Chengdu, Baifu.

The door opened again, Bai Qi stood in front of the hall and saluted Wei Ran who was walking off the carriage: "I have met you."

Wei Ran looked at Bai Qi with complex eyes and said after several breaths: "Go in and talk."

After a moment, the two of them took their seats in the hall.

Wei Ran said: "Are you still used to it these days?"

Bai Qi said calmly: "Your Majesty Cheng is concerned, and your life is OK."

Wei Ran looked directly at Bai Qi with bright eyes: "The Qin Dynasty needs you."

Bai Qi's face fluctuated for a moment, and then he returned to calmness.

Wei Ran said: "Now that the chaos in Chu is in trouble and I can't take care of myself. The king is ready to use an excellent general to go east along the river to recover Nanjun and Nanyangjun. This marquis recommends you to the king."

Bai Qi sighed and said, "Meng Aozhi is capable of being competent."

"No." Wei Ran shook his head and said, "The King said that he hopes that the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty can die less. Your talent is far better than Meng Ao, and you are the better choice."

Bai Qi was silent.

After a while, Bai Qi said, "Have you forgotten what Bai Qi said before?"

Wei Ran smiled and said, "Of course I haven't forgotten. You think that Zhao State is powerful and the princes in the world have no hope of resisting Zhao State, right?"

Bai Qi nodded silently.

Wei Ran shrugged and said, "My Marquis' military talents are not as good as you. I know this very well. However, the Qin Dynasty will never wait to die. Do you understand?"

Bai Qi said quietly: "If this is the case, you should continue to march into Guanzhong at that time."

Wei Ran said: "No, entering Guanzhong will only encounter Zhao State. At that time, the Qin Dynasty could not match Zhao State at all! Only by taking down Nanjun and Nanyang and regaining its vitality can there be hope of fighting with Zhao State."

Bai Qi said: "Nanjun and Nanyang and Bashu and Hanzhong are inconvenient. If war starts in the future, they may be defeated by Zhao."

"I can't care about that much!" Wei Ran slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Don't you understand yet? Daqin has no choice anymore! Either powerful or - dead!"

Long-lasting silence.

Bai Qi said, "I understand."

Wei Ran said: "What do you understand?"

Bai Qi said: "When will we go to the battle?"

Wei Ran said: "The faster the better."

Bai Qi stood up and walked outside.

Wei Ran asked, "Where are you going?"

Bai Qi stood still and turned around and smiled at Wei Ran.

“Go to the expedition.”

...

The King of Chu is dead.

This is definitely a shocking earthquake for the current Chu political arena.

The political arena of Chu was originally uneasy. Since King Zhao strongly suppressed the King of Chu and forced the Chu State to kill Zhao Ju, the head of the Zhao family, changes have been happening continuously.

The Qu family, who once became bigger, declined again because of Qu Yuan's defeat in Huangchi.

After the decline of the Qu family, Jing's family, who had a vague appearance of the first family, was able to come to the front stage. Suddenly, Zhao Qi, supported by the King of Chu, led the Zhao family to kill him instantly, and even Ling Yin Xiong Zilan died because of this.

The Zhao family not only emerged again, but also became a dominant player.

Just when people thought that the next person to be curbed was the Zhao clan, the King of Chu died.

Soon, more details gradually spread out from the palace under the guidance of those who are interested.

The King of Chu was poisoned by three wives with some poison called "magic medicine".

These three wives were sent to the palace by Yin Zhaoqi.

After poisoning the King of Chu, the three wives disappeared without a trace, and were most likely to be silenced.

Combined with the fact that the Zhao family is now dominant, it is easy to draw such an inference - in order not to become the next target of the King of Chu, Yin Zhaoqi took the lead in poisoning the King of Chu!

The reason why Zhaoqi chose this node to poison the King of Chu was because he was leading his army to fight outside, so he could use this to avoid suspicion.

In this way, everything makes sense.

