The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 97 History will eventually change ([-] please subscribe)

The Qin Palace is majestic, and the people of Qin are still dark. All they can see is the palace and the towers, which are all black. Suddenly, the majesty is more serious than before, making people feel frightened, as if they are in front of giant beasts, mountains and rivers.

The Wei envoy slowly walked into the Qin Palace. When he raised his head, he saw a few people standing on both sides, and at the top, Qin King Ying Ji looked at him with a majestic face.

"Foreign minister, I have met King Qin!"

The Wei envoy quickly saluted and bowed respectfully.

At the same time, I was hesitant about how to speak. After all, the eldest son of King Qin and the crown prince of Qin died of illness in Wei. I was afraid that if I told him, King Qin would act irrationally.

However, he knew that he would eventually say something, it was just a matter of sooner or later.

"waived!"

King Qin's majestic voice came, making Wei Shi's body tremble.

Then he said: "The foreign minister is here this time because my king has a letter that he wants to send to the King of Qin. I would like to ask the King of Qin to take a look!"

As he spoke, he took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and handed it to the waiter on the side.

"Oh……"

King Qin took the bamboo slips and opened them to watch. However, after a moment, King Qin threw the bamboo slips to the ground with an angry look on his face. He looked at Wei Chen below and scolded: "Before I, the Crown Prince of Qin, went to Wei, my body Ankang, no disease, why did he die of illness after arriving in Wei!?!"

"This……"

The envoy didn't know how to answer. After all, the prince of Qin did die of illness, but he died in Wei State, which made Wei State very helpless.

That's right, as the envoy, he didn't know there was something fishy behind Prince Qin's death. He really thought that Prince Qin died due to illness.

"Humph!"

The King of Qin took one look at the panic on the envoy's face, and knew in his heart that the Wei envoy in front of him knew nothing, and even if the two countries were at war, he would not kill the envoy, so the King of Qin would not spread his anger on the Wei envoy.

So he said in a cold tone: "I know about this, and I would like to ask the King of Wei to help me win over my prince, and send troops to escort him back to Qin!"

"This is what should be done. My king made arrangements when the foreign ministers came!"

Wei Shi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly answered respectfully.

"Go back!"

Watching the envoy of Wei walk out, Fan Jucai said: "The prince is dying in the Kingdom of Wei? I'm afraid..."

Fan Ju also learned about the news of the death of the prince.

Seeing this, King Qin explained: "The State of Wei has sent a secret message, saying that the crown prince's death is not due to illness. I am afraid that the State of Wei is causing trouble!"

"Your Majesty, the Wei State is rude and uses conspiracy and tricks. I am willing to lead the army to attack Wei!"

On the side, Bai Qi suddenly came out of the queue and took the initiative to speak.

However, the King of Qin seemed unusually calm at this time. He raised his hand to stop others from speaking, and then said: "Now that the battle of Shangdang has involved all the forces of Qin, we can no longer divide our troops to attack Wei. Besides, Wei has already I am a minister of Qin, and if we suddenly attack Wei and unite Zhao and Wei, it will be detrimental to Qin!"

Bai Qi calmed down after hearing this. After all, he had a good impression of Prince Mourning.

Princess Xia on the side remained calm until she went out and said nothing.

Seeing Princess Xia like this, Bai Qi couldn't help but comfort him: "My condolences, Princess!"

"..."

Princess Xia shook her head and looked at the tower in the distance, "I wonder when this conquest of the world will end!"

"almost……"

Bai Qi also showed signs of imagination, as if he was imagining the scene of the Six Nations and One in the future.

After a moment, Princess Xia came to her senses, and the two of them walked outside the Qin Palace together, and asked, "I heard that you accepted a disciple a year ago?"

"I just picked up a little beggar on the street. I thought she was pitiful, so I took her home, but she is very talented."

Bai Qi said with a faint smile on his face.

"talent?"

Princess Xia understood what the talent Bai Qi was talking about, but she was Bai Qi's disciple after all, so she couldn't ask more questions. Besides, she was just asking out of curiosity.

"The confrontation in Changping has been going on for more than a year now, and the king's plan to alienate Zhao Guo is about to bear fruit. When the time comes, you will go to Changping!"

"The Battle of Changping is coming to an end!"

Bai Qi had a serious look on his face, "The Kingdom of Zhao, King Zhao Wuling, has a strong national power, and its soldiers are brave and good at fighting. It will definitely become a stumbling block in the battle of Qin's unification in the future. So, if we can fight here, it will be settled once and for all." Best result!"

