Chapter 2 Expedition
As expected, on this day, Fusu was training in the army in the western suburbs of Xianyang, and suddenly heard an urgent report from the sentry at the camp gate: "Qiqi Gongzi, there is a special envoy of the king in front of the camp, please meet the general!" "Oh!" Fusu was stunned, and also got on the horse and went quickly.
When I arrived at the camp gate, I saw that it was none other than King Qin's father's close attendant - Xi. Fusu immediately smiled: "Hehe, it turned out to be an old man!" I thought it was! Xi hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "The villain sees the son, the king ordered the villain to summon the son, and I hope the son will go quickly!" Fusu nodded, and called Fang Tuo, the second lieutenant of the Chinese army, and said: "After I leave, the military affairs in the battalion will be handled by Lieutenant Yingqiang, and there must be no mistakes!" "Wow!" Seeing that the arrangements were in place, Fusu took Wuxin and the other five people Pegasus to go straight to the palace with Fusu.
After a while, the fast horse crossed the field, through the western suburbs, and arrived at the palace ban, because the palace ban was not allowed to gallop horses, Fusu was no exception, so Fusu had to hand over the horses to Wuxin and others to deal with, and he rushed to the side hall of the Qinian Palace.
When Fusu walked into the side hall, his eyes swept slightly, and he took a general look at the situation in the hall. There were only six people in the palace: the angry face of the Qin King Yingzheng, the groveling Zhao Gao, the warless captain of the country, the solemn look of the prime minister Wang Xuan, the cautious face of the 'Qin Feng' supervisor Li Si, and the cavalry Mengwu who had just been replaced by Wang Jian and others from the front line of the preparation of Zhao at the beginning of the year.
Fusu immediately bowed down and said, "Fusu greets my father!" Seeing Fusu coming, King Qin Yingzheng couldn't help but show a slight smile on his gloomy face, waved his hand and said, "Wang Er is here, sit down!" "Thank you, Father!" Fusu sat down beside Qin Wangzheng, and said cautiously: "Well, I don't know what my father ordered when he urgently summoned his sons?" ”
Ying Zheng's face was a little gloomy and he said: "Wang Er has heard about the war situation on the front line of Zhao State!" It's very bad for my Qin State! Fusu nodded and said: "I heard that I have suffered from the attack of Li Mu's cavalry, and the grain road is also in danger!" Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Exactly, Wang Er is quite talented in cavalry combat, and although he is young, he is the head of my Qin State." I don't know if the king has a good plan to defend it? ”
Fusu looked at everyone's expectant eyes, and smiled: "In fact, it is not without a way to deal with Li Mu, Li Mu is upright, iron-faced and selfless, and he is jealous of the traitors in the Zhao Dynasty, as long as he buys Guo Kai and others with heavy gifts and makes them get rid of Li Mu, everything will naturally be fine!" ”
King Qin Yingzheng frowned when he heard this, nodded expressionlessly, and looked at Li Si. Li Si said knowingly: "What Gongzi said is very true, in fact, Weichen has been doing this for a long time. It's just that now Li Mu is rightfully favored, and Guo Kai and others have no strong evidence, and it is not easy to get rid of it, and it is not possible to succeed overnight. However, my army is in danger of not being able to protect itself, and if we only wait for the 'use room' to get rid of Li Mu, it will be too late, so the king is also quite worried about this! ”
Fusu nodded and said: "Oh, I see, please rest assured, as long as you let your sons and ministers go to the front line in person, I don't dare to say that Li Mu will be broken, but for the army to recover the decline, at least it is still certain to maintain a draw!" Win Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, but he hesitated a little and said: "Wang Er is still young, it may not be appropriate to go to the front line in person!" ”
Fu Su smiled and said: "Gan Luo Twelve makes Yan Zhao, although he is in the tiger's den, his face does not change; Erchen led the troops to the front line, and the matter of charging into battle was arranged by General Wang and others, and Fusu was just an idea, so what was the risk of safety!? What's more, Fusu is taught by his grandfather, even if he is in the chaos of the army, he has more than enough measures to protect himself! ”
King Qin thought about it, and it was reasonable, so he said: "That's it, let Wang Er personally lead his troops to General Wang Lao to fight together as soon as possible." In the past few months, the National Captain's Mansion has also trained 6,000 elite cavalry and 600 warriors from the camp according to the good method of military training provided by Wang Er. Wang Er will take all of them with him to make up for the lack of troops on the front line! "Yes, Father!" Fusu bowed down to receive the order.
