the weakest Xia Dynasty. How can we choose the strong and avoid the weak!" the seventy-year-old Kong Shu, Minister of Rites, stood up tremblingly and objected.

"The Zhao Dynasty has the natural danger of the Yellow River, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. My Great Qin is very likely to be stalemate on the bank of the Yellow River. It will be a great consumption of our Great Qin's national power. I hope Your Majesty will think twice before acting!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"It's not yet time to attack Zhao!"

"That's right!"

Ministers such as Liubu Shangshu, Liubu left and right ministers, and Liubu Langzhong all stood up to oppose the attack on Zhao, but Du Yushi Changqing and Zuo Chancellor Zhang Feizi neither opposed nor supported it.

In the entire court, only Yang Ze understood Ying Chang's meaning, and he stood up to oppose it, just to cooperate with the acting.

"My dear friends, don't be in a hurry to object, and listen to me. Although I declare war on Zhao Dynasty, I don't start war on Zhao Dynasty. A declaration of war is a declaration of war, and a war is a war!" Ying Chang said, looking at the ministers with a solemn expression.

When all the officials heard this, they all looked at each other, and they could see the puzzlement flashing in each other's eyes, which made many ministers Erzhang and Monk scratch their heads, completely unable to understand the meaning of Ying Chang's words.

If there is no war, why declare war?Does Your Majesty not know that once war is declared against Zhao, the current relationship between Qin and Zhao will break down?

What exactly does His Majesty want to do!

This is the question in the minds of many ministers.

"My real purpose is to attack Xia. The reason why I declared war on Zhao was just to deceive people and let the Xia Dynasty relax its vigilance. Shangqiu, destroy the regime of the Xia Dynasty!"

"At the same time, in order to better cover up my real purpose of Daqin, and also to capture Shangqiu faster, I will order Shangyanghou to dispatch troops to help Hulao Pass on the surface, but in fact, secretly, Shangyanghou's soldiers and horses rush to help Manshanguan!" Ying Chang explained his plans to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in order to solve the doubts in their hearts.

Zhang Feizi frowned, and said with a slightly solemn expression: "In this way, wouldn't my Great Qin be accused of fighting without declaration?"

"I will ask the envoy to declare war on Emperor Xia the day before the army's attack, so there is no such thing as undeclared war!" Ying Chang replied blankly.

insidious!

The ministers immediately thought of these two words.

Zhang Feizi saw that Ying Chang seemed to have already made up his mind, he couldn't help but stroked his beard with a smile and said, "It seems that His Majesty has already planned a strategy!"

Ying Chang smiled and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, although your plan is good, it also has a fatal point. The fatal point is, what should the Zhao Dynasty do if it sends troops to attack our Qin army? After all, my Great Qin declared war on the Zhao Dynasty, and the Zhao Dynasty has every reason to counterattack conditionally. Once this happens In such a situation, our Great Qin will fight on two fronts!" Li Ke, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said in a solemn voice.

"This is easy, just send an envoy to explain clearly to Zhao Chao!" Jarrow said disapprovingly.

"What a joke!" Ying Chang scolded with a cold face, "If Zhao is strong and Qin is weak, and Zhao declares war on Daqin, and then sends someone to tell Daqin that the declaration of war does not hit you, but hits others, do you believe it? Who would believe it? If Zhao Wangchao said this, it would definitely be self-defeating!"

After being scolded by Ying Chang, Jia Luo and Li Ke immediately shut up, not daring to say more!

And Ying Chang continued to say: "Whether the Zhao Dynasty will send troops to attack our Great Qin, I am not worried at all, because the Zhao Dynasty has no courage to counterattack, at least they will not lead their troops to attack Qin before my Great Qin. Therefore, , Ladies and gentlemen, rest assured!"

Chapter 866 The bad news strikes!

The ministers involuntarily lowered their heads and did not continue speaking.

The hall was silent for a while, and after about ten breaths of silence, Yang Ze, who was cooperating with Ying Chang in acting, raised his hand to salute and asked, "Your Majesty, when will we attack Xia?"

"At the beginning of March next year, all ministries can prepare for the end of summer in advance. In addition, the Ministry of War will issue a secret order to the commander of the Manshan Camp, General Polu. As for the Hulaoguan Camp, we must also say hello. Don't make a fake show. Please remember, everything must be done according to my will!" Ying Chang replied with a solemn expression, without getting angry or prestige.

"The minister obeys the order!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Six Shangshu compiled and responded one after another, without daring to neglect it.

"Report! Eight hundred miles, hurry up! Get out of the way quickly!"

"Report! Eight hundred miles, hurry up! Get out of the way quickly!"

"Drive! Drive!"

In vain, at this time, anxious sounds came from outside the Qilin Hall, and along with the anxious sounds, the sound of horseshoes and riding horses came from outside the hall.

