The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

Half a minute later, outside Yingyang City, in front of the Chu army that had already lined up and waited, looking at the twenty or thirty bloody heads in the basket, and then looking at Ji Ying who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, with a pointed face and a servile look, Dou Ran smiled with contempt.

"It seems that all the Qin people with blood are here."

The implication is that the rest are all cowards.

To be honest, a similar scene also happened when recruiting Qinqiu to surrender. Some Qin people felt that if they surrendered to Chu, their family members would be implicated, so they resisted. Liao Ping couldn't suppress it, and he had to release Sun Feng from the palace and mobilize the Chu people in the city to help, and then killed the more than a hundred Qin people who were unwilling to surrender.

After seeing this scene, Dou Ran no longer doubted the sincerity of the surrender in the city.

"When will you leave the city and surrender?"

Ji Ying bowed his head and said, "Master Cheng Wubai said that he would first take people to put out the fire in the city. When the sun rises to three o'clock, he will let everyone leave the city according to what was discussed when Zhong Tunzhang left the city."

"Good."

Dou Ran nodded on the military chariot, and Sun Feng on another chariot asked Ji Ying with concern: "How much food is left in the city?"

"There are still hundreds of stones, all sealed in the warehouse, waiting for the general to inspect."

Ji Ying smiled flatteringly, and he didn't have to pretend to be humble. Before going to Huyang Pavilion to be a postman, he was a humble commoner. When he saw a noble, he was naturally trembling.

But now, for some reason, he just wanted to see these Chu nobles kneeling down and begging for mercy after being defeated by Hei Fu.

"Your Excellency also wants to ride in your beautiful carriage."

Thinking of this, he hurriedly lowered his head, fearing that his eyes would reveal his true intentions.

"Hundreds of shi of grain are enough for us for ten days."

Sun Feng stroked his beard and tapped his fingers on the railing. He was a lord who knew how to live. Seeing that the war was about to end, he began to calculate. In theory, the rations of more than 2,000 soldiers and captives should be supplied by Qinqiu. Seeing carts of grain being shipped out of his warehouse, he felt so painful. It was a good thing to save hundreds of shi now.

At this moment, the two generals of the Chu army were no longer concerned about fighting. One was thinking about posing in a majestic posture to accept the surrender to show his nobility, and the other was full of thoughts about saving grain and stopping losses.

With the generals like this, the ordinary soldiers were even more relaxed. In recent days, relying on Xiang Yan's command and Chen Ying's rebellion, the Qin army was stunned and suffered a series of defeats, but the Chu people were smooth sailing, so they looked down on the Qin people.

Now that they heard that Yingyang was going to surrender, they didn't have to fight, and they were all happy. Although they reluctantly lined up, the soldiers were crooked and the formation was not neat. There were constant whispers, some talking about the cowardice of the Qin people in the city, and some talking about the local specialty of Yingyang, "Eelfish".

"After accepting the surrender, we must go to the stream to catch a few to taste, and then let them watch us eat meat in front of the Qin people, while we have to starve." Someone joked with a smile.

Ji Ying and the ten people he brought with him passed by the slack Chu army. They didn't have to go back, but had to be taken to the back formation and locked up with the Qin soldiers captured along the way.

The Qin prisoners of war were placed in a large earth pit, which should have been forced by the Chu army to dig in the morning. The pit was several feet deep and more than a hundred steps square. In this narrow place, it was densely packed with three hundred depressed Qin prisoners of war.

Hundreds of Chu soldiers were guarding the pit with strong shields, sharp spears, bows and arrows, but their attitude was also very relaxed. They just took a quick look at Ji Ying and his men, and seeing that they were not carrying weapons, they pushed them in.

The Qin prisoners of war did not react much when they saw new comrades being brought in. They were dazed and evacuated after their defeat, tired and hungry, and the Chu people did not give them food. Now they were detained here, and although they wanted to resist, they had no strength.

"Hei Fu is right. If we are captured by the Chu people, we will most likely be taken to Chu to be farm slaves and mine slaves."

Ji Ying looked at this situation and had a clue in his mind. His eyes were looking around for the person Hei Fu asked him to find.

He soon found his target. Zhou Hua and a dozen people were tied at the other end of the pit. There were several wooden stakes three steps away from the pit. These people were Qin officials wearing short hats. They already had some whip marks on their bodies. They were deliberately poured with water. In the early November weather, they were shivering with cold.

The Qin prisoners looked at them with indignation, sympathy, but helplessness.

Ji Ying winked at his companions who came with him. They dispersed and dispersed to various positions without attracting the attention of the Chu people.

Ji Ying took three people, squeezed away the Qin soldiers who were blocking the road in front, groped to the position under the wooden stake, and took advantage of the Chu soldiers' inattention to pick up a small stone and bounced it to Zhou Hua's position!

The stone hit the wooden stake and made a slight sound. Zhou Hua raised his head and saw Ji Ying winking at him in the crowd.

Ji Ying often accompanied Hei Fu to escort Li You to the camp, so he knew Zhou Hua, and the two had talked for a few words, so Zhou Hua still had some impression of him.

After seeing Ji Ying, Zhou Hua's dry and cracked lips showed a smile.

"Are you finally here?"

Hei Fu pretended to be "Zhong" and said something that only Qin military officials could understand when persuading him to surrender. Now it seems that he really has a trick up his sleeve.

Ji Ying could only see Zhou Hua's lips move slightly. He couldn't speak, but just nodded, then took out the hidden knife from his bun and held it in his hand!

Hei Fu's "surprise troops" have arrived.

