I’m The King Chapter 1050: :East and West (forty-three)
"Another place?" Wang Jian looked at his father in confusion, "Where can we go?"
Wang Xiao's finger slides slowly on the map, slides over the eye-full green, slowly enters a piece of khaki, and then continues forward, where his finger is pointing, it is a blank , there are all places that the Central Plains people have never been to.
"Father!" Wang Jian suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Xiao with shock in his eyes.
Wang Xiao stood up, walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, turned around and looked at Wang Jian, "Son, we are at the end of our rope now, we have already lost this war, not only now If I lose, I'm afraid I'll also lose the future. Don't say I can't go back, even if I can go back, I can't go back!"
"Why?" Wang Jian asked in surprise.
"Son, the failure of this war requires someone to take responsibility. Li Xin is dead, who else is more suitable than me?" Wang Xiao sighed, "Besides, for this war If I fail, I really have an unshirkable responsibility. If I can capture Shannan County City on time, He Lanxiong will not be allowed to escape, and the final dilemma will not appear. If I win this time, everyone will be happy, and the king will also be happy. I will pretend not to remember this incident, but now I have failed, and even General Li is gone. Do you think the king will let me go even if we return to Xianyang? No, it's not just me, it's our whole family .So, even if we can go back, we must never go back.”
"Then, what about our family in Xianyang?" There were big drops of sweat on Wang Xiao's forehead.
Wang Xiao had a regretful look on his face, "I don't care about them anymore, as long as I'm still here, our Wang family will be here."
"Father!" Wang Jian looked at Wang Xiao incredulously.
"From tomorrow onwards, the sweeping teams will continue to be sent out, but they will only go out and will not come back. They will all gather in Laduli, and you will rush there afterwards, take them, and cross the In the desert, head north, and go to another place where you can live and live." Wang Xiao said.
"Father, what about you?" Wang Jian looked at his father and keenly grasped the loophole in his father's words.
"There are two of us, father and son, one must stay to attract the attention of the Han army!" Wang Xiao laughed, "Now the one opposite us, Zhou Yuan, Tian Dan, and Kumamoto, is not the old fox who wants to How can it be so easy to sneak away under their noses calmly without telling them?"
"Then I will stay here to attract their attention. Father, you take the troops and go first, and I will catch up with you!" Wang Jian said loudly.
Wang Xiao laughed and reached out to pat his son on the shoulder, "Son, do you think it's easy to take people across the desert? That's a narrow escape. Let's not say that we don't know anything about the desert. Even if you cross the desert, you may face an extremely terrifying enemy. Your father and I are old, weak in energy, and our bodies are not as good as before, so we can still endure such a long and arduous journey there."
"The enemy on the other side of the desert?"
"Yes, the first thing we will face in this march is the harsh environment of the desert. Our ignorance of it is our greatest weakness. If we are lucky enough to cross the desert, then there will definitely be enemies, son , Do you still remember that we defeated the Huns ten years ago?"
"Of course I remember."
"When the Huns were defeated, many tribes had nowhere to go, so many tribes of the Huns entered the desert and marched towards the extreme north. If they hadn't died in the desert, ten years , They may have already taken root and sprouted somewhere, spreading branches and leaves. You are afraid that you will face the Huns again. Father is getting old, he can’t go that far, and he doesn’t want to bury his bones in a foreign land. You young people are full of energy, It just happens to be able to go out and explore, maybe it will be another world."
"Father, you..." Hearing his father's words with a clear sense of death, Wang Jian's expression was extremely ugly.
Wang Xiao smiled and patted his son's shoulder, "No one has died in life since ancient times. Your father and I are old, and I have no face to live. The King of Qin treats me well, and I have nothing to repay. You can only repay it with death. You take 30,000 elites and all the food and grass in the army, and all the mules and horses. I will take the rest to attract the Han army. The road will be safe, and the Han army will not take unknown risks to enter the desert, all you need to deal with is the environment of the desert and the unknown enemy on the other side of the desert.”
Wang Jian put his head in his hands and sobbed in pain.
At the head of Big Wild Goose City, a small table is placed on the top of the city tower, with some delicate dishes and a pot of wine placed on it, and Zhou Yuan and Tian Dan are the two who are drinking wine. , Indeed, in front of these two, Kumamoto can only be a waiter.
"It's a pity that there are no silverback fish in Dayan Lake. I haven't gone fishing for a few days." Zhou Yuan held up a small fish regretfully, "The fish raised in the ponds in this city taste really bad. .”
