Tingwei Li Si walked out of the Qin Palace.

As he walked, he counted the steps under his feet, one step at a time.

The dry eyes gradually moistened.

Walking to the point of steps, thinking of the news he had just learned from the emperor's mouth, Li Si burst into tears and wailed in his heart.

"My son is strange."

"My son is amazing!"

Lees's long-standing fears came true.

Great Qin fought in all directions, and all three generals won, but Li You was the only one who lost!

All this is because of the word "odd".

Even Li You's victory in Nanjun was revealed.

According to the records of the Taiwei Mansion, Li You suffered a failure in the first time when he conquered Nanjun, and was almost captured by the Yi people, and it was not until the second time that he attacked the Yi people with fire.

Therefore, Li You's victory in Nanjun was not smooth.

All these kinds of things have confirmed the rumor of "Li Youshuqi", which was once widely circulated.

The so-called number odd.

The art of divination is auspicious and odd is evil.

A number of strange people have many unfavorable encounters.

With such a person as the commander of the army, it is easy to get into trouble if he is sent out to fight.

Although it is not necessary that there will be problems in every battle, for example, when Li You attacked the Yiren in Nanjun, he won in the end.

But no one can be sure in which battle he will have an accident, what if he is "strange" at the most critical time?

This kind of character is a general, even Daqin, who has strong national strength, can't bear it.

For example, this defeat in the southwest really made a big joke.

However, after the first emperor called Li Si, he did not reprimand angrily, but after complaining, he comforted Li Si a few words, and promised to send troops to the southwest as soon as possible to rescue Li You.

Yes, the reason why the emperor did not get angry with Li Si was not just because of Li Si's ability and status, which made the emperor restrain his anger, but because of this defeat in the southwest, Li You did not return.

According to the battle report, the county lieutenant Li You attacked the southwest Yi with fire, and built a five-foot road all the way to the vicinity of the Dian Kingdom.

The king of Dian colluded with the southwestern Yi people who were defeated by Li You, pretending to surrender, but in fact launched a surprise attack.

The number of Southwest Yi people gathered in that battle was too large, and several surrounding Southwest Yi countries and Dian Kingdom joined forces to send troops, with tens of thousands of soldiers.

Although the Qin army was well-equipped, it had fewer enemies and more enemies, and it was under a surprise attack, so it was naturally very difficult to resist, and fought and retreated, and finally did not return to Shu County.

The Qin army suffered a great defeat, only a small number of men and horses fled all the way back to Shu, many Qin soldiers were either killed by those Yi people, or captured, and even the county lieutenant Li You also lost a trace in the chaos, I don't know if he was captured by the other party.

Of course, it is also possible that he died in the chaos and his head was cut off by the Yi people.

In this case, no matter how angry the First Emperor was, after thinking about it, it was not good to take his anger out on Li Si.

After all, Li Si is old, if he is reprimanded, coupled with the pain of losing his son, he dies in excitement, then he will have one less right-hand man.

Because he was worried about his son's safety, Li Si, who has always been strong, couldn't help crying at the moment.

For this eldest son, he poured too much effort into it.

"It's not my son's fault that this matter is just his life bad."

"Yu'er, it's not suitable for war."

Li Si comforted himself, and at the same time looked in the southwest direction with some despair.

Can his son come back?

Within two days, the news of the defeat of Shu spread throughout Xianyang City, causing an uproar.

All the Xianyang Qin people were stunned.

Now that Great Qin is powerful in the world, the Yueshi, Xiongnu and Donghu, who dominate the grassland, have been beaten by the Qin army, and even the Dongou in the south has surrendered the whole country, it is the time when the entire Qin State is complacent and all the Qin people think that the Great Qin is invincible in the world.

The war from the southwest poured cold water on them.

The Qin army's expedition to Dian was defeated, and was killed by the group of barbarians in the southwest, thousands of people were captured and killed, and even the county lieutenant of Shu County disappeared without news.

In such a situation, countless people are shocked and angry.

It's just that when many people heard the name of the lieutenant of Shu County, they fell silent.

Li You.

Since the commander of the army is Li You, everything is normal.

They could only sigh secretly and curse two words like "Li You misled the country" in a place where no one was.

In the mansion of the Marquis of Wugong, a banquet is being held.

Although Great Qin forbade the low-level leaders to drink alcohol for no reason, this decree was invalid for the upper-class nobles, and the high-ranking nobles still lived a luxurious life.

In the Hou Mansion, there is a staggered plan.

The table was full of delicacies, and the hot liquor under the flames wafted into the noses of the people.

The host of the banquet was Zhao Tuo, the Marquis of Martial Arts.

