The defeat of the Southwest continued to ferment throughout Xianyang.
In fact, on the military battlefield, it is normal to have wins and losses.
In this world, there are only a handful of generals who are victorious in every battle. Even Wang Jian, known as the number one military general in the Qin Dynasty, was defeated by Li Mu.
The Qin army was defeated in the southwest and lost thousands of people, which sounds very annoying. But if compared with when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms before, when it was beaten by Li Mu in Zhao State, and was severely wounded by Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi in Chu State, it could only be regarded as a small defeat, and it was not worth making a big fuss. movement.
But who made this happen just in time for the great victories in the northwest, northeast and southeast. A comparison makes this southwest war "dazzling". In addition, the coach of this battle is a "famous general" of the Qin State, which makes countless people feel... Look sideways.
In a short period of time, Li You's reputation spread throughout Xianyang.
Even the reputation of "Shuqi County Lieutenant" overshadowed Li Xin, who destroyed Donghu, and Feng Wuze, who surrendered Dongou, can already be compared with the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo.
"You'er, You'er, when you were in Xianyang, I should have forced you to get married. Even if you die in the southwest this time, you can leave an heir."
In the mansion, Tingwei Li Si sighed.
Although he is a man of strong character, he is still an old father who has put too much effort into his ineffective son.
In addition, he is old and attaches great importance to his descendants. Now that Li You is alive and dead, Li Si naturally feels uncomfortable, especially regretting that he did not let Li You leave his bloodline.
Because of the princess, Li Youdu was already in his thirties and had not yet gotten married, which made Li Si sigh in various ways when he thought about it.
"Father, don't be sad. I think my brother will be fine."
Li Yu couldn't stand it anymore and comforted him: "Father, think about it. Back then, my brother followed Li Xin in his expedition to Chu and was attacked by Xiang Yan and Zhaoping. The whole army was almost wiped out. Everyone thought that his brother was dead, and even his father thought that he was dead. He mourned and buried his clothes, but what was the result? My brother escaped and came back. If it happened once, why wouldn’t there be a second time? "
"Furthermore, even if my brother is defeated and there is no news, he may not necessarily have died in the battle, but he may have been captured by those barbarians? My brother is the son of Ting Wei, a dignified Wei of Shu County, and I, the Qin Dynasty, are behind me. Those who The Yi people may not dare to touch my brother, but he still needs to be fed and fed."
Hearing Li Yu's words of relief, Li Si also remembered what happened to Li Yu when he attacked Chu.
The news that came back to Xianyang at that time was that the Qin army was defeated, and Li You didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The scene was very similar to the current scene.
"Yu'er, you are right. Regardless of whether your brother has escaped or was captured by those barbarians, it will be useless for me to mourn here. For the current plan, we should immediately ask the emperor to send troops to the southwest. . If You'er is captured by the barbarians, maybe he can be exchanged for it. If You'er dies...the barbarians in the southwest should all die too!"
Li Si regained his composure and came out of the "pain of losing his son" with a bright light in his eyes.
Li Yu was relieved, and at the same time he secretly complained about his brother.
"Brother knows that he is a rare person, so he should stay in Xianyang. He insisted on asking for orders to go to the southwest to fight, and ended up like this. He really has no self-awareness, alas."
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Li Si wanted to ask the emperor to send troops to the southwest as soon as possible, but he did not expect that at the court meeting on the second day, someone would move faster than him.
"The southwestern Yi people deceived and deceived us into surrendering, and raided our Qin Dynasty. As a result, the southern expedition army was defeated and thousands of people were lost. The Shu commandery fell, which was really a shame for our Qin Dynasty. Today, Renxiao, the chief of Zuo Shu, requested to write a letter, willing to lead the army southward. , wipe out the southwestern barbarians, and revive the power of our great Qin."
The speaker was Taiwei Wang Ben.
Because Ren Xiao's title was only Zuo Shu Zhang and was not qualified to go to the palace to discuss politics, he petitioned for war through the Taiwei Mansion, who was in charge of military affairs.
After Wang Ben presented Ren Xiao's petition for war, the First Emperor, who was on the imperial couch, nodded slightly, glanced at the ministers in the palace and said, "Ren Xiao, the concubine of the left, has asked for orders to lead troops to conquer the southwestern barbarians. Do you have any objections?"
