In Xianyang, Ying Zheng gathered his circle.
"Now Han and Wei have involved Xiang Yan, and the civil uprising in Nanjun has subsided. Li Xin and Feng Wuze's 50,000 troops have arrived in Nanjun. I think it is time to attack." Ying Zheng said while looking at the map of Chu State.
Ziyou and Lu Buwei looked at each other and said
"Your Majesty, our target should be Xu Di and Shangcai and other places in Wei State, not Chu State."
Ying Zheng looked at Ziyou and Lu Buwei in confusion. Li Si looked at Ying Zheng and explained in confusion.
"Now the people of Nanjun are not yet completely stable. If we rush to capture Jingling and other places, I am afraid it will increase the cost of governance. It is better to go north to capture Xucheng and Shangcai and other places, and form a siege on South Korea. Then the three-pronged army will Attack together with the horses and conquer Korea in one fell swoop.”
"When did you adjust the plan?" Ying Zheng said while looking at everyone.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty proposed it today. We were discussing the feasibility of this matter at the Prime Minister's Mansion when we received your Majesty's order to enter the palace. We were still thinking that we could let Li Xin and Feng Wuze's troops pretend to attack Chu to attract The Chu army allowed Han and Wei to continue attacking Xiang Yan and weaken the strength of the three kingdoms," Lu Buwei said.
Ying Zheng looked at a few people and nodded, as long as he didn't go around him, the King of Qin, he said
"Can Feng Wuze and Li Xin's 50,000 troops alone take down Xu Di, Shangcai and other places?"
"You can send Yang Duanhe from Hangu Pass to send troops to support. When Li Xin and Feng Wuze take the second city, Yang Duanhe's support will arrive." Ziyou said.
Ying Zheng looked at the map on the sand table, making calculations in his mind. At the same time, he looked at Meng Wu, who raised his hand and said
"If it is indeed feasible to go north from Nanjun to Yecheng to attack the Wei State, Lian Po is now fighting fiercely with Xiang Yan in the Chu State. The country is empty and the opportunity is great. Moreover, troops from Shangcai and other places have been deployed to support Lian Po."
"There are many of my disciples in Shangcai and Xudi, and they can also help lead the way." Ziyou said calmly.
Everyone looked at Ziyou in surprise. They had not heard about Ziyou raising his retainers. Ziyou looked at everyone's puzzled expressions and said.
"The retainers of Lord Xinling are now loyal to me for some reasons. They are distributed all over the Wei Kingdom. When the time comes, they can cooperate with each other to capture Xu Cheng and Shangcai."
Ying Zheng looked at Ziyou and didn't know what to say for a moment, and said
"Teacher, you will really be surprised. Lord Xinling has three thousand followers, all of whom are quite virtuous and famous people. By then, there will also be people to govern the Wei Kingdom."
Lu Buwei looked at Ziyou with envy. There was no one in the Qin Kingdom who was more professional than him in raising retainers. He also claimed to have thousands of retainers, but the quality was completely inferior to Lord Xinling's three thousand retainers. Lord Xinling's retainers were In terms of quality, they are much better than the other three young masters. It cannot be said that everyone is good at governing the country, but there are still no problems with their personal ethics.
The cost of raising retainers is extremely high. Lu Buwei would not be able to support him if he did not rely on his wealth. After raising these retainers, you have to train these retainers to make them the talents you want. This takes more time, and what about Ziyou? ? Lu Buwei couldn't be more envious of the fact that he prostituted the client whom Lord Xinling had selected and cultivated for decades for nothing. The key was that it didn't cost a penny.
"Mr. Xinling is truly an honest gentleman." Ziyou said with emotion.
The other people present looked at Zi You and clenched their fists silently. Now everyone knows that Zi You got what he worked for all his life in vain, so you should stop causing hatred here.
"What should Li Xin and Feng Wuze do? They should have sent troops by now." Ying Zheng asked.
"Mo Crow is good at light kung fu, so he can quickly pass it on to Li Xin and Feng Wuze, allowing them to change their paths. At the same time, the king ordered Yang Duanhe to send troops," Ziyou said.
"Okay, I will give the order now," Ying Zheng said.
As the two letters were sent from Xianyang, about three days later, after Yecheng and Lord Changping said goodbye to Li Xin and Feng Wuze, who were preparing to attack Chu, they stopped after marching for dozens of miles.
"Mo Crow? Why are you here? Did the sir ask you to come?" Li Xin asked, looking at Mo Crow who was brought by the soldiers. Mo Crow is Ziyou's coachman. This is something everyone in the Qin State knows. Ya Ya came to the front line and explained that Zi You had made arrangements.
"The king has ordered that you be divided into two groups. Li Xin is responsible for pretending to attack the Chu State, and Feng Wuze goes north to attack the Wei State and directly capture Xucheng and Shangcai." Mo Ya took out the imperial edict of King Qin in his arms and said.
Feng Wuze took the edict, looked at the content and the final seal of the King of Qin, nodded to Li Xin and said
"It is indeed the king's edict, but why are we asked to change our route to attack Wei?"
"Why do you care so much? Lian Po and Xiang Yan are fighting fiercely, and the interior is empty. On the contrary, the Chu army is so strong that it is difficult to fight. Why do you care so much when you have free military merit?" Li Xin said, his idea is very simple, this But good things like pie in the sky don't come in vain. As for whether Ziyou would trick him, Li Xin never thought about it. He felt that even if Ziyou tricked him, he would not trick the 50,000 soldiers.
When Feng Wuze wanted to ask more carefully, Li Xin directly ordered the army to change its route.
"It's inappropriate to change the route so rashly. All we have prepared is to attack Chu. If we attack Wei now, we don't even have a map." Feng Wuze said.
"Don't worry, I believe the king and sir have made arrangements." Li Xin said.
Feng Wuze looked at Li Xin's confidence and was a little puzzled. Mo Ya said at this time
"This is the troop layout and terrain map of Xu Cheng and Shang Cai in the Wei State. Now the entire Xu District and Shang Cai are empty, and it is easy to get them. General Yang has already left Hangu Pass with an army of 50,000 people."
Looking at Feng Wuze's confused expression, Li Xin said
"I know that your Majesty and your husband will not fight unprepared battles. You have never been in contact with your husband. Once you have contact with him, you will understand what kind of person he is."
"Split the army into two, change its route, and go north to attack Wei." Li Xin ignored Feng Wuze and said to the herald on the side.
"promise."
After the herald went down to convey the order, Mo Ya took out another letter and gave it to Li Xin and said
"My husband asked me to give this to you. After reading it, I told you to pretend to attack Chu State according to the arrangement above."
Li Xin took the letter, looked at the content on it, looked at Mo Ya with a complicated expression and asked
"Did your husband really ask you to give this to me?"
"Yes, sir, you have repeatedly asked me to hand it over to you personally," Mo Ya said.
"I understand." Li Xin glanced in Ye Cheng's direction with a complicated expression, and there was even a trace of sympathy in his eyes.
As the army was directly divided into two, Li Xin led his people to attack the Chu State. Feng Wuze went north to join Yang Duanhe to attack the Wei State. Just as Xiang Yan and Lian Po were fighting fiercely, news of Li Xin's attack on Jingling came. In Xiang Yan's hands, Chu State was shaken for a moment. The court panicked and they thought that Qin State was going to start a war with Chu State. Xiang Yan was the only one who did not panic. He knew that Lord Changping had already taken action and that the border between Qin and Chu was fine for the time being.
(End of chapter)
