Speaking of Lu Xi, he hurried back to Xi'an, and when he saw the king of Qin, he immediately reported the news of Wang Qian's defeat to 1510. [No pop-ups. 】

When King Qin heard this, he sighed: "After all, it's still a step too late." ”

Zhang Yi hurriedly said: "King, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, although the law of the Qin State, the defeated army is beheaded, but at this time, unlike the previous life, the Qin army has not yet returned to the country, so it will behead the general, that is self-folding, please let the king fall lightly." ”

Bai Qi also arched his hand and said: "King, this defeat is an intelligence mistake, not only General Wang Qian, but even I am also responsible, if the king wants to be punished, please also punish me." ”

Li Yan said: "Not only did the intelligence fail, before the attack on Jingbian, the King of Qin rushed to build weapons for several days, and he had already shown a state of preparedness for war. Please King Mingjian. ”

King Qin smiled: "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy, let's all sit down." What you said, don't I know that Wang Qian's defeat is excusable, but as a general, he will eventually have the responsibility, demote to the third level, and make meritorious contributions. ”

This punishment can be regarded as extremely light, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin army has been divided into twenty ranks, and Wang Jian has been reduced to three levels, which is enough to serve the public, but the King of Qin did not remove Wang Jian from his military position, and still let him be a general, but the title was reduced.

The will reached Baishui, after Wang Jian received the order, he was very grateful, he sent Li Dang to lead 15,000 men and horses, first back to Xi'an, he did not go back, led 4,000 men and horses to guard in Baishui County, as an outpost, so as to attack Jingbian next time.

At this time, the scouts had returned, and the officers and soldiers were full of ambition because they had won the battle, so the officers and soldiers had a holiday to celebrate, and the city was full of joy, so it was not difficult to find out the news. And there are legends all over the city that a thousand presidents surnamed Shi have made great contributions, how he deceived the female snitch sent by the Qin army, so he set up a suspicious array and so on, which is very godly. Tanma reported the news back to Baishui City, and Wang Jian heard it, and immediately wrote a recital and reported it to the King of Qin.

At this time, Yizhimei, who was in Xi'an, naturally also knew the news, and was so angry that she gritted her silver teeth, and blamed herself deeply, if she hadn't fallen for the plan of the official army, how could the Qin army fail and die more than a thousand people in vain.

King Qin found her, comforted her in person, and showed her Wang Qian's letter.

Yizhimei saw that there was Shi Kefa's name in it, and then it suddenly dawned on her. It turned out that Shi Kefa was also in Jingbian City, and after thinking about it carefully, he was sure that when he entered the city, he was discovered and guessed his intentions, so he calculated and let himself take the bait.

The King of Qin has already learned about Shi Kefa from Li Yan, and knows that this person is not easy to deal with, if Jingbian City has him, it will not be easy to attack, and this time it has been found that Jingbian City has more than 30,000 officers and troops, which is comparable to the Qin army, no wonder the attack failed, if it is not for Wang Qian's proper command, the losses of the Qin army will far exceed the current number.

The King of Qin sent someone to tell Wang Jian that he would send more scouts to sneak into Jingbian and pay close attention to this Shi Kefa.

At this time, the will of the court also came down to Jingbian.

Since the victory over the Qin army, Wei Baichuan immediately sent a table to the military department, and greatly boasted about his victory, saying that the Qin army intended to attack Jingbian, but I saw through it, and cleverly used a clever plan to lure the enemy to the bait, set up an ambush to surround the Qin army, and after a bloody battle, killed more than 10,000 enemies. All the soldiers fought bloodily and served the country loyally, which greatly frustrated the prestige of the Qin army, and killed the remnants of the Qin army to flee in embarrassment, and they no longer dared to face our Jingbian.

Thousands of general history can be lawful, fine, courageous and strategic, effective assistance, the credit is not small, and the first soldier, and the enemy's bloody battle, can be called a brave general, please reward Yunyun.

When Chongzhen saw the report, he was so happy that he shot the dragon book case. He has always regarded the Qin army in Guanzhong as a big trouble, this time Wei Baichuan was able to achieve a big victory, it was really unexpected, Chongzhen verified with the Ministry of War, and immediately issued an order to commend Wei Baichuan's first merit, crowned the general of the thief, Shi Kelao is not small, reinstated to his original position, and still serves as a guerrilla general. The rest of the generals were rewarded. It's just that the court has tight hands, and there is no money to reward, but the official position is sealed, and a lot of silk grain, rice, cattle, sheep, wine and other things are rewarded.

When the decree arrived in Jingbian, Wei Baichuan was very happy after receiving the decree, and at the same time regarded Shi Kefa as a confidant and valued it carefully. Shi Kefa was very grateful, and he carefully deployed his defenses and guarded Jingbian City like an iron bucket.

Tanma reported to the city of Xi'an, the king of Qin was worried, if he did not capture Jingbian, he would not be able to obtain the whole of Shaanxi, and the restoration of the Qin people was empty talk. Six years since he was reborn, he still has not been able to return to the country, and the Qin soldiers under him are bound to be sluggish, and as soon as the fighting spirit of the people is discharged, they will be lazy.

