Qiu An was too lazy to pay attention to Ma Dalin, who was too anxious, and was careful to observe the expression of the messenger Qi Ji. Seeing that although his expression was nervous, his eyes were not flustered, as if he was cheating, he nodded and ordered: "You go down and rest first. We will discuss it with Lu Junzun later, and then give you a reply."

The messenger Qi Ji agreed, but did not immediately follow the guards of the Nanyang County Magistrate. He knelt down to Lu Qi, Qiu An and others, and said, "Lu Jun Zun, two generals of the Qin Dynasty, please believe in the sincerity of our Qin Commander Qi's surrender. Our subordinates of Qi Duwei really hated Xiang Kang's dog thieves. We came to Li County to help him. Not only did he not thank us, he also looked down on us bullying us, and also robbed our Qi Duwei's daughter. Countless people in our army wanted to fight against Xiang Kang's dog thieves, but they really couldn't beat him, so they had to swallow their anger for a while. You can send someone to inquire about these situations. If the villain has half a lie, even if you break the villain's car into pieces, the villain will definitely not have any complaints."

After a few heavy salutes, the messenger Qi Ji said again: "Also, the villain is willing to stay in the city as a hostage. If our Duwei Qi fails to fulfill his promise and join forces with you to attack Xiang Kang's dog thief, you can kill the little one, and the little one has absolutely no complaint. The villain really hates Xiang Kang's dog thief."

Seeing that the messenger was sincere, Qiu An nodded and waved his hand to let him go down. Then, after the messenger Qi Ji was taken away by the guards, Qiu An turned to Lu Qi and asked, "Lu Junzun, what do you mean? Is Qi Ji's destiny credible?"

"I am a little confused." Lu Qi said truthfully: "Although Qi Ji's motive for taking the initiative to surrender is reasonable, and his letters and his envoys are also true, Qi Ji is also a rebel who rebels against the court after all. I really dare not make a conclusion on whether his words are reliable."

"Monday Master, the villain thinks that Qi Ji's letters should be true." Chen Hui, the confidant of Lu Qi next to him, interjected and said, "Xiang Kang Nishi forced him to stand alone at the west gate of Wancheng alone. It was obvious that he refused to believe him. He also intended to use his army as bait to lead us out of the city to fight. Yesterday, Xiang Kang Nishi was fascinated and forced to steal Qi Ji's daughter back to the camp for misfortune. Such a great humiliation, would you like to ask which father in the world can tolerate it? It is not surprising that Qi Ji's thief had the intention of abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and we should believe his words."

After looking at Chen Hui, whom he could trust most, Lu Qi didn't say anything, but nodded. Ma Dalin was impatient and immediately agreed: "Chen Sheren is right. His biological daughter was snatched away by others. Can a father be tolerated by the world? Qi Ji's words are absolutely true. We should also seize this opportunity and join forces with him to attack Xiang Kang's thief camp, strive to defeat the thief army in one battle and completely turn the situation around."

Lu Qi nodded again, then asked Qiu An: "Guard Qiu, what do you think?"

"Xiaguan also thinks that Qi Ji's request for surrender should be true, but Xiaguan also thinks that we may not need to take such a risk." Qiu An replied with a contemplation: "Wancheng City is strong, the city is high and the moat is deep, and the food in the city is also very abundant. We can defend for a long time. If we adopt a stable strategy, we have a full hope of persisting until Xiang Kang's rebel thieves retreats. But if the war is not going well, the consequences will definitely be difficult to predict."

"Qiu County Magistrate Qiu, the fighter opportunity is rare. If we missed it, we would probably not have such a chance to break the enemy." Chen Hui interrupted again and said, "And even if Xiang Kang was forced to retreat, then he would attack other cities in Nanyang, and we should think that it would be better if we sent troops to rescue him. It is likely that he would die in vain. If he didn't save him, he would watch the city fall and the court pursued him. How would you explain to the county magistrate?"

Qiu An closed his mouth because Chen Hui's words made sense. Even if Wancheng could be defended in the end, Xiang Kang only needed to lead the army to attack other cities in Nanyang. The main force of the Qin army in Nanyang would still be in a dilemma. If he saved it, he would probably die in vain. If he didn't save it, he would definitely not be able to explain to the Qin court. At that time, the court would pursue it. Although Lu Qi, as the county magistrate, would definitely bear the main responsibility, as the Nanyang County Captain, Qiu An would definitely not be able to escape certain responsibility.

It was precisely because of this concern that after a long time of thinking, Qiu An could only kick the ball back to Lu Qi and said, "Please make a decision. If the Please decides to take a risk, we will go out of the city to have a chance. If the Please thinks that caution should be the priority, we will continue to endure it."

Lu Qi was planning to secretly look at his confidant Chen Hui. Seeing Chen Hui wink at him, he signaled his agreement. Lu Qi hesitated for a moment, then slapped the table and said, "It's rare to have a fighter. We must take a bet! Otherwise, even if we guard Wancheng and throw away other cities in Nanyang, we still can't explain to the court! That's it, and promise Qi Ji to send troops to cooperate with him to attack Xiang Kang's thief's camp tomorrow night!"

