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

Chapter 934: The fertile land of Dai State was destroyed in an instant! This hatred and resentment will never end until the country is destroyed, and blood debt can only be repaid with blood!
January 4, the sixteenth year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang.

Ten miles north of Wei County, there is a temporary military camp.

The flying snow mixed with the dust stirred up by the earth, covering the sky with a layer of earthy yellow gauze.

Under the veil, solemn-looking soldiers of the military patrolled and checked with spears in hand, while groups of scouts rushed into the military camp from all directions.

The Chinese military tent.

Mao Sui bowed to Dai Wangjia and said in a sad voice, "Your Majesty!"

"This time the earth dragon turned over and the underworld opened its gates, devouring three of our great ministers, one hundred and sixty-three officials with a rank of more than a thousand stones, twenty-one royal children, and three hundred and ninety-seven concubines in the harem."

Dai Wangjia's already pale face looked even less bloody.

In the eyes of Dai Wangjia, the concubines in the harem were nothing more than bargaining chips to win over various forces, and it didn't matter if they all died.

But, there were 163 ministers with a rank of 1,000 stones or above and three senior ministers!

One turn of the earth dragon and one opening of the underworld caused the dynasty to lose nearly half of its important officials!

The sudden loss of so many important officials would not only make Dai Wangjia in urgent need of talents, but would also cause the operation of the Dai central court to come to a standstill!

Dai Wang Jia couldn't help crying out in sorrow: "My beloved ministers! My beloved ministers!"

"I am deeply ashamed of you all!"

Mao Sui continued to report sadly: "This time the Yellow Spring Gate was only opened outside Wei County, and it did not affect other places."

"Yes! This time the earth dragon turned over and reached Lexu in the south, Pingyin in the north, Dangcheng in the east (around Ding'an Village in Huangmei Township) in the territory of Yan State, and Guo County in the west (around Guoyang Town)."

Dai Wangjia leaned forward and asked in astonishment: "It reaches Lexu in the south, Pingyin in the north, Dangcheng in the east, and Gang County in the west?"

"Over 400 miles wide and over 500 miles long?!"

"How can it be!"

"In the past, Qin Chang'an Jun also ordered the Earth Dragon to turn over, but the Earth Dragon only destroyed a city and a place for Qin Chang'an Jun."

"How could this incident have such a wide impact?"

Dai Wangjia couldn't believe it.

Dai Wangjia couldn't believe it was true.

The area described by Mao Sui was the richest area of ​​Dai State, and it completely included all the core areas of Dai State!
If the scope of this earth dragon's reversal is really so wide, then it is no exaggeration to say that Dai's economy, grain production, handicrafts, metallurgy and other light and heavy industries will all collapse in an instant!
Neither King Jia of Dai nor the State of Dai could bear such a horrible truth!

It’s a pity that the truth is the truth and it will never change due to personal will.

Mao Sui shook his head bitterly and said, "I dare not say a single word of falsehood."

"According to our scouts, this is indeed the extent of the earth dragon's rise."

"The counties further away also felt the shock of the earth dragon turning over, but there was not much damage so they were not counted."

Mao Sui was already underestimating the situation by not including in the count those counties that did not cause large-scale losses.

Otherwise, the entire territory of Dai State will be included!
Dai Wangjia unconsciously covered his heart with his right hand and murmured sadly: "My territory! My country!"

"The difficulty of the Earth Dragon's reversal this time is so great, how can I rebuild our dynasty!"

Finished!

It's all over!
All counties capable of disaster relief became disaster areas.

King Jia of Dai didn’t even know where to dispatch food, fodder and troops, or where to rescue!

However, the bad news Mao Sui brought was far more than that.

Mao Sui sighed and continued to report: "This time the earth dragon turned over, causing Wei County to completely collapse, and only one in ten people in the city survived."

"The roads to Anyang and Yangyuan counties are blocked, and scouts have difficulty entering. We have not yet explored the situation inside the city."

"Liudang Township, Yannan Township, Woshi Township... a total of seven townships, 26 miles in radius, with no roads around them, and the conditions within them have not been investigated."

"As of today's scouts' discovery, the earth dragon has destroyed the cities and houses in three counties, seventeen townships, and ninety-eight miles of our Da Dai, and devoured more than 129,800 Da Dai people and barbarians."

"Because the young and strong people in the counties and villages have all gone with the army, the women, children, the elderly and the weak who stayed behind are unable to carry the falling rocks and rolling logs, and transport the food and supplies. Therefore, I think that the number of people who died in this earth dragon may reach 300,000!"

Without strong laborers, it would be difficult to move the wood, stones and bricks that fell after the earthquake, and it would be difficult to rescue the victims trapped under the rubble, resulting in a sharp increase in the death toll.

Without strong labor, it would be difficult to go up the mountain to hunt to satisfy hunger when the food supplies were exhausted, or even difficult to go deep into the mountains to move the food stored in the caves by the villagers.

Without strong laborers, it would be difficult to transport grain, medicinal materials and utensils from various granaries to the severely affected areas.

The situation at the grassroots level of Da Dai is not simply that there is a lack of able-bodied laborers. Even three out of five officials from various parts of Da Dai have been drafted to the battlefield, so that there is an extreme shortage of officials at the grassroots level of Da Dai who can take the lead in disaster relief and ensuring the safety of the people!

Post-disaster relief is almost non-existent, but plagues, famines and other disasters that often accompany natural disasters will arrive as expected.

Mao Sui estimated that this earth dragon's turn might cause more than 300,000 casualties, not because this earth dragon's turn and its subsequent impact could only cause 300,000 casualties, but because the total population in the disaster area was only 400,000!

