Chapter 261 I Want Him to Beg Me
"When you are executed, that will be the time when your youngest grandson leaves Linzi." Caidie said.

She didn't quite understand why Yang Chong went to so much trouble. These people were all rebels and could have been killed directly. However, Yang Chong wanted to make these people go through a trial by the Ministry of Justice and then be executed. In order to prevent this person from committing suicide early, he even went so far as to make conditions for a deal with these losers.

In Caidie's opinion, such a thing is totally unnecessary and not what a king should do. A king can only trade with other kings and does not need to trade with losers.

However, Caidie was too lazy to think too much about things she couldn't understand. After all, Yang Chong was smarter than her sister Zinu, and Yang Chong always had his own reasons for things that she couldn't understand.

"The king...sigh." The old man sighed. He understood Yang Chong's real intention. Whenever possible, he would not let Yang Chong succeed.

Unfortunately, Yang Chong has found his weak spot now. People of his age don't have much time left, and death is inevitable, but the continuation of the family bloodline is more important than his life. It is the hope of his ancestors and the continuation of their will.

Only if his bloodline is passed down, the traces of his coming into this world will not be quickly erased after his death, and he can prove that he once existed in this world.

Moreover, it was precisely because the old man knew Yang Chong's true intention that he let out this sigh. At this moment, there was another change in his impression of Yang Chong.

A king who obviously possesses unlimited power but is able to refrain from abusing it and follows strict procedures in his actions cannot be called an wise ruler.

But after all, the positions are different, and the positions determine the choices.

Caidie ignored the old man's sigh and left directly. She also had a lot of things to do during this period.

The bloody purge in Linzi has not yet begun, but everyone knows that the reason the purge has not begun is simply because the pressure from the outside world has not yet subsided.

With the armies of the four countries watching covetously, Yang Chong obviously did not have more energy to clean up the rebellion in Linzi. Being able to suppress it was already a risky move for Yang Chong.

Of course, this is also because Yang Chong relies on his high enough martial arts skills and fast enough speed to appear in two places in a very short time.

But no matter how fast Yang Chong is, he is still a human being after all. He cannot teleport, let alone split himself. Facing enemies coming from all directions, he can only choose to solve the problem in the place he thinks is the most critical.

Linzi is obviously the most important place in Yang Chong's opinion. Now that the crisis in Linzi has been resolved, where is the second important place?

“We won’t feel bad even if we lose the territory of Dongjun. Even if we give Raoan to Yan State, we can easily take it back in the future and make Yan State bleed again. But the Qin army and Chu army in the south are different. Once they break through the Great Wall, we will be passive in the fight against Tian Jian. So, all the cities in the south can be lost, but the Great Wall of Qi must be controlled in our hands.” In the palace of King Qi, Yang Chong said to Zi Nu who came from Dong'a.

He was about to leave Linzi City. Accordingly, after he left, everything in Linzi City would be handed over to Zi Nu to take care of. Among the many women in the Yang family, Zi Nu was the only one who could do this job.

"Don't worry, go. I will take good care of Linzi City for us." Zi Nu said firmly. She couldn't help Yang Chong with things on the battlefield, but she would do her best to do what she could and do what she could well.

"I feel relieved with you around. If you encounter anything you can't decide, you can go and ask that old fellow Xunzi for advice." Yang Chong advised.

Although Zi Nu is smart and has great management skills, she is still a woman after all. Managing a Zi Lan Xuan or even a general's mansion is a very easy task for her, but managing a country is not that easy. After all, different trades have different worlds.

Managing and governing a country is a brand new challenge for Zi Nu.

However, Yang Chong believed that Zi Nu would be able to manage Linzi and even Qi State well. It was because of this trust that Yang Chong appointed Zi Nu as queen. As the queen, it was legitimate and logical for Zi Nu to serve as regent of Qi State when Yang Chong was not in Linzi.

"Is Mr. Xunkuang trustworthy?" Zi Nu hesitated. As the master of Confucianism, Xunkuang would not offer his loyalty to anyone. He was a person who could make completely free choices.

"He may not be loyal to me, but he is loyal to himself. To be more precise, he is a sincere person. He is a person who can maintain such a mentality even at an old age. He can be called a national treasure. As for trust, as Han Fei's master, Han Fei is very similar to Xunzi to some extent. Do you think that if you work with Han Fei, is Han Fei trustworthy?" Yang Chong explained to Zinu the reasons why she could trust Xunzi.

