Chapter 271

But as soon as these words were spoken, Meng Wu was scared silly and quickly stopped him: "No!"

"During the battle at Xianyanggong that day, tens of thousands of guards shooting arrows at him couldn't kill him!"

"Now, although we have many people, we still cannot kill him!"

"Then what should we do?"

"Keep the city gates closed and not let him in?"

Fu Su continued to ask!

Meng Wu had a headache!

He was still thinking, but at this moment, a soldier suddenly reported: "General Wang Ben is ordering the city gates to be opened!"

"What?"

At these words, Meng Wu was stunned and roared: "Stop him!"

"Do not open the gates!"

"Right! Do not open the gates!"

"Li Li Yuanba is terrifying beyond measure. Back then, under the walls of Taiyuan, he fought the Xiongnu's three hundred thousand troops alone, creating a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The bloodstains are still outside Taiyuan City. We must not let him in!"

"Once he is in, he will surely slaughter everyone!"

Fu Su shouted, and he followed Meng Wu outside immediately.

Meng Tian's brows were tightly knit; he admitted that what Meng Wu and Fu Su said was correct!

But... had they ever thought about whether the city gates could stop Li Li Yuanba?

It was Li Li Yuanba!

It was rumored that when he rebelled with Ying Su to attack Xianyanggong, he smashed the gates of Xianyanggong with just three hammer blows!

The gates of Yan Sect Pass were very sturdy, but... could they be sturdier than the gates of Xianyanggong?

If it only took him three hammer blows to smash the gates of Xianyanggong, how many would it take to smash the gates of Yan Sect Pass?

Meng Tian had a splitting headache, but... just opening the gates to let Li Li Yuanba in didn't seem right either!

What if he was carrying Ying Su's kill order and wanted to drag the three of them before Ying Su?

He hesitated, and in the end, could only follow them.

No matter what, he had to stop Wang Ben from opening the gates first!

Soon, they arrived at the city gate!

Wang Ben was ordering soldiers to remove the door bolts, pull away the door pillars, and was even ordering soldiers to prepare oxen and horses to pull the gates open!

But at this moment, Meng Wu suddenly shouted: "Wait!"

"Hmm?"

Wang Ben looked toward Meng Wu!

Meng Wu said: "The city gates cannot be opened!"

Cold light flashed in Wang Ben's eyes:

"Why can they not be opened?"

Meng Wu said: "It is not yet known whether this person is a friend or an enemy; how can we open the gates? If it is an enemy army attacking, can you, Wang Ben, take responsibility?"

Wang Ben was furious: "This is Li Li Yuanba, the person closest to His Majesty the Emperor. How could it be an enemy army?"

Meng Wu said: "His Majesty the Emperor? Which Emperor? In this world, I, Meng Wu, only recognize the First Emperor of our Great Qin, Ying Zheng. Anyone else who calls themselves Emperor is a rebel!"

"Could it be that you, Wang Ben, are also a rebel?"

Wang Ben clenched his fists: "The Second Emperor of Great Qin, Ying Su, is the Emperor who abdicated by the First Emperor's own decree. Do you... not recognize him?"

"If you do not recognize him, do you not even recognize the First Emperor's decree?"

"Who is the one rebelling here?"

Meng Wu's brows were tightly knit, and at this moment, his fists were clenched tight!

Wang Ben ignored him and just roared: "Open the gates and let General Li Li Yuanba in!"

Meng Wu drew his sword: "Who dares!"

At his shout, a large group of soldiers immediately ran toward Wang Ben, surrounding him!

Wang Ben was furious and also drew his sword: "Open the gates immediately! Those who disobey my order will be killed!"

Meng Wu roared: "Wang Ben, don't forget who the commander-in-chief of these five hundred and fifty thousand troops is!"

Wang Ben roared: "It is true that you, Meng Wu, are the commander-in-chief, but... as the deputy commander, I also have the First Emperor's tiger tally and military authority. Today, I, Wang Ben, want to open the gates; who can stop me?"

He shouted and was about to go open the gates!

"Bold Wang Ben, have you rebelled?"

"I order you not to open the gates. Try opening them today and see what happens!"

Suddenly, Fu Su arrived!

He roared at Wang Ben!

Wang Ben gripped his sword tightly, his anger soaring. He was very angry, but at this moment, he still bowed to Fu Su: "Wang Ben pays respects to the Eldest Young Master!"

Fu Su roared: "I have ordered that the gates must not be opened. Whoever dares to open them will be executed without mercy!"

He shouted.

Wang Ben took a deep breath and bowed to Fu Su: "Li Li Yuanba is the person closest to His Majesty the Emperor and is an absolute hero in the battle against the Xiongnu. If even he cannot enter Yan Sect Pass, who can?"

"No matter how great the Young Master is, he cannot defeat the Emperor!"

"Who can block the Emperor's decree?"

"Young Master! Wang Ben, I offend you!"

He shouted, slammed his sword into the ground, and headed toward the gates himself!

This scene scared Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and the others!

Meng Wu roared: "Wang Ben! Stop!"

He shouted, and in his desperation, he drew his sword and lunged at Wang Ben!

In a panic, Meng Tian rushed to stop him: "Father, no! You cannot! He is Wang Ben! He is the Marquis of Tongwu personally enfeoffed by the First Emperor!"

"Killing him is equivalent to rebellion!"

"It is rebellion in the true sense!"

Meng Tian trembled.

At these words, Meng Wu couldn't help but swallow, and even Fu Su couldn't help but swallow!

The Marquis of Tongwu!

That was the Marquis of Tongwu!

After Great Qin unified the six states, how many marquises did the Emperor enfeoff in total?

Two!

Who were they?

One was Wang Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng!

One was Wang Ben, Marquis of Tongwu!

That's right!

During the First Emperor's period, the only two marquises were both from the Wang family!

And these two marquises, even looking at the entire history of Qin, were extremely significant!

After all, from the time of Duke Xiao to the present, Qin had only seven marquises in total!

And these seven marquises were all incredibly powerful figures!

The first, Shang Yang, the Lord of Shang!

The second, Wei Ran, Marquis of Rang, younger brother of Mi Yue!

The third, Fan Ju, Marquis of Ying, the Qin Chancellor who proposed the strategy of befriending distant states and attacking neighbors!

The fourth, Lu Buwei, Marquis of Wenxin; his power needs no explanation!

The fifth, Lao Ai, Marquis of Changxin; his power also needs no explanation!

And among the seven marquises, the father and son Wang Wang Jian and Wang Ben occupied two!

When Qin destroyed the six states, the father and son Wang Wang Jian and Wang Ben destroyed five of them!

Looking at the entire Great Qin, no one had greater merit than the Wang family!

Wang Ben was truly a man of unparalleled merit!

At this moment, even Meng Wu and Fu Su couldn't help but feel a bit fearful!