The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 312 The Meng Family Kills, Is It a Human or a Ghost?
"Loyalty to the king! Kill!"

"Suppress the rebellion! Kill the bandits!"

The two young men's voices were extremely loud, with a hint of hoarseness, and spread throughout the battlefield.

Zhang Jie felt relieved, and the Qin sword in his hand slowed down a little, and was stabbed in the shoulder by a guard.

The severe pain woke him up.

He gritted his teeth and chopped hard, leaving a bloody mark on the guard's chest armor.

The reinforcements have arrived, and now all he has to do is hold on and wait for the reinforcements to come!

If he died before dawn, he would be just one step away from a prosperous and brilliant future. He would die with his eyes open!
"Kill!" he roared, and his voice could only be heard by people around him.

He continued to squeeze his body, overdraw his vitality, and swung out his sword again and again.

He didn't know how many times he had swung the sword, nor how many more times he would have to swung the sword.

Finally, his sword hit nothing.

There were no longer enemies in front of him, but he was already exhausted and was still unaware of it.

"Quick! Take the General of Zhonglang away!" A somewhat familiar voice sounded in his ears, and he recognized it as one of the two young voices.

But he felt that he was a little more familiar with this voice.

He opened his lifeless eyes wide and saw a very young, bloodstained face.

Even so, he still recognized it.

This is the eldest grandson of Duke Meng, Meng Tian.

"The King is behind, protect the King." He shouted weakly and hoarsely.

"Yes!" Meng Tian nodded heavily and loudly.

After hearing the response, Zhang Jie finally let go of the worry in his heart.

The fatigue, sleepiness, and weakness that he had suppressed all came over him like a tidal wave.

He collapsed in the arms of a Meng family retainer and lost the qualification to control his own destiny.

In a daze, he seemed to hear the three words "Chang'an Jun".

[Changan Jun is so brave...] The chapter thought and lost consciousness.

"Chang'an Jun! Come back!" Meng Yi wiped the blood off his face and shouted beside his brother: "Don't go forward! Come back! We have reinforcements!"

Ying Chengjiao couldn't hear it.

He was completely immersed in the war and couldn't distract himself at all.

Chapter is a general, playing a crucial command role in this sudden war.

The young man knew that his ability to command in battle was far from enough, and the best role he could play in this war was to fight.

As long as he is fighting, as long as he is not dead, the imperial guards will be full of energy.

This effort may be a drop in the bucket and may still have little effect on the war situation, but it is the best strategy the boy can think of at the moment.

The young man who personally wielded a sword and went into the battlefield felt for the first time what absolute power was.

Here, at this moment, all the benevolence, righteousness, reason, etiquette and strategy are of no use!

The only useful things were the Qin Sword in his hand, the Qin Sword he had replaced, and the Sword Saint Gai Nie who was always by his side, both his teacher and his disciple.

Wisdom is of no use until you have enough strength.

Pick, stab, scratch, chop, and smash... The young man's long sword was as beautiful as embroidery. He displayed his swordsmanship to the fullest in this hand-to-hand combat where you are in me and I am in you, and blood spurted around him.

The imperial guards and soldiers were all unable to form a battle formation, which gave the young man, who was being trained by a famous teacher, the opportunity to use the sword.

After killing seven people in a row, Qin Jian's blade was broken.

He seized the opportunity to pick up a sword from the ground, replaced the sword that was no longer sharp, and rushed forward again.

Relying on his emotions and abundant physical strength, the young man killed two more people and was almost pierced through by a spear.

The boy was sweating profusely.

If the Sword Master had not rescued him in time, he would have died.

After a brief pause, he felt burning pain in his arms and thighs. He didn't know when he was injured.

He wanted to continue killing thieves.

But his arms were shaking, his whole body was trembling.

He was exhausted.

The white clothes fluttered around the young man like a dance.

In this chaotic battle, Sword Saint Gai Nie, who was like a fish in water, even had the leisure to teach the young man:
"That's what I taught you! Learn to hold back! If you don't hold back your strength, you're courting death!"

