The Qin army set up camp in a clearing about a mile outside Linzi City, surrounded by shrubs and grasses, but the Qin army had already carved out a firebreak, and next to the camp, there was a main stream that was not wide, but the river was turbulent.

Four watches.

On a rainy night, the moon was hazy and unreal, and it was dark all around. A group of about 200 soldiers marched out of the tent of the left army, mounted their horses, and after handing over the other 200 cavalrymen who were patrolling, they also marched around the camp and along the road.

This is the hinterland of the Qi State, and the capital city of Linzi is generally not in any dangerous situation, so the garrison of these Qin army envoys is not very tight. Except for the four lanterns at the head and the tail for lighting, the middle part of the procession is submerged in darkness, which is difficult to see.

Two rows of forty horsemen, each in a long formation, walked one after the other on the outskirts, like two moving walls, protecting the five groups of cavalry walking in the middle, each holding a long shield, facing the outside, even if someone fired arrows in the bushes or trees around them, it was impossible to think that they could be shot at once. Not to mention the cavalry in the middle.

The group in the middle was very numerous, 50 men, and the outer ones were all holding high shields, which taught people that there were important people in this group.

The other four groups, each of about 20 men, carried spears that could be used for both sprinting and throwing.

Under the blowing of the autumn wind, it is even more solemn.

The sound of hooves shattered the silence of the night.

The group was separated by more than thirty paces, and it would be difficult to completely surround them even in the event of an ambush, unless the enemy was ten times stronger than them. After circling the camp, the 200 cavalry suddenly turned around and continued their patrol.

The sky is thick and cloudy, and there is no starlight and moonlight.

In the darkness, several vigorous figures, agile like monkeys, scurried around on the big trees near the Qin army's camp, and finally, escaped from the dim lanterns in the hands of the training cavalry in the distance, came to a rather luxuriant tree, and hibernated.

"Did you see it, in the big tent of the Chinese army, it must be Qin Xiang Wei Ran, who captures the thief and captures the king first, as long as he can be caught, although the number of the Qin army is twice as large, but we don't have to be afraid, when the time comes, the other soldiers will definitely flee and flee."

Zhao Fan crouched on the trunk of the tree, through the gap in the leaves, he saw the Qin army camp at a glance, the tallest tent, where Wei Ran must live. At this moment, inside the big tent, it was pitch black, and Wei Ran had obviously fallen asleep.

Beside him, they were Xu Ying and Xu Xiong, and when they saw the battle of the Qin army, they also nodded secretly, the combat power of the Qin army is really famous, and the way of sending troops to deploy the formation is indeed ingenious.

"My lord, what do we do now?" Xu Ying looked around and asked.

"Hey, there's no hurry." Zhao Fan smiled slightly, and made a silent gesture to Xu Ying and Xu Xiong, and then he listened carefully for a long time, and after finding that there was no movement around, he said in a low voice: "Xu Ying, how many men and horses do you bring to deal with the two hundred Qin soldiers who patrol the night?" ”

Xu Ying pondered for a long time, he glanced at the two hundred Qin soldiers patrolling in the distance, clenched the double halberd in his hand and said, "Fifty people are enough." ”

Xu Ying knew that there were only 500 people on his side, and the manpower was not very abundant. And with his own combat strength, he should have no problem with fifty people to raid this group of Qin troops, and he still has this confidence.

"Okay." Zhao Fan nodded with satisfaction, "In this way, I will bring you a hundred people and defeat the two hundred cavalry patrolling." I will take another 100 people to attack the Chinese army's big tent directly, and strive to capture Wei Ran. The rest of the manpower, Xu Xiong, will be taken by you to take them, and the Qin soldiers who have fallen asleep in the camp will be captured if they can, and killed if they can't. ”

There was a cold light in Zhao Fan's eyes, as long as he didn't kill Wei Ran, other ordinary Qin soldiers were not afraid to kill him. Wei Ran, it's best to capture him alive and send him back to Zhao State, even if you can't catch him, you must drive him away, and you can't let him enter Linzi City again.

Although his own number was twice as small as Qin's soldiers, Zhao Fan did not have the slightest nervousness in his heart. After all, they came prepared, although the Qin army may have known that the envoy of the Zhao State had also arrived, but they would never have imagined that Zhao Fan would dare to attack the Qin army outside Linzi City on the night of his arrival.

