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Chapter 4 Execution

Tianjiao and the fields were not only waste, but also cordy. When the two saw Li Shiqi coming in with a team of personal soldiers with a whip and salt water, they almost collapsed on the ground. In addition, they did have a grudge against Tian Heng, so of course they accepted the task of persuading surrender. However, in order to make the two brothers go willingly, Li Shiqi still falsely passed the imperial edict and said, "As long as the two can persuade the surrender of Qi, they don't resist, and drive Tian Guang away in the future, you can be king."

In fact, becoming king is just a matter of the King of Qin. Tianjiao and the Tianshi did not doubt its authenticity too much.

Luan Bu ordered 30,000 troops and lined up outside Lixia City, surrounding a west gate like an iron barrel. Li Shiqi took Zhang Han, Li Bi, and Feng Jingtian brothers, and arranged them on the left and right sides of Luan Bu's flag, shouting loudly: "Wang Xi, see who is coming, why don't you open the door and surrender quickly."

Wang Xi was a short fat man. He was patrolling the horse road at this time. He suddenly saw two familiar figures on the left side of the enemy's commander's flag. Both of them came out. When he looked closely, it was Tian Jiao and Tian Jian. Wang Xi was originally a general in the Tian Jiao era. He was promoted by Tian Jiao and had a deep affection for the old King of Qi. When he saw Tian Jiao and Tian Jian come out, he sighed in his heart. What should I do?!

Tian Jiaohe, who was determined to be the King of Qi, jumped to the moat and howled at the top of his throat. "Wang Xi, surrender quickly, Tian Guang, Tian Heng was unkind and unrighteous, and usurped the throne of my brother. Our brothers are descendants of Qi. Why do you have to sacrifice your life to defend the city for the traitor Tian Heng?"

At this distance, as long as Wang Xi stretches out his arm and puts it down, the Tian brothers will be immediately shot by the honeycomb by arrows on the top of the city. However, Wang Xi did not do this. He stood still and didn't say anything. Li Shiqi laughed in the shadow of the flag, thinking that there is a door.

Luan Bu's tiger body was as stiff as a weathered statue, and he didn't even move his eyebrows, but just looked coldly, like a leopard ready to attack at any time. Zhang Han and others frowned and waited for the development of things.

Li Shiqi jumped out of the horse, and stopped as he was about to reach the range of the bow and arrow, shouting in a loud voice, "Wang Xi, don't be obsessed with it. We are not here to attack Qi. We are here to eliminate Tian Guang, Tian Heng and other rebels, and return the throne to the legitimate brothers Tian Jiao and Tianjian. You, this is the alliance signed by the King of Qin and Qi. However, we only form an alliance with the real King of Qi. The real King of Qi is Tian Jiao's brother."

Tian Jiao and Tian Jian shouted, "Wang Xi, you were just a famous general. It was because my brother Tian Fei appreciated you and promoted you to become a general. Now that my brother has been hurt by Tian Guang, do you still have to be ungrateful and help the evildoer?" Wang Xi did not speak for a long time, but just held the cold city wall with his fleshy hands. The muscles on his face tightened, and his facial skin was like a wrinkled rag. It was obvious that he was hesitating in his heart.

It didn't matter if he hesitated. The soldiers behind him were suddenly in an uproar, and the atmosphere of surrender spread like a plague. Tian Jiao rode his horse by the moat, galloping for two steps, shouting sternly, "Tian Heng is unpopular, and will perish sooner or later. Wang Xi, you should think clearly. Now surrender, and after I inherit the throne, I will give you the general."

Wang Xi finally spoke; "The two young masters are not Wang Xi's ungratefulness, but the tyrant Qin has no faith. What if they don't make you king after taking over Qi State?"

Takao Tianma thought to himself, there was nothing he could do.

Li Shiqi said, "General Wang Xi can rest assured that more than 100,000 soldiers here can understand clearly. How could our Qin State regret it? As long as you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, Qi State will still be Qi State, but it is just a change of king."

Wang Xi looked back at the soldiers and generals from all walks of life on the city tower. Seeing that everyone was eager to try, they all looked like they were following his horse's head. He thought that the Qin soldiers came in large numbers and the reinforcements were not delayed. Even if they did not surrender, they might not be able to defend the city. Surrendering to the Tian brothers is not considered betraying Qi State, so it would be better to surrender.

"General—" Several deputy generals stood behind Wang Xi and waited to listen to his orders. Wang Xi stamped his steps a few times and said decisively, "Open the city gate and surrender."

