General Qin

Ting Wei Li Si came out of the Qin Palace.

As he walked, he counted the steps under his feet, step by step.

His dry eyes gradually moistened.

When he reached the steps, thinking of the news he had just heard from the emperor, Li Silao burst into tears and wailed in his heart.

"My son is odd."

"My son is odd!"

Li Si's worries all along came true.

Da Qin fought in all directions, and all three generals won, but Li You lost alone!

All this is because of the word "odd number".

Even the matter of Li You's victory in Nanjun was revealed.

According to the records of the Taiwei Mansion, when Li You conquered Nanjun, he failed for the first time and was almost captured by the barbarians. It was not until the second time that he attacked the barbarians with fire.

Therefore, Li You's victory in Nanjun was not smooth sailing.

These kinds of things all confirmed the rumor of "Li Youshuqi" that was once widely circulated.

The so-called odd number.

In the technique of divination, even is good luck and odd is bad.

People with odd numbers are at a disadvantage.

With such a person as the commander of the army, it is easy to cause accidents when sent out to fight.

Although it is not necessarily true that there will be problems in every battle, for example, when Li You attacked the barbarians in Nanjun, he won in the end.

But no one can be sure in which battle he will have an accident. What if he is "strange" at the most critical moment?

This kind of character is a general, even the powerful Daqin can't stand it.

For example, the Southwest defeat this time was really a big joke.

However, after the first emperor called Li Si, he did not reprimand him angrily. Instead, after complaining, he comforted Li Si and promised to send troops to the southwest as soon as possible to rescue Li You.

Yes, the reason why the emperor didn't get angry with Li Si wasn't just because Li Si's ability and status made the emperor restrain his anger, but because Li You didn't return after the Southwest defeat.

According to the battle report, the county lieutenant Li You used fire to attack the Southwestern Yi, and built a five-foot road all the way to the vicinity of Dian Kingdom.

The King of Dian colluded with those Yi people in the southwest who were defeated by Li You, pretending to surrender, but in fact launched a surprise attack.

The number of Southwestern Yi people gathered in that battle was too large, and several surrounding Southwestern Yi kingdoms and the Dian Kingdom joined forces to send troops, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers.

Although the Qin army was well-equipped, but with few enemies and many enemies, and being attacked by surprise, it was naturally very difficult to resist, and they fought and retreated, but in the end they did not retreat to Shu County.

The Qin army suffered a major defeat, and only a small number of troops fled all the way back to Shu. Many soldiers of the Qin army were either killed by those barbarians or captured. Even the county lieutenant Li You also disappeared in the chaos. Know if you were caught by the other party.

Of course, it is also possible that he died in the rebellion and his head was chopped off by the barbarians.

Under such circumstances, no matter how angry Shi Huangdi was, he couldn't vent his anger on Li Si after thinking about it for a while.

After all, Li Si was old, if he reprimanded him, coupled with the pain of losing his son, and died of agitation, then he would lose a right-hand man.

Because he was worried about his son's safety, Li Si, who had always been strong, couldn't help crying at this moment.

For this ineffective eldest son, he devoted too much effort.

"It's not my son's fault, it's just that his life is bad."

"Yu'er, it's not suitable for fighting."

Li Si comforted himself while looking towards the southwest with some despair.

Can his son come back?

In two days, news of Shu's defeat spread throughout Xianyang City, causing an uproar.

All Xianyang Qin people were stunned.

Now the Great Qin is powerful all over the world. The Yue clan, Xiongnu and Donghu who ruled the grassland are all hanged and beaten by the Qin army. Even Dongou in the south surrendered. .

The war from the southwest has poured cold water on them.

The Qin army was defeated in its expedition to the Dian Kingdom, and was completely killed by the barbarians in the southwest. Thousands of people were captured and killed, and even the county lieutenant of Shu County disappeared without news.

In such a situation, countless people were shocked and angry.

However, when many people heard the name of the Shu County captain, they fell silent.

Li You.

Since Li You is the commander in chief, everything is normal.

They could only sigh secretly, and curse a few words like "Li You wronged the country" in a place where no one was around.

In Marquis Wugong's mansion, a banquet was being held.

Although Daqin forbade the low-level officials to drink alcohol for no reason, this decree was invalid for the upper-level nobles, and the high-level nobles still lived a luxurious life.

In the Hou's mansion, there were staggered cups of wine.

The table full of delicacies delighted the eyes, and the hot wine under the fire was steaming, floating into the noses of everyone.

The host of the banquet was Marquis Marquis Zhao Tuo.

Some of the people attending the banquet were his old subordinates who stayed in Xianyang, such as Shejian, Heiyu, Zhonglimei, Lu Wan, Li Shang, Li Shiqi and so on.

