Battle for hegemony at the end of the Qin Dynasty in the military god system

Chapter 168 Zhao Ben's End (1)

While Li Zuoche was lobbying Zhou Wen, Zhao Ben received the first wave of food and grass, temporarily stabilizing the morale of the army.Zhao Ben, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knows very well how dangerous his actions are. If he goes deep into the enemy's territory alone, he may fall into the predicament of running out of food at any time.But when Zhao Ben thought of his unfilial son who died tragically at the hands of the rebels, he felt unbearably sad, and wished he could kill the murderer now.That's why he took the risk of leading the central army to go straight to Qi to fight. Now it seems that his opponent still has two brushes, and he has trapped himself on the border of Qi and Wei for several days.

On this day, Zhao Ben inspected the camps as usual, and when he arrived at the vanguard camp, he heard some soldiers talking in private.They said that Zhao Ben went deep alone for personal revenge, regardless of the safety of the soldiers, and almost cut off the food road a few days ago.Some soldiers lamented that now the uprisings are springing up like mushrooms everywhere, where they can be suppressed if they are suppressed.The surrounding soldiers all agreed, saying that the combat effectiveness of the rebel army was no weaker than that of the regular army of Daqin.

Zhao Ben's face turned from red to green, and he really wanted to execute the soldiers who were discussing in private now, but now the situation is special, he knew that it was definitely not a soldier who said that, everyone was blocked here, and their morale had already been frustrated.The current strategy is not to punish the soldiers but how to stimulate their morale again.Zhao Ben stayed where he was for a long time before suppressing his anger, and angrily returned to the camp, preparing to summon his men to attack the city again.

But Li Zuoche got the support of Zhou Wen and successfully completed the lobbying.Zhou Wen sent his confidant general Ding Li, whose name sounds very elegant, but in fact he is a big man with five big and three thick, and led 5 horses to cut off the Qin army's food road.

At the gate of Zhou Wen's camp, Zhou Wen personally saw off Li Zuoche and the others.Before leaving, Zhou Wen grabbed Li Zuoche's hand and said: "Brother Quan Naixian, if I take over the world in the future, I will never forget to ask for credit for Brother Xian."

Li Zuoche was a little moved. He looked at Zhou Wen and said swornly: "Brother, I will do my best during this trip. For you, brother, you will persuade the rebels in Qi to join the good brother, and I will give you a great gift for the good brother." After saying this, Li Zuo said. The car was about to leave, but Zhou Wen held his hand tightly and warned him again: "Brother Xian, be careful in everything. If brother Xian has any shortcomings, I will not let them go."

After Li Zuoche heard this, he hugged Zhou Wen, patted Zhou Wen's back, and cried: "Brothers went to lobby this time, they will be safe, and my virtuous brother helped them out of their predicament again. How could they embarrass me?" Don't worry, brother, no matter whether they are willing to rely on brother or not, they must do their best for brother."

Zhou Wen thought he hit it off with Li Zuoche, and Li Zuoche also analyzed the current situation with Zhou Wen, and told Zhou Wen to pay attention to the army of prisoners sent by Qin.Although Zhou Wen thought what Li Zuoche said was very reasonable, he still didn't take the army of prisoners sent by the second generation in a hurry.I think this is just the struggle of the second generation before his death, maybe this is the struggle of the second generation before the interim, because Zhao Gao couldn't bear his ambition and wanted to seize power.

Since ancient times, parting is the saddest thing. If Li Zuoche hadn't joined Sha Pojun, he might have wanted to serve under Zhou Wen this time.However, Li Zuoche secretly thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would still say sorry to Zhou Wen. If the world was peaceful, he really wanted to persuade Zhou Wen to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests together, to be a hermit, and to ignore the troubles of the world.

Of course, all of this is impossible. The choices in life are inherently irreversible. If you choose this path, the other path will be blocked.Li Zuoche and Zhou Wen were destined not to be people along the way, they were destined to be passers-by in life, everyone smiled when they met, and they were passers-by when they passed by.

