My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 697: You can't understand it, right? You can't understand it! What exactly does the Qin army want to do!

Ge Ping and Li Qiong were able to perfectly understand Ying Chengjiao's first and third orders.

If you can win, fight; if you can't, run away.

easy to understand!
However, Ge Ping and Li Qiong were completely unable to understand Ying Chengjiao's second order.

And was greatly shocked!

After a few breaths, Li Qiong murmured subconsciously: "Chang'an Jun, betrayed?!"

Ge Ping subconsciously refuted: "Impossible!"

"No matter who betrays the Qin, Chang'an Jun will never betray the Qin!"

In Ge Ping's heart, Ying Chengjiao is the only light of righteousness in this filthy world!

Although Ying Chengjiao does things without paying attention to details, everything he does is for the greater good!

How could such a person lead an army to commit treason?
Li Qiong came back to his senses and said quickly: "I am not doubting Chang'an Jun's loyalty to the Qin Dynasty."

"It's just that Lord Chang'an's order is too... unusual."

"I completely fail to understand what Lord Chang'an is trying to accomplish with this plan!"

Ge Ping nodded and said, "It's right that County Magistrate Li can't understand it!"

Li Qiong asked with some expectation: "Could it be that the county magistrate..."

Ge Ping answered confidently: "I can't understand it either!"

Li Qiong:ヽ(ー`)

Then why are you so confident?
Ge Ping continued, "What kind of person is Chang'an Jun? What kind of person is Wu'an Jun?"

"If people like you and me could understand this confrontation between these outstanding people, that would be disastrous!"

"Therefore, we don't need to understand the deep meaning of Chang'an Jun's strategy."

"Execution is enough!"

Li Qiong was silent for a few breaths, then nodded slowly: "What the county magistrate said is very true."

"Now that the war has begun, Chang'an Jun is the commander-in-chief of this war. Chang'an Jun's orders are military orders."

"Since the military order has been issued, Lord Chang'an does not need us to understand it, we only need to execute it."

"In this case, I will fight for my life with the county magistrate!"

What if you understand? What if you don’t understand?
This is not a negotiation or a request for help, but an order, and the most irrefutable military order!
Regardless of whether the Licheng officials understood Ying Chengjiao’s ideas, all they could do was to execute them!
Li Qiong's voice turned decisive: "I will personally lead my family soldiers and servants to guard the East City Gate Tower."

"When the enemy enters the city, I will fight to the death with the county magistrate!"

"Order County Lieutenant Xun Tuo to lead the troops to the city to support us. Even if the situation is hopeless, we still have a chance of survival!"

Li Qiong made his decision.

He would take the risk and stay at the East City Gate Tower with Ge Ping to buy more chances for Ge Ping's survival.

But if the plan fails and the enemy enters the city, Li Qiong will try his best to break out and save his own life.

After all, Ying Chengjiao didn't ask them to defend the city to the death.

And Li Qiong really didn't want to sacrifice his precious life for such an outrageous order!
However, what responded to Li Qiong was silence.

Li Qiong lowered his voice and said, "I, the county magistrate, have a close personal relationship with Lord Chang'an."

"Yes, Lord Chang'an's plan is too strange!"

"In case of failure..."

Ge Ping interrupted Li Qiong rudely: "I have never doubted Lord Chang'an."

"It's just that." Ge Ping's face was a little embarrassed: "Lord Chang'an trusts me a little too much."

"Playing the zither or the harp?"

"How can I have such skills!"

Li Qiong looked at Ge Ping in shock: "County Magistrate Ge can't play the zither?!"

Ge Ping said irritably: "I was just a bandit leader a few years ago!"

"Have you ever seen a bandit leader who can play the zither or the qin?"

"But County Magistrate Li, you are from a prominent family in Licheng, can you play the zither?"

Li Qiong spread his hands and said, "Not every bandit leader can play the zither or the harp."

"Just like not every commoner can play the zither or the qin."

"I have been studying law since I was young in order to become an official. How could I have the time to learn to play the zither?"

After a pause, Li Qiong added: "Xun Tuo was awarded a title for his military merits and became a county lieutenant."

"If we want to beat the drum and sing, I think County Magistrate Xun can probably do a little bit."

"But playing the zither or the harp?"

"I don't think County Magistrate Xun can do that."

For a moment, Ge Ping and Li Qiong looked at each other again.

Although they didn't understand why Ying Chengjiao wanted Ge Ping to play the piano and the zither.

But since they couldn't understand it, they didn't dare to change Ying Chengjiao's orders at will.

Not to mention that arbitrarily adjusting military orders is illegal.

What if playing the zither and playing the zhu were related to Ying Chengjiao's other plans, or even a signal to certain people? If Ge Ping and others made changes without authorization, wouldn't it ruin Ying Chengjiao's plan and even their own lives? !
Ge Ping and Li Qiong never expected this.

They have all decided to risk their lives on Ying Chengjiao's unreliable plan.

As a result, the entire plan came to a standstill because of this small request of playing the piano or the zither!

Suddenly, Ge Ying's voice reached their ears: "I will!"

Ge Ping frowned and said, "I am discussing with the county magistrate how to repel the enemy."

"Baby, stop messing around!"

Ge Ying said firmly: "I'm not kidding!"

"After returning to Qin, the grandfather spent a lot of money to find several teachers for his son."

"These masters like to get together to play the zither and sing in their spare time, and I also learned a thing or two from them."

"Although I still can't play the zither, I have already gotten started in playing the qin."

Ge Ping waved his hand and said firmly: "You have nothing to do here."

"Hurry up and pack your bags and go back with your mother! Go back!"

