Xianyang Palace.

Although it was already night, the lights were still brightly lit in Xianyang Palace.

Almost all the Qin ministers in Xianyang were waiting anxiously for the news, and the hall was filled with an anxious and uneasy atmosphere.

Prince Zhao Zhu's eyes were already red, and he walked around uneasy. From time to time, he looked up at the door of the bedroom, his face was extremely smelly, and no one dared to approach him.

A sudden sound of footsteps came, Zhao Zhu was excited, and looked up and saw that it was an old palace doctor, so he hurriedly met him.

"What's the situation?" Zhao Zhu asked hurriedly.

The white-haired palace doctor looked at several important officials of the Qin State who were surrounded by him at the same time, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Zhao Zhu was obviously a little impatient and shouted, "But it's okay!"

The Gong Doctor was startled by Zhao Zhu's sudden scolding. The white beard and the wrinkles on his face trembled. After a while, he said: "The King is caused by excessive heart fire. It was not a big problem at all. It's good to recuperate, but..."

Zhao Zhu's brow had just relaxed, but was extremely angry by the old palace doctor's transformation. He slapped the palace doctor directly on the face and shouted: "If you have something to say, just say it and snort. I think you are desperate!"

The old palace doctor was slapped by Zhao Zhu and took a few steps back. He turned dizzy and almost fell to the ground. A trace of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

After a while, Zhao Zhu finally understood the specific situation from the old palace doctor.

In fact, this vomiting of blood is to put it bluntly, and it is usually enough to lie down and recuperate for a while.

But the problem is that King Ji of Qin was too old.

Now he is 68 years old and about 70 years old. In this era, King Ji of Qin is basically the same as the birthday star who is about 90 years old in his later generations.

This leads to a situation, that is, the recovery ability of Qin Wangji's body is very, very poor.

In addition, King Ji of Qin had vomited blood before, which made it even worse.

When everyone present heard this, their faces were quite heavy.

Zhao Zhu opened his mouth, intending to slap the Crow Mouthed Doctor who had been talking for a long time but didn't mention the key points again, but he thought about it and suppressed his anger and asked, "When will the king wake up?"

The old doctor covered his mouth and looked at Zhao Zhu's trembling right hand in horror, and said vaguely: "This... has given the medicine to the king, and he should be able to wake up in two or three days."

Three days later, the old doctor and his family were dragged to the entrance of Xianyang Vegetable Market and beheaded and abandoned.

Just as many people in Xianyang City watched the halving ceremony of the vegetable market, Zhao Zhu had already begun to convene the Qin ministers to meet as a meeting host.

There were not many candidates for this meeting, only the three Dukes and Nine Ministers of Qin, as well as several respected royal elders, and Lu Buwei.

It is obviously a very strange thing that a guest official like Lu Buwei can attend such a meeting that largely determines the fate of Qin.

However, given that this is what Zhao Zhu meant, no one questioned Lu Buwei's qualifications without any ignorance.

After all, King Ji of Qin has not woken up since he was unconscious that day. This is certainly not a good thing, but it also means that Zhao Zhu may become the new King of Qin anytime and anywhere.

Under such circumstances, although Lu Buwei's attendance was not in line with the system, it was ignored by everyone in a tacit understanding.

He was obviously not very good at his spirits. Zhao Zhu, who was wearing two big dark circles, coughed gently and said, "Ji, now Lian Po has led a large army to surround Yuanli. Wang Yan ordered someone to secretly send a letter of help, saying that the situation was very critical. Even if there was the benefits of the city wall, it would be at most, but he could only hold on for about ten days. What should we do?"

The atmosphere in the hall was dull and no one spoke for a moment.

After all, several days have passed. Although the details of the battle that day are not very clear, the Qin army's losses have been transmitted back to Xianyang through Wang Yan's urgent report.

There were less than 130,000 Qin troops who followed Wang Qi back to Yuanli!

This means that at least 70,000 Qin troops were either killed by the Zhao army or captured by the Zhao army.

What's worse is that Shaoliang City, east of Yuanli, was also besieged by the Zhao army at the same time.

Shaoliang City is one of the two most important cities in the Qin State's Hexi land. Since preparing to launch the Battle of Zhao, Qin State has stored a huge amount of astronomical military supplies here.

At this moment, the guards in Shaoliang City were extremely empty, but there were only a few thousand defenders, and they could not resist the Zhao army's offensive for too long.

Once Shaoliang City falls, the Zhao army can directly obtain a large amount of supplies, which can even support the 200,000 Zhao army's three-month battle.

With the current situation, three months are enough for the 200,000 Zhao troops to sweep the entire Guanzhong!

It can be said that the situation facing Qin State is basically a dead end.