Ji Ying gritted his teeth, and his hand holding the copper knife trembled a little, but he was extremely excited. He remembered the signal that Hei Fu told him, which was also a military term that every Qin military official memorized.

"Beat the drums!"

...

"County Lord, the Qin soldiers are throwing armor on the city walls."

As the sun was about to rise, Dou was fine, but Sun Feng was already yawning. At this time, someone finally came to report that the Qin army had begun to throw armor and weapons on the top of the city walls according to the agreed surrender procedure.

Sun Feng rubbed his eyes and looked, but saw that there was indeed a crowd of Qin soldiers on the east wall of Yingyang. They came to the wall one by one, took off their armor, and threw it down from the top of the city walls.

There were also weapons falling down, including swords, bows and arrows, and spears. They were the most trustworthy comrades of the soldiers, but now they were abandoned like old shoes.

"I don't know what Qin Gong thinks, but I like to see the Qin people throw away their armor and weapons the most."

Dou Ran took a sip of wine and laughed heartily. He enjoyed the victory. The happiest thing in the world is to see the former powerful enemy kneel down to him in despair.

Sun Fengze smiled and said, "I would rather see these Qin surrendered soldiers become slaves in my territory and work for me to compensate for the losses they brought to Qinqiu in this battle."

Like the two main generals, the Chu people in the position also laughed, and the formation became more chaotic.

Then, the gate of Yingyang was opened, and the Qin soldiers who had thrown away their armor and weapons slowly walked out. They all lowered their heads and clenched their fists, as if they were suppressing something. Was it shame? Or unwillingness?

Because the terrain of Yingyang is several feet higher, from the perspective of Dou Ran and Sun Feng, the Qin people in the front row did as agreed, wearing only thin clothes, leaving the city empty-handed, and even barefoot, but it was unclear what was happening in the back row.

However, as the Qin people slowly walked out, Dou Ran noticed something was wrong.

These Qin people walked too neatly! They stood very close together, and their steps kept moving in a fixed rhythm, and they were getting bigger and bigger. This didn't seem like a chaotic surrender, but...

The prelude to the charge!

The next moment, on the top of Yingyang City, a black shadow waved his arms and began to beat the drum. The noisy light drum sounded, and hundreds of Qin people in the front row changed from walking to jogging, and also showed the short swords hidden in their sleeves!

As these people rushed down the hill, the situation behind them was also revealed. Three or four hundred Qin people rushed out of the city gate, wearing dark armor, holding spears, and quickly forming a team. From a distance, they looked like a forest of gold and iron swaying in the wind.

This is different from what was agreed!

"The Qin army is pretending to surrender!"

Because Hei Fu's performance was too realistic, and Ji Ying was sent out to offer his head, Dou Ran and Sun Feng dispelled the last bit of suspicion, so they didn't think about it at all. At this moment, things suddenly changed. Sun Feng, who was thinking about saving food and collecting farm slaves, was already frightened and at a loss.

Dou Ran was calmer and shouted loudly:

"Pass the order, beat the drums, line up, line up!"

The commander was so flustered, and the ordinary soldiers were even more caught off guard. Those Chu soldiers who were lazy and sitting on the ground, chatting with each other to kill time, suddenly heard the drums and were stunned for a while, and then hurriedly stood up, straightened their helmets, and held their spears tightly, but they didn't know what was happening in front of them.

What about the surrender? Why are the drums beating everywhere, making it seem like a war is about to start?

The Chu military officer ran over quickly, urging these loose Chu soldiers to stand more closely, but unexpectedly a horse fell to the ground, and he didn't care about the broken teeth knocked off by the stone, and hurriedly stood up and continued to run back, shouting loudly:

"Line up, line up! The enemy is coming!"

"Where is the enemy?" Some people didn't react.

But it was too late. Just as the Chu army was re-forming their battle array, the drumbeats on the top of Yingyang City suddenly changed from light drumbeats to heavy drumbeats!

Every heavy drumbeat seemed to hit Dou Ran, Sun Feng and the Chu army's hearts, breaking their delusion of easy surrender.

Every heavy drumbeat was like a hammer, breaking the shackles that had bound the Qin soldiers for a long time. Those Qin soldiers who had no armor, no helmet, and were naked, holding only a short sword, raised their heads and shouted for a long time!

"Who said I have no clothes?"

"I share the same robe with you!"

At this moment, it was not only the desire to go home, not only the desire to survive, but also the long-suppressed emotions since the defeat in Xiangcheng, which exploded at this moment.

The huge roar covered the war drums of the Chu army, frightened Dou Ran's horse and horse, and made the Chu army's battle array chaotic again. The Chu people opened their mouths wide, stunned. Are these still the Qin people who had been fleeing in panic and surrendering all the way?

They ran forward regardless of their lack of armor, formation, and life and death, aiming directly at the Chu formation!

The scattered arrows shot by the Chu archers could not stop this group of ferocious beasts with red eyes. Even if someone was hit by an arrow and bleeding, they turned a blind eye and still ran towards the Chu people with ferocious faces, wanting to bite people!

"The Shandong people were covered with armor and helmets, while the Qin people threw away their armor and went to the enemy with bare feet, holding heads on the left and captives on the right..."

Dou Ran's face turned pale, and he remembered his father's description of the Qin army on the battlefield. Did he think that without armor, they could not fight? He was so naive. He began to know what kind of opponents he was facing...

They are tigers, they are wolves!

They are the nightmare that terrifies the armies of the six nations!

They are the shadow that has shrouded the Shandong nobles for hundreds of years!

They are the real Qin army!

The next moment, Dou Ran watched helplessly as this group of Qin army soldiers, who were as fierce as wolves and tigers, howled and rushed into the Chu army!