Chapter 17: The Purpose of Zhanbai
"General, something is wrong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "After capturing Biancheng in one fell swoop, the city lord's mansion was used as a camp tent by the Lou Ye Dynasty, but at this time, Cai Zhicheng, as the deputy general, said with a solemn face.
After a battle outside the city, Cai Zhicheng was convinced by the general in front of him who was about the same age as himself.
"What's wrong?" The forehead of the leaf is slightly wrinkled.
"Doesn't the general think this battle is going too well?" Cai Zhicheng asked rhetorically.
"What do you mean...... Shing mun? "Qi Lou Ye is not a fool, once he was reminded, he had already woken up.
"As far as the last general knows, Biancheng, as an important town on the border of the Han Kingdom, had no less than 150,000 troops stationed before that. Later, although half of them were transferred, they still had more than 75,000 people. In today's battle, the Han army underestimated the enemy, and even went out of the city to meet the battle, and was broken by the general in one fell swoop, and the whole army was destroyed, but even so, there were still more than 5,000 people in the city. Although the number of people is small, but with the thick walls of the city, if we resist stubbornly, it is still possible to stop me from waiting for a few days. But the fact is that as soon as we annihilated the Han army outside the city, the city gate was inexplicably opened, but the 5,000 Han troops who stayed in the city did not surrender, but fought desperately. Cai Zhicheng immediately expressed the doubts in his heart.
Hearing this, Qi Lou Ye sighed deeply, and even a throbbing flashed in his eyes, and a figure couldn't help but appear in his mind.
The identity of Qi Lou Ye is not only the boss of this way, but also a layer of identity, that is, the brother-in-law of the current Chu King Mi Jun, it is precisely by relying on his sister's relationship that he knows some secrets that he does not know.
In fact, just before he set out on the expedition, he received a secret letter from his sister, which only had three words on it: Zhan Bai. It was these three people who finally made him wake up and know why his brother-in-law insisted on going his own way.
And just a few days ago, when the army of Chu was divided into three routes, Mi Jun secretly summoned him and revealed a shocking secret.
"Do you know why I moved you to the left side manager?" As soon as he was summoned, Mi Jun did not have the slightest politeness, so he went straight to the point with a dignified face.
In this regard, the leaves of the building naturally do not know.
"Your sister should have told you, right, that the widow's gentleman has returned?" Mi Jun smiled bitterly.
Qi Lou Ye was silent, but he still couldn't guess what it had to do with transferring him to the left side of the coach, and at the same time, he wondered why he didn't see Zhanbai's figure in the army.
"You and I don't have a better relationship than other people, so there are some things that I won't hide from you. The reason why the widow insisted on the royal expedition was because he couldn't rest assured of that gentleman, and because of this battle, he also came...... Of course, few people know about this matter, it is a secret, and the whole army, except for you and me, may only be Su Qin. ”
"Why is there no trace of Mr., could it be that he has hidden his identity and is hidden in the army?" Qi Louye asked.
"No, he has led a thousand blood refining armies by himself, and he will follow the army, and he may not meet with us unless necessary." Mi Jun shook his head.
"Why is that?"
"The widow also wants to know the reason, but unfortunately Mr. seems to have something unspeakable and does not make it clear." When Mi Jun said this, he became more and more worried in his confusion.
As the king of a country, whether it is people or things, what scares him the most is that it is difficult to control, and Zhanbai is obviously in this ranks.
"I have summoned you here to tell you. The gentleman had already sent a letter to the widow, and his course of action was precisely on the left. Mi Jun shook his head, no longer thinking nonsense, but returning to the point, "That's why I transferred you to the left side, just in case." ”
What Mi Jun said was vague, but the meaning of it, how could he not hear it.
This is the action of letting yourself spy on that person.
"The king, the last general will definitely live up to his mission." With the public, it is for the king to share worries, and with the private, it is to assist the brother-in-law, although Lou Ye is reluctant in his heart, but on the surface he agrees is extremely decisive.
In this way, after the division of troops, the scams of the Yilou Ye immediately sprinkled the scouts, and at the same time the responsibilities were clear, the scouts of the border army were exploring the way ahead, and the scouts of the Yixue army who belonged directly to him were scattered behind the army. Sure enough, soon, the scouts of the Blood Army noticed the movement behind the army.
Because he didn't dare to get too close, although the scouts of the Blood Refining Army couldn't see it clearly, he still recognized the military flag of the Blood Refining Army, and when this information was secretly presented to Qi Lou Ye, he already knew it in his heart.
Now, hearing Cai Zhicheng's analysis, he immediately thought of Zhanbai for the first time.
