Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 219
The two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be beheaded.

This unwritten rule has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period in China. After thousands of years of ups and downs, it has basically been followed by warring armies in ancient and modern China and abroad. It is rare to deliberately violate this rule. However brutal and bloody, most of the envoys can safely travel between the camps or positions of the two warring parties.

This unwritten rule has turned hostility into friendship countless times, saving the lives of countless soldiers and civilians, but it has also created opportunities for some despicable villains to cheat and steal. It is possible to launch an attack on Gaoguan, and the soldiers of the Qin army at Gaoguan are also ready to defend the city with blood and life. After expressing his attitude that he wanted to represent Xiang Kang to meet with Chen Qiu, the general guard of the Gaoguan Gate of the Qin Army, the Qin Army still opened the gate of the city gate, and kindly invited Li Shiqi into the city, and even invited Li Shiqi directly to the Gaoguan Gate. The south gate tower made Li Shiqi meet Chen Qiu directly.

Li Shiqi was also very polite, just after confirming Chen Qiu's identity, he immediately bowed his hands to Chen Qiu and said, "Li Shiqi, a doctor of Chu State, has seen Qin Guogong take Chen Qiu and General Chen."

"Doctor, please sit down." Chen Qiu said casually, but his eyes were fixed on the package held by Li Shiqi's entourage, and he pretended to be casual and said, "You are too polite, your army and our army are about to fight, why do you still bring it?" Got a present?"

"Just like what Zhang Zifang said, he is indeed a philistine. The old man has already noticed what the old man brought before he even opened his mouth to talk about giving gifts."

While Li Shiqi was muttering in his heart, he couldn't help being full of confidence in this mission again, and said with a smile: "General Chen, you don't have to be polite. The right general of our Chu State has heard the name of the general for a long time and admires the general so much, so he let the foreigner The minister brought me a little gift, and I beg General Chen to accept it with respect."

As he said that, Li Shiqi pouted to his entourage, and the entourage understood, and immediately opened the package, revealing a bag full of gold and jade. Chen Qiu was secretly happy when he saw it, but he still pretended to evade, and said, "Doctor Li, use the package to buy gold and jade." Don't be so polite, as the saying goes, you don't get paid for nothing, and I have never had any contact with the right general, so how can I accept his generous gift?"

"General Chen, there was no contact before, isn't it now?" Li Shiqi smiled and said, "Since ancient times, hosts and guests have exchanged gifts, and it is only human nature. Now we, General You, have come from afar to give some gifts as guests. General Chen, you, the landlord of Yaoguan, is just following the etiquette of host and guest, so I beg you, general, to be polite and accept it."

Chen Qiu smiled and said: "Since the doctor has talked to this extent, it would be inhumane if I don't accept the gift from the right general. Anyway, please accept the gift from the right general for me. Also, Doctor Li, please sit down, let's sit down and talk if we need anything."

After listening to Chen Qiu's order, his soldiers immediately stepped forward, took the gold and jade brought by Li Shiqi, and put them in front of Chen Qiu. Li Shiqi also sat in the guest's seat, and Chen Qiu Shi couldn't wait to pick up a jade wall to play with, and asked casually: "Doctor Li, the battle is coming soon, and the right general sent you here, why?"

Seeing that there was no one else in the tower except Chen Qiu's personal soldiers, Li Shiqi was not polite, and said straight to the point: "General Chen, our right general sent foreign ministers here to persuade the general to abandon the dark and turn to the bright. Zhu's tyranny of the Qin court, led the army under his command to join the anti-Qin righteous army, and joined hands with our army to march into Xianyang, destroy the tyrant Hu Hai, and create a foundation that will never be easy."

"Persuade me to surrender?" Never expecting that Li Shiqi would speak so directly, Chen Qiu couldn't help being stunned, and said in amazement: "The right general came from afar, and he didn't fight a battle, and he didn't shoot an arrow. Want to persuade me to surrender directly to him?"

