Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 204 Must take risks
When Wei Qiuan of Nanyang County came to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, Ma Dayan, the reinforcements sent by Qin Ting from Xianyang, had already rushed to the scene, and was still interrogating the messenger sent by Qi Ji, asking Qi Ji why he was there last night. Hand over the envoy of Qin Jun to Xiang Kang to flatter, and send someone to contact Qin Jun tonight.

"... General, our Captain Qi said that the reason why he handed over your envoy to the Xiangkang dog thief last night was because he had to gain the trust of the Xiangkang dog thief first, otherwise, he would have surrendered to Daqin secretly. It doesn't have any effect, not only can't take revenge, but it will only let our entire army die in vain, so our Captain Qi made up his mind and did something sorry for you, in the future, our Captain Qi will definitely Please face to face Lu Junzun and the general."

"However, General, your envoys did not suffer in vain. Seeing that our Captain Qi took the initiative to hand over your envoy to persuade you to surrender, our Captain Qi persuaded his daughter to obey the Xiangkang dog thief out of conscience, and the Xiangkang dog thief He really thought that we were afraid of him, didn't dare to have rebellious thoughts, and no longer doubted us, Captain Qi, and allowed us to move to the back of his camp, and no longer forced us to take the risk of guarding the west gate alone. See you, Captain Qi The thief Xiangkang was fooled, so he sent a villain secretly into the city to explain the truth to you, begging you to accept our surrender, join hands with us to kill the thief Xiangkang, and rescue the daughter of Captain Qi. "

The envoy Qi Ji's introduction was similar to Qiu An's analysis, but Qiu An was not in a hurry to express his attitude, he just got Qi Ji's autographed letter from Lu Ji, and read it together with Ma Dalin, who is also a hardliner. The content of the first half of the letter is similar to the oral introduction of the envoy Qi Ji. Apart from expressing his attitude of hating Xiang Kang to the bone, Qi Ji explained why he dedicated the envoy of the Qin Army to Xiang Kang last night. Nanyang Qin army apologized.

The most important part of the letter is the second half. After clearly expressing his desire to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, Qi Ji invited the Qin army to jointly attack the camp of the Young Marshal's Army tomorrow night. At that time, Qi Ji will use his army to be very close to the camp At the middle of the night, he suddenly attacked the back of the Young Marshal’s camp, entered the back camp of the Young Marshal’s army and set fire to it, and asked the Qin Army to prepare for the response in advance. When he saw him succeed, he immediately dispatched troops to respond, and attacked the camp of the Young Marshal’s army back and forth. , captured the thief Xiang Kang who was too bullying, and executed him in a chariot.

Without God's perspective, I only know that Xiang Kang has indeed repeatedly bullied Qi Ji's troops in Nanyang's local army, and shamelessly snatched away Qi Ji's daughter to rape him. Qi Ji's autographed letter was carefully read again, and after confirming that there were no flaws, Qiu An asked Qi Ji's messenger: "Why did your Captain Qi ask us to do it tomorrow night? Can't we just do it tonight?"

"This..." Qi Ji's messenger looked embarrassed, and said: "General, the villain doesn't know, Captain Qi didn't say the reason, if the general wants to ask, the villain can go back now and replace you face to face Go ask Captain Qi this question."

"Qiu Junwei, what's so strange about this?" Ma Dayan said with some puzzlement: "We passed the night safely, Qi Ji and the others can definitely make Xiang Kang's rebels feel more at ease with them, and they will do it tomorrow night. Of course, it can be much easier. Besides, we need time to prepare for sending troops to meet Qi Ji and the others, otherwise, how could we be so prepared to go out of the city for a night battle in a hurry?"

Qiu An didn't bother to pay attention to Ma Dalin who was too impatient. He just observed Qi Ji's expression and reaction carefully. Seeing that although his expression was tense, his eyes were not flustered, and he didn't seem to be cheating, so he nodded and ordered Said: "Go down and rest first, we will discuss it with Lu Junzun later, and then I will give you an answer."

The envoy Qi Ji agreed, but did not leave immediately with the guards of the Nanyang County Guard. He knelt down to Lu Kui, Qiu An and the others, and said with a pause, "Mr. Lu, the two Great Qin generals, please trust our relatives The sincerity of the captain’s return, we, Captain Qi’s subordinates, really hated Xiang Kang’s dog thief. We came to help him from Li County. The captain's daughter was also robbed. Countless people in our army wanted to fight the thief Xiang Kang, but they really couldn't beat him, so we had to swallow our breath for the time being. You can send someone to inquire about these situations. If the villain has half a lie In other words, even if you smash the villain car to pieces, the villain will never complain."

