Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 56

Lieutenant General Lu Zijue still stood still and did not leave. He was a young general promoted by Wei Yizhi three years ago. He was young and promising, and he had been stationed in Badong County with other veterans.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have something to report."

Wei Yizhi was putting on the armor, and said briefly: "Say."

Lu Zijue glanced outside the tent door to make sure there were no other people, so he quickly approached and whispered something in his ear.

Wei Yizhi stopped, and suddenly turned to look at him: "You said it was said by the soldiers who escaped?"

"Yes."

He was silent for a moment, then calmed down again, and nodded: "This king knows."

"The king of the county..."

"The king will handle it."

Lu Zijue stopped talking and withdrew.

Wei Yizhi changed his clothes and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Wei Shizhi was patrolling the front line and was not in the tent.After he walked to the case, he flipped through the map that Wei Shizhi was always facing, and seeing the marks on it, he couldn't help feeling chills in his heart.

In the middle of the night, Wei Shizhi returned to the camp with a tired look on his face.When he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw Wei Yizhi sitting behind the case, and he couldn't help being startled: "Why is Yizhi here?"

Wei Yizhi's armor was in order, with his sword on his waist, he looked down at the desk and said, "I'm waiting for big brother."

Wei Shizhi nodded, sat next to him and said, "You came just in time, I was just looking for you. I found a way to turn defeat into victory, and I can use it next time when they attack."

Wei Yizhi turned his face and looked into his eyes: "Really?"

"Of course it is true, you listen to it, and I will explain it to you in detail."

Wei Yizhi listened to him and listened to what he said. Thinking of Lu Zijue's words and the marks on the map, his mood was ups and downs.

"That's great," he stood up, "If that's the case, let's wait until the next battle to see the outcome. I hope that big brother can turn the situation around and keep Dajin safe."

Wei Shizhi also stood up and patted his arm: "You and I are brothers, there is nothing we can't do."

Wei Yizhi nodded, smiled at him, said goodbye and went out.

In the early morning of the second day, soldiers rushed all the way into Wei Yizhi's tent: "Report—Shi Di and Tuobakang have gathered troops to attack the camp!"

Wei Yizhi immediately went out of the tent, but Wei Shizhi was not seen. He immediately ordered two lieutenants to lead a small force to hold back the Qin army, and ordered the rest of the camp to retreat to the southern mountainous area.

Wei Shizhi said last night that he would use it to turn the tide of the battle, and now Wei Yizhi will do as he wants.

The mountains are complex and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Lu Zijue is familiar with this place and knows that there is a trail as thin as a sheep's gut that is very beneficial to the Jin army.Wei Yizhi sent people to block the other entrances, and only guarded the entrance of the trail. When he saw the enemy army, he would attract them to him, and they would break them one by one, and not rush in.

The Qin army camp has established a reward system. Anyone who captures the Jin army will be rewarded with silver, and the generals will be rewarded more. If the king of Wuling is captured, he will basically be able to rise to the top.Because of this, they were very active, and they were fooled as soon as they saw the shadow of the Jin army. There was a cliff under the narrow path, and countless corpses of the Qin army were pushed down.

Looking out through the high hills, the view is wide, and you can see all the movements of the enemy.Wei Yizhi took Fu Xuan and Lu Zijue to look out from there, and Wei Shizhi in armor came galloping, with smoke and dust billowing a few miles behind him, and the vertical banner was not Jin army, but Qin army.

"Jun Wang, the eldest son is being pursued by the Qin army." Fu Xuan looked at him.

Lu Zijue said: "There is no one in the army he led, and it must have been wiped out. The Qin army chased him so slowly, it seemed to be following him."

Fu Xuan looked at him in astonishment: "You mean..."

Lu Zijue looked at Wei Yizhi's expression: "What is the county king going to do?"

"Go and lure the eldest brother here, I have something to say to him."

Lu Zijue nodded, turned and left.

Wei Shizhi's riding skills are exquisite, and he is as stable as Mount Tai when he gallops up the slender path.As soon as he entered the mountain, he immediately mobilized all the Jin army to deal with the Qin State's chasing troops. However, after calling for a long time, no one paid attention to his words. Strangely, Lu Zijue came to invite him to see Wei Yizhi.

Wei Yizhi had already stepped down from the high place and walked towards him. He could already see that the atmosphere was different, and when he got off his horse, he sneered: "Is Yizhi going to act as commander-in-chief?"

