The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 313: One of the Meng brothers died and the other was injured, history changed, the hearts of the generals
Before he finished speaking, the sword had already fallen. Fan Yuqi and Teng's sword was too sudden and too fast!

In the firelight, the two men's faces were shining with hideousness due to extreme excitement and tension.

Meng Tian was worried about his father's safety, so he traveled in a hurry and without any precautions.

Meng Yi was also worried about his grandfather, but he was usually calmer than his brother and didn't think anything about it.

It seemed that the two brothers were about to be killed on the spot by Fan Yuqi and Teng.

With Ying Chengjiao's instruction, he followed behind the two brothers and unsheathed the Blood-stained Clothes Cover Nie Chengying, who was pretending to be a follower. The Sword Master held the hilt with both hands and delivered a slash that he was most reluctant to use!
A killer on the battlefield has strong blood and energy, great strength and power. Without them, he would not be able to save people.

With a sharp and piercing sound, Chengying collided with Fan Yuqi's Qin sword, and the force caused the Qin sword's trajectory to deviate half a foot and cut down.

Fan Yuqi slashed at Meng Tian with all his strength, but was still half a foot away from Meng Tian's body. Meng Tian's right arm was cut off in the middle of his upper arm and fell to the ground.

Blood gushed out from the severed arm like a faucet turned on full blast.

Meng Tian screamed to the sky, his roar piercing the dark clouds:

"Fan Yuqi!"

He wanted to draw his sword and fight back, but he had no hands to use!
Gai Nie grabbed Meng Tian tightly and retreated quickly. The reinforcements brought by Fan Yuqi and Teng had already rushed over!

They were still reinforcements, but their positions had changed, from king to king.

"Brother, my brother, sir, save my brother!" Meng Tian, ​​who was being dragged backwards, shouted and struggled, and was brought into the group of people from the Meng and Yang families who had joined forces.

Next to Meng Tian's broken arm, Meng Yi was lying on the ground with his brain bursting.

Teng grinned and finished off Meng Yi, tearing off his leather armor and thrusting the Qin sword into Meng Yi's back.

Gai Nie only has one sword and can only save one person.

"Kill!" Ying Chengjiao rushed forward with a sword, regretting in his heart that he should have called out Fan Yuqi earlier.

When Fan Yuqi entered the battle line to see his brother, Ying Chengjiao began to feel a little doubtful.

It’s not because historical records show that Fan Yuqi was a rebel general, but because in such a critical moment, who can tell whether meeting the king is to save the king or to assassinate the king?
No matter how straightforward he was, he shouldn't have gone to this extent. Yang Duanhe, who arrived earlier, did not ask to see his brother.

But he didn't shout it out. What if Fan Yuqi was really that straightforward?
Moreover, Fan Yuqi came to support the king and to save them. How could he doubt Fan Yuqi's motives in public just because of a slight suspicion that could not be considered as evidence?
This will chill the hearts of all rescuers.

Therefore, Meng Tian and Meng Yi were called away by Fan Yuqi because Meng Ao was seriously injured. Ying Chengjiao was unable to stop it and could only order Gai Nie to act according to the circumstances.

This is what he said, but seeing the two brothers who came to rescue him and were just joking and bickering with him, one dead and one injured, the young man's blood rushed to his head!

"Beast!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. In a panic, he forgot the sword skills he had just learned and leaped into the air and slashed down with a sword!
The young man at this time did not think that according to the history books, Meng Tian did not have a broken arm, and Meng Yi did not die here. History changed at this moment.

Maybe it has been changing all along, but no one noticed.

"Idiot!" Fan Yuqi, who had been extremely brave just now, took three steps back and looked coldly at the young man who was falling on his head.

He is a military commander.

Although he is often called a reckless man by those bunch of bad guys in the civil service, he is not really a reckless man.

Fighting with ruthlessness and bravery is a trick played by the underworld.

This is a battlefield, and we are playing with the army!
Fan Yuqi, who was at least three times more muscular than Ying Chengjiao, sneered in the crowd, with deep hatred flashing in his eyes.

Not only did the young man ruin things by not allowing him to see the king, but the young man also insisted on controlling the floods, causing the Qin State to recuperate for the past two years without having to fight any wars!

