Chapter 49: Military Life

Zhao Tuo gently got his crossbow arrow, and instigated the three arrows to hit the bull's-eye. Shi Wu Chang and everyone couldn't believe their eyes, and hurriedly ran over to check the situation of the target. Shi Wuchang was also quite a gentleman, and shouted at Zhao Tuo: "Grandson Zhao Tuo, you won!" My captain will let you do it. “

In this way, Zhao Tuo became one of the best archery skills in Tunzhong.

At this time, the soldiers who stood next to him and looked like officers saw this competition in their eyes, and were very sure of Zhao Tuo's performance, and said to Zhao Tuo: "Your name is Zhao Tuo, you can follow me in the future!" “

Shi Wu looked at the general, and immediately stood up and saluted: "General Wang Ben!" “

Wang Ben patted Zhao Tuo: "Not bad! At a young age, archery is so exquisite! Zhao Tuo is not simple! “

Zhao Tuo glanced at Li Tangshan, Li Tangshan nodded, and Zhao Tuo said to Wang Ben: "Thank you for the general's cultivation!" “

Zhao Tuo said to Shi Wuchang: "Shi Wuchang, your Wu Chang is too young, I don't want to do it!" If I want to do it, I will be the martial king of South Vietnam! “

Wang Ben was overjoyed: "Good Zhao Tuo, you have a lot of ambition." Go back and pack up and come with me. “

Zhao Tuo patted his chest and said, "I'm a little child, and I have nothing to clean up." Just listen to General Cong's arrangement. “

Zhao Tuo walked over to Li Tangshan and said, "I am rich and noble, and I will never forget my brother." “

Li Tangshan scratched Zhao Tuo's face: "Not bad!" Like a warrior king. Wang Ben is a great general, if you study hard with him, you will make great achievements in the future. “

Zhao Tuo waved his hand to Li Tangshan, and then left with General Wang Ben and his party.

Shi Wuchang walked over to Li Tangshan: "Li Tangshan, right!" My name is Shi Lu, and your little brother Zhao Tuo is not a thing in the pool. “

Li Tangshan looked at Shi Lu in surprise and said, "Shi Wuchang, you are Shi Lu, and you will be a great character in the future!" You build a canal that will last forever. “

Shi Wuchang was embarrassed to say: "Leave it down through the ages, haha!" I'm just a martial artist, what can I do! “

Li Tangshan smiled but did not answer. Then go with Shi Lu to practice crossbow arrows, the Qin Dynasty crossbow arrows have no auxiliary equipment for aiming, and can only shoot one arrow at a time, completely relying on the hard training of Qin soldiers to improve accuracy.

Li Tangshan was very unhappy with his Qin crossbow, so he asked Shi Lu to discuss whether he could produce a crossbow according to his own habits.

Li Tangshan: "Captain Wu, I feel very uncomfortable using this Qin crossbow. Is there a crossbow master in the army who wants to rebuild a crossbow? “

Shi Lu: "I know that there are * masters in the army, but our rank is too low to reach them. You have to accumulate your achievements and become a two-five hundred lord before you ask them to do things. I'll help you keep an eye out for it first, and I'll get it later when I have a chance! “

Li Tangshan nodded!

Shi Lu said: "The army is about to be pulled out, the general is going to attack the Chu State, Li Xin and Meng Tian are defeated in the Chu State War!" King Qin asked us to hurry up to help. “

Li Tangshan nodded and went back to clean up. Put on the battle armor and advance with the army to the state of Chu.

Shi Lu analyzed the current situation, Li Xin and Meng Tian misestimated the strength of Chu, and Li Xin and Meng Tian, two newborn tigers, led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu. Wang Qian, a veteran who insisted on 600,000 troops to destroy Chu, returned to his hometown of Pinyang after illness, sat and watched how these young people performed, and handed over his troops to his son Wang Ben, who was the last time he saw the young general.

The war has reached this point, and the balance of victory is still on the side of the Qin army, but from this moment on, the state of Chu began to play with intrigues, and Li Xin, who was playing, was dizzy and almost lost his pants.

