Handan City, palace.
Zhao Wangqian paced back and forth, his mind anxious. The surrounding palace maids lowered their heads, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Ever since the war between Qin and Zhao, his temper had been abnormally irritable.
Several palace maids had already been killed because they had accidentally angered Zhao Wangqian.
"Report-"
"Your Majesty!"
"Battle report from the frontlines, urgent!”
A palace guard came to Wangqian's palace and announced loudly.
Hearing this!
Zhao Wangqian's pacing body suddenly froze, and his feet that had just been lifted stopped in the air. It was as if his entire body had been immobilized!
Frontline battle report!
When Zhao Wangqian heard these words, his heart began to beat rapidly, and his breathing began to quicken!
Nervousness, anxiety, fear, uneasiness, and other negative emotions began to spread in Zhao Wangqian's heart!
He was afraid!
He was afraid that he would hear the news that he didn't want to hear the most!
"Cheng... Hand it over..." Zhao Wangqian's lips trembled as he ordered the soldiers.
Ever since he became the King of Zhao, he had never felt such fear!
Stomp... Stomp... Stomp...
The imperial guards held the bamboo slips in their hands and slowly walked into the palace where Zhao Wangqian was.
Every step made Zhao Wangqian's heart tremble!
Finally…
The imperial guard came before Zhao Wangqian. Looking at the bamboo slip in his hand, Zhao Wangqian felt as if he had seen a ferocious beast!
The expression on his face was extremely terrified!
With trembling hands, Zhao Wangqian slowly picked up the bamboo slip from the imperial guard's hand.
Pa da ~
He lost his balance and fell to the ground!
When the guard saw this, he quickly picked it up and handed it to Zhao Wangqian. Zhao Wangqian instantly flew into a rage!
" Who told you to pick it up?!"
"Men!"
" Drag him down and kill him!!!"
Zhao Wangqian roared angrily.
The palace guard was so scared that he peed his pants. He hurriedly kowtowed." Spare me, Your Majesty!" My King, spare me! Spare me, Your Majesty!"
However, Zhao Wangqian, who was in a rage, could not listen to him.
He waved his hand.
Immediately, two muscular guards walked over and dragged him out.
This scene…
It also made everyone in the palace fall silent out of fear!
The battle report lay quietly on the ground. No one dared to pick it up. Zhao Wangqian just stared blankly at it.
After a long time…
Zhao Wangqian finally mustered up the courage to bend down and pick it up.
gurgle ~
Holding the bamboo slip in his hand, Zhao Wangqian swallowed hard. He felt as if the bamboo slip in his hand weighed a thousand pounds!
He slowly opened it.
The contents on it began to enter his eyes word by word!
Hu Hu Hu ~
Breathing heavily, Zhao Wangqian felt that he was about to suffocate. His heart seemed to have been installed with an electric motor, beating rapidly.
Dai City was broken!
Li Mu died!
Lianpo was dead!
Hu Nai fled!
Yue Jian died!
One keyword after another kept hitting Zhao Wangqian's brain!
70 - 80% of the 600,000 soldiers were killed, and the rest fled in all directions like birds and beasts!
He was defeated!
Defeat!
Zhao Wangqian's eyes went black, and he instantly felt the world spin!
Plop!
His body fell heavily to the ground, and he kept muttering,"That's impossible…It was impossible…Impossible…"
"Great King!"
"Quickly call the doctor!"
The surrounding palace maids immediately came over to help King Zhao.
"Hurry up!"
"Immediately summon the civil and military officials to the palace for a meeting!”
Zhao Wangqian suddenly shouted, giving the palace maids and servants a fright.
The situation was urgent!
There was no room for delay.
The palace guards immediately went to inform the ministers of Zhao.
Very quickly.
All the ministers of Handan City came to the court hall.
Everyone whispered to each other.
"The king has arrived!"
Following the servant's ear-piercing shout, the Zhao minister immediately stopped talking and sat upright.
