Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 223

He has a smooth communication channel with Xianyang, and he can pass the news directly through the fast horse at the post station. Qin Ting Lieutenant Xi Teng, who is in command of the Xianyang Lieutenant Army, of course confirmed the news of the coup in Xianyang one step earlier than Xiang Kang.

Knowing that Hu Hai was killed, Xi Teng, who was still loyal to Qin Ting, was of course in a tizzy. At one point, he wanted to take the lieutenant army back to Xianyang to kill Zhao Gao, who had been forced to swallow his anger, to avenge Hu Hai, but after calming down, However, Xi Teng resolutely dismissed the idea of ​​returning to the army, and ordered the news to be strictly sealed, so as not to shake the morale of the army and affect the morale, and ruined the main force of the Lieutenant Army, the only Qin army that could still defend Xianyang.

While secretly hating Zhao Gao, Xi Teng was also quite thankful that Qin Shihuang's nephew Ziying was able to inherit the throne, because when Hu Hai and Zhao Gao killed the Meng Kuo brothers, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to say a word to the Meng brothers. To be fair, only Ziying stood up and tried his best to dissuade and oppose Hu Hai and Zhao Gao from killing the hard-working Meng family brothers. Although Ziying's persuasion failed in the end, it still left a deep impression on Xi Teng and many Qin Tingmen and military forces. .

Later, when Hu Hai killed Li Si, he was afraid of Zhao Gao's obscenity, and only Ziying stood up against him in the Qin court, which made Xi Teng and other Qin court loyal officials have a better impression of him, so Xi Teng also sincerely hopes that Ziying can succeed Take power and save the Great Qin court from the collapse of the building.

Because of this, while keeping the news tightly sealed, the politically minded Xi Teng sent his reliable confidants back to Xianyang in secret, trying to contact Ziying, who was about to inherit the throne, secretly professing his loyalty to Ziying, and requesting to accept Ziying's order Dispatch.

Although Xi Teng's decision was decisive, he had no choice but to cover the flames. Because of the proximity to Xianyang and some special reasons, the news of Hu Hai's killing quickly spread among the Xianyang lieutenant army, and soon affected the soldiers of the Qin army. The morale of the army, the generals of the Qin army and Li Cai, the general of the Qin army who fled from Wuguan all the way to Lantian, were also panicked, and they came to Xi Teng together to find out whether the news was true or not.

The news had leaked out, and Xi Teng had no choice but to tell the truth to the generals of the Qin army and Li Cai and others. The generals of the Qin army were shocked when they heard this, and said one after another: "Old thief Zhao Gao is so courageous. How dare you kill the emperor? What do those high officials in the court do for food? How could Zhao Gao be allowed to do such a thing?"

"Old thief Zhao Gao is crazy? The bandit army has already hit Lantian, and he dares to kill the king in Xianyang. Isn't it afraid that our lieutenant army will be in chaos and the bandit army will take the opportunity to attack?"

"It's over, it's over for Daqin! Daqin has become so chaotic, and the old thief Zhao Gao actually killed the emperor. Daqin just can't think about it this time."

"Shut up!" Xi Teng sternly stopped the generals of the Qin army, and said with a stern expression: "The affairs of Xianyang will naturally be handled by the court officials and the emperor's relatives. We generals don't have to go there. Worrying, I have no right to worry about it! For us generals, the most important thing right now is to lead the army well, kill the Xiangkang rebels and keep Xianyang, other things can only be discussed later!"

After drinking the generals, Xi Teng said again: "I told you what happened in Xianyang to let you have a clear idea, but when you get down there, you must tell every soldier of our lieutenant army that there is nothing wrong with Xianyang. Those rumors about the imperial court are all nonsense, you must stabilize the morale of the army for me, do you understand?"

"Promise." The generals of the Qin army clasped their fists in resignation and agreed, and then another general of the Qin army said timidly: "But lieutenant, we definitely won't be able to do much if we do this. Xianyang is so close to Lantian, and what happened in the court must be Or will it be known by our soldiers soon?"