Some of the people who attended the banquet were his old subordinates who stayed in Xianyang, such as Shima, Black Buttocks, Zhong Liyi, Lu Juan, Li Shang, Li Shiqi, etc.

The other part is his friends in Xianyang, such as Ren Huan, as well as Zhang Han and other former Shaofu officials.

Zhao Tuo originally wanted to invite Tu Sui to ease the relationship between the two sides, but only to learn that Tu Sui took the initiative to go to Changsha County last year and served as a county guard there.

The purpose of this banquet was to introduce the newly acquired Fan Xu, Xiao He and Cao Shen to others.

Everyone is their own cronies, so they need to know each other and form a network.

Up to now, Zhao Tuo understands the importance of managing contacts, no matter in any era or any society, this point must be managed well.

This time, several subordinates who followed Zhao Tuo back to Beijing to receive the reward, Guo Qing had already left first because he was still responsible for the duties of the county commander.

Although Fan Hao and the others have been promoted, they have not yet arranged their positions, after all, it has passed the time for the count, and there is no suitable position for them to arrange, and they will probably be able to be appointed after the plan next year. Of course, the next time the Qin army conquers the Yue Clan, they can also ask for orders to go and serve in the army to make meritorious contributions.

"I heard that Brother Fan is called a hundred enemies in the army, and he can kill the king of the Huns from the right valley of ten thousand troops, and he also captured the Marquis of Yueshi, so brave, we really admire!"

Zhong Liyi raised his wine to congratulate Fan Xu.

Fan Xu laughed, and also raised his wine and said: "Brother Zhongli laughed, I heard people say that Brother Zhongli once captured the Great Sima of Qi State, and he was a big man, much more powerful than the barbarians outside the Saiwai." ”

"Speaking of which......"

Zhong Liyi laughed, stretched out his hand and pointed at Lu Juan next to him and said, "This Brother Lu, but he personally captured the old Yan King in the Hun camp, which is much more advanced than what we caught." ”

Lu Huang smiled on his face: "Luck, luck, I just have a relationship with King Yan, and I happened to catch it, how can it compare to the ability of the two, I will toast the two of you first." ”

The three of them slapped each other's ass, and they all burst out laughing.

Next to him, Li Shiqi interjected: "The three of you can make great contributions, isn't it because there is a prince here, if there is no prince, can you have the opportunity to make these feats?" ”

The three of them all nodded and said: "That's right, if there is no prince, we are just a lowly villain, An can get this feat, and we should respect the prince and marquis." ”

Others also picked up, all saying that the merits of the martial arts Hou were brought together, and finally everyone toasted Zhao Tuo together.

Zhao Tuo smiled, raised his glass and congratulated: "You can have today's honor, it is also the result of your own efforts, if you don't have the ability, even if you have my support, how can you get today's high position." ”

Everyone laughed, and once again talked about the good martial arts marquis, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Tuo saw Ren Huan drinking there alone, and his face was a little unsightly.

He thought it was the praise of his subordinates, which made Ren Huan feel a little unsociable, so he said: "I said that you should not give me all the credit, Brother Ren did not walk with me in the past, but when he was in Chu, he also captured the right Sima of Chu State, such a great achievement, it is all the power of Brother Ren, and we should also pay tribute to Brother Ren." ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Ren is also a fierce general in the world, we should respect Brother Ren with a cup."

Li Shiqi reacted sensitively and immediately raised his glass.

Shima, Black Buttocks and other people who had long been in contact with Ren Huan also smiled and raised their glasses, touting Ren Huan's exploits in capturing the right Sima of Chu when he destroyed Chu.

Unexpectedly, under the praise of everyone, Ren Huan shook his head with a wry smile.

"No, in the past Rushui Battle to capture the right Sima of Chu State, it was not my power alone, it was Brother Li who led the army to entangle the 10,000 people of Ye Sheng, so that I could lead people to catch up, if there was no Brother Li's strength, how could I catch up with those Chu people, I have always owed Brother Li love."

Ren Huan sighed while talking, he is a righteous person, and he has always been grateful to Li You.

Fan Xue was puzzled: "What Brother Ren said is that the number of Qi County Lieutenant Li You?" ”

Count the Odd Lieutenants!

It was in these two days that the new title given by the Xianyang Qin people to Li You was widely spread for a while.

Ren Huan said in a deep voice: "Yes." It's a pity that Brother Li's life is not good, and he is still being calculated by the people in the southwest, and there is no news so far. ”

The black buttocks also remembered the incident of the war against Chu back then, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's like this for the people of the number of strange people to fight, I still remember that we were in the war of Chu before, and we were almost caught up by the army of Zuo Sima of the Chu State in Qiyi, and it was the captain of Shuqi who led people to block us." Speaking of which, we can come back alive, thanks to him! ”

Zhao Tuo, who was on the main seat, heard everyone's words, and his heart was also a little complicated.

