The rise of Tianzhu of Daqin

Chapter 292
In Xianyang Qin Palace, Ying Zheng looked at the report blankly. The important officials of the Qin State below did not dare to take a breath. The backs were soaked in cold sweat. The entire Qin Palace was eerily quiet, and needles could be heard.

The rebellion of the Chu people is a small matter, but the empire did not quell the rebellion immediately, and it is a major matter to make the turmoil more intense.

About twelve days ago, Xiang Yu, a descendant of Xiang Yan, the general of Chu, gathered about [-] remnants of the Chu State and captured Shouchun. Hold high the anti-flag.

But the imperial minister didn't take it seriously, but who would have imagined that this group of mobs actually defeated the imperial garrison and took the opportunity to seize the entire Changsha County.

"Li Si, tell me!"

Yingxuan put the battle report aside, neither sad nor happy, and wrote with a calm expression Zuo Prime Minister Li Si's opinion.

After being named by Yingzheng, Li Si had no choice but to stand out, and said with cupped hands, "Your Majesty! The reason why the Chu people became powerful is that the Imperial Defense Army has rarely fought and its military equipment has been weakened since His Majesty unified the six kingdoms."

"Secondly, the empire's frontier troops were exhausted in the Northern Expedition, and the elite forces of the empire were unable to rush to the aid of Kyushu, which made the people of Chu grow up."

"The third is that the Chu people colluded with other races, and their strength was really unexpected. It was definitely not comparable to the soldiers of the six countries. The empire was not prepared, and failure was inevitable."

Ying Xuan waved his sleeves to make himself more comfortable, and shook his head at Li Si and said, "This is the end, it's useless to talk, I didn't ask you these things."

"What I'm asking is, how should the empire end now?"

"The minister thought that the Northern Expedition should be ended as soon as possible, and the imperial frontier army should withdraw to Kyushu, and go south to quell the disturbance of the Chu people and kill the alien race."

"If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down at home. If Kyushu is unstable, it will be difficult to understand the situation of the Northern Expedition."

Ying Zheng frowned, and said displeasedly, "A woman's opinion!"

"If you don't stick to the north and drive away the demon clan, the war will spread to Kyushu, and the mountains and rivers will be broken, and the people will be in dire straits, and that will be a catastrophe!"

"Go back!"

Li Si is an important minister of Yingzheng, and he has always loved him very much. Today, he scolded Li Si in public, and the ministers below became even more nervous. If Li Si, the prime minister of the left, is like this, it's their turn.

"My beloved ministers, is there any countermeasure?" Ying Xuan asked calmly.

The ministers of Qin State looked at me and I looked at you. For a while, no one dared to say a word.

If his suggestion is useful, everyone is happy; if he is delaying the empire for a while, then his death is really imminent.

Everyone's eyes could not help but focus on Prime Minister You Feng Quji.

The people of Qin respected the right and humbled the left. Although Li Sisheng was in good standing, the number one minister of the state of Qin was still the Prime Minister of the Right.

It's just that Feng Quji knew that he was not as good as Li Si, so he was a little low-key. Even the common people in Qin State only knew Li Si's name, but not Feng Quji's.

"Your Majesty, the empire still has 60 troops in the South China Sea. Now the war in the South China Sea is coming to an end, and many barbarian tribes have surrendered to the empire."

"It's better to let Nanyuehou Renxiao lead the Nanyue army to go north and attack Chu from behind. With the ability of Nanyuehou to quell the rebellion, there should be no problem."

"In this way, the rebellion can be quelled without delaying the Northern Expedition. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Ying Zheng thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Ren Xiao, if you don't tell me, I will forget about him."

"It has been almost six years since he went south, and it is true that he has laid down Southern Kyushu for the empire as he said."

"Where is he?" Ying Zheng asked Feng Quji.

"Imperial princes, you can't return to your teacher without an edict. Of course Nanyue Hou Renxiao is in the South China Sea!"

Hearing that Ying Zheng intends to reuse Ren Xiao, Feng Quji couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Six years ago, Ren Xiao led his army to go south, attacking the land of South Vietnam, resulting in the loss of Liaoxi, and the nine counties in the north of the empire suffered heavy losses, so the important officials of the empire would not usually mention the name Ren Xiao.

Now that Ren Xiao conquered Southern Kyushu, it is enough to be a crime, and this name has also been brought up.

When Ren Xiao proposed the strategy of going south, how could Ren Xiao take away the elite teachers of Liaoxi without the great help of the imperial ministers to persuade Ying Zheng.

