Bad people in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 337
Touman arrived at the agreed place, but the scattered troops had not come yet.

His previous decision to order the army to disperse into dozens of groups and run away was correct, and that was why the Qin army did not attack to pursue them.

Otherwise, if they gather together, the Qin army will definitely send out those kind of ballistas to chase them. Even if they can escape the pursuit, at least half of their manpower will be lost.

The range of that kind of ballista is really scary.

"Informed the Chanyu, the Qin army withdrew, but burned everything, killed all the people, and threw the bodies into the lake, leaving only children under ten years old."

Not long after, a soldier came on horseback and reported the situation with grief, anger and fear.

He risked his life to go back to observe, and finally found that the Qin army did not stay. After burning everything and transferring the corpses into the lake, they left with their cattle and sheep.

Their home was destroyed, completely destroyed!

It's just that this sadness, anger and fear didn't last long before it turned into confusion and shock.

I saw a flash of sword light, and the soldier covered his neck and struggled for a while before falling to the ground without moving. However, his facial expression was confused and confused, and he didn't understand why Shan Yu wanted to kill him.

"Gudu, the Central Plains people are cruel and vicious. They stole our cattle and sheep, burned our homes, and killed our women and children. I want you to go back and pay homage to them."

Shaking off the blood on the blade, Touman spoke to his good brother with a pair of red eyes, and he had a crazy murderous intention.

"Chanyu, those children..."

Gudu heard the meaning of Touman's words, and it was obvious that he wanted to kill all those children and put the blame on the Central Plains people.

But that is the child of their wolf clan, and it is the future.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Touman's scarlet eyes, which contained crazy murderous intent, including himself.

"I understand, I will take people to collect the bodies from the clansmen."

After swallowing his saliva, he didn't even dare to say anything anymore and took the order to leave.

After a while, a hundred absolute confidants were selected and set off with bows, arrows and scimitars.

"People from the Central Plains, I will make you pay with blood!"

Watching Gudu lead the people away, Touman turned his head and looked towards the south, his murderous intention became even more crazy, but there was also a sense of fear.

The people of the Central Plains are too strong and cannot be dealt with now. He wants to make the wolf clan stronger, integrate all the ethnic tribes in the north, form a huge empire like the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains, and then gather the power of the entire empire Start a war with the Central Plains and destroy the Central Plains.

"Donghu, this is the beginning of your unification of Northern Xinjiang as my Touman."

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Touman turned his head and looked to the east.

They only have horses and scimitars on hand now, and they don't bring much rations. They can't last long, let alone survive this winter.

They can only go out to rob and rob other people's cattle, sheep and women. Now the only ones that can be robbed are Donghu in the east.

There are no big tribes in the west. In the past, the looting efficiency was too low, making it difficult to feed the 20 troops. The north is even more inaccessible.

The Central Principle in the south is too strong. They are far from their opponents now. The only one who can move them is Donghu.

Although Dong Hu is powerful, he is not invincible. Now he has 20 string control men, and everyone is equipped with a scimitar. As long as his morale can be stimulated to the extreme and he goes crazy, he can defeat Dong Hu.

He sent his good brother Gudu over to clean up those children in preparation for this step. Only with the help of hatred and anger can his soldiers go crazy and become more ferocious and ferocious.

At the same time, it also prevents those children from becoming a burden to them. A group of hungry wolves with no weaknesses is the most powerful.

Of course, he never thought about confronting Dong Hu, but wanted to bring him down.

Anyway, the 20 troops in his hands no longer have anything to worry about. They can run wild in Donghu and bring down the entire Donghu sooner or later.

This is very dangerous, but now I have no way out, I can only fight.

Not to mention Touman's planning and madness here, Ying Zheng on the other side has already sent an envoy to Zhao State, and he took the black bird and landed directly outside Handan City, which happened to be the time of Zhao State's court meeting.

The Zhao people were no strangers to this kind of mechanism, Black Bird. They immediately became vigilant and made sure that only that machine, Black Bird, was sent out from behind to surround it. Then they discovered that it was an envoy sent by King Qin, with a chastity. The kind with a staff and a national certificate.

After confirming that it was the envoy, the general who defended the city hurriedly sent people back to report to King Zhao Yan. Although King Zhao Yan was confused, he still sent people to bring the Qin envoy into the palace.

"What did Ying Zheng ask you to do?"

