Under night.
In the mansion of the Zhongli clan, Zhongli Chuan and Zhongli Hao were kneeling behind a wooden table, drinking and talking with the elders of the clan and other nobles in Zhongwu City.
In the large main hall, ten Chu State artistic girls were dancing gracefully. On both sides of the main hall, the men in silk clothes behind the wooden tables hugged the beauties and smiled drunkenly while watching the dance, not to mention enjoying it.
The Zhongli clan did not only keep these ten artistic girls in captivity. Korean artistic girls, Wei artistic girls, Zhao singers, and Yan female ones were all kept in captivity in the Zhongli family.
It is no exaggeration to say that within a radius of a hundred miles, everyone knows that all the beauties are in Zhongwu City, and the Zhongli family is the most beautiful.
"Everyone, please!"
Zhongli Hao raised his wine glass again, and under the hundreds of candle lights around the main hall, he scanned the crowd. They all said that people are in high spirits during happy events. He was once excluded from the Zhongli family and traveled around, constantly making friends.
Why, isn’t it just for this day?
With the help of Bai Yan in the past, Zhongli Hao and Zhongli Chuan have successfully replaced the Zhongli clan. Everything in the mansion in front of them, including the countless shops and restaurants in the city, and the farmland outside the city, now belongs to the two brothers.
Make a fortune every day, be prosperous and wealthy, and have no regrets in life!
"please!"
"please!!"
In the main hall, other noble men, as well as a few scholars and knights, watched Zhong Lihao raise his wine glass and raised their glasses in response, with smiles on their faces.
Those knights and retainers have known Zhongli Hao for a long time, and now that Zhongli Hao has become the head of the Zhongli clan, they can also come here, enjoy themselves, and look at the beauty beside them, as delicate as jade. How can this woman outside compare to her? Yes, even the women in the restaurant may not be able to compare.
During the drinking room, suddenly a servant hurriedly came to Zhonglihao's side, making Zhonglihao frown slightly. After all, no one wanted to be disturbed when he was getting up.
However, when he heard the words spoken by the servant in his ear, Zhonglihao's eyes froze, his face was reddish with a hint of drunkenness, and he suddenly woke up.
"Everyone, please drink here. Hao, I'll excuse you for a moment!"
Zhong Lihao stood up quickly, raised his hands and said to everyone, and then hurriedly left the main hall without having time to explain to the elders, under the surprised eyes of everyone.
Under the dark night.
Zhonglihao was riding a carriage, driving quickly on the street in the cold wind. Zhonglihao would lift the cloth cover from time to time and look outside with a somewhat panicked expression.
After a long time, when the carriage came to the city gate, Zhongli Hao hurriedly got out of the carriage. A Qin soldier seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zhongli Hao, he took Zhongli Hao to the city gate.
In the city road, when Zhong Lihao followed the Qin soldiers all the way to a Qin general, and when he saw the back of the young man next to the general, he froze on the spot.
"Hao, meet the general!"
Zhonglihao raised his hand and saluted Bai Yan.
The cold wind blowing in the middle of the night made people shiver, especially the heavy snow outside the city, which had not yet completely melted. However, for Zhongli Hao, these were nothing compared to seeing Bai Yan standing in front of him at this moment. , causing a cold feeling to rise behind Zhongli Hao.
Didn't Bai Yan fight with the Chu army Xiang Yan in Suiyang City? Why did he suddenly come to Zhongwu City, still late at night, and hurriedly asked him to come over, and also asked him to keep quiet.
What happened?
Zhonglihao was very confused. After experiencing what happened to Peng Bo, Zhonglihao felt frightened every time he saw Bai Yan, especially the death of Ban Ding. Bai Yan did not take action at all, and let Ban Ding betray Bai Yan , the corpse was cut into pieces alive and then fed to the dogs.
"Junzi Hao!"
Bai Yan turned around, under the numerous torches, turned to look at Zhong Lihao, and returned the favor with his hands.
After the ceremony, Bai Yan could smell a little bit of alcohol coming from Zhong Lihao even three or four steps away, but Bai Yan naturally didn't mind it. In this cold weather, warming the wine oven was fine.
Zhonglihao was not a general, let alone an official. As a member of the noble family, he naturally did not have to be busy with tedious affairs.