"The general misunderstood. The foreign ministers are not here to persuade you to surrender, but to persuade you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright." Li Shiqi smiled and said: "Since the first year of Emperor Qin II, the world has been in chaos. Against the Qin Dynasty, Hu Hai, the second generation of the Qin Dynasty, became more and more perverse, fatuous and brutal, causing the land outside the pass to fall one after another. Breaking through and destroying the Qin Dynasty is just a matter of time. If the general does not hurry up and respond to others, abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, not only will he pay attention to whether he will be safe, but the general's wealth and life will also be threatened. Therefore, the foreign ministers are bold and ask the general to do more Think for yourself, and think more about your generals and soldiers, and make the right decision as soon as possible."

Chen Qiu laughed loudly and said: "The doctor is alarmist. Zhang Han, the general of the Great Qin, is still fighting against the rebellion of the six countries in Hanoi. How can it be regarded as a government order not to leave Hangu Pass? Besides, although the six countries in Shandong claim to restore the country However, his subordinates are nothing more than a group of mobs, vulnerable to a single blow, and sooner or later they will be wiped out by our Daqin tiger and wolf divisions, so what is the danger of subjugation?"

"Sooner or later, he will be wiped out by the Tyrant Qin army?" Li Shiqi laughed dumbly, and said, "If Zhang Han really has the ability to wipe out the armies of the Six Nations, why did he lose from Julu and flee all the way to the flood? If the Qin court really had confidence in Zhang Han's victory, why would he divide his military power and let him form an army with Wang Li? If the armies of the six countries were really vulnerable, how could they sweep the Central Plains and defeat Zhang Han? Fleeing away with Wang Li in arms, only dared to take advantage of the dangers of mountains and rivers to survive, and dare not confront the armies of the six countries head-on?"

Speaking of this, Li Shiqi paused for a while, and then said: "General Chen, you are also a person who knows how to fight, and you should know how dangerous it is to have one army and two masters to make multiple sects. Hu Hai is so stupid that he doesn't know anything about military affairs. The army outside the pass is divided into two, let Zhang Han and Wang Li each command an army, how long do you think the army outside the pass of the Qin Dynasty can last? Mountains and rivers are blocked, and the road is far away. I am afraid that at this moment, the army outside the pass of the Qin Dynasty has already The army was defeated like a mountain."

After all, he is the son of a butcher who has come to this day by virtue of his military exploits. Chen Qiu has two talents in the military. After hearing Li Shiqi's words, he was inevitably a little silent, and he quite agreed with Li Shiqi's judgment.Li Shiqi took a good look at his words and took the opportunity to say: "General Chen, take ten thousand steps back and say that even if the Tyrant Qin army outside the pass is not in danger of being destroyed for the time being, your situation is at stake right now. It has been ten years since our army of Chu broke through Wuguan pass." For three days, the Qin court did not send any reinforcements to Yaoguan. There are only a few thousand defenders in Yaoguan city, and the terrain is not as steep as Wuguan. How could it possibly withstand the hundreds of battles of our Chu State? General Chen, if you don’t make up your mind quickly, when our right general sends his troops to attack the city and enter the Yao Pass, it will be too late for you, general, to regret it.”

"It's your luck that you were able to win Wuguan. Our Daqin army fell into your tricks and there was civil strife, and traitors appeared in Guancheng, which made it easier for you." Chen Qiu retorted unconvinced, and then Said: "Also, who said that the imperial court didn't send me reinforcements? To tell you the truth, our Daqin imperial court has sent [-] Xianyang lieutenant troops to Gaoguan, and they have already arrived in Lantian. We can send troops to reinforce Yaoguan at any time. "

"The reinforcements from the Tyrant Qin army have arrived in Lantian? Is it true or not? When Chen Qiuer said this, he didn't think about it. He seemed to say it casually. Could it be true?"

Li Shiqi's heart trembled, but he laughed loudly on his face, and said with a smile: "General Chen, I'm sorry for my foreign minister's blunt remarks, even if the Qin Dynasty sent you [-] Xianyang lieutenant troops, what would it do? What kind of effect? ​​Isn’t it moths to the flames, eggs to stones, and sending [-] heads to our Chu army for nothing?”

"Doctor has such a big tone." Chen Qiu sneered, and said, "Don't you know that Chen Sheng's 20 bandit army was defeated by our Great Qin's [-] Xianyang lieutenant army when they were killed in Xishui?"

