Qin Shi: Beginning as the first emperor's younger brother

Chapter 130
When the words fell to the ground, all the ministers applauded and applauded.

Ying Zheng nodded and asked, "I don't know if Champion Hou has someone he likes, who should he send to peace talks, and who should secretly lead the army?"

All the ministers focused their eyes on Ying Yuan one after another.

The king suddenly asked for the opinion of the champion, is there some deep meaning behind it?

Li Si and Wei Liao looked at each other and remained silent.

They all knew very well that the King wanted to let Champion Hou deal with the matter of Hangu Pass.

If Lord Hou makes new achievements again, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as being an extremely human minister.

Even its sharpness will overwhelm the king.

This is obviously not a good thing.

Ying Yuan did not hesitate, bowed solemnly and said, "For peace talks, I can send Nei Shi Mengyi. As for the leader of the army, I would like to learn from Zhao Guo Mao Sui and recommend myself!"

After finishing speaking, all the ministers pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what the king would say next.

This is what they are more concerned about.

Previously, Wang Shang intended to reduce the power of Da Sima, but this time, he wondered if the Champion Hou would get what he wanted.

In fact, many people were speculating that the king would never agree with what Champion Hou said. After all, what the king has expressed recently is to hope that the power of the great Sima can be restrained.

To be in charge of the country's military and political power is not just lip service.

When Lu Buwei was alive, the post of Great Sima might have been useless.

But once the former dies, this position can even stabilize the current left and right prime ministers.

Even the Prime Minister of a country is influenced by Yingzheng's separation. There is no reason why Da Sima, an extremely human minister, should not cut down his official position.

However, today's Great Qin still needs to rely on Ying Yuan.

Yingzheng looked at the ministers and said loudly: "Well, everything is according to the meaning of the champion. Meng Yi will be sent to the enemy's camp for peace talks. Solve the urgent need at the border."

Hearing these words, the ministers were shocked.

Naturally, they didn't dare to refute anything, but they could predict that in the future Qin State, besides the king, there would be another person, which made them feel trembling all the time.

This person is Ying Yuan.

After the meeting was over, he called Meng Yi to stop, and they left Zhangtai Palace together. On the way, he couldn't help exhorting: "This mission is very dangerous, don't blame me for giving you this mission.

In fact, Li Si is the most suitable for the envoy, but he is a civil servant and lacks heroic spirit. I am afraid that if he meets Li Mu, he will be incompetent. After all, he is the number one general of the Zhao Kingdom. "

In fact, this reason is very far-fetched.

Ying Yuan wanted Meng Yi to go, but he simply felt that he was Meng Tian's younger brother, and he also had some talents. The Meng family has been loyal and good for generations, so they should be given more opportunities, instead of being taken over by the latecomers. This so-called latecomer Or, nothing more than those outsiders.

The latter bowed and said: "Please rest assured, Lord Hou, this matter will be done to the best of my humble duties."

The former nodded, "Peace talks are necessary, but we have to choose the location, and you cannot be involved in the enemy's camp. This matter will be arranged after the Marquis returns home. As for the detailed meeting place, once The discussion is complete, and the Marquis will notify you as soon as possible, and at that time, it will not be too late to leave Xianyang again."

"Will the enemy agree?" Meng Yi felt that this matter should not be so simple.

Zhao Jun has the upper hand, which means that the initiative is in their hands.

Ying Yuan chuckled and said, "Do you think that at this moment, Li Mu can still make decisions without authorization? As a general, with all the advantages, he can only surround him instead of fighting, and even wants to negotiate peace. , can only be explained by one reason.”

Meng Yi guessed: "Master Hou is saying that the side of Zhao Guo Handan doesn't want to fight any more?"

Ying Yuan said: "Other than that, what else do you think is possible? So, now Li Mu can't make the decision at all, he can only watch Zhao Jun miss the opportunity.

How many years, for a long time, no one has been able to lead the army and almost passed the Hangu Pass. If Li Mu was the commander of the five-nation coalition last time, I am afraid that the Great Qin will be in danger. Unfortunately, the general is suspicious. This old man Li Mu deserves to die Can't invade half an inch of my Great Qin's land! "

Three days later.

Outside Hangu Pass.

Zhao Jun camp.

In the coach's tent, Li Mu was roaring hysterically.

After so many years, I finally had this opportunity to capture Hangu Pass. Unexpectedly, I was mistaken by the small people in the court!
He was very unwilling.

These days, the temper has become more and more irritable.

"Peace talks! Peace talks! Only the defeated army can talk about peace! Are we the defeated army?"

"Guo Kai, this little thief, you misunderstood me! Misunderstood me!"

"After the old man returns to Handan, he will kill this thief with his hands to vent his hatred!"

Li Mu scolded a few times before gradually recovering his emotions, and sighed, "Even if it's a peace talk, we still have to take the initiative and send someone to tell Qin that the place for the peace talk is in our army camp!"

At this moment, someone outside the camp announced loudly, "Report to the Marshal, the envoy of Qin has arrived, saying that he has something important to discuss with you, Marshal."

Hearing the sound, Li Mu sneered and said, "Hmph! I really can't help but say, let him in!"

The Qin envoy came to the camp, saw Li Mu, and said directly: "I have ordered the champion marquis to come and agree with you, general, on the location of the peace talks."

"Champion Hou?"