The other part is his friends in Xianyang, such as Ren Xiao, and Zhang Han and other former officials of the Shaofu.

Zhao Tuo originally wanted to invite Tu Sui to ease the relationship between the two parties, but it turned out that Tu Sui had asked for orders to go to Changsha County last year to serve as the county guard there.

The purpose of the banquet this time was for Zhao Tuo to introduce Fan Kuai, Xiao He, and Cao Can, who were newly recruited, to others.

Everyone is their own confidant, so they need to know each other and form a network of relationships.

Now, Zhao Tuo understands the importance of managing contacts, no matter in any era or in any society, this must be managed well.

This time, among the subordinates who followed Zhao Tuo back to Beijing to receive the reward, Guo Qing had already left first because he was still in charge of the county's Sima.

Although Fan Kui and the others have been promoted to titles, they have not yet been assigned positions. After all, the time for appointment has passed, and there is no suitable position for them to arrange. After the appointment next year, they will probably be able to be appointed. Of course, when the Qin army conquers the Yuezhi next time, they can also ask for orders to go and serve in the army.

"I heard that Brother Fan was called the Enemy of a Hundred People in the army. He was able to kill King Youguli of the Xiongnu from among thousands of troops, and even captured Marquis Xi of the Yue clan. We really admire him for his bravery!"

Zhong Limei raised wine to congratulate Fan Kuai.

Fan Kuai laughed out loud, raised his wine and said, "Brother Zhongli is laughing, I have heard people say that brother Zhongli once captured the Great Sima of Qi State, he is a big man, much more powerful than the barbarians outside the Great Wall."

"Speaking of which..."

Zhong Limei laughed, pointed at Lu Wan next to him, and said, "Brother Lu, he personally captured Old King Yan in the Xiongnu camp, which is much more senior than what we captured."

Lu Wan's face blossomed with a smile: "Luck, luck, I just had a destiny with King Yan, and I just caught it by chance. It can't compare to the abilities of the two of you. I will offer you a toast first."

The three flattered each other and all laughed.

Next to him, Li Shiqi interjected: "The three of you can achieve great achievements, isn't it because of the presence of a prince, if there is no prince, would you have the opportunity to make these great achievements?"

All three of them nodded and said: "Exactly, if there is no king, we are nothing more than a lowly villain. To be able to achieve this feat, we should respect the king."

Others also followed up one after another, saying that the Marquis of Martial Arts had contributed to the support, and finally it became a toast to Zhao Tuo together.

Zhao Tuo smiled, raised his glass to congratulate each other, and said, "It's the result of your hard work that you can have today's honor. If you don't have the ability, even with my support, how can you get today's high position."

Everyone laughed, and once again talking about Marquis Wu Gong, the atmosphere seemed very happy.

In such a situation, Zhao Tuo saw Ren Xiao drinking alone there, and his face was a little ugly.

He thought it was the flattery of his subordinates that made Ren Xiao feel a little out of place, so he said, "I have said that, don't give all the credit to me. Brother Ren didn't walk with me in the past, but when he attacked Chu, Also captured the Right Sima of Chu State, such a great achievement is all due to the strength of Brother Ren, we should also respect Brother Ren."

"That's right, Brother Ren is also a powerful player in the world, we should respect Brother Ren for a cup."

Li Shiqi responded quickly, and immediately raised his glass to join him.

Shejian, Heiyu, and other people who had been in contact with Ren Xiao for a long time also raised their glasses with smiles, praising Ren Xiao's achievements in capturing the right Sima of Chu State when he destroyed Chu.

Unexpectedly, under the praise of everyone, Ren Xiao smiled wryly and shook his head.

"No, the capture of You Sima of Chu State in the battle of Rushui in the past was not done by Ren Xiao alone. Brother Li led the army to entangle Ye Sheng's 10,000 people, so I could lead people to catch up. Without Li Brother Li, how could I, Ren Xiao, catch up with those Chu people, I have always owed Brother Li a lot."

Ren Xiao sighed while talking, he is a man of loyalty, and he has always been grateful to Li You.

Fan Kui asked suspiciously, "Brother Ren is talking about Li You, the Commandant of Qi Qi?"

Count odd county lieutenant!

It was in these two days that the new title given to Li You by the Qin people in Xianyang was widely spread for a while.

Ren Xiao said in a low voice: "Yes. It's a pity that brother Li's fate is not good, and he is still being plotted by barbarians in the southwest. There is no news so far. Thinking of this, I really can't drink."

