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Chapter 236 Wang Ben Arrives, Han Xin Joins the Army

Before the troops move, the food and fodder must be sent first; before the army arrives, the scouts must go first. How important timely and accurate intelligence is to the army? Wang Ben, who has commanded troops for many years, naturally understands this. Before the army he led arrived, he had already sent many spies to inquire about the news of the rebels.

Wang Ben was not far from the rebels' location at this time, but it would take more than a day to get there. Seeing that it was getting dark, the army began to set up camp, preparing to spend the night and continue their journey tomorrow.

Wang Ben had just sat down in the tent, and before he could even get comfortable, a personal soldier came in to report, "General, there is urgent news!"

"Report quickly!"

The personal soldier turned around and left the tent, and soon led a few people in. Among these people were Qin soldiers, who should be scouts sent out, but why were there two civilian men as well?
It's not surprising that when a large army is dispatched, they sometimes seek out local or nearby civilians for information. But why are these two civilians dressed in rags and look like they are just fleeing?
After the two civilians entered the tent, as soon as they saw Wang Ben, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Ben, while kowtowing, they said something to Wang Ben with tears in their eyes.

Unfortunately, Wang Ben didn't understand what they were saying at all, because what they spoke was not elegant language or Chu language, but the local dialect. At this moment, Wang Ben once again felt the problem of language inconsistency.

If it was Chu language, he could still understand it, but this was the dialect of the Wu and Yue regions, which was beyond the scope of the language he mastered.

However, since this time he was going to Wu and Yue to quell the rebellion, Wang Ben took this situation into consideration and specially prepared an interpreter.

Soon, the translator was invited to the tent. After listening to what the two civilians said, he said to Wang Ben: "General, these two people are asking you to do them justice!"

Wang Ben asked curiously, "What injustice have they committed that they want me to uphold justice for them?"

It is also strange that two Chu people came to the Qin general to seek justice, but this matter must be related to the rebels.

After hearing the words conveyed by the translator, the two civilians began to speak with tears in their eyes, telling Wang Ben and others what had happened in recent days so that Wang Ben and others would know what had happened.

After hearing what the two civilians said, some Qin generals in the tent showed a gloating expression in their eyes: The rebels were able to rebel because of your shelter and support. Now, the rebels no longer treat you as their own people, but start to treat you as outsiders. You deserve it!

What does the suffering of you Chu people have to do with us Qin people? Why do you come to us to seek justice for you?

But they didn't gloat for long as Wang Ben gave them a stern look and they immediately behaved themselves.

After listening to the two civilians' story, Wang Ben did not immediately believe them. Instead, he asked the Qin scout who followed the two civilians, "Is it true that they were fleeing when you met them?"

A scout said respectfully, "General, it is indeed true. The two men were hiding in a forest with their families, covered with grass and leaves. If it weren't for Xiaozhuang's sharp eyes, they would have almost missed it."

"When they found out we were Qin's army, they knelt down and cried, insisting on following us. We thought we had important news, so we brought them back."

Wang Ben nodded and said, "Well done, it should be credited!"

When he turned around and was about to say something to the two civilians kneeling on the ground, he saw the messenger soldier coming into the tent again, so he stopped what he was about to say and looked over. The soldier said, "General, someone else has returned, and they brought people with them!"

After hearing this, Wang Ben thought about it and knew what was going on. If the rebels were really committing atrocities in these places, there must be a lot of people fleeing. Moreover, in order to avoid being captured by the rebels, if these fugitives are smart enough, they will definitely flee in different places. It is normal for them to run into the spies he sent out.

But Wang Ben still asked his personal soldiers to bring in the spies who had returned and told them in detail what they had encountered.

Sure enough, this group of spies met these fleeing civilians while they were out gathering information, and then brought them back to the camp. Then more spies returned, all bringing fleeing civilians with them, and it was basically confirmed that the matter was true.

After the spies and civilians had left, Wang Ben looked at the generals in the camp. He did not ask them anything, but looked at a young man sitting at the end of the generals and asked, "Han Xin, what do you think?"

After hearing Wang Ben's words, all the generals in the camp looked at the young man. They were not angry at all that Wang Ben asked the young man without asking them. Instead, they were very curious about what kind of answer the young man would give.

Even if they wanted to be angry with the young man, they dared not to, because the young man's identity was a little outrageous. He was not only a disciple of General Wang Jian and a junior brother of Wang Ben, but also a disciple of Wei Liao and the Meng brothers. It was said that Master Li Nian was also his teacher.

This teaching background is so outrageous that even the princes of the Great Qin do not have it, but it exists in this young man. I don't know what His Majesty is thinking, letting so many people be his teachers and teach him. What's more outrageous is that these people accept it.

The young man was also wearing armor. Although he was not very old, he looked like a young general. When Wang Ben asked him, he stood up from his stool and said, "I believe this is true!"

Wang Ben looked at the junior fellow apprentice his father had accepted. It was obvious that he was sent to him this time to let him see the battlefield and learn and gain experience.

Although the sayings “Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles” and “Towering trees cannot grow in a greenhouse” did not exist at that time, people at that time also knew the truth behind them. Even if one had the best teachers, if one did not practice personally, they would only become armchair talkers.

Wang Ben asked again: "Why did the rebels do this? Are they stupid? Don't they know that after doing this, they will lose the support of the people and will have difficulty gaining a foothold here in the future?"

When the two civilians entered the tent and told Han Xin what the rebels had done, Han Xin had already been thinking about these issues. He said, "I think they are not stupid. They did these things for the following reasons:"

"One is that they have no way out and are trapped, just like a trapped beast. A trapped beast is about to die, so it will naturally do whatever it takes to prolong its life. If it cannot prolong its life, it will let more people die with it."

"Because if they fail, they will have no future. They can't even save their own lives, so how can they consider others?"

At this point, Han Xin remembered something Li Nian had said to him during class, and added: "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 going to die anyway, so why should they care about the flood?"

"If they survive, then the trouble will be left to themselves or others in the future, and they don't need to worry about it now. Therefore, at this time, all the morality, integrity, courtesy and shame will be thrown out of their mind, and they are no longer human."

Han Xin's words caused some generals to think, and it's no wonder that these words sounded a bit perverse.

(End of this chapter)