The military order Zhao Tuo received was to escort the Wei prisoners back to their hometowns in exchange for grain, and then escort the grain and the Wei people who were about to become slaves to Daliang for delivery.
Previously, they traveled hundreds of miles safely from Xingyang to Hufu Township. This was because these young and strong Wei people knew that they were being escorted back to their hometowns, so they were very obedient. But now, they knew clearly that after being taken to Daliang, they would become slaves of the Qin people.
As a result, it is inevitable to find opportunities to escape on the road.
There will always be people who risk their lives to live a free life.
Zhao Tuo showed no mercy to this and chopped off the heads of five escapees in succession.
When the blood-covered human head was placed on the tip of a spear and displayed in front of the Wei people, the Wei people finally lowered their heads and accepted their fate, no longer thinking about escaping.
Compassion does not command troops.
This is something Zhao Tuo learned in the process of leading troops. Kill when necessary. Whether it is for subordinates or prisoners, everything is based on completing the mission. Excessive kindness will only breed chaos.
After solving the problem of Wei people's escape, the next thing that faced Zhao Tuo was the route problem.
There are two roads from Humo Township to Daliang. One is to go south to Waihuang and spend the night, then go west from Waihuang, and arrive at Chenliu one day later, and then go from Chenliu to Daliang.
The advantage of this road is that you can go to Waihuang to meet Yang Xiong and Zhao Bi, and because it is a transportation highway, it is under the control of heavy Qin troops along the way. There are 700 Qin troops in Waihuang City, and Chen Liu has even more Huan. Zhao's large army is here.
However, the disadvantages are also obvious.
So Zhao Tuo chose the second route after a little thought. He went directly west from Hufu Township, along the road leading to Xingyang, and then went south from a fork in the middle to go to Xiaohuang to spend the night. After walking for dozens of miles, he could Arrive at Daliangcheng.
The carriages were rolling and the convoy was setting off on the westbound road. Zhao Tuo looked back at Hufu Township with a little regret in his heart.
He did not gain Chen Ping's allegiance.
One of the reasons was that he arrived late. Chen Ping had already become Zhang's son-in-law, and he had no worries about living expenses. He also had a lovely wife at home, and he had a good status in Hufu Township. Under these conditions, no normal person would choose to leave their hometown and follow Zhao Tuo.
Before marrying the Zhang family, Chen Ping's family was poor, and he was even known by the locals as a "sister-stealer", so he was in a very difficult situation.
If Zhao Tuo could come at that time and help Chen Ping get out of his predicament, he would most likely be able to return him to his home.
The icing on the cake is never as good as the timely help.
Although Zhao Tuo interceded for the prisoners later, he did not do it perfectly and ended up exchanging people for food. Chen Ping's gratitude to him was limited.
Of course, Zhao Tuo felt that the biggest reason was that he was too young and his status was not high enough.
If he were a real general and held a high position, he could openly open the shogunate and invite him with his official position in the shogunate. Chen Ping would definitely not refuse.
Now Zhao Tuo is only a leader of 500 people. Although he is temporarily in charge of a thousand troops, his authority is too low to provide anything attractive.
Just like Li Shi (Y) Qi (j) back then, although Zhao Tuo persuaded him to come out of the mountain, after Xiao Huang made a great contribution, because there was no other place to use him in the battle of Wai Huang, Li Shi Qi took advantage of him. He returned to Chenliu on the pretext of taking care of his younger brother.
The reason is that Zhao Tuo cannot provide the opponent with a stage to display his talents. If Zhao Tuo is a general and can assign Li Shiqi to the corresponding city to perform meritorious services at will, the opponent will definitely not be able to leave.
"Whatever, if military officials are transferred, they can't take away their original subordinates. Even if I take Chen Ping and Li Shiqi under my command now, once I am transferred, they still can't go with me. Let them grow up for a while. Well. At least this time, I must have left a deep impression on them, and there may not be any chance of getting them in the future."
Zhao Tuo explained to himself in his heart, and at the same time he said longingly: "We won a lot in the battle of Xingyang, and we also captured Wei Bao. With such merit, I will definitely be promoted to the rank of fifth official. This time I will escort the grain to Daliang, where I should be able to Can you bestow the title of knighthood on me?"
"Fifth Doctor, the old Meng Yu only had the title of Fifth Doctor."
Secretly in Zhao Tuo's heart
When he was thinking about it, Hei Butt rode over and shouted to Zhao Tuo: "Public vehicle, there is a group of Wei people in front of us. Some of them look like light knights. Should we send someone to arrest them and question them?"
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked ahead at a group of Wei people walking on the side of the road.
There were about forty or fifty people, some of whom were Wei families with their families, including women, children, the elderly and the weak.
There were also more than a dozen young men dressed in commoners with swords around their waists. Judging from their behavior, they should be light knights from Wei. Zhao Tuo noticed that among those light knights, there was a man wearing a Confucian crown, who was actually a Confucian scholar.
Seeing a large number of Qin troops approaching on the road, the Confucian scholar and the light knight reacted the fastest and went straight into the forest next to them. Some of the remaining Wei people followed them into the woods, and some were so frightened when they saw the Qin army coming that they could not run and lay on the roadside shivering.
