Chapter 88 Section Three

Bai Qi's condition is still good and bad.However, what makes Bai Qi most uneasy is not the illness at all. The defeat of Wang Ling was expected by Bai Qi.But Wang Lu's defeat was far beyond Bai Qi's expectations.Unexpectedly, Wei and Chu sent troops at the same time.What's more, the Lord of Xinling, Wei Wuji, who had disappeared for many years, actually stole the military talisman, killed the general Jin Bi, and seized the soldiers to save Zhao!From this point of view, the six countries in Shandong really regard Qin as the enemy of subjugation.At this time, the Qin State should safely close the momentum, first divide the six countries horizontally, and then try to make a big move, why can they rush to fight to the death again and again?Bai Qi really didn't understand how the king of Qin, who has always been known for his calmness, was so different after the Battle of Changping.When Bai Qi was worried, news came that Zheng Anping led his troops to surrender to Zhao, and Bai Qi became angry immediately.The first time he saw Zheng Anping, he decided that the boy was not genuine, so he flatly refused to let him be a real general.How could the king of Qin not be able to see the bad roots of these characters with his sharpness?How could Uncle Fan, with his great talent, repeatedly recommend such people to take on great responsibilities?How can there be such a famous person who repays his own kindness with the great responsibility of the state?

For the first time, Bai Qi felt contempt for Fan Ju from the bottom of his heart.When Changping's class teacher came back, someone told Bai Qi that this was the result of Ying Hou being persuaded by Lu Zhonglian of Qi State, fearing that Lord Wu'an's achievements would be high, and persuaded the King of Qin.Bai Qi didn't take it seriously at the time: "It is inevitable to make a decision on the national policy. Disagreement is inevitable. If you say this, you are judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." When it comes to state affairs, it has always been open and bright, so how could such dirty methods be born?However, at this moment, he has vaguely seen the other side of Fan Ju—the pursuit of the country with personal feelings, and the heart of kindness and hatred is too much.Compared with Shang Jun, who "has no second thoughts, no selfishness, no selfishness", it is really impressive!Such a person is in a high position, and if he meets the king of Qin, who will never stop, what will happen to Qin?

After thinking over and over again, Bai Qi walked into the study late at night and wrote a letter to King Qin Zhao, requesting that Zheng Anping be held accountable for the crime of surrendering Zhao according to law.Just as the pen was being written, Jing Mei came in: "I said you are Bai Qi, you are sick and don't take care of yourself, and you are tossing around in the middle of the night? Go, go back and rest." Bai Qi sighed at the parchment: "The ink marks I'll take a rest when I'm done and send it away, you go." Jingmei came over and took a look, then took it away, and after reading it, she smiled wryly: "Brother teacher, tell me what to say about you? The King of Qin doesn't believe you anymore, Can you still trust that Uncle Fan? When you wrote the letter, Fan Shuen has a deep hatred, so don’t you hold grudges against you? The news spread, and the generals criticized each other! How will King Qin deal with it? What’s good for Qin? What’s good for you Good? The melon is really good!" Bai Qi nodded after thinking for a while: "Junior Sister's words are justified. Okay, let's not go on." Then he threw the parchment into the burner, and a flame immediately rose.

Unexpectedly, in the early morning of this day, Fan Ju came to pay a visit.Although Bai Qi was sick and sleepy, when he heard of Fan Ju's visit, he fell ill and stayed in bed, and Yili received him in the main hall.Fan Ju looked worried, but he was silent for a long time. After two cups of tea, he let out a long sigh: "Mr. Wu'an, King Qin still wants to invite you to lead the army to fight. The Allied Forces of the Six Nations have captured Hanoi." Bai Qi's eyes flickered: "Yinghou wants to guard the two counties of Hanoi and Hedong?" "Wu'an Lord, Hanoi and Hedong are not guarded?" Fan Ju was surprised.