"Greetings…"
"Forget it, forget it!"
Zhao Wangqian interrupted the ministers.
Now that Zhao was on the verge of death, how could he still have the time to watch the officials bow?
"Battle report from the front line."
"Dai City was breached by Ying Ziqiu. Wu 'an Lord Li Mu, General Lianpo, Hu Noir, and Le Jian were all killed!”
"70 - 80% of the 600,000 soldiers have been killed, and the rest have fled without a trace. Handan is in danger!”
"Everyone, what should we do?"
Zhao Wangqian gave a brief report of the battle and looked at the officials, asking for a plan.
Whoosh--
His words caused the entire court to be in an uproar and turn pale with fright!
These officials had guessed that something big must have happened when Zhao Wangqian suddenly summoned them, but they never expected it to be so big!
The War God of the State of Zhao, Li Mu, was dead!
The 600,000-strong army was defeated!
The last glimmer of hope for the State of Zhao was gone!？
"Great King, go ahead!"
"I can't beat him! I really can't beat him!"
"Even Lord Wu An and his 600,000 strong army were unable to stop Ying Ziqiu.”
"Right now, Handan only has 50,000 men left.”
"Yes! That's right!"
"Great King, there's really no other way!”
......
Prime Minister Guo Kai took the lead in persuading Zhao Wangqian to surrender, and the other ministers all agreed.
They were really afraid!
Only the heavens knew what Ying Ziqiu would do to them after he broke through Handan City.
Zhao Wangqian's face turned ashen when he heard the clamor of surrender below!
If he wanted to surrender, why would he gather the ministers?
"Lord Chunping, what do you think?" Zhao Wangqian turned his gaze to his elder brother, Zhao You.
Although the two brothers had never been on good terms, this was a matter of life and death for the State of Zhao. He could not care less.
"Your Majesty!"
"The only plan now is to send an envoy to the Qin country to cede territory and sue for peace. If we bow our heads and submit, we might be able to protect the Zhao country's chance of survival!”
As a member of the Zhao royal family, Lord Chunping, Zhao You, naturally didn't want to watch the country of Zhao perish.
They definitely couldn't beat him.
He could only use this humiliating method to have a chance of survival!
"Secede territory and sue for peace?"
"Bow down?"
After hearing Chunping-Jun's plan, Zhao Wangqian hesitated.
To a ruler, this was undoubtedly an extremely humiliating matter.
"Great King!"
"Don't forget the former King of Yue, Gou Jian. He endured hardships and finally led 3,000 Yue soldiers to annex the Wu Kingdom!”
"Only by living can there be hope!"
"Any later, when Ying Ziqiu breaks through Handan City, it would be too late even if they wanted to sue for peace!”
Chunping-Jun saw that Zhao Wangqian was hesitating and tried to persuade him again.
When Zhao Wangqian heard the name Ying Ziqiu, his body shook!
That's right!
Only by living could there be hope!
Once Ying Ziqiu broke through Handan City, it would be too late!
"Good!"
"Immediately send an envoy to the Qin country to sue for peace!”
"You must be fast!"
Under the threat of a subjugated land, Zhao Wangqian couldn't care less about the humiliation and directly accepted Lord Chunping's suggestion.
There was no delay.
After deciding to sue for peace with Great Qin, Zhao Wangqian immediately sent Young Master Cong to Great Qin.
......
Qin Country, Xianyang City.
Ying Zheng was in the palace, discussing with Li Si, Wang Wan, Feng Quji, Wei Liao, Duke Zhuang, and the other ministers on how to govern the Yan Kingdom.
After all.
It was easy to conquer the world, but it was difficult to govern it!
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, Zhao sent an envoy to our Qin country to sue for peace!”
Meng Yi, the palace guard, hurried in and reported to Ying Zheng.
？？？
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face turned blank, completely confused.
Zhao State wants peace?
What peace?
Qin and Zhao didn't even start a war!
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