The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

"Most of the 700 soldiers in the city are from Nanjun!"

Since joining Heifu and his men, Man had never spoken so much, but now he angrily cursed: "Xu Yang said that all of us wanted to rebel and surrender to Chu! Heifu Baijiang persuaded the captain to let the soldiers write letters home, which was a favor to us. Although I am not close to him, I admire him. Now he is in danger again, and Xu Yang, this boy, encouraged us to abandon Heifu Baijiang and the soldiers and escape alone. He really deserves to die!"

After Man and Zhai Chong, Tu Si and others who had been released explained, Heifu finally understood what had happened just now, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Although he had been prepared for Xu Yang in advance, Heifu did not expect that he would be so crazy and do such a stupid thing.

After all, he was just a small general with short-sightedness. Xu Yang's plan was full of loopholes. He was just afraid that he would die of thirst. But if he really made a scene, the whole city would be in chaos. At that time, let alone breaking through, the Chu army might take the opportunity to enter the city. Heifu's false surrender might turn into a real surrender.

Fortunately, when Heifu was not in the city, his men stabilized the situation and eliminated a big chaos.

Heifu looked at his subordinates, Dongmen Bao, Ji Ying, Xiao Tao, Li Xian, Gong Ao, most of whom were old subordinates who had followed him for two years since Huyang Pavilion. Even Gong Ao had been under Heifu for almost a year without realizing it.

Under Heifu's words and deeds, everyone had grown a lot, such as Li Xian. Heifu used to think that he was too cautious in doing things, but this time, Heifu saw a hint of madness in Li Xian in a difficult situation. Not only did he show extraordinary wisdom, but he was also very brave, even forging military orders. Perhaps he had been with Hei Fu for a long time and learned some of his methods.

Of course, when the military judge came over, everyone kept silent about the matter.

Gong Ao also impressed Hei Fu. This young man was not only good at talking big, but also had his own courage and toughness at critical moments. He was just too straightforward and desperate.

Hei Fu asked Dongmen Bao about what happened, patted Xiao Tao, laughed at Ji Ying, praised Li Xian, and then checked Gong Ao's injuries.

"Are you Zhuan Zhu, and Xu Yang is Wu Wang Liao? You think too highly of him, and you think too little of yourself!"

Hei Fu scolded Gong Ao, and then bowed to everyone and said, "Hei Fu did something wrong."

Everyone looked at him.

"The reason why I went out of the city to pretend to surrender was that I thought you two might not be able to handle this task. But now I realize that you two are much more capable than Heifu thought. You are all brave and sharp men. You can become big ships and sorghum with your wood!"

This speech was called an apology, but it was actually a compliment. After hearing it, everyone felt happy and looked a little proud. Gong Ao muttered that he had already repaid half of the favor he owed Heifu.

Heifu shook his head helplessly, and said to the military judge who was supervising the army on the city wall and came late: "After Li Duwei wakes up, I hope the military judge can testify for us about Xu Yang's matter."

After all, Xu Yang was Li You's old subordinate. Li You would definitely feel strange when he woke up and found that he was dead suddenly.

The military judge nodded and said, "Xu Yang wanted to rebel and escape. This matter has been confirmed by the soldiers and three generals. This kind of military thief deserves to die. Don't worry."

"May I ask the military judge, how should the remaining twenty or so subordinates of Xu Yang be dealt with?"

The military judge gritted his teeth and said, "Those who rebel with Xu Yang should also be killed!"

Hei Fu nodded and said, "Take them to the market. In addition, I hope the three generals can gather their subordinates to the market. I have something to say to the soldiers!"

...

The township market of Yingyang is located in the southwest corner of the city. Because the Chu people in the city were all driven away when Li Xin captured this place, it seems particularly deserted. Until today, more than 600 people suddenly stood there. Except for dozens of soldiers under Hei Fu who stayed on the east wall to monitor the movements of the Chu army, all other Qin soldiers were concentrated here.

After more than half a year of leading his subordinates, Hei Fu could command them as well as his brain commanded his arms. After the Xu Yang incident, he was more confident to let a few of them take charge.

What he needed to motivate were the friendly forces, the six hundred Qin soldiers who had just experienced a rebellion and were somewhat panicked.

These Qin soldiers, led by Zhai Chong, Tu Si, and Man, gathered here. They had been informed of the false surrender and breakout, and knew that they would have to fight to the death in a while. Many of them looked nervous and a little cowardly. After all, they had just experienced a great defeat a few days ago. It would be strange if they had high morale at this moment.

