It all started almost half an hour ago.

Just half an hour ago. A hundred generals of the Qin army's city guards, who looked very gloomy, came to the west gate of the Qin State with a team of 100 people under his command and began the handover of defense.

Maybe it was because his attitude was too bad, so that after the handover was completed, the guards of the Qin State who had just left the city couldn't help but discuss it one after another.

"What kind of way did that hundred generals come from just now, he looks quite eye-catching, why is he so arrogant?"

"Hehe, you don't know, do you? I heard that the hundred generals were from the Wang clan, and they were originally partial generals of the Praetorian Guard in the palace, but because they offended Gang Chengjun, they were just removed from their posts not long ago and demoted to be a hundred generals in our city guards. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be from the Wang family, I said why is this guy so arrogant, he is still a down-and-out phoenix."

The Qin army general who was walking in the front obviously heard the voices of his subordinates discussing, turned around and spat heavily, and said: "What a bullshit phoenix, if you don't know how to speak, shut up, talk nonsense!" Don't run to deal with that man for a while, so you don't get into trouble! ”

Several city guards understood as soon as they heard it, and the emotional matter was not over yet, so they were naturally busy at the moment, and immediately left the unlucky general surnamed Wang behind.

I heard a city guard smile at the hundred generals in front of him with a smile: "Chen Baijiang, I heard that the second sister of your family has just married the housekeeper of Wu Chengjun as a concubine recently. ”

Chen Baijiang was immediately happy when he heard this, his dark face was full of smiles, and he laughed: "That's natural, you don't know that brother-in-law of mine, he is the housekeeper in Wuchengjun's mansion who is responsible for supervising and disciplining the concubines of his subordinates, ranking eighth among all the housekeepers!" ”

The more the Qin army general spoke, the more proud he became, and the many Qin army city guards around him also spoke of compliments, and their faces were full of envy.

For these big-headed soldiers at the bottom of society, being able to climb up to such a great big man as Wuchengjun Lu Buwei, even if it is just to marry his sister-in-law to a small housekeeper in Lu Buwei's mansion as a concubine, it is enough to make these low-level little people proud, and even hope to turn over with this matter.

The more Chen Baijiang talked, the happier he became, and he simply smiled at a few old subordinates who knew each other around him: "Come, let's go to my house to clean up a few dishes and have a good chat." Then the cheers of the crowd were even louder, and they went away with their shoulders hooked.

What this group of Qin army soldiers who seemed to be a little happy because they had just finished their duty did not know that at this moment, in a small forest about seven or eight miles away from them, a group of elite Zhao army cavalry was quietly ambushing.

Li Mu, who had slept for a night and rested for another morning, was in good spirits, standing on the edge of the grove and silently staring at the incomparably tall Xianyang city wall a few miles away in front of him, and then whispered to several Zhao officers beside him: "Are you ready?" ”

It is worth mentioning that each of the Zhao cavalry officers beside Li Mu was wearing the clothes of the Qin soldiers, and they looked like they were completely Qin cavalry.

And it's not just these few people, among the five thousand Zhao cavalry in the entire grove, there are a total of five hundred Zhao cavalry dressed like this.

These costumes were seized from the treasury of Xianyang City when Li Mu conquered Xianyang City two years ago, and a total of thousands of sets of costumes were seized at that time, all of which were transported back to Zhao State by Li Mu as war trophies, and hundreds of sets were taken out of them and placed in the treasury of Hetao County.

The reason why it was brought out this time was originally to crack the Qin people's policy of clearing the wilderness and deceive a certain city, but I didn't expect that it would be used to attack Xianyang City by mistake, which was also something I didn't expect at all before.

Looking at the five hundred energetic "Qin State Cavalry" in front of him, Li Mu nodded, turned on his horse, and turned his head to the deputy general behind him and admonished: "Remember, you must wait for me to arrive at the city gate, and then you will lead the other brothers out to attack the city, understand?" ”

After the lieutenant general whispered yes, Li Mu immediately gently pinched the horse's belly, waved his hand, and shouted: "Let's go!" ”

Under the leadership of Li Mu, five hundred cavalry drove out of the small forest and came to the official road outside the forest.

After turning a corner along the road next to the woods, a straight official road is in front of you, and at the end of the road is the west gate of Xianyang City in the Qin State.

Although it was still a few miles away, the momentum of the five hundred cavalry galloping together was also extraordinary, and the smoke and dust raised by it were even more billowing like a tide, which immediately made the Qin army city guards above the city head discover it.

Almost in a short period of time, all the city guards at the head of the city became nervous, and one by one they began to enter a state of vigilance.

"What's going on?" Just after the change of guard, Wang Baijun of the Qin Army, who had finished patrolling this section of the city wall, appeared.

The soldiers of the Qin army said in a panic: "Hundred generals, look outside the city, is it the cavalry of the Zhao people coming?" "Yes, yes, the hundred generals should quickly start warning and close the city gates."

To be honest, due to Li Mu's repeated southward movements in the past few years, most of the Qin people have almost equated the words cavalry and Zhao people.

