Qin State, Xianyang.
The Bashu Rebellion shocked the entire top brass of the Qin State!
That was Qin's largest granary - Qin's ability to fight year after year depended on the continuous blood drawn from the Bashu granary.
Now, this granary has collapsed!
The land of Bashu, which was originally regarded as the backyard of the southwest by the Qin State, has now fallen into a melee - the current King of Qin's brother, the Marquis of Shu, Ying Yun, actually died at the hands of a fake Shu official!
That is the bloodline of the serious Qin royal family! The son of King Huiwen of the pre-Qin Dynasty!
Unexpectedly, he died in the hands of a despicable Bashu man.
What a shame!
If this revenge is not avenged, the majesty of the Qin Dynasty will be wiped out!
On the trigger of the incident...
It was the Palestinian rebels who captured [Chenggu] and then destroyed the Baoshui Canal!
Grandma drops.
How did those Palestinian rebels do it? No matter how empty Chenggu's defense was, there were at least one thousand Qin troops and three thousand puppet Shu troops... How could the whole army be wiped out so quietly?
No matter what - Qin has only one choice.
That is to send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible!
Not only will Chen Ping, the Shu man who killed Ying Yun, have to pay the blood price, but he will also set off another wave of killing the rebels - those Shu and Ba rebels will all bleed!
Only in this way can the majesty of Great Qin be preserved!
Xianyang Palace.
Queen Mother Xuan, Wei Ran, and King Qin sat at the top, and the bottom was filled with ministers and generals of Qin.
"The Rebellion between Bashu and Bashu came suddenly... Master Yun died at the hands of a traitor, and our Qin Dynasty was disgraced." An old minister said.
"The top priority is to send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible!"
"If the unrest in Bashu cannot be quelled, not only will Great Qin's face be damaged, but it will also lose a rich food production area... The achievements of conquering Bashu in ten years will be ruined in one day."
The ministers nodded in agreement.
Whether Bashu became an independent country or was won over by those Chu barbarians as vassals... this was a completely unacceptable outcome for the Qin State.
Send troops without further delay!
"This is true. We should send troops as soon as possible." Wei Ran nodded slowly and said.
As the overlord of the Qin Dynasty, Wei Ran opened his mouth to speak, and the whole hall fell silent.
It is enough to show that the power of Queen Mother Xuan's siblings in Qin State is huge.
But... there was a deep red mark on Wei Ran's face, which greatly weakened his domineering power.
This mark is of course a 'gift' from Xiong Wuliang.
When Wei Ran was in Yingdu, he was severely beaten by the warriors in front of the palace, leaving a red mark on his face... Just as he was almost healed, Xiong Wuliang beat him again at the foot of Xianyang City, and Wei Ran went to negotiate with Xiong Wuliang. As a result, I got another slap on the face...
The most unacceptable thing is - maybe the blow was too hard, or maybe the old injury has not healed yet and a new one has been added... This red mark actually won't go away!
No matter how powerful Wei Ran found a doctor or spent a lot of money to buy various folk remedies...
The red mark on his face never fades away!
Blanch!
I, the majestic Prime Minister of Qin, can be said to be inferior to one person in the Qin State (that person is the Queen Mother Xuan, not the King of Qin) and superior to tens of thousands of people, but I have such a permanent and shameful scar on my face!
How ridiculous! What a shame!
Mi Liang's child!
I, Wei Ran, wish I could eat your meat raw!
If one day, the damned Xiong Wuliang can fall into my hands... I will give him all the horrific punishments imaginable, so that he can't live or die!
Only in this way can the shame on me, Wei Ran, be washed away!
"That's what the Prime Minister said," Empress Dowager Xuan said with a smile, "I wonder who can lead an army as a general?"
Everyone cast their gazes at a figure in the corner, and then unanimously recommended: "The Bashu Rebellion has been eroded to this point, and I believe that it will not be enough to put an end to the rebellion unless the state captain takes action!"
"Yes, I also recommend the national captain to lead the army."
"Five years ago, there was a rebellion in Chenzhuang - it was Guo Wei who led the troops to quell the rebellion. When it comes to understanding the land of Bashu, no one knows more about it than Guo Wei."
"If the state captain personally leads the troops, he will surely be able to put down the rebellion in Bashu."
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Empress Dowager Xuan chuckled and cast her eyes on the general in the corner.
This general has gray hair on his temples and is wearing a set of black, undecorated Qin general armor - the armor is simple in shape and is the standard general armor worn by Qin army centurions and above.
Ordinary, doesn't look like anything special.
But behind this person, he was wearing a black cloak embroidered with gold thread, showing his extraordinary status.
This man is a veteran general of the Qin State from three dynasties, a general who has made great achievements for the Qin State! Lieutenant Sima was wrong!
Since the period of King Huiwen of Qin, Sima Cuo has been the humerus general. Later, through the period of King Wu of Qin, and then to the current King of Qin Yingji - after three generations of kings, Sima Cuo's status is still prominent.
Da Qin Guowei - before Shang Yang's reform, also known as "Shu Chang", was the highest military officer of the Qin State.
It is equivalent to the position of "Da Sima" that Xiong Wuliang currently holds in Chu State.
And this Sima Cuo's record is fully worthy of his status——
In the seventh year of King Huiwen (318 BC), the six kingdoms jointly attacked Qin for the first time. When the troops arrived at Hangu Pass, Qin used Sima Cuo as its general. In the battle of Xiuyu, Qin beheaded 80,000 people and defeated the coalition.
In the ninth year of King Huiwen, Sima Cuo set a major strategic blueprint for Qin to "advance westward to Bashu, and if you win Shu, you will win Chu." Its strategic significance to Qin was no less than the "Longzhong Dui" provided to Liu Daer by Zhuge Liang in later generations.
In October of the same year, Sima Cuo led the Qin army to conquer Bashu.
In the fifteenth year of King Huiwen, the first Danyang War broke out. Qin used Sima Cuo and Qi Liji as generals and defeated the Chu army, captured more than 70 Chu generals, and beheaded 80,000 Chu soldiers.
The following year, Qin and Chu fought another Battle of Lantian. Sima Cuo repelled the overwhelming troops sent by King Huai of Chu who wanted revenge, and consolidated the victory of the First Battle of Danyang.
In the first year of King Wu of Qin (310 BC), Shu Prime Minister Chen Zhuang betrayed Qin. Sima Cuo was ordered to put down the rebellion and kill Chen Zhuang.
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In real history, Sima Cuo's future achievements will be even more brilliant.
He truly deserves to be one of the most outstanding generals in the history of Qin!
It was Sima Cuo who led the expedition when Bashu was conquered. Five years ago, when Chenzhuang killed Ying Tong, the first Shu lord enfeoffed by the Qin State, and started a rebellion, it was Sima Cuo who led the troops to quell the rebellion.
Then, the Qin State enfeoffed the second Shu Hou in Shu—it was Ying Yun who had just been killed by Chen Ping.
By now……
The two rebellions occurred only five years apart, but the pattern was exactly the same.
When it comes to understanding the land of Bashu and Qin, Sima Cuo should be at the top of the list!
At this time, Bashu was in chaos and the situation was complicated.
It's time for this veteran to come out again!
When the famous general Sima Cuo goes into battle, the tigers, wolves, and warriors of the Great Qin Dynasty will definitely be able to defeat the enemy!
"Captain, are you still physically fit for the battle?" Empress Dowager Xuan looked at the veteran Sima Cuo with a smile.
Sima Cuo knew that he had to do his duty, so he immediately stepped out of the queue, raised his hands and said solemnly——
"Old minister, I am willing to do my best for the Qin Dynasty!"
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