"Not on behalf of him," Wei Yizhi stood still in front of him: "You are no longer the commander-in-chief."

Wei Shizhi's face was sullen: "Is it because I made a wrong decision?"

"No." Wei Yizhi stared at him closely: "I want to ask my brother, why do you have to use the main force to face Qin Jun head-on?"

"Of course it's for a quick battle!"

"Then why did today's battle that was supposed to turn the tide of the battle hide in such a difficult valley?"

"Insufficient troops, the only way to resist the Qin army's attack."

"But you have attracted pursuers."

Wei Shizhi's face was livid: "What do you mean by that? The pursuers I attracted?"

Wei Yizhi took out the map from his lapel, and unfolded it in front of his eyes: "What do you mean by marking several mountains on the map?" He pointed at two places with his finger, "This mountain range is our Jin army's map." The killing field of the main force, did the eldest brother already know where they would go? And here, where we are now, the eldest brother has already planned to bring us here, right?"

Wei Shizhi's face changed slightly.

Wei Yizhi showed disappointment on his face: "Lu Zijue came to report that one of the soldiers who escaped said that they heard Shi Di talking with Tuoba Kang and mentioned your name. I went to the main tent of the Chinese army and found these signs. Was it the elder brother who cooperated with the Qin State and deliberately led Xun Zhuo and Mo Rong into the mountains to die? Now we want to send the last of our troops to death too?"

Wei Shizhi sneered, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Wei Yizhi's fingers had reached the scabbard.

The drums were beating, and the vanguard troops arranged by Wei Yizhi had already attacked, fighting the enemy outside the valley.Lu Zijue looked at Wei Shizhi defensively, and said to Wei Yizhi: "Jun Wang, it's time to withdraw."

Wei Yizhi didn't move, still looking at Wei Shizhi: "Why?"

"Why?" Wei Shizhi suddenly laughed out loud, his voice sad: "Do you really think that I have cooperated with them? No, these are all my own arrangements."

Wei Yizhi looked at him in disbelief.

"You don't believe it?" Wei Shizhi put his hand on his helmet, and said with a sneer, "I gave up my beloved in Qin State, I gave up my high-ranking officials and rich salary, and it was true that they poured out all my illnesses with medicine. Because I don’t want to cooperate with them. If I want to say that I have lied to you, it is that I knew that the wet nurse was threatened to harm you, but I didn’t come forward to prove it, because I was waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to come here.”

Wei Yizhi's hand holding the hilt of the sword was almost bruised.

"Yizhi, do you know what it's like to be a captive?" The vicissitudes of forbearance between Wei Shizhi's eyebrows revealed again, and the smile on his face changed a bit: "Eighteen years of wandering in a foreign country... No, it's not a foreign country at all, then It was originally a great country for our Great Jin! But if you look at the current imperial court, have they ever thought about taking the north back? No! All they think about is mutual suspicion, scrambling, and extravagant enjoyment! If so, why not Let the capable Qin State unify the world. Only with unity can there be no wars, and only with unity can there be no cannibalism! I don’t care who is the emperor, I just want to see the war end soon, the country is unified, and the people of the Li people no longer have to be separated from each other. , Wives and children! Did I do something wrong?"

All the people present looked at him in shock, but couldn't say anything to refute.

Wei Yizhi's voice was dry: "Since that's the case, why don't you find a chance to kill me, that will do more with less."

Wei Shizhi's face was complicated and he remained silent.

Wei Yizhi understood that if the backbone of the Jin army had been destroyed, then he might have already done so.

The soldiers came to report that the way of retreat had been opened, Fu Xuan heard the shouts of killing from outside the valley, and urged him: "Your Majesty, the people have almost retreated, we should go too, temporarily take the eldest son into custody, let's talk about it when we get back. "

"Detained?" Wei Shizhi laughed, suddenly took off his armor, threw it on the ground, and looked at Wei Yizhi: "Don't arrest me back, arresting me will only hurt you and mother, you know what to do, as long as If you feel it is your duty to protect that cowardly court." He took a few steps back, got on his horse, and galloped out of the valley.

Wei Yizhi walked back to the high hill, looked out from a distance, and stretched out his hand to the side: "Bow."

Lu Zijue immediately handed over the bow and arrow, and found that his fingers were trembling slightly.

