Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 90 General Meng Ao's Death

"Call the doctor."

"Inform the generals."

Soon, the doctor came running over with something in his hand, leaving the soldiers behind.

Several generals including Meng Wu had already come over, and Meng Ao was placed on the bed.

The doctor came forward to take the patient's pulse, then checked the wound, opened his eyelids and took a look, not even sparing his fingers.

He stood up and shook his head: "The arrow that pierced the general was poisoned. There is nothing I can do."

At this time, the wound has turned black and red. The toxicity of this medicine is too strong.

Meng Wu staggered and took two steps back before he regained his balance.

"The doctor means, my father, he"

The doctor shook his head and said, "I can only prescribe some medicine to wake the general. General Mengwu needs to be prepared."

Meng Wu's face was pale and his eyes were red as he looked at his father lying motionless on the bed. He couldn't make a sound for a long time.

The doctor shook his head and walked out.

The other generals looked at Meng Ao with regret, then walked out and stood guard outside the tent.

After a long while, Meng Wu threw himself on Meng Ao's bed, tears falling on Meng Ao's hands.

They say that men don't shed tears easily, but they are not sad yet.

Meng Wu clenched his fists, veins bulging, and soon he stood up, drew his sword and went out.

At this time, the assassin had fainted from the pain.

Two soldiers were guarding outside the tent.

Meng Wu walked up to the assassin with a murderous look on his face, cut off the assassin's head with one sword, and then swung the sword continuously. With a few swipes, the assassin was cut into eight pieces and his body was separated.

Generals Xin Wu, Huan Xi and others stood aside and did not try to stop the attack. They also did not know how to stop it.

Although the identity of the assassin has not been confirmed, it goes without saying that he was sent by the Chu State.

There is no need to re-examine this matter.

Let General Meng Wu vent his anger.

The doctor came back quickly and fed General Meng Ao some medicine. Half an hour later, Meng Ao woke up.

At this time, all the generals were guarding in the big tent.

"My Son"

Meng Ao felt the pain in his chest and saw how everyone was behaving. He knew that he might not make it this time.

I can't bear to look at my proud son.

Meng Wu squatted beside Meng Ao's bed, holding his father's rough, broad hand.

"Don't worry, my son. I have spent half my life expanding the king's territory. Now that I have died on the battlefield, I am very satisfied."

"It is a pity that I can no longer serve the king. My son will take my father's place as king and continue to be loyal to the Qin State. My Meng family has been loyal to the king for generations."

Meng Ao's words sounded somewhat weak, and Meng Wu nodded continuously as he listened.

"Don't worry, father. I will expand the kingdom for you, and make our family's name known in history."

Meng Ao was satisfied and forced a smile.

"Father, don't worry about my son."

"After my father leaves, we will suspend our military operations against Chu."

"This time, our Qin State has lost the momentum to attack Chu, and we need to wait for an opportunity."

"My son will remember this."

Meng Wu paused, looked at his father's determined eyes, tears rolled down his face, and he nodded heavily.

"I know."

"Promise, Father."

"I promised you, father, that I would not attack Chu again. I will hold off on the attack until the king summons me."

Meng Ao closed his eyes with relief.

Once closed, it never opened again.

"Father!"

Meng Wu burst into tears.

The other generals left the tent one after another.

General Meng Ao is devoted to the king and the Qin State.

Even when he was dying, he was still thinking about the Qin State, which is admirable.

Huan Xi and others quickly wrote a battle report and sent it to Xianyang at an express speed of 800 miles.

When Ying Zheng received Huan Qi's battle report, he remained silent for a long time after reading it.

Then he slammed the hammer on the table.

"The Chu people are shameless."

"Go, inform the ministers to come and discuss this matter."

Shi Yi hurried out. Although he didn't know what had happened, judging by the king's expression, it was definitely not a good thing. There was no time to delay.

Soon, the ministers came to Zhangtai Palace, and even Zhang Yuanqing came.