Li Zuoche took a few guards and went straight to the border of Qi and Wei without stopping. He wanted to tell Han Xin the news quickly, and he didn't want to stay in the sadness of parting.Zhou Wen looked at the figures of several people going away, without saying a word for a long time, he didn't know why he trusted an outsider who had only met once, maybe it was because of Li Zuoche's talent that attracted him, maybe it was because of Li Zuoche's car. Perhaps it was Li Zuoche's rhetoric that moved him, or it might be other reasons.Zhou Wen returned to the main tent, and ordered Ding Li to quickly rectify the troops and horses, and go to cut off the Qin army's food road.

Ding Li is Zhou Wen's confidant, so he will naturally carry out Zhou Wen's orders 100%. He also knows that if he can take down the more than [-] elite Qin soldiers, it will be a huge blow to Qin, and he will be more confident in breaking Xianyang After all, no one wants to have an enemy army behind them.

After receiving Zhou Wen's order, Ding Li selected [-] soldiers, and according to the information left by Li Zuoche, he divided his troops to investigate the reality of the Qin army's grain road.

If it is on the grain road near the camp of the Qin Army on the border of Qi and Wei, it can indeed get the support of the Qin Army.But this Qin army was a lone army, and the grain road transportation was carried out entirely in the enemy's territory. Zhao Ben was also worried about this problem, so he never attacked the counties and counties along the way, and kept marching without any offense.In his opinion, he has a full army of 15, and Zhang Chu's rebel army will not focus on them. The goal of the rebel army should be Xianyang.

If it weren't for Li Zuoche's trip, Zhou Wen's eyes would indeed not be on Zhao Ben's army.As Zhao Ben expected, Zhou Wen is now focused on taking Xianyang.Even after Li Zuoche's lobbying, Zhou Wen still thought so. Anyway, Zhao Ben's army of more than [-] troops was dragged by the uprising army from all over the country, and there was no chance to get behind him for the time being. Just take Xianyang.As for the [-] troops sent, they only cut off the opponent's food supply, leaving the opponent in a state of food shortage.Zhou Wen thought to himself, the rebel army in Qidi will definitely not give up this great opportunity, which is why he sent Li Zuoche to tell the rebel army in Qidi that your opponents have run out of food, and you will not defeat them in one fell swoop.

With Li Zuoche's information, Ding Li quickly discovered Qin's grain transport army. Without hesitation, Ding Li led his subordinates to kill them like wolves and tigers.Because of the huge advantage in numbers, the Qin army was quickly defeated.As a poor farmer, Ding Li hated Qin very much, so Ding Li killed none of the captured Qin soldiers.

With the first victory, Ding Li tasted the sweetness because the Qin army transported a lot of rations, and Ding Li was more concerned about the next robbing rations.After several investigations, another wave of grain transport teams of the Qin Army was discovered.Soon this wave of Qin army was wiped out by Ding Li. Naturally, the food and grass that Zhao Ben expected also fell into the hands of Ding Li. Ding Li kept a part of the food and grass and delivered the rest to Zhou Wen.Zhou Wen was full of admiration. Originally, he just wanted to trap Qin Jun to death, but he did not expect to receive an unexpected surprise.

Zhao Ben in the camp of the Qin army already knew about the looting of food and grass, and was furious.But obviously he didn't have this chance, because he had already fought Han Xin, and they fought several times these days.Although it was Zhao Ben who took the initiative to attack, Zhao Ben really didn't take advantage of it. Of course, due to the restraint of both sides, although there were several battles, the casualties were not too great.

Zhao Ben knew that if he transferred his troops back now, the morale of the soldiers would drop to the lowest point.Moreover, they will be chased by the opponent, and the troops may collapse by then.Zhao Ben was also very resentful, why the grain road was cut off at this time.If it was later, when he had accumulated enough food and grass, he would not be so passive, or earlier, he would send more people to escort the food road, and the loss would not be so great.Now Zhao Ben has difficulty advancing and retreating, but Zhao Ben is a decisive person. He hates Qi Jun for disturbing his reason, and he decides to fight Qi Jun tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)