For Zhanbai, he is also very familiar with it, since he stepped into the Spring and Autumn Continent together, along the way, whether he saw it with his own eyes or knocked on the side, what Zhanbai did left a very deep impression on him, and even feared.
The gate of Biancheng suddenly opened, although there was no evidence, but the building was very certain, it must have been done by Zhanbai.
Of course, he couldn't say this kind of speculation, let alone Cai Zhicheng, who had just surrendered, even if he was a henchman of the Yixue Army, he didn't dare to say it.
personally led a thousand blood refining troops, unmoved on the surface, but secretly helped, what Zhan Bai did, so that Qi Lou Ye couldn't see through, for the purpose of his trip, even Qi Jun couldn't guess it, and it was even more impossible for him to guess randomly.
"General, general......" Cai Zhicheng called several times in succession, waking up Qi Lou Ye from his trance.
"You can rest assured about this. This is not a conspiracy of the Han Kingdom, but there are high-ranking people to help you, as for the rest, you don't need to know. Qi Lou Ye made a perfunctory sound, indicating that he did not want to say more.
The corners of Cai Zhicheng's mouth twitched slightly, just because he hadn't won the trust of Yu Louye, so he didn't say more, "Then general, what should we do next?" ”
According to the initial deployment, the middle side was given half a month to conquer Biancheng, but no one thought that the plan could not catch up with the changes, this battle went so smoothly, it only took one day to capture the city, so in order to take care of the other two roads, the next plan is afraid to change a little.
Qi Lou Ye nodded, how could he not see Cai Zhicheng's thoughts, it was nothing more than that he was afraid that he would rush for quick success and quick profit, and he would be in a dilemma if he went out alone, and he was likely to be encircled and suppressed by the Han army. But if you don't move, wouldn't it be possible to let the nearly 100,000 troops under your command stay here for half a month?
"Send a message to the mid-lane Shuai Ying Flying Pigeon, first, to report the victory, and second, to ask about the next plan." Lou Ye couldn't come up with an idea for a while, so he could only make a decision in a decent manner.
"Report !!"
Just as Cai Zhicheng got up and was about to go out to give orders, the voice of the herald suddenly came from outside the door.
"Come in." Qi Louye whispered.
"General Yu, an arrow has just been shot into the barracks, and there is a letter on it, which says that the general himself has opened it." The herald pushed the door and entered, kneeling in front of the building, dragging a letter with both hands.
"Do you see the identity of the person who came?" Qi Louye asked as he took the letter.
"It was too dark to catch anyone." The herald was a little apprehensive.
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With these words, Qi Louye's face changed immediately, and he was about to reprimand, but when he opened the letter and saw the contents inside, his eyes immediately widened.
"Got it, you all go down." After a long time, Qian Lou Ye waved his hand.
As soon as Cai Zhicheng and the herald walked out, Ling Louye's expression immediately became gloomy, and he walked around the room with his hands behind his back, thinking for a while, and finally turned into a sigh.
"Someone."
The door opened again, but this time it was Qi Louye's personal guard who came in, and it was also a henchman from the Yi Blood Army.
"General."
"You personally take a battalion of men and horses to the south city, open the city gate, greet friendly troops, escort along the way, and go out from the north gate." Qi Lou Ye gave an order, but because of the explanation in the letter, he did not go out in person in the end.
"Yes." The guards didn't ask much, and after taking the tiger talisman from the hand of the tall man, he turned around and left.
"Do you want to send someone to follow you? If you follow it, I'm afraid it's hard not to be discovered by that person, but if you don't track it, how can you receive it with the king? "Sending the guards away, Lou Ye is still very entangled.
Yes, the letter just now was written by Zhanbai, and the letter was straight to the point, just asking him to let him go, and nothing else was said.
"Zhanbai, Zhanbai, what are you going to do?" Lou Ye waved his fist in annoyance, strode out of the tent, walked quickly in the direction of the south city gate, hid on the city wall, and watched a thousand blood refining troops swagger out of the south gate, and after looking for a direction, they disappeared into the night.
"Hey, the matter of loyalty, I hope you don't mind." Looking at the figure that gradually disappeared into the night, Qi Lou Ye still made up his mind, transferred a team of scouts from the Yi Blood Army, and quietly followed.
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"Sir, the disciple has something unclear, he is really like a fish in his throat, he doesn't vomit or is unhappy, and he still looks ......" Sitting on the war horse, looking back at the Biancheng City Tower that was getting farther and farther away, Nie Xiaofan finally couldn't help but ask Zhan Bai beside him.
"I know what you're trying to ask." Zhan Bai turned his head to look and interrupted Nie Xiaofan's words, "Do you want to ask us about the purpose of this trip?" ”
Nie Xiaofan did not deny it.
"Xiao Fan, what do you think will become of this Spring and Autumn Continent after this battle?" Zhan Bai asked rhetorically without answering.
