Great Zhou Tianzi

Back at the camp, gathered the remnant soldiers. After the two battles, the Qin army lost more than half of its troops, and there were still many wounded soldiers lying on the ground moaning.

Yanping is ready to accept the reprimand of the King and Lu Buwei. He also broke a record for the Qin State that has been established for hundreds of years. In two days, two battles lost [-] troops, and both of them happened at night. , are all defeated by the opponent's tricks.

Although Meng Ao had no credit for this battle, he did not commit any crimes either. He was the only person in the entire camp who was at ease.

In fact, after Yanping's first battle report was sent to Xianyang, Lu Buwei withdrew it. He didn't want the commander-in-chief he recommended to be defeated. instead of defeat.

Who would have thought that he would receive the second battle report the next day? Filled with joy, he opened the envelope and glanced at it, and was immediately dumbfounded.

Where is the good news, it is simply the news of the funeral.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Ao also sent someone to send a letter, which described in more detail the specific process of the two defeats. Although there was no personal emotion in the words, Lu Buwei still learned the main reason for the defeat. reason.

The main general is incompetent. Facts have proved that he is a guy who only knows how to use troops on paper and rhetoric. He is the leader in military and political debates, but it does not mean that he can win on the battlefield.

Paper can't contain the fire, so Lu Buwei had to report these situations to Ying Zheng and the ministers. The whole Qin State was in an uproar. Everyone was used to the result of winning the battle. It was a small defeat not worth mentioning. Everyone subjectively believed that as long as the Qin army opened up its posture to fight against it, Da Zhou would not be an opponent at all.

But now, it is Daqin who is not the opponent.

The young Yingzheng sat on the throne, and Zhao Ji sat next to her. She had participated in the imperial court as the auxiliary empress dowager for a long time.

When Ji Jie issued his first appeal, neither Zhao Ji nor Ying Zheng supported the use of troops against Da Zhou, but the military and political power was not in the hands of the two of them, so they had to agree in the end.

Hearing the news of Qin Jun's defeat, Zhao Ji was happy but didn't show it on her face, while Ying Zheng looked like a young and mature man, showing neither emotion nor anger.

"Our army was defeated. Do all the ministers have something to say?" Ying Zheng asked.

A group of ministers looked at me and looked at you, and finally their eyes fell on Lu Buwei. They always followed Lu Buwei's lead, so how could they have their own opinions, especially when Lu Buwei's policy was wrong.

Lu Buwei stepped forward and said: "Our army's new defeat is not because the generals are incompetent and the soldiers are not brave enough, but because Ji Jie is too cunning! Comprehensive analysis of General Yanping's troops, if he is fighting an ordinary enemy general, he has won a big victory now ,such a pity!"

Of course Lu Buwei would not admit that he was wrong in front of everyone, he began to find excuses for himself.

"I suggest increasing troops!" Lu Buwei continued: "The prosperity of the Great Zhou has seriously threatened the stability of the Qin State, and has become an obstacle to the Great Qin's unification of the world, so it must be uprooted! Otherwise, not only will we not be able to complete the great cause of unification, There is also the possibility of being wiped out by Ji Jie, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

A group of ministers are accustomed to playing around with the wind, and after hearing Lu Buwei's words, they all said loudly: "I agree with Lu Xiangguo's proposal, and implore the king to order more troops!"

Yingzheng hesitated to speak, thought for a few seconds and said: "I have no objection to the increase of troops, but what kind of soldiers to send, how many soldiers to send reinforcements, and who to appoint as the commander-in-chief will take time to discuss. Let's stop here today, everyone should go back and think about it, let's discuss it another day!"

Ying Zheng didn't want to send troops to continue to be an enemy of Da Zhou, and it seemed so inappropriate to directly refuse, so he used the method of "delaying".

Zhao Ji was very pleased with his decision and added: "Your Majesty is right. Daqin has already been defeated by Ji Jie several times. If he can't win next time, the morale of the army will definitely drop to the extreme. , must win, if you are not [-]% sure, then it is better to retreat, at least the number of casualties will not continue to expand!"

Before these were determined, the Qin army on the front line retreated for thirty miles, relying on high walls and deep ditches to hold on to the border towns, and no one was allowed to fight.

……

After Lu Buwei returned to the mansion, he went directly to the dungeon in the back garden, where Sima Jing had been locked up for more than ten days.

"Master Xiangguo, I was really wronged..." Sima Jing still used the same old saying, in order to make him confess, Lu Buwei ordered him not to eat, and now he has been hungry for several days, so he can only crawl to the prison door to cry for injustice, and stand still Can't get up.

A hint of malice flashed in Lu Buwei's eyes, and he said: "You said you were wronged, I can trust you for now, as long as you can complete the task I gave, I will let you and your family go! If you can't, Maybe you can escape, but your family will die!"

Sima Jing knew that Lu Buwei had already controlled his family, so he could only nod his head and say, "Even if the villain dies, he will still complete the tasks assigned by Mr. Xiangguo. Tell me, I will go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire!"

Lu Buwei squatted down covering his nose, and whispered a few words next to Sima Jing's head.

Judging from Sima Jing's superficial expression, this task must not be easy.

After finishing speaking, Lu Buwei stood up, looked at him with slightly dull eyes and said: "This is your only chance of life, I hope you can firmly grasp it, of course you can choose to refuse, but you and your family will never see each other again." It's tomorrow's sun!"

Sima Jing nodded dumbly and said, "I will do it!"

"Okay, I'll let you go now!" Lu Buwei said with a smile: "Let you have a good meal, take a bath and rest for a day, and leave tomorrow!"

……

In the camp of the Zhou army, all the soldiers were celebrating victory happily. Less than 1 casualties were exchanged for the number of [-] enemies wiped out. One to ten, this battle will become a classic battle and will be recorded in history.

Ji Jie smiled and rejected Ji Jian and Zhao Ling's invitation to drink together, and turned back to the big tent to find Sima Xueran.

"Why don't you drink and celebrate with everyone?" Sima Xueran asked.

"If I drink once every time I win a battle, I think it won't take long for me to die of drunkenness!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "We will win more battles in the future! The soldiers will be different. He is at the front every time, bloody and sacrificed, so they should celebrate!"

"It seems that you are still a very enlightened coach!"

"That's right! By the way, what actions have the Qin government made recently?"

Sima Xueran picked up the information that had just been collected, handed it to him, and said, "Increasing troops is a sure thing, but it's just not yet determined when they will come. You have Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji to mediate for you. Lu Buwei wants to make a short note It should be impossible to send reinforcements in time!"

Ji Jie shrugged, thinking that this is really great, I will have time to go back and deal with Cao Qiudao's big trouble.

In fact, Cao Qiudao was also thinking of getting rid of him!