General Qin

Zhao Tuo sat in the deputy envoy's car, looked at the rapidly receding scenery on both sides of the road, and couldn't help shaking his head.

How can driving a car feel good.

Looking at the figure in front of him sitting in the royal hand, concentrating on the bridle and riding the horse, he felt a sense of envy instead.

Ever since that day when Zhao Tuo killed Qin Wuyang under Jing Ke's pressure during the fierce fight in the forest, he changed suddenly after leaving the bamboo forest, and he became the deputy envoy of the convoy instead.

As for Qin Wuyang.

As a child of the Yan family, because his family has a large amount of land assets in the land of Dukang, he does not want the king of Yan to beg for peace from the Qin people in this land.

In addition, he had a good relationship with Fan Yuqi, the descendant of the Qin State, and he had a heart of revenge for him.

For this reason, Qin Wuyang colluded with Han Nan, a ranger who bears the national feud, and secretly attacked the convoy on behalf of Wang Jia in order to destroy the peace talks between Yan and Qin.

This matter was found out by Le Cheng, and it happened that Le Cheng was killed that night, and Han Nan wanted to blame Zhao Tuo. But unexpectedly, Zhao Tuo was quick-witted and exposed it on the spot.

After Han Nan's death, Qin Wuyang restrained his destructive heart and continued to look for opportunities to do it. But as the convoy entered the territory of Qin State, the chances became increasingly slim.

After all, Qin Wuyang couldn't bear it any longer, and just this morning, he wanted to assassinate the envoy Jing Ke, hoping to make this Yan-Qin peace talks fail.

Fortunately, Zhao Tuo, the imperial guard, noticed that Qin Wuyang's plot failed and was beheaded by Jing Ke on the spot.

In the diplomatic relations of various countries, there must be two envoys and deputy envoys. Jing Ke made a temporary decision. Although Zhao Tuo is young, he is wise and brave enough to take on the important task of deputy envoys.

...

The above is what Jing Ke said about this matter.

This time Yan envoys to Qin, with Jing Ke as the main envoy and Qin Wuyang as the deputy envoy, it stands to reason that they cannot be replaced at will.

But in fact, after leaving the country of Yan, Jing Ke has the final say on the entire convoy, and he is the boss.

The elite guards of the Yan Kingdom only listened to the orders of the envoys. Their task was to guard Fan Yuqi's head and the map of Dukang, and they ignored everything else.

As for the rangers recruited, Jing Ke was originally a ranger, and he was admired by Crown Prince Dan of the Yan Kingdom as a minister, and since then his reputation has risen, and the rangers will sell his face.

On the contrary, it was Qin Wuyang, who had always been proud, relying on generations of nobles who never paid attention to rangers, now disappeared from the convoy, which made people applaud.

Qin Wuyang turned into a corpse, and the convoy became Jing Ke's speech. He said that whoever is the deputy envoy is the deputy envoy.

Even if someone had doubts in their hearts, at least no one dared to raise objections on the surface.

Zhao Tuo was quite apprehensive at first, but soon got used to it.

There is a huge gap between being the deputy envoy of the convoy and being the driving driver.

Not only can you travel by car, but you don't have to work.

You can also eat meat every meal, and eat whatever you want.

For Zhao Tuo who hasn't eaten a full meal since his rebirth, this benefit is better than anything else. As for the follow-up issue of life and death, we can only discuss it in the long run.

Zhao Tuo transferred Heng from the rear of the carriage to the deputy envoy's carriage to serve as his driving hand.

One reason is that when you are rich, you can't forget your good brother, let Heng follow him to eat meat and drink soup, and don't have to chew the hard-to-eat dry rice.

Secondly, Heng and himself are both from Zhao, so they have a good relationship. Although the technique of horizontal driving is not very good, but if the technique is not good, you can practice it slowly. The most important thing is to be loyal to yourself.

Zhao Tuo knew very well that there were still many people in the convoy harboring malice towards him.

Such as Qiyang.

...

The convoy marched westward, and a majestic Guancheng appeared in front of it half a day later.

Hangu Pass!

"It really is a dangerous place!"

Zhao Tuo looked up and saw that Guancheng was sandwiched between two mountains, and the terrain was dangerous.

