Lin Zhaoqi knew that the Qin army would return to Sha soon, so he led the army to the city gate and immediately shouted to open the door.

Seeing the city gate open, Lin Zhaoqi didn't think much about it, and rushed straight in, but who expected that what was waiting for him were ten strong men and two iron locks.

The strong men pulled the iron lock and tripped Lin Zhaoqi's war horse, and then stepped forward and raised the long knife in his hand, Lin Zhaoqi just rolled to the ground and didn't expect all this, and was subdued by the other party in an instant.

The two strong men escorted Lin Zhaoqi to He Shuo with his backhand, and He Shuo took out a holy decree and threw it in front of him, saying: "Lin Zhaoqi colluded with the Qin army to rebel, and now he has been ambushed and beheaded at three o'clock in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."

"He Shuo, you traitor, I didn't expect me to be planted in your hands."

After listening to Lin Zhaoqi's words, He Shuo smiled and said, "Lin Zhaoqi, do you know why I want you to live two more days, just to review the things with you in the past."

Then, He Shuo ordered Lin Zhaoqi to be taken to prison and used a lot of torture on him.

Geng Wu learned that Lin Zhaoqi would be beheaded, and began to launch a plan to destroy the Qi State, because he knew that this was an order issued by the King of Qi, and only by destroying the Qi State could Lin Zhaoqi be completely saved.

At this moment, there were more and more Qin troops gathered outside the city, Guan Fei and Liu Xiang each led their troops to the south of Linzi, and the two also took measures against each other, wanting to suppress each other as much as possible.

At this time, a letter handed by Geng Wu was passed to Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang looked at it and discussed it with Jiang Chen and Jian Xin, and then acted according to the above plan, Jiang Chen led the troops to the east to attack the city, and he continued to wait for Geng Wu's news here.

Jiang Chen's soldiers pointed directly at Yeyi, Qicheng, Chunyu, and Jimo, and Geng Wu's side also came to He Shuo's mansion again.

After seeing He Shuo, Geng Wu said to him: "Now that Lin Zhaoqi has been ambushed, and the party in the DPRK and China is also scattered, it can be said that no one in the Manchu Dynasty can threaten Hou Shengxiangguo anymore, I am very interested in visiting his old man's house, can you help me introduce him."

"Until now, Xiangguo is still reluctant to go out of the mountain, presumably he has his own reasons, but he appointed me as the Great Sima by the order of the King of Qi, the chief regent of the court and the soldiers and horses of the whole country, don't I want to be free for a few more days, and you don't want to bother me."

Seeing that He Shuo was indulging in power at this time and didn't want to care about other things at all, Geng Wu had no choice but to withdraw first and find another way.

Lin Yao walked over and said to Geng Wu: "According to reliable information, He Shuo has been the Great Sima for less than half a day, and he killed more than 50 ministers of Lin Zhaoqi's faction, and put their family property into his own pocket, and the money confiscated and bribed is countless.

He completely ignores the enemy at present, and the generals in the city are all replaced by his henchmen, and these people are either greedy for life and afraid of death or mediocre and rotten, this is a sign that the Qi country is about to perish, if you order to apply to the lord for more soldiers and horses, we can capture Linzi tonight.

What's more, with Lin Zhaoqi's temperament, how can he be willing to live under the banner of the lord for a long time, are we keeping him to raise tigers, why should we waste a big thing because of such a person."

Geng Wu shook his head and said: "What you think is too simple, if Linzi is captured so easily, then it is not the capital of Qi State, as for Lin Zhaoqi, it does not conflict with the capture of Linzi, I promise not to capture Linzi one day, at this time, I will go to find it first and then win."

Lin Yao just wanted to stop him, Geng Wu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Before, I wanted He Shuo to go with me to see Hou Sheng, since he didn't want to go with me, I must also meet this person, and the destruction of the Qi country is on this person."

Then, Geng Wu had already walked out of the door, and the informant pointed out that he had come to the Housheng Mansion accurately, and immediately asked the doorman to go in and report.

After getting Hou Sheng's promise, Geng Wu came to him, and Hou Sheng spoke first: "The old man has always respected the ministers of the Qin State, and the envoy is invited to take a seat."

"Xiangguo, there is something incomprehensible about this, now that Lin Zhaoqi has been ambushed, and the faction in his hands has collapsed, why don't you take charge of the government in person and hand over the power to Hou Sheng."

After listening to Geng Wu's question, Hou Sheng said: "I have been Qi Xiang for more than 20 years, and I have done countless heinous things, and no one in this position dares to touch me, if I leave this position, then there will be countless people who will take revenge on me."

Besides, I heard that the King of Qin and the Qin generals who led the troops in front of me hated traitors like me, and that I would soon surrender to Qin with the Qi State, and I was very afraid that I would eventually be killed.

Therefore, I chose to make He Shuo the scapegoat, and he did this in half a day, so that soon people's attention on me will be drawn to him, and it is just a way to protect himself."

Geng Wu said: "Xiangguo rest assured, I promise on behalf of the governor of my family that if the whole country surrenders now, I will treat Xiangguo well and move your whole family to Xianyang, the capital of Qin, so as not to suffer the retaliation of the Qi people in the future, but the order I received is that you will make the king of Qi surrender now, if it is too late, what will be the consequences, you must also know."

"Okay, the old man will enter the palace to persuade the king of Qi to surrender, and ask the messenger to inform your governor not to break his promise."

After that, Hou Sheng went straight to the palace, just as the general Zheng Yi came to report: "The Qin army has now conquered our country, Yeyi, Qicheng, Chunyu, Jimo, Langya five counties, and the East China Sea coastal area is all occupied, and now Linzi has turned into an island."

King Qi was shocked and hurriedly asked Hou Sheng for a plan, Hou Sheng said: "Our country has always been the head of the Qin State, but in recent years there have been some wars, I think the King of Qin will not treat the king badly, now there is no better way than to surrender to the Qin State, please think twice."

"The prime minister's words are wrong, although the Qin State has conquered almost the entire territory of our country, but there are still 200,000 soldiers in Linzi City, and the money, grain, copper and iron are enough to support a year, we can fight to the death with the Qin State to the end, so that we will definitely live up to the previous king under Jiuquan."

After Zheng Yi on the side finished speaking, Hou Sheng hurriedly said: "King, there is only Qi left in the six eastern countries, and the Qin country is pouring all the strength of the world to crusade against us, not to mention that there is no force that can support us now, only surrender is the most reliable way."

Zheng Yi knelt down on one knee and said, "Great King, it is absolutely not feasible to surrender, otherwise you will become a sinner of the Qi State, and besides, we have enough strength to fight against the Qin State."

Hearing these words, King Qi seemed a little hesitant, and he felt that what the two said made sense......