"Once and for all..."

Princess Xia frowned. How could she not know about this, but what could she do?We can't completely annihilate the Zhao State's army and leave the Zhao State with no soldiers to use, right?
Bai Qi's expression changed, and he already had a solution in mind. He was very hesitant before, but hearing that the prince was executed in Wei made him more determined.

He glanced at Princess Xia beside him, and murmured in his heart: "Princess, the peace you want, the peace you are pursuing in the camp, I am afraid you will never see it again. If so, then let me lend a helping hand to make this peace come true as soon as possible. …”

……

In the 43rd year of King Qin Huiwen's reign, the prince passed away in Wei.In the same year, the King of Qin made a plan to alienate Zhao. Zhao Guo changed his generals and Zhao Kuo led the battle of Changping.

At the same time, Qin secretly changed general Bai Qi.

When Bai Qi arrived in Changping, the Zhao army attacked the Qin army. Bai Qi led the troops, retreated the Zhao army, and took the initiative to attack the Zhao army in Changping, and the campaign resumed.

"Bai Qi should have arrived in Changping..."

Princess Xia stroked the Qin sword in her hand, with a look of memory on her face.In the Huizhi Palace, Ta Xue snorted and looked at the flower garden on the side. From time to time, he suddenly ate a flower, and then munched on food and grass as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Princess Xia, she didn't pay attention and ate flowers from the flower garden again.

Bai Zhi on the side couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Ta Xue's movements.The wisdom of a ten-year-old child is carefree, yes, but he is also a little envious of Ta Xue.

"I heard that he also brought new disciples with him..."

Bai Zhi's thoughts also followed Princess Xia's thoughts and drifted to Changping. He thought of what Bai Qi was going to do in Changping and felt that history should no longer follow the original. Now that it has come, it should be changed.

Then he said: "Xia, do you remember that Bai Qi said before that if Zhao State is to go through this battle, there will be no strength to fight?"

"Naturally remember!"

Princess Xia looked at Bai Zhi, wondering why Bai Zhi kept talking about old things.

"Zhao Guo changed his general to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo is just talking on paper and has no actual combat skills. Facing Bai Qi, the God of War who has experienced hundreds of battles, I am afraid he will only lose. In the end, there is a great possibility that he will surrender with his troops! "

"God of War Bai Qi?"

Princess Xia's attention was attracted by these four words, with a smile on her face, but thinking about Bai Qi's past achievements, she was indeed worthy of this title.

Bai Zhi was stunned and secretly thought that he was careless.

It seems that the title of Bai Qi, the God of War, was obtained in one fell swoop precisely because of the battle of Changping, where more than 20 Zhao soldiers were killed, and it was given to him by later generations.

But now is not the time to talk about that.

He continued: "What if Bai Qi accepts the surrender of Zhao and at the same time wants to make Zhao no longer able to fight?"

"This……"

Princess Xia pondered, thought for a moment, and said: "Don't let the soldiers of Zhao surrender return to Zhao and become slaves!"

Bai Zhi nodded, "This is indeed a method, but at that time, Zhao's soldiers must have been short of food. There were 20 soldiers. The Qin army still had no food, so where would the food come from for the soldiers to eat?"

Princess Xia frowned and looked at Bai Zhi, not understanding what Bai Zhi was going to say.

Looking at Princess Xia, Bai Zhi suddenly said: "The best way is to kill the 20 surrendered soldiers!"

"what?!"

Hearing this, Princess Xia was shocked.

Although they are the enemy and have surrendered, is it too cruel to kill the surrendered soldiers? !

And it’s still 20!
When Princess Xia thought of this, her first reaction was disbelief. After all, there were 20 surrendered soldiers. Even if they were beheaded, it might not be an easy task.

But hearing Bai Zhi's words so confidently made Princess Xia hesitate.

Guessing that Princess Xia might not believe it, Bai Zhi lied and said, "Xia Qian knows that I have magical powers. This is the future that I have seen using my magical powers..."

"future……"

After hearing what Bai Zhi said, Princess Xia finally believed it this time.

Looking at others, my mother's family was all killed because of the war. Thinking about Zhao's 20 soldiers, how many fathers, brothers, and elders were there? !

Princess Xia quickly stood up, walked into the palace, and put on a suit that made it easier to move around. Although her face was old, her body was still upright.

