General Qin

The defeat in the Southwest continued to ferment throughout Xianyang.

In fact, on the battlefield of military warfare, it is normal for there to be winners and losers.

In this world, there are only a very small number of generals who are victorious in all battles. Even Wang Jian, who is known as the number one general of the Qin Dynasty, was defeated by Li Mu.

The Qin army was defeated in the southwest and lost thousands of people, which sounds very annoying. But if compared with when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he was hanged and beaten by Li Mu in Zhao State, and was severely injured by Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi in Chu State, it can only be regarded as a small defeat, and it is not worth making a big fuss. movement.

But whoever let this matter just catch up with the three major victories in the northwest, northeast and southeast, a comparison, it seems that this southwest war is "dazzling", and the coach of this battle is a "famous general" of Qin, which makes countless people artificial the sideways glance.

In a short period of time, Li You's reputation spread throughout Xianyang.

Even the title of "Shu Qi County Lieutenant" overwhelmed Li Xin who destroyed Donghu, and Feng Wuze who surrendered Dongou could already be compared with Martial Arts Marquis Zhao Tuo.

"Yu'er, Yu'er, when you were in Xianyang, I should have forced you to marry. Even if you die in the southwest this time, you can leave an heir."

In the mansion, Ting Wei Li Si sighed.

Although he is a resolute person, he is an old father after all, and he has put too much effort into his ineffective son.

Coupled with the fact that he was getting older and valued his offspring very much, now that Li You was alive or dead, Li Si naturally felt uncomfortable, especially regretting not letting Li You leave his blood.

Because of the princess, Li Youdu was in his late thirties and hadn't married yet. Li Si sighed when he thought about it.

"Father, don't be sad, I think brother will be fine."

Li Yu couldn't stand it, and comforted him: "Father, think about it. Back then, when my brother followed Li Xin to conquer Chu, he was attacked by Xiang Yan and Zhaoping in succession, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Everyone thought that his brother was dead. He buried his clothes at the funeral, but what happened? Elder brother escaped back, since there was one time, why wouldn't there be a second time?"

"And even if my brother is defeated and there is no news, he doesn't necessarily die in battle. Maybe he was captured by those barbarians? My brother is the son of Ting Wei, a majestic county captain of Shu County, and I, Da Qin, are behind me. The Yi people might not dare to touch my elder brother, so they have to feed him with good food and drink."

Hearing Li Yu's relief, Li Si also remembered what happened when Li You defeated Chu.

The news that came back to Xianyang at that time was also that the Qin army was defeated, and Li You's life and death were unknown, which was very similar to the current scene.

"Yu'er, you are right. No matter whether your brother escaped or was captured by those barbarians, I am mourning here. It will not be of any use. For the current plan, it is better to immediately ask the emperor to send troops to the southwest. .If Yuer is captured by the barbarians, maybe he can be exchanged for it. If Yuer dies... those barbarians in the southwest should die too!"

Li Si regained his strength and walked out of the "pain of bereavement", with a bright light in his eyes.

Only then did Li Yu heave a sigh of relief, and at the same time he secretly complained about his elder brother.

"Brother knows that he is a man of odd numbers, so he should stay in Xianyang well. He insisted on asking for orders to go to the southwest to fight, and he ended up like this in the end. He really has no self-knowledge, alas."

...

Li Si wanted to ask the emperor to send troops to the southwest as soon as possible, but he did not expect that someone would move faster than him at the court meeting on the second day.

"The barbarians in Southwest China cheated and coaxed us into surrendering, and raided our Great Qin, which led to the defeat of the Southern Expedition Army and the loss of thousands of people. The fall of the Shu Junwei is really a disgrace to our Great Qin. Today, Zuo Shuzhang, Ren Xiao, asked for an order to write a letter, willing to lead the army to the south , wipe out the Southwestern Yi people, and revive the power of our Great Qin."

The speaker was Taiwei Wang Ben.

Because Ren Xiao's title is only Zuo Shuzhang, he is not qualified to go to the palace to discuss government affairs, so he submitted a letter to fight through the Taiwei's mansion who is in charge of military affairs.

