"To go or not to go?"

"That is, according to the news sent by Xianyang, that Yingzheng will arrive in Mianchi today, and he will pass by Qiangcheng tomorrow, if he doesn't do it, he won't have a chance!"

In a deep mountain and old forest.

In the village of more than 100 households, hundreds of young and middle-aged people dressed in cloth clothes all gathered under the old trees at the head of the village, and among the crowd were several old men.

Not far away, some women and children, as well as some young girls, all watched silently.

It's hard to imagine.

In this village of more than 100 households, there are so many men gathered, and it is obvious that they are plotting something big.

"Where is there any news in Gongcheng!"

An old man at the head of the crowd had gray hair, but on his wrinkled old face, there was no hint of easy-goingness, but instead gave people a fierce feeling.

And his inquiry fell into the ears of the surrounding crowd, and everyone couldn't help but fall silent.

Even the other old men were silent.

"Then if it is with us alone, it will not be so easy, escort Yingzheng, go out to Xianyang garrison, and there are iron cavalry under the command of Qin General Bai Yan."

Seeing this, the old man thought for a while, and glanced at everyone.

As everyone fell silent, a young burly man with two fingers cut off from his palm stepped forward.

"Uncle Dou Tang! Previously, the Qin general Yang Duanhe led 100,000 Qin troops, not all of us dragged down the logistics supplies of those Qin troops and killed more than 2,000 Qin soldiers, what are you afraid of now, as long as there is an ambush within a hundred miles of Pengshan, no matter how many Qin soldiers there are, they can't do it! ”

After the young burly man finished speaking, he glanced at the other men around him, and then looked at Uncle Dou Tang.

"There are so many of us, we must be able to get close to Yingzheng's carriage and kill Yingzheng!"

The words of the young man.

Let many men around nod their heads, the dense forest and high mountain terrain of Pengshan is indeed conducive to ambush, as long as the numerical advantage of the Qin army cannot be exerted, there is really a chance to kill Yingzheng.

But!

It is estimated that no one will leave alive by then!

Under the giant tree.

With this thought, many men couldn't help but glance at each other.

Previously, he blocked the Qin army, relying on the terrain and terrain and the advantage in the dark, and with the help of the news sent by Xizuo, he was able to repeatedly block the Qin army.

There's really no going back right now!

Come to think of it.

Many people couldn't help but jump in their hearts, but fortunately, after a few breaths, they quickly calmed down.

They are all Korean remnants, and they would rather die than be Qin.

Even if he dies this time, he has to do the last thing for South Korea, as long as Yingzheng dies violently on the way, the Qin State will definitely be shaken, and the Qin general Bai Yan will be punished, and then the Qin court will fall into civil strife, and there will be no time to take care of the Korean land.

At that time, even if they die, there will be many other forces that will go to Yingchen to rescue the king of Han and recover the land of Han.

"Pengshan!"

The old man surnamed Dou heard the man's words, and then shook his head: "We can think of it, even if we are afraid of that Qin General Bai Yan, we can also think of it!" ”

The sigh of the old man surnamed Dou made the other old men look at each other, all frowning, and then nodded.

Not to mention the other Qin generals who accompanied him, that is, the Qin general Bai Yan, who was all good at fighting and famous families, and now they could think of ambushing in Pengshan, and the Qin general Bai Yan, which may not be expected.

"Then let Yingzheng leave?"

The young man who had just spoken, looked at the words of several old men, and his face showed a trace of indignation.

If it's not in Pengshan, there is no chance elsewhere.

With the number of Xianyang defenders, coupled with the iron cavalry war horses, it is estimated that all of their 300 or so people, who did not get close to Yingzheng's carriage, will be shot and killed.

When I thought that this would not work, it would not work, so I had to watch Ying Zheng leave?

The man thought about it, and his breathing became a little uneasy.

And the appearance of the young man was naturally noticed by the other old men, but several old men did not blame the man.

After all, no matter what time he fought with the Qin people before, the man was the one who killed at the front, and his prestige in the hearts of others was also high.

"Go to Qiang City!"

The old man surnamed Dou thought for a while and spoke.

When the words fell, the other people around them showed surprise, and even the man with an angry face turned his head to look at the old man surnamed Dou.

"Tonight, you take people to Qiang City and threaten ......."

The old man surnamed Dou had not yet had time to finish his words.

Suddenly, there was a restless sound from outside the crowd, and then under the gaze of several old men, a man with a panicked expression ran over.

"Oh no, Iron Rider! The Qin State Iron Cavalry is already coming here! ”

The man who came to report spoke.

Hear the words.

All the old men stood up one after another, their faces frightened.

Qin State Iron Ride!

