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Useless boy

Fan Yuqi wrote a notice, saying that Lu Buwei had stolen the state and asked the whole nation to help the late king's flesh and blood

By Elham NazriPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
Useless boy
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If Meng Qi had lost the battle, Lu Bu Wei would have used this as a reason to convict you, and he would have dismissed you for a lesser crime or executed you for a more serious one! Cheng Jiao was so frightened that he fell into tears and said, "Oh, what should we do?" Fan Yuzhi said, "Meng Qi is trapped by Zhao's army and can't come back for a while. If you had the guts, you could have used your army to hold Tunliu, while informing the whole country and exposing Lu Buwei's conspiracy, and the Qin people would have protected you." Cheng Jiao, in a fit of anger, swore and said, "If a man dies, he dies; he can't say anything and languish under the son of a trader. Please do well, General!"

Fan Yuqi wrote a notice, saying that Lu Buwei had stolen the state and asked the whole nation to help the late king's flesh and blood, that is, Changanjun Chengjiao. At that time, he sent people to send the notice to all places. The Qin people had heard about Lu Bu Wei's matchmaking for the king's grandson, the other. Now when they saw this notice, they said that Zhao Ji was originally Lu Bu Wei's aunt and that she had gotten pregnant first before she was given to Wang Sun's opposite number, and there was a lot of discussion about it. Some of them said that Zhao Ji was the daughter of a big family, the golden girl of a big family, how could she be a little girl for others? But then someone said she was a songstress, said with a nose and eyes. Everyone is a bit half-hearted, only this announcement is a piece of news.

Zhang Tang originally went to urge the Chang'an ruler, once he heard the news, ran back to Xianyang in the night to report to the king of Qin. When he saw the announcement, the king of Qin was very angry and immediately summoned Lu Bu Wei to ask him for an idea. Lu Buwei said, "Chang'an is young, he would not dare to do something like this. This must be the work of Fan Yuqi. But he is brave but not resourceful, he can't achieve great things. Let's send out our troops and bring him to us immediately." So he made Wang Jian the general, and Huan Yi and Wang Ben [Wang Jian's son] the vanguard to besiege the king of Chang'an.

When Wang Jian's army arrived at Tunliu, it scared Chengjiao long before the battle started. Fan Yuqi reassured him, saying, "In the past few days, we have already captured two cities, Changi [in the west of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province] and Huguan [in the southeast of Changzhi County, Shanxi Province], plus Tunliu, there are three cities and 140,000 to 150,000 soldiers. Besides, you are already on the back of a tiger, and you can't get off even if you want to!" When Cheng Jiao heard about the "tiger", he was even more panicked.Fan Yuqi opened the gates of the city, set up a formation, and prepared for war with Wang Jian. Wang Jian said to Fan Yuqi on the battlefield, "What did Qin do to you? Why did you entice Chang'an to rebel?" Fan Yuqi saluted on the chariot and said, "Qin Zheng is the son of Lu Buwei, but Chang'an is the son of the late king. We are all ministers of the previous king, so we should repay him with our loyalty, punish the traitor, abolish the false king, and work together to protect Chang'an. If you can return to the righteousness, you will be a meritorious minister of Qin." Wang Jian said, "The Empress Dowager was pregnant for ten months before she raised this king. How can you create rumors and insult the king? You have to speak with a sense of proportion. You have no evidence, you are talking nonsense, you are deceiving the people, you are disturbing the army, you are a great sinner of the country. How can I let you go?" With that, he rushed forward. Fan Yuqi was also guilty of murder, and swung his sword and slashed at everyone. Wang Jian told the soldiers to surround him. Fan Yuqi was very capable, he charged left and right, and cut down many of them. Wang Jian was afraid that too many soldiers would be killed or wounded, so he had to withdraw his troops.

That night, Wang Jian asked his soldiers in the camp, "Do you know the king of Chang'an?" A general named Yang Duane said, "I was a disciple of Chang'an." Wang Jian said to him, "I have a letter for you to send to the king of Chang'an and persuade him to come back soon. Wang Jian gave the letter to Yang Duane and told Huan Yi to attack Changi City, Wang Ben to attack Huguan, and himself to attack Tunliu. The three places attacked at the same time, forcing Fan Yuqi to be unable to cope.

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Elham Nazri

May the angels protect at my side. The devil can never come to the world.

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