The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 60 Leave no escape route

Young Master Chengjiao lifted his feet off the ground and curled up and down like a shrimp, pushing hard towards the ancestral tablet.

He has no sense of moral guilt; he has no morals.

When your descendants are in trouble, they want their ancestors to come down to earth to help them. What's wrong with that?
Don’t our ancestors want to see their family safe and sound? Don’t they want to protect their descendants?
Come down if you want.

If you don't want to, then you have to give up. If you can't bless your descendants, what kind of ancestor are you and why should you be worshipped?
I was holding my breath and my toes were tense to gather strength.

The prince's words made him lose his temper.

He shook his head sharply and saw that his father looked calm, which filled him with admiration.

[Politicians have such a strong mentality that they can even say sending someone to death is a matter of course and they don’t even bat an eyelid…]
He originally thought that these uncles and uncles were shameless.

Who else but the King of Qin could have bestowed the Hangu Tiger Tally? Everyone in the court knew that his father, the Crown Prince Regent, only had political power but no military power.

What did his father have to do with the lack of soldiers, people and food in Dujiangyan? Would the shortages be solved if someone else became the crown prince?
Can the flood of Jingshui River in Guanzhong be linked to my father? My father is the crown prince of Qin State and not the Dragon King of Jingshui River. How can he still control the Jingshui River?
Unexpectedly, his father asked his grandfather Qin Qi, who had never fought in a battle, to fight against Li Mu, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period.

[Dad, your borrowing a knife to kill someone is too obvious, isn't it? Who can be fooled?]
Ying Chengjiao sighed inwardly.

really.

Qin Qi's face was swollen to the maximum, almost like a pig's head, and his expression was cold.

"Qin Yiren, you have a good plan! Do you want to use Zhao's sword to kill me, Qin Qi?"

The prince looked sincere and spoke with all his heart.

"Zichu has absolutely no such intention. You misunderstood me. Zichu sincerely thought that I could be a general."

"You want me to go to the battlefield, why don't you go?"

"If big brother doesn't come up, then it will be Zichu's turn."

"...What are you talking about?" Qin Qi said in a deep voice: "Do you think that Li Mu is a cowardly and incompetent person? You must know that Zhao's general Lian Po is still alive! This man is famous for his courage among the princes. When Wu'an Jun is here, we have to avoid him!"

"Whoever it is, ah!"

The prince, who had just said four words, screamed and shook his right hand, which was bitten by the second son, at a high frequency.

"You can't beat woooooooooooooo!"

The prince made an inverted bowl shape with his hand and covered the second son's mouth to prevent him from being bitten again.

"No matter who it is, if they dare to invade the Qin territory, Zichu will take the lead and kill them!"

Ying Chengjiao was anxious and hit his father with his fists and feet, resisting with all his might.

But he was too young and had never learned martial arts, so he could not break his father's defense or stop his father from boasting.

The Crown Prince of Qin looked solemn and swore an oath.

"Zi Chu swears today in front of the ancestral tablets that if you cannot drive the enemy out of the pass, you will wrap my body in horsehide and bury it!"

Although the royal family members did not like the prince's character, several of them couldn't help but cheer when they heard this.

"Qin Yiren! If you come back victorious, I will obey you!"

"Like a Qin person! Eat your own shit. Even if you die, I will still recognize you as the prince!"

"I am a brat! I was so blind before that I didn't realize you have such courage. Take me with you to the battle!"

The Qin State was a deformed country.

Shang Yang's harsh punishments and military merit system made Qin brave in foreign wars and made the Qin people admire generals.

Bai Qi, Marquis of Wu'an, rose from the bottom and was not criticized because of his status. This is why he enjoyed unparalleled reputation.

Knowing that the enemy general was the famous general Lian Po, Qin Zichu still dared to lead his troops into battle.

Not returning until victory, not returning until death, leaving no way of retreat, this is exactly what the Qin people want.

You are better than me, so go ahead.

This is the Qin people's thinking, simple and crude.

"Shut up!" Qin Wangzhu took control of the situation.

Staring at the crown prince who had just won the hearts of the royal family, he asked with an unprecedented seriousness:

"How many men do you want? Who will be the deputy general?"

Everyone in the ancestral temple involuntarily breathed lighter. Qin Zichu's next answer would determine his own fate, and perhaps the fate of the Qin State.

"He has 50,000 soldiers and Lu Buwei as his deputy general." Qin Zichu said.

After a brief silence, there was an uproar.

The inside of the ancestral temple was like the mouth of a boiling teapot, and the humming sound of the hot steam was like a huge warning bell.

"He is mad! He is mad!"

“This is a suicide mission!”

"If I can win this battle, if you, Qin Yiren, ask for my life in the future, I will take the sword and commit suicide without hesitation. I am willing to do so!"

Everyone was excited and felt a little respect for Qin Zichu.

"Yes." Qin Wangzhu smiled faintly and said, "I'll wait for you to come and get the tiger talisman."

The lacquered black wooden door of the ancestral temple opened wide, and everyone dispersed.

Crown Prince Qin Zichu opened his second son's mouth and waited for him to say what he wanted to say.

The second son was speechless.

The matter is done, there is no need to say more.

Prince Chengjiao found a secluded palace and entered it alone.

He needs to calm down and think seriously.

“War is a matter of great importance to a state, a matter of life and death.”

He muttered, closing his eyes.

The eyeballs are moving around under the eyelids, and to outsiders it looks like the eyelids are trembling.

"At this time, Li Mu had not yet defeated the Xiongnu. It is normal that you don't know how powerful he is, but you must be aware of Lian Po's power. I must have overlooked something."

He really wanted to ask his father directly, but he knew that his father would never tell him given his temper.

He made up his mind.

If he can think of it and prove it is feasible, he will not hinder his father from establishing his authority.

If he can't think of it or ask the answer, don't blame him for reporting his grandfather and stopping his father from going to the war.

At this time, the Qin State was far from being as powerful as later generations thought...

Before the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao was able to compete with the State of Qin.

In the Battle of Changping, 450,000 Zhao soldiers were buried alive, which severely damaged the Zhao army and caused it to fall from the throne of a powerful country.

After the Battle of Changping, Qin lost 400,000 soldiers in the Battle of Handan, and the country was in a state of emptiness.

If it were not for the natural barriers of the four dangerous passes and the 800-li Qinchuan Plain, as well as the blood supply from the Bashu land conquered by King Huiwen of Qin, the Qin State would have been very likely to be broken through by the coalition forces and perished in the long river of history.

But especially at this time, we cannot show weakness.

Confucius said that the Spring and Autumn Period was a time of ritual collapse and music decline, and the Warring States Period was far worse than the Spring and Autumn Period. The states of Lu and Song, which were both known for their morality and etiquette, both perished.

The remaining seven major powers in the Warring States Period are all those who will take advantage of your illness to kill you.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin did not retreat but instead advanced and continued to expand.

He quickly adjusted his strategy and no longer wanted to defeat his archenemy, the State of Zhao, in one fell swoop, but instead turned his target toward the State of Wei.

In the following years, the Qin State successively captured Anyang, Yangcheng, Fushu and other places of the Wei State, and beheaded 40,000 people.

In the 51st year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, he destroyed the Western Zhou Dynasty.

They captured the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, captured the king of Western Zhou, took over 36 cities and 30,000 people of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and seized the Nine Cauldrons and other items that symbolized power.

This was the last victory of King Zhaoxiang of Qin during his lifetime.

This battle will shock all the princes in the world and let them know that the Qin State is still the powerful Qin State!

Countries have shown goodwill.

(End of this chapter)