Xinzheng.

"That's how it is, General."

After listening to Meng Ao's statement, Wang Jian fell into a long silence.

After a long time, Wang Jian looked up at Meng Ao and said slowly:

"General Meng Ao, do you also plan to surrender to the people of Zhao?"

Meng Ao's old face turned red when Wang Jian asked this.

"The general misunderstood. The last general is just loyal to the king's order issued in Xianyang City."

Wang Jian raised his voice angrily.

"But the king's order was issued under Li Jian's hostage, you know clearly!"

Faced with Wang Jian's stern questioning, Meng Ao silently for a moment and said something faintly.

"Whether it is life-spending or not, the entire Qin Dynasty is now going to obey the orders from Xianyang City."

This sentence seemed like a flash of lightning, refuting Wang Jian so hard that he could not open his mouth.

Xianyang City has been occupied by the Zhao people for half a month.

A large number of royal orders issued in Xianyang City spread to various counties of Qin, and did not arouse any resistance.

The most important thing is that Wang Jian discovered that except for the 150,000 troops around him, all Qin troops that could threaten the 30,000 Zhao troops in Xianyang City had been controlled by the orders of Xianyang City.

Meng Ao looked at Wang Jian and said sincerely:

"At this point, does the general want to send troops to attack Xianyang City?"

Wang Jian didn't say anything.

Meng Ao continued:

"Okay, let alone the consequences of the general not following the king's order, even if the general can really fight back to Xianyang City under the pursuit of Lian Po's troops and drive away the people of Zhao, what about?"

"Everyone knows that Prince Zichu did not usurp the throne, but was threatened by Li Jian and had to succeed the throne."

"After the king returns to his throne, Prince Zichu should still be His Royal Highness in the future."

Wang Jian's eyebrows pounded clearly, but he still didn't speak.

Meng Ao continued:

"The king is not young anymore, he will soon be fifty years old. Who knows when it will..."

"When Prince Zichu ascended the throne, will he remember the general's regaining Xianyang and expelling him from the throne? Will he take revenge on the general for this matter?"

Wang Jian finally couldn't help but speak.

"Then we can persuade the king to change the prince after he restored the throne!"

Meng Ao sighed:

"Not whether the king will listen to us, even if he listens, will the newly appointed prince change his view of the general?"

"The general can change a new prince today. Who knows if he will let the king change a second tomorrow?"

Wang Jian said angrily:

"I am not Li Jian, I am a loyal minister of the Qin Dynasty. How could I do such a thing!"

Meng Ao looked at Wang Jian with a strange look, and finally spoke after a long time.

"The General may have forgotten that Li Jian was also a loyal minister of Zhao State in everyone's eyes at the beginning."

A terrible silence fell into the room.

After a long time, Wang Jian said:

"So according to your opinion, if I raise an army to regain Xianyang City, I will be afraid of the king, be resentful by the prince Zichu, and eventually become the sinner of the Qin Dynasty?"

Meng Ao sighed and chose to default.

Wang Jian waved his hand and signaled Meng Ao to go out.

"I want to think about it."

Meng Ao stood up.

"I hope the general won't think about it for too long."

The door was closed with a slam.

Wang Jian showed an extremely distressed expression and stared at the ceiling blankly.

What exactly should be done?

The fate of more than 100,000 Qin soldiers and even the entire Qin State was extremely heavy, which made Wang Jian feel breathless.

After Meng Ao left for about a quarter of an hour, the door was knocked.

"The last time I will ask for a meeting with Wang Ling."

Wang Jian, who was struggling to grab his hair, sat up straight and said:

"Come in."

Wang Ling is a subordinate of Wang Jian, but he is also Wang Jian's uncle and the elders of the Wang clan.

Wang Ling walked in and said softly:

"Are Meng Ao just now here to persuade the general to obey the orders of Xianyang?"

Wang Jian nodded and suddenly understood something.

"Is there a message from the family?"

Wang Ling's expression was obviously hesitant, but he still took out a letter.

"This is the decision of the patriarch and elders. Please ask the general to take a look."

When Wang Jian took the letter, his hands trembled a little.

Even though I haven't started reading yet, the Qin general seems to have foreseeed the contents.

The content is actually very simple. The base of the Wang clan is just eighty miles away from Xianyang City. After the Zhao people controlled Xianyang, Lu Buwei personally took the Wang clan's ancestral home as an envoy.

Looking at the dense signatures at the end of the envelope, Wang Jian's expression became darker.

After a long time, Wang Jian said:

"What are the benefits of the family this time?"

Wang Ling said softly:

"Two county magistrates and one county magistrate."

"Zi Chu King... The king said that if the general is willing to obey his orders and return to Xianyang City, then the Grand Marshal must be the General."

Wang Jian took a deep breath and looked at Wang Ling in disappointment.

"Are the people in the family so short-sighted? Do you know how much threat the Zhao State will pose to the Qin Dynasty after it grows!"

"For this official position, do we have to sell the interests of Daqin?"

Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, but immediately came to his senses and said softly:

"General, I know you are young and energetic, but the patriarch also wants me to tell you something."

"If there was no Wang family, there would be no general today."

"The Wang family did not participate in the battle for the throne, nor did they have the ability to decide who is the king."

"Wang just admits reality and chooses to follow the winner. Please forgive me."

After saying that, Wang Ling respectfully saluted Wang Jian.

Wang Jian looked at the clan uncle who was older than him and couldn't speak.

Wang Ling was actually not wrong at all.

Why can Wang Jian become a general?

Because Wang Jian's personal talents are indeed outstanding, and his outstanding talents are inseparable from the careful teachings of the elders and uncles of the Wang family since childhood.

Even if he is talented, Wang Jian was able to become a general at such a young age because he was born in the Wang family.

Wang He, once regarded as the new generation of generals of the Qin Dynasty who replaced Bai Qi, was Wang Jian’s clan uncle.

In front of him, Wang Ling, a deputy general of the Qin Dynasty, and Wang Feng's right-hand assistant, was responsible for cultivating and teaching all the Wang children who served in the army.

There are many, hundreds or thousands of Wang's children are spread throughout the Qin army.

Many of them were in Xinzheng City, faithfully helping Wang Jian control this army as generals or officers.

When Wang Jian and the Wang family clashed, most of these Wang family members should have chosen to stand on the side of the family without hesitation.

It was the family that trained them, not Wang Jian.

Wang Jian thought about it and suddenly felt a little breathless.
To be continued...