"This ......" Nie Xiaofan could naturally hear that what Zhan Bai said about this battle was referring to the destruction of the Han Kingdom, but it was a pity that he obviously didn't think that far ahead, and he couldn't guess it when the intelligence was insufficient, so after hesitating for a while, he shook his head.
"There's a piece of information that I received yesterday." Zhan Bai suddenly set his eyes to the north, "At the same time that the Qin State sent troops to the Han State, there was another Qin army that had already left the Qin Pass, and it had quietly entered the Yan State by night and day. ”
"What?" After Nie Xiaofan heard the news, he couldn't help but be moved, "How is this possible, how can the Qin State do this?" ”
Zhan Bai shook his head with a wry smile, the information he got yesterday was far more than that, and even introduced in detail the identity of the commander who led the pro-army, which was Meng Tian, one of the three major generals of the Qin State. It is precisely because of this that Qin Jianlu was able to get this secret information, and it was overheard by Xiao Na, passed it to Yini, and flew the pigeon to pass the book to Zhanbai's hands.
Unlike Nie Xiaofan, Zhan Bai did not have the slightest doubt about this information, but after all, before this battle, he had already learned about the huge ambitions of the Qin State.
As for Nie Xiaofan's questioning, Zhanbai also understands it very well. After all, for nearly a thousand years, the Qin State has been under the suppression of the Spring and Autumn Overlord Qi State, and the vast majority of its troops are also deployed in the frontier of Qi Qin.
And now, the Qin State has gathered more than 100,000 troops to the south, in this case, normally speaking, its domestic troops must be stretched, how can they dare to go out with the two armies together and attack the Yan State? Isn't the Qin State afraid that the Qi State will fight back after getting the news?
Zhan Bai couldn't figure it out either, it was really that he had too little time in the Qin State and didn't hear too much information.
"There is no need to doubt it, it is already a fact." Zhan Bai answered Nie Xiaofan's question with great certainty.
"Does this have anything to do with the purpose of our trip?" Nie Xiaofan asked again, but without waiting for Zhanbai to answer, he felt that it was too ridiculous.
After all, this information only came yesterday, and at that time, his group had already been dispatched, so there was not much connection between the two.
"The troops sent two routes, north and south, attacking Han and Yan, Xiao Fan, what do you think is the chance of victory for the Qin State?" Zhan Bai did not answer positively again.
"This ...... If this is the case, this southern battle, because of my alliance with Great Chu, should have a good chance of winning, but go north to attack Yan...... The disciple is really difficult to decide, and there is also the Eastern Front, I really don't know how the Qin State will face the counterattack of the Qi State? Nie Xiaofan shook his head, with his understanding of military strategy, if there was one word to describe Qin Guo's actions, it would be "nonsense".
"In other words, you're not optimistic about Qin's strategy?" Zhan Bai smiled meaningfully.
"The disciple really doesn't think that Qin Guo's move can be described by the word wise." Nie Xiaofan showed his disapproval quite tactfully.
"But I don't think so." Zhan Bai sighed and gave a different answer.
"I hope Mr. will teach me."
"In fact, you are not optimistic about it, but anyone who does not know the root cause will not be optimistic, but all this judgment is based on the asymmetry of intelligence. What if, I mean what if...... What about the emptiness of the Yan State, and what if the Qi State has the internal response of the Qin State? Zhan Bai couldn't help but sneer.
"This ...... Impossible. Nie Xiaofan was a little shocked.
"It's not impossible. The Yan State has just been restored, and it is extremely empty, and the Qin army is going north, and it is a secret operation that goes out day and night, if it avoids the Yan army along the way and goes straight to the country, it may not be impossible to take it in one fell swoop. As for the internal response of the Qi State...... Xiao Anti, what do you think is the reason why Qi is strong? Zhan Bai asked again.
"Qi Guo? Sufficient financial resources and strong soldiers. Nie Xiaofan knew this quite clearly.
"If you have enough financial resources, as long as you are willing to invest, can you be strong?" Zhan Bai asked again.
"This ...... Not necessarily. In the case of Chu, the most obvious example is this. Because Wu Qi changed the law, coupled with being in the south, the land is fertile, the financial resources are also abundant, and the Han State is at odds, and the investment in military power is also quite large, but its military strength, even in its heyday, let alone the Qi State, even the Qin State is not as good. The most fundamental reason is that even if you have money, you can't buy good armor equipment...... Sir, you mean the Mo family? Nie Xiaofan suddenly woke up.
"Yes, according to reliable information, the Mo family is very likely to be the internal response of the Qin State, so what do you think of the battle between Qi and Qin?"
"This ...... How is this possible????!!!! ”