"Can the mob under the command of King Zhang Chu be compared with the great army under the command of our right general?" Li Shiqi immediately retorted, saying: "Although Zhang Chu's army had a large number of troops back then, all the soldiers were the heads of Guizhou that they coerced along the way. The people, the army is untrained, most of the weapons are farm tools, and the soldiers are even more uneven, old and weak. The chief general Zhou Wen is a pretentious follower of Xinling Lord, who has neither battle experience nor the ability to use soldiers. However, even In this way, the Xianyang Lieutenant Army of the Tyrant Qin only temporarily blocked this group of mobs by relying on the favorable location for playing in the water. In the end, it was still the Lishan prisoners who really defeated Zhang Chu's army. What is the real combat effectiveness of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army? Know."

"The Chu army under our right general is completely different." Li Shiqi said plausibly again: "There is not a single Chu soldier under our right general who has not experienced hundreds of battles and battles for a long time, and there is not a single one who has not died from a dead body. The elite soldiers trained in the sea of ​​mountains and blood have excellent weapons and equipment and rich battlefield experience. I heard that he suffered a defeat?"

"Zhang Han commanded 28 troops to go out of the customs. He killed 4 partial divisions without leaving any armor. He personally led the main force to avenge, but he still had nothing to do with our right general's more than 20 exhausted divisions. In the end, he was defeated in Suiyang. Return! Sanchuan Li You of the Tyrant Qin Dynasty fought against Wu Guang’s [-]-odd army with [-] troops for three months, is he already good at fighting? But he brought the [-] troops to meet our General Right Afterwards, wasn’t it like a child fighting a strong man, was easily defeated by our right general, and finally died in Waihuang? Does General Chen think that the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, who barely blocked Zhang Chuwuhe’s crowd, was better than Li Youjun under Li Junzun’s command? The [-] elite soldiers in the army are more brave and good at fighting?"

Chen Qiu was completely speechless, but Li Shiqi continued to be aggressive, and said: "Also, General Chen, you should also know that Li Cai, who fled from Shandao back to Yaoguan yesterday, was also assigned to him by the Qin Dynasty. The Xianyang Lieutenant Army, but what role did the Xianyang Lieutenant Army under his command play in front of our Chu army? Even if there is a favorable location, they are only facing some partial divisions under the command of General Right. Retiring after defeat, throwing away your helmet and armor and fleeing back to Gaoguan? That being the case, what kind of role can the [-] Xianyang Lieutenant Army sent to you by the Tyrant Qin Dynasty play against the main force of our General Right?"

In this era, there are really few people in the world who can argue with Li Shiqi better than Li Shiqi. Chen Qiu could only keep his mouth shut, but he was not swayed by it.Li Shiqi was not in a hurry, and said: "General Chen, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, because our general on the right marched in a hurry this time, and the supply and food carts are still behind, so we can only be in the front army." I hastily collected some gold and jade, and gave it to you as a meeting gift. After our supply and grain truck arrives at the foot of Gaoguan City, our right general still has three generous gifts to give to the general, to ensure that the general will be satisfied."

There was some light in Chen Qiu's eyes, and he managed to suppress the urge to speak, while Li Shiqi smiled and said: "General You also want to give you three generous gifts, the first one is [-] gold, One hundred pieces of jade, five buckets of pearls, I wonder if the general likes it? Do you want to know what the second generous gift our right general is going to give you?"

"Twenty thousand gold, one hundred pieces of jade, and five buckets of pearls?" Chen Qiu's throat suddenly became dry, and he couldn't help swallowing quietly, and couldn't help asking, "What is it?"

"Denghou, there are still three thousand households in Shiyi." Li Shiqi said lightly: "The Denghou given to the general by our right general is not a false title, but to give the Deng County of Nanyang County to you, the general. Fiefdom, Deng County is the land and water hub of Nanyang and Nanjun. It has a large population, gathering merchants, and our right general who voluntarily surrendered. He was not destroyed by the war. General Chen, you don't think it's disgusting? Also, it is extremely difficult to make a Marquis of the Qin Dynasty, General, even if you were lucky enough to defend Yao Pass in this battle, it is absolutely impossible for the Tyrant Qin court to enshrine you as a Marquis and grant you a fief, right?"

Chen Qiu swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and couldn't hold back the impulse in his heart anymore, he hurriedly asked again: "Then what is the third gift that the right general is going to give to you?"