At this moment, everyone realizes that the news of their place has leaked.

"Fight with them!"

"Yes, fight with the Qin people!

”

"Let's go!

”

Under the giant tree, countless young men shouted one after another, and then went to the houses in the village one after another, and took out the sharp blades and curved bows that had been hidden.

And the old man surnamed Dou stood in place, and when he saw this scene, he didn't open his mouth to stop it.

Sigh.

The old man surnamed Dou, who had just shown a fierce face, flashed a touch of sadness in his eyes, and now he knew very well that it should be that after the Qin army returned to the Qin State before, someone slackened and accidentally leaked the news, and was carefully investigated by the Qin State.

Now the Qin State Iron Cavalry has been killed and is prepared.

This time, it's already a lot of bad luck!

They were able to defeat the Qin army before, because they were in an ambush in the dark, and they were taken by surprise, even if they couldn't beat them, they could still escape.

However, now surrounded by mountains, there is no way to retreat, not to mention that unlike most others, his entire family has moved to this village.

"Brother Fang!"

The old man surnamed Dou turned his head and looked at an old man beside him, and then showed a wry smile.

"When they come, you will take them to the entrance of the village first, and when you leave, I will ask my family a few words!"

The old man surnamed Dou said with a smile.

The old man surnamed Fang looked at his old friend, a friend who had known him for most of his life, and nodded.

The old man surnamed Fang also knew in his heart that this time, it might be difficult for them to survive.

Under the scorching sun.

Outside the small village in the mountains and forests, an iron cavalry soldier wearing Qin State clothes and armor leaned on each other with bows and crossbows, wooden shields, and Changge, and slowly marched to each other in groups of three or five.

A moment later, when the village was about to be seen, a number of men with curved bows stood up in the dense forest not far away.

The iron cavalry soldiers raised their bows and crossbows and fired arrows at the men.

And the arrows shot by those men were missed, and the iron cavalry soldiers holding wooden shields, with experience and reflection, quickly protected the position where the arrows were missed.

"Ahh

"Ahh

”

The screams continued to sound, mostly men lying in ambush in the woods, and many of the iron cavalry soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, most of them were wounded, and some were shot to death.

However, a scene is not worth mentioning at all for the iron cavalry soldiers who have been wandering the battlefield all year round.

Even the men who were lying in ambush in the trees were all shot down by the Iron Cavalry.

"Kill!

”

"Kill!"

It seems that the bow is not as good as the well-trained, brave and combative iron cavalry, and the other men who are in ambush around and the men who are ambushed at the entrance of the village have been killed.

Inside the trail.

Seeing this scene, he reached out and put down the hilt of the sword, and pulled out his waist sword and sword.

As the iron cavalry soldiers at the front shot a wave of arrows, they saw that those men were about to be killed.

"Kill!"

With a simple sentence, he led all the iron cavalry soldiers with an expressionless face and killed those men.

Bai Yan is growing, and Qi is no exception.

Compared with two years ago, he is no longer the boy who left the village of a dozen or so at the beginning.

has been to the battlefield and has had the experience of dying several times, so that Jue is not at all nervous in the face of the scene in front of him.

In the mountains and forests.

"Hugh~!"

As the iron cavalry drew his sword, with the well-trained cooperation, those men were still being killed and fell to the ground no matter how fierce they shouted and how strong their bodies were.

A famous iron cavalry soldier used a bow and a crossbow to kill the men before they could get close.

Until this time, those men who were only menacing had clearly realized that the elite of these iron cavalry soldiers far exceeded that of all the Qin soldiers they had encountered before.

"No wonder Yingzheng will let this iron horse return to Xianyang to escort!"

This is the thought that is on the minds of almost all men.

However, at this time, there is no way back.

With the arrow loss constantly flying in the forest, with the sound of screaming and killing, the leaves of the trees in the forest were constantly splashed with blood, and a corpse fell to the ground.

In the case of almost twice the number of advantages.

The iron cavalry continued to advance, and soon the battlefield spread to the big trees at the entrance of the village, and more and more men were killed and fell to the ground, and blood stained the path in the village.

Holding the sword in one hand, he stood under the giant tree and inserted the bloodstained Qin sword into the scabbard.

Wiped the blood from his face.

Compared with the battle with Zhao Bianqi at the beginning, these cloth-clothed men in front of him were empty and powerful, and their cooperation was completely chaotic, far inferior to Zhao Bianqi.

After a long time.

Two blood-stained iron cavalry soldiers dragged a wounded old man to his side.

..........

Night

Inside Michi Castle.

Driving all the way from Xianyang, nothing happened along the way, at least nothing alarmed Ying Zheng and Empress Dowager Zhao Ji.

