Daily Life In Qin Dynasty - Chapter 200

Chapter 200 City Gate

Early morning.

The sun has not yet risen, and the distant sky is hazy.

Under the dim night with a hint of dark blue, a faint mist permeated the plain outside Nanyang City, making it difficult for people to see the distant scene clearly.

At this time, most of the nobles were still awake, but most of the commoners had already woken up early, and rushed to Nanyang City from remote villages several or even dozens of miles away with all kinds of goods and packages on their backs.

There was a long queue outside the city gate, quietly waiting for the sun to rise and the city gate to open.

“Master Sheriff.”

Above the city gate, the soldier standing guard suddenly saw a figure coming up. After he saw the face of the person, he was startled and rushed to meet him, saying respectfully.

“Um!”

Zuo Teng nodded slightly towards the captain guarding the city, knowingly asked, “Has General Tian not come yet?”

“General Tian will not participate in patrol today.”

“Yeah!”

Zuo Teng naturally scoffed at the words of the captain of the city defense.

As the commander-in-chief of the border, Tian Lin does not need to personally participate in the patrol, but as a qualified general, he should patrol daily and lead by example.

But on the surface Zuo Teng naturally didn’t show any abnormalities. After all, Tian Lin’s previous laxity and laziness aside, at least the reason why Tian Lin was ‘late’ this time was because he did it on purpose.

Zuo Teng patrolled the city wall twice with a pretentious appearance, and the captain of the city defense followed closely behind.

As a civil servant.

It was a very strange thing for Zuo Teng to come to inspect the border wall so early in the morning. However, the soldiers defending the city on the Nanyang city wall did not show the slightest difference to Zuo Teng’s arrival.

In the final analysis.

This is because for today’s plan, Zuo Teng had already started planning more than a year ago.

More than a year ago, after Zuo Teng received a secret order from the Qin State, he went to the border city wall every morning to inspect, and then pretended to “encounter” with Tianlin.

And after that, I often sing and sing with Tian Lin every night, and go to the music and dance workshop to have fun.

On the surface, it seems that Zuo Teng is flattering Tian Lin. After all, You Sima Tianlin is one of the important figures under Ji Wuye. With Ji Wuye’s current power in Qin, even if Zuo Teng is the governor of Nanyang County, he can please him. He is also normal.

But in fact Zuo Teng’s real goal was to create a sense of presence in front of these defenders.

For today.

After wandering around the city wall for two laps, Zuo Teng first pretended to be satisfied and encouraged the small captain in front of him: “Captain Shu has worked hard, and it is thanks to Captain Shu that Nanyang City can have peace now. I will see you next time.” When I go to General Tian, ​​I will definitely mention you a few more words in front of General Tian.”

“Thank you, Lord Sheriff.”

The captain of the city defense suddenly said excitedly.

Although Zuo Teng has no rights in Nanyang now, that is only for the upper class nobles in Korea. In front of mid-level and low-level officials like Captain Shu, Zuo Teng, the sheriff, was already considered a huge figure.

After mentioning Captain Shu, Zuo Teng glanced casually at the team under the city gate and asked, “What’s going on down here?”

Captain Shu turned his head and took a look, and replied indifferently: “My lord, these are civilians from some villages near Nanyang City, as well as some traveling merchants. , but it’s not yet time to open the door, so they can only wait below.”

“I see. Since they are ordinary people, let them in first! After all, the heavy snowfall last year has made life difficult for Korean civilians, and now it is almost time to open the door, so there is no need to let them in at this time.” Watching these people starve and freeze outside the door.”

“this······”

Hearing Zuo Teng’s order, Captain Shu hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at the plain outside Nanyang City.

It was not yet dawn at this time. Although the morning fog on the plain had begun to recede, it was still too far away to see clearly. However, looking out from the city wall, within two or three miles, everything was flat.

Although Zuo Teng has no right to intervene in the border defense, he has taken into account the status of the other party’s county guard and the “promotion” just mentioned.

After a brief hesitation, Captain Shu cupped his hands and said, “Your Majesty respectfully obeys the order of the Governor.”

Say it!

Captain Shu turned around and shouted towards the city: “Come on, open the city gate!”

squeak~~~

Following Captain Tree’s order, the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Immediately after that, under the guidance of the guards at the city gate, civilians lined up to check into the city one by one…

While Captain Shu gave the order, Zuo Teng slightly raised his head and glanced at a large caravan at the end of the team below, his eyes flashed, but it was fleeting.

Not long.

The large caravan came to the city gate guards. Generally, such large caravans are the key inspection targets. Just as a city gate guard was about to come forward to talk.

Suddenly, the leader of the caravan suddenly burst into a rage, and a cold light appeared from the cloak covering his whole body, instantly cutting the throat of the city gate guard.

At the same time as the blood splattered, a loud roar sounded:

“Do it!”

Hula la~~

It was like a signal. In an instant, everyone in this large caravan lifted their cloaks at the same time, exposing the hard armor under the cloaks.

The ‘cargo’ that was originally mounted on the carriage and covered with sackcloth was now uncovered, and in the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred warriors wearing armor and holding Ligo appeared out of thin air.

at the same time.

A ‘fire sulfur stone’ soared into the sky, turned into a firework and exploded in the air.

“not good!”

“Enemy attack!”

“It’s the Qin army, close the city quickly… ah!”

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The change happened too suddenly, and there were not many guards stationed on both sides of the city gate. In addition, it was early in the morning, and many guards who had been on duty overnight were ignorant.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden accident, many people’s reactions were a bit slow, and after they reacted, hundreds of Qin army dead soldiers in armor rushed into the city gate, slaughtered all the guards, and killed all the guards. The entire city gate is occupied.

“What’s going on?” Captain Shu’s face changed and he roared angrily.

“Captain, it’s Qin Jun. The caravan just now was disguised by Qin Jun.” Someone hurriedly responded.

“Qin Jun? How could Qin Jun be at this time…”

Captain Shu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, his face suddenly changed, and he looked up into the distance.

Next second.

Only two or three miles away, on the plain where there was no human figure just now, a cavalry unit of at least a thousand people suddenly burst out of the morning fog and was galloping towards Nanyang City at extreme speed.

“No, it’s a trap. The Qin army at the city gate is a dead soldier. Close the city gate quickly, the Qin army is attacking.”

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(end of this chapter)