"Second or third son!"

Hei Fu stood on a stall in the market that probably sold dog meat, and his feet were still a little greasy.

He usually only cared about his soldiers and rarely spoke in front of so many people, let alone gave speeches. Fortunately, the TV dramas he watched in his previous life were not in vain. He knew how to correctly guide the soldiers and make their minds united!

"Most of you are short soldiers under Li Duwei, or soldiers from Nanjun, and you should have heard of me."

Heifu pointed at himself and said, "I am the 'quilted general' Heifu!"

"Hahaha."

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers who were a little nervous and panicked laughed out loud. This was Heifu's original nickname, and it was often passed around in the camp at that time. For a while, those who knew it smiled knowingly, and those who didn't know asked the people around them.

After everyone laughed for a while, Heifu also laughed and said, "Of course, I am also the 'family letter general' Heifu."

The soldiers who had just laughed heartily became solemn, especially the soldiers from Nanjun, who cast grateful eyes at Heifu.

They had been away from home for more than a year, and they had always wanted to contact their families but couldn't. It was Heifu who persuaded the Duwei to allow the entire army to send letters back home. At this moment, the family should have received the letters, right? Some soldiers even felt regretful. If they had known that there would be such a great defeat and that they would survive a narrow escape, they should have written more words in their letters home...

Reluctance and unwillingness, these emotions entangled everyone's hearts, feeling particularly heavy.

Hei Fu added: "Captain Li is injured and dying, and cannot lead the troops. Thanks to the captain's trust, he appointed me as the fake leader of the five hundred, gave me the tiger talisman, and ordered me to lead everyone. He asked me to take you out of danger, return to Qin, and go home!"

Hearing the word "home", the seven hundred soldiers who were reminded of their hometown by the letter two months ago all looked up and looked at Hei Fu!

At this moment, talking about the country, the king, honor, and the title is useless. The only thing that can unite these defeated soldiers is the thought of returning home alive! This is the deepest obsession in the heart of every Qin soldier!

"But the Chu people outside the city won't let us go home!"

After unifying everyone's thoughts, Hei Fu's tone became sad and angry.

"To be honest, I was not in the city just now because I was ordered by the captain to go to the Chu camp to pretend to surrender and to investigate the enemy's strength. Do you know what I saw?"

What did I see? Those soldiers who secretly planned to surrender were very concerned.

"I saw hundreds of Qin soldiers, like prisoners and slaves, put on wooden clamps, tied with ropes, and squeezed together like dogs and pigs. The Chu people also said proudly that they would take these Qin prisoners back and send them to the humid seaside, to the hot and humid south of the Yangtze River, and to the bottomless mines of the Chu nobles!"

"No matter whether you are a high-ranking official, a public official, a soldier, a petty official, a farmer, or a craftsman in Qin, once you are captured by the Chu army, you can only be a salt slave, a field slave, or a mining slave! You will never be able to return home! And our parents and wives will also be implicated by the law!"

"If so, I would rather die!"

Many people also roared this sentence from their throats.

"I would rather die!"

Hei Fu had people greet the soldiers in advance, so that they would not shout loudly and let the Chu people outside the city notice.

Because he knew that his speech would make them cheer countless times!

"At this point, there are only two ways to go home."

Hei Fu sneered, "One is to be a deserter. Just now, a general was so afraid of the enemy that he planned to kidnap the captain and leave you soldiers to die, so that he could buy time and escape with a few trusted people."

After Hei Fu finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked the military judge to bring up the twenty subordinates of Xu Yang and let them kneel on the dirty ground in the market and in front of the soldiers.

"These people also want to go home, which is true, but they are wrong in trying to escape, which is prohibited by military law; they are also wrong in trying to use the lives of hundreds of you to pave the way for them. Who is not born by a father and raised by a mother? Why can you live while we have to die?"

Hei Fu asked the military judge loudly: "May I ask the judge, what is this crime?"

The military judge said with a gloomy face: "The law of escaping from the ground should be beheaded and thrown into the market!"

Hei Fu looked at the hundreds of people in front of him again. When they heard that someone wanted to escape with their own lives, they squeezed out that word from their teeth in anger.

"Kill!"

