Ma Gonggong sweated like rain when he heard this, and regretted it in his heart, he knew that he would not take the initiative to hand over his son's affair just now, otherwise he could still gamble, but he didn't expect that he would have such a poignant love story, every time he thought of it, he would shed a few tears, why couldn't he move the King of Qin? At the same time, he also regretted that he shouldn't have been obsessed, and his children should have lived a rich and noble life? Why do you have to make meritorious contributions and become a general? Maybe he is a eunuch, this is a defect in his heart, and he doesn't want her children and grandchildren to have this defect, right?

But in any case, there is no regret medicine in this world, and at this time, tears flowed down again, and almost in a pleading tone, he said: "Your Majesty, please let my child go for the sake of serving you all my life......

King Qin snorted coldly and said: "There are no rules, there is no square circle, no matter which country it is placed in, it is a big crime to rebel and usurp the nine clans, otherwise the cost of rebellion is too low, you see where you are in the field, you have to rebel at the risk of the nine clans, if I don't punish your nine clans, how can Qin Law stand in the world?"

When Ma Gonggong heard this, he trembled all over, tears rained down, and muttered a few words in his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

King Qin didn't pay attention to him at this time, turned around and left!

Qu Nian chased after him and whispered: "Father, one person does things and one person is in charge, isn't it a bit too much to punish the Nine Clans?" After all, his child is innocent, we can investigate it then, if his child did not participate in the rebellion, I think this matter is forgotten, it is enough to kill him alone." ”

King Qin stopped, looked at him and said, "Qu Nian, you have such good thoughts, my father is very pleased, but the king of forgiveness is not a good king, a country is like a big tree, if you find moths on it, you should kill all the nests, not one of them." ”

Qu Nian said: "But his children are not moths, they have mutated, they have broken into butterflies, and they have nothing to do with him." ”

King Qin said: "Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, rats give birth to sons will make holes, and the offspring of moths will always be moths! Besides, before the rebellion was quelled, you began to intercede for the traitors, and this kind of thinking is very dangerous! Sooner or later, you will suffer! If it weren't for the fact that you are my son, I would have killed you. ”

Qu Nian wanted to fight again, but King Qin waved his hand and said: "Don't plead anymore, if you don't plead, I can still give them a decent way to die, if you plead again, I will cut them all in half!"

Qu Nian licked his lips and stopped talking.

King Qin said again: "Is this person really useless? Do you want to use him to send two fake messages to He Zaiye?"

Qu Nian said: "There is no need. If you send it again, you will add to it, and his value has been squeezed dry!"

King Qin nodded, and then walked outside the courtyard gate, and saw the guard commander guarding the courtyard gate, so he said: "Kill it!

The Commander answered.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, although He Zaiye only had a large camp, but before he had time to pull out the camp, he received a secret letter, the 300,000 defenders of Hangu Pass had withdrawn from Hangu Pass and began to march towards Xianyang, which made him feel refreshed, it seems that the news delivered by Ma Gonggong is true, and he immediately reorganized his troops and horses, and began to march towards Shangyong Pass!

On the way, he received news intermittently that the defenders in the south and west of the Qin State had also secretly evacuated, which made him overjoyed and shouted: "God help me!"

He Jingliang rode on a horse and walked beside him, and then said with a smile: "Father, it seems that Qin Qunian doesn't know that he has been sold!"

He Zaiye said: "No matter how smart he is, after all, he is also a human being, and he is not an immortal, how can he be clever? It is impossible for even King Qin to suspect Gonggong Ma, let alone him, a person who has just come back for a month?"

He Jingliang said: "Fortunately, my father was far-sighted, if he hadn't installed such an important person by King Qin's side in advance, he would have succeeded in Qin Qunian's treacherous plan!"

He Zaiye said: "Even if there is no Ma Gonggong, I will get this news, your father has been working in the court for so many years, if he doesn't even have this bit of eyeliner, then I don't dare to rebel." Since there is a rebellion, it must be nine out of ten. ”

He Jingliang nodded and said, "Father is very right!"

He Zaiye said: "You tell the news to King Yiqu now, ask him to speed up, rush to Juliang Pass before dark today, take Juliang Pass tomorrow, and then don't leave Juliang Pass, and send all the soldiers and horses on their left to Juliang Pass, so as to wait for work!"