Outside the city of Xianyang, among the assassins stopped by Meng Wu were those sent by Fan Yuqi. Fan Yuqi had long tried to kill the world-famous Lord Chang'an!
Beside Fan Yuqi, there was no need for Fan Yuqi to say anything, as all the members of the Fan family had already raised densely packed spears, waiting for the young man to throw himself into the spear formation and be pierced through the heart by thousands of spears.

Many of the Fan family members had been to the battlefield, and after the war they returned to farming without any psychological burden.

What's the big deal about killing a prince?
They even killed Duke Meng!
An hour ago...

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Meng Ao rushed back to the Meng family with these guards.

Since ancient times, the Chinese have had the habit of living in divided areas and living in clusters.

The Huxiongfang where the Meng family lived was mostly populated by generals. Famous generals such as Wang He, Wang Ling, Fan Yuqi, Teng, and Yang Duanhe all settled here. The Meng family was one of the three most prominent families.

Originally, the most prominent family in Huxiongfang was the Bai family.

After the battle of Yan and Ying, Bai Qi was granted the title of Marquis of Wu'an and King Zhaoxiang of Qin specially granted him a mansion.

Since the Bai family moved out, this area, which was called General's Square by the people of Xianyang and Reckless Square by the civil officials, became home to the three most powerful families: Meng, Bo and Wang, where Wang was the king of Wang He.

After Duke Biao's death, the Biao family of Huxiongfang declined, and the Wangling family, which had returned to the court from the opposition, replaced the Biao family and became one of the three most prominent families.

One Meng and two kings.

The first people Meng Ao approached were the two prominent kings other than the Meng family.

The veteran first led his guards to attack Wang He's family.

When the gate was broken, the Wang family, led by Wang He, was ready to fight.

Meng Ao grinned. He knew that none of these old birds could sleep.

They all crawled out of the sea of ​​blood and corpses, but their mothers were sleeping like dead pigs, and they would jump up when they heard the sound of arrows.

It's not okay for everyone to just sit at home pretending to be dead and waiting for the dust to settle.

"Even an old man wants to go to the king's defense!" Meng Ao ordered the guards to retreat and shouted while riding on his horse.

He did not ask Wang He to go to King Qin, but told Wang He to go to the king as well.

In this way, afterward, Wang He came to the king on his own initiative instead of being summoned by Meng Ao.

The difference could be big or small, it all depends on the Qin King's determination. However, Meng Ao did not want to gamble on the Qin King's character.

Wang He did not notice the difference, he picked up a bench and threw it in front of Meng Ao:

"You old bird, go and get rich! Why are you holding me back? Have you forgotten Wu Anjun?"

Wang He and Meng Ao both served as deputy generals of Bai Qi, Marquis of Wu'an, in the Battle of Changping.

Compared with Meng Ao, Wang He was more impressed by Bai Qi and admired his military tactics more.

At the beginning of the Battle of Changping, the Qin army was led by Wang He, who fought against the world-famous Lian Po of Zhao State.

Qin advanced repeatedly and Zhao retreated repeatedly, gaining the upper hand. However, Wang He, who was fighting against Lian Po, was in a state of panic.

Wang He clearly understood that Lian Po wanted to use the depth of the enemy to drag him to death. With the help of Han, the Zhao army, which had entered the battlefield in advance, dug ditches and built fortifications under the command of Lian Po.

As the attacking party, the Qin army was really bleeding with every step.

The Zhao army exchanged for the lives of the Qin army with fortifications.

Lian Po built three lines of defense in total. After breaking one, Wang He felt very desperate when facing the remaining two.

More than once he sent troops to spread rumors like "I heard that Lian Po was famous among the princes for his courage, but it turns out he was just a cowardly birdman who only knew how to run away."

Useless.

Lian Po didn't care.

What's the use of reputation? Can it win a war?
You can curse as you like and I will defend as I like, let’s see who is the birdman and who wins in the end.

It was also this battle that changed the reputation of the famous general Lian Po from courage to defensive skills.

This was also the important reason why Li Fu of Yan State, who later commanded an army of 400,000, did not expect Lian Po to dare to take the initiative to attack with only 80,000 soldiers.

