Just as Qin Zheng thought, Prince Shang's face turned blue instantly after hearing this, and he almost gritted his teeth and said: "This emperor will naturally not be in the company of the rebels, two of you and relax!" ”

Saying that, he also secretly glanced at Xiahoudun, as if to say that he was just an expedient measure, so that Xiahoudun should not be gullible.

But Xiahoudun has had enough of this farce, because the planned ambush is almost in place, and Xiahoudun no longer pretends, and straightens his waist directly and says:

"The prime minister treats Your Majesty well, why did Your Majesty rebel? Give Your Majesty another chance, as long as you can ...... obediently"

It's a pity that Liu Xie is now a thunderbolt, it's okay that Xiahoudun doesn't have this attitude, as soon as he changes his tone, the memories of being bullied in Liu Xie's mind in the past all float up, and then he directly roared and interrupted Xiahoudun's words:

"I don't! Cao thief lackey, I would rather be a peaceful prince for outsiders like the First Emperor than be a puppet for you anymore, so you should die! ”

Liu Xie has a deep understanding of his own status, and knows that sooner or later he will be a happy prince after Qin Zheng, but now the thief in his eyes is much more hated than the future foreign enemy.

The original plan of Xiahoudun and others was to ambush and kill Qin Zheng and the so-called envoys of Wei, and by the way, kill Liu Xie and then marry the prince of Shang, but now that Liu Xie has pierced this layer of window paper, there is only one option.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Xuanye stopped talking, and slowly retreated from the high platform under the escort of his own soldiers, and there were already many elite Cao troops in the audience, but Jia Xu was not among them.

As soon as Qin Zheng saw him retreat, he knew that he was going to make a move, so he hurriedly said loudly: "King Han, he is going to make a move, let go of me, let's also dispatch troops!" ”

Liu Xie was also a little scared when he heard this, and he didn't have time to think more, so he immediately removed the dagger and stood behind Qin Zhen, and Qin Zheng immediately took him and Sima Si to retreat.

Although Prince Shang was put on the side by Qin Zheng and expressed his unwillingness to cooperate with Cao Jun, in fact, he was still inclined to Cao Jun, after all, Qin Zheng had a high probability of having his eldest son Wu Geng in his hands, which he absolutely could not tolerate.

So the prince of Shang took people to the direction of Xiahoudun, Xiahoudun saw that he brought people over and didn't say much, and decided to appease this "faint king" for the time being, and wait for the two armies of Qin and Cao to decide the victory, and the fate of the Shang Dynasty is not up to them Cao Jun to decide?

On the other side, Liu Xie, who had just gotten off the stage, was swept down by a whip leg from others before he could recover his senses, and the dagger in his hand was also taken off.

Liu Xie naturally resisted desperately, but he was not a one-on-one group, let alone a one-on-one group, and soon he would not be able to move. At this time, Qin Zhengcai stood in front of him, staring at him with indifferent eyes, seeing that he was full of despair.

"First Emperor, are you going to break the contract? Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated, you can give me a good time! Liu Xie shouted angrily.

Qin Zheng looked at this angry "peer" with a blushing face and a thick neck, and said: "You are a son of heaven, I am also a son of heaven, I will naturally not fail to do what I promise you, but I hate others threatening me the most!"

So you just stay in this shape for the rest of the day, it's good for both of us, and I'll call you when I need you to play. ”

As soon as Qin Zheng raised his hand as he spoke, two sturdy lieutenant sergeants immediately stepped forward, gagged him in Liu Xie's indignant gaze, and threw him on the chariot.

"Watch him well, I'm still useful." Qin Zhengchao left such a sentence at his subordinates, turned around and motioned for his soldiers to change his armor. And Zhao Gao began to command the lieutenant army to quickly switch battle formations.

However, at this time, the number of the combined forces of Xiahoudun and the merchants was much smaller than that of the Qin army, and the Qin army did not choose to take the initiative to attack, and they did not rush to attack, and Xiahoudun was waiting for his reinforcements.

Of course, Qin Zheng did not leave a back hand, since he knew that the enemy was Cao Wei, he discussed it with Zhang Cang and Zhao Gao, and sent a messenger to report to the defenders of Hangu Pass that night.

The non-combatants then stayed at the first camp and did not come at all, and all the participants in the guard of honor were disguised lieutenants.

In this way, there are 4,000 elite people in Qin Zheng's hands, including 800 cavalry, 100 chariots, plus 500 heavy armor iron eagle swords and shields in the front row, a typical elite army.

As for the merchant army, it is much worse, the cavalry has just learned from Cao Jun in winter, and all the equipment is also bought second-hand by Cao Jun, and I am afraid that Qin Zheng will be suspicious, and they have only started to change their clothes now.

In addition to the Shang army's willingness to fight, and a few elephant soldiers who were about to freeze to death that had been hidden, the others were almost useless in Qin Zheng's eyes.

Therefore, the real opponent of the Qin army is the Cao army, which is small in number but also experienced in a hundred battles, especially the main force of the Cao army, which is comparable in number to the elite cavalry of the Qin army.

Qin Zheng, who had some experience, could see at a glance that these cavalry were not simple, and they were not the same as the ordinary light cavalry in his hands, they should be heavy cavalry with complete armor, maybe they were the tiger and leopard cavalry in Romance.

Although it should only be an early armor such as leather armor and iron plate armor, and it is unlikely to be able to use techniques such as cold-forged slats and whole breastplates, but the effect of a single surprise attack is stronger than that of the Qin army.

Even if the cavalry of the Qin army had begun to equip the high-saddle shovel horseshoe, it was still difficult to keep up with the army of the late Han Dynasty four or five hundred years later in terms of proficiency and tactical thinking.

Even if the Qin army used cavalry to attack at night many times, it was only a little luckier, and it was really easy to compare with the experts.

Therefore, Qin Zheng and Zhao Gao not only commanded the soldiers to set up a formation, but also retreated a certain distance slightly, and arranged the Iron Eagle swordsmen who fought hand-to-hand with heavy armor and shields and long swords behind the trench hidden in advance.

In this way, in Qin Zheng's opinion, the only heavy cavalry effect of the Cao army that can quickly break through the Qin army's front will be greatly reduced, plus the camp formed by the chariots behind the Iron Eagle swordsman, if the Cao army does not come, it will be enough, and if it comes, it will be bled and bloody!

Zhao Gao analyzed: "Your Majesty, we can't fight the Cao army in terms of speed, we can only hold on and wait for reinforcements, fortunately it is relatively close to Hangu Pass, and the letter sent two days ago, the defenders will definitely be able to arrive immediately." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, now they are going to use this hard shell to drag the enemy, as long as the defenders can arrive, even if the number of Cao troops is five times more, they can't help them, because the defenders of Hangu Pass have newly made bowls and all kinds of firearms!

At this time, Xiahoudun's side was already ready, don't look at the soldiers in his hand are only four or five times Qin Zheng, but he quickly pressed up unexpectedly.

Qin Zheng didn't know what kind of wind Xiahoudun was smoking, and he had to hit it hard when he came up, so he could only frown and order Zhao Gao to go to meet the enemy......