Xianyang City, in the palace hall.
A young man was sitting in the middle of the hall.
This young man was dressed in a black emperor's robe and wore a crown on his head. His eyes were not angry but mighty.
He was none other than the king of Qin State, the King of Qin, Ying Zheng.
At present, Ying Zheng was only in his twenties, and had only been in power for a few years, so he was very young.
However, perhaps it was because of what happened when he was young, as well as the palace struggles and power struggles that he encountered, he seemed very mature and steady.
After Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, took over the government, he put Li Si and Wei Liao in an important position. With their help, he formulated a strategic plan to destroy the six states.
And this time, taking advantage of the war between Yan and Zhao to attack Zhao was one of Qin's plans.
Ying Zheng quietly listened to the reports of the ministers on the political affairs of the Qin Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers at the front line of Zhao have received good news!”
Right at this moment, a guard who was guarding the palace entered the main hall and reported to Ying Zheng.
"Pass!" Ying Zheng opened his mouth and said lightly after hearing this.
"Yes, Great King!" The guard replied and quickly brought the soldier who had returned from the front line into the hall.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. This is the general's battle report!”
After entering the hall, the soldier bowed to Ying Zheng and said," Thank you, Ying Zheng." Then, he handed over the battle report written by Huan He and the list of soldiers 'battle records.
"Good!" Ying Zheng took the lead to read the battle report, and a rare smile appeared on his face. Clearly, he was in a very happy mood.
"Great King, what good news is it?" " What's going on?" Li Si asked.
All the other ministers in the hall were also looking at Ying Zheng curiously. For Ying Zheng to smile so happily, it must be a great victory.
"General Wang Ben led 50,000 troops and defeated the Zhao army, killing 36,000 of their men.”Ying Zheng said with a faint smile.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!”After the officials heard this, they all stood up and congratulated him.
Beheading 36,000 people was definitely a great victory.
But soon, Ying Zheng was slightly stunned, and a trace of surprise and shock appeared on his face.
However, these expressions only flashed across Ying Zheng's face for a moment.
However, it was still captured by the ministers in the hall who were good at observing people's expressions. This made them even more curious about what was written in the battle report that could make the usually expressionless Qin Wang reveal such an expression.
The battle report was about the overall situation of the war, the number of enemies killed, the number of casualties, and so on.
At the end of the report, Huan He mentioned Yi Feng's battle achievements, such as being the first to discover the Zhao army's night attack, the first to lead his soldiers to pursue, the first to charge into the Zhao army's encampment, how many enemies he killed alone, how many of his 1,000 soldiers killed, and so on. He also said that Yi Feng had almost led the entire battle.
"Six, six thousand people?"
"18,000 people?"
Looking at the two numbers, Ying Zheng was indescribably shocked. At this moment, these two ordinary numbers were so eye-catching in his eyes.
These two numbers were the number of enemies Yi Feng had killed alone and the number of Zhao soldiers he had killed with his 1,000 soldiers.
When he saw the 36,000 enemies killed, he wasn't too shocked. He was just happy because of this great victory, that was all.
Because there were many battles where tens of thousands of enemies were killed on the battlefield, there was nothing to be shocked about.
However, if a single person could kill 6,000 people in a single battle and lead 1,000 people to kill 18,000 people, was that still human?
This was the first time he had heard of it, and it was also the first time he had encountered it. Therefore, he could not help but be shocked by these two numbers.
More importantly, this person was a new recruit who had just entered the battlefield, and he was only a 14-year-old youth.
It was simply unbelievable.
Then, when Huan He asked him how he should reward Yi Feng, he couldn't help but frown. This was indeed a rather complicated question.
Disregarding the fact that they had discovered the Zhao army's night attack, the fact that they were the first to pursue the Zhao army, and the fact that they were the first to charge into the Zhao army's encampment, just the number of Zhao soldiers that Yi Feng and his 1,000 soldiers had killed was already an astonishing amount of credit.
Perhaps it was because no one had thought that one person could kill so many people in a war, so when the promotion system was established, this aspect was not taken into account.
As a result, he did not even know how to reward Yi Feng now.
If the rewards were too little, it would dampen the enthusiasm of the soldiers.
This reward was meant to motivate the soldiers to fight bravely.
If the reward was too high, he was worried that there would be no reward in the end.
Even Ying Zheng felt conflicted over the question of Yi Feng's reward.
The ministers in the hall were also puzzled. After the King of Qin read the battle report, he was first happy, then shocked. Why was he suddenly frowning now?
What did the battle report say? Was it a good thing or a bad thing?
