After Zheng Anping crossed the Danshui with the army, he was not in a hurry to capture the city, but quietly deployed along the coast, everyone did not understand his thoughts very well, the Shangdang army in this battle, it can be said that it lost face, several times defeated to Wei Wuji, even the main general was taken away because of the unfavorable battle, of course, his biggest fault was because he did not find Wei Wuji's traces in time, so that Bai Qi encountered Wei Wuji's ambush.

Therefore, when Zheng Anping was ordered to cross Danshui with a large army, the senior generals all had their own ideas, either taking advantage of the fact that there were no troops stationed in the various cities of Zhao State now, and directly conquering these areas, or... Kill the "resistant" mob to get enough military merit, not to be rewarded, not to be held accountable for fault after the war. However, Zheng Anping didn't seem to care about this, he just stationed his soldiers along the Danshui coast, and didn't even dare to capture the nearby city.

"General, I have heard that a warrior who is good at archery, when he draws a strong bow, will immediately shoot his arrows and hit the target, and if he keeps pulling the full bow and does not let go, his hands are sore, and then he trembles because of the soreness, the arrows he shoots will fly past the target... Now that you have an army full of fighting spirit and want to wash away your shame, you are crossing the water to fight, like a strong bow with a full draw, why should you hesitate? ”

The generals knelt in front of Zheng Anping, and one of the generals said to him seriously.

Zheng Anping frowned, he was indeed very entangled in his heart. He knew why these generals were in such a hurry to go to war, they were afraid that they would be punished after the war and their titles would be reduced, for the old Qin people, the title was everything! In this battle, they were repeatedly defeated by Wei Wuji, and the soldiers of each department were seriously reduced, and when they were liquidated after the war, if they could not take any decent credit, they would be held accountable.

Of course, Zheng Anping is also afraid, as the main general, if he really asks for the guilt, then he is the second person who needs to stand up and bear the fault. However, he didn't dare to attack Zhao Guo recklessly, Zheng Anping could discover his hidden talent when Fan Ju was the most down, he was naturally not a stupid person, on the contrary, he lived very cautiously, and liked to consider the extreme in everything, which was also the reason why he was promoted by Fan Ju faster than Wang Ji.

He lives very cautiously in the Qin State, and he will not deliberately improve his title like Wang Ji, this is a person who cherishes his life and does not care very much about power status, but just wants to enjoy happiness. He didn't want to be questioned for the war, but he didn't want to easily lose his life, crossing the water to attack Zhao, this was Bai Qi's order, he had to obey it, but after crossing the Danshui, whether he wanted to storm the cities of Zhao and whether he wanted to kill the Zhao people who resisted, Bai Qi didn't say clearly.

Zheng Anping's eyes widened, and he said to the general blankly: "I don't understand what you mean, what am I hesitating?" ”

The general looked at him and sighed helplessly, he had never seen such a stupid general, they were also Wei people, why was the gap between him and Ying Hou so big? In these days, Zheng Anping looked stupid, but most of the generals were angry enough, even when Wang Ling was there, he couldn't look down on him very much, and he was ordered to build camps and cook, which was still on Ying Hou's face.

Even if it was such a thing as escorting grain, Wang Ling didn't dare to hand it over to Zheng Anping to do. After Wang Ling left, when he heard that Zheng Anping had succeeded him as a general, he hurriedly wanted to stop him, but when he was escorted on the road by the soldiers, he shouted no, extremely frightened.

The general said helplessly: "Please send troops to Zhao Di... Now that the Zhao Kingdom is empty, it is the best opportunity to attack, if he can capture these places, he will definitely be able to force Wei Wuji to return to help, even if he does not rescue, he can also shake his military heart, this is a great achievement! Zheng Anping smiled, nodded, and suddenly said: "I see, okay, I'll write to ask the king..."

"What? Ask the king? The general's eyes widened, and he muttered: "Before the king can reply, we will be arrested because of the defeat in the war...", he sighed, and then said: "General, you can't ask the king, it will take too long, or take advantage of the fact that the Zhao people don't know, let's attack as soon as possible...", Zheng Anping said solemnly: "How can I make my own decisions?" If it destroys Wu Anjun's deployment, isn't it a big crime? ”

"In this way, I wrote to ask Wu Anjun to act according to Wu Anjun's orders!"

