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Chapter 201 Yinghou's Disaster

After Zheng Anping brought his army to cross the Danshui River, he did not rush to capture the city. Instead, he deployed quietly along the coast. No one understood his thoughts very well. The Shangdang Army was so shameless that he was defeated by Wei Wuji several times. Even the main general was taken away because of the unfavorable battle. Of course, his biggest mistake was that he did not discover Wei Wuji's traces in time, which caused Bai Qi to be ambushed by Wei Wuji.

Therefore, when Zheng Anping was ordered to take his army to cross Danshui, the senior generals had their own ideas, either taking advantage of the fact that the various cities of Zhao State had no troops to garrison and directly captured these areas, or they would kill the "resistance" mob to obtain enough military merits, without asking for rewards, and not being held accountable for mistakes after the war. However, Zheng Anping did not seem to care about these things. He just stationed his soldiers along the Danshui coast and did not even dare to capture nearby cities.

"General, I heard that a warrior who is good at shooting, he will shoot the arrows immediately after pulling a strong bow and hit the target. If he keeps pulling the bow but does not let go, his hands are sore, and then trembles due to the soreness, the arrows shot will fly past the target... Now you are carrying an army full of fighting spirit and wanting to wash away the shame, fighting across the water is like a strong bow full of pulling. Why do you hesitate?"

The generals knelt in front of Zheng Anping, and a general said to him seriously.

Zheng Anping frowned. He was indeed very confused. He knew why these generals were so anxious to go to war. They were afraid of being punished after the war and being reduced in titles. For the old Qin people, titles were everything! They were defeated repeatedly to Wei Wuji in this war, and the soldiers of various departments were severely reduced. When the liquidation was carried out after the war, if they could not make any decent credit, they would be punished.

Of course, Zheng Anping was also afraid. As the main general, if he really asked for a crime, he would be the second person who needed to stand up and bear the fault. However, he did not dare to attack Zhao State unrestrainedly. Zheng Anping could find his hidden talent when Fan Ju was at its most downfall. Naturally, he was not a stupid person. On the contrary, he lived a cautious life and liked to consider the ultimate in everything. This was also the reason why he was promoted by Fan Ju faster than Wang Ji.

He lived very cautiously in Qin State and would not deliberately improve his title like Wang Ji. This is a person who cherishes his life, does not care much about power and status, but just wants to enjoy happiness. He does not want to be punished for the war, but he does not want to lose his life easily and cross the water to attack Zhao. This is Bai Qi's order, and he must obey it. However, Bai Qi did not say clearly whether he would attack Zhao's city after crossing the Danshui River and whether he would kill the people of Zhao who resisted.

Zheng Anping widened his eyes and said to the general blankly: "I don't understand what you mean, what did I hesitate?"

The general looked at him and sighed helplessly. He had never seen such a stupid general. He was also from Wei. Why was the gap between him and Yinghou so big? During these days, Zheng Anping looked stupid, but most of the generals were so angry. Even when Wang Ling was there, he didn't look down on him very much. He asked him to build camps and cook. This was due to Yinghou's face.

Even if he was escorting food, Wang Ling didn't dare to leave it to Zheng Anping. After Wang Ling left, he heard that Zheng Anping took over as a general and wanted to stop him. Even when he was escorted by his soldiers on the road, he shouted, "No, and was extremely frightened."

The general said helplessly: "Please send troops to Zhao... Now all parts of Zhao are empty, which is the best opportunity to attack. If you can capture these places, you will definitely force Wei Wuji to return to the rescue. Even if he does not rescue, he can shake his morale of the army. This is to make great contributions!" Zheng Anping smiled, nodded, and suddenly said, "So that's it, okay, I'll write a letter to ask the king..."

"What? Ask the King?" The general widened his eyes and murmured: "Before the king replied, we will be arrested for the failure of the war..." He sighed and said: "General, you can't ask the King. It will take too long. It's better to attack as soon as possible while the people of Zhao don't know..." Zheng Anping said seriously: "How can I make my own decisions? If it destroys Wu'anjun's deployment, isn't that a serious crime?"

"In this way, I write a letter to ask Wu'anjun and act according to Wu'anjun's orders!"

