Chapter 234: Bai Qi Becomes Famous in One Battle (Words Added)
Chu Yian was satisfied after hearing Qin Huaishu's words.
The anger in her eyes instantly turned into tenderness. She reached out and patted Qin Huaishu's shoulder, her tone filled with pride and encouragement.
"Huaishu, I think you can definitely do it. Then this great and difficult task will be handed over to you."
"I'm counting on you, so you must not let me down."
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Huaishu: ...
Qin Sheng couldn't help but almost laughed out loud, but he quickly held it back.
Even so, Chu Yian still glared at him.
Qin Huaishu couldn't help it either, and twisted Qin Sheng's leg hard with his hand under the table.
Qin Sheng gasped in pain, slapped his hand away, turned around and glared at him.
Qin Huaishu awkwardly withdrew his hand, coughed, and pretended not to see Qin Sheng's eyes: "I, I will try my best..."
When Chu Yian and Qin Sheng were together, the most he would do was call Qin Sheng "Xiao Shengzi".
Even if it was a joke, it was the kind of joke between close friends.
But who can tell him why Chu Yian uses the tone of an elder treating a younger person or a sister treating a younger brother when he is here?
He is the big brother...
Even if it's just friends, that's fine.
Qin Huaishu looked at Chu Yian helplessly. For a moment, he really wanted to go to the world where Chu Yian lived and take a look.
Does everyone in their world speak like this?
The Tiangang is reversed.
It was okay when we weren't that familiar with each other. I really treated him like an elder brother, and both my words and attitude were polite and distant.
After getting to know him, I realized that he is really disrespectful and extremely bold.
Qin Huaishu emphasized weakly: "I am the eldest brother, you..."
Chu Yian waved his hand and interrupted him: "That's not important, let's continue."
Qin Huaishu: ...
This time, Qin Sheng really held back his laughter.
Qin Huaishu has always attached great importance to rules since he was a child. Although he also attaches importance to teaching him and his second brother about rules and etiquette, he does not necessarily require them to follow the rules.
In this regard, it can be said that they are given enough freedom.
As long as the basics are in place, it will be fine.
Then he raised a lazy and a rebellious younger brother.
The rebellious younger brother married a girl who was brought up by a decent family, but who knew that she almost stepped on his head.
I don’t know if Qin Huaishu regretted that he should have been stricter with him and his second brother when they were young.
Qin Sheng wanted to laugh when he saw Qin Huaishu's helpless expression.
To be honest, Qin Huaishu did feel a little regretful.
But this regret was not because Qin Rang was careless, nor because Chu Yian rebelled against Tiangang.
But the rebellious Qin Sheng really carried too much.
If he had known this day would come, he would have forced Qin Sheng to study those things well, which would have been better than him taking the path he is on now.
Even being a well-behaved teenager is not a bad thing.
After Qin Sheng had laughed enough, Chu Yian continued to talk about the rest of the content.
After Princess Mi was honored as Queen Dowager Xuan, she began to handle state affairs with full freedom, and soon called Wei Ran and several people who were related to her.
He made three rules with them: they were not to have any contact with the royal family of Chu, they were not to be an enemy of Qin, and they were not to bend the law for personal gain.
Queen Dowager Xuan came from the royal family of Chu State, so Wei Ran and others naturally had connections with Chu State.
But now that he has come to Qin and is in control of Qin's national affairs, he should consider the interests of Qin.
If they do their job well, the Mi clan will surely be engraved in the history of the Qin State.
Three days later, at the first grand court meeting after the new king of Qin ascended the throne, Yingji and Queen Dowager Xuan sat together to reward those who had quelled the war.
He also announced at the court meeting that in an age of great contention, failure to achieve anything is a mistake.
Those who have not made any achievements in their six-month term will be dismissed.
Queen Dowager Xuan was very intolerant and would not allow anyone to gain credit under her nose.
After saying this, she left, clearly not giving the court officials a chance to speak, and also showing her determination.
Qin Sheng couldn't help but admire her: "In this respect, she is already better than many people."
For example, the one above.
You have to know that Dashun has to spend a lot of money every year to support those parasites.
If the person in charge was capable and ambitious, he should have cleared out these parasites one by one long ago.
It's true that after so many years in power, he hasn't accomplished a single good thing.
Just guard this little piece of land.
No, it should be said that he doesn't even understand how to guard this little piece of land.
Chu Yian smiled, did not agree with him, but continued speaking.
After Queen Dowager Xuan issued this decree, the first person to get restless was Gan Mao.
But a few days later, shocking news came from outside that the State of Qi had launched an army to destroy the State of Song.
