This is not a random guess by Li Zhao. Zhou Wen is from Chu and once followed Xiang Yan. Xiang Yan disappeared after his death. At this time, there are uprisings everywhere. Zhou Wen is a staunch anti-Qin person. He will definitely join the anti-Qin ranks. There are many Most likely he will join Xiang Yu's rebel army.
Sure enough, one day later, Prince Wang came back and reported that Xiang Yu had a young general named Zhou Wen, who was from Chu and had followed Xiang Yan.
Li Zhao was overjoyed, this Zhou Wen must be that Zhou Wen.
"Immediately get in touch with Xiang Yu again and ask him to order Zhou Wen to attack Hangu Pass. At the same time, send me an order to order Xiang Liang to capture Dingtao."
"We must have a secret sneak attack." Only a secret sneak attack can consume Zhang Han's army to the maximum extent.
Hearing the young master's instructions, even the young master of the Wang family, who had little combat experience, was puzzled.
Order Xiang Liang to win Dingtao? Let Zhou Wen, a young general, lead his troops to capture Hangu Pass? Both seem fanciful.
As far as he knew, Dingtao was where Zhang Han's military camp was located, and attacking it was seeking death; and Zhou Wen led his troops to capture Hangu Pass, which was even more ridiculous. Hangu Pass was one of the four major checkpoints of the Qin Dynasty. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. There were once hundreds of The Wanlian army is about to capture it, but can it be captured by a young general?
What's more, Zhou Wen doesn't have many soldiers in his hands, how can he fight?
But this was the young master's decision, and he couldn't question it, so he went ahead with it.
After the prince of the Wang family left, Li Zhao looked in the direction of Dingtao and Hangu Pass, sighed and said to himself: "Xiang Liang, Zhou Wen, don't blame me. An army of 700,000 is too much. I must gradually break it down, otherwise Liu Ji Even if Wuguan is taken, Xianyang cannot be reached, Xiang Yu cannot defeat Zhang Han, and Hu Hai's Qin cannot be overthrown. This is bad news for you and the common people in the world."
"Just sacrifice yourself for Li Shu! They will remember you."
In history, Zhou Wen captured Hangu Pass but was killed by Zhang Han, which greatly weakened Zhang Han's army. Xiang Liang also destroyed many Qin troops in Dingtao before being killed.
They are all heroes who fought against Qin.
"Of course, I will let Meng Yi's artillery help you. As for Hangu Pass, just leave it to fate! That's all I can do."
Soon, he ordered people from the Intelligence Department to quietly send a message to Wang Li, saying that Zhou Wen would attack Hangu Pass and so on.
This is the moment to test Wang Li. If Wang Li listens to what he said, he will definitely try his best to help Zhou Wen, and maybe he can really win Hangu Pass.
In history, the reason why Zhou Wen was able to capture Hangu Pass was because Zhao Gao was causing trouble. But now that Zhao Gao is dead, it only depends on whether Wang Li can be instigated to rebel.
As for Zhang Han, he has a good relationship with him, but he did not choose to instigate rebellion immediately. The reason is very simple, because Zhang Han's wife is Princess Chenxi, the granddaughter of Qin Shihuang, and the daughter of Fusu. She has a good relationship with Hu Hai, even if not For the Qin of Hu Hai, he will not betray Qin for the sake of Princess Chenxi.
Princess Chenxi is the love of his life, and he has a closer relationship with her than Li Zhao.
Of course, it is not certain whether his heart was still so firm at the last moment. History has clearly shown that he was not a firm-hearted person, as can be seen from his final refuge with Xiang Yu.
In other words, it's not that he can't be persuaded, but it's not that time yet.
The next day, news came from the prince of the Wang family that Xiang Yu had sent Zhou Wen, and at the same time Xiang Liang also gathered troops to attack Dingtao.
"Very good!" Li Zhao nodded slightly.
He believes that Xiang Yu will make such a choice. Although his uncle and nephew have taken refuge with him, people are fickle. Once they gain some authority, their hearts will expand, and this expansion will be manifested in disobeying orders or Resistance on.
But at this moment, Xiang Yu would never dare to have such an idea, because Xiang Yu still needs artillery to increase his strength. Failure to obey orders means that the artillery will miss him, and it is impossible to win the next game.
Xiang Yu is not a stupid person, and neither is Xiang Liang.
Only receiving a brief answer from Li Zhao, Young Master Wang was confused and couldn't help but blurt out his previous questions.
"Master, how can Zhou Wen, with less than 10,000 troops, conquer a pass that even a million coalition troops cannot conquer?"
Li Zhao smiled and his expression became strange.