Seeing the Qin envoy walking into the hall, King Zhao Yan asked coldly.

He was very dissatisfied and hostile to Qin. If it were not to show the king's magnanimity and fear of Qin's strength, he would have killed the envoy long ago.

"The king asked me as a representative to question King Zhao why he colluded with the foreign barbarians to provide the wolf tribe with military supplies such as scimitars. Does Zhao want to betray the entire Central Plains?"

Zhao Wangyan's voice was cold, and the Qin envoy's voice was even colder.

"Questioning the widow?"

Zhao Wangyan was stunned for a moment, then sneered, a cold sneer.

"Bold Envoy Qin, this is the State of Zhao, not your State of Qin. You cannot be so presumptuous."

As Zhao Wangyan's number one henchman, Guo Kai immediately gave him a warning.

There are some things that are difficult for the King to say, so he has to say them himself.

"The wood used for the handle of this kind of scimitar is only owned by your Zhao country, and there are millions of such scimitars in the Xiongnu. Shouldn't King Zhao give us an explanation for the entire Central Plains?

Our Great Qin army has annihilated the entire wolf tribe and seized millions of these scimitars. They will be transported to Zhao Changcheng later. King Zhao can send people to test the authenticity. "

The Qin envoy showed no fear and still had a questioning attitude. As he spoke, he took out the scimitar he had always carried with him.

The main reason why he was able to bring this scimitar into Prince Zhao's palace was that he did not know martial arts and would not be a threat.

However, as an envoy of a country, whether you have martial arts skills is only secondary. The key is to have enough courage and dare to question the courage of the king of a country.

This question and the scimitar made Zhao Wangyan narrow his eyes slightly and scan the civil and military officials in the court.

He knew that the Qin State would not talk nonsense on such a matter, not to mention that there were millions of scimitars to prove it. At the same time, he also knew that their Zhao State had made deals with the Wolf Clan, and his father had done so at that time.

It's just that he strictly prohibited this matter after he came to the throne. Now it seems that some people don't take his orders seriously and are still secretly making deals with the wolf clan.

So what was traded was the scimitar, what did you get from the wolf clan?
Seeing that King Zhao was silent, Guo Kai stepped forward, took the scimitar from the Qin envoy, pulled it out, and observed carefully.

Although he is not a martial arts practitioner, he has good eyesight.

The quality of this scimitar is very average, one level worse than the weapons used by Zhao soldiers, but this is not the point. The point is the wood used for the handle.

He is not unfamiliar with this kind of wood, because he often uses this kind of wood in his mansion. This is indeed a kind of wood produced in their Zhao country, but it is not a specialty of their Zhao country.

After identifying this kind of wood, Guo Kai explained: "This kind of wood is indeed abundant in our country, Zhao, but it is not unique to our country. There are also trees of this kind of wood growing in Yan State.

Moreover, I, the Great Zhao, have a blood feud with the Wolf Clan. This matter is known to the whole world. It is absolutely impossible for me, the Great Zhao, to collude and cooperate with the Wolf Clan. "

Regardless of whether these scimitars were traded to the wolves by someone in their ultimate move, let’s get rid of them first.

This kind of crime of colluding with foreign barbarians must not be borne, especially since the king has just succeeded to the throne, and such stains cannot be tolerated.

Not to mention that this was not the king's fault, and this kind of blame cannot be shouldered.

“You, the State of Zhao, don’t need to explain to me, nor do you need to explain to my king, you need to give an explanation to the entire Central Plains.

My king has sent people to inform the world about this matter. How you, the State of Zhao, explain it is your own business. "

The Qin envoy did not listen to Guo Kai's blame-shifting explanation, so he replied and got down to business.

"This time I came to Zhao on behalf of my king for two reasons. One is about the wolf tribe's scimitar, and the other is that our Qin State's [-]-strong army destroyed the wolf tribe. Now we are turning back. We need to cross the western end of the Zhao Great Wall and return home from the Yellow River.

I would like to ask King Zhao to abide by the ancient agreement and allow my army to return through the road. "

The main purpose of this mission was to provide a way for the [-]-strong army to transport the laurel tree back as soon as possible.

"The Qin State's attack to destroy the wolf barbarians was a great achievement for the entire Central Plains. It is a proper etiquette to use the road. I agree."