Zheng Anping said again that everyone had no choice but to agree to him, and then walked out of the tent. As soon as they walked out of the tent, these generals began to angrily insult. As the old Qin people, they still didn't like Zheng Anping's people who dropped them from Wei State onto them, especially after he acted so stupidly.

"What a great opportunity. The Zhao people didn't know that we had crossed the river. At this time, we attacked... military achievements were at your fingertips, and we actually met such a general."

"Ha, did he recommend it to the Hou himself, or shouldn't say that."

After seeing off these generals, Zheng Anping sat down, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed: How could he meet such stupid generals? In the order Bai Qi gave to Zheng Anping, he only crossed the river and asked Wei Wuji to return to the army, but he did not carefully talk about his plans after crossing the river. Why is this? Because Bai Qi did not want to get into trouble, there was a big trouble in Zhao State, a huge trouble.

The first general who received this order was to capture the city, kill those who resisted, and create greater momentum to attract Wei Wuji to return to the rescue... Zheng Anping knew that such a move was completely suicide. How obsessed with the King of Qin was, the people of Qin knew that after Ma Fujun's words and deeds reached the King of Qin, they would immediately send it to various places and become a new textbook for Qin officials to learn.

Zheng Anping also read Ma Fujun's book. He knew very well what Ma Fujun disliked. If he massacred the resisters in Zhao State... He felt that Ma Fujun could make the King of Qin chop his head with just one letter. Not long ago, the King of Qin decided on the remarks of the benevolent and righteous army. Even the captured Zhao State and Wei State captives were sent back. Wu'an Jun rushed into South Korea and ignored the local Koreans.

At this time, kill good people and make achievements?

Therefore, Zheng Anping wrote another letter to Bai Qi, wanting to get Bai Qi's order. If Bai Qi asked him to kill him, he could kill him because this was Bai Qi's military order and he just obeyed the military order. If Bai Qi asked him to do it or hinted that he would kill him, then he would not understand his hint. That would be great. Although Wu Anjun was terrible, there was also a Marquis behind him, and he was not afraid of his revenge.

Zheng Anping thought, and happily ordered camping on the river bank to prevent Wei Wuji from crossing the river and attacking him.

The generals just scolded him for being stupid, but did not dare to disobey him. Even if the Qin people knew that the general's order was wrong, they would not come out to object, and could only bury their heads, because opposition was a death sentence. The most harsh thing about Qin was military law, and they showed no mercy. For example, there was a Zhao Zilong in the army who rushed out of the enemy formation without the order of the chief general and slashed the enemy general back. The general might praise his bravery, but then he would be executed according to the military law.

Qin Law absolutely does not allow the soldiers to be independent, nor does it violate any orders of the generals unless he makes you surrender.

Not long after, Bai Qi took Zheng Anping's bamboo slips, and Zheng Anping asked him how to act.

Bai Qi smiled and wrote an order with his own hands, asking the scout to send it.

Zheng Anping, who received Bai Qi's reply, immediately began to attack Zhao State. Bai Qi told him to capture cities in various places and not to kill the people in the city. Zheng Anping suddenly took action, and letters from various places asking for help rushed to Handan. Lian Po led the soldiers who were trained in Handan to kill Danshui in a fierce manner. Both sides encountered the Zhongmu area. Lian Po was defeated and hurriedly retreated. Zheng Anping was shocked and was so scared that he didn't dare to pursue him.

The generals repeatedly requested to march, and then Zheng Anping attacked again. Unexpectedly, Lian Po was defeated again and fled to the Great Wall. Zheng Anping really couldn't believe it. It was this guy who confronted Wu Anjun in Changping at the beginning??

Just when Zheng Anping led his men to attack Zhao Great Wall, preparing to besiege Handan and force Wei Wuji to return to the army... His retreat was raided. It turned out that Lian Po ordered his deputy general to pretend to be the main force and let him pretend to be defeated and seduce Zheng Anping into the deep, but he led the main force to cut directly. When Zheng Anping reacted, he was already blocked by Lian Po in Anyang outside the Great Wall, unable to advance or retreat, and extremely frightened.