If he didn't understand history, he would probably ask this question, but who knows how capable Zhou Wen is? During the march, the force of only one person suddenly expanded to thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. He was a buried general!
"Just look, there might be a miracle!"
"A miracle?" Mr. Wang couldn't figure it out, but seeing the young master's confident look, he couldn't question it, so he scratched his head and left. He decided to send more people to pay attention to Zhou Wenbu to see what abilities the young master appreciated. .
Zhou Wen and Xiang Liang set off, but Li Zhao did not stop and immediately ordered Meng Yi to lead 500 artillery to support Zhou Wen and Xiang Liang respectively.
Let’s talk about Wang Li. Ever since he secretly met with Li Zhao and was scolded by Li Zhao, he felt aggrieved no matter how much he thought about it. But when he thought carefully about what Li Zhao said, he felt there was something fishy about it.
Why did Li Zhao say that he was unkind and unjust? To be unkind and unrighteous is to deviate from the orthodoxy. He couldn't figure out why he had deviated from the orthodoxy. Finally, Li Zhao's words woke him up.
The death of the First Emperor was just a rumor. Who had actually seen Bintian?
Moreover, even Bintian had to be mourned by the whole country and buried with honors, but none of these, let alone the body of the First Emperor, was seen, which is puzzling.
The First Emperor was in Shanglin Garden. Some people said that Li Zhao had hijacked the body. Although Hu Hai had 80,000 soldiers to attack Shanglin Garden, they were extremely frightened if they thought about it carefully.
Li Zhao was a favorite of the First Emperor. Why did he want to hijack the body? This was an enemy of the imperial court. Li Zhao was not stupid and he would never do it.
As for its unknown purpose, it doesn't make sense. What value can a person from Bintian have? It will only put Shanglinyuan in a dangerous position. I believe Li Zhao can still figure this out clearly.
What's more!
If the First Emperor is really a Bintian, he will definitely issue a posthumous edict, but I heard that there is no such thing. This is not the main reason. The main thing is Hu Hai. Hu Hai is a person who is imprisoned and will never be favored by the First Emperor. If you want to establish a legitimate son, the most suitable person is the Young Master. Fusu, after all, everyone knew that Young Master Fusu was the person whom the First Emperor focused on cultivating.
Although Prince Fusu was sent to the north to supervise Meng Yi's border defense, was that real supervision? Absolutely not, but it is a bit like letting Fusu gain experience and build a good relationship with Mengtian.
Such a move does not seem like an exile at all, but allows him to cultivate his own power. This is to prepare him to become his legitimate son.
To sum up, if you want to be the legitimate son, only the young master Fusu is the most suitable. But in the end, Hu Hai became the legitimate son and succeeded to the throne smoothly. It is impossible that there is no trick in this.
The most important thing is Li Zhao's words: The late Emperor Bintian? Where did the late emperor come from? Moreover, who has seen His Majesty Bintian again?
Although Li Zhao did not explain what he meant, he could vaguely think of something, that is, the First Emperor might not be dead. If the First Emperor was not dead, Hu Hai's succession would be treason and usurpation, which his royal family would never allow.
It is also not in the interests of his royal family.
After receiving another secret report from Li Zhao, his heart was moved, but he would not be incited to rebel just yet. He wanted to return to the court to find out the truth of the matter.
So he secretly ordered someone to ask his father, Wang Ben, for his opinion. His father's thoughts were consistent with his own, which made him more suspicious that the First Emperor might not be dead.
"What should I do? Should I obey Li Zhao's orders or continue to help the evildoers?"
Needless to say, only the Wang family knew about the kindness of the First Emperor to the Wang family. The Wang family swore to protect the Qin Dynasty to the death, not to protect Hu Hai.
So, he sent a newspaper back to Hu Hai, saying that he had something secret to report, and he was quickly summoned by Hu Hai.
Wang Li secretly returned to the palace to meet Hu Hai.
"Wang Li has met His Majesty."
"Excuse me, what is the secret thing that Wang Qing said?" Hu Hai was attacked by Shanglinyuan. He was suspicious of everything for a while. He always felt that someone was plotting to kill him. When he heard about the secret, he was very concerned about it and even threw away 'Yingying Yanyan'. On the side.
"Your Majesty, I suspect that Zhang Han has two minds."
Upon hearing this, Hu Hai jumped up from his high position, stared at Wang Li with a look of horror on his face, and asked urgently: "Is there anything abnormal?"
"Yes!" Wang Li calmed down his thoughts and said quietly, "Zhang Han led an army of 700,000 troops out of Hangu Pass and stationed them in Dingtao. He was never seen moving again. However, the rebel army was rioting on all sides, and he had no intention of annihilating it. , No, Xiang Yu is getting stronger day by day, and Liu Ji has captured Chen Liu and is heading towards Wuguan."
