Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

What Xiong Xin said is really sober in the world, and it is probably the opinion of many old families of the Six Nations.

The most intuitive example is Gongsun Ye, who served as eunuch order to Qin Mo. He was born in a Korean clan, and after moving to Chu, he was considered a great family, but he had no connection with the anti-Qin forces at all.

Otherwise, when his family was persecuted by the county officials and soldiers, the anti-Qin forces should have rescued him long ago, instead of waiting for Jin Yiwei to take action...

These old people have seen the situation of the world clearly, and they have given up unrealistic thoughts, and just live in peace.

And those who can't see the situation clearly, or those who know that they can't do anything but have delusions, are now in this land of Baiyue!

Xiong Xin was originally driven by the Xiang family's uncle and nephew, if he can really restore the glory of his ancestors, that's all right, even if he voluntarily abdicates in the future to let the virtuous, he will probably be able to feel at ease.

However, the Qin army suddenly appeared in the land of Baiyue, and the situation that the Xiang family's uncle and nephew had painstakingly managed collapsed in a short period of time. The old families of the six countries and the righteous people who cherished their homeland had also been completely lost under the attack of Daqin .

This made Xiong Xin see the reality clearly again, and completely cut off unrealistic thoughts!

So he took the initiative to stay behind and let the uncle and nephew of the Xiang family who really had the ambition to oppose Qin and restore the country leave.

Originally, he wanted to resist for a few days before surrendering, which would not only allow Xiang's uncle and nephew to escape further, but also increase the negotiating capital when surrendering.

But what he didn't expect was...

The old, weak, women, children, widows and orphans also chose to stay with him, and Qin Jun also came too fast.

He didn't intend to really defend to the death, nor was he a ruthless person. He knew that once the war broke out, the old, weak, women and children who had no combat experience would be the first to die in battle.

Therefore, after a little weighing, he came out directly to offer the city, and specially agreed on the time of offering the city during the day.

Because if the city is sacrificed tonight, and the Qin army enters the city, the old and weak, women and children will panic in the dark night, and many unnecessary deaths and injuries will be added!
"Those who surrender will not be killed, and will be resettled in labor camps."

Xiong Xin received Ying Zheng's eight-character reply, and her burden was relieved, so she hurried back to the city.

The next day, with fake beards on, he appeared majestically in front of the soldiers and civilians defending the city, and led a group of loyal guards to patrol the city defense.

"Your Majesty, your beard has fallen..."

As the breeze blew, Xiong Xin's beard sticking around his mouth fluttered and fell down, and a girl who was cooking gold juice picked up the beard and shouted.

Xiong Xin's face twitched, and he quickly stretched out his hand to hold down the remaining beard, and said sadly: "The Qin army is under pressure, and the lonely king's beard and hair fall off."

The girl pulled out a hand-relief knife from her waist, and imitated the appearance of an adult and said: "Your Majesty is not worried, I will kill the enemy for your Majesty!"

The soldiers guarding the city, the old and the weak, women and children around, couldn't help laughing out loud when they saw her small appearance, and the depression of sitting in the city was relieved.

But the pity in Xiong Xin's eyes was even worse. He stretched out his other hand and rubbed the girl's head, and said to everyone around: "The Qin army from outside the city is led by Qin Prime Minister Qin Mo. Xianming... is the most brave and good at fighting, and he is the most compassionate to the people... He leads troops to fight and never kills innocent people."

"If the Qin army invades the city and the situation is irreversible...you should abandon your weapons and surrender immediately, and don't risk your life in vain."

"At the time of introduction, the lonely king will also express his feelings to that Qin Mo, asking him to treat you kindly!"

As soon as these words came out, the joyous atmosphere suddenly disappeared.

The city guards and the old and weak women and children all looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless.

Song Yi, who was in charge of the affairs of this section of the city wall, frowned and stepped forward deliberately to persuade Xiong Xin not to say such morale-damaging words, but when he saw the girl next to Xiong Xin from the corner of his eye, , but couldn't help stopping, after a while, he sighed helplessly, and didn't go forward to persuade him.

If other Qin generals came from outside the field, even if it was Wang Jian and Wang Ben, they would resist to the end if they resisted to the end.

But now it's Qin Mo who came... When the overall situation is irreversible, there is really no need to drag all these people to die together.

Many could have survived at all!

Xiong Xin spent a morning walking around the walls of the royal city, and gave a dose of special vaccinations to the guards, the old and the weak, women and children.