The sword master kissed a guard's throat with his sword horizontally, and gently pushed the guard who was quickly losing strength with his left palm.

He stabbed a guard's left eye with his backhand.

The guard subconsciously closed his eyes and screamed, and the Sword Master quickly drew his sword and stabbed his throat.

Gai Nie never wastes any energy. He will never use four points of his strength to kill someone who can be killed with only three points of his strength, and he will never use chopping to kill someone who can be stabbed to death.

When Ying Chengjiao first entered the battlefield, he was able to kill nine people in a row, all thanks to Gai Nie.

"Look carefully! Learn well!" Gai Nie's voice was filled with dissatisfaction.

The Sword Saint couldn't stand Ying Chengjiao's rough way of using the sword.

Why do you like to chop with a sword so much? Just use a knife!

The blood-resistant Chengying was stained with blood, and the invisible divine sword took shape.

This elegant sword, in the hands of the elegant swordsman, becomes an elegant killing weapon, taking away life after life, with the tip of the sword still sharp.

One of the strengths of a famous sword is its quality. Its durability far exceeds that of ordinary swords produced on an assembly line.

Ying Chengjiao watched attentively, trying to learn how to conserve his energy.

Saving energy is to kill people more efficiently.

Ying Chengjiao, who had just traveled through time, never expected that such a day would come.

Just like Ying Chengjiao today, he would never think of himself who just traveled through time.

After a while, Gai Nie's breathing became a little disordered, and there was a bloody scratch on his arm.

He started getting hurt.

The Sword Master is also a human being and gets tired too.

Ying Chengjiao, who had not yet had a good rest, picked up a still sharp sword from the corpse at his feet and helped the Sword Master to deflect a fallen axe.

"The sword is an elegant weapon." The sword master, no longer elegant, panted, "Don't use brute force, use skills."

"Yes." The young man drew his sword.

In actual combat, swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds.

The master and the disciple advanced and retreated together, and the number of souls who died under their swords continued to increase.

This is a long time.

Slowly, the pressure on the surrounding imperial guards suddenly eased and they gathered around the master and his apprentice.

At first there were thirteen or fourteen people.

By the time Meng Yi called out anxiously, there were already thirty or forty people surrounding the master and his disciple.

Without any worries, Ying Chengjiao and Jiansheng moved forward without hesitation, with their ears automatically reducing noise.

Afterwards, the imperial guards, who had been expecting reinforcements for a long time, heard Meng Yi's continuous shouting and did not dare to step forward to capture Chang'an Jun, for fear that Chang'an Jun would stab them with a sword reflexively.

"My Lord! Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Retreat, my Lord!"

"Don't kill anymore, my lord! My lord!"

"..."

The shouting voice right next to his ear brought Ying Chengjiao back to his senses.

He woke up as if from a dream, and numbly stabbed out with a sword. Blood splashed into his eyes, turning them red.

His world is red, blood red.

"Retreat!" he shouted subconsciously.

He stepped back, ready to stab to death any enemy who dared to catch up.

No one caught up.

The Xianyang guards and Lu Buwei's retainers looked at the young man and the man in white clothes and felt like they had walked back from the gates of hell.

They looked at him with fear, as if they were looking at a ghost.

Thirty or forty imperial guards escorted Chang'an Jun to retreat in formation, and they were awed by the man in white. Chang'an Jun, this retainer, refreshed their perception of the people of the martial arts world. After everyone retreated, the rebels rushed in other directions, leaving at least a hundred bodies lying densely on the spot, which became a forbidden area on the battlefield for a while.

Soon, the rebels who had never fought with the master and his disciples arrived here and fought together with the imperial guards and the Meng family reinforcements.

After this battle, Sword Saint Gai Nie became famous, and his sword Chengying's ranking rose from third to second.

The number one sword is the Qin Wang Sword.

As long as Qin remains the strongest country in the world, the Sword of King Qin will not fall down in ranking.

Chengying, the second most famous sword, could not be further promoted and became the most famous sword in the world.

The brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi first went to see the king, confirmed that the king was well, and then led their retainers to the front line again.

