Qingtian County is the first county outside the Luoying Mountains of Qin, and it is also the base camp of the southern border army of Qin. It is the most important place for the 100,000 southern border army. Compared with many places in Qin, Qingtian County is considered prosperous. There are tens of thousands of people gathered here, and most of them are closely related to the army. The most common ones in the city are various workshops, which undertake the important task of manufacturing and repairing various weapons and ordnances for the border army. All shops and almost all business also come from the army and the army.

Qingtian County actually implemented military control. The general of the border army also served as the county magistrate of Qingtian County. The income of the entire county belonged to the border army. However, outside of this, the court no longer provided any military pay.

This was always the case when Deng Pu was in power. This was also the reason why Qin Feng saw that the Qin border troops were so poor when he was still in the Chu army. Qingtian County is not a wealthy place like Zhengyang County of Yue. Although there are no high mountains and ridges like Luoying Mountains, the mountains are extended, and there are still many mountains and few lands in Qingtian County, and there are not many places suitable for farming.

After Bian Wushuang took office, Qingtian County received strong assistance from the court at the first time, and the weapons and grain were continuously transported from Yongdu to Qingtian County. These warehouses were filled with empty warehouses, but only that was limited to this. With Li Zhi's death, Deng Hong was granted the title of King Kaiping and returned to Yongdu to take charge of the government, and these aids came to an abrupt end.

When Bian Wushuang left Yongdu, he naturally knew that the tea was cold. The power he had established in Yongdu for many years would inevitably be cleaned by Deng Hong in a short period of time. He could not expect to get more from the court. Just like when he dealt with Deng, when everything he did to Deng, he would now be used back to himself. The only good news is that he would get the support of the emperor, which is still better than Deng.

Of course, he was just a little stronger. He had to get used to living a hard life and had to be careful.

Now, his only reliance is the 100,000 border troops. He must completely control this army in his hands in the shortest time. With this army, he has the capital to compete with Deng's family.

He brought 10,000 Thunder Army, and this 10,000 people would become his capital to reconstruct the country's border army. Of course, if he wanted to reconstruct this border army, he also needed more seats. So when Deng Hong proposed to draw 5,000 people from the border army to supplement the Thunder Army that entered Yongdu, he agreed without thinking.

Deng Hong wanted to control the Thunder Army in Yongdu. He wanted to control this border army, and each had his own plans and hit it off. Although he had left five thousand backbones, he could fill in the 5,000 Thunder Army, which would make it more conducive to him to control the entire army.

The only problem now is the middle and senior officers in the border army. Over the years, he has not given up his infiltration of the border army, but has achieved little success. He has been fully confident in the grassroots officers, but the senior officers are still promoted by Deng Pu.

What he has to do now is to make excuses to clean up these people.

The Chu army's large-scale attack was an opportunity, and he could justify the removal of these people. But what he did not expect was that Yang Zhi dared to do so, gave up resistance, and directly evacuated Jingjing Pass.

Jingjing Pass was lost too quickly, which led to a chain reaction. The Chu army rushed straight into the mountains and attacked the Qin border troops with extremely accurate measures. They did not fight one battle camp and one battle camp scattered, and implemented a leap-by tactic. Within half a month until Jingjing Pass was lost, eight villages had been lost, and the unbreakable villages were already like isolated islands in the sea on Bian Wushuang's map.

"Father, the Chu army's attacks have a target. They fought all of them who applied to us, and those who skipped were all those who were ambiguous. Some of them were even directly confidants of Deng. Deng was nakedly colluding with the Chu army." Bian Wuzhong was furious.

Bian Wushuang was not so irrational. After hearing his son's words, he shook his head slowly, "The Deng family will not be a collusion between the Chu people, they just have a tacit understanding with the Chu people. The Deng family wants us to be unable to sit in this seat in Qingtian County, but the Chu people want the Luoying Mountains."

"But the effect is the same!" Bian Wenzhong said furiously: "Since the war started, we have lost 10,000 people to enter. Father, the Chu army has become a general trend in the Luoying Mountains. Their forces seem to be fractal, but they have also cut off our garrison and can form a siege to surround our remaining troops in the shortest time."

"The Chu army wanted me to lose my mind and rescue these troops. This is like a tactic of adding fuel to the oil. In the end, we will always suffer losses." Bian Wushuang stared at the map: "Wenzhong, you will immediately bring 20,000 troops to support the Zhaoying Gorge camp. There is my bottom line. No matter what, we have to defend Zhaoying Gorge and guard there. At most, we will return to the situation five years ago and have the capital to marching. If even Zhaoying Gorge is lost, we will completely lose the Luoying Mountains and have to retreat to Qingtian County. At that time, the Chu people will fight us if they want, and leave if they want, and we will completely fail."

"Yes, father, I'll set off right away, but Yang Zhi is still retreating all the way back. Judging from his current appearance, I'm afraid he will go to Zhaoyingxia Camp in the end. He must not stay."

"Of course he can't keep it, that's the biggest cancer that Deng's family stayed in the border army, and the backbone of the Deng family in the border army." Bian Wushuang's eyes showed fierce light, "This person will be killed."

"But my father, we don't have the power to kill him, and this person still has considerable strength in his hands. He has not lost too much under his command. If he kills him and causes a mutiny from the soldiers, it is afraid that something will be a big deal. Then we can't stay in Qingtian County." Bian Wenzhong said worriedly.