Bai Qi had a strange plan, he proposed to the king of Qin: "King, there are 30,000 defenders in Jingbian City, and for a long time, it has been an important frontier defense place, the city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if our men and horses exceed the official army, it is not easy to capture, in my opinion, it is best to lure the official army out of the city and start a field battle, so as to annihilate it." ”

King Qin nodded: "This is exactly what this king wants, but Shi Kefa is not stupid, I heard that Wei Baichuan obeyed his words, and wanted them to abandon the city and not defend it, and come out to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army, it is really difficult, unless there is an excellent fighter, great benefits." ”

Li Dare said: "Guanzhong has always been occupied by us, the court has long had the intention to recapture it, but it has never had this ability, since Xiong Wencan's defeat, Guanzhong is even more stable, if you want to give the official army a benefit, I think you can find a way for them to recover Guanzhong, they will cheat, we will too." ”

King Qin smiled: "This method has already been used, let's use it again, it is to learn from the official army." Shi Kefa could not have planned to recover Guanzhong, the stakes were very high, and it was not a small plan or two to succeed, and the officers and soldiers must be very careful. ”

Zhang Yi said: "The current plan, except for attacking Jingbian City on both sides with the Houjin army, there may be no better way." It's just that Houjin doesn't know when he will come to Jingbian. Recently, there have been reports that Houjin is busy building the country and becoming respectful, and I think that after the founding of the country, it will definitely establish its authority, and may come to attack the official army. It's just that I don't know if they are attacking Shanhaiguan or Datong and Jingbian. ”

Li Yan thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "It's not difficult to let them attack Jingbian. ”

King Qin said: "Li Gongzi has a plan" Li Yan said: "Even if it's an idea, it may not work." King Qin said: "Let's talk about it, let's discuss." ”

Li Yan said: "It's that Da Yu'er, our people have come back, according to her idea, brought the news of her death to Huang Taiji, I think since Huang Taiji already knows that Da Yu'er died in the three sides, even if it is a look, he will come to attack the officials and soldiers on the three sides." ”

King Qin suddenly realized: "I see, I forgot for a while." I didn't expect Da Yu'er's idea to have such an effect. ”

Zhang Yi frowned and said: "This plan is good, but the Houjin army attacks Jingbian, and we also send troops, and the people will definitely say that the Qin army and the Houjin army collude together, and the reputation must not be good." Because the king said that we must not form an alliance with the Houjin army. ”

King Qin said: "This doesn't matter, when the officials and troops of Houjin and Jingbian are defeated, we will send troops again, manage Zhuang and stab the tiger, and kill two birds with one stone." ”

Everyone's praise.

King Qin said: "Tell Tongguan's Shehuai, pay attention to inquire about the news of Li Zicheng's department in the Central Plains, Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang, and Luo Rucai's department in Sichuan, these three groups have a lot to do with the Qin army." ”

Before the will came down to Tongguan, the report of the Huai arrived first.

According to the newspaper, since Li Zicheng entered the Central Plains, he successively captured several county towns, and the number of men and horses has developed rapidly, and at this time it has grown from the original several thousand men and horses to nearly 30,000 people, because at this time, it is the early spring of February, when the green and yellow are not available, and the people have been hungry for a long time.

After Li Zicheng entered Henan, he widely disseminated the ballad created by Li Yan, this nursery rhyme was catchy, simple and easy to learn, so it did not take a month to spread all over the Central Plains, folk countryside, mountain villages and remote areas, everywhere is a song to welcome the king. Not only did the homeless and hungry people come to defect, but several small peasant armies that had been fighting in Henan also came to join the division, among which Yidougu, Clay Pot, Little Red Wolf and others, each brought thousands of men and horses, making Li Zicheng grow stronger all of a sudden.

There are more people and horses, and the courage is getting bigger and bigger, some local officials and soldiers are no longer in their eyes, Li Zicheng is now troubled by the fact that his ambition to enter Henan this time has made him no longer excited about the success of one city and one pool, and he needs a bigger plan.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, Li Zicheng led his men and horses to conquer Baofeng County and rested here.

In the evening of the same day, Li Zicheng summoned all the important generals and held a meeting in the Yazhong of Baofeng County to discuss future plans.

Since entering Henan, there have been small victories, so the atmosphere in the army is very cheerful, the generals are all smiling, joking with each other, Li Zicheng lit two fires in the courtyard of the county government, on which there are two roast sheep, and there is shochu, the generals sit around the fire, while cutting meat with knives to eat, while drinking soju.

After a while, almost all the generals arrived, except for Hao Shaoqi. Li Zicheng scolded with a smile: "This flag waver, eighty percent drank too much, Kecheng, you go and call him." ”

Gu Kecheng stood up and was about to go out, but at this time, he only heard a horse neighing from outside the county yamen, the sound was like a startling dragon, and then the sound of a hoof slamming on the bluestone ground.

Liu Zongmin smiled: "It's here, and when I hear it, it's a freshly changed horier." Li Guo said: "A good horse, you really need a good horier, Uncle Liu, did you beat it yourself" Liu Zongmin cut Li Guo's head: "Lao Tzu's craftsmanship, how can you easily take it out If it is the king's horse, it is okay." ”

At this time, I heard someone say unexpectedly: "Liu Ye's craftsmanship, is it so good, I'm not rare." ”

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