"Okay, you go think of a way to get the thousands of elites out of trouble! Then I will handle it."
Li Zhao didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore. When a thousand elites couldn't come back, he had to find a way to solve the problem at hand.
Although the remaining 1,000 elites have terrifying weapons, they are still only 1,000 people. Even with the addition of 500 red-coated cannons and artillery, they cannot defeat Hu Hai's 80,000 city defense troops.
Let’s not talk about starting a war, even if it is a siege, Shanglinyuan will be trapped to death.
"Young master, do you need me to do anything?" Seeing the young master's attitude, Wu Quan was a little anxious. He was afraid that the young master would blame him for not reporting the incident of a thousand elite soldiers out in time.
"When I think about it carefully, I will naturally look for you and wait for you if I need you."
"Okay." Wu Quan withdrew, and Li Zhao quickly walked to the telegraph office.
The only way to solve the current predicament is to know more latest news as soon as possible, and telegram is the best way to know the news.
A few days ago, when the telegraph system was being built, the main station was placed in Shanglinyuan, under the supervision of General Gongzi, while Gongzi Gao operated secretly outside, completely forming a system for monitoring the Guanzhong area.
Of course, the Six Kingdoms transfer base station is also quietly under construction and currently covers many places. Xiaozhuang is in charge here.
"Li Zhao, you are here."
"Master."
As soon as Li Zhao entered the secret telegraph office, General Lu and Xiao Zhuang came over and saluted. Li Zhao smiled at them, returned the salute, and immediately asked about the situation in Guanzhong.
At present, only by thoroughly understanding the situation in Guanzhong can we make better responses.
"Can you monitor the location of the thousands of elites who are out?"
As soon as the telegraph system was completed these days, General Lu started to explore it, and tried to receive the message and have the telegraph operator decode it, and then sent slaves to the designated places to explore.
The decoded information was compared with the information reported by the slaves, and it turned out to be extremely consistent.
In other words, the information obtained by this telegraph system was real. This shocked him for a long time. This was not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing was that the information in the telegraph could be obtained immediately. , several days earlier than the information sent back by the police station.
This was a surprising discovery, and even more unimaginable. For a time, he actually had an extra layer of mystery about Li Zhao. He could get the latest information immediately with just a piece of iron. This was compared to the highest level in Da Qin. Sitting detective or scout are both strong.
This is definitely a bizarre thing that has never happened before, and it is the worst in history. Fortunately, it happened to happen to him.
How could he not be ecstatic about this? This thing was more attractive than the position of prince!
Since then, he has been deeply fascinated by the telegraph system.
"Later, I will contact other base stations to see if there is any news about Thousand Elites."
Soon, the young master asked the telegraph operator to send the telegram code.
The telegraph machine was powered by electricity. It could be connected to electricity directly in Shanglinyuan, but there was no electricity in other places. At that time, Li Zhao also thought of this and bought a large solar battery from a department store, which was enough to supply the telegraph machine for a long time. time.
In addition, in order to build a first-class intelligence system, he also purchased a lot of telescopes, walkie-talkies, monitors, etc. from department stores, all for spying.
With these modern things, even if you are in a tiger's den, you can dig out the latest news, Qin Shihuang's Black Ice Platform is far behind, and it is difficult to catch up.
In such a complex situation, only by obtaining first-hand intelligence can we remain invincible.
During this period, the princes and generals were not idle either. In addition to training sitters, they were also familiar with these modern products. The more they discovered the magic of these modern products, the more they respected Li Zhao. This was also their respect for Li Zhao. One of the reasons for the mystery.
In less than half an hour, the telegraph message came out. After decoding, it was known that one thousand elites were trapped in the mountain col, and there were 20,000 Qin troops surrounding them.
"Sure enough!" Li Zhao muttered. This confirmed that Wu Quan was not lying. A thousand elites were indeed trapped. Judging from the situation where 20,000 people surrounded a thousand elites without attacking, the Qin army was still afraid of a thousand elites. , that is to say, there is currently no threat to their lives.
Of course, if they were given some time, they would be able to get out of trouble, and they might even destroy the 20,000 Qin army. He was not worried about this. A thousand elites had this strength.
"very good!"
Li Zhao was very satisfied with receiving such accurate news, which showed that there was nothing wrong with the telegraph system and that the scope extended far and wide.
"Immediately explore Xianyang or Hangu Pass to see if there is any unusual movement?"
