Chapter 7 Mutiny
Ying Bu finally couldn't help it and blatantly raised an army to rebel Qin, sending 200,000 troops across the river and attacking Dongyang, but unexpectedly, Qin generals Huan Qi and Ben He had been waiting here for a long time. Ying Bu was inexplicably hit by a head-on attack.
What was worse than Ying Bu was Peng Yue. Wang Tiankai returned to Peng Yue's camp, which was already on the 14th day. Peng Yue thought he could not come back and had no choice but to launch a new round of attacks on the city. In the past three days, there was endless loss of troops and generals. Wang Tiankai returned without much good news, and only said that Ying Bu agreed to rebel but refused to borrow food. Peng Yue's food and grass were almost eaten up.
"What do you think you should do now?" Peng Yue hated Wang Tiankai and thought to himself, if you hadn't encouraged me, would I go on this road of no return? Wang Tiankai was afraid that Peng Yue would kill him to vent his anger, so he hurriedly said, "Please withdraw the army first, and Rong Chen will take it wisely." Peng Yue said, "Do you have a plan?" Wang Tiankai said, "Yes, but now is not the time to say it. Please give me some time. At that time, I will guarantee to break through Hanoi." Peng Yue was a little hesitant, thinking to himself, is Wang Tiankai bragging? Even Guan Zhong and Leyi may not dare to say such big words. Wang Tiankai was just full of confidence.
Peng Yue had to believe him once and ordered the army to suspend the attack tomorrow. Wang Tian hurriedly wrote a secret letter, ordering his confidants to shoot into the city while the moon was black and wind was high, telling Wang Ben clearly about the actual situation of Peng Yue's army and asking Wang Ben to suspend the attack. Wang Ben heard that Peng Yue's army was short of food and supplies, so he was not busy attacking, and was about to drag Peng Yue to death outside the city.
Peng Yue's soldiers changed from the original three meals a day to two meals a day. Later, they could only eat one meal a day. After five or six days, even a meal a day was sometimes not guaranteed, and they were already on the verge of being out of food. There were complaints among the soldiers, and the generals from all walks of life gradually became dissatisfied. Everyone was thinking: When will the king withdraw his troops?
Peng Yue came to discuss whether to withdraw the troops. Wang Tiankai and Hu Zhi strongly opposed it. Hu Zhi was out of war and loyalty, but he was brave but not scheming and too reckless. However, Wang Tiankai wanted to send Peng Yue to the grave and never be reborn. Wang Tiankai gave Peng Yue many examples and urged Peng Yue to persevere and wait for the dawn to come. He would still have a plan to defeat the enemy in three days. Seeing that he was very confident, Peng Yue reluctantly agreed to stay for a few days.
After Wang Tiankai came out of Peng Yue's tent, he began to organize his confidants to spread rumors in the camp, such as the army had already been out of food, the retreat had been blocked, and the king decided to die with the Qin army. Everyone was about to die, and no one could survive. The whole camp was so angry that people were resentful, and the father and mother were cursing. On that day, soldiers began to flee. Some soldiers reported the news to Wang Tiankai, and he only said: I know, but he did not report to Peng Yue. Peng Yue sent people to urge him every day to urge him to have a clever plan. Wang Tiankai just said: Wait a little longer! Peng Yue originally trusted him very much, so he didn't have much doubt. Who would have thought that Wang Tiankai's heart is a traitor, which is full of evil intentions.
Paper cannot contain the fire. Wang Tiankai was afraid that Peng Yue knew about the soldiers' escape and saw that he was really trying to attack him, so he planned to do it first. The next night, Wang Tiankai led two personal soldiers to patrol the military camp. Peng Yue's soldiers were listless like flooded crops. Some were sleeping soundly on the stone ground, some were hungry on the hay, and some lit a bonfire, threw sieves around the fire to have fun, passing the time, and occasionally came out to scold his father and mother.
When passing by a military camp, Wang Tiankai heard someone scolding and making noise inside, and hurriedly tiptoed over and listened with his ears. However, several lower-level officers of Peng Yuejun were making noise. One of them shouted: "You must escape. If you don't leave, it will probably be too late. I heard that General Wang urged the king to withdraw his troops, but the king just refused to listen. He must die with the King of Qin. If we don't leave, there will be only a dead end."
Another voice with a rough voice said, "How to go, if you are alone, you will die if you are caught by the Qin army. Besides, if the king is defeated, we will all become wanted criminals of Qin. We will have no good life to hide for the rest of our lives." Another slightly hoarse voice also said, "It seems that we are dead."