Zheng Anping said again, everyone had no choice but to agree to him, and then walked out of the camp tent, as soon as he walked out of the camp tent, these generals began to angrily abuse, as old Qin people, they still don't like people like Zheng Anping who were airdropped to them from Wei State, especially after he behaved so stupidly.

"What a great opportunity, the Zhao people don't even know that we have crossed the river, and at this time we are attacking... Military merit is at your fingertips, but you have encountered such a main general. ”

"Heh, did he personally recommend him, or don't say that."

After sending off these generals, Zheng Anping sat down, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed: How could he meet such stupid generals. The order that Bai Qi handed to Zheng Anping was only to cross the river to let Wei Wuji return to the army, but he did not carefully say what he planned to do after crossing the river, why is this? Because Bai Qi didn't want to get into trouble, Zhao Guo had a big trouble, a big trouble.

The first thing the general who got this order thought of was to capture the city, kill those who resisted, and create more momentum to attract Wei Wuji to come back... Zheng Anping knew that such a move was completely suicide, how obsessed the King of Qin was with Ma Fujun, and the Qin people knew that after Ma Fujun's words and deeds reached the hands of the King of Qin, they would immediately be distributed to various places and become a new teaching material for the Qin officials to learn.

Zheng Anping had also read Ma Fujun's book, and he knew very well what Ma Fujun hated, if he slaughtered the resisters in Zhao State... He felt that Ma Fujun only needed a letter to make King Qin cut off his head, not long ago, King Qin made a statement about the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and even the captured captives of Zhao and Wei were sent back, and Wu Anjun killed in South Korea, not even paying attention to the local Koreans.

At such a time, to kill the good and take the risk?

Therefore, Zheng Anping wrote a letter to Bai Qi again, wanting to get Bai Qi's order, if Bai Qi asked him to kill, then he could kill himself, because this is Bai Qi's military order, and he just obeyed the military order, if Bai Qi let himself watch it, or hinted that he would kill, then he would not understand his hint, and that would be fine. Although Wu Anjun is terrible, he also has a marquis behind him, but he is not afraid of his revenge.

Zheng Anping thought about it, and happily ordered to camp on the riverbank to prevent Wei Wuji from crossing the river and attacking.

The generals just scolded him for his stupidity, but they didn't dare to disobey it, even if the Qin people knew that the general's order was wrong, they would not come out to oppose it, and could only bury their heads in execution, because it was a capital crime to oppose it. For example, there was a Zhao Zilong in the army, who rushed out of the enemy formation and cut down the enemy's general without the order of the main general, the general might praise his bravery, but then he would be executed according to the military law.

Qin Law will never allow the soldiers to act alone, nor will they disobey any orders of the generals, unless he makes you surrender.

Soon after, Bai Qi got Zheng Anping's bamboo slips, and Zheng Anping asked him how to act.

Bai Qi smiled and wrote an order with his own hand, ordering the scout to send it.

Zheng Anping, who received Bai Qi's reply, immediately began to attack Zhao State, and Bai Qi told him that he was not allowed to kill the people in the city when he captured the cities in various places. Zheng Anping suddenly made a move, letters asking for help from all over the country rushed to Handan, Lian Po led the soldiers who personally practiced in Handan to kill Danshui violently, the two sides encountered in the Zhongmu area, Lian Po was defeated, and hurriedly retreated, Zheng Anping was shocked, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to pursue.

The generals repeatedly asked to march, Zheng Anping attacked again, unexpectedly, Lian Po was defeated again and fled to the Great Wall, Zheng Anping really couldn't believe it, it was this guy who confronted Wu Anjun in Changping in the first place??

Just when Zheng Anping led people to kill Zhao Changcheng, preparing to besiege Handan and force Wei Wuji to return to the army... His back road was copied, it turned out that Lian Po ordered the deputy general to pretend to be the main force, let him feint defeat, and seduce Zheng Anping to go deeper, but he was directly cut back with the main force, and when Zheng Anping reacted, he had been blocked by Lian Po in Anyang, outside the Great Wall, unable to advance or retreat, and was terrified.