He simply wrote a letter to the State of Qi and found an excuse to leave.
He also took his entire family with him.
Queen Dowager Xuan saw it but did not stop it.
When Gan Mao arrived in Qi, he quickly expressed his intention and determination to surrender to Qi.
He also offered his own strategy to Mengchangjun and explained to him in detail the situation in the court and the country of Qin, the power holdings and the current predicament.
Gan Mao believed that now was a good time to attack Qin.
The King of Qin was young, the Queen Mother was in power, and the foreign relatives were in power, which had never happened before in the Warring States Period.
Moreover, the few people who are currently being used have their own shortcomings and are not a concern at all.
As for Bai Qi, whom Mengchangjun feared, he did not read military books or study under famous teachers. The reason he was able to achieve success and fame was entirely due to Wei Ran's recommendation.
How can one talk about military talent if he has never fought a major battle?
You can let him charge into battle, but if you let him command the battle, he will be absolutely vulnerable.
After thinking it over, Mengchangjun asked Gan Mao to prepare to meet the King of Qi in three days.
Qin Sheng's hands began to tremble unconsciously as he wrote. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and wrote the last few words.
Bai Qi's military talent has not been fully demonstrated, but Chu Yian said that this man is called the God of Killing, which is not a good name.
If he wasn't cruel enough and had killed enough people, he wouldn't have been banned as a god.
This is why Chu Yian did not tell him Bai Qi’s other title, otherwise Qin Sheng would really shed tears of sympathy for the State of Qi.
You should know that Bai Qi's other famous title is the Man-Slayer.
The God of Killing can be seen in many storybooks, but no one dares to write about the Butcher of Man.
However, despite this, it was enough for Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu to mourn for the State of Qi.
They didn't know how talented Bai Qi was, but they knew how much knowledge Gan Mao had.
Mengchangjun dared to listen, but he didn't know whether King Min of Qi dared to believe it.
Chu Yian quickly gave the answer, and the tyrannical and capricious King Min of Qi dared to believe it.
Not only did he dare, he also dared to use Gan Mao's strategy, but he didn't intend to use Gan Mao himself.
He would not take a deserter seriously, no matter how talented he was.
Qin Sheng & Qin Huaishu: ...
Both of them were in a complicated mood. Gan Mao was not actually at his wit's end in Qin.
He came to Qi just because he was afraid of being dismissed, hoping to be reused by the King of Qi and make great achievements.
Who knew that it would be a pit after he came here, and no one wanted to use him at all.
Even if you respect his talent, you still look down on him as a person.
However, the development of things was somewhat different from what they had imagined.
Gan Mao was not angry about not being able to be of any use. After all, he had been with King Wu of Qin. King Wu of Qin was also tyrannical, but wasn't he coaxed into obedience by Gan Mao?
He could see that King Min of Qi just wanted to intimidate him.
Let him be afraid. Since there is no intention to expel him, when someone speaks for him at the right time, the King of Qi will definitely use him.
Gan Mao wanted to gain a firm foothold in Qi by using his plan to destroy Qin.
Little did he know that Su Qin's younger brother Su Dai was also plotting against him.
The State of Qi wanted to destroy the State of Song. If it could get the support of the State of Qin, it would not be afraid of other countries causing trouble at this juncture.
But King Min of Qi, who was so stupid, only accepted others to send troops to help him, and would not accept to divide up the land of Song after conquering Song.
Is there something wrong with their brains that they would do such a thankless task?
It's impossible to even think about it.
Wouldn't this only target Gan Mao?
After all, he was an important official of Qin State and knew many secrets of Qin State.
Isn’t Queen Dowager Xuan really afraid that he will say something unfavorable to Qin after he leaves?
It’s just that Su Dai overestimated Gan Mao’s value to Queen Dowager Xuan. If she was afraid, she would not have let Gan Mao and his family go.
Queen Dowager Xuan neither refused nor agreed, but found a tactful excuse to send Su Dai away.
It is a coincidence that Qi wanted to form an alliance with Qin, and Song also wanted to do so.
Qin and Song have nothing to do with each other. If the two countries can form an alliance, they will be invincible.
So he also sent an envoy, who even arrived earlier than Su Dai.
But that person didn't seem to be very smart. He was fooled by Wei Ran and turned his five cities into Qin's garrisons for nothing and then left happily.
He said that the Prime Minister of Qin was a good man who had completed the tasks assigned by the King of Song.
Qin Sheng & Qin Huaishu: ...
It seems a little bit completed, but also seems not completed.
