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Chapter 141: Psychological Strategy: You don’t want your wife to become someone else’s woman, or your child to call someone else their father, right?
The dozen or so carts of hay were instantly ignited, scaring the nearby Qin army into fleeing in a hurry.

"Kill~"

Seeing the hay being burned, Dian Qing no longer cared and directly led the [Shen Zhao Army] to attack.

An hour later, in a valley
The deputy general looked a little unhappy: "General, we have already pretended to be defeated, so why didn't the [Shenzhao Army] come to pursue us?"

Wang Ben's face was also solemn when he heard this: "I am not afraid of the bravery of the [Shen Zhao Army], I am afraid that they are brave and resourceful!
What a pity! The more you fear something, the more it will come to you. There must be a capable person among this group of rebels!"

Yes, he had burned the hay on purpose for Dian Qing in order to relax the vigilance of the [Shen Zhao Army]. Even the defeat was fake. The real killer move was this valley. There were many soldiers and hay arranged on both sides of the cliff. He only needed to wait for the [Shen Zhao Army] to chase and then burn them to death.

In order to avoid being discovered, he deliberately sacrificed many soldiers, but he didn't expect to get such a result!
The deputy general asked, "General, what should we do next? We can't let our tens of thousands of troops be stopped by the enemy's 5,000 men, right? I'm afraid we won't be able to explain to His Majesty by then!"

“Although I cannot wipe out all of these rebels, I have discovered some of their weaknesses. They don’t have many cavalry and their mobility is not as good as ours!
In this case, we can just bypass them and raid the farmer's camp behind them. I don't believe that all of their 100,000 farmers' disciples are members of the Shenzhao Army!" Wang Ben said coldly.

At the same time, the previous battle site
Chen Mo once again conquered three thousand Qin troops. Together with the previous two thousand, the number of Qin troops had reached five thousand. Chen Mo gave the command to Han Xin, believing that with his talents, he would be able to maximize the effect!
"The next battle depends on you!" Chen Mo said to Han Xin.

Although he was not an expert in offensive strategy, he had experienced many worlds, fought many battles, and developed certain military qualities.

He knew that as long as Wang Ben was not stupid, he would not fight to the death with the Shenzhao Army and would most likely choose to take a detour. The mobility of the Shenzhao Army was indeed not as good as that of the cavalry, so the subsequent battles could only be left to Han Xin.

Han Xin nodded and said with emotion: "I'm afraid Wang Ben never dreamed that he thought the right choice was actually a trap you had prepared for him a long time ago. From the moment he entered the trap, he was doomed to be unable to get out!"

Thinking of this, Han Xin felt more and more that Chen Mo was terrifying. Brave and resourceful were no longer enough to describe him!
Sure enough, just as he said, in the next half month, although Wang Ben successfully bypassed the [Shen Zhao Army], the farmers seemed to be well prepared and launched a scorched earth strategy, and even took advantage of various peculiar terrains to catch them off guard, so that later on, they only dared to rest on the plains and did not dare to spend the night anywhere else.

What they find even more difficult is the food problem.

Inside the Qin army camp, the deputy general looked worried: "General, we don't have much food in the camp. I'm afraid it will only be enough for three days!"

Wang Ben asked sternly, "Where is the army's food and grass?"

"According to the latest news, the army's food supplies were robbed by the Shenzhao Army. I'm afraid we won't get news on the next batch of food supplies for half a month!" When mentioning this, the deputy general looked even more worried.

Bang!
Wang Ben slammed the table and said angrily, "Damn the peasants, damn the [Shenzhao Army], I was wondering why they were clearing the countryside and letting us in, it turns out they wanted to cut off our food supplies, how vicious!"

Logically speaking, food and fodder are of vital importance and are the focus of protection of the army. However, the people of the Shenzhao Army are too difficult to deal with. They cannot be killed, and they cannot run fast with so much food and fodder. In the end, they can only abandon the food and fodder to save their lives.

As if thinking of something, Wang Ben asked, "What about Shadow Secret Guard and Luowang? Do they have any solution?"

"I've contacted them. They said that Mohist and Liusha have been hunting them down, and they can't even protect themselves!" The deputy general shook his head and sighed.

Wang Ben's face was gloomy. "I didn't expect that in such a small Dongjun, the rebels would be so rampant? Are the Shadow Secret Guards and Luowang a bunch of rubbish? We didn't notice anything unusual before, so the rebellion has grown to such a big extent now!"

"Marshal, it's useless to say these now. The most important issue now is food!" the deputy general reminded.

Wang Ben took a deep breath and showed a determined look on his face: "Do we have three days' worth of food left? Okay, pass the order down, let the soldiers eat and drink as much as they want, and follow me to attack Daze Mountain tomorrow!"

The deputy general was surprised and asked: "General, do you want to?"

"Yes, they are going to cut off our food supply, right? Then we will fight them to the death!
Aren't the farmers trying to avoid the battle? Then I will attack their base camp directly and see if they will rescue them or not!
"The farmers can support 100,000 disciples, so they must have a lot of food and grass. Tell the soldiers that as long as they win tomorrow's battle, they will have enough food and drink!" Wang Ben explained.

The movements of Wang Ben's army were soon reported to Han Xin by spies, and Han Xin was the first to realize Wang Ben's purpose.

Tian Hu and others said anxiously: "Han Xin, Daze Mountain is our family's ancestral land, and our disciples' relatives are also there. We must save them!"

To be honest, Han Xin thought it was worth it if he could exchange the gain or loss of a piece of land and the casualties of a few people for a real victory.

But he also had to consult everyone's opinions. After all, if this matter was not handled properly, it would easily cause a mutiny among the soldiers!

After hesitating for a while, Han Xin said, "We must save them, but not blindly!
After fighting with the Qin army for some time, I believe everyone has some understanding of the strength of the Qin army. If we fight head-on, we are definitely not their opponent. The reason we have repelled them so many times is that we first used the city walls, secondly, we took advantage of the terrain, and thirdly, we attacked them when they were unprepared!
But despite this, the casualties we inflicted on them were still not great!
Wang Ben also knew this, so he wanted to force us to take the initiative to fight and then catch us all in one fell swoop!
In order to further increase the morale and fighting determination of his soldiers, he even used up only three days' worth of military rations, reducing it to just one day!
In this way, the right time and the right people are on their side!

Now all we have is the advantage of our location!"

"Geographical advantage? Didn't you say that after Wang Li's defeat last time, Wang Ben would definitely be extremely cautious?

Moreover, we have been ambushing them all this time, so they dare not enter when they see the strange terrain. In this case, can the terrain advantage still be used?" Liu Ji asked doubtfully.

"This is a different time. Now they don't have enough food. If they don't want to starve to death, they can only grit their teeth and move forward. This is our chance!
Of course, in order to make them relax their vigilance and to further consume their food, we can also set up some seemingly false ambushes along the way, so that they have to check carefully wherever they go. Until the end, when they don’t have the patience to search carefully due to food shortage, that’s when our real ambush is located!
I call this tactic: when something is empty, make it real; when something is real, make it empty!" Han Xin said eloquently.

Hearing this, everyone suddenly became enlightened, and the tension and worry that Wang Ben's army was going to be destroyed was greatly alleviated.

The next day

In front of a valley in Daze Mountain
Wang Ben looked at the valley entrance with a serious expression. The deputy general said worriedly, "General, the valley ahead has a unique terrain and is most suitable for an ambush. Should we send scouts to investigate? Or should we just take a detour?"

"Send scouts to investigate? I don't know how long it will take to go back and forth. The same is true if we take a detour!
What we lack most now is time. Time waits for no one. We don’t have enough food and grass. If we cannot win in a short period of time, the army will starve for too long and will become lambs to be slaughtered!

This is a naked conspiracy, but we have no choice but to accept it. Well, remind the army to be careful and alert, and speed up the march to rush through this valley as soon as possible! "Wang Ben murmured.

Half an hour later, the army passed through the valley safely. The deputy general said in surprise, "General, it seems that we overestimated the farmers. They didn't set an ambush here?"

Wang Ben was not only not happy about this, but also worried: "Something is wrong. We have fought with them before. There must be capable people among them. They gave up the opportunity to ambush here. There must be a bigger conspiracy!"

