Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 463, Li Mu’s new tactics, the turmoil in Qin’s calm state

In the Qin Army camp, Li Mu was looking at the topographic map of Yingdu.

Yingdu is the old capital of the Chu State, with high walls and thick walls. When Bai Qi attacked Yingdu, he only took Yingdu by flooding the capital, which also resulted in numerous casualties. After Xiong Qi established himself as king, he re-reinforced the city wall of Yingdu on the original basis of Yingdu, making it stronger and no less strong than Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

Outside the capital of Ying, there is a bottomless moat guarding it, and the city walls are all covered with Chu army's heavy crossbows. It is not easy to attack Ying.

"According to our intelligence, there are less than 20,000 defenders in Yingdu. Xiang Yan is actively recruiting civilians to join the defense team. Although their combat effectiveness is low, they can effectively prevent the attack of our soldiers on the city wall." Meng Wu He said after looking at the information sent by Luo Wang.

"How many earth mines do we have?" Li Mu asked.

"Very sufficient. What do you want to do, Mr. Wu An?" Meng Wu asked doubtfully.

"Use earth mines to attack Yingdu. You participated in the attack on Dangyang City, so you don't know the power of earth mines when attacking the city." Li Mu said.

"I've heard a lot about it, but can this earth mine siege really attack a city like Yingdu?" Meng Wu asked with some doubt.

Li Mu looked at Meng Wu and suddenly understood why Meng Wu was inferior to Wang Jian in the Qin military. What Meng Wu lacked was not only the military skills inherited from his family, but more importantly, flexibility.

Li Mu looked at the other generals again. These generals were also a little confused. Li Mu could only sigh helplessly, but when he thought of a weapon like earth thunder that was far beyond ordinary people's understanding, it would be impossible to use it personally if he had not personally used it. Knowing how powerful it was, Li Mu felt relieved.

"Tomorrow you prepare all the earth mines and catapults, and then pull up the two White Tigers. Tomorrow I will teach you a brand new way to siege the city." Li Mu said.

"promise!"

"Send an order to Wang Jian. Tomorrow we will launch a general attack. Wang Jian and the others must cut off the retreat route on the water and behind Yingdu. Then send an order to Yang Duanhe to besiege Jiangling. They must kill all the effective forces of the Chu State in Yingdu and Jiangling." Li Mu said.

"promise!"

After Li Mu's order was conveyed, the entire Qin army began mobilizing before the war. The messenger came to Yingdu Pier with Li Mu's order. At this time, Wang Jian had already set up camp in front of the terminal.

After receiving Li Mu's order, Wang Jian also began to actively prepare for tomorrow's general offensive. Yang Duanhe, who was in Jiangling, received the news in the evening and began to urgently prepare for tomorrow's decisive battle.

Xiling, inside the county governor's mansion.

Fusu was looking at the letter in his hand with a puzzled face, while Meng Yi and Xiao He were also deep in thought.

"Li Yuan suddenly invited me back to Shouchun. I always felt that there was something wrong with it," Fusu said.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not go back. No matter what Li Yuan's intentions are, he must not leave Xiling. According to the intelligence passed back previously, Lord Wu An beheaded more than 100,000 Chu troops in the battle of Dangyang, and all 200,000 Chu troops were defeated. , Yingdu has been besieged, and the war in the Puppet Chu Kingdom is about to end.

Once the Pseudo-Chu State was destroyed, only half of the Chu State was left. Half of the elite Chu army was still in the hands of General Yang Duan and General Yang Duan, and everything north of Shouchun was also in the hands of our Qin State. It can be said that the Chu State has existed in name only. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. . At this time, Li Yuan invited His Royal Highness the Prince to Shouchun. It is difficult not to make people doubt his true purpose. "Meng Yi said.

"Brother Meng is saying that at such a critical juncture, His Highness the Crown Prince must not leave Xiling. Xiling has now surrendered to His Highness the Crown Prince, and is garrisoned by 20,000 elite Qin troops. As long as we do not leave Xiling City, Li Yuan will not be able to do anything to us. "Xiao He also agreed.