After Wang Ben reported Ren Xiao's request for war, Shi Huangdi nodded slightly on the emperor's couch, glanced at the princes in the hall and said: "Master Zuo Shu, Ren Xiao, please order to lead troops to conquer the Southwest Yi. You may have objections."

All the ministers in the palace looked at Marquis Marquis Zhao Tuo, who stood in the first row of generals. Everyone knew that Ren Xiao was a good friend of Marquis Marquis, and now he invites the war to go south, is it because Marquis Marquis ordered him to do so?

Even Li Si looked at Zhao Tuo, trying to see something from his expression.

Zhao Tuo just smiled faintly when facing Zhu Qing's eyes.

Everyone understood that this matter was indeed discussed with Marquis Wu Gong.

Although there are generals in the court who are eager to conquer the Southwest Yi, but now that Ren Xiao is asking for a fight, with the support of the Marquis Marquis behind him, they can only hold their thoughts down, and they all clasped their hands together: "I have no objection."

"Since that is the case, let Zuo Shuchang Ren Xiao be the general, and order him to recruit troops and horses from the three armies of Shu, Ba, and Hanzhong to conquer the southwestern barbarians."

The first emperor spoke, with the flames of vengeance burning in his eyes.

He naturally knew about the fact that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Zhao Tuo just now, but the first emperor didn't care.

All the emperor wants is revenge!

If he can avenge him, he will be rewarded naturally.

If he fails again, he will have to bear his wrath.

In the court, it was decided to conquer the Southwest Yi again.

But Li Si was still a little worried, so he went to pay a visit to Zuo Shuchang Renxiao's residence in person.

Facing Wei Ting's presence in person, Ren Xiao was flattered and hurriedly welcomed Li Si into the mansion.

"My son is incompetent, lost his teacher and humiliated the country. I have been trapped in the Southwest and have not known life and death. It is really a disgrace to my Great Qin. However, the blood of the father and son is hard to part. I heard that General Ren is about to conquer the Southwest. I also ask the General to find a place for the old man during the conquest. Look for the trace of the unworthy son."

"If he is captured by the barbarians, please ask the general to save his life. If he... is dead, please ask the general to find his body and send it to me. The old man will pay homage to Prime Minister!"

As soon as he entered the mansion, Li Si's face was full of mourning, regardless of his own noble status, he directly bowed his head to Ren Xiao.

"Ting Wei can't do it! Can't do it!"

Ren Xiao was shocked, and quickly supported Li Si's body, not allowing him to bow down, and shouted: "I, Ren Xiao, have been favored by Brother Li, this time I asked for Nanzheng, just to save Brother Li, even martial arts Hou Yi worried about Brother Li's safety, and told me to find Brother Li's trace."

Li Si was startled, he didn't expect Ren Xiao and even Zhao Tuo to be concerned about his son Li You.

There was still a warm feeling in his heart, and he cupped his hands and said, "If that's the case, then I'll be in trouble."

Ren Xiaoweng said in a low voice: "Ting Wei, don't worry, no matter whether Brother Li is dead or alive, I will definitely find him and send him back to Xianyang."

...

The defeat in the Southwest War made the First Emperor very annoyed, and he couldn't wait to send troops to wipe out the Southwest Yi, so as to avenge his shame, so after Ren Xiao asked for a battle, the Qin Dynasty moved very quickly to reconquer the Southwest Yi.

The envoys of the three routes galloped fast.

Soldiers and horses from Bajun and Hanzhong began to gather in Shujun, and the governor of Shujun was also recruiting local Shu people to join the army.

This time the emperor took Zuo Shuchang Ren Xiao as the commander, and recruited a total of 15,000 soldiers from the three counties, which was twice as many as Li Youshu's soldiers before.

"Brother Li, if you are captured by the barbarians, I will definitely rescue you back."

"If you die, I will definitely find your body so that your soul can return to Xianyang."

When Ren Xiao left Xianyang, he secretly swore an oath.

Back then in Rushui, Li You entangled You Sima of Chu State with all his life, and let him make great contributions to Ren Xiao, and his reputation spread far and wide.

He must repay such friendship!

But what Ren Xiao didn't expect was that when he arrived in Shu County, he actually saw the man who should have disappeared.