The wish of the State of Song was to form an alliance with the State of Qin, not to become a garrison of the State of Qin.
But after all, they all had their own garrisons, and it was impossible for Qin to really watch Qi destroy Song and become the only dominant power, and then break away from Qin and develop independently.
Qin Sheng closed his eyes. In this world of intrigue and deception, people with simple minds are destined to be deceived.
How stupid and pathetic! After being sold, he still has to help others count the money and be grateful to them.
He couldn't help but look at Chu Yian. Seeing her eating fruit leisurely, he felt relieved for a moment.
Chu Yian turned his head and saw Qin Sheng's weird eyes. He narrowed his eyes and stuffed a fruit into Qin Sheng's mouth: "You have weird eyes, what are you thinking about?"
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Sheng coughed and took the fruit down: "No..."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Huaishu took over: "He was thinking that it was great that you didn't get fooled like those people in the books."
Qin Sheng: ...
Chu Yian: ...
Qin Sheng twisted Qin Huaishu's thigh hard, but Qin Huaishu seemed not to feel anything and even smiled at him.
Qin Sheng became even angrier.
Chu Yian opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself, but for a long time he couldn't say a word.
He shrank his neck and timidly skipped the topic: "Let's continue, continue."
Qin Huaishu couldn't help but chuckle. It was rare to see Chu Yian get humiliated, it was quite amusing.
The envoy of Song State left without anyone to see him off. Su Dai felt that Qin State definitely did not agree to form an alliance with Song State.
He seemed to have already seen Qi's grand plan to destroy Song.
As long as Qin did not intervene and Qi destroyed Song, Su Dai would also achieve success and fame.
So he ran excitedly to see Yingji and asked for an alliance.
Who knew that the Qin State would suddenly turn against them?
The State of Song is already a vassal state of the Qin State with garrison troops. If you want to destroy the State of Song, you must first get past the Qin army.
Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu: ...
I knew it would be like this.
The real world is not as deceitful as this world.
No, this is a microcosm of the real world.
Not only did Su Dai fail to promote the Qin-Qi alliance in Qin, he was also humiliated. He left Xianyang in anger and recommended Gan Mao to the King of Qi for important positions as soon as he returned.
So Gan Mao was appointed as a senior official. When everyone was arguing about the issue of destroying Song, he suddenly proposed to unite again to resist Qin.
Chu Yian couldn't help laughing as he spoke.
The Qin State seemed to have violated the laws of heaven and was often attacked by the coalition forces.
Everyone knows that the coalition is as fragile as paper, but there are always people who want to promote it.
However, Gan Mao's opinion was quickly adopted, and the King of Qi sent several important ministers to various countries to lobby them to promote the formation of an alliance.
Who would have thought that they would actually accomplish something that was decided so hastily, and in just one summer.
The number of troops sent out this time is not only larger than the last time, but also more elite, and their weapons are more sophisticated.
An army of 600,000 pressed forward towards Hangu Pass, with flags and banners everywhere, layer upon layer.
This time even Qin Huaishu didn't know what to say.
Think about how much effort Su Qin put in to bring about the coalition, and now a few people can bring it about so easily. In addition to the fact that someone set a precedent, it also has a lot to do with the change in the situation.
But I don’t know whether Qin will fight hard this time or lobby to divide the countries like last time.
Zhang Yi had used a strategy once, so it might not be so easy to succeed if he used it again.
Chu Yian did not continue to speak, but looked at the two brothers and asked: "Why do you think the Six Kingdoms are so decisive this time?"
You know, Su Qin took a long time last time.
Qin Sheng and Qin Huaishu looked at each other, and Qin Huaishu's eyes curved: "Xiao Shengzi, Xiao Anzi is going to test you."
Qin Sheng was used to being teased, so he stopped writing and thought for a moment. He realized that this question was actually not difficult to answer.
"As Gan Mao said, the new emperor of Qin was young, and the imperial relatives were in power. In addition, Gan Mao's departure and the decline of veteran officials were also a major factor."
"Qin's current generals, Wei Ran and Bai Qi, might be very powerful."
"But their reputation is far less resounding than that of the previous general, Sima Cuo. The six kingdoms are unaware of their strength and may underestimate them."
"Sima Cuo has withdrawn, Zhang Yi has retired, and both famous generals and ministers have left. Even if there is a new army, it is not a big deal."
"For the Six Nations, this may really be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
At this time, Bai Qi had not yet honed his sharp edge as a killer. To the six countries, he was just an ordinary general.
Qin Sheng continued, "The six nations have united to resist Qin. Even if they cannot destroy Qin, if they can cripple it, it will be a hundred benefits to the six nations and no harm at all."
