"He...he rejected me?" At this moment, Ying Yiren suddenly felt a heavy blow in her heart!
She originally thought that as long as she reinstated Officer Zhang Beichen, he would agree and then go to the front line to resist the Chu army!
But now, Zhang Beichen rejected her!
"Don't he know that disobeying the emperor's orders is a capital crime?" At this moment, Ying Yiren felt very uncomfortable.
She suddenly realized that she and Zhang Beichen were already so estranged! A complete stranger from afar!
Ying Yiren recalled that in the previous simulation, Zhang Beichen would rather die to avenge her, and she was also willing to avenge Zhang Beichen.
But now, the two have become strangers!
Her heart felt as painful as a knife!
"Your Majesty, why don't you try to persuade him again?" Jing Ping asked tentatively.
"No need, our country of Qin is full of talents, can't we do without Zhang Beichen?" Ying Yiren said coldly.
…
[The Chu army was still attacking. Ying Ge ordered people to build earthen forts on the border, which effectively defended the enemy's attack. 】
[Fan Lue ordered his soldiers to break the embankment and divert water to destroy the earthen fortress and city wall. The Qin army was defeated. 】
[The Chu army pressed forward step by step and occupied the land west of Hexi. 】
After Qin annexed Wei, it regained its original capital and the land west of Hexi. So the capital was moved from Yongcheng to Yueyang.
Now, the Chu army has captured the land west of Hexi, which is equivalent to reaching their doorstep. If the fight continues, Qin will be destroyed!
…
The Chu army was in formation.
An old man with white hair and beard said to Xiong Zhitong: "Your Majesty, the Qin army has a strong will to resist, and forceful control is not advisable."
"I heard that the old clans of Qin are dissatisfied with King Qin's reforms. We can send secret envoys to contact them and let them rebel. If we cooperate internally and externally, Qin can be destroyed!"
This person is Xiong Zhitong's teacher, Fan Lue, a half-sage military strategist. Xiong Zhitong learned martial arts from a teacher when he was young. Unfortunately, Xiong Zhitong didn't like to learn the art of war, but only loved martial arts.
"What the teacher said is absolutely true!" Xiong Zhitong agreed, and Fan Lue ordered without authorization: "Send the order, suspend the attack, and order the secret envoy to go to Qin to contact the old clan."
Xiong Zhitong frowned slightly. He was the King of Chu. Before he could give the order, Fan Lue gave the order first.
Although Fan Lue was very talented, because he was her teacher before, he often educated her in the tone of his elders.
Even if she has become the King of Chu, this is still the case. Xiong Zhitong was dissatisfied, but thinking about the relationship between master and apprentice, he just pretended not to see it.
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[Chu's army rested in place, and rumors spread in Qin's country. Your people have detected that the old clans are taking action and seem to be in close contact with the Chu people. 】
After seeing the news, Ying Yiren knew that under the pressure of powerful foreign enemies, the domestic forces that could still be united had begun to crack.
If the Qin army continues to fail, the outcome will definitely be a rebellion by the old clan.
Although he has enough power in this bureau and has the ability to suppress them. But there are still foreign enemies! As long as there is chaos in the country, the Chu army will definitely take the opportunity to attack. When the time comes, the Qin State will be destroyed and the Chu State will dominate the world!
Jing Ping asked to see Ying Yiren again and admonished him: "Your Majesty, if you don't invite Zhang Beichen to come out at this time, our Qin country will really perish!"
Ying Yiren took a deep breath, and then said: "Here comes, prepare your horse!"
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In the farmyard, Zhang Beichen was playing chess with his daughter. Wei Bi came back from his travels. He was already tall and graceful, and he still had a bit of heroism and chivalry about him.
Outside the fence, two horses galloped over.
Zhuifeng in the yard suddenly started chirping, sensing his former owner.
"Dad, someone is coming." Wei Bi reminded.
Zhang Beichen naturally knew. He stood up and looked at the two of them.
Ying Yiren turned over and dismounted, and Jingping locked the horse for her. He did not go in, but waited quietly outside.
"The guilty minister has seen your Majesty." Zhang Beichen cupped his hands and said.