Tianba's reinforcements were still halfway, and they heard the news that the Lixia City defender surrendered without fighting. Tianba was useless in anger. After a calm and brief analysis, the killer who had fought for half his life decided to snipe the Qin army that was driving straight in Mount Tai.

Once Mount Tai is broken, Zhangqiu will be revealed. After Zhangqiu, Linzi City will appear before the tiger and wolf Qin army.

The towering Mount Tai is like a giant standing tall, blocking the Qin army's way. Guan Ying had already found out that Tianba had already set up camp at the mountain pass, with a total force of about 70,000 to 80,000 people. The force was almost the same as the Qin army, and neither side had any advantage. However, the Qin army was the main attacker and the Qi army was the main defense. The Qin army was prosperous, with high morale, and the Qi army lost ground and lost soldiers listlessly. In this case, Tianba sent people back to Linzi to request reinforcements and explained his strategic intentions very clearly. He must block the Qin army west of Mount Tai, otherwise the Qi State would be over.

However, Linzi's side is quite meaningful to his strategy. Not only Tian Heng, but even Tian Guang also believes that preserving his strength and defending Linzi is the best strategy. In that case, if Mount Tai cannot be defended, there is still a chance to make a comeback, so reinforcements are far away. Tian Ba ​​is helpless.

Tianba is not Tianfu's old and young man, so it is absolutely impossible to persuade him to surrender. Then there is only a fierce attack.

Since Tianba knew that the Qin army had two scumbags, Tianjiao and Tianjian, as guides, and was familiar with the terrain of this generation, he took a lot of effort to set up defenses. Almost all remote mountain roads were stationed with infantry, and a beacon tower stood every five miles. Once the Qin army wanted to cross the line, they would be discovered immediately.

The empty valley was filled with Qi Jun's camp tents, and the flags almost covered the entire Taishan Mountain area. Guan Ying and Luan Bu, who were standing on the top of the peak, were quite surprised.

After a while, Guan Ying couldn't help laughing, "Tianba bluffs, these camps must be fake. Don't have so many soldiers in Qi?"

Luan Bu coughed, "Tianba is very smart. He doesn't want to scare you and me. He just wants to scare the soldiers of Qin." Guan Ying pointed to Tianba's handsome tent that was slightly visible in the distance. "General Luan Bu can challenge Tianba tomorrow. If he dares not fight, our army will be full of morale. If he goes to fight, you will try your best to kill him."

Luan Bu did not comment, but just responded lightly. No one can guarantee victory, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly.

Tianba was so depressed that he could not get support from Linzi. He was still running around in the tent late at night. What he couldn't stand the most was that some people in Linzi advocated that the entire army withdraw to Linzi and defend the city to the death. This was simply seeking death. Fortunately, Tian Heng did not support this proposal. This was also the only place that made Tianba feel relieved.

Instead of using any conspiracy, the Qin army advanced along the road to the mountains and approached the main village of Tianba, which was a long snake-like snake-like land on the open ground.

The horn sounded sobbing.

The soldiers in the Qi army camp bent their bows and arrows, and each took their place, staring at the Qin cavalry and infantry outside the village gate. It was early morning, and Tian Ba ​​didn't close his eyes all night. He heard the battle report and came to the west gate with his sword.

The Qin army was led by a general, quite majestic, handsome, cold-looking, and stared at everything in the camp with empty eyes.

When Luan Bu saw Tianba coming out, he raised his gun and said sternly, "Tianba, do you dare to come out and fight me to the death?"

Tianba has been under too much pressure recently, has poor sleep, and has aches all over his body. He has occasionally felt the symptoms of wind and cold, and is in extremely poor condition. Seeing that the person who was challenging him was extraordinary, he thought to himself that there is no need to punish the courage of every man.

Tian Ba ​​said sternly, "If you have the ability, you can kill in, otherwise I will not bother to pay attention to you. The crossbowman is ready--" Tian Ba ​​turned to the deputy general Tian Li; "Prepare 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, lined up after the crossbowman. If the Qin army dares to come forward, first take a round of explosive shooting, and then use light cavalry to disperse the enemy."

Tian Ligong bowed his hand and left. In a short while, in the Qi State camp, chariots and horses were mobilized, infantry and soldiers were chaotic, and the defensive formation had already been formed.

Luan Bu was not here to attack the camp at all. He was just ordered to come to Tianba to fight alone, weakening the morale of the Qi army, so he ignored these defenses.

Tian Li immediately behind Tianba and said angrily, "General, let the Qin people come to you like this, don't we go to fight? This is too cowardly."

Tian Ba ​​wanted to explore the reality of the Qin army.

