The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

In the deserted streets of Yingyang City, hundreds of people walked in. Dozens of soldiers under Bai Jiangman were in the front, and Xu Yang and thirty of his cronies held Man hostage and walked behind.

Everyone makes various choices in various situations, and there is always a reason in their hearts to drive them.

Fear of death is the driving force behind Xu Yang's crazy behavior. The fear of dying in a foreign country outweighs the danger of being exposed and liquidated by Qin law. People always consider immediate troubles before thinking about distant worries. All the intelligence and wisdom of this person are used to think about how to escape smoothly. He wants to leave death far behind and let others bear it for him.

So Xu Yang was very cautious. They walked very slowly and carefully. Xu Yang would ask people to take a look at almost every alleyway they passed. Until two hundred steps away from the courtyard where Li You was placed, a lone Qin army sergeant appeared in front of them...

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Gong Ao appeared at the other end of the street, holding a bamboo tube high in his hand, and walked towards the crowd.

When he saw hundreds of people in front of him, Gong Ao knew that he had been led into a big pit by Li Xian.

Gong Ao was the bone sieve (qióng sieve) used by Li Xian for gambling, and what he could throw was completely out of his control.

But even if he threw a bad face, he would still be useful. He could delay time so that reinforcements from the city wall could arrive, and he could also accuse Xu Yang of disobeying orders and rebelling, intimidating the soldiers who rebelled with him to defect, and finally unite with everyone in the city to kill him together and minimize the chaos in the city.

But in this way, Gong Ao is likely to become a victim.

At this moment, Gong Ao had a trace of regret, but he had no intention of retreating. He still walked forward blankly, causing the people on the opposite side to stop because of his appearance.

Gong Ao was born in Yan County, Nanjun, and lived with his grandfather since he was a child. His grandfather had experienced the battle of Bai Qi flooding Yancheng, and had instilled in him the tragic situation of the city and the heavy damage suffered by the Gong family. So Gong Ao had a hatred for the Qin State from his ancestors since he was a child. He even did not admit that he was a Qin person. Even with the help of his uncle, he entered the system and became a minor official, but he still had resentment.

Until he was forced to join the Qin army and work under Heifu.

During this period, he was accidentally rescued by Heifu, owed him two lives, and gradually became familiar with military life and became a part of this army.

During this period, he saw the collapse of Daliang City.

This brought a huge shock to Gong Ao. The tragedy of his family many years ago was staged in Wei State, and soon it was Chu State's turn.

After entering Chu, Gong Ao found that he didn't like this country at all. The nobles here were not as noble as he imagined, and the people's lives were not as comfortable as he imagined.

He was angry at Qin, but he didn't like Chu. This was probably the identity problem of many people in Nanjun.

A month ago, when he was confused about this matter, Hei Fu gave him some advice.

"Forget about Qin and Chu, forget your country, just remember that what you do is related to the rise and fall of your clan, and your own life and future. That's enough."

Hei Fu's words made Gong Ao feel a lot more at ease, and he also added a sentence to this passage privately.

"Also to pay off the favors owed."

When the Qin army suffered an unprecedented defeat a few days ago, Gong Ao was also shaken and began to doubt whether Qin was no longer good? But at that time Hei Fu said something to him again.

"This battle is not decided by one or two wins or losses. For Chu, if it does not want to be destroyed, it must win every time!"

"Qin is different. Qin has accumulated six generations of strength and a hundred years of momentum. It is qualified to lose once, twice, or three times. As long as it finally overwhelms Chu, it can win."

"Don't think about it now. Before doing anything, you should consider the clans still in Qin's Nanjun. Don't let them get involved."

Gong Ao obeyed. Although he listened to Hei Fu in the past, he always felt that Hei Fu was just following the rules in the Qin army and did not do anything extraordinary. He was completely different from himself.

Young people who have not grown up always feel that they are different from others and the world revolves around themselves.

But this time, Hei Fu resolutely left the city and pretended to surrender after leaving the words "You can't get a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den". This is a very risky mission. If it fails, he will definitely be separated from his head.

For a moment, looking at Heifu's back, Gong Ao seemed to see a heroic figure in the system. He was even more surprised to find that what he had always wanted to be was a person like Heifu:

Never shouting empty slogans, only inspiring people with family and comradeship, following the rules on weekdays, but acting heroically at critical moments.

Gong Ao admired him, but also felt a little dissatisfied!

"You can do it, why can't I?"

After the childishness in his heart came up, he didn't feel strange about any action he made.

"Who is coming?"

Xu Yang's confidant stopped from a distance and asked cautiously.

"It was sent by Lieutenant Li to pass the order to Xu Baizhu!"

"The captain has an order?"

Xu Yang was stunned when he heard this. Didn't Li You faint due to his injury? Why did he pass the order to him again?

At this time, Gong Ao had already walked in front of the soldiers. He strode forward holding the bamboo tube. He did not pretend to be humble when Heifu pretended to surrender. Instead, he was arrogant as usual, as if he was really sent by Li You to pass the order.

He also boldly scolded the group of people: "Why are you here instead of guarding the city wall?"

"We..." The confidant in front looked back at Xu Yang awkwardly, and finally found an excuse: "We are changing guard!"

"So it's a change of guard." Gong Ao smiled: "That's it, the captain woke up, and the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to see General Xu Bai, this is a military order!"