Bai Yan stood in front of the door under the eaves, standing on the handrail, looking at the sky above in the middle of the night.

"General, there's news from the captain!"

An iron cavalry soldier came to Bai Yan's side and handed Bai Yan a scroll of bamboo slips.

After Bai Yan took the bamboo slip, he looked at the contents of it.

Jue has already cleared all the forces in Qiang City, and the rest is the forces near Jingmuro Mountain.

There were also some casualties among the soldiers.

"Go down and rest!"

Bai Yan said to his cronies.

"No!"

When the cronies heard Bai Yan's words, they bowed their hands, and then turned to leave.

And then.

Bai Yan continued to stand alone and thought about the future.

"General, this is a soup sent by the king!"

Two eunuchs and maids came over with a plate of chicken and some dishes.

Seeing this, Bai Yan nodded and ordered it to be placed in the study.

For these, Bai Yan is no longer surprised.

Among the guards who accompanied the trip, there were also those who went out to carry grain and millet, and there were also people in charge of chickens, sheep and other livestock, all of whom were responsible for providing delicious food for Yingzheng to enjoy.

And he is a general, although he is not in Xianyang, he can also guarantee a chicken and other delicious food for every meal.

In this regard, although the Qin State is not as good as the Qi State, Yingzheng will never treat the ministers badly.

Compared with the more than 100,000 laborers and prisoners inside and outside the city at this moment, who are poorly clothed and hungry, as well as the tens of thousands of Qin soldiers and iron cavalry soldiers who eat ordinary vegetarian dishes, Bai Yan's daily meal is really too good to be better.

And all this, in the eyes of everyone, including all soldiers, laborers, and prisoners, is taken for granted.

Right.

It's the root of everything.

"Huh?"

Bai Yan suddenly heard footsteps, turned his head to look at the courtyard in the distance, and found several maids lighting candles and walking over with three people.

Because he had practiced martial arts and swords in the night all year round, Bai Yan's eyes in the night were very good, far beyond ordinary people.

Therefore, Bai Yan could clearly see that the three of them were Li Xin, Li Lu, and Li Liang of the Li family, who came together on this trip and lived in the same mansion.

Looked at.

Bai Yan and the others slowly stepped forward and approached, raising their hands to salute.

Li Xin and the others also came to Bai Yan one after another to salute.

Because of the previous actions of the Li family in Xianyang, the four of them are already very close, and they don't have to care about those politeness.

After Bai Yan saluted, he knew that Li Xin must have something to talk to him about, so he invited the three of them into the room.

"Please!"

After Bai Yan finished speaking, after Li Xin and the three of them finished saluting, they took the lead in the room.

Li Xin followed.

And after Li Lu and Li Liang followed Bai Yan and Li Xin into the room, they couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw the delicacies on the wooden table, full of emotion.

Bai Yan called the maid and told her to get three more pairs of bowls.

With the four of them seated, Bai Yan looked at Li Xin.

"Is there something wrong with having a brother?"

Bai Yan asked softly.

It was night outside the window, and there were all guards in the mansion at this moment, and Bai Yan was not worried about having ears on the partition wall.

Li Xin, the words are successful, and through the words, you can also see that the general Li Yao's expectations for Li Xin are very high.

Bai Yan looked at Li Xin, and when he saw the sorrow in Li Xin's eyebrows, he was a little puzzled.

Because of the previous affairs of Zhao Guo, if this is the case, Bai Yan can still understand, but now that Li Ji's arrival, Ying Zheng Dayue, will naturally have an impact on Li Xin's attitude.

And so it goes.

How could Li Xin still be worried.

"Some things, however, are a little too shy to talk about."

When Li Xin heard Bai Yan's words, his face suddenly looked embarrassed and a little twisted.

Li Lu, who was a little older on the side, was more sleek because he was an official all year round, and when he saw his cousin Li Xin's appearance of being silent for a long time, he looked at Bai Yan and thought about it.

"I'm not afraid of jokes, Youcheng heard that there are many thieves along the way, and he wants to serve the king!"

Li Lu said.

Then Li Lu told Bai Yan the reason, because of Li Xin's defeat, although the king did not condemn him, his cousin Li Yao directly removed all Li Xin's military power.

In other words, although Li Xin's title is now, he has no real power in his hands, not even soldiers and horses.

Now that the king is finally traveling, Li Xin also thinks that since he is with him, he is also idle, why not do something for the king and follow the work of dogs and horses.

On the way to Handan, as long as Bai Yan opened his mouth and gave an order, Li Xin would definitely not refuse.

Inside the study.