Sure enough, after they continued moving forward for two hours, they were surrounded!

Han Xin stood on the cliff and looked down at him: "General Wang Ben, our army has blocked the water upstream and blocked your retreat with huge rocks. There are countless archers on the cliffs on both sides. If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your soldiers, right? Their parents, wives and children are waiting for them to go back and reunite!"

Hearing this, Wang Ben's face changed. He looked at the soldiers around him and found that many of them had changed their expressions. He knew that if he let this person continue to talk, the morale would drop to the bottom and might even cause a mutiny, so he quickly interrupted and said:
"Your Excellency is a good speaker! However, from the moment we enlisted, we were ready to die on the battlefield. As for our parents, wives, and children, Your Majesty will not treat them unfairly, so please do not worry about it!"

“Indeed, some people say that dying on the battlefield is the fate of a soldier, but why die when you can live?
If you die here, who will support your parents? Who will take care of your wife and children?
Do you want your child to call another man his father? Do you want your wife to become another man's woman?
Don't think it's impossible. Without the pillar of the family, your wife might do this in order to support the children!
So, will you surrender or not?" Han Xin continued to incite.

After these words were spoken, there was indeed commotion among the Qin army, and the desire to survive flashed in the eyes of many Qin soldiers.

Wang Ben's face was solemn. He suddenly drew his sword and said, "Don't listen to this man's instigation. We all know the laws of our Great Qin. If you betray and surrender to the enemy, that will really implicate the whole family. So for the sake of your parents, wives and children, follow me and kill them!"

After saying that, he was the first to lead his men to charge towards the cliffs on both sides, attempting to climb up the cliffs to fight with the farmers' disciples.

Han Xin saw through his purpose at a glance and sneered, "Wang Ben, you are a coward, I think you are not really leading the army to break out of the siege, but are really doing it to protect your family? You are afraid that if the army surrenders, it will implicate your Wang family and you are afraid of being punished by Ying Zheng!

You are so cruel that you are willing to drag all the soldiers to death just to achieve your goal!"

Hearing this, many Qin soldiers who had originally planned to fight to the death with Wang Ben were stunned. They looked at Wang Ben with surprise and suspicion. Wang Ben also stopped charging and stared at Han Xin in horror: How could it be that this guy actually understood my true purpose completely?
After a moment of silence, Wang Ben suddenly sighed, his face calmed down, and he looked at Han Xin and said, "I guess you are the one behind the farmers' command, right? You are indeed a young talent, but since you have the ability to annihilate us all here, why don't you do it?"

"It's not that I don't want to take action, but someone has told you to preserve your manpower as much as possible!" Han Xin said truthfully.

This is indeed the case. Han Xin originally wanted to release the water to drown the Qin army, but was stopped by Chen Mo because he wanted to incorporate all of these Qin troops!
Wang Ben was stunned when he heard this: "You really want to recruit us?"

He originally thought that Han Xin just wanted to break their will so that he could defeat him better. But now it seems that he really wants to recruit him? No, how dare you, a bunch of rabble? Aren't you afraid that we will rebel again later?
unless~

Thinking of this, Wang Ben said solemnly: "How do I know if you are deliberately trying to trick us into surrendering? Are you actually planning to kill us?"

After all, Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, had done just that before!
Han Xin did not answer, but waved his hand, and immediately the five thousand Qin troops who had been surrendered by Chen Mo came forward.

Seeing the familiar uniforms and faces on the cliff, many Qin soldiers below were stunned. Someone exclaimed: "Zhao Ergou? Didn't he die in the battle? How come he is here?"

"Ah? That's my fellow countryman. I remember he died in the battle before!"

"That's my second brother. He's still alive? That's great!"

The Qin soldiers below had different expressions. The Qin soldiers standing on the cliff also had complicated expressions. They heard Han Xin's words and persuaded them to surrender: "My fellow soldiers, we have died in a previous battle. It was the lord who resurrected us. The lord has ordered that if you surrender, you will not be killed. Hurry up and surrender!"

Five thousand Qin soldiers tried to persuade them to surrender, and they were all familiar faces, former comrades. This made the already shaken Qin army even more shaken. Even the deputy general next to Wang Ben whispered a reminder: "Marshal, now the army's morale is shaken, it's too late to save the situation, you see~"

Wang Ben finally came back to his senses from the shock of those people coming back to life. He sighed and ordered, "Pass the order down, surrender!"

The deputy general heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was really afraid that his commander-in-chief would fight to the end, and if he followed him, he would be doomed. If he didn't follow him, he was afraid that his wife and children would be implicated. Now that Wang Ben took the initiative to surrender, he felt the pressure was reduced a lot. At least someone was following him to fight!

With Wang Ben's surrender, the following events became a matter of course. After the Qin army below had all thrown away their armor and weapons, the farmers' disciples blew up the huge rocks blocking the way and let them out of the valley.

half an hour later

"I lost. How are you going to deal with me?" Wang Ben said to Han Xin.

"I am only responsible for leading the army to fight. The specific arrangements are something that my lord should consider. My lord will be here soon!" Han Xin said in a flat tone.

"I never thought that after a lifetime of military service, I would end up being defeated by a woman!" Wang Ben sighed.

It is said that the current hero leader of the Nong family is called Tian Yan, a woman, and Han Xin is from the Nong family, so he naturally thinks that Tian Yan is the lord Han Xin mentioned!

Han Xin glanced at him and did not refute. He would know when he met him.

As the door opened, a man and a woman walked in. The man was handsome and noble; the woman was beautiful, with a gleam of wisdom in her eyes!
Wang Ben guessed that the woman was the farmer Tian Yan, but what surprised him was that Tian Yan seemed to be half a step behind the man. After the man and the woman sat down one after another, Wang Ben confirmed his guess: Sure enough, there was someone behind Tian Yan. It seemed that the lord Han Xin was talking about was this man?
"Wang Ben?" Chen Mo asked.

"It's me!" Wang Ben was a little nervous, not knowing how this person would deal with him.

Chen Mo nodded and waved his hand. Wang Ben suddenly felt something entering his body. He looked at Chen Mo with surprise.

Chen Mo explained: "This is a way to control people. If you don't get the antidote within a certain period of time, you will suffer the pain of being eaten by thousands of ants every day!"

Wang Ben said in anger, "You can kill me or chop me up, why torture me like this?"

"You are still useful, so I don't plan to kill you. Don't even think about committing suicide, because it's really hard for you to die in front of me!" Chen Mo said bluntly.

Although I know you want to use me, can't you be more tactful in your words? Don't you know what it means to win people's hearts?

"What exactly do you want to do?" Wang Ben asked in a deep voice. This feeling of having no control over life and death was really depressing.

"You will continue to lead the Qin Army!"

Wang Ben was a little bit incredulous: "You dare to let me lead the army? Aren't you afraid that I will lead the army back to Xianyang to report to His Majesty?"

“If you can endure the pain of being bitten by thousands of ants, then you can give it a try!
Moreover, if you want to go back, do the other Qin soldiers necessarily want to go back?
Now they have all betrayed the Qin State. What do you think Ying Zheng would think of you if he heard about this?
In the past, Wu'an Jun killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers. Do you think Ying Zheng will kill you, a group of unstable factors?
Of course, as long as you are loyal to me, Ying Zheng will not know about your rebellion!" Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

Wang Ben's face changed, and then he sighed: "It's too late. By now, Luowang and Shadow Secret Guards may have passed the news of our rebellion back. Our family members may have lost their lives!"

Chen Mo didn't say anything, but clapped his hands. Two figures walked in from outside. When Wang Ben saw them, he asked in surprise: "Luowang? Shadow Secret Guard?"

Aren't they working for the Empire? Why are they here? And they are not restrained, which means they can move freely here!

Could it be~

Thinking of a possibility, Wang Ben’s eyes suddenly widened!
Seeing his expression change, Chen Mo smiled and said, "It seems you have guessed it? Yes, they are my people now. What if I ask them to pass on the message and say that your army is still confronting the farmers?"

Luowang and Shadow Guard are the eyes and ears of the Empire? Then I will make him blind and deaf!
Are they loyal? Then I will keep killing and resurrecting them, killing and resurrecting them, and then use the [Life and Death Talisman] to control them. There will always be someone who can't hold on!
Wang Ben obviously figured this out and was secretly amazed at Chen Mo's methods: This kind of person is so scary!

Three days later, Xianyang Palace

"Report! There is urgent news from the front!" a messenger reported.

"Submit the urgent report!" Ying Zheng said.

"promise!"

After reading Wang Ben's urgent report, Ying Zheng's face looked better and he praised: "General Wang Ben is indeed a famous general in the world. He has already besieged the rebellious farmers. I think they will be wiped out soon!"

Li Si asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, didn't General Wang Ben run out of food before? Why is it that now..."

Ying Zheng explained: "General Wang Ben launched a surprise attack on Daze Mountain. Many of the peasant disciples there did not have time to evacuate and were directly wiped out by the army, and a lot of food was obtained.

General Wang Ben implemented the strategy of besieging the enemy and attacking the reinforcements, annihilating the farmers' forces in large numbers, and then concentrated superior forces to attack proactively. Now he has besieged the enemy in Daze Mountain. I think he will be able to trap the farmers' disciples to death in a few days!"

Li Si felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it, so he went to Zhao Gao after the court session and said, "Zhao Gao, Luowang should have spies in Dongjun, right? Do you have any news?"

Zhao Gao pulled out an intelligence report: "This is the intelligence my men just sent back. It basically matches what Wang Ben said, so it should be correct!"

Li Si frowned: "So the Nong family will soon be destroyed? But why do I always feel that things are not that simple!"

Zhao Gao laughed and said, "Your Excellency is worrying too much. The Nong Family disciples are just a bunch of rabble. They may be good at fighting in the martial arts world, but they are not good at marching and deploying troops. It is normal for them to be defeated!"

"I hope so!" Li Si sighed, then thought of something and asked, "How is the Eighteenth Young Master doing recently?"

"Eighteenth Young Master has been studying harder than usual recently, and has received praise from Your Majesty for this!" Zhao Gao said with a smile.

"Yes, this way, Young Master Eighteen will have a greater chance of success. But we still have to help him and remove those obstacles!" Li Si murmured.

at the same time
After the court was dismissed, Ying Zheng also found Zhang Han and asked, "Zhang Han, is there any news from the Shadow Secret Guard in Dongjun?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Han presented a piece of intelligence. After reading it, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows. It was not that there was anything wrong with the intelligence. The intelligence was basically consistent with what Wang Ben had reported back.

"Zhang Han, you have been to Dongjun in person and once told me that there is a military master in the Nong family. In your opinion, how does Wang Ben compare to the man from the Nong family?" Ying Zheng asked.

Zhang Han did not dare to hide it and said hurriedly: "In my opinion, the two are roughly equal!
However, there are many factors that determine victory or defeat on the battlefield. If General Wang Ben can seize a critical moment and lead the elite Qin cavalry to attack, it is very likely that he will defeat the opponent!"

"Didn't you say that the Mohist School was also over there? In your opinion, if they take action, is it possible for the Shadow Guards and Luowang to pass the message out?" Ying Zheng asked again.

Could it be that Your Majesty suspects Luowang and Shadow Guards?
Zhang Han lowered his head even more and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I don't know much about Luowang, but every member of the Shadow Secret Guard is carefully selected. They have been orphans since childhood and have been trained for more than ten years. They are absolutely loyal to Your Majesty. There should be no possibility of betrayal due to threats!"

"Okay, I understand. You can leave first!" Ying Zheng ordered.

Even Li Si could sense that something was wrong, let alone Ying Zheng, the greatest emperor of all time. He instinctively felt that something was wrong, but the news from Luowang and Yingmiwei were consistent. It was impossible for him to go to Dongjun himself to check the situation, right?
Although there was no clear evidence, Ying Zheng still increased his vigilance against the Nong family, and was prepared to send someone else to replace Wang Ben if Wang Ben failed to completely destroy the Nong family after a month. By then, everything would surely be revealed!
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