He Jingliang said: "If you start to gather soldiers and horses now, will it make the Qin army suspect that their plan has gone on the road?"

He Zaiye said: "Even if you doubt it now, it's too late, since they have withdrawn the troops on the southwest defense line, they are already an arrow from the string, and it is difficult to collect it, and now they want to transfer the troops back, it is too late, and if they are transferred around, it will be like a fly without a head, and the army's spirit will be scattered!"

He Jingliang nodded and said, "Father has a point, then I will send someone to inform King Yiqu now!"

He Zaiye said: "Also, I want to inform Changhuajun and Bashu that now the Qin army's defense line is empty, let them hurry up and attack and join us as soon as possible." ”

He Jingliang responded.

In the evening, the more than 100,000 troops led by He Zaiye arrived in front of Shangyong Pass, but it was more than ten miles away, and the majestic Shangyong Pass could not be seen clearly. But he is familiar with every grass and tree here, and he can imagine it if he can't see it, after all, he is not out to travel, and it doesn't matter if he can see it or not. At this time, they are ready to set up camp and attack the city tomorrow, although only one camp is set up, but there must also be a sense of ceremony.

As a result, his camp has not yet been set up, and the sentinels have reported that the Qin defenders of Shangyong Pass have all been evacuated, and there is no one left, but the Qin army demolished Shangyong Pass before leaving, and now Shangyong Pass has become a ruin!

He Zaiye was quite shocked and said, "The defenders have withdrawn, and they have destroyed Shangyong Pass?"

He Jingliang said: "The defenders have destroyed Shangyong Pass, will they already know that we plan to hold on to Shangyong Pass?"

He Zaiye nodded and said, "It's possible!"

He Jingliang said worriedly: "Isn't that a bad thing!"

He Zaiye said: "It's not as bad as you think." First of all, this is just our guess. And if they can guess now, I wish it were, because the troops on their southwestern defense line are already on their way to Xianyang, so what can they do? They can't stuff the troops back again, right? We won't say whether they can stuff them back for the time being, but even if they can stuff them back, everything will just go back to the way they were. ”

He Jingliang said: "Then should we pursue?"

He Zaiye shook his head slowly, and said: "No need to pursue, act according to the original plan, tomorrow we will occupy Shangyong Pass first, and then inquire about the news, if their soldiers and horses are still coming here, then we will still stick to Shangyong Pass, if we don't transfer to this side, we will take the initiative to attack." ”

He Jingliang said: "But Shangyong Pass has been ruined!"

He Zaiye said: "Even if Shangyong Pass is destroyed, it is still a pass, and there are dense mountains and forests on both sides. ”

He Jingliang said: "Then why don't we occupy the Shangyong Pass tonight?"

He Zaiye said: "You can't be impetuous in the war, otherwise it is easy to fall into the enemy's ambush, now the general trend has been decided, don't worry, go tomorrow during the day." ”

He Jingliang nodded and said, "Okay!"

After saying that, he began to reorganize the soldiers and horses, and set up camp, of course, only in the camp of one person in the field.

The next day, He Zaiye led more than 100,000 soldiers to Shangyong Pass, and when he went to Shangyong Pass, he saw that there were already people going to the building, oh no, to be exact, it was people who went to the building to collapse. Originally, he also planned to find a room to rest after arriving at Shangyong Pass, although the handsome tent he lived in these days was forced, it was uncomfortable after all, and he also wanted to have a room and a bed.

So he looked at this pile of ruins, a little disappointed, but only disappointed, for his royal cause, the room and bed were not worth mentioning. In contrast, he preferred to sleep in the bed of the Qin Palace.

Because they are divided into several routes, now he decided to stick to Shangyong Pass, so he transferred several soldiers and horses on the right side, after all, Dayong Ridge is very long, if you want to hold it completely, it is impossible, and you have to disperse the troops, only by transferring together, can you concentrate the advantage. And Xianyang's soldiers and horses are also limited, he is not afraid of the other party sending troops to outflank, if there are too few people outflanking, he doesn't have to take it to heart at all, if there are too many people outflanking, then the defenders on the front will be correspondingly fewer, then he will take the opportunity to kill Xianyang, occupy Xianyang in one fell swoop, and then just meet with Changhuajun and the people of Bashu in Xianyang.

So before noon, Shangyongguan gathered more than 300,000 horses, and He Zaiye's eldest son He Jingzhong also came!

