The Qin army marched southwest, and the towering north gate of Chengdu was right in front of the army.

Chen He, Chongda and others were gearing up, eager to break into it immediately.

Lu Matong looked at the city gate with alternating mountains and rivers, and sighed slightly, "Isn't this city gate too high? It seems to be higher than Xianyang City Gate."

"Bashu is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the city gates built are built according to the mountains, so they are naturally taller."

Ziying explained, secretly took some cinnabar clothes from Zhao Ji and put it in his mouth.

At present, there are more Bashu surrendered generals than Qin generals recruited. Ziying is afraid that trouble will occur at the last moment, so he would rather swallow cinnabar than show any trace of decadence.

"That's right." Lu Matong nodded, "I heard that only the gate of the Chinese capital of a country should be the highest. Chengdu has overstepped a bit. If this city is captured, the city wall will be demolished."

"Huh! There's no need for that." Ziying smiled confidently, "Chengdu is a royal city, not an imperial city. No matter how high its walls are built, it won't help."

"What does the king mean by this?" Chongda was already convinced that Ziying was the destined person and was extremely interested in Ziying's words.

Ziying looked eastward at Zitong and said with a smile, "Dear dear friends, do you know the origin of the ancient Shu Kingdom? Bashu was originally owned by the Ran clan of the Shushan clan. Later, the Qiang people became stronger and stronger, including the Cancong clan and the Baiguan clan. The Qiang clan later became Wang Jian.

Dynasty, until the Ran clan of the Yufu clan was reestablished, and King Yufu was cruel, the people in Shu privately 'wangdi' Du Yu. Until Du Yu, Chengdu was never established as the capital."

"Ah? Then why did Liu Bang choose Chengdu as his capital?" Lu Matong asked puzzledly.

"Du Yu later rescued a Chu man named 'Bie Ling' who was said to have drowned but came back to life. The Dujiangyan Irrigation System built by Prefect Li Bing was built on the basis of turtle spirit's water control. 'Wang Di' Du

When Yu saw that Turtle Ling had done great work in controlling the floods, he abdicated the throne. Turtle Ling called himself 'Emperor Cong' and established the 'Kaiming Dynasty'. In the fifth generation of Kaiming, the emperor's title was abolished and the title of king was replaced, and the capital was established in Chengdu," Ziying said.

"So, Chengdu is really not an imperial capital." Chongda nodded in understanding.

Chen He didn't know how serious he was, but he felt Ziying was well-informed and secretly admired him.

"Depose the emperor to become the king? Isn't that the same as the king? Well——"

Before Lu Ma finished telling his fairy tale, Zhao Ji kicked his ankle hard.

"This king, I, will eventually become the emperor again. In the future, I will still have to rely on you for everything." Ziying took the opportunity to say.

Chen He and others all raised their hands, "I will do my best!"

"Thank you dear friends, then... let's attack the city with the whole army!"

Ziying was too lazy to surround three and put one out, so more than 20,000 soldiers attacked the north gate. The battle array was lined up under the city, and the archers drew their bowstrings.

Before Ziying could give the order, the north gate of Chengdu suddenly opened wide, and all the soldiers guarding the city came out wrapped in blankets and surrounded by Lu Shizhi, who was wearing sackcloth and mourning.

"King Qin! Don't harm the people. I am willing to die for the soldiers of Bashu!" Lu Shizhi shouted, with tears in his eyes and a sincere face.

"Stop talking nonsense! The king has never killed innocent people indiscriminately since he entered Shu!" Lu Matong shouted angrily.

"No?" Lu Shizhi cried sadly, "Zitong Guoting's 30,000 soldiers, Jinniu Dao's 20,000 Bashu soldiers, a total of more than 50,000 people, all died in the hands of Qin general Li Xin. They were all the flesh and blood of the Bashu people.

Did King Qin not remember it so quickly? Or did King Qin never regard the lives of the Bashu people as their own? King Qin has already won a great victory, so why should he hide it here?!"

"Those soldiers were not killed by the king!" Chen He stepped forward and shouted.

Lu Shizhi suddenly raised his head and became furious, "Chen He, you traitor! How dare you defend this heinous butcher! Ziying didn't kill him, could it be you?!"

"I..."

