Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

When the victory news was reported back to Xianyang, Ying Zheng laughed out loud in Zhangtai Palace.

"Li Mu really didn't disappoint me. He was able to seize the northern border of Zhao State for me so quickly."

"We have also eliminated the Xiongnu in the northern border. Now the people in the northern border are at peace, and I am very pleased."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"God bless the king, God bless the Qin Kingdom."

"Your Majesty, take this opportunity to send generals to attack Zhao State." Li Si stepped forward and said, such a good opportunity must not be missed.

"I second the proposal."

When the generals heard this, they were eager to lead their troops to attack Zhao.

Everyone stood straight with their chests puffed out.

This time, I must make the king notice me and not miss this great opportunity to make a contribution.

In the winter of the twelfth year of King Zheng of Qin, the Qin general Li Mu led his troops to attack Zhao, and all the northern borders of Zhao were returned to Qin. In the same year, King Zheng of Qin sent generals Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Xin Sheng and Ma Xing to lead troops to attack Zhao.

During this attack on Zhao, Wang Jian once again divided his troops into two groups and attacked Pingyang and Wucheng of Zhao at the same time.

Before the Zhao army could react, they quickly captured the two cities.

Beheaded Zhao general Huo Zhe.

They then launched a series of sieges on the city, accepting the surrender of over 100,000 soldiers.

When this news came out, the whole world was in an uproar.

Since Shang Yang's reforms, Qin had never accepted surrender. When the six kingdoms encountered the Qin army, they had to fight to the death in order to have a chance to survive. This was also the biggest obstacle encountered by Qin Shihuang in his war to unify the six kingdoms in history.

However, at this time, the Qin army actually accepted surrenders repeatedly.

Not to mention the common people, even the officials of the five countries were shocked.

If the previous destruction of Han and the acceptance of surrendered troops was just a rumor, then the surrender of 100,000 Zhao troops to Qin at this time was an indisputable fact.

Unconsciously, some changes are taking place quietly.

Chu

"Your Majesty, now that Qin has divided its forces to attack Zhao, our Chu State can take this opportunity to attack Qin and recapture our territory."

When Ling Yin Li Yuan received the news, he hurried to the Chu Palace.

At this time, King Han of Chu also received news that Qin was attacking Zhao again.

The two men had the same idea, but it was a matter of careful consideration as to who to send to attack Qin.

The Qu, Jing and Zhao families of Chu all wanted to recommend members of their own family to lead the army to attack Qin, and the Chu court was arguing endlessly.

In the end, Prince Fu Chu, the half-brother of King Han of Chu, recommended Xiang Yan to end the dispute that had lasted for several days.

Xiang Yan led his army to attack Qin, and General Huan Qi, who was guarding the border between Qin and Chu, quickly responded to the enemy.

The war between Qin and Chu began again.

Xianyang City

Zhangtai Palace

"Your Majesty, I request your permission to assist General Huan Xi in resisting the Chu army."

Since the death of Meng Ao, Meng Wu has become much more silent in the court.

After receiving the military report from General Huan Xi today, he knew that his chance for revenge had come.

I volunteered immediately.

Ying Zheng looked at his beloved general and naturally understood Meng Wu's thoughts.

"allow."

Meng Wu was overjoyed and bowed to thank the king: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

As General Meng Wu left Xianyang, winter was quietly coming to an end.

In March it will be the time for spring plowing. Qin has improved the plow and no longer needs to consume a lot of manpower, but Zhao and Chu are different.

At that time they would definitely cease fighting and allow the soldiers to return to farming.

However, no one in the Qin court suggested attacking the two countries while they were farming, which made Zhang Yuanqing admire the magnanimity of his ancestors.

Everyone knows that if the two countries delay spring plowing, countless people will starve to death, and the ground will be littered with corpses, and the country will collapse without a fight.

However, such a plan would be detrimental to the harmony of nature. Therefore, even though they knew it was feasible, no one spoke up.