"General, the wind and cold here are not as good as General and Captain Jiu. They will follow Hao back to the Zhongli clan. Hao Bei will warm the jade with thin wine to drive away the cold for the two generals! If you have orders, Hao Ding will not hesitate!"
Zhonglihao looked at Bai Yan's eyes and explained quickly, then looked at Jiu beside Bai Yan.
In Zhongwu City, General Jiu was more difficult to get in touch with than the guard, General Cong. During this period, Zhongli Hao often entertained the two generals, Cong and Jiu, but every time it was Jiu who rarely attended the banquet.
Nothing happened, Jiu was mostly busy dealing with important matters.
"Hao Junzi's kindness is appreciated by Bai Yan. Now Bai Yan hopes that Hao Junzi can borrow a precious land in his mansion for use!"
Bai Yan looked at Zhonglihao looking over, his eyes full of expectation, he didn't know what warm jade was, and after politely rejecting Zhonglihao, he bluntly stated his intention.
"Borrowing a mansion? Yes! There are many mansions in the city. No matter where the general needs, Hao can immediately send his servants and maids to serve the general!"
Zhonglihao was a little surprised when he heard Bai Yan's words, but since Bai Yan opened his mouth, Zhonglihao naturally nodded in agreement without hesitation.
In Zhongwu City, the Zhongli family has many mansions, and as long as Bai Yan wants them, they can be arranged right now.
"No need for the maid! I need to borrow some people..."
Bai Yan heard Zhonglihao's words and said with a smile. Then he looked at Jiu and looked at the confused Zhonglihao again.
late at night.
In the guard's mansion, Cong was dealing with things. Unlike other generals, Cong, who had taken off his armor, looked like an ordinary middle-aged man who had moved here every year. He didn't show the slightest aura of being a soldier all year round. This was not the case. Wei Cong, he would naturally be able to hurt people with a sword, but when it comes to martial arts, Cong may not even be as powerful as some martial artists.
In front of the wooden table, Cong looked at the bamboo slips in his hand and rubbed his beard with one hand. A slight smile suddenly appeared in his eyes on his slightly rounded face.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the quiet study.
"who?"
Cong was stunned by the sound. He quickly put away the bamboo slips in his hands, stood up and placed them on the wooden frame.
"General, Captain Jiu wants to see the general for something!"
A report from a confidant came outside the door.
Zong frowned a little when he heard this. He didn't know why Jiu came to the mansion to look for him late at night. Could something have happened?
"Bring people in!"
Cong held an ordinary bamboo slip, returned to the wooden table, knelt down and said.
Not long after, the door opened, and Cong saw Jiu wearing armor and walking into the study with a gloomy look.
"The general didn't rest late at night and came here in a hurry. Is there something wrong?"
Cong looked at Jiu in confusion, stood up and bowed his hands to Jiu in greeting.
Although Jiu and Cong have a higher title, Cong was always very polite to them when communicating with each other in the past. After all, Jiu is not only a general of the Qin Kingdom, but also a confidant of Bai Yan, and all of his iron knights are elite soldiers.
"Another fatality!"
Jiu frowned, then looked at Cong with his hands raised, and told the matter in Cong's doubtful eyes.
"Zhongli Hao kidnapped Yu Jin's wife and brought her back to the Zhongli family. He also ordered people to beat Yu Jin to death. Now Yu is begging Zhongli Hao to let Yu Jin go!"
After Jiu finished speaking, he looked at Cong.
In the past, Zhongli Hao often invited Cong to his mansion for drinking and having fun. It is no exaggeration to say that after arriving in Zhongwu City, Cong spent the night at Zhongli's house far more often than he stayed at the city guard's mansion.
That is to say, I didn't go there because I was busy dealing with things for some unknown reason these past two days.
"Ah? Yu Jin's wife?"
When Cong heard Jiu's words, his face was full of surprise. At this time, Cong couldn't hear anything. He wanted to make his own decision. After all, the Zhongli clan was the largest clan in Zhongwu City, and Cong often went to the Zhongli clan to drink. As for the remaining wife...
Cong couldn't help but think that the beauty he saw in Yu Mansion was the woman he had been thinking about all these days.
"I'm going to see Zhonglihao!"
Cong hesitated for a moment, but decided to go see Zhong Lihao now, so after looking at Jiu, he walked out of the room.
