In the first year of the second lunar month, on the first day of the second lunar month, Wang Ben was still in Wancheng.
It wasn't that he didn't want to personally command the battle to attack Huaiyang, but that the old general was already ill and could not make the trip. After thirty years of fighting, he always had some old problems. He thought they would get better after the winter, but it was only the beginning of spring, and Wang Ben
Then he fell ill again.
Furthermore, Wang Ben knew very well that the restored Six Kingdoms were a serious problem for Qin, and Hei Fu was a serious and fatal disease at any time.
Although he is old, as long as he sits in Wancheng for one day, he will be the backbone of Nanyang's army of more than 100,000 people. With Han Xin's lesson, Heifu does not dare to advance rashly.
On this day, Wang Ben was frowning as he drank the medicine given by the military doctor, but was interrupted by sudden news.
"What did you say?"
"Feng Quji is dead!?"
Gantang, who had just returned from Xianyang on Pegasus, lowered his head and said: "It was suicide. The Tingwei had already convicted Feng of treason. When Prime Minister Zuo heard about it, he stayed in prison for a long time. That night, he actually cut off the Feng family with a piece of pottery.
He cut off his own wrist and sat there all night. When the jailer found him the next day, his blood was all over the rice mat, and Prime Minister Zuo had expired."
"And there are only four words left on the prison wall."
Gantang gritted his teeth, unable to suppress the sadness and anger in his heart:
"The general will not disgrace him!"
"Get rid of the disease, get rid of the disease."
The old man was gone. Wang Ben was very sad and sighed: "I am trying to rescue you. Li Si also wrote a letter vowing that he would try to delay you? Now, the spy sent to Bajun to inquire about the news has not returned yet, Feng Jie
The surrender of the rebels has not been finalized yet, how could Tingwei finalize the decision so quickly?"
Gantang said: "Although Yan Le, who was presiding over the case, did not dare to torture Prime Minister Zuo, he tortured Feng's cronies and family members. They could not bear the torture, so they admitted that Prime Minister Zuo had secret contacts with Hei Fu and deliberately allowed Han Xin to cause chaos.
Central Plains, forcing Marquis Tongwu to withdraw his troops."
"He also said that Prime Minister Zuo took the opportunity to return to the court and proposed to give up the land outside the pass. The purpose of all this was to reach an agreement with Hei Fu, depose Jin Shang, and make Young Master Gao the emperor!"
"What nonsense!"
Wang Ben was so angry that his face changed shape: "Everyone knows that the Feng family is loyal and loyal. Feng Wuze died for the country and his body was still cold. As the brother of one of his mother's compatriots, how could Feng Quji conspire with the enemy? Furthermore, Young Master Gao has always been
I am indifferent to fame and fortune, and I once refused to be the heir of the late emperor, so how can I covet the throne now? I think there are treacherous and sycophants around me who are obstructing me, with evil intentions, and they are determined to put him and Mrs. Feng to death!"
He quickly asked: "How is Young Master Gao doing?"
"He's dead too." Gan Tang's face was still a little pale as he thought of the tragedy that happened in Xianyang in late January.
"After Young Master Gao was captured, he wrote a letter saying: 'When the late Emperor is well, I will give you food when you come in and ride on me when you go out. I will be given the clothes of the imperial palace; I will be given the horse and horse in the stable. I should obey.
To die without being able is to be unfilial as a son and unfaithful as a minister. Those who are unfaithful have no name to live in the world. I ask you to die and be buried at the feet of Mount Li. I am the only one who has mercy on you."
"In the book, the emperor refused, but still took the young master Gao and Feng Jing, a member of the Feng clan, to the city of Xianyang. The man was killed in Xianyang City, the woman Zhen died in Du, and the property was transferred to the county magistrate. Those who sit together cannot win.
number!"
Wang Ben was extremely angry and cursed: "Hu Hai is really a arrogant person. Is he still the queen of the late emperor? He actually did such a thing that hurts his relatives and makes his enemies happy!"