"I can't kill him, but there are people in this world who can kill him." Bian Wushuang sneered. "You can go to Zhaoying Gorge with confidence and keep a place at any cost. I will arrive later."

"I understand my father!" Bian Wenzhong probably guessed what his father meant. Although he didn't know what his father was going to do, he already had a clear idea in his heart.

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

In the Imperial City of Yongdu, Emperor Ma Chao is holding a high-standard and small-scale meeting to discuss the war in the Luoying Mountains. Since the war started, none of the news has been comforting. Every day, the war reports sent to Yongdu have failed one after another. In half a month, the Qin army has lost most of the Luoying Mountains.

Ma Yue's face was angry, but Prince Ma Chao's face was very pale. He kept coughing and rinsing wherever he was sitting. From time to time, eunuchs would send him a small towel to wipe his sweat.

"Bian Wushuang has sent a new memorial. He decided to give up all the defenses on the periphery and concentrate his troops on Zhaoying Gorge. Where to fight the Chu army. According to the date of the letter, Bian Wushuang has probably arrived at Zhaoying Gorge. What do you think?" Ma Chao was asking everyone what they thought, but his eyes were looking at Kaiping King Deng Hong.

"Your Majesty, from the current situation, this is the only way. If you don't give up, the troops I surrounded will become fish on the felt board of the Chu army. If you give up these points, as long as you can defend Zhaoying Gorge and Luoying Mountains, we will still have a foothold. We have only worked hard for several years and were destroyed in one go." Deng Hong sighed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty." Hong Shizhao, Minister of War, stood up, and said in anger. "Five years ago, we planned for a long time before we achieved victory against Chu. We finally occupied the Luoying Mountains and gained strategic control over Chu, giving our Qin a chance to breathe. However, less than half a year after Bian Wushuang took office, he lost all the previous advantages, and even fell to the current state of hard work. Your Majesty should hold the blame for the defeated army. I think that if Bian Wushuang is commander again, I am afraid that Zhaoying Gorge will not be able to defend it. If Zhaoying Gorge is lost, the Chu army can march straight into our Qin."

Ma Chao's expression remained unchanged, "If Bian Wushuang is not used, who would Hong Qing think it would be better to use? Could it be that King Kaiping would go to the battlefield again?"

"No need!" Hong Shizhao said confidently: "I believe that General Yang Zhi of the Left is qualified. This person followed General Deng Pu and fought against the Chu army for many years on the border. He has rich experience. If Yang Zhi was in charge of the rule, our Qin Dynasty would not have suffered such a great defeat."

Sitting at the emperor's head, the prince Ma Yue, who kept sweating on his face, couldn't help but retort: ​​"The Hong Military Affairs Department is such a bad statement. Judging from the battle reports from Luoying Mountains, Yang Zhi was extremely disappointed. Jingjing Pass was built by General Deng Pu who spent a lot of effort to build it. There were 10,000 troops stationed. But Yang Zhi actually walked here without fighting and opened the gate of Luoying Mountains. This caught General Bian off guard and finally suffered a defeat later. I think that Yang Zhiqiong's crime should be investigated first." Before he finished speaking, Ma Yue had already coughed repeatedly, his face turned red, and he looked very painful. An old eunuch quickly walked behind him and gently beat his back for him.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is such a bad word." Hong Shizhao opposed with righteousness: "Jingjing Pass is indeed solid, but only 10,000 people are guarding it. The Chu people are about to launch an attack, which is something we have known for a long time, but Bian Wushuang is doing nothing. If he concentrated his army to Jingjing Pass as soon as possible, how could the Chu army go head-on? It was Bian Wushuang's failure to make an early arrangement that led to the subsequent large-scale attack. Yang Zhi defeated the Chu army first at Jingjing Pass, and then retreated in time to ensure the main force's safe retreat. This is precisely for the future decisive battle plan. Moreover, Bian Wushuang's battlefield experience is not as good as General Deng, but even Yang Zhi is not as good as Yang Zhi. Fighting in the Luoying Mountains requires an experienced general like Yang Zhi."

"Okay, don't fight for it first. Yang Zhi's qualifications are not enough to command the 100,000 border troops. There is no need to discuss this matter anymore. Let's think about how to support the Battle of Zhaoying Gorge!" Ma Chao stood up angrily and wanted to leave.

Prince Ma Yue also stood up staggeringly and wanted to say something, but before he could say a word, he turned his eyes and fell straight backwards.

There was a sudden chaos in the hall.

The imperial physician was urgently summoned to the main hall. After taking the pulse of the prince half lying on the soft couch, his face relaxed a little.

"How is it? What's wrong with the prince? I think he has been not very good in the past few days." The emperor was a little nervous.

"If you say that, the Crown Prince is infected with cold, but your Highness has been busy with business and has not recuperated in time. Today, he is a little anxious and fainted. I prescribe a few medicines. Your Highness can recover from the original state after recuperation for a period of time." The imperial physician said respectfully.

"Go and prescribe medicine!" Ma Chao waved his hand and drove away the imperial physician, looking at Deng Hong and said, "It's a turbulent time. Prince Kaiping, the prince is sick. You should worry more about politics. No matter what, you have to survive this difficulty first."
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