General Qin

"Li Changshi sent someone to bring me a gift, congratulating me on my promotion?"

When Zhao Tuo heard the news, he frowned slightly, and then praised Li Si in his heart.

If it was just because of the princess, Zhao Tuo and Li You might have quarrels, but they might not completely turn against each other.

But after the incident in Qiyi, Zhao Tuo knew that Li You must hate himself to death in his heart, which will definitely happen.

As Li You's father, out of human nature, Li Si would definitely turn his back on his own son instead of Zhao Tuo, not to mention turning his back on him, at least he would feel dissatisfied in his heart.

But even under such circumstances, Li Si was able to suppress his unhappiness, and specially sent someone to congratulate Zhao Tuo, showing his friendship with Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo was secretly vigilant in his heart, but his face was full of smiles. After accepting Li Si's congratulatory gift, he smiled and said polite words to the people from Li's residence that he would visit another day.

But before visiting Li Si, he needed to visit another person.

Li Xin!

The man who once stood in front of Qin Wangzheng in high spirits, loudly said that he wanted to destroy the state of Chu and returned.

"General Li's title is now the same as mine."

On the way to Li Xin's mansion, Zhao Tuo was sitting in the car, scratching his head in distress.

In the past, Li Xin followed Wang Jian to defeat Yan, and served as a general with the title of Zhonggeng. For a short period of time, Li Xin could be said to have stole the limelight in Qin State, and was regarded as a hero and idol by countless Qin people.

But this time, Li Xin stumbled in Chudi. Faced with the defeat of Chu and the tragic loss of tens of thousands of people in Chu, Qin Wangzheng severely punished Li Xin and cut off two ranks of titles.

Zhao Tuo reckoned that it was because of Changping Lord Xiong Qi's betrayal, Qin Wangzheng's anger and hatred were all drawn on Xiong Qi.

Therefore, I feel that Li Xin's feelings are justifiable, and he is merciful to his subordinates, only cutting two ranks of nobles, instead of masturbating to the end in one go.

But if this is the case, it also made Li Xin fall from the altar in Qin, and the treatment he received when he returned from Fa Yan was very different.

Countless Qin people secretly reviled Li Xin for his stupidity, his arrogance, and his incompetence.

Those family members of the Qin Army whose sons and husbands died in Chu would even grit their teeth when they heard Li Xin's name, as if they had a deep hatred.

The former Li Xin was a hero of Qin.

Today's Li Xin is a disgrace to Qin.

When Zhao Tuo came outside Li Xin's mansion, this feeling deepened.

In the past, there was a lot of traffic, and the Li family's mansion, which was run over by countless wealthy and noble carriages, is now deserted and deserted.

How many people wanted to curry favor with this rising star of the Qin Kingdom in the past, I am afraid there are many people who want to stay away from him now, even those clans that sent their daughters to Li Xin for marriage, do not know if they will have regrets.

A gust of wind blew across the road outside Li's residence, blowing up a few fallen leaves, which floated and danced in the air.

Although it is spring, it is even more bleak and desolate in autumn.

Zhao Tuo got out of the car and looked at the closed door in front of him, feeling a little sad.

He sent someone to submit a letter of greeting to the Li Mansion yesterday, but there was no reply.

Zhao Tuo could feel Li Xin's refusal, but he still wanted to see Li Xin.

Li Xin was really kind to Zhao Tuo.

In the time of Yishui, the soldiers were trained and rewarded publicly.

Outside Jicheng, they were recruited as short soldiers and listened to the plan to build artillery.

Under the Juyong plug, he resolutely turned to the battle and intercepted and killed thousands of miles away.

In Xianyang City, Li Xin let Zhao Tuo go with him in the car, sharing the glory of victory.

Even when he arrived in Pingyu, Li Xin was angered by Zhao Tuo's remonstrance. He did not accept Zhao Tuo's remonstrance, but he did not get angry with him. Instead, he agreed to Zhao Tuo's request to lead the troops out alone.

Let me ask, who can do this to Zhao Tuo in Qin State today?

Li Xinzhi loved Zhao Tuo very much.

Zhao Tuo also respected Li Xin in his heart, and he had already treated Li Xin as an elder brother.

If he hadn't really put Li Xin in his heart, Zhao Tuo would not have risked his life and led 5,000 people south to the Huaishui River to sneak into Shouchun to intimidate the King of Chu.

The purpose of doing that was to scare the king of Chu into recalling the front-line troops, or to slightly change the situation on the battlefield, so as to win a little chance of escape for Li Xinduo.

Without Li Xin's trust in the past, there would be no glory of Zhao Tuo today.

So even if the entire Qin country forgets about Li Xin, no one wants to have contact with Li Xin, the defeated general.

But Zhao Tuo still wanted to see Li Xin, and wanted to comfort him so that Li Xin would not sink into this.

Zhao Tuo sent someone to knock on the door, and the servant at the door confessed his identity and asked to see Li Xin.

Li's servant responded and hurried in to report.

After a long time, the servant came out and said apologetically, "My master is not feeling well today and cannot receive guests. Zhao Zhonggeng, please come back."

