It was already the sixth month of the Chu calendar, and the summer solstice passed early and it was already in the dormitory. There was no wind in Wancheng surrounded by the city walls, and it was extremely hot from afternoon to dusk. Amid the endless cicadas, Mi Ren, the deputy envoy of Qin in the inn, was drinking with Xiong Qi.

When his grandfather Mi Rong was still alive, the Mi family still had some prestige in Qin State. Once his grandfather died, he would leave behind a Kong Jue, and the Mi family had almost no influence except for the ancestor, Empress Dowager Mi Ji and the entire Chu foreign relatives. He was granted the title of the second generation. When his father Mi Chang died, the Mi family, who had no improvement, would be no different from the Qianshou. However, no one expected that such a gradually declining family would have done nothing and would produce a woman who was famous all over the world.

Mi Ren really didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. His daughter, King Qin, wanted to marry, and King Chu, too. Fortunately, the King of Qin agreed that as long as the King of Chu negotiated peace, his daughter could marry into the Chu Palace openly as the queen. Therefore, he was particularly concerned about whether Qin and Chu could negotiate peace and alliance. Only in this way could he be the king of Chu's uncle and revitalize the Mi family's reputation.

"My brother Wang only wants to recover his old land and has no intention of attacking Qin." Mi Ren is not his own, so Xiong Qi dare not tell the truth to him. "Once Qin and Chu agree to a peace agreement, Brother Wang will be crowned..."

"Add a crown?" Mi Ren said strangely. "King Jing is less than twenty, how can he win the crown?"

"The emperor and the princes are twelve of the emperor." Xiong Qi laughed as he said. "Besides, Xuan'er is very beautiful, and Brother Wang is very anxious."

Xiong Qi is a person who has experienced it. He watched Zhao Zheng grow up and knew the young man’s thoughts. Mi Ren felt uncomfortable when he heard the laughter. His daughter is his father’s treasure. He will not let him go no matter whether his daughter marrys the King of Qin or the King of Chu.

"However," Xiong Qi turned around, "The affairs of Chu State are not determined by the king's brother, but by the Yingdu prefecture. If the Yingdu prefecture insists on attacking Qin..."

"How?" Mi Ren asked anxiously. Everyone who married his daughter, but whether Qin Chu could discuss peace and relevance to the fate of Mi's family.

"Then the peace will not be settled, and the war will begin again." Xiong Qi no longer smiled, only solemnity. This solemnity seemed to be worried about the situation of the war, but in fact what he was worried about was the future of Qin. After Xiong Jing attacked Xianyang, he abolished Zhao Zheng and established Fusu, and he would become the prime minister of Qin, and he would always support Fusu until he was crowned and ruled.

Such a major change will occur in Qin State: inside, all officials will be eliminated, treacherous people will be clear about, and counties will be granted to the Zhao clan and the warlike generals in the Qin army; outside, that is, to re-depart the border with Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu.

There is no problem with the State of Zhao and the Taihang Mountains; Wei and Han were in trouble, mainly the Wuhangu Road. Chu did not mind that Qin would retain the Hedong land, but had to hand over the Wuhangu Road. The biggest allowance was to retain the Taolin Pass (now Tongguan). The Taolin Pass returned to Qin to the west, and the Taolin Pass belonged to Han or Wei to the east.

The border with Chu State is the most troublesome. Xiong Jing believes that court officials may use the Qinling Mountains as the boundary between the two countries. In the east, the five counties including Chu State south of Shangluo, and the Hanzhong, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, Wu, etc. to the west are no longer owned by Qin State. Chu State actually also took Nanyang County, Hanzhong County, Ba, Shu, Qianzhong, Wu County, and Cangwu County, including Chu State's own Cangwu County, and the old Yue Territory, which were made contributions to the Yue tribes who made contributions in the war.

In this way, the places that Qin State could retain from west to east were Longyou County, Beidi County, Neishi (Guanzhong), Shangjun, Hedong County, Shangdang County, and Taiyuan County to the north of Shangdang in Hedong. Shangdang and Taiyuan were previously Zhao State, and Hedong formerly belonged to Wei State. Qin State was weak, and Zhao and Wei State would inevitably start another battle after resting and recuperating.

However, this is all later. If Zhao and Wei work together to attack Qin, Chu will interfere, because it will destroy the balance of power among the countries. Xiong Jing believes that as long as he controls gunpowder and artillery, the countries in the world will inevitably bow down to Chu. The fighting in the nest is too backward, and the countries should go out on a sea boat and fight in the colony. This is the serious matter.

——Last night, Xiong Jing, who had drunk too much wine, described the post-war world. It was not a war for the world, but a war for the whole world. He was not sorry for this, and believed that Qin must occupy Hedong County, because only by occupying the easternmost end of Hedong County, Qin's sea boats could enter the sea from the Yellow River.

Xiong Qi was solemn at the beginning, and he gradually smiled when he thought of the strange overseas world depicted by Xiong Jing. Mi Ren was shocked by his words, "If peace talks are not settled, the war will start again." He said that if peace talks are not settled, the entire Mi clan would probably be punished as a ghost salary. Someone had already threatened this way. Finally, when he saw Xiong Qi laughing, he swallowed the words in his throat.

"Report to the Qin envoy, the king has summoned him." A soap-clothed eunuch stood outside and bowed. Xiong Qi and Mi Ren immediately stood up when they heard this.

"The situation has changed. My Chu army had pulled out Jingzi Pass last night." Xiong Jing was straight to the point after the shogunate. "The unscrupulous general will not be with Qin He."

"This..." Xiong Qi didn't expect it to be this news. He looked around and saw that all the envoys of Qi and Wei were there, so he said angrily in front of everyone: "How can the king be like this? I, Da Qin, want to sever the land of the two counties to seek peace. Why don't the king agree with Da Qin?"

