My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 761: Ying Chengjiao is on the loose! Put away your soft-heartedness, Yan Dan must die!
The attention of the Qin emperor and his ministers was completely drawn to the news of the demise of Zhao and the fall of Handan.

So much so that they overlooked an extremely crucial piece of information.

After capturing Handan City, Ying Chengjiao entrusted the important task of guarding Handan and taking back the former Zhao city to Wang Jian.

What about Ying Chengjiao himself?
Wei Liao's words exploded in the imperial study like a thunder, causing all the officials of the Qin Dynasty to start thinking about a serious question.

What was Ying Chengjiao trying to do when he led 180,000 troops eastward?

Wei Zhuang spoke with difficulty: "Maybe Lord Chang'an has led his troops to help Captain Meng?"

"After all, Prince Dan of Yan is leading his troops to attack Neihuang City, and Commander Meng also needs the reinforcement of Lord Chang'an."

Han Cang also forced a smile with deep hope and said, "It must be so! It must be so!"

"It is a great joy to have defeated Zhao in this battle. Lord Chang'an should withdraw his troops."

However, the words of Wei Zhuang and Han Cang were so vague that even they themselves could not believe them.

Wang Wan hurriedly shouted, "General Meng, continue reading the military report!"

Meng Yi looked at the bamboo slips that had reached the end and shook his head bitterly: "The military report has been read out in full."

"Chang'an Jun did not say where he intended to go."

All the ministers could not help but feel a deep sense of panic in their hearts.

The worst happened.

Ying Chengjiao is off the leash!!!
Ying Zheng hurriedly picked up the bamboo tube again and poured out three more bamboo pieces strung together.

Picking up this family letter which was much thinner than the previous ones, three rows of familiar handwriting came into Ying Zheng's eyes.

[Give me soldiers! Give me food! I'm going to kill Yan Dan! (╬￣皿￣)]

[Put away your womanly kindness! Yan Dan must die! 凸(〝▼皿▼)]

[I said this! Zhao can’t stop me, and you can’t stop me either, big brother! (╬◣д◢)]

There was no greeting, no acting cute, and no explanation as to why Ying Chengjiao had captured the city of Handan without any orders.

At the end of each bamboo stick, Ying Chengjiao used a knife to carve an angry expression.

The three bamboo strips express only one idea:

Yan Dan must die!!!
Ying Zheng subconsciously clenched the bamboo strip in his right hand, his eyes full of complexity.

When Yan Dan sent assassins to kill Ying Zheng, his ministers advised Ying Zheng to endure it, and Ying Zheng himself chose to endure it.

All of this is rational consideration made for the country!

However, Ying Chengjiao attacked the State of Zhao with an extremely aggressive strategy as soon as he received the news, and even destroyed Zhao in one battle!
Then, without any hesitation, he led his army straight to the State of Yan!
Obviously, the great achievement that made all the ministers cheer was just removing the stumbling block on the road to revenge for Ying Zheng for Ying Chengjiao.

Ying Chengjiao did not hesitate to fight two consecutive battles just to kill Yan Dan in battle and avenge the assassination of Ying Zheng.

All of this is an emotional act done for Ying Zheng!
Ying Zheng knew that the advice of his ministers was correct and Ying Chengjiao's move was totally wrong.

But who can remain unmoved when their loved ones risk their lives for them? !
"This bastard actually said that I am too soft-hearted? How could I be too soft-hearted! I'm afraid this bastard is the only one in the world who would think that I am too soft-hearted!"

Muttering to himself, Ying Zheng carefully stuffed the letter into his arms and hid it carefully against his heart.

Then Ying Zheng raised his head, met the anxious gazes of his ministers and spoke in a deep voice: "Jun Changan is marching eastward to kill Yan Dan in battle and avenge me for being assassinated!"

"The reason why Lord Chang'an destroyed Zhao this time was so that he could go east to attack Yan and avenge me!"

The ministers' heads were buzzing.