Li Qiong did not dissuade him, because his wife was also packing her bags to flee.

Maybe the two families can even travel together.

Ge Ying bowed solemnly: "Since Chang'an Jun has clearly ordered the old man to play the zither and the zhu instead of beating drums or blowing trumpets, or having fun, it means that this move is particularly important to Chang'an Jun's strategy."

"My father deeply believes in Lord Chang'an's strategy, and so does I!"

"I have the ability to help the old man complete Chang'an Jun's plan. If I follow my father's orders and flee, the old man will fail to play the zither and cause the fall of Licheng and the defeat of the old man."

"Son, you will never be happy in your life!"

Ge Ping didn't know how to persuade him.

If the situation described by Ge Ying really happened, then couldn't it be said that Ge Ping was killed by Ge Ying?

Even if people in the world don't blame Ge Ying because they don't know about this, how can Ge Ying himself get out of the shadow in his heart!

Ge Ping said with difficulty: "Chang'an Jun was talking about Nai Weng playing the zither, not you!"

Ge Ying smiled and said, "When the father is busy, the son should do the hard work."

"If my father is not able to play the zither or the harp, I will take his place!"

"Aunt, just listen to your son's music."

Ge Ping had no words to refute.

After taking a deep look at Ge Ying, Ge Ping sighed softly, "Go and see your mother off."

"Perhaps, this is the last time we will see each other in this life."

Ge Ying was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, old man!"
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The next afternoon.

The last batch of scouts returned to the Zhao army camp.

However, no one brought back the news that Sima Shang was both looking forward to and resisting.

"No!" Sima Shang paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly: "How could there be nothing?"

"It would be fine if the main force of the Qin army had not come here, but why didn't General Qin send any reinforcements?"

"This is unreasonable!"

“This is totally unreasonable!”

A strong sense of disharmony lingered in Sima Shang's heart.

The main force led by Ying Chengjiao had not arrived yet, and Li Mu's guess was wrong. Although Sima Shang couldn't believe it, he thought it was reasonable.

However, Yang Duanhe had not sent Qin troops to reinforce Licheng to this day, which made Sima Shang completely unable to understand.

Conjectures and assumptions emerged in Sima Shang's mind, but they were all rejected by Sima Shang himself.

"Whoo~~~"

Exhaling a breath of foul air, Sima Shang stopped and looked towards Licheng, saying softly: "But no matter what, Licheng only has 5,000 county soldiers and 2,000 to 3,000 temporarily recruited young and strong soldiers."

Li Mu should think about the strategy of the larger battlefield.

As a captain, what he needs to do is to take advantage of the fact that Licheng has not yet been controlled by the main force of the Qin army and bring this strategic location into the hands of the Zhao army!
Mounting his horse, Sima Shang resolutely shouted, "Order!"

"Arm your troops, march forward!"

"Go first and prepare to attack the city!"

The 80,000 Zhao soldiers shouted excitedly:

"only!"

The command flag waved and the soldiers marched forward.

Under the leadership of Sima Shang, 80,000 Zhao troops quickly approached Licheng.

However, the closer Sima Shang got to Licheng, the more uneasy he felt.

"Our army is so close to Licheng. Standing on the city wall, we can see our flag. Why is the gate of Licheng still not closed?!"

"Why are there old men sweeping the streets outside the city? If they had seen our soldiers, why wouldn't they flee?"

"And that person on the city wall, who is he?!"

Strange!
How weird!

This Licheng exudes too much weirdness from the inside out.

As Li Mu's deputy general in the original history and one of the best generals of the current Zhao State, Sima Shang is by no means a reckless or unwise general.

Precisely because Sima Shang was not a reckless and unwise general, he couldn't help but think more and more, and became more and more nervous.

And when Sima Shang saw a young man sitting on the east city gate tower burning incense and playing the piano, and a middle-aged man sitting on the east city gate tower shaking his head while listening to the music, the tension in Sima Shang's heart finally reached its peak!

The scout general looked out and whispered, "Captain, the man sitting in the main seat is Ge Ping, the magistrate of Licheng County."

"This man was originally the leader of the bandits in Guishan, Fuli. He led the Zhao'an Army to defect to the Qin State during the Battle of Echeng."

"During the Qin-Chu War last year, this man served as the guerrilla vanguard of the Qin army and recruited a large number of bandits and knights in Chu to serve Qin."

"After the war, this man was promoted to the magistrate of Licheng County for his merits."

Sima Shang frowned and asked, "Who is the person playing the zither beside this person?"

"From my observation, he seems to be similar in appearance to that Ge Ping?"

The scout thought for a moment before answering, "That man is the eldest son of the county magistrate Ge Ping."

"Ge Ying."

Sima Shang's heart suddenly froze: "Without any preparation, the city gates were wide open, and he led his eldest son to play the zither on the city gate tower?!"

Sima Shang couldn't understand!
Sima Shang's pupils trembled!
Putting himself in his shoes, Sima Shang felt that he would never do such a thing.

The Ge Ping in front of him was not only a county magistrate, but also a guerrilla pioneer who had played a huge role in Qin's war to conquer Chu!

How could such a person put himself in such danger for no reason!

How could he possibly bring his eldest son into danger!
Sima Shang asked solemnly with a splitting headache: "Are you sure there is no main force of the Qin army in Licheng?"

This time, even the scouts had a bit more confusion in their eyes: "I really didn't see it!"

"That's not dozens of people, nor thousands of people, but hundreds of thousands of people!"

"How could such a small city like Licheng hide so many people?"

Sima Shang looked at Ge Ping with confusion.

"But if the main force of the Qin army was not around, how dare this person do this!!!"

(End of this chapter)