Chapter 760 The Former Prison Is Now the King's Land! Where Else Is Chang'an Jun Going?
The big worry in my heart suddenly collapsed!
But what followed was a deep confusion.
Since Ying Chengjiao still had the energy to write a military report, he was probably not seriously injured.
The front line had already been a confirmed victory, so why was Ying Zheng like this?
After Xia Wuqi's emergency treatment, Ying Zheng's vision finally regained light.
Facing the worried eyes of the ministers, Ying Zheng asked in a hoarse voice: "Is Zhao dead?"
The ministers immediately bowed: "Zhao is dead!"
Ying Zheng asked again: "Handan has belonged to my Great Qin?"
The ministers bowed again and shouted: "Handan is already the territory of my Great Qin!"
Ying Zheng slammed the table and laughed heartily without any concealment: "Yesterday's revenge is finally paid today!"
"The cage of the past is now the king's land!"
"How happy!"
"How happy!!!"
Few people know what kind of life Ying Zheng lived in Handan City.
In the 56th year of King Nan of Zhou, Ying Zheng was born in Handan.
In the same year, Qin general Wang He led a large army to besiege Handan City. The whole city of Handan was in mourning, and the hatred between Qin and Zhao reached a new peak.
After Ying Yiren fled, the hatred of the Zhao people towards the Qin State was all focused on the newly born Ying Zheng!
Although they did not dare to kill Ying Zheng, it did not affect their humiliation and harsh treatment of Ying Zheng to the utmost.
Even Ying Zheng's grandfather's family often beat and humiliated Ying Zheng, often not giving Ying Zheng food, or only sending some rotten and unpounded millet, not even a spoon of pickles!
A city of Handan carries the darkest and most desperate past in Ying Zheng's life.
Ying Zheng's hatred for Zhao State far exceeds Zhao Yi's hatred for Qin State!
And today, Zhao State is destroyed and Handan falls.
Great revenge is achieved!
How can Ying Zheng not be happy! How can he not be happy!
The ministers and generals finally put their minds at ease and all bowed excitedly:
"Congratulations to the king!"
Ying Zheng laughed even more happily: "This is my joy, and also the joy of the Great Qin!"
"The Great Qin should all celebrate!"
Xia Wuqi had to remind him: "Joy hurts the heart, and a hurt heart makes the qi weak."
"The king has already had a surge of blood in his heart and a weak qi and dizziness due to his great joy, so he must be cautious!"
Ying Zheng smiled and shook his head repeatedly: "I can't help it! I can't help it!"
"I never thought that my brother would bring me such great joy!"
That said, Ying Zheng still tried his best to control his emotions, and said with a smile: "My dear Meng, why don't you read it?"
"Read my brother's military report to you!"
Meng Yi hurriedly bowed, and then barely suppressed the joy in his heart, and shouted loudly Reciting in a loud voice:
"On April 23rd of the 14th year, the chaos in Handan City has been quelled. General Jian is guarding Handan. Soldiers from all departments are going out to recover the land of the former Zhao. I will lead 180,000 troops to continue to advance eastward."
"In this battle, our army captured 385,209 enemy heads, 264,113 captured enemies, 163,985 comrades died in battle, and 97,318 were seriously injured."
"We also killed seven senior officials, 68 senior officials, and 23 captains, including Zhao Xiangbang Guo Kai, Sikou Zhao Chong, Siguo Zhao Wuya, Langzhongling Guo Chang."
"We also captured Zhao Wangqian, 6 senior officials, and 13 captains."
"On April 23rd of the 14th year, Qin Chang'an Jun Gongzi Chengjiao paid homage to the king from afar in Wangcheng, west of Handan City!"
Hidden behind the cold data are piles of bones.
More than 160,000 Qin men died on the battlefield!
The casualties of the troops led by Ying Chengjiao were even more severe, and after the Battle of Handan City, they were almost completely replaced!
The gains brought by this heavy price were also amazing.