Rumors that Zhaoqi poisoned the King of Chu began to spread in Shouchun at a rapid speed.

Of course, since Zhaoqi left five thousand soldiers in Shouchun City before going to war, there was no time for rebellion. People just discussed this matter quietly with a nervous mood and paid attention to where this matter would go.

The news that the King of Chu was poisoned quickly reached Zhao Qi's ears.

At this time, Zhaoqi was leading his army to besiege Anfeng City, a city occupied by the Jing clan.

Looking at the urgent report in his hand, Zhao Qi in the camp was stunned.

At this moment, Zhao Qi felt extremely regretful and wanted to slap himself in the face.

Zhao Qi originally felt that he could not find the Zhao spies after such a major sweep. This means that the Zhao spies should have escaped from Shouchun City and will not come back in a short period of time. Just relying on the three Zhao female spies in the palace, they can't cause any storms.

However, he never expected that Zhao Guo had made such a big deal and even put the blame firmly on Zhao Qi's head!

"The despicable and shameless thief Zhao!" Zhao Qi roared and drew his sword to cut the table in front of him in half.

If he had known this, Zhao Qi would have to get rid of the three damn female spies before sending troops no matter what!

The death of King Chu put Zhao Qi in trouble.

The Anfeng City in front of you is not so easy to break. In addition, the blessing of ice and snow in winter on the defenders is not enough for a month or two.

But since the King of Chu is dead, the people in Shouchun City are in chaos, and the new king needs to be decided and supported by Zhao Qi. It seems that the teacher is a must.

But if the team is in charge, wouldn’t it give Jing Yang a breath? I don’t know how many changes will happen at that time.

Zhao Qi was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do for a moment.

In Anfeng City, Jingyang was also talking to the envoy of Zhao who came to see him with the order of the Emperor Shuxian that night.

"Your eunuch ordered that as long as I retreat to Anfeng City and hold on, Zhaoqi will encounter a big trouble at most ten days and half a month. But now Zhaoqi has been besieging the city for thirteen days, how do you explain?"

Although Jing Yang was very calm when he spoke, the murderous intent revealed in his eyes was beyond doubt.

Retreat to Anfeng City is also a bet for Jingyang. When he was in Shaopi, Jingyang still had more than 10,000 people, but after retreating to Anfeng, there were only more than 7,000 people left.

Jingyang is also indecisive now, and with the current situation, Jingyang can't even think of any hope of turning the tables.

Faced with Jing Yang's doubts, the envoy of Zhao was very calm, picked up the wine in front of him and took a sip, and said, "General, isn't the time yet? Why be so anxious?"

Jing Yang looked at the other party quietly, and after a while, he said, "Do you know what the outcome would be if you deceived this general?"

The messenger laughed and said seriously: "It's just a death. But have the general ever thought about what would happen if I couldn't complete the task? The general's demise was not in the interests of Da Zhao, and the general should know this."

Jing Yang snorted softly, and was about to say something, when the door of the room was suddenly knocked open, and a confidant of Jing Yang rushed in in surprise.

"General, Zhaoqi has withdrew his troops!"

"What?" Jing Yang stood up in shock.

A quarter of an hour later, Jingyang stood above the city of Anfeng City, and indeed saw Zhao Qi and his 20,000 troops slowly retreating in the ice and snow world outside the city.

Jing Yang took a deep breath, and the expression on his face was very complicated.

He actually withdrew...

Just as Jingyang was watching Zhaoqi's army, Zhaoqi had already led a thousand personal guards to rush to Shouchun City as fast as possible.

The reason why Zhao Qi ended his hesitation was not because he suddenly figured it out, but because he got another news.

Forty thousand Qin troops had already descended along the river and attacked the Jianghan Plain that the Chu State had just recovered!

After receiving this news, Zhao Qi decisively gave up the idea of ​​continuing to siege Jingyang and returned to Shouchun.
Chapter completed!