"Uncle Fan," Bai Qi sighed heavily, "Your Excellency is a great talent in all kinds of wars, how can you be ignorant? Our army has just been defeated, and now the whole country has only more than 200,000 troops. There are only more than 100,000 steps to ride. The east of Hanoi is thousands of miles across, and the coalition army is more than 400,000. Isn’t our 100,000 army exhausted? It’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Even if Bai Qi leads the army, what can I do? Abandon the east of Hanoi, retreat to defend Hangu Pass as soon as possible, and then divide the six countries, wait for the army to build up and then move east, how can it be any other way!"

"Mr. Wu An, Uncle Fan doesn't mean that!" Fan Ju sighed and stopped suddenly. "If that's the case, why didn't Uncle Fan try to ask the King of Qin to make a decision?" Bai Qi was very confused, "After the Changping War, the King of Qin refused to accept my words, but he still treated the Prime Minister as usual!" Fan Ju was silent for a moment, almost like a stone sculpture, and suddenly said: "Mr. Wu An only said, can you go to battle under your order?" "Why do you need an old man to defend Hangu Pass?" Bai Qi sneered, "But if you want this old man, you will have to fight the Allied Forces of the Six Nations. It is not a pity for Bai Qi to die! However, if you want this old man to personally bury the last army of Qin The army dare not obey orders!"

"Mr. Wu An, I'm leaving." Fan Ju bowed and left. After receiving Fan Ju's return, King Qin Zhao finally couldn't bear it anymore.In his opinion, as long as Bai Qi fights, the Allied Forces of the Six Nations will be a mob that will definitely defeat Liwei in one fell swoop.You attacked Zhao twice, but you refused to lead the troops in vain and returned it. After all, it was a mistake to be the master of the Changping class.However, now that the six kingdoms are coming together to attack, Great Qin will be at the head of the national calamity. You have been the old Qin people for generations, and you have been generals for a lifetime. At this time, refusing the king's order is clearly disloyal to the country, and it is a great rebellion. If you don't punish, the country will How embarrassing?After thinking for a while, King Qin Zhao summoned Chang Shi, gritted his teeth and issued an emergency edict: "Depose Bai Qi of all titles! Delegate to a soldier! Migrate to secrets!"

The imperial edict was issued by the oldest chief servant in the palace with twenty soldiers.The soldier stood in the courtyard like a school military field, neither raised his head nor spoke, just a pile of wooden stakes.The old servant only handed the imperial edict to Bai Qi who was sick and came out to meet him, and said something, and Lord Wu An read it by himself, and stood still in a daze.Bai Qi glanced at it, smiled lightly and cupped his hands: "The boss replied to the king of Qin, Bai Qi received the edict." At this moment Jing Mei rushed over, seeing that the situation was different, she took the edict in Bai Qi's hand, and took a look. His face was pale, and he gritted his teeth for a moment and asked, "Boss, did King Qin set a date?" The old servant shook his head.Jing Mei said: "Please report to the King of Qin: Bai Qi came back from Changping's class teacher, and he has been cold and hot. How about going to torture in the spring of the next year?" Turned around and hurried away.The soldiers gathered around and bowed deeply to Bai Qi, and left quietly.

The courtyard was suddenly as quiet as a valley. "Take back the servants and servants, and bring some money to everyone. You and I don't need it." Bai Qi was surprisingly calm. Seeing Jing Mei biting her lip and not speaking, he said again, "It's better to leave early, just now In winter, I can hold on." "No!" Jing Mei shook her head, "I don't believe it, he really won't let you spend the winter?" Bai Qi smiled lightly: "Look, you still can't see it when things are coming to an end." Jingmei wiped her big sleeve on her face, and smiled angrily: "Alright! There are dark valleys and grasslands. I guarantee you will be more at ease than in this stone mansion! Let's go, it's time to take medicine." She supported Bai Got up and entered the bedroom.

That night, both of them didn't close their eyes, and after finishing a few things that should be arranged, the two of them had nothing to say.Bai Qi was only staring at the half-person-high copper lamp in a daze, but Jing Mei just stared at Bai Qi in a daze, listening to the more drumming and beating, the huge dormitory seemed to be in a state of tranquility.Bai Qi has always been reticent, and when encountering important events, he doesn't want to talk about it.Jing Mei is well aware of Bai Qi's pain at this time, but she doesn't know what to say.For more than 20 years, she and Bai Qi have actually spent less than a year together, and it is unique to sit face to face for such a long night.

