50 vs 3000, the Advantage is Mine. What’s Wrong with a Taxi Driver Having Some Money?
Facing Lao Ai’s arrogant, close-range taunt, Ying Zheng was naturally furious.
However, he remembered Yang Chen’s advice. As a man destined to unify the six kingdoms, he needed to remain calm and composed, no matter what. Panic and anger would cloud his judgment. Only with a clear head could he make the best decisions.
Ying Zheng said coldly, “So you all must die. You must die, those two bastards must die, and Lu Buwei…”
Lu Buwei’s contributions to Ying Yiren and Ying Zheng had been immense. Ying Zheng didn’t want to kill him just yet. History mirrored this; Ying Zheng exiled Lu Buwei to Ba and Shu instead. Lu Buwei, realizing he could no longer repair his relationship with Ying Zheng, committed suicide by taking poison.
*Anyway*, Lu Buwei was going to die one way or another, so there was no need to deliberately show mercy.
Yang Chen pressed Ying Zheng, “Lu Buwei is the mastermind. Today’s events are all thanks to him. Zheng-ge [older brother], you must not be soft-hearted. A person who wants to achieve great things must be decisive in killing and avoid womanly sentimentality.”
Ying Zheng nodded. “The teacher is right. Today’s situation is all thanks to Lu Buwei, and he should bear the punishment.”
Lao Ai laughed loudly. “Has the King not figured out the situation yet? You are surrounded! I brought three thousand men, and you only have a few dozen. Do you think you have any chance of survival today?”
“50 against 3000, the advantage is mine,” Ying Zheng declared.
Yang Chen chuckled. “Zheng-ge, well said! We need that kind of awesome confidence.”
Lao Ai stared at Yang Chen for a few seconds. “Who are you? I’ve never seen you before. I’m talking to the King; how dare a guard like you interrupt? You deserve to die!”
“Bold! He is my teacher. How dare you, a rebel, speak to him like that? Apologize to the teacher immediately, and I *may* grant you a complete corpse. Otherwise, I will have you torn apart by five horses!” Ying Zheng said angrily.
Lao Ai was a little confused. When did Ying Zheng get such a young teacher?
But none of that mattered. Everyone present today had to die, including this teacher.
“What a joke! Today, all of you will die here, and you think you can tear *me* apart by five horses? You should kneel down and beg me now, and I might leave you a complete corpse. Otherwise, I’ll have them chop you into mincemeat, so that you can’t even be pieced back together!” Lao Ai said arrogantly.
Yang Chen asked, “Marquis Changxin [Lao Ai’s title], this is Mount Li. There are garrisons at the foot of Mount Li. Are you sure you want to make a move here?”
Lao Ai laughed. “So what? Since you are all doomed to die today, I will let you die knowing why. Ying Yu, the commander of the Mount Li garrison, is my man. I promised him that as long as my child becomes the King of Qin, he will be the Great General of the Nation, commanding the armies of the entire country. Your Majesty, do you believe that even if you send an edict to mobilize troops now, Ying Yu will ignore you?”
Yang Chen nodded. “I see. Do you have any other accomplices? Without accomplices in the court, it won’t be easy for your child to become the King.”
Lao Ai said with a smile, “As long as I can mobilize the Mount Li garrison, whoever dares to oppose me, I will exterminate their entire clan. The army is the foundation for safeguarding political power; everything else is just fluff.”
It must be said that Lao Ai’s understanding is indeed very high, at least much stronger than Fusu’s. If Fusu were to become the Emperor, he probably wouldn’t achieve much either, as his ideological awareness would definitely limit his governing philosophy and methods.
Yang Chen nodded. “Alright. Zheng-ge, do you have anything else you want to ask?”
Ying Zheng shook his head. “No! I just want to kill them all now!”
Yang Chen nodded and said loudly, “Come on, soldiers, let me and Zheng-ge see the results of your training these past few days. Take out your weapons and kill them! Oh, right, keep Lao Ai alive. This kind of rebel must be torn apart by five horses to deter others.”
