Chapter 273 Bai Qi was killed
Qin Huaishu came back to his senses and looked at Chu Yian, his hands itching a little.
He closed his eyes and leaned back to avoid Chu Yian's hand.
Maybe because this wasn't the first time, he was strangely used to it.
It was that "baby" that sounded awkward no matter how I heard it: "Don't yell, and don't do anything."
After a moment of silence, he added, "I am your eldest uncle, and there is a difference between men and women."
Chu Yian blinked and said, the child has grown up, okay.
However, this was the first time Qin Huaishu said such words. She chuckled and said, "Aren't I just comforting you?"
Qin Huaishu pursed his lips, lowered his eyelashes and said nothing.
From Chu Yian's perspective, he was really well-behaved.
Aaaaahhh!!!
Fortunately, Qin Huaishu didn’t know what Chu Yian was thinking, otherwise he might have really gotten angry.
Chu Yian coughed and patted his shoulder: "Hurry up, don't be distracted, this is the last point, let's finish it quickly and go back to sleep."
Qin Huaishu nodded and picked up the pen again.
When Bai Qi was preparing to march north to destroy Zhao, he suddenly received a letter from the king, ordering Wu'an Jun to return to the court.
Although Bai Qi was angry, he had no choice but to do as he was told.
After returning to the capital, Yingji actually felt a little regretful. Bai Qi has always had a clear understanding of the battlefield situation. If he had continued to march north according to his ideas, the possibility of winning would actually be very high.
When he was regretting, Fan Ju came into the palace and brought a piece of news.
The Zhao army urgently recruited soldiers. Xinling Jun of Wei, Chunshen Jun of Chu, and Lu Zhonglian of Qi all returned and were led by Pingyuan Jun of Zhao, and were forming an alliance.
But the purpose of resisting Qin this time was to protect oneself.
Yingji thought about it for a long time, and kept pondering the ideas of Fan Ju and Bai Qi. Finally, he couldn't help but go to find Bai Qi, but who knew that Bai Qi was actually sick.
He asked Bai Qi whether it would be feasible to send another army in the autumn.
Bai Qi, however, persuaded him to give up, saying that the great opportunity had slipped away and it would be disadvantageous to Qin to send troops now.
But only half a year has passed, how come we lost the opportunity?
Bai Qi carefully analyzed the reasons to Yingji, but Yingji felt that Bai Qi was exaggerating and even asked someone to submit a secret report to show him that there had been no changes in the six states in Shandong in the past six months.
Bai Qi didn't look at it. He had his own judgment of the situation.
After returning to the palace, Yingji immediately summoned Fan Ju to discuss raising an army, and appointed General Wang Ling to lead an army of 200,000 to attack the State of Zhao.
Wang Ling led his army all the way to the city of Handan, the capital of Zhao State.
The Zhao court and the people were united in resisting desperately. Wang Ling was unable to capture the city after a long siege, and more than 50,000 soldiers were killed.
When the news reached Qin, the King of Qin was furious and ordered Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, to lead his troops to capture Handan and shock the world.
Although Bai Qi's illness had improved a lot, he still had difficulty walking.
After hearing about this, he persuaded Yingji that now was not the time to attack Zhao State and asked him to withdraw Wang Ling to preserve the strength of Qin State.
Yingji was so angry that he left without consulting Fan Ju. He went to the Lantian camp and appointed Wang He as the general.
That autumn, Wang He led an army of 200,000 and besieged Handan again.
After this move, the six states in Shandong could no longer sit still.
The states of Wei and Chu each led an army of 200,000 to attack the rear of the Qin army.
The defenders of Handan took advantage of the situation and attacked. The Qin army was defeated and retreated to Shangdang to count the troops. The casualties were as high as 100,000.
When the news reached Xianyang, Yingji hurriedly summoned Fan Ju to discuss countermeasures.
Fan Ju recommended his benefactor to lead troops to provide support, but that person had no military talent at all. He fainted as soon as he left the city and didn't know which way to go to provide support.
Qin Huaishu: ...
After much difficulty, he reached Handan, but was surrounded as soon as he arrived. After being besieged for more than ten days, he abandoned his army and surrendered to the State of Zhao.
Qin Huaishu: ...
Not long after, the man was beheaded by the Zhao army.
Qin Huai Shu: ...
Fan Ju...is too selfish.
In just two years, the good situation in Qin State took a sharp turn for the worse.
The King of Qin and Fan Ju personally went to Hangu Pass to take charge and welcome the 100,000-strong army back.
Just when he had caught his breath, another urgent report came from a flying horse: Lord Xinling and Lord Chunshen led the coalition forces of the six countries to attack Qin, and Henei County and Hedong County were in danger.
Bai Qi was also very shocked when he heard the news. In his opinion, it was normal for Wang Ling to be defeated, but it was abnormal for Wang He to be defeated as well.
What is even more abnormal is that Xinling Jun, who had disappeared for many years, actually stole the military order, killed the general and seized the troops to save Zhao.
From this point of view, the six states in Shandong really regarded Qin as a mortal enemy.
At this time, the Qin State should have played it safe instead of rushing into a series of desperate battles.
The usually calm King of Qin became like a madman after the Battle of Changping, and was completely different.
What made Bai Qi even more angry was Fan Ju, who repaid Bai Qi's personal kindness with a great responsibility for the country. How selfish he was.
Bai Qi immediately wrote a letter to hold the man accountable, but gave up after being persuaded by his wife.