"Where are you going?"

Bai Zhi asked knowingly.

"Your Majesty, go to Changping!"

……

"Why do you want to go to Changping? Didn't you already promise me that you will only stay in Xianyang from now on?"

In a palace, King Qin Ying Ji was reviewing documents. He frowned when he saw Princess Xia who suddenly came in and explained her intention.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to fight this time, I'm just traveling around, nothing else!"

"Really do nothing?"

King Qin Yingji didn't believe a word of it.Since the last time Princess Xia was almost captured by the Zhao army, King Qin had been watching her very closely.

Why go to Changping if you don't want to do anything?Could it be that it was really a sightseeing trip?

King Qin Yingji shook his head and still refused.

Seeing this, Princess Xia sat down directly in front of the table and watched King Qin Ying Ji reviewing the documents.

King Qin Ying Ji smiled slightly, stopped talking, and lowered his head to deal with political affairs.The floor inside the palace was scrubbed by waiters and the light was visible. Purple smoke rose from the bronze incense burner, the curtains were hung high, and the candles on the bronze sacred tree were dimly lit.

Sunlight shines down from the huge doors and window lattice, and you can see the dust floating in the light.

Time passed, the light moved slowly, the sun began to set, and the light became increasingly red.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!"

At this time, a waiter reminded Qin Wang Yingji softly.

"okay!"

King Qin Yingji put down his jade pen, moved his wrist, and looked at Princess Xia sitting beside him, but still did not speak.

He just arranged for the waiter on the side to "prepare dinner for the princess of Zhenguo!"

"Here!"

……

Princess Xia did not move as she watched the dishes of dinner being placed on the table in front of her.Bai Zhi looked at the food from the pre-Qin period and shook his head slightly.

The meals during this period still relied on boiling, boiling, frying, and roasting, and spices were still precious and not popular, so the taste was naturally not very good.

"Sister, eat!"

After the food was served and a dedicated waiter had tasted it, King Qin Ying Ji looked at Princess Xia and greeted her.

However, Princess Xia did not respond to King Qin Yingji's words. Instead, she turned to the waiter and said, "Take the food away!"

Hearing Princess Xia's words, the waiter on the side was stunned and looked at King Qin above, hesitant.

Seeing this, King Qin Yingji didn't know what Princess Xia was planning to do, so he couldn't help but sigh, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Sister, do you really want to go to Changping?"

"Yes! I can promise that I will never fight again."

Princess Xia nodded and looked at King Qin seriously, "I just went over to take a look..."

However, King Qin Ying Ji still shook his head, but he also said: "It's not that I can't let you go to Changping, but in addition to my promise and guarantee to you, I also need external restrictions on you! "

"Restrictions on foreign objects?"

Princess Xia was stunned by King Qin's words.

Seeing this, King Qin Ying Ji showed a smile on his face. He looked at Princess Xia with a look of pride and said: "I have found a talent with superb swordsmanship. He is also a disciple of the strange man Gui Guzi. I want him to follow my sister to Changchun." flat!"

"Excellent swordsmanship?"

Princess Xia thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

As long as you can go to Changping!
"So, please treat me to dinner!"

……

In fact, Bai Zhi was quite curious about the swordsman master mentioned by King Qin Yingji, but when he saw the real person, he found that he was an old man.

He has gray hair, an old face, and is wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes, but he has a tall and straight figure, and an unspeakable power emanates from his side.

"What's your name?"

In Huizhi Palace, Princess Xia looked at the old man in front of her, and her eyes also fell on the long sword in the other man's hand.

"Princess of the Kingdom of Zhen, I am from Jingmu!"

The old man replied.

"Wooden man?"

Hearing that the other party called such a strange name, Princess Xia couldn't help but look at the other party.

But that's all. Princess Xia's attention was all on Changping at this time.

"Jingmu people?"

From the side, Bai Zhi flew over.

And the Jingmu people saw a black bird suddenly flying under the pavilion. It was completely black and had long feathers. It was mysterious and not like an ordinary bird. This made him suddenly have a guess.

"what country are you from?"

Bai Zhi said, since we were going to Changping together all the way, there was no need to hide.

When the Jingmu man heard the divine bird speak, he looked startled, with a look of surprise on his face, but he still quickly and respectfully replied: "I am a member of the Wei Kingdom."

"Weiguo people!"