"Of course it is a treasure in Xianyang Palace." Li Shiqi smiled and said: "When Qin destroyed the six countries, it snatched all the accumulation of hundreds of years from the six countries outside the pass to Xianyang and swallowed them. Accumulation, the rare treasures in Xianyang Palace City are not just piled up as simple as a mountain? If the general can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, help our right general go straight to Xianyang, and reward the meritorious service after destroying Qin, even if our right general can destroy the Xianyang palace city. Take out one cent and two cents of the treasures in the treasure to give to the general, the general may not be able to enjoy it in ten lifetimes, right?"

Chen Qiu could no longer hide his greedy expression, his eyes were shining brightly, and his teeth were constantly moving. Li Shiqi observed his words and saw that he was completely shaken, so he took out Xiang Kang's letter and said: "Chen Qiu General, there is no evidence for what you say. This is the letter of our General You. Please read it. After reading it, what should you do? Should you be buried for the tyranny of the Qin court, or should you follow the heavens, abandon the dark and turn to the light, change the flag and return to our army, and you will be named wife and son in the future , enjoy the glory and wealth from generation to generation, and I ask the general to make a decision early."

Going forward personally, he took Xiang Kang's letter of persuading him to surrender from Li Shiqi's hand. After reading it carefully, he saw that Xiang Kang had indeed personally promised to give him a heavy reward. The greedy Chen Qiu didn't hesitate, and immediately prostrated himself to Li Shiqi He bowed down and said respectfully: "I would like to ask the doctor to report back to the right general, and just say that I am willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, change the flag and surrender, and will always serve the right general. Please accept it."

Li Shiqi was overjoyed, and quickly got up to help Chen Qiu, comforted Chen Qiu with kind words, and asked Chen Qiu to switch and surrender immediately, and go to Xiang Kang with him to ask for a reward.However, Chen Qiu showed embarrassment and said, "Doctor Li, I'm not trying to play tricks, but I'm going to switch and surrender now. I really don't have the confidence to do so."

"Why?" Li Shiqi asked quickly.

"I am worried that the soldiers in Guanzhong will not accept it." Chen Qiu said truthfully: "The guards of the pass are all local soldiers in Guanzhong, and their families are all in the hinterland of Guanzhong. There are many people who are obsessed with obsession. The soldiers mutinied, and even hurt your golden body, doctor. Therefore, you need a little time to prepare for the surrender of the city, and you can switch and surrender the city when you are sure."

Considering Jiujiu Lao Qin's stubbornness, and if the soldiers of the Yaoguan garrison really mutinied, not only would his life be in danger like Chen Qiu's, but his previous efforts would probably be wasted. General, the old man can give you time to prepare, but you must also express your sincerity in asking for surrender, so that I can go back to the right general and we can trust your promise and give you time to prepare to surrender. "

"Doctor, how should I express my sincerity?" Chen Qiu asked quickly.

"Write a letter and express your sincerity to the Right General in the letter." Li Shiqi said: "Then sign and seal, and let the old man take it back to the Right General, and our Right General can trust you."

Chen Qiu, who is obsessed with money, nodded quickly, and immediately wrote a letter himself. In the letter, he not only expressed his willingness to surrender, but also scolded the Daqin court and Hu Hai. Signed and sealed, and even pressed his own handprint, so that Xiang Kang could take this letter to ask for the heads of his whole family at any time, and then respectfully held it in front of Li Shiqi with his own hands.

Seeing that Chen Qiu took the initiative to press his fingerprints, Li Shiqi certainly understood that this money fan really wanted to surrender and make a fortune, but just to be cautious, Li Shiqi still reminded: "General Chen, hurry up, don't waste time, we General You won't wait for you for long."

"Don't worry, doctor. Tomorrow, at the latest before sunset the day after tomorrow, I will switch to surrender." Chen Qiu replied confidently, and arranged for his confidants to send Li Shiqi out of the pass politely. south gate.

The matter was not over yet, and after returning to Xiang Kang with a smile on his face, Li Shiqi hadn't had time to report the good news to Xiang Kang, when he found that Xiang Kang couldn't even close his mouth with a smile. Said: "Why is the right general so happy?"