"It's a day to be able to hide it." Xi Teng's tone became more helpless, and he said: "In short, our lieutenant army must not be chaotic. If our lieutenant army is also in chaos, Daqin Jiangshan will really be completely over."

When the generals of the Qin army reluctantly agreed again, a soldier suddenly reported from outside the tent, saying that Xiang Kang sent Shu Suntong, a traitor to the Qin court, as an envoy to contact Xi Teng with a letter from Xiang Kang, asking Xi Teng to meet him in person.Xi Teng, who knew Shusun Tong, was furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "This traitor, who helped Zhao Gao's old thief to deceive the emperor and made the group of thieves outside the pass a big one, dares to come to meet the old man today? No see! Tell him to get out! Go back and tell the traitor Xiang Kang that you want to contact the old man if you have anything to do, and send other envoys, but the old man doesn't want to see Shu Suntong, a shameless bastard!"

The messenger agreed, and when he was about to turn around and go back to deliver the order, Xi Teng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly shouted: "Stop, don't pass the order, this old man wants to meet Shusun Tong in person!"

The messengers were astonished, and all the generals of the Qin army were also puzzled. They all said, "Lieutenant, Shusun Tong is a traitor who deceived the emperor and betrayed the country and begged for glory to help the bandit army. Why do you go to meet him in person?"

"Don't ask too many questions, you go down to stabilize the morale of the army first." Xi Teng ordered calmly, "I will come to you to discuss the military situation after the old man has sent Uncle Sun Tongpifu away."

Xi Teng, who has been in command of the lieutenant army for many years, is quite prestigious in the army. The generals of the Qin army did not dare to say anything, but went down obediently to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army. Xi Teng quickly tidied up his clothes and actually led his own soldiers to the camp He greeted Mr. Uncle Sun at the door, but saw Xi Teng, an important minister of the Qin court, actually came to greet him in person. Mr. Uncle Sun, who was forced by Xiang Kang to persuade him to surrender, was of course flattered, and hurriedly saluted Xi Teng to thank him. Xi Teng looked disappointed. He helped Mr. Uncle Sun with his own hands, and said in a heavy tone: "Mr. Uncle Sun, you don't need to be too polite. I know your reason for coming. Let's talk about it if you have anything to do."

Seeing Xi Teng's gloomy expression, Mr. Uncle Sun felt even happier, and secretly said: "Okay, it looks like this old man must know about Xianyang's affairs, and he must be worrying about Xianyang's affairs. There may be someone to persuade him to surrender."

Perhaps Mr. Shusun really hoped to make a great contribution this time. After being invited by Xi Teng to sit in the Chinese military tent, Mr. Shusun quickly explained his intention of coming to Xi Teng, presented a letter written by Xiang Kang, and He encouraged Xi Teng Yizhi, who had lost his allegiance, to surrender, and led the lieutenant army and the young marshal army into Xianyang to kill the rebellious minister Zhao Gao to avenge Hu Hai.Xi Teng's attitude obviously wavered, and after a long time of consideration, he said: "General You's kindness, I am very grateful, but as a minister of Qin, I have received the state's favor for the world, so I can't do things that betray the master and ungrateful for the sake of personal glory and wealth. , so I can only appreciate General You's kindness."

"Old general, since ancient times, good birds choose wood to live in, and virtuous ministers choose their masters to serve." Mr. Shusun hurriedly persuaded: "Besides, the second emperor has been killed by Zhao Gao's traitors. Old general, even if you want to serve the Great Qin court, Now there is no one who can be loyal. On the contrary, if you change the banner and surrender to our army, you, the old general, will have the opportunity to kill Zhao Gao's traitor, avenge the second emperor and be loyal, and you can also keep your soldiers under the old general's command. Wouldn’t it be great if you could kill two birds with one stone in the hometown of your father and elders?”

