Chapter 158

And while he said nothing, Wang Jian knelt down:

"Your Majesty, the Emperor, this old minister has come today with three matters to speak to Your Majesty about!"

"Speak!"

Ying Zheng sighed!

Wang Jian knelt and said, "First, Wang Jian has come to bid farewell to the Emperor!"

"What?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Ying Zheng was stunned!

"Bid farewell?"

"You... where are you going?"

Ying Zheng's head buzzed with chaotic thoughts!

Wang Jian said, "The second matter is that I have come to ask for a marriage alliance! I wish to marry Wang Lan to the New Emperor. On the day of the wedding, I hope the First Emperor will grant my father's wish and attend the banquet!"

"You... you..."

Ying Zheng was stunned into numbness!

In that moment, he was overwhelmed with shock!

Wang Jian continued to kneel: "The third matter is the reason I am bidding farewell to the Emperor. Because I am about to march to war. The New Emperor issued an order three days ago: in fifteen days, the great army will march to attack the Xiongnu, and he has appointed Wang Jian as the Grand General of the Left Route. Now, only twelve days remain! Wang Jian must make numerous preparations!"

"So, I am bidding farewell in advance!"

"You... you..."

Ying Zheng was stunned into numbness again!

At this moment, he truly felt his scalp go numb!

Wang Jian continued to kneel and said:

"Beyond this, Wang Jian has one further request, which is... Wang Jian hopes that during this campaign against the Xiongnu, the First Emperor can contribute his strength!"

"Withdraw two hundred thousand of the thirty thousand Meng family troops under General Meng Tian to participate in the attack on the Xiongnu!"

"In this way, in as little as half a year, or at most a year, the Xiongnu can be destroyed!"

Wang Jian spoke while bowing his head in kowtow!

"You..."

"You..."

Ying Zheng ground his teeth in fury!

Wang Jian continued:

"Wang Jian will forever be loyal to the First Emperor, forever loyal to Great Qin, and forever loyal to Your Majesty, the Emperor!"

"But the greatest threat to Great Qin now is the Xiongnu. Once the Xiongnu are destroyed, Great Qin will have no foreign enemies for a hundred years, or even a thousand!"

He shouted while performing the kowtow!

Ying Zheng trembled and shivered continuously.

He still said nothing; at this very moment, his eyes were fixed intently on Wang Jian!

At this very moment, he felt only rage!

Endless fury, ready to burst into the sky!

Wang Jian took a deep breath; at this very moment, though his face remained calm, inside... his heart was in turmoil!

This... this counts as directly confronting the First Emperor, doesn't it?

This is the first time Wang Jian has done such a thing!

But... when it comes to the great matter of attacking the Xiongnu!

Wang Jian did just that!

Directly confronting the First Emperor!

At this very moment, his heart truly churned like a stormy sea!

And Ying Zheng remained silent!

He said nothing; at this very moment, he only stared fixedly at Wang Jian, his fists clenched as if they were about to burst!

At this very moment, he felt only rage in his heart!

What does Wang Jian mean by this?

Has he surrendered?

Does he intend to become a traitorous minister like Li Si?

Ying Zheng erupted in fury!

At this very moment, only one thing turned in his mind: kill Wang Jian, kill Wang Jian!

He was furious!

Truly furious!

Since that rebellious son Ying Su threatened him, his heart had been consumed by rage!

Now, this old Wang Jian has come to anger him as well!

He truly wants to drive me mad with rage!

He was filled with boundless fury!

At this very moment, no!

And Wang Jian was trembling a bit!

At that moment, the atmosphere was oppressively heavy!

The air was silent to the extreme!

And just as the situation remained deadlocked, suddenly, Zhao Gao burst in!

He burst in, stumbling and crawling!

"Emperor!"

"Emperor!"

"Urgent report!"

"Urgent report!"

He shouted loudly, clutching a blood-stained memorial as he hurriedly burst in!

Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned!

This was the first time he had ever seen Zhao Gao in such a state!

Even Wang Jian lost his composure, looking at Zhao Gao in confusion!

He could not understand at all why Zhao Gao was like this!

Zhao Gao cried out in anguish:

"Young Master Prince Fusu reports that while General Meng Tian's main army was away, the Xiongnu attacked the Great Wall!"

"Young Master Prince Fusu fought to the death without ceasing, but... he could not hold back the Xiongnu army!"

"Now, the Great Wall has already fallen!"

"Yan Sect Pass has been occupied by the Xiongnu!"

"Young Master Prince Fusu is leading a remnant force of one hundred thousand to retreat and defend!"

"But behind Yan Sect Pass, there is no strategic ground to hold; they can only retreat again and again, possibly all the way to Taiyuan!"

084. Seeing Ying Zheng: A calamity from heaven, what does it have to do with me? I am not the Emperor!

"What?"

"The Great Wall has fallen, and Yan Sect Pass has been occupied by the Xiongnu?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned!

His face was filled with shock and disbelief.

And in that instant, he inexplicably thought of the words Wei Wei Liaozi had spoken before.

General Meng Tian was currently in a standoff with the Xiongnu; if troops from Shang Commandery were mobilized, it would very likely create pressure on General Meng Tian!

If General Meng Tian were moved here, the Great Wall would very likely fall into danger!

At that time, upon hearing these words, he felt Wei Wei Liaozi lacked tact, and he was very angry, very furious.

But he never expected that Wei Wei Liaozi's words would actually come true, completely predicting what he had said!

Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned!