When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 662 Zhang Ji: Young man, the future is yours, but it is also mine!

In the late summer of the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Qin chariots, which were originally taking their last rest before the finish line on the track, started turning their wheels again and began to move forward slowly.

As the chariot driver whipped the chariot hard, it rushed towards the enemy that suddenly blocked the Qin Dynasty's path to unifying the world.

As the Qin army gathered its troops in a massive manner, news quickly spread that the grassland wolf tribe had raised an army of 600,000 and marched south to herd horses.

Compared with the worries and fears of several northern counties of Qin, Yan and Chu could not help but feel a little gloating.

Different from the later generations' "brothers fighting within the walls, but defending against external insults", this era did not have the same national and family country concepts of clenching fists to face external threats as in later generations.

In the eyes of the Chu people, the Chu people and the Qin people are different nationalities. Even in the eyes of the Zhao people who share the same roots and ancestors, the Qin people and the Zhao people are two completely different nationalities.

But their gloating is at most verbal gloating, and they will not do anything to stab others in the back.

In the eyes of the Chu and Yan people, the crisis brought to the Qin State by the grassland wolves' southward raids was like the rare drought that Qin State had encountered in previous years, except that the disaster was more severe than before.

Although 600,000 grassland wolves sound a bit intimidating, both the Chu people who have been facing the Baiyue people for many years and the Yan State who has been facing the northern wolves for many years know that among the 600,000 grassland wolves, only 400,000 are truly capable of fighting, and the remaining 200,000 are just old and weak.

In addition, the tribes only united for the sake of interests, and they had different goals. If one side got the chance, it would definitely stab its ally in the back without hesitation.

The Chu people said, I am very familiar with it!

Yanren said that this operation is indeed familiar!

Qi Ren said, don’t mention it, I feel familiar with it too!

During the first coalition attack on Qin, Chu and Yan withdrew their troops secretly, and took advantage of the fact that the main forces of Wei and Zhao were away to launch surprise attacks on several cities of Wei and Zhao respectively.

During the second coalition attack on Qin, Qi, as the leader of the coalition, wanted to annex Song, which was almost its vassal, so they reached an agreement in private. Otherwise, Han and Wei would not have agreed to peace so easily by each taking an important border town.

During the third coalition war against Qin, Yan State plotted against Qi State, while Qi State plotted against Song State. Therefore, Qi and Yan withdrew their troops before reaching Hangu Pass.
During the fourth coalition attack on Qin, Chu State had a conflict of interest with Wei State over the survival of Han State, and the two sides fought a battle and both suffered a miserable defeat. The victory of the coalition only stopped at Hangu Pass.

During the fifth coalition attack on Qin, the State of Yan betrayed the coalition forces' intelligence, causing the coalition forces to return in defeat.

The three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Yan had fought back for their teammates during the five alliances, and they were very good at it.

Even such a great country in the Central Plains with a good understanding of culture and etiquette could not avoid these conflicts, not to mention the uncivilized barbarians on the grasslands.

It seems that no one takes the invasion of the grassland wolf tribe seriously. After all, how many of them have managed to survive from hundreds of vassal states without destroying several foreign countries?
However, what was beyond everyone's expectation was that the Qin State mobilized almost the entire country to raise an army of 450,000 to march north, and all of its elite troops were sent to fight. It even issued a gathering order to hundreds of schools, calling on first-class masters and above to follow the Qin army north.

"Brother, didn't you say that the future is mine?"

Li Xin rode his horse and followed Zhang Ji, who was sitting in the commander's chariot, feeling somewhat resentful.

Last year in Wei, ever since Zhang Ji married Mei Sanniang, the Longxi Li family finally put aside their pride and reserve, and married their unmarried daughter, Li Wanyan, Li Xin's biological sister, to Zhang Ji as a concubine.

However, although she couldn't get married, Li Xin's sister was definitely a beauty.

Wanyan means beautiful jade.

Qu Yuan's "Far Journey" says: "I absorb the fine liquid from the flying spring and hold the flowers and essence of the jade."

The word "Wanyan" means noble character, and also implies Li Yao's expectation for her daughter, that she can become a gentle, beautiful, noble and elegant woman.

Beautifully it was done.

Her skin was as white as cream and her waist was slender, but her personality was completely opposite to Li Yao's expectations.

Even though she was a daughter of a general, she was too aggressive and liked to wield swords and guns. Even her boudoir was filled with weapons. If anyone tried to tease her, she would really kill him with her own hands.

But if you really regard this Miss Li as an ordinary wild girl, then you are underestimating her.

Whenever she encountered someone teasing her, Miss Li would just slash the person. The injuries were not serious, but not light either, and happened to be just before the point of serious injury.

However, according to Qin law, if a man flirted with a married woman or an unmarried girl, the woman could resist and even drive him away violently.

Therefore, Li Wanyan did not violate the Qin law. She always hurt people in a legal way. Over time, she was given the nickname "Mother Yaksha".

The Longxi Li family has now become the head of the Li clan, so naturally they hope to marry someone of equal status. They look down on the small family that dares to marry Li Wanyan, the eldest daughter. However, they cannot marry this "she-devil" to a family of equal status.

Before the five kingdoms united to attack Qin, the Longxi Li family intended to let Li Wanyan marry into Zhang Ji's mansion as his principal wife, but they did not expect that Zhang Ji's three principal wives were all more powerful than each other.

Even though Zhang Ji was successful and Li Wanyan's favorite target, Li Yao was unwilling to let her daughter live as a concubine in someone else's house. In the end, her daughter couldn't get married. Even in later times, a girl under 28 was considered an old maid, not to mention this era where anyone over 6 feet tall was considered an adult and had to get married.