There were constant wars during the Warring States Period. What kind of war situations had not occurred?

But the situation where a war just after defeating one overlord, without any rest, went straight to attack another overlord has never happened!
Crazy!

absurd!

Outrageous!

But when I thought about the fact that the general leading the troops was Ying Chengjiao, everything made sense.

There is nothing that Ying Chengjiao, who is on the loose, cannot do!

Chang Yun sighed: "To avenge the assassination of the king, we marched eastwards, and we would not hesitate to destroy the State of Zhao to avenge the king."

"Chang'an Jun's love for the king is truly a role model for the royal children!"

At that time, the Lord was still worried that Chang'an Jun would threaten the throne of the King.

Now it seems that the Lord’s worries back then were so ridiculous!

Yang Hu excitedly waved his right fist: "Great! Great!"

"Yan State thinks that Zhao State is between Qin and Yan State. Even if Yan State assassinates our king, our Great Qin State can do nothing. Yan State even thinks that it has nothing to fear from our Great Qin State by forming an alliance with Zhao State, so it is doing shameless things to our Great Qin State!"

"I want to see, now that Zhao is destroyed and Lord Chang'an is leading his troops eastward, can Yan still be as shameless as before?"

The depressed feeling just now disappeared, and was replaced by a strong sense of satisfaction.

I'm afraid that Yan Dan and King Xi of Yan, who were hiding behind the State of Zhao and secretly rejoicing, would never have dreamed that Ying Chengjiao would destroy Zhao in one battle and lead his troops to attack the State of Yan in order to avenge Ying Zheng!
Yang Hu only regretted that he was not in Ying Chengjiao's army and could not join Ying Chengjiao in avenging Ying Zheng!

However, Wei Liao had a miserable expression on his face, crying and laughing at the same time, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I resign!"

Ying Zheng quickly stood up and walked in front of Wei Liao, asking anxiously, "Why is the state commander so desperate?"

Wei Liao shook his head repeatedly and cried out sadly: "This is the fourth time that I have completely changed the strategy I formulated. Four times!"

"There were dozens of minor revisions!"

"For these military strategies, I have worked so hard that my hair has turned white even in my prime!"

"And now, the fourth set of military strategies I formulated has become useless again before it has even been implemented!"

"I am of no use to the Qin Empire, nor to the King."

"I beg you to resign!"

Every strategy formulated by Wei Liao is based on the situation in the world and is related to the overall strategy of the Qin Dynasty, including military, diplomacy, internal affairs and other aspects, involving many things and having great relevance. Every strategy requires Wei Liao to guarantee his life, and every strategy embodies all of Wei Liao's efforts!

But how many years had it only been since Wei Liao entered Qin?

Four strategies were completely scrapped!

Wei Liao felt that if he continued like this, he would really be exhausted to death in Daqin.

If Wei Liao could be remembered in history for some achievement after being exhausted to death, Wei Liao would accept it.

But unfortunately, all the efforts Wei Liao put in were in vain.

Who can bear this!
After two breaths of silence, Ying Zheng spoke faintly: "If I remember correctly."

"Was it the captain who advised the prince to go to war?"

Wei Liao: ...

"Snapped!"

Wei Liao slapped himself hard and cursed himself: "How stupid!"

From now on, no matter who the enemy is, no matter what the battle situation is, if I again advise Lord Chang'an to go to war, I will be a dog!
But, the future is the future.

As the person who recommended Ying Chengjiao to go to war, Wei Liao had no choice but to resign from the court just because Ying Chengjiao, whom he recommended, won victory after victory.

Sighing deeply for his receding hairline, Wei Liao bowed his hands and said solemnly: "I advise you."

"Send a message to Lord Chang'an immediately!"

"Order Chang'an Jun to relieve the siege of Commander Meng Wu and station there!"

"Order Shangqing Jia to enter Yan and threaten the King of Yan with Chang'an Jun's troops to force him to sue for peace!"

There was a hint of sadness in Wei Liao's voice: "Your Majesty!"

