Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

Bai Jie hated Lord Changping and Wang Jian to death.

I think that Bai Qi has been fighting for the Qin Dynasty for these years, and he has both merit and hard work. Just because he and Bai Qi are the same clan, he has been suppressed. Not only did he fail to become a sharp general, but he was reduced to the Qiang and Qiangxu. A situation where people live together as barbarians.

There was also racial discrimination during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The princes used to regard Qin and Chu as barbarians. Later, when the Qin State became stronger, it was barely regarded as the Xia Dynasty. However, the Qin State began to discriminate against the barbarians of its own country again. Qiang people, Rong people, Yiqu people, and Di people all They are the target of discrimination.

They even classified the Qiang people in detail, including Xianling, Shaodang, Beinan, Beihe, Nu, Shenlang, Zhong, Baima, Yak, etc.

Among them, the Yak Qiang people have arrived in what is now Yunnan.

In other words, the ethnic groups in the vast areas from Longxi to Bashu to the southwest are all within the scope of discrimination by the Qin people...

Because I have been caught in the rain, I tore off other people's umbrellas. Because I have been discriminated against and even bullied by foreigners, the discrimination against foreigners is even worse.

Qin's attitude towards foreigners is very simple, one word - fight!

Beat until convinced.

Qiangxuan is the descendant of the naturalized Qiang people who were beaten into submission. They don't even have a surname, so they can only use Qiang as their surname.

Under this situation, as the first batch of reinforcements to enter Shu, Bai Jie was actually dissatisfied for a long time. However, he felt that this was an opportunity to make meritorious service and clear his name, so he endured it.

But what happens next?

The incompetent Lord Changping actually sent him and Qiang Xie to Jiangyang, the forefront of the resistance against the Yu army, and even boasted that he would fight and retreat to the Tuojiang defense line to attract the Yu army's attention, lure the enemy deep, and ambush and counterattack.

Isn’t this fucking bullshit?

Anyone who has been on the battlefield knows how difficult it is to save the main force, abandon the city, lure the enemy deep, ambush and counterattack when being surrounded, and how high the requirements are for generals and soldiers!

Marching and fighting is not like playing on the sand table. You can move the chess pieces around at will and move at your will!

But Lord Changping not only didn't add a sharp soldier to him, but just asked him to lead his own troops, he also asked Qiang Xing, who was at odds with him, to be with him. Isn't this a lie?

Fortunately, the enemy was at hand, and Qiang Xian was also dissatisfied with Lord Changping's arrangements. In order to survive, he had to cooperate closely with Bai Jie. The two supported him all the way, and finally retreated to Zizhong and Niujiang.

As a result, Changping-kun was defeated before his butt was even warm?

Even if there were 300,000 pigs defending Chengdu, it would be impossible for them to be defeated so quickly, right?

Moreover, Lord Changping was not only defeated, he actually fled all the way after the defeat. He didn't even have the courage to defend Chengdu, Luocheng, and Mianzhu. If Wang Jian hadn't led the troops and appeared, Lord Changping would have fled all the way out of Bashu and put Bashu surrendered to others!

What's even more annoying is that this information was sent by Wang Jian, and Lord Changping didn't even send him any information! If it weren't for the information Wang Jian sent, he wouldn't have known that Yu Jun had made dumplings.

It's so deceiving!

Under such circumstances, how could he not hate Lord Changping!

He even hated Chu Xie as well.

At the same time, he also glanced at Wang Jiangao, who turned the tide and sent him information.

He found that Wang Jian was really a talented general, and he was definitely not just a private person of King Xiao Qin.

From the time when the Qin army entered Shu to today, among all the Qin army generals, Wang Jian has performed best.

In terms of his abilities and achievements, Bai Jie, who is proud and arrogant, feels ashamed of himself.

Wang Jian was so capable and well-backed, it was just his opportunity to get on the line with King Qin!

Once he gets involved with Wang Jian and the King of Qin, will he not be able to achieve great success in the future and clear up Bai Qi's name?

Therefore, Bai Jie faithfully carried out Wang Jian's order, led his army to march all the way to Li County, joined Wang Jian, and allowed Wang Jian to pick off his elite, and then led the army to Fucheng.

He really wants to follow Wang Jian and make great achievements!

He felt that with his and Wang Jian's talents, they could still defend Fucheng.

However, he was only halfway along the road when he received an urgent order from Wang Jian, asking him to lead his troops to set up camp at the junction of Fu River and Zitong River to stop the Yu army.

Wang Jian's reason was that he had outstanding abilities, was good at defense, and had flexible tactics; the soldiers Wang Jian gave him were only 2,000 sharp soldiers, 8,000 elite soldiers, and 5,000 slave soldiers.