Xi Teng was obviously moved by Mr. Uncle Sun's words, and pondered for a while, Xi Teng replied: "Mr. Uncle Sun, give the old man some time to think about it. How about this? Go back and tell General You to give him a few days to think about it. The old man will give him a satisfactory answer as soon as possible."

Mr. Uncle Sun refused to give up, and tried his best to persuade Xi Teng to make up his mind immediately. Unfortunately, although Xi Teng's attitude was obviously shaken, he still failed to decide to surrender on the spot. After receiving the gift from Xiang Kang to Xi Teng, he left and went back to the camp to report to Xiang Kang about his mission.

After personally sending Mr. Uncle Sun out of the camp, Xi Teng wanted to immediately order all the generals of the Qin army to go to the tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters, but his own soldiers rushed to report that the secret envoy Xi Teng sent back to Xianyang to contact Ziying had returned to the camp. Xi Teng was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurried back to the big tent. First, he summoned his confidantes who he had sent back to Xianyang. As soon as they met, he asked the confidantes, "How is it? Did you see Mr. Ziying?"

"Reporting to the old general, Zhao Gao sent people to guard Ziying's mansion, but the villain was unable to meet him." The confidant family replied: "However, the villain bribed a servant from Ziying's mansion who went out on business to let him He brought your message, old general, into Mr. Ziying's mansion, and later Mr. Ziying sent that servant out to bring a message to the villain."

"What?" Xi Teng asked quickly.

"Mr. Ziying said, you don't have to worry about the matter of Xianyang, old general. I just ask you, old general, to stop the bandit army and leave hope for the great Qin court to make a comeback." The confidant family replied truthfully.

"I don't need to worry about the matter in Xianyang. I want the old man to stop the bandit army and give the Great Qin court the hope of a comeback?" Xi Teng recounted Ziying's message, and he quickly got his mind, guessing that Ziying must have something. If you can deal with Zhao Gao, you can settle the matter in Xianyang without your own help, and as long as you block Xiang Kang in Lantian, the Daqin court must still have hope of a comeback.

Knowing Ziying's attitude, Xi Teng certainly didn't hesitate, and immediately let his family go down to rest, and immediately summoned the generals of the Qin army, and told them that Xiang Kang sent his uncle Sun Tong to persuade him to surrender. Li Cai, who had suffered enough, was furious and said angrily: "Shameless bastard, every time there is a battle before the battle, he will first send people to bribe him to persuade him to surrender, but this time he dares to change his mind Hitting you, General Xi, on the head is simply a daydream, wishful thinking?"

"Who said Xiang Kang's rebels were daydreaming and wishful thinking?" Xi Teng spoke surprisingly, and said with a smile: "Let me tell you the truth, because of the chaos in Xianyang, the emperor was killed, and the old man has already agreed to that bastard Shusuntong, saying that I am going to think about it for a while." Time will decide whether to surrender to Xiang Kang's traitor!"

"What?" Qin Jun's generals were all shocked, and Li Cai even screamed out, saying, "Old General, do you agree to consider it?!"

Xi Teng smiled, then suddenly put away his smile and said loudly: "All generals obey orders!"

Caught off guard by Xi Teng's call, the generals of the Qin army immediately stood up subconsciously, but Xi Teng looked solemn, and quickly said: "Immediately send an order to the whole army, and immediately rush to make torches, dry food and other things for night battles. The second watch is tonight." Send troops, start at midnight, and sneak attack on the camp of the bandits! This battle is of great importance, and it is related to the life and death of our Daqin court. I hope that all generals must be brave and take the lead, fight with your life, defeat the enemy in one battle, and keep the capital of our Daqin and our Daqin. The court's country and country!"

"Promise!" All the generals of the Qin army clasped their fists together and sang the promise loudly. Li Cai also hurriedly clasped his fists in agreement, and said with great joy: "Old general, it turns out that you deliberately pretended to be vacillating in order to paralyze Xiang Kang and make him less prepared. , and then take the opportunity to sneak attack and destroy the enemy."

