Xianyang Palace.

The tense atmosphere quietly spread in the air, and even the temple people and palace maids who were going back and forth began to appear on their faces, gently whispering to each other where others could see and cannot see.

"I heard that the 100,000 cavalry of Zhao State will be attacked to Xianyang City!"

"It seems that the Zhao general Lian Po can eat people."

"And every night I have to kill five Daqin women before I can give up."

"No?"

A palace maid was so beautiful that she began to seriously consider whether she would use the blistered house to apply some dust on her face, but she still couldn't make up her mind after a long time of struggling.

Above the hall, the King of Qin seemed quite tired.

"Where is Meng Ao, didn't he just return to Xianyang? Since he is not dead yet, let him get out and see me. I should listen carefully, how my 70,000 army was defeated by just 30,000 cavalrymen in Zhao State!"

The Qin King's tired face was extremely obvious anger.

In the entire Qin State's war layout, Meng Ao should have opened a breakthrough. As long as Meng Ao can win, Qin State can start a complete set of alliances and alliances, and then completely disintegrate the four-nation alliance led by Zhao State and launch a counterattack.

However, Meng Ao was fine. Not only did he make a breakthrough, he became Zhao's breakthrough!

Although Qin has collapsed the situation, it has also occupied the territory of at least three counties. The expansion and achievements of the past decade have been lost all over the past decade, and the losses are extremely heavy.

Under the King of Qin, Rang Marquis Wei Ran's face was not very good, and he said, "King, Lian Po has entered the Waiqiu, and it is only two days away from Xianyang."

As soon as these words were spoken, the King of Qin's face became more gloomy.

When I hit Huaqiu, I was already under Xianyang's nose.

The King of Qin took a deep breath and said coldly: "What's going on in the east?"

Wei Ran said: "The news just came yesterday that the Chu people had agreed to the king's conditions. At this time, the Chu army should have entered South Korea."

The King of Qin nodded slightly, but there was no happy expression on his face.

Anyone who uses the land of two counties to get an ally like Chu State would not be happy.

The King of Qin asked again: "Where is the Wei Kingdom, it should have withdrawn from Hedong County, right?"

Wei Ran said: "From the journey, the Wei army should have returned to the vicinity of Luoyi."

The King of Qin asked again: "Where is South Korea?"

Wei Ran said: "It's not clear yet, but it's been something that people have already tried to convince the King of Han. But South Korea is weak after all, and it's not worth worrying about."

After a pause, Wei Ran said again: "But please rest assured, judging from the current situation, as long as you can force the Zhao army to retreat or defeat the Zhao army, then Lian Po's side troops will naturally not be worried."

The King of Qin did not feel any happiness because of Wei Ran's comfort, but said lightly: "So, until a major breakthrough in the war in Hangu Pass occurs, I will be helpless with Lian Po?"

Wei Ran lowered his head and did not speak.

After a moment of silence, the King of Qin sighed and said, "I was summoned by my mother a few days ago. The queen seemed to know very well about the current situation of the war. She also told me that if the situation of the war was unfavorable, it would be impossible to cede land and seek peace from Zhao State."

Wei Ran's body was shocked and shocked: "This...how is this possible?"

The King of Qin did not speak, but looked at Wei Ran with deep meaning in his eyes.

Wei Ran suddenly came to his senses and shook his head and said, "King, I haven't been to pay my respects to the Queen Mother for several months."

King Qin carefully observed Wei Ran's words and actions, and a little doubt appeared in his heart.

Wei Ran didn't seem to be telling lies, so who is the guy who told the Empress Dowager?

Wei Ran thought about it, seemed to understand something, and said, "I will ask someone after I go back."

The King of Qin said calmly: "This is the best. Marquis Rang, now it is a time when the country is in crisis. As the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, you should take on more responsibilities."

Wei Ran stood up and bowed deeply and said, "Don't worry, although Wei Ran is not talented, he can tell the difference."

The King of Qin said: "This is the best."

This conversation ended. Just as Wei Ran turned around and was about to leave, a loud report made him stop.

"Hangu Pass has arrived in an urgent military situation!!!"

Wei Ran looked back at the King of Qin, and indeed, just by surprise, saw that the King of Qin nodded to him, so he returned to his seat and sat down.

The King of Qin said in a deep voice: "Come on!"

A palace guard hurriedly presented the military information.

Wei Ran looked at the emergency military situation in the guards' hands, and many thoughts began to turn in his mind.

To speed up the military situation, can it be said that there has been any major changes in Hangu Pass?

Did South Korea withdraw its troops, or did the Chu people suddenly arrive and caught Zhao off guard?

I heard that Qu Yuan, the Grand Marshal of Chu, was quite good at leading the troops. Even Mi Rong almost died at his hands. If Qu Yuan led the troops north, he might have really achieved such an effect.

While Wei Ran letting his thoughts fly in his mind, he pays attention to the reaction of the King of Qin.

The King of Qin also had many speculations in his heart, but on the surface, he took the military information quite calmly, took apart the fire-painted ink paste, and then unfolded it.

As he looked, King Qin's face suddenly turned ashen.

Seeing this, Wei Ran thought it was not good. Just as he wanted to ask what happened, the King of Qin suddenly shouted.

"It hurts so much!"

With a wow, the King of Qin spewed out of his mouth and fell directly backwards.

