[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea":3,"chapter-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea-great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-321":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: I Launched a Coup, Father Emperor, Please Abdicate!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2142199,3529,"Chapter 321","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-321",321,"\u003Cp>\"General Li, when the Emperor left, he said that all military affairs were to be handled by Prime Minister Zhuge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He reminded him from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand now.\" Li Xin finally reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ying Su went to attack the Xiongnu, he handed over all matters, big and small, to Xiao He and Zhuge Liang to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Xiao He was mainly responsible for internal affairs, while Zhuge Liang was responsible for military affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Zhuge Liang was not pursuing the fleeing nobles, he must have his own reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, some things do not need to be kept secret; why not ask Prime Minister Zhuge to explain the reason for not pursuing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Zheng said indifferently from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood Zhuge Liang’s thoughts in his heart, but he still wanted to hear Zhuge Liang say it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, he also felt displeased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because when Ying Su left, he did not confide in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, he, the First Emperor, was not as trustworthy in Ying Su’s heart as Zhuge Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is like this: the Emperor believes that the nobles would definitely rise up in rebellion, but most of the people in the nobles' armies may not necessarily want to follow them in rebellion; they were just coerced by the nobles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To put it bluntly, these soldiers have no loyalty; anyone can control them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that is the case, there is no need to kill them all; instead, we must find a way to turn them into our own army.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Liang stated Ying Su’s thoughts, which were also his own thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this point, he and Ying Su thought alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn them into our own army? How can that be done?\" Li Xin felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discipline of the Great Qin army was strict; anyone who did not follow orders would face certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making those soldiers surrender was almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are many specific methods; generally speaking, it is to first shake their morale, and then divide and disintegrate them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For those who refuse to surrender and resist to the end, we decisively eliminate them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For those who are willing to surrender, we promise them great benefits to entice them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After killing a batch and persuading another batch to surrender, the remaining people will see that the general trend is gone and will be willing to surrender.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuge Liang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how do we know which people are willing to surrender and which people will absolutely not surrender?\" someone beside asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That cannot be said.\" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: \"It is not that I don't trust you, but the rules are just like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Ying Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Prime Minister is right; methods like these specific implementation means belong to details and can only be known by those who execute them.\" Ying Zheng said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was still on the throne, he never interfered with the specific ways his subordinates did things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Wei Pao and the others had already retreated into Huashan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the mountains were high and the forests were dense, and the terrain was dangerous, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the great army stationed here, there was absolutely no need to worry about safety issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Li Li Yuanba came, he wouldn't be able to do much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they couldn't beat him, couldn't they run?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were caves and dense forests everywhere here; if they just burrowed into one, Li Li Yuanba would never find them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a small, flat-topped hill, Meng Tian, Wei Pao, and the others gathered together to discuss their next move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone unanimously agreed that confronting Ying Su head-on was almost impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone Li Li Yuanba, even the army led by Fu Hao and Li Xin was not easy to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems impossible to drive Ying Su off the throne.\" Someone sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, having lost this opportunity, there will never be another chance in the future.\" Another person said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their cannons are too powerful; I heard they can produce many cannonballs in a single day. The longer the time drags on, the more cannons they will have, and we will be even less of a match for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget about the cannons; we can't even deal with a single Li Li Yuanba!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now is not the time to talk about these things, but to discuss what we are going to do next!\" Wei Pao interrupted the discussion impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, Brother Wei, come up with an idea.\" Someone said immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my opinion, we should just stay here in Huashan! The terrain here is too favorable for defense; their cannons won't be able to play much of a role here!\" Wei Pao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay here? Then what about our homes? What about our land?\" Someone asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Pao was stunned for a moment, then immediately deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They risked their heads to send troops to attack Xianyang City, wasn't it just to pay less tax?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they didn't even have land, then what was there to talk about regarding paying more or less tax?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we don't want the land, we can't stay here.\" Meng Tian said: \"It's true that this place is favorable for defense, but where will the food come from? Our food is only enough for half a month; when the food runs out, we can forget about fighting this war!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are animals in the mountains, and wild fruits to eat.\" A noble said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are animals to hunt? Do you know how many animals a mountain can have? Even if you count the rats, it wouldn't be enough to fill the gaps in the teeth of these hundreds of thousands of troops!\" Meng Tian said irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was in a very bad mood right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending a long time with these nobles, he began to wonder if these nobles were idiots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they all ask so many moronic questions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>172. Preparing to Negotiate\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Meng, please come up with an idea; what should we do now?\" Wei Pao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other nobles also looked at Meng Tian with eager eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's negotiate with them.\" Meng Tian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Negotiate?\" Wei Pao was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, negotiate, negotiate with Ying Su!\" Meng Tian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will he negotiate with us? Now that the Xiongnu have basically been wiped out and the north has stabilized, Ying Su can just free up his hands to deal with us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With such a huge advantage, will he still negotiate with us?\" Wei Pao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His advantage is indeed great, but we also have an advantage! Our advantage is our lives!\" Meng Tian stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We still have nearly a million troops; although we can't take the Xianyang Palace, we can take other places!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we are pushed to the edge, we will go and attack other cities and kill them until not a single piece of armor remains!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the time comes and the subjects of Great Qin are mostly killed, let's see how he, Ying Su, can still be Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Tian said with murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing him say this, Wei Pao and the others were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Meng Tian was truly a ruthless person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he preparing to perish together with Great Qin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is our trump card; if he, Ying Su, doesn't want to be an emperor of a bare pole, he must negotiate with us and reduce our taxes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Tian added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree with General Meng’s view.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the worst-case scenario is very scary, the possibility of it really reaching that point is very small, because Ying Su doesn't want that either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, there is a high probability that he will agree to negotiate with us, thereby winning as many benefits for us as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Pao expressed his stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the others heard this, they all felt it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a dog will jump over a wall when cornered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were nobles, nobles with money and armies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ying Su really pushed them to a dead end, then everyone could just finish together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what if he, Ying Su, had a fierce general like Li Li Yuanba?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Li Li Yuanba alone surround this nearly million-strong army?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xianyang was because the goal was to attack the city, so they had to fight in the same place as Li Li Yuanba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the target was any uncertain city or even a mountain village, they could avoid fighting Li Li Yuanba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prime Minister Feng, how about you go and negotiate with Zhuge Liang?\" Meng Tian’s gaze fell on Feng Feng Qiji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Ying Su had not returned, Xianyang City was managed by Zhuge Liang, and Feng Feng Qiji was also a Prime Minister in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in Meng Tian’s view, it was better for Feng Feng Qiji to go and negotiate.\u003C\u002Fp>",1492,"2026-06-16T15:53:56.883Z","2026-06-16T16:02:53.586Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","46f6a4c42dc71fe1c119f97005cfebf51b610848e918c2fdcb93626ace995828","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-322","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-320",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-cover.jpg"]