Zhao Tuo felt lost.

"General Li, you don't want to see me."

Zhao Tuo stood silently for a while, and finally bowed heavily to Li's mansion in front of him.

In Li's mansion.

"Gentleman, Zhao Zhonggeng has already left."

Bai Shi walked in and said carefully.

Li Xin opened his eyes, his face was complicated, and he whispered: "Zhao Tuo, how do you want me to see you?"

In fact, he had already met Zhao Tuo.

At the moment when Zhao Tuo led his army back to the city, showed off his martial arts outside Xianyang City, was led into the city by Wei Liao, and greeted the cheers of the crowd.

Li Xin was sitting in a carriage outside the city, lifted the curtain, and watched Zhao Tuo silently.

When Li Xin came back to Xianyang from Chu, it was Wei Liao who greeted him, and there were countless Qin people waiting for him outside the city.

It's just that what greeted Li Xin was not cheers, but crying that resounded throughout Xianyang.

There is a saying in the military salute that "the teacher does not work hard", which means that the teacher has no merit, and it is also a way of avoiding "failure".

When a general has lost a battle and returns to the capital, the monarch will greet him with a funeral ceremony.

The monarch wore mourning clothes and a mourning crown, wept bitterly, hanged himself to ask the wounded, and comforted the soldiers. This is the so-called "plain clothes onyx crown".

Given Qin Wangzheng's character, he naturally would not wear mourning clothes to welcome the defeated army, but he also asked Wei Liao, Li Si and other ministers to wear mourning clothes to welcome Li Xin.

On that day, the outskirts of Xianyang were filled with crying.

It was not a ceremonial fake cry, but the heartfelt cry of countless Qin people.

Li You, the son of Li Si, was trapped in the army, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. He cried out loudly.

Tens of thousands of family members of the Qin soldiers who lost their masters in Chudi also wailed and cried bitterly. The 30,000 people under Li Xin's command are all children of Guanzhong!

The people of Qin wailed, they cried for their dead sons, their husbands who died in Chudi, and children wailed for their father who could not return.

Thinking of the scene that day, Li Xin closed his eyes again in pain.

He was sorry for King Qin's trust.

I'm also sorry for the countless soldiers of the Qin army who died.

But he felt that he was most sorry for Zhao Tuo.

It was clear that Zhao Tuo had tried hard to persuade Pingyu and explained all the dangers in advance, but he still insisted on going his own way and suffered such a terrible defeat.

If he had listened to Zhao Tuo's words, how could he have ended up like this.

"you are right."

"I am the general of the defeated army, and I have no face to meet you."

Pride, shame, guilt...

Let Li Xin close the door of the house and dare not meet Zhao Tuo.

...

Back in the mansion, Zhao Tuo was not in a good mood.

Sadly, Zhao Tuo felt that his relationship with Li Xin would never return to the past.

"General Li's ability is still very strong, but he was blinded by pride and didn't listen to others' words, so he suffered this big defeat. If he can learn from it, he may not be able to make a comeback."

Zhao Tuo was thoughtful, he knew the reason why Li Xin didn't want to open the door to meet each other, but he didn't want to watch Li Xin sink.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo made up his mind that he must find an opportunity to speak well of Li Xin in front of Qin Wangzheng, and hoped that the king would give Li Xin another chance.

With an idea in mind, Zhao Tuo no longer entangled, turned around and drank with Shejian in the mansion to have a drink and get together to talk about military tactics, and the two studied and studied together.

But before he had had a few drinks, a servant came from outside the door to report that someone from the palace had invited him.

"Go, don't let that person wait too long."

She Jian smiled, as Zhao Tuo's confidant, he knew who invited Zhao Tuo in the palace.

Zhao Tuo shrugged and said with a smile, "I'm afraid I will be scolded this time."

With that said, he asked his attendants to prepare the car and followed him to the palace.

The Qin Palace is heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to enter unless specially called.

Even the princes cannot invite foreign ministers into the palace without authorization. Fusu must first obtain the permission of King Qin before he is eligible to invite Zhao Tuo into the palace.

So since resigning as Zhonglang, every time Zhao Tuo entered the palace, Qin Wangzheng knew it clearly.

At this moment, he was standing on the high platform of the Qin Palace, his majestic eyes scanning the palaces and pavilions below.

At this time, he saw the young man enter through the palace gate, and under the guidance of his attendants, he walked towards the depths of the palace.

There was a smile on the corner of Qin Wangzheng's mouth.

"It's only a day, can't you wait?"

At this moment, Fusu's bedroom.

Zhao Tuo made a sound and stepped into the door.

But he had just stepped in with half a foot, and before he could see the situation in the room clearly, he heard a coquettish cry from inside.

"Zhao Tuo!"

A pretty girl in a blue skirt has rushed to Zhao Tuo.

Her pretty face was full of anger, her willow eyebrows were erected, and she raised her fist to "heavyly" hit Zhao Tuo's chest.

"ah!"

Zhao Tuo "screamed" and fell to the ground, motionless.

Young Master Gao who ran out from the room immediately cried out when he saw this scene.

"Oops, sister beat Zhao Jun to death!"

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