Qingtian County is the first county of Qin State located outside the Luoying Mountains, and it is also the base camp of Qin's southern border army, and it is the most important place for 100,000 southern border troops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Compared with many places in the Qin State, Qingtian County is considered prosperous, with hundreds of thousands of people gathered here, most of whom are inextricably linked with the army. In the city, there are many workshops of all kinds, which are responsible for manufacturing and repairing all kinds of weapons and ordnance for the border army, and all the shops and almost all the business also come from the army and military families.

Qingtian County actually implements military management, and the general of the border army also serves as the county guard of Qingtian County, and the income of the entire county is also owned by the border army, but beyond this, the imperial court no longer provides any military salaries.

When Deng Pu was in power, it had always been like this, which was also the reason why Qin Feng saw that the border army of Qin was so poor when he was still in the Chu army at that time. Qingtian County is not a rich place like Zhengyang County of Yueguo, although there are no lofty mountains like the Luoying Mountains, but the mountains are extended, and there are still many mountains and few places in Qingtian County, and there are not many places suitable for farming.

After Bian Wushuang took office, Qingtian County received strong assistance from the imperial court at the first time, and ordnance and grain were continuously transported from Yongdu to various empty warehouses in Qingtian County, filling these warehouses, but it was limited to that. With the death of Li Zhi and Deng Hong being crowned King of Kaiping and returning to Yongdu to govern, these aids came to an abrupt end.

Bian Wushuang left Yongdu, and naturally knew that the power he had built up in Yongdu for many years would inevitably be cleaned up by Deng Hong in a short period of time, and he could not expect to get more from the imperial court. Just like when he dealt with the Deng family, when he did to the Deng family, everything he did to the Deng family will be used back to him in the same way. The only good news is that he will have the support of the emperor, which is still stronger than the Deng family.

Of course, it's only a little stronger. He had to get used to living a hard life, and he had to be careful with his calculations.

Now, his only reliance is on the 100,000 border army, he must completely control this army in his own hands in the shortest possible time, with this army, he has the capital to resist the Deng family.

He brought 10,000 Thunder Army, 10,000 people, will become his capital to reconstruct the border army of the country, of course, if you want to reconstruct this border army, you also need more seats, so when Deng Hong proposed to transfer 5,000 people from the border army to supplement the Thunder Army in Yongdu, he agreed without thinking about it.

Deng Hong wants to control the Thunder Army in Yongdu, he wants to control this border army, each has its own plans, and it hits it off, although he has gone 5,000 backbones, he can fill in the 5,000 Thunder Army, which is more conducive to him to control the entire army.

Now the only problem is the middle and high-ranking officers in the border army. Over the years, he has not given up the infiltration of the border army, but with little success, he has been fully sure of the grassroots officers, but the senior officers are still raised by Deng Pu.

What he has to do now is to find an excuse to clean up these people.

The massive offensive of the Chu army was an opportunity for him to justifiably uproot these people. But what he didn't expect was that Yang Zhi would dare to do this, give up resistance, and directly evacuate Jingjing Pass.

Jingjing Pass was lost too quickly, which led to a chain reaction, the Chu army drove straight in, in the mountains, extremely accurate strikes on the border army of Qin, they were not all the way to fight each other, but a war camp was dispersed, the implementation of a frog jumping tactic, to the Jingjing Pass lost half a month, there have been eight stockades lost, and the stockades that have not been lost, on Bian Wushuang's map, have been like islands in the sea.

"Father, the Chu army's blows are targeted, and all of them are people who have served us, and those who skip are those who have ambiguous attitudes. Some are even directly Deng's henchmen, and Deng's is nakedly colluding with the Chu army. Bian Wuzhong was furious.

Bian Wushuang was not so irrational, after listening to his son's words, he shook his head slowly, "The Deng clan will not be colluded with the Chu people, they are just tacitly with the Chu people." The Deng clan wants us to not be able to sit in this position in Qingtian County, but what the Chu people want is the Luoying Mountain Range. ”

"But the effect is the same!" Bian Wenzhong said angrily: "Since the start of the war, we have lost 10,000 people. Father, the Chu army has become a general trend in the Luoying Mountains, and their strength seems to be fractal, but they also cut our garrison apart, and can form an encirclement of our remaining troops in the shortest possible time. ”

"The Chu army wants me to lose my mind and rescue these troops, this is like a tactic to add fuel, in the end, it is always us who suffers." Bian Wushuang stared at the map: "Wen Zhong, you immediately bring 20,000 horses to support the Zhaoyingxia camp, there, is my bottom line." No matter what, we also have to defend the Zhaoying Gorge, hold there, the big deal is that we return to the situation five years ago, and there is still the capital to maneuver, if even the Zhaoying Gorge is lost, we will completely lose the Luoying Mountain Range, and have to retreat to Qingtian County, at that time, the Chu people just want to fight us, and leave if we want, we will completely fail. ”

"Yes, father, I'll set off immediately, but Yang Zhi is still retreating all the way, looking at his current appearance, I'm afraid that he will end up at the Zhaoying Gorge camp. He must not stay. ”

"Of course he can't stay, he is the biggest cancer left by the Deng family in the border army, and he is the backbone of the Deng family in the border army." Bian Wushuang's eyes showed a fierce light, "This person will be killed." ”

"But father, we don't have the right to kill him, and this person still has considerable strength in his hands, and he hasn't lost too much under his command, if we kill him and cause the soldiers to mutiny, I'm afraid it will be a big deal, then we really can't stay in Qingtian County." Bian Wenzhong said worriedly.