[You are playing with me! This is it! Do you want to hear if what you are saying is human? 】

[Why should a strong person do such a dangerous task? 】

[You don’t know how badly I was beaten by Zhao Yun in Niuchang! Zhao Yun is awesome, let me tell you! 】

[Isn’t it that Zhao Yun’s troops have already joined Zhang Ren’s troops and are chasing them now? You want me to face their two armies alone? That would require hundreds of thousands of troops, right? 】

Bai Jie, who was betrayed by Lord Changping once, was not completely afraid of Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren, who had never fought against him before, but he was afraid that he would fight to the death here, but Wang Jian and others used the time he bought to escape first!

This is not impossible, but very possible!

Bai Jie felt aggrieved.

What made Bai Jie even more angry was that Qiang Xuan, a Qiang barbarian whom he looked down upon, could follow Wang Jian to the rear.

Wang Jian was very tight-lipped and did not tell Bai Jie what Qiangxuan's mission was, but Bai Jie learned from the secret report from a confidant who had been removed by Wang Jian that Qiangxian's troops had gone to Jiangyou garrison.

This news was no less than a bolt from the blue for Bai Jie.

Any general with good military literacy will know what Wang Jian meant when he asked people to garrison Jiangyou by looking at the military map.

It was obvious that Wang Jian had no intention of fighting to the death.

This also means that Wang Jian will not stick to Fucheng. Since Wang Jian will not defend Fucheng, he will not care about his lone army far away from the poor mountains and harsh waters deep in Fucheng.

To put it harshly, he is an abandoned son!

This made Bai Jie's anger toward Wang Jian reach its peak: Why do you want me to be an abandoned son? Anyway, we have to choose someone to be the abandoned son, why not let that barbarian Qiangxian come? Why didn't Mr. Changping come who had lost the battle? Why didn't you come?

Bai Jie's mentality is going to explode.

In fact, to be fair, Wang Jian's arrangement did not have much selfish motives. Instead, it can be said that he knows people well and assigns them well.

The reason is very simple: Bai Jie's ability is indeed stronger than that of Qiang Xie, and he can fight vigorously whether in defense or retreat. Naturally, he can use his talents to the best of his ability when he stays to defend. As for Qiang Xie, Wang Jian uses his Qiang identity, and Wang Jian chooses There are many Qiang and Di people along the retreat route. It is undoubtedly a better choice to let someone familiar with the Qiang people explore the route.

However, the theoretically best choice may not be the best choice for everyone.

Bai Jie couldn't help but have his own little thoughts.

It is naturally impossible for him to surrender to the Yu army. After all, he considers himself the last backbone of the Bai family and wants to revive the prestige of the Bai family. His arrogance does not allow him to surrender. He also wants to return to Qin.

It's just not easy to return to Qin. The current situation is that he may be regarded as an abandoned son; but if he escapes first, he will be regarded as a scapegoat for defeat.

Bai Jie saw clearly that Changping Jun, the upstart of the Chu clan, could not be killed, and the most he could do was reduce his rank; Wang Jian, who had the King of Qin as his backer and had many military exploits, might even be promoted; the one who was most likely to be used as a scapegoat was instead That's him.

So he needs decent military exploits and a suitable reason.

[What should I do if I wait until Wang Jian is defeated first or find a suitable reason to go to Lord Changping...]

[Hey, I wish I had a backer! 】

[It’s just that now the Chu family can’t vote; the king is young and has that bastard Wang Jian, so he can’t vote; I’ve voted for Lu Buwei a long time ago, but he doesn’t accept me because I’m from the Bai family... What should I do? What to do? 】

[The plan for now...perhaps the only way to find a way is to seek refuge with the Queen Mother Zhao...that is the wisdom of the Queen Mother Zhao...forget it, she is the Queen Mother after all...and, precisely because she has no plans and is short-sighted, maybe she will be more... Reuse me! 】

Bai Jie couldn't help but start planning for himself.

If a person does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, not to mention that he is still a poor little person who has been "betrayed" and "abandoned" by others.

Bai Jie has made up his mind that if he can escape, he must save Zhao Ji's thigh.

He had already thought of the lines to persuade Zhao Ji: Queen Mother Xuan has Wei Ran in her hands, Queen Mother Huayang has Chu clan in her hands, Queen Mother, do you have any military power in your hands? If you don't have military power, who in the world will recognize you as the Queen Mother? If the Queen Mother does not give up, she is willing to be the Queen Mother's lackey!