"But Li Yuan said in his heart that Chu King Xiong Huai's time was running out. The letter revealed his intention to establish another Chu King. He also said that three generations of Chu kings had no heirs, and the Chu royal family had no heirs. , so I want to select the King of Chu from the collateral lineage, and specifically pointed out that I also have the blood of the Chu royal family." Fusu thought for a while and said.

Seeing the heartbeat flashing in Fusu's eyes, both Xiao He and Meng Yi fell silent. Li Yuan's words contained the intention of supporting Fusu to become the King of Chu. If Fusu became the King of Chu, not only would the Qin State not have to Using weapons to attack the Chu State again will be extremely beneficial to Qin's future governance of the people of Chu.

Fusu is the grandson of King Kaolie of Chu. The people of Chu will surrender to Fusu from the heart and treat Fusu as one of their own, so that the people of Chu will no longer resent the rule of Qin.

"His Royal Highness, you should be careful. This is inevitably Li Yuan's conspiracy to lure us to Shouchun with the title of King of Chu." Xiao He said.

"I don't think Li Yuan has the guts. If the Qin State wants to destroy the Chu State, they can do so at any time, and the Chu State cannot resist our Qin army. At this time, Li Yuan's attack on me is tantamount to asking for death. According to Li Yuan's His character definitely won’t," Fusu said.

"Li Yuan can't do it, it doesn't mean that the dignitaries of Chu State can't do it. Although Chu has three households, the Qin will be destroyed by Chu. I heard this by chance among the people. As for where it spread from, it is impossible to verify, but I investigated and found out that this This sentence is widely circulated in Chu State." Meng Yi said in a deep voice.

"Check, check this matter carefully." Fusu said with a chill in his voice.

"We've asked Luo Wang to investigate." Meng Yi said.

"It seems that I really can't leave Xiling City at will." Fusu said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Fusu's door was knocked and a guard shouted outside.

"Your Highness, the information sent from Xianyang."

"Send it in."

The guards entered the room, saluted Fusu and handed the information in their hands to Xiao He. Xiao He opened it and checked that the information was correct before handing it over to Fusu. After reading the information, Fusu nodded to the guards and motioned for them to go out.

The guard surrendered and exited the room.

"My father sent my uncle Chang Wenjun to take the imperial doctor to Shouchun to treat Xiong Huai." Fusu said with complicated eyes.

"Chang Wenjun?" Xiao He and Meng Yi were both very surprised.

Xiao He was surprised that the Qin State sent someone to treat Xiong Huai, while Meng Yi was surprised that the person sent was Chang Wenjun.

When Xiao He entered the Qin Dynasty, the internal affairs of the Qin State had been pacified. He had only heard about the affairs between Changping Jun Changwen Jun and Ying Zheng and did not know the specific details. Meng Yi was different. Meng Yi, an old Qin man under his banner, knew very well about the suppression of Lao Ai, Lord Changping's rebellion, and Lord Changwen's relinquishment of power and his gradual marginalization. Now that Lord Chang Wen is being asked to bring people to Chu State, it is obvious that Ying Zheng is sending a signal, a signal announcing that the original rebellion of Lord Chang Ping has been completely overturned, and at the same time, it is also a signal that he will use Lord Chang Wen again.

It is beneficial for Meng Yi to have Chang Wenjun activated again. Chang Wenjun is Fusu's uncle and a relative, and the only one he can support is Fusu. The appointment of Chang Wenjun shows that the power of Chu's foreign relatives is also strong. If there is a chance to grow again, the final strength will be Fusu's.

On the surface, this matter seemed to be harmless to Fusu Baili, but Meng Yi always felt that there was something wrong with it, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

"If Lord Chang Wen goes to Shouchun, His Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to move. The court should know the current situation of Chu State, so he wants to conquer the enemy without fighting. Lord Chang Wen is the uncle of His Highness the Crown Prince, and he can also represent the Crown Prince. Your Highness, if Li Yuan really has an idea, it is enough to contact Chang Wenjun.

