The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

"Is this man Zhou Shi?"

After asking the captured Wei people the name of the warrior who killed several Qin soldiers and finally died standing, Hei Fu was slightly surprised.

"No wonder there are so many people. I originally only planned to lure out Chen Yu and Waihuang Qingxia, but I never thought that I would attract Zhou Shi!"

A few days ago, after learning that Zhang Er's close friend, Chen Yu, a famous scholar on the Qin army's wanted list, had brought people to the vicinity of Huyou Township, Hei Fu had a plan in mind and immediately asked Chen Ping to meet him to discuss countermeasures with him.

"According to Zhang Fu, Chen Yu and Zhang Er are close friends who have sworn to death, and they are as close as father and son. Now that Zhang Er's son has been captured by me, he will not be willing to accept that he has not been able to take him away..."

Qin officials and Qingxia are natural enemies. These rangers are armed in groups of three or five and scattered in nearby counties and towns, causing a lot of trouble for the Qin army, because the Qin army is stationed on the main roads and in the city and cannot go deep into the countryside to carry out sweeps.

Hei Fu has now made enemies with Zhang County Xia. Instead of keeping Zhang Er's remnants and giving him a sudden attack, it is better to think of a way to catch them all in one fell swoop.

And Zhang Er's son Zhang Ao became the perfect bait.

So Hei Fu took Zhang Ao with great fanfare and set off from Huyou Township, but instead of taking a closer route, he took a detour to Waihuang, showing off his power at the county market, deliberately insulting Zhang Er and Qingxia, and letting these words spread throughout Waihuang.

In secret, Heifu paid a visit to his old boss Yang Xiong, who was stationed in Waihuang with 500 men and was also harassed by Qingxia. However, this group of people was extremely scattered and familiar with the terrain, so it was impossible to wipe them out in a short time.

After learning about Heifu's idea of "catching them all in one net", Yang Xiong clapped his hands and immediately made a plan with Heifu to let the grain carts of Huyou Township enter the Qin army camp. When they came out the next day, the 100 Huyou Township civilians had been detained in the camp, and the 100 Qin soldiers, led by two garrison chiefs, changed their clothes and carried their weapons on ox-horse carts.

In addition, Yang Xiong also spent a lot of money and gave a whole garrison of crossbowmen to Heifu, asking them to hide on each car and cover it with straw. If you don't look closely, you can't see any flaws at all...

From Waihuang to Daliang is the last chance for Chen Yu and the Qingxia to save Zhang Ao, but this strategy can't guarantee 100% success.

Yang Xiong was quite open-minded. When he sent Hei Fu out of the city, he said to him:

"If Qingxia comes to rob people, we can kill him in one fell swoop. If he doesn't come, just think of it as me helping you deliver food to Daliang City." Hei Fu had made great contributions in the siege and managed well during his stay in Huyou. Without any incident, he had become one of the most respected garrison chiefs by Yang Xiong.

Fortunately, they were attacked as soon as they entered the woods 20 miles west of the city, but Hei Fu immediately discovered that there were more than dozens of people coming, but more than a hundred!

However, Hei Fu and his men had no time to think about it, so they could only launch a counterattack according to the original plan and chase them all the way. Until now, I realized that Chen Yu not only gathered the Waihuang Qingxia, but also Zhou Shi, who had been attacking the Qin army's grain team in Yangwu, Huangchi and other counties recently, joined the ambush...

Hei Fu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He originally asked Yang Xiong to give him two villages, but now it seems that if there are fewer people, even if they finally repel the attackers, they will suffer heavy losses.

Although Zhou Shi's men are Wei people gathered from various counties, they are unorganized and undisciplined, and are a mob. They can't compete with these Qin's miscellaneous troops, but they are forced into a desperate situation and become ruthless, still causing considerable casualties to the Qin people.

"This is really a pleasant surprise!" The three village chiefs who came with Heifu didn't think much about it, and were all overjoyed. Zhou Shi was a wanted man. Because he had repeatedly attacked the Qin army's grain team in the past two months, the bounty had risen sharply and now had risen to 100 taels of gold...

Even if the four villages were divided equally, they could get more than 10,000 yuan. How could they not be happy?

At this time, another Qin soldier came over and asked stupidly: "Captain, do these thieves count as beheadings?"

"Of course!" Several village chiefs said in unison.

These thieves, who numbered hundreds and launched large-scale attacks on the Qin army, were no longer "bandits" but "enemy troops". Every one of them counted as a head!

The Qin soldier who came to ask questions immediately had red eyes, and immediately turned around and asked everyone to quickly behead them, because Heifu and the other three garrison chiefs had already discussed that in this battle, they should not fight with each other, and the beheadings would be divided up after the total...

Not long after, the Qin soldiers who were scattered in various places to chase the attackers came back with heads, of course, many injured but not dead were killed, and the unwritten rule of the Qin army was: no prisoners.

So after waiting for half an hour, when Chen Ping followed Yang Xiong's car to the place where they were attacked, he saw a scene that Heifu and his men had already seen...

Dozens of heads were neatly piled on the side of the road, all with wide eyes, and mosquitoes and flies were buzzing around them, not to mention how horrifying it was.

Chen Ping only took a look, squatted in the grass, and vomited his breakfast cleanly!

In Huyou Township, he saw the Qin army that had strict order and almost no harm to the local people.

Yesterday when he came to Waihuang County, he saw the ferocious Qin army again, which made the once bustling Waihuang look like a lonely dead city.

Today, he saw the other side of the Qin army again, which was exactly what the old soldier with a broken arm in their Kushangli said when they were young: "They threw away their armor and rushed to the enemy, carrying heads on their left and prisoners on their right, like hungry tigers and wolves"...

Looking back at the bodies of the beheaded Wei people, Chen Ping, who still had a conscience, regretted it for a while. Was it right or wrong for him to give advice to the Qin officials and trick these people into gathering together to die?

While Chen Ping was feeling a pang of conscience, Hei Fu and several village chiefs were reporting the results of the battle to the leader Yang Xiong.

"There were more than a few hundred enemy bandits, including Wei bandits led by Huangchi native Zhou Shi, as well as Chen Yu and Waihuang Qingxia. Half of them fled into the forest and disappeared, and the other half were killed by us."

"A total of 68 heads were beheaded, including Zhou Shi, who Chen Yu failed to capture... Two were captured..."

The beheadings were of course carefully calculated. If the four garrisons were evenly divided, they could all meet the standard of "Yinglun". The two lucky ones were able to survive the butcher's knife.

"Twelve of our subordinates died in the battle and eight were injured."

Among them, half were killed by Zhou Shi, which shows how strong he was. When several garrison leaders recalled it, they were still frightened and could not help but admire the old Wuzu soldier even more.

Although they belonged to two countries and were enemies, it did not prevent them from admiring the brave enemy. This was the style of the Warring States Period. But in the Spring and Autumn Period, nobles were so excited about fighting that they stopped their chariots on the battlefield to give each other wine, and let the enemy's main generals and nobles go at critical moments. The lower-level military officers could not learn this. It was destined to be a good story of the last era. Now, if anyone dares to do this, he will definitely be regarded as a "military thief" and punished by military law.

Yang Xiong originally planned to kill the Waihuang Qingxia, but he didn't expect to kill Zhou Shi as well. He was also very happy and praised Hei Fu for offering this plan.

Hei Fu originally wanted to pull Chen Ping out, give him some credit, and earn him the title of "gongshi", but Chen Ping, who was standing behind him, bowed to him and shook his head repeatedly. Hei Fu had to swallow the words on his lips.

When Yang Xiong continued to go to the front to check the wounded, Hei Fu asked Chen Ping in confusion.

"You also contributed to this plan. If you have made contributions to the Qin State, you will be rewarded. Why don't you let me ask for your contribution?"

Chen Ping bowed humbly, saying that this plan was initiated by Heifu, and he was just checking for deficiencies and filling in the gaps, which was not a credit. These beheadings should be given to the Qin soldiers who fought bloody battles...

But Heifu looked at Chen Ping's somewhat sour face, and then looked at the piled heads, and understood a little.

This Chen Ping was very cunning. He must have realized that if he was awarded the title of Qin for this merit, his reputation might be ruined in the local area. In the eyes of his fellow villagers, he would be a "Wei traitor" who set traps for the Qin people and killed a large number of Wei people. Chen Ping would not be able to survive in the local area.

If he did not get the title, he could still say that he had no choice but to work for the Qin people, and it had little to do with this matter...

Although Heifu saw through Chen Ping's little thoughts, he could understand it.

After all, Chen Ping was a native of Wei, and Wei, Yangwu County, and Huyou Township were his roots.

Heifu was different. No matter what he did in the local area, he had the title and merits, and once Wei was destroyed, he would complete his mission and leave.

So he stopped persuading and just bowed to Chen Ping to thank him. Although he helped Chen Ping and the two of them once cooperated, the paths they would take in the future would be different.

Heifu turned around and looked at Zhang Ao, a seven-year-old child who fainted from the fight, and then looked at the Waihuang Qingxia who had lost their heads on the ground, and those who still had the courage to resist the Qin army, almost all of them were here.

"A hunter went up the mountain, killed a mother wolf and got a wolf cub, but there were wolves all around. Killing the wolf cub at this time is not called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, but just the outbreak of deep fear in the heart, and the urgent need for "decisive killing" to cover up his anxiety..."

"Using the wolf cub as bait, luring the wolves and killing them all, this is called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots! It's a pity that it's not completely eradicated, and the alpha wolf Zhang Er and Chen Yu are still on the run."

Hei Fu originally thought so, but today, after seeing Zhou Shi, a Wei man who shouted "Wei Wuzu" and laughed at life and death, Hei Fu admired him and worried more.

Who knows whether the Wei land that seemed to be completely ravaged by the Qin army will be "burned by wildfires and reborn in the spring breeze"?

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