Six years ago, Marquis Wu in the northern part of the empire held great power, formed his own faction, and became a monolithic one. Oil and salt did not enter, and the status of the imperial ministers and the old family was in jeopardy.

Just at this time, Ren Xiao proposed the strategy of going south, and he was at odds with the Emperor Wuhou. The imperial ministers weakened the power of the Emperor Wuhou and stabilized his position. Some people donated money, and the rich donated money, and spared no effort to support Ren Xiao to go south. .

In the end, he was dispatched again and again, using emotion and reason, to persuade Ying Zheng to agree to Ren Xiao's southward move.

In less than half a year, Ren Xiao pushed across the land of Nanyue and established Minzhong County and Nanhai County successively. He was in the limelight for a while, and he seemed to be the ninth Wuhou of the Empire.

But the good times didn't last long, the Yaozu broke through the west of Liaoxi, two emperor Wuhou fell, 50 soldiers died in battle, and 50 common people died tragically.

After the Liaoxi War ended, Yingxuan came from behind and was granted the title of Marquis Wu. From then on, no one in the court dared to mention Ren Xiao's name.

Not long ago, Ren Xiao attacked the barbarians in South Vietnam, established Guilin County and Xiang County, and fulfilled the promise he made to Yingxuan. This name can be mentioned again.

Compared with the Northern Expedition, there are many princes in the nine counties in the north of the empire, and even the title of inner marquis appeared. If this continues, there is no place for aristocratic families in the court!
Therefore, Feng Quji recommended Ren Xiao to Yingzheng for the sake of Qin's old family.

Ren Xiao is a thorn in the side of other Marquis Wu, a thorn in his flesh, whether there is any help in the court, and joining forces with the old family, it can just resist the oppression from Marquis Wu from the north.

"Report, Nanhai County urgent report!"

Before Feng Quji could say a few nice words about Ren Xiao, an imperial soldier dressed as a scout ran along the streets of Qin Palace.

"Your Majesty, a monster clan with a human body and a fish tail appeared from the South China Sea, took the form of a human, and attacked Nanhai County and Minzhong County."

"what?"

Minister Qin's face immediately changed. Just now he said Ren Xiao, but he didn't expect that there would be a problem in the South China Sea.

"How's the battle going?"

"Captain Ren Xiao of Nanyue has subdued the soldiers of the empire and went to Minzhong County to quell the rebellion. However, the monsters are powerful and have already occupied half of Nanhai County. The captain will not be able to completely defeat the aliens for a while."

"Go back!"

Ying Zheng rubbed his temples and said, "It's not that misfortunes never come singly. The empire just started a war with the Yaozu. First, the Chu region rebelled, and then the mermaids spied on Kyushu. One by one, they really know how to take time. Don't let me worry at all!"

"Ren Xiao's army may not be able to move for a while, but the Chu region is rebelling, and the empire must not sit still. Dear friends, is there any countermeasure?" Yingxuan asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have a plan, but I don't know if it is feasible?"

Just when everyone was helpless, Zhao Lang stepped forward and said loudly.

"speak!"

Zhao Lang volunteered, but Yingzheng was a little surprised. Zhao Lang's buttocks hadn't been warmed up by Zhi Li Neishi's chair, and he actually talked about the art of war.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Chu's rebellion seems powerful, but it is not."

Zhao Lang said loudly: "Although the rebels captured Changsha County, the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, the people's hearts are allied, and there are imperial frontier troops left by the four major Wuhous, so in recent days, the rebel army has attacked the counties near Changsha County. , all returned in vain.”

"So the empire only needs to send an absolute army to cooperate with the imperial frontier army to blockade Changsha County and trap the rebels in Changsha County. When the war in the north is over, the imperial frontier army will go south, and the chaos in Chu will be easily resolved."

"Moreover, in this way, it is possible to prevent the imperial garrison from fighting with the rebels and avoid unnecessary casualties."

"Oh, it's interesting to encircle but not destroy."

Ying Xuan nodded with all his thoughts, and asked: "There are still 30 troops in the Lantian camp, and they can go south to Chu, but who do you think is the right general?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know much about the generals of the empire, so I dare not speak nonsense."

After Zhao Lang finished speaking, he returned to his seat respectfully, raised his chest and looked up, as if I was very proud.

"Order Shaofu Zhang Han as the commander-in-chief, and lead the Lantian camp to the south to put down the rebellion in Chu."

(End of this chapter)