The setting sun was like blood, and Wei Shizhi's back was as lonely as when he left Jiankang.Wei Yizhi took aim with his bow, his vision slightly blurred.

This is his eldest brother, who taught him how to draw a bow and how to practice swords, and took care of him for days and nights because of his illness, and also encouraged and supported him when the family was dying...

He has always known that his eldest brother has great ambitions, but time has worn this great ambition into extremes.No one did anything wrong, what was wrong was their respective identities.As a soldier, the bounden duty is loyalty to the country, not treason.

Wei Shizhi was almost at the place where the scuffle was, when he suddenly reined in his horse and turned his head, looked up: "Shoot! Use the archery skills I taught you to kill me! This is my good brother!"

brother?Xun Zhuo, Mo Rong, which one is not his brother?

Wei Yizhi let go of his fingers.

Jiankang in late autumn can already feel the obvious chill at night.Both sides of the cold Qinhuai River have lost the bright lights of the past, the aristocratic families are no longer in the mood to go on a boat for fun, and the common people are also full of uneasiness. The city has lost the noise of the past.

Xie Shu leaned against the window and looked at the crescent moon in the sky, his brows never stretched.

The news from the front line had been delivered, and she also knew about Wei Shizhi, she was still shocked except for the shock.

In her opinion, Wei Shizhi is not a rebellious person, no matter in appearance or in conversation, she did not expect his purpose to be like this.

Apart from Sima Qi, the king of Changsha, this was the second person who shocked her.

I don't know what happened to Wei Yizhi at this time...

The Qin army came here this time with the heart of victory, completely ignoring the reason that the poor should not pursue, relying on the fact that the Jin army at the border between the two countries was monitored by the Qin army, and they chased Wei Yizhi's remnants all the way. We must drive them all to extinction, so that we can go back and kill those old and stubborn prestige.The two generals Shi Di and Tuoba Kang personally took the lead in chasing him, threatening to capture Wei Yizhi alive and bring him back to China to parade in the streets.

Follow the trail all the way to the junction of Jingzhou and Badong County, and there is another continuous mountain range.The Jin army hid in it, and soon disappeared.

Tuobakang hesitated whether to venture forward, after all, this was the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and they were not familiar with the terrain.What's more, it is Wei Yizhi who leads the troops now, not Wei Shizhi's "idiot", so naturally we should take more precautions.

"What does General Shi think should be done?" Tuoba Kang asked Shi Di, who was watching eagerly beside him.

"In my opinion, it's better to lure Wei Yizhi out before making a move. He has a cunning mind and is in the dark, so it's hard to guard against."

"But how to lure him out? I have witnessed Wei Yizhi pointing an arrow at his elder brother before. Is this kind of person willing to come out and die?"

"makes sense……"

The two were thinking hard about the countermeasures when they suddenly heard cheers in the mountains. The spies in front rushed back to report that reinforcements were coming from Jingzhou. The guards from Wuling County and Changsha County were also mobilized. The morale of the Jin army is now high. Zhen, threatened to revenge.

"What?" Shi Di is notoriously suspicious. He was still thinking about countermeasures, but now he started to play tricks.

Tuobakang was angry and anxious: "Why did we let the reinforcements arrive when we took such precautions? Is it possible that this time we will fall short?"

As soon as the words were finished, a burst of feathered arrows suddenly shot out from the mountain, and judging from the distribution, they stretched across the entire mountain.

"No, it really is reinforcements!" Shi Di stopped the panicked horse and shouted to retreat.

There were shouts of killing in the mountains, and the sound shook the sky. It sounded like there were at least a hundred thousand people.Tuobakang didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately led his troops back, but he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, turned his head to look, and saw a young general in silver armor and white robes leading the charge, stabbing straight with a long spear in his hand, behind him were thousands of infantrymen, Everyone is very motivated.

"Incompetent bastard, you only dare to bully the few with more, and you will run away when you see our reinforcements arrive? Let's go through your Grandpa Lu first!"

Tuoba Kang snorted coldly, turned around and challenged: "Little Huangkou, how dare you be so presumptuous!"

The men and horses of the two sides fought in one place, and the two generals also fought inextricably.The mountains suddenly filled with dust and smoke, and the pace was orderly. It seemed that there were a large number of reinforcements.

