Chapter 139

Outside the suburbs of Xianyang City!

Inside the courtyard!

The weather had long since begun to turn hot.

Perhaps because the heat made sleep difficult, or perhaps because he was too excited by the news that he would soon reclaim the imperial throne to sleep!

In any case, at this moment, Ying Zheng could not sleep!

He stood in the courtyard, while Zhao Gao reported to him again and again!

"Your Majesty, Wang Jian has already begun to mobilize the troops!"

"Your Majesty, Wang Jian's great army has already successfully entered Xianyang City!"

"Your Majesty, Wang Jian's 150,000-strong army has already surrounded Outside Xianyanggong!"

"Your Majesty, Wang Jian's great army has already begun the siege!"

"Zhang Han leads 50,000 men in a frontal assault on Outside Xianyanggong to draw the attention of the garrison!"

"Meng Yi leads 200 men in a surprise attack on the western city wall of Outside Xianyanggong, successfully climbing inside, and opening the city gate!"

Zhao Gao continued to report the news!

Ying Zheng listened with his heart bursting with joy!

At that moment, even he had to admit that Wang Jian knew how to fight!

Whether it was the secret entry of 150,000 men into Xianyang City or the siege battle, everything was executed brilliantly!

150,000 men secretly entered Xianyang City through four secret tunnels within the city!

Then, they directly surrounded Outside Xianyanggong!

Learning that the garrison at Outside Xianyanggong was small, he dispatched 50,000 men for a frontal feint!

Then, he sent out this surprise force under Meng Yi to climb the western city wall and open the city gate!

Once the city gate was opened, the 150,000 Qin Army troops could file in one after another.

And Facing Ying Su's 5,000 garrison troops, without Li Yuanba, were utterly incapable of holding out against a great army of 150,000!

"Good!"

"Excellent!"

Ying Zheng was very happy and very proud!

At this very moment, he had already begun to fantasize about how he would deal with this rebellious son once Wang Jian captured Facing Ying Su!

Hmm... first, slap him twice across the face!

For you to rebel!

For you to fail to learn proper conduct!

For you to stage a military coup!

After slapping him across the face, strip off his pants, find a horsewhip yourself, dip it in cold water, and whip his buttocks hard!

For you to bully your imperial father!

For you to be unfilial!

For you to occupy Outside Xianyanggong!

For you to...

Ying Zheng thought of this again and again!

Every time he imagined the scene of furiously whipping the rebellious son, it was truly satisfying!

Overwhelmingly satisfying!

He only regretted not being able to whip him hard enough!

As for how to deal with the rebellious son, Ying Zheng had already decided!

He certainly would not kill him!

This rebellious son was, after all, his own son, and indeed possessed a certain degree of excellence.

At the very least, he was superior to Prince Prince Fusu, Jiang Lu, and Young Master Gao!

Moreover, he was decisive in action, never dragging his feet.

Since he ascended the throne, the series of major events he carried out almost all aligned with his own wishes!

Of course, not every single one aligned with his wishes!

For instance, the land tax; this matter did not align with Ying Zheng's wishes, not because Ying Zheng did not want it that way!

But rather... he was too hasty!

As Emperor, one must win over either the nobility or the people's hearts!

As for the people's hearts, because of the need to build the Great Wall, Epang Palace, Dujiangyan, and other major projects, it was simply impossible to unite them!

Therefore, the hearts of the nobility must be held fast.

And for Facing Ying Su to handle the nobility this way truly threw the nobility's hearts into chaos; they no longer dared to remain loyal to Great Qin.

Besides that, the matter of halting the construction of the Great Wall and Epang Palace made Ying Zheng extremely dissatisfied!

Let Epang Palace be for now; just the Great Wall alone made Ying Zheng very dissatisfied!

As I said before, I know you want to unite the people's hearts, I know you want the common people to suffer less!

But... one cannot simply wish to enjoy the shade without planting the trees!

If future generations are to no longer be harassed by the Xiongnu, then predecessors must build the Great Wall!

Without predecessors building the Great Wall, on what basis would future generations not be harassed by the Xiongnu?

Attack the Xiongnu?

It cannot be done!

Winning a fight is easy; making them submit isn't hard either!

But... wiping them out is difficult!

Because the Xiongnu are a nomadic people; when winter comes, grass and trees wither, they have no food to eat, and at that time, they can only raid the Central Plains!

And the grasslands are vast; once they dive into the grasslands, a boundless expanse of tens of thousands of li, how can one find them, how can one pursue them!

They cannot be wiped out!

They simply cannot be wiped out!

So, the idea of wiping out the Xiongnu sounds too absurd!

And since they cannot be wiped out, one can only diligently build the Great Wall!

Therefore, Seeing Ying Zheng was very angry at Facing Ying Su's decision to stop building the Great Wall!

Of course, the rebellious son has done many things well!

For instance, filling the treasury and vigorously making money in this area!

In this area alone, he performed too brilliantly.

With just paper and books, in these short three months, he generated nearly seventy million Qian Cai!

Seventy million Qian Cai!

It is almost catching up to the Qian Cai he scraped together by looting the treasuries of the six states.

Besides that, there are also tea and other items!

This thing... he himself can hardly live without it anymore!

Three cakes a day; he cannot spare even a little bit!

Moreover, he loves strong tea; the stronger the tea, the more he loves to drink it; sometimes, even three cakes are not enough!

In the area of tea, it also added nearly ten million to the treasury's income!

Moreover, it is heard that he also developed some firearms!

"What are firearms?"

Seeing Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao curiously!

Zhao Gao could not explain it clearly either, but he had described it to Seeing Ying Zheng!

One shot from a musket can pierce a person through!

One cannon shot can blast a large group of people to pieces!

"Ah?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was shocked; although he had not witnessed it with his own eyes, just hearing Zhao Gao's description made it feel incredibly awesome!

So, this rebellious son, he still appreciates him.

But... appreciation is one thing; letting him usurp power and become Emperor is absolutely impossible!