I’m The King Chapter 1016: :East and West (Nine)

There has just been a heavy rain on the grassland. The rain has washed away the blood-stained grass, revealing its emerald green color again. Once again lingering in people's nostrils, after the rain, all kinds of small insects crawled out from the ground, active in the bottom of the grass or the tips of the leaves, and a fluffy dragonfly flew around under the sun, staying from time to time At the tip of the leaf, tremblingly rising and falling with the tip of the leaf.

A spring rain brought infinite vitality to the grassland.

It's just that Wang Xiao's face was extremely ashamed, Shang Kexi not only ran away, but along with the five thousand cavalry pursued by Wang Jian, He Lanxiong almost wiped them all out. Before Wang Xiao's army arrived, He Lanxiong has long since disappeared without a trace.

Rows of corpses of the Qin army are placed on the grass. Thousands of corpses are magnificent.

The sound of hooves rumbled in the distance, and the banner with the character Li appeared in Wang Xiao's field of vision. He sighed, and went forward to meet him. than.

"I have seen General Li!" Wang Xiao saluted Li Xin with his fists in his arms.

Li Xin nodded, got off his horse, and looked at the corpse of the Qin army on the grassland where he couldn't see his head at a glance, his face was painful. "Have you found out where He Lanxiong's main force is?"

"The scouts report that He Lanxiong's main force has retreated towards Jishi City." Wang Xiao said.

"Where's his cavalry?" Li Xin continued to ask.

Wang Xiao was stunned, "Should we be with his main force?"

Li Xin took a look at Wang Xiao, shook his head and said, "Of course not. If my predictions are correct, He Lanxiong should have withdrawn his infantry to Jishi City, and his cavalry troops will definitely be like wolves at this time." They usually hide in a corner and watch us, ready to jump out and bite us at any time.”

"However, I have dispatched scouts for dozens of miles around, and I have not found any trace of them." Wang Xiao argued.

"He Lanxiong was born and grew up in the grassland, and he is much more familiar with this land than we are!" Li Dao said: "I just speculate on his behavior based on this person's temperament, and he will never be willing to let it go For those who retreat to Jishi City and guard the city, the grassland is home to him, but to us, it is very dangerous. It is a big mistake for us not to block him in Dai County. Birds fly, seas are wide and fish swim, let him slip away this time, and it will take a lot of effort to catch him again."

"This is my dereliction of duty!" Wang Xiao said with a bit of shame: "After taking down Feng Fayong, I thought that the city of Shannan County could be taken down in one go. This is the price to take down Shannan County City, but time is running out, and He Lanxiong is as cunning as a fox, seeing that the situation is not good, he ran away."

"Now is not the time to discuss responsibility." Li Xin shook his head and said: "Since He Lanxiong has not been blocked, the next step is naturally a hard battle. Jishi City is the most important military town in the Han Dynasty. His Most of the military industry is distributed in Jishi City, so we must win this goal. And the Hetao area is his grain production area. If we win these two places, Han will lose its powerful power. The two wings can only fall back to the level of the former Yan Kingdom, then there is nothing to fear. General Wang, you go to Hetao, I will attack Jishi City, this time, there will be no more losses."

"Wang Xiao understands!" Wang Xiao nodded emphatically, "It's just that the journey is far away this time, and the tens of thousands of civilian husbands I enlisted in Jiuyuan are not enough. Once again, I recruited civilian men to deliver food and grass for our two armies.”

"No need!" Li Xin smiled lightly, "Gao Yuan has been working hard to manage Jishi City and the Hetao area for these years. This Gaoyuan does not say anything else. He really has a way of emphasizing people's livelihood. The Hetao area has a bumper harvest every year. , I heard that the food there can’t even be piled up in the warehouses, and the caravans can’t transport it. There is a lot of food in these places. We use the war to feed the war, and use the enemy’s food to feed our army.”

"Snatch?" Wang Xiao asked in amazement.

"Requisition!" Li Xin corrected. "In the future, they will all be citizens of Daqin, and it is their duty to contribute to Daqin now. It is their blessing."

"That's true!" Wang Xiao laughed.

"It is enough for tens of thousands of civilians to guarantee us a certain amount of food, and we will raise the rest in Han." Li Xin looked at the vast grassland, "and no matter how many civilians are recruited, there will be no shortage of food in this grassland. Now, with cavalry coming and going like the wind, how many troops can we send to protect the grain road? He Lanxiong is probably staring at our grain road right now!"

"You can also force Zhao people to raise food for us!" Wang Xiao said.

"That's natural, let Zhao people raise food for us, let them protect food for us." Li Xin said with a smile: "Zhao Qi is frightened now, as long as we don't march to Handan, he will agree to anything. Hahaha, I have an army of 100,000, and Meng Tian and Lu Chao also have an army of 100,000. If he dares to cheer his teeth, the two armies will turn around, and Zhao Guo will be wiped out in an instant."

"It's just a matter of time!" Wang Xiao said.

"I'm afraid Zhao Guo still expects us to fight Han Guo to lose both?" Li Xin smiled confidently: "But their hope is doomed to fail."

Wei Guo, Daliang, and Zhou Changshou overturned the big case. His beard and hair were all stretched out. He sat on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and cried loudly. But in his heart, he always thought that it was Zhao Qi who forced him to take this step. In his heart, he was still thinking about Da Zhao. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Hedong camp were wiped out, which made him heartbroken. , that army is the foundation that General Zhao Mu led him, Wu Zeng and others have accumulated over the years. It is precisely because of the existence of this 100,000 army that Zhao Guo has been fighting against Qin State for so many years.