"Read it to the ministers!" Seeing the puzzled and curious looks on the faces of the ministers, Ying Zheng could not help but pass the battle report to Zhao Gao, who was standing behind him, so that Zhao Gao could read it out to the ministers.
Zhao Gao took the battle report and began to read it.
The ministers were all smiles when they heard this.
"What is it? Six, six thousand people?"
"One, one person killed six thousand people?”
"How, how is this possible?"
"And he even led 1,000 men to kill 18,000 enemies?”
"That Yi Feng is only fourteen years old and is still a new recruit?”
"Could it be that Yi Feng has three heads and six arms?”
"The thousand soldiers under his command are all new recruits? How is this possible?"
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When the officials in the hall heard the number of enemies Yi Feng had killed, as well as the number of enemies Yi Feng and his 1,000 soldiers had killed, all of them could no longer remain calm.
They were truly shocked by Yi Feng.
A 14-year-old youth leading 1,000 new recruits was actually able to achieve such a result. It was simply too terrifying and unbelievable.
Was he still human?
In the beginning, some people doubted whether this was a fake, and even Ying Zheng was a little suspicious if Huan He had written it wrong. But after he finished reading the list, he found that it was indeed true.
With such a shocking number, no one would dare to fake it. Otherwise, the consequences would be very serious. Moreover, it had already reached the King of Qin. That would be the crime of deceiving the king.
"In everyone's opinion, how should this Yi Feng be rewarded?”
After Zhao Gao finished reading the battle report, Ying Zheng glanced at the ministers and then said calmly,"
After hearing Ying Zheng's words, all the ministers frowned slightly.
This was really not a good reward. There had never been such a precedent in the past.
Then, the ministers began to speak freely.
Some of them suggested that they should just level up three times in a row. They also suggested that they could only level up three times in a row in a battle in the future.
Some suggested that he should at least be promoted by five levels. With Yi Feng's battle achievements, even being promoted by five levels was still considered rare.
Instantly, the entire court began to debate over Yi Feng's reward.
......
"Da! Da! Da!"
Just as the officials were arguing endlessly about Yi Feng's reward in the court, another fast horse galloped into the capital of Qin State, Xianyang City.
"Report! A great victory at the northern front line!"
"General, you led the Qin army to defeat the Zhao army and break through Ye City. You killed a total of 54,000 enemy soldiers!”
The soldier who had come to deliver the order had also arrived at Xianyang City on a fast horse with Huan He's second battle report and the battle achievement register. He ran straight to the palace of Xianyang City while shouting.
After the people of Xianyang City heard the news of two great victories in one day, they all cheered.
......
"Your Majesty, the general has sent another battle report!”
Just as Ying Zheng and his ministers were still debating about how to reward Yi Feng, the imperial guards entered the palace once again, bowed and cupped their fists to Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, and reported.
"Another battle report?"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng and his ministers were slightly stunned, wondering if they had just sent someone to deliver the battle report. Why was there more?
"Pass!" Ying Zheng said loudly again.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. This is the battle report from the general!”
Soon, the guard brought a soldier into the hall.
After bowing to Ying Zheng with cupped fists, the soldier took out the second battle report and the battle record written by Huan He, and presented them to Ying Zheng.
Zhao Gao, who was standing beside Ying Zheng, took the battle report and the battle record and handed them to Ying Zheng.
"Read it!" Ying Zheng said lightly.
He thought that this battle report was the same as the previous one, but he was afraid that something would happen on the way, so he sent a few people to deliver it at the same time.
"Yes, Great King!" Zhao Gao responded and then began to read.
"Have you captured Ye City?"
" Killed 54,000 enemies?"
Ying Zheng straightened his body in an instant, and could not help but smile again.
He did not expect that this battle report was not the same as the previous one. It was another battle report about the capture of Ye City.
What a pleasant surprise.
When Li Si, Wei Liao, and the other officials heard this, they were all excited.
They all knew the importance of Ye City's location. If they took down Ye City, they would be surprised that it was not far from Handan City, the capital of Zhao.
"What is it? He killed another 9,000 people by himself?”
When they heard the battle report mention that Yi Feng had killed another 9,000 people by himself, their faces couldn't help but reveal a trace of shock.
This was nine thousand people, not nine!
"This is simply a killing god!”Such a thought emerged in the minds of Ying Zheng, Li Si, and the others.
"He, he and his 1,000 subordinates killed another 24,000?”
After hearing this number, the faces of Ying Zheng, Li Si, and the others could not help but change once again. They were indescribably shocked.
Following that, Zhao Gao read out the details of the siege, and a picture emerged in the minds of Ying Zheng, Li Si, and the others.
On the screen, a young man was running madly under the rain of arrows. Then, he rushed up the city wall alone and fought against all the Zhao soldiers on the city wall alone, buying time for the Qin army behind him to climb the city wall.
Then, the hot-blooded image of the youth leading the Qin army to the city wall and fighting alongside them appeared in their minds.
"Good, what a good youth!" After hearing this, Ying Zheng could not help but feel his blood boiling. He then stood up and praised without hesitation.
"This Yi Feng is my Bai Qi!”Ying Zheng could not help but sigh.
If the first battle report only made Ying Zheng feel surprised and impressed, then this second battle report made Ying Zheng think highly of this young man.
Just the phrase 'My Bai Qi' alone showed how high Ying Zheng's evaluation of Yi Feng was.
Even Li Si, Wei Liao, and the other ministers in the hall had their expressions changed after hearing Ying Zheng's evaluation.
Who was Bai Qi? The War God of the Qin Country was known as the " Human Butcher " by the six countries. He had been on the battlefield for more than 30 years without a single defeat and had made outstanding contributions to the Qin Country.
Even Ying Zheng had sighed many times. If he could have Baiqi, why would he have to worry about the Qin State not unifying the six states?
It could be seen that he felt regret for not being born in the same era as Baiqi.
But now, Yi Feng's appearance made him extremely excited.
As far as he was concerned, his Bai Qi had also appeared.
However, he would not allow Bai Qi's tragedy to happen to him.
Perhaps it was because of Baiqi's tragedy that Ying Zheng did not kill a single hero.
Li Si and the others knew that Yi Feng was destined to have a bright future after receiving such an evaluation from the King of Qin.
After Zhao Gao finished reading the battle report, he realized that there seemed to be something in the battle report. He couldn't help but take it out and continue reading,"Mother, little sister!"
However, he only read a few words and then stopped reading because he realized that it seemed to be a letter from home.
That's right, this was the letter that Yi Feng had written before attacking the city. He had handed it to Wang Li, and Wang Li had handed it to General Huan He.
After Huan He finished writing the battle report, he accidentally put Yi Feng's letter into it.
"Continue!" Ying Zheng said lightly.
"Mother, little sister, I miss you. Are you doing well at home?
I'm fine here. You don't have to worry!
I have two wishes in my life. One is to let you live a good life; Secondly, he hoped that the Qin Country could unify the six countries as soon as possible and achieve a thousand years of hegemony and eternal foundation!
The first wish should be considered completed, so I'm working hard towards the second wish!
I only want to die for my country on the battlefield. Why do I have to return in a horse's leather?
If I return one day, I will return to my hometown in fresh clothes and brocade.
If I don't come back, then don't wait anymore!
Son, Yi Feng!"
Since Ying Zheng had spoken, Zhao Gao could only continue to read.
When Ying Zheng heard that, he immediately said," I hope that the State of Qin can unify the six states as soon as possible, and achieve a long-term hegemony and eternal foundation!”At this moment, his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, as if he had met a soulmate.
His intuition told him that perhaps the youth would understand him.
Although he was the King of Qin, he was very lonely in his heart. He could not show anything in front of the ministers.
"I only want to die for the country on the battlefield. Why do I need to return my body in a horse's leather?”Ying Zheng, Li Si, and the other ministers could not help but read it out softly.
It was just a poem, but they could feel the young man's patriotic heart. He could die on the battlefield for the country, and at the same time, they could feel the young man's open-mindedness.
"What kind of youth is this?”At this moment, Ying Zheng was filled with curiosity about that young man, and he had an urge to meet him immediately.
He was looking forward to meeting this young man.
Perhaps, at that time, that youth would already be famous throughout the world and have outstanding military achievements.
However, now the difficult problem came again. How should he reward Yi Feng?
The first battle report had already given them a headache. Now that another battle report had arrived, it gave them an even greater headache.
Furthermore, in this latter battle report, Yi Feng's contribution was god knows how much greater than the previous one.
First of all, the greatest credit was Yi Feng's achievement of ascending first.
That's right, this achievement of ascending first was even greater than the credit Yi Feng had for killing those nine thousand people.
Because without this first climb, there would be no credit for the city breaking and killing the enemy.
Then, there were the 9,000 soldiers he had killed and the 24,000 soldiers he had led.
Every single one of them was a great contribution. How could they be rewarded? Wasn't it making things difficult for them?
"What do you think Yi Feng should be rewarded like this?”Ying Zheng looked at the ministers in the hall and asked again.
However, this time, Ying Zheng did not ask with a frown. Instead, he asked with a smile on his face.
Very clearly, he was already no longer entangled with the issue of Yi Feng's reward.
There was nothing that made him happier than him obtaining Yi Feng, this talent.
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