"You should not have expelled Envoy Zhao, nor should you have come to see me." Wei Ran said to Bai Qi helplessly, "You should have taken Envoy Zhao to see the king."
Qin Wangji was old and seriously ill. It was the time when he was most suspicious. The more he was at this time, the more cautious he had to be. No matter how big or small the matter was, he did not find it troublesome. He must report it to the King of Qin before implementing it.
Bai Qi did a good job when he returned to the city after the battle and went to see King Qin as soon as possible.
But when I saw Ambassador Zhao later, I was too impulsive.
"I'm going to chase Ambassador Zhao back now." Bai Qi suddenly realized, turned around and strode out of the tent.
"It's not necessary, it's too late." Wei Ran called Bai Qi back and poured a cup of tea. "Based on my understanding of the king, you will be absolutely safe until the end of this battle. We still have time."
The difference between a wise king and a foolish king is that one will cook the dog after the rabbit is dead, while the other will rush to cook the dog before the rabbit is dead.
As long as Bai Qi doesn't really rebel, even if Qin Wangji dislikes him again, he will hold his nose and wait until the battle is over before dealing with Bai Qi.
"Marquis Rang, teach me." Bai Qi bowed and said solemnly.
"You go to see the king later and tell him the whole thing. From now on, no matter how big or small, everything must be reported to the king before being dealt with. I went to see Fan Ju, but I don't know how he is. If there is someone There are three long points and two shortcomings. Our Qin general is missing a great sage." Wei Ran drank the tea in one gulp, got up and walked out of the tent with Bai Qi.
He didn't like Fan Ju, but Fan Ju was the only one who could speak in front of King Qin.
Bai Qi and Wei Ran rushed to the place where King Qin lived. The doctor was changing the dressing and bandaging for King Qin.
"Your Majesty, please don't get angry again," the doctor warned.
"I know, you can go down first." Qin Wangji waved his hand impatiently.
"I beg you to leave." The doctor said no more and silently left with the medicine box in hand.
"Why are Lord Wu'an back again? Marquis Rang is here too? Uncle, Lord Wu'an, sit down quickly." Qin Wangji seemed to have just seen Wei Ran and Bai Qi, and he pointed at the seats and said.
"I come to see the king and the marquis Ying." Wei Ran leaned over and said.
"I will apologize to the king." Bai Qi knelt down on one knee and said with cupped fists.
"Didn't I say that I should bear all the responsibility for this defeat? What is Lord Wu'an's fault?" Qin Wangji didn't seem to understand why.
"The last general received the Zhao envoy without authorization." Bai Qi said.
"Hahaha, what do you think I am doing?" Qin Wangji laughed loudly, "Wu An, as the commander-in-chief of our Qin army, is just an envoy from Zhao. What's the crime? Why don't you, Wu An, get up quickly?"
"General, thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Qi stood up and told Qin Wangji what Li Si said to him, without any reservation.
"The State of Zhao wants to drive a wedge between me and Lord Wu An. Lord Wu An doesn't need to worry about it." Qin Wangji said very grandly, "I am injured in bed. In the future, Lord Wu An can decide all matters in the army by himself. There is no need to ask about everything. A widower."
Then the monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time. Between words, Qin Wangji was full of trust in Bai Qi, and at the same time expressed his gratitude to Wei Ran. It was not until the moon was about to rise above their heads that Bai Qi and Wei Ran left.
Considering that the soldiers had been fighting for a day and had rested early, Bai Qi did not patrol the camp.
The next day, before dawn, Zhao Jun had already buried the pot for cooking.
Zhao Kuo also got up from bed early and began to inspect the military camp.
The first place Zhao Kuo came to was the wounded barracks.
The armies of the four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han and Qi were camped separately, but the wounded soldiers were arranged together.
The three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Qi were originally unwilling. The reason is very simple. Zhao Jun's treatment was too good!
Happiness or unhappiness comes from contrast. If you can eat well if others can't, that's happiness. If you can eat well if others can eat, that's happiness.
Originally, when the soldiers went out to fight, they were satisfied if they could eat two meals a day. However, when they saw that Zhao Junzhong could not only eat three meals a day, but also eat meat every three days, the king and the commander would come to visit them from time to time. They asked for help.
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Over time, all the wounded soldiers will have a good impression of Zhao Guo. When these wounded soldiers return to the army, these good feelings will quickly spread to the entire army.
It is useless for one or two soldiers to have a good impression of Zhao Guo, but when tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers have a good impression of Zhao Guo, the power contained in it is very terrifying.
But the reason given by Zhao Kuo made it impossible for them to refuse: the number of Chinese medicine doctors in the army was too small, and if all wounded soldiers were to be treated, they had to be placed together.