But whether it is useful or not is up to two...

Because of his kindness, soldiers and civilians seem to be more willing to follow him and fight to the death!

thump—

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

It was past morning, and the soul-stirring sound of war drums suddenly sounded from outside the king's city in three directions, east, south, and north.

Qin Jun, began to attack the city!

beep-

The low and melodious horn sounded like rolling thunder, accompanied by the drums of war.

All kinds of siege equipment made overnight were on display, such as large catapults, low trench-filling vehicles, towering ladder vehicles, house-like siege vehicles (door crash vehicles), and heavy 楯 vehicles... ...The auxiliary army composed of Yangyu Qingzhuang pushed and slowly pressed against the three city walls.

And behind the wall made of heavy carts, there is a rigorous formation of the Qin army, with swords and spears standing up and banners fierce!
sternly-

Amidst the majestic and majestic drums, there was suddenly a sharp and intimidating sonorous sound. The Qin army's swords and spears waved together with banners, and a heaven-shattering roar suddenly broke out in the big formation.

"wind!"

"wind!!"

"Great wind~!!!"

……

To the east of Xiou King City, the city gate tower.

"Gudu..."

Xiong's mouth was parched, and he swallowed with difficulty.

Turning his head to look at the surrounding guards, as well as the old and weak women and children, he found that they were not much better. Their faces were pale and they swallowed their saliva, which was considered courageous.

Desperation can be found everywhere in the two battles!

"The power of the Qin army is so terrifying, it is a hundred times stronger than it was back then..."

Xiong Xin murmured, but he understood Xiang's uncle and nephew in his heart. The two uncles and nephews were victorious in all battles against the Baiyue coalition army, but they were defeated by the Qin army. Fleeing to the West Ou Kingdom, not to mention exhausting the power of the six countries, and now fleeing westward in a panic, heading for the more barbaric Luoyue...

Now it seems that it is really not the uncle and nephew of the Xiang family, but Qin Jun who is too clueless!
……

With unmatched power, the Qin army pushed the array within the range of the large trebuchet.Dozens of large catapults are not moving forward, and the firing angles are adjusted on the spot to start loading.

woohoo-

After a while, dozens of large iron bullets emitting green smoke roared into the air, crossed the advancing Qin army formation, and flew towards the city wall of the royal city at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xiong Xin shrank his neck in fright, but soon discovered that the trajectory of the iron bullet did not seem to be heading towards the city.

Instead, it was released towards the sheep and horse wall between the city wall and the moat.

Rumbling--

Rumbling--

Rumbling--

As the big iron bombs fell, there was a deafening explosion, and the wall of sheep and horses was blown down in an instant.

The raging orange flames and the rising white smoke made the city walls look like a purgatory.

The concussive shock wave brought about by the explosion even rushed to the city wall, shaking the guards and civilians staggeringly.

The imperial guards were better. Although their faces were pale, they still supported themselves, hiding behind the battlements, watching the Qin army outside.

But the old and weak women and children couldn't do it, they either lay on the ground with their heads in their arms, or fled down the city wall screaming.

Under the city, there were soldiers of war supervisors, who tried to stop them with spears, Xiong Xin hurriedly shouted: "Don't hurt women and children, let them escape..."

"The power of this thunderbolt, thunder and fire is really terrifying...It is right to dedicate the city in advance, otherwise the battle will be together, and the casualties may be greatly exceeded..."

Xiong Xin understood that this wave of precise thunderbolts was intended to blow up the wall of sheep and horses, but it was a reminder to him.

It's time to open the city!

At this time, the Qin army's large formation was about to press down on the moat. If the city was not opened again, thunderbolt bullets would be dropped on the top of the city.

Xiong Xin looked at the guards around him, waved his hands in shame and said, "Masters, put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate."

These imperial guards are all Xiong Xin's cronies, and they were the ones who helped Xiong Xin leave the city and enter the city last night, so they already knew about the dedication of the city.

At this time, under Xiong Xin's order, they didn't make any gestures. Some people went to the city gate tower, moved the machine to lower the suspension bridge, and some people went down the city wall, moved the gate knife and cart to open the door.

Xiong Xin shouted to the other bewildered city guards, as well as the shivering old and weak women and children, "Surrender... No one will die... The one who came outside the city is the First Emperor Yingzheng himself. , he will properly arrange for you...to live a good life in the future, don't think about other things..."

bang——

squeak-

Amid Xiong Xin's shouts, the suspension bridge fell and the city gate opened.

