Chen Xiaomu and Lu Jun discussed moving Emperor Zheng Su Chengxuan, Prince Su Muyun and others out of Tianquan County. However, Su Chengxuan and his son felt that Tianquan County, surrounded by walls, was safer than the unobstructed wilderness outside the city. They refused to go out of the city with Chen Xiaomu and the others, and asked Su Xingran and Su Xingyu to stay in the city. They said that if the family wanted to die, they should die together, and if they wanted to live, they should live together. In the end, there was a stalemate. Just in case, Chen Xiaomu had to stay longer. With 10,000 people in the county seat, he only took away Li Gui's reconnaissance company from Su Xingran's princess escort team. The rest, including Lu Yi and Wang Wu, were left behind by Su Xingran.
According to Li Gui's reconnaissance company report, the three groups of Chu troops met in Xinhe County, more than a hundred miles away from Tianquan County. After a short rest, they surrounded Tianquan County in a hurry march. At night, Chen Xiaomu led Fifteen thousand people led by Zheng Jun's deputy general Zhang Jian, each carrying enough fried noodles for five days to cook without using a buried stove, quietly left the west gate of Tianquan County and crossed the ice of the Daling River towards Tianmen Mountain.
Li Gui's reconnaissance company wrapped the ten explosive packets prepared to blow up the Daling River ice wall with oilcloth, and dug four more similar ice holes next to the ice cave that Chen Xiaomu ordered to drill when he crossed the Daling River last time. Put two bags of explosives totaling 200 kilograms into each ice hole, and then cover it with some ice cubes to make the appearance blend with the ice wall behind.
Tianmen Mountain is not high, but Fangyuan is very large. In the words of later generations, it is a hilly area. The highest main peak, Tiannv Peak, is less than 500 meters above sea level. Chen Xiaomu hid the 15,000-strong Zheng Army in a distance from Tianmen Mountain. There are three mountain valleys more than ten miles away from Tianmen. He led Li Gui and others to ambush near Tianmen in Tianmen Mountain to observe the Chu troops and horses crossing the border.
At noon the next day, twenty or thirty fast horses appeared near Tianmen Mountain. The riders were all in black clothes and black trousers. It was hard to tell who they were. When these people came near Tianmen, they began to abandon their horses and climb the mountain. They were afraid of being caught. These people discovered that Chen Xiaomu took Li Gui and others to hide in a small hidden cave that they had predicted in advance!
These men in black walked around the mountain and found nothing unusual, so they went down the mountain and rode on their fast horses. They left the Tianmen Mountain and headed straight for Linghe Town on the Daling River.
About an hour later, sporadic sound of horse hooves was first heard from the direction of Tianmen Mountain. After the sound of horse hooves faded away, there was another storm-like sound of horse hooves, which made the whole Tianmen Mountain seem to be shaking. Afraid of being discovered by the Chu army on horseback, Chen Xiaomu and others hid in the cave until it was completely dark outside the cave at Youshi. The sound of horse hooves hadn't stopped yet, causing Chen Xiaomu's eardrums to hurt!
Under the cover of night, Chen Xiaomu and others climbed up to the Tianmen area of Tianmen Mountain again and looked down the mountain. The road at the foot of Tianmen Mountain was as bright as day, and the endless torches in front and behind looked like a long winding dragon, with infantrymen holding knives and guns on both sides. , in the middle is the cavalry, which looks spectacular from a distance.
The next morning, before the Chu army's troops had passed through Tianmen Mountain, the scouts left by Li Gui outside Tianquan County quietly ran back to report that the Chu army's vanguard had arrived in Tianquan County last night. They didn't even have dinner, and immediately launched an attack on Tianquan County. The first wave of attacks was carried out by explosives fired from the city using trebuchets. Everyone including the Chu State's Black Armored Army was blown to pieces. Across the country, a second wave of attacks could begin this morning.
Su Chengxuan, who stayed in Tianquan County, began to regret when he saw the Chu army's Heijia army at the city gate last night. He did not follow Chen Xiaomu and others out of the city last night. Now even the Chu army had destroyed the Heijia army from E. The army was dispatched, and it seemed that Emperor Xiong Ze of Chu had made a desperate move on Tianquan County.
Lu Jun was open-minded. His son was killed in the battle, and his sister, Empress Lu, and his wife and daughter were all in Xinjing, where he fell into enemy hands. It was probably more likely that he would be in trouble. In fact, his plan to defeat Chen Xiaomu was also out of necessity. Finally, facing the Chu army, which was several times stronger than his own, how could he come back to life? He had no choice but to risk his life! "
At night, he heard that the vanguard of the Chu army had arrived at Tianquan City, and hurriedly stepped up to the top of the city to observe. He saw that some of the Chu troops who had arrived outside the city had already put into attack posture, and then Su Chengxuan's family of four also came. I rushed to the city to inspect the situation and were surprised to see the armored troops dispatched by the Chu army!
Su Xingran asked a trebuchet placed at the top of the city to throw a stone weighing about five kilograms to the Chu army outside the city who was preparing to attack the city. He first settled on the position. As the trebuchet made a clicking sound, the stone roared. The Chu army flying towards the outside of the city happened to land next to a group of Chu soldiers who were carrying ladders and preparing to climb the city a few hundred meters away. There was a slap, which shocked the group of Chu soldiers. When they saw clearly, it was a piece weighing several kilograms. When he picked up the small stone, he couldn't help laughing. Before the laughter fell, the second stone flew over again with the sound of wind. This time, with experience, the group of Chu soldiers stepped aside together, and the second stone hit them just in time. Not far from the first stone, there was only a loud "boom" and a flash of light. In an instant, the surrounding area of several hundred meters was as bright as day. Almost none of the dozen or so Chu soldiers surrounding the explosive pack survived!
Su Chengxuan, Lu Jun and others had doubtful expressions on their faces before the explosive pack was launched, but now they instantly turned into expressions of disbelief. Su Xingyu held Su Xingran's hand and kept asking, "Sister, is it true?" What magic did my brother-in-law teach you? Isn’t it possible that my brother-in-law is an immortal from the sacred mountain?"
Su Xingran rolled her eyes at her, "Do you understand this is called dynamite? There are gods on the sacred mountain! My husband said there are no gods in this world, and those are all lies!"
"Confused, of course there are no gods in this world. The gods are all in the sky. Do you have enough?" Su Chengxuan, Lu Jun and others had just recovered from the shock of the explosive pack explosion when they heard that their daughter Su Xingran was in their belly. He publicly denounced the gods in public and immediately scolded her with a straight face.
After waiting for two days, the Chu army's troops were still sparse. Chen Xiaomu decided not to wait any longer. He estimated that the remaining Chu troops and troops should be enough for the Tianquan County defenders to deal with. Before leaving the city, he and Su Xingran agreed that when he heard a loud noise, he would immediately pull the pre-organized personnel and materials to the top of the city or the commanding heights of the city, because the Daling River is thirty miles away from Tianquan County, and there must be a section of river water during this journey. Only time can flow to the county seat!
However, what Chen Xiaomu didn't expect was that in the past there were no Chu troops along the Daling River, but now the banks of the river were full of Chu troops' camps. Chen Xiaomu led several people from Li Gui's reconnaissance company to avoid the Chu army patrolling the banks of the Daling River. He tied a thick rope around his waist. Originally, Li Gui wanted to light the fire on his behalf, but Chen Xiaomu was worried and asked him to pull it. He waited on the