Tian Dan laughed, "Zhou Yuan, you're a martial artist, and now you're acting hypocritical. When you're fighting, it's good to have something to eat. Are you still picky?"
"Now that I don't fight any more, I've raised my body and moved my energy, and I'm getting older, so I can't get tired of food and meat, so I can live a few more years!" Zhou Yuan laughed.
"You don't have to worry too much, Taiwei. It seems that you will be able to go fishing in Dayan Lake again in a few days. The people of Qin will not be able to dance for a few days!" Kumamoto on the side smiled and drank from the empty cups of the two Full of wine, say.
"Hahaha, even if the people of Qin are gone, he doesn't have to fish!" Tian Dan said with a smile: "The people of Qin don't have much food and grass, maybe they are casting a big net to catch fish at the moment, so they can keep a few dried shrimps by then." It’s not bad.”
Kumamoto straightened up, staring at the blurred Qin army barracks in the distance, frowned and said: "Hit and don't fight, retreat and never retreat, what's Wang Xiao's plan? Just waste us like this? Wang Xiao It should be clear that when Zhou Laoji and the others arrive, his end will come soon!"
"It's not that he doesn't want to retreat, it's that he can't!" Zhou Yuan snorted, "Once Li Xin was defeated, his way of retreat was cut off. In the prairie, Wang Xiao's 50,000 army is against 20,000 cavalry, how can he win? He Lanxiong suffered a big loss from Li Xin, and Zhou Laolan will be fooled like that? Let's go!"
"Then Wang Xiao is here with other ideas?" Kumamoto thought for a while, "Will he go to fight Pioneer City and Tongwan City? The big camp outside is just an empty camp?"
"Impossible." Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "How far is Tongwan City from here to Pioneer City? And if we go there, then we are sure to take these two cities? Our troops left behind in these two cities Not many, but don’t forget that these two cities are pure military strongholds, and the purpose of their existence is for war. How about it? Go to the three counties of Liaodong, do they have the time? Guo Laoji is coming soon. He can run on two legs better than four?"
"Then what does he want to do?" Kumamoto shook his head incomprehensibly.
Tian Dan smiled and said: "I can't figure out what he wants to do for a while, but as long as he moves, there will be clues. With clues, we can find out the problem and find out his purpose. You must know , Although Wang Xiao has suffered repeated defeats in recent years, he is still a very capable general, and he will never sit still!"
"That's right, Kumamoto, send more scouts to investigate Wang Xiao's movements." Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "The scenery in this city is not bad. Come, Brother Tian, let's have another drink. The family members will come here to reunite with you soon, and the reunion of the whole family is a gratifying event.”
"When we are in our position, it is a great achievement to be able to spend our old age peacefully after failure. I am convinced after losing to Gao Yuan!" He drank it all, put down his glass, and turned his head to look in the direction of Qi State, "Brother Zhou, speaking of it, I really miss my family's grandchildren. Back then, I was busy with state affairs and rarely got along with them. My grandchildren were terrified when they saw me, and I’m not ashamed, but now I can’t remember what they look like.”
"There will be opportunities to get along in the future! Make up for your regret as a grandfather!" Zhou Yuan laughed.
Outside the city, beside Dayan Lake, Wang Jian knelt on one knee, "Father, I'm leaving."
"Go, go, when you arrive at Laduli, wait for the troops to concentrate there one by one. After the assembly is complete, don't stay for a moment, and start immediately. I will attack Dayan City from my side and attract Their attention allows you to go farther, remember, as long as you step into the desert, you will be safe, and the Han army will not come to chase you again."
"Yes, Dad!" Wang Jian knelt on the ground and did not get up, his face was upturned, tears streaming down his face.
"Let's go, let's go, this time, you and my father and son will never see each other again, remember, after standing there, marry more wives, have more sons, and let my royal family flourish again! "Wang Xiao smiled and bent over to help Wang Jian.
"Father, when I get a foothold over there and manage a world, I will definitely fight back with my troops." Wang Jian clenched his fists tightly and said loudly.
"No, never come back again." Wang Xiao shook his head and said: "Don't have such unrealistic expectations, because when that time comes, you will find that you are facing an invincible behemoth .Remember, if you go, you will never come back. On the other side, let my Wang family flourish again.”
"Son, remember!" Wang Jian held back tears, turned around and strode away.
Wang Xiao couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard the sound of horseshoes going away. He took a few steps to chase him, but finally stopped.
In Big Wild Goose City, Kumamoto brought a stack of military newspapers to the temporary residence of Tian Dan and Zhou Yuan, "My lords, there is something strange!" Kumamoto shouted loudly. (To be continued...)