Chen He had nothing to say for a moment, and was a little afraid to admit his crime in front of the eyes of the Bashu people.

"Son of a bitch!"

Ziying secretly cursed, with Lu Shizhi's ability, he should have known that the Qin army could not kill 50,000 people, and he should also have known that the deaths of those people were caused by the internal fighting between Chen He and Guo Ting.

Lu Shizhi said this deliberately, clearly to arouse the hatred of the Bashu people towards Ziying.

Ziying plans to completely subdue Chen He and others, but he cannot speak out about the inside story of that battle, otherwise he will force Chen He and Tang Li away.

It seems that I can only suffer the loss of being dumb.

"I really underestimated him in the past." Tang Li sighed, "I didn't expect that Lu Shizhi was so good at scheming. Even if he wins today, the land of Bashu will be in chaos in the future!"

The Bashu soldiers outside Chengdu gnashed their teeth and glared at Ziying with resentment. Even the Bashu soldiers among Ziying's Qin army began to commotion.

"Why is the King of Qin silent? Could it be that he cannot refute it?" Lu Shizhi took the opportunity to say, "The King of Qin does not need to blame himself, it is just that the people of Qin are cruel by nature. I believe that everything was done by Li Xin privately, and the King of Qin was unable to stop it."

"He is still so beguiling when he is about to die, I will chop off his head!"

Chen He raised his sword and was about to rush forward, but Tang Li hurriedly grabbed Chen He's arm.

"Why are you stopping me?!" Chen He turned to Tang Li and shouted, "Kill him and you can avenge Pei Gong! Don't miss the opportunity!"

"Kill Lu Shizhi now, and the king's reputation will be settled. Commander Chen does not dare to admit it, but he does not want to implicate the king." Tang Li shook his head and reminded.

"But... alas, Lu Shizhi is eloquent and good at winning people's hearts as well as Lu Ze. Now that the matter has come to this, I will admit it!" Chen He made up his mind and said decisively.

"Oh, it's already too late. If we admit it now, the people of Bashu will think that Commander Chen deliberately took the blame!" Tang Li sighed, "Killing Lu Shizhi now will only make the people of Bashu even more angry. The king will not only bear this name, but also

Lu Shizhi needs to be let go..."

Ziying thought about it for a long time, but could not think of a way to solve it.

"At the end of the day, there are actually a few people involved. I'm afraid that chaos will break out during the food collection next year!" Ziying said with a frown.

In the moment of trouble, Lu Shizhi slowly walked towards Ziying and his party with an expressionless face.

When he came to Ziying, Lu Shizhi suddenly burst into laughter.

"I never thought that King Qin could come here. But after careful planning, how does it feel to fall short in the end?"

"Those who surrendered out of the city can only take this as their last comfort?" Ziying sneered, "If you were so capable, wouldn't it be much smarter to send troops to stop me earlier than you are now?"

"Hahaha... King Qin's view is too simple, isn't it?" Lu Shizhi smiled disdainfully, "If you want to conquer the world, you must be upright, but Liu Bang had to die. King Qin was able to attack, which just took the blame for killing Liu Bang.

My brother has led his army back from Linjiang, and will destroy the Qin army when the time comes. Isn’t such a strategy much smarter than crossing the mountains? Hahaha..."

"Your life is left here, you are so clever!" Chen He said angrily.

Lu Shizhi took out a short sword from his sleeve, handed it to Ziying in front of everyone, and stretched out his neck mockingly.

"The sword is in King Qin's hand, and my neck is right here. King Qin can kill him if he wants. But... I think King Qin doesn't have the courage." Lu Shizhi said with a smile.

Ziying lowered his head and looked at the dagger, but hesitated to take it.

"Hahaha...I guessed that the King of Qin didn't dare. One year was the year of Juju, the second year was the town, and the third year was the Chengdu. My brother's title was conferred by Mrs. Bashu. The people of Bashu naturally agree. Qin people from a hundred years ago to the present,

In the hearts of the people of Bashu, it is just a country that invades from outside. In addition, my brother and his wife treated the people of Bashu well in the past, so it is useless to the King of Qin to win Bashu. This... is also the reason why I was 'careless' and not careful in setting up defenses."