Xiling is the retreat for Yang Duan and General, and it is also the rear area that supports the army's southward attack on Changsha. His Royal Highness needs to be in charge. "Xiao He said.

"Then I'll wait a little longer for news about my uncle," Fusu said.

Seeing that Fusu decided to stay in Xiling, Meng Yi temporarily gave up on speaking out his thoughts and was ready to take another look at the situation.

Handan, under the dark night sky, there was no other sound in the entire Handan city except the footsteps of patrol soldiers and the clash of armors.

Two patrolling soldiers were patrolling the streets with lanterns, chatting as they walked.

"Handan City has not been peaceful recently," the young soldier said.

"That's right, we were recently given an order from above to patrol the streets strictly. You are new here. Let me remind you that there are only three types of people appearing in Handan City in the middle of the night.

The first type is soldiers, who are patrolling the streets like us, and the second type is thieves. Thieves who dare to come out in Handan City in the middle of the night are basically no small people. As long as we catch one, we can wait for promotion and fortune.

As for the third type." Before the old soldier finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist and looked towards the deep alleyway ahead.

"Who!" The veteran soldier stretched the lantern in his hand towards the alley.

The soldiers also nervously clenched their swords. As the two of them took a few steps forward, the lanterns in their hands illuminated the situation in the alleyway. Dozens of people were wearing strong clothes and hats, with swords at their waists. man stands in the alleyway.

The leading man's uniform was embroidered with a black spider and cobwebs. Seeing this scene, the veteran soldiers immediately blew out the lanterns in their hands, pulled the young soldiers and left the alleyway.

The young soldier shook off the old soldier's hand without knowing why and asked.

"Who were these people just now?"

The old soldier swallowed his saliva and said nervously

"They are the third type of people, the Snare Killers. They are a killer organization. It was rumored in the past that they are a killer group that does all kinds of evil. But in fact, they are an assassin organization of our Qin State. They are responsible for secretly assassinating the political leaders of the six countries. They also target those who want to Rebels who want to rebel within our Qin State!

They must be taking action tonight. Fortunately I reacted in time, otherwise both of us would have died. "

"Assassin organization? Such an organization should be very mysterious. How do you know, boss?" the soldier asked in confusion.

"Nonsense, most people definitely don't know. I've told you. I was a captain with great achievements in the army before, but I made a mistake during the war and almost missed the opportunity to be sent down. Later, I was injured on the battlefield. , and then he became a patrol soldier in Handan City." The veteran soldier spat.

The Snare Killer didn't care about the two patrol soldiers. They had more important tasks.

"Remember, except for Zhao Quan, no one else is left in the Zhao family." The leading killer said coldly.

"promise!"

Dozens of killers jumped over the wall and entered a large courtyard. The guard responsible for looking after the house had just seen a black shadow and had no time to take a closer look when his throat was sealed with a sword. But a guard not far away screamed on the spot when he saw one of his own being killed. "There's an assassin!" The guard shouted and was immediately silenced.

But the guard's voice successfully alerted the other guards, who continued to move towards the killer. Zhao Quan, the owner of the Zhao Mansion, also came to the courtyard under the protection of everyone.

"Who dares to commit murder in my Zhao residence?" Zhao Quan asked.

"Net!" the leading killer said coldly.

Zhao Quan's face froze and he saw the black spider on the leader's clothes through the moonlight, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Go up. Kill them!" Zhao Quan shouted with trembling hands.

The surrounding guards were stunned for a moment and then attacked the Snatcher. But how could some of the servant guards be the opponent of the Snatcher? Several figures appeared on the eaves, and with the sound of sharp swords being unsheathed, the killers wearing powerful clothes and hats started to slaughter the servants and guards like tigers in a flock of sheep.

After cleaning up these servants, dozens of killers began to massacre the entire Zhao family, while Zhao Quan ran into his study.

Zhao Quan ignored the screams everywhere outside, but overturned his bookshelf to the ground, lifted the floor on the bookshelf, and a dug hole appeared. After Zhao Quan took out the box inside, he quickly He opened it and took out all the letters inside.