"Bastard, I knew that Jing Rufeng was not a good guy, otherwise, why did General Zhao keep holding him down for so many years to prevent him from being able to stand out in our army? It's gone." A big man in Angzang was crying in the house, and in the Hedong camp, the senior generals of Zhao Mu's line were hardly cleaned, but the countless low-level officers could not be cleaned. Many of them belonged to Zhou Changshou's old department, and now they are all gone, dead in a muddleheaded manner.

A pair of big hands rested on Zhou Changshou's shoulders, "Brother Zhou, let's do my condolences!"

Zhou Changshou raised his head and saw the haggard face of the infantryman, "The dead are gone, now we have to brace ourselves to deal with the powerful enemy in front of us, just received the news that the two armies of Meng Tian and Lu Chao joined forces First, under the unified command of Meng Tian, ​​more than 100,000 troops have rushed towards our defense line."

Zhou Changshou jumped up, "I want to fight to the death with them. If I don't avenge the 100,000 soldiers of the Hedong camp, I will not be human."

The infantry nodded: "The people of Qin are our common enemy. I just received the news that Zhao Qi opened up Shanggu County. Li Xin led an army of 100,000 troops out of Shanggu and captured Dai County. Wang Xiao led the other way. The army also captured our Shannan County City. General Feng Fayong was killed in battle. General He Lanxiong had to withdraw from Daijun and retreat to Jishi City. Now, it has reached the most critical time. Whether it is Commander He Lanxiong or us If there is a problem with either side, the Qin army can drive straight into the hinterland of our big man."

"They have an army of 100,000, but our current strength is no less than theirs, and the King of Han will definitely send reinforcements." Zhou Changshou said loudly.

"That's natural." The infantry nodded, "But it happened suddenly. This time, even the King of Han, I'm afraid he couldn't have foreseen it beforehand. It always takes time for the reinforcements to deploy, and before that, But you want to sue us to stand up, Brother Zhou, you now have 20,000 people in your hands, I have 10,000 people in your hands, and the newly formed Wei army has 30,000 people. This is all our strength. , we are not as good as the opponent, and I am afraid that we cannot compare with the opponent in terms of combat power. The main force of the 100,000 Qin army comes from Meng Tian's troops. Even under Lu Chao's command, they are the elite who defeated the entire Han land and most of the Wei state. Teacher, the power balance between the two sides is still very different.”

"Since ancient times, there are countless examples of the weak defeating the strong." Zhou Changshou said.

The infantry laughed, "General Zhou is right. To be honest, our Han army has been fighting at a disadvantage all these years, but we have never lost. There was a small setback at the beginning, but in the end, we will always win, but Brother Zhou, there is one thing I want to say first, our three armies now need to unify their affairs and powers, and we can only have one voice."

"Of course it's no problem. I, Zhou, under my command, will follow your orders, General Infantry, and you will follow suit."

"Thank you, brother Zhou!" said the infantry.

"I don't ask for anything else, I just want to reach Xianyang as soon as possible, catch Li Xin, Meng Tian, ​​Wang Xiao, and Lu Chao, stretch their tendons, and peel their skin!" Zhou Changshou turned evil to his side Health.

"General Zhou, we have a senior official from the Overwatch Council here, and he wants to have a private talk with you." The infantryman suddenly changed the subject and said.

"Senior official of the Overwatch Council, who is Niuben?" Zhou Changshou, a senior official of the Overwatch Council, only knew one Niuben.

"No, the rank is much higher than Niu Ben. He is the vice president of the Overwatch Council, Yi Bin, who is in charge of foreign affairs." The infantry laughed.

Under the dim oil lamp, Yi Bin dressed in black was like a ghost. He was sitting in the dead corner of the oil lamp, and his whole body seemed to be merged into the darkness. Zhou Changshou was sitting The location is just right at the brightest part of the oil lamp, this feeling makes Zhou Changshou a little uncomfortable.

"General Zhou, you must be very clear about Zhao Guo's affairs." Yi Bin said quietly.

"Of course." Zhou Changshou gritted his teeth and said authentically, "Zhao Qi is an independent husband, a traitor, if the country of Zhao dies, he will surely die in his hands."

"Zhao Qi is now covering the sky with one hand in the country, and the failure of the Hedong Camp on the Guanzhong Great Plain has made Zhao Qi tighten his control over the country, because he knows very well that Zhao Jun's defeat has already made him His position is in jeopardy. Now Zhao Guo, an undercurrent against him is raging, but they lack a leader now." Yi Bin said.

Zhou Changshou narrowed his eyes slightly, "You mean..."

"Yes, I'm talking about you, General Zhou. You were General Zhao Mu's deputy at the time, and you also have a high prestige in the army. Although Zhao Qi has been purging General Zhao's power over the years, the grassroots An officer can never be cleaned up. Our Supervisory Council hopes that you can go back to Handan, General Zhou. Of course, you will go back secretly. You will come forward to gather the forces of the Handan Weiwu troops who oppose Zhao Qi, so as to overthrow Zhao Qi's rule. .” Yi Bin said.

Zhou Changshou swallowed his saliva, "If I go to Handan, then here?"

"There is an infantry general here." Yi Bin said, "General Zhou, Handan needs you more now." (To be continued)