Qin Wangzheng thought for a while, and said with a hint of kindness: "The front line is full of dangers, it is not an idle place, Wang Er must be careful at that time!" What else is there to ask for, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
Fusu was a little moved, after all, he was his father, and smiled and said, "Father, rest assured, the son is safe." The only thing Erchen needs now is Li Mu's detailed information, the more detailed the better, so that Erchen can know as much as he can, and he will not be defeated in a hundred battles! ”
Qin Wangzheng nodded and said: "Li Si, you will provide the information to Fusu within five days, and supplement it at any time, and at the same time let Guo Kai and others step up their activities, and be sure to get rid of Li Mu as soon as possible!" "Yes, my lord!" Li Si showed flattery on his face and hurriedly responded.
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A few days later, 'Wolf's Fang. More than 4,000 people in the broken army's department, more than 9,000 new cavalry and trapped camps, a total of about 14,000 people have been assembled, and the food and grass are also ready, ready to set off at any time!
Just as Fusu was preparing to go on the expedition, suddenly the inner servant Xi came to summon: "The king and the queen urgently summon the prince in the south study!" Fusu was stunned for a moment, and then came to the south study with joy. When he entered the door, he found that only the father and queen of King Qin were present in the room, and Xiao Huhai, who was less than a year old, was sleeping in the queen's arms. In front of the two of them, there was a pot of wine and a few delicate side dishes!
Fusu hurriedly greeted him and said, "Fusu visited his father and mother, I don't know what to call his son?" The queen looked at Fusu, glared at King Yingzheng of Qin with a wry smile on his face, and said: "Fusu, I also only know that your father wants you to go to the front line to supervise the army, although you are not the main general, but the place where the frontline swords are full of soldiers is not a place where you should go as a child." You'd better think about it again, right? ”
Fu Su looked at King Qin's father with a helpless expression, and knew in his heart: "King Qin's father has always given orders and will never change!" Now that he is so acquiescing, he must have been ground up by Queen Gongsun and has no way, and the only people in this Qin State who can make King Qin's father change his mind are the queen and the grandfather! Thinking of this, Fusu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "Kuye, now that the queen is so good to me, if he is not blessed by God, he really clashes with Brother Hu Hai, how can he do it!?" I couldn't help but be a little moved: "Thank you for your concern, it's just that the country is worried, and Fusu has the ability to solve it, how can you ignore the safety of the country for the sake of the survival of the country!" Please don't worry about the queen mother, the sons have the ability to protect themselves! ”
Seeing that Fusu had made up her mind, the queen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "You, I've seen since I was a child, you and your father have the same stubborn temper!" Although King Qin's face was triumphant, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, after all, it was not a pleasant thing for a generation of iron-blooded emperors to be ridiculed and sarcastic by their wives in front of their sons. Seeing this, Fusu couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
Qin Wangzheng coughed and said with a smile: "I know that Wang Er is as bold as me, and I called you here this time to do it for you!" This time, you led the army to the front line of Fanwu****, with your identity, it is equivalent to a widow who can greatly boost the morale of our army! I hope you will pass on the good news as soon as possible, and don't live up to my hopes! "Yes, Father!"
Qin Wangzheng poured a glass of wine for Fusu and said: "Wang Er is still young and can't drink more, but I'm a big Qin iron-blooded son, and I should drink heavily to be strong!" Come, my father personally toasts you with a cup, I hope you will be victorious, and I will strengthen the prestige of the Great Qin Army! Fusu was very moved and took the lead in drinking it all. The queen was on the side, silently poured another cup for the two, and said quietly: "Drink less, Fusu is still young, and I will have to let him go to Concubine Zheng to say goodbye later!" When Fusu heard this, he felt warm in his heart, and there was a trace of tears in the corners of his eyes......
Soon, after leaving the south study, Fusu went to bid farewell to his mother. Unlike the majestic father and the generous queen, Concubine Zheng is more like a mother who loves her son, and when she heard that Fusu was going to go on the expedition, she couldn't help but burst into tears, her heart was like a knife, and she held Fusu tightly in her arms and was reluctant to let go, for fear that Fusu would not look back as soon as she went. Fusu, who hadn't shed tears for a long time, couldn't help but burst into tears, crying himself a mess while comforting his poor mother. It's really 'who says an inch of carelessness, and gets three chunhui'!
That night, Fusu secretly asked to meet the long-lived 'middle hermit old man', and while bidding farewell to the old man, he also obtained some top-secret insider information he needed......
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In mid-August, just as the summer day was still exuding his fiery majesty, a cavalry of more than 10,000 people began to march towards the Fanwu front.
As soon as he left Xianyang, every day in Lifusu, he could see hundreds of huge convoys rushing by, like a group of busy and hard-working worker ants; Moreover, the vehicles were loaded with a large amount of food, weapons, baggage and other combat materials, which were obviously providing supplies for the fierce fighting against the Zhao front.
