Chapter 916: Bullying the soft and fearing the hard
Long Bing'er pressed Xu Qing on the marching blanket and said angrily, "How dare you have bad intentions!"
Xu Qing was about to cry but said without tears: "What do you mean I have bad intentions? It was you who took the initiative in the beginning. Now that I take the initiative, you say I have bad intentions. Am I having bad intentions? I am doing this as a courtesy, okay?"
Long Bing'er blushed and said, "I don't need your courtesy."
Xu Qing was pressed by Long Bing'er and grinned: "You don't need to let go, okay? Your posture is hurting me."
Long Bing'er: "I just want to teach you a lesson! So that you don't have to learn how to sneak attack me in the future!"
Wei Xiong outside the tent has already walked away.
The sounds in the camp became increasingly inaudible.
If something really happened, couldn't the commander's wife give him full protection?
But thinking about what happened in the past, when the commander is in danger, the commander is absolutely safe if his wife is by his side, but when the commander is not in danger, the wife beside him is the greatest danger.
Although every time it seems that the commander is the fault of his own foul mouth...
After this small interlude, the army continued to set off towards the border.
It is said that the border pass has actually been occupied by Shezhao in two states.
Now Long Bing'er's father is leading an army to defend Jianzhou.
If it were the original Zhenxi Army, how could the thieves and bandits be allowed to march in like this?
Even if the city wall is repaired, every street will be occupied to engage in street fighting with the enemy.
For every step forward, the enemy will pay the price in blood.
But it didn't work this time. The quality of the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army is far inferior to that of the veterans. They no longer have the spirit of not being afraid of death and the tacit cooperation that was tempered by wars.
Then the enemy troops were allowed to advance straight in.
However, Long Wu, who was in Jianzhou, noticed in the past few days that the momentum of Shezhao's attacks was getting worse every time.
Moreover, the spies brought news that Shezhao was looting and amassing money in the two states he occupied, with no regard for the lives of the people.
Hearing such information, General Long almost had his teeth broken.
If you attack defenseless people, can you still be called a human being?
But as the commander-in-chief of an army, he cannot easily lead troops to attack, because there are still more than a dozen states behind him. If he gets mad and uses up all the strength of the Zhenxi Army for so-called revenge, it will be a disservice to the more people behind him.
irresponsible.
At this time, as the commander-in-chief of an army, General Long, who had unlimited glory and had been coveted by the rulers of Chu and Zhou for a long time, could only pace helplessly in his mansion.
At this moment, Lieutenant General Xin Honggao came in from outside and said: "General, spies have come to report that the Shezhao Kingdom has plundered a large amount of wealth from the two states and even kidnapped many women, and is preparing to withdraw its troops."
General Long took a deep breath to try to stabilize his emotions, and said: "They knew that Chu's army was coming, and they did not dare to fight against Chu, so they strived for the maximum benefit within this limited time.
A bunch of bullies who bully the weak and fear the strong!"
Xin Honggao offered his advice: "General, why don't we take advantage of this opportunity and lead our troops to fight out so that we can be caught off guard!"
General Long shook his head and said, "We don't have enough troops now. Besides, who knows if this is their conspiracy. Calculating the schedule, the Chu army will arrive in seven days. If we go out now and hit the enemy on the opposite side,
If there is a plan, then we won’t even be able to defend Jianzhou, and then the people whose wealth will be robbed will change from two states to three states."
"Besides, even if the Chu army appears in Jianzhou now, they have only been repairing in the capital for five days before continuing to march. They will be exhausted physically and mentally when they arrive here. How much combat effectiveness can a tired army exert?
?If you don’t recover your physical strength, you won’t be able to stop the edict.”
"As generals, you and I must keep an eye on the overall situation."
When Xin Honggao heard General Long's words, he immediately clasped his fists and said: "The general has a long-term vision, but he is not considerate of his humble position."
General Long said solemnly: "Sooner or later I will make She Zhao pay the price!"
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At this time, the Chinese army camp in Shezhao Kingdom was celebrating this harvest.
Pi Luosheng, the marshal of Shezhao Kingdom, sat in the commander's tent and cried out happily!
He has never fought such a hearty battle.
In the past, Shezhao rarely occupied so much land in Zhao State because the Zhenxi Army was so annoying.
So much territory in Shezhao was mainly ceded by the Zhao State.
The Zhenxi Army did not lose its territory, the emperor took the initiative to send it out.
In addition, they gave up the imperial edict and had a good internal response in the court.
As a result, the territory of Shezhao Kingdom became larger and larger.
Only this time, Zhao wanted to negotiate peace at first, but She Zhao directly killed the people who came to negotiate peace, and took the most ferocious offensive.
The army marched straight in and directly occupied the two states of Zhao.
Moreover, in the past two days, the wealth in these two states has been completely searched, and the troops can be prepared to withdraw at any time.
It won't work if we don't withdraw. If we don't withdraw, Chu will come over.
Pirosan was able to hold the position of marshal for so many years with some self-awareness.
Their strength is only enough to bully Zhao State, but any other country in the Central Plains would only be beaten.
But you can't just sit around and find death.
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When Xu Qing led the army to the border pass, Shezhao's army had long disappeared. Although the border city of Jianzhou seemed to be intact, many surrounding villages had been brutally attacked.
Fortunately, most of the people in Jianzhou were protected, but the situation in the other two states was even more tragic.
General Long and his deputy Xin Honggao personally led their troops out of the city to greet him.
When Long Bing'er and Xu Qing saw General Long, Long Bing'er was shocked.
She remembered that when she left the frontier, her father was still calm, strong and in his prime. Why had his father aged so much in just two months?
Even the temples are a little gray.
Long Wu glanced at Long Bing'er, then moved his gaze to Xu Qing's face and said, "We meet again. I didn't expect that the Chu State would send you here."
Xu Qing glanced at Long Bing'er beside him and said, "This junior asked for it himself."
Long Wu naturally noticed Xu Qing's eyes: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the general's mansion first."
When Xu Qing heard what General Long said, he immediately ordered Bingjia to set up camp, and then he and Long Bing'er followed General Long to the general's mansion.
The General's Mansion was a government office here that was temporarily requisitioned during the war and renovated.
After entering the General's Mansion, Xu Qing and General Long exchanged documents and stamped them.
Xu Qing asked, "I wonder what the situation is outside of Jianzhou now?"
General Long said with a heavy tone; "All the enemy troops have withdrawn. The two states that were originally captured by Shezhao have not even a single Shezhao person left since yesterday, but the people of these two states... alas...