Zhao Wangyan did not hesitate about this. After all, the other party said that they were just taking the road to cross the west end of the Great Wall, which was close to the bend of the Yellow River. The distance was not long. There was also an army led by the old general Lian Po stationed there. But with an army of [-], he was not afraid of problems.And this itself is an agreement made by the Central Plains countries. They must provide convenience when dealing with foreign barbarians. When the wolf tribe invaded their country, Zhao, the Qin army that was at war with them withdrew, and even once Also leave food and grass behind.

This is the great righteousness of the Central Plains and the great righteousness of the world.

Even though Qin has become the enemy of the six Shandong countries, this righteousness must still be maintained.

This is also the magnanimity that their great Zhao and himself, the King of Zhao, should have!
"The King of Zhao is righteous. On behalf of the [-] soldiers of the State of Qin who went on this expedition, I would like to express my gratitude to the King of Zhao."

The envoy of Qin bowed to express his thanks. As long as the purpose was achieved, it was okay to thank him. This was also the attitude of their Qin country.

"Please also ask King Zhao to send someone to notify the Great Wall defenders as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings."

"Guo Aiqing, take the Qin envoy down to rest and take good care of him. When the Qin army enters the Yellow River, send someone to escort him back to Qin."

Zhao Wangyan gave the order to Guo Kai, and his heart was filled with anger, directed at the courtiers.

He knew that these courtiers did not approve of him very much and would definitely obey him in secret, but this level was too much.

Now the Qin State has found the evidence, questioned it in person, and spread the news to all countries in the world. How does this make other countries view their Zhao?How do you view yourself as King Zhao?
This kind of thing affects all aspects. Do they want to make Zhao a notorious person for thousands of years?

"Sir, take orders!"

Guo Kai accepted the order and immediately made an invitation gesture to the Qin envoy and led him away from the palace.

However, he did not take him to the inn, but took him to his own mansion to protect him and avoid being targeted by certain people.

If someone really wants to kill this Qin envoy, not only will Zhao Guo be embarrassed, but it will also offend Qin and give Qin an excuse to send troops.

But Zhao Wangyan in the palace was speechless, and just glanced at the ministers below coldly.

The civil and military officials below all looked at their noses and their noses, indicating that they had nothing to do with them.

They have either participated in this kind of thing, or have heard about it, but this kind of thing can only be said in secret. It is really impossible to say it openly. It would not be an exaggeration to say it to the Nine Clan.

They could only remain silent about this, and then Zhao Wangyan sat on top and stared, with an undetectable sneer hanging from the corner of his mouth.

He was sitting, but those below were standing.

Needless to say about those military attaches, but most of those civil servants are just ordinary people, it depends on which of us can outlast the other.

He couldn't do anything about these people, but it didn't stop him from getting rid of them and letting out a bad breath.

At the same time, I was thinking about where those people made those scimitars. They were all bronze scimitars. Even if each one only weighed three or four kilograms, millions of them would still weigh three to four million kilograms of copper.

There is plenty of copper if you really want to dig it up, but it requires manpower, let alone forging it into weapons.

It seemed that what those people were hiding was much deeper than he expected.

In addition, what did they trade from the wolf tribe?
Horses, or something else?
The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became. Although he was the king of Zhao, he could not control Zhao. Now he didn't even know someone was engaging in arms trading under his nose, and the Qin State had to come to accuse and expose it.

Suffocated!
Not to mention the aggrieved King Zhao Yan here, Zhao Jie, the king of Pingyuan on the other side, already knew the intention of the Qin envoy and knew that the wolf tribe had been exterminated by Qin.

Even if it's not completely destroyed, it should be almost done.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing for their country, Zhao.

"Qin State!"

Looking at the west, Zhao Jie felt deeply worried.

Only by fighting Qin on the battlefield can we know how powerful the Qin army is. Especially after Huang Tianhou joined the Qin State, the Qin army's combat power became even more terrifying.

They have asked the Mo family to design that kind of mechanical crossbow. Whether it is a single soldier crossbow, a chain crossbow, or a cart crossbow, they can all be imitated, and even better.

But the problem is that the mechanical crossbow is not the key. The key point is Qin's ability to smelt unlimited steel and the technology to make it into countless arrows.

Although he has been secretly digging copper mines to smelt copper, the difference between output and input is too big. He is also studying the smelting of steel, and even invited members of the Xu family of the Mo family, but unfortunately there has been no progress.

Compared with the Qin State, which had already forged structures of steel to transform the Yellow River, their Zhao State was far behind.