By this time, Zhang Yuanqing had recovered and knew that the king must have something important to tell them since he was so anxious to summon them.

Sure enough, after everyone finished reading the battle report, their faces became solemn.

General Meng Ao was killed by an assassin from the State of Chu.

The State of Chu was so shameless.

"Your Majesty, now that General Meng Ao has passed away, our army's morale is bound to plummet. As General Meng Ao said, we must find another opportunity to attack Chu."

Wei Liao was the first to speak. He had great admiration for General Meng Ao, who had fought for Qin his entire life and was still thinking about Qin until his death. He was afraid that General Meng Wu would lose his mind and seek revenge for him, so he forced General Meng Wu to promise not to use his troops against Chu anymore.

Admirable. Respectable.

"Order Meng Wu to escort General Meng Ao back to Xianyang. Huan Qi will continue to guard the Qin and Chu regions. Zhao Ying and Li Bing will lead their troops to govern the Chu region."

"promise."

A series of summons were issued. In the twelfth year of King Zheng of Qin, the battle between Qin and Chu ended with Qin capturing six cities and Chu assassinating Qin's general Meng Ao, who died of poisoning.

On the other side, Wei also learned that Chu had sent people to assassinate the Qin general. The Wei court officials lamented that the Chu people were cunning and fortunately they did not agree to the joint attack on Qin by Chu and Wei at that time.

This time, the State of Wei captured three cities from the State of Chu, and the King of Wei began to trust the King of Qin.

In Xianyang City, the Meng family was in a gloomy mood.

It was just because their father or grandfather had passed away that they could no longer listen to the teachings of the person whom they had regarded as a role model since childhood.

Ying Zheng felt sorry for Meng Tian and Meng Yi's grief and ordered them to take a leave and rest until General Meng Ao was buried before returning to work.

Meng Tian and Meng Yi thanked the King of Qin for his kindness and returned home to comfort their family, while waiting for their father to bring their grandfather home.

When Meng Wu received the summons from Ying Zheng, he took General Meng Ao back to Xianyang, and the place was handed over to Huan Qi to guard.

More than half a month later, Meng Wu and Meng Ao will return to Xianyang.

Officials spontaneously came to welcome General Meng Ao.

When the old Qin people learned that their general had passed away, they all looked at Meng Ao's coffin with tears in their eyes.

Meng Ao's funeral was solemn and grand. It was not until half a month after the old general's death that the grief in Xianyang City ended.

It is a shame that the general of Qin was assassinated by Chu. Now the people of Qin are holding their breath and waiting for the opportunity to avenge General Meng Ao and wipe out the shame.

At this time, the State of Zhao

The northern border was once again harassed by the Xiongnu, and Li Mu led his troops to kill 10,000 Xiongnu, temporarily forcing the Xiongnu to retreat.

Yao Jia has been in the northern border for many days. During these days, he has been investigating Li Mu. The more he investigates, the more regretful he feels.

If Li Mu could not be persuaded to surrender to Qin, this talented general would have died at the hands of Guo Kai. What a pity.

However, Yao Jia did not approach Li Mu blindly. He was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

This opportunity came soon after.

King Zhao ordered Li Mu to collude with the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu deliberately defeated Li Mu so that he could gain military merit. At the same time, Li Mu gave the Xiongnu convenience to rob the people in the northern border of Zhao State of their food and livestock and hunt and kill the people of Zhao State.

Li Mu will now be taken to Handan and executed.

As soon as the summons came out, Li Mu clenched his fists in anger, and his soldiers almost killed the messenger with a sword.

He was so frightened that he ordered the eunuch to quickly order the accompanying general to arrest Li Mu and take over Li Mu's military power.

"Li Mu did not collude with the Xiongnu. I wonder if there is any evidence to support this charge?"

Li Mu looked at the eunuch, his clenched hands were bulging with veins, and his eyes were bloodshot.

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