Seeing that Lu Qi made a decision, Qiu An, who believed that Lu Qi would surrender, said nothing more. He quickly discussed a plan of battle with Lu Qi and Ma Dalin, and then wrote a letter to reply to Qi Ji. He sent Qi Ji's messenger and asked him to return to Qi Jun camp with the letter to let Qi Ji prepare for cooperation.

After a lot of time, all these things should be done. Then when Qiu An and Ma Dalin said goodbye one after another, they left. When they returned to the back hall, Lu Qi left others and asked Chen Hui alone: ​​"Why do you insist on taking the risk of going out?"

"Because for the county master, this is your only chance." Chen Hui replied in a low voice: "The court has made it clear. If you want the county master, you must annihilate the Xiang Kang thief army in Nanyang, otherwise you will be punished with two crimes. You will be punished or even killed. If you fight head-on, you will never have any possibility to meet the court's requirements. Only by taking risks can you have the hope of creating miracles. Therefore, Qi Ji Gill Rebels take the initiative to surrender and create opportunities for us to break the enemy. Others do not have to consider taking risks, but you must take risks."

"Sir, it's true that I'm very good at it. I've been taught." Lu Qi nodded and said, "Yes, whether it's true or false, I can only take a risk to take a gamble."

After waking up, Lu Qi did not ask what to do after losing his bet. Chen Hui did not plan for Lu Qi what to do next after losing his bet. The host and the guest and the host knew each other and deliberately avoided this important question.

The night passed quickly. On the second day, Lu Qi summoned the generals of Nanyang early to arrange preparations for night battles. Although some of the generals of the Qin army were worried that it would be too dangerous to fight at night and suggested that they continue to defend themselves. Lu Qi ignored it at all and insisted on taking risks and gambling. In addition, the county magistrate Qiu An and Ma Dalin from Xianyang also stood on Lu Qi's side, and some opponents did not dare to insist. The generals of the Qin army were quickly ordered to return to their respective camps and organize the army to prepare for night battles.

On the same day, Qi Ji's army was forced to dispatch two thousand cannon fodder, and began to fill the moat under the cover of the young commander's crossbow. The Qin army decisively suppressed it with crossbows, and sent troops out of the city to enter the Sheep and Horse Wall position, and shot directly with crossbows, causing considerable casualties to the Qi Ji's soldiers who were still in the dark. This made the Qi army soldiers who were still in the dark even more resentful towards the young commander's army, and made Qin army hardliners such as Qiu An and Ma Dalin even more happy. They knew that the Qi army soldiers would definitely hate the young commander's army more because of this, and would definitely work harder when fighting together.

After finally ending until it was slightly dark and barely filling some moats, Qi's cannon fodder then called out to withdraw his troops. The Qin soldiers who were preparing to fight at night also seized the time to have dinner and receive dry food for torches and gathered into an army in the streets and alleys of the city. However, when it was almost the first time, Qiu An, who was about to lead the army to fight in person, suddenly felt uneasy and said to Lu Qi, who came to see him off: "Lu Jun Zun, the official thought about it, are we too dangerous? Do you need to discuss it again?"

"If the magistrate Qiu regrets it, of course you can discuss it." Lu Qi's tone was light and said: "But I have said it first. We have spent so much time and energy to prepare and suddenly give up halfway, we can only ask you to come forward to give our soldiers an explanation. Also, if Qi Ji and the others take action as agreed tonight, we missed this opportunity and the court will hold them accountable in the future, and you can only ask you to bear the responsibility."

Unwilling to be embarrassed in front of all the Qin soldiers, and even more afraid to take on the responsibility of missing out on the fighter opportunity, Qiu An hesitated for a while, but said helplessly: "No need to discuss it, let's go and have a gamble."

At the beginning of the second hour, the north gate and the west gate of Wancheng opened at the same time. More than 10,000 Qin troops, led by Qin generals such as Qiu'an, Ma Dalin and Song Yang, secretly went out of the city under the cover of the night. They held a group of people and horses, quickly completed the assembly outside the city, and then quietly rushed to the outside of the Young Marshal's Army to lurk outside the camp, waiting patiently for Qi Ji's troops to take action.

Qi Ji fulfilled his promise. As soon as the third update arrived, the sound of killing in the back camp of the Young Marshal's army suddenly shook the sky, and countless torches were shaking. Seeing this scene, Qiu An did not hesitate and immediately sent a signal, ordering the front team of the Qin army to attack the front camp of the Young Marshal's army. As a result, Qiu An even more overjoyed that the front team of the Qin army led by Ma Dalin rushed into the front camp of the Young Marshal's army very smoothly. In the blink of an eye, many of the Young Marshal's camps lit up. Seeing the opportunity, Qiu An ordered the soldiers to beat the war drums and urged the army to light the torches to launch a general attack.