Fusu took a closer look: the vehicles used by the Qin army to transport large quantities of war materials were similar to the manufacturing process of chariots, except that the vehicles used for transportation were wider and rougher. Moreover, the Qin army's way of tying was also very unique, they often tied the belt of the horse to the horse's shoulder blades and chest and abdomen, so that the horse's shoulder blades and chest and abdomen could be used to pull the cart, even if the horse ran fast, the belt would not compress the horse's throat. However, Fusu vaguely remembered that in the West until the eighth century, the way of tying was to use a belt to tie the horse's throat to tow the car, and as a result, once the speed was a little faster, the horse was often suffocated and died! Thinking of this, Fusu couldn't help but secretly laugh at the so-called advanced historical tradition of Westerners!
What surprised Fusu even more was that almost every car with supplies was piled up like a hill, and it was estimated that it weighed at least about a ton; Coupled with the weight of the vehicle and the emperor, I am afraid that the normal towing weight of the two-horse tractor transport vehicle used by the Qin army is about 1.5 tons! That's a staggering number! And Fusu also calculated: the transport vehicles he sees every day are more than 1,000, so even if it is counted in half a month from Xianyang to Fanwu, the total number of vehicles that provide food and grass supplies for the 400,000 troops on the front line is almost more than 30,000!! What a frightening number!
Fusu couldn't help but deeply feel: how good the logistics and transportation of the Qin army were! Having a strong logistics and transportation capacity is also an important factor for the Qin State to successfully defeat the Six Kingdoms! This point cannot but be said to be due to the fact that both commoners and nobles in the Qin State were extremely obsessed with the custom of driving. Thinking of this, Fusu couldn't help but be a little afraid, if he didn't win the competition a few months ago, could this chariot still be cut and the cavalry still difficult to establish......
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At the same time, along the way, Fusu also saw scenes that he had never seen before: vast forests, vast fields, endless grasslands, tall mountains, and clear clear water...... The nature of nature is so beautiful and charming, spectacular and majestic! Thinking of the great environmental destruction and humiliation in the future, Fusu couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow for modern humanity!
After a long journey of more than 20 days, the army crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered the territory of Zhao.
Although the goal of this cavalry force led by Fusu is quite large, its strength is also very strong, and the Zhao State Rangers, who often have hundreds or even thousands of people, do not dare to act rashly in the face of such an opponent, so Fusu and others are safe and sound along the way. However, from the moment he entered the border of Zhao State, Fusu could not help but be shocked by the tragic scenes he saw: the villages that were burned down like ruins, the grasslands that were burned down like thousands of miles, and the corpses of people and animals who died in the war like ravines were scattered...... All of this couldn't help but make Fusu feel a sharp pain from the bottom of his heart: "They are all Chinese people, why kill each other like this!" It seems that the pace of reunification must be accelerated, and no more dead people can be killed! ”
Looking at the other people beside him, Wuxin, Huofeng and the others were all indignant, obviously very dissatisfied with Qin Cheng's tyranny; And the Qin soldiers are very natural, obviously they have long been accustomed to the tragic scene in this troubled world, maybe they themselves have done it themselves! Looking at the remnants of the war that had become a wild dog paradise, Fusu was in no mood or time to care, but silently accelerated the speed of the army's advance and quickly rushed to the front line of Fango.
Within a few days, the army arrived at the front line of Fanwu, and in the Qin army camp at the foot of Gray Spring Mountain, which was twenty miles away from Li Mu's main camp, Wang Jian led Qiang Kui, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Li Xin and other generals to meet them. Seeing the figures of everyone in the distance, Fusu hurriedly jumped off his horse and stepped forward on foot. Wang Jian gave people a glimpse of Fusu, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Congratulations to the son!" ”
Fusu hurriedly smiled and said: "The old general and the generals are invited to get up quickly, Fusu's military title is just a small creation, and you don't deserve such a big gift!" Wang Jian smiled and said: "The identity of the prince is special, and going to the front line is equivalent to patrolling on behalf of the king, how dare the ministers slack off!" Fu Su smiled bitterly in his heart: "Old father-in-law Wang has always been an old slippery head, and he has never been willing to fall into the slightest, and it is difficult for him!" ”
Then he crossed the topic and said: "Old General Wang, Fusu has just arrived, and he still doesn't know the specific military situation on the front line, so it's good to ask the old general to give a specific introduction to Fusu!" "Okay, Childe, please!" The generals accompanied Fusu into the barracks. And Wang Ben and Meng Tian secretly winked at Fusu to say hello, and Fusu nodded and smiled......