Lian Po's soldiers were far less than Zheng Anping's army, therefore, Zheng Anping tried to break through from the north and return to Shangdang from the eldest son, but his breakthrough troops did not kill Lian Po's encirclement, Lian Po by dividing the battlefield, taking advantage of the favorable terrain, formed a situation of fighting more and less in various places, almost according to the Qin people, Lian Po also deliberately released the Qin army that broke through, and directly divided the Qin people into three points, so that they broke off contact with each other.

If it is another army, after being cut off from the main general, there is a high probability that it will be directly defeated, but the Qin army is different, without Zheng Anping, the main general, it can still follow behind the generals and captains, and continue to fight, Lian Po first concentrated the army and directly swallowed the weakest Qin division that was divided, and then, when he was about to swallow Zheng Anping's other partial division, a messenger sent by Zheng Anping was brought to Lian Po.

"What? He's going to surrender?? ”

The tall Lian Po looked at the envoy in front of him, dumbfounded, will the Qin people also surrender?

Most of the Qin people will not surrender, because, the consequences of surrender are very serious, the Qin State implements the joint sitting system, if you die in battle, maybe the child will inherit the title, but if you surrender, not only will you cut off the title, along with close relatives and fellow villagers, all will sit together... Accept the most severe punishment, so the army of Qin will rarely surrender, it doesn't matter if you die in battle, you can't kill your own family...

As for the generals who surrendered, in addition to their close relatives and fellow villagers, there were also those who recommended them, and their close friends, they were punished. If the generals of the Qin State wanted to surrender, the soldiers at the bottom would never agree, and they were unwilling to make their families suffer because of their surrender, so after the change, the Qin generals who surrendered directly with the reorganized army were almost non-existent.

It was precisely because of this clear knowledge that Lian Po was surprised that Zheng Anping wanted to surrender. He looked at the envoy in front of him, this envoy spoke fluent Zhao dialect, but with some Wei accent, probably Zheng Anping's doorman, Lian Po smiled and helped him up, and said, "Zheng Anping really wants to surrender?" The envoy nodded earnestly and said, "However, the rest of the generals will not agree..."

The envoy explained seriously, it turned out that surrender was Zheng Anping's idea, and the rest of the generals of the Qin State did not know about it, and the soldiers were even more so, surrender was a serious crime, and Zheng Anping did not dare to open his mouth to persuade, so he sent someone to find out the false reason of Zhao Jun, and sent himself to find General Lian Po... Lian Po squinted his eyes, and he didn't believe a word about the envoy's words.

The envoy said: "My lord has consulted with the generals to prepare a feint attack on the north in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and a real attack on the south..."

Lian Po smiled and entertained the envoy, which sent him away, although he did not believe Zheng Anping, but he still did not give up the deployment, he deployed troops on all the roads that could break through, and asked them to keep an eye on the movements of the Qin people at any time.

When the sky was getting brighter, suddenly there was a shout of killing from the west, the Qin people did not break through from the south the day after tomorrow, but in the early morning of the day when the envoy returned, they broke through from the west, but, Lian Po quickly rushed here with a large army, Zheng Anping stood on the chariot in a panic, commanding the army to attack, when he saw Lian Po's chariot running over one soldier after another towards his own killing, he suddenly dropped the flag, holding his head and shouting: "I surrender!" Surrender!! ”

Because of the fall of the flag, the Qin people were not able to burst out with any combat effectiveness, and they were easily defeated by Lian Po.

Zheng Anping stood in front of Lian Po with a smile, if he hadn't been tied up, he would have thought he was a guest.

"Zheng Anping... You sent a messenger saying that the Qin army broke through from the south in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, why did the Qin army break through from the west yesterday? ”

"The day after tomorrow?? South?! Zheng Anping looked at Lian Po in surprise, he shook his head and said: "No, I sent someone to say that the early morning of the 16th broke through from the direction of Zhongmu.. What's going on? My doorman said the wrong thing?! ”

Zheng Anping said, and said to Lian Po with some horror: "This must be my disciple who is unwilling to let me bear the infamy of surrendering, so in this case, please forgive him for his crimes."

Lian Po raised his head, laughed, and laughed for a long time, then he drew his short sword, walked to Zheng Anping's side, cut the rope on his body, and then said: "You are right, your doorman is a sage... Please come with me to meet you. ”

Zheng Anping was silent for a moment, then squeezed out an ugly smile and said, "Okay." ”

ps: I have always felt that Qin's joint sitting method is a very cheating system..