"But he's a widow's brother! How could he, this must not be... Master, master, you were furious before, did you already know that the Cheng Chan Society would rebel? ”

What does it mean to dig a hole and jump by yourself?

Now Li Ling just jumped into the pit he dug with one foot.

Ying Zheng's words obviously reminded Lu Buwei that if Li Ling knew in advance that Cheng Cheng would rebel, then how did Li Ling know, and what role did Li Ling play in this?

"That Fan Yu led the troops to lose more and win less, Cheng Chan is your younger brother, if it is known by the enemy country, it will definitely besiege Tunliu with heavy troops, if it is defeated at that time, and Cheng Chan is taken away by the enemy, how can I have the face of Qin State? That's why I wanted Cheng Chan to come back quickly, but who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen. ”

Obviously feeling the unkind eyes of Lu Buwei beside him, Li Ling felt a chill down his spine, and quickly found a reason to prevaricate.

"Taifu is really calculating, if the old man didn't stop Taifu that day and let Chang'anjun return to Xianyang, I'm afraid that Xianyang now will be a sea of corpses and blood!"

Now Li Ling and Lü Buwei are indeed in the same boat, but it does not mean that Lü Buwei will not seize the opportunity to pour dirty water on Li Ling.

"A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood? Stumped in this Xianyang City, who still dares to kill people under the nose of Xiangbang? Or, Xiangbang, what do you mean, you have to be in this Xianyang City for a long time? ”

In the face of Lü Buwei's attack, Li Ling did not show weakness and counterattacked directly.

"The widow still doesn't want to believe that the adult will rebel."

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Ying Zheng was silent for a moment and finally spoke up.

The relationship between Cheng Chan and Ying Zheng is still very good, and Ying Zheng knows very well that Cheng Chan doesn't have much ambition in this person, and he is also comfortable to be a Chang'an Jun, even if he is given ten dares, he will definitely not dare to rebel.

What's more, his wife is still in Xianyang City now, and she is pregnant with Liujia, no matter what, Cheng Chan has no reason to take risks.

"Is it possible that Cheng Chan listened to someone's slander? For example, that Fan Yu period? ”

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to discuss why Cheng Chan rebelled, but to quickly send troops to quell the rebellion!"

Seeing that Ying Zheng was still a little undecided, Lu Buwei hurriedly stepped forward to supervise him, and his step forward invisibly put a lot of pressure on Ying Zheng.

"Taifu, as a general who protects the country, can you think about whether you can immediately go out of the customs to quell the rebel army?"

After putting pressure on Ying Zheng, Lü Buwei immediately turned to Li Ling.

“......”

Hearing Lu Buwei's inquiry, Li Ling instantly realized that something was wrong, and thought carefully before starting to answer.

"At present, the troops closest to Tunliu are all on the Jicheng front, and if you transfer troops from China to quell the rebellion, I'm afraid it will take ten days at the earliest! In order to win in one fell swoop, it may take more than half a month from the completion of the assembly of the troops to the time they are put into the battlefield. ”

"Half a month? It doesn't take so long for the old man to look at it! ”

"Why, it's hard for Xiangbang to still count on the soldiers of various counties to quell the rebellion? Fan Yuzhi has a full 40,000 troops in his hands, and if it weren't for the irregular army, he wouldn't be able to fight against it! ”

Ten days was the fastest speed among the troops that Li Ling could think of, and it was impossible for other troops to arrive within ten days, unless ......

"Doesn't Lieutenant General Wang Jian have 50,000 Praetorian Guards in his hands? The Praetorian Guards far surpassed the rebels in terms of combat effectiveness and numbers, and General Wang Jian made many military exploits, and it was not a problem to settle a single Fan Yuzhi! ”

Sure enough, the old fox Lu Buwei hit his mind on Wang Qian's head.

"No, the Praetorian Guard is a soldier guarding Xianyang, don't act rashly, I don't know if there are any henchmen in Xianyang City, if you move the Praetorian Guard, Xianyang City's air defense is weak, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to the king!"

As soon as he heard that he was going to let Wang Jian judge, Li Ling directly stood up and objected, if Wang Qian's troops were withdrawn from Xianyang, wouldn't there be no one in the entire Xianyang City who could control Lu Buwei?

"Taifu is too worried, Xianyang Ling still has a thousand city defense troops available in his hands, and there are also many soldiers and horses in the hands of Wei Wei, so Taifu can rest assured that the king's safety is in danger."

Lü Buwei didn't give Li Ling a chance to refuse at all, and he had to transfer Wang Qian's Praetorian Guards out of Xianyang City anyway.

"Taifu's worries are also reasonable, so be it, Taifu, you personally lead 40,000 troops out of the pass to quell the rebellion, and General Wang Jian will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Xianyang!"

"Well, that's all there is to it."

Hearing Ying Zheng's relatively compromise approach, Li Ling was no longer entangled, so he could only agree.

Leaving from the Qi Nian Palace, Li Ling directly found Wang Jian and warned Wang Jian that he must be cautious after he leaves, and that nothing should be careless, especially to pay attention to Wei Wei Liu Quan, this person is probably not as simple as it seems, and it is very likely that he is not only obeying Lu Buwei's orders.

If you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, you must either go to Li Si or go to Wang Shang, this is Li Ling's last advice to Wang Qian.

After getting Wang Qian's assurance, Li Ling did not delay any longer, and directly gathered troops and horses and hurried to Hangu Pass, without even carrying much grain and grass supplies, but just asked Wang Jian to arrange to send them over as soon as possible.

Arriving at Hangu Pass one step earlier, Li Ling was able to find out the real situation one step earlier.

This night, Li Ling was about to die of grievance.

From realizing that something had happened, to the siege of Taifu's Mansion, to meeting Lu Buwei, to meeting Yingzheng, and finally leading the troops to the battle, Li Ling was almost pushed away, and he couldn't control the progress of anything at all.

Especially after facing Lü Buwei, Li Ling can be said to have been eating deflated, and Lü Buwei ate Li Ling to death with every step.

Now that he led an army of 40,000 to leave Xianyang, Li Ling really didn't know how many means Lu Buwei, who had completely lost his balance, still had to use.

Starting from Xianyang, Li Ling did not make any pauses and moved forward at full speed, but at the same time he was also carefully observing the situation in the pass, but he did not find any abnormal situation, everything seemed to be the same as usual, not like there was a rebellion.

When the troops arrived at Hangu Pass, after asking the soldiers guarding the pass, Li Ling still did not get any news of Cheng Cheng's rebellion, and at this moment, it had been five days since he left Xianyang!

Could it be that Cheng Chan never planned to rebel at all, and everything in Xianyang City was all the means of Na Lu Buwei, the purpose was just to eliminate dissidents, and at the same time transfer the Praetorian Guards from Xianyang?

Li Ling almost didn't dare to think about it anymore, if this was really the case, then not only Li Ling and Cheng Chan, but also the entire Great Qin would be tricked by Lu Buwei alone.