At this time, Zong Zong roughly guessed in his mind that he must have not been to the Zhongli clan for the past two days, which caused Zhongli Hao to worry that he was tired of the beauties in the Zhongli clan, so he thought of taking Yu Jin's wife to the Zhongli clan for him. , Hao Bei Li Zhongli gained notoriety, and let him enjoy the benefits.
Thinking of this, Cong was naturally very grateful to Zhong Lihao's attempts to please him, but more importantly, he was helpless because it was really inappropriate at the moment.
Originally, he planned to stay for two days. Chu generals Jingqi and Chang Wenjun led the Chu army to Zhongwu City. After he returned to Chu, he would go to seize Yu Jin's wife. He never thought that he had not gone to Zhongli in the past two days. Unintentionally, Zhonglihao had other thoughts.
In two days at most, Jing Qi and the Chu army led by Lord Chang Wen will arrive. He has been enjoying himself at Zhongli's mansion, and has not had time to deal with many things, especially Youjiu in Zhongwu City. Since he has decided to surrender to Chu, To enjoy the glory and wealth of the Chu Kingdom, then when Jing Qi arrives with his troops, he must kill Jiu and open the city gate to welcome the Chu army into the city.
At this time, I really couldn't make a move, and I didn't dare to cause any trouble in Zhongwu City at this time. If Jiu and his subordinates and soldiers were not killed, and there was an accident, it would be difficult to explain.
Inside the castle guard's mansion.
A close confidant named Cong held a torch and followed Cong and Jiu away. Not long after Cong and others left, a famous cavalry officer suddenly came to the door of the mansion at night.
"Step aside!"
The leading general looked at the several Qin soldiers guarding the gate and said.
"The general is not here. Why do you want to see the general?"
The Qin soldier guarding the gate looked at the cavalry general, frowned and said, General Cong just left here, why are you looking for the general after so many things happened tonight?
"On General Bai's order! Enter the mansion to get something!"
The cavalry general took out a general seal from his waist and gave it to the guard general.
The guard general was shocked when he heard that Bai Yan had ordered people to come here, and his expression was a little stunned. Why didn't he know when Bai Yan came to Zhongwu City, and he had never heard the general say it.
When he saw these cavalry soldiers in front of him, who had come here while the general was away, the guard general suddenly thought of something.
However, the guard general's eyes just changed, and before he could speak, the cavalry general saw through it. In an instant, he reached out and pulled out the Qin sword, and the cavalry generals behind him also drew their swords.
The Qin soldiers guarding the gate didn't even have time to draw their swords out of their scabbards, and in an instant they saw Qin swords coming at them.
When the Qin soldiers saw the sword blade, they instinctively raised their hands to block it. With severe pain, they were kicked to the ground by the iron knight soldiers one by one, and then they were hacked to death with random swords.
"do not move!"
The cavalry general looked at the guard general with an indifferent expression. When he saw that the soldiers behind him had already killed those soldiers, he put the Qin sword on the general's waist and took the Qin sword off his waist.
After the cavalry general made a gesture to the night behind him, a few breaths later, with the sound of dense footsteps, one after another the cavalry generals walked in from the gate of the mansion.
"What do you want to do? Can you rebel against Qin?"
When the guard general saw this scene, his face was full of panic, and his face turned pale.
However, the cavalry general did not bother to answer. General Bai Yan was the commander in chief. He knew very well that if his general wanted to betray the Qin State, how could the current matter still happen? Not to mention the people here, the whole world would be shaken.
the other side.
In one of the Zhongli family's mansions.
In the middle of the night, Cong and Jiu came to the door of the mansion with a Qin soldier.
A Qin soldier came forward and knocked on the door. After a while, he saw Zhongli Hao's servant coming out. Zong had been enjoying himself in Zhongli's mansion for many days. Naturally, he was no stranger to this old slave and knew that he was his confidant.
Upon seeing this, he also knew that Zhongli Hao was in this mansion.
Under the leadership of the servants, Cong and Jiu led a group of Qin soldiers into the mansion. The two young men guarding the gate of the mansion saw Jiu's eyes and nodded vaguely. After Cong led a group of Qin soldiers, After the soldier entered the mansion, he looked outside and rolled up to the door of the mansion.
And under the dark night.
Just inside the gate of the mansion, in the quiet atmosphere, where Cong had just walked, men in civilian clothes came out one after another, all holding sharp sword blades in their hands.
In the yard.