Bai Yan learned about the cause and effect from Li Lu, and looked at Li Xin's embarrassed appearance, only then did he understand that Li Xin wanted to ask for someone from Bai Yan, even if it was one or two hundred people, and if he encountered danger along the way, he could be at the front.

"This matter is please!"

Li Xin'er was a little red, after all, when he thought that he had led tens of thousands of troops, and now he had no half of the military power under his command, the huge gap was really a little ashamed.

"If you believe in Bai Yan, you will listen to Bai Yan."

Bai Yan looked at Li Xin's appearance, thought about it, and finally said to Li Xin.

The voice fell.

Li Lu and Li Liang in the study all showed surprised looks, before they came, they all thought that Bai Yan would definitely not refuse this trivial matter, but they never thought that Bai Yan seemed to have something to say now.

Li Xin was also a little at a loss at the moment, and looked at Bai Yan very puzzled.

"There is nothing wrong with the heart of meritorious service, but tonight's words, if they fall in the eyes of others, they are a little eager to utilitarian!"

Bai Yan said this and looked at Li Xin.

This is also reminding Li Xin that these three or five hundred people are not difficult for Bai Yan to transfer, but Li Xin will come over tonight and lead the troops early tomorrow morning.

This spread out, to Yingzheng, even if it was out of good intentions, but for Li Xin, it was still a little bad.

Come to think of it.

Under Li Xin's somewhat disappointed gaze, Bai Yan reached out and picked up a fast stick, nodded it on the top of the tea cup, and then wrote on the wooden table.

"Yan, Wei!"

On the side, Li Liang looked at the words written by Bai Yan and read in his heart.

Li Lu also looked at Bai Yan at this time.

"Bai Yan believes that the king is still successful in his heart!"

Bai Yan said to Li Xin.

Looking at Li Xin's unconfident appearance, Bai Yan couldn't say much about it.

But Bai Yan knew very well in his heart that in history, after Li Xin's defeat in Zhaodi, the second stage was after Jing Ke's failure to assassinate Qin, and the Qin State attacked Yan.

At that time, the chief general who led the troops was Li Xin.

And the appearance of Li Ji at the moment undoubtedly confirms this, even if Ying Zheng looks at Li Ji and Li's face, he will definitely continue to value the young Li Xin.

After all, Li Xin's opponent was Wu Anjun and Li Mu.

There is no shame in losing to Li Mu.

Even General Wang Jian was not sure to beat Li Mu by half a point.

"Yan, Wei!"

Li Xin heard Bai Yan's words and thought about it.

Now that he came back to his senses, Li Xin also understood what Bai Yan meant, this was to let him wait for the opportunity to cut Yan or Wei, and at that time, he could only lead the troops to make meritorious contributions when he waited for the king's order.

But.......

At that time, would the king really let himself lead the troops?

Thinking of this, Li Xin was full of worries, after all, in the court of the Qin State now, not to mention the generals of the older generation, not to mention the generals Wang Jian , Yang Duanhe and others, that is, among the younger generation, there are Qiang and Meng Tian.

There is also Bai Yan, who is young in front of him, even if he faces Han, Zhao, Yue, and Xiongnu, he still has great feats and no defeat.

In such a situation, even if he attacked Wei and destroyed Yan, would the king really lead his troops?

"Youcheng, I believe in General Li Yao!"

Bai Yan said to Li Xin, his voice was very small.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door.

"General, this is a bowl of fast!"

The three maids came to the door, entered the room with the bowl, and then put the bowl down in front of Li Xin, Li Lu, and Li Liang.

Bai Yan looked at Li Xin, who was a little worried, and then could feel that although Li Lu and Li Liang were laughing and talking, there was obviously a slight emotion in the atmosphere.

】

Obviously, in the eyes of the two, they think that waiting until the words of killing Yan and destroying Wei are just excuses.

Bai Yan can't help this, and it shouldn't explain too much.

Human affection is like this, just like when in Pingyang, many scholars gave gifts and climbed relationships, and wanted to put the children of the clan into the iron cavalry through Bai Zhong, Bai Bo and others, so that Bai Yan could take care of them and become an iron cavalry general in the future.

At that time, Bai Yan thought that in the army, countless children of the scholar clan must first find a relationship to transfer away in battle, so he did not hesitate to drag it out, and if the words could not be delayed, he directly refused politely.

At that time, Bai Yan's actions made the faces of many old men of the scholar clan unsightly.

Right now, in the face of concern, Li Lu and Li Liang are a little anxious.

Bai Yan didn't want the two of them to understand him, after all, in the eyes of Li Lu and Li Liang, neither of them knew what would happen in the future.

Bai Yan will not tell what he knows, and in the future, Yan Dan will let Jing Ke come to Qin State to assassinate and fail.

Then everything will be known!