Hearing that it was urgent for [-] miles, all the ministers in the palace felt uneasy and a little nervous. Now, there is only one battlefield in the Great Qin Dynasty, and that is the battlefield of the Northern and Southern Weis thousands of miles away. This urgent report must be from the Northern and Southern Weis There is no doubt that the warship came.

There were [-] soldiers of the Qin Army in the Northern and Southern Wei Dynasties. Now that the urgent report came, how can people not be nervous or apprehensive.

Not to mention ministers, even Ying Chang was a little nervous, worried that this [-]-mile urgent report was a letter of defeat!

For a while, the solemn and sacred Qilin Hall was silent, and everyone was waiting for the scouts. After waiting for less than a dozen breaths, a black-armored scout finally rushed to the outside of the Qilin Hall on a horse, and then jumped off the horse. Quickly ran into the Qilin Hall.

As the scout walked towards the hall, he took out a memorial from his arms, and when he reached the center of the hall, he immediately stopped, knelt down on one knee and saluted with awe in his face, and said: "Report to Your Majesty , Yanshui camp urgent report!"

Pei Ji ran down the high platform without saying a word, walked up to the scout and took the memorial from the latter's hand. After receiving the memorial, the scout immediately got up and left.

Pei Ji quickly walked back to the high platform with the memorial, and handed the memorial to Ying Chang, but Ying Chang waved his hand and said: "In front of all my lovers, just read it directly, and I will say it again if I don't care!"

"Of order!" Pei Ji nodded solemnly, then turned slightly, facing all the officials in the audience, unfolded the memorial with both hands, and read plausibly to the contents of the memorial: "Your Majesty, the last general Yang Zhong bowed and bowed, Long live my emperor!"

"Huh?" Ying Chang frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong, shouldn't it be Yang Hu at the beginning?How did he become Yang Zhong?

Not only Ying Chang felt that something was wrong, but also the ministers of the whole court couldn't help frowning. They were all puzzled and puzzled by this, but even though they were puzzled, no one interrupted Pei Ji to continue reading.

"Since the [-] Yang family army won the great victory in Peach Blossom Valley, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue it. It took several months to pursue the main force of the Southern Wei army for more than [-] miles. In the end, the main force of the Southern Wei army retreated to Nansha City and did not fight with our army. Our army did not carry siege equipment. , so we can only camp under the city and wait for the fighter plane!"

"About a month later, the emperor of the Southern Wei Dynasty brought along the Imperial Guards of the Southern Wei Dynasty to the aid of Nansha City, and the Henan Wei Army in Liusha also secretly mobilized [-] troops to assist Nansha City. Afterwards, the Emperor of the Southern Wei Dynasty issued a letter of war to our army, and General Hu Lie signed it. In the afternoon, the two sides have decided to have a decisive battle!"

"This decisive battle is called the Nansha War. In the Nansha War, our army lost 41 of its own, killed [-] enemies, and captured [-] prisoners. , the first beheaded Tianbao General Zhang Tianbao in the Southern Wei Dynasty, Longgu the Shenwei General in the Southern Wei Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Southern Wei Dynasty who was defeated and killed himself!"

"And our army's General Hu Lie...ah!" Pei Ji couldn't help but stop while thinking, and the smile on his face froze in an instant, turning into an inconceivable color.

"what happened?"

"What happened to General Hu Lie!"

"Say it quickly, I'm really anxious!"

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were excited and happy when they heard it, but Pei Ji stopped suddenly, which made them anxious. At the same time, because Pei Ji's face changed drastically, they couldn't help feeling worried about Yang Hu's current situation.

Ying Chang felt bad, and snatched the memorial from Pei Ji's hand. When he saw the latter paragraph, Ying Chang's pupils shrank sharply, his face turned pale, and his face turned pale with shock. At this moment, there was a colic in his internal organs. .

"General Hu Lie... died in battle..." Ying Chang muttered to himself as if he had lost his soul. He lost his energy just now and felt a strong sense of frustration.

He never expected that Yang Hu would die in battle, becoming the highest general who died in battle during his 20 years in power!

boom!

All the ministers were suddenly struck by a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and they were stunned. They all lost their minds for a while, and then felt sad from their hearts.

For a moment, the Qilin Palace was silent, and a huge sense of oppression and heaviness enveloped everyone's heart. Heaviness, except heaviness, was still heaviness. The ministers were no longer as happy as before, and their hearts were no longer happy.

Zhang Gan is a fart, Zhang Tianbao is a fart, Longgu is a fart, and the Southern Wei Emperor Wei Shang is a fart. The four of them combined are not as precious as the life of General Qin Hulie, let alone seven. Thousands of soldiers died in battle!

[-] soldiers represent [-] families, [-] families have lost their fathers, sons, elder brothers, and the pain of losing their loved ones is well known!