"Our envoy who went to contact Zhao Gao came back from the Luoshan trail." Xiang Kang said with a happy smile, "That bastard Zhao Gao asked our envoy to bring a message, saying that as long as I agree to split the soil with him and become king in Guanzhong, He guarantees that it will be a smooth road for us to enter Xianyang."

"Crack the soil to be king? Zhao Gao's dog thief also wants to be king?" Li Shiqi was amazed, and then laughed: "No wonder the right general is so happy. Although Zhao Gao's dog thief only made a verbal promise, as long as he wavers, we can easily enter Xianyang A lot."

Xiang Kang smiled happily, and hurriedly asked Li Shiqi: "Mr. Li, how is your situation? With such a happy smile, did you succeed?"

Li Shiqi laughed, and first told Xiang Kang carefully about the process of negotiating with Chen Qiu, and also said that Chen Qiu had taken the initiative to disclose that Qin Ting had sent reinforcements to Gaoguan, and then handed over Chen Qiu's letter to After meeting Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was naturally overjoyed when he saw the letter. He patted his legs and said, "Okay! With this letter in hand, I don't have to worry about Chen Qiu playing tricks anymore! As long as he suddenly opens and closes the door, even if the Tyrant Qin army arrived from Lantian." We don't have to be afraid of closing the North Gate!"

"General You, can you take advantage of this opportunity and use Gaoguan as a bait to lure the Tyrant Qin army in Lantian to die?" Uncle Zhou suggested.

Of course, Kang likes cheating and abducting the most, and he immediately started thinking about this possibility with his brain full of bad water, but Zhang Liang, who was next to him, suddenly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "General You, don't play with fire! Yes, we can't just wait for Gaoguan to surrender! We must seize the opportunity to stand out and take down Gaoguan by force, which is the safest and safest way!"

"Take Yaoguan by force?" Li Shiqi almost thought he had misheard, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zifang, what do you mean? You were the one who persuaded the right general to reject all opinions and give up the forceful attack to send envoys to surrender." , why are you trying to persuade the right general to take Yaoguan by force now that the general guarding Baoqin Pass has agreed to surrender?"

"For this reason, Chen Qiu told Mr. Li to your face just now." Zhang Liang said: "Mr. Li, you want Chen Qiu to open the city and surrender immediately, but Chen Qiu is afraid that the soldiers will not accept it, which will cause the defenders to mutiny and kill him, so he dare not immediately In Kaesong, even though Chen Qiu wrote this letter of request to surrender that was enough to make him confiscate his family and exterminate his family, and left a strong evidence with his fingerprints, it only proved that he wanted to surrender to us alone."

"Since this is the case, we must not pin all our hopes of winning Yaoguan on Chen Qiu alone." Zhang Liang continued: "Because if he does not keep secrets and leaks the news, he will not surrender. And the soldiers may launch a mutiny at any time, behead him, and then defend the pass city, let us waste all our previous efforts, in vain. Therefore, the foreign ministers feel that, for the sake of safety, not only should we not take the risk of using the pass as bait to lure the tyrants The reinforcements have fallen into a trap, and we must take advantage of Chen Qiu's promise to surrender and prevent Yu from taking precautions, highlighting the surprise soldiers to take the Gao Pass, so as to ensure that we can surely open the way to enter Xianyang."

Hearing what Zhang Liang said was reasonable, Li Shiqi, who was good at debate, rarely closed his mouth and turned his gaze to Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang put his hand on his chin and calculated carefully. Zhang Liang understood what Xiang Kang was thinking, and said again: "General You, although it's a bit treacherous to do this, it's better to be careful. After all, if Chen Qiu was really sure that he would lead the Gaoguan defenders to open the city and surrender, he would have opened the gate just now. Since he is not sure, then we will You can’t place all your hopes on him alone!”

Xiang Kang blinked his triangular eyes, and suddenly said: "Where are we breaking our promise? Have we promised Mr. Chen Qiupi that as long as he surrenders, we will not attack the city? Fight! He has no intention of defending the city, so let me lock him up." Take it down directly, first ensure that the way to enter the army is opened, and then discuss other matters."

After speaking in a relaxed tone, Xiang Kang added another sentence in his stomach, "By the way, I will also save a lot of money for me. I have earned my money through hard work, so it will be cheaper for anyone who sees money." Twenty-five boy?"

(End of this chapter)