"The princes and nobles work hard at night and watch all the affairs on the front line, no matter how big or small. The food they eat is only a few liters a day. This cannot continue like this. You have to drink medicine and eat on time every day..."
At the same time in Wancheng, Wang Ben was still listening to the doctor's chatter, but he only asked him one sentence.
"How long can I live?"
The doctor immediately stood up, took a few steps back, and said cautiously:
"Your Majesty has little food and trouble. If he continues like this, he may not be able to last long."
Wang Ben nodded: "You're terminally ill, right? It can't be long...how long?"
"Junhou..."
"explain!"
The doctor had no choice but to answer truthfully: "At most half a year."
"At least...a few months?"
"How many months? Is it January, or March..." Wang Ben shook his head and asked the doctor to step back.
"It's not enough..."
The Qin army has now turned to the defensive. It is very difficult to resist the simultaneous attacks of the rebels and bandits. To suppress the rebellion, to defeat the cunning Heifu and the brave Xiang Yu, how many months will be enough?
A few years is not enough!
"But if you only do that thing, it will be enough!"
Wang Ben made up his mind and summoned the people from Xianyang Palace to pay a visit.
"Please go to Xianyang immediately to reply to Your Majesty."
"Wang Ben will return to the court immediately!"
…
Chief Shi Gantang just returned from inspecting the front lines of Rangxian County, only to find that the atmosphere in Wancheng was different. The soldiers were packing their armor and luggage, and hundreds of vehicles were also hitched to animals, as if they were traveling far away...
Gantang couldn't help but was horrified, and immediately rushed over in casual clothes, about to get on an An car and go to Wang Ben in Guanzhong. He bowed down and said:
"Lieutenant, what are you going to do? Are you going to give up on Nanyang County after guarding it for more than half a year?"
"Without Nanyang as a shield, the only thing standing between Guanzhong and the rebels would be Wuguan!"
Wang Ben did not look at him: "Your Majesty has summoned me, and I want to return to the court."
Gantang was stunned: "Although our army briefly defeated the rebels and bandits, the situation is still not good. The generals and the three armies are so courageous. How can the Taiwei leave the front line at this moment? This is a disorderly order in Xianyang. The general is outside, military orders
It's impossible for Taiwei to accept anything, not to mention the Taiwei's body..."
Whether Wang Ben, who is still in his dying years, can make it to Xianyang is still unknown.
Wang Ben sighed and dismissed everyone, leaving Gantang alone on the carriage to talk in secret.
"Gantang, Wang Ben watched you grow up, and I won't hide it from you."
"I came back to the court this time because I figured something out."
Gantang was shocked: "What's going on?"
Wang Ben pointed outside the car and then inside the car:
“When fighting outside, we must first make peace at home!”
"In my opinion, although Heifu has gained momentum, it is really just a disease of his elbows and armpits, and Xiang Ji's menacing attack is just a disease of the nervous system."
"The chaos in Xianyang is the greatest worry of the Qin Dynasty!"
"All tactics of war must be based on political victory. No matter how bravely our army fights on the front line, the victory achieved will be ruined by Xianyang's Hu Lai."
Wang Ben gritted his teeth and said stubbornly and resolutely: "Your Majesty has a traitor around him who is trying to deceive him. He is doing the opposite and killing loyal people indiscriminately. I asked your Majesty to punish him, but now I can't bear it. Li Si is also dead, so that traitor Zhao Gao can continue to be in power."
, and even plotted against me!"
Gantang was dumbfounded and said: "Everyone knows that the Taiwei is the pillar of Qin. No matter how confused Xianyang is, he will not..."
Wang Ben said: "The Feng family was also an assistant to the government. Wasn't it true that the late emperor was exterminated by his family because of unfounded charges? The traitor in Xianyang can do it the first time, who knows if he will do it the second time?
"
"Now, if I go back alone, what will be Li Mu's fate waiting for me in Xianyang?"
Wang Ben remembered that his father said that the most difficult opponent in his life was Zhao General Li Mu.
Li Mu's achievements were very dazzling. He defeated the Xiongnu, destroyed the Hungarians, defeated the Donghu, surrendered to the Linhu, and made the Chanyu run away and dare not approach the border city of Zhao. After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, Li Mu was enshrined in the Jingbian Temple, which is well-deserved.
.
During the years when Li Mu served as the general of the Zhao State, he single-handedly reversed the defeat of the Zhao State, attacked the Qin army in Yi'an, defeated the Qin general Huanjue, and was named the "Jun of Wu'an".
What is even more exaggerated is that when Wang Jian was a Qin general attacking Zhao, Li Mu used his weak troops to prevent Wang Jian from finding any loopholes.
In the end, it was Li Sijian who proposed to carry out counterintuitive plots against the State of Zhao. He sent spies to send spies to Guo Kai, the favored minister of King Zhao, to continuously send gold and silk to persuade Li Mu and Sima Shang to rebel. King Zhao then sent Zhao Cong and Qi general Yan Ju to replace Li Mu. Li Mu refused.
Zhao sent people to arrest Li Mu and punish him with death...
It is said that Li Mu's right hand was disabled. He drew his sword to kill himself but could not reach his own neck. In the end, he could only hold the sword in his mouth, put the sword against a pillar and died!
It is really sad that a famous general of the same generation as Wang Jian ended up like this.
In the next three months, Wang Jian attacked Zhao quickly, broke and killed Zhao Cong, captured Zhao Wangqian and his general Yan Ju, and destroyed Zhao.
After Wang Jian returned to Xianyang after fighting this battle, he lamented to Wang Ben:
"During the war, it seems difficult to determine the outcome, but as the envoy Li Mu is a general of Qin, and I am a general of Zhao, then Mu will win and I will lose!"
