Li Si failed to capture the bandits

Author: big bell

Li Si failed to capture the bandits

An hour later, Wang Ben reported that the criminals were very cunning and had already planned their escape route and could not be traced.

Such news is not surprising to Li Zhao. History records that Zhang Liang escaped smoothly after his assassination failed. Even if Qin Shihuang sent heavy troops, it was of no avail.

"Marquis Tongwu, we must investigate thoroughly no matter what, and we must not let the criminals go unpunished," Ying Zheng ordered, turning to look at Li Si and Zhao Gao, "I have recorded the crimes of you two."

When the two of them heard this, they broke into a cold sweat.

What does it mean to write it down? They can imagine that there are thousands of meanings, and each of them is definitely not a good thing. In other words, they have lost weight in His Majesty's heart.

If His Majesty dealt with them immediately, it might not frighten them, but it would be a bad sign. For a moment, the two of them felt uneasy.

"The evildoer is so rampant. He must be blamed by God. We got off the bus and immediately went to Kuaiji Mountain to worship and pray for God's forgiveness."

Ying Zheng gave the order and the team set off again.

Feudal society was superstitious, and Ying Zheng was even more superstitious. He blamed this incident on God's punishment.

Therefore, the team did not dare to stay any longer and set off immediately.

Wang Ben became much more vigilant. In addition to sending a small number of soldiers to track down the criminals, he also sent out many front-line explorers to make sure nothing went wrong.

"Are you going to Kuaiji?" Li Zhao felt relieved after hearing the emperor's order.

Kuaiji is the only way for the fifth eastward tour. In other words, the historical route has only changed a little, not completely. Going to Kuaiji is for sacrifice, and there will be no accidents in historical records.

Zhang Liang Bolangsha's assassination was just for revenge. After he failed, he disappeared. Presumably there will be no more assassinations.

With this thought in mind, he flicked his whip to make the horse go faster and followed him.

We traveled all the way, landed in Danyang, arrived at Qiantang, then took a detour across the river to Kuaiji, and climbed Kuaiji Mountain. The trip went very smoothly without any evildoers.

As expected, Li Zhao was completely relieved.

Sacrifice has strict rituals, and Xiao Zhao, as a regular official, naturally takes on the responsibility of being in charge.

Halfway through the sacrifice, guards suddenly came to report that bandits appeared at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain and surrounded the exit of the mountain. They said that if you want to go down the mountain, you must pay tolls.

When Li Zhao heard this, he was quite amused. The behavior of these people was so ridiculous. They even blocked the road and robbed the emperor. Didn't they realize that there was a large army following him?

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng became furious and swung his sleeves fiercely.

"Marquis Tongwu, immediately lead a thousand troops to destroy them."

"No!" Wang Ben accepted the order and ordered a thousand generals to lead the army away.

"Your Majesty, the mountain bandits are just barbarians. Don't take them seriously, lest they affect your piety. General Wang Ben's men have experienced hundreds of battles and will definitely wipe out the bandits."

Xiao Zhao saw Ying Zheng's serious face and quickly calmed down the atmosphere.

Wang Ben also came over and said sternly: "Your Majesty, maybe the bandits in the mountains and fields don't know my army of Great Qin. Don't worry, thousands of people have already gone out, and they can be captured in less than half an hour."

Li Si had always been uneasy, but when he had the opportunity to speak, he quickly agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty, those are just grasshoppers jumping for a while, don't let it affect your mood, the sacrifice is important."

After hearing what everyone said, Ying Zheng felt slightly relieved and continued the sacrifice.

Sacrifice is about sincerity, and harboring strange thoughts is disrespect for the ancestors. Ying Zheng knew this well, and he no longer thought about thieves and bandits.

The foot of the mountain is several miles away from the mountain. What happens below can't be heard here at all, and it will naturally not affect the sacrifices here.

Soon, more than half of the sacrifice was completed.

Li Si and Zhao Gao became very low-key and followed Ying Zheng all the time, hoping to serve His Majesty and make up for His Majesty's distrust of them.

Tap tap tap!

Suddenly, someone rushed towards him, and even the people who were concentrating on the sacrifice heard it clearly.

"Who is making so much noise?" Ying Zheng asked displeasedly when he heard the footsteps.

Wang Ben turned his head and saw that it was a soldier. His face immediately dropped and he ran away angrily, "Why are you so reckless?"

When the soldier saw that the general was angry, he stopped as he was about to step forward, but he could not hide his panic expression.

"General, no, it's not good."

This soldier was a scout and did not participate in the extermination of the bandits. He only had the responsibility of delivering the message.

"What happened?" Wang Ben narrowed his eyes and stared at the scout closely.

The scout hurriedly said, but hesitated, "I have an army of thousands. There is no news at all."

"No news at all? What do you mean?" Wang Ben was shocked and asked.

"This" scout looked confused. In fact, he was scouting on the high ground and did not follow Qian Jun. When Qian Jun stepped down the mountain and heard a series of strange sounds, Qian Jun lost all news. How did he lose it?

, he didn’t see it.

"I don't even know, I just know that thousands of troops turned around and entered the foot of the mountain, and then heard strange noises, and finally there was no news."

"I was afraid of being deceived, so I didn't go to investigate, so I came back immediately to report it."

Wang Ben frowned as he listened.

This situation is very strange. You must know that they are thousands of troops, and they are well-equipped. They are just thieves. How can they disappear silently?

He felt that the situation was serious and immediately reported it to the king.

"Are you saying that I only heard strange noises and no news from Qianjun?" Ying Zheng thought about this, and others started talking about it.