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Bai Jie's worries soon came true.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren really joined forces.

This is not Zhao Yun's attack, but Dayu's plan. Zhao Yun destroyed the Qin army along the way, and after capturing the relevant cities, he could have joined Zhang Ren's troops, and then threatened Fucheng and Zitong.

After all, Yu Jun did not expect Qin Jun to be defeated so quickly!

Originally, Dong Huang and others were counting on Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren's troops to mobilize the Qin army again. As a result, Dayu only exerted a little force, and the Qin army was defeated.

I haven't even taken off my pants yet, and you're already soft?

Because the main force of the Qin army was defeated so quickly, the offensive path of Dayu's army felt extremely uncoordinated.

Previously, Zhao Yun was also surprised by the performance of Bai Jie's troops, thinking that there might be a trick, and did not pursue them in a hurry; but after easily capturing the cities along the route, Zhao Yun realized that Bai Jie's troops really wanted to escape.

Zhao Yun hurriedly pursued and finally reunited with Zhang Ren's troops.

The two armies finally encountered Bai Jie's camp at the junction of Fu River and Zitong River.

Bai Jie's camp was chosen on the "V" shaped delta formed by the intersection of two rivers, which could just contain the two rivers.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren's troops tried to attack, but the effect was not good.

This is also expected.

If Bai Jie's camp was during the flood season, it would definitely be a recipe for death, but in this season, it was just right. Surrounded by rivers and able to guard both sides, it is the best strategic location in this season.

"If we attack by force, we can only find a way to get around. However, the difficulty of the attack is not easy; but a confrontation will be too time-consuming."

Zhang Ren has a big head.

He is not afraid of this army. Give him time, and he is confident of defeating Bai Jie's troops, but this will affect his chance of attacking Fucheng and making meritorious deeds.

"The bandit army only has over 10,000 people. They chose to defend this place instead of dividing their forces to ambush us in the complex terrain further upstream of Fulishui and Zitong Rivers. Doesn't it just show that the Qin army is insufficient in strength? According to the intelligence sent by His Majesty, Look, even if the enemy has troops, they are all on the front line of Fucheng."

Zhang Song analyzed while twirling his beard.

Not long ago, the report that Dong Huang's army defeated the Qin army and was invincible along the way finally reached the headquarters of Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren. Also sent with it were Xu Chu's calligraphy works...

Putting aside Xu Chu's quibbles, Dong Huang's victory undoubtedly gave Zhao Yun and others a big reassurance, allowing them to boldly make marching plans with confidence.

"In other words, the enemy will not have many troops in Zitong!"

Zhao Yun's eyes lit up.

Zhang Ren also understood what Zhang Song meant.

Zitong, this is the weakest point of the Qin army, as well as its biggest weakness and retreat.

"General Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhang Ren couldn't move his eyes away from the direction of Zitong on the map.

"They defend theirs, we attack ours! Let's see who is more anxious!"

Zhao Yun also quickly thought of a way to break the situation.

After Zhao Yun's troops and Zhang Ren's troops merged, the Yu army in this direction had reached 150,000 people, of which almost half were elite legions. Moreover, Zhao Yun thought that his fanatical legions could definitely compete with the Qin army's sharp soldiers. In this case, what are you afraid of? Naturally, he is using his strength to bully others!

"On both sides of the Fu River, arrange 25,000 men to camp on each side, and a part of the navy to monitor the movements of the enemy camp. The main force will advance directly east of the Zitong River and go straight to Zitong. Let's see what the Qin army will do at that time. "

Zhang Song smiled ugly.

Ugly here specifically refers to his ugly appearance.

Under normal circumstances, when marching, no enemy will be left behind, because this will run the risk of cutting off the food route and the route of retreat. But the art of war is alive, and the specific battle situation depends on the specific situation. If the Yu army goes to Zitong along the Zitong River, even if the food road is really cut off, and the army cannot capture Zitong in time, then the worst possible outcome is to go to Fucheng and Dayu siege troops gather together!

Anyway, the Qin army has no soldiers, so it is impossible to stop it!

It would be better if the Qin army really dared to go out of the city to pursue them in the field.

Now, those who should be afraid of field battles have become the Qin army!

The Yu army, which has sufficient troops and great strategic advantages, has too many choices.

To put it harshly, even if the current Yu army loses 100,000 or 200,000 troops, it still has an absolute advantage over the Qin army in Shu. However, even if the Qin army loses 10,000 elite troops, it is possible for the entire army to collapse.

The gap in the cards is too big.

Zhao Yun and others immediately decided to leave some troops to guard Fulishui and monitor the Qin army. The main force of Xiao Shiwan marched directly along the east bank of Zitong River to Zitong.

