Chapter 699: I Really Can’t Tell the Difference Between the Real and the Fake! The Most Polite Pioneer Warrior in History!

Sima Shang was still filled with worry and uncertainty in his heart.

But just as Ge Ping had to carry out orders that he couldn't understand.

When Li Mu's generals arrived, Sima Shang had to let the soldiers rest for a night before embarking on the road to Li City again.

The next afternoon.

The 80,000 soldiers under Sima Shang once again stood outside Li City, looking at this strange city with confused and anxious eyes.

Staring at the duo playing and listening to the qin on the city gate, Sima Shang said solemnly: "Order!"

"The baggage camp transports ladders and rushes vehicles to the front line."

"Go ahead and prepare for battle!"

"The entire army is on alert and ready for a decisive battle!"

Beside Sima Shang, all the generals of the Zhao army raised their hands and shouted:

"only!"

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On the upper floor of the city gate of Licheng, Ge Ping was listening to the music of the piano as 'indulgently' as yesterday.

But Ge Ping's narrowed eyes were full of concentration.

When Ge Ping saw the ladders and chariots of Sima Shang's troops transporting them forward, and climbed into the camp first to start forming formation, Ge Ping's heavy voice came out of his throat:

"Zhao Jun is preparing to attack the city!"

"Chang'an Lord's plan may be in vain!"

Once the Zhao army pours into Licheng, the reality and reality of Licheng will naturally appear in Sima Shang's eyes.

At that time, Sima Shang will not hesitate at all, and will definitely send out heavy troops to capture Li City quickly. The only way for Ge Ping and others is to be defeated!

Ge Ying did not dare to look at the enemy troops outside the city. He tried his best to think and speak as a bystander: "Zhao General Sima Shang was intimidated by our army yesterday and fled."

"This is enough to prove that Zhao General Sima Shang fell into Chang'an Lord's plan!"

"Now that Zhao General Sima Shang has left and returned, I think this may not necessarily be because Zhao General Sima Shang has seen through Lord Chang'an's strategy, but perhaps it is just that Zhao General Sima Shang has listened to Zhao Wuan Lord's order."

"Zhao General Sima Shang is probably still in panic!"

Ge Ping thoughtfully said: "The baby means..."

Ge Ying said firmly: "Zhao Wuanjun failed to fall into Changanjun's plan."

"But Zhao general Sima Shang fell into the trap of Lord Chang'an."

"The one who is sending troops outside now is Zhao General Sima Shang!"

General orders have extremely strong coercive power.

But how to implement the general order depends on the individual.

As a frontline general taking command on the battlefield, Sima Shang's personal emotions are of great significance!

Ge Ping took a deep breath and stood up decisively.

Holding the wine cup in hand, Ge Ping walked briskly to the city wall and laughed loudly: "Yesterday, the Japanese general prepared wine and food, cooked sheep and slaughtered hogs, and wanted to entertain the distinguished guests."

"I wonder why General Sima passed through Li City but didn't enter!"

Under the city wall, the five hundred pioneer warriors had finished drinking Zhuangxing wine and were preparing to rush forward with ladders on their shoulders. The chilling atmosphere of the war was already deep.

On the city wall, precious spices turned into green smoke and the music of the piano was not proficient, but it was enough to accompany wine. Ge Ping seemed to be blaming an old friend who stopped knocking at the door.

The extreme sense of separation and conflict between war and peace, friends and enemies made all Zhao Jun feel strange.

Coupled with Sima Shang's change of orders, even Zhao Jun did not dare to take a step forward, but turned his head to look in the direction of Sima Shang.

Sima Shang tightened his grip on the reins and looked directly at Ge Ping with cold and alert eyes, but he only received Ge Ping's smiling gaze.

After thinking for a few breaths, Sima Shang rushed forward and spoke loudly: "The two armies are fighting, and each is his own master."

"Can General An be able to have a drink and chat with Magistrate Ge?"

"If Magistrate Ge is willing to open the city gates and surrender to Zhao, then I am willing to hold a banquet and have fun with Magistrate Ge for three days!"

Ge Ping leaned on the city wall, swept his hand towards the city gate below him and said: "Everyone is his own master, it does not prevent you and me from drinking freely."

"The gates of Licheng are now wide open. I am sincerely awaiting the arrival of General Sima."

"Seeing General Sima come back again, I thought General Sima had changed his mind and was very happy."

"I never thought that General Sima would still be unwilling to share a drink with me!"

Sima Shang stared at Ge Ping with his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Invite me to enter the city, and then order the army to fight out."

"This is Magistrate Ge's way of hospitality?"

Ge Ping showed obvious surprise, and then laughed out loud: "General Sima actually thought there was a scam in this city!"

"Hahaha~ General Sima can see through the situation in Li City at a glance. There is nothing to worry about!"

"How can a mere Licheng hide hundreds of thousands of troops?"

“In our city of Li, we don’t have hundreds of thousands of troops ambushing us!”

Sima Shang's face suddenly darkened.

When Sima Shang heard Ge Ping's words, there was no doubt that there was no three hundred taels of silver in this place!

Ge Ping raised his cup again and shouted loudly: "I firmly believe that General Sima is a hero, not a coward!"

"I am sitting on the tower above the city gate, waiting for General Sima!"

After finishing his words, Ge Ping drank a lot of wine, turned around and sat down again.

Putting his slightly trembling hands into his sleeves, Ge Ping looked at Sima Shang from afar with a smile on his face.

Their eyes looked at each other across a distance of more than a hundred feet, but they contained completely different emotions.

Li Piao, the commander of two and five hundred, rode his horse to Sima Shang's side and asked in a low voice: "Captain, are our troops really going to attack this city?"

"If there really is no ambush in Licheng, it would be fine if Ge Ping doesn't escape quickly or surrender on the spot."