The King of Qin did not trust him at all, and Fan Ju was a vindictive person. When the time came, the two of them would attack each other, and the King of Qin would be in a difficult position.
But unexpectedly, Fan Ju came to him himself the next day and persuaded him to defend Henei and Hedong.
But Bai Qi saw clearly that neither Henei nor Hedong could be defended. Now he should quickly retreat to Hangu Pass, then divide the six countries and take his time.
In any case, it was impossible for him to take people out and destroy the last army of Qin with his own hands.
After receiving the news from Fan Ju, King Zhao of Qin could no longer tolerate it.
It was obvious that as long as Bai Qi went into battle, the coalition forces of the six nations would be a mob. It was okay that Bai Qi refused to attack Zhao twice, after all, it was his fault to return to the court after the Battle of Changping.
But now the six countries have come to attack Qin, and you, Bai Qi, are an old Qin man. Refusing at this time is clearly disloyalty to the country and a great act of treason.
Must be punished.
In anger, Yingji dismissed Bai Qi from all his posts, demoted him to a soldier, and exiled him to Yinmi.
But within just a few days, the three armies wrote a blood letter in Xianyang: Bai Qi is innocent, Bai Qi has made great contributions, the battle should not be fought, the three armies were defeated, our general will be restored, and our land will be consolidated.
Looking at the blood letter presented by the three armies, Yingji finally changed his mind.
Withdraw the camp outside the pass and defend against the coalition forces of the six nations with all your strength.
Later, everyone wrote to Yingji, requesting that Wu'an Jun be restored to his position.
Yingji personally drafted the decree and asked the eunuch to bring it to Bai Qi.
But this royal decree ordered Bai Qi to rush to the place of exile immediately without any delay.
Bai Qi accepted the royal letter, gave the eunuch a few instructions to take it to Yingji, and then left alone.
When they arrived at the Shili Pavilion outside the city, the old eunuch was already waiting there with a sword in his hand.
Bai Qi knew what Yingji meant and took the sword from his hand.
The old eunuch knelt down and sobbed.
Bai Qi laughed heartily, drew his sword, and stabbed himself with it in front of everyone.
Qin Huaishu's grip on the pen tightened little by little. Is this... the fate of all military generals?
He suddenly remembered the saying: Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and they are not allowed to see white hair in the world.
All kings hope that their generals are the swords in their hands, but they are also afraid that the swords will hurt them in turn, or that the swords will not obey them.
Employ people but be suspicious of them, be on guard at all times, and finally kill them.
How ridiculous.
But this seems to be the norm.
The great general Bai Qi died, but Ying Ji and Fan Ju did not seem happy.
Bai Qi's death brought the atmosphere in Qin to freezing point, and countless people rushed to Mei County to attend Bai Qi's funeral.
They spontaneously built temples and ancestral halls for Bai Qi, and the burning of incense was more grand and lasting than that of any other Qin king.
They cursed that someone was behind the return of the troops from the Battle of Changping, and cursed Fan Ju, the benefactor and thief, for surrendering to Zhao and harming the Qin people.
King Zhao of Qin was afraid that these remarks would damage Fan Ju's reputation, so he ordered that no one should discuss them again, otherwise they would be punished.
The scolding gradually subsided, but things kept happening.
During the autumn harvest, taxes in Nanjun were reduced. Upon investigation, it was discovered that Wang Ji had accepted bribes of large sums of money and beautiful women from the Chu State during the confrontation in Shangdang, and had ceded eight counties to the Chu State without authorization.
And this Wang Ji was the special envoy who brought Fan Ju to the State of Qin.
Fan Ju, grateful for his kindness, begged the King of Qin for mercy, granting him fertile land so he could serve as an official. But who would have thought that he would actually cede the land?!
And kept it a secret for so many years.
Fan Ju recommended two people, both of whom had done him a favor.
One surrendered to Zhao, and the other ceded land to Chu without authorization.
Especially the last one, it's really outrageous.
It's so outrageous that it doesn't seem like something a human could come up with.
Fan Ju thought for a long time and handed in his letter of resignation to Yingji. After receiving his letter, Yingji was confused.
He actually didn't care what mistakes Fan Ju made, after all, Fan Ju was really talented.
As long as Fan Ju was loyal to him, he would be fine, so he blocked all the attacks on Fan Ju.
But he did not dismiss Fan Ju, and Fan Ju wanted to resign.
Yingji went to find Fan Ju and asked him to examine the princes to see who could be the next King of Qin.
After being selected, Fan Ju became the Grand Tutor.
Fan Ju knew that the King of Qin would not let him resign, so he had no choice but to test the princes and finally chose Ying Zhu, the Lord of Anguo.
Although Ying Zhu did not have great talent, he was not a mediocre person.
The most important thing is that Ying Zhu has many children, and there are several good ones among them.
Fan Ju's words relieved Yingji's worries. After they talked and left, he received a letter from his good friend.
Cai Ze plans to go to Xianyang.
This concludes the third part.
The death of Wu'an Jun is heartbreaking, and Yingji's tolerance of Fan Ju is infuriating.
But the story of the people in the book is not over yet, and the people outside the book can only watch no matter how angry they are.
Qin Huaishu put down his pen, looked at Chu Yian, and was about to speak.
Chu Yian spoke first, giving him a heads-up: "Huai Shu, I have a feeling I might be implicated."
"Please help me keep an eye on who is reporting me, I'll go put a sack on their sons."
Qin Huai Shu: ...
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