"I can't kill him, but in this world, there are people who can kill him." Bian Wushuang sneered. "Even if you don't have to worry about going to the Shadow Gorge, you will have to defend it at any cost. I'll be there later. ”

"Got it, father!" Bian Wenzhong probably guessed what his father meant, although he didn't know what his father was going to do, but he already had a bottom in his heart.

Bian Wushuang stood in front of the map, looked at it carefully for a long time, then turned around, sat down behind the big case, and wrote a letter.

Yongdu Imperial City, Emperor Ma Chao is holding a high-level, small-scale meeting, discussing the current battle in the Luoying Mountains, from the beginning of the war to the present, the news that has come, none of them can make people feel comfortable, every day to send the battle reports to Yongdu, are one after another failure, half a month, the Qin army has lost most of the Luoying Mountains.

Ma Yue's face was angry, but the crown prince Ma Chao's face was very pale, where he was sitting, coughing and gargling, and from time to time a eunuch would send a small towel to let him wipe his sweat.

"Bian Wushuang sent a new twist, he decided to abandon all the defenses on the periphery, and concentrate his forces on Zhaoying Gorge, where, to have a decisive battle with the Chu army, according to the date of the letter, now Bian Wushuang has probably arrived at Zhaoying Gorge, what do you think?" Ma Chao was asking what everyone thought, but his eyes were looking at Deng Hong, the king of Kaiping.

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it can only be like this, if you don't give up, those armies around me will become fish and meat on the felt board of the Chu army, give up these points, as long as we can hold the Zhaoying Gorge and the Luoying Mountains, we will still have a foothold. It's just a few years of hard work, and it's all ruined. Deng Hong sighed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty." Hong Shizhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up, and his tone was indignant, "Five years ago, we planned for a long time, and only then did we achieve a victory over Chu, and finally occupied the Luoying Mountain Range, and obtained strategic control over Chu, so that my Great Qin had a chance to breathe, but Bian Wushuang took office for less than half a year, and he lost all these previous advantages, and even fell into the current state of hard defense, Your Majesty should hold this defeated army responsible." The minister thought that if Bian Wushuang was appointed commander again, he was afraid that Zhaoying Gorge would not be able to hold it, and if Zhaoying Gorge was lost, then the Chu army would be able to drive straight into our Great Qin. ”

Ma Chao's face remained unchanged, "If you don't use Bian Wushuang, who does Hong Qing think is better?" Is it possible to let King Kaiping go to the battlefield again? ”

"Not necessarily!" Hong Shizhao said confidently: "The minister thinks that General Zuo Yang Zhi is enough to be competent, this person has followed General Deng Pu to fight with the Chu army at the border pass for many years, and has rich experience, if Yang Zhi is in charge, my Great Qin will not suffer such a big defeat." ”

Sitting at the head of the emperor, he has not made a sound, and the prince Ma Yue, who is constantly sweating on his face, couldn't help but retort: "The Hongbing Department is wrong, judging from the battle report from the Luoying Mountain Range, Yang Zhi is simply faint, Jingjing Pass was built by General Deng Pu with great effort, and there are 10,000 troops stationed, but Yang Zhi actually left here without a fight, and opened the gate of the Luoying Mountain Range, which caught General Bian off guard, and there was a later defeat, I think that Yang Zhi should be investigated for the crime of cowardice now." Before he finished speaking, Ma Yue was already coughing again and again, his face was flushed, and he looked very painful, and an old eunuch hurriedly walked behind him and gently beat his back for him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words are wrong." Hong Shizhao objected with confidence: "Jingjing Pass is indeed strong, but it is only guarded by 10,000 people, and the Chu people are going to attack, that is something we have known for a long time, but Bian Wushuang has nothing to do, if he concentrates the army to Jingjing Pass as soon as possible, how can the Chu army go to the hard battle, it is because Bian Wushuang did not deploy it early, so that the later Chu army attacked." Yang Zhi first defeated the sharp edge of the Chu army at Jingjing Pass, and then retreated at the right time to ensure the safe retreat of the main force, which was precisely for the purpose of the decisive battle in the future. Moreover, Bian Wushuang's battlefield experience is not as good as that of General Deng, even Yang Zhi is not as good as him, and fighting in the Luoying Mountains requires an experienced general like Yang Zhi. ”

"Okay, don't fight for now, Yang Zhi's qualifications are not enough to command 100,000 border troops, there is no need to discuss this matter, let's think about how to support the battle of Zhaoying Gorge!" Ma Chao stood up angrily and wanted to walk away.

Prince Ma Yue also staggered to his feet, wanting to say something, but before he could say a word, he rolled his eyes and fell straight backwards.

In the hall, there was a sudden chaos.

The imperial physician was urgently summoned to the main hall and checked the pulse of the prince who was half-lying on the soft couch, and his face was a little lighter.

"How? Prince, what's the matter? I see that his face has not been very good these days. "The Emperor was a little nervous.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is infected with the wind cold, but His Royal Highness has been busy with official affairs and has not recuperated in time, and today he is a little anxious, so he fainted, and the minister prescribed a few medicines, and His Royal Highness will be able to recover after a period of recuperation." The Imperial Physician said respectfully.

"Go get the medicine!" Ma Chao waved his hand to drive away the imperial doctor, looked at Deng Hong and said: "Eventful, King Kaiping, the prince is sick, political affairs, you have to worry more, no matter what, you have to survive this difficulty first." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Deng Hong bowed and said.