And they were unable to stop this trend. When the four-nation coalition forces were united, all logistics were taken over by the Zhao army.
The food of the armies of Han, Wei and Qi were all on the same standard as that of Zhao Jun. The dried salted fish that Zhao Jun vomited was simply a delicacy for the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms.
Moreover, Zhao Kuo also told them that after the official road from Wancheng to the front line was completed, more meat would be transported.
The shortest way is to eat people and be soft-handed.
Zhao Kuo used this move to easily bribe hundreds of thousands of troops.
Of course, the price paid is also huge, and other countries cannot follow suit even if they want to.
As soon as Zhao Kuo arrived at the wounded camp, the general in charge of the wounded camp came out to greet him.
"Your name is Xiongying, right?" Zhao Kuo recognized the general in front of him. During the Battle of Changping, he had even written a letter home for him.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember me?" Xiongying was a little excited.
"Yes, it has been promoted to five hundred masters now." Zhao Kuo patted Xiong Ying on the shoulder. He remembered that during the Battle of Changping, Xiong Ying was just an ordinary soldier.
"Hehe, I followed the king and made some meritorious deeds." Xiongying scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I remember that you seemed to have two sons and sent them to school?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"I have three sons now. The eldest is good at studies, so I sent him to Handan College through connections. The second is studying there, and the third is still young and is at home with Niba." Xiong Ying said.
"Three sons... you have enough to keep you busy." Zhao Kuo gave Xiong Ying a sympathetic look.
"Hahaha, as long as I can raise the child, I will be happy even if I am exhausted." Xiongying said with a smile.
"Take me to the wounded barracks to have a look." Zhao Kuo said.
"No." Eagle said quickly.
The soldiers in the sick camp have also woken up early. Whether they are working at home or serving as soldiers outside, they have no conditions to sleep in.
After a night's rest, everyone's mood has basically returned to stability and they are no longer pessimistic about the future.
When Zhao Kuo came, everyone was talking in low voices. Basically, soldiers from the Han, Wei and Qi armies were asking, and Zhao Kuo's soldiers answered. Occasionally, there were also soldiers from South Korea and Wei who had supported the royal city with the Zhao army.
The soldiers of the Three Kingdoms were full of curiosity about the treatment of Zhao Jun and some doubts about Zhao Kuo's promise. They could only ask the Zhao soldiers who knew Zhao Kuo relatively well, hoping to get comfort from their answers.
The answers of the Zhao soldiers did not disappoint everyone. They told everyone that as a soldier in Zhao, the monthly salary is enough to support a family. If you perform meritorious service in battle, you will also receive titles and rewards. No one dares to deduct the money from the soldiers. Meritorious service...
Not to mention food, they eat better when they are not on an expedition, mainly because during a war, logistics is difficult to transport.
Those soldiers from South Korea and Wei who had fought against the Zhao army in the royal city spoke out from time to time to testify.
If these words were said by those nobles, the soldiers might think they were lying to themselves, but the people who said these words were ordinary soldiers like them, all of whom were at the bottom of the country.
This made the soldiers of Han, Wei and Qi have no choice but to believe it.
"Everyone wakes up so early." Zhao Kuo opened the curtain and walked in with a smile, "With so many people living in the military camp, we must pay more attention to ventilation. If it is cold in winter, you can ventilate briefly and then close it, and then ventilate again after a while. "
"I remember it," said the eagle.
"Your Majesty..." When the soldiers saw Zhao Kuo, they all stood up and saluted.
"Okay, everyone doesn't need to salute. Just rest and recover." Zhao Kuo waved.
Then Zhao Kuo came to the beds of several seriously injured soldiers and chatted with them for a while. The soldiers were very excited, and Zhao Kuo basically asked and answered them.
"Your Majesty, the Logistics Department has sent someone to deliver breakfast. Do you want to come in now?" Xiongying asked.
"Push it over and show it to me," Zhao Kuo said.
"No." Eagle said.
Soon, buckets filled with food were pushed up.
Zhao Kuo opened the rice pail, and the rich aroma of rice came to his nose. The porridge in the pail was made from rice and millet. It was very thick, not a clear soup with little water.
Next to the rice bucket is a pot of pickles made from cabbage, mainly to supplement the salt content for the soldiers.
If it is summer, there will be other vegetables, but in winter the army only serves pickles in the morning.
"Serve everyone some food," Zhao Kuo said.
"No." Xiongying waved to the door, and several soldiers came in and served meals to all the wounded soldiers.
"Here's a bowl for me too." After all the wounded soldiers had received their meals, Zhao Kuo said.
"Ah?" Xiong Ying looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise.
"What? Isn't there enough food?" Zhao Kuo asked with a frown.
"Enough!" Xiong Ying quickly served Zhao Kuo a bowl of rice.
