Yongcheng.

East Street Station.

The 3,000 remnants of the Qin border army were placed here.

From Julu to Xingyang, and then to Guanzhong, this once invincible elite army of the Qin State was defeated all the way, and the number of soldiers under Wang Li's command was sharply reduced from more than 100,000 to 3,000 soldiers, half of whom were still wounded.

The main general Wang Li was swept off the horse by the general of the Chu army, Zhong Li, in the fierce battle, and his internal organs were displaced.

General Su Jiao is now temporarily leading the border army, this member of the Qin army who should have died in the battle of Julu has been stationed in Xingyang after galloping to help Li Yuan from afar due to a mistake, so he was lucky to avoid the defeat of Julu, but now Su Jiao's bearded cheeks are also deeply sunken and tired.

The vitality of the border army was greatly damaged.

In the face of such a fiasco, Wang Li and Su Jiao all looked at each other and regretted each other.

Wang Li was lying on the bed, his face was as white as gold paper, he looked at Su Jiao and Menghu gloomily, and said: "Today, I will wait for people to send people under the fence, it is not a long-term solution, for the border army, I plan to resign to Li Junshou the day after tomorrow, and lead a soldier to return to Jiuyuan, as for the soldiers who are injured and can't travel far, you see, who is suitable to stay?" ”

Su Jiao's rugged face showed a hint of arrogance: "The young general is seriously ill, how can he resist traveling far away, not to mention, Jiuyuan is a cold place, it is not easy to heal the sick, and the matter of turning Jiuyuan will be handed over to Su." ”

Lost this time!

It's nothing, as long as there is still a life, he Su Jiao will not admit defeat.

When he trains a Great Qin border army in Hetao again, he will definitely make a comeback and fight Xiang Yu again.

Wang Li shook his head and said: "The Jiuyuan border army left behind belongs to different factions, I am afraid that you will not be able to suppress it, so you and I will go back as defeated sinners to apologize, and on the Yongcheng side, we will hand it over to Menghu, and after the general's injuries have recovered, we will return." ”

"The Last General's Order." Meng Hu, who had been silent, nodded as he said. The successive defeats of the border army made this proud teenager begin to mature.

"Tomorrow, I want to talk to Li Junshou, the two of you have worked hard, and I invited Li Junshou to come." Wang Li coughed violently, and a flush of red appeared on his pale face.

The current Great Qin border army is no longer a proud soldier with more than 200,000 armor in the heyday under Meng Tian, the border army troops left in Jiuyuan are put together, and it is good to have 20,000 people, in the face of the double threat of the Xiongnu tribes in the north and the anti-Qin Shili in the south, the border army is like a seriously injured pawn, and if you are not careful, it is possible to exhaust the whole army.

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Li Yuan and Wang Li, the two powerful holders of the Qin state, met for the first time in the former capital of the pre-Qin state.

In the face of the menacing anti-Qin princes, Wang Li's face was more helpless, but in Li Yuan, there was a self-confidence that made Wang Li feel puzzled and surprised.

"Li Junshou, my Great Qin army has been defeated, a large area of land in Guandong and Guanzhong is occupied by traitors, and the national capital Xianyang is about to be lost, under such a critical situation, I don't know what good strategy Li Junshou has to revitalize my Great Qin?" Wang Li asked.

For a long time, for Li Yuanru's miraculous rise, Wang Yuantou always has unsolved doubts, just like this time, all the Qin armies were defeated, the main force of the Qin army of the general Zhang Han was exhausted, and the border army was also suffering heavy casualties, and in contrast, the weak Li Yuan took the opportunity of the crusade against Zhao Gao to expand the army of less than 10,000 to 30,000 people.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I have been in the army for a short time, and I have a question, please ask General Wang to answer?" ”

"Please!" Wang Li's expression perked up and said. In the current situation, it is a great honor for Wang Li, who is in the prime of life in his forties, to be able to answer questions in the army for a young hero like Li Yuan.

"In the past, the first emperor swept Liuhe and the four seas with the power of one country, how could he succeed? Not for anything else, but for the sake of the concerted efforts of my Great Qin, but after the death of the first emperor, the second ascended the throne, Zhao Gao took power, the government was corrupted, the people were alive, the meritorious were not rewarded, and the guilty were not imprisoned, which were all signs of the decline of the country. Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, riots in the Kanto region have been frequent, and I have suppressed them with the declining national strength, how can I not be defeated? ”

"But the affairs of the state are beyond the reach of my generation of soldiers?" The king had a difficult face. As a professional soldier, his principle is not to discuss and not pay attention to what is happening in the imperial court. But as a Qin man, he also hated the corruption of the imperial court.

"The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. Why did General Wang deliberately shirk? Now I am Daqin, only you and I still have two armies, if we don't help each other and rise up, I am afraid that the fall is imminent, the general thinks, is it okay? Li Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Li Junshou's words are in line with the intention of separation, the internal history of Zuo Fufeng, Longxi County and Jiuyuan are connected, and the two armies join forces, relying on each other, which is really the law of soldiers." Wang Li clapped his hands excitedly and nodded again and again.

Li Yuan and Wang Li hit it off, the border army had a complete set of strict methods for training soldiers, and Li Yuan occupied the most abundant manpower reserve resources in Guanzhong and concentrated a lot of wealth in the treasury in Yongcheng. In the face of the powerful anti-Qin Liliang, the alliance of the two weak Qin armies was inevitable.

In late March, Wang Li and Su Jiao led the remnants of a thousand border troops to embark on the journey back to Jiuyuan County, compared with the mighty 100,000 troops when they went south, this time, their figures were extremely lonely, and the elite army of Great Qin, which had made the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms lose their color in the long river of history, leaving future generations to sigh in retrospect.

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Li Yuan came out of the post station, but saw that at the east end of the post station, two women were washing clothes, and one of them looked at the back very familiarly.

"Is it Miss Gu?" Bai Guangji's eyes were sharp, and when he saw an acquaintance, he immediately shouted.

When Gu Yunniang heard the shout, she straightened her sore waist, put her wet palms up, and turned her head to see Li Yuan walking towards this side with a group of guards.

"Gu Yun, when did you come to Yongcheng, why didn't you come to meet your old friends in the army?" Li Yuan saw Gu Yunniang dressed as a washwoman, with a graceful figure, and a few strands of hair on her sideburns scattered, which suddenly made people have an urge to help her comb it.

"It's been a few days since I withdrew from Xingyang with the border army, and the athletes in the army are busy and don't dare to disturb more." Gu Yunniang heard Li Yuan's question, and her face flushed. She has a strong personality and doesn't associate with her old friends in the barracks, and from the bottom of her heart, she really doesn't want Li Yuan to see her current down-and-out appearance.

The Oiran of the Peony Building that used to be no longer exists.

The current Gu Yunniang has washed all the lead, returned to the original, and only been an ordinary woman in a raccoon clothes, that's all.