Volume 1 The Hidden Movement of the World Chapter 70 King Wu's Western Expedition
After returning to Xianyang, he met with Queen Wu of Qin and immediately proposed to him a plan to conquer the Heishui Kingdom. When King Wu of Qin heard that he wanted to avenge the first king, he said to Lizi:
"To avenge the first king, it is incumbent on the widow to lead the army to recruit in person in three days, Uncle Wang thinks it is good?"
"The matter of conquest of the Black Water Country will be handled by Weichen, and there is no need for the king to levy it himself!"
"It is natural for the son to take revenge on his father, so Uncle Wang doesn't have to worry about it!"
"Gongsun He, this person is scheming and extremely difficult to deal with, so let's go Weichen!"
When King Qin Wu heard this, he was slightly displeased in his heart, and then said:
"Although Uncle Wang can rest assured, the widow now has a few fierce generals from Ren Xu, Wu Shu and Meng Shuo, can't he even deal with a mere Heishui country?"
"Ren Despise, Wu Win and the like are just the courage of the horseman, embarrassed by the big responsibility! Besides, the minister has experience in the westward expedition, so it is safer for the minister to go!"
When King Qin Wu heard this, he was even more unhappy, and said:
"But the prime minister thinks that the widow is embarrassed to take on a big responsibility?"
Hearing that he had replaced "Uncle Wang" with "Prime Minister" in his words, he hurriedly responded:
"This expedition to the west is very dangerous, Weichen just doesn't want the king to risk his life, so he has no other intentions!"
"The prime minister does have experience in the westward expedition, but he just returned with a feather, if he goes again this time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not repeat the mistakes of the past!" said King Qin Wu unhappily.
When Lizi heard this, he was also angry, so he said in a straight voice:
"The last words of the first king: After the crown prince wins the throne, he must not personally conquer the Western Regions!
"You, you, you're deliberately using the first king to press me!"
"I don't know why the first king left this will?"
"When the first king was dying, Gan Mao was by his side, didn't he tell you?"
"Hmph! The widow has gone to fight Yiyang, so please do it!" King Qin Wu said angrily.
"The attack on Yiyang can be postponed, and we will make plans when the minister comes back!"
"If the widow attacks Yiyang, do you still have to get permission from the prime minister?" When King Qin Wu heard this, he became even more angry.
"The attack on Yiyang is a big battle, and it will take at least 200,000 horses to have a chance of winning! Weichen will bring 100,000 horses with him here, so if the north and south start a war at the same time, how can the military logistics keep up in a short time?"
"How can a small country in the Western Regions need me to have 100,000 iron armor in the Great Qin? The prime minister wants 100,000 horses, don't you think that the failure last time was because there were fewer people?" King Qin Wu deliberately sneered.
"You ┄┄ you ┄┄ If you want to go, go by yourself, the old minister doesn't care!" said angrily, turned around and left.
King Qin Wu saw that Lizi turned around and left, and he did not thank him for retreating, so angry that he pulled out his sword and cut the case next to him into two pieces with a sword.
"Go and pass on Gan Mao!" King Qin Wu ordered to the eunuchs beside him.
After a while, Gan Mao came, and as soon as King Qin Wu saw Gan Mao, he asked loudly:
"When the first king died, he could have left a last word, saying, 'The widow shall not be personally recruited'?"
"That's exactly what the king said!" replied Gan Mao.
"Then why didn't you tell the widow earlier?"
"Weichen ┄┄ Weichen thought that the king would not recruit in person, so he didn't talk about it!"
"What if the widow has to go?"
"This ┄┄ Western Expedition is dangerous, and the king cannot personally conquer it!"
"Hmph! It looks like you two are out of your nostrils!"
When Gan Mao heard this, he knew that he was talking about Lizi, so he said:
If the prime minister does not agree to the king's personal levy, the king should not levy it in person!"
"Do you mean that you want to listen to the prime minister?" said King Qin Wu angrily.
"The king is angry!, how dare Weichen make such a contradiction!" Gan Mao said hurriedly.