Bai Zhi felt a little more certain, and then asked again, "Was your ancestor once the Qi Guoqing clan?"

Hearing Bai Zhi's words, Jing Muren's face became even more shocked, and he nodded quickly, "Exactly!"

At this time, he had already confirmed in his heart that the black bird in front of him was the divine bird. Otherwise, how could he know his ancestors as soon as they met? !

Seeing Jing Muren nodding, Bai Zhi also confirmed his suspicion.

"I didn't expect that it was really him..."

He is really the ancestor of the famous Jing Ke in history!

In history, Jing Ke, who assassinated Qin Shihuang, was a member of the Wei State, and his ancestors were the Qi Guoqing family. The Jingmu people we see now should be Jing Ke's ancestors.

Jing Ke should have been born at this time...

Thinking of what Jing Ke would do in the future, and looking at the Jingmu people at this time, Bai Zhi could not help but lament the fate.

One works for Qin, while the other works for Yan, and is the one who will assassinate the future King of Qin!

Princess Xia on the side couldn't help showing curiosity when she saw that Bai Zhi was so concerned about asking. However, it was difficult to ask since Jingmu was around at this time.

……

Changping.

The Qin army and the Zhao army have experienced several battles, all of which ended with the defeat of the Zhao army.Zhao Kuo, the general of Zhao, originally vowed to do so, but according to his military tactics on paper, he was defeated every time.

"Can we only defend the city?"

In a tent in the Zhao Jun camp, young Zhao Kuo had a look of doubt on his face.

He couldn't help but think of General Lian Po's previous strategy: defend the city!

However, now that the Zhao army's food route has been cut off by the Qin army, the Zhao army has been short of food for a long time!

In the military camp, there is no green anymore.

Maybe if you wait for a while, Zhao Jun may have a camp roar.

After thinking about this, Zhao Kuo became more and more confused. He walked out of the tent, refused to follow the soldiers, and walked out of the city.

He began to miss the person by the river outside the city...

……

……

When Princess Xia arrived at Changping, Zhao Jun had already launched the final offensive, which ultimately failed. Among them, Zhao Kuo was shot to death by a Qin soldier during the battle.

The dragons were leaderless, the generals in the army died, and the entire Zhao army turned into headless flies. They were frightened by the power of the Qin army and surrendered directly.

"Zhao Jun is defeated!"

"It's so fast!"

Princess Xia rushed to the Qin army camp and saw that there were many fewer soldiers in the camp. She knew that the missing soldiers had died on the battlefield.

At this time, Bai Qi, who was wearing armor with blood stains on it and a murderous look, returned to the military camp. When he saw Princess Xia, he nodded immediately.

When he returned, soldiers came to report that Princess Xia had arrived in Changping.

"I never thought that the king would agree to the princess coming to Changping again!"

In the tent, Bai Qi, who had taken off his armor, looked at Princess Xia and couldn't help but wonder.

"How can the king rest assured? In recent years, the king has been recruiting talents. The person behind me is a swordsman with superb swordsmanship. In addition to protecting me, he is also a kind of surveillance!"

After hearing Princess Xia introduce herself, Jing Muren, who was standing behind Princess Xia, bowed his hands to Bai Qi above him.

Knowing that the Jingmu man was a member of the king, Bai Qi did not blame him and handed him over politely.

Later, Bai Qi asked Princess Xia about her intention to come.

"I just wanted to see the final result of the Changping Battle. I never thought that the Zhao army would be defeated just after arriving!"

"Yes! It's a coincidence that the princess came!"

Bai Qi smiled, and then slowly told the story of the battle. When Princess Xia heard that nearly 20 Zhao soldiers had been captured, her face showed surprise.

Then he asked seemingly unintentionally, "I wonder what you plan to do with these Zhao Guojiang soldiers?"

"How to deal with..."

Bai Qi also hesitated.

In fact, Bai Qi always remembered the incident when Princess Xia was almost captured by Zhao. He kept it in mind and was even more attentive to the Zhao army's battle than before.

There was quite a bit of hatred towards Zhao Jun in his heart.

Princess Xia thought of what Bai Zhi had said about the future. Without waiting for Bai Qi's answer, she took the initiative and said: "In this battle, 20 Zhao soldiers will be captured. If these 20 surrendered soldiers are returned to the Zhao Kingdom, I am afraid that soon , Zhao State has the power to fight Qin State again..."

(End of this chapter)