"With the power of our Great Qin, even ruling the former Zhao territory would be extremely difficult."

"If you annex Yan territory to Qin again, our Great Qin will be destroyed in an instant!"

Hearing Wei Liao's call, many court officials nodded in agreement, but no one felt it was absurd.

All the Qin officials, including Wei Liao, seemed to have acknowledged one fact.

As long as Ying Chengjiao attacks Yan from the east, Yan will perish!

Ying Zheng shook his head: "My brother, I am filled with resentment beyond words."

"This war may not involve the seizure of territory, but I'm afraid my brother will not accept staying without a fight."

This was the first time that Ying Chengjiao made such a firm, clear and unquestionable demand to Ying Zheng, and his purpose was to avenge Ying Zheng.

How could Ying Zheng have the heart to reject Ying Chengjiao!
Han Cang also trotted to Ying Zheng's side and hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty! The granaries of the Qin Dynasty are all running low!"

"If Chang'an Jun's troops attack Yan State directly, my Great Qin can only support Chang'an Jun's campaign for two months at most!"

Ying Zheng frowned slightly: "Didn't you say before that Chang'an Jun could fight freely in this battle?"

Han Cang said bitterly: "Your Majesty, this is totally wrong!"

"I underestimated Lord Chang'an's ability and overestimated my ability!"

"I estimated the food and grass based on the situation when Chang'an Jun fought in Zhao. I never thought that Chang'an Jun would fight in Yan!"

Han Cang was filled with relief.

After the Chang'an car came out, Han Cang thought that the national strength of the current Qin Dynasty was enough to support Ying Chengjiao to fight.

But who could have thought that Ying Chengjiao could fight all the way to the State of Yan without receiving the order from the court to "fight without restraint"!

If the court had really accepted Han Cang's advice at that time and ordered Ying Chengjiao to fight without restraint, God knows where Ying Chengjiao could have fought!

Following Han Cang, Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang and all the other court officials bowed their hands and said, "I advise you to immediately order Chang'an Jun to stay in Neihuang and not to advance any further!"

At this moment, the Qin Dynasty, which was hailed by the world as a country of tigers and wolves, suddenly became a representative of peace.

All those who used to clamor for war have become staunch advocates of peace.

After a few breaths of silence, Ying Zheng spoke slowly, "My vengeance must be avenged!"

"But you cannot let the Qin Empire be in turmoil and the country unstable just because of my hatred!"

When Ying Zheng heard what he said, there was a noticeable exhalation sound in the imperial study.

Ying Zheng continued: "Pass on my order!"

"Order Shang Qing Yao Jia to immediately return to Yan State and discuss a truce with the King of Yan."

"Order General Jian to prioritize defending Handan over capturing the city of Zhao. If you encounter a city that resists stubbornly, don't attack it by force."

"Order Chang'an Jun to stay in Neihuang immediately. Only block the enemy at Neihuang and do not venture into Yan territory!"

"This order was delivered personally by General Meng You! General Meng You will supervise Lord Chang'an on my behalf!"

Meng Yi bowed and agreed.

Wei Liao, Wang Wan and other ministers bowed excitedly: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

Although Ying Chengjiao has already escaped, the ministers believe that Ying Zheng will be able to contain Ying Chengjiao's offensive again!
However, what the ministers did not expect was that Ying Zheng continued to issue orders: "Order the grain officials to immediately mobilize the granaries in various parts of Guandong and make every effort to supply food and fodder to Chang'an Jun's troops."

"Order Li Xin's troops to abandon Dai County immediately and join forces with Lord Chang'an."

"Order all able-bodied men aged 16 and above and 50 and below in Sichuan (now Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and southeastern Henan), Dang, Huaiyang, and Yingchuan to gather their troops and bring them under the command of Lord Chang'an as soon as possible!"

Wei Liao hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty!"

Ying Zheng said calmly: "I can't let my brother go hungry!"

"I will never allow my brother to be bullied by the enemy's army!"

(End of this chapter)