Chapter 201: Turning Reactive into Proactive
Today's sword contest will soon be over.
Bai Zhong said goodbye to Jing Yu, found a tavern with Gai Nie, asked for some wine and food, and sat down to catch up.
"It turns out that General Bai is an envoy to the Chu State."
Of course, Gai Nie remembered the three-year covenant and said: "As soon as Xianyang said goodbye that day, it was almost three years in the blink of an eye. ”
Bai Zhong asked, "Brother Gai Nie went to look for other swordsmen, but he found them." ”
Gai Nie slowly drank a glass of wine and said, "I found it, that person's swordsmanship is much stronger than mine, I held fifteen swords under him, and finally lost." ”
"Who's that man?"
Bai Zhong was deeply curious.
Gai Nie is a ceiling-level swordsman in this era, and there is still someone who can defeat him, and he only uses fifteen swords, who will this person be?
"This person's name is Cao Qiudao."
Gai Nie thought for a while and said: "He is a Qi person, he should still be in the Jixia School Palace, his sword path has been completed, but I think he is still a big gap compared to General Bai, I don't know if you have a chance to compete with the sword, if so, you must inform me in advance." ”
Cao Qiudao.
This name sounded a little familiar to Bai Zhong
"Jixia School Palace, it's far away."
Bai Zhong didn't have the idea of comparing swords, and said casually: "In the future, I will destroy Qi, maybe I can go and have a look, but I have one thing, I want to trouble Brother Gai Nie to help." ”
Gai Nie didn't care about what Qi was exterminated, anyway, it was already the general trend of the world, and asked, "General Bai, please speak." ”
"I have someone I want to ask you to protect, can you?"
"No problem at all!"
Gagnie readily agreed, without even asking who he wanted to protect.
After briefly reminiscing about the old days, Bai Zhong took Gai Nie and returned to the martial arts arena.
"Awen!"
Xiao Yu saw him come back and hurriedly walked over.
Bai Zhong smiled and said, "Xiao Yu, call uncle." ”
"Uncle!"
Xiao Yu said obediently.
Gai Nie asked curiously, "The person General Bai asked me to protect is Xiao Yu?" ”
Bai Zhong nodded and said: "What is my situation in the Chu State, Brother Gai Nie should not be difficult to judge, and please take my token, take Xiao Yu to Nanjun, and hand it over to the county guard Ning Teng, if it is difficult to do, I will find another way." ”
"Can you trust this strong man?"
Ying Shu heard the movement and came out of the tent, just in time to hear Bai Zhong's words.
She really treats Xiaoyu as her daughter and can't be hurt in any way.
Bai Zhong explained: "At that time, the king went to Handan, and was rescued by Brother Gai Nie once, and the king even wanted to invite Brother Gai Nie back to be a guard, of course he could be trusted. ”
Hearing him say this, Ying Shu was also relieved, and said, "Xiaoyu, is it okay?" ”
"Yes!"
Xiao Yu agreed in a milky voice.
Gai Nie asked curiously, "When did General Bai have another daughter of that age?" ”
"I picked it up by Ah Weng!"
Xiao Yu said in a low voice.
Gai Nie said apologetically: "Xiao Yu, I'm sorry, it was my uncle who said the wrong thing and made you sad." ”
Bai Zhong gave them a brief introduction, and then solemnly handed Xiao Yu to Gai Nie and asked them to leave Shouchun first.
As for the situation of the envoys of the Qin State in Shouchun, Gai Nie can guess and understand, with his strength, it is no problem to protect a little girl.
Ying Shu reluctantly sent them away, returned to the camp, and asked, "What should I do next?" ”
"Pass the order, recharge your energy tonight, and leave Shouchun tomorrow, it is possible to break in, but it depends on whether the king of Chu is convinced."
Bai Zhong said.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Okay!" ”
Under this premise, it is more convenient to send Xiaoyu away.
That night, Bai Zhong got the news of Hei Bingtai again, and there were only two words - delay.
Sending an envoy to the state of Chu and accepting the king of Chu's request for peace will not go very smoothly.
"Since the King of Chu is hesitant, I will force him to make a choice tomorrow."
Bai Zhong said.
This time, they were all ready, they were prepared to face danger, and they didn't feel anything.
It's dawn.
The Qin army, which was supposed to be training, did not train today, and quickly assembled.
Bai Zhong and Ying Shu put on black armor, turned on their horses, and ordered to leave Shouchun.
As soon as they moved, the Chu army near the martial arts arena immediately panicked, and someone immediately intercepted them.
"General Bai, what are you going to do?"
A general came over and said.
Bai Zhong said: "Of course, it's back to Qin State, get out of the way for me, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind." ”
The general stopped: "You can't leave here without the king's order, not to mention that the peace between the two countries is not over yet." ”
"Noise!"
Bai Zhong didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and the knife in his hand slapped hard.
The man was knocked down on the spot, dizzy, and staggered to the side.
"Rush out, who dares to intercept and kill!"
Bai Zhong said in a loud voice.
"Kill!"
All the Qin troops shouted in unison, deafening.
They held bows and crossbows and horizontal knives in their hands, and their momentum was mighty and murderous.
"Let's go!"
Bai Zhong rode forward.
Ying Shu led the troops to follow behind and left the martial arts arena directly.
The Chu army on the martial arts field wanted to intercept, but more than a dozen people were knocked down in an instant, but they didn't kill anyone, they just shed a little blood, plus these generals of the Chu army were all knocked out, there was no one to command, and they were shocked by the momentum of the Qin army, and they didn't dare to intercept anymore, so they could only let people go back and report.
Bai Zhong and the others had just left, and Jing Yu and the others happened to come to the martial arts arena.
Seeing this scene, he shouted in his heart that it was terrible, and hurriedly chased after him.
Come to the city gate.
The general who defended the city was still the general surnamed Zhao who wanted to intercept Bai Zhong on the day he entered the city.
"Standing, what are you going to do?"
Seeing the Qin army rushing straight forward, he instantly drew his sword and commanded the soldiers to block in front of Bai Zhong.
They didn't get the edict, saying that the Qin army was going to leave the city, and they were a little caught off guard at this time.
"I'm going out of town, get out of the way!"
Bai Zhong said strongly: "I'll give you ten breaths of time, don't get out of the way, force your way!" ”
As soon as these words fell, the Qin army behind them was ready for battle, they were not afraid of death, and they were domineering.
"Ten, Nine, Eight......"
Bai Zhong is really counting down.
The general defending the city was in a hurry, and now he didn't dare to fight with Bai Zhong, but fortunately, when the countdown was about to end, Jing Yu finally followed and interrupted: "General Bai, please wait!" ”
"Childe, let them get out of the way!"
Bai Zhong said sharply.
Jing Yu gasped and asked, "Why does General Bai want to go back?" Have we neglected you by not being hospitable? ”
"Why did you go back?"
Bai Zhong sneered, pretending to be angry: "I came to Shouchun to make peace with you Chu State on behalf of our king, and I came with sincerity, what did you King Chu do?" Keep perfunctory me, if you don't want to make peace, don't invite me, now that I'm in Shouchun, he wants to regret it, right? ”
"If you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you, and I'll bear the consequences!"
He drew his sword out of its sheath and rode his horse to rush to the city gate, looking like he really wanted to break through.
The generals defending the city felt that they would really fight, and immediately gathered all the guards and prepared to desperately defend the city gates.
The two sides confronted each other, and once again the saber rattling.