Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

early morning.

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

Under the dim night with a hint of deep blue, a light mist filled the plain outside Nanyang City, making it difficult to see the distant scenery.

At this time, most of the nobles were not awake yet, but most of the civilians had already gotten up early and came to Nanyang City from remote villages several or even dozens of miles away, carrying various goods and packages on their backs.

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

"Lord Sheriff."

Above the city gate, the soldier standing guard suddenly saw a figure walking up. When he saw the face of the person clearly, he was startled and hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

"Um!"

Zuo Teng nodded lightly towards the captain guarding the city, and asked knowingly: "Isn't General Tian here yet?"

"General Tian will not participate in patrol today."

"Yeah!"

Zuo Teng naturally sneered at the words of the city guard captain.

As the border commander, Tian Lin does not need to personally participate in patrols, but as a qualified general, he should patrol every day and set an example.

But on the surface, Zuo Teng naturally didn't show anything strange. 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 deliberately.

Zuo Teng pretended to patrol the city wall twice, and the city guard captain followed closely behind.

As a civil servant.

It was a very strange thing for Zuo Teng to come to patrol the border city wall so early in the morning. However, the soldiers guarding the Nanyang City Wall did not show the slightest reaction to Zuo Teng's arrival.

Bottom line.

This is because for today's plan, Zuo Teng had already started the layout more than a year ago.

More than a year ago, after Zuo Teng received a secret order from the Qin State, he got up early every day to patrol the border city wall, and then pretended to have a 'chance encounter' with Tian Lin.

And after that, he often played songs with Tian Lin every night and went to the music and dance studio to have fun.

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

But in fact, Zuo Teng's real goal was to gain a sense of presence in front of these soldiers defending the city.

Just for today.

After wandering around the city wall for two times, Zuo Teng first encouraged the team leader in front of him with a pretense of satisfaction: "Captain Shu, thank you for your hard work. The peace that Nanyang City has now is largely due to Captain Shu. I'll see you next time." When I get to General Tian, ​​I will definitely mention you a few more words in front of General Tian."

"Thank you so much, Lord Sheriff."

The captain of the city guard suddenly said excitedly.

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

After he finished reminding Captain Shu, Zuo Teng glanced at the team under the city gate seemingly casually and asked, "What's going on down here?"

Captain Shu turned his head and glanced at it, and replied nonchalantly: "To tell you what to say, sir, these are civilians from some villages near Nanyang City, as well as some traveling merchants. They plan to enter Nanyang to do business or buy and sell some daily necessities that are not available in small villages. , but it’s not time to open the door yet, so they can only wait below.”

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

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After hearing Zuo Teng's order, Captain Shu hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the plain outside Nanyang City.

It was still dark at this time, and although the morning fog on the plain had begun to recede, it was still difficult to see clearly from too far away. However, looking out from the city wall, within two or three miles, everything was flat.

Although Zuo Teng had no right to intervene in the border defense, he took into account the other party's status as a county guard and the 'pointing out' mentioned just now.

After only a brief hesitation, Captain Shu raised his hand and said, "I would like to obey the order of the county governor."

Say it!

Captain Shu turned around and shouted towards the city: "Come here, open the city gate!"

squeak~~~

Following Captain Shu's order, the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Then, under the guidance of the city gate guards, civilians began to line up one after another to check into the city...

At the same time as Captain Shu gave the order, Zuo Teng raised his head slightly and glanced at a large caravan at the rear of the team below. A flash of light flashed in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

It didn't take long.

The large caravan came to the city gate guard. Generally, such large caravans were the focus of inspection. Just as a city gate guard was about to step forward to talk.

Suddenly, the leader of the caravan suddenly rose up, and a cold light appeared under the cloak that covered his whole body, instantly cutting off the throat of the city gate guard.

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

"Do it!"

Hula la~~

Like a signal, in an instant, all the people in this large caravan lifted up their cloaks at the same time, exposing the hard armor under the cloaks.

The 'cargo' that was originally placed on the carriage and covered with linen was now lifted off. 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 and brimstone' rose into the sky and turned into a firework exploding in the air.

"not good!"

"Enemy attack!"

"It's the Qin army, quickly close the city...ah!"

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The change occurred 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 of the guards who had been on duty all night were in a state of confusion.

Therefore, in the face of the sudden accident, many people's reaction was half a beat too slow. By the time they reacted, hundreds of Qin soldiers in armor had already rushed into the city gate, slaughtered all the guards, and fought to the death. The entire city gate was occupied.

"What's going on?" Captain Shu's expression changed and he roared angrily.

"Captain, it's the Qin Army. The caravan just now was disguised by the Qin Army." Someone responded hurriedly.

"Qin Army? How could Qin Army be at this time..."

Captain Shu was startled suddenly, and then he seemed to think of something. His face suddenly changed, and he raised his head and looked into the distance.

The next second.

Two or three miles away, on the plain where there had been no human figures just now, a cavalry force of at least a thousand people suddenly emerged from the morning mist and was speeding towards Nanyang City.

"No, it's a trap. The Qin army at the gate is a dead soldier. Close the gate quickly, the Qin army is attacking."

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