"It's bad, General. Yu Jun actually divided his troops and went directly to the direction of Zitong."

Reported by one of Qin Ruishi's 2500 masters.

Wang Jian left a total of two thousand warriors to Bai Jie, and there were exactly two leaders of two to five hundred. They are all Wang Jian's confidants.

"What!"

Bai Jie was shocked: "What should we do?"

Bai Jie looked at the two 2500 Lords and other confidants, frowned and said: "Zi Tong will definitely not allow any mistakes. I have made up my mind to personally lead the army to support Zi Tong. But there is no room for mistakes here, otherwise General Wang Jian will be in danger!"

The two of you will lead the elite soldiers to stay here. I will give you two more 3,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 slave soldiers. You two must guard this place to ensure the safety of General Wang's flanks. I will personally lead the 5,000 troops. Rush to the front of the Yu army to ambush! "

Bai Jie directly ordered the two twenty-five hundred masters.

"promise!"

The two looked at each other and could only receive the military order.

The first level of officialdom is overwhelming. Even Bai Jie, when faced with Wang Jian's military order, can only come here to set up camp for defense. Although he has careful thoughts, he does not dare to show it; the two two to five hundred masters naturally also They dare not disobey Bai Jie's military orders, otherwise Bai Jie will not only kill them directly, but even their families will suffer.

However, the two two to five hundred masters did not think there was anything wrong with Bai Jie's arrangement. Instead, they were eager to try to be able to take charge of their own affairs.

As we all know, seniority is very important when it comes to corruption within the system. Especially for a thriving army like the Qin Army that values ​​military merit, it is obvious which officer of the same rank will be promoted first, one with experience in independently commanding a major war and one with no experience in major battles at all, with other backgrounds being the same.

Seeing their eagerness to try, Bai Jie, who still looked serious and determined, secretly disdained in his heart: Savages are savages, and they are really idiots who don't understand anything!

Bai Jie actually used a trick from the beginning, but no one among the officers and soldiers under his command could tell it.

Under normal circumstances, Bai Jie's camp seems to be okay, but in fact the problem is bigger, that is, it poses no threat to the Yu army on the other side of the river, and cannot prevent the Yu army from attacking Zitong along the other sides of the Zitong and Fulishui rivers. The road to Fujian can only cut off the road back.

However, what if the opponent did not attack with all their troops, but left soldiers to guard the Qin army's camp? Or, the other party doesn't need a retreat at all?

You know, Yu Jun has a strength advantage of more than ten times! With this strength advantage, Bai Jie's side is not a dangerous pass like the Jiangge where there is only one way and must be passed. Why should Yu Jun want to fight here?

Under normal circumstances, the best way is to build three forts across the river to directly block the road. The three forts are connected by pontoon bridges to facilitate the deployment of troops for support. If you persist in this way for a month, it is considered a great achievement.

Wang Jian is not a fool. He knows very well that Bai Jie's troops can only hold on for a month or two at most. After all, they are insufficient in strength.

But these mud-legged people who have no professional education and rely only on courage and luck obviously don't know how much knowledge is involved in just setting up camp. They just think that Bai Jie's site selection is great, the layout is no problem, and Bai Jie is very strong. .

Even now that he is assigned to the rear, he feels that this may be an opportunity!

Ah!

After arranging Wang Jian's confidants and warriors and the 3,000 troops assigned to him who were originally Qiang Xian's subordinates, Bai Jie personally led his confidants who had been with him for a year or two and lightly armed Jian Cong to rush towards Zitong.

This wave, he is in the atmosphere.

When Wang Jian thought he was defending, when the warriors Wang Jian sent to him thought he was going to ambush and stop the Yu army, when the Yu army thought that their strategy had succeeded and successfully mobilized Bai Jie's troops, Bai Jie's troops actually followed him. Jiang Yang ran all the way to Zizhong, Niuqiang, and then to Li County. With his extraordinary speed and powerful marching ability, he once again exceeded the acceleration of his escape. He actually escaped two hours ahead of Yu Jun. Arrive at Zitong City.

No, how could it be said that he was escaping? Bai Jie was clearly trying to save Zitong City and Lord Changping at all costs.

Looking at the small four thousand people running back in front of Bai Jie's command, Chang Pingjun didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

He quickly ordered his subordinates to prepare for defense and sent someone to report intelligence to Wang Jian.

Of course, until this moment, Lord Changping still thought that Bai Jie was extremely loyal, not fleeing without a fight, but coming to rescue him with all his strength without having the troops to make the decision.