"How could you tell me so frankly!"

What Li Piao said was also Sima Shang's inner thought.

After receiving Li Mu's general order, Sima Shang had already begun to wonder whether he had been deceived and whether there was really no ambush in Li City.

But when Ge Ping said calmly that there was indeed no ambush in Licheng, Sima Shang was shaken again.

Although Ge Ping was not a famous general, he was also a fierce general, and he was once a bandit!

Can you believe the words of such an enemy who was born a bandit!

Can you fight against the enemy who took the initiative to expose his weaknesses in front of you!

Not to mention the war period involving the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and the country of Zhao.

Even on weekdays, if a peerless beauty with a top figure, appearance, family background and temperament suddenly flirts with an ordinary boy for no reason, and even takes the initiative to open the bedroom door to invite him in, wouldn’t the boy suspect that he has encountered a biochemical matrix or is about to become a father!

Li Mu's orders and Sima Shang's inner judgment kept conflicting, which eventually prompted Sima Shang to give a solemn order: "In addition to the scouts in the scout camp, send another two thousand elite soldiers as scouts to plow the twenty miles around this general carefully."

"Even if it is a rabbit hole, I will investigate it carefully!"

"The rear army will camp, and the army will rest for a while!"

The brave warriors who drank the farewell wine returned to the barracks in a daze.

The Zhao army soldiers who were ready for war also carried a heavy burden in their hearts, so that the 80,000 Zhao army was as quiet as chickens, and there was almost no sound except for the footsteps and friction.

"Report! There is no enemy army on the northeast side of the mountain!"

"Report! There is no enemy army on the southeast side of the mountain!"

"Report! Our troops climbed up and looked far away, and there was no..."

It was noon the next day.

Almost all scouts had returned to the barracks.

Except for the Xingdao on the west side of Licheng, which was difficult to reach, all other directions had been explored.

All the scouts sent back the same information.

No enemy!

"No enemy?" Sima Shang frowned, looked deeply at Ge Ping who was still listening to the piano on the city gate tower, and murmured softly: "No enemy!"

"Really no enemy?!"

I can't tell!

I really can't tell!

Unfortunately, after the scouts got the information that there were no enemy ambushes around, Sima Shang no longer had any reason to disobey Li Mu's order!

After pondering for a long time, Sima Shang made up his mind and shouted: "Order!"

"Send two thousand brave warriors to rush straight to the gate of Licheng!"

"Seize the gate!"

Two thousand brave warriors quickly lined up.

After drinking the wine again, the two thousand Zhao army's vanguards roared angrily: "For the merit of being the first to ascend! Charge!"

"Brothers, the chance to be awarded a title and change your fate is today, charge!"

"Brothers, charge quickly! Our troops will cover the arrows for you!"

"It's not easy to be hit by the enemy's arrows if you rush to the front, and it's easier to die if you run in the middle. Our lives are cheap, so you should go first!"

"Move forward quickly, and those who are slow will be killed!"

While shouting, the Zhao army's vanguards...

Moved forward humbly.

Yes.

Although the vanguard warriors were not qualified to meet Sima Shang and could not see Sima Shang's tangled expression.

But the smell of yesterday's wine had not yet dissipated, and Sima Shang's successive changes in orders made everyone aware of Sima Shang's hesitation and uncertainty.

Even Sima Shang was not sure whether there were heavy Qin troops ambushing in Licheng.

How could the warriors who first climbed the mountain actively throw their lives into Licheng?

So even with the urging and threats of the military law officers behind them, the warriors who first climbed the mountain still took a full half an hour to complete the two hundred feet of distance!

Looking down at the warriors who first climbed the mountain and were polite to each other, Ge Ping, Li Qiong and all the other officials felt extremely heavy in their hearts!

Chang'an Jun didn't tell them how to deal with such a situation!

After a few breaths of silence, Ge Ping spoke decisively: "Let the Zhao army enter the city first!"

"After the Zhao army enters the city first, County Magistrate Li Qiong will lead the soldiers and servants of our two prefectures and all the officials of Licheng to rush to the gate of Wengcheng. Close the gate quickly at all costs!"

"County Lieutenant Xun Tuo will lead all the soldiers and horses of Licheng to rush out together and kill the Zhao army at all costs!"

"Tell all the soldiers that Chang'an Jun is on the way."

"As long as our army holds on for a little longer, we will win!"

Ge Ping still sat on the gate tower with a look of 'intoxication' on his face. Li Qiong and Xun Tuo hurried down the gate tower and led their troops to wait in full battle array.

As the Zhao army's vanguards timidly stepped into Licheng, Xun Tuo roared: "Soldiers, annihilate the enemy and be rewarded with a title for your military merits!"

Li Qiong shouted angrily: "Close the gate!"

"Kill!"

While shouting, Li Qiong pointed his long sword forward, and more than a thousand officials and servants came out of the hiding cave and rushed towards the gate of the city wall.

More than 6,000 county soldiers and guards came out of the houses and surrounded the Zhao army's vanguard from all directions!

And this was the last scene the Zhao army saw outside the city.

"Boom!"

The gate of Licheng's city wall closed with a bang, blocking the view of Licheng for the first time since the war began.

The only sounds that could be heard from Licheng were the shouts and cries of the soldiers of the Qin and Zhao armies.

All the soldiers including Li Piao looked heavy-hearted at the same time, and cried out in fear:

"There is really an ambush in Licheng!"

"This is clearly a trap! Fortunately, the captain has a keen eye, otherwise we would all be annihilated in Licheng!"

"Commander, you are wrong!"

However, Sima Shang suddenly tightened the reins in his hand, and his eyes flashed as he looked at Ge Ping.

"Commander, you are right!"