Xianyang, in the palace of King Qin.

"In the seventeenth year of the reign of King Qin, the meteor fireball descended on Fanwu, the flint rose and flew dozens of zhang, the sky shook and the earth shook, and the sound shook the four wilds......"

Qin Wangzheng put the wooden tablet in his hand on the table, pondered for a while, and then said: "Li Si, the meteor is falling from the sky, and the star is coming to the world, do you think this matter will be true?" ”

Qin Wangzheng succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, to the age of twenty-two, this year is exactly thirty-one years old, just in the prime of life, although he is kneeling on the couch, but still looks extremely tall, at this time he is dressed in casual clothes, without a crown, just on the top of the head a bun, square face, long eyebrows and big eyes, the bridge of the nose is high, the voice is loud, and slightly slender, there is a short beard under the chin. In his eyes, he brought out a brave and cunning light, showing a very conceited and resolute temperament, which would never be questioned by others.

And on his side, kneeling sat Qin Wangzheng's most trusted minister, Tingwei Li Si, his age was about forty-five years old, white face and long beard, eyes were slightly slender, showing a very wise appearance, at this time he wore a ceremonial crown, wearing a formal official uniform, although he was kneeling, but the waist was straight and upright, and Qin Wangzheng's slightly lazy and relaxed appearance formed a very sharp contrast.

Hearing Qin Wangzheng's question, Li Si immediately said: "This matter was sent by General Huan himself, and according to General Huan, when the elbow meteor fell, the sound shook the four fields, and the sky shook the earth, more than 100,000 soldiers in the camp of the Qin army could feel it, and they could also see the flames soaring dozens of zhang. According to the facts, General Chen Xianghuan would never dare to deceive the king, so the minister thought that the meteor would never be fake. ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said, "Then what about the star coming to the world?" Will it be true again? ”

Li Si said: "The minister did not dare to say anything about this matter, General Juhuan said, that night, there was an uncle to win heavy and lead the army to inspect, and he met a person, this person's clothes are strange, and my Chinese clan is very different, and the rest of the Qin soldiers are also seen in person." Later, there was a rumor in Li Mu's camp that the star was coming to the world, but Li Mu has always been scheming and unpredictable, maybe he deliberately made it out to boost the morale of the Zhao army. ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "So, is it fake that the star will come to the world?" ”

Li Si said: "That's not true. Ju Yingzhong said, this person is extremely powerful, and he can kill more than 200 of my Daqin soldiers with the strength of one person, like a god and ghost, and people are afraid of it today. Winning Heavy is still a famous warrior of my Qin country, and when he said this, he thought that he should not be taken lightly. ”

King Qin said: "Even if one person can kill two hundred Qin soldiers, he is just a brave man, and there is nothing to worry about." Li Si said: "The minister asked the king to see something." ”

As he spoke, Li Si beckoned behind him, only to see two scholars accompanying an inner waiting room, holding a large tray and placing it in front of Qin Wangzheng. Qin Wangzheng glanced at it, there were two broken swords inside, and said, "What are these two broken swords?" ”

Li Si said: "This is the sword that won the weight, and it was given to him by the king during the autumn hunt last year. and in the battle with the man, he was cut in two. According to Yingzhong, the weapon used by that man was very strange, although it was no more than two feet long, but it was curved and extremely sharp, and in that battle, a total of dozens of Qin swords were cut. ”

"Oh!" Qin Wangzheng was a little moved, because the quality of Qin swords has always been stronger than the six eastern countries, and the swords he rewarded his subordinates with grievances were all the best products in Qin's swords, if they were cut in two by the other party, they couldn't help but pay attention to it, Qin Army's combat strength was not only in addition to the military merit reward system, but also an important reason. Therefore, Qin Wangzheng picked up the broken sword from the plate, looked carefully, and saw that the cut was straight and smooth, and it was indeed cut off.

At this time, Li Si said again: "The minister has ordered someone to try this broken sword, and he can still cut off two swords, but when this sword is not broken, it is still the best work in Qin's sword." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded, whether it was true or not, but if this casting technique was mastered by Zhao State, it would of course be a great disadvantage to Qin State. At this time, the whole Qin State had already unified their understanding, that is, to sweep away the six countries and unify the world. Moreover, it is unanimously recognized that the biggest opponent of the great cause of Qinli's unification is Zhao State, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army is not below the Qin army, and there are peerless famous generals like Li Mu in command, if the quality of weapons is higher than that of the Qin army, then there will be a lot of variables in Qin's unification plan.

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a moment and said, "Li Si, what do you think should be?" ”

Li Si said: "King, the minister thinks that this matter should be investigated in detail. ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with, and as soon as there is news, the widow will be notified immediately." "Among the countries of Qin, there are secret personnel who are responsible for inquiring about intelligence and information, bribing and discord, etc., but Li Si is always responsible, so the king of Qin Zheng charged Li Si to inquire about these news.