If this continues, the Zhao State will definitely be pushed further and further away from the Qin State. Once the Qin State starts a unification war in the future, their Zhao State will undoubtedly be destroyed.

As for the fight between Qin Wangzheng and Lu Buwei, he did not put all his hopes in it. It is undoubtedly stupid to place one's own life and death on others. A country must take the initiative.

It's just that there are too many problems nowadays, and there is another headache that is right in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the public losers must withdraw from the State of Zhao. They have bullied others too much!"

The cuttlefish on the opposite side said that he had come to Handan City a long time ago. Because the Qin envoy came with a black bird, he came to discuss the matter with Lord Pingyuan, and then he learned about the wolf tribe's scimitar.

He didn't care about it, and he had a tacit understanding not to mention it because the Mo family was also involved.

The bronze alloy ratio of the scimitar was given by the Xu family, so that so many scimitars could be produced.

Thanks to the many coal mines in Zhao State and the cover of the Taihang Mountains, so many weapons can be built quietly.

Of course, what they build the most are the parts used in the mechanical bows and crossbows, as well as the bronze mechanical white tigers, which are specially designed to fight against the Qin army. They have been hidden in the Taihang Mountains and can be used when needed.

However, now Zhao Wangyan does not trust the Mo family, and even feels disgusted with them. He has found Gongshu and transferred most of his resources to Gongshu. They can only cooperate with Pingyuan Jun, and they have to do it secretly.

This made him very unhappy. You must know that the land of Yanzhao has always been the territory of their Mohist family, but now it has been interfered by the public losers, and even turned against the guests.

Deception is too much!
The most important thing is that the arrival of Gongshujia gave the entire Mohist family a sense of crisis. They also understood Zhao Wangyan's idea and must not let him succeed.

The Kingdom of Zhao is the territory of their Mo family, and no outsiders are allowed to interfere, especially the loser.

"I have my own plan for this matter, and I will give you an explanation in two years at most."

Zhao Jie could only express his position, and at the same time he knew in his heart that he could not let Zhao Yan do anything wrong again.

The Mohist family needs their Zhao State, and the Zhao State also needs the Mohist family.

Seeing Zhao Jie finally express his position, Cuiyu was just satisfied. At the same time, he also understood that Zhao Jie would definitely make big moves in the next two years.

He didn't care what kind of big move it was, as long as the public losers were driven out of Zhao.

"One more thing, Sir Ju Wu asked me to tell you that I hope Prince Yan can be returned to the Kingdom of Yan as soon as possible."

Cuiyu talked about another thing, which was both Ju Wu’s request and the Mo family’s wish.

He is one of the few people who knows that Prince Dan of Yan has been accepted as a disciple by Juzi. If Prince Dan of Yan can succeed him as King of Yan in the future, they can further rely on the power of the Yan State to grow and suppress Confucianism.

In the past two years, Confucianism has been in the limelight because Traditional Chinese characters have unified all the fonts in the world. On the other hand, the Mohist school, which is also a famous school in the world, has not achieved much. Some people have even said that the Mohist school is not worthy of being ranked alongside Confucianism as a famous school in the world.

They cannot tolerate this kind of academic dispute. He can't control other countries, but in Yan and Zhao, they must be the only voice of the Mohist family.

"Prince Yan Dan?"

With twinkling eyes, Zhao Jie knew that this person existed and had even met him once. He was quite good at pretending.

"Go back and tell Ju Wu that Prince Dan of Yan will definitely return to the Kingdom of Yan within two years, and I will accept Prince Dan as my student."

With a plan in mind, Zhao Jie responded in the affirmative.

If the plan succeeds, Prince Jia will be able to succeed him as the new generation of King Zhao, and Prince Jia succeeded to the throne with the help of his own power, so it is impossible to resist him, at least not in a short period of time.

In this way, the State of Zhao will return to its own control and be better able to fight against the State of Qin.

The current King of Yan is not in his own interests, nor in the interests of Zhao. It would be better to replace him with a capable King of Yan.

That Prince Yan Pill is quite good, but it needs to be trained and trained to be branded as Zhao Jie.

"I will return your words to Master Ju Wu."

Cuiyu was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he quickly said that he would pass on the words, and at the same time he was secretly happy.

With this relationship, the Mo family can use Yan Dan to deepen their ties with Yan and Zhao in the future and further gain support from the two countries.

(End of this chapter)