Rebirth of the Return of Chu

It was not until five days later that they arrived at the southwestern border and joined the main army. They were greeted by Xu Zhiping, the deputy general of the Qin family army.

After meeting Qin Yuanyi, he was extremely anxious and desperately wanted to know about General Qin from Qin Yuanyi's mouth. Qin Yuanyi had not appeared often in recent years, and many people in the army had only heard of him but had never seen him in person.

Xu Zhiping had followed Qin Yuansong since he was a child. He was one of the few people who had met Qin Yuanyi. The first thing he said when he saw Qin Yuanyi was: "Little General Qin, there is something strange about General Qin's death. We didn't receive any news from General Qin at that time. Logically, I am not far from General Qin's position, and he should ask me for help."

Qin Yuanyi whispered to him: "This is not the place to talk."

Xu Zhiping immediately understood: "General, follow me."

Qin Yuanyi led Wang Xing and Mu Chu and followed Xu Zhiping into the tent, and Xu Zhiping arranged seats for them to sit down.

Qin Yuanyi finally spoke: "So you didn't receive any distress signals from my eldest brother at all?"

Xu Zhiping nodded: "This is what I am confused about. At that time, we received news that the enemy was attacking. After two counterattacks, they had retreated. As a result, that night, we received a report from the front that 30,000 enemy troops were secretly moving from Meihuipo to Meicheng, and it seemed that they wanted to capture Meicheng first.

At that time, General Qin analyzed that they were making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, because Meicheng was not worth attacking. If they occupied Meicheng, they would fall into our encirclement, which was obviously a trick.

Originally, it was decided that I would lead the troops to investigate, but later General Qin received a letter, the contents of which I did not know. His face changed drastically at that moment, and he decided to lead 30,000 troops himself. We did not receive any news afterwards."

Qin Yuanyi frowned and said, "Why didn't you send anyone to investigate after so long?"

Xu Zhiping was a little annoyed: "The soldiers I sent to contact them never came back, and I didn't dare to lead the troops away without permission. The next night, the enemy attacked in large numbers. The military advisor and I could only fight with all our strength, and we never received any news from General Qin.

After five days of fighting, the other side suddenly retreated. I felt something was wrong, so I went to Meihuipo to check. I found that the Qin army had been annihilated, and the soldiers I sent out to get information were also killed on the way. I should be blamed for this. If I had gone earlier, I might have been able to save the general. "Xu Zhiping punched the chair next to him.

Qin Yuanyi shook his head: "No, according to what you said, this matter was premeditated and everything is linked together. Even if you go, you may not be able to escape unscathed. Maybe the result will be the same as theirs. They must have an insider."

Xu Zhiping said: "Yes, the military advisor also guessed that there is a spy among us."

Qin Yuanyi: "What I am more confused about is why my eldest brother would go to the capital to ask for help, and who sent the letter? By the way, when you arrived, how long did it take for Wang Jiarong to lead his troops?"

Xu Zhiping shook his head: "We have cleared the battlefield, and Wang Jiarong will come in four days."

"That is to say, when my elder brother arrived at Meihuipo, he realized it was a trap and sent a message to you and the capital at the same time. It would take at least three days for the message to reach the capital, but it only took half a day to reach you. However, you did not receive it. It took Wang Jiarong seven days to reach you. When you rushed there on the morning of the seventh day, there was no one alive. Wang Jiarong arrived three days later. Is that right?"

"Yes, later we could only send someone to escort the general's coffin back to Beijing. I heard that you, General, took him back to Beijing halfway, but we couldn't go back to carry General Qin's coffin." Xu Zhiping said, lowering his head with a look of self-blame.

"Wang Xing, go check Meihui Slope again. I suspect that there were not only Nan Xiao's 30,000 soldiers at the time, but there might be other people present. I checked the fatal wound on my eldest brother, and two of the arrows were not from Nan Xiao, and of course not from us. Since they were fighting, if they were the enemy's swords, why didn't they dare show them to others? I suspect that this matter may be related to the Wang family, and they are not just late."