From Ji County to Xianyang, Lian Po actually spent a lot of time on the road, which he deliberately did.

In Lian Po's opinion, although he had already defeated Meng Ao, he was still a partial division, and a cavalry division. He was probably going to be finished after an ambush.

Although from the confessions of the prisoners, the confessions of local officials, etc., it seems that Qin did not seem to have any ambush in Guanzhong, Lian Po decided to be careful.

In response to this, Lian Po made a remark in front of Zhao She who expressed surprise: "The king has already said that the soldiers must be moderate and urged properly. Since they had chosen to be urgent in Ji County before, now it is time for the general to move slowly!"

Anyway, Guanzhong has been operating for hundreds of years and rarely experienced wars. The population is relatively dense with villages, towns and cities. As a loyal executor of the strategy of feeding on the enemy, Lian Po was not worried about supply issues even if he was hundreds of miles away from his homeland. So he pushed forward slowly.

When Lian Po thought that when he pushed him almost to Xianyang, if the Qin people had ambushed, they would have been unable to hold back and attacked. If there had not been ambushed at that time, it would mean that Qin might really have no troops to fight against him.

In that case, he pretended to surround Xianyang for two days, threatened the Qin people, then turned north, returned to Yiqu and harvested another wave, and then returned to Shangjun, Zhao State or chose other directions depending on the situation.

However, after Lian Po slowly arrived in Xianyang, the scene in front of him completely stunned him.

What the hell is this situation like a big escape?

After being stunned for a while, Lian Po said to Zhao She beside him: "Old Zhao, tell me what the situation is. It is impossible for the King of Qin to be scared away after hearing that we have arrived, right?"

Zhao She also stared at the scene in front of her with great confusion. After a while, she said: "Maybe these are all Qin refugees we made in Guanzhong?"

Lian Po shook his head and said, "No, if it is a refugee, they should run into the city, but you see, these people are running out of the city now!"

The two of them stared at each other with big eyes for a while, Lian Po finally couldn't help but slapped his thighs and said, "Don't you care, send a unit to test it first. If you catch a few prisoners, you will understand everything?"

The next moment, a cavalry of 3,000 people rushed towards the many people who were rushing to escape on the distant road like sharp arrows.

In the distance, many Qin people ran away because of their urgency, but when the three thousand Zhao cavalry rushed in front of them, the Qin people finally woke up.

"The Zhao cavalry is here!"

For a moment, although the crowded but still orderly road became chaotic in an instant. Some people fled in scattered areas, some people wanted to retreat into the city, and some people wanted to speed up and continue to flee south. It is said that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people, but there are tens of thousands of Qin people on the road at present!

Large-scale collisions and stampedes suddenly occurred, vehicles were running wildly, horses were neighing, and screams, crying and screams among the crowd even resounded through the sky.

This scene directly dispelled the last doubt in Zhao She's heart. Zhao She had seen too many refugees from Qin along the way. He could only see it at a glance.

This is really a chaotic escape, it's not pretending.

Seeing that the distance was approaching, Zhao She directly drew two arrows from the arrow bag behind her, then suddenly turned around and shot towards the right side of the cavalry brigade.

Two arrows pierced the sky with sharp whistling sounds. The cavalry of Zhao put away their longbows and took out the sabers and spears in their hands. Instantly, they spread out to form a large encirclement, directly cutting off the Qin army and surrounding thousands of Qin people.

"Don't move around! If anyone moves around, I will kill people!" Zhao She shouted hard, feeling a little ridiculous in her heart. I was obviously a general of Zhao, so why did I come to maintain order for the Qin people? The military order of the king is really...

Of course, this is just a small complaint. Generally speaking, people who have experienced many wars either become cold and ruthless killing machines or become people who truly understand how precious peace is, and Zhao She is undoubtedly the latter.

A person who understands the preciousness of peace cannot kill civilians at will, regardless of whether he has the military orders of his own king or not.

Although not everyone understood Zhao She's words in a panic, three thousand tall cavalrymen and bright swords in their hands were placed there, and Zhao She ordered the killing of dozens of Qin people who were trying to attack the Zhao army formation, everything was quickly controlled.

Zhao She put the blood-stained sword into the sheath and said in a deep voice: "Who can speak elegantly? Stand up, let me spare him."