Shi Di retreated in a hurry and stepped forward to help. Lu Zijue's horse was very human, and he jumped away lightly after being patted by him. Shi Di missed him and jumped into the range of the Jin army. Before he could turn around, there was a sudden pain in his back, and a The cold arrow had already hit him, and when he subconsciously turned his head to look, another arrow hit his throat, and he fell to the ground without even seeing the direction the arrow came from.

Tuoba Kang was furious when he saw it, but fortunately he acted calmly, realized that he should not stay for a long time, blocked Lu Zijue's spear with a sword, and rode away.But Lu Zijue was relentless, and wrapped him around to lead him towards the mountain.

Tuoba Kang swept Shi Di's body on the ground, and suddenly realized that this kid was trying to draw himself into the range of the shooting range, and Shi Di had fallen for the trick just now.

Lu Zijue saw that he wanted to dodge, so he leaned over to avoid his sword, patted his horse and jumped behind him, and stabbed him in the hip of the horse.Tuoba Kang's horse was startled, and immediately ran wildly towards the direction of the mountain.Three arrows were fired in succession, two arrows pierced his chest, and the last arrow hit his forehead.He fell off the horse, his eyes wide open, and he died with regret.

Lu Zijue waved the dragon flag of Jin with one hand and shouted, "The general of Qin is dead! Qin is defeated! Qin is defeated!"

The Qin army had a large number of people, but at this time, their hearts were in chaos, and they broke up and fled.Lu Zijue's killing intent was strong, when he suddenly heard someone behind him yelling: "Come back!" Then he restrained himself, and hurried back to the mountain with his remnants.

Holding a longbow, Wei Yizhi looked at him with a cold face: "You want to make the mistake of Qin Jun, don't you? They have a lot of people, but we are bluffing. You will be exposed when you go."

Lu Zijue looked behind him, the infantry dragged the big branches to gather, which was the reason for the smoke and dust just now; all the archers were lined up, so it seemed to stretch over the entire mountain; even those shouts were accompanied by Knocking on the shield and stomping one's feet, combined with the echo from the mountains.

"Yes, the king, the subordinates are impatient."

A deputy general next to him asked Wei Yizhi: "Xie Yun led Xuzhou's [-] soldiers and horses on the way to meet them, and the Jingzhou defenders are also coming soon. What will King Wuling do next?"

Wei Yizhi threw away his bow and arrow, and got on his horse: "Let them all retreat, this battle has been defeated, and the whole army retreats to Jingzhou."

Surrounded by silence, the invincible King Wuling unexpectedly had a day when he was defeated and retreated...

The frontline battle report came from the early court, and the emperor kept rubbing his forehead after hearing it.The person he valued betrayed the country, while the person he suspected killed two enemy generals in a row. This was really a resounding slap in the face.

The officials buzzed non-stop, and Xie Shu suddenly spoke at this moment: "Qizou Your Majesty, I received the battle report a few days in advance, but I didn't report it because your majesty's dragon body was not in good condition. At that time, I sent someone to After checking, there is actually another hidden story in this matter.”

The emperor looked up: "What?"

Xie Shu went on to say: "Wei Shizhi was tortured repeatedly after he was captured. He had to betray the main force of our army because of the coercion of Prime Minister An Heng of Qin. Resolutely annihilating relatives, speaking of it, it was An Heng who took the lead and deliberately instigated the two brothers of the Wei family to fight each other, so that my Great Jin lost troops and generals."

The emperor was astonished, he never expected that she would say such a thing, and she actually made it up for him.

Wei Yizhi led the remaining few thousand remnants, retreated all the way, crossed the vast Yangtze River from Jingzhou, and retreated into Wuling County.

Wei Shizhi's body was brought back by him and buried in the county.Wei Yizhi only stood in front of the tomb for a moment before ordering to continue to set off and retreat.

Seeing that his expression was different, Fu Xuan rode up to persuade him: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and the county king should not worry about it."

Wei Yizhi remained silent, as if his soul had come out of his body.

"Junwang? Junwang?" Fu Xuan stretched out his hand to support his arm, Wei Yizhi's expression moved slightly, he spit out blood suddenly, and fell off the horse.

"Prince of the county!" The people and horses were chaotic.

The news spread to Jiankang very quickly. After all, King Wuling failed to turn the tide of the battle. He was defeated and retreated.

The emperor's face turned pale as paper.

(End of this chapter)