Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

Sima Yi wrote a letter under Cao De's "supervision".

Soon, Cao De ordered the letter to be delivered to the State of Qin by carrier pigeon.

At this time, Ying Zheng had already received the news that 20,000 Qin troops had been annihilated, and was furious.

Qin State, Xianyang Palace, inside the main hall.

"Bang!"

The exquisite pen holder was smashed to pieces, with the fragments scattered all over the floor.

All the civil and military officials in the court lowered their heads and dared not speak. No one dared to step forward and persuade at this moment.

Twenty thousand soldiers were destroyed, and they were all elite troops.

"Speak, everyone speak!"

Seeing that no one was talking, Ying Zheng could not help but roar, "Aren't you all quite capable at ordinary times? Why are you all speechless at the critical moment?"

The ministers who were reprimanded were even more afraid to stand up.

No one is a fool. If you stand up at this moment, you will definitely be scolded.

They know Ying Zheng’s character too well!

Seeing that no one was speaking, Ying Zheng was so angry that he grabbed the remaining brushes on the table and threw them to the ground.

The ink-stained brush dyed the clean hall black, just like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Seeing that Ying Zheng was showing signs of losing control, Prime Minister Baili Xi couldn't help but stand up and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, calm down. This battle was indeed unexpected, but our frontline soldiers did not abandon any of our Qin people."

"The Chu army also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, and our army did not leave any food or fodder for them. General Meng Kuo and 10,000 main forces were also retained."

After being persuaded like this, Ying Zheng's anger subsided a lot.

After all, there were only 30,000 people on the front line, so it was understandable that they were caught off guard by the 70,000 Chu troops.

"Humph!"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, then sat back on the dragon throne and said coldly: "That being said, our army lost 20,000 men in this battle. How can I swallow this?"

"This……"

Baili Xi frowned, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

According to what Ying Zheng said, troops must be sent, but the Qin State is not suitable for sending troops at the moment.

But if we don't follow Ying Zheng's wishes, does that mean the Qin Dynasty will have to swallow its anger?

Even if he could agree, and Ying Zheng agreed, how could the soldiers in the army agree?

When hesitating, Zhang Yi took the initiative to step forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The one who is more anxious than us should be the Emperor of Wei!"

"If no one holds back the Chu army in Maple Leaf City, Wei will be in danger of being attacked from behind by the Chu army."

"If my prediction is correct, Wei will definitely seek help from our dynasty. Your Majesty will then just need to see if the other party's conditions are satisfactory!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court were overjoyed.

Of course, they didn't want to swallow this humiliation, but they just lacked a reason to send troops.

If the Emperor of Wei really wanted to give them benefits, it was not impossible for them to send troops.

Even Ying Zheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

If Cao De is really willing to pay a considerable price, he can mobilize a large number of troops to Maple Leaf City to delay the Chu army!

While he was deep in thought, a guard came in from outside the palace and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of Wei sent a letter via carrier pigeon!"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up: "Speaking of Cao De, Cao De is here, quickly present the letter!"

The imperial guards handed over the letter with both hands.

Ying Zheng opened the letter and sneered, "Cao De is really scheming. He wants me to send troops, but he doesn't want to give me any benefits!"

He raised his head and looked at everyone, and continued with a sneer, "He said that as long as our dynasty sends troops, he will divide 15 cities for our dynasty after defeating the Han Dynasty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers became furious and began to criticize him.

"This Cao De is so abominable. He actually wants to use this method to make me send troops to our country!"

"Humph, if he can cede the cities of Wei, our dynasty will definitely send troops. Promising with the cities of Han is clearly a sign of insincerity!"

"Your Majesty, Cao De is too rude. We don't need to send troops to help him."

"Yes, Cao De is treating us like fools. He actually promised us the cities of the Han Dynasty!"

For a moment, the crowd was excited and everyone angrily cursed Cao De for being a good-for-nothing.

Using the cities of the Han Dynasty as bargaining chips, they are not Wei's things, so how can they be used as bargaining chips?

However, when everyone was discussing, Zhang Yi suddenly smiled and said:

"My Lords, in fact, our dynasty only needs a reason to send troops, right?"

The originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet.

None of them could swallow this humiliation, and they all asked the emperor to send troops, but they had no reason to do so.

Now Cao De's letter only gave Qin a reason to mobilize heavy troops.

Isn't this what they need?

This has little to do with Cao De’s bargaining chips.

Everyone came back to their senses, looked at each other, and the scene fell completely silent.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng could not help but nod slightly, looking at Zhang Yi with satisfaction, and asked: "My dear, you must have a plan in mind. Why don't you tell me in detail?"

Zhang Yi said sternly: "Your Majesty, our army's goal is only to delay the Chu army in Maple Leaf City, we don't necessarily have to attack the city.

The troops around the front line, county soldiers and local able-bodied men can be mobilized to form an army of 100,000 people and set up camp outside Maple Leaf City.

When the Chu army sees that our army is large in number, they will certainly not dare to go out of the city to fight, and our army only needs to send people to pretend to attack the city every day.

In this way, our army can delay the Chu army and paralyze it at the same time.

When the Wei State and the Han Dynasty are about to decide the outcome, our army will send out its main force to suddenly attack the city, capture Maple Leaf City in one fell swoop, and then go north to occupy the Wei State city!

If Wei wins, Your Majesty can say that our dynasty does not want the Han Dynasty's cities, and let Wei use their own cities to fulfill their promise.

If Wei is defeated, the Han army will be exhausted, and our army can take the opportunity to occupy the Wei city!"

Such a brilliant idea drew admiration from everyone present.

"Prime Minister Zhang is indeed a talent recruited by His Majesty himself. He is indeed very talented!"

"Yes, such a plan is perfect!"

"What a pity, Chu Ning is not in Maple Leaf City, otherwise, we might be able to kill him in this battle!"

"It doesn't matter. Once our army takes Maple Leaf City and occupies the cities of Wei, we can continue to expand. After all, our dynasty is the number one dynasty in the world. There will be many opportunities to take down Chu Ning in the future!"

Everyone's praise made Ying Zheng feel relieved.

He was actually a little worried that the ministers in the court did not want to fight with the Chu army at this moment.

But now it seems that everyone has not lost confidence because of the strength of the front line.

"Since you think Prime Minister Zhang's plan is perfect, let's execute it!"

As soon as Ying Zheng opened his mouth, everyone fell silent.

Ying Zheng slowly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Send a message to Meng Kuo, and ask him to mobilize the troops from the three surrounding states, the county soldiers, and able-bodied men, and gather 100,000 people to set up camp outside Maple Leaf City!"

"Also, send someone to spread the news to Cao De and Liu Che, saying that our dynasty is sending 100,000 troops to attack Maple Leaf City!"

Only when the situation in Maple Leaf City becomes serious, will Wei State and Han Dynasty dare to have a real decisive battle!