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Chapter 63 Retreat

The next day, on the streets of Xianyang, Zhang Ping was beheaded and abandoned the market. The brothers Zhang Yi and Zhang Han were lying on the ground and cried to death. After hearing the news, the three masters of Qi were very ashamed and found Wang Zhu together to thank King Qin for his kindness and righteousness. Wang Zhu thought to himself that Zhang Ping would definitely be hiding at home and laughing.

It turned out that Wang Zhu had released Zhang Ping last night and found a death row prisoner with a similar appearance to Zhang Ping to take over him.

Tian Yezi got up from the ground and said with emotion, "The king is a loyal man, and we brothers will definitely keep our promises. After we go back, we will definitely persuade Prime Minister Tian to form an alliance with Qin. As for Li Shiqi's affairs, we will do our best as long as we can help!"

Li Shiqi's crime was too serious and it was impossible to easily be exempted from punishment! Wang Zhu's eyes rolled and he said hatefully, "I can't forgive him when Li Shiqi comes back. I will definitely tear him to pieces. Let him come back. I just want to execute him in front of all the officials of Qin, and I will punish you. When you go back, you will tell the King of Qi that I will never tolerate this matter!"

Tian Yezi said, "We should also go back and report to the King of Qi. In order not to attract Xiang Yu's attention, we decided to detour to Zhao State and say goodbye to the King of Qin today."

Wang Zhu hurriedly said, "I have prepared travel expenses and carriages for you, which are enough for you to use for a month. I believe that in a month, you should be able to return to Linzi."

Wang Zhu took Wang Ao, Li Zuoche, Xin Sheng, and Wang Lingwu to see off the three of them later!

The sky was clear and high, and wisps of autumn wind blew the robes of soldiers in the battle flag at the top of the city.

Wang Zhu stood at the city gate for a long time, and Tian Yezi, Tu Zhanyi, and Long Tianqing arrived. The three of them felt sad again when they saw the King of Qin, wearing a black robe and a crown, greeting them from afar.

Wang Zhu has a luxury carriage beside him. The frame of the four horses, the body, shaft and wheels are all made of bronze. It is a luxury car with a tent cover. The carriage is close to a square, one meter wide and one meter deep. The carriage is covered with a tent cover similar to a turtle cover. It is also made of bronze. The tent cover not only covers the carriage, but also covers the "cab" in front of the carriage, forming a closed carriage so that the car owner and the "driver" can pass commands. This copper tent umbrella can also rotate 360 ​​degrees and adjust the angle according to the direction of sunlight.

Car owners can ride or sit lying. If they lie in such a spacious, comfortable and luxurious car, they can completely enjoy the comfort of a "soft sleeper car". Even if they travel thousands of miles apart, they can eliminate the fatigue of long-distance bumps. The car car is exposed to exquisitely painted cushions. It is very comfortable and pleasing to the eye. This luxury car, like a modern Mercedes-Benz sedan, is absolutely valuable.

Wang Zhu had seen such a half-copper and half-gold carriage when he was traveling in Xi'an. It is estimated that the total weight of such a carriage is at least one ton. When driving on the road, the bluestone slabs are raking. No wonder they are usually dragged with at least four horses.

Wang Zhu also equipped the car with two drivers, the driver. Of course, they are not drivers, but Wang Zhu carefully selected and cleverly works that are eloquent and clever. Wang Zhu wanted to keep these two people by Tian Yezi's side to inquire about domestic news.

The King of Qin treated the three brothers with such high standards. Long Tianqing was so moved that he was the first to be. He held a sword in his right hand, stepped forward, and knelt on one knee: "King, we are all martial artists, how can the King of Workers come to see him off in person? This carriage costs at least 500 gold, and it can only be seated by three dukes. We cannot accept it!"

Wang Zhu smiled and helped Long Tianqing up, interrupted him, and said to himself, "What is a carriage? Although Qin is not rich, I can still take out a carriage. You and I are a friend of life and death. Don't be so polite in the future. My country is your country, and my carriage is your carriage. Without further ado, I will send it here. Three brothers, get on the car quickly. It is still time to arrive at the nearest city before dark."

Wang Ao, Xin Sheng, Wang Ling and others came to see each other and practiced the ceremony one by one. One was more polite than the other, making the three of them feel warm in their hearts. They all thought that Qin was definitely not a country of tigers and wolves, but a country of etiquette!

Long Tianqing was the last to get on the car. He stepped onto the shaft of the car with one leg and suddenly remembered something again. He jumped down, held his fists and said to Wang Zhu. "King, Li Shiqi's rude things have always been a bit strange. It seems that there is something hidden inside. If Li Shiqi comes back, the king will not be busy killing them first, and then ask clearly before asking."

