General Qin

"Has Black Butt caught Liu Ji?"

In the early morning light, all the troops in the Qin camp began to get ready to go. As soon as Zhao Tuo finished putting on his armor, he was quite surprised to hear the news that Hei Hou searched all night and caught Liu Ji's return.

When did black butt become so powerful?

Zhao Tuo ordered Shejian, Zhao Guang and others to arrange meals for the soldiers, and set off immediately after dawn, while asking Heihou to bring the captured Liu Ji.

"I'm not Liu Ji!"

As soon as the man came in, he opened his mouth and yelled.

"Still saying no, if you weren't Liu Ji, why would you be wearing the bride's clothes?"

Black Butt sneered, kicked "Liu Ji" on the ass, kicked him over, and threw the muddy Xuanduan dress over.

"Marquis, Liu Ji is here, but I searched all night to catch him, isn't it amazing?"

Black Butt said triumphantly.

Zhao Tuo ignored him, but looked at the person in front of him.

The iconic mustache.

He has a long face, small eyes, and a rather tall figure. This face looks quite talented, but this person's eyes and expression are quite flustered and frightened, which makes Zhao Tuo's evaluation of him a little lower.

"You are Liu Ji?"

Zhao Tuo asked.

"I'm Lu Wan, not Liu Ji's bastard at all! You arrested the wrong person!"

Lu Wan yelled, tears flashed from the corners of his eyes.

A man doesn't flick his tears lightly, just because he hasn't reached the sad place.

At this moment, Lu Wan was not only frightened, but also heartbroken.

Just as Liu Ji feared, this Qin army really wanted to catch Liu Ji, but instead of capturing Liu Ji, they caught Lu Wan by mistake.

"It must be Liu Ji's son who saw the Qin people coming, and in order to escape for his life, he put this clothes on me, so that the Qin people thought I was him. In this way, when the Qin people arrested me, he could Take the opportunity to get away!"

Lu Wan murmured.

Liu Ji can definitely do this kind of thing.

Liu Ji can kick Zhang Er to get out of the car in order to survive, or he can leave the bride and old father and brothers at the funeral ceremony on the spot in order to escape, so why can't he use Lu Wan as a stand-in at a critical moment so that he can escape from the Qin army? What about the hunt?

Not to mention that Liu Jiao actually nodded first when General Qin asked him if he was Liu Ji, wouldn't it make Lu Wan even more difficult to argue.

"Liu Ji has lived up to Lu Wan, and Lu Wan has lived up to Liu Ji..."

Lu Wan lowered her head tremblingly, the words that his good brother once said still echoed in her mind.

When things come to an end, nothing is more important than life.

Zhao Tuo took everything into his eyes. He glanced at the muddy Xuanduan dress on the ground, and then at the clothes and shoes on the man's feet.

Although there is a dress, it doesn't match the lower clothes and shoes.

Hear Lu Wan's words again.

Zhao Tuo shook his head, knowing that Hei Hip had made an oolong.

Moreover, he had heard of the name Lu Wan before.

King Yan in the early Han Dynasty.

Also a generation of princes.

This person was able to follow Liu Ji to raise troops, fight against Qin and destroy Chu, and he was quite capable. He was not comparable to Liu Zhong, Liu Jiao and other princes in the Liu family.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sighed: "What a Liu Ji, he has the best ability to escape."

Hearing this, Heiyu said angrily, "Marquis, isn't this person Liu Ji? You are so mad!"

At this time, Shejian and Zhao Guang came to report that the whole army had been prepared, and they could leave the camp and set off only after Zhao Tuo gave an order.

"Well, let's start camping."

Zhao Tuo calmly issued the military order and did not care about Liu Ji's affairs.

They have reached the last leg of their battle of thousands of miles this time. After passing Fengyi, they will enter the Shanfu territory belonging to Qin State. At that time, their Qin army will be truly safe.

Not only can you get supplies from the cities belonging to the Qin State along the way, but you don't have to worry about whether the enemy will catch up, and you can even sleep more peacefully.

In this case, Zhao Tuo didn't want to delay the return of thousands of soldiers because of Liu Ji.

As for Lu Wan in front of him.

Hearing his words full of resentment, Zhao Tuo's heart moved.

This person can be cultivated one or two.

About half an hour later.

The Qin army stationed outside Fengyi began to march in the direction of Shanfu, leaving only a group of Chu people in the town sighing in relief after the disaster.

Among the Qin army marching westward.

Thousands of Qin people all showed anticipation.

Zhao Tuo stood on his chariot and looked towards the west.

"Go home."

...

"Zhao Tuo, where are you?"

"where are you!"

In the Qin Palace, Ying Yinman bit her lip, holding a piece of silk in her hand, with words written all over it.

This was the last letter that man wrote to her before he left.

Holding the silk tightly with both hands, she couldn't help whispering: "You said you would come back...you said it, why haven't you come back?"

It has been nearly two months since the battle outside Huaiyang City.

This time, the battle between Qin and Chu has basically come to an end.