Li Si hurriedly said: "The ministers are ordered." ”

Qin Wangzheng said again: "How is the war on the front line now? ”

Li Si shook his head and said: "The progress is not smooth, my Qin State will attack Zhao in two ways this time, with Yang Duanhe leading 100,000 troops, from Ye to the north, crossing the Zhangshui to attack Handan, forcing the King of Zhao to transfer Li Mu back to help Handan; Then Huan Qi led an army of 200,000, took advantage of the weakness from the party out of the well, entered Fanwu, and swept the north of Handan, and formed a north-south attack on Handan, and in addition to Handan, other Zhao lands are in the hands of my Qin army, so that even if Li Mu is Sun Wu resurrected and Wu Qi is reincarnated, it is difficult to return to heaven. ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "Yes, this plan has also been seen by few people, it is really clever, if it can be successful, not only can it report the humiliation of the defeat of my Great Qin Fei Battle the year before last, but also destroy the Zhao State in one fell swoop." ”

Li Si smiled bitterly and said, "But Li Mu didn't go back to the division to rescue Handan. ”

Qin Wangzheng was surprised and said, "Li Mu didn't return to Handan? ”

Li Si nodded and said: "Zhao Wangqian issued five edicts in a row to recruit Li Mu to return to the army and rescue Handan, but Li Mu refused to send troops, but only sent Sima Wang to lead 30,000 troops to garrison the north bank of Zhangshui, and he still led 150,000 Zhao troops to build a fortress in Fanwu, so that Huan Qi had no chance to take advantage of it." ”

Qin Wang Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Bring the map." ”

Nei waited to hurriedly take out the map and spread it on the desk, Qin Wangzheng looked at the map and said, "What about the situation on the front line of Zhangshui?" ”

Li Si said: "Although the Zhao army only has 30,000 horses on the front line of Zhangshui, the main general Sima Wangji is Li Mu's deputy general, and he is also a general who is proficient in the art of war, and there are Zhangshui and the Great Wall in the south of Handan, so it is difficult for our Qin army to break through the defense line of the Zhao army for a while." ”

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a while before he said, "What about our interplay in Zhao State?" Isn't there action? ”

Li Si said: "We have done our best in the inter-work of Zhao State, Zhao Wangqian has issued five edicts in a row, recruiting Li Mu to return to the army, at least three of which are the result of our inter-work activities, but Li Mu is proficient in the art of war, and knows that the general is outside, and the king's order is not granted, he refused the order of King Zhao many times when he refused to defend the Xiongnu in the north in his early years, and now my Qin army has no achievements on both roads, the battle situation is stable, and there is no panic in Handan, not to mention that after the Changping War, Zhao did not dare to take Yi Shuai lightly. ”

Qin Wangzheng said with a smile: "Since Handan is not panicking now, then the widow will give them a little bit of power, pass on the widow's order, and increase the troops to Yang Duanhe by 100,000, see if Handan is panicked this time." ”

Li Si said: "The king is slow. ”

Qin Wangzheng said: "Li Si, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Li Si said: "The minister asked the king to think twice, instead of increasing the army to attack Zhao, it is better to take advantage of the current Zhao State's inability to take care of it and send troops to destroy Han." After Han returned the land of Nanyang to Qin last year, now there is only the land of Yingchuan left in South Korea, with a radius of only hundreds of miles, the country is weak and the army is tired, and Han Teng is familiar with the internal situation of South Korea, so he will send troops to attack South Korea, and he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop, and Han will be destroyed, and the remaining five countries will not last long. ”

After hearing this, Qin Wangzheng also pondered again. Although the Qin Dynasty's policy of destroying the six countries had been decided, there were two different views on the plan of the Qin Dynasty, one was proposed by Li Si, that is, to destroy Korea first, and then destroy the other five countries, because among the six eastern countries, Korea was the weakest, almost vulnerable, first to fight the weak enemy, and then to fight the strong enemy. It is also in accordance with the art of war. Moreover, after the destruction of Korea, the territory of Qin will be greatly extended to the east, bordering the Qi state, and separating the Chu state in the south from the Wei, Zhao, Yan and other states, so that the countries can no longer unite to resist Qin. Therefore, this plan is very much in line with the actual situation of the Qin state.

Another point of view is that Han Fei proposed for the Qin State, destroy the Zhao State first, the reason is that among the six eastern countries, the Zhao State is the strongest, if the Qin State destroys the Zhao State first, then the other five countries will not be able to compete with the Qin State, and the unification of the world will naturally succeed immediately. Although Han Fei's plan is considered from the standpoint of South Korea and tries its best to protect South Korea, there are also quite reasonable elements in it.

Until now, Qin Wangzheng has not made a decision to adopt that kind of plan. Because of the Battle of Changping, although the Zhao army was wiped out more than 400,000, the Zhao State was certainly greatly injured, but the Qin State itself also suffered great losses, the loss of troops reached 300,000, and all the men and children over the age of fifteen east of Xianyang were conscripted into the army. In fact, the Qin State only achieved a disastrous victory, but the Qin State was strong and could recover after a few years, so the Qin State had some scruples about the Zhao State, although the Qin State had been using troops against the Zhao State in the past few years, but the scale of the troops was not large, and it did not launch a full-scale war to destroy the Zhao State, and at the same time, it also wanted to test the current strength of the Zhao State.

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a while before he said, "Okay, let the widow think twice." ”

Li Si also nodded and said, "It is related to the overall situation of the unification of heaven, so please be cautious and retreat." After Li Si retired, Qin Wangzheng looked at the minister's recital for a while, and after all the official affairs were handled, he left the palace and returned to the harem. ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "How is Hehua?" I didn't sleep now. ”

One of them said: "Back to the king, the princess has slept peacefully, the imperial doctor has just shown the princess, the princess's body is fine, and she can be completely healed after a few days of rest, please rest assured." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded and said, "Since Hehua has already fallen asleep, then don't wake her up, the widow will come to see her tomorrow morning." As he spoke, he turned around and left, returning to his own bedroom, and the maid and the inner waiter hurriedly knelt on the ground again, and said, "Congratulations to the king." ”

Qin Wangzheng carried his hands behind his back, and thought as he walked, is it a blessing or a curse for my Great Qin to descend from the sky and the stars to the world?