Dai Wangjia beat his heart with his right hand, his voice becoming more and more miserable: "My heart aches so much!"

"It's so painful!!!" Mao Sui, Zhao Qing and other court officials all looked extremely ugly.

Li Mu's old subordinates had red eyes and tears streaming down their faces.

Dai Wangjia was heartbroken, but they were even more heartbroken!
King Jia of Dai and his ministers only worked hard in Dai for two and a half years.

But Li Mu and his soldiers have been fighting in Dai for more than twenty years!

I don't know how many people's blood, sweat and lives were shed to make Daidi no longer cold and barren, but their efforts were wiped out overnight!
What made everyone feel even more desperate was that the Dai State, with all its core cities destroyed, could hardly survive.

Hungry victims, soldiers whose entire families were wiped out, enemy troops from the Yan State and the Huns, and any other small problems that would normally not be taken seriously by the rulers and ministers of the Dai State, could lead to the sudden death of the Dai State!
Mao Sui begged in an increasingly miserable voice, "Your Majesty!"

"My great dynasty is already in turmoil!"

"Qin no longer needs to mobilize Qin Chang'an Jun's troops. All it needs to do is order General Wu of Qin to lead his troops eastward, and we can destroy our Great Dynasty in one battle!"

"I know that Your Majesty does not wish to be a minister of Qin, and I also do not wish to be a minister of Qin."

"Of course, serving as Qin Chen is the best choice for our generation today, and even the only choice!"

"Only by becoming a minister of Qin can we preserve the bloodline of the king, preserve the essence of our generation, and wait for the right opportunity to restore our country."

"I advise the king again to be a minister of Qin!"

Even Mao Sui, who was famous in history for his ingenuity and genius, could not figure out how to break this dilemma.

Rather than waiting to be destroyed by one of the Qin or Yan states, it would be better to quickly ask to be a vassal of Qin before the enemy arrives at the gates.

In this way, King Jia of Dai can still use the State of Dai as a bargaining chip to make his life in the second half of his life a little better. He can also preserve the core strength of the State of Dai and quietly wait for civil strife to break out in the State of Qin so that he can rise up and restore his country!

However, before Dai Wangjia could speak, Zhao Qing had already stepped forward, clasped his hands solemnly and said: "I think that the Prime Minister's advice is indeed a good one!"

"I also ask the king to be a minister of Qin and protect the elite of our great dynasty!"

"Of course!"

Zhao Qing raised his head and roared, "The blood feud between Qin and Zhao has lasted for more than a hundred years! How many comrades and relatives died at the hands of the Qin army!"

"Thus, even though Zhao is destroyed, this hatred cannot be erased!"

"I ask the king to lead his colleagues who wish to return to Qin and become Qin's subjects. I will lead my family soldiers and servants to attack Qin."

"Even if I die, I will die on the way to charge at the Qin army!"

A century of blood feud is never just empty talk.

Every powerful official in the State of Zhao had family members and friends killed by the Qin army, without exception!

Zhao Qing also knew that asking to be a vassal of Qin was the most rational choice. Zhao Qing also supported King Jia of Dai's request to be a vassal of Qin, and looked forward to the day when the flag of Dai would still fly over this land.

But Zhao Qing himself would rather die than serve Qin!
Lu Gao also stepped forward, raised his arms and roared: "Qin Chang'an ordered the Earth Dragon to rise up in Dai, brazenly killing more than 100,000 Dai people, and even causing hundreds of thousands of Dai people to be in danger of death and become homeless!"

"They are not soldiers! They are just women, children, the elderly and the weak who did not participate in the battle!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun committed such atrocities. How can our great dynasty surrender without doing anything?!"

"I also ask the king to be Qin's vassal. Even if I die, I will make Qin pay for its blood debt with blood!"

As a direct descendant who had followed Li Mu for more than ten years, Lu Gao had served as an official in Dai for thirteen years, and all the guards under Lu Gao were soldiers from Dai.

Whether for the sake of the common people whom he had tried his best to help, or for the blood revenge of his own soldiers, Lu Gao would not allow himself to be indifferent to the Earth Dragon's reversal.

Zhao Qing and Lu Gao stirred up the anger in the hearts of all the court officials, and angry shouts rang out one after another.

"I have had enough of this life! Rather than living in disgrace, I would rather live and die with the country!"

"Those are the people whom I worked so hard to make live a good life! But now they are being harmed by the earth dragons commanded by Qin Chang'an. If I cannot stand up for them, I will be ashamed to face the villagers!"

"Don't harm the king! All my colleagues, organize your own soldiers and servants, take all the money to recruit refugees who are willing to fight to the death with Qin, and we will go west on our own, vowing to make Qin pay with blood!"

The country can no longer be saved, and life and death are no longer important.

There was only one thought left in the minds of the officials of Dai State - revenge!
Revenge at all costs!

"Shut up!" King Jia of Dai suddenly shouted in a deep voice, interrupting the passionate speeches of his ministers.

Standing up, Prince Jia of Dai looked down at his ministers. His heart, which had been as dead as ashes, suddenly felt a little warmer, and his originally hesitant heart also made up its mind.

With a gratified smile on his face, Dai Wangjia sighed and praised: "I am a person of little virtue and little fortune. Fortunately, you, my beloved ministers, helped me in times of crisis, so that I can ascend the throne."

"Because of my wrong decision, my dynasty has been attacked by the enemy, the land has been wrathful, and the country has been in turmoil."

"Yes! My dear ministers are still willing to die for our country!"

Dai Wangjia said resolutely and firmly: "How can I live alone!"

"My dear ministers, you are right. This hatred can only be repaid with blood!"

"I will live and die with you, my dear ministers, and our great country!"

(End of this chapter)