These letters were secretly communicated by Zhao Quan to dignitaries who wanted to regain the Zhao Kingdom and some rich and powerful people. Some of these people were wealthy businessmen of the Zhao Kingdom, some were dignitaries of the original Zhao Kingdom, and some were local rangers, and Zhao Quan is the person responsible for contacting them.

Not only that, Zhao Quan is also in contact with old nobles from other countries who want to regain their own countries.

Now Zhao Quan knows that he has been exposed, so he wants to burn all these letters to protect other people.

Zhao Quan lit the candle on the side. Just as he picked up a letter and was about to light it, a flash of silver light flashed. A stream of blood suddenly appeared on Zhao Quan's wrist holding the candle. Zhao Quan screamed in pain and dropped the candle in his hand. On the ground.

The shadow of the leading snare killer appeared in the house, stepped on Zhao Quan's ground with one foot, snatched the letter from Zhao Quan's hand with one hand, and looked at the name on the letter.

"Brother Zhao Quan personally invites you, He Ling." The leading killer read, "He Ling, the Prime Minister of Julu County, is one of the famous celebrities of the Zhao Kingdom."

Zhao Quan's face was ashen at this moment, and his eyes were full of despair. The leading killer directly sealed Zhao Quan's acupuncture points, making him unable to move.

A killer walked in and said to the leading killer

"Master Chen is here!"

"Take him with you and come with me to pick up the guests." The lead killer said as he put the letter in his hand into the box.

"promise."

The leading killer took the box, and the killer took Zhao Quan out to meet Chen Ping.

At this time, Chen Ping came wearing a hood and entered the Zhao Mansion under the protection of two guards. Looking at the corpses everywhere in the Zhao Mansion, Chen Ping looked calm. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Quan was an old nobleman of the Zhao Kingdom, he would be more important. This person is also related to the Zhao family. If he is directly attacked without conclusive evidence, it will only cause trouble in the end.

"Master Chen, the things are here, and the people are also here." The leading killer handed the things to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping opened the box and took out a letter at random. This letter was written by Wei Yuan, the fugitive son of the Wei clan, to Zhao Quan. Although the Qin State cleaned up all their powerful officials when they destroyed Han, Wei, and Zhao Yan, there were always one or two fish that slipped through the net, making them hide and secretly plot to rebel.

The Qin State also knew about these people, but it was impossible for the Qin State in the world to monitor every place, so it never caught them. After Chen Ping opened the letter and looked at the contents, he folded the letter and took out another letter.

This letter was written by Zhao Quan to someone else. As for this person, Chen Ping was a little surprised, because this person was Zhang Liang.

"I didn't expect a big harvest." Chen Ping looked at this letter and felt that he had started too early. Maybe he should take a long-term approach to catch big fish.

"Zhao Quan is also here." The lead killer said.

The killer brought out Zhao Quan who had his acupuncture points pressed. After Chen Ping glanced at him, he said to the leading killer.

"You clean up the Zhao Mansion and let the people in the net become slaves of the Zhao Mansion and continue to act as people of the Zhao Mansion."

"No!" said the leading killer.

As a killer, he carried out the orders of the leader Chen Ping without any reason.

"As for Zhao Quan, don't let him die. Send someone to interrogate him properly and get everything out of his mouth. I remember that someone in the net will be disguised, right?" Chen Ping said.

"I know how to do it," the lead killer said.

"Okay, from now on you pretend to be Zhao Quan, ask Zhao Quan how to contact other rebels, and continue to keep in touch with them." Chen Ping said.

"promise!"

"I'll leave this to you. If there's any trouble, tell me as soon as possible." Chen Ping asked.

"promise!"

After explaining everything, Chen Ping left the Zhao Mansion under the protection of his personal guards and headed to his own mansion.

After returning to his mansion, Chen Ping opened the box and began to read the contents of these letters one by one and the people who sent and received them. The more Chen Ping read, the more shocked he became, because the people in these letters were either celebrities or fugitives. The key criminals include local wealthy businessmen, dignitaries and even officials.

