Xianyang City.

These days, the King of Qin is in a pretty good mood.

On the one hand, taking advantage of Wei Ran's absence, the King of Qin took the opportunity to deal with several Wei Ran's subordinates and took back several positions with low status but relatively important positions from the hands of the Four Nobles and One Sect, which was a small victory.

On the other hand, the battle situation in the Central Plains was quite smooth. The main force of Qin and Han confronted Zhao on the front line, while Yan and Lin Hu took the opportunity to back-slaughter Zhao in the rear. In addition, the Chu State, which was eyeing the covetous position, could be taken advantage of the situation at any time. Zhao State can be said to have encountered enemies on all sides and was extremely passive.

Zhao State felt uncomfortable, so the King of Qin would naturally feel quite comfortable.

With this comfortable mentality, the King of Qin slowly glanced in the hall, especially on the Xincheng Jun Mi Rong, Jingyang Jun Ying Fu and Gaoling Jun Ying Ju, who stayed for several seconds.

Although Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang, had already left, the remaining three guys among the Four Nobles were still entrenched in the Qin court to defend the interests of the Four Nobles and One Sect.

If possible, the King of Qin would like to kill all the three close relatives in front of him, but as long as Queen Mother Xuan is still there for a day, such thoughts will only be able to circulate in the King of Qin's mind and cannot be put into practice.

With such regret, the King of Qin slowly spoke: "Is there any new news about the persuasion of the people of Chu?"

From the perspective of Qin, although the current situation is indeed quite favorable, it can be said that it is quite close to victory.

But the King of Qin also knew that war was unpredictable, and a temporary advantage did not mean that there would be victory in the end.

In order to win the Qin State faster, the King of Qin has sent many lobbyists to the Chu State over the past period of time, in order to convince the King of Chu to participate in the war.

Although Chu State was defeated by Zhao State just now, the King of Chu was also a person who was unwilling to be lonely. Qu Yuan, the Grand Marshal of Chu State, had led 60,000 troops to eye the Zhao-Chu border, and was in a state of robbery.

If the King of Chu could be persuaded to let this army stab Zhao from behind, Qin's victory should be just around the corner.

Faced with the King of Qin's inquiry, Mi Rong, the king of Xincheng, responded: "Return to the king, judging from the latest report sent by the envoy of Yingdu, the King of Chu is still very suspicious and afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Battle of Jucheng, so he refused to send troops."

Although he was mentally prepared, after hearing this, King Qin's face still became a little gloomy and he snorted softly: "What a short-sighted look!"

Mi Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Zhao Kingdom seems powerful now, but in fact it is already at the end of its strength. Even if the King of Chu is unwilling to send troops, the victory of the Qin Dynasty is just around the corner."

The King of Qin did not comment.

King Qin always had a very strange feeling about the King Zhao who was much younger than him, that is, he seemed to be unable to see through the other party.

This is rare for the King of Qin.

The King of Qin has been ascending the throne for more than ten years and has participated in many alliances. He has a clear impression of other princes and monarchs.

King Han's cowardice, King Wei's doctrine of meanness, King Chu's head and rat, King Qi's pride and arrogance, etc. Although each king of another country has different personalities, he is a person who can be seen through for the King of Qin.

But King Zhao is different.

This King Zhao, who had just reached the championship, seemed to be sharp and arrogant, but if he studied it later, he would feel that his every move was actually very meaningful, both like a newborn calf who was not afraid of a tiger, and also like a scheming and cunning demon fox.

Contradictory, but unexpectedly harmonious.

Such an opponent is the most troublesome.

The King of Qin said in a deep voice: "To be honest with you, I always feel that King Zhao will not sit so hard and wait for death."

Mi Rong laughed again and said, "King, even if King Zhao doesn't sit still and wait for death, what can he do? The most direct way is to defeat our Qin army, but with Rang Hou in charge, King Zhao will not have any chance."

The King of Qin remained silent.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded, and then someone entered the hall with a hurry.

"King, Central Plains will speed up military information!"

For a moment, everyone looked at each other.

The King of Qin also beat hard. Since it was to speed up military affairs, does this mean that the winner had been decided in the Central Plains?

All the Qin ministers present also stared at the military situation, watched the Qin King turn it on and then read.

Something unexpected happened to everyone.

The King of Qin looked at the military situation in front of him and his face was shocked at first, then the surprise gradually turned into an incomparable shock, and finally turned into an incomparable anger.

With a bang, the military situation was slapped on the table by the King of Qin.

The King of Qin's face turned pale and said word by word: "Central Plains... are defeated!"

A burst of exclamations suddenly sounded, filling the hall.

Mi Rong, the new city king, could hardly believe what he heard: "King, is this... Marquis Rang defeated?"

Everyone was shocked.

It was obvious that the situation was very good, but why did he lose all of a sudden?

The King of Qin looked at Mi Rong.

Before this, due to common interests (defeating Zhao State), the King of Qin was still tolerant of Mi Rong and others, but now after learning the news of the failure, the King of Qin looked at Mi Rong and other guys no matter how he looked at them.

Who made Mi Rong's boss, that damn Marquis Rang Wei Ran, lose this extremely critical battle for the Qin Dynasty!

The King of Qin snorted heavily, and threw the military information in his hand in front of Mi Rong with a pale face: "Let me take a good look!"