He Zaiye has nothing to do now, although he feels that he has the victory in his hands, but after all, he is rebelling, and this sudden silence makes him very nervous, so he can only desperately send someone to find out the news and divert his attention.

At noon, news finally came that the soldiers and horses in the north of the Qin State were converging towards Xianyang, and the soldiers and horses drawn from the defense line in the south and west were also converging to the north of Xianyang, and the garrison of Xianyang had 300,000 troops, and they had rushed to the position of two hundred miles north of Xianyang, with Wan Ting as the commander, and had already converged with the soldiers and horses who had fled back from the north, nearly 600,000, and it was estimated that as soon as the 600,000 soldiers and horses were in place, they would launch an attack.

He was not surprised by all this, because he had already received the tip, and the only thing he was surprised was that the 300,000 soldiers and horses drawn from Hanguguan suddenly disappeared for no reason, and they did not appear on the way to Xianyang.

This is 300,000 soldiers and horses! Moreover, the Qin State is the most taboo against the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, so the 300,000 soldiers and horses in Hangu Pass are the most elite soldiers and horses of the Qin State.

This made He Zaiye a little panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to investigate, fortunately, he had always been afraid that the Qin army would adopt a roundabout tactic, and on all the roads leading to Dayongling, he had arranged secret agents in advance, and in the evening, he finally received a report that the 300,000 soldiers and horses in Hanguguan did not rush to Xianyang, but turned north halfway, with Xie Changhong as the commander, and rushed to Yishengpo, five hundred miles east of Juliang Pass!

Yishengpo is the junction of the Dayong Mountains and the Kunshan Mountain Range, where the terrain is gentle, there is no danger to defend, and the span is very long, even if they know Xie Changhong's movements in advance, and want to intercept the 300,000 soldiers and horses there, it is unlikely, not to mention that they are now gathering troops, the soldiers and horses in the east have been collected by the King of Yiqu to Juliang Pass, and Yishengpo has no defenders at all!

However, this can't be blamed for He Zaiye's ill-thought-out thinking, after all, he is here to rebel, not to defend the country, so he should focus on attacking.

When He Zaiye heard the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly raised the account, of course, it was still in his only tent. Originally, this kind of thing, a few generals just hid in the grove and chatted, but he felt that there was no force, what was the difference between that and bandits?

Although there is no handsome case in the camp tent, there is a handsome position, which is the innermost place facing the tent door, and He Zaiye is standing there at this time. In front of him stood a dozen major generals, including his two sons.

He Zaiye got the news from him and told the generals.

After he finished speaking, his eldest son He Jingzhong said: "Father, this matter is obvious, the 300,000 Hanguguan elites led by Xie Changhong are planning to outflank us, cross the Dayong Ridge, and then attack us with the main force of the Xianyang side!"

He Zaiye said: "At present, it seems that this is indeed their best way, the only thing I think is strange is that they are not a little too early to detour, after all, the main force of Xianyang has not yet been assembled, why did they run over early? They can cross Dayong Ridge tonight, but their main force is still in Xianyang, and many of them are still on the way to Xianyang!"

He Jingzhong said: "It may be that Xie Changhong is too conceited, holding 300,000 elites, greedy for merit, and not taking us seriously." It is also possible that he thought that we were going to attack Xianyang now, so he made a detour to our rear in advance, so that we could have some scruples, so that we could delay us and buy time for their main force, after all, their reinforcements had not yet arrived at the designated place. Anyway, no matter when he comes, he must be here to outflank us, there is no doubt about that, otherwise why would he have worked so hard to come here?"

He Jingliang said: "I think the eldest brother is very reasonable, this is the lice on the bald man's head!" Because he has no prestige in the army, and he has no confidence to speak, he speaks softly!

He Zaiye took a deep breath and said: "It seems that there is indeed only this one possibility, this must be Qin Qunian's idea, it may be that I care too much about him and overestimate him a little, so I feel apprehensive." ”

He Jingzhong said: "Father, no matter how powerful Qin Qunian is, he is just a milky kid, he has never led troops to fight, where is it so easy to lead troops to fight? A war can be solved with just a few words? Last time in Luzon Pass, my father was just careless, so he let him get lucky, and now he has come up with this bad idea, he must think that we are still as careless as before, let him sneak attack, how can there be so many good things in this world, and let him meet them all?"