Hearing the sound, Li Mu frowned slightly, and thought, "What does this matter have to do with him?"

After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Isn't the guy who negotiated peace with me a brat named Meng Yi? What does it have to do with the champion of Qin?"

The Qin envoy said without hesitation: "It is natural that the one who negotiated peace with the general is Lord Meng, but the champion has the right to intervene in this matter."

"Oh?"

Sitting upright, Li Mu said in a domineering manner, "Where does he want to set the place for the peace talks?"

"Tongshui."

Qin envoys were neither humble nor overbearing.

Li Mu's complexion became more and more serious.

Of course he refused to agree.

Seeing this, the Qin envoy had no choice but to leave Zhao Jun's camp.

It was already the next day after Ying Yuan got the news.

He summoned Meng Yi and said, "It's easy to mobilize a large army, but it will take some time to raise food, grass and luggage to go to the front line. Therefore, you must find a way to delay this Marquis for a certain period of time during the peace talks."

The latter frowned, "Didn't Master Hou say that Li Mu didn't want to discuss peace talks in Tongshui?"

"This matter is beyond his control."

Ying Yuan said with a serious face: "He is just a general who is in charge of leading the battle. It is not his turn to be the master of such important peace talks."

Hearing the sound, Meng Yi's brows were filled with joy, and he asked, "What does the general mean?"

Ying Yuan responded flatly: "The Zhao State has sent news that the official in charge of the peace talks is Guo Kai's cronies. As for Li Mu, he will be disqualified from the peace talks by the upcoming Zhao envoy."

this is a good news.

Li Mu was tricked again by Guo Kai invisibly.

For the latter, he didn't have any malicious intentions, he just wanted to kill Li Mu, a political enemy, by changing the law.

He is the Prime Minister of Zhao Guo, what bad thoughts can he have?

When the Zhao envoy arrived, he agreed to the request of the Qin envoy and prepared to discuss peace talks in the Tongshui area.

When Li Mu first received the news, he couldn't believe it.

Is this Zhao envoy a fake?
How could King Zhao be so stupid?
Let an unknown frail scholar go to discuss important issues between the two countries with Nei Shi Mengyi, who has been famous for a long time?
After thoroughly confirming Zhao's identity, Li Mu was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out.

Before fainting on the ground, he only murmured: "Guo Kai! Thief! Misleading the country! Misleading me!"

One can imagine how angry he was with Guo Kai.

In fact, among all the generals in Zhao State, only Pang Nuan can compete with Guo Kai in terms of mind.

It's a pity that the former has been dead for many years.

Li Mu fainted, as if it had cast a layer of gloom over Zhao Jun who was besieging Hangu Pass.

In the past few days, the morale of the army has been declining.

Zhao Guo's generals were also panicked.

None of them knew how far the peace talks could go.

Anyway, Hangu Pass, they are determined not to take it.

What a waste of time.

early june.

Hot summer.

The peace talks between Qin and Zhao began in the Tongshui area.

Zhao Envoy is not just a dead man, he came this time with the mission of winning glory for the country.

First of all, it was proposed that the Qin State should cede fifteen cities as the price, so that the Zhao army could withdraw from the border of Hangu Pass.

When General Zhao Jun heard the news, he immediately felt that the court had done his job, and the people sent by Xiangbang were not fatuous and incompetent!

However, the Qin envoy is not like the Zhao envoy at all.

Has been dragging time.

Faced with envoy Zhao's persecution for several times, Meng Yi only talked about him.

Moreover, during the peace talks, the latter also gave Zhao a lot of Qin Ji, all of whom were rare beauties.

This made Ambassador Zhao very happy. He came and went again and again, and gradually, he stopped urging.

The peace talks have lasted for about four or five days, and there has been no clue. Zhao Shi is not in a hurry, but Li Mu, who is lying on the bed resting his body, is also in a hurry.

After leaving the country for a long time, the morale of the army will be damaged. If it continues like this, it will be a great disadvantage.

So, he asked his deputy to go to Tongshui area to inquire about the progress of Zhao envoy's peace talks.

There was only one answer, "Qin is not in a hurry, why are we in a hurry? Are you short of soldiers or food?"

Ok
Hearing this answer, Li Mu fainted again.

In Xianyang, Ying Yuan has quietly moved all the food and supplies to the front line.

Afterwards, [-] elite soldiers were dispatched from the Lishan Camp and the Lantian Camp to prepare to attack Hangu Pass.

Marching and fighting, the first necessary condition is to guarantee logistics.

This is the so-called principle that the soldiers and horses are not moved, and the food and grass go first.

In order to transport food and grass to the front line silently, Ying Yuan resorted to many means and took a long time. That's why he told Meng Yi in every possible way that he must hold back the envoy Zhao and not let them see any clues. .

When the army set off, Ying Yuan gave instructions to Ji Mo: "Tell Meng Yi that we reject Zhao's request, and at the same time, order their soldiers to leave Hangu Pass quickly and not step into Qin territory, otherwise, the consequences will be severe." conceited.

If they refused, they would send an envoy to Handan of Zhao State as quickly as possible to convey a word to Zhao Wangyan and Guo Kai. "

"What?" Ji Mo was curious.

Ying Yuan's complexion was serious, his eyes showed murderous intent, and he said with majesty: "Don't say that you didn't predict it!"

(End of this chapter)