Chu Yian looked at Qin Sheng with a look of satisfaction, tears in his eyes: "My little Shengzi is really excellent. He can see so clearly through such a superficial description in the book."
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Huaishu couldn't help laughing, and then teased: "Yes, my little Shengzi has been so outstanding since he was young."
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Sheng rolled his eyes: "That's enough, you two."
Chu Yian coughed and stopped laughing: "I'm praising you, really."
She skipped the subject and continued talking about the book.
When the news of the approaching armies of the six nations reached Xianyang, panic occurred almost instantly.
Merchants from the six countries scrambled to pack up and prepare to flee, while the people of Qin formed teams and carried farm tools to fight the coalition forces.
The Queen Dowager Xuan's series of gentle yet firm policies were quickly issued, effectively curbing the riots that broke out in various places.
Not only that, when King Zhao of Qin was worried that Bai Qi was too young to lead the army and was afraid of defeat, Queen Dowager Xuan strongly supported Bai Qi.
She told Yingji that every war has risks and one does not have to be sure of victory before sending troops.
Although the book did not describe the wisdom of Queen Dowager Xuan before, her wisdom and courage are almost fully displayed here.
This is not just a smart woman, she knows clearly what the Qin State will face.
When Yingji was undecided, she dared to stand up and take the risk to make the decision and reuse the young general Bai Qi.
Just after making the decision and before giving the order, Bai Qi was carried in from outside. It scared everyone so much that their hearts almost jumped out of their chests.
I was afraid that something might happen to Bai Qi.
Fortunately, Bai Qi was just too tired from going out to investigate military intelligence, and he woke up soon.
After discussing with everyone, Queen Dowager Xuan gave her horse to Bai Qi and sent him back to the Lantian camp.
Bai Fei jumped up, mounted the red horse, and quickly left the palace.
The six nations joined forces to attack Qin. Although all their troops had arrived, the King of Qi secretly led an army of 200,000 to attack the State of Song.
Gan Mao provided him with new ideas.
They were afraid that attacking Song would lead to other countries taking advantage of the situation to attack Qi, and they were also afraid that Qin would interfere.
If you guys fight, then I can focus on destroying Song Dynasty, right?
I'm just too smart.
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Huai Shu: ...
The two brothers closed their eyes almost at the same time. So he made the situation like this just to destroy the State of Song?
No wonder the King of Qi didn't care whether he won or lost this battle, because his target from the beginning was not Qin.
It would be best if he could destroy the Qin State, but it doesn’t matter if he can’t. As long as he can conquer the Song State, he will win.
But if this happens, the coalition forces of the six nations stationed outside Hangu Pass will be in chaos.
Who can watch the fat piece of meat of Song State being taken away by Qi State alone?
If we attack Song at this time, isn't the King of Qi really afraid that the coalition forces will turn around and attack Qi?
When Mengchangjun received the news, his face turned pale and he immediately decided to disobey the king's order and lead his troops to withdraw.
The Qi army quietly withdrew under the cover of night. Mengchangjun stayed behind to cover their retreat, but when he heard the news that the Qin army had attacked the Three Jins, he was so happy that he almost jumped up.
The three countries of Wei, Zhao and Han were entangled with Qin and had no time to care about Qi. How could he not be happy?
So he immediately led his men to support the Three Jins, but as soon as he went out, he encountered tens of thousands of troops led by Bai Qi himself. The armies of the three countries were killed and blood flowed like a river, and he escaped with the Qi army again.
Like a cunning fox, he bullied Bai Qi's men and was unable to annihilate the main force of the Qi army.
By daybreak, the allied forces were no longer outside Hangu Pass.
Either they died under the sharp swords of the Qin army, or they had already escaped.
A war that destroyed a country was resolved by Bai Qi using his wisdom and bravery.
This battle not only defended the Qin State and made General Bai Qi famous, but also started his legendary life that officially led him to the altar of godhood.
However, this battle completely turned the six states in Shandong into a mess.
As soon as the war ended, each family sent people to Qi to demand the division of Song's land, otherwise they would attack Qi.
We were clearly joining forces to attack Qin, but you sold us out to attack Song, leaving us alone and allowing our 240,000-strong army to be wiped out. How can anyone not be angry?
But the King of Qi was very arrogant.
Not only did he kick out all the envoys, he also declared, "I'm waiting here, come and hit me."
Ten days later, an express horse arrived with urgent news: Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu have formed an alliance of 400,000 troops and are planning to attack Qi.
Qin Sheng: ...
Qin Huai Shu: ...
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