Without any hesitation, when Hei Fu waved his hand, more than 20 good heads had been chopped off by Dongmen Bao and others, rolling all over the town, and the soldiers in front kicked them hard as if to vent their anger.

Let you escape!

"If anyone wants to abandon the army and escape again, he will also die!"

In this way, the way to escape has been blocked. Without Hei Fu's words, the hundreds of soldiers below also understand that they only have one choice left.

"Fight!"

"Fight to the death!"

In the blood all over the ground, the soldiers stood up one after another, their eyes sparkling.

"Yes, if we fight, we will survive, if we don't fight, we will die!"

Hei Fu was very satisfied. Just like what the military strategy says, when our army goes out of the country and camps in the enemy's territory, the enemy is very large and surrounds us in several layers. If we want to break out, we are blocked from all sides. This is a dead end.

They are now in a dead end.

In a dead end, despair is everywhere, which will magnify the things in human nature countless times.

Like the stupid Xu Yang, his stupidity and ugliness were magnified tenfold. He took a risk that seemed incredible to ordinary people, but in fact he was just panicking and driving by fear.

Like Heifu's men, their wisdom and courage, which were usually hidden under mediocrity, were also magnified tenfold, and the brilliance of their blooming surprised Heifu greatly.

People whose merits and demerits are hard to tell on a daily basis will show their humanity in a deadly situation.

What Heifu has to do is to use the despair in a deadly situation to magnify the desire for survival and the desire to go home in the hearts of these soldiers tenfold or a hundredfold, and finally overcome the fear of death!

This is what the art of war says, throw them into a desperate situation and then survive, and put them in a deadly situation and then live. The people are trapped in danger, and then they can win or lose!

So he has to do something even crazier.

"Li Xian!"

Heifu ordered: "How much food is left in the city?"

Li Xian bowed and said: "There are still hundreds of stones left, enough for one month."

"Leave three days of rations, and burn the rest!"

"Yes!" Li Xian's eyes were bright, and he took the order and left.

Kill the oxen and burn the carts to feed our soldiers, and let us all die of fullness!

Burn all the food, fill the wells and stoves, cut off the hair and give up the crown, and give up all worries. If you don't even want your head, what's the use of the crown?

Let the soldiers despair, let them cut off all their retreat, and unite their hearts and minds, pull out their intestines and bleed, and die in front, so that we can turn defeat into victory and turn disaster into blessing!

Let the Chu people see the billowing smoke in the city!

"Ji Ying."

Hei Fu gave another order: "Collect these heads, take a few people, and send the heads to the Chu army camp, saying that there were people in the city resisting and trying to set fire, but they have been pacified by Cheng Wuyou and his five hundred masters, and those who are unwilling to surrender have also been beheaded by Cheng Wubai. They are presented here in advance! We will abandon our armor and weapons and surrender outside the city later!"

"Yes!"

Ji Ying also took the order and left. Hei Fu had told him an important mission in advance, and said seriously that the victory or defeat of this battle depended on him. Ji Ying was quite excited to receive this important task. Although he did not have the ability to kill enemies like Dongmen Bao and Gong Ao, nor did he have Li Xian's strategy, he was good at stealing and sneaking!

Hei Fu turned around and looked at the soldiers in front of him who had been cut off from all their retreat.

"My friends, I am now like you, with no way out."

He had done what he should do. Now, they really had no other options but to fight to the death.

"As I said just now, at this point, we are no longer fighting for meritorious titles, land, and money."

Hei Fu shouted to everyone: "Just for one thing, go home! Go home!"

"What should be sent back with the family letter should not be a death notice, but a living person, so that the mother can see her son, the wife and concubine can see her husband, and the children can see their father. They are all on the banks of the Yangtze and Han Rivers, in every county, township, and village in Nanjun, looking forward to us returning with the first snow!"

"Go home..."

Not only did the soldiers become tearful, but even Zhai Chong, Man, and Tu Si, the three generals, clenched their fists and were very excited. Although they were told not to cheer, at this moment, everyone just wanted to follow Hei Fu and shout out their thoughts!

"I know you want to shout loudly."

Hei Fu's voice was hoarse, but he still shouted: "Hold this shout in your heart! After a while, when the drums sound and we all rush towards the enemy, shout it out! You can shout as loud as you want!"

"Let the Chu people hear, let the Chu people see how terrifying it is for the Qin army to abandon their armor and rush towards the enemy with nothing!"