The guards immediately took out submachine guns loaded with bullets from their backpacks, pulled back the safeties, and aimed at the rebels.
Lao Ai and his men had never seen guns before and didn’t know how powerful they were.
“Haha… you are doomed, still making useless struggles. Listen to my orders, men, hack them to death! Whoever kills Ying Zheng will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and enfeoffed as a marquis with ten thousand households!” Lao Ai shouted.
Lao Ai’s retainers immediately rushed forward, and the guards immediately opened fire.
“Da da da da…”
Lao Ai’s retainers had only rushed forward two steps before they were shot down. The people behind them hadn’t even reacted before they were hit by bullets.
These submachine guns can hold 100 bullets. Thirty guns mean 3,000 bullets. After one round of firing, even if not all of Lao Ai’s 3,000 retainers were killed, at least a thousand *would* be. The key is that its deterrent power is too strong. The people behind saw that the people in front hadn’t even rushed out before they were shot down, scaring them so much that they didn’t dare to charge.
The guards replaced the pre-loaded magazines and started the second wave of fire on Lao Ai’s retainers.
Seeing that more than half of the three thousand retainers were killed or wounded, Lao Ai knew that the situation was over, so he quickly turned around and tried to escape.
But Yang Chen had been watching Lao Ai. As soon as he turned to run, the pistol in Yang Chen’s hand fired.
“Ouch! Ah! Ah! Ah…”
Lao Ai fell to the ground in pain, clutching his right leg and screaming.
Seeing that Lao Ai had fallen, the remaining retainers quickly dropped their weapons and surrendered.
Ying Zheng was amazed by the combat power of the submachine guns. If the Qin army could be equipped with such weapons, an army of a few hundred men would be enough to destroy a country.
Lao Ai asked in pain, “What… what kind of hidden weapons are you using?”
“You are destined to die, so you don’t need to know so much. You just need to know one thing: you are destined to fail,” Yang Chen said with a smile.
Lao Ai looked at the sky unconvincingly. “Heavens, why do you treat me like this?”
At this time, the Mount Li garrison heard the commotion on the mountain.
“What’s that sound?”
“I don’t know. I’ve never heard such a sound before.”
“I heard that the King is hunting on the mountain. I don’t know if it’s true or not. If it’s true, then it might be the sound made by the King’s guards.”
“Ah? Could it be that the King was assassinated?”
“How is that possible? This is Mount Li. Who would be so bold as to assassinate the King here?”
…
In the main commander’s camp, Ying Yu felt very uneasy. This strange sound was definitely not made by Lao Ai’s men, so it could only be the sound made by the King’s guards. Although he didn’t know what it was, it sounded very powerful.
Ying Yu thought, “If Lao Ai fails, he will definitely expose me, and then I will also die. I can’t wait any longer. I have to take people to see what’s going on. If the King is not dead, I have to kill him!”
Ying Yu immediately took out his military seal, ran out of the camp, urgently gathered an army of 10,000 trusted soldiers, and immediately ran towards the mountain.
On Mount Li.
Yang Chen said to Ying Zheng, “Zheng-ge, let’s leave from behind the mountain quickly. If Ying Yu brings his troops up, we won’t be able to leave. Although the submachine guns are powerful, we have run out of bullets.”
Ying Zheng said, “I am the King of Qin. How dare the Mount Li garrison rebel?”
“That’s hard to say! If Ying Yu sees that Lao Ai has failed, he will definitely worry that Lao Ai will expose him. For his own safety, he will definitely kill you and Lao Ai, so that no one will know that he is also a rebel. We can’t risk staying. We must leave here immediately. After returning, you can have Wang Jian take your military seal to the Mount Li camp to control the situation. If Ying Yu dares to resist, Wang Jian can kill him rightfully,” Yang Chen suggested.
Ying Zheng nodded, feeling that what Yang Chen said made sense.
“Alright! I’ll listen to the teacher. Issue my order: leave from behind the mountain immediately! Bring Lao Ai along too. I still want to tear him apart by five horses to deter others,” Ying Zheng said.