After being read by the First Emperor, I became the favorite of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 38
After the banquet, Wang Jian resigned without saying a word and returned to his hometown to retire. He left a letter to Ying Zheng, saying that Wang Ben was resourceful enough to take over his job. Now that Ying Zheng has no need for him, he will return to his hometown to retire. I hope Ying Zheng will not send anyone to disturb his pastoral life.

After hearing the news, Ying Zheng sat alone in the imperial study for a long time, and finally adopted Li Xin's strategy, allocating him 20 troops and horses, and sent Meng Tian to accompany him to attack Chu.

In 225 BC, on August 23, Li Xin and Meng Tian led 20 Qin troops and marched towards Chu——

The two men had a clear division of labor, one was responsible for attacking Pingyuqiu, and the other was responsible for attacking Xi.

After changing their weapons, the Qin army's combat effectiveness was even better than before. The Chu army was already beaten. Now that they heard that it was Li Xin and Meng Tian, ​​two young and promising Qin generals, their morale became even lower. They started fighting. There is a trend of collapse.

Sure enough, after half a day of fighting, the Chu army was defeated and forced to withdraw.

Under the instructions of Li Xin and Meng Tian, ​​the Qin army took advantage of the victory and pursued it. In early September, they met at Chengfu.

The two young generals formulated their next strategy and decided to divide their troops into two groups to attack Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, and capture the entire Chu State in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Xiang Yan, who was in the royal capital, was lining up his troops, waiting for the battle, and waiting for Lord Changping to take action.

It can be seen that Lord Changping did not take action for a long time, and seeing that the Qin army was about to attack Shouchun, Xiang Yan was secretly anxious, flying pigeons all night to send messages and send people to urge him.

After receiving the message, Lord Changping did not set off immediately. It was only after Li Xin and Meng Tian separated that he built up momentum and launched an army to rebel.

Because of the advance preparation, Lord Changping captured Chen Ying almost effortlessly and successfully cut off Li Xin's retreat.

Only then did he send a message to Xiang Yan Fei Ge——

"Li Xin's retreat is blocked, so he can attack from both front and back."

Sure enough, after receiving the news of Chen Ying's rebellion, Li Xin pondered for a long time and decided to deal with the rebellion first before attacking Chu. He ordered his army to turn around and attack Chen Ying.

Xiang Yan, who had already received the news from Lord Changping, heard about Li Xin's counterattack. He immediately followed Li Xin quietly for three days and three nights with his prepared troops and horses, outflanking Lord Changping and attacking Li Xin. The Qin army camp led by Xin.

Li Xin was attacked from both sides. In order to protect his soldiers, Li Xin had no choice but to retreat and sent someone to send a message to Meng Tian.

After receiving the news, Meng Tian immediately abandoned his original offensive route and led his troops back to support Li Xin, finally saving the general who was attacked from both sides.

However, the Qin army led by Li Xin also suffered heavy losses. Only less than [-] of the [-]-strong army were left. Several cities that had been captured by Qin were all taken back by Changping Lord and Xiang Yan.

Li Xin, escorted by Meng Tian, ​​returned to Xianyang in embarrassment and pleaded guilty.

This was the most costly war that Ying Zheng had ever experienced since he succeeded to the throne and expanded his territory.

Ying Zheng looked at the young man kneeling at the gate of the palace with a thorn stick on his back. His upper body was bare in late autumn. There was no anger on his face. On the contrary, he helped the man up unusually calmly and looked down at him——

"It's understandable that General Li was attacked from both sides. But this time the Qin army suffered a loss of nearly [-] men, so you are demoted to a first-class title and your salary is deducted for three years. Are you dissatisfied?"

Li Xin was stunned and realized that Ying Zheng did not blame him. He couldn't help but feel his heart move. His eyes turned red. He bowed his head and his voice was extremely hoarse: "I thank my king for your kindness!"

When Li Xin left, Ying Zheng turned around and saw Yun Jiao standing behind him.

The calm eyes under the jade hair suddenly became softer.

Ying Zheng strode forward and gathered the thin cloak around the little girl's body: "It's windy today and you're still cold. Why did you come out?"

Yun Jiao's appearance has not changed over the years since she traveled through time, and she looks like a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.But in recent years, her health seemed to have deteriorated. She caught colds and fevers all the time. Even if she practiced martial arts, strengthened her body, and often drank tonics, it didn't help.

Ying Zheng saw it and was anxious in his heart, so he simply stopped letting people run around now.

"I want to come out and bask in the sun. I'm not made of paper. Azheng won't be so worried about me." Yun Jiao muttered in a low voice. She thought of something and looked at him, "Mr. Changping has returned to Chu State. Azheng Ruo If you want to continue to attack Chu and complete your great cause, you might as well invite General Wang back."

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said in a soft voice: "He resigned and returned to his hometown without saying a word. How can I invite him back?"

"Why don't you say anything? Didn't the old general entrust Wang Ben to send you a letter?"

Ying Zheng raised his head and looked at Yun Jiao with some confusion.

"If the old general really wanted to resign and return to his hometown, he would definitely not even leave you a letter and return home without asking for anything. But before he left, he not only entrusted Wang Bi to leave a letter to Azheng, The letter also details the place where she will live after resigning——" Yun Jiao said this and winked at him.
"The old general doesn't want to resign. He is thinking about Azheng's great cause."

[It was Li Xin who humiliated Wang Jian out loud at the banquet. The old man had little face, he was humiliated by the younger generation, and no one spoke for him. He felt bad, so he resigned. 】

[If he really didn’t want to continue to be an official, this letter would definitely not include such a detailed description of his address after returning to his hometown after serving as an official. 】

"So, what Jiao Jiao meant was for me to... coax the old general?" Ying Zheng's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Yun Jiao meant.

"Of course." Yun Jiao smiled and held Ying Zheng's arm, "It's just like how Ah Zheng coaxed me when I was angry. The old man is happy when he coaxes me."

Ying Zheng coughed and rubbed Yun Jiao's head: "I can save it."

But I muttered in my heart, coaxing Jiaojiao is different from coaxing the old general.

Early the next morning, Ying Zheng left Xianyang Palace and drove towards the place where Wang Jian lived in seclusion.

On the high-rise building, Yun Jiao watched Ying Zheng leave. She turned her head and saw Xu Fu, and was slightly startled: "Junfang, why are you here? Are you not studying the celestial phenomena with Bi Zhi today?"

Xu Fu shook his head, glanced at the Pisces jade pendant on Yun Jiao's waist, pondered for a moment, and said tactfully: "Sister, you have noticed something abnormal about your body, right?"

Yun Jiao was silent for a moment, noncommittal.

"Sister, I'm going home soon." Xu Fu looked at the cars and horses going away and said softly.

Yun Jiao's heart moved, and she turned her head to look at the figure of the carriage that was about to disappear. After a long time, she let out a soft sigh and quickly disappeared.

She knows.

After her body became abnormal, she knew that the day for her to return home was getting closer.

I can't bear to let them go.

Forget it, one more day is just one day.

Gathering her thoughts, Yun Jiao slowly left the tower.

(End of this chapter)