Qin general Li Xin led an army of 200,000 to attack Chu and was defeated.

All the previously occupied cities of Chu State were recovered by the Chu army, and even Shangcai, Chenying and other places captured by King Ben of last year fell into the hands of Chu people again, which can be called a failure.

In terms of generals, Qin suffered heavy losses.

Li Xin's 30,000 Guanzhong elite were destroyed outside Xiacai City, and only a few thousand people followed Li Xin and fled back to Qin in a hurry.

Between Huaiyang and Xiangcheng, because of the sudden rebellion of Changping Lord Xiong Qi and the surprise attack of Chu general Xiang Yan, more than half of the 70,000 soldiers of the Mengwu Army were lost, and more than 100,000 people in charge of logistics support also died. Quite a lot.

Compared with the loss of ordinary soldiers, what really embarrassed Qin was that they lost a general!

At the same time, as many as five Qin generals at the rank of military rank in the Qin army died in battle. In addition, one person was captured and two were missing.

of the two missing.

One is Li You, the son of Changshi Lisi.

It is said that during the Battle of Xiacai, Li You was in charge of serving as the queen of Li Xin's palace. However, because Li Xin was defeated and fled to the west, Li You's troops were surrounded by the Chu army, and he lost his news from then on.

Qin State did not receive any news about Li You, and Chu State did not publicize the record of beheading Li You, so it is tentatively considered missing.

However, most people think that Li You must have died long ago.

With a mere two thousand soldiers, could it be possible to escape from the Chu army's siege in the hinterland of Chu?

Even Li Si, after grief and pain, prepared to hold a funeral for Li You, bury him with clothes, and sacrifice Li You's lonely soul from afar.

But compared to Li You's death in the hinterland of Chu State.

What really confused Qin State was another missing military officer.

Where did Zhao Tuo, who was loved by the king and trusted by the general Li Xin, go?

No one knew the exact whereabouts of Zhao Tuo, only that he begged Li Xin in Pingyu to give him independent command, and after the army went east, he led 5,000 soldiers and headed south.

It was reported that he had conquered Xincai in the state of Chu, and then led his army further south.

Since then, there has been no news about Zhao Tuo.

To the south of Xincai is the broad Huai River.

The two banks of the Huai River there are desolate areas that even the people of Chu rarely go to. There is no large-scale city in Chu State, and it is difficult for the army to march and supply, and the population is sparse.

What did Zhao Tuo lead his troops there for?

Some people boldly speculated whether Zhao Tuo would be so bold that he led 5,000 people across the Huai River to capture Chu's city in Huainan.

But this idea was immediately refuted by others. How could five thousand soldiers cross the wide Huai River without the support of a boat division? Does it grow wings like a bird and fly over?

Not to mention that there are a total of 5,000 people, what do they eat in that no man's land?

Even if they really crossed the Huai River, with only 5,000 people, in the heart of Chu State, what kind of waves could this number cause? If they showed up, they would be surrounded and wiped out by the Chu people!

Some people even speculated that Zhao Tuo was not familiar with geography and died in that barren land with 5,000 people.

In short, all kinds of doubts and speculations are flying all over the interior of Qin, and there are different opinions, making it difficult to understand.

However, the mainstream view is still that Zhao Tuo's troops may have been wiped out in Chu State.

After all, it was almost two months before the end of the war. Even Meng Wu, Li Xin and other defeated generals received the imperial edict of Qin and returned to Xianyang. But he, Zhao Tuo, has never heard of it. Isn't this dead like Li You? What is that?

"Live to see people, die to see corpses."

In the palace, Qin Wangzheng's face was extremely cold, and he said to Yao Jia who was standing in the palace with his hands down: "Mobilize all the people in Chu State to find news about Zhao Tuo for me. Whether he is dead or alive, I want to know!"

"only."

Yao Jia responded, and said again: "The news from the next group of intermediaries should arrive in Xianyang in two or three days. Maybe it will mention Zhao Shuzhang's trace. Your Majesty, please rest assured."

Qin Wangzheng nodded imperceptibly.

He closed his eyes wearily.

Xiong Qi reversed.

Li Xin lost.

Meng Wu was also defeated.

The land of Chen and Cai was regained by the Chu people in one go.

The war was unprecedentedly bad, which made Qin Wangzheng very tired and sad.

But this is the known situation after all.

But the whereabouts of the boy, but no one knows.

Qin Wangzheng remembered what Li Xin said yesterday when he returned to Xianyang and came to the palace to plead guilty to him.

Outside the city of Pingyu, Zhao Tuo once said that Mr. Changping had objections, so he knocked on the Prime Minister to persuade Li Xin.

Li Xin refused to listen to his advice, so Zhao Tuo asked for orders to leave, and led a song by Qin Jun to disappear without a trace.

Qin Wangzheng opened his eyes, looking out of the hall with his eyes, and whispered to himself.

"You, why do you know that Xiong Qi will rebel?"

"Where did you go with a piece of soldiers?"

"Zhao Tuo, where are you now?"

"My widow, I want to see you."

There is another one tonight