Wei Ran was shocked and jumped up from his seat: "King, king! Come on, come on, come on! Damn, pass on the doctor, the doctor!"

After a storm, the King of Qin was helped into the back hall, and the doctors arrived after hearing the news. It was not until this time that Wei Ran finally had the mood to notice the emergency military situation that was still thrown on the ground.

Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and picked up the military information.

At the edge of the yellow paper, there was the blood of the King of Qin, which had turned into a dark red similar to brown.

Wei Ran took a deep breath and unfolded the memorial.

There is only one sentence written on it.

"I am incompetent, so that the Zhao army can break Hangu. Now that Zhao army has entered Guanzhong, I am leading the army to retreat to Xianyang. I wonder how many people can return it. Please make a decision as soon as possible after you know it!"

Wei Ran's head buzzed, and his legs suddenly became soft and he almost sat on the ground.

He seemed to have returned to the day ten years ago, the day when he learned that Kuang Zhang led the Qi, Wei and Han coalition forces to break through Hangu Pass.

At that time, Guanzhong was also open, and Daqin was also extremely critical.

However, that time, Daqin relied on his united attitude and the lobbyists' perfect tongue to convince Qi at the cost of cede land and seeking peace, allowing the Three Kingdoms coalition forces to retreat from Guanzhong.

But this time I came to Zhao, which was even more brutal than Qi!

Will the ambitious King Zhao, who has expressed his theory of unifying the world, really be satisfied with breaking through Hangu Pass?

Not to mention that there is another cavalry led by Lianpo, Zhao, in Guanzhong, Qin State, right in front of you!

Wei Ran suddenly felt dizzy. He looked around and staggered back to his seat just now, and sat down.

It's over.

Once Hangu Pass was broken, all the cemeteries before the Qin Dynasty and all the endurance of humiliation became useless, and any counterattack against Zhao State was completely lost.

Maybe in the eyes of that King Zhao, the monarch and ministers of the Qin Dynasty were as ridiculous as monkeys in the mountains!

what to do?

Even though Wei Ran experienced countless storms in his life, he was completely at a loss at this moment.

Half an hour later, many Qin ministers arrived one after another, and Wei Ran did not have the intention to pay attention to everyone. Instead, he pulled Jingyang Jun Ying Fu and Gaoling Jun Ying Qu into an uninhabited room.

Ying Fu and Ying Qu are both brothers of the King of Qin, and together with Wei Ran and Mi Rong, they are the famous four nobles of Qin.

Both of them were originally staying in Xianyang, but later the King of Qin saw that the two brothers were more unhappy. In addition, these two were not as experienced as Wei Ran and Mi Rong who bullied men and women in Xianyang every day, so he beat them to their respective fiefs. There was nothing that could not be easily turned around.

This time, it was also because Lian Po burned the war to Guanzhong, and Jingyang and Gaoling were both in urgent areas of war. The two brothers hurriedly returned to Xianyang not long ago.

Wei Ran looked at the two eldest nephews in front of him and said coldly: "Have you been to see the Queen Mother recently?"

Ying Fu and Ying Xu looked at each other and nodded.

Wei Ran snorted and said, "So, who leaked the military information outside to the Queen Mother?"

After a while of silence, the two nephews finally couldn't bear the staring eyes of Wei Ran. The older Ying Fu said with a tough bullet: "It's me, I mainly think that this can put some pressure on Yingji, and my uncle can..."

"Bang!" An extremely crisp slap sounded, interrupting Ying Fu's words.

Wei Ran took back his right hand and said coldly to Ying Fu: "Don't I know your thoughts yet? Close your mouth and be your Jingyang Lord. Now that the Qin Dynasty is in danger, don't touch your little thoughts anymore."

Ying Fu was dizzy when Wei Ran slapped. He had been used to being arrogant and benevolent in the area, and he was immediately furious and subconsciously wanted to do it. Then he thought of the uncle in front of him, and finally he could only cover his cheeks that were slapped and remained silent.

Wei Ran looked at Ying Fu and felt really angry.

Of course he knew what Ying Fu was thinking.

When the previous Qin king, King Wu of Qin, just died, the then empress dowager, the biological mother of King Wu of Qin, wanted to make King Wu of Qin, Ying Zhuang, the younger brother of King Wu of Qin, ascend the throne, while Queen Xuan and Wei Ran joined forces with a group of outsiders to support their sons to the throne.

At the beginning, Queen Mother Xuan and Wei Ran planned to support Ying Fu to compete with Ying Zhuang, but a variable suddenly appeared, that is, when they sent people to seek foreign aid, the father of Zhao made a request - I can support you, but I cannot let Ying Fu, the second son, be the king, be the king, because the reputation is not right. You have to let Ying Ji, the eldest brother who is the proton among the widowed father's ally Yan, succeed to the throne. In this way, not only will our Zhao support you, but Yan can also support you.

In order to gain support from Yan and Zhao, Queen Mother Xuan and Wei Ran abandoned Ying Fu without hesitation and chose Ying Ji. Anyway, whether Ying Fu or Ying Ji was the king, it would not affect the two of them being the queen mother and the prime minister. In the end, this choice also helped them defeat Hui Wen and Prince Ying Zhuang, who were supported by Wei, and reached the peak of Qin's power.
To be continued...