As Cong was walking, he suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it. When he passed a yard along the corridor, Cong suddenly stopped.
wrong! In the past, when he went to the Zhongli Family, there were so many domestic servants and maids everywhere that he couldn't even count them. Before that, he had lamented that not to mention the beauties kept in captivity at the Zhongli Family, even the slaves were all handsome.
Why did I come to this mansion at this time, and even when I walked to the courtyard, I didn't see a maid along the way.
"General Jiu, something is wrong!"
Cong stopped, looked up at Jiu and said, but at the moment, Cong couldn't say anything.
Cong didn't believe how Zhongli Hao treated him. After all, he was a general of the Qin State. Even if the Zhongli clan had thousands of private soldiers, they would never dare to attack him at this time. Moreover, if the Zhongli clan was afraid of the Qin army's defeat, they had secretly defected to the Chu state. , it is impossible that the Chu generals Jingqi and Changwenjun would not inform Zhongli and Hao Cai, let alone harm him.
what happened?
Cong even had some doubts as to whether he was overthinking it, but Cong, who had been to Zhongli's Ye Ye Xiaoge, was very sure that there would never be any maids or servants in the mansion. This was not in line with Cong's perception of Zhongli.
He looked at the quiet surroundings, at the empty and quiet corridors not far away, and at the other houses where there was no one around.
"General Jiu!!!"
Cong turned around and realized that Jiu and the old slave seemed to have not heard him and were still walking forward, which made Cong frown.
"General Jiu!"
Cong frowned and shouted again. In the quiet night, except for the faint burning sound of the torch in the hand of the confidant beside him, the voice was very bright.
However, just like that, in the eyes of Cong and the other Qin soldiers, Jiu and the old slave still seemed not to have heard anything and walked further and further away. This scene made the Qin soldiers look at each other in confusion.
Only when Cong was about to speak, he suddenly realized something and his pupils were filled with panic.
"No! Hurry, go away!!!"
Cong, who had not worn any armor for many days, came here in a hurry, so he was naturally wearing silk clothes. Just as Cong turned around in a panic, preparing to leave the mansion, he suddenly saw the man who had just walked over. From there, men in civilian clothes kept pouring out, holding sharp swords.
Seeing this scene, Cong's back was covered with cold sweat, and he turned his head to look elsewhere. At this time, he also discovered that dense crowds of men suddenly poured out of the originally quiet surroundings, and all of them, without exception, had sharp swords in their hands.
"What?"
"this……"
Looking at the countless men holding swords around, not to mention Cong panicked, even the Qin soldiers beside him drew their swords one after another, formed a circle, held torches, and looked at the men with vigilance. .
Suddenly they discovered that they were surrounded in the mansion.
"Who do you think you are, who knows what crime it is to murder the general of Qin!"
Under the protection of a group of cronies, Cong looked around with a pale face. Until now, Cong didn't understand what happened, who these people were, and why they were ambushing here.
"General Jiu, what do you mean?"
It wasn't until Cong saw Jiu looking at him in the distance that he shouted loudly.
The person who answered Cong was not Jiu, but another voice that was very familiar to Cong.
"General Cong, don't blame us. Li Xin of Qin was defeated. Now the Chu generals Xiang Yan and Jing Qi are commanding hundreds of thousands of Chu troops to encircle and suppress the Qin army. Bai Yan is destined to be defeated. We don't want to die fighting Bai Yan! "
In the yard, when Dang Cong turned around and saw the familiar Zhongli Hao, he didn't know where he was. It turned out that the men in common clothes around him were all Zhongli Hao's people.
After listening to Zhonglihao's words, Cong breathed a sigh of relief, but still looked at Zhonglihao uneasily, and then looked at Jiu on the other side.
"General Jiu, you are Bai Yan's general. Bai Yan treats you and other generals well. Why did the general betray Bai Yan?"
Cong asked.
Zhonglihao secretly contacted Chu State, which Cong could understand, but what puzzled Cong was how could Jiu betray Bai Yan.
"Mr. Changping has promised to bring all my wife and daughters to the Chu State. As long as we agree to surrender to the Chu State, we will be rewarded with official titles. If the Wei State is restored, we will be made generals of the Wei State!"
Jiu said, then he didn't want to say anything, so he looked at Zhonglihao who was not far behind Cong, and reminded: "The night is long and the dream is long! Do it quickly!"