"The prime minister said just now, he won't go!
"The revenge of the first king is naturally to be avenged!"
"Who is going to report you?" asked King Qin Wu.
Gan Mao didn't dare to answer, and King Qin Wu said again:
"Since ancient times, who will repay the father's hatred and son's revenge? I believe that the spirit of the first king in heaven will be relieved!"
"The matter of the Western Expedition is extremely dangerous, the former king and the prime minister have suffered greatly, and this king also knows it!" Gan Mao only said this, and did not dare to say more.
Winning and young, and relying on his martial arts, he heard Gan Mao say this, and said proudly:
"What the first king and the prime minister couldn't do, the widow may not be able to do it! Since you said so, we'll wait and see!"
"The king really wants to conquer in person?" Gan Mao hurriedly asked.
"Why not?"
"If this ┄┄ King insists on this, let Wei Chen accompany you!" Gan Mao said helplessly. I thought: If you insist on going, I can only accompany you, if you want to die, I will die with you, and I will be worthy of the first king!
"It's like a sentence!" Ying Lang listened to it, and his heart felt a little more comfortable.
"The king is brave and brave, and the minister admires it from the bottom of his heart! But the immortal soldiers are extremely difficult to deal with, and the king should bring more soldiers and horses!"
"As long as the widow is allowed to recruit in person, this widow can listen to the general!" King Qin Wu had already lost most of his anger at this time.
"Then Weichen will go and arrange it, and come back to the king another day!"
"Okay!
Gan Mao immediately went to see Lizi after leaving, Lizi was helpless, although he was angry, but he couldn't really leave it alone, so he sent someone to Taihang Mountain to inform Lingjunzi, and sent someone to send a letter to Miyue.
When Ling Junzi got the news of Lizi, he sent a letter to Feiyi, suggesting that he should enter Qin from Lou and help King Qin send troops to conquer Heishui. Mi Yue saw the messenger sent by Lizi, and then went to Yiqu and asked the king of Yiqu to send troops to help. Yiqu is not far from the country of Heishui, and the king of Yiqu is a person who has been to the country of Heishui and fought with ghost soldiers, so Lizi asked him to help King Wu of Qin to ensure that King Wu of Qin is safe.
During the Warring States period, the major princes had a tradition of exchanging ministers to each other's countries to study in each other's countries. Under the arrangement of Zhu Lizi, soon King Wu of Qin sent Yu You to Zhao State, and King Wu Ling of Zhao sent Lou Xuan to Qin State, followed by a few Baishu Sect people.
When the king of Yiqu saw Miyue, he was even more overjoyed! The two of them hunted and played on the grassland for several days, and their affection was lingering, and they were so uncomfortable with affection and love! When Mi Yue left, King Yiqu tried his best to keep him, but Mi Yue politely rejected him on the grounds that he was hostage in Yan Kingdom. At this time, Mi Yue's heart has begun to change quietly, firstly, because she was expelled by Mrs. Wei in the Qin State, and secondly, Gongzi Ji is getting older, and she also has the heart to make some plans for her son.
A month later, Prince Wu of Qin led an army of 100,000 to start Great Qin's Third Expedition to the Western Regions. After King Yiqu learned that the Qin army was dispatched, he also ordered 10,000 horses to help.
The army of Qin passed through Pingliang from Xianyang, and after arriving in Hexi, it went straight to the land of Yongliang and met with the soldiers and horses of the king of Yiqu. The army then marched from Yongliang to Heishui, encountering many small forces of the Huns along the way, but the Qin army was strong, and the Huns fled after contact, and had almost no impact on the march.
When it was nearly fifty miles away from the country of Heishui, King Yiqu sent someone to inform King Wu of Qin, and it was getting late at this time, so King Wu of Qin and Gan Mao decided to find a place to camp and prepare to spend the night. In order to prevent the other party from sneaking up on the military camp, Gan Mao took a good look at the terrain and landform, let the army rest on an open sandy ground, and arranged guards to stand guard.