"Give you two thousand elite soldiers, you will defeat this Qin general."

Tian Li was overjoyed; "Thank you, General." It seemed as if Luan Bu was a wooden man, and was standing there waiting for him to behead him.

The sound of trumpets and war drums rang out into the sky, and the Qin army shook flags and shouted outside the village, showing off their might and was arrogant. At this moment, the sound of a buzz in the Qi State camp suddenly sounded, and an elite cavalry rushed out along the gap between the trenches, and also cleared the deer antlers and horses blocking the way.

Tian Li came bravely with a spear in his hand, stood three zhang across from Luanbu, shaking the reins of the horse; "I heard that your accent doesn't seem to be from Qin, so how can you help the evildoer?"

Luan Bu is a serious person, even if he doesn't slander his friends, let alone Tian Li is about to die in his eyes. Seeing the strong murderous intent in his eyes, Tian Li clenched the handle of the knife in his palm, and smiled coldly in his heart, trembling the reins, and rushed towards him.

"Go to die!"

The pitch-black spear in his hand turned into a black light, flashing with boundless evil spirits, stabbed Luan Bu's chest. Luan Bu raised his eyebrows, held the hilt of the knife with both hands, and pushed it out with force. The spear seemed to have hit Mount Tai, making a buzzing sound and almost broke out. Luan Bu's big hands were like a winch, interlaced between the hilt, the hilt drooped, the tip of the knife rose, and the cold light poured into Tian Li's pupils like lightning, and then a part of his body spewed out hot blood.

Just between these two moves, Tian Li's head rolled down. There was a lot of cheers in the Qin army. Luan Bu originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack the village, but then he thought that it would be better to transfer Tian Ba ​​out.

Luan Bu's big knife dripped blood, and his horse's hooves stomped back and forth on Tian Li's body, saying in a vocal voice, "Tianba, you'd better come out in person, your men seem to be useless."

Tian Ba ​​knew Luan Bu’s idea, and he would not go to war. If Qi wants to win this war, he must win time. The only way to win time is to defend Mount Tai.

"The crossbowman is ready. No one can go to fight. If anyone dares to break into the village, kill him immediately." Tian Ba ​​shouted with a firm heart by drawing his sword in his hand.

In the evening, Zhang Han led a soldier to replace Luan Bu and continued to yell and scold, trying to lure Tianba out of the village to fight the final battle, but Tianba was still indifferent and just strengthened his defense in the village.

Guan Ying also knew that the attack on Qi was the time strategy. Not to mention the distance, if it was delayed for two months, when Xiang Yu or Han Xin recovered, the situation would likely change drastically.

"The team of troops is divided into five classes, Zhang Han, Feng Jing, Li Bi, Luan Bu and Sima Xin rotate every two hours, I don't believe it, Tian Ba ​​keeps being a turtle."

Guan Ying actually had a plan in her mind, but it was not the time to say it out. The time is not yet ripe.

Li Shiqi said worriedly, "Tianba avoids fighting, it's useless to divide it into ten shifts."

Guan Ying sneered, "Don't worry, the turtle always has a time when it's out of the nest, I don't believe he can withstand the temptation, just wait and see the show."

Zhang Han, Sima Xin, Feng Jing and others are all veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time. When they hear this order, they feel that it is inappropriate. Isn’t this equivalent to tormenting their own people? Maybe don’t let the people of Qi take advantage of the loopholes.

Zhang Han and others came to find Guan Ying together and asked him to find another way. Guan Ying shook her head repeatedly and told them to do what she wanted.

From the beginning, the five routes of people were in chaos, running back and forth, almost disrupting the army's system. During the shift change, the generals were unable to effectively control their subordinates.

Zhang Han felt a little worried. Wouldn't it be bad if the Qi soldiers in the village take advantage of this opportunity to fight out?

Zhang Han thought about it and decided to find Guan Ying to explain the powerful relationship clearly. He walked to the handsome tent, but unexpectedly he collided with Guan Ying, who was about to leave the tent.

Guan Ying smiled and said, "General Zhang, I'm about to find you." Zhang Han frowned; "The last general has something to discuss with the general." The two entered the tent, and Guan Ying said directly; "Today's deployment is my plan, does the old general feel inappropriate?"

Zhang Han was surprised and said with bright eyes, "Can General Guan have laid ambushes?"

Guan Ying said; "Bongshou and Zhang Ping have already ambushed on the flanks of the Qi army. They can attack the back camp at any time and burn food and grass. There is still a task that the old general needs to go there in person."
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