Qin State has its capital at Yueyang.

In the Qin Palace, Qin Gong Ying Shixi, who was dressed in a black robe, was walking staggeringly on an aisle between the palace rooms.

As the saying goes: "Sickness comes like a mountain falling, and sickness goes away like a silk thread."

Although Qin Gong Ying Shixi is now well and well after being treated by palace doctors with superb medical skills, he is already nearly sixty years old after all.

That sudden serious illness still inevitably left traces on his body, and he looked much older now than he did a few months ago.

As he climbed up the stairs with some difficulty, Ying Shixi's eyes couldn't help but fall on a decaying tree in front of him.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from the northwest, and immediately blew a withered yellow leaf down from the branch that didn't have many leaves.

Ying Shixi watched the yellow leaf fall from the tree until it slowly landed on the ground beneath his feet.

"well……"

This situation made Ying Shixi couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and a sense of sadness suddenly emerged from the bottom of his heart.

Since his serious illness a few months ago, Ying Shixi has felt that his body is getting worse day by day, but seeing this scene today made him feel his aging even more.

Perhaps in the near future, he, Ying Shixi, will be like this decaying tree and reach the end of his own life.

Just when Ying Shixi was looking at the dead tree in front of him and feeling emotional, a burst of footsteps appeared behind him.

"Report to your Majesty, please go to the doctor to see me."

The palace man's voice pulled Ying Shixi out of the sadness in his heart, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"Please bring the doctor over."

"Here."

Not long after the voice of the palace man bowing down to accept the order, another voice appeared behind Ying Shixi, but this time it was the sound of two footsteps one after the other.

"Old minister Qianlong, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."

"Sir, sir, please get up." He walked forward slowly and gently helped him up. Ying Shixi immediately asked, "I wonder why your Majesty came to the palace today?"

"Your Majesty, just yesterday the Wei general Long Jia led the army to capture Xiagui. The Wei army's forward was less than fifty miles away from me, Yueyang."

After saying the bad news, before Ying Shixi could react, Qianlong said another piece of bad news, "Not only that, the Wei army Pang Juan's headquarters in the Yuanli direction is also attacking more and more fiercely. I'm afraid Zhang Yu's army has already supported it.

It won’t be long.”

"How did the Wei army come so fast?"

Although he had already expected the two pieces of bad news reported by Qianlong, when he heard it, Ying Shixi was still a little shocked.

The Wei army's offensive was so fierce that before the Qin army could organize an effective resistance, the cities of the Qin state fell into the hands of the Wei state.

In Ying Shixi's view, if the war continues like this, the capital of Yueyang may fall into the hands of Wei soon.

When that time really comes, Qin will have no choice but to move its capital back to Yongcheng and rely on the Jingshui River to barely resist Wei's powerful offensive;

When that time really comes, not only whether the Qin State can recapture Hexi, but also whether it can hold Guanzhong as its foundation is a question.

When his thoughts flowed here, Ying Shixi, who realized the seriousness of the matter, immediately looked at Qianlong in front of him with some eagerness.

Recalling a piece of news he heard before, Ying Shixi immediately asked: "Master, I heard that Qi State launched an attack on the eastern part of Wei State not long ago."

"Why is it that the Wei army's offensive in Hexi not only has not weakened, but has become stronger and stronger?"

The question that Ying Shixi raised at this moment was also what Qianlong wanted to know. He didn't understand that the Wei State really didn't care about Wei Dong?

"Reporting to your Majesty, I don't know why the Qi army from the east of Wei has already arrived at the city, but there is no reaction from the Wei army from Hexi. Could it be..."

Halfway through his words, he seemed to have thought of something, and a look of surprise appeared on Qianlong's face.

But before he could express his guess, a report appeared behind the two of them along with the sound of footsteps again.

"Your Majesty, a secret report from the State of Wei has been sent back."

After a while, after receiving the secret report and only reading it briefly, Ying Shixi put down his hands. At this moment, the only look on his face was loneliness.

"Master, is it necessary for the Qin State to continue fighting this war?" While asking this question in an extremely low tone, Ying Shixi handed the secret report to Qianlong's hands.

Taking the secret report from Ying Shixi, Qianlong slowly unfolded it and read it. Soon, only loneliness and helplessness were left in his eyes, and the fighting spirit in his chest immediately disappeared.

What was recorded in this secret report was none other than that the State of Wei had united with Chu, Zhao, Han and other six countries to prepare to send troops to attack the State of Qi.

Now that the Wei army is about to attack Yueyang City, the allies who can help each other are already unable to protect themselves. This war has been completely lost for Qin.

Rather than being attacked by the Wei army and conquering Yueyang soon, it would be better to proactively seek peace and at least preserve some dignity.

Thinking of this, Qianlong immediately bowed to Ying Shixi in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, my old minister has the courage to say that it is time for the Qin State to send an envoy to Anyi to seek peace."

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"Okay! Okay!"

In the main hall, a burst of applause suddenly rang out, immediately attracting the attention of Young Master Wei Shen who was reading classics after a few cases.

With a bit of curiosity on his face, he looked at Wei Hou Wei Feng, whose face was full of excitement at this moment, and Wei Shen's still childish voice rang out.

"Why is my father so happy?"

Wei Shen's words pulled Wei Feng out of the ecstasy in his heart, and he looked at his son with a smile on his face.

"Shen'er, Xiang Guo, Sima and Shang Dafu have made great contributions to our country of Wei. Do you think my father should be happy?"

"Well, Shen'er thinks it's not the father who should be happy." After thinking for a while, Wei Shen said in a mature manner: "Since the three important ministers have made great contributions, the father will definitely reward them.

, so Shen'er thought it was these three important ministers who should be happy."

Upon hearing what Wei Shen said, the smile on Wei Feng's face stagnated at first, but then became brighter.

"Yes, yes, my Shen'er is right. It is indeed these three important ministers who should be happy."

After pondering for a moment, Wei Feng walked step by step to the palace gate with the news in his hand, and a loud shout appeared in his mouth.

"Here comes someone."

"Your Majesty."

"According to my order, Sima Gongsun Qi, who is currently in Puyang, is appointed to be the commander-in-chief of the Qi coalition's attack."
Chapter completed!