Chapter 35: Zhang Liang is captured
When Zhang Liang and Wu Guang learned the news of Zhao Tuo's troops, Zhao Tuo's army had already arrived at the foot of Qingzhang Mountain. It was clearly too late to break through.
"Mr. Zifang, if I take a thousand people to attract the attention of Zhao Tuo's army, you will lead the remaining four thousand people to take the opportunity to retreat to Qin Land from the trail and ask Gongzi for help." Wu Guang immediately decided.
"It's not appropriate for you to stay, it's better for me to contain Zhao Tuo's army! Just leave me five hundred men, and you can take the rest. After arriving in Qindi, he immediately sent the news here to Xianyang and asked Gongzi to decide. Zhang Liang retorted.
"I don't, why do you ......?"
"Shut up, don't you know that staying will kill you? Do you think that in this South Vietnam, is your Wu Guang's reputation resounding, or is my Zhang Liang's reputation even worse? Don't forget how many soldiers are still involved in the life and death of you and me. If Zhao Tuo knew that it was me Zhang Liang who was making trouble behind my back, he would definitely expect that all this was instructed by Gongzi, and he would naturally be jealous. I will never easily murder the lives of soldiers. What about you, it's only been a few months since you returned to Gongzi, don't say that in this South Vietnam, not many people even in Qin know your name Wu Guang, right? Do you think Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, will believe that you have the support of your son behind you? ”
Zhang Liang angrily interrupted Wu Guang's words and told Wu Guang in detail why he stayed.
Although Wu Guang was reluctant to put Zhang Liang in danger, he reluctantly accepted Zhang Liang's arrangement. Because what people said made him speechless, after all, who to choose to stay and contain Zhao Tuo's army is related to the lives of hundreds of left-behind soldiers.
Half an hour later, Zhang Liang and Wu Guang had already made a plan to divide their troops: Zhang Liang led 500 men down the mountain to attract the attention of Zhao Tuo's army, while Wu Guang led the remaining 4,500 men to retreat to Qin along a trail opened by Orion.
"Zhuru, you listen to me, you must live well, don't forget that your promise to teach me the art of war has not been fulfilled." Wu Guang pretended to be relaxed and admonished Zhang Liang.
"You idiot. As long as I, Zhang Liang, can survive in a desperate situation this time, I will definitely beg Gongzi to personally teach you and me the art of war, and then I will be a classmate with you idiot! ”
Because in Zhang Liang's opinion, only the son Fusu of this Great Qin can be called a real soldier, and only Fusu is qualified to teach him and Wu Guang the art of war.
A moment later, Zhang Liang led five hundred men towards the bottom of the mountain. Wu Guang, on the other hand, continued to stay in the mountains and wait for an opportunity.
When Zhang Liang and his entourage were about to reach the bottom of the mountain, they saw a brigade of South Vietnamese soldiers searching towards the mountain.
So Zhang Liang led everyone to scream and rush out to the South Vietnamese army searching the mountain, and when he rushed to two hundred steps away from the South Vietnamese soldiers, he suddenly turned around and got into the Qingzhang Mountain. The sudden rush instantly attracted the attention of the South Vietnamese army. When the South Vietnamese soldiers were about to meet the enemy, they were surprised to find that the bandit army that had just rushed towards them had fled into the Qingzhang Mountain. So the South Vietnamese soldiers, under the leadership of the general of the unified army, chased in the direction where the bandit army had fled just now.
Zhang Liang and his entourage, led by several soldiers who had worked as hunters in Qingzhang Mountain, had been hanging the South Vietnamese soldiers from the ground. Gradually, he attracted 50,000 South Vietnamese troops behind him. Then like a monkey, he slipped 50,000 South Vietnamese troops between Qingzhang Mountain and Nanling.
Two days later, Zhang Liang ordered his 500 followers to stop, throw away the weapons in their hands, and sit on the ground to rest.
"Mr. Zifang, why should I stop?" One of the people asked, puzzled.
"Brothers, two days have been enough, General Wu and them have fled to Qin. It is estimated that the South Vietnamese army does not have much strength, presumably the South Vietnamese army must be angry at this time, and if it goes down, the king of South Vietnam will definitely kill the killer. The sword and arrow are merciless, and I can no longer risk the lives of my brothers. Zhang Liang looked at the tired soldiers in front of him and said.
Since he led this group of South Vietnamese brothers to rise up in Qingzhang Mountain, Zhang Liang has truly liked these people. Because most of these people are from poor backgrounds, they chose to go to Qingyao Mountain as a last resort. So these people don't have so many hearts and eyes, and they are honest. Therefore, Zhang Liang and Wu Guang naturally had a little more love for these people. Whether it was the five million money given by Fusu or the money and grain looted from all over South Vietnam later, except for the part that was used as military expenses, the rest was generously distributed to these people by Zhang and Wu. Because these people saw that Zhang and Wu were good to them, they were also trying to repay Zhang and Wu with loyalty.
