The Wounded Barracks is located in the west corner of Qin Camp. In order to prevent the army from being affected by the Wounded Barracks, a long stretch of road was left between the Wounded Barracks and the main camp.
It is such a section of road, which seems to be the "road to hell" that separates the world from hell.
Over there, in the wounded barracks, the wailing sounds continued one after another, and the blood and fire were everywhere, like a hell on earth;
Here, in the main camp, the surviving Qin soldiers were already eating the food without any scruples, chatting about the bright future, accompanied by laughter...
And all of this can be seen from Bai Qi on the high platform and the young general behind him - Ying Xi.
Bai Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army, stood on the general stage and quietly watched everything happening in the camp. He seemed to be surprised, or maybe he was hard-hearted. No matter what, Bai Qi's expression did not change at all.
Standing behind him was a young general—it was Ying Xi, the general who had just been replaced by Wang Lu along with the army.
The young Ying Xi has experienced countless battles, and has become a general through meritorious deeds. During the three years of confrontation, he has become accustomed to fighting scenes. It can be said that he has become accustomed to casualties, sacrifices, etc. .
But even for such a general who was used to seeing casualties, when he saw the miserable situation of the Qin army on the west bank barrier, Ying Xie still couldn't bear it, and even couldn't help but feel sad.
He didn't understand why in the back camp of the Qin army, these young lives were sacrificed when there was clearly still strength left?
He didn't understand that rotation could achieve the purpose of luring the enemy, reduce his own losses, and make Zhao Jun's losses greater, so why not rotate?
He didn't understand that he had asked for help several times, but why was he ignored, causing such huge losses on the front line barrier, and these losses were obviously avoidable?
Standing on the barrier, he didn't say anything. Among his subordinates, he even had to explain something to the troops behind him. Because he knows that as a soldier, especially in the Qin army with strict military laws, obedience is the first priority.
Therefore, as he held the command of the fortress, he didn't ask any questions. Even when faced with the expectant eyes, he just waved the command flag in his hand with a cold face, secretly hiding all doubts in his heart.
But now, standing in this military camp, it was once again confirmed that the main force of the army was still there, and facing the wailing sounds of the wounded barracks, it was like hammers, hammering straight into Ying Shang's immature heart. In this situation, Ying Xi had to ask out the doubts buried in his body.
However, before Ying Xi could say anything, Bai Qi's voice had already sounded in front of him.
"Are you blaming me for not replacing them in time?" Bai Qi suddenly asked, facing the direction of the wounded barracks.
"I don't dare!" Ying Xi was stunned for a moment. Although he had thousands of doubts in his heart, he couldn't stroke Wu Anjun's tiger beard like this. He immediately lowered his head and clasped his fists, saying that he didn't dare.
"Don't dare! Does that mean you have it?" Bai Qi turned around, glanced at Meng Hu casually, and said slowly.
This glance didn't matter, it almost scared Meng Hu to tears. It was quite as lethal as the glance Secretary Dakang gave him before closing the car window after blocking the way at Monkey Airport. Meng Hu hurriedly wanted to bow down and apologize, but Bai Qi, who had already expected it, grabbed his arm.
"It's a joke! There's no need to be so nervous." Bai Qi said with a smile, then turned his head and looked in the direction of the camp again: "Today, I will teach you the first lesson of becoming a general."
"For the general to see this camp full of wounded soldiers, he must feel sad in his heart, but his eyes must not be obscured by it." Bai Qi continued calmly: "You only see the losses, you only see this The camp is full of wounded soldiers, but no harvest has been seen.”
"What's the gain? It's that Zhao Jun has no doubt about the exhaustion of our army; it's that Zhao Jun launched the general offensive in advance; it's that Zhao Jun's follow-up army is about to plunge into our pocket formation. The tens of thousands of casualties in this area are different from the number of Zhao Jun's In terms of an army of one hundred thousand, it is not worth mentioning. And once the main force of the Zhao army is wiped out by our army in the Shangdang, there will be no one in the six countries to stop our path to the unification of the Qin Dynasty!"
"Can you see the gains and losses?" Bai Qi continued to ask.
"However, as long as we rotate and gradually reduce our combat power, we can achieve the same effect. Zhao Jun will also fall into our trap! In this way, we can avoid such a huge loss." Ying Xie had many questions and puzzles in his mind. At this moment, they all burst out together.
"True is true, no matter how true it is, it will only be false." Bai Qi shook his head and continued: "Unless you fight alone and all the troops are truly exhausted, it is not enough to deceive Zhao Jun's eyes."
Bai Qi turned his head again, looked at Ying Xi with his eyes, and said: "As a general, you must remember: never underestimate your opponent!"
"Judging from the current intelligence, the leader of the Zhao army has been replaced by Zhao Kuo, and we haven't had much contact with him. But from his interception of Danshui, his slow crossing of the river, and the formation of the three armies from north to south From the looks of it, Zhao Kuo may have some shortcomings in battle experience, but he is by no means a military incompetent."
"Even if it is not as good as our old rival Lian Po, the difference is not too far away. Without your battalion of dead soldiers, he would not have made the main force of the army cross westward. Similarly, without the exhaustion of the entire front, without the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty Even if he shouts "Great Qin for Ten Thousand Years" and falls into the same barrier as Zhao Jun, he will not completely launch a general offensive." Bai Qi had obviously gradually developed a higher opinion of Zhao Kuo.
"However, using more than 30,000 casualties just to increase the other party's trust is not very cost-effective!" Ying Xie has been convinced in his heart, and all that is left is nothing more. It is the last bit of womanly kindness.
This is no wonder Ying Xie, after all, the losses of tens of thousands of troops were all caused under his command. And the ones who suffered the ultimate injury were none other than his own subordinates - even his own soldiers stepped in, dying and being injured. No wonder I feel so sad in my heart.
The reason why Bai Qi pulled Ying Xi out alone was to cut off the last woman's kindness in Ying Xi's heart and pave the way for him to grow into a real "general".
"Ying Si! You need to know: Compassion cannot control troops! Thirty thousand casualties were exchanged for the Zhao army's blind actions from top to bottom. It was our Great Qin that completely encircled the Zhao army's main force. It was a great victory. It was The opportunity for me, Great Qin Dong, is the beginning of my career as king! Once the Shangdang takes over, the Zhao State will completely become a slave to the enemy. Not to mention a mere 30,000, even 50,000 or 100,000 casualties are worth it." Bai Qi said excitedly.
After calming down, Bai Qi continued, "Do you know that all the generals in the tent were obviously in grief, but they just knelt down and begged, but no one dared to send troops to rotate without permission? Military law is naturally strict, and more importantly, they believe in me and believe in me. All my decisions are for the success of the war and for Great Qin."
