Chapter 247: Welcoming the Royal Army

When the news came that the one-hundred-thousand border army had been routed and the Qin Guo army was chasing the defeated army toward Xinzheng, everyone in Xinzheng was in an uproar and then fell into fear.

No one expected that the border army would be routed so quickly.

Qin Guo only sent one hundred thousand troops to conquer Han Guo this time. With one hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, even if the Qin Guo soldiers were not as well-trained as the Qin Guo army, they should not have been completely unable to fight back.

As a result, they were wrong.

The Qin general Wang Yi taught them a hard lesson. Even though Wang Yi had suffered some defeats after Bai Qi's death, those who gave him defeats were Lord Xinling Wei Wuji, Le Cheng, and others, definitely not including the generals of Han Guo.

It was also one hundred thousand troops, but the Qin army led by Wang Yi suffered almost no damage and routed the Han Guo army. Among them, there was indeed a reason that Han Guo had no available generals, but this indirectly explained how vulnerable the Han Guo army was.

This was not surprising.

After all, the previous Han Guo Grand General was Ji Wuye.

When Ji Wuye was Grand General, he basically did everything, except for one thing: training soldiers. He formed cliques for personal gain, secretly plotted military pay, and privately sold military equipment. The entire army had become filthy and corrupt. After Ji Wuye died, this situation did not improve.

The Han Guo army had long since rotted to the roots.

The Han Guo Crown Prince and Chancellor Zhang Kaidi did not understand the reason. When they learned that the army had been routed, they once suspected that it was fake news. After confirming it was true, they could not help but fall into deep silence, and then, it was anger.

They thought that after gathering enough grain, they could use the border army to resist Qin Guo's invasion. As a result, they were wrong; the border army was so vulnerable.

What they did not expect even more was that after Wang Yi routed their army, he did not stop, but came all the way toward Xinzheng. Obviously, the cities and lands that had fallen into Qin Guo's hands were not enough to satisfy Qin Guo's appetite.

Qin Guo is prepared to destroy Han Guo in one fell swoop!

After realizing this, the Han Guo monarch and ministers, after anger, fell into fear one after another.

Court meetings, one after another.

Facing the aggressive Qin Guo army, the Han Guo Crown Prince could only ask his ministers for advice, hoping they could come up with a way to retreat the enemy. Unfortunately, it was destined to be in vain. In the court, there were mostly empty talkers. Talking and talking, it was nothing more than ceding land to seek peace, and fighting to the death with Qin Guo.

Ceding land to seek peace? Qin Guo must be willing to accept it. Now that Qin Guo has occupied so much territory and has not yet withdrawn its troops, it means their appetite is bigger than imagined.

As for fighting to the death?

Does Han Guo still have the ability to fight to the death with Qin Guo?

After the court meeting ended, Ji Yihu returned to the mansion and immediately sent someone to summon the Straw-Cloaked Guest.

Han Guo was facing such a crisis, which made him feel a deep sense of crisis. He could not help but rethink what the Straw-Cloaked Guest had said earlier and prepared to find another way out for himself.

After the Straw-Cloaked Guest arrived, Ji Yihu hurriedly asked: "Sir, if I surrender to Qin Guo and take the initiative to help Qin Guo occupy Xinzheng, will Qin Guo be willing to accept my surrender?"

In the face of a national disaster, some people chose to fight to the death with Qin Guo, while others, from the beginning, only cared about themselves.

It can only be said that Ji Yihu is indeed Ji Wuye's biological son, and in terms of selfishness, he is exactly the same as Ji Wuye.

Seeing that Han Guo was about to fail, he could not help but start thinking about his own retreat.

But there was another problem before this, which was whether Qin Guo was willing to accept his surrender. You know, he had no channels to contact Qin Guo.

"The young general may not know that when the Grand General was still alive, the Night Curtain had many collaborations with Qin Guo's Luo Wang organization. We can contact Qin Guo's Luo Wang organization to discuss this matter!" The Straw-Cloaked Guest explained to Ji Yihu.

Hearing this, Ji Yihu's eyes flickered slightly, and he could not help but look at the Straw-Cloaked Guest more. "Sir advised me earlier, I am afraid it was Luo Wang's idea!"

The Straw-Cloaked Guest frowned, just about to explain.

Ji Yihu said again: "I don't mean to blame you, Sir, I just hope you can say a few good words for me to Luo Wang, hoping that Qin Guo can remember the merit I have made this time!"

The Straw-Cloaked Guest said: "The young general can rest assured. Qin Guo has always been clear about rewards and punishments. Even ordinary people, as long as they make military contributions, can rise to high positions and obtain titles."

"If the young general can help Qin Guo destroy Han Guo, this is the merit of destroying a country, enough for the young general to be enfeoffed as a marquis and general in Qin Guo!"

Hearing the four words "enfeoffed as a marquis and general," Ji Yihu's eyes suddenly brightened, and he gradually made up his mind.

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The night was deep. Because the Qin Guo army continued to approach Xinzheng City, and the crisis caused by the domestic drought had not been resolved, under internal and external troubles, the Han Guo Crown Prince summoned his ministers again to discuss countermeasures.

Although a court meeting was held in the morning, and another court meeting was held at night, it was inevitable that it seemed a bit frequent.

But it is not certain that someone thought of a countermeasure after a day.

Many ministers walked into the court hall with anxious expressions. Since the drought occurred, they basically had not slept well. After Chancellor Zhang Kaidi dragged his old body into the court, this court meeting officially began.

The Han Guo Crown Prince sat on the throne, just about to speak and continue to ask his ministers for advice, suddenly, he found that someone was missing, and could not help but ask: "Where did General Ji go?"

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Hearing the Han Guo Crown Prince's words, many ministers also found that someone was indeed missing.

Ji Yihu was gone.

After Ji Wuye died, Ji Yihu inherited his title. The Han Guo Crown Prince valued Ji Yihu very much. Many ministers knew that this was to appease the old subordinates of Ji Wuye. Although Ji Wuye died, his power back then was too great, and his old subordinates still controlled a large amount of energy.

"Perhaps General Ji has other important matters, so he was delayed for the court meeting!" Someone speculated.

The Han Guo Crown Prince nodded. Although Ji Yihu did not come, the court meeting continued.

Just as the court meeting was about to end, suddenly, a burst of shouting and killing came from outside.

This made the expressions of many ministers in the court hall change slightly.

Then, they knew where the shouting and killing came from.

Ji Yihu was wearing armor, and there was undried blood on the armor. He held his father's sword, Ba Chi, and led a large army to kill into the court hall.

That night, Xinzheng changed. Ji Yihu, through the Night Curtain, contacted many of Ji Wuye's old subordinates, and with the power of the city guards, fiercely killed into the palace and launched a mutiny. Many ministers participating in the court meeting, along with the Han Guo Crown Prince, became his prisoners.

Another few days passed.

Qin Guo General Wang Yi's army arrived outside Xinzheng City. Ji Yihu, carrying many prisoners, opened the city gate and took the initiative to surrender to welcome the royal army! ===== CHAPTER 249 =====