They met with Ying Chengjiao, and seeing the blood on Ying Chengjiao's body, they felt admiration and recognition for this young master Qin who almost became the king.

[This kid isn't even thirteen yet.] Meng Tian thought, nodded to Ying Chengjiao and said hello, then turned to look in the direction he came from.

The Meng family followed closely behind in the chapter and were supposed to join the battlefield with the Imperial Guards.

The reason why they came so late was because the Meng family was almost killed while covering the rear of the imperial army, and they met one of the Nine Lords.

This man led the guards and almost devoured the Meng family.

There is psychological pressure in letting the guards attack Qin Shi Huang's guards, but there is no psychological pressure in attacking the Meng family without Meng Ao.

The Meng family was able to escape and come to the rescue, all thanks to one person.

"Your Majesty, are you safe?" A group of soldiers rushed in, led by a man in his thirties, who rode on a horse and shouted loudly.

This group of people were wearing the same cloth clothes as the Meng family, not in a standard style. One could tell at a glance that they were retainers, not the army.

"Uncle Yang! Hello, King!" Meng Tian responded loudly.

"Okay!" The man jumped off his horse and pointed his spear: "Charge in!"

They attacked the guards from behind, just like the Meng family did just now.

The guards were attacked from both sides and were at a disadvantage for a while.

But soon, another team of guards rushed in from the direction of the reinforcements.

The leader has not arrived yet, but his voice has arrived first:

"Pengfei! I'm here to help you!"

"Reinforcements are coming! Kill the King of Qin! King Lu Xiang!" Pengfei, who was already in despair, shouted slogans again, almost madly.

The battlefield has expanded, the situation is complicated, and it is difficult to determine the outcome.

[Yang Duanhe.] Ying Chengjiao watched the imperial guards and the Meng clan charge forward to meet the reinforcements, and silently recited the names of the generals who were coming to help.

This name is not prominent in history, but in today's world, he is a prominent general of the Qin State.

He had made great military achievements and was ranked first among Qin's military generals along with Fan Yuqi, Teng and Huan Xi, second only to semi-retired veterans such as Meng Ao, Wang Ling and Wang He.

"Brother Meng." The young man called out weakly.

The two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, who were commanding the troops on the battlefield, turned their heads at the same time, noticed their brother's actions, looked at each other, and then looked back at Ying Chengjiao.

The message in the eyes is very clear, who should he call?

"...Brother Meng." Ying Chengjiao looked at the reinforcements coming in and said, "Why are you here? Why is General Yang here?"

Facing the boy's inquiring eyes.

Meng Yi felt that Chang'an Jun was very calm, while Meng Tian wondered why he was asking such nonsense at this time.

Meng Yi glanced at his brother and motioned for him to speak.

Outside, if there is an eldest brother in a noble family, the eldest brother is always the one in charge.

Meng Tian was impressed by Ying Chengjiao's achievements. Although he was somewhat disapproving in his heart, he still carefully recounted the story of how his grandfather brought him out.

The matter was urgent, so Meng Tian simplified it and only talked about the important parts, finishing it in just a few words.

Ying Chengjiao's face showed sudden realization and he nodded secretly in his heart.

If it was Meng Ao who did it, then everything would make sense.

Among the three veteran generals of the Qin State, Meng Ao is the only one who can serve in the court and on the battlefield and is extremely politically wise.

Whether in historical records or in contemporary encounters, Ying Chengjiao was deeply impressed by the wisdom of the veteran general Meng Ao.

Among the Qin generals' families, Ji Yaoyao only interacted with the Meng family and was a good friend of Zhang Yu, the daughter-in-law of Meng Ao.

His mother and the boy told him that he was dating Zhang Yu just to get in touch with Meng Ao.

Ji Yaoyao gave an eight-character evaluation of Meng Ao - rough appearance, but meticulous heart.

Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, once said this when he was chatting about the past with a young man.

After the Battle of Changping, King Zhaoxiang of Qin wanted him to go to the battlefield, but he was unwilling to do so. Meng Ao, who had served as his deputy general, tried hard to persuade him to go, saying that winning or losing was not important, what was important was to fight.