After a few pauses, the envoy Qi Ji said again: "Also, the villain is still willing to stay in the city as a hostage. If we, Captain Qi, fail to fulfill our promise and join hands with you to attack Xiang Kang's dog thief, you can take the little man The little one is slaughtered, and the little one has absolutely no complaints, the villain really hates that bastard Xiang Kang too much."

Seeing that the envoy spoke sincerely, Qiu An also nodded and waved his hand to let him go down. Then, after Qi Ji's envoy was taken away by the guards, Qiu An turned to Lu Jun and asked, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean? Is it credible?"

"The old man is a bit uncertain." Lu Yu said truthfully: "Although Qi Ji's motive for asking for surrender is reasonable, and his letters and envoys also seem to be true, Qi Ji is also a traitor who rebelled against the court after all. Whether the words are reliable, the old man really dare not make a conclusion."

"Junzun, the villain thinks that Qi Ji's letter should be authentic." Lu Yu's confidant Chen Hui interjected, and said: "The rebel Xiang Kang forced him to set up the west gate of Wancheng alone, and he clearly refused to believe him. , and deliberately used his army as a bait to lure us out of the city to fight. Yesterday Xiang Kang's traitor was obsessed with sex again, and forcibly robbed Qi Ji's daughter and returned to the camp to humiliate him. Such a shameful humiliation, which father in the world can bear it? Qi Ji Therefore, it is not surprising that the traitor gave birth to the idea of ​​abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, and we should believe his words."

Glancing at Chen Hui, whom he trusted the most, Lu Jue just nodded without saying a word, while Ma Dalin over there couldn't wait, and immediately seconded: "Chen Sheren is right. His own daughter was taken away and bullied by others. Who in the world can bear being a father? Qi Ji’s words are absolutely true, we should also seize this opportunity and join hands with him to attack Xiang Kang’s rebel camp, try to defeat the rebel army in one battle, and completely turn the tide of the battle.”

Lu Yu nodded again, and then asked Qiu An back: "Lieutenant Qiu, what do you think?"

"The lower official also thinks that Qi Ji's request to surrender should be true, but the lower official also thinks that we don't necessarily need to take such a risk." Qiu An thoughtfully replied: "Wancheng city is strong, the city is high and the moats are deep, and the food in the city is not enough. It is very plentiful and can be defended for a long time. If we adopt a strategy of steady defense, there is every hope that we can persist until Xiang Kang's rebels run out of food. But if we venture out of the city and the battle does not go well, the consequences will definitely be unpredictable."

"Qiu Junwei, the opportunity to fight is rare. If we miss it, we may not have such a chance to defeat the enemy again." Chen Hui interrupted again, and said: "And even if we persist until Xiang Kang's traitor is forced to retreat, then he will attack Nanyang If we don’t save the other cities in the city, what should we do? If we don’t save them, we will just watch the city fall and the court will investigate, how will you and the county official explain to you?”

Qiu An kept his mouth shut, because Chen Hui's words were indeed very reasonable. Even if Wancheng could be defended in the end, Xiang Kang only needed to lead his troops to attack other cities in Nanyang, and the main force of the Qin army in Nanyang would still be in a dilemma. Maybe he died in vain. If he doesn't save him, he will definitely not be able to explain to the Daqin court. When the time comes, the court will pursue it. Although Lu Wei, the county guard, must bear the main responsibility, but as the captain of Nanyang County, Qiu An will definitely not be able to escape. responsibility.

It was precisely because of this concern that after a long time of calculation, Qiu An could only kick the ball back in front of Lu Jue, and said, "Please make up your mind, Jun Zun. If Jun Zun decides to take the risk, we will go out of the city to participate in the Expo." Well, if Jun Zun feels that caution should be the priority, we will continue to be patient."

Lu Jue planned to secretly visit his confidant Chen Hui, but when he saw Chen Hui winking at him, indicating that he would agree, Lu Jue hesitated for a moment, and then he took the case and said: "The opportunity to fight is rare, we have to take a gamble." Otherwise, even if we defend Wancheng and lose the other cities in Nanyang, we still have no way to explain to the court! That’s it, I promise Qi Ji that tomorrow night we will send troops to cooperate with him in attacking Xiang Kang’s rebel camp!”

Seeing that Lu Jue had finalized the case, Qiu An, who believed that Lu Jue's request to surrender was true, didn't say anything more, and quickly discussed a battle plan with Lu Jue and Ma Dalin, and then wrote a letter to reply Qi Ji, An envoy from Qi Ji told him to return to Qi's camp with a letter to get Qi Ji ready to fight.