This situation is really strange. Even if a thousand troops face thousands of horses, they can still stir up some troubles, but when faced with bandits, they are so vulnerable that no trace of fighting is even revealed.

"Would the thousands of troops change their strategy and sneak deep into the thieves' den in order to completely destroy them?" Zhao Gao guessed.

Regarding this idea, everyone shook their heads. Even if thousands of troops quietly entered the den of thieves, there would always be movement, but if a strange sound was made, there would be no news. This should not be the case.

"No matter what, we must not let thousands of troops disappear for no reason. Marquis Tongwu, immediately launch a large army to annihilate the bandits and leave no one behind." Ying Zheng said sternly and issued the order for a general attack.

He was really angry.

But without waiting for Wang Ben to react, Li Si took the initiative and asked for help, "Your Majesty, they are just bandits. There is no need to mobilize a large army. If I give you two thousand troops, I will definitely capture the leader of the thieves and bring your Majesty to justice."

Although Li Si was a literary general, he risked his life and had no choice but to do so. His status in the eyes of the emperor was seriously reduced. He must seize every opportunity to make the emperor change his bad opinion of him.

"You?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si deeply and did not make a decision for the moment.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Mr. Li is qualified for the job. Please help Mr. Li to defeat the bandits in one fell swoop." Zhao Gao didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he knelt down and begged.

Li Zhao looked at it with a strange look on his face. A prime minister and an eunuch were leading an army to fight? This seemed a bit nondescript, but he didn't say anything.

Ying Zheng thought for a while, his eyes wandering between the two of them, before he waved his hand and made a decision.

"Forget it! Although the thieves are weird, they must be nothing more than that. You two should act cautiously and be sure to capture the leader of the thieves. I want to see who is so bold."

"No!" The two agreed in unison, with the joy on their faces clearly revealed.

So, the two thousand troops marched slowly down the mountain, which can be said to be cautious.

"Wang Ben, send out half of the scouts immediately, and be sure to fully understand the situation at the bottom of the mountain."

"No!" Wang Ben accepted the order and immediately sent four scouts to explore the situation in four directions to eliminate the thieves.

At this moment, the emperor was no longer in a sacrificial mood and stood high on the top of the mountain, his eyes never leaving the bottom of the mountain.

Half an hour later, he frowned because Li Si and others could no longer be seen at the foot of the mountain, let alone anything else strange.

"Li Zhao, tell me who is causing trouble?"

Li Zhao was stunned, not knowing how to speak.

Based on his understanding of history, it seemed that nothing unexpected happened to the Eastern Patrol Team during the sacrifice at Kuaiji Mountain. He didn't know who was causing trouble!

"Your Majesty, I don't know." He had to answer truthfully.

Ying Zheng was helpless, his eyes became sharp, as if two rays of light penetrated the mountain, fully understanding the situation below.

"Report!"

After another half an hour, a scout hurriedly came over and said, "Your Majesty, General, Prime Minister Li has lost his trace with two thousand troops."

"What? Lost the trace again?" Wang Ben was startled, and his face was extremely ugly. When he looked at His Majesty again, his eyes glared, and a terrifying aura enveloped everyone.

The air was silent.

"Are there any strange noises?"

"Your Majesty, there is still that strange sound. This time it lasted for a long time, and there seems to be a scream." The scout did not dare to hide it.

"Scream?" Ying Zheng's eyes were as bright as lightning, and he stood there like a benchmark. The atmosphere was extremely cramped, "Is there anything else?"

The scout quickly knelt down and replied quietly: "No, no."

"What are you doing? Two thousand troops were put into the battlefield and there was no news at all."

"Wang Ben, is this what your army is capable of?"

Ying Zheng glared at Wang Ben.

Wang Ben trembled and knelt down quickly, "I will lead the rescue immediately and vow to destroy the bandits."

But at this moment, another scout came to report.

"Your Majesty, General, there is a situation, there is a situation."

"Prime Minister Li and the Order of CRRC are back."

Um!

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, maybe they were victorious when they came back.

All eyes immediately looked down the mountain.

At the bottom of the mountain, there were a few figures swaying, running up the mountain in a hurry. They might have been injured, and their staggering could be seen faintly.

When he saw clearly, Ying Zheng's face turned very dark, and Wang Ben was so nervous that he didn't dare to express his anger.

They didn't win, they were just remnants.

They were running wildly, no, they were escaping. It was Li Si who escaped back. They were so panicked that walking seemed extremely difficult. Looking behind them, although there were some soldiers following them one after another, they were less than a hundred.

Judging from their wretched appearance, they must have been ambushed, and it was very brutal.

"Your Majesty." Li Si escaped back. As soon as he arrived in front of Ying Zheng, he immediately felt like a deflated balloon. He couldn't lift up his energy and said tremblingly, "The thieves are ambushing me. I am a sharp soldier of Great Qin. The sharp soldiers are terrible."

Li Si pretended to choke and tried his best to look miserable.

Ying Zheng stared hard, glanced at the remaining soldiers, suppressed his anger and asked: "Tell me more specifically."

Li Si tried his best to look frightened to show that he really encountered something powerful.

In fact, the bandits they encountered were very powerful.

"As soon as I led two thousand troops to the foot of the mountain, hundreds of people came out of hiding places. These people were all dressed as farmers, but they were holding strange things in their hands. I thought it was just a bluff used by thieves, so I ordered

During the capture, I didn’t know that the bandits didn’t move, but there were bursts of noises.”

"Then I fell towards Rui Shi."
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