After scolding Hu Hai, Wang Ben then scolded the leader of the Qin Dynasty's officials.
"What is Li Si doing?"
"What is Li Tonggu doing?"
"As a trusted and important minister of the First Emperor, if he really wanted to prevent this tragedy, could he still be unable to stop it? Where has the spirit of admonishing and expelling guests gone?"
"I think he just wants to be alone!"
Wang Ben slammed the medicine bowl to the ground. With a bang, pottery shards flew everywhere, and the dark medicine was scattered all over the floor!
Just like when Hu Hai took over the throne, the four important ministers worked together in the same boat and their commitment to serve the country was shattered!
The house leaked and it rained continuously all night. At this time, another urgent message came from the east.
"Hou Tongwu! I want to see Hou Tongwu!"
The envoy sent by Sima Yang was waiting outside in a hurry. He broke in regardless of the obstruction, but was pushed to the ground.
"What's the matter?"
Wang Ben had an ominous premonition.
The messenger bowed his head and wept bitterly.
"Seven days ago, the Chu pirate Xiang Ji crossed the chasm. General Shejian wanted to attack him, so he left General Su Jiao with 20,000 men to surround Huaiyang, and he sent 40,000 troops to attack Xiang Ji."
"I met the Chu bandits and the battle was unfavorable. They retreated to Huaiyang. The Chu bandits pursued them. They won nine battles for a hundred miles. The Chu people in Huaiyang also broke out. Our army was defeated and cut into two. General Shejian
Trapped, he refused to surrender to Chu and burned himself to death. General Su Jiao returned to Yingchuan with only more than ten thousand people!"
After Wang Ben heard this, his world was spinning for a moment.
"Huaiyang lost?"
"Of the 60,000 people, only 10,000 are left in Yingchuan?"
He was a little unbelievable. How to fight and what the key points were were all given by Su Jiao in Shejian before setting off. He also asked Sima Yang to garrison in Runan to prevent Heifu from causing trouble.
The Chu bandits are few, but the Qin army is large. Although half of them are newly recruited soldiers. But as long as the second general follows Wang Ben's strategy, there will be almost no mistakes. As long as Huaiyang is captured, the chasm is in hand, and the eastern front is stable.
, you can concentrate your efforts on dealing with Heifu.
But why did he lose?
And he lost so miserably!
Disappointed in Xianyang, angry and unwilling to be defeated at the front line, and filled with grief and anger, Wang Ben actually spit out a mouthful of blood and sprinkled it on the map!
…
"How many days have I been lying down?"
After opening his eyes and drinking a bowl of hot porridge that made him feel alive, Wang Ben regained his consciousness despite the burning pain in his chest and throat.
"Two days." Gantang's eyes were blood red. He had been watching over the two days when Tongwu Hou fell. He felt that without this pillar, the entire Qin Dynasty would collapse.
"In two days, the wounds on the front line turned from small sores into ulcers."
With the help of his guards, Wang Ben struggled to get up.
"Is it safe in the army?"
Gantang said: "Only a few people knew about the news that Marquis Tongwu was ill, and no one dared to leak it. However, as the defeated troops retreated, the defeat on the front line could not be concealed..."
Wang Ben nodded: "I guess there must be a backlog of military cases in various places? Pick the important ones and let me read them."
Gantang looked at Wang Ben's body, which seemed to be running out of oil, and hesitated to speak. Finally, he held a stack of battle reports and told Wang Ben the bad news one by one.
"After Xiang Ji defeated our army in Huaiyang, he suffered a lot of losses, but with the reputation of a great victory, many people from the Chen area joined the bandits, and now he led another 20,000 people to attack Chenliu in the north."
"Wei's thieves opened their ears, and Wei Wuzhi led thousands of people to Linji to mourn for Wei Jiu and seize wild jujubes."
"Zhao Kou and Li Zuoche's troops, with tens of thousands of troops, continuously broke through the two lines of defense in Hanoi County and fell into Anyang (Anyang, Henan) and Chaoge (Qixian, Henan). Now they are approaching Xiuwu (Xinxiang, Henan). The guards in Hanoi can only
Retreat to Huai County, the county seat."
