[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea":3,"chapter-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea-great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-320":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: I Launched a Coup, Father Emperor, Please Abdicate!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2142198,3529,"Chapter 320","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-320",320,"\u003Cp>The giant net that blades and swords could not cut, he tore open just like that with his bare hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ropes around his feet were also forcibly snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having shaken off his restraints, Li Li Yuanba picked up his great hammers once more and lunged at the enemies rushing toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the great hammers danced, flesh and blood flew everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick, pungent scent of blood rapidly spread across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the cannons on the city walls began to roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the cannons fired at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless cannonballs poured down onto the earth again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, these cannonballs all avoided the direction where Li Li Yuanba was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the cannonballs once again blasted Meng Tian’s army into disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is Heaven's will; we are finished!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone beside Meng Tian let out a mournful cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really impossible?\" Meng Tian stared blankly ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His army had absolutely no ability to fight back under the attack of the cannons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention there was also that god of slaughter, Li Li Yuanba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let us retreat!\" someone shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat? Retreat to where? To go home and wait for Ying Su to send people to kill us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Pao shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what else can we do if we don't retreat?\" someone asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Pao’s eyes were red, and he did not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, what else could they do if they didn't retreat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what could they do if they did retreat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, it was death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought emerged in Wei Pao’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all else failed, he would just submit to Ying Su!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new Emperor could collect as much tax as he wanted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this thought only flashed by and was immediately rejected by Wei Pao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was unwilling, so unwilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To pay ninety percent in taxes and keep only ten percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be equivalent to just barely keeping the family alive, and they could forget about doing anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was this any different from a peasant without land?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those lowly commoners worked for him, giving him the majority of the harvest, while they kept only a small amount of grain to fill their stomachs, just maintaining a state of not starving to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he, Wei Pao, compromised with the new Emperor, wouldn't he be the same as those lowly commoners?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving the majority of his harvest to the new Emperor, with only a small amount of grain left for his family to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the mere thought of such an ending, Wei Pao felt it would be better to just die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No retreat, absolutely no retreat! If he wants to kill me, then let him kill me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Pao had lost his reason by now; he grabbed his sword and charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people beside him couldn't stop him even if they wanted to!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another one has gone mad,\" someone sighed in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Meng, please make a decision quickly!\" someone urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had lost their footing; they desperately needed someone to stand up and lead them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was a fight to the death or a retreat, either was fine, but they needed someone to take the lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, they wanted Meng Tian to take the lead, not knowing that Meng Tian was just as flustered as they were at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers brought by the nobles were the same as them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nine-hundred-thousand-strong army had lost its backbone at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the cannons finally stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the city gates were seen swinging wide open, and a troop of cavalry charged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, bursts of drumbeats sounded from above the city walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This troop of cavalry charged into the enemy formation with an unstoppable momentum, immediately causing chaos in Meng Tian’s army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this time, Li Li Yuanba was getting closer and closer to Meng Tian and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat!\" Meng Tian bit the bullet and issued the order to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, not retreating meant death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether they would die after retreating, that was a matter for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the drumbeats signaling a retreat rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the drums, the soldiers immediately felt a sense of relief and turned to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a great army retreats, it is impossible to stop them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such a time, even if Meng Tian issued an order to counterattack or stop the retreat, it would be useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the formation was broken, every soldier had only one thought in their mind: escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>171. Finally Retreating\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prime Minister, I shall go in pursuit!\" Li Xin requested instructions from Zhuge Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need.\" Zhuge Liang shook his head: \"Pass on my order for the cavalry and General Li to return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Li Xin was stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn't they take advantage of the victory to pursue at a time like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had cavalry, and their morale was high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as they caught up to the enemy soldiers, killing them would be as simple as chopping melons and vegetables!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are all subjects of Great Qin, they are the army of Great Qin; spare them if you can.\" Zhuge Liang said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xin did not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others did not understand either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for Ying Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Ying Zheng understood the meaning behind what Zhuge Liang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were nearly a million troops following the nobles in rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all these million troops were killed, Ying Su would only gain the submission of the nobles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he didn't kill them, Ying Su might gain this million-strong army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that it was the nobles who opposed Ying Su, but how many people in this million-strong army were actually nobles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the remaining common soldiers, as long as they were paid, whose orders were they not going to follow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, by only eliminating these nobles who opposed Ying Su, one could gain nearly a million troops!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the difficulty of doing this was great, and the risk was also great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one thing went wrong, Ying Su would be pulled off his horse by this million-strong army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhuge Liang did this, so he must have received authorization from Ying Su.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this idea even came from Ying Su himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the thought of Ying Su having such courage, Ying Zheng felt both a sense of loss and a sense of gratification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loss was that his own chance of returning to the imperial throne was very slim now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gratification was that no matter how strong Ying Su was, wasn't he still his own son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, if he had discovered Ying Su was so capable earlier, establishing him as the Crown Prince back then would have been a matter of course!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prime Minister, if we do not pursue now, we will inevitably be letting the tiger return to the mountain; when the time comes, if the Emperor blames us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xin reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he still did not understand Zhuge Liang’s approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am executing the Emperor’s order.\" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1186,"2026-06-16T15:53:56.883Z","2026-06-16T16:02:53.586Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ec996de31da17d8866d5b2e276387039d593e7699e454f36ceb2130748d2166d","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-321","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-319",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-cover.jpg"]