Zhang Ji originally refused this marriage.

Firstly, he didn't have much contact with Li Wanyan.

Secondly, he also felt that it was inappropriate for the eldest daughter of the Longxi Li family to be a concubine.

Thirdly, the ladies thought he still had energy left to hook up with other women, so they squeezed him to death every day, and he really couldn't take it anymore.

But for some unknown reason, Ying Zheng issued an imperial edict to help Li Wanyan, and Zhang Ji finally became Li Xin's brother-in-law.

Last year, Li Xin returned to Xianyang from Handan to report on his work. He deliberately took a detour through Daliang City to visit his brother-in-law and sister.

Zhang Ji patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said, Brother-in-law, the future is yours.

Li Xin originally thought that, based on seniority, apart from the Meng and Wang families who had already contributed to the destruction of a country, and Yang Duanhe who had no intention of becoming a commander-in-chief, it would be his turn to be credited with the achievement of destroying a country.

At worst, when facing the grassland wolf tribe's southward advance, the commander-in-chief should be him, a Qin general who has been in Zhao for many years, right?
As a result, Zhang Ji took office again!

The key point is that this time it was Zhang Ji who took the initiative to ask for the task!
"Where is the future that you promised me?"

Li Xin's face was full of resentment. When he was a child, he was oppressed by his sister Li Wanyan. When he grew up and returned home, he was oppressed by his father Li Yao. When he was working outside, he was oppressed by his uncle and subordinate Li Mu. Now that he has the opportunity to make a contribution, he is oppressed by his brother-in-law Zhang Ji again.

"The future is yours, and mine."

Faced with Li Xin's resentful look, Zhang Ji felt a little guilty.

No man can resist the temptation to conquer the Wolf's Lair and become famous beyond the Great Wall. If there is one, it is the temptation to become the first man to conquer the Wolf's Lair before Huo Qubing!
Of course, Zhang Ji was not completely fooling Li Xin.

In fact, he had originally planned to give the opportunity to destroy Yan to Li Xin, but he really didn't dare to give Li Xin the opportunity to destroy Chu. For this reason, Zhang Ji may have given a lot of benefits to the military generals and families, such as training and promoting the children of each family.

This time when the grassland wolves went south, Wang Jian was older after all, nearly sixty years old, and the wind and sand outside the Great Wall were too strong. No one knew whether the old general had enough energy and whether he could withstand the wind and sand.

Moreover, ever since the flooding of Daliang, Wang Jian no longer had such a strong ambition. It was as if he had retired early and was playing with his children and grandchildren, enjoying himself leisurely every day.

Therefore, Zhang Ji still led the Qin army to the north this time.

This time, the Qin army of 400,000 was composed of its best troops.

There were 30,000 Dragon and Tiger Cavalry, 40,000 Zhao Bian Cavalry, 50,000 Golden Fire Cavalry, 50,000 Pingyang Heavy Armored Army, 30,000 Wei Wu Soldiers, and 50,000 Yulin Army.

These elite soldiers from all over the world alone totaled 250,000 this time, in addition to 8,000 Iron Eagle Warriors.

As for warriors, apart from some old ancestors who have never come out of the mountains, all the hundreds of families have played all their cards.

The Mohist School naturally had an obligation to do so. Tens of thousands of rangers headed north to the grassland to assist Luowang in gathering intelligence. The Six-Fingered Black Knight, Madam Xu and other leaders all went to Yanmen Pass.

The elders of the two Taoist Tianren sects, Yun Zhongzi and Xiang Jun of the Yin-Yang school, the Confucian Confucius Temple, Meng Mansion, and Funian who represented the lineage of Xunzi and the Little Sage Zhuang, as well as the rest of the 72 sects, including the Zen school, the School of Names, and the School of Legalism, all sent disciples to the north to support the Qin army.

However, although they are providing support, except for the disciples of the Hundred Schools of Thought organized into the army and the rangers of the Mohist School, warriors above the first-rate level in the Central Plains will basically not take the initiative to attack the grassland wolf tribe. It is more of a deterrent.

This is the pride of the warriors, who disdain to attack ordinary prairie wolves. It is also a manifestation of the Hundred Families' lack of attention to the prairie wolves.

In fact, after the initial shock, Ying Zheng had a clearer understanding of the situation through the analysis of Wei Liao, Wang Jian, and even the retired Meng Ao, Wang Xi, and Bie Gong.

However, Zhang Ji had serious disagreements with other generals in the army over the idea of ​​sending out 400,000 troops, most of whom were famous elite soldiers.

If Li Xin used 400,000 elite troops to attack Chu, he could easily kill Xiang Yan with a flurry of punches even if he underestimated the enemy.

But only Zhang Ji, who knew history, and Li Mu, who had the title of "Wolf Hunter", understood the combat effectiveness of this coalition of grassland wolves.

As the overlord of the grassland, the Donghu was able to suppress the Xiongnu all the time, which naturally had a strong foundation. Even the Xiongnu, which had not yet fully risen, should not be underestimated under the leadership of Touman.

If the purpose was to plunder, the grassland wolves should have gone south during the autumn harvest. If they went south now, even if they successfully plundered a few cities, they would not be able to gain much.

On the contrary, at this moment the men of Qin were preparing for the upcoming autumn harvest. It seemed more like this group of grassland barbarians wanted to invade Qin while it was weak due to the busy farming season.

(End of this chapter)