Ziying and his party had just passed through the Chu army's Bashang garrison.

"Stop!" Ziying said urgently, "Immediately untie the carriage. I and Mr. Lu Jia will ride back to Xianyang quickly with four Qin disciples."

Ziying specifically didn't say to bring Meng disciple with him. This guy is as unreliable as Zhao Kuo who talks on paper.

"Is the king afraid that Duke Pei will take the opportunity to attack Xianyang?" asked Lu Jia beside him.

"Does Mr. Lu think he doesn't know how?" Ziying wondered. Back then, Liu Bang dared to sneak attack Xiang Yu's Pengcheng while Xiang Yu was fighting over Tian Rong.

Lu Jia thought, "Mr. Zifang reminded Pei Gong not to enter Xianyang first. Pei Gong fell ill due to illness. Only Xiao He can make suggestions in the camp. Xiao He listens to Mr. Zhang Liang the most. I guess not."

Ziying shook his head. Although Xiao He listened to Zhang Liang, he was by no means a person without independent opinions. Liu Bang's food and grass were all managed by Xiao He from the rear. With Xiao He around, Liu Bang never had to worry about food and grass. Besides, Xiao He was still the future leader.

Prime Minister.

"If it was Xianyang in the past, Xiao He would not take action. Today's Xianyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xiao He will definitely take action in order for Liu Bang to become king." Ziying analyzed while untying the horse, "Even if Xiang Yu wants to attack, Chu Huai

As long as the king is still there, they will still be safe."

Lu Jia secretly marveled that Ziying knew Xiao He so well.

"I made a mistake." Lu Jia got off the carriage and saluted.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you don't almost kill me like Meng Tu did." Ziying said with a smile.

Zhang Liang's strategy has been completed after he obtained the Huangshi Book of Heaven. Lu Jia is now just a lobbyist and still needs the training of the Chu-Han conflict before he can decide on national policy.

Mengtu panicked and said, "Well... if Xiao He sends troops, I'm afraid Xianyang has already fallen. Your Majesty, it's better not to go back."

"If Zhao Cheng is as stupid as you, Xianyang will really be lost!" Ziying rolled his eyes at Meng Tu.

There are 20,000 Xianyang Zhongwei lieutenants and 50,000 Zhongwei troops. As long as Zhao Cheng and the Zhongwei commanders are not like the Meng disciples, Xianyang cannot be lost.

Mengtu breathed a sigh of relief, "Then what else is the king worried about?"

Ziying had nothing to say, "You brought out all the people in the city, and Liu Bang's people took the opportunity to sneak in and follow them into the city. Will I have to pick them out one by one in the future?"

"Let's go!" Ziying stepped on Meng's fierce horse, "We must get to Xianyang City before the people enter the city."

The Meng family's fierce horse seemed to recognize its owner and lost its wildness that night. It carried Ziying all the way. The cold wind howling in the October night made Ziying feel chilled all over.

After nearly an hour's journey, Ziying arrived at Xianyang in half an hour, leaving Mengtu and his party far behind.

Under Xianyang City, more than ten thousand central guards in armor were neatly lined up. In front of the central guards, men with disheveled hair were drinking drunkenly.

"I almost thought the king would never come back." The man said with a silly smile.

"Are you the commander of the central defense?" Ziying frowned and looked at the decadent man in his fifties, "The enemy is still drinking, and I will punish you tomorrow!"

"Then let's talk tomorrow. Your Majesty, please come back to the city." The man didn't care at all, "Let me resolve your concerns first."

"Do you know what I'm worried about?" Ziying questioned. The commander of the central defense was nothing more than a military ruffian. Ziying didn't believe how capable he was.

The man smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. If Liu Bang's people dare to sneak in, I will kill them all on sight."

Ziying was a little surprised that this drunkard could have such a careful mind. With the Meng disciple's case in front of him, Ziying was still uneasy.

"Then I want to see how you pick him out." Ziying led the horse to the drunkard's side.

The drunk man took a sip of wine, his eyes blurred as if he was recalling the past, "I will never let the king down again."

Half an hour later, more than a million residents and 20,000 guardsmen marched to the foot of Xianyang City in overwhelming numbers.

Lu Jia and Meng Tu stood respectfully behind Ziying.

The drunk man stood up and smashed the wine pot, a flash of light flashed in his drunken eyes, "The guards will enter the city first, and the people of Xianyang are waiting for inspection."

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the crowd.

"Your Majesty, what is this going to do?"

"That's right. We went to help the king. Do we still need to check when we come back?"

“It’s so chilling!”

The people who were originally united began to murmur in groups of twos and threes, already having prejudices against Ziying.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Ziying hurriedly said loudly, "The commander of the central defense is afraid that people from Liu Ying will sneak in. For the sake of Xianyang's safety, you should cooperate."

"After walking all night, the common people are tired and want to go home and sleep immediately. The same goes for the villagers!" a big man in coarse clothes encouraged.

The central defender's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his body was like lightning and he came to the big man's side in an instant. He raised the knife and dropped it, and a bloody human head rolled to the ground.

"It's murder, the guard commander is killing innocent people indiscriminately!"

"We might as well do the opposite!"

Ziying's face turned pale, and the situation was out of control.

"Shut up, everyone!" The commander of the central defense raised his bloody sword and kicked the head into the crowd. "If any of you recognize that this person is from Xianyang City, I, the commander, will kill himself on the spot!"

Among the crowd, several men looked at each other and nodded secretly.

"I recognize this man. He is the eldest son of the Zhao family."

"I recognize it too! His mother is still ill in bed, so you are killing innocent people indiscriminately!"

The guard commander sneered, "Then where does this person live? Who is the chief of the village, and who is the chief of the pavilion?"

"This..." Several big men were speechless.

"How come you don't know about it again? Because he is not from Xianyang City at all!"

The commander of the central defense flashed his sword, and several more heads appeared on the ground. He raised his head and shouted to the people, "I will ask again, does anyone recognize these people? The heads will be hung on the top of the city for you to check."

, If you kill innocent people indiscriminately, I, the commander, will pay for your own life with your own life!"

The crowd fell silent, and no one raised any objections. The cold wind blew on the face of the guard commander, and the heroic spirit of the past was faintly revealed on the decadent face.

"Now enter the city in order!"

The commander of the central defense gave an order, and the people lined up and moved forward.

The sword flashed by, and people in Liu Ying were stabbed to death from time to time.

"Are you sure you can miss nothing?!" Ziying asked.

"The other central guards will stay inside. Anyone who enters the city but wanders around without returning home will be killed without mercy!" the commander of the central defense said with a smile.

Ziying frowned slightly. This method might hurt innocent people, but it was also the simplest method.

"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"

When a group of big men heard this strategy, they turned around and ran out.

However, he was stopped by the crowd at the rear, and the central guards came forward to surround him. Their halberds were prodding, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Who are you?" Ziying couldn't help but asked. Such decisive behavior should be attributed to the generals left over from the First Emperor's time. It's just that a central defender commander was too talented.

"I should have attacked the capital of Ying, but now I have been attacked by Chu Ni and attacked Xianyang. I don't want to mention the name of the sinner." The commander of the central defense sighed.
Chapter completed!