The fall of Yingdu was a rather unexpected event for Zhao Dan.

Although Zhao Dan had already known the news that the Great Sima of Chu had led his army to Yingdu a few days ago, Zhao Dan did not think that the people of Chu would be able to defeat Yingdu soon.

According to the information obtained by Zhao Dan, although the Qin State did not send reinforcements to the two southeastern counties because the main force was pinned down in Shangdang County, there were originally tens of thousands of Qin defenders in the two southeastern counties.

When Wancheng and Dengcheng were conquered by the Chu people, Qin Wangji and Fan Sui had already ordered the remaining Qin troops in the two counties to abandon the other small cities and retreat to Yingdu.

These news were all investigated by Hu Yiwei, and the chaotic war in the two southeastern counties led to the collapse of the grassroots government organizations of the Qin State in these two counties, which provided great convenience for the large-scale infiltration of Hu Yiwei's spies.

According to the estimation of Hu Yiwei on the front line, there were at least 30,000 Qin troops in Yingdu, plus 80,000 to 100,000 people in the city.

Such a city is not so easy to conquer.

According to the estimates of the ministers around Zhao Dan, based on the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, Yingdu will be able to hold out until at least next spring.

But what I never expected was that in just a few days, Yingdu was captured!

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and nodded towards Miao Xian in front of him, signaling that he knew.

Although Zhao Dan himself also wanted to know how Yingdu was captured by the Chu people so quickly, now was obviously not the time to ask this.

After Miao Xian retreated, Zhao Dan glanced at Qin Wangji quietly, secretly amused in his heart.

Obviously, Qin Wangji knew the news of the fall of Yingdu earlier than Zhao Dan, so he was so anxious to negotiate peace.

Qin Wangji was afraid.

Afraid of what? Of course, it is the state of Chu that is afraid.

The State of Qin and the State of Chu can be said to be a pair of happy enemies who have been entangled for hundreds of years.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, although Qin and Chu were both considered to be a number of powerful countries, they were not the opponents of the only superpower in the land of China at that time, the Jin State.

To counter the Jin state, the Qin and Chu states formed an alliance, which was very stable under the pressure of the Jin state and lasted for almost the entire Spring and Autumn period.

By the Warring States Period, although the Jin State was divided into three, and then the Wei State rose from the corpse of the Jin State, the Qin-Chu alliance remained solid.

After the Wei State was completely defeated, Qin and Chu grew into Western Tianba and Southern Tianba respectively, and the honeymoon period ended.

From this time on, although the two sides also had a tacit understanding to join hands to clean up the Eastern Emperor Qi State, they were more likely to fight each other.

It is worth mentioning that in the hundreds of years of alliance between the two sides, the state of Chu has always been the boss of the alliance between the two countries and is the protagonist. And Qin Guo is only the second, and he is a supporting role.

After the two major wars of the Battle of Danyang and the Battle of Lantian, the second Qin State finally completed the counterattack with the help of the two Erwuzai of Wei and Korea, and overturned the eldest brother Chu State for hundreds of years, and officially ascended the throne.

Since it is the second eldest in the upper position, it is obviously the top priority to beware of the restoration of the boss.

Therefore, after Bai Qi occupied Yingdu and Yiling, he was ordered to burn all the temples and tombs of the previous kings of Chu with a fire, in order to make the boss of Chu State never turn over.

This kind of behavior may be nothing in modern times, but in ancient times two thousand years ago, Bai Qi's behavior caused a great shock and blow to the entire country of Chu.

Of course, there is also a side effect of this, that is, although the state of Chu can only swallow its anger due to the situation, the state of Chu and the state of Qin have changed from close allies back then to undying enemies.

"Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu." Although this sentence seems to be somewhat of a wailing of a defeated dog, it is also enough to deeply express the hatred of the people of Chu for Qin.

According to normal thinking, since the Qin State has offended the Chu State so badly, the recovery of the Chu State is obviously a more dangerous event than the rise of the Zhao State.

After all, the State of Zhao and the State of Qin are just normal enemies for hegemony, while the State of Chu and the State of Chu are endless blood feuds.

That's why Qin Wangji was so anxious to negotiate peace with Zhao Guo.

The lesser of two evils.

In just a few seconds, Zhao Dan suddenly figured out the key to the whole matter, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Chu State, Chu State, I didn't expect that the Chu State, which was considered a "fat" country in the entire Warring States Period, actually rose up at such a critical moment now!

It's really- great!

It's a god's assist.

Zhao Dan raised his head with a smile on his face and looked at Qin Wangji in front of him.

Qin Wangji was still staring at Zhao Dan with blazing eyes, obviously waiting for Zhao Dan's reply.

Zhao Dan smiled very easily, and said to Qin Wangji: "Isn't Yu Qing already declared the conditions of the widow in public?" Why did King Qin ask so knowingly. ”

Just kidding, since you know that your Qin State is in a hurry to negotiate peace, if the widow doesn't cut you hard at this moment, wouldn't the widow be a complete fool?

Take advantage of the fire to rob or something, the widow likes it the most!

Qin Wangji's face immediately darkened after hearing Zhao Dan's words, and after a few seconds, he snorted heavily and said, "This matter is absolutely impossible!"

Of course, it was impossible for Qin Wangji to agree to the four conditions that Zhao Dan had asked Yu Xin to put forward before.

In fact, there is only one situation that can make Qin Wangji nod and agree to these four conditions, that is, the army of Zhao State is under the city of Xianyang.

In other words, unless the Qin State is facing the crisis of annihilation, these four conditions are not to be discussed!

Zhao Dan smiled and spread his hands towards Qin Wangji, and stopped talking.

Qin Wangji's nose was almost crooked by Zhao Dan's scoundrel appearance, this king stared at Zhao Dan fiercely, and said angrily: "Shangdang County can all belong to Zhao, and Qin Zhao will stop fighting immediately!"

Obviously, even if he was angry again, Qin Wangji had to be patient to discuss with Zhao Dan, and even had to make huge concessions.

You must know that the Qin State is now occupying half of the Shangdang County, and the loss of giving up this half of the Shangdang County is very large.

When he said this, Qin Wangji's heart was already dripping blood.

The loss of a county's land in vain is still secondary, and more importantly, all the efforts made by the Qin State in the past five years, and the huge casualties of hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers after bloody battles, have all been wasted and become meaningless.

This is a huge loss for the Qin State that is no less than the battle of Yan He, and even more than that, but Qin Wangji still has to do it!

Otherwise, do you really want to fight to the death with Zhao State in Changping, and then sit back and watch the carefree re-emergence of Chu State?

And Zhao State didn't even need to fight to the death with Qin, he just needed to drag the Qin army to death in Changping.

Passive, too passive.

If it were to happen again, Qin Wangji would definitely send more than 100,000 people from Hanoi County to the south to guard the two southeastern counties as soon as possible, so as not to give the people of Chu such an unscrupulous opportunity to rampage among the two southeastern counties.

I thought that Zhao State was the primary target that needed to be solved first, but I didn't expect Chu State to kill Qin State by surprise.

Conquering the two southeastern counties in just one autumn, such a task that neither allies nor enemies think Chu can do, Chu has just done it!

But there is no regret medicine to take in the world, so even if Qin Wangji was full of regret and helplessness, he could only make the move of ceding the land and seeking peace.

has given up the entire Shangdang County, Ru Zhao Dan should be able to agree to negotiate peace, right?

Qin Wangji set his eyes on Zhao Dan and waited for Zhao Dan's reply.