Just as Jiu finished speaking, Cong felt a chill in his heart. He quickly turned to Zhong Lihao and raised his hand to signal not to do anything yet.
In the mansion.
The door of the main hall was always closed, but Cong outside the yard had no idea that his former generals were now all kneeling behind wooden tables, with sharp swords hanging around their necks. The men in commoner clothes all stood behind more than ten people on both sides, watching these Qin army generals in silence.
Behind the wooden table above, Bai Yan was sitting on his knees, listening to Zhong Lihao's questions and Cong's answers outside the door, while pouring himself a cup of warm tea.
Bai Yan looked at the Qin generals who were all pale and panic-stricken, with sweat on their foreheads. Then he looked at the corpses of several Qin generals lying on the wooden table, with blood still seeping from the wooden table. dripping to the ground.
Not long after, the door to the main hall slowly opened.
In the courtyard far outside the gate, Cong, who had a look of joy on his face and told Zhong Lihao in detail that he had secretly planned with the Chu State, thought that he would survive the disaster. When he turned around and saw the scene in the main hall, he froze in place.
Especially when I saw the former generals being held captive by sharp swords, several corpses, and the man kneeling behind the wooden table in the innermost part.
Bai, Bai Yan! ! ! !
At this moment, Cong's pupils were full of horror and his mind went blank.
Bai Yan, why is he here?
impossible! Absolutely impossible! ! !
"General!"
Jiu came to the main hall and saluted Bai Yan.
Just now, Zong Cong had told everything about the betrayal, and was even worried that Zhongli Hao would not believe it. Under Zhongli Hao's suspicious eyes, he planned with Jing Qi and Chang Wenjun to take advantage of the heavy snow and the inconvenience of the Qin army's reinforcements to sneak attack on Zhongwu City. Nothing to hide.
Jiu knew clearly that everyone in the main hall should hear it clearly.
"Kill him!"
Bai Yan said, then picked up the pen and ink he had prepared and wrote on a roll of bamboo slips.
"promise!"
Jiu bowed his hands and accepted the order, then turned around and walked out of the door. After making a gesture, all the men held sharp swords and killed Cong.
The sounds of fighting and slashing continued outside the courtyard. Every movement in the silent night made the Qin army generals in the main hall look pale and frightened.
All the generals of the Qin Army felt extremely tortured. However, the sharp sword blade was on their necks, and it would cut their necks with just a little force. This made all the generals of the Qin Army not dare to make the slightest move.
Finally, the sound outside the door disappeared.
After a while of silence, when the generals of the Qin Army saw Jiu entering the main hall again, he was already holding a bloody human head in his hand, and that look was familiar to all the generals. It was Cong's head.
Suddenly feeling the sharp sword around their necks leave, many generals instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Bai Yan, so they all knew that only Bai Yan could make the people behind them take away the sharp swords in their hands.
However, Bai Yan was still writing something and did not speak.
Seeing this, all the generals could only wait quietly, waiting for Bai Yan to deal with them, kill them directly, or find a way to escort them to Xianyang.
"General, everything has been brought!"
I don’t know how long it took, but in the quiet main hall, I saw a cavalry general, leading two soldiers, escorting two Qin soldiers to the main hall, and outside the courtyard, many cavalry soldiers were carrying A wooden box containing bamboo slips was placed next to a body without a head.
Just when all the generals of the Qin army were confused, they suddenly saw Bai Yan getting up, holding a bamboo slip, walking around the wooden table, walking step by step to the Qin soldiers who were being led to kneel, and squatted down.
"Have you two seen anyone in the city guard's mansion and seen those bamboo slips?"
Bai Yan looked at the two people and asked with a calm expression, glanced at them, then picked up the bamboo slips and pointed to the wooden box outside the yard.
Under the gaze of many Qin generals, the two Qin soldiers didn't know why Bai Yan answered like this, but when they saw General Cong's head in the hands of General Jiu, they were frightened and turned pale. He nodded towards Bai Yan, not daring to hide anything.
"Okay! As long as no one sees it!"
Bai Yan nodded with satisfaction, stood up, glanced at the two cavalry soldiers, and then the two cavalry soldiers directly took the Qin sword in their hands and struck hard at the necks of the two Qin soldiers behind them.
Blood spattered, and with two hums, two corpses fell in front of Bai Yan.