Xunzi played an important role in helping Yang Chong stabilize the situation in Qi State. The influence of this Confucian master was not limited to Confucianism, but involved all the schools of thought. Many disciples of all the schools of thought had to call him "senior" in front of him.

Although those people from the Hundred Schools of Thought may not necessarily be able to accomplish anything, they are quite capable of starting a rebellion, and their destructive power is no less than that of a large army. After all, in the battlefield of people's hearts and public opinions, the Hundred Schools of Thought have a natural advantage.

"Although Han Fei is not very reasonable, he is still very calm when it comes to major issues. Anyone who can teach a disciple like him should not be someone with ulterior motives." Zi Nu nodded.

She was not familiar with Xun Kuang, but she was very familiar with Han Fei. As Han Fei's master, Xun Kuang should not be a psychologically dark person. Zi Nu could come to such a conclusion.

"Wait for me, this war won't last long." Yang Chong warned.

The armies of the four countries seemed to be coming with great force, but the real main force from beginning to end was only the Qin army. Moreover, although the Qin army's offensive seemed fierce this time, Yang Chong did not need to bother to defeat them, because this time the Qin army would encounter Li Mu, a major nemesis of his in the next few years.

All the original historical trajectories have been changed by himself, but the people are still the same people, Huan Xi is still Huan Xi, and Li Mu is still Li Mu. Huan Xi was able to stand out in the Qin State with so many generals and was valued by King Zheng of Qin. Naturally, he had extraordinary talents, but there is never the strongest talent, there is only stronger. For Huan Xi, Li Mu is a stronger existence.

On the land of Zhao, the Qin army led by Huan Xi was fighting with the Zhao border army led by Li Mu. It seemed that both sides were winning or losing, but Yang Chong knew that Li Mu, the wolf hunter, was calmly looking for the opponent's flaws on the battlefield, waiting for the opportunity to launch a fatal attack. Huan Xi's encounter with Li Mu was destined to be tragic, and his dream of becoming a general was destined to be in vain.

As long as Li Mu defeated Huan Xi, the Qin army's winter offensive would be in vain. Once Huan Xi was defeated, Wang Jian would be unable to carry on alone. Helping Tian Jian stabilize the small Qi State in the south would become Wang Jian's most important goal. Asking him to continue attacking the Great Wall of Qi from the south would probably be too difficult for him.

As for the Wei army, they were helping the Qin army for the sake of profit. They were willing to play a supporting role, but if they were asked to do the main work, they would never do it even if the King of Wei was killed.

There is also the Chu army. Although Chu is a big country, the Chu army is not a very powerful army. They are just robbers who take advantage of the situation. They will only come when there is meat to eat. They will not take the initiative to attack wild beasts to get food. When the Qin army retreats and the situation in Qi stabilizes, will the Chu army dare to face Qi directly?

The State of Chu did not have that confidence, because there was the State of Qin watching it covetously. The State of Chu had already moved its capital three times because of the State of Qin, and they might not be willing or have the opportunity to move the capital for the fourth time.

Of course, for Yang Chong, there is also the Yan Army as an enemy, but to be honest, Yang Chong never regarded the Yan Army as his enemy. In this battle, he did not care about the Yan Army's offensive not only because he was too busy, but also because he did not care about the Yan Army's offensive at all.

Yan army? Is that an army? In terms of national strength, Qi is naturally the weakest country, Han, with its small population. But in terms of military strength, Han's army is also enough to beat Yan's army.

The Yan army was an army that tried its best but was defeated by a group of old, weak and sick people from the Zhao State. It was an army that turned a war of aggression into a war to defend the country.

Such an army, apart from being able to disgust Yang Chong, really cannot bring any pressure to Yang Chong or pose any threat.

With such considerations, Yang Chong came to the Great Wall of Qi, a section of the Great Wall built on the mountains in the middle of the Qi and Lu lands, stretching hundreds of miles from east to west. To the north of the Great Wall is an endless plain, which is also the most prosperous place in Qi. To the south of the Great Wall, there are endless mountains, and only a narrow area by the sea can be considered a plain.

It can be said that the essence of Qi State is all in the area north of the Qi Great Wall.