"Maybe he wants to move to another place."
Zhao Tuo's heart moved.
The main force of the Qin army was gathered outside Daliang City, and the rest of the partial divisions were mainly concentrated in important cities such as Chenliu. In the vast rural areas of Wei State, the Qin army usually only garrisoned about fifty people in the villages and towns. In important areas like Humo Township, Zhao Tuo only left a hundred people.
In this way, the number of people left by the Qin army in the Liju villages densely scattered around the townships could not be controlled, so the Wei people could still move around and migrate from one place to another.
For this situation, the Qin army will not expend energy to manage it, nor does it have the strength or necessity to manage it.
The Qin army's goal was to destroy Wei, and they only needed to occupy important cities and ensure smooth transportation. After the fall of Daliang and the destruction of Wei State, Qin officials were sent from the country to slowly clean up various parts of Wei State.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Tuo naturally would not send anyone to pursue him. He said: "We have military orders. Escorting the food and the two hundred Wei people to Daliang is the top priority. As long as the Wei people encountered on the road do not block the way and If you’re looking for trouble, don’t worry about it.”
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The black buttocks responded, and Digu said: "I see there is a Confucian scholar holding a bundle inside. It is round and looks like something good. But now everyone has disappeared, otherwise Nai Gongding will ask him to open it and take a look. "
In the dense forest.
Chen Yu huddled in a clump of tall grass, staring at the Qin troops rushing on the road with red eyes.
A young man came over and whispered: "Chen Jun, I think this group of Qin troops are escorting grain to Daliang. The cars they are driving are all piled with grain."
"These Qin people are really barbaric. In addition to food, I saw that their army also detained hundreds of farmers from Wei State. Those people should have been captured by them as slaves. Mr. Chen, since we have met, It would be better to attack them at night today and burn the Qin people's food. If we can cause some trouble, maybe we can allow those two hundred people to escape."
A young knight offered a clever idea.
Several people around whispered in agreement: "Brother Wang has a good plan. We only snatched Zhang Jun's head in Xiaohuang before, and we didn't even have the chance to kill several Qin people to avenge Zhang Jun. Now that we have encountered it, we might as well find an opportunity to set it on fire." If we can take advantage of the Qin people's food and kill a few Qin people, it will be considered revenge."
After hearing this, Chen Yu withdrew his eyes. He first looked at the bulging bundle in his arms. Then he raised his head and sneered: "How can one or two thousand shi of food, plus a few Qin people, be regarded as revenge for my brother?"
"Mr. Chen?" Everyone looked at him.
Chen Yu said bitterly: "We have cut each other's throats, and we have sworn to live and die together. Zhang Er and I have made an oath together, willing to live and die together. He was killed by the Qin general who conquered Waihuang, so I naturally want to seek revenge. These Qin soldiers , there are thousands of them, your plan will never succeed, and you will be in danger of being overtaken. Why bother to provoke me for nothing and delay my revenge plan. "
[To be honest, I have been using it recently
I went to Ohnozawa to take care of my sister-in-law and nephew. If I don’t go to see him, I’d be sorry for my brother’s entrustment. "
The young man frowned and said, "In that case, when will we go to Waihuang to take revenge?"
Chen Yu snorted coldly: "I'm not going to Waihuang, I'm going to Chu State."
"Chu State?" Everyone was stunned.
Chen Yu said coldly: "Revenge of murder is nothing more than trivial matters. If I, Chen Yu, want to do it, I will do something big!"
"At the beginning of the year, the State of Chu sent envoys to the King of Qin to offer the land west of Qingyang in exchange for a peace treaty. But to this day, the delivery has not been completed. I heard that the lords of the Qu family in the Qingyang areas were unwilling to give up their fiefdoms. The State of Chu There is also war and uncertainty internally. I want to go to the Chu State and persuade the people of the Qu family to kill the Qin envoys, so that Chu and Qin will turn against each other!"
"Chu is a great country! Although it was defeated by Qin in numbers, its power is still there. If I can make Qin and Chu go to war, I will definitely kill a large number of Qin troops and bury my brother with the blood of countless Qin people!"
"The enemy who killed my brother was not that Qin general in the Waihuang District, but the brutal Qin State! I, Chen, will definitely fight against the Qin State for the rest of my life, and I will do everything possible to destroy the Qin State!"
Chen Yu spoke so loudly that the knights around him were stunned.
Revenge is not just about killing a Qin general.
Instead, he provoked a war, killed countless Qin troops, and spent his whole life against Qin.
pattern.
This is the difference between Chen Yu and light heroes like them.
After all the young heroes came to their senses, they all bowed to Chen Yu.
"Chen Jun's ambition is far beyond ours. We are willing to die for Chen Jun and overthrow the Qin Kingdom together!"
Chen Yu nodded, but his eyes did not look at these kneeling knights. Instead, he looked through the dense forest leaves at the Qin army that was slowly advancing on the road.
In particular, there was a chariot in the Qin army. There was a Qin general standing on the chariot with his head held high.
Chen Yu's eyebrows wrinkled slightly.
General Qin is really young.
