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Chapter 77

Xianyang City is now shrouded in the darkness of dawn. Although there is a hint of bright color in the sky, it cannot resist this rippling darkness.

Several old soldiers who had been guarding the city gate all night held the pole and stomped their feet together to chat.

"Old Liu, I will have to make two more pots of burning knives tomorrow night." A middle-aged defender with a pockmarked face said with a smile.

Old Liu put his hands in the sleeves of his jacket, held a spear, shrank his neck and narrowed his eyes and cursed, "You don't want to live anymore. I've checked these days, but I haven't heard that the emperor was assassinated and needed to be in a deep palace for several months."

"Damn it, Old Liu is the most nonsense. I heard that the emperor is not doing well, just a few little thieves." A long-faced defender cursed with a smile.

Pork face said with an old face: "The current Emperor of Qin is much better than the old emperor. Since he killed Zhao Gao last time, many servants have been cancelled. Alas, this Emperor of Qin is just a little better, and these thieves have begun to be restless. I don't know how to do it!"

The long-faced defender blew into his palm and said, "I heard that this assassin was caused by the old emperor and Li Si back then. It caused many scholars to burn."

"That's burning books and burying scholars." Old Liu said with a long face and a look: "I also heard that these people came to the title of avenging the scholar Confucian scholar. But the old emperor did it a little too much back then." He shook his head.

The old guard of the round face who had not made any noise smiled and said, "Now the Qin Dynasty's laws are relaxed. Otherwise, if you gossip and go to the yamen, you will be a joint officer." The old guard of the round face had white hair and beard. When the officer who guarded the city saw that he was a bachelor, he asked him to follow him to guard the city gate and make a living.

"Lao Bing, it's okay if you go and sue now. The second emperor is kind and won't be able to get along with our broken mouth." Old Liu laughed and called the nickname of the old guard of the round face. Because his face was as round as a cake, he was jokingly called Lao Bing by the defenders.

Lao Bing was not angry, and smiled and ignored them. She stood up and leaned against the inside of the city gate. She said, "The emperor is kind and has no use. Isn't it that he was hurt by an assassin and cannot leave the palace? I really don't know what the world will be like in the past few months of resting? I really don't know what these damn ministers are doing. They actually leaked the news that the emperor needs to rest. Isn't this agitated? Forget it, forget it, we don't understand the major affairs of the country. Let's just listen to Lao Liu tell us about how he steals the old widow next door."

Amid the laughter of several people, Lao Liu picked up a stone and threw it at Lao Biao, laughing and scolding, but his face was lustful.

Lao Bing laughed and came to the city gate. Before he could touch the city gate, he found a few war horses galloping from afar on the official road, followed by a group of black horses.

Now in wartime, it is difficult to tell which person is coming under the night. Lao Bing immediately shouted nervously: "Long-faced, long-faced, come and take a look."

He had a lazy face and laughed and scolded, "Old guy, there are girls peeing! Ah--" When he saw the black team, he immediately opened his mouth and turned around and shouted, "Old Liu, inform the adults that there is an army to leave the city."

The sound of the sound was so scared that Old Liu jumped up immediately, muttering and scolding Lao Bing for delaying the matter. While running quickly to the inside of the city gate, he shouted: "Mr. Su, Lord Su, the army is here."

With his shouting, the Qin army guarding the city gate here in Xianyang immediately woke up. All soldiers climbed to the top of the city, bent their bows and arrows, and were ready to fight. The city gate garrison General Su Jian was appointed by Feng Jie himself, and he was a steady and mature person.

He looked down from the city tower and saw a group of soldiers wearing Qin uniforms rushing to come. The leader was a young general, and he couldn't see clearly under the night.

There were only about 500 people coming, but they had a silence and murderous aura, which was obviously a long-standing battle formation.

At this time, the Qin army in the city had already arrived at the city. Behind the young general, one of them took the horse forward, raised the token in his hand and shouted to Su Jian on the city: "General Su, Ren Xiao has urgent business, open the city immediately."

Su Jian was in the imperial capital, so he naturally recognized Ren Xiao, the new guard, and immediately bowed with a smile: "Who am I? It turns out that he is Ren Xiao's brother. He is very cautious in the war, please forgive me." He was sleek and sophisticated in his work, and immediately showed kindness to the people around Ren Xiao in a few words.

Ren Xiao nodded and said, "My lord did the right thing."

"Keep the city." Su Jian ordered and rushed to the city and greeted him in person.

The gate of Xianyang City opened slowly with a heavy sound at this moment.

Ren Xiao and others followed the young general and left Xianyang City.

Su Jian did not recognize the young general, but recognized Ren Xiao, Meng Hang, and Upp. Seeing the three of them following the young general like servants, he knew that the general must be a descendant of the court or a relative of the royal family. He immediately stood respectfully and bowed to the young general.

The young general nodded slightly and rushed out of Xianyang City with his horse. Ren Xiao and others followed closely behind and ignored Su Jian beside him. After that, five hundred Qin elite cavalry left.

The old soldiers guarding the gate did not know that the second emperor who was resting in their mouth had just left Xianyang and rushed to the camp of Mount Li.

Hu Hai claimed to the outside world that he was seriously injured and could not handle the government. However, he had quietly arrived in the front army camp.

After experiencing this assassination, Ruizhu insisted on letting Hu Hai take Die Cui by her side, and even kept reminding Ren Xiao, Meng Hang, and Upp before leaving. Without Chen Jia, who was thoughtful, Ruizhu was always worried about a few rough-leaved strongmen.

The three commanders in the camp also heard the news that the second emperor was assassinated in Xianyang and came to greet each other. Only when they saw that the emperor was indeed unhindered was relieved.

Within a few days, Hu Hai visited the 700,000 army, including the Suwei Army. Inspired by several old generals, the Qin army was full of ambition and eager to try.

Although the emperor personally fought, the three armies advanced and retreated, and the three marshals cooperated with each other.

Hu Hai knew in his heart that he might not be able to command the head-on confrontation between the two armies. It would be better to delegate power to the three men, which would bring more practical effects. He only led the weakest army in the army, echoing from afar.

At the foot of Mount Li, three armies lined up in the left, center and right, shaking the Zhou Wen army who was playing in the water ten miles away.

The commander of the left army in front, Meng Tian, ​​the commander of the right army in front, Wang Ben, and the central army was led by Zhang Han. After the main attack on the third army, there were tens of thousands of reserve troops led by Qin II Hu Hai and general Su Jiao.

Among these tens of thousands of reserve troops, Hu Hai's 10,000 team was the weakest. The three commanders only asked the emperor to be responsible for the transportation of the supplies behind and stayed away from the front line of the war. Hu Hai understood that these were the three commanders protecting themselves in disguise.

Qin Ershi's personal campaign was somewhat a political show in the eyes of the generals with empty eyelashes. While fighting a war with Zhou Wen, they also had to protect the young emperor.
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