In the past 20 years, Great Qin has waged countless wars, but there are only a handful of wars with [-] casualties at one time, and not one of the top generals was killed in battle. The great tragedy of the country, the sad news of the country!

"Retire, I'm tired!"

Yingchang got up from the dragon chair in a daze, walked down the high platform with a little staggering footsteps, entered the Qilin apse, and left the Qilin hall from the apse.

"Ugh"

"It's a pity, it's a shame!"

Waves of sighs came from the ranks of hundreds of officials. Some veteran officials were already tearing up and choked up secretly. Yang Ze and Jia Luo were the worst. Not much, and now there is one less.

.....

Inside Xianyang Palace!

"You all go down, I want to be alone!"

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body, and let us mourn!"

After announcing his resignation, Ying Chang returned to Xianyang Palace and sent Pei Ji out. After Pei Ji gave a word of comfort, he withdrew and left. When he left, he also closed the palace door.

As soon as the gate of Xianyang Palace was closed, Ying Chang walked up to the high platform of the main hall of Xianyang Palace, sat on the carved dragon throne, leaned his head back, looked at the night pearl above his head in a daze, and showed a decadent expression.

Now he should go to Oasis Palace to comfort Yang Xiao. When Yang Xiao heard about this, he must be distraught and needed someone to comfort him, but he had no face to go, maybe this was faceless face.

Chapter 867 I am just an outstanding ordinary person!

The purpose of sending Yang Hu to the south to conquer the Southern Wei Dynasty is to eliminate some of the vitality of the Southern Wei Dynasty, so that the Northern and Southern Weis will continue to fight each other, so that the southeastern countries will see the opportunity to step into the muddy waters of the Northern and Southern Weis, and the Great Qin will be able to Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman!

But the result?

Yang Hu actually wiped out all the vitality of the Southern Wei Dynasty, and he saw the end of the unification of the Great Wei that he least wanted to see, and he did not pull the southeastern countries into the vortex of war. Instead, he lost [-] soldiers and got a third-rank general!

After a big battle, except for a Yanshui pass, nothing was fished.

Ying Chang finally understood what it meant to shoot himself in the foot.

Ying Chang thought that this was the worst decision he had made since he was in power, oh no, in his life. He originally thought that everything was planned out and that he would win thousands of miles away, but the reality slapped him hard and woke him up. .

Arrogant, arrogant, headstrong!

Thinking that everything is right and wise, is actually a big mistake.

It has been going smoothly all the time, making Ying Chang think that he is a god, a big hand who controls the world. This tragic victory told him that he is not a god, at most he is an outstanding ordinary person, and not everything can be as he expected.

"Ugh!"

Ying Chang looked at the night pearl above his head and sighed heavily, feeling ashamed and regretful in his heart, and also afraid to face Yang Xiao, thinking, Yang Xiao would cry to death when he heard about this.

Indeed, Yang Xiao learned about Yang Hu's death in battle through Xi Yang, the chief of the military guard of Ganquan Palace. When he heard about it, Yang Xiao passed out immediately. Xi Yang was so frightened that he hurriedly asked the imperial doctor, and had to send someone to invite the eldest prince. Ying Jiang went back to the palace to comfort Yang Xiao.

The noble concubine Tang Hua who got the news also rushed to Ganquan Palace with the fourth prince Ying Yun immediately to take care of and comfort Yang Xiao.

As her husband, Ying Chang hid in Xianyang Palace as a coward and dared not leave the palace.

Bixiao Palace!

In the right bedroom of Bixiao Palace, Concubine Ning Zhao Ke was lying on the bed. At this time, her face was pale and haggard, and there was a sleeping baby next to the pillow. It was the fifth prince Ying Le who was born last night.

Apart from the mother and son in the right sleeping hall, there are many court ladies and eunuchs standing beside them. These court ladies and eunuchs have always bent their waists and lowered their heads, not daring to look around and move around.

Zhao Ke was lying on his side on the bed, looking at Ying Le beside the pillow with a motherly smile, and gently patting the quilt on Ying Le with his slender hands.

Now she is very happy, because after giving birth to a prince, she will have a life-saving talisman, which is also a very important bargaining chip, which will have a great effect on the future situation of Qin and Zhao.

Huang'er, you must strive for success in the future, and you must not let the mother and concubine down!Zhao Ke said to himself, pinning all his hopes on the newly born Ying Le.

step...step...

There was a sudden sound of light footsteps, and I saw Xiaoyue, the personal maid, walking into the bedroom in a rather hasty pace. Zhao Ke saw Xiaoyue's expression in a hurry, and immediately said to the palace maid and eunuch: "You all go down. , I will tell you about something in this palace!"

"The slaves retire!"

More than a dozen court ladies and eunuchs bowed and retired one after another, and quickly left the bedroom.

Zhao Ke looked at Xiaoyue, and asked with doubts in his tone: "What's the hurry?"