After tossing around for a long time, all the things that should be done were done, and then after Qiu An and Ma Dalan left one after another, and returned to the back hall, Lu Wei asked Chen Hui alone, leaving aside the others: Insist on taking risks to fight?"

"Because for Jun Zun, this is your only chance." Chen Hui replied in a low voice: "The imperial court has made it clear that if you want Jun Zun, you must annihilate Xiang Kang's bandit army in Nanyang, or you will have to pay two soldiers." Both crimes and punishments, you will be punished and even beheaded. If you fight head-on, you will never have any chance to meet the requirements of the court. Only by taking a risk can you hope to create miracles. Therefore, Qi Ji, the traitor, please surrender and give us To create opportunities to defeat the enemy, others don't have to consider taking risks, but Jun Zun, you must take risks."

"Sure enough, sir, the old man has been educated." Lu Yu nodded and said, "That's right, no matter whether it's true or not, the old man can only take a risk and gamble."

After waking up, Lu Kui didn't ask what to do after losing the bet, and Chen Hui didn't think about the next step for Lu Ji after losing the bet. The host and guest had a good understanding and deliberately avoided this important question.

The night passed quickly, and on the second day, Lu Yu summoned the generals of Nanyang early to prepare for the night battle. Although there were some generals in the Qin army who worried that fighting at night would be too risky, they suggested to continue to be on the safe side. But Lu didn't care about it at all, and insisted on risky gambling. In addition, the county lieutenant Qiu'an and Ma Dayan from Xianyang also stood by Lu Yu's side. Individual opponents did not dare to insist, and the generals of the Qin Army were ordered to return to their respective camps soon. , Organize the army to prepare for the night battle.

In the daytime of the same day, Qi Ji's army was forced to mobilize [-] cannon fodder and began to fill up the moat under the cover of the bows and crossbows of the young marshal's army. The crossbow shot directly, causing a lot of casualties to the generals of the Qi Ji Army who were carrying the earth and rocks. This made the soldiers of the Qi Army, who were still kept in the dark, even more resentful towards the Young Marshal. I am very happy, knowing that the generals of the Qi army will definitely hate the young marshal even more because of this, and they will definitely work harder when fighting together.

After finally getting dark and barely filling up some of the moats, the cannon fodder of the Qi army retreated. The soldiers of the Qin army who were going to fight at night also seized the time to eat and receive dry food with torches, and assembled in the streets and alleys of the city Into the army.However, when the first quarter of the second watch was approaching, Qiu An, who was about to lead the army to fight, suddenly felt uneasy, and said to Lu Jue who came to see him off: "Mr. Lu, I think about it, are we taking too much risk? Do you need to discuss it again?"

"If Commander Qiu regrets it, of course we can discuss it." Lu Yu's tone was understated, and he added: "But the old man has something to say first, we have spent so much time and energy preparing, and if we suddenly give up halfway, we can only ask you to come forward and give our soldiers a Confession. Also, if Qi Ji and the others act according to the agreement tonight, we have missed this opportunity, and the court will pursue it in the future, and we can only ask you to bear the responsibility."

Not wanting to lose face in front of all the soldiers of the Qin Army, let alone take the responsibility of missing the opportunity, Qiu An hesitated for a while, and said helplessly, "There's no need to discuss it, let's gamble."

At the beginning of the second watch, the north and west gates of Wancheng were opened at the same time. Under the leadership of Qiu An, Ma Dayan, Song Yang and other Qin army generals, more than ten thousand Qin troops secretly left the city in two ways under the cover of night. Bao Ti quickly assembled outside the city, and then quietly rushed to the camp of the Young Marshal's Army to lurk outside, waiting patiently for Qi Ji's troops to attack.

Qi Ji fulfilled his promise, just when the third watch arrived, there was a sudden roar of killing at the back camp of the Young Marshal's Army, and countless torches were shaking.Seeing this situation, Qiu An didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately sent out a signal, ordering the Qin Army's front team to attack the Young Marshal's front battalion. As a result, Qiu An was even more overjoyed that the Qin Army's front team led by Ma Dayan rushed in smoothly. After setting off the front battalion of the Young Marshal's Army, many tents of the Young Marshal's Army were set alight in the blink of an eye. Seeing the opportunity, Qiu An ordered the soldiers to beat the war drums, urging the army to light the torches and launch a general attack.

At the same time, on the north gate city of Wancheng, seeing the camp of the Young Marshal Army on fire from a distance, Lu Yu, the governor of Nanyang County, was also overjoyed, and blurted out: "Okay! It seems that the old man's head and official position are both There is hope to keep it!"

