General Qin

"Your Majesty personally gave you an axe, which can kill all the generals in the army."

Zhao Tuo couldn't help smiling wryly when he thought of the scene where Li Xin split open the wooden case with an axe.

Meng Wu is indeed a mature and prudent man, as Zhao Tuo expected, he vetoed Li Xin's strange plan in front of the generals, and almost turned the situation around.

But unfortunately, although Meng Wu has qualifications, he is only a lieutenant general. In the face of the power bestowed on Li Xin by Qin Wangzheng, he still lowered his head after all.

There is no second order in the army!

Those who order the second order will be punished!

In an army, there can only be one voice.

After the military discussion ended, Li Xin made a final decision on the combat strategy of the 200,000 Qin troops. Today, when the generals return to camp, they will rest and deliver military orders. Tomorrow morning, we will start combat operations according to Li Xin's deployment.

Now that the result has come out, Zhao Tuo no longer tries to change it. After he returns to the camp, he asks Shejian to arrange logistics to kill cattle and sheep to feed the soldiers. At least before going to the battlefield, he must give everyone a good meal.

After handing over the rest of the military affairs to several two or five hundred masters, Zhao Tuo walked towards Huaiyang City with Xiqigu and a few short soldiers.

His excuse for entering the city was to visit Huan Zhao, who was recuperating in Huaiyang City, and bid farewell to him before his departure.

Zhao Tuo was not under the jurisdiction of the captain and general Pi, so he did not need to report to others when he entered the city directly. As for Li Xin, if he knew the news, he would probably just pat Zhao Tuo on the shoulder and praise him for his love of robes.

Of course, the relationship between Zhao Tuo and Huan Zhao was not deep enough to visit before leaving. The reason why he used this pretense was just to go into the city to find out the reality of the city.

"Historically, Lord Changping used Huaiyang to fight against Qin, cutting off the Qin army's retreat, which led to the defeat of this battle against Chu. Now because of my participation, Li Xin's battle plan is definitely different from the history, but This person's rebellion should not change."

Zhao Tuo walked through the gate of Huaiyang City and entered the former capital of Chu State.

In Huaiyang City, it was depressing and solemn, perhaps because of the Qin army stationed outside the city, the original residents of the city were all shrunk at home, and rarely went out except for necessary things. The streets in the city couldn't even see a child playing. A gust of wind blew past and was full of dust and dust, making it look very desolate.

Zhao Tuo walked to a corner with short soldiers, just in time to meet a young man from Chu who was carrying water.

The boy, who looked about eleven or twelve years old, was turning around with difficulty carrying a broken wooden bucket. The slightly muddy water in the barrel was rippling with the boy's movements.

Maybe it was because he didn't expect to meet a group of Qin people at the corner, especially the leader of the Qin people who wore a shining crown on his head. The boy was startled, slipped his foot and fell heavily to the ground, The wooden barrel overturned on the ground, and even he himself hit a stone, and blood flowed from his forehead.

Zhao Tuo frowned and signaled Xiqigu to come forward to help.

As soon as Xiqigu took a few steps, the boy jumped up in shock. He covered the wound on his head, glared at Zhao Tuo with hatred, murmured a few incomprehensible words, and then even I don't want the barrel anymore, so I ran away.

"Mr. Marquis, what was this kid talking about just now?"

Xiqigu looked stunned, he didn't understand the Chu dialect.

Zhao Tuo shrugged, indicating that he did not understand either.

But judging from the boy's expression, maybe he was called something like "Qin Kou"?

"One year ago, all the residents in the city were Chu people. Going back several generations, they were all Chu people. Although Qin State took Huaiyang, it couldn't win the hearts of Chu people. So Lord Changping raised his banner, The whole city of Huaiyang is rebelling."

Zhao Tuo's heart was heavy, thinking of the hateful eyes of that young man from Chu just now, he thought it was also the wish of the 50,000 Chu people in the entire Huaiyang City.

People's hearts are like this, as long as there is a leader to take the lead, it is really a whole city of rebellion!

In the blink of an eye, thousands or even tens of thousands of Chu troops could be gathered.

"Let's go."

Zhao Tuo sighed lightly, knowing that he had already seen the future results from the young man from Chu just now.

Lord Changping raised his arms and shouted, Huaiyang turned back behind Mengwu, cutting off the Qin army's food and returning home, and the Chu army echoed in Xiangcheng, how can they be undefeated in such a battle?

Everyone walked outside a big mansion, which was the mansion of the nobles of Chu State, and it was quite elegant and splendid. Huan Zhao needed to recuperate nearby due to a heart attack, so he was sent to this house so that he could recuperate here with peace of mind.

Zhao Tuo asked the soldiers guarding the gate to report and ask to see Huan Zhao.

However, after a while, the soldier came out of the mansion, and said awkwardly: "Report to Zhao Junhou, You Shuchang said that he is not feeling well, and it is inconvenient to receive the Junhou. Junhou, please go back."

"Since that's the case, then I have no choice but another day... Forget it, you tell Brother Huan to let him recover from his illness. Also, be careful of Chu people."