At the same time, on the north gate of Wancheng, I saw the camp of the Young Marshal's Army from afar, and Nanyang County Magistrate Lu Qi was overjoyed and blurted out: "Okay! It seems that I have hope of maintaining my head and official position!"

Of course, the dawn of victory of the Qin army was fleeting. The front team of the Qin army had just rushed directly to the center of the Young Commander's Army. There was a loud sound of killing in the dark on both sides. Each army rushed out and attacked the Qin army's front team on both sides. The front team of the Qin army was shocked. He understood that he had fallen into a trap and quickly turned around and fled. The soldiers of the Young Commander's army bravely chased and defeated the Qin army's front team. He chased the defeated Qin army and rushed out of the camp.

At the same time, the four gates of the Young Marshal's camp were also opened together, and an army broke out at the three gates in the east and north, shouting and killing towards the main force of the Qin army, whose location had been exposed. Qi Jijun, who had previously played outside the camp, quickly retreated from the front of the military camp, preparing to pick up small fish and pick up cheap after the Qin army was defeated.

The sudden ambush of the young commander's army made the Qin army panic. After knowing that it was a trap, the Qin army was in chaos. Qiu An took the lead and fled to escape. The Qin army soldiers also retreated like a tide. The young commander's army soldiers chased each other and killed the Qin army who had fled in a hurry and were defeated. In the melee, they successfully killed Ma Dalin, the Qin army general sent by Qin court from Guanzhong. They also had a clear attitude and rushed directly to the gate of Wancheng to do their best to prevent the Qin army from returning to the city.

At this time, when Lu Qi, who had just been happy, saw the Qin army defeated and fled back, was stunned and couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "There is no way, it seems that he can only strive to be the Shunminister of Chu."

Having said that, out of duty, Lu Qi, whose conscience was not as dark as Xiang Kang, quickly ordered the city gate to open so that the defeated soldiers of the self-armed army could return to the city to escape. However, the number of defeated soldiers of the Qin army was too large. As soon as the crowd rushed to the north gate of Wancheng, there was a situation of trampling on each other on the moat. Countless Qin soldiers pushed and shoved, and fell into the river. Countless soldiers were trampled to death by the self-armed soldiers. They were completely trampled on the flesh and blood of the self-armed soldiers to rush across the moat. In complete chaos, the moat bridges were stacked with layers of corpses, and there were very few soldiers who could truly rush across the bridge and escape back to the city.

What's worse is still behind. The young general's army pursued the troops who had already made sufficient preparations soon followed him, forcing a bloody road among the defeated Qin army and taking control of the bridgehead of the moat. The defeated soldiers of the Qin army did not dare to rush forward, but could only cry and shout and flee to the west gate back to the city. Unfortunately, the situation at the west gate was even worse. The young general's cavalry had already rushed to the bridgehead of the moat, forcing the Qin army in the city to even dare to open the gate. At the same time, the other pursuers of the young general's army had arrived one after another. The defeated soldiers of the Qin army were forced to completely scatter and flee everywhere. The soldiers of the young general's army shouted the slogan of surrendering and not killing, while striving to chase the enemy, desperately expanding the results of the battle, and desperately weakening the warable power of the Qin army.

At this time, Qiu An, who was the first to escape from the north gate, escaped back to the city after luckily stumbled to the top of the north gate and shouted to Lu Qi, who was commanding the city guarding the city on the north gate, "It's all you! It's all you! I said, don't take risks, don't take risks, you just don't listen! Now, we are ambushed, and the casualties must be extremely heavy! How can we defend Wancheng next? How can we defend?"

"Vice Guard Qiu, don't swear at others, okay?" Lu Qi was so angry that he said angrily: "Take a risk, you agree with this. Chen Sheren and General Ma from Xianyang can be used as evidence. Why are we now ambushed and defeated? You have to put all the blame on me again?"

"When I set off, I regretted it. You forced me to take the risk!" Qiu An was completely angry and shouted: "A man surnamed Lu, wait for me. I must report this matter to the court, and I must report it to the court in its original form!"

The Qin Dynasty official system, county magistrates, county magistrates and supervisors were not subordinate to each other, and were directly under the jurisdiction of the court. Qiu An did have this qualification to report directly to the Qin court to explain the whole story. Therefore, Qiu An dared to say such words after being completely frustrated. It was precisely because of this that Lu Qi's face immediately became extremely blue, and his gloomy eyes looked at Qiu Anjian with a fang-dreaming claws, and a faint murderous aura appeared...

At the same time, in the young marshal's military camp, he heard a loud shout of killing gradually fading away and weakening. There were also cheers coming from the young marshal's military camp. Qi Min, who had been hiding in the maid's arms, carefully poked his head out and asked, "Did we win?"

"Don't worry, Yushu, we have won, so there is no need to be afraid of anything anymore."

The maid who hugged Qi Min comforted her softly. Qi Min nodded, but refused to leave the maid's arms. She suddenly thought that it was the handsome young man who helped Xiang Kang snatch him away, taking his maid's place, and holding himself in his arms...
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