Xi Teng smiled again, and said: "This is our only chance. Although our Xianyang lieutenant army is well-equipped and the soldiers are strictly trained, we lack actual combat experience. The chances of winning are very small, only by highlighting the surprise soldiers and killing the bandit army by surprise, can we hope to defeat the strong with the weak, turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop, and keep the Guanzhong land of our Great Qin, understand?"

"The general understands!" Li Cai clasped his fists in a hurry, and said excitedly: "Please rest assured, the general, the general will lead the army to fight to the death tonight, and enter the enemy's camp at all costs, and never let the old general be in vain in front of the envoys of the bandits. bear the burden of humiliation!"

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At the same time, in Xianyang, a young eunuch suddenly ran out of Ziying's Mansion, which was guarded by five hundred Qin Palace Langzhong, and said in a panic to Zhonglang, Zhao Cheng's confidant who led the Langzhong to guard Ziying's Mansion: "General, it's not good. , our young master suddenly fell ill and was writhing in pain, please go in and have a look."

"Is the young master suffering from a sudden illness?"

Zhong Lang, who led the team, was shocked when he heard that, hurriedly followed the little eunuch into the door, and went directly to Ziying's bedroom to check the situation. After arriving at the scene, Zhong Lang also saw that Ziying was lying on the couch and rolling over Screaming, no matter how comforting Ziying's family members tried to comfort him, it was useless, he looked very miserable.The Zhonglang sent by Zhao Cheng was anxious when he saw him, and hurriedly asked Ziying's confidant eunuch Han Tan who was talking to the medical workers, "Huangmen, did you find out what's wrong?"

"Zhonglang, I haven't found out yet." Han Tan replied in a panic, "But the medical staff suspects that the young master may have been poisoned?"

"My lord has been poisoned?" Zhong Lang's shock was no small matter, and he quickly asked the medical worker, "Have you confirmed it? What kind of poison has your lord been poisoned?"

"Reporting to the general, it is still not confirmed." The medical worker replied: "But judging from the symptoms, it looks like he has been poisoned by Hedinghong (arsenic)."

"Hedinghong?" The Zhonglang was startled again, and hurriedly asked Han Tan, "Huangmen, what did you eat and drink today, my lord? Where did those things come from?"

Before Han Tan could answer, Ziying was already rolling and shouting hoarsely, "Quick! Go and invite the prime minister! I want to see the prime minister right away! I want to see the prime minister right away! Oh, it hurts me so much, go and invite the prime minister!" Prime Minister, I have something to say to him, something very important to say to him!"

Han Tan hurriedly comforted Ziying, but Ziying didn't listen at all, and screamed that he wanted to see Zhao Gao immediately, Han Tan had no choice but to say to the Zhonglang: "General, my son must see the prime minister immediately, you can only see Zhao Gao immediately." It’s hard work for you to go there yourself to invite the prime minister to come over for our young master, and the villain will arrange people to investigate the matter of young master’s food, and the results will be available soon.”

Seeing that Ziying's situation was critical, Zhong Lang didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurried out to invite Zhao Gao for Ziying. Fortunately, Ziying's mansion was not far from Zhao Gao's mansion, so Zhong Lang arrived soon. The situation was explained in front of the gate of Zhao Gao's mansion, and he was quickly led to Zhao Gao. When he heard that Ziying had been poisoned, Zhao Gao was also taken aback, and said in a low voice, "Who did it? Who is so courageous?" , dare to poison the future King?"

"Prime Minister, the matter of poisoning is still under investigation, but Mr. Ziying asks you to go to see him immediately, saying that there is something very important to tell you face to face." Zhong Lang replied truthfully.

