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 the Blood Debt Can only Be Repaid with Blood!
January 4, the 16th year of Qin Wangzheng.
Ten miles north of Wei County, a temporary military camp.
The flying snow mixed with the dust stirred up by the earth, covering the sky with a layer of khaki gauze.
Under the gauze, a cold-faced soldier of the Dai army patrolled and inspected with a spear in hand, and a group of scouts rushed into the military camp from all directions.
The central army tent.
Mao Sui bowed to Dai Wangjia and said sadly: "Report to the king!"
"This time the earth dragon turned over and the door of the underworld opened, devouring three of our great Dai Shangqing, 163 ministers with a rank of more than 1,000 stones, 21 royal children, and 397 concubines in the harem."
Dai Wangjia's slightly pale cheeks were even less bloody.
In Dai Wangjia's view, the concubines in the harem were just bargaining chips used to win over various forces, and it didn't matter if they all died.
But, those were 163 ministers with a rank of more than 1,000 stones and three Shangqing!
The dragon turned over and the gate of Huangquan opened, which caused the Great Dynasty to lose nearly half of its important officials!
The sudden loss of so many important officials was not just a matter of making Dai Wangjia in urgent need of talents, but would also cause the operation of the Great Dynasty's central court to stagnate!
Dai Wangjia couldn't help crying out in a low voice: "My beloved ministers! My beloved ministers!"
"I am so ashamed of you all!"
Mao Sui continued to report in a sad voice: "This time, the gate of Huangquan was only opened outside Wei County, and it did not affect other places."
"Yes! This time, the earth dragon turned over to Lexu in the south, Pingyin in the north, Dangcheng in the east (around Ding'an County Village, 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: "South Lexu, north Pingyin, east Dangcheng, west Guo County?"
"More than 400 miles wide and more than 500 miles long?!"
"How is it possible!"
"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 it affect so much this time!"
Dai Wangjia couldn't believe it.
Dai Wangjia couldn't believe it was true.
The scope described by Mao Sui is the most prosperous area of Dai State, and it completely covers all the core areas of Dai State!
If the scope of this earth dragon turning over is really so wide, it is no exaggeration to say that Dai State's economy, grain production, handicrafts, metallurgy and other light and heavy industries will collapse instantly!
Dai Wangjia and Dai State cannot bear such a horrible truth!
Unfortunately, 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 the investigation of our army's scouts, the scope of this earth dragon turning over is indeed like this."
"The counties and prefectures farther away can also feel the shock of the earth dragon turning over, but there is no loss, so they have not been counted."
Mao Sui has already said it lightly, and those counties and prefectures that did not cause large-scale losses were not counted.
Otherwise, the entire territory of Dai State will be included!
Dai Wangjia unconsciously covered his heart with his right hand, muttering sadly: "My territory! My country!"
"This time the earth dragon is so difficult to turn over, how can I rebuild my great Dai!"
It's over!
It's all over!
All the counties that have the ability to rescue have become disaster areas.
Dai Wangjia didn't even know where to dispatch food and troops, and where to rescue!
But the bad news brought by Mao Sui was far more than that.
Mao Sui sighed and continued to report: "This time, the earth dragon turned over, causing Wei County to collapse completely, and only one in ten people in the city survived."
"The roads in Anyang and Yangyuan counties are blocked, and scouts have difficulty entering. The situation in the city has not yet been explored."
"Liudang Township, Yannan Township, Woshi Township... A total of seven townships and 26 miles of surrounding roads are cut off, and the situation has not been explored."
"As of today, the scouts have found out that the earth dragon has destroyed the city walls and houses in three counties, 17 townships, and 98 miles of our Da Dai, and has devoured more than 129,800 Da Dai people and wild people."
"Because the young and strong people in the counties and villages have all gone to war with the army, the women, children, the elderly and the weak who stayed behind are unable to move the falling rocks and rolling logs, and transport food and supplies. Therefore, I think that the number of people who died due to the earth dragon turning over this time may reach 300,000!"
Without strong labor, it is difficult to move the wood, stones and bricks that fell after the earthquake, and it is difficult to rescue the victims trapped under the ruins, causing the number of casualties to soar.
Without strong labor, it is difficult to go up the mountain to hunt to satisfy hunger when the food reserves are exhausted, and it is even difficult to get into the deep mountains to move the food reserves hidden in the caves of the villagers.
Without strong labor, it is difficult to transport the food, medicinal materials and utensils in each granary to the worst-hit areas.
And the grassroots of the Great Dynasty is not just as simple as the lack of strong labor. Even the officials of various places in the Great Dynasty have been drafted to the battlefield, so that the grassroots officials who take the lead in disaster relief and people's livelihood are particularly scarce!
Post-disaster relief is almost equal to no, but disasters such as plague and famine that often accompany natural disasters will come as expected.
Mao Sui estimated that this earth dragon turning over may cause more than 300,000 casualties, not because this earth dragon turning over and its subsequent impact can only cause 300,000 casualties, but because the total population of the disaster area is only 400,000!
Dai Wangjia beat his heart with his right hand, his voice getting more miserable: "My heart aches!"
"It aches so much!!!"