Speaking of which, Jingmei is also a Mohist disciple who is proficient in both civil and martial arts, and should have traveled the world as a celebrity who did asceticism to save the world.But she can't forget the affectionate relationship she had with Bai Qi when she was a teenager, and she finally became Bai Qi's wife.Bai Qi was not in Xianyang for many years, what Jingmei wanted most was to have a few children to make this vast mansion more lively.But it just didn't work out, Jingmei became depressed.But Bai Qi didn't care at all, instead he patted Jing Mei with a rare chuckle: "I have no children or no daughters, it's all up to me. There are too many beheadings, too much murderous intent, God will allow you to have children?" Jing Mei suddenly became angry "I don't want to stay at home, what's the reason why I blame God? You just say, do you sleep on this wooden couch too hot?" May never has a temper.Jing Mei is still angry, but Bai Qi has already fallen asleep.Looking at Bai Qi's tired face, what else can Jing Mei say?As time passed, Jingmei also got used to it. Fortunately, when the Empress Dowager Xuan was alive, she would always call her into the palace to talk and amuse herself from time to time.That talk is to ask Jingmei to tell her about the knowledge and propositions of the world's masters, and to follow her to learn Mohist swordsmanship.The pastime is to help the Empress Dowager Xuan read the official documents from the counties and counties, and comment on them after reading them. The Empress Dowager Xuan always listens very attentively, and argues with her from time to time.Once the entertainment was over, Empress Dowager Xuan said with a smile: "Jingmei, this prince's teacher is called Taifu, but this queen mother's teacher has a very good name? Empress Dowager and Taifu?" Jingmei giggled and shook her head: "I didn't hear that. I said it." "You just say, do you want to do it? If you have it, you can do it, and it's not even done?" The Queen Mother was serious.Jingmei smiled and said: "No, no. Mohist disciples have never been officials." Since then, Jingmei has always found many excuses and seldom went to the palace.Later, the Empress Dowager Xuan died, and then Wei Xun was deposed, so there was no place for Jingmei to move around in Xianyang.There were a few times when Bai Qi didn't return from the battlefield for a long time, so she went to Qin Mo Academy deep in Nanshan, where she stayed for more than a year.Later, whenever Bai Qi fought, she went to Nanshan to travel the world with her brothers and sisters to advocate righteousness, and she actually relived the ascetic days and moons of the Mohists.It was not until the end of the Changping War that she ended this four-year tour. Although the time of meeting is intermittent, Jing Mei knows Bai Qi very well.According to the theory of Mohism, Jing Mei should not agree with Bai Qi's endless battles, let alone ignore Bai Qi after he surrendered in Changping.But Jing Mei never objected to Bai Qi's fight, nor asked him why he could kill and surrender?Jing Mei heard the news of the killing and surrender on the way back from the state of Chu. The fellow brothers and sisters were so angry that they criticized her and stopped talking when they saw her coming.Jing Mei smiled brightly and said: "Killing surrender is the Qin Kingdom's policy, Bai Qi is just a scapegoat, who can hide it?" A disciple was still indignant: "In any case, Bai Qi cannot escape the blame!" Jing Mei smiled Said: "It's just that no matter what, it's not the Mohist's words, isn't there a big reason for the world's affairs?" Even so, Jing Mei looked at King Qin Zhao differently from the beginning of the killing and surrender.A king is so afraid to bear it, his heart can be seen!She had repeatedly reminded Bai Qi: from now on, the best way to keep silent about the war is to excuse illness and retire.Unexpectedly, Bai Qi always smiled lightly: "Child's play. The rise and fall of nations, the lives of soldiers, who will say if you don't speak for the generals?" He repeatedly resisted and did not give King Qin a step.According to Jingmei, I will go to Hangu Pass in the end. Living in Xingyuan is the same to recuperate. Is that general still unable to guard Hangu Pass?But Bai Qi said bluntly: "Why do you need an old man to defend Hangu Pass!" Add another sentence, "If I want this old man to bury the last army of Qin with his own hands, I dare not obey orders!" Fan Ju was clearly forced by King Qin Zhao Come here, in order to get rid of yourself, there must be a lot of