First of all, the state of Chu began to sue for peace, and the Chu monarch sent people to the camp of Ping and Li Xin, saying that he would hand over Qingyang (now Changsha, Hunan) and exchange land for peace. Of course, Li Xin agreed, it seems that the people of Chu are afraid, and they don't have the confidence to resist at all, so it is better to collect the benefits first to confuse them, and then suddenly attack Shouchun and catch him off guard.

Li Xin was wrong again, this time it was not that he was confusing the Chu State, but that the Chu State was confusing him, he had just signed an armistice agreement with the Chu State, and when he turned around, the Chu State broke the contract and sent Qingyang's troops to attack Nanjun (that is, the Yanying area under the original Bai Qi), and he was playing Tuan Tuan.

The backyard was on fire, and Li Xin had to go back to the division to save Nanjun, otherwise his lone army would be caught in the back and forth by the Chu State, and the situation would be critical. In addition, there is another reason, Li Xin can't say it, in fact, his military rations have long been used up, and the people of Chu are all stingy ghosts, and when they saw the Qin army coming, they packed up their things and ran away, leaving him no food at all, and the so-called "because of food to the enemy" has long become a joke.

Li Xin hurried back, but he didn't know that Xiang Yan's 200,000 army had secretly set off, and he followed behind the Qin army unconsciously, slowly following up, and didn't let go of the gun.

After a rapid march, Li Xin's main force of more than 100,000 Qin troops finally rushed to the city of Nanjun and crushed Chu Qingyang's army. In fact, at this time, Li Xin has not lost yet, as long as he occupies the Nanjun City and attacks Xiang Yanjun with Meng Tian back and forth, he may be able to turn defeat into victory.

It's a pity that Li Xin is not Li Mu, he hurriedly returned to the division, and he didn't know how to conduct reconnaissance, obviously there were 200,000 enemy troops following behind, but he didn't know anything, and he thought that the people of Chu were just playing tricks to delay time. To say that Xiang Yan is worthy of being Xiang Yu's ancestor, the concealment work is really good.

In the end, Li Xin still missed the last chance to turn defeat into victory, and he took a short rest in Nanjun to replenish the grain and straw, so he led his troops to continue eastward, hoping to join forces with Meng Tian in Chengfu (now southeast of Boxian County, Anhui) and join forces to attack Chu. Of course, Xiang Yan would not give him this opportunity, after three days and three nights of close pursuit, the Chu army had also come to the vicinity of Nanjun, and as soon as Li Xinfang left the city, the ambush soldiers came up.

Needless to say, Li Xin was caught off guard, the Qin army was defeated, 7 lieutenants were killed, and the general trend was gone, Li Xin had no choice but to put away his ambitions and retreat with the remnants of his army.

Ying Zheng was furious, kicked over the seat in front of the seat, brushed his sleeves out, and the attendants hurriedly prepared a car to chase, Ying Zheng got into the car and went straight to Wang Qian's hometown Pinyang and galloped away.

Ying Zheng came to apologize: "The widow doesn't need to be a general, Li Xinguo insulted the Qin army." Although the general is sick, he can't bear to abandon the widow! ”

Li Tangshan asked Shi Lu: "Has the general come back?" “

Shi Lu shook his head: "The general proposed three conditions to King Qin? “

Li Tangshan thought to himself: "It seems that Yingzheng, as an emperor through the ages, is really broad-minded, as the king of all times, and has the courage to admit mistakes, this alone is commendable." ”

Li Tangshan: "Oh! What are the three conditions? ”

Shi Lu: "1. Give him 600,000 soldiers."

2. Please ask Meng Tian's father, the veteran Meng Wu, to be the deputy general.

3. Please Xianyang Tian house several places. ”

Li Tangshan: "The first two are easy to understand, why do you want to do what the fiefdom does?" Wouldn't that be too low? ”

Shi Lu smiled and said: "You don't understand Li Tangshan, this is where our general is smart." ”

Li Tangshan shook his head: "I don't understand!" ”

Shi Lu said: "This does not show that the general wants to go into hiding after the war, and does not want to be an official." The general's credit is so great, he doesn't tell the old man to return to his hometown, can King Qin rest assured? Ha ha! ”

Li Tangshan looked at Shi Lu and said, "Captain Wu, you have seen things so thoroughly, why are you still a Captain Wu?" ”

Shi Lu said: "Do you think the general is so good? You're not as down-to-earth as I am now. ”