Hei Hip also recalled the incident of the attack on Chu back then, and couldn't help sighing: "This is how odd people fight. I still remember that when we attacked Chu before, we were almost overtaken by Chu Zuo Sima's army in Qiyi. Someone blocked us. Speaking of which, we can come back alive, we have to thank him!"

Zhao Tuo, who was on the main seat, felt a little complicated when he heard what everyone said.

Although Li You was his former competitor.

But this son of the Tingwei, never like the rival villain in some novels, always secretly plots against him and plots against him.

When Zhao Tuo was a middle-aged man in the palace, although Li You didn't like him, he never gave Zhao Tuo small shoes to wear, on the contrary, he meant to reuse them.

The most ruthless thing Li You said to Zhao Tuo was probably the one he said to Zhao Tuo outside the Qin Palace before the first attack on Chu: "You, stay away from the princess."

In addition, Li Youzhen did not do anything against Zhao Tuo, but suffered many times because of Zhao Tuo.

When Li You went to the battlefield for the first time, Xiang Yan led an army to surprise him.

The reason for this is precisely because Li Xin deliberately transferred Li You to the rear team to escort the grain and grass in order to favor Zhao Tuo, so as to prevent Li You from making contributions.

Without Zhao Tuo, it would be impossible for Li Xin to offend Li Si, and it would be impossible for Li You to encounter that calamity.

And Li You was chased and attacked by the army led by Zuo Sima of Chu State, and it was also because Zhaoping misunderstood that he was the Qin army led by Zhao Tuo, so he became a scapegoat.

It can be said that Li You's two defeats were inseparable from Zhao Tuo.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo also sighed: "Brother Li is a good man. But brother Ren, don't worry too much. Brother Li just has no news now, maybe he will return sometime."

Ren Xiao slammed the drink in his glass, then slammed it on the food table, and said with red eyes: "That's right, Brother Li is just missing news, not dead in battle, maybe he can still be saved!"

"I want to ask the emperor to lead an army to conquer the Southwest Yi and rescue Brother Li. If he dies, then I will let those barbarians in the Southwest bury Brother Li with him!"

Ren Xiao's words were passionate, full of pride.

He will be the main general who conquers the Southwestern Yi!

Revenge for Li You!

...

The southernmost part of Ba County in Qin State.

In the dense forest, more than a dozen men with ragged clothes, yellow and thin face came out of the forest.

Looking at the smoke rising from the kitchen in the distance, the leading man laughed wildly and said, "Hahaha, I'm back, I, Li You, have returned to the land of Qin!"

Behind them, everyone was already exhausted, and they were all sitting on the ground, their faces full of expressions of survivors after a catastrophe.

Li You looked back at them and said with a smile: "I, Li You, said that if I bring you back, I will be able to bring you back. I'm not wrong."

Everyone nodded feebly, and it was Li You's number one confidant, Gong Ao, who took up the conversation, reluctantly complimenting: "I didn't expect the county lieutenant to know the art of survival in the mountains and forests. If there is no county lieutenant to lead the way, I'm afraid we will really die in this mountain forest." time."

Li You smiled faintly, with some pride in his eyes.

Yes, besides being good at using fire, Li You is also proficient in how to survive in the mountains and forests.

You must know that when he attacked Chu, he was defeated by Zuo Sima Zhaoping in Chu, and he was chased and killed by hundreds of Chu troops alone, and ran into the mountains for self-protection.

He wandered all the way in that strange forest by himself, relying on eating dew streams, digging earthworms, eating grass roots, and fruits in the forest, he escaped back to the city of Qin in Weidi while alive.

That experience gave Li You a wealth of experience in surviving in the mountains and forests. Not only did he know what to eat and what not to eat, but he was also able to tell the direction in the mountains and forests.

Now he is leading a group of cronies, cooperating with each other, and finally managed to get out of the forest in the south.

"Hmph, these barbarians dared to deceive me, but the last fire I set off burned at least a thousand of them, and made these barbarians lose their vitality and courage. The second and third sons cheered up and waited. The next time I lead an army south, I will definitely kill them, their heads will roll and their blood will flow like rivers!"

Li You uttered bold words, without any discouragement after the defeat.

One is that he's used to the feeling of failure.

The other is that Li You is indeed sure of defeating those barbarians.

At that time, after the Qin army was defeated by the Southwestern barbarians, in order to survive, Li You led his own soldiers into the mountains and forests. Relying on his perception of the wind direction, he set off a big fire and burned a lot of the pursuing Southwesterners. Yi people, he took the opportunity to lead people to escape from the pursuit of those Yi people, and ran all the way to Qin.

Finally ran out now.

With the previous failure experience.

This time, Li You will never repeat the same mistakes.

"I want to regroup the army and conquer the Southwestern Yi!"