It was precisely for this reason that Yang Chong simply gave up some cities in the south of Qi, allowed Tian Jian to be rescued by Luowang's people, and allowed Qin to support the establishment of another Qi in the south to divide his power.

Standing on the Great Wall of Qi, Yang Chong looked at the endless mountains in front of him. Wang Jian on the other side of the mountains did not dare to attack Yang Chong through the canyons among the mountains, and Yang Chong would not take the same path to risk attacking Wang Jian.

As a result, when the Qin army and the Zhao army were fighting fiercely on the plain north of the river, and when the Qin-Wei coalition forces and the Qi army were killing each other in Dingtao, this battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

"Qi Wang Chong is very steady. Even at this time, he can still confront me calmly. Such a person is incredible. How old is he? He can achieve what he has now. With his previous bravery and invincibility on the battlefield, I always thought he was following the path of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi. But I never thought that when he needs to be fierce, he is extremely fierce, and when he is steady, he is as steady as an old guy like me who has been working for 20 years longer."

"It is probably impossible to defeat such a person on the battlefield." Wang Jian said slowly. He knew that the war here could not be fought.

“Although King Chong of Qi is strong, he is now in a desperate situation. He has already lost by confronting my father here. After all, there is only one King Chong of Qi in Qi, but my father is not the only general in our Qin State.” Next to Wang Jian was a strong man in his thirties. He looked quite similar to Wang Jian, but his eyes were more ferocious and his figure was more burly.

He is the son of Wang Jian, a representative figure of the saying "a good father will have a good son", and the future Tongwu Marquis of Qin.

"One person's strength is not enough to reverse the situation. How can one person defeat the general trend?" Wang Jian said.

Since Yang Chong has chosen this way of fighting, he might as well help Yang Chong. After all, compared with Yang Chong, he has greater confidence in his stability. The Qin State is his confidence, but where is Yang Chong's confidence?
Qi State?
Qi State is not going to work after all.

Of course, Yang Chong’s confidence is not in Qi. He is waiting, waiting for that opportunity, waiting for that change.

In the twelfth year of King Zheng of Qin, the Qin general Huan Xi fought with the Zhao general Li Mu in Feidi. Huan Xi was defeated and 100,000 Qin soldiers were beheaded. Only Huan Xi escaped back to Qin on horseback.

On the plain north of the river, Li Mu stepped on the corpses of the Qin army to prove to the world the bravery of the Zhao people. In one battle, he completely annihilated the Qin army that had invaded the heartland of Zhao, and the crisis of Zhao was resolved.

However, after completely annihilating the Qin army, the Zhao army was unable to take advantage of the victory to continue attacking the Qin army, or even the Qin State. After all, although Li Mu led the border troops to annihilate the Qin army with equal forces, given the bravery of the Qin army, it was impossible for the Zhao army not to pay a price. Although it did not reach the point of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of its own, the casualties of the Zhao army were still over tens of thousands.

Moreover, the reason why Li Mu went south to support was because the Zhao army had suffered a major defeat before. The tragic defeat of an army of 100,000 also resulted in heavy casualties. It can be said that in this battle, in terms of the number of enemies killed and wounded alone, the Qin army did not suffer any loss, and even the overall casualties of the Zhao army were higher than those of the Qin army.

But war is not calculated in this way after all. The Qin army may not have suffered a disadvantage in terms of battle record, but strategically speaking, Qin had already lost.

However, just when the Zhao army was exhausted and in urgent need of repair, the imperial edict from Handan appeared in front of Li Mu. The Queen Mother Zhao actually ordered Li Mu to take a short rest and immediately lead his army to Raoan to fight against the Yan army heading south.

"General, Raoan is the territory of King Chong of Qi. Fighting against the Yan army should be the job of the Qi army. Why did the Queen Mother order us to fight for King Chong of Qi?" The general of the Zhao army, who wanted to rest, complained to Li Mu.

"We just follow orders. The Yan army has limited combat power. We only need 10,000 people to repel them. It won't affect the rest of the entire army." Li Mu said.

But he was also wondering why Queen Dowager Zhao did this?
"I want him to come and beg me on his own initiative." In the Zhao Palace, Queen Mother Zhao murmured to herself. She hated that man.

(End of this chapter)