Lian Po had far fewer soldiers than Zheng Anping's army, so Zheng Anping tried to break out from the north and returned to Shangdang from his eldest son. However, his breakthrough troops did not break out of Lian Po's encirclement. Lian Po divided the battlefield and used favorable terrain to form a situation of fighting with more and less in various places. Almost as the Qin people fought according to the Qin people. Lian Po intentionally released the Qin army to break out, directly divided the Qin people into three points on a large scale, causing them to break up with each other.

If other troops were cut off from the main general, they would likely be directly defeated. However, the Qin army was different. Without Zheng Anping, the main general, he could still follow the general and the commander to continue fighting. Lian Po first concentrated his army and directly swallowed the weakest Qin army. Then, when he was about to swallow another partial division of Zheng Anping, an envoy sent by Zheng Anping was brought to Lian Po.

"What? He wants to surrender?"

The tall Lian Po looked at the messenger in front of him and was stunned. Will the Qin people surrender?

Most Qin people would not surrender because the consequences of surrender were serious. Qin implemented a system of joint positioning. If they were killed in battle, their children might inherit the title. But if they surrender, not only would the title be cut off, but all of them would be held... They would accept the most serious punishment, so the Qin army rarely surrendered. It doesn't matter if they died in battle, they could not kill their family...

As for the surrendered generals, in addition to their close relatives and fellow villagers, as well as those who recommend them, and close friends with them, they will be punished. If the generals of Qin want to surrender, the soldiers at the bottom will never agree. They are unwilling to cause their families to suffer because of their surrender. Therefore, after the reform, the Qin generals who surrendered directly with the reorganized army almost did not exist.

It was precisely because of clearly knowing this that Lian Po was surprised to surrender with Zheng Anping. He looked at the messenger in front of him. The messenger spoke fluently with Zhao Yu, but with a Wei accent, probably Zheng Anping's disciple. Lian Po helped him up with a smile and said, "Zheng Anping really wants to surrender?" The messenger nodded seriously and said, "However, the other generals will not agree..."

The envoy explained seriously that surrendering was Zheng Anping's idea, and the other generals of Qin were unaware of this, and the soldiers were even more so. Surrendering was a serious crime, and Zheng Anping did not dare to persuade him, so he sent himself to find General Lian Po by sending people to find out the truth of the Zhao army... Lian Po narrowed his eyes, and he did not believe a word about the envoy's words.

The envoy said again: "My head and the generals discuss with each other and prepare to feint the north in the early morning of the next day to attack the south..."

Lian Po treated the envoy with a smile, and then he sent him away. Although he did not believe in Zheng Anping, he still did not give up on the deployment. He deployed the army on all the roads that could break through, and asked them to pay attention to the movements of the Qin people at any time.

When the sky was getting brighter, there was a sudden sound of shouting from the West. The Qin people did not break through from the south the day after tomorrow, but broke through from the West in the early morning of the day when the messenger returned. However, Lian Po quickly arrived here with his army. Zheng Anping stood in panic in a panic and directed the army to attack. When he saw Lian Po's chariot running over one soldier after another, he suddenly dropped the flag of general, hugged his head and shouted: "I surrender!! Surrender!!"

Because the flag was down, the Qin people were unable to burst out with any combat power, so they were easily defeated by Lian Po.

Zheng Anping stood in front of Lian Po with a smile. If he hadn't been tied up, he would have thought he was here to visit.

"Zheng Anping... You sent an envoy to say that the Qin army broke through the south early the day after tomorrow. Why did the Qin army break through the west yesterday?"

"The day after tomorrow?? South?" Zheng Anping looked at Lian Po in surprise. He shook his head and said, "No, I sent someone to break through from Zhongmu in the early morning of the 16th... What's going on? My disciple was wrong?"

Zheng Anping said, and said to Lian Po in fear: "This must be the infamy of my disciples who do not want me to bear the surrender, so for this, please forgive his crimes..."

Lian Po raised his head and laughed loudly. After a long time, he pulled out his short sword, walked to Zheng Anping, cut off the rope on his body, and then said, "You are right. Your disciple is a wise man... Please come with me to see Shangjun."

Zheng Anping was silent for a moment, then squeezed out an ugly smile and said, "Okay."
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