Teams of cavalry rushed out of the Qin army's battle formation, rushed up the suspension bridge like lightning, and rushed into the open city gate.

The city guards and the old and weak women and children watched this scene in a daze.

After a while, some people silently put down their weapons and accepted the reality, while others were unwilling to surrender to the Qin army, or committed suicide, or jumped off the city wall.

Xiong Xin saw an old man with a child in his arms and was about to jump down the city. He rushed over and dragged him, crying and begging, "Why bother...why bother... If the elder blames me for surrendering the Qin army, just kill me... ...do not cut off the blood of a righteous man..."

The old man couldn't pull the young and strong Xiong Xin, and said angrily: "Since it is the blood of a righteous man, how can it be justified?!"

Xiong Xin still underestimated these righteous men who are wholeheartedly against the Qin Dynasty and restoring the country. His good intentions may not be appreciated by everyone...

More and more cavalry soldiers of the Qin Army poured into the city shouting "Those who surrender will not be killed", followed by more infantry, and the three gates in the southeast, north and south were quickly controlled.

The remaining Ximen became the hope of those who were unwilling to surrender and sit still.

The tactic of besieging three ques and one worked. Many people escaped from the king's city through the west gate, but even if they encountered the ambush cavalry led by Zhang Han, they still couldn't escape!

……

By noon, the war had come to an end. Those who wished to surrender, those who wished to die, each had their own destiny.

After the city was cleared, Qin Mo and Ying Zheng entered the city surrounded by imperial guards, and then went straight into the Xiou Palace.

Xiong Xin seemed to be shocked by those die-hards who sacrificed their lives for righteousness. Walking corpses followed the monarch and his ministers into the palace, as if they had lost their souls.

It wasn't until Ying Zheng took the initiative to talk to him that he suddenly came back to his senses: "What did Your Majesty say?"

Ying Zheng said softly: "Everyone has his own aspirations, so you don't have to think too much... The unification of China is the general trend, and it cannot be countered by manpower."

"When your grandfather Xiong Huai, the real King Huai of Chu, was in power, he appointed Qu Yuan and others to reform the law and seek strength. At that time, Qu Yuan and others also proposed the idea of ​​annexing the world, but the reform was abandoned halfway, and the so-called idea became empty talk... "

"I said this to tell you that in today's world, even if there is no Great Qin, there will be other countries that will unify China. Maybe it is your Chu State, or it may be the Qi State in the east, or the Yan State in the north. Zhao..."

"But as long as China is unified, there will be survivors of the old clan who will go against the trend with delusion in their hearts, and then there will be rebellion and counter-rebellion. This is an inevitable pain..."

"In the end, this land of Huaxia will eventually be a whole. Whether it is those who follow the trend or those who go against the trend, it will be nothing more than a stroke of history. It is useless to entangle. Take it easy and live a good life day!"

Ying Zheng's remarks, although there is suspicion that standing up and talking without pain in the back, they can definitely be called a high-level strategic plan with far-reaching insights.

Even Qin Mo was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and people of later generations who read history books from the perspective of a bystander may not necessarily be able to draw such a conclusion.

And Ying Zheng was in the middle of the game, and he was able to see it so thoroughly, it's really staggering!
Xiong Xin was stunned for a moment, but bowed deeply: "The sinner knows."

Ying Zheng nodded, then took out a piece of sheepskin, put it in front of Xiong Xin and asked, "What is this, that you keep it in a jade seal niche?"

This is the purpose of his initiative to talk to Xiong Xin just now, but Xiong Xin didn't hear clearly.

Xiong Xin glanced at the lined sheepskin, and explained: "This is a map."

Ying Zhengxuan didn't roll his eyes: "I'm not blind, I know this is a map...I'm asking you, where is this map?"

"The topography of the mountains, rivers and rivers depicted above does not seem to be the land of Baiyue, nor my land of China. How come I have never seen it before?"

Xiong Xin raised her hands in embarrassment and said, "Actually... I don't know where the map is."

"Back when the Xiang family's uncle and nephew beat King Xiou away and placed me in this palace, I accidentally found this map under King Xiou's bed."

"Later, I asked the servants of King Xiou who had been captured. They said that the map was brought by visitors from the sea. Those visitors from the sea looked even more peculiar than the people from the west of Luoyue Kingdom. They had high noses and deep eyes, which looked like evil spirits."