More than 380,000 Zhao soldiers died in the battle, and more than 260,000 Zhao soldiers became prisoners. Not only did they almost wipe out the young and strong generation of Zhao, but they also caused Zhao to suffer heavy losses no less than the Battle of Changping, and even overturned the Zhao Kingdom!
More importantly, Ying Chengjiao led a weak force to confront Zhao head-on and won the battle!
Yang Hu shook his head in shock: "In recent decades, our Great Qin has always used its heavy troops to bully Zhao's small army, but has also suffered many defeats."
"Now Chang'an Jun only led an army of 600,000 to the expedition, and Zhao also sent 600,000 troops. Counting the garrison of Handan and the reinforcements from various cities, the number is far more than 700,000!"
"Chang'an Jun can still win such a great victory!"
"Unbelievable! Unbelievable!"
"I only regret that I can't go to the expedition with Chang'an Jun!"
Wang Ben also said with emotion: "Zhao State has many generals, and it is indeed a strong enemy of our Great Qin, but now it is defeated by Chang'an Jun. You can easily take it. "
"Which country in the world can stop the army of Chang'an Jun?"
"With Chang'an Jun here, my Great Qin has no worries!"
"Yan State is fickle and untrustworthy, Qi State indulges in pleasure, and both have no power to fight foreign wars."
"The only powerful countries in the world are Qin and Zhao!"
"After this battle, my Great Qin will have no rivals in the world!"
"Unification, hopeful!!!"
Listening to the heartfelt praises from the ministers, Ying Zheng did not hide his smile on his face, and even walked to the edge of the high platform to listen to the praises from the ministers.
Praise!
Keep praising for me!
The blood feud between Qin and Zhao is resolved today, not to mention the praises from the ministers.
Even if the previous kings of the Great Qin appeared and praised Ying Chengjiao, Ying Zheng felt that Ying Chengjiao was worthy!
More importantly, Zhao State has always been the most solid stumbling block in front of Qin's unification cause.
With the demise of Zhao State and the fall of Handan, Ying Zheng's lifelong pursuit of unification finally became possible!
However, while there was celebration in the imperial study room, Wang Wan's face showed seriousness, and he had to step out to pour cold water on him: "Does the king intend to accept the territory of Zhao as the land of Qin?"
Ying Zheng said without hesitation: "This is natural!"
The State of Zhao has a special meaning in Ying Zheng's heart.
Handan is a place of irreplaceable trauma for Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng can return or transfer the territory acquired from any country such as Chu, South Korea, and Wei.
But the territory obtained from Zhao alone, especially Handan City, Ying Zheng must bring it under the rule of Da Qin!
Wang Wan sighed softly, secretly thinking that it was true, and then he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, our officials in the Qin Dynasty are already stretched thin to manage the current territory."
"Fortunately, the officials came up with advice and came up with a lot of ingenious plans, so I, the Qin Dynasty, could barely manage the place."
"I would like to ask your Majesty to think about it, if I, the Qin Dynasty, accept the territory of Zhao, where will I get the officials to govern the people?!"
"We, the Great Qin Dynasty, used the strategy of forcing the rebels to seize the throne and eradicated many rebellious parties from the old Wei Dynasty, but it also aroused the fear of the powerful in the world."
"And there is a century-old blood feud between Qin and Zhao. Even if Zhao is included in our Great Qin, there will definitely be chaos."
"I would like to ask your Majesty to think about it again. If there is chaos in Zhao, and then Wei, Chu, and Han follow one after another, and Yan and Qi take advantage of the situation to send troops, how should we manage it?!"
"In recent years, our country, Qin, has fought successive wars and expanded its territory. The newly attached land has been several times that of the old Qin."
"I would like to ask your Majesty to think about it. If we, the Qin Dynasty, expand the territory of Zhao to become the territory of our Qin Dynasty, how can we, the Qin Dynasty, stabilize the people's support?"
Wang Wan faced Ying Zheng and bowed her hands deeply: "My lord, please think again!"
One word extinguished the blazing passion in the royal study room.
It also made the officials in the imperial study fall into deep thought.
Destroying Zhao is indeed a good thing.
But the time to destroy Zhao is wrong!
The ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty have used all available methods, and Ying Chengyu has successively offered many methods such as dividing the imperial examinations.
However, the number of officials in Da Qin is still insufficient for the territory controlled by Da Qin today, and they can only meet the most basic needs of local management.
If the territory of Zhao State is included in the territory of Da Qin, Da Qin will not be able to spare enough manpower to manage it no matter what!
Wei Zhuang pondered for a moment and then shook his head helplessly: "I think what Xiangbang said is reasonable."
"The situation forces us, Da Qin, to be cautious!"
"Today's Great Qin does not lack territory. On the contrary, more territories are a burden to today's Great Qin."
"I believe that the heavy damage to the Zhao State, the annihilation of more than 300,000 enemies, and the capture of more than 200,000 enemies have made it difficult for the Zhao State to recover within ten years."
"You can ask Lord Chang'an to temporarily stop collecting the city and secretly support Zhao Gongzi Jia to succeed to the throne."
"In this way, we, Da Qin, can continue to recuperate step by step, and we can also take Zhao soil again in the future."
Even Li Si, who loved admonishing Ying Zheng the most in his life, handed over his hands and said: "Our Da Qin has continuously expanded its territory to a very large extent in just a few years, so that chaos has occurred in various parts of our Da Qin."
"In just one year last year, the number of prisoners in our country was twenty-seven times that of ten years ago!"
"The newly attached people need to be educated, and they also need time to integrate into the Great Qin. Otherwise, our Great Qin will only have the name of a place of command, but not the reality of a place of command."
"I advise you that we, the Great Qin Dynasty, should only take the sacred places such as Handan and abandon the useless places."
A famous courtier gave different advice.
But every courtier's advice has something in common.
Leave a way for Zhao Guo to survive!
If Zhao is not given a way to survive, then our Great Qin may also collapse!
Ying Zheng's eyelids closed slightly, with some displeasure in his eyes: "How can I give up the territory that I, the king's brother, fought bravely and the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty to conquer with bloody battles?"
"I also know that there are many areas of weakness in our Great Qin."
"Of course, if there is a problem, just solve it!"
"I don't want our officers and soldiers of Great Qin to bleed and die fighting against Zhao in the future!"
Ying Zheng was really unwilling to give up this opportunity to destroy Zhao in one battle.
However, all the ministers in the audience raised their hands and shouted: "Your Majesty, please think again!"
Almost all the courtiers bowed and bowed their hands. Only one courtier stood tall and stood out.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Wei Liao who was out of tune with the other ministers. Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up: "What advice do you have, Lieutenant Guo?"
After hearing what Ying Zheng said, all the ministers looked at Wei Liao in astonishment.
In the past, every time when military reports came back that Ying Chengyu had undermined the overall strategy, Wei Liao was the most grief-stricken and the one who screamed at the front.
As a result, after Ying Chengyu's military report was sent back, why didn't Wei Liao say a word?
"Guowei? Guowei!"
Ying Zheng called twice, and Wei Liao slowly raised his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes, and murmured in a hoarse voice: "I am wrong!"
"How could I think that the State of Zhao can stop Lord Chang'an?!"
"Why do I dare to let Lord Chang'an go to war just because the enemy is Zhao?!"
"It's me who overestimated Zhao Guo... No! It's me who underestimated Lord Chang'an!"
"My lord, you are absolutely wrong!"
Looking at Wei Liao's haggard, tired and self-doubting look, even Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel a little ashamed: "Brother Wang... is indeed too brave!"
Wei Liao took a deep breath, suppressed the confusion in his heart, and raised his bloodshot eyes to look at Ying Zheng: "But now that the Zhao Kingdom is dead, it doesn't matter anymore."
Ying Zheng was slightly startled.
The officials were puzzled.
Why isn't this important?
Wei Liao took a step forward and looked at Ying Zheng with pleading eyes: "Chang'an Jun said in the military report: 'I will lead 180,000 troops to continue to advance eastward.'"
"I beg the king to tell me clearly."
"Where is Chang'an Jun going?"
"Where is he going?"