Hu Hai's actions were too suspicious. He had to find out why they made Xianyang empty and spent all their money to besiege Shanglinyuan.
This time it was very fast. The telegram was sent back after only a few quarters of an hour. The decoding staff quickly decoded it. Li Zhao frowned and suddenly realized it.
"Zhang Han was appointed to lead an army of 700,000 prisoners to Hangu Pass. The target may be Julu City."
As he was thinking about the news he had received, his heart suddenly moved.
"Julu City? Battle of Julu?"
Four words came to mind. The famous Battle of Julu in history is coming? Li Zhao was shocked.
"So that's it! No wonder they dare to go to war in such a big way and leave Xianyang empty. It turns out that they have been prepared for it."
At this moment, Li Zhao had some understanding of what Hu Hai did, no, what the people behind the scenes did.
Historically, the Battle of Julu was the decisive battle between Xiang Yu and Zhang Han. Xiang Yu relied on his bravery to defeat more with less and defeated the Qin army of 300,000. He also completely defeated the main force of the Qin army and laid the foundation for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.
It was Xiang Yu's outstanding performance that won the recognition of the princes, so many princes came to vote for him, and he became the overlord of Chu.
"So Xiang Yu should be close to the giant deer, and Liu Ji should be here too."
"It's just." Li Zhao frowned again. Historically, Xiang Yu won the battle of Julu. That was in the era of cold weapons. Can he still win now?
It should be noted that the Qin army has squatting tiger cannons, and it does not require bravery to match them.
"Sure enough, it's a good plan. 700,000 prisoner troops deal with the rebel army, and 80,000 city defense troops attack Shanglinyuan. How can we win? Since the victory is so huge, how can the people behind the scenes care whether Xianyang is empty?"
Li Zhao thought about it, but his steps became slower and slower, so slow that it was a bit laborious. If there are no other variables, even if the Mongolian and Wang princes bring 500 red cannons to help, they will not be able to save the situation.
Being able to dispatch the prisoner army must also have more artillery, which is definitely not something Xiang Yu and others can deal with.
"Prisoner Army?"
According to the progress of history, if you think that it was Zhang Han who sent out the prisoner army to attack the rebel army, and Zhang Han was idle and did not care about the affairs of the government and the public at all, and now he was called out and launched the prisoner army in a short period of time, it must be someone. Arranged.
In other words, someone knew the history of the Qin Dynasty and made such an arrangement. Who could it be? It must be Xiang Gong. Only Xiang Gong knows about the battle of Julu.
"It seems that Duke Xiang has already arranged everything! I wonder if he knows a man named Yingbu."
Li Zhao thought, and immediately thought that Yingbu was a variable.
Historically, Yingbu came from the prisoner army and was highly used by Zhang Han, but later turned against him and joined Xiang Yu. If we work hard from him, will there be a breakthrough?
Li Zhao began to think.
There is also Zhang Han. After being defeated by Xiang Yu in history, he was plotted by Zhao Gao and finally took refuge in Zhang Han and became King Yong. Today, with many changes in history, will he join Xiang Yu?
This is hard to explain. After all, Zhang Han was defeated in the Battle of Julu in history, and Zhao Gao found an excuse to plot against him. Will he be defeated at this moment? It was difficult. Since it was difficult, it would be difficult for him to rebel.
Unless someone intervenes.
Li Zhao closed his eyes and tried hard to think of countermeasures.
Zhang Han was originally his, and they had a good relationship. If Zhang Han was said to be powerful, would he join Xiang Yu in advance? If both Zhang Han and Yingbu defected to Xiang Yu, the 700,000 prisoner army would be disintegrated, and Xianyang would be conquered effortlessly.
This was just his idea. He couldn't say whether it would actually work like this. After all, Xiang Gong also knew the progress of history. Since he could let Zhang Han lead the prisoner army, he would definitely guard against Yingbu and Zhang Han. of betrayal.
This is the crux of the problem, but there is another thing that Mr. Xiang doesn't know, and that is hehe! Gong Xiang does not necessarily know that he is also a time traveler. Of course, even if he knew, would he take precautions?
Probably not, because he must have thought that since he was trapped in Shanglinyuan without any support, he must be unable to stop this.
This is Li Zhao's weakness and also his advantage.
Li Zhao could turn this weakness into an advantage if the telegraph system was used well. The telegraph was a thing that only appeared in modern times. Xiang Gong must not have known about it, so how could he take precautions against it?