Although Li You is his former competitor.

But this son of Tingwei has never been like some rivals and villains, who always secretly murder and calculate him.

When Zhao Tuo was in the palace, although Li You didn't like him, he never gave Zhao Tuo small shoes to wear, but he still had the meaning of reuse.

Li You's most ruthless words to Zhao Tuo were probably the sentences he had when he had a showdown with Zhao Tuo outside the Qin Palace before the first attack on Chu that year: "You, stay away from the princess." ”

In addition, Li Youzhen did not have any black hands against Zhao Tuo, but suffered many times because of Zhao Tuo.

The first time Li You went to the battlefield, he was raided by Xiang Yan and his army.

The reason why this happened was precisely because Li Xin, in order to favor Zhao Tuo, deliberately transferred Li You to the rear team to escort grain and grass to prevent Li You from making meritorious contributions.

If there was no Zhao Tuo, Li Xin would not have been able to offend Li Si, and Li You would not have been able to encounter that calamity.

And Li You was chased and raided by the army led by Zuo Sima of Chu State, and it was also because he was misunderstood by Zhaoping that he was the Qin army led by Zhao Tuo, so he became a substitute for the dead.

It can be said that Li You's two defeats are inseparable from Zhao Tuo.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo also sighed: "Brother Li is a good person." But Brother Ren shouldn't worry too much, Brother Li is just out of news now, and maybe there is still time to return. ”

Ren Huan poured the wine in the cup violently, then slammed it on the food table, and said with red eyes: "That's right, Brother Li just has no news, not died in battle, he may still be saved!" ”

"I want to ask the emperor for his life, lead a large army to conquer the southwest again, and rescue Brother Li. If he dies, then I will let those barbarians in the southwest bury Brother Li with him! ”

Ren Huan's words were passionate, and he was full of pride.

He wants to be the chief general of the expedition to the southwest!

Revenge for Li Yu!

……

The southernmost part of Qinguoba County.

In the dense forest, more than a dozen men in ragged clothes and yellow faces came out of this forest.

Looking at the curling smoke rising in the distance, the leading man laughed wildly: "Hahaha, I'm back, I'm back to Qindi!" ”

Behind him, everyone was already exhausted, and they all sat on the ground, their faces full of expressions of the rest of their lives.

Li You looked back at them and smiled: "I, Li You, said that if I bring you back, I can bring you back, I'm not wrong." ”

Everyone nodded weakly, but Li You's number one cronie Gong Ao picked up the conversation, and reluctantly complimented: "I didn't expect the county lieutenant to know the art of surviving in the mountains and forests, if there is no county lieutenant to lead the way, I am afraid that we will really die in this mountain and forest." ”

Li You smiled faintly, with some pride in his eyes.

Yes, in addition to being good at using fire, he is also proficient in how to survive in the mountains and forests.

You must know that he was defeated by Zuo Sima Zhaoping in Chu back then, and he was chased and killed by hundreds of Chu troops alone, and ran into the mountains and forests for self-protection.

He wandered around the strange forest alone, relying on eating and drinking, dew, streams, springs, digging worms, eating grass roots, and fruits in the forest, and actually escaped alive back to the Qin city in Weidi.

That experience gave Li You rich experience in surviving in the mountains and forests, not only knowing what to eat and what not to eat, but also being able to distinguish the direction in the mountains and forests.

Now he is leading a group of cronies, working with each other, and finally succeeded in getting out of the southern woods.

"Hmph, these barbarians dared to deceive me, but the fire I set at the end burned at least thousands of his people, and made these barbarians lose their vitality and courage. The second and third sons all cheered up, and when I led the army south next time, they would definitely be killed, and their heads would be rolling and blood flowing! ”

Li You let out bold words, and he did not have any discouragement after the defeat.

One is that he has become accustomed to the feeling of failure.

The other is that Li You does have the certainty of defeating those barbarians.

At that time, after the Qin army was broken by the Southwest Yi people, in order to survive, Li You took his own soldiers into the mountains and forests, relying on the perception of the wind direction, set a fire, burned a large number of pursuing Southwest Yi people, he took the opportunity to lead people to escape from the pursuit of those Yi people, all the way to the direction of Qin.

Now I've finally run out.

With the experience of the last failure.

This time, Li You will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past.

"I want to regroup my troops and horses and conquer the southwest again!"