Mi Rong looked at the expression of the King of Qin, and didn't know how much it was. The Xinchengjun picked up the military newspaper with a trembling hand and looked at it. His face was as bright as the earth.

Wei Ran was indeed defeated.

Not only was it a defeat, but it was a big defeat, a crushing defeat!

Nearly 200,000 troops went on the battle, but only one quarter of what Wei Ran could bring back, while the other three-quarters were swallowed by Zhao State!

Mi Rong's face was extremely pale and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Even though Qin State can be regarded as having a great family and a great cause, the defeat that lost more than 100,000 soldiers at one time was definitely a heavy bleeding that Qin State could not bear.

More importantly, this time the chief general of the Qin army was still Wei Ran, which was an extremely serious blow to the Chu faction led by the Four Guizhou people.

Sure enough, the next moment, the cold eyes of King Qin had already fallen on Mi Rong: "Xinchengjun, what do you have to say about this failure?"

Mi Rong was silent for a while, and finally sighed and gritted his teeth and said, "The King, Marquis of Rang Wei Ran, as the head coach of the Qin Dynasty, is to blame for his defeat this time. Please ask the King to quickly order someone to recall him back to Xianyang and question him!"

The King of Qin slapped the table heavily and said in a deep voice: "That's what it should be!"

Yan State, Jidu.

King Yan sat on his head with a spring breeze on his face, and the smile on his face almost overflowed from his squinting eyes.

Of course he had reason to laugh. After all, judging from the current situation, it was definitely an extremely wise act for Yan State to choose to start a war against Zhao State.

With Gu Cheng being conquered, most of Zhao State's Zhongshan County had fallen into the hands of Yan State. In addition, half of Julu County in Juxin, Yan State had already gained great benefits in this war.

But these are actually nothing. Putting aside the money and materials snatched by the Yan army, land may actually be taken back by Zhao at any time.

The real important point is that the Yan army can now advance straight into Handan!

After the siege of Handan, the main force in the Central Plains of Zhao State was in chaos, and the decisive battle in the Central Plains would inevitably fail, and then the Yan army could take advantage of the situation to capture Handan.

One gram of Handan, Zhao State lost all its ability to resist, and all the land of Zhao State captured by Yan State could be truly occupied by Yan State.

By that time, Yan State could not only further collude with Qin and other princes to divide the Zhao State, but it would not even be impossible to become a new hegemon in the Central Plains!

This is an achievement that no monarch can achieve in the more than 700 years since the founding of the State of Yan.

With such a prospect, how could King Yan not be happy?

King Yan looked around the palace with a smile, and suddenly frowned.

Now in the palace, there are only prime minister Guo Wei and Shangqing Zou Yan left, which looks quite deserted.

But King Yan quickly felt relieved. Isn’t Qin Kai and Ju Xin still leading troops? Although Su Qin resigned, that guy was a spy after all, so he would be gone. Then a few more people would be promoted to inherit his position.

However, although the current situation in Yan State seems to be very good, it actually has a lot of worries.

For example, the battle situation in the east of Yan State.

King Yan asked: "Secret Guo, what's going on in the war in the east?"

Before, the Donghu cavalry suddenly went south to capture Yanglecheng, Liaoxi County, which not only caused Liaoxi County to fall, but also cut off the connection between Liaodong and Yan's mainland and fell into the siege of Jizi's Korean army.

Guo Wei's eyes twitched slightly and said, "King, the news that just passed back yesterday was that the Donghu cavalry had already appeared outside the Lingzhi Pass three days ago. Now it is probably started to siege Lingzhi Pass. As for Liaodong... Since land was cut off, they could only contact by sea. The sea route messenger to Liaodong has not returned yet, and the battle situation in Liaodong cannot be known."

Every time Guo Wei said something, the smile on King Yan's face disappeared three times.

Lingzhisai belongs to the jurisdiction of Youbeiping County, Yan State, and is quite close to Ji compared with Liaoxi County.

Once the Lingzhi Pass is captured, the 30,000 cavalry of Donghu will be able to successfully pass through Youbeiping County and head straight to Jidu.

It’s nothing to lose Liaodong and Liaoxi, after all, it’s just a land that Yan State had just conquered for a while.

It’s nothing to lose Youbeiping County. After all, for a long time, Youbeiping was just a border county with frequent wars and sparsely populated ones.

But if the Donghu people were really beaten to Jidu, the Yan State would be in trouble.

Ji is the capital of Yan State for hundreds of years. Although the King of Yan has vigorously developed the southern capital Wuyang in the years since his succession to the throne, it is undeniable that Jidu is still the core area of ​​Yan State, and nearly 40% of the population of Yan State is concentrated here.

The savage Yan State of the Donghu people had long understood. Once the Donghu people raged here, nine out of ten rooms were empty, and the trauma caused by Yan State would be absolutely unimaginable.

King Yan took a deep breath and said, "Can the Lingzhi Pass be kept?"

Guo Wei said: "There are only three thousand defenders in the order of the army, but the Hu cavalry has more than 30,000. I am not sure whether it can be defended."

The King of Yan was even more angry and said, "Is there no way? Send some reinforcements to Lingzhisai!"

Guo Wei looked embarrassed and said, "King, the whole country's troops have been handed over to Qin Kai to move south. If you want to mobilize reinforcements, the only way out is to mobilize troops from Jidu."

King Yan was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, he said, "How many soldiers should be transferred?"
To be continued...