In fact, Zhao She did not intend to kill anyone, but he knew very well that the Qin people in front of him would not believe it, so this way of speaking would make it easier to gain trust.

Sure enough, after a moment, more than a dozen guys who looked like scholars stood up one after another.

Zhao She pointed to one of the oldest men who looked the oldest and held her granddaughter in her hand and asked, "Are you a native of Xianyang?"

The old man nodded in a hurry and said in an elegant verb with a strong Qin accent: "Go back to General, I am a person from Xianyang."

Zhao She asked: "Since you are from Xianyang, why do you want to abandon the city and leave today?"

The old man was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhao She with a look of "Aren't you teasing me?". He came back to his senses until he saw an impatient expression on Zhao She's face and replied hurriedly: "General, this is the case. The specific situation is not very clear, but the city says that your king of Zhao has already broken through Hangu Pass and is about to attack Xianyang. And everyone says that we saw that our king, the queen mother and other nobles have left Xianyang and are ready to escape to Hanzhong in the south, so we saw that everyone ran away, so we ran away together."

Zhao She's eyes were almost glaring out.

These short words were really impressive to Zhao She.

The king actually broke through Hangu Pass? And he was about to attack Xianyang City?

...

When Zhao She brought the news back to tell Lian Po, Lian Po's mouth was also opened like a duck egg: "You said the king broke through Hangu Pass? Hangu Pass, which was guarded by Bai Qi, led by 200,000 Qin troops?"

Zhao She nodded very hard.

Lian Po took a deep breath and suddenly grabbed Zhao She's shoulder: "Old Zhao, have you heard it wrong, or are these Qin people actually lying to us?"

Zhao She thought for a while and said, "Impossible. I asked several people one after another, and everyone's words were the same, and it shouldn't be a lie."

The two master generals did not know that the messenger he sent had already contacted Zhao He's main force in advance after hearing the news that Hangu Pass was broken, and were carrying orders to come to him day and night.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and more than 20,000 Zhao cavalry troops were there quietly, waiting for the two chief generals to stare in a daze.

Finally, Lian Po said, "It's going to be dark soon. Let's send some scouts to inquire."

Zhao She thought for a while and asked, "What if it really proves that the King of Qin escaped?"

Lian Po smiled and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Old Zhao, do you think if we two captured the King of Qin alive, do you have any hope of winning a monarch?"

The two of them looked at each other and suddenly felt very dry.

That's a lord!

The next moment, the two of them said in unison: "What are you waiting for? Send someone quickly!"

In the darkness of the night, the Zhao army's cavalry began to launch four out in large quantities.

At this moment, on a plain about thirty miles away from Xianyang, in a newly built camp, the King of Qin and many ministers sat opposite each other.

Although this tent is enough to accommodate hundreds of people, for those present who are used to meeting in the grand and grand hall, they all feel very crowded, very crowded, so they can't breathe.

Wei Ran was sitting at the lower head of the King of Qin. He looked at the familiar faces present quietly, and suddenly felt a little funny.

Didn’t Zhou Zhen claim to be in the hall last night to live and die with Xianyang? How did he come to this place when he lived and died together?

By the way, if this marquis remembers correctly, Zhou Zhen seemed to have brought dozens of carriages and family members when he joined the fugitive team. Judging from the rapid speed and orderly order, I am afraid that it wasn’t that after returning home from the palace last night, he started packing up his belongings and preparing to run away?

Oh, and there is also this Winner. You are the one who wants to live and die with Xianyang yesterday. Why are you here too?

Wei Ran looked over quietly and found many people who had been living and dying with Xianyang yesterday in the big tent.

There are still some that have not arrived, but it is hard to say that they are really living and dying with Xianyang, and they are just not keeping up with the pace of the large army.

But soon, this funny feeling disappeared from Wei Ran's heart.

Everyone is a stray dog ​​who fled, so it is really boring to have a fifty step and a hundred steps to laugh at this time.

The other Qin ministers probably had Wei Ran's thoughts, so they all sat there dejectedly without saying anything.

Although everyone brought some property, most of the things such as land, land, houses, and industries cannot be taken away. It is conceivable what will happen after Zhao State occupied these places. It would be strange if it could be happy.

It was the King of Qin who spoke first.

