Chapter 236 Wang Ben arrives, Han Xin follows the army
Before the troops move, food and grass go first. Before the army arrives, the scouts go first. Timely and accurate intelligence is very important to the army. Wang Ben, who has led the army for many years, understands. Before the army he led arrived, he had already sent many spies to find out about the rebels.
Wang Ben was not far from the location of the rebels at this time, but it could not be reached in one day. Seeing that it was getting late, the army began to set up camp, preparing to stay here for the night and return tomorrow.
Having just sat down in the tent that had been set up, Wang Ben’s buttocks had not yet warmed up when a soldier came in to report, “General, there is urgent news!”
“Quickly! Report!”
The soldiers turned around and left the camp, and soon led a few people in. Among these people were Qin soldiers, who should be sent out as scouts, but why were there two civilian men?
When the army is dispatched, it sometimes looks for information from local or nearby civilians. It is not surprising, but why are these two civilians in ragged clothes and looking like they have escaped?
After the two civilians entered the camp, as soon as they saw Wang Ben, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Ben with "bang bang". While kowtowing, they also said something to Wang Ben with tears in their eyes.
It is a pity that Wang Ben did not understand what they said, because what they spoke was not Yayan or Chu dialect, but the local dialect. At this moment, Wang Ben once again felt the problem of language inconsistency. .
If it is Chu language, he can still understand it, but it is the dialect of the land of Wuyue, which is beyond the scope of the language he masters.
But because he wanted to come to the land of Wu and Yue to quell the rebellion, Wang Ben considered that this might happen and specially prepared a translator.
Soon, the translator was invited to the camp. After listening to what the two civilians said, he said to Wang Ben: "General, these two people are asking you to uphold justice for them!"
Wang Ben Ben asked curiously: "What injustice have they done? Do you want Ben to bring justice to them?"
It is also strange that two Chu people came to the Qin army general to seek justice, but this matter must have something to do with the rebels. related.
After hearing what the translator said, the two civilians began to talk in tears about what happened recently, telling Wang Ben and others about what happened recently, so that Wang Ben and others knew what happened.
After hearing what the two civilians said, some Qin generals in the camp showed a sense of gloating in their eyes: The rebels were able to rebel because you had supported them. Now it's better. The rebels no longer regard you as their own, and have begun to take advantage of you. Being an outsider means you deserve it!
What does it have to do with us Qin people if you Chu people are suffering? Come to us to avenge you and provide justice?
But they didn't gloat for long before they were swept by Wang Ben's stern eyes and immediately calmed down.
After listening to what the two civilians said, Wang Ben did not immediately believe what they said. Instead, he asked the Qin army scouts who came in with the two civilians: "What they said when you encounter them, what they said is exactly what they said." Escape, is it true? ”
A scout said respectfully: "General, it is indeed true. These two people were hiding in a forest with their families. They were covered with grass and leaves. If Xiaozhuang hadn't been sharp-eyed, he almost missed them."
"When they found out that we were the Qin army, they cried and knelt down and insisted on following us. We thought there was important news, so we brought them back."
Wang Ben nodded and said: " You did a good job, and you should be credited with it!”
When he turned around and was about to say something to the two civilians kneeling on the ground, he saw the soldier who was delivering the message entering the camp again, and was about to say something. He stopped talking and looked over. The soldier said: "General, someone is back again, and they have brought someone with them!"
After hearing this, Wang Ben thought about it and knew what was going on. If the rebels really There must be a lot of people who are running amok in these places, and in order to evade capture by the rebels, if these fleeing people are smart enough, they will definitely disperse and run into the spies he sends out, so it is normal.
But Wang Ben still asked his soldiers to bring in the returning spies and told them in detail what they had encountered.
Sure enough, this group of spies also met these fleeing civilians when they went to scout for news, and then brought them back to the camp. Then more spies came back, bringing the fleeing civilians with them. It was basically certain that the matter was is true.
After the spies and civilians had retreated, Wang Ben looked at the generals in the camp. Instead of asking them, he looked at a young man sitting at the end of the generals and asked: "Han Xin, What do you think?”
Hearing Wang Ben’s words, the generals in the camp also looked at the young man. They were not angry at all when Wang Ben crossed over to ask the young man. Instead, they were curious about what the young man would do. What kind of answer would you give?
Even if they wanted to be angry with the boy, they did not dare because the boy's identity was a bit outrageous. He was not only a disciple of the old general Wang Jian and Wang Ben's junior brother, but also a disciple of Wei Liao and the Meng brothers. , it is said that Mr. Li Nian is also his teacher.
This teacher's background is so outrageous that even the princes of Great Qin don't have it, but it appears on this young man. I don't know what His Majesty thinks, allowing so many people to be his teachers and teach him. What's even more outrageous is that these people Still accepted.
The young man was also wearing armor. He was obviously young, but he looked like a young adult and a young general. When Wang Ben asked him, he stood up from the pony he was sitting on and said, "I believe this is true! "
Wang Ben looked at the little junior brother his father had taken in. He would throw him over this time, obviously to let him see the battlefield and learn from him.
"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles" and "Tall trees cannot grow in a greenhouse." Although these words did not exist at this time, people at this time also knew the truth behind them, no matter how good they were. Teachers are qualified, but if they don't put it into practice, they will only be reduced to talking on paper.
Wang Ben asked again: "Then why did the rebels do this? Are they stupid? They don't know that after doing these things, they will lose their hearts and it will be difficult to gain a foothold here in the future?"
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When the two civilians entered the account and talked about what the rebels had done, Han Xin was already thinking about these issues. He said: "Xin thought they were not stupid and would do these things for the following reasons:"
" One is that he has no way out and is trapped in a desperate situation, like a trapped animal. , the trapped beast is about to die, and will naturally extend its life at all costs. If it cannot be extended, more people will be buried with it. "
"Because if they lose, they will not have their own lives in the future. If you can’t survive yet, how can you consider others? "
Speaking of this, Han Xin remembered some of what Li Nian said to him in class, and said: "What they are thinking about now is survival. If they can't survive, why should they consider the consequences of what they are doing now? , they are all dead, who cares about the flood? "< br>
"If you survive, then the consequences will be left to yourself or others later, and they do not need to consider it now. Therefore, at this time, all benevolence, righteousness, integrity, etiquette, integrity and shame will be left behind, and you are already a beast. Not human.”
Han Xin's words made some generals think, but don't say it, these words really sound a bit unreasonable.
(End of this chapter)