Mao Sui, Zhao Qing and other court officials also looked extremely ugly.
Li Mu's old subordinates had red eyes and tears streaming down their faces.
Dai Wangjia was heartbroken, and they were even more heartbroken!
Dai Wangjia and his officials had 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 20 years!
It took countless people’s blood, sweat and lives to make Dai no longer cold and barren, but their efforts were wiped out overnight!
What made everyone even more desperate was that the Dai Kingdom, with all its core cities destroyed, could hardly survive.
Hungry victims, soldiers whose families were wiped out, enemy troops from the Yan Kingdom and the Huns, and any other small problems that would not be taken seriously by the Dai Kingdom’s monarchs and ministers on weekdays, could lead to the sudden death of the Dai Kingdom!
Mao Sui bowed his hands and begged in an increasingly miserable voice: "Your Majesty!"
"Our Great Dynasty is already in turmoil!"
"Qin no longer needs to mobilize the troops of Qin Chang'an Jun. It only needs to 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 want to be a minister of Qin, and I do not want to be a minister of Qin either."
"But being a minister of Qin is the best choice for our Great Dynasty now, and even the only choice!"
"Only by being a minister of Qin can we preserve Your Majesty's bloodline, preserve the essence of our Great Dynasty, and wait for the right opportunity to restore the country."
"I advise Your Majesty to be a minister of Qin again!"
Even Mao Sui, who was famous for his ingenuity and genius, could not figure out how to break this dilemma.
Rather than waiting to be destroyed by Qin or Yan, it is better to be a minister of Qin before the enemy is at the gates.
In this way, Dai Wangjia can still use Dai as a bargaining chip to make his life in the second half of his life easier, and he can also preserve the core strength of Dai, quietly waiting for the civil strife in Qin and raise an army to restore the country!
However, before Dai Wangjia could speak, Zhao Qing had already stepped forward and solemnly bowed his hands and said: "I think that the prime minister's advice is indeed a good advice!"
"I also ask the king to be a minister of Qin and protect the elite of our great Dai!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Qing raised his head and roared: "Qin and Zhao have a blood feud for more than a hundred years! How many comrades and relatives died under the guns of the Qin army!"
"So although Zhao is destroyed, this hatred is hard to eliminate!"
"I ask the king to lead colleagues who are willing to return to Qin to be Qin's ministers, and I will lead my family soldiers and servants to attack Qin."
"Even if I die, I will die on the way to charge the Qin army!"
A hundred years of blood feud has never been just a general empty talk.
Every powerful official of Zhao State has family members and friends who died under the guns of the Qin army, without exception!
Zhao Qing also knew that asking to be a minister of Qin was the most rational choice. Zhao Qing also supported Dai Wangjia's request to be a minister of Qin, looking 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 Jun ordered the earth dragon to turn over in Dai, and blatantly killed more than 100,000 Dai people, and even made hundreds of thousands of Dai people dying and displaced!"
"They are not soldiers! They are just women, children, the elderly and the weak who did not participate in the war!"
"Qin Chang'an Jun committed such atrocities, how can our great Dai surrender without doing anything?!"
"I also ask the king to be a minister of Qin, but even if I die, I am willing to let Qin pay for its blood debt with blood!"
As a direct lineage force that has followed Li Mu for more than ten years, Lu Gao has been an official in Dai for thirteen years, and the guards under Lu Gao are all soldiers from Dai.
Whether for the sake of the common people he had helped with all his strength, or for the blood feud of his own soldiers, Lu Gao would not allow him to remain indifferent to the earth dragon's rise.
Zhao Qing and Lu Gao stirred up the anger of the court officials, and their shouts rang out one after another.
"I have lived enough in this life! Rather than living in disgrace, I would rather live and die with the country!"
"Those are the common people who I worked hard and tried my best to make a good life! But now they are harmed by the earth dragon ordered by Qin Chang'an Jun. If I can't make a decision for them, I will have no face to face the villagers!"
"Don't harm the king! All my colleagues organize their own soldiers and servants, and take all the money to recruit refugees who are willing to fight to the death with Qin. We will go west on our own and swear to make Qin pay the price in blood!"
The country can no longer be saved, and life and death are no longer important.
The officials of Dai State only have one thought in their hearts-revenge!
Revenge at all costs!
"Silence!" Dai Wangjia suddenly shouted in a deep voice, interrupting the impassioned speeches of the ministers.
Standing up, Dai Wangjia looked down at the ministers, and his heart, which had been as dead as ashes, suddenly became a little warmer, and his originally hesitant heart also made up his mind.
With a gratified smile on his lips, Dai Wangjia sighed and praised: "I am not virtuous and have little fortune. Fortunately, you, my dear ministers, have helped me in times of crisis, so that I can ascend the throne."
"Because of my wrong decision, my great dynasty was attacked by the enemy, the land was angry, and the country was in turmoil."
"But! You, my dear ministers, are still willing to die for my great dynasty!"
Dai Wangjia said decisively and firmly: "How can I live alone!"
"You, my dear ministers, are right. This hatred can only be repaid with blood!"
"I will live and die with you, my dear ministers, and my great dynasty!"