On the official road of the capital of Qin State, Xianyang City, a troop of thousands of Qin soldiers slowly entered Xianyang City.
Many of the Qin soldiers in this group were still injured. They were carrying carts of goods.
This Qin army was the one that had returned from Handan City. They were escorting the one-third of the gold and silver that they had seized from Handan City.
Of course, Ying Yiren, the son of the State of Qin, and his wife, Lady Zhao, as well as his one-year-old son, Ying Zheng, were also escorted on the carriage.
Just as the Qin army entered Xianyang City, the news of the Qin army breaking through Handan City spread throughout the city.
After all, the general in charge of guarding Xianyang City would definitely ask about their arrival.
With this question, he knew that Handan City had been conquered by Baiqi.
After Baiqi had taken down Handan City, he did not send any soldiers back to pass on the news. This was because he had told King Zhaoxiang that after Handan City was taken down, King Zhaoxiang was worried that his achievements would shock the king, so he ordered him to return and let the other generals take over his position to continue attacking Zhao.
Therefore, Baiqi decided to wait until the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed before sending the news back to Xianyang City, in case Fan Ju and the other villains in the court were plotting something behind his back.
In addition, Baiqi had only broken through Handan City and destroyed Zhao City for a short period of time, so the people of Xianyang City, the King of Qin, and the ministers of the Qin Country did not know that Handan City had been broken through.
"Good news, good news! After the Battle of Changping, Great General Baiqi once again led his army to break through Handan City!”
"A troop of soldiers sent back by the Great General has arrived at Xianyang City with the gold and silver treasures seized from Handan City!”
When the generals stationed in Xianyang City learned that Handan City had been breached, they immediately sent people to pass the news to the King of Qin.
The soldier who sent the news shouted excitedly as he ran towards the palace of Xianyang City.
"What is it? General Baiqi led his army to break through Handan City?”
"This is too much!"
"Great General is mighty!"
……
Soon, the news spread throughout Xianyang City.
After the citizens of Xianyang City received the news, they could not help but dance and spread the news.
This was definitely great news for the Qin Country. The people of Xianyang City cheered along.
Then, the people in the city stood on both sides of the road to welcome the Qin army that had just returned from Handan City.
"The Great General took down Handan City?”In the crowd, a Qin soldier also received the news. He was shocked and hurriedly ran towards the palace.
This Qin soldier was called Bai Lin, and he was also a member of Baiqi's personal guards.
He was sent by Baiqi to see King Zhaoxiang of Qin to verify the authenticity of the peace treaty.
Baiqi told him to delay as much as possible. He estimated that he would go to see the King of Qin after taking down Handan City. When the rice was cooked, the King of Qin could not say anything.
Bai Lin had returned to Xianyang City some time ago. He just wanted to stall for time, so he had not gone to see the King of Qin.
He did not expect the Great General to take down Handan City so quickly, so he did not dare to delay any longer and hurriedly entered the palace.
……
In the main hall of the palace of Xianyang City, King Zhaoxiang of Qin sat on his throne and was discussing state affairs with his officials.
"Great King, it has been a long time since you sent out your envoy. Great General Baiqi should have received your order to retreat long ago, but he has yet to return with his army. Could it be that Great General Baiqi does not want to follow the king's orders to retreat?”
When the discussion of state affairs was almost over, Prime Minister Fan Ju immediately stood up and spoke.
It was not the first time Fan Ju had spoken ill of Baiqi in front of King Zhaoxiang.
"Your Majesty, perhaps something happened to the Great General, so he didn't return in time.”
As soon as Fan Ju finished speaking, another general stood up and spoke to King Qin Zhaoxiang.
These generals had long disliked Fan Ju, and always liked to stab him in the back.
Furthermore, the crime Fan Ju had charged Baiqi with was not small.
However, because Fan Ju was currently favored, they could not do anything to him.
"Good news, good news!"
Just as the general and Fan Ju were arguing, a soldier suddenly rushed in and shouted.
"What good news?" When King Qin Zhaoxiang heard that it was good news, he immediately perked up. He was even more curious and could not help but ask.
"Report, Great General Baiqi has led his army to take down the capital of Zhao, Handan City!”The soldier hurriedly reported, his face filled with unconcealable excitement.
"Really?" When King Zhaoxiang heard this, he stood up. He was overjoyed in his heart, and even his face was filled with undisguised joy.