Wang Tiankai was overjoyed when he heard these voices. He quickly coughed, lifted up the curtain, and rushed into the tent. The five people in the tent were all shocked. When he turned around, he saw that it was Wang Tiankai, he was even more panicked. The rough voice came from the mouth of a bearded guest. The bearded guest's nervous tongue was half short: "General Wang, why are you?" Wang Tiankai said: "General Tian, General Ma, General Li, what you said just now, I have heard what you said." The few people who were just talking immediately looked as if they were ashamed. Suddenly, the bearded guest pulled out a knife and said sternly: "It's over, we can only fight and kill the Wang person."
Wang Tian took a step back and raised his hands: "Wait, I have the same opinions as you, and I don't agree to continue fighting. Don't kill me first. I have something to say."
The General Ma who spoke before stood in front of the bearded guest and said, "General Tian, listen to what General Wang says first." Wang Tian said calmly: "I have heard what you said just now. Please forgive me for your words. What General Tian said just now is very reasonable. If you escape alone, once the king is defeated, you will be wanted criminals of Qin in the future. No matter where you go, you will live in hiding and never have a chance to make a breakthrough in your life. As General Li said, it is a dead end. Do you want to live like this in the second half of your life?"
General Tian said, "What can I do if I don't want it? It's better than losing my life. Now the army's food and grass are exhausted, and there is no hope for breaking the city ahead. The king insists on his own and refuses to retreat. There is definitely no way to survive." Wang Tiankai said to the man who spoke before, "General Ma, I have a plan to solve the problem. I wonder if you are willing to listen." General Ma sighed, "It's over and over, and you're dead. What other plan can you do?"
Wang Tian said, "As long as you listen to me, you can not only solve the problem, but you can even be promoted to the title in the future. "General Ma frowned and said, "Since you have such a good idea, why don't you say it?" Wang Tian turned around and raised the curtain, looked around and saw that there was no one around, turned around and said, "In this situation, you can't escape from the trap or continue fighting. In my opinion, there is only one way to surrender."
Everyone in the tent smiled bitterly after hearing this. General Ma said, "The king will not agree." Wang Tian stepped closer and said, "The generals may not understand what I mean." He paused and said, "The king does not need the king's consent at all. Even, we can--" He looked at the people present listening, and then said, "The king is determined to act on his own regardless of the life and death of the soldiers and does not regard us as human beings. Why do we have loyalty for such a master? In my opinion, we can arrest him and hand it over to Qin. Qin will definitely reward us with great reward."
General Tian and General Ma were shocked all over, their faces changed color, and they were trembling. General Tian swallowed and said, "You said, we will capture the king and hand it over to the Qin army, but there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers outside. We—" Wang Tian said, "The king is powerful and powerful. The soldiers outside have long complained. The ancients said: "The king has many help, but there are few helps that will be lost. The king disregards morality and promotes this nameless soldier and resists the court. He will definitely suffer a crushing defeat. The people in the world long for peace and unwilling to fight. No one will be willing to help him. We do this to follow the heavens and respond to others. The soldiers outside will definitely agree with each other. If the generals do not believe it, they can summon the generals to discuss matters. If anyone opposes killing them on the spot, then Peng Yue can capture them."
General Ma said, "If everyone disagrees, wouldn't we be made into meat sauce?" Wang Tian said, "The soldiers are all starving to death. No one wants to fight, everyone will agree." General Tian shouted, "It's a death, why do you come and try it, at least you can try it." The rest of the people also agreed: "The king disregards our lives and death, why should we consider benevolence and righteousness? If you fight, I'll call all the generals to have a meeting."
Wang Tian said, "I'll go and see the king's movements and try to hold him back." In fact, he was afraid of taking the blame and wanted to escape. General Ma said, "It's a good thing that General Wang can escape this disaster. If we can escape by chance, it's all up to General Wang." Wang Tian said righteously: "It's nothing. I can't stand the king's nature of treating human life like grass and insisting on doing things alone." As he said, he lifted up the curtain and walked out of the tent with two personal soldiers. General Tian, General Ma and others followed him out and contacted the other generals to have a meeting in the tent.
Wang Tian opened the door outside Peng Yue's handsome tent and found that there were still some lights in the stall. It seemed that Peng Yue was not asleep. He thought that he would not see the flaws. So he lifted the curtain and walked in. Peng Yue lay on the simple desk and slept soundly. There was only a dim lonely lamp in the tent. There was an empty jar of wine on the desk. "Drinking too much!" Wang Tian was very happy. God helped me. He thought about it and wanted to retreat. Peng Yue's head suddenly raised from the desk, looked at him with his eyes squinted, rubbed his eyes, and said, "It turned out to be General Wang,
How are your tricks thinking?" Wang Tian secretly called unlucky. Why did he wake up at this time? He quickly said, "I was here to report this matter, but I dare not disturb you when I see you sleeping." Peng Yue nodded and said, "Then let me talk, I'm awake." Wang Tian said happily, "What do I say, I'm talking about it, I'm talking about it, and I'm talking about it. I coughed twice and said, "This, that, this, everything is ready, I'll just wait for the early morning to use the plan. Please forgive me for selling a lawsuit here now, just to keep the secret."
