A loud shout rang out from under the city of Yaoguan, diverting the attention of all the Qin troops.
All the troops leaned over and looked down, and saw a middle-aged man riding a tall horse and stopped thirty meters in front of the city gate.
Hu Qing on the city wall narrowed his eyes after looking at it: "Li Shiqi?"
Li Shiqi didn't panic at all. He smiled slightly and said loudly: "Commanders of the Qin Dynasty, I am Li Shiqi, Liu Bang's counselor. Now I have an army of 150,000 people under the Pass. You, the Qin army officers and soldiers, really want to fight."
Is this a losing battle?"
After finishing his words, Li Shiqi glanced at the surprised expressions of the Qin soldiers on the high wall, and then stroked his beard proudly.
The Qin army was in panic. When they saw that there was only a middle-aged man on horseback coming from the city, they did not attack him.
After hearing this, Hu Qing crossed the troops and came to the crenellation. He said downwards: "Li Shiqi, you came to this dangerous place alone. What do you want to say?"
Li Shiqi said: "General Hu, officers and soldiers of the Qin army. Pei Gong is benevolent and righteous, and does not want to see you sacrifice your lives in vain for the corrupt Qin court. As long as the Qin army at Aoguan can surrender to Liu Peigong, you can still serve in Pei Gong's army."
. Mr. Li promises that we will never harm the people in Guanzhong after entering the pass, and we will have no offense with the people of Xianyang!"
After hearing this, all the Qin troops on the city wall immediately fell into discussions... This battle is impossible to fight!
If he surrendered to Liu Bangjun, it would be less important to save his life. The most important thing is that his family members in Guanzhong would also be spared from massacre.
If this is really the case, why not surrender to Liu Bangjun? It is nothing more than changing the king of the court...
In the face of the huge cruel reality, most of the Qin soldiers seemed to have begun to waver in their hearts. They were thinking about whether it was worth it even if they continued to fight to the death to prevent Liu Bang from entering the pass...
After a while, the discussion among the Qin troops gradually became quieter. Everyone looked at General Hu Qing who was at the front.
Hu Qing was startled, turned around and looked at the Qin troops, smashed his fists and sighed: "Alas...soldiers, although I, Hu Qing, am your commander, I don't want to see you brothers sacrifice their lives to fight.
This is a meaningless battle."
"Today, Yaoguan is surrounded by Liu Bang's army of more than 100,000 people. I want to hear your opinions. Although surrendering to the enemy has a bad reputation, if our people of Great Qin are really slaughtered by the six kingdoms of Guandong, we will be empty in the future.
, where can anyone avenge the people of Guanzhong? With us here, at least there is hope to save the people of Guanzhong..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a general shouted loudly: "General Hu, although today's surrender is not what we wanted, but what the general said is true. If we continue to attack, it will be meaningless to attack with eggs and stones!"
One of the soldiers said: "General, if Liu Bang is true as he said, he can spare us the death penalty and spare the lives of the people in Guanzhong, I am willing to surrender to Liu Bang!"
"I would like to..."
"I am also willing to surrender to Liu Bang! It makes no sense to die in battle without any chance of winning."
"Yes, why hasn't the imperial court sent troops to reinforce Yaoguan after almost a month?"
"Since the Qin court no longer cares about our life or death, why should we still serve it? We are willing to surrender to Liu!"
...
Someone took the lead to surrender, which instantly ignited the hearts of all the Qin troops to surrender. It was like a virus, spreading to every corner of the Pass.
But there were still voices of opposition. I saw a thousand captains walking out of the army, pulling out their swords, and shouted: "Humph! If you don't see what clothes you are wearing, surrender to Liu Bang, do you really think that?"
Can you survive?"
Another captain came out and said loudly: "I, Da Qin, have been fighting for hundreds of years. What dangers have I not encountered? What hardships have I not endured? It is our fate to die on the battlefield! I will never surrender to Liu Bang's army and will defend the city to the death.
close!"
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Seeing that the few who oppose surrender are about to be ignited by these generals who are not afraid of death
Hu Qing hurriedly walked to the middle of the army and raised his hands to the sky to calm the turbulent Qin army.
Hu Qing put down his hands, glanced at the humiliation, anger, unwillingness, or hope, and survival expressions on the faces of all the Qin soldiers. He took a deep breath and lowered his voice:
"Soldiers, I know that you are all unwilling, but as the general, I have the responsibility to protect our family and protect the country. But I have an even greater responsibility to save your lives. Today's situation is beyond the power of human beings to contend with..."
"I will never let you bleed pointlessly! If anyone is dissatisfied, come out now and cut me down, and I will never hold him accountable!"
When all the Qin soldiers saw Hu Qing's fierce and murderous eyes, they all lowered their heads. No one dared to step forward and kill their general.
The few soldiers who refused to surrender just now frowned deeply. No matter how damn afraid they were of death, they would not dare to kill the general...
Hu Qing waited for a moment, but when he saw that no one in the army said anything, he continued: "Everyone, we surrendered to Liu Bang today to save your lives so that you can do more meaningful things in the future."
The commander who had opposed surrender just now raised his head and asked doubtfully: "General Hu, how do you say this?"
Hu Qing confidently said: "Li Shiqi made it clear just now that after Liu Bang enters Guanzhong, he will never kill the old Qin people. If this is true, then we have found a master, and there is nothing wrong with it."
"Secondly, after we surrendered to Liu Bang's army, we followed him into Guanzhong. If Liu Bang's army encounters the Qin army in the pass and is defeated, I can take advantage of the situation and serve as an internal response to defeat Liu Bang in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be more meaningful to commit crimes and meritorious services?
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"..."
A general came out and said loudly: "General Hu's plan is very good! In this way, if we surrender to Liu Bang, we can not only save our lives, but also find opportunities to help Qin! I admire you!"
After hearing this, all the Qin soldiers secretly raised their thumbs at Hu Qing's shocking idea. They really care about their brothers...
The few soldiers who were willing to fight and die thought for a while, but they couldn't find anything wrong with them. They all held up their hands and apologized: "General Hu, my subordinates were reckless just now. General Hu's heart can be learned from heaven and earth! We will follow him to the death."
General!"
Others who had doubts swept away their anger and knelt down on one knee: "We are willing to follow the general to the death!"
Hu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, finally got it done!
He signaled the soldiers to stand up and said: "Soldiers, listen to me, Hu Qing is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death for petty profits! My wish is to use my useful body to protect the people of Guanzhong. If Liu Bang dares to violate his promise,
, I, Hu Qingding, will be the first to assassinate him!"
After hearing this, everyone wiped away their previous dejection and looked at Hu Qing with some brightness restored to their faces.
Once you have a backbone, you no longer have to worry about anything you do.
At this time, Li Shiqi, who was under the city of Yaoguan, frowned slightly and listened to the commotion on the city wall, thinking that there would be no accident.
He raised his head and shouted loudly: "Commanders of the Qin Army, our army has been waiting for you for a quarter of an hour. What are you thinking about? Surrender or fight?"
After a few more breaths, Hu Qing was seen lying on the crenellations of the city wall, waving to Li Shiqi and saying: "Mr. Li, Hu has discussed with the soldiers and is willing to surrender to Liu Peigong..."