Zhao Gao rolled his eyes and realized that if he didn't quickly accept the invitation and Ziying died of poison again, others would definitely suspect that he was the one who poisoned Ziying. Only by being the culprit behind the scenes can he be cleared of his suspicions, and he can also rely on this to buy people's hearts.So Zhao Gao didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered his servants to prepare chariots and horses for him, and immediately drove to Ziying Mansion to check the situation after changing clothes.

The matter was too urgent, and Zhao Gao didn't have time to send someone to ask his younger brother or son-in-law to bring people over. When he arrived at Ziying's Mansion, he immediately got off the car, took only Zhonglang with him, and went directly to Ziying's Mansion, and rushed to Ziying's Mansion with big strides Outside the door of Ziying's bedroom, the servants of Ziying's mansion who were guarding the door hurriedly gave way to open the door. Zhao Gao also ran directly to Ziying's couch, and asked the dying Ziying, "My lord, how are you doing now? Are you there?" Feel better?"

"Prime Minister..."

Moaning, Ziying stretched out his hands, held Zhao Gao's hands, and then suddenly exerted force, tightly holding Zhao Gao's wrists. Zhao Gao was startled, and subconsciously asked, "My lord, what are you going to do?"

This was also the last sentence in Zhao Gao's life. Han Tan, Ziying's confidant who was waiting by the couch, suddenly pulled out a sharp knife from under the bed mat, and took advantage of Zhao Gao's chance of being caught by Ziying with both hands, and stabbed him directly. In Zhao Gao's heart, Zhao Gao looked at Han Tan in disbelief, Han Tan's face was expressionless, and he drew back the sharp knife, Zhao Gao's blood immediately splashed on Ziying's face and the quilt.

Suddenly, the only Zhonglang brought by Zhao Gao couldn't react at all. Ziying's two adult sons pulled out their swords together, pointed their swords at his throat, and snatched his waist at the same time. Han Tan pushed down Zhao Gao's body which was still shaking, and walked up to the Zhonglang with a knife in his hand, asking expressionlessly, "Do you want to die? Or do you want to live?"

"The villain wants to live." The Zhonglang replied sweating profusely.

"It's easy to live." Han Tan ordered, "Go to the gate and send an order to tell your people to invite Zhao Cheng and Yan Le here immediately, and say that this is Zhao Gao's intention."

That Zhonglang nodded hurriedly, and then, under the supervision of Ziying's confidantes, he walked to the door of Ziying's mansion, and loudly ordered his men to go down to invite Zhao Cheng and Yan Le, and said that this was Zhao Gao's order, then Zhong Lang's subordinate, Lang Zhong, did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly obeyed the order. Soon after, Zhao Cheng and Yan Le were tricked into Ziying's Mansion, and were immediately separated by the servants of Ziying's Mansion led by Han Tan. Killed, and died without making any sound.

Then, Ziying immediately ordered Han Tan to act as Lang Zhongling, took Zhao Cheng's seal and ribbon to take over the command of the Lang Zhong Guard outside his house, and brought this Lang Zhong Guard into the palace to take over the Miyagi Guard. The leader of the army contacted Wei Weijun and ordered Qin Tingwei Wei to send troops to protect him from entering the palace. After seeing Zhao Gao's head, Wei Wei didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly brought three thousand Wei Weijun to protect Ziying from entering the palace to take power , And ring the bell to summon all officials to go to court.

When the officials of the Qin court entered the Xianyang palace city, it was already dark, and all Zhao Cheng's cronies in the palace city had already been captured. The cheers were like thunder, and many people cried bitterly. They prostrated themselves in front of Ziying and nodded their heads again and again, crying loudly, "Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty eradicated Zhao Gaoguo's traitor with a snap of your fingers! Daqin is saved! Daqin is saved! !"

It was also at this time that Ziying showed a little smile on his serious face, and muttered to himself: "Da Qin is indeed saved, as long as Xi Teng can stop the bandit army and keep Guanzhong, Da Qin will definitely be saved!"

(End of this chapter)