Peng Yue said very understandingly: "Okay, then you go down first. Tomorrow morning, I will march with you." Wang Tian opened his head and was worried that Peng Yue would hold him and would not let him go. He must ask clearly. Fortunately, Peng Yue was very sleepy after drinking, so he was too lazy to ask more questions.
Wang Tiankai came to the tent just now and walked in. He heard a noise in the tent, and everyone's voice was very low. However, because there were too many people, it was still heard more than ten steps away. General Ma was telling everyone the idea of rebellion. While scolding Peng Yue, a voice suddenly shouted: "You thieves have deceived us to come for a meeting. It turns out that I, Zhang, are loyal ministers, and will never be with you. I want to report to the king and punish you for your crimes." Wang Tiankai pulled out his sword outside the tent. He heard that there was a silence in the tent, no one spoke, and no one agreed. Wang Tiankai was happy. This situation was enough to show that everyone was watching and there was only one loyal minister.
There was a crackling sound of footsteps in the tent, as if the general named Zhang was walking out angrily. Suddenly, General Ma shouted loudly: "Catch me!" There was a noise in the tent, a fight, a fierce panting and roaring sound, followed by a scream: "Ah, you--" Wang Tiankai saw a splash of blood splattering on the tent in the shadows. He thought to himself, General Zhang had gone to the west. Sure enough, after Peng's voice, the tent returned to silence. Wang Tiankai could hear dozens of hearts beating violently outside the tent.
"The person surnamed Zhang is dead, and it's too late for you to regret it. If this battle continues, everyone will have a way out. The only way is to hand Peng Yue over to the Qin people. If everyone wants, just dip a little blood and sign their own name on this letter. Don't blame me for being rude if you don't want to." General Ma gave an ultimatum. When Wang Tiankai heard that the tent turned silent, it seemed that many people were still hesitating. He had a flash of inspiration in his mind and stepped into the tent step by step.
The situation was somewhat similar to the last time, and many people were startled by him. General Ma was the first to say, "General Wang, how are you investigating the news?" Wang Tiankai looked at General Zhang's body lying obliquely on the right hand of the tent, and snorted coldly from his nose, and sighed in a deep voice: "The king is still studying how to send all his brothers to attack the city tomorrow. I tried to persuade him to withdraw his troops, but the king scolded me and said, "Even if I let these 200,000 people die under the city, I will never withdraw my troops." After that, I sighed deeply.
General Ma slapped the table angrily and said sternly: "Generals, the people here have no wives and children, and the ones without their own mother. No one is coming out of the cracks of the stones. There are still big and small people waiting to be raised at home. Peng Yue ignored our lives and death and asked us to be a burial for him. Do we still need to be loyal to such people? Look, even a confidant like General Wang is going to make him rebellious. What are your concerns?"
This last sentence is the most important. Everyone thought to themselves that Peng Yue was too cruel. Even Wang Tiankai was about to rebel. Why should we die with the chastity tablet? Let's fight. Three or five people squirted cold and snorted in their noses, dipped their blood on the ground, and signed their name on the book slip placed in front of General Ma.
The people behind no longer insisted and began to sign autographs one after another. General Ma smiled. "Clang", Wang Tian was the first to pull out the knife and said sternly: "Dear generals, we can be regarded as following the heavens and responding to people in this operation. Peng Yue is not popular with the hearts of the people in the world. Everyone in the world can punish him. There is no need for any concerns. General Ma and General Tian ask you two to gather their own deployment immediately. We go to the commander's tent to arrest Peng Yue."
General Ma, General Hotan came out of the tent, and the time for a stick of incense came back: "General Wang, the team has been assembled, listen outside the tent." Wang Tian said, "The night is long and dreams are long, let's take action immediately. Let's go to the tent together." The generals agreed, and at this time, there was nothing to hesitate.
Peng Yue was sleeping and suddenly heard a loud footstep. He thought it was Wang Tian who was mobilizing his troops. He raised his head and shouted to the outside: "What's going on outside?" Two screams suddenly came out of the door, and then a bloody smell rushed straight into the door. Two generals covered in blood rushed into the commander's tent. Peng Yue thought it was Qin's army coming, so he stood up and said sternly: "What's going on?" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!