Ziying never thought about the failure of the attack on Bashu, but he never thought about the current situation...

"Zi Ying, don't hesitate! No matter whether you kill or not, you will fail. You will only get some advantages." Lu Shizhi put the dagger into Zi Ying's hand and shouted, "You are quite a benevolent king, but you want to conquer the world? Qin Guo has long ago

There will be no such chance!"

"How presumptuous! I will send you to see Pei Gong right now!"

Chen He grabbed the dagger and was about to stab Lu Shizhi, but Tang Li hugged Chen He tightly.

Zhao Ji and Lu Matong didn't know whether to kill them for a while. They didn't want to see Lu Shizhi being so rampant, but if they were killed, there would be no room for maneuver with the Bashu people.

"Zi Ying, do you think that your safe return from the Chu camp to Xianyang is unparalleled? At this moment, I will tell you that all your strategies are just jokes, and I will do it again and again!"

The Qin army and the Bashu soldiers outside Chengdu looked at the stalemate in front of the formation, waiting for Ziying's reply.

To kill or not to kill?!

"Your Majesty, it is best to enter the city first and make other decisions later." Zhao Ji quickly reminded Ziying because she was afraid that Ziying would make the wrong choice.

"Don't be anxious. When Marquis Jiancheng launches his attack, we have to meet him. The Qin people don't shy away from fighting." Ziying broke away from his thoughts and raised his head to look at Lu Shizhi with a smile, his eyes filled with pride.

Lu Shizhi smiled disdainfully and stroked his long hair at his temples, "A truly smart person will always come up with deadly strategies and will not leave any chance to the enemy. King Qin, don't bother."

Ziying shook his head and smiled, not panicking at all, "Have you ever heard of 'a last stand'?"

"What does the King of Qin mean?" Lu Shizhi thought for a long time, but did not remember such a tactic. "It is a taboo for a large army to fight near the water. I don't know who the idiot came up with this tactic."

Ziying secretly laughed. The back-water battle was Han Xin's method of defeating Zhao's army. Lu Shizhi was surprised when he heard about it. Deliberately saying things that people who claim to be smart have never heard before can break down their arrogant hearts step by step.

"Fighting against the water is indeed a bad idea, but you don't know the key to this method. On the surface, you are in a desperate situation and just want a fight, but the commander secretly sent people to take a detour to surprise the enemy's city. Wait until the enemy is careless.

When we go out to fight, the back-and-forth battle becomes a pincer attack on the enemy."

"Oh?" Lu Shizhi immediately understood Ziying's intention, looked sideways and smiled, "Now that King Qin is forced to the water by this prince, how can he make a surprise attack?"

"The surprise attack was not in Chengdu, but in Zitong and Linjiang!"

Before Ziying finished speaking, Lu Shizhi's face moved slightly, and his smile returned to his face in an instant.

Ziying cut his hands behind his back and looked to the east with squinted eyes, "I have been thinking about one thing just now. Lu Ze has a clever plan and sent elite soldiers to attack Linjiang. Why did he return to Bashu today? He must have met some people in Linjiang.

Unexpected trouble. The King of Jiujiang has already taken advantage of him and will not easily start another war with Bashu. The King of Hengshan, Wu Rui, is determined to avenge his daughter and will not do anything rashly. The prince of Linjiang Kingdom, Gongwei, is not Lu.

Ze’s opponent, then...who is the person who brings trouble to Lu Ze?”

"Don't think too much! My brother has captured Linjiang a long time ago. He just wanted to appease the people of Linjiang these days." Lu Shizhi said anxiously.

"Oh? Really?" Ziying said with a smile, "It seems that you have really never heard of the name of the Nanyang Royal Tomb. If my prediction is correct, Lieutenant General knew that the Bashu army was attacking Jiangling, so he would leave Nanyang and return.

However, due to the lack of elite soldiers and generals to help him, he had no choice but to summon the people from Wangling who had always disliked Liu Bang. This is where Lu Ze’s real difficulty lies!"

Lu Shi was stunned and looked towards Chengdu city unconsciously.

This kind of news was conveyed to him by a secret message sent by Lu Ze, so it is impossible for Ziying to know about it. Has Ziying ever heard of the name of Wang Ling?!
To be continued...