talk, so it can be good? However, Jing Mei really did not expect that the King of Qin would come so fast, and he was far behind any sudden attack!Can Bai Qi bear it?Ever since he joined the army at the age of fifteen, Bai Qi has always been outspoken on the battlefield, even if he just faced the violent King Wu of Qin as a commander, Bai Qi still speaks bluntly and bluntly, you want him to know the absurdity How can it be done without making a decision?Fan Ju can do it, but Bai Qi can't.This is Bai Qi - even Wang Ming, dare to resist, as long as he believes that he is right! Such disobedience, did Bai Qi really not think of his end? Suddenly the rooster crowed, and Bai Qi finally spoke: "Sister Jing, you know my generals well, tell me, who can be the general?" "Hey! Are you thinking about such things?" Jing Mei couldn't laugh or cry. "What else can I think about?" "Alright, think about it very much." Jing Mei rubbed Bai Qi's forehead and sighed, "Bai Qi, you have the ability to be a general, and you have no official skills. Do you listen?" "I will listen." Bai Qi stared at the girders across the roof, "He just hates me for disobedience, but he doesn't want to seriously destroy Qin." "If you want to think about it, I can't control it." Jingmei stood up, "The rooster is crowing, I'm going to decoct the medicine." It was getting brighter.This majestic mansion is still so peaceful, as if nothing happened.The old servant was sweeping the courtyard, the maid was cleaning and tidying up, Bai Qi was sleeping soundly, and Jing Mei was decocting medicine.Suddenly, the old servant who was cleaning the small school grounds shouted in surprise: "Madam, come and see! What is this?" Jing Mei hurried to the large courtyard full of various weapons to have a look. They are engraved with all kinds of strange line drawings, the stripes are thick and clear, and the lines are fresh, which are clearly made by swords and sharp weapons last night.The Mohists originally had secret traditions, and Jingmei was familiar with all kinds of mysterious imprints, so she looked at them one by one, wandering around for half an hour, but she couldn't understand a single one.Looking at the sun on the window, Jingmei called Bai Qi to take medicine, and then told about the brick painting in the courtyard.When Bai Qi heard this, he put down the medicine bowl and went to the Weapons Courtyard, moved his feet to look at the bricks, sometimes angry, sometimes gasping, sometimes murmuring and sometimes sighing, after watching it all morning, he fell down and sat in front of the weapon rack, and remained motionless. "What's so famous? Tell me quickly." Jing Mei was really anxious. Bai Qi came back to his senses after panting for a while, and then slowly said: "This is a secret painting of the Qin army, which I and the generals have figured out for decades. On the battlefield, if the various ministries are separated, they can leave all kinds of secrets in the places they pass. Draw, agree on where to gather. Generals above a thousand commanders must be proficient in this set of close paintings." "Amazing!" Jing Mei couldn't help but exclaim.When it comes to secret affairs, there is no Mohist in the world.At that time, the old Mozi returned to the General Secret Affairs Guidelines and left a sentence: the secret number is not suitable for military use.In other words, all kinds of methods of secret communication are only suitable for a small number of people to act and use, not for the army.Since ancient times, the army has not had any stable and regular secret contact methods except for the secrets of the banner and the golden drum letter and password.The fundamental reason lies in the fact that there are a large number of soldiers, and the morals of the soldiers are poor, but if they surrender to the enemy and leak secrets, there will be endless troubles.There have been second-class esoteric paintings in Bai Qi's army for more than 30 years, and even Jingmei, the wife of the general, a secret disciple of the Mo family, didn't know about it, what a wonder!However, Jingmei didn't care to think about these things at the moment, she just asked urgently: "What are they talking about? Are you going to hold you against Qin?" "What are you talking about!" Bai Qi stared, then sighed heavily, "God's will! The Qin army is in such a catastrophe, what can you do as a general?" Bai Qi drew a spear from the weapon rack and pointed, "Look, The bricks in the northeast corner tell the story of the five schools killed by Wang Ling’s army: they were ambushed and