Lian Po didn't care about trash talk, but King Xiaocheng of Zhao did.

In the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao mobilized nearly 500,000 people!
With these 500,000 young and strong men fighting, there was no one to farm the fields. Almost all the people were fighting and farming. After two and a half years of fighting, Zhao State was running out of food and grass, and was about to be defeated. The nobles no longer played the game of feeding beggars to death.

The State of Zhao kept urging Lian Po to fight a decisive battle, and Lian Po replied.

[A decisive battle at this time is like Qin having Hangu Pass but not defending it. Anyone who talks about fighting again will be punished! ]

For the past two and a half years, the Qin army has been attacking, while the Zhao army has been defending and building fortifications. These two lines of fortifications are much stronger than the first one!
When the second line of defense was about to be broken, Lian Po planned to build a third line of defense.

The Qin dogs took advantage of Hangu Pass, and no one except Kuang Zhang could get in. My defense line is not as good as Hangu Pass, let's see if you Qin dogs can break it.

Wang He broke through one line of defense of the Zhao army in one year, and broke through another line of defense one and a half years later.

Wang He didn't dare to fight.

There would be heavy casualties if the fight continued.

Wang He could exchange the lives of his soldiers for bricks, stones and tiles, but a kind person should not be in charge of an army.

But this presupposes victory.

If the second line of defense was built at all costs, let alone the third line of defense, Wang He didn't know whether the Qin army would be able to engage in a head-on battle with the Zhao army, which was well-rested.

The combat strength of the Qin and Zhao armies was roughly equal.

The two armies have been facing off for more than a year.

The Zhao nobles and the King of Zhao could no longer tolerate Lian Po.

The Qin dogs have broken through a line of defense and suffered heavy damage, and are now weaker than us. Why aren't they fighting?
How long will this fight last? Won't this prevent us from enjoying life?
At that time, Zhao She, the Marquis of Mafu, had died, so they decided to send Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, to replace Lian Po. They had to fight a decisive battle quickly! They couldn't wait any longer!
Zhao Kuo was unrivaled in debate. Even when his father Zhao She was alive, he could not defeat him in debate. When Zhao She was alive, his fame was even slightly lower than that of Lian Po.

Before leaving, Zhao Kuo said that except Bai Qi, no one else in Qin State took him seriously.

The Qin State repeatedly asked Bai Qi to go to the battlefield, but Bai Qi always said that the enemy was Lian Po and it would be useless if he went. If he went, he would just sit there and stare at each other.

Upon hearing that Zhao had changed its generals, King Zhaoxiang of Qin hurried to tell Bai Qi.

When Bai Qi heard that the Zhao general was Zhao Kuo, he was stunned. Who is this person? I have never heard of him.

First, he had to study Zhao Kuo's information for five days before deciding to go on the expedition.

The commander Bai Qi and his deputy Meng Ao secretly came to Changping to take over the army. The former commander Wang He was very grateful when he handed over the power and was demoted to deputy commander.

He really couldn't fight this battle, and he felt despair when he looked at that defense line.

What? Will Zhao be replaced?

The defense line is here, so I can break through by replacing players?

In this battle, Bai Qi led the team.

Wang He had no intention of letting Bai Qi take advantage of him. He worshipped Wu'an Jun profusely. He admired Bai Qi even more than Meng Ao, whom Bai Qi took away as his deputy general.

Only Wang He, who led the Battle of Changping, knew how difficult this battle was. If there was any mistake, the Qin State would suffer a great defeat.

When King Zhaoxiang of Qin issued the order to retreat, Bai Qi might have been the most angry, but Wang He's anger was no less than Bai Qi's.

This battle is difficult to fight!
After Wang He returned to Xianyang, he complained a lot about the Battle of Changping. This made King Zhaoxiang of Qin, unable to control Bai Qi, hate Bai Qi and also hate Meng Ao and Wang He, two generals who had made great contributions in the war.

In the Battle of Handan, Wang Ling was appointed as the main general instead of Wang He and Meng Ao.