All the generals of the Qin army were already surprised when they saw this scene. How could they not know about Bai Yan's methods? It is even possible that they would be the same later.
"Today's business!"
Suddenly, when all the Qin army generals were looking at the corpses of the two Qin soldiers with worried expressions, Bai Yan's voice came, and everyone looked at Bai Yan.
Bai Yan looked at everyone, took a deep breath, in front of everyone.
"Everyone has heard with your own ears that it was Cong who betrayed the Qin State, betrayed the king, and secretly colluded with the Chu State. Cong is dead. You are all Cong's generals, and they are all suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Bai Yan doesn't know who he is, but After two days, let’s see who doesn’t kill the people of Chu, who doesn’t kill Jing Qi and Lord Chang Wen, and who doesn’t win military merit, he is a traitor!”
Bai Yan said, then picked up the bamboo slip in his hand, glanced at everyone, and spoke word by word.
"Bai Yan also believes that you have been concealed by Cong and have no knowledge of the rebellion. Bai Yan has prepared a letter and submitted it to Xianyang! If any general knows that other soldiers are involved in this matter, I hope you can help Bai Yan. Clean up the remaining rebels in the Qin army! To show our innocence!"
Bai Yan handed the bamboo slips to a trusted soldier, then walked out of the main hall and came to the wooden box. He picked up the two torches that had been left behind from the ground. He looked at the rolls of bamboo slips in the wooden box and threw the torches on the wooden box. inside the box.
In the main hall.
Taking the bamboo slips from the cavalry officers, the Qin army generals who were watching looked at Bai Yan's leaving figure outside the yard and the burning wooden box. No one knew what Bai Yan meant.
……………………
The next day, in a mansion in Zhongwu City.
Brothers Zhonglihao and Zhonglichuan followed a cavalry soldier to the study room and saw Bai Yan and Mou who were guarding him.
"General, all the troops and horses of the Zhongli clan have been gathered! All obey the general's orders!"
Zhonglihao saluted Bai Yan with his hands raised.
Zhong Lichuan also bowed his hands to Bai Yan and looked at Bai Yan with more panic than when Zhong Lihao saw Bai Yan at the city wall yesterday.
Last night, Zhong Lichuan still didn't understand why his brother left in a hurry or what happened. He never thought that when he woke up, he learned from his brother that Qin General Cong had rebelled against the Qin State and had been killed by Bai Yan.
This really frightened Zhong Lichuan, and he quickly followed his brother to visit Bai Yan.
"Okay, thank you two gentlemen! In the future, Bai Yan will definitely report this matter to Xianyang!"
When Bai Yan heard Zhonglihao's words, he raised his hand to Zhonglihao and Zhonglichuan to express his gratitude.
Bai Yan's young face and harmless appearance made it impossible for Zhongli Hao to connect him with the decisive and fierce Bai Yan last night.
If it hadn't been for Bai Yan, Zhongli Hao wouldn't have believed it yesterday that General Qin Zong had secretly betrayed Qin, colluded with Jing Qi and Chang Wenjun, and was preparing to open the city gate to let the Chu army enter the city tomorrow.
This also allowed Zhonglihao to see Bai Yan's methods again. Looking back today, Zhonglihao vaguely guessed that Bai Yan might have known about Cong's plan from the beginning to the end.
"It is the Zhongli family's great fortune to serve the general and the Qin State. We dare not take credit for it! But the general must continue to use those..."
Zhonglihao smiled and saluted again.
When he spoke, he put Bai Yan in front and Qin in the back, but then Zhonglihao looked at Bai Yan with a worried look. What Zhonglihao was most worried about at the moment was the Qin generals who Bai Yan had spared last night.
From last night to now, Zhong Lihao felt chills in his back every time he thought of those people. He also didn't understand why Bai Yan let those Qin army generals go in the end when he could conduct a thorough investigation and easily identify all those who conspired to rebel. .
Whether it was ordering to kill Cong, massacring all Cong's cronies in the city guarding mansion, or burning bamboo slips, these actions made Zhonglihao see that Bai Yan deliberately did not investigate further.
This made Zhongli Hao really confused as to why he didn't kill those generals of the Qin army. Thinking that those people had once had the idea of betraying Qin and surrendering to Chu, Zhonglihao felt like a light on his back.