Xiong Qi was so angry that Mi Ren was so shocked that he trembled all over. He wanted to point at Xiong Jing, but he didn't dare to point at Xiong Jing.

"The Qin people have no faith, so the words of seeking peace are just a delaying strategy." Dongye Gu retorted. "Sixty hundred thousand Qin troops are rushing to Nanyang from Anyi. In fifteen days, Chu and Qin will fight again. Don't the Prime Minister know?"

"I have not heard of this news. This time I am sending Chu is just for the sake of alliance." Xiong Qi said. "The king rejected the good intentions of Qin and was instigated by Qi and Wei. This is very unwise. Six hundred thousand Qin troops are rushing to Nanyang from Anyi to support Nanyang. Will the king think the Chu army will win?"

"Must victory?" Xiong Jing shook his head, "Why did the Chu State fight hard against the 600,000 Qin troops? The Chu army attacked Jingzi Pass, with the intention of Lantian. After the Chu army arrived in Lantian, it should lead to Xianyang."

"You!" Xiong Qi pretended to be terrified. "If the king is like this, the Qin Dynasty will be punished later!"

"I summoned the Qin envoys to meet each other, so I told them that they would not talk about peace for the time being. The war between Wuguan and Fangcheng was about to begin, and these two channels could no longer return to Qin. The Qin envoys should be falsely told that the Wei State would return to Qin." Xiong Jing told him, and glanced at Mi Ren.

"Since the king doesn't want to be in harmony with me, Daqin, why should I care about my life or death?" Xiong Qi was still angry. He bowed quietly and shouted, "Please take your leave." After that, he retreated. Mi Ren threw a resentful look at Xiong Jing and retreated with him.

"I congratulate the king on eliminating Wu Pass and then going to Lantian." Tian He and Wei were overjoyed. Chu State was about to capture Wu Pass, Qi State, and Wei State must take the opportunity to defeat the dogs and gain more benefits before the situation in the world is completely calmed down.

"Two envoys, please take a day off, and I will go with Qin envoys tomorrow." After Xiong Jing told me, he asked them to leave the shogunate to make final arrangements for the generals. "Wancheng is the former Chen Ying, Wancheng, Dengyi, and Qin army could not stop my return. Therefore, he stationed in Wucheng, Eyi, Wancheng, Jingyang, Xinye, and Dengyi, and was not allowed to hand over the positions of Chen Qing."

"I respectfully accept the order!" Chen Wei was excited when he heard this, and quickly stepped out of the line and bowed to Xiong Jing, taking the feathered edict from him.

"The troops in Lu, Song, and Chen must be stationed until the back of the unswerving." Xiong Jing said every time he said that the generals in this place were out of the list and were ordered, and they stood behind Chen Chai. The total number of troops in the three places was thirteen and a half divisions, with a population of more than 90,000. "If the Qin army forced to cross Baishui, they could fight against him in the west of the water."

Baishui almost divided Nanyang County, Wucheng (a hundred miles north of Wancheng, now Yahekou Reservoir), Eyi (fifteen miles north of Wancheng, Chuisha defeated the fief of the former Ejunqi), Wancheng, Jingyang, Xinye, and Dengyi. These cities are all along the Baishui coast, and except Xinye, all other cities are on the west coast. The Chu army's strategic plan is very clear, which is to use these cities as strongholds and guard them based on Baishui.

The Qin army came from afar without boats, so it was difficult to cross the river under the threat of the Chu army. Even if the soldiers crossed at night, the baggage and food could not cross the river in a short time. The Chu army would not have been stationed in Baishui for a long time. If the Qin army did not rescue Xianyang, the news that Xianyang was pulled out half a month later came, and the Qin army would not be willing to fight, so they would return to Qin from Hangu Pass. If the Qin army divided the troops, half of the 600,000 troops rescued Xianyang and half attacked Nanyang and Jiuying, and merged with the Chu army after the Wei army, plus the soldiers recruited by Jiuying, the number of people may be 300,000, so you can fight with the Qin army at the appropriate time.

When the troops and brigade were ordered to defend the city, the troops and brigade were ordered to set sail. The crowds were surging inside and outside the city, and boats were blocked by the river on the white water. Until night, the rivers inside and outside the city were still burning and life was full of fire. Under the starry sky, Xiong Jing and Xiong Qi stood on the wall of Wancheng again, looking at the soldiers and boats on the docks under the city.

"Brother Wang wants to enter Wu Pass, too?" Xiong Qi didn't say anything about the daytime incident, it was for outsiders to see.

"Yes." Xiong Jing thought he could wait for Mi Xuan, but he didn't expect that he would lead his troops to attack Qin tomorrow.

"The king must have mobilized the soldiers from Guanzhong to guard Lantian." Xiong Qi could not stop the Chu army from attacking Lantian. He only hoped that Qin Chu could truly stop the battle. "Brother Wang is here..."

"Our army has been attacking Qin for 20 days, and it has only been fifteen days since the attack on Lantian. I think how many troops should gather in Lantian?" It is also beneficial to take down Jingzi Pass in advance, that is, the time for the Qin army in Guanzhong to prepare for war was greatly shortened.

"I don't know." Xiong Qi said. "It's just that time has been so hasty that Guanzhong has recruited another soldier, and there may be 300,000."

There is not much difference between Xiong Qi's judgment and the Grand Sima Mansion. The counties south of the Qinling Mountains were simply too short to catch up. Longyou County, Beidi County, and Shangjun were too far away, and it was probably too late. The only thing that could be recruited was the forty-one counties of the Inner History, and these counties and towns were already recruited once because they were on both sides of the Wei River.
Chapter completed!