Speaking of which, the one who lost the most "property" among the people present was undoubtedly the King of Qin. After all, the others lost only the land and houses industry. The King of Qin lost the entire Guanzhong, Yiqu, Hedong, Longxi, and half of the Qin State!

But such adversity does not seem to have caused the King of Qin to sink. Some people can always be indomitable in adversity and strive for every opportunity to turn defeat into victory. The King of Qin is undoubtedly such a person.

Until the moment he really fell, otherwise he would never be defeated by difficulties.

The King of Qin asked slowly, "Bai Qi, I ask you, how long will it take to be truly safe?"

Although Meng Ao was his confidant, after comprehensive consideration, the King of Qin decided to let Bai Qi command the only 70,000 remaining soldiers in Qin State, while Meng Ao led 8,000 of the most powerful soldiers and horses as the King of Qin's personal guards.

Escape from Xianyang does not mean safety, this is something that the King of Qin knew from the very beginning.

Because Lian Po was nearby, and the main force of Zhao State led by Zhao He was not far away.

Bai Qi was obviously prepared for this, so he stood up and talked: "King, as long as you follow the speed a few days ago, you can enter the Ziwu Road around dusk tomorrow. By that time, as long as King Zhao was not leading the army in person, even if Lian Po's troops arrived, there would be no worries."

From Guanzhong to Bashu, you must first reach the Hanzhong Basin between the two. There are three roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, namely the ancient road near Yongdu to the west, the Baoxi Road slightly east, and the Ziwu Road to the east.

Among these three, Ziwu Road is actually the most remote and difficult to walk on, but it is the closest to Xianyang.

Considering that Lian Po's troops came from the West where the ancient Tao and the Baoxi Road were located, there was no other choice between the Qin monarch and ministers on the route of escape.

But the good news is that once the entire army can enter the Ziwu Road, the Qin army only needs a small number of troops to cut off the back to block the Zhao army's large number of pursuers, especially the cavalry of the Zhao State Lianpo, who is closest to Xianyang, cannot pose any threat to the Qin army in such a terrain.

After hearing that it was only one day to be safe, many people in the tent immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Money is nothing, as long as you have life, you can make a comeback. Judging from Bai Qi's current meaning, it is obvious that everyone's life should be easily saved.

The tone of the Qin King also became much more relaxed: "Since that's the case, then everyone will disperse themselves, have a good rest tonight, and continue to rush tomorrow!"

When many ministers heard this, they stood up one after another, saluted the King of Qin and then dispersed.

These ministers are usually pampered. After the rush to escape and fear along the way, they are already exhausted and want to fall asleep if they get stuck in the pillow.

In addition, because the decision of the King of Qin was too hasty, except for a small number of important officials who participated in the meeting last night, most of them were not mentally prepared for the sudden abandonment of Xianyang by Qin. They also needed to digest this matter this evening to decide the next countermeasures for themselves and the entire family.

In the north, there are many Qin refugees following the Qin army. Compared with the Qin King and the ministers who were guarding the army, chaos, looting and killing are the theme songs of this refugee force. The tragedy of countless families being broken and dead and separated from their wives and children happening behind the Qin King, and even outside the Qin King's camp.

However, at this time, the King of Qin in the camp no longer cared about his own people.

But what the Qin monarch and ministers, who breathed a sigh of relief, did not know that the danger was not far away.

After it was completely dark for an hour, Lian Po, who had been waiting for information anxiously, finally confirmed the fact through a large number of prisoners' confessions, that is, the Qin State had indeed given up Xianyang. Most of the senior management and army, including the King of Qin, the Queen Mother of Qin and Wei Ran, had left Xianyang half a day ago and headed towards the entrance of Ziwu Road.

After confirming the news, Lian Po, who was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, regretted that he was too determined and wasted almost two hours of pursuit time in vain.

There are two choices in front of Lian Po at this moment.

The first is to directly occupy the city of Xianyang, which is unpreserved and is chaotic in the city.

The second is to continue to go south to pursue the King of Qin, striving to capture or kill the King of Qin and other core senior officials of Qin.

The former is right in front of you, and you can get it steadily as long as you want it. Although the latter has more credit, it also has the risk of getting nothing.

Lian Po made a decision without thinking too much.

"Chasing! Zhao She, you take the big army to rest for one night and catch up tomorrow. This general and Longxiang Army chase after you first, and you must catch up with them and hold them up!"
Chapter completed!