Wang Ao turned out from behind Wang Zhu, his wide black sleeves were close to his chest, and his black beards fluttered, and he said politely; "How do you say this hero?" Long Tianqing said; "My Lord Wang, this matter is not complicated, but there are many things that are hard to understand. Yesterday I was anxious and forgot to explain it clearly to the king."

Wang Zhu frowned two ditches: "I'm also puzzled. Li Shiqi doesn't seem to be so brave!" Long Tianqing pondered for a moment, as if thinking, and suddenly raised her head and said, "The incident happened in public. After Li Shiqi arrived in Qi, he met Prime Minister Tian and King Qi again. The Prime Minister and King Qi attached great importance to him. The King of Qi held a banquet to entertain Li Shiqi that night, and all the civil and military officials were present. The King of Qi was young and did not marry. Because he was a distinguished guest of Qin, he made an exception and asked the eldest princess Tian Zhu to tease Li Shiqi, who was an envoy of Qin! Unexpectedly, something happened at this time."

Wang Zhu and Wang Ao did not interrupt, and Wang Ling and Xin Sheng even stared at each other as if they were listening to a legendary story, waiting for Long Tianqing to "update", and they dared not show off.

Tian Yezi in the car suddenly jumped down, patted the dust on his hands, and continued, "I didn't expect that, the hypocritical Mr. Li Shiqi became a beast when he got drunk, and actually took the opportunity to touch the princess's jade hand, but was slapped twice by the princess. Li Shiqi not only lost his face, but also went to prison. This is the case. It sounds like it is not complicated at all, but it is strange that Li Shiqi's courage is that you, Qin State, have a stunning beauty. Why is he so brave and insisted on teasing our princess? Could it be that his head is burnt out?"

Wang Zhu smiled bitterly, "I'm going to hide it from Brother Tian, ​​there are still a few women in Qin, and there are many beautiful ones. Li Shi really doesn't need to risk beheading and touch the jade hand of the princess of Qi."

A trace of cold electricity flashed in Wang Ao's eyes, and he asked immediately; "Li Shiqi admitted it!" Tian Yezi smiled a little embarrassed: "What did I say about this? I didn't admit it at the beginning, but when I arrived in prison, I admitted it." Wang Zhu and Wang Ao both understood what he meant, and must have been arguing.

Wang Zhu asked suddenly, "How old is the eldest princess? Is there a marriage match?" Long Tianqing said, "Yes. The eldest princess is eighteen years old this year. The former king {Tian Rong} once betrothed him to Zhang Er, the prince of Changshan King Zhang Er."

"Zhang Ao?!" Wang Zhu began to understand a little. No wonder, no wonder, it seems that Li Shiqi was really wronged this time. Wang Zhu suddenly smiled, "The princess is wronged. Li Shi is actually bold and asks Brother Tian to go back and say to the princess, and he said it was what I said, "I will definitely send Zhang Ao back to Handan." Please relax."

"The King of Qin means that Zhang Er's son is in Chenggao now!" Wang Zhu shook his head; "He is still in Suiyang at this moment!" Tian Yezi said; "It's all the same, they are all the territory of Qin! The King of Qin means that we princess frame Li Shiqi again in order to save her future husband, right?"

Wang Zhu waved his sleeves and said with his hands behind his back, "Brother Tian, ​​don't get me wrong. I just want to talk to the princess about the conditions. I have already said that Li Shiqi will die when he comes back, but considering the decentness of Qin, I still don't want him to die in Qi."

Tian Yezi was also reasonable this time and nodded repeatedly to show that it was understandable, probably for the sake of the carriage.

"Goodbye!" Long Tianqing bowed to Wang Zhu, jumped onto the carriage, and Tian Yezi then jumped on. Wang Zhu finally gave another piece of advice, "You must say a few more beautiful words and ask the King of Qin to hand over Li Shiqi to me."

The carriage was hit by the official road paved with loess. Tian Yezi in the carriage suddenly said, "Look, there is gold under the carriage!" Long Tianqing leaned over and saw a secret lattice under the carriage. He lifted the wooden board, and it was full of gold shining brightly. Tu Zhanyi came over and said with a stare, "I'm afraid this is two thousand kilograms. No wonder these four horses are so struggling to walk. It turns out that the car is overweight."

Tian Yezi smiled and said, "The King of Qin is really a gentleman. He didn't say anything after giving the money." Long Tianqing didn't say a word and sat for a while before saying, "This gold is not so easy to take. At least you and I have to try to rescue Li Shiqi." Tian Yezi said, "Didn't the King of Qin say that he can't forgive him even if he returns to the country?" Long Tianqing said coldly, "If he doesn't give this ten thousand taels of gold, I might believe this statement."