Back home, Zhang Yuanqing sat in his study and thought carefully. He remembered that Qin would suffer a severe drought this year. He had to prepare in advance.

But what Zhang Yuanqing needs to consider is how to tell the king that there will be a drought this year.

Or should we directly suggest that the king dig more reservoirs in Qin?

After thinking carefully for a few days, Zhang Yuanqing still couldn't think of any good reason, so he went to the morning court held every five days.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Seeing that all the ministers had finished speaking, Zhang Yuanqing finally decided to speak now.

"allow."

When Ying Zheng saw Zhang Yuanqing making a report, he thought it was something important. Even Fusu, who was standing in the distance, was looking at the teacher.

Fusu doesn’t remember what important things have happened to you these days?

"Your Majesty, the Zhengguo Canal has saved Guanzhong from drought, but other parts of Qin lack it. If a drought strikes, the people will suffer and their crops will be gone. Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty dig reservoirs in areas of Qin that lack sufficient water resources to store water. This will be used to prepare for natural disasters."

Zhang Yuanqing remembered that the drought seemed to last for three months. If there were a reservoir, they could have safely survived these three summer months.

After hearing this, Ying Zheng did not express his opinion, but asked other court officials for their opinions.

"Do you have any opinions?"

The court officials whispered to each other for a long time, and no one came out to object, but no one agreed either.

At this time, Li Si said, "Your Majesty, I second the proposal."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Li Si. "As expected of a good brother, you always support me like this."

Seeing this, Feng Quji also spoke up and agreed.

"Your Majesty, I think Zhang Tingwei's considerations are indeed reasonable. Your Majesty should summon Shi Lu to ask him about this."

Shi Lu, like Zheng Guo, was a water engineer of the Qin State, so Wei Zhuang recommended him.

Ying Zheng nodded and "passed on the throne to Shi Lu"

Soon, Shi Lu arrived at Zhangtai Palace.

"Meet the king."

"Get up."

"I want to ask you, does Qin need to dig reservoirs to prevent drought?"

Shi Lu didn't expect the king to ask him this. He thought for a moment before speaking.

"Your Majesty, while the Guanzhong region naturally doesn't need to worry about drought, other areas do need to be prepared. Therefore, I suggest digging a reservoir to store water for emergencies."

Ying Zheng nodded and looked at Zhang Yuanqing with admiration.

As expected of my great talent, he is indeed thoughtful.

"Let Shi Lu be in charge of this matter."

"promise."

Zhang Yuanqing knew Shi Lu, whose talent was no less than Zheng Guo's. Now that the matter was handed over to him, Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved.

After solving the big problem in his mind, Zhang Yuanqing started to think about Xianyu again.

Just looking at the books in the system, my idle mood was driven away, and I rolled up my sleeves and got to work.

Wei Guo

"Qin and Chu are at war again. I intend to attack Chu. Do you have any advice?"

The King of Wei, Zeng, was very happy when he saw that he had joined forces with Qin to attack Chu and had helped Wei capture three cities.

This time, news came that Chu was taking advantage of the war between Qin and Zhao to attack Qin, and King Zeng of Wei wanted to join forces with Qin to attack Chu.

"Your Majesty, Chu is now attacking Qin. If Wei were to launch a surprise attack on Chu, we would surely be victorious."

"Great King Shengming."

The court officials naturally would not object.

Having just tasted the sweetness, now there is another opportunity. Who can resist the temptation of expanding territory?

The King of Wei laughed and said, "Very well, then send Generals Wei Zhan and Che Qian to attack Chu immediately."

"promise."

Time waits for no one, so we must not miss this opportunity.

Generals Wei Zhan and Che Qianer naturally understood this principle, and immediately urgently summoned their troops and led them to attack the State of Chu.

However, the Chu State already had a plan to deal with this situation.

Chu general Zhao Yuan led his army to stop the Wei army, and the Wei and Chu armies went to war again.

The State of Wei did not expect to be intercepted by the Chu army, and immediately adjusted its strategy quickly.