Even if he is like this, it stands to reason, let alone Bai Yan, the Qin army's chief general. When he thinks of Bai Yan and those Qin army generals who have many thoughts of surrendering to Chu, discussing the war against Chu in the study, Zhongli and Hao Xiangxiang think about it. , was so frightened by that scene that his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was filled with fear.
Looking at the young man with a kind smile in front of him, Zhongli Hao really wanted to ask Bai Yan loudly, are you really not afraid?
It is obvious now that we have learned that Jing Qi, King Chu's trusted minister, and Chang Wenjun, who betrayed Qin, will lead their troops to raid Zhongwu City tomorrow. When the victory is in hand, why should they leave those Qin generals behind for themselves? Buy an uneasy factor.
"One person conspired to rebel, and all his accomplices will be killed!"
Bai Yan looked at Zhonglihao and knew that Zhonglihao was worried. He shook his head and told Zhonglihao not to mention this matter in the future.
Seeing the worried looks on Zhong Lihao and Zhong Lichuan's faces, Bai Yan did not explain that now faced with the encirclement of the Chu army, the Qin army's deployment could no longer be mobilized. Killing all the Qin army generals last night would only lead to military morale. It is not stable, and dispatching generals will not help, and it is not as good as these generals.
On the one hand, the battle was imminent, and the morale of the army was turbulent. Generals were changed before the formation, and even all the generals of the entire army were replaced. On one side, all the generals were busy trying to distance themselves from each other, eager to fight and kill Chu people to prove their innocence.
If Bai Yan were Zhongli Hao, he would choose the former, but as the general of the army, Bai Yan could only choose the latter, even if it was dangerous.
How can a person who achieves great things cherish his life and stick to small details?
In the study room.
After Bai Yan and Zhongli and Hao brothers chatted for a while.
Jiu came to the study at this time. Zhonglichuan and Zhonglihao saw this and said goodbye to Bai Yan.
"General, those generals have already given up their thoughts and led their men to kill all the former cronies of Cong Zong, as well as their cronies!"
After Jiu saw Zhong, Li and Hao leaving, he stepped forward to report to Bai Yan, telling Bai Yan everything that happened in the camp and the actions of the Qin army generals.
After receiving Bai Yan's mercy, those generals also responded to Bai Yan with actions and made their stance clear.
"Okay, let them come to the study after they have figured it out. The Chu army will arrive at Zhongwu City tomorrow. If they can kill Jingqi and Changwenjun, it will be a great achievement and they can also resolve the siege. There is no room for error! "
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!"
Jiu accepted the order and turned around to leave.
Bai Yan looked at Jiu's leaving figure and thought of the actions of the Qin army generals, and felt relieved. Once Zong died, the connection between the Qin army generals and the Chu army had been severed. More importantly, those generals did not know , why did he, Bai Yan, know about Cong's plot to rebel?
In order to protect themselves, the generals of the Qin Army today personally eliminated all the people who knew about this matter, or the most trusted confidants in the past.
For all the generals, all the evidence was burned last night and Cong has been killed, waiting for them to get rid of everyone involved in this matter.
When they face the Chu army in the future, if they make military exploits again, all of them will still be loyal to the Qin State. Who dares to say that they have ever thought of betraying the Qin State.
What's more, each of them has never thought of surrendering to the Chu Kingdom!
Think of this.
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at the huge map hanging on the wooden frame. On it were clear and detailed pictures of the cities, main roads, mountains and rivers of Chu State.
"Chang Wenjun, those Qin generals who secretly surrendered to you now want to kill you more than Bai Yan. Did you expect such a situation?"
Bai Yan thought in his mind, with a hint of hidden hatred in his eyes. He lowered his head and reached out to touch the Zhanlu he wore around his waist.
At the foot of the Gaonu Mountains in Shangjun, there are more than 4,000 small graves. Those fallen cavalry soldiers have been buried there for nearly five years. After this cold winter, it has been five years.
Five years!
Bai Yan remembered what happened in the past as if it were yesterday. Bai Yan had never forgotten the scene of those soldiers who died in battle lying in a pool of blood.
Bai Yan has been waiting for this day for five years!
Let’s start with Lord Chang Wen first. Bai Yan wants Lord Chang Ping to see Lord Chang Wen’s body with his own eyes!
Later generations of Cao Cao seemed to have used this method to appease the staff and generals who had betrayed him when he needed to stabilize the situation.
But those who betrayed Cao Cao later died without exception.
(End of chapter)