After the Battle of Handan, when Qin was defeated, he privately said, "Qin did not listen to my advice, what should I do now?"

When Meng Ao heard this, he immediately came to persuade him to apologize to the king, and asked him to attribute the defeat in Handan to his reluctance to lead the army to the battle, otherwise he would be killed.

Wu'an Jun's evaluation of Meng Ao was that fighting in a war was not as good as being an official, and the battlefield was not as good as the court.

Duke Bie died during the transfer of royal power.

The same Qin sword was later hung over Meng Ao's head, but Meng Ao dodged it.

Ying Chengjiao never thought that his commander had really rebelled, nor did he think that it was Meng Ao who turned the tide.

As long as Yang Duanhe was also called by Meng Ao, the game would be secure.

What the Qin State lacked the least was military generals. Since Meng Ao had called for one, he would not have just called Yang Duanhe.

"Uncle Yang said that he was also asked by my grandfather to come." Meng Tian shook his head: "I don't know any more details."

Ying Chengjiao breathed a sigh of relief.

This is enough.

"Mr. Meng is truly the pillar of our Qin State." The young man sighed sincerely.

As soon as I put this thought aside, something suddenly occurred to me, and I looked back hard:
"Meng...Brother, how is my mother?"

Meng Tian shook his head.

He only saw the king and didn't care about anything else.

"Your Excellency, please go see the king." Meng Tian looked at Ying Chengjiao, who was dressed in red, and said with a smack of his lips, "Your Excellency can't kill him anymore, so there's no point in staying here."

Meng Yi bumped into his brother, pointed at his head and said helplessly:

"Don't blame me, my brother is not doing well here, he is really concerned about your safety."

"I'm telling the truth." Meng Tian retorted, "Your Excellency, there is no need for you to charge. Just wait for Grandfather to bring reinforcements."

Meng Yi was too lazy to pay attention to his brother and ordered his men to help Ying Chengjiao to the back.

Ying Chengjiao raised his hand to refuse and smiled bitterly:
“Although my body is ruined, my name remains.

"I'm here, and I can give you some extra energy."

The brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi also understood this principle.

The general is in the front and the soldiers are willing to die for their country. This is the last resort of fighting to the death.

But... few people do this, especially when the victory has already been secured.

On the front line, you will really die.

"My Lord, I really don't need you." Meng Tian urged: "If you die, the king will not..."

"Your Excellency will not die!" Meng Yi covered his brother's mouth and said with a wry smile, "My brother is stupid, please don't blame me."

The two brothers still had the leisure to play around, which made Ying Chengjiao feel more at ease.

He was about to say something when he heard two loud roars in the distance.

"Fan Yuqi is here! Traitor, die!"

"Teng is here! Is your Majesty safe?"

Of the four generals who were supposed to fight, Huan Xi, Yang Duanhe, Teng, and Fan Yuqi, three have arrived.

Soon, Yang Duanhe, who had fought his way out of the enemy's path, met up with Ying Chengjiao, Meng Tian and Meng Yi.

Not long after, Fan Yuqi and Teng, who came in along this bloody road, came in front of Ying Chengjiao without much entanglement with the rebels.

Fan Yuqi and Teng wanted to see King Zheng of Qin to see if the king was safe. Ying Chengjiao, who was not a man of violence, regained his senses and cautiously refused.

It's not that he is prejudiced against the two of them, but at a time when it is unclear who is human and who is a ghost, not everyone can see his brother. Only confidants like Meng Tian and Meng Yi can do so.

"Meng Tian and Meng Yi! Come here, you two boys! Help your grandfather to see the king!" Fan Yuqi, who was rejected, gave orders without any hesitation.

Upon hearing this, the two brothers became very anxious. They hurriedly walked past a row of soldiers and asked what happened to their grandfather.
The two men walked to one foot in front of Fan Yuqi, and Fan Yuqi and Teng drew their swords and slashed down!
"Good boy! Your great father is waiting for you two in the underground!"

(End of this chapter)