This is the most important pass of the Qin State. It occupies the plateau in the west, Juejian in the east, Qinling in the south, and the Yellow River in the north. It is called Hangu because it is as deep and dangerous as a letter.

Relying on the danger of Hangu Pass, Qin State defeated the princes of the Guandong several times.

The so-called scholars of the Six Kingdoms conquered the pass and attacked Qin with ten times the land and millions of people. The Qin people switch and extend the enemy, the division of the nine countries, linger and dare not enter. Qin has no money for the dead arrow, but the princes of the world are already trapped.

Beyond Hangu Pass is Kanto.

Within Hangu Pass, it is called Guanzhong, which is the land commonly known as "Old Qin People" in later generations.

When the convoy reached the gate of Hangu, people in the city had already gone out to greet them, exchanging documents with the generals of the Qin army who escorted them along the way.

The Qin law is extremely detailed, and the daily actions of the Qin army who are tasked must have strict records. How many miles they travel in a day, as for where, and whether there is any loss of personnel, all must be written in the book, and there must be relevant handover records.

"Jing Qing, the last general's mission has been accomplished, so I bid farewell here."

After the handover of the generals of the Qin Army at Guancheng, they came on horseback and bid farewell to Jing Ke.

This Qin army was appointed by the general Wang Jian and escorted all the way from the Zhongshan camp to ensure the safety of the envoy's convoy from the state of Yan.

When they arrive at Hangu Pass, the relevant people in the convoy will meet them, and they will return to Zhongshan Daying to report.

Without Xianyang's edict, no Qin army can enter the pass without authorization.

After saying goodbye to Jing Ke, General Qin led his knights to leave. When he reached the auxiliary carriage, he bowed his hands slightly and bowed to Zhao Tuo.

"Meet the general."

Zhao Tuo quickly returned the gift.

This Qin general looked about twenty-five or sixteen, with big eyes and thick eyebrows, a short beard under his jaw, and a burly body under his armor, like a full-grown bull, very mighty.

Zhao Tuo knew that this cavalry of the Qin Army was selected by Wang Jian as an elite, well equipped and disciplined.

They escorted the envoys' convoy from Zhongshan Daying to Hangu Pass. They were only responsible for escorting and guiding the convoy along the way, and they never spoke privately with the Yan Guo convoy. But Zhao Tuo was sure that they were very clear about what happened to the convoy on the road .

Especially the death of Qin Wuyang, and the fact that he took over as the deputy envoy, this is absolutely impossible to hide, but I don't know if Jing Ke's rhetoric can hide the past.

However, the Qin general didn't question the matter, he just nodded to Zhao Tuo and wanted to lead the team away.

Zhao Tuo's heart moved. He felt that this general of the Qin Army was quite calm, and he would never ask about things that should not be asked, and he would definitely have achievements in the future.

He couldn't help asking: "I don't know the name of the general yet, can you tell me?"

General Qin turned his head, smiled and said, "My name is Su Jiao."

Su Jiao?

Zhao Tuo looked thoughtfully at the escorting Qin army going away.

Su Jiao.

He had heard this name before.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, at the time of the Chu and Han Dynasties, there were three Qin generals in Julu.

Wang Li, She Jian, Su Jiao.

...

It was Meng Yu, the fifth senior official of the Qin State, who was in charge of receiving the envoys from the State of Yan at Hangu Pass.

This person is about forty years old, tall and thin, wearing a high crown and dark black clothes. With elegant posture and piercing eyes, he is a shrewd person at first glance.

Sure enough, after handing over to Jing Ke, Meng Yu politely invited the convoy to enter the customs, while on the other hand, he started to attack.

"I heard that your country's deputy envoy died on the way. The new envoy is a boy in his teens. How can he take on the important role of deputy envoy at such an age?" Meng Yu glanced at Zhao Tuo and said with a smile on his face.

He didn't get entangled in Qin Wuyang's death, but fought against Zhao Tuo's age, as if he wanted to give Yan's envoy a disgrace.

Hearing this, Jing Ke didn't answer, and turned his head to signal Zhao Tuo with his eyes.

Zhao Tuo knew what Jing Ke meant.

He raised his chest and raised his head, and said in a loud voice: "Doctor Meng's words are wrong. Tuo has something to say, and I ask the doctor to hear it."