Soon, the three generals Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.
There was already a eunuch waiting for him.
Upon seeing the eunuch, Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He immediately knew that the eunuch who had come to deliver the imperial edict had arrived.
"His Majesty has ordered the three generals to bring King Yan, Prime Minister Li Mu, and General Lianpo into the palace to receive their rewards. The rest of you wait outside the palace.”
After Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He dismounted, the eunuch who had delivered the decree read out Ying Zheng's decree loudly.
"Yes."
Meng Ao, Wang Jian and Wang Wei agreed.
Then, he brought a few bodyguards and escorted Zhao Wangyan, Li Mu, and Lianpo into the palace.
They entered the palace.
They arrived at Zhangtai Palace at the center.
Climbing up the ninety-nine-story stairs, they were exhausted and panting. After passing the message, the group entered Zhang Tai Palace.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
As soon as they entered the palace and saw Ying Zheng sitting on the throne, Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He immediately bowed to him.
"The three of you are all ministers who have contributed to the country.”
Seeing Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He enter the hall, Ying Zheng immediately smiled and said.
"This time, we were able to sweep through the three kingdoms of Yan, Han, and Zhao, and annihilate the Qi and Chu allied forces in one fell swoop. Although His Majesty is far away in Xianyang, he planned from thousands of miles away.”
"That's right. The reason why we have such a huge victory this time is all thanks to Your Majesty.”
"For the Qin country to have such an intelligent monarch like Your Majesty, it is simply the Qin country's fortune.”
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Meng Ao, Wang Jian, and Wang He all blushed.
They each knew their own things.
In this war, the one who came up with the plan to fight against the Yan, Han, Zhao, and Qi, Chu armies was His Majesty. They were only following His Majesty's orders to carry out this plan.
"Although I came up with the plan, your actions have contributed greatly, so there's no need to be humble. Oh right, I heard that you captured Zhao Wangyan, Zhao Prime Minister Li Mu, and Great General Lianpo, right?”
Then, Ying Zheng asked.
"Your Majesty, Lianpo fought with me before, but he was defeated by me. Later on, he was removed from his position by King Yan of Zhao, who took away his military power and threw him into prison. After I broke through Handan City, I saved him from the prison of Zhao.”
"As for Zhao Wang Yan and Li Mu, they were captured in the palace of Zhao after I broke through Handan City.”
Meng Ao, who was the one who attacked Zhao, reported.
"Lianpo, Li Mu, you two defeated generals, why aren't you kneeling and saluting me?”
After listening to Meng Ao's explanation, Ying Zheng looked at Lianpo, who was in his sixties, and Li Mu, the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, who was being held captive by Meng Ao's personal guards. He was not wearing any general armor, but a prisoner's uniform. He looked extremely miserable, and his temples were gray.
He noticed that the moment he entered, Zhao Wangyan immediately knelt down in fear because of his dignity.
Only Lianpo and Li Mumei didn't kneel, they just stood there.
Ying Zheng knew the great names of Lianpo and Li Mu. These two were not nameless people.
Lianpo, Li Mu, Baiqi, and Wang Jian were known as the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period.
Zhao was also the only country like Qin that had two generals and was one of the four famous generals.
Li Mu was mainly defending against the Xiongnu in Yanmen County in the north of Zhao.
He had once defeated the Xiongnu, killed more than 100,000 troops, destroyed the Gai, defeated the Donghu, and subdued the Linhu. The Xiongnu had fled, causing the Xiongnu to not dare to approach the border of Zhao for more than ten years.
Because of Ying Zheng's sudden rise this year, King Yan of Zhao, who was afraid of Ying Zheng, decided to transfer Li Mu back to Handan, the capital city, to be the Prime Minister of Zhao.
However, he did not expect that he still could not stop the Qin Country's cavalry.
As for Lianpo, this old general…
He was a legend.
He had once fought with another legend of the Qin Country, Lord Wu 'an' God of Slaughter 'Baiqi, and they were evenly matched. They had stalled the Qin Country army for three years, but the Qin Country had used a strategy to sow discord, causing the King of Zhao to replace Lianpo with the armchair strategist, Zhao Kuo.
The result, the final result was naturally known to everyone.
The Zhao army was defeated, and 400,000 Zhao soldiers were killed by Baiqi in Changping.
This incident had also become the origin of the idiom "armchair strategist".
In fact.
Whether it was Lianpo or Li Mu, they would be close enemies of the Qin country in the future.
However, in the spy war of the State of Qin, there was still a large amount of equipment. Under the circumstances where the Gongshu family had developed advanced weapons and equipment, even famous generals like Lianpo and Li Mu, who were among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, had to be careful.
He was also inexplicably defeated by Meng Ao.
Although Meng Ao's losses were indeed slightly more tragic than Wang Jian and Wang He's, he was still able to defeat Wang Jian.
"The State of Zhao was destroyed because of the State of Qin. Why would we kneel down to you, the King of the State of Qin?”
Lianpo glanced at Ying Zheng and said calmly.
"Old General Lianpo, it seems like you don't want to live anymore.”
Ying Zheng was so angry that he laughed.
"Men, push Lianpo out of the palace and kill him.”
Then, Ying Zheng's eyes turned cold, and he immediately gave the order.
He originally had a sliver of hope to subdue this Lianpo.
However, when Lianpo said that, he could see that Lianpo didn't have any respect for him. This was the so-called 'different paths can't work together.'
"Yes, sir."
Hearing Ying Zheng's order.
Immediately, a palace guard walked in and pushed Lianpo out of the palace.
Not long after, the muffled sound of a head falling to the ground came from outside the palace gate.
During the entire process, Lianpo didn't make any noise.
"What a good man, but unfortunately, I can't use him.”
Seeing this, Ying Zheng could not help but sigh in his heart.
However, he was already prepared.
Qin Country did not lack good generals. If these famous generals from other countries were willing to join Qin Country and work for him, it was fine. If they could not, killing them was the best choice.
To avoid leaving behind any trouble, it could be considered that they were all loyal to the country.
"What about you, General Li?"
Then, Ying Zheng turned his gaze to Li Mu.
"It's a pity that I'm useless. Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to serve Your Majesty in the future.”
Li Mu said sadly to Zhao Wangyan.
"Your Majesty, I can die, but please forgive me for not being able to kneel down to you.”
After that, Li Mu proudly turned around and said to Ying Zheng.
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