"It's absolutely true. The Great General has already sent a team to escort a batch of gold and silver treasures seized from Handan City back to Xianyang City. Along with them is the hostage of the Qin country, Ying Yiren, his wife and son.”The soldier said with certainty.
"That's great. Where is that team now?”King Zhaoxiang continued to ask.
"I just entered Xianyang City."
"Quick, men, bring the commander of that team to me.”King Qin Zhaoxiang was overjoyed, his face filled with excitement.
Handan City had been conquered. This was definitely great news.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" When the officials in the court saw this, they could not help but shout.
Other than Fan Ju and a few civil officials who had ugly expressions on their faces, everyone else had excited and delighted expressions.
At this moment, Fan Ju did not dare to mention the matter of the envoy.
Wouldn't he be looking for trouble if he mentioned it at this time?
He could only find an opportunity to mention it later. After all, this was a serious crime of disobeying the king's orders. He could not let it go.
As King Zhaoxiang and his ministers waited for a long time, a general of the Qin army was brought into the palace.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The general bowed to King Zhaoxiang.
"General Zhao, please rise.”King Zhaoxiang said with a smile.
"Tell me about the Battle of Handan City.”King Zhaoxiang said impatiently.
"Yes, Great King!" Zhao Ming bowed and replied. Then, he began to describe the battle in Handan City in detail.
"What is it? The Great General took down Handan City in just one day and one night?”
"What is it? Not only did they take down Handan City, even the King of Zhao died?”
"The Great General of the State of Zhao, Lianpo, surrendered too?”
……
After King Zhaoxiang and the officials heard Zhao Ming's story, they were all dumbfounded.
They had never thought that Baiqi would be able to take down the capital of Zhao so easily. That was the capital of Zhao!
This was simply too unbelievable.
"Good, that's great!"
"Great General is really the War God of our Qin country!”
After King Zhaoxiang heard this, he could not help but praise.
"Where is the Great General now?" King Zhaoxiang asked.
"Your Majesty, when the Great General sent us to escort the gold, silver, and treasures, as well as the young master of the State of Qin, Ying Yiren, back, he was leading his army to continue attacking the State of Zhao.”Zhao Ming answered honestly.
"Great General said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The State of Zhao will definitely be destroyed!”Zhao Ming added.
When King Zhaoxiang and his ministers heard this, they couldn't help but tremble. An inexplicable excitement and agitation rose in their hearts.
"Can Great General really destroy the State of Zhao this time?”Everyone could not help but think to themselves that if they could really destroy the State of Zhao, then the State of Qin would become unprecedentedly powerful.
At this moment, they even hoped that Baiqi would be able to destroy the State of Zhao.
"Your Majesty, there is a soldier outside who claims to be sent by the Great General.”At this moment, a soldier came over and reported.
"Bring him in!" King Zhaoxiang said loudly. Since they were soldiers sent by Baiqi, he naturally had to meet them.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Not long after, a soldier who was panting and sweating walked in and bowed to Qin Zhaoxiang.
Bai Lin was different from the soldier who reported the emergency military situation previously. The soldier who reported the emergency military situation previously could come in directly without reporting, but Bai Lin was not included, so he was blocked outside.
Fortunately, he had Bai Qi's token with him, and when the soldiers outside heard that they were soldiers sent by the Great General, they did not dare to delay and immediately came to report to King Qin Zhaoxiang.
"You were sent by the Great General?" King Qin Zhaoxiang asked Bai Lin.
"Yes, this general was sent by the Great General to report something to the Great King.”Bai Lin bowed.
The reason why Baiqi sent Bai Lin was because Bai Lin was smart and eloquent.
"Oh, why did the Great General send you here? Are you here to report that Handan City has been breached?”King Qin Zhaoxiang looked at Bai Lin and said.
Perhaps it was because he had received the news that Handan City had been breached, but King Zhaoxiang was in a very good mood.
"What is it? Has Handan City been breached?" Bai Lin said in shock.
He was asking the obvious.
"When the Great General sent me here, he only sent troops to Handan City and did not attack it!”Bai Lin continued.
"Oh, then why did the Great General send you here?”King Zhaoxiang's interest was piqued, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Good news, good news!" Before Bai Lin could answer, he heard another loud shout from outside the hall.
Then, a soldier rushed in with an excited expression.
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