"How's the situation?" Baiqi asked Meng Ao.
He was naturally asking about the battle on Meng Ao's side.
"I did not fail my mission. The King of Zhao committed suicide, and countless nobles and ministers of Zhao were killed.”
Meng Ao cupped his fists and bowed to Baiqi.
As he spoke, he turned his body to the side. The soldiers behind him carried up a corpse. It was the King of Zhao.
At the same time, chests of various sizes were carried over by the Qin army. When they were opened, they were filled with all kinds of expensive gold, silver, and jewelry.
This was the capital city of the State of Zhao. The nobles in the capital city were the true top-notch nobles. One could imagine how rich the wealth they had accumulated over the years was.
"Good!" Seeing this, Bai Qi couldn't help but laugh heartily.
This was equivalent to all the wealth of the entire Zhao country's nobles. How could he not be happy?
"Give one-third of it to all the soldiers, another one-third to compensate the dead soldiers, and the remaining one-third to be transported back to Xianyang City for the king.”
Baiqi continued.
"Thank you, Great General!"
"Thank you, Great General!"
As soon as Baiqi finished speaking, the surrounding Qin soldiers could not help but cheer.
When Meng Ao saw this, he only frowned slightly and did not stop her.
Although he felt that this was inappropriate and might even cause the King of Qin to be even more suspicious, he did not want to dampen the mood when he saw the soldiers so excited.
Baiqi naturally knew the consequences of doing so, but he did not care about it.
It was already a great honor for him to send one-third of the money back to Xianyang City to report to the King of Qin.
Didn't these Qin soldiers go through life and death with him just to eat and wear warm clothes and then make contributions?
In fact, he didn't even know if these Qin soldiers would be able to survive until the end of the next battle. As such, in Baiqi's opinion, these soldiers deserved it.
As for the consequences, he would bear them all.
The current Bai Qi was no longer the Bai Qi from before. After killing the envoy and defying the imperial edict, he had completely let himself go.
As a man in this world, it was too aggrieved to be timid when doing things.
He wanted to live the life he wanted. As long as he had a clear conscience, he would do whatever he wanted.
He would not be bound by the rules and regulations of this world.
……
Baiqi's army rested in Handan City for a day. The next day, at dawn, Baiqi gathered his army and set off again.
Speed is the most important thing in war.
He wanted to completely destroy Zhao before the countries around it could react.
Otherwise, when the other five countries reacted, it would be difficult for Baiqi to destroy the State of Zhao.
Even though the State of Qin's strength was formidable, it was virtually impossible to contend against the other six states all at once.
Especially if the State of Qin could not quickly escape from the battlefield of the State of Zhao, it would completely fall into the quagmire of the State of Zhao. Even if it dragged on, it would be dragged down by the other six countries.
Especially during the three years before the Battle of Changping, the Zhao country's economy was dragged down, and the Qin country was not much better.
In the short term, they could still hold on for a while, but as time went on, the State of Qin would definitely not be able to hold on either.
War was not child's play, and it was definitely not child's play.
A large-scale war would involve many aspects.
Thus, Baiqi decided to end the battle quickly.
Baiqi sent a troop of Qin soldiers to escort Ying Yiren, Zhao Ji, and Ying Zheng to Xianyang City with the one-third of the gold, silver, and jewelry.
At the same time, Baiqi didn't station any Qin soldiers in Handan City. Instead, he let Lianpo lead the surrendered Zhao soldiers to defend Handan City.
When Lianpo heard that Baiqi wanted him to lead the Zhao army to defend Handan City, he was in disbelief.
He had not expected Bai Qi to trust him so much.
Even the generals of the Qin army had looks of disbelief on their faces when they heard this. Many of them even raised objections on the spot.
However, Baiqi's attitude was very firm, and he stood up against all opposition. The Qin generals naturally had no choice.
The reason why Baiqi let Lianpo lead the surrendered soldiers of Zhao to defend Handan City was after careful consideration.
Sometimes, people from one's own country would definitely be trustworthy, such as the Prime Minister of Qin, Fan Ju.
Compared to Fan Ju, Baiqi trusted Lianpo more and was more willing to befriend someone like Lianpo.
At least Lianpo had an open and honest personality, unlike Fan Ju, who was polite to you on the surface but used knives behind your back.
At the same time, Baiqi did not want to split his forces. He only wanted to gather his forces and destroy Zhao as quickly as possible.
Moreover, after his rebirth, Baiqi could see even further.
Even if the State of Zhao was destroyed, for a long time in the future, the people of the State of Zhao would have a certain degree of resistance against the State of Qin.
Using Zhao to rule Zhao was the best choice in the early stages. At least the people of Handan City would not be so resistant. After a long time, they would slowly accept the rule of Qin.
At the same time, Lianpo was also a talented general. It would be a waste if he didn't use him.
Don't doubt the person you use, don't doubt the person you don't use!
With Lianpo's personality, once he decided to surrender, he would not betray Baiqi so easily.
Of course, this was also Baiqi's test for Lianpo. If Lianpo passed, then he would definitely have a place in the future battles against the other five countries, or even the entire world.
For a talented general like Lianpo, it was worth it for Baiqi to take the risk.
If Lianpo did not pass this test, Baiqi would not give him a second chance.
If he could defeat Lianpo once, he could defeat him a second time!
This was the confidence of an expert!
This was why he dared to let Lianpo guard Handan.
"I hope you won't disappoint me!”
Baiqi led the army out of Handan City. He couldn't help but turn around and look at Lianpo who was sending him off on the city wall.
"Great General, you have not let me down. I will never let you down!”
On the city wall, Lianpo looked at Bai Qi, who had turned his head around. He bowed to Bai Qi and cupped his fists as he swore in his heart.
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