Xu Yang was a little flustered. If Li You really woke up, then everything he did now would be courting death!

But although he was flustered, his mind was still in chaos. He pointed at Gong Ao and said, "Hand it over!"

"Only the generals can receive the military orders of the captain in person."

Gong Ao took the bamboo tube back in front of him, showing dissatisfaction: "Don't the generals know this? Get out of the way! Don't block the way!"

Xu Yang's face was a little uncertain. Hei Fu not only took away the command power, but also took away his qualification to send people to protect the captain, which was equivalent to taking away his eyes, ears, and the way to rise. Now this little sergeant under Hei Fu dared to be so arrogant.

But he was more interested in the contents of the bamboo tube, so he could only bear it and let him come over.

Xu Yang took the bamboo tube with doubts. This was the rule of the Qin army's order. In order to prevent the order from being seen by others, even a simple sentence must be sealed well.

Inside the bamboo tube was a wooden slip with a simple order, asking Xu Yang to come quickly, but it was not written by Li You...

Suspicion naturally arose, but the young sergeant in front of him who was delivering the order smiled calmly and said, "The captain is weak and can't write, so he asked someone next to him to write for him."

Xu Yang lowered his head again and looked at the order. The private seal on it was indeed real, but he was still worried. According to the state when he visited him before, how could Li You wake up so quickly?

If Li You really woke up, then all his previous plans would be completely destroyed!

What to do? What to do?

It was obviously a cold winter, but Xu Yang was sweating profusely. He felt that he seemed to be too smart and finally forced himself into a dead end.

"General Xu, come with me quickly. Captain Li seems to have something urgent to tell you." Gong Ao urged casually.

"I'll go right away..." But Xu Yang had just taken a step when he suddenly woke up.

Can't go! There are all Hei Fu's men there. If I go there alone, won't I die? Besides, the man in front of me is also Hei Fu's confidant! This may be a trap!

He hesitated, but Gong Ao did not hesitate. He suddenly drew his sword, rushed forward, and stabbed Xu Yang!

The incident happened suddenly, and Xu Yang had no time to dodge. Fortunately, one of his confidants rushed over and hit Gong Ao hard, causing his sword to deviate and only cut a big hole in Xu Yang's clothes!

Xu Yang sat on the ground in horror. Before he could dodge, Gong Ao threw another dagger from his hand. Unfortunately, the angle and strength were a little bit off, and only stabbed Xu Yang's shoulder. Although he was bleeding, it was not fatal.

Gong Ao was surrounded by several fully armed Xu Yang's men. The sword slipped out of his hand after stabbing one person to death. He was also hit by a spear on his back, and the blood was flowing!

Gong Ao sighed with regret without a weapon. He still failed. In the current situation, he was probably going to die.

"I still failed. I should have practiced sword throwing with Dongmen Bao more... Whatever, if Gong Ao's death can be used to exchange for Hei Fu's plan, I can repay the favor I owed him in Waihuang!"

However, just when Gong Ao was about to be killed by everyone, Man suddenly grabbed the weapon of Xu Yang's confidant who was stunned and blocked the attack for Gong Ao!

"Man!"

Xu Yang was furious: "What are you doing?"

"General Xu, you may have forgotten that I am also from Nanjun! All my subordinates are Nanjun soldiers! I would rather fight to the death with Heifu than do such a ridiculous thing with you!"

Man and Gong Ao, who suddenly turned against him, leaned against each other and shouted to the subordinates in front who still didn't know what they were going to do: "Xu Yang rebelled, imprisoned two hundred generals Zhai and Tu, and wanted to kidnap the captain, abandon the soldiers and escape, and also held me hostage, you quickly turn your back on him!"

"Nonsense, it was Heifu who surrendered to Chu, I was going to rescue the captain..."

Xu Yang shouted hurriedly and ordered his confidants: "Kill Man, kill this captain!"

Xu Yang's subordinates were also his confidants who had followed him for a long time. He promised them that as long as they did this, they would not have to fight to the death and could return home safely. Everyone believed it at first. But at this time, facing the dozens of people who turned against him, even Xu Yang's confidants hesitated.

Risking the consequences of being severely punished by the law for themselves and their families, can they really succeed by following Xu Yang to do such a thing?

Gong Ao also said that Li You has woken up! The plan failed!

At this moment of hesitation, an arrow flew from a distance and shot Xu Yang, who was shouting loudly, to the ground. The arrow hit his head and he was dead!

Xiao Tao appeared on the roof. He shot his bow again and aimed at the people present. Many armored Qin soldiers rushed out of the village and shouted. It was the people that Ji Ying had found on the city wall!

And Li Xian, who had been ambushing in the back for a long time, had already rushed out with a team of people. At this moment, he had surrounded Xu Yang's men and pointed his spears at them!

"Xu Yang rebelled and tried to abandon the army and escape. He has been executed. Anyone who assisted him will be punished with the same crime!"

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Hei Fu didn't know that when he was away from the city, a civil strife that could have caused the entire false surrender and breakout plan to fail was eliminated by his capable subordinates. Because it ended too quickly, the Chu army outside the city didn't hear any movement...

It was not until Hei Fu returned to the city that he found that he was welcomed not only by his subordinates who were full of pride, but also by Xu Yang's huge head...