"During the Three Kingdoms, there were 100 cavalry from Ganning attacking Cao Ying, could it be that when I arrived in the Warring States, I, Zhao Fan, had 500 men and horses, and I didn't dare to raid a thousand Qin troops?" Zhao Fan stared coldly at the Qin army camp in the distance, and then took Xu Ying and Xu Xiong down from the tree and quietly retreated in the grass behind him.

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At the same time, Linzi City, in front of the palace gate.

Han Min and Su Qin were also surprised when they got the news brought back by Xu Jia, they didn't expect that the King of Qi would agree to Wei Ran's suggestion without consulting the two of them, and call Qin the two emperors of the East and the West, and join Qin to attack Zhao.

In Su Qin's eyes, King Qi was simply extremely stupid, but of course he wouldn't say this kind of thing, he still had to lurk in Qi State, waiting for an opportunity to weaken the strength of Qi State, in order to repay King Yan's kindness.

"General, the trouble is to help pass through the king, just say that I ask to see Lord Xiangguo."

In front of the palace gate, there are many guards. It was late at night, and after receiving the news from Xu Jia, they immediately contacted the other ministers, and finally made sure that the king of Qi had indeed agreed to Qin's suggestion, had set up the title of emperor, and announced it to the world in the evening.

After finding out the accurate news, the three of them also rushed to the palace of King Qi in a hurry, hoping to persuade King Qi to cancel the emperor's title. However, now that King Qi had fallen asleep, the guards stopped the three of them.

"A few adults, the king ordered before going to bed, don't see anyone, if there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow."

An armored guard, said.

The three of them looked at each other and talked for a long time, but the group of guards didn't let them in, and after the negotiation was fruitless, the three had no choice but to leave.

"Lord Xiangguo, what should we do now?" Xu Jia was worried about the safety of Zhao Fan and the others, and he also looked anxious, and asked Han Min beside him.

"It's late at night, and it looks like we won't be able to see the king, so we can only see tomorrow morning. Don't worry, little general, since the king didn't order you to be detained, presumably Lvshuai Zhao and them won't have anything to do. ”

Han Min sighed slightly. With his understanding of King Qi, although the latter has announced to the world and officially proclaimed the emperor, he has not yet dealt with Zhao Fan and their group of envoys of Zhao State, it seems that the heart of the emperor is not very firm, but I don't know what Wei Ran said, since he can persuade the king of Qi in one afternoon.

Xu Jia nodded, he knew that it was useless to be anxious at this time, and hearing Han Min say this, his heart was a little calmer. He originally wanted to go out of the city, but the gate of Linzi City was not opened in the middle of the night, and the city gate could only be opened after the rooster crowed, so he had to return to Xiangguo Mansion with Han Min.

Outside Linzi City, it was nearly five watches at this time, and in another hour or two, it would be dawn.

In the dark, the two hundred cavalry of the Qin army stationed patrolled around, and in the second half of the night, even though this group of Qin soldiers was well-trained and disciplined, they were still yawning, far less energetic than when they first changed shifts.

The sound of broken horses' hooves echoed near the camp, and the procession turned a corner, and in front of it was a bush, and in late autumn it was full of dead branches and leaves, and it was dark, and it was dim in front of it, and it was not really visible.

"Huh, you can rest in two hours, damn, I'm going to leave for Daqin at noon today, it's so far on the way, it's really exhausting people to death." A Qin soldier sat on a horse, yawned, and said to the soldiers around him.

Hearing this, the other soldier smiled and took over the conversation: "I heard that Xiangguo has persuaded the King of Qi to jointly claim the title of emperor with our Great Qin, and it won't be long before Zhao State will be attacked." If you go back this time, the king will definitely be rewarded! ”

Hearing that there was a reward, the other soldiers around also laughed at this moment.

"Chirp!"

At this moment, in the bushes beside Qin Bing, there was a sudden scream, and the whistling sound was sharp and piercing, piercing the silent night sky around him.

Qin Bing was suddenly shocked, drew his weapons one after another, and looked to both sides.

The sound of "whoosh" continued, and a hundred Zhao soldiers who were ambushed in the bushes fired crossbow arrows in unison, taking horses but not people.