Sima Cuo had said it a long time ago - behind the Bashu rebellious army, there was probably support from some big countries with malicious intentions.
Now, this suspicion has been confirmed!
Tens of thousands of sets of Qin army weapons... are worth a lot of money.
Although the remnants of Qin's army suffered heavy casualties in Bashu, they would certainly not have so many weapons taken away - so who else could provide these Ba rebels with so many Qin-style weapons?
The answer is already coming out——
Xiong Wuliang! It’s that damn Xiong Wuliang again!
After the Second Danyang War, Bai Qi's army retreated to the Qin mainland in despair. When passing through Wuguan, Xiong Wuliang forcibly took away 30,000 to 40,000 ordnance.
Except for Xiong Wuliang, no one else can produce so many Qin army standard weapons!
"Mi Liang! You can stretch your hands really long!" Even with Sima Cuo's deep self-cultivation, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice at this moment.
All mysteries have been solved.
The Palestinian rebels were actually able to have such a powerful fighting force, so many sophisticated weapons, and recruit so many troops without any shortage of food and grass - it was the damn Xiong Wuliang who secretly funded it!
Chu people, despicable!
Stirring Bashu and making Qin anxious... Xiong Wuliang's goal has been achieved.
Sima Cuo closed his eyes slightly, the light in his eyes flashed rapidly...
Continue to suppress the Bashu rebels? It doesn't seem to make much sense.
No matter what kind of deal Xiong Wuliang had reached with those Bashu people... anyway, now that Mi Liang's blood transfusion was in place, the Bashu rebels could hardly be killed.
Continuing to suppress them will only drag the 50,000 veterans under Sima Cuo to the land of Bashu, and let Qin's national power continue to bleed here.
Unwise.
Although Sima Cuo was a military general, he was different from Bai Qi's pure military general who focused entirely on the battlefield - Sima Cuo's political wisdom was by no means inferior to his military talent.
The original grand strategic blueprint of "capture Bashu, and if you win Shu, you will win Chu" was created by Sima Cuo, an experienced genius.
As top military generals, Sima Cuo and Le Yi are almost the same - hexagonal warriors with a six-dimensional balance.
Bai Qi, on the other hand, is the kind of irregular hexagon whose military ability is completely outstanding, but is lacking in other aspects.
Now that we know that the Chu people are secretly causing trouble... there is little point in continuing to fight with these Bashu people - no matter how well Sima Cuo fights here, he will also fall into the Chu people's tricks - that is, let Qin The country is losing strength here.
Different from the simple Bashu rebellion five years ago - this time, due to the secret participation of Chu forces, the situation in Bashu has become complicated.
Sima Cuo's mind was spinning, and his mind had already left the battlefield in front of him and came to the vast chessboard in the world... After a moment, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Sima Cuo's mouth.
Here, Gongsun Cheng said loudly: "The captain of the country is here, there is peace in Bashu!"
"When the captain of the country comes, there will be a blue sky!"
"If the captain of the state takes action personally - those Bashu thieves will definitely be vulnerable to a blow!"
"The last general is willing to ride for the country's captain! I won't hesitate to do anything to my heart's content!"
Gongsun Cheng looked like an upright and fierce general - his determination to kill the enemy and serve the country was almost beyond words.
Just looking at his acting skills...who would have thought that this is a lazy guy who is slacking off on military duties? If this guy hadn't neglected his duty, how could Hong Shitou have captured [Chenggu] so easily?
Sima Cuo came back to his senses, looked at Gongsun Cheng who was kneeling on the ground, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then looked at Meng Xixiang beside him: "General Meng?"
Meng Xixiang came to his senses and immediately took a step forward: "The general is here! I am willing to hear the order from the captain!"
"The enemy invaded, the city was breached, and the defender abandoned the city and fled... What kind of crime is that?" Sima Cuo looked serious.
The sweat on Gongsun Cheng's face immediately ran down, and he felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
Meng Xitong glanced sympathetically at the trembling Gongsun Cheng, cupped his hands and said: "Report to the captain, in accordance with the military law of the Qin Dynasty - if the city is broken, the guard will die to sacrifice the country."
"The city is destroyed, and if the guard survives, the whole clan will be implicated!"
Gongsun Cheng was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly.
Sima Cuo sighed, casually pulled out his sword, and threw it in front of Gongsun Cheng: "You can kill yourself. I will treat you as dead in the battle to defend the city, so as not to harm your wife and children." .”
Gongsun Cheng's face turned pale and he wanted to plead for mercy, but he saw that Sima Cuo had lowered his head and was writing something quickly with a bamboo pen...
It's over.
Gongsun Cheng lamented, and tremblingly picked up the sword on the ground. After struggling repeatedly in his heart, he raised the sword up and slammed his body against the sword... The blade of the sword entered the flesh with a 'pop' sound, and blood spattered everywhere.
All the generals of the Qin army were in awe.
Sima Cuo put down his pen, folded a roll of Quyang paper filled with words, and put it into a bamboo tube: "Send a capable knight to quickly deliver this letter to Xianyang, and hand it to the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister for review!"
Pi handed over Meng Xixiang and said yes.
Sima Cuo sneered slightly.
The people of Chu want to hide behind Bashu and use this to plot against our Qin country?
Look at me taking advantage of it - how will you respond?
Xiong Wuliang, dare to fight with me, Sima Cuo... Even your father is no match for me!
Today I will let you know what it means to shoot yourself in the foot!
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Qin's 50,000-strong army had almost entered the hinterland of Bashu and was about to launch a massive campaign to quell the rebellion... but suddenly and strangely slowed down its advance.
More than ten days later, the Qin army even began to retreat slowly.
In the end, he completely withdrew from the land of Bashu and returned to the territory of Qin!
All the forces in Bashu were dumbfounded by this - in their imagination, the Qin army would definitely launch a crazy revenge.
The mere killing of Ying Yun was enough to trigger the Qin State to violently suppress and kill... Who would have thought that the Qin Army would just leave like this?
ah?
After ten years of hard work, we built the Bashu granary, but we just want to give it up?
This is too unreasonable!
In any case, the Qin army did indeed leave... The forces in Bashu breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to attack each other more fiercely internally.
The three forces of Chen Ping, the Ba People's Rebel Army, and the Shu People's Rebel Army, who were once about to join forces, suddenly lost the external threat of the Qin Army, so they quickly gave up the idea of "seeking common ground while reserving differences and uniting the front," and started a more ferocious civil war.
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Quyang County.
Xiong Wuliang also received the news that Qin had withdrawn its troops, and was equally surprised.
Getting the land of Bashu out of Qin's control was the ultimate goal of Xiong Wuliang's strategy in Bashu - but this day came so easily, Xiong Wuliang couldn't believe it.
It shouldn’t be!
The land of Bashu is not only the great granary of the Qin State, but also the springboard for the Qin State to attack the Chu State from the waterway - as we all know, Qin and Chu still have at least one battle left! Now that Qin's [Wuguan] is lost, the strategic significance of Bashu to Qin becomes even more important!
What, just say you don’t want it and then you don’t want it?
No matter what, Xiong Wuliang was still happy——
Now that the Qin State has let go of Bashu, the 'Battle of Yanying' that is likely to break out in the future will dissipate in the cradle.
Moreover, Qin's overall national strength and war potential will definitely be greatly reduced, at least back to the early days of King Qin Huiwen.
Although I don’t know why Qin’s decision-makers lost their heads...
Anyway, it is a great thing for Chu State now!
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