After a fierce battle for half an hour, the battle in Pi Lao City finally ended.

Although the thousand Qin defenders in the city were brave enough, most of them were just temporary county soldiers recruited. When facing the elite Zhao army, which were several times more numerous in numbers and combat power, they did not have much resistance.

This battle actually lost all suspense from the moment Le Cheng broke into the door.

After the battle, the small town of Pilao was filled with a faint smell of blood everywhere, blood was spotted everywhere on the ground, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides.

Le Cheng walked on the streets of Pi Lao City with big strides. His armor was covered with blood, part of which was his own, and more of which were the blood of the Qin soldiers fighting with him.

The cold wind was like a knife, blowing on Le Cheng's face with snowflakes, making him unable to open his eyes.

But Le Cheng's heart was full of heat.

This crucial battle was won by him and won!

In front of Le Cheng, many Qin soldiers dropped their weapons and were escorted by Zhao soldiers in dejectedly.

After all, there are only a few who dare to resist for the death. When the defeat is determined, most people will lose their fighting spirit. Countless wars throughout the ages have proved this.

A Zhao army leader appeared in front of Le Cheng, with excitement on his face: "General, will he kill all the Qin army captives?"

One thousand Qin soldiers, but three hundred people died in battle, all the others surrendered.

In fact, the performance of this Qin army was quite outstanding. The battle of losing one tenth or even less was not uncommon in the history of war.

The reason why they asked whether to kill them all was because the Zhao army had always used the enemy's heads as evidence of military merit, just like the Qin army.

Le Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's keep it. The king recently issued an order, and the captives can also use certificates of merit. Find a place to lock up these people and send someone to take strict supervision. If there is any abnormal movement, kill them directly!"

After a pause, Le Cheng continued, "Send the order to rest here for one night today. Until tomorrow, except for the wounded and three hundred-man teams, the rest will immediately follow me!"

Although he took down the Se Prison, this was just the beginning for Le Cheng.

In Anyi a hundred miles away, Zhao Kuo was still waiting for Le Cheng to arrive.

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Zhao Kuo was a little uneasy.

This is the seventh day of sending messengers.

According to the previous plan, at most three days, the Zhao army's vanguard should be able to arrive in this camp.

As long as even a thousand elite Zhao State arrived, Zhao Kuo was confident that he could fully control the overall situation.

As uneasy as Zhao Kuo, the prefect of Hedong County, Wang Ji.

There is certainly a reason why the two felt so uneasy.

At this moment, the two were standing in front of a tent.

There were originally ten elite soldiers from Zhao State guarding next to this tent, but now all the ten soldiers have turned into corpses.

Meng Wu, who was originally detained in a tent, has disappeared without a trace.

Where did Mengwu go?

Zhao Kuo and Wang Ji looked at each other, and both saw a look of worry in each other's eyes.

Wang Jiqiang laughed and said, "Meng Wu is just a captain of the guards. Even if he escapes, it has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Zhao Kuo reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth, showed a smile, and agreed with Wang Ji's words.

But in the minds of both of them, they knew that this matter was not that simple.

Although Meng Wu is indeed just a small guard captain, he is the captain of the original Qin army commander Meng Ao, and he is also Meng Ao's son!

These two identities combined are enough to make Meng Wu extremely important.

What is even more worthy of attention is who rescued Meng Wu?

Under such severe vigilance, Meng Wu can be rescued, and it is impossible without insider.

It is even very likely that Meng Wu is still in this camp now, but he just changed his place.

Zhao Kuo and Wang Ji looked at each other again, and then said the same name at the same time.

"Waiting."

That's right, only the omnipresent secret institution of Qin can have such ability to rescue Meng Wu, who was strictly detained.

Zhao Kuo suddenly felt a little regretful. Maybe he should have killed Meng Wu directly at that time.

Wang Ji asked, "What should we do now?"

Wang Ji's voice was a little trembling.

For this county magistrate of Hedong County, Qin State, Hou is a very terrible word.

Since the people who have already confirmed that they are lurking in this camp and have a certain amount of power, does it mean that Xianyang has already known the situation?

Seven days have passed, and what has Xianyang reacted?

What made Wang Ji even more frightened was that if the waiter could save Meng Wu silently, would he be able to assassinate Wang Ji, a person who was already a traitor to Qin?

Facing Wang Ji's question, Zhao Kuo frowned and asked for a while: "County magistrate, how many troops do we have in our hands now?"

Wang Ji thought for a while and said, "About 10,000 people have stepped forward."

These days have not been spent in vain. Wang Ji and Zhao Kuo also secretly attracted some Qin generals and controlled some troops.

There is not a lot of people who have made it through ten thousand people, but it is not too small.

Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, then summon all the generals immediately and seize power immediately!"

Originally, Zhao Kuo planned to wait until the reinforcements arrived before launching, so as to ensure that there was no accident.

Wang Ji was stunned when he heard this and said, "It's better to dismiss the army..."

"No!" Zhao Kuo flatly rejected Wang Ji's proposal and said, "Now that Meng Wu has been rescued, the news may have leaked. Moreover, everyone knows that the Three Jin coalition forces are eyeing each other, and the act of dismissal must be suspected. It is better to summon the generals directly to seize all military power!"

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, although Zhao Kuo has mobilized and rotated some troops in the camp in the past few days, most of the positions of generals in Qin have not changed, which means that the command class of this army is still loyal to the Qin people.

Zhao Kuo no longer wanted to wait any longer, and planned to directly capture all the senior leaders of Qin who were loyal to him, so that the generals and officers who agreed to surrender to Zhao would take control of the entire army.

Wang Ji worried, "But if you seize power directly, it may also lead to mutiny..."

Zhao Kuo sneered and said murderously: "County magistrate, now we have nearly half of the troops in our hands. What can we do if a mutiny of just a few hundred people?"

Seeing that Wang Ji was still hesitating, Zhao Kuo continued to persuade: "County magistrate, if you do not act in time, if Meng Wu and Hou's subordinates connect with the generals to cause trouble, you and I will die at that time!"

After Zhao Kuo said this, Wang Ji finally made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, then immediately summon all the generals to express his intention to join Zhao!"
Chapter completed!