Wang Baijiang followed the fingers of his subordinates and glanced at the approaching smoke and dust in the distance, his brows couldn't help frowning, and after a while, he said: "Impossible, you wait to take a closer look, although these smoke and dust look quite spectacular, but in fact there are only a few hundred people, could it be that Zhao Jun really dares to use a few hundred people to attack Xianyang City, could it be that they are impatient?" ”

General Wang's judgment immediately calmed down a lot of the Qin soldiers under his command, but there were still many people who subconsciously raised the crossbow in their hands, and they didn't seem to have put it down.

Since it was a time of war, there were 100 crossbows on top of the castle at any time in case of a surprise attack.

Suddenly, someone shouted again, saying, "Look at the clothes of those knights, they are clearly the Great Qin cavalry!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they found that the cavalrymen who appeared and disappeared in the smoke were indeed wearing the costumes of the Qin army.

This immediately reassured everyone, but immediately someone above the city said: "No, these cavalry are from the west, could it be that something big happened in the west?" ”

Wang Baijiang's brows suddenly wrinkled slightly, a hint of strange color flashed on his face, and he shouted: "Don't think nonsense, and follow me down to check and see where they came from." Today is the day of sacrifice, and they can't be allowed to run around the city at will, otherwise the king will ask for it, and all the lives of the second and third sons will be lost! ”

When Wang Baijiang's words came out, everyone naturally responded, and many people were about to go down the city with Baijiang at that moment.

But there were also many calm people in the Qin army, and several veterans saw that the situation was not good, so they said: "Hundred generals, the origin of this cavalry seems to be a little strange, it is better to close the city gate first and be prepared, in case these cavalry have any bad intentions, it is better to deal with it directly." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Baijiang's body suddenly stopped, slowly turned his head, and glared at the several veterans who were speaking in front of him, with an uncontrollable look of anger on his face: "Why, you dare to doubt my judgment?" ”

When the veterans saw the fierce eyes of this hundred generals, they were shocked in their hearts, and suddenly remembered that this Wang Bai General was still General Wang not long ago, how could he be the object of ordinary soldiers like himself?

At that moment, a veteran soldier smiled and explained: "Lord Baijun, it's not that we are overly suspicious, it's really this cavalry ......."

"Enough!" General Wang Bai interrupted the words of these veterans very rudely: "It's all nonsense, just go down with me!" ”

After saying this, Wang Baijiang walked to the city without looking back, and several veterans looked at each other helplessly, shrugged their shoulders and had no choice but to follow.

The last chance to close the gates was also lost.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the billowing smoke and dust looked like they were about to drown the hundreds of city guards at the city gates.

Wang Baijiang was very dissatisfied and spat on the ground, and shouted: "Who is coming, stop and accept the interrogation!" ”

The speed of the horses gradually slowed down, and all the cavalry stopped outside the city gate, but even so, there was still a lot of smoke and dust drifting into the city gate, making a coughing sound come from behind Wang Baijiang.

A very young face appeared in front of General Wang Bai, and shouted at the hundred generals of the Qin army in an extremely standard Guanzhong dialect: "We have military information to report to the king, get out of the way quickly!" ”

Wang Baijiang snorted and said, "Do you have a king's order? You can't go into the city without your life! ”

The young man on the horse replied, "The king's destiny is the destiny of heaven, and the whole world can get it!" ”

"Destiny?" Wang Baijiang looked up to the sky and said, "Is it the Eastern Mandate or the Northern Mandate?" Don't miss your own life! ”

Hearing the words of the two, the Qin army city guards behind General Wang Bai were confused, and they said in their hearts that they usually check to see if there are any things like the Tiger Fu official quoting a warrant, why are they still talking about the Mandate of Heaven today?

But due to the problem of angle, the hundred Qin City guards standing behind Wang Baijiang did not notice, and Wang Baijiang had quietly exchanged a look with the person in front of him at this time.

The next moment, the young Qin cavalry officer in front of General Wang Baijiang suddenly raised the whip in his hand and whipped it heavily on General Wang's body.

"Look for death!"

I only heard a crisp whip sound, and this side was right in the chest of Wang Baijiang, Wang Baijiang screamed, and the whole person staggered back a few steps, and fainted directly with a plop.

This sudden change made all the Qin army city guards at the city gate stunned.

Just when they were excitedly trying to ask for an explanation for their own hundred generals, they suddenly saw the guy in front of them who had just knocked over Wang Baijiang pulled out a snowy long knife from his waist, and slashed at the nearest Qin army city guard with a fierce one.

The soldiers of the city guards were caught off guard, and they only felt a chill on their necks, and their whole heads were already rising to the sky.

The next moment, all the cavalry outside the city drew their long knives very tacitly, and rushed into the unsuspecting city guards like a tiger entering a flock, and opened fire.

In the distance, large clouds of billowing smoke and dust appeared from the road to the west, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and countless clouds of smoke and dust gathered into a long dragon and came straight towards this city gate.