Wang Ben listened with his eyes closed, his chest rising and falling slightly, and after a long time he said: "If I remember correctly, Wei Wuwu is the grandson of Lord Xinling?"
Gantang said: "He is the grandson of Wei Wuji. The false king Wei Bao still named him Lord Xinling."
"Li Zuoche calls himself the grandson of Zhao general Li Mu?"
"Exactly, I just don't know whether it's true or not."
Gantang agreed.
"In addition, Xiang Yan's eldest grandson, Xiang Ji, who wiped out more than 40,000 of my people in Huaiyang..."
Wang Ben felt the great irony and coughed while laughing.
"They are all descendants of my father's old rivals."
This is a group of avengers, a group of dead souls that the Wang family and his son failed to kill!
He sighed: "Wang Ben now understands the situation of Wei Wuji, Li Mu, and Xiang Yan back then!"
In the past, Qin used a stratagem to alienate the king of Wei to neglect Wei Wuji, and made the king of Zhao kill Li Mu. Now, the situation has turned, and it is Hei Fu's turn to plot, causing Feng Quji to be slandered by villains, and his body and family are destroyed. It is really ironic.
No one in the court dared to harm Wang Ben, but what was the difference between the situation he was in and Xiang Yan, who was supporting the state of Chu alone...
"To the north is the enemy."
"The enemy is to the south."
"The east is the enemy."
"North Korea and China in the West also have enemies!"
From this incident, Wang Ben has realized that Li Si is unreliable, and he also knows that there must be a treacherous and evil person around Hu Hai to cause trouble!
Thanks to their efforts! In the blink of an eye, in less than a year, it seemed that only Wang Ben was left among the four pillars left by Qin Shihuang...
"How can one hand hold the sky up..."
"How can one hand hold the sky up?"
Like asking others, but also like asking himself, Tongwuhou Wang Ben has never felt so powerless.
But no matter what, his pillar still has to hold up this huge building!
Because this is not only the country of the surname Ying, but also the father and son of the Wang family, who overcame all obstacles and built it brick by brick...
"Although Chu, Zhao and Wei appear to be allies, they actually have their own agendas."
Struggling to get up again, Wang Ben gave instructions to Gantang: "Zhao wants to annex Hanoi, Wei wants to take all Dongjun, and Chu's target is probably Chenggao and Aocang!"
"The people of Wei are timid, and the housekeepers have dog ears, so don't worry about them. But if you want to order the Shangdang, Hedong will immediately send troops to support Hanoi. Hanoi controls the danger of Chenggao to the south, and relies on the Taihang Mountains in the north. There are mountains and rivers inside and outside! You can throw away Chao Ge.
, but Huai County must be defended, and Chu and Zhao must not be allowed to join forces!"
"As for the Chenggao side, Guanzhong was asked to send tens of thousands of new soldiers, but they could not get out. Although Xiang Ji is a good soldier, he cannot defeat Chenggao's dangerous fortress with the strength of the Chu bandit family alone..."
That's right, Xiang Ji, this is another soldier who impressed Marquis Tongwu after Han Xin, who went deep into the army alone and single-handedly defeated Wang Ben's strategy!
Wang Bi already knew the detailed process of the battle between Xiangxian and Huaiyang, and was amazed that this book was really a genius for using troops in battle.
Troubled times are coming again, and talented military strategists are emerging one after another. As a senior, I really don’t know whether I should be excited to compete with them, or worry that the waves ahead cannot overcome the waves behind?
But compared with these sharp-edged young people, Wang Ben knew very well that Xiao Yinbi, who was rated by the Emperor Qin Shi Huang as a "general and prime minister" and had been accumulated for ten years and reached middle age, was the greatest threat to the Qin Dynasty.
enemy!
"Where's Mr. Hei? Our army has suffered a defeat. He always likes to add insult to injury, so it's impossible for him to remain silent, right?"