"Mr. Zifang, as long as you say a word, the brothers will follow you out." An entourage sitting next to Zhang Liang said firmly.
"Brothers, thank you for your support of my Zhang Liang. You can rest assured, as long as General Wu Guang sends our news to Xianyang, we will be saved. Childe won't let us go. So let's obediently go to be this Zhao Tuo's captive now, no, it's just a guest of honor. Zhang Liang looked at the people in front of him and said with relief.
"Mr. Zifang, you are Childe's courtier, of course Childe will pay attention to it. Let's forget it, it's just a few South Vietnamese thieves, do you think Gongzi Fusu will really pay attention to us? Someone asked skeptically.
"Rest assured, brothers, although you are in South Vietnam, you are still my people of Daqin. Now you are helping me to resist Zhao Tuo's rebellion, and you are my warriors of Great Qin, and I believe that Gongzi will definitely pay attention to you. ”
"Mr. Zifang, although we don't know what kind of person this son Fusu you are talking about, let's imagine it as you said. But we believe in you and General Wu Guang, and that's enough. We are willing to accompany you to be the captive of this Zhao Tuo, no, we are guests. ”
Zhang Liang looked at the people in front of him gratefully, and secretly decided to save the lives of these people at all costs. If they are saved in the future, they must be allowed to live a good life. If Fusu didn't remember the exploits of these people at that time, he would really try his best to reason with Fusu.
After a stick of incense, the South Vietnamese army chased after them and besieged Zhang Liang and others. When these South Vietnamese soldiers saw that Zhang Liang and others had thrown their weapons on the ground, they did not make a big move, but only controlled Zhang Liang and others. Half an hour later, the leading generals escorted Zhang Liang and others to Zhao Tuo.
"Are you that Zhang Guang or Wu Liang?" Zhao Tuo stared at Zhang Liang for a while and asked.
"I am what you call Zhang Guang, but I am not Zhang Guang. I am Zhang Liang, a subordinate of Fusu, the prince of Great Qin, and Zhang Guang is just a fake name used to deceive Er and others. As for Wu Liang, it was Wu Guang, the general under Gongzi Fusu. I must have returned to my Great Qin Realm at this moment! Zhang Liang replied meaningfully.
Hearing what Zhang Liang said, Zhao Tuo was confused. How did he suppress the bandits himself and hit Fusu, the son of Great Qin.
Seeing Zhao Tuo's puzzled eyes, Zhang Liang decided to explain the whole incident to Zhao Tuo clearly.
"Three months ago, my son-in-law Fusu secretly ordered me to sneak into your South Vietnam to find fault with you. I entered South Vietnam with a group of men disguised as grain merchants from Hengpu Pass, and I remember that a group of patrol soldiers did suspect our identity, but unfortunately I was bribed with money. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to Hengpu Pass to check it out, and ask them if they had seen a Daqin caravan pulling more than a dozen grain carts enter the country three months ago. You can also send someone to ask the little chief who took my money and what he did with all the money I gave. Zhang Liang looked at Zhao Tuo and said jokingly.
Zhao Tuo was completely confused, he had just planned to unite with the Xiang clan in Jiangdong to attack the two counties of Qianzhong and Changsha in Fusu, and he had already started to help Su?
"I don't care if you are a close minister of Fusu or not, you must not be spared if you do such evil in my South Vietnam. Even if you were sent by Fusu, I would have to ask that Fusu to give me an explanation. I asked myself why he was unhappy to send someone to South Vietnam to find me, if I had not provoked him to help the Su. Zhao Tuo said angrily.
"Since you want to be reasonable, then I will talk to you. When the initial emperor sent General Ren Huan to lead an army of 300,000 to the south to conquer the Yue people, you Zhao Tuo was just a partial general under Ren Huan. After the death of the first emperor, the prince Fu Su inherited the mandate of heaven to inherit the unification, and several times ordered Er and others to go north to exterminate Jiangdong and rebel. But what about you, Zhao Tuo? Taking advantage of Ren Huan's illness to seize power, he seized the four counties of Nanyue and established himself as the king of Nanyue, disobeyed the edict of the prince, and openly sent a large army to resist the king's division according to Xiangshui. Is that what you said about not provoking? Now that my Great Qin has eliminated the trouble of the Xiongnu, all the land west of the river has been returned to Great Qin. It's time to clean up your rebellion. ”
Zhao Tuo also wanted to reason with Zhang Liang, but he was turned around and taught himself a lesson. The key is that what Zhang Liang said was not wrong, and Zhao Tuo couldn't think of a reason to refute it for a while, so he had to give up.
After thinking about it, Zhao Tuo decided to temporarily put Zhang Liang and others in prison, and at the same time sent people to Hengpu Pass to verify what Zhang Liang said.
Besides, Wu Guang and others, after escaping from South Vietnam, immediately revised the book and sent the situation in South Vietnam to Xianyang.