After the Qi people left, Wang Zhu immediately sent people to spread rumors near Xingyang, saying that Peng Yue's Daze army was about to attack Pengcheng. On the one hand, he ordered the entire army to be ready to withdraw.

First, the Qin soldiers from Suiyang, led by the former prefect of Hedong of Qin, "Mu Liangyan", retreated to Henoi first and then entered Hangu Pass. The soldiers from Henoi, led by the Qin general "Gao Qiuyun", all crossed the Yellow River and joined Wang Ben's Hexi army to attack Zhao.

The main force led by Wang Zhu himself was divided into three groups to evacuate. The first and second routes were led by Xin Sheng and Zhang Han, and took advantage of the dark moon and high winds to break into pieces and lurked out.

The last journey was nearly 40,000 chariots and cavalry.

These heavy-armed troops were dragging on and overwhelmingly, and there was no way to hide, so Wang Zhu put them at the end and personally led the palace to make a decision.

Forty thousand people were divided into six teams, Dong Yi and Xiahou Ying, leading 20,000 cavalry in front, Wang Ao and Wang Ling each of them were 50 million cavalry arranged in the central army, Wang Zhu and Fan Kuai personally led the remaining 10,000 chariot soldiers to form a solid barrier-like battle wall to move slowly to prevent the sudden attack of the enemy cavalry.

Since all the teams retreated secretly at night, the lights on the city were shining as usual, people shouted, horses neighed, and soldiers patrolled, it did not attract the attention of the Chu army.

It was not until noon the next day that Yu Ziqi was ordered to lead troops to carry out a harassing battle, and he found that there were flags and straw men above the city, but in fact, the building was empty.

Yu Ziqi screamed in anger and laughed happily. This iron bucket-like city was finally captured by his famous general Yu Ziqi.

"Kill, soldiers, follow me to the city!" Yu Ziqi took the lead and led his troops into Chenggao. He was happy for nearly half an hour before he remembered that he should have notified his brother-in-law of his great achievements immediately, so a team of cavalry ran back to the camp!

When Xiang Yu heard that he had captured Chenggao so quickly, he immediately reacted; "The person ran away!" Fan Zeng said angrily, "Where is Yu Ziqi now?" The soldiers were puzzled when they saw Fan Zeng's fierceness, General Yu made great contributions, why are you going to do it!

"Father Ya, General Yu is still in Chenggao!" The soldier kept blinking, and he felt that Fan Zeng could understand what he said.

"An Min? Bah! It's a robbery! This Yu Ziqi has a big deal! Overlord!" Fan Zeng has a bad temper.

Xiang Yu grabbed the soldier's neck and shouted, "Go back and tell Yu Ziqi not to hurry to "Anmin" first, lead the troops to pursue him, hurry up!" The soldiers rolled and crawled out of the commander's tent, jumped onto the war horse, and rushed towards Chenggao.

Xiang Yu lifted up the painting halberd, ran out, shouting loudly, "Blow the trumpet, beat the drum, gather all the generals, and attack the whole army!"

"Wuwuwuwuwuwuwu" A horn of emergency assembly sounded. When all the generals came over quickly, Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng told the story as quickly as possible. Then Fan Zeng pointed fingers on the battle map and told Long Qi that Ji Bu chased north, Ji Xin and Zhou Yin were going west; Ding Gong, Zhongli Mei, Cao Ju, Xiao Gong's horns were going--

After the whole group was sent, nearly half an hour passed. The generals heard the task clearly and went to call their "little brother" to go out and chop people. The soldiers gathered in chaos and took about half an hour, and they were in chaos and wasted an hour before they even left the village.

When Yu Ziqi heard the soldiers' reports and was alert to the fact that he shouldn't robbery in advance, it was too late. His commander army chased him, and the soldiers were exhausted and dehydrated. They chased him to the banks of the Luoshui River, but found countless wreckage of chariots by the river, as well as discarded rusty swords and spears and broken flags. The back of the Qin army who had just passed the river bank can still be seen. The flames were steaming by the river, and all the ferries were burned.

Yu Ziqi was so anxious that he jumped his feet by the river and cursed, like an undisciplined child. While cursing, he thought, it was all caused by greed. This was a terrible thing, and the overlord had to peel my skin.

This is the loess dust behind him. Long Qie, Ji Bu, Ding Gong, Zhong Limei and others came from different directions, just like countless torrents gathered in front of them. When these generals saw the Qin soldiers running away, their morale was greatly boosted and they shouted in a row; "Where are the Qin soldiers, where are the Qin soldiers!"
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