Moreover, Lord Changping still needs to rely on Bai Jie and his subordinates to help defend the city!

Lord Changping only had a thousand warriors and two thousand elites under his command. In his opinion, the remaining county soldiers and slave soldiers were just cannon fodder that was stronger than the old, weak, sick and disabled. He was unsure.

Here, Lord Changping has just rearranged the city defense, and over there, Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren have already arrived with a small hundred thousand soldiers and horses.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren's troops only asked the soldiers to repair a little, then surrounded the city on three sides, began to build siege equipment, and made a posture of attacking the city. At the same time, they also sent prisoners of the Qin army to persuade them to surrender.

People in Zitong City were panicked.

Knowing that the Yu army would not massacre the city or torture prisoners of war, it is a question of how much fighting spirit the soldiers in the city, especially the old, weak, women and children, still have.

Zhang Song even viciously asked the prisoners to hold up the loudspeaker outside the city and shout: My family, please don’t fall into the trap of Lord Changping, they want to dye their titles red with your blood! Why don't you think of your family when you are enjoying the fine clothes and food? Why should your family be at the front when fighting bloody battles? Family members, don’t be fooled again...

In short, every word is a hometown dialect, and every word is a family member.

This is a very simple psychological trick, but it is extremely effective when the military's morale is shaken.

After such a wave of operations, not to mention ordinary people, even county soldiers and even many elite soldiers and elites did not want to fight.

Those who died in the war were their relatives and their homes were destroyed. It would be better if they could see the hope of victory, but the problem is where is there any hope of victory?

Especially when the general leading the army is Lord Changping.

Now, no Qin army officer has confidence in Lord Changping anymore.

Because he was afraid that these surrendered soldiers would talk nonsense again, the angry Lord Changping directly commanded the crossbow and shot two of them to death. The surrendered soldiers were immediately frightened and fled in all directions.

However, not long after, these surrendered soldiers were forced to change directions and continued to shout angrily: Zhi Niang thief, the Yu people did not kill us, you, the defeated general and the running king who caused the death of hundreds of thousands of Qin's men. He actually wants to kill us! We have never seen such a shameless person! I’ll call you Bear Run Run from now on!

Bear run away, you are so shameless!

Churen’s face has been completely shamed by you!

The face of Qin State has also been completely humiliated by you!

Changping Jun:......

"puff--"

Lord Changping vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted at the top of the city.

The nobles of this era attached great importance to reputation.

Lord Changping is a noble among nobles.

Lord Changping, who was already ashamed of his defeat, had actually had the idea of ​​​​death for a long time, but he suppressed it. He wanted to wait for the opportunity to avenge his shame, but this time...

After waking up, Lord Changping looked at the soldiers with incomprehensible expressions around him and pulled out the sharp blade from his waist: "Young man is not afraid of death, but actually you want to atone for your sins to prevent all of Shu from falling into the hands of the Yu army." , Now that General Bai Jie has arrived, Zitong will be handed over to the general! Please hold on until the reinforcements arrive! This kid should die to apologize."

After saying this, Lord Changping drew his sword and killed himself.

"You are not allowed to do so, Lord!"

Lord Changping drew his sword, which shocked Bai Jie.

I am still waiting for you to be the scapegoat. What will I do if you die? Moreover, what do you mean by digging a hole for me even before you die? With your words, if I can't hold on until the reinforcements arrive, wouldn't it be my responsibility again?

Moreover, you, the majestic prince of the Chu Kingdom and Changping Lord of the Qin Dynasty, have to die to apologize for their defeat. What about me?

Bai Jie couldn't hold himself any longer.

He directly used his arms to carry the sword held by Lord Chang Ping around his neck.

At this time, several of Changping Lord's war acting disciples also reacted, hugging Lord Changping one after another and admonishing: "You can't do this, Lord!"

"The victorious and defeated soldiers are in trouble!"

"If a king dies, who will avenge the hatred of the country and the family?"

These hangers-on were even more panicked than Bai Jie.

According to the custom of this era, the master humiliated his ministers and died. They were the disciples of Lord Changping. Lord Changping committed suicide in shame and anger. What about them? Should I also commit suicide? At the worst possible outcome, you have to go out and fight to the death with the Yu army, right? Otherwise, in the eyes of the public, their reputation will be ruined, and they will no longer be able to live in Qin. They may even be killed and buried by the Chu clan...

It’s also difficult for war agents!

[What is the origin of this bullshit Da Yu! How could Da Qin be defeated! This is unscientific! 】

Now Qin's war agent really wants to drag Dong Huang out to ride on a wooden donkey!