Looking at these letters, Chen Ping was stumped for a while. These letters implicated too many people. Chen Ping knew that Qin State had the ability to deal with these people, but these people were enough to cause considerable disturbance to the current internal stability of Qin State. Han and Yan were easy to talk about. South Korea had been cleaned up by the Qin army before, and Yan had been cleaned up by him and Li Xin. There was basically no rebellion in the two places.

Only Wei and Zhao were troublesome for Chen Ping. Needless to say, Zhao had just been pacified and it was the time to stabilize people's hearts. There was no way to go on a killing spree. The reason for the Wei State was that Ziyou and other retainers surrendered half of the Wei State's land, and the King of Wei also chose to surrender immediately, which allowed the various forces and powerful forces in the Wei State to maintain their best.

Later, after the Lingyi system was implemented in the Qin State, the second pilot place was the Wei State. However, because Ziyou and other retainers had the merit of dedicating the city, the Qin State did not attack them, but except them. Others copied the property and moved the family. He originally thought that the old nobles of Wei would not be able to make much trouble, but looking at the letters he got from Zhao Quan today, Chen Ping felt a little scared.

Half of these letters are from the Wei State, and the people who write or receive the letters are somewhat prestigious in the Wei State, and some even have some relationship with Ziyou's retainers.

"It's really a tricky thing." Chen Ping said, rubbing his head.

Now this matter is no longer a matter of counterinsurgency, but a matter that affects the structure of the Qin Dynasty. If it is not handled well, the current deadlock will inevitably be broken.

After Chen Ping thought for a while, he wrote down all the names of the people involved in Zhao Di, then put all the letters back and sealed the box.

"Teacher, teacher, it's not that the disciples tricked you, it's that the disciples can't handle this matter." Chen Ping said and started to write a letter.

After finishing the letter, he handed the letter and the box to his servant and asked him to rush to Xianyang overnight and give the letter to Ziyou.

The next day, the capital of Chu State was Ying.

As soon as the scorching sun rose, the powerful horns sounded over Yingdu. The already nervous defenders of the Chu army hurriedly sounded the alarm after hearing the Qin army's horns.

"The Qin army is about to attack! The Qin army is about to attack!" Chu soldiers shouted on the city wall.

Xiang Yan, who received the news that the Qin army was about to attack, also hurriedly came to the city wall of Yingdu. Looking at the orderly Qin army outside the city of Yingdu, nervousness flashed in his eyes. The Qin Army's military formation was neat and orderly. The sharp soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion were at the front with sharp swords. Behind them were the Qin Army's infantry. The black black bird flag was flying in the air, and the huge catapult was particularly conspicuous.

Looking at the two white tigers in the opponent's catapults, Xiang Yan felt uneasy. He thought of the soldiers who came back alive from Dangyang City. The Qin army had two huge white tigers, one of which knew magic and could summon thunder to attack the city.

Regarding the soldiers, Xiang Yan didn't believe it at first. He didn't believe that someone could really summon the thunder to attack the city. If the Qin army really had such ability, it should have used it when attacking Han, Zhao and Weiyan.

But now looking at the rows of catapults and two White Tigers, Xiang Yan began to feel shaken.

"What can the Qin army do?" Xiang Yan whispered, but now was not the time to think about this. Xiang Yan shouted to the nervous soldiers around him, "Archers, prepare, shoot as soon as the Qin army comes within range!"

Xiang Yan looked at the Qin army below and thought to himself, come on, let me see your so-called demonic skills. If you can really summon thunder to attack the city, then our Chu country should indeed die!

At this time, the Qin army was in the middle of the army.

Li Mu was in the central army. Behind him were dozens of catapults. Looking at the capital of Ying in front, the Qin army stopped.

"Come on!" Li Mu said.

The messengers on the side rode through the military formation, waving flags in their hands. Qin Lishi, who was in charge of the catapult, pushed the catapult towards the front army. The general stopped after reaching the exact position.

Then these warriors began to load the prepared large earth mines onto catapults, preparing to use earth mines instead of stones to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)