He looked at Ying Yiren, who was blessed by national luck and had the effect of rejuvenating beauty and slowing down aging. Unless they are dying, these queens look radiant most of the time. Ying Yiren's peerless beauty remained unchanged, but there was a bit more fatigue between her brows.
"The daughter of the common people has met your Majesty." Wei Bi's attitude towards Ying Yiren was very cold. She knew about her life experience. Although his mother was not killed by Ying Yiren, how could Wei Yao commit suicide if Ying Yiren had not put her under house arrest?
Ying Yiren looked at Zhang Beichen quietly. Now that Zhang Beichen has reached middle age, he looks more calm.
Ying Yiren wanted to say hello and ask him how he has been these past years. But when she saw Wei Bi next to her who looked very similar to Wei Yao, she felt her heart sting a little!
"Prime Minister, I have something to say to you." Ying Yiren said.
"Bi'er, please go into the house first!" Zhang Beichen whispered, and Wei Bi obediently entered the house.
Zhang Beichen and Ying Yiren walked towards the country road, neither of them spoke.
After a long time, Ying Yi finally said, "I asked you to reinstate yourself last time. Why didn't you come?"
"The guilty minister has limited abilities, how can he take on such a big responsibility?" The calmer Zhang Beichen's tone became, the more Ying Yiren felt in her heart!
This shouldn't be like this, they should be the closest people! Why are we strangers?
"You're still blaming me!" Ying Yiren suddenly stopped and looked at Zhang Beichen, with tears in her eyes.
Zhang Beichen said nothing.
Ying Yiren continued: "Do you know that when the news of your victory over the Wei Kingdom came, I wanted to celebrate your victory, make you a prince, and let you stand and sit with me!"
"But there was also news about you and Wei Yao. You actually have a daughter! Do you know how heartbroken I am?"
"You and Wei Yao love each other, and I have no right to take care of it. What makes me angry is that as the prime minister of Qin, you have a lifelong private engagement with the King of Wei, but you actually hid it from me!"
Zhang Beichen sighed, "Your Majesty, I was at fault."
"I was wrong!" Ying Yiren's suppressed emotions for a long time broke out. Her shoulders were shaking and her chest was heaving: "I admit that I deliberately removed you from office because I was jealous! I was jealous that Wei Yao actually had you!"
"I like you. As a woman and a king, how do you expect me to accept sharing a husband with other women?"
"I have wronged you all these years, and I apologize to you."
As a monarch, Ying Yiren put down her face and really apologized.
Zhang Beichen sighed and said, "Things have changed and people have changed. It is useless to talk about it now."
"I know." Ying Yiren held back her tears and said, "I've already said what I need to say. I'm not here to invite you out, but to say goodbye to you."
"As a monarch, I cannot sit back and watch the Qin Kingdom perish."
After saying that, Ying Yiren turned around and left. She was already determined to live or die with the country.
"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. Brother Beichen, let's go." Jingping mounted his horse without looking back.
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[The news soon came that Ying Yiren personally put on armor and went into battle to resist the Chu army. Jingping died in the battle and Qin lost several places. In order to attack the city, Fan Lue broke the banks of the Yellow River, causing the Yellow River to overflow, and the land of Qin was filled with mourning. 】
Zhang Beichen's village was also affected.
The floods submerged the fields and all the people became victims of the disaster. But they did not flee, but were ready to take up arms and rush to the battlefield.
"Uncle Liu, you are old, do you still want to go to the battlefield?" Zhang Beichen stopped a neighbor, an old man with gray hair.
Uncle Liu held a fork and said angrily: "I, the old Qin people, have never flinched from the enemy. Our ancestors shed so much blood to give us this land to survive. How can we give it up?"
"But you are just going to die like this!" Zhang Beichen tried to persuade him, "We can stay far away to avoid the war."
"Hide?" Uncle Liu glared and said angrily: "I, the old Qin people, will not stop fighting until they bleed dry! Zhang Beichen, I used to admire you for reading books, legislating for Qin, and fighting wars. Now I look down on you. , you are also from Qin, can you just watch your father and fellow countrymen die? Become slaves of the enemy country? "
"Get out of the way!" After saying that, Uncle Liu pushed Zhang Beichen away and rushed to the battlefield with the large army.
