Anyi City, Hedong County, Qin State.

One of the most luxurious and largest mansions in Anyi Castle is, of course, the county watchhouse.

Since the previous county guard Wang Ji had betrayed the Qin State and defected to the Zhao State, this mansion at this moment naturally became the residence of Zheng Anping, the general of the Qin State who led 200,000 Qin troops to rescue Anyi.

Although winter had just passed, the night in early spring was still a little cold, and Zheng Anping, who had just finished inspecting the city, returned to his room, feeling a little irritable.

In fact, when accepting this task, Zheng Anping had a very bad premonition in his heart, that is, it was very likely that he would never return to Xianyang City.

Although this sounds like a little bit of increasing the opponent's prestige and destroying his morale, Zheng Anping really thinks so in his heart.

In Zheng Anping's view, the more than 200,000 Sanjin coalition troops on the opposite side are too powerful, and they are led by Lian Po, who is now as famous as the sky.

However, the troops in Zheng Anping's hands were only 200,000 soldiers of the Qin State.

Although the county soldiers and the regular army are both military personnel in name, their actual combat effectiveness is very different.

It's easy to understand how you can expect a group of peasants who spend most of the year doing farm work, and only one or two months of time to come for training, against a regular army who spends three hundred and sixty-five days and nights in the barracks.

So when he accepted this task, Zheng Anping had already quietly made a will in the Xianyang Mansion.

In this will, Zheng Anping divided all the family property in great detail, and wrote in detail which of the three sons got the family property, who went out to work hard and so on.

As long as Zheng Anping dies, his wife and family members can go to the government to get back the will and distribute the family property according to the will.

Zheng Anping's ominous premonition really came true.

After Zheng Anping came to Hedong, all the news he heard was bad news, not a single good news.

The shore gate was lost, the Pujin Pass was lost, and Zheng Anping's back road had been completely cut off.

The only thing that made Zheng Anping a little fortunate was that since the Qin State had already prepared for war, Anyi City had a large amount of grain and grass materials allocated in advance, which was enough to support the soldiers and civilians in the city for at least half a year.

Speaking of which, at the beginning, Zheng Anping really believed that he could support himself for half a year.

But since Lian Po led the Sanjin coalition forces outside the city to attack Anyi City a few days ago, Zheng Anping's feeling was shattered by the ruthless reality.

The combat effectiveness of the Three Jin Coalition was far beyond Zheng Anping's expectations.

It's only been a few days, and there are already soldiers from Zhao State who have already climbed to the head of Anyi City!

Although he didn't tell anyone, in Zheng Anping's heart, he had already begun to doubt whether he could really hold on for half a year.

Not even to say that it has been held for half a year, just guarding Anyi for three months or two is very likely to be something that cannot be completed.

Since half a month ago, Anyi has been unable to communicate with the outside world, and now Anyi has completely become an isolated city.

Therefore, Zheng Anping didn't know what was going on outside, he could only return to the mansion after fighting every day, and prayed sincerely to the Taiyi God in the middle of the night when no one was around, hoping that the great Taiyi God could bless the main army of the Qin State to defeat the Chu people in Wancheng as soon as possible, so that he could go north in time to reinforce Anyi.

Waiting is a very painful thing, especially when you don't know when the end will be.

Zheng Anping's mood was quite impatient.

This impatience reached its peak when he discovered that his maid had not brought him water to wash his feet for a long time.

A very impatient roar suddenly came out of Chen Anping's room.

"Rou!"

Rou is the name of the maid who was supposed to serve Zheng Anping to wash his feet and then go to bed.

A moment after Zheng Anping let out an angry roar, the door was finally pushed open.

To Zheng Anping's great surprise, it was not his maid Rou who came in, but a mysterious person who was covered by black clothes and hats and couldn't see his face clearly.

Zheng Anping grabbed the long sword from the head of the bed almost immediately, raised the long sword, looked at the mysterious person in front of him very vigilantly, and asked sharply, "Who are you?" ”

Countless thoughts flashed through Zheng Anping's mind, could this guy be an assassin, could it be that there was a traitor among his subordinates?

But the person who came did not give Chen Anping this opportunity, and after closing the door, he immediately revealed his true colors.

"Zhao Guoda Xing Zheng Zhu, I have seen the general."

"Zheng Zhu?" Zheng Anping's face showed a look of great surprise.

An envoy of the State of Zhao?

Zheng Anping stared at Zheng Zhu in front of him in disbelief, completely unable to imagine what kind of method this guy used to enter the city and enter this county guard's mansion.

Zheng Zhu seemed to sense Zheng Anping's thoughts, and a smile appeared on his face: "General, this mansion was previously guarded by Wang Ji County, and some secret passages in the mansion were also told to me by Wang Ji County Guard...... Zheng Zhu dared to guarantee that he had no ill will towards the general, and Zheng Zhu had never liked martial arts, so the general really needed to be so jealous of Zheng Zhu? ”

Zheng Anping looked at Zheng Zhu's not too majestic figure, slowly put down the long sword in his hand and sat down, the expression on his face was cloudy.

To be honest, Zheng Anping was shouting frantically in his head at the moment, asking Zheng Anping to cut off Zheng Zhu's head.

Once the ubiquitous "Hou" discovers that Zheng Anping and the envoy of Zhao are quietly in contact, then it is not Zheng Anping himself who is unlucky, but Zheng Anping's entire family.

But for some reason, another voice in Chen Anping's head prevented him from doing so.

This voice even persuaded Zheng Anping to treat this envoy of Zhao as a guest.

The two thoughts fought extremely fiercely in Zheng Anping's mind, making Zheng Anping extremely irritable.

After a brief hesitation, Zheng Anping finally chose a compromise approach.

Listen to what the envoy of Zhao has to say, and then decide whether to kill him immediately after listening to what he has to say.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the room: "What is the matter with the general?" ”

It was none other than Zheng Anping's personal guard captain who spoke.

The captain of the personal guard was originally guarding outside the small courtyard, but he was attracted by Zheng Anping's two angry roars in succession.

Zheng Anping hesitated for a moment, walked to the door of the room and said to the captain of the guard outside the room: "It's okay." Stay outside and don't let anyone disturb General Ben's rest. ”

The captain of the guard quickly left.

Zheng Zhu quietly watched Zheng Anping finish all this, and the smile on his face seemed to become even richer.

After Zheng Anping sat down again, Zheng Zhu said to Zheng Anping in no hurry. "The general must not know what the situation is outside, right?" ”

"Situation?" Zheng Anping's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly felt that this seemed to be an excellent opportunity to find out the outside situation through Zheng Zhu's mouth, so he asked, "What is the situation outside now?" ”

Zheng Zhu smiled: "Does the general really believe Zheng Zhu's words?" ”

Zheng Anping sneered and said, "The envoy only came. ”

So Zheng Zhu said directly: "The situation outside is quite clear, the Qi State has abolished the alliance with the Qin State, and now the Qi army has completely withdrawn from the territory of the Chu State. ”

Zheng Anping's body was shocked, and he shouted in great surprise: "This matter is absolutely impossible!" ”