"However, they seem to have an extremely prosperous culture, not inferior to the prosperity of China!" This is the biggest reason why he collects sheepskin maps.

The ancients in the pre-Qin period were not like the later Song and Ming Dynasties, who were imprisoned by Confucianism and lost their thirst for knowledge, and began to stand still...

From the pre-Qin to the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was the time when the Chinese nation's desire for knowledge was the strongest, and it was also the time when the pioneering spirit was the most vigorous!
Yingzheng Dan narrowed his phoenix eyes, as if there was a flash of light, stroked the lines drawn on the sheepskin, and said quietly: "A place that can breed a prosperous culture must also be a fertile and livable treasure."

As she said that, she looked at Qin Mo and asked, "Aiqing is the most knowledgeable, and she always knows things that others don't...Do you know that there are treasure lands overseas?"

Qin Mo blinked, not knowing how to speak.

Ying Zheng is obviously thinking about other people's one-acre three-point land, and his own family hasn't sorted it out yet. Is it necessary to eat from the bowl and watch the pot?
Moreover, Qin Mo really didn't understand the world situation in the pre-Qin era, whether it should be said or not.

Didn’t those history buffs on the Internet in later generations always say that Alexander the Great almost went to China to meet the First Emperor?

However, some people seem to refute the rumors that by the time of Yingzheng, the pressure of Shanda had already caught a cold, and the territory of Nuoda, which was conquered but not ruled, had already been torn apart...

"Treasure land...there must be some overseas, and most of this sheepskin map is real."

After pondering for a while, Qin Mo affirmed the authenticity of the sheepskin map, and then said: "As far as I know, China is only a corner of the world, and the overseas area is tens or hundreds of times larger than China."

"Of course, there are very few people who can breed a prosperous culture like the land of China. Even if it is a fertile and livable treasure land, it may not be able to breed culture. There are too many bloody people!"

The more Ying Zheng listened to Dan Feng's eyes, the brighter he put the sheepskin map in front of Qin Mo, and said, "Look, Aiqing, where is the treasure land depicted on this map? Is it far from Daqin?"

This is purely embarrassing.

Qin Mo is not a fan of world ancient civilization history, nor is he a fan of world geography. It is undoubtedly quite difficult to tell where is where from a map of a region.

"Uh……"

Qin Mo hesitated and focused his gaze on the sheepskin map. He was really confused when he looked at it at first, but after looking carefully for a while, he seemed to have found his way again.

In particular, this sheepskin map is an incomplete map, extending all the way to the coastline of Xiou Kingdom.

From the coastline of the Xiou Kingdom, in reverse, it is the coastline of the Luoyue Kingdom, which is the Vietnam of later generations, or the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

Bypassing the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula, further west is naturally the Bay of Bengal.

Then further west, across the Bay of Bengal, is the Indian Peninsula, also known as the Indian Subcontinent.

On the other side of the Indian peninsula, is the Arabian Sea... the Arabian Peninsula?

Are the Arabs so awesome?

Did the Great Geographical Discovery begin in BC?
Qin Mo looked at the map for a long time, and finally looked away from the map, and said to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, this map looks small, but it actually covers an area dozens of times larger than that of Great Qin."

"The dotted line at the corner here is the coastline of Xiou Kingdom, and going back to this triangular area is the cape where Luoyue Kingdom is located...

It extends into the sea like Langya County (Shandong Peninsula) in our Great Qin Dynasty, but it is bigger than Langya County..."

Qin Mo then pointed to the Indian peninsula and said, "There is actually a much larger landmass inwards from this cape. The climate is warm and rich in products. You can even go to the Hexi Kingdom of my minister by land...but it only draws the coastline..."

He talked more and more smoothly, along the coastline, explaining to Ying Zheng what he knew.

The more Ying Zheng listened, the more surprised he became, and he nodded frequently.

And Xiong Xin, who was beside him, was even more stunned when he heard it, and he was completely dumbfounded.

Damn, is the prime minister of Daqin so knowledgeable?

Where did you learn all this?

"This Arabic is related to the Arabic numerals promoted by the minister in the Daqin Academy. The local culture is indeed prosperous..."

After a long while, Qin Mo finally stopped talking, took off the bamboo water jug ​​on his waist, poured it vigorously, and said, "I only know this, and I don't understand many things, even what I just said, there must be some mistakes... ..."