Zhao Kuo was not polite, put some pickles in a bowl, found a place to sit down and started eating, chatting with the soldiers while eating.
While Zhao Kuo was eating, the sound of war drums came from outside the camp.
Pang Nuan led his soldiers to attack the Qin army.
Because it was just for harassment, Pang Nuan led not many soldiers, only 30,000 troops. However, to Pang Nuan's expectation, the Qin army did not choose to defend the city, but chose to go out of the city to fight.
"Did the Qin army come to reinforce again? I haven't received any news." Pang Nuan was a little confused. If the Qin State sent a large number of reinforcements again, it would be impossible to escape Zhao Jun's detection. Moreover, with the current conditions of the Qin State, it would not be possible to send reinforcements from the country again. Draw a lot of young people.
But without reinforcements, how would the Qin army have the confidence to go out of the city to fight?
However, the Qin army did not give Pang Nuan time to think. While Pang Nuan was still hesitating, Wang Jian had already led the Qin army to charge towards the Zhao army.
On the other side, Tian Dan led the Shesheng Battalion and the crossbowmen to an open space. Their target was not the Qin army that went out of the city to fight, but the Qin army in the city and the camp.
With Tian Dan's help, Sheshengying camp once again reached the state of military spirit.
Immediately afterwards, arrows that covered the sky poured from the sky towards the Qin army camp and Rangcheng.
"If there are two more arrows, we will retreat." Tian Dan said with a smile.
His purpose was not to kill the Qin army. The distance between the two sides was too far, and the Qin army was in the camp. As long as he was prepared, it would be difficult for the Zhao army to cause a large number of kills.
Tian Dan's purpose was to put everyone in the Qin army in danger.
When a wave of arrows rain down, no matter how careful the Qin army is, some people will die under the arrows and some will be injured.
As long as Zhao Jun comes with a few arrows from time to time, in the morning, at noon, in the evening, or even in the middle of the night, Qin Jun's heartstrings will be tense at twelve hours a day, worried that there will be rain of arrows falling from the sky, and sooner or later he will not be able to hold on. .
Unless the Qin army opened a defensive formation to protect the army, even Bai Qi would not be able to maintain this kind of battle formation for a long time.
"Let's go back and eat." After shooting a few more arrows, Tian Dan looked towards the direction of Rangcheng with a smile, and returned to the military camp with the Shengsheng Battalion and the crossbowmen.
At the Qin army's camp, Bai Qi inspected the camp and reported to King Ji of Qin. He then handed over the army to Wang Jian and told him to be careful. If the Zhao army retreated in full force, he would return to the city immediately.
After everything was settled, Bai Qi had time to eat.
Bai Qi's rice is no different from that of ordinary soldiers. It's all white rice, but Bai Qi has no limit and can eat as much as he wants.
Although according to Bai Qi's title, he can eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but Bai Qi usually eats and lives with the soldiers.
Bai Qi stood in front of the map, holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other. His eyes were fixed on the map, his knife-like face becoming more and more stern.
Just then, 'Boom! A loud noise woke Bai Qi up from his thoughts. Bai Qi looked back and saw an arrow piercing deeply into the table, the tail of the arrow still trembling.
Immediately afterwards, Bai Qi saw dense arrows falling outside the camp, and the Qin army's exclamations and screams came from all around.
"Start the battle formation." Bai Qi didn't have time to think, and shouted quickly. The blood-red inner energy rushed out of his body and shattered the fallen arrows. At the same time, Wei Ran, Lu Buwei, Sima Cuo and others were in various positions in the camp. They cooperated with Bai Qi to support the battle formation.
Soon, an earth-yellow battle formation rose up from the Qin army's camp, protecting all the Qin army.
At this moment, Zhao Jun stopped shooting.
All the preparations of the Qin army failed!
"Bastard! Zhao Jun is really bullying!" Bai Qi's face was ferocious, he was furious and roared to the sky. Over the years, he had won and lost, but when had he ever been insulted like this!
"Do you really think that with super long-range attacks, you can do whatever you want? I can't create a military soul-level crossbow corps, but it's not difficult to create a super long-range attack corps." Bai Qi's eyes were blood red, his body was trembling slightly, and he was so angry. pole.
"Wu Anjun, your Majesty sent me here to ask, if Zhao Jun keeps attacking our army with arrows from time to time, how should our army respond?" Wang Hao came over from a distance, his expression was not good, and he was obviously worried about Zhao Jun just now. troubled by harassment.
"Tell the king that I already have a way to deal with it, but it will still take some time." Bai Qi said in a deep voice.
"I will report to the king right now." All the gloom on Wang Lu's face was swept away. He believed that Lord Wu An said it could be solved, so it would definitely be solved.