In the middle of the night, suddenly four teams of cavalry rushed towards the Qin army camp from four directions. The guards left behind by the Qin army could not resist and immediately raised the alarm, and the soldiers hurriedly got up from their sleep to fight.
The attacking enemy cavalry moved extremely fast, and the Qin soldiers picked up their bows and arrows to shoot at them, but the opponent was completely fine after being hit by the arrow, and the Qin soldiers shouted one by one:
"The ghost soldiers are coming, the ghost soldiers are coming!" "Their horses are not afraid of arrows, they are undead cavalry!"
The louder the Qin soldiers' shouts, the more panicked the people in the barracks became, but because the soldiers were mentally prepared, they panicked and immediately launched the encirclement and slashing of the undead cavalry!
The number of ghost soldiers and knights was small, and they soon scattered in the Qin soldiers' barracks, and hundreds of soldiers of the Qin army surrounded one or two ghost soldiers to slash and kill, and after a while, all the ghost soldiers were killed. Since it was difficult for the ghost soldiers to kill both men and horses, the Qin soldiers were outnumbered and almost chopped them into pieces one by one.
Gan Mao saw that the other party was not many in number, and although it was fierce, it didn't seem to have caused any loss to the Qin army, so he arranged for people to strengthen the defense, and looked around, but he didn't find anything abnormal.
About an hour or so, some of the soldiers had just fallen asleep, when suddenly someone in the barracks screamed and screamed in a terrible and terrifying way! After a while, the screams became louder and louder, and some of the soldiers ran around like crazy, pushing their tents to several places.
Gan Mao and Lou slowly walked out of the big tent when they heard the sound, and they heard endless screams in the dark, and they didn't know what was going on, and their hearts were terrified.
"Hurry up and light the torch!" Gan Mao ordered.
"Light the torch, light the torch!" the soldiers gave the order one by one, and in a short time torches lit up everywhere in the barracks.
At this time, King Wu of Qin and King Yiqu also came out of the big tent, and saw several soldiers screaming in pain, crashing everywhere, and fell to the ground and died after a while, so they walked towards the Ganmao big tent with their guards.
Lou Yan's order dragged the corpses of several of the soldiers over, and with the help of the firelight, they carefully examined it, and soon discovered the problem.
At this time, King Qin Wu and King Yiqu both came, and Lou said slowly:
"The two kings of Qiqi are poisonous insects!"
"What the hell is it?" King Qin Wu asked.
"This is an intestinal worm, also called 'death worm' by the people of the desert, and it is very poisonous and terrifying!" Lou replied.
"Where is it? Why can't I see?" asked King Yiqu.
"King dodge!" Lou Xuan suddenly shouted, and ran over to grab King Qin Wu.
"Bring the torches!" Lou Xuan shouted, pointing to the ground.
"Look, King!"
King Qin Wu and King Yiqu looked down and took a closer look, and saw a thin and long insect crawling slowly on the ground. The bugs are very thin, longer than a human arm, and are difficult to spot without looking closely because of their similar color to sand and gravel.
"Is this an intestinal worm?" asked Gan Mao.
"Yes, this is the Death Worm, its venom can poison several horses, and once it enters a person's body, that person is worse than death!" Lou said slowly.
"Where did this poison come from? Why did it suddenly come out so much?" King Qin Wu wondered.
"All these poisons are parasitic on the carrion corpses, by the way, they were brought by the ghost soldier knight!" Lou Xuan suddenly realized.
"I see!" Gan Mao also suddenly realized, and said to King Qin Wu and the others:
"I thought it was strange just now, these ghost soldiers and knights didn't seem to be here to attack the camp, but they seemed to be here to send them to death, the original purpose was here!"
At this moment, there were still people screaming, and King Qin Wu asked Lou slowly:
"What do you think?"
"Without further ado, hurry up and get out of here!" Lou replied slowly.
"Okay! King Qin Wu shouted.
The armies of King Wu of Qin and King Yiqu stopped more than ten miles away from the original camp, preparing to wait for dawn before continuing to advance. The soldiers tossed for most of the night, then took a nap on the spot and stayed up until dawn.