All the ministers in the palace looked at Zhao Tuo, the Marquis of Wugong, who was standing at the forefront of the military generals. Everyone knew that Ren Xiao was a good friend of Marquis Wugong. Now that he is asking to fight south, is it because of Marquis Wugong's instruction?
Even Li Si looked at Zhao Tuo, trying to read something from his expression.
Zhao Tuo just smiled faintly when he faced the gazes of Zhu Qing.
Everyone then understood that this matter had indeed been discussed with Marquis Wugong.
Although there are generals in the court who are eager to take credit for the conquest of the southwestern barbarians, now that Ren Xiao is asking for a battle, and with the support of the big boss Wu Gonghou behind him, they can only suppress their thoughts and say together: "I have no objection."
"In that case, I appointed Zuo Shuchang Renxiao as general and ordered him to mobilize the troops of Shu, Ba and Hanzhong to conquer the southwestern barbarians."
The First Emperor spoke, with the flames of revenge burning in his eyes.
Naturally, he knew what happened when the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Zhao Tuo just now, but the First Emperor didn't care.
All the emperor wants is revenge!
If you can avenge him, you will naturally be rewarded with a title.
If you fail again, you will have to bear his wrath.
In the court, it was decided to conquer the southwestern barbarians again.
But Li Si was still a little worried, so he personally went to visit Zuo Shuchang Renxiao's house.
Faced with the visit of Tingwei in person, Ren Xiao was flattered and hurriedly welcomed Li Si into the mansion.
"My son is incompetent. He has lost his master and humiliated the country. He is trapped in the southwest and does not know whether he will live or die. It is really a shame for our great Qin. However, the blood of father and son cannot be separated. I heard that General Ren is about to conquer the southwest. I also ask the general to find me a wife during the expedition. Look for traces of the unworthy man."
"If he is captured by the barbarians, please ask the general to save his life. If he... dies, please ask the general to find his body and send it to me. I pay my respects, Prime Minister!"
As soon as he entered the mansion, Li Si's face was full of sorrow. Regardless of his noble status, he bowed directly to Ren Xiao.
"We can't do it, Lieutenant Ting! We can't do it!"
Ren Xiao was shocked and hurriedly supported Li Si's body to prevent him from bowing down. He shouted: "I, Ren Xiao, have been favored by Brother Li. This time I asked for the southern expedition just to save Brother Li. Even my martial arts skills Hou Yi was concerned about Brother Li's safety and told me to find Brother Li's traces."
Li Si was startled. He didn't expect that Ren Xiao and even Zhao Tuo were concerned about his son Li You.
There was still a sense of warmth in his heart, and he cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I have a lot to do for you, Master Zuo."
Ren Xiao said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, Lieutenant Ting. No matter whether brother Li is dead or alive, I will definitely find him and send him back to Xianyang."
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The defeat in the Southwest made the First Emperor very angry, and he couldn't wait to send troops to wipe out the Southwest Barbarians and avenge his previous humiliation. Therefore, after Ren Xiao asked for war, Great Qin moved very quickly to reconquer the Southwest Barbarians.
The three messengers were galloping.
Soldiers and horses from Bajun and Hanzhong began to gather in Shujun, and the Shujun governor was also recruiting local Shu people to join the army again.
This time, the emperor appointed Zuo Shuchang Ren Xiao as the commander-in-chief and recruited a total of 15,000 troops from the three counties, twice the number of soldiers from Li Youshu County before. He was determined to annihilate the southwest in one fell swoop, wipe out the barbarians and take revenge.
"Brother Li, if you are captured by the barbarians, I will definitely rescue you."
"If you die, I will definitely find your body so that your soul can return to Xianyang."
When Ren Xiao left Xianyang, he secretly made a vow.
At that time, Li You entangled the right Sima of Chu State with all his strength in Rushui, and asked him to make great achievements and become famous far and wide.
This kind of friendship must be repaid by Ren Xiao!
But what Ren Xiao didn't expect was that when he arrived in Shu County, he actually saw the man who was supposed to be missing.
(End of chapter)