killed by Le Cheng in Wu’an. The bricks in the northwest tell the story of the defeat of Wang’s army: a cavalry cavalry from the frontier army of the Zhao army broke out. , under the banner of Li Zi, rushed across the formation of the Qin army, and was flanked by the Wei and Chu troops behind. The bricks in the middle and the bottom are the process of Zheng Anping's rebels surrendering the enemy: Zheng Anping chose the wrong route, entered Zhao from Anyang, Hanoi, and fell into a The army was besieged, and they abandoned their troops first and surrendered; more than 20,000 cavalry refused to surrender to Zhao, and fought fiercely for three days in the valley, almost all of them died in battle, and only more than 3,000 wounded soldiers were taken as prisoners of war..." "Where are these bricks?" "It's a single painting by several generals. They are all thinking about the military power of the past, saying that the whole army should write a letter to the King of Qin." "To excuse you, please lead the army, but?" "What else is there?" Jing Mei's heart sank suddenly, she grabbed Bai Qi's arm and said in a low voice, "No! Going to the letter will only be counterproductive!" "What are you afraid of? It's only good for the soldiers to write a letter." "Melons! What's the benefit?" "The generals wrote a letter to excuse me, so they must agree with my current idea of ​​avoiding war. The soldiers of the three armies will not take the lead in the war, and the king of Qin will have great scruples. In this way, the Qin country will not be in danger of subjugation." "This is the benefit you said? What about you? Don't think about it for yourself!" "Sister Jing, I am over sixty years old and have no regrets in my life, why should I stick to how to die?" Jing Mei fell silent.This is Bai Qi, as long as he believes that his plan is correct, he only thinks about how to implement this plan, and never thinks about his own safety in the implementation.The battlefield is like this, the temple is like this, forever unchangeable, no one can do anything!If the husband is like this, what can the husband say when he is a wife? Within ten days, the three armies wrote letters and arrived at Xianyang Palace.This is a large blood book on white cloth that is three feet long, and the blood of all the generals of the Qin Army above the commander-in-chief is impressively coagulated on each name, densely packed and shocking!The blood book itself has only twenty-four characters - Bai Qi is innocent, Bai Qi has made great achievements, the battle is not a battle, the army is defeated three times, restore my general, and strengthen my country! When the black, purple and dark red cloth scroll was unrolled in the main hall, all the ministers suddenly changed their colors.Sima Geng did not speak, Fan Ju did not speak, and King Qin Zhao did not speak.After being silent for a long time, King Qin Zhao waved to Chang Shi: "Decree to the three armies: if the battle is not fought, it is the king's loss. The soldiers of the three armies are loyal and commendable, and each of them will be promoted to the first rank!" Turning around, he said to Sima Geng, "Guo Weili went to Hangu Pass, withdrew the army and built a camp outside the pass, and defended the Allied Forces of the Six Nations with all its strength!" He walked up to Fan Ju, "The prime minister is in charge of state affairs, and is also in charge of organizing the Hangu Pass army's food, grass and supplies. What does the prime minister think? " "The old minister takes orders!" Without the slightest hesitation, Fan Ju almost answered in response. Within a few days, an urgent report came from Hangu Pass: Lord Xinling and Lord Chunshen stormed with 400,000 troops. After three days of fierce fighting, the barracks outside Hangu Pass fell, and Sima Geng led 100,000 troops to retreat to Hangu Pass for defense!At the same time, another secret report from Sima Geng came: the soldiers of the three armies still appealed to Lord Wu An to return to lead the army, and asked King Qin to think twice.King Zhao of Qin thought for a long time, personally drafted an edict, and immediately sent an old servant with five hundred soldiers to issue an edict to Wu'an Junfu. When five centurions swarmed into the large courtyard, Bai Qi, who was exuding from the commoner clothes, smiled rarely: "Boss, you will announce it." The old servant tremblingly unfolded the bamboo slips, and his sharp voice trembled in the wind: "Mr. King Qin's special edict: The fate of the country is not tied to the body of a general, and