After the defeat in the Battle of Handan, Bai Qi was sentenced to death in Duyou by King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Wang He, who was already dissatisfied with King Zhaoxiang of Qin and the civil officials headed by Fan Ju, was extremely angry, and his curses spread from his home to the court.

Wang He was extremely disappointed with King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and even more disappointed with King Xiaowen of Qin, the son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. He was only optimistic about King Zhuangxiang of Qin, who worked hard to govern the country.

King Zhuangxiang of Qin died and King Zheng of Qin succeeded to the throne.

Wang He, who had always been hurt by the Qin family, looked down on King Zheng of Qin.

The veteran has never seen such a bad king!
No matter how stupid King Zhaoxiang of Qin was, at least he still had Fan Ju under his control, and the king still had the final say in the State of Qin.

Who has the final say in Qin now? Lü Buwei!

The king is incompetent when he suppresses others.

The king calls the prime minister his father, the king is too incompetent!

The king was asked to kill Duke Bie to pave the way for us. What a incompetent king!

He was asked to save such a king? He would not go!

How did Wu'an Jun die?

Killed by the foolish king!
If you can't be king, then step down. It would definitely be better to have Lu Buwei as king. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was conquered by Lu Buwei!
"Haha! After decades of friendship, how could I, Fugui, forget an old bird like you?" Meng Ao laughed and rode away.

Wang He spat in hatred, thinking that if it had not been for Meng Ao's warning and guidance after Wu'an Jun's death, he would have been sentenced to death by the foolish King Zhaoxiang of Qin just for cursing a few words, and would have followed Wu'an Jun to death.

"You want to protect the king! I will return the favor!" The old general said solemnly: "Put on armor!"

The old general Wang He, who had warned his grandson to be more careful and not to get involved, led his family out of the house and got involved in the turmoil.

A king came out and headed towards the Bai family.

At Wang Ling’s residence, not long after the guards rushed in, the gate opened from the inside.

"You old bird, do you want to go to the king to serve him too?" The armored veteran Wang Ling was the first to speak to Meng Ao.

Meng Ao smiled knowingly. This old man is quite sensible:

"Nonsense! Go to the horn! Wang He is already there!"

"Would you like to go with me?" Wang Ling led his family out of the house. If they couldn't hide, they had to stand up quickly.

Glancing at the guards following Meng Ao, Wang Ling smiled contemptuously:
"Why are you going there to fire a flare? Just because Wang He is stupid, do you think he is stupid too?
"The royal guards are in the hands of the king, and the ones who can cause chaos are the guards and the Lantian camp.

"If the Lantian camp moves, the noise won't be so small.

"At least 30% of the guards have served under you and me.

"With our prestige, if we raise our flags and run around Xianyang City, wouldn't these guys who don't know what's going on come and surrender?
“There is no need to see the king if you want to serve him. It will only cause trouble.

"We can just take a walk and get the job done. It's just a small fight, it's nothing."

Meng Ao jumped off his horse, hugged Wang Ling's neck, and said in a deep voice:
"You can mobilize the guards without the tiger talisman? I don't have that ability!"

"How come you don't have it?" Wang Ling was halfway through his sentence when his neck was strangled again. He suddenly realized: "I don't have it either!"

The turmoil will eventually pass.

What will the King of Qin think when he finds out that these two people were able to summon the guards based on their prestige without the tiger talisman?
Meng Ao didn't know, he only knew that this was how Wu'an Jun died.

Because the prestige is too great!

He looked at Meng Ao as if he were looking at an old fox, and whispered:
"You are really good at court, but not at war!"

"Bullshit! It doesn't matter what you do for work!" Meng Ao cursed with a smile in a low voice: "Get lost and go to the Bai family!"

Wang Ling rolled his eyes and smiled, revealing a cunning look:
"Our General Square is so big, can you call everyone here?
"You start from the east, and I'll start from the west. After you're done, we'll all meet up at the place where the arrows sound."

Meng Ao's face darkened and he gnashed his teeth:

"Birdman, you are trying to steal the credit."

"What the hell is this? The faster and more you can get out, the easier it will be to control these guys and the less trouble they'll cause." Wang Ling rolled his eyes: "My Lord is fighting with you!"

(End of this chapter)