Chapter 697 You Can’t Understand It, Right? That’s Right! What Exactly Does the Qin Army Want to Do!

Ge Ping and Li Qiong could perfectly understand Ying Chengjiao's first and third orders.

If you can beat them, fight. If you can't beat them, run.

Easy to understand!

But Ge Ping and Li Qiong couldn't understand Ying Chengjiao's second order at all.

And they were shocked!

After a few breaths, Li Qiong just subconsciously murmured: "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 casually, everything he does is for the greater good!

How could such a person lead an army to betray the country!

Li Qiong came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "I am not doubting Chang'an Jun's loyalty to the Qin Dynasty."

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

"I can't understand what Chang'an Jun's plan is for!"

Ge Ping nodded and said: "It's right that Li County Magistrate 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 understand the confrontation between these outstanding people, that would be terrible!"

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

"Execution is enough!"

After a few breaths of silence, Li Qiong slowly nodded: "What the county magistrate said is very true."

"Now that the war has started, Chang'an Jun is the commander-in-chief of this war, and Chang'an Jun's order is a military order."

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

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

What if I understand it or not?

This is not a negotiation or a request for help, but an order, and it is also the most irrefutable military order!

Regardless of whether the officials of Licheng understand Ying Chengjiao's ideas, all they can do is execute it!

Li Qiong's voice turned decisive: "I will personally lead my family soldiers and servants to guard the East Gate Tower."

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

"Order the county lieutenant Xun Tuo to lead the troops in the city to support us. Even if things are impossible, we still have a chance of survival!"

Li Qiong made his decision.

He would take the risk and stay in the East Gate Tower with Ge Ping to gain more chances for Ge Ping.

But if the plan failed and the enemy entered the city, Li Qiong would also try his best to break through and save his life.

After all, Ying Chengjiao did not ask them to defend the city to death.

And Li Qiong really did not want to bury his precious life for such an outrageous order!

But the response to Li Qiong was silence.

Li Qiong lowered his voice and said, "I know that the county magistrate has a close personal relationship with Chang'an Jun."

"But, Chang'an Jun's plan is too strange!"

"What if it fails..."

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

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

"Playing the piano and zither?"

"How can I have such skills!"

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

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

"Which bandit leader can play the piano and zither!"

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

Li Qiong spread his hands: "Not every bandit leader can't play the zither."

"Just like not every child of the common people can play the zither."

"I have been studying law since I was a child in order to become an official, where do I have the time to learn to play the zither!"

After a pause, Li Qiong added: "Xun Tuo was awarded the title of county lieutenant for military merit."

"If you want to beat the drum and sing, I think Xun County Lieutenant can do a little."

"But playing the zither?"

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

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

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

But in the absence of understanding, they dared not change Ying Chengjiao's orders at will.

Not to mention that it is illegal to adjust military orders without authorization.

What if playing the zither and the zhu were involved in 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 had already decided to bet their lives on Ying Chengjiao's unreliable plan.

As a result, the whole plan came to a standstill because of this small request of playing the zither and the zhu!

Suddenly, Ge Ying's voice reached the two of them: "I know!"

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

"Baby, stop making trouble!"

Ge Ying said firmly: "I am not making trouble!"

"After returning to Qin, my father-in-law spent a lot of money to find several teachers for me."

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

"Although I still can't play the zither, I have already entered the door of playing the piano."

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

"Pack your bags quickly and go back with your mother! Go back!"

Li Qiong did not dissuade him after hearing this.

Because Li Qiong's wife was also packing her bags to escape.

Maybe the two families could go together.

Ge Ying bowed solemnly: "Since Chang'an Jun has ordered Aung to play the zither instead of playing drums or trumpets, or having fun, it means that this move is particularly important for Chang'an Jun's plan."

"Aung believes in Chang'an Jun's plan, and so does I!"

"I have the ability to help Aung complete Chang'an Jun's plan. If I follow my father's order and escape, Aung will fall into Licheng and be defeated because he fails to play the zither."

"Son, you will never be happy for the rest of your life!"

Ge Ping didn't know how to persuade him.

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

Even if the world would not blame Ge Ying because they didn't know about this, how could Ge Ying get out of the shadow in his heart!

Ge Ping said with difficulty: "Chang'an Jun said that it was the father who played the zither, not you!"

Ge Ying smiled and said: "Father is busy, son should do the work."

"If father is not convenient to play the zither, son will replace him!"

"Father, just listen to my music."

Ge Ping had no words to refute.

Looking deeply at Ge Ying, Ge Ping sighed softly: "Go and see your mother off."

"Perhaps, this is the last time you will see her in this life."

Ge Ying was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, father!"

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The next afternoon.

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

However, the news that Sima Shang was both expecting and resisting was not brought back.

"No!" Sima Shang paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill flies: "How could there be no!"

"If the main force of the Qin army had never come here, it would be fine, but why was there no reinforcement sent by General Qin Duanhe!"

"This is unreasonable!"

"This is too unreasonable!"

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

The main force led by Ying Chengjiao had not arrived yet, and Li Mu's guess failed. Although Sima Shang was very unbelievable about this, he thought it was reasonable.

However, Yang Duanhe had not sent the Qin army to reinforce Licheng until today, which made Sima Shang completely unable to understand.

One guess and one hypothesis emerged in Sima Shang's mind, but they were all rejected by Sima Shang himself.

"Hu~~~"

Sima Shang stopped and looked at Licheng after exhaling a foul breath, and said softly: "But no matter what, Licheng only has 5,000 county soldiers and 2,000 to 3,000 young and strong soldiers recruited temporarily."

The strategy of the larger battlefield is what Li Mu should think about.

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!

Getting on his horse, Sima Shang resolutely shouted: "Order!"

"Three armies must be organized, and the whole army must move forward!"

"Go first and prepare to attack the city!"

Eighty thousand Zhao soldiers shouted excitedly:

"Yes!"

The flag waved, and the soldiers moved forward.

Under the leadership of Sima Shang, the eighty thousand Zhao soldiers quickly approached Licheng.

However, the closer they were to Licheng, the more uneasy Sima Shang felt.

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

"Why is there an old man sweeping outside the city! Why don't they flee when they see our soldiers!"

"And who is that person on the wall?!"

Strange!

So strange!

This Licheng exudes too much weirdness from inside to outside.

As the deputy general of Li Mu in the original history and one of the top generals of the current Zhao State, Sima Shang is definitely not a reckless and unwise general.

Precisely because Sima Shang is not a reckless and unwise general, he can't help but think more and more, and the more he thinks, the more nervous he becomes.

When Sima Shang saw a young man sitting on the east gate tower burning incense and playing the piano, and a middle-aged man sitting on the east gate tower shaking his head and listening to music, Sima Shang's nervousness 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."

"He was originally the leader of the bandits in Guishan Mountain, Fuli. He led the Zhao'an Army to defect to Qin 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 for Qin's use."

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

Sima Shang frowned and asked, "Who is the man playing the piano beside this man?"

"From my point of view, he seems to look similar to Ge Ping?"

The scout general 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 condensed: "Without any preparation, the city gates were wide open, and he led his eldest son to play the piano on the city gate tower?!"

Sima Shang couldn't understand!

Sima Shang's pupils shook!

After thinking from his own perspective, Sima Shang thought that he would never do such a thing.

And the Ge Ping in front of him was not only a county magistrate, but also a guerrilla pioneer who played a huge role in the war between Qin and Chu!

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

And how could he bring his eldest son with him!

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 little 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 can a mere Licheng hide so many people!"

Sima Shang looked at Ge Ping with confusion.

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