Of course, the dawn of the Qin Army's victory was only fleeting. The Qin Army's front team had just rushed directly to the vicinity of the Young Marshal's camp. The front team of the army and the front team of the Qin army were shocked. After realizing that it was a trick, they quickly turned around and ran for their lives. The young generals chased and killed the front team of the Qin army bravely. .

At the same time, the four gates of the Young Marshal's camp also opened wide, and an army rushed out from the three camp gates in the east, west, and north, shouting and killing the main force of the Qin army whose position had been exposed, the Qi Ji army who had been acting outside the camp before Then quickly retreated to the front of the barracks, preparing to pick up small fish and pick up cheap ones after the Qin army was defeated.

The sudden ambush of the Young Commander's Army made the Qin Army's army panic. After realizing that it was a trick, the Qin Army was in chaos. Qiu An took the lead in turning his horse's head and fleeing for his life. The generals of the handsome army pursued closely, and killed the Qin army who had fled in a hurry, disarming their armor and disarming them. , rushed directly to the gate of Wancheng, and tried his best to prevent the Qin army from returning to the city.

At this time, seeing the Qin army fleeing back after being defeated in a distance, Lu Yu, who was still full of joy just now, was dumbfounded, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "There is no way, it seems that we can only strive to become obedient citizens of Chu State .”

Having said that, out of duty, Lu Yu, whose conscience was not as dark as Xiang Kang's, quickly ordered the city gate to be opened so that the defeated soldiers of the Qin army could return to the city and escape for their lives. As soon as they rushed near the north gate of Wancheng, there was a situation of trampling on each other on the other side of the moat. Countless soldiers of the Qin army pushed each other, fell into the river countless times, and were trampled to death by their own soldiers. Only the flesh and blood of soldiers can rush through the moat. Under the complete chaos, there are layers of corpses on the moat bridges, and there are many corpses. There are very few soldiers who can really rush across the bridges and escape back to the city.

Worse still to come, the pursuers of the Young Marshal, who had been well prepared long ago, quickly chased after them, forcibly killing a bloody path among the defeated Qin army, and took control of the bridgehead of the moat. Not daring to rush forward, they could only flee to Ximen and return to the city, crying and shouting. Unfortunately, the situation on Ximen's side was even worse. Not daring to drive, at the same time, the other pursuers of the Young Commander's Army had also arrived one after another. The crowd of defeated soldiers of the Qin Army was forced to disperse completely, and the stars scattered and fled everywhere. While chasing and killing the enemy, desperately expanding the results of the battle, but also desperately weakening the combatable strength of the Qin army.

At this time, Qiu An, who was the first to flee for his life, escaped back to the city from the north gate by chance, then staggered up to the top of the north gate, and shouted at Lu Ji, who was commanding the defense on the north gate, "It's all about you!" It’s all you! The officer said, don’t take risks, don’t take risks, you just don’t listen! Now it’s all right, we’re in an ambush, and the casualties must be extremely heavy! Next, how will we defend Wancheng? How will we defend it?”

"Qiu Junwei, don't you want to spout blood, okay?" Lu Wei was full of anger when he heard it, and said angrily: "Take a risk, you agree to this point, and Chen Sheren and General Ma from Xianyang can testify , why now that we have been ambushed and lost the battle, you want to put all the responsibility on the old man again?"

"When I set off, I regretted it. It was you who forced me to take the risk!" Qiu An was also completely annoyed, and shouted: "Your surname is Lu, you wait for me, I must report this matter to you." The court report must be reported to the court in its entirety!"

In the official system of the Qin Dynasty, the sheriff, county lieutenant, and censor at the county level did not belong to each other, and were all under the direct control of the imperial court. Qiu An did have this qualification to directly report to the Qin court what happened, so Qiu An He dared to say such a thing only when he was completely out of breath.As a result, it was precisely because of this that Lu Yu's face immediately turned ashen, and his gloomy eyes looked at Qiu Anjian, who was baring his teeth and claws, revealing a faint murderous aura...

At the same time, in the Young Marshal's barracks, he heard the loud shouts of killing gradually receding and weakening, as well as the continuous cheers from the Young Marshal's barracks. Qi Min, who had been hiding in the maid's arms all this time, cautiously poked his head out and asked Said: "Have we already won?"

"Don't worry, Yushu, we've already won, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

The maid who hugged Qi Min comforted softly, Qi Min nodded, but refused to leave the maid's embrace, and suddenly thought that if at this moment the handsome young man who helped Xiang Kang snatched him away, replaced his maid, in my arms...

"It's so embarrassing! What's wrong with me? Why can't I always forget him?" Qi Min complained to himself with a hot face, and then secretly regretted, "That man, why did he come to see me the night before and never showed up again?" ? He shouldn't, he never cared about me, right?"

(End of this chapter)