Hu Hai's body trembled, and he couldn't help but pull Wang Li aside, and shouted in fear: "This is really happening, this is really happening, how can it be done? If Wuguan is broken, even 700,000 troops will not be able to come back in time. And Xianyang City only has 30,000 city defense troops, how can they stop it?"
"I think so too. Zhang Han wants to cause His Majesty to ignore it, and his intentions are evil."
"Yes, it's just unethical. I trust him so much in vain. He treats me like this. I can't stay, I can't stay." Hu Hai scolded in panic, pointing in the direction of Hangu Pass and cursing.
When he unified the six kingdoms, his father ordered General Wang Jian to lead an army of 600,000 to destroy the Chu State. This was the power of the whole country. At that time, the officials advised his father not to use it in this way. If he rebelled, the unification of the Qin State would be in vain. , and may even directly cause Great Qin to collapse.
This is the worry of supporting the army.
Even if Hu Hai ignores the government affairs, he can still think of something. If Zhang Han uses his troops for his own purposes, or even turns against Da Qin, he will be in danger.
Wang Li lost no time and continued: "This is one of two concerns. The second one is that Zhang Han has always had a close relationship with Li Zhao, and His Majesty led the army to attack Shanglin Garden a few days ago."
This was Hu Hai's taboo. Wang Li knew the matter well and did not say any more, "Li Zhao will definitely have a grudge against His Majesty. No one can guarantee that he will not contact Zhang Han and instigate Zhang Han to rebel."
"Really?" Hu Hai's body trembled even more violently, and his face turned blue and white, very ugly.
For a moment, he had no idea, so he shouted: "Quick, send the captain to come to discuss the matter!"
Wang Li immediately stopped him after hearing this: "Your Majesty, no, this matter has not been confirmed. If it is publicized, it will be very detrimental to the front line. I think it can be investigated slowly."
"How to check?"
"Order someone to supervise the army."
"That's right, that's right. Don't publicize it too much. Just use the supervisory troops. Who is better to order?"
Hu Hai was gradually led by Wang Li.
"Why not order Zongzheng to supervise him?"
Wang Li found out that it was Zong Zheng who was trying his best to make Hu Hai his legitimate son. Since this person did not know the truth about whether the First Emperor was a Bintian and hurriedly tried to persuade Hu Hai to succeed, his heart was not pure, and it was inevitable to let him go to the front line and be tortured. .
Of course, such a person has a high desire for power and does not want anyone to put pressure on him. Obviously Zhang Han is not his cup of tea.
"Zongzheng? How wonderful! This is a loyal person."
Hu Hai shouted happily, then frowned and asked, "You said Liu Ji's traitors are coming to Wuguan. How can this be settled? I order Zhang Han to lead an army of 200,000 to destroy them?"
"No!" Wang Li's voice was obviously louder, "Xiang Yu's troops are extremely ferocious, and they must not be separated. I believe that Wuguan is a natural moat in the middle of our Guan, and it is guarded by many troops. I understand that there is nothing Liu Ji can do with a million-strong army? What's more, Liu Jijun is no more than a handful, so there's nothing to worry about."
"Okay, there's nothing to worry about, nothing to worry about! Haha!" Hu Hai completely listened to Wang Li's words, but after pondering for a while, he felt something was wrong, so he took it upon himself to say to the waiter, "I have sent an edict to the artillery camp and ordered him to Allocate a thousand artillery pieces to garrison Wuguan, and if there is any movement by the thieves, blast them."
When Wang Li heard this, his heart froze, and he hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, no, if you take away a thousand artillery, what will happen to Zhang Han's troops?"
"How about it?" Hu Hai didn't care at all. "Let him think of a way. If Wuguan is broken, Xianyang City will be endangered. I don't want to put myself in danger. Zhang Han has an army of 700,000. What a lack of artillery."
Hu Hai no longer allowed Wang Li to persuade him and ordered him to retreat.
Wang Li flew back to the front line, but he hesitated in his heart. Should Hu Hai tell Li Zhao that he had transferred a thousand artillery pieces to Wuguan? Also, from Li Zhao's favor for Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu's rebel army must be related to Li Zhao. Is Liu Ji's rebel army also related to him?
If it is related, if Liu Ji wants to capture Wuguan but is greeted by a thousand artillery pieces, he will definitely be massacred. This is a big loss.
"That's all, let's tell Li Zhao. It's up to him to decide what happens."
After hurriedly returning to the camp, he ordered his confidants to spread the message.
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