The rabbit dies and the fox mourns, so Wang Jian attaches great importance to the safety of his back. When Qin Shihuang ordered him to destroy Chu, he purchased more land and houses to dispel the emperor's suspicion and invalidate those slanders.
As Wang Jian's son, Wang Ben naturally understands this.
The enemy is in Xianyang Palace. This battle cannot be fought!
"In short, if they are not eliminated for a day, loyalty will be in danger, and it will be difficult for the soldiers on the front line to fight with peace of mind."
Wang Ben looked to the northwest: "So I want to go back to Xianyang!"
"Chasing the evil man from your side!"
…
The evil people who chase the emperor are also the Qing emperor. Gantang knows that in fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, someone had used this banner.
"The Qing of Jin, Zhao Yang, took the armor of Jin Yang and chased Xing Yin and Fan Ji She from the middle, denouncing them as evil people on the side of the king."
Wang Ben's current situation is actually quite similar to that of Zhao Yang. There is internal chaos and external war. Li Si is like the Zhishi back then, guarding the capital and named Qin Xiang. In fact, he has no idea what he is doing, sitting back and watching Zhao.
Gao deceived Hu Hai and acted recklessly.
As the commander-in-chief of the Qin Dynasty, Wang Ben had the confidence to accomplish this task.
"All the troops on the front line are acting under my Tiger Talisman. Wang Li also has 50,000 troops in Shangjun. He only needs to control Wuguan under the pretense of returning to the court and mobilize tens of thousands of troops into the pass. Along the way, from Shangyu to Bashang, hundreds of miles away,
Most of the lieutenants and guardsmen from various places are Wang's old troops and will not stop me."
"The only thing I need to worry about is the Lang Wei army. In the hands of Zhao Gao, if he takes His Majesty hostage, I will throw a wrench in his hand. However, in Xianyang, there should be many officials and ministers who are dissatisfied with Zhao Gao. The prince's clan can be the internal response, and the internal affairs of Lang Wei are also
There are many people who will turn against you..."
According to Wang Ben's plan, if everything goes well, this coup can be carried out without bloodshed! Cutting through the mess quickly will leave no opportunity for the rebels and thieves to take advantage of it.
Gan Tang said tactfully: "Lieutenant, what I'm worried about is not the process, but what happens next."
Wang Ben said matter-of-factly: "What happens next? Naturally, it is to announce Zhao Gao's crime and let Tingwei Yushi punish him with five punishments. This will definitely satisfy people's hearts!"
In this way, we can help the building to collapse and turn the tide before it falls!
"Where is your Majesty?" Gan Tang pointed directly at the center of the conflict.
Wang Ben restrained his smile: "Your Majesty is good in nature. He is intelligent by nature. Otherwise, he would not have been favored by the First Emperor. He was just misunderstood by the traitor..."
As long as the treacherous minister Zhao Gao is removed and Yi Yin trains Taijia again, the Holy Emperor will naturally wake up and change his past...
Gantang was not so optimistic: "What if His Majesty doesn't change his ways? What should the Lieutenant do? Do you want to abolish the establishment?"
"this……"
Wang Ben was stunned. In Wang Ben's opinion, this was just a matter of his son-in-law being disobedient and the wife giving him a small lesson.
Gantang went one step further: "If you don't want to abolish the old and establish the new, then do you want to imitate Yi Yin and Zhou Gong and become the regent and become the king?"
Wang Ben was furious: "Your Majesty wants to be crowned king, but the old man refuses to obey, let alone stand on his own initiative? Wang Ben is loyal to the Qin Dynasty and to the First Emperor, and will never establish himself as king!"
"This is natural." Gantang said again:
"And the most important point is that the Taiwei has been ill for a long time. What if he dies unfortunately after this incident? By then Li Si has retreated to the countryside, the counties are in turmoil, and the rebels and bandits suddenly arrive. Who can be the general and prime minister to clean up the mess?"
"My son, Jiang Lu, and his son Ying are both virtuous and can be prime ministers. However, my son Wang Li is in charge of the army. Although it is difficult to recover the lost territory, he can at least keep the relationship in check and maintain the immortality of the Qin State..." For the future, Wang Ben only hopes for this.
Already.
"I understand." Gantang bowed solemnly to Wang Ben:
"Marquis Tongwu, Gantang boldly said that since the war started, the north has lost two of its favorable weather, location, and people. It only has one favorable location and can barely maintain its orthodox status...
"
"But if the Taiwei boldly remonstrates, he is really taking the lead in denying this layer of orthodoxy! Once Li Si and Zhao Gao's party engage in a battle between trapped beasts, and the switch attracts thieves, the strategic location in Guanzhong will also be lost. The Taiwei's move may lead to
The Great Qin State is accelerating its collapse!"
"If you don't do this kind of thing to the end, it will leave hidden dangers. But if you do it to the end and abolish the establishment, you will be punishing the emperor as a minister, and the dignity of the Emperor of Qin will be gone!"
"What is the difference between the Taiwei's doing this and the Hei Fu's rebellious behavior in the name of peace in the eyes of the world?"
"Of course there is a difference!"
Wang Ben opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment. The old man was stunned on the spot.
After a while, he muttered to himself: "I'm so old and confused."
The world is always changing, and people are always confused. Sometimes, you seem to see the light, make up your mind, and move forward, but then you fall into wavering and hesitation halfway.
I wanted to do something before the lamp ran out, but what I got in the end was the despair of finding that nothing could be done!
"Yes, even if I do this with different intentions, in the eyes of others, what's the difference between me and Hei Fu?"
