General Qin

After visiting Li Si, Zhao Tuo was in a much better mood.

Judging from Li Si's attitude, he has no plans to make an enemy of Zhao Tuo, at least on the surface.

As for whether the other party had other thoughts in his heart, Zhao Tuo secretly kept an eye on it.

Han Fei has learned from the past, so he still has to be careful.

"On the face of friendship, keep a respectful distance."

"Hold the king's thigh tightly."

"As long as you have the King's favor and trust, no matter how they plot and swindle, there is nothing they can do about it."

Zhao Tuo set a future policy for himself. The first point is to make meritorious deeds and be promoted to a noble. Not only can he improve his status, but he can also gain more and more favor from Qin Wangzheng through his meritorious deeds.

In the state of Qin, the king is the sky.

"Wang Jian is mature and prudent. This battle should be just like in history, and the winning rate is extremely high. I want to take advantage of this battle to make a military exploit."

Zhao Tuo thought to himself, but he didn't slack off because Wang Jian was sure to win. Instead, he and Shejian played military tactics in the mansion for several days.

But apart from Shejian, there are two people from Chu in Zhao Tuo's residence.

Lu Wan.

Because of his name and identity, the person who was mistakenly captured by Heihip was retained by Zhao Tuo, and he was registered as a native of the Qin people, serving as Zhao Tuo's attendant in the mansion.

With Zhao Tuo's current status, the various procedures involved are naturally a trivial matter.

Lu Wan was born in the village of Peiyi, and she had studied with Liu Ji when she was young. Although her education was not high, she still spoke and behaved quite politely. In addition to being influenced by Liu Ji, she also had a heroic spirit.

He saw the scene where Zhao Tuo was supported by thousands of soldiers in Shanfu; he also heard countless times that Zhao Tuo used the weak to defeat the strong and defeated Zuo Sima's army with his back; The people of Qin cheered for Zhao Tuo.

All kinds of scenes shocked Lu Wan's heart greatly.

Born in the countryside, he had never seen such a heroic figure, nor had he heard of such a glorious record that made people so excited.

"Zhao Junhou's behavior is not bad at all compared to the old master Xinling."

He could only compare the stories about Lord Xinling's stealing amulets to save Zhao Tuo, and found that Zhao Tuo did not show any weakness in his last stand, which even made a heroic man like him feel passionate.

"This is what a man should do. He rides his horse across the battlefield, gallops across the world, and earns his fame and fortune!"

"I, Lu Wan, was born in this world, and I should travel with this person!"

Lu Wan had great admiration for Zhao Tuo.

At the same time, because of the betrayal of his former best friend Liu Ji, he hated Peiyi and hated Liu Ji, so he willingly completed the change of identity, fell in love with Zhao Tuo, and was willing to be his servant.

Zhao Tuo treated Lu Wan well. Although he was said to be an attendant, he was well-equipped with food and clothing, talked enthusiastically from time to time, and treated each other with the courtesy of a "scholar", similar to a doorman.

This kind of respectful behavior convinced Lu Wan even more.

Encouraged by Zhao Tuo, Lu Wan studied Qin Yu and Qin Wen seriously during this period of time, and she was quite strenuous.

Compared with Lu Wan's smooth surrender, the other person's situation is much more complicated.

Zhao Tuo took a step and walked to the pavilion in the mansion. He saw that the surrounding vegetation was in full bloom, thousands of flowers were blooming, butterflies were dancing, and there was a fragrance of vegetation in the air. It was really a beautiful spring scene.

A young man in his twenties was standing in a gazebo, staring at a butterfly flying in the sky in a daze.

"Zhongli Zanyou, I don't know if I can live in this mansion?"

Zhao Tuo walked in and spoke with a smile.

Zhong Limei turned his head to the side, saw Zhao Tuo, and heard him address him as "Zhongli Hairpin Niao", he couldn't help smiling wryly.

Hairpin curl.

The third level of Qin's title.

God is pitiful, Zhong Limei's plan to feign surrender was precisely to let the Qin army cross the river, and capture its leader halfway through the river, making great contributions to the state of Chu.

Unexpectedly, after being manipulated by Zhao Tuo, the false surrender became a real surrender, and Zhong Limei's various actions actually helped Qin Jun cross the river.

If it weren't for his ingenious strategy of feigning surrender, Qin Jun would have to spend a lot of trouble if he wanted to successfully cross the Huai River.

This is the most depressing point for Zhong Limei. Since the Qin general Zhao Tuo has seen through his scheme and successfully crossed the Huai River, he should be chopped off with a sword. This should be the normal way.

But Zhao Tuo not only did not do this, but took advantage of the situation to say that Zhong Limei's actions were secretly connected with the Qin State, not only did not kill him, but after returning to Xianyang, he actually showed Zhonglimei's merits and rewarded him.

Helping thousands of Qin troops cross the Huai River is very important.

It seems that the upper echelons of the Qin State also intended to set up Zhong Limei as a model of the Chu people who are pro-Qin, and rewarded him greatly.

The most important thing is that the officials of the Qin State publicized the case of Zhong Limei abandoning the dark and turning to the Ming, and voluntarily turned to Qin to let everyone in the world know that as long as he can help the Qin army with knowledge of current affairs like Zhong Limei, he will have all the titles and money!

As a result, Zhong Limei is now really famous all over the world, and he is notorious among Qi and Chu, and has been scolded as a "Chu traitor" by countless people.

Zhong Limei smiled bitterly, and faced Zhao Tuo's question, he shook his head and said, "Zhong Limei was born in the corner of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and it's steep to Qin, it's hard to get used to it for a while."

Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "It's okay if you are not used to it. After living for a long time, you will naturally get used to it. Moreover, it is not impossible to go to the land of Jianghuai. When General Wang destroys Chu, Chu will also be Qin. In the future Waiting to go back to the old place again.”

Hearing this, Zhong Limei fell silent.

In the past few days, Qin Wangzheng has officially issued an edict to attack Chu, and appointed Wang Jian as the chief general. He wants to conquer the country with 600,000 soldiers, and destroy the country of Chu in a shameful blow.

In today's Qin State, except for spring plowing, everything else is preparing for the upcoming war.

Judging from Zhong Limei's knowledge, the reason why Li Xin defeated Chu last time was because Li Xin, the main soldier, made a dangerous move and overturned his car, and secondly, Xiong Qi rebelled in Huaiyang, so Chu was able to win .

If this is the case, it is a disgrace that this Zhao Tuo led an army to the capital of Chu, pierced through Chu and returned.

Up to now, Qin general Wang Jian is a famous general in the world, and he is known for his prudence. The strength of the Qin army reached as many as 600,000, which was three times the strength of Li Xin's army when he conquered Chu.

In addition, it is impossible for Xiong Qi to happen again this time.

Therefore, Zhong Limei believes that the possibility of Chu being destroyed by Qin is very high.

He couldn't help sighing.

After all, he was born in Chu, and when he thought of the imminent collapse of his motherland, he would feel sad in his heart.

Zhao Tuo saw that Zhong Limei fell into sentimentality, so he stopped talking and waited silently for the other party to adjust his mentality.

The reason why he said those words just now was to let Zhong Limei understand the situation clearly.

The state of Chu will perish.

Zhao Tuo knew that Zhong Limei was a smart man, not a diehard loyalist of Chu.

In history, when the state of Chu fell, Zhong Limei did not die in martyrdom.

Including later, he followed Xiang Yu in the South and North Wars and made great achievements, but when Xiang Yu killed himself in Wujiang, Zhong Limei did not follow him.

Instead, he turned around and turned to Han Xin, hoping to survive with Han Xin's protection.

Zhong Limei is also a person who cherishes his life.

It's just that he didn't expect that Han Xin would betray him in the end. With no way out, Zhong Limei had no choice but to kill himself.

So for Zhao Tuo, this person is a great general, and there is a possibility of subduing him, so he didn't bother to make this series of things just to get Zhong Limei under his command.

If it was Zhang Liang who was loyal to the Six Kingdoms, Zhao Tuo would not have spent all this energy.

Zhao Tuo also believes that with Zhong Limei's intelligence, he can definitely see his intentions.

Zhong Limei was silent for a long time, he raised his head and glanced at the young man in front of him.

Although this person is young, he is already a famous general in the world. Zhong Limei was shocked by his record of defeating 10,000 Chu troops in his last battle.

He is also a person who has read military books, but he never thought that the art of war can be used like that?

It is obviously a taboo for military strategists to set up an formation, but in the end, the less wins the more, and the weak wins the strong. With such an ability to turn the world around, how many people in the world can compare?

In addition, Zhao Tuo saw through his tricks, swindled Fu Li, Peng Cheng planned to shoot the Qu brothers to death, and a series of other things, which also made Zhong Limei admire him very much.

Apart from admiration, Zhong Limei has other emotions towards Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo clearly saw through his own strategy, so he could have killed himself with a single sword, but not only saved his life, but also showed his merits and received gold in Qin.

Among them, Zhong Limei knew very well that it must be because Zhao Tuo took a fancy to his talent.

Zhong Limei was only twenty years old, and not long after he came out to play, he was appreciated and valued by a famous Qin army general, so he couldn't help but feel complacent.

After being proud, it was his gratitude to Zhao Tuo for his appreciation.

The heart of admiration, the grace of life, the feeling of appreciation...

All these things are enough to make Zhong Limei fall in love with Zhao Tuo.

Not to mention, Zhong Limei knew very well that he had no choice.

Known as a "traitor of Chu", besides defecting to Qin and joining Zhao Tuo's command, does Zhong Limei have any other options?

Zhong Limei let out a long sigh, bowed down to Zhao Tuo and said, "Zhong Geng has kindness and affection to him, and he has admired Zhong Geng for a long time."

"Zhong Limei, willing to work for Zhong Geng and wait for Zhong Geng's orders."

Zhao Tuo laughed, took a step forward, supported Zhong Limei up, and grabbed his hand.

"Since Brother Zhongli is willing to make friends with me, don't be so unfamiliar. Between you and me, don't call me by title in the future."

Zhongli was stunned for a moment, feeling the warmth from Zhao Tuo's palm, he understood Zhao Tuo's intention.

Noble titles are not used to distinguish between noble and humble.

The other party does not regard himself as an outsider.

Zhao Zhonggeng actually appreciates and trusts him so much.

Zhong Limei became more and more grateful, and said softly: "Since that's the case, then Zhong Limei has the audacity to address him as 'Jun Zhao'."

Zhao Tuo responded with a smile.

Zhong Limei.

After Lu Wan, he also became Zhao Tuo's man.

...

After successively taking Lu Wan and Zhong Limei under his command, Zhao Tuo was in a good mood.

His attention was also diverted to the national affairs that were in full swing.

spring plowing.

For an agricultural country, spring plowing is very important.

And after the spring plowing, it was time for Qin's 600,000 troops to gather and set off.

"Last year, Heng made Quyuanli a semi-finished product. I don't know if he has completely finished it after so long."

"If there is Quyuanli, it may be able to speed up the progress of some spring plowing."

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo looked towards the outskirts of Xianyang.