The kind who dies clearly!

Since they are already dead, Zhao Zhu now asks how to save them, so these Qin ministers naturally cannot answer.

Zhao Zhu looked around and simply called him directly: "Gang Chengjun, let's talk."

When Gangchengjun Cai Ze heard this, his body was shocked and looked at Zhao Zhu in disbelief. He confirmed that Zhao Zhu was calling him, and then he slowly stood up.

To be honest, Cai Ze really didn't expect that he would be named by Zhao Zhu first.

After all, Cai Ze was just removed from the position of Qin Wang Ji a few days ago.

In any era, the most obvious place where the word "Walking in Tea" is definitely the officialdom, and this is not distinguished from ancient times or modern times.

Therefore, although Cai Ze is still one of the nine ministers of Qin, Cai Ze's mansion has been deserted these days, and even half of the guests have run away, completely no longer the situation when he was a prefecture when he was the prime minister a while ago.

Cai Ze is actually a very tactful person, so under such circumstances, he obviously has an idea in his mind, but Cai Ze also chose to shut up very low-key.

But now Zhao Zhu called Cai Ze's name, which was the first one.

This surprised Cai Ze and he couldn't help but feel a little expectation in his heart.

Could it be that... the prince actually has hope for me?

So... Actually, this position in the prime minister may be able to sit again?

Although I knew very well that this possibility was not too great, Cai Ze was still trembling all over and extremely excited by his thoughts.

Cai Ze will never let this opportunity to make a comeback!

Cai Ze stood up and stepped out, bowed to Zhao Zhu, and said respectfully: "Mr. An Guojun, in my opinion, for the sake of this, the only way to seek peace from Zhao!"

Cai Ze's voice was very firm.

It is rare for others in the entire hall to raise any objections.

To be honest, no one is stupid. This battle has reached this point. Even a fool knows that he really can't continue to fight.

If we don’t seek peace while we have some capital now, and when the Qin army led by Wang is over, the Qin State will be over!

Zhao Zhu looked around at the hall and found that everyone's faces were as if they were taken for granted. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said, "Wandan... is it really unimaginable?"

Cai Ze shook his head firmly and said, "Jun An Guojun, it is no longer time to consider Handan again. I'm sorry to say frankly, even if the Wei and Qi coalition forces really break through Handan, so what? The only thing left is Wei, Qi gained profits, Qin and Zhao were both injured. Since that's the case, it's better to seek peace with Zhao as soon as possible, let Zhao fight with Qi and Wei, and leave some sparks for the Qin Dynasty!"

As soon as Cai Ze finished speaking, Yangquan Jun Mi Chen, who had just rushed back to Xianyang overnight, also said: "Jun An Guojun, the army led by Wang Wei must be preserved! Without this army, the Qin Dynasty is likely to be unable to withstand even the State of Chu, South Korea and others!"

Mi Chen's words are really not exaggeration.

You should know that since the Battle of Changping, the scale of the regular army of Qin has been shrinking with repeated failures and lost land, from an astonishing 50,000 to 600,000 step by step to 200,000 before the beginning of this battle.

If these 200,000 people are compensated, then although Qin has a huge territory and a large population, the veterans who have truly experienced the war have been completely lost.

Anyone who has led soldiers to fight a war knows that the most scientific way of training is to lead the old to lead the new.

If you lead a unit composed of pure new recruits to the battlefield to face an old and new enemy army, then the new recruits will not have any other end except for a crushing defeat!

As long as the veterans led by Wang He remain undead, Qin will be able to use these veterans as the backbone to once again form a brave and warlike army!

Zhao Zhu pondered for a moment, nodded slowly, and said, "Since that's the case, then let's ask for peace with Zhao State! Who would like to go to the Zhao army camp?"

Considering that Handan of Zhao is thousands of miles away, if the envoy really waits for a round trip, then the king in Yuanli City will probably be even cold.

Therefore, we must first stabilize Lian Po, at least we must make Lian Po stop attacking Yuanli City.

This is not an easy errand.

Yangquan Jun Mi Chen hesitated for a moment and reminded him: "Jun An Guojun, this peace-seeking matter is of great importance after all, if the king wakes up..."

After all, King Ji of Qin is not dead yet. If the Qin king wakes up and is dissatisfied with the peace, everyone present will have to accept it.

Zhao Zhu looked at his brother-in-law with a bad look, with an obvious look of dissatisfaction on his face and said coldly: "If the king blames him, I will take this responsibility with all my strength!"

As long as you say this, other people naturally have nothing to say.

But...who will be sent?

Cai Ze gritted his teeth and said to Zhao Zhu: "Mr. An Guojun, I am willing to go to the Zhao army camp!"
Chapter completed!