Halfway through Zhao Tuo's polite speech, he suddenly remembered that if Huaiyang was rebellious, Huan Zhao would surely fall into the hands of the Chu people here. At that point, it might be difficult for the two of them to see each other again.

Although they have discord with each other, they are almost enemies. But after all, it was a battle of robes, especially when Zhao Tuo first entered the battlefield, he fought under Huan Zhao, and this person was his real old leader.

Now that Huan Zhao lives in this city, his chances of future are slim, and his future is uncertain when he goes out with the army.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh, and walked back.

"Be careful of Chu people?"

Lying on the couch, Huan Zhao frowned, and asked the woman standing beside the couch to help him up.

"Zhao Tuo, don't think I don't know what you're up to. You just want to show off in front of me that you can go to the battlefield and make meritorious deeds, while I can only sit on the sick bed. Bah, shameless villain, really hateful. See me Let you enter the mansion, and tell me to be careful of the Chu people before leaving, are you deliberately trying to scare me? Hehe, Huaiyang has Lord Changping sitting in the town, and there are 200,000 troops at the front. How can the Chu people fight here? Why be careful?"

"I think you, Zhao Tuo, should be careful about the people of Chu when you go to the battlefield. It would be better if you were caught by the people of Chu who made a mistake, tortured you severely, and forced you to surrender. When General Li destroys the state of Chu, you Zhao Tuo I will also be ruined! Only by ending up like this will I be able to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Huan Zhao cursed viciously, and after finishing speaking, he turned to the woman next to the couch and said, "Bring me a bowl of honey water."

The woman raised her head and stared blankly at Huan Zhao.

"Honey water, go get it, idiot."

Huan Zhao gave the woman a vicious look, and she trembled, and hurried out to fetch honey water.

"These Chu girls are really stupid, it's better to use Qin girls."

Huan Zhao muttered, and fell asleep on the couch again.

Huaiyang city head.

Lord Changping stood on the city wall, facing south, when the autumn wind blew, his sleeves fluttered and fluttered.

Under the city wall, several Qin people were walking out of the city gate and heading for the military camp not far away.

Lord Changping's eyes fell on the young man who was the leader, wearing a crown and armor, he was quite heroic.

"Zhao Tuo."

He murmured: "It would be a pity for such a young man to die on the battlefield."

Instead, he looked at the two men standing beside him.

This is the loyal dead man that Lord Changping has raised over the years, and he can give up his life to do anything for him.

"Tomorrow, when the army pulls out of the camp, there will be scouts sent out to scout the way forward. I will also send a group of scouts out of the city to scout the movement of the Chu army. Then you will follow. However, instead of going to Xiangcheng, go east to Xinqi. Go, there are people waiting there, do you understand?"

"I understand."

The two looked at each other and agreed.

Mr. Changping nodded, and turned his head to look outside the city again.

Watching the young man's figure drift away, a stern look appeared in his eyes.

"Since it can't be collected, let's destroy it."

...

Zhao Tuo went back to the camp and feasted on the soldiers that night, letting the soldiers under his command eat extravagantly, filling their bellies one by one. Every soldier was satisfied and had no objection to going to the battlefield tomorrow.

It was early the next morning.

Outside the city of Huaiyang, drums were beating loudly.

In every barracks, there were crowds of people, and soldiers in armor and spears began to line up in ranks.

Zhao Tuo, wearing armor all over, walked out of the tent and walked to the school grounds.

The five thousand soldiers under his command have been arranged neatly under the command of the generals of the various ministries.

The soldiers were valiant and full of energy, their eyes all fell on the young military marquis on the stage.

"Reporting to the Marquis, the five thousand people of the whole song have been assembled. Please give the order!"

Xiqigu pleaded loudly.

Zhao Tuo nodded, his eyes swept across the excited or expectant faces.

He took a deep breath, raised his hand and said, "Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

The drums beat.

Outside Huaiyang City, more than 100,000 soldiers of the Qin Army set off from camp.

The 70,000 Qin army, led by Lieutenant General Meng Wu, attacked southward under the banner of General Li Xin, heading straight for Xiangcheng on the side of Yingshui.

The 30,000 Guanzhong elites and the 5,000 soldiers under Zhao Tuo's command, under the leadership of the general Li Xin, headed west under the banner of Mengwu.

They will come to a roundabout battle, like a sharp knife, piercing the heart of Chu State from the flank...

When writing Lishi earlier, some book friends questioned why cattle, an important production tool, were slaughtered for rewards.

According to many ancient records, the government often gave cattle and wine as rewards. There are even unearthed Qin bamboo slip records for the army slaughtering cattle and encouraging soldiers.

"The Bamboo Slips of the Qin Tomb in Sleeping Tiger Land: The Way of Being an Official" attaches the law of Wei Ben's life: enjoy (cook) cattle and food, and give them ginseng rice instead of rat (give) food.

At least in Qin State and Wei State, there are laws and regulations for rewarding soldiers with cattle, and other countries think the same.

Thanks for the rewards of the book friend Xuejie Ziebang and the book friend Insoluble in Water, as well as the votes and support of all book friends, thank you!

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