the great Qin State is as safe as Mount Tai. The old soldier Bai Qi will leave Xianyang immediately to the place of exile without delay. In November of the fiftieth year of King Ji of Qin." Bai Qi took over the edict , and bowed to the old servant: "Please tell the boss to report to the King of Qin: the current policy is to change the general immediately! Sima Geng has no ability in battle, he can only do military affairs; Undefeated. Remember?" The old servant wiped his tears and nodded frequently, Bai Qi turned around and left, then turned back suddenly, "By the way, the old man will leave Xianyang in half an hour." Jingmei, who was standing on the porch, had already turned around and went in to tidy up.Bai Qi followed in with a smile and said, "I don't want anything, just take the military book that the teacher gave me back then, maybe I can accept a successor." Jing Mei gritted her teeth and didn't say a word, just going in and out Busy with the head housekeeper.Bai Qi looked at it for a while, then went to the front hall, and said to an old servant: "Tell my wife, I will go out of the city first and wait for her at Shili Duyou Pavilion." In the afternoon, a covered ox cart rattled out of the majestic Xianyang West Gate, followed by a small group of infantry soldiers.The sky was getting more and more cloudy, the cold north wind slapped the curtains of the car tarpaulin, and it was about to snow.The ox cart moved very slowly, and so did the soldiers. The driver didn't yell, and none of the soldiers spoke, just like a group of silent sleepwalkers.After about half an hour, they saw the tall gray stone pavilion and the official post next to it. This is the first pavilion west of Xianyang.This ten-mile suburban pavilion was originally a welcome and send-off pavilion found in all major cities in the world.However, there is a village next to this suburban pavilion, called Duli, and outside the village there is a post office for delivering official documents.The three-in-one kiosk, store and post, here has a name - Duyou.The clouds were thick and the cold wind was howling, but Du You was extremely deserted at the moment.As the ox cart approached Du Youting, he heard a faint thunder-like sound of horseshoes coming from behind. "Stop." Bai Qi's flat and deep voice came from the hood.The ox cart stopped with a bang, Bai Qi stepped down from the ox cart, looked at the horse team and muttered to himself, is a thousand-man team worth it?In a moment, the horse team was filled with smoke and dust, and the old servant was helped out of the caravan, and walked over tremblingly, holding a golden sheath sword in his hand. "Boss, did King Qin listen to my advice?" The thick voice did not waver in the wind. "Report to Lord Wu An that two edicts have been issued, and Meng Ao is the general..." "I have no regrets!" Bai Qi sighed, stretched out his big hand, "Take it here." "Mr. Wu An, you, you didn't ask why?" "Zhenqin Sword is used to kill generals, why do you ask?" The old servant held his long sword in both hands tremblingly, and bowed to the ground in awe. A thousand knights and escorting infantry also knelt down in the strong wind.Bai Qi stroked the scabbard and smiled at the old waiter: "Boss, the old man originally wanted to die in the mountains of Mei County, and his soul returned to his hometown, but the difference is so close that God can't tolerate it. It can be said that life and death are life-or-death! The old servant choked with sobs and said, "Mr. Wu An, go! Old man and soldiers, I will take you back to your hometown, Mei County!" The knights roared in unison: "We will escort Mr. Wu An back to his hometown!" Bai Qi laughed loudly: "Zhao Jun surrendered, the old man will die!" Then he pulled out his long sword, reversed the sword grid and stabbed into the lower abdomen suddenly, a stream of blood splashed more than ten feet away!Looking at Bai Qi again, his eyes were wide open, and he stood upright in the wilderness with his sword in his hands! "Bai Qi——!" Yaoyao cried out, and Jingmei came on a flying horse, flew off the horse and rushed over to hug Bai Qi, "You're solid! Don't wait for me!" Bai Qi seemed to be laughing, with a sudden bulge in his stomach , Jin Jian flew to the old servant with a roar of blood.Trying to smile at Jingmei, Bai Qi finally fell on his back. There was a thunder in the haze, and heavy snow began to fall one after another. Jing Mei hugged Bai Qi on the bullock cart, and the knights and infantry surrounded the bullock cart, and headed towards Mei County in the heavy snow.