At the court meeting, the Prime Minister must first retire.
When King Huan heard this, he couldn't help but frown secretly and looked at him with a faint look.
After a moment, he said in a lukewarm voice: "Since the Prime Minister wants to retire, let's go and live a good life."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qiu Rongshen bowed and left seriously.
Looking at his back, King Huan did not speak for a long time, but the anger in his heart could be imagined.
Guo Kai's eyes rolled around, observing the situation, and took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has always had power over the government and the public. Today, Your Majesty, you did not listen to his advice, so he is naturally a little dissatisfied."
After hearing this, King Huan was immediately furious: "You mean, I can only listen to him? I can't choose the opinions of other beloved ministers? Then Qiu Rong is the only one who speaks in this court. What’s up!?”
"This, I am afraid, your Majesty, please calm down." Guo Kai bowed quickly, but he was secretly happy. Obviously, the effect he wanted was achieved.
"Huh!" King Huan snorted again, extremely unhappy.
Speaking of which, in fact, Huan Guo had tricked Qiu Rong many times. The previous incident of Xiangyin almost caused his reputation to be disgraced and he was ridiculed by other countries.
That's the Prime Minister.
Facing a monarch like King Huan, Qiu Rong was also exhausted mentally and physically.
After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he couldn't help but shake his head and lamented: "Ling the wolf into the house, lead the wolf into the house..."
He was disappointed in his heart. In order to make King Huan change his mind, in the next few days, he even claimed to be ill and refused to show his determination.
The starting point of this approach was to make King Huan realize his wrong decision, but when the treacherous ministers started to stir up trouble, the situation could be imagined.
Guo Kai took advantage of this opportunity to speak ill of Qiu Rong, saying that he was monopolizing power and persecuting the king. He even pretended to be ill and did not come to court. He drank many times in the palace and said that Qiu Rong was wrong.
However, King Huan fell in love with this, and his prejudice against Qiu Rong became deeper and deeper day by day.
Being angry with the monarch depends on what kind of monarch he is. For King Huan, Qiu Rong's claim of illness would not only have no effect, but would also be counterproductive.
The court and the battle situation are changing. Xiao Yuan is still attacking Wuxia Pass, but the Huan army has 70,000 troops after all. No matter how strong your army is, it is impossible to capture it in just a few days.
At the same time, the war in Anyang has broken out.
These 100,000 prisoners are more terrifying than ordinary young men, because they are all criminals, many of them are death row prisoners, and there are also some criminal thieves in the past.
In this team, the people above centurions were of course Huan officials, but there were also some fierce bandits who were promoted by Zhu Hui and made generals, with the intention of suppressing ordinary prisoners.
If criminals are allowed to go to the battlefield, it is easy to cause trouble. These people are also a destabilizing factor.
Zhu Hui knew this in his heart. Before the war started, he gave several lectures and clearly told the prisoners that after the war, not only would they be given land and gold and silver, but all past crimes would also be wiped out. !
This is a great temptation for criminals in prison, especially those who are about to be beheaded. There are also many criminal thieves who want to take this opportunity to turn their lives around.
Therefore, in the Battle of Anyang, although one hundred thousand prisoners wore prison uniforms, the first battle broke out and it was extremely fierce.
On the battlefield, Zhu Hui was wearing a general's armor, pointing at his sword and shouting:
"Kill! Kill into Anyang!"
"There are countless gold and silver in there! Countless beauties!"
"Just fight in! These are all yours!"
"Everything in Anyang will be given to you! From now on, you will no longer be guilty!"
It is said that under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Such incentives made the prisoners go crazy and pounce on Anyang fiercely.
Fortunately, Anyang has Zhou Ce's 30,000 soldiers and horses, with sufficient food, grass and weapons, so there is no problem for defensive warfare.
It's just that the first battle was bloody. After the first battle, Zhou Ce also showed a slight worry on his face.
Anyang County Magistrate Hu Mingzhong was guarding the city with him. When he saw this, he said: "I understand the general's concerns. Now the king really cannot support us. To defend Anyang, we have to rely on ourselves."
"Sir, what good advice do you have?" Zhou Ce couldn't help but ask.
Hu Mingzhong thought for a while and said: "The current war situation does not pose a big crisis to us. First, the people of Anyang are on our side. Second, the opponent is Zhu Hui, the Marquis of Pingnan, who is leading one hundred thousand prisoners. These Most people have no choice but to go to the battlefield in order to wash away their crimes, so we can start from here."
"Sir, do you mean to instigate these 100,000 prisoners to rebel?" Zhou Ce asked in a solemn voice.
"It's not about instigating rebellion, it's about prompting them to rebel. They have no military morale and no military discipline. Once chaos breaks out, it will spread to everyone." Hu Mingzhong said: "We can release the news and let them know that they are free. People will question them again. Huan Guo can no longer protect himself. As long as he puts down his weapons and goes back to his home, even if the Qin army comes in, they will not be held accountable and their past crimes will be pardoned."
"Well..." Zhou Ce nodded slowly after listening.
Seeing his agreement, Hu Mingzhong said again: "In that case, I am willing to enter Zhu Hui's camp as an envoy and at the same time secretly incite the prisoners."
Hearing this, Zhou Ce shook his head without even thinking about it and said: "No, no, it's too dangerous. Even if Zhu Hui doesn't kill the envoy, it's hard to predict that he will be among the 100,000 prisoners. Mr. Yang has already suffered Unfortunately, if Mr. Hu has another accident, I, the general, will not be able to explain it to the king."
He was right, this was no joke. Just when Hu Mingzhong was about to say something, Zhou Ce said again: "In this way, if we spread the word, there is no need to send envoys, and this general will never agree to Master Hu's request. of."
"This." Seeing what he said, Hu Mingzhong had no choice but to say: "Well, no matter what, we must guard Anyang, General. This is not only the responsibility of you and me, but also related to the safety of the people in the city. If If one hundred thousand criminals enter the city, you can simply imagine the consequences..."
"I understand, Sir Hu, don't worry, even if we fight to the death, we will never take a step back in this battle!" Zhou Ce said seriously.
"Okay, everyone is united, and I will also mobilize the people of the city." Hu Mingzhong also looked serious.
Thirty thousand defenders, plus all the people in the city, and one hundred thousand prisoners would be very difficult to attack.
And under Hu Mingzhong's suggestion, the wind began to blow.
Within two days, rumors had spread among the prisoners.
Some people say that it is impossible to capture Anyang, and everyone will die on the battlefield by then.
Some people say that everyone is being used by the court and is here to die.
Some people say that if we run away now, no government will catch us again.
Zhu Hui's camp, upon learning of these rumors, he looked gloomy and was lecturing several bandit leaders.
"Go and suppress those rumors immediately!"
"Don't believe this nonsense!"
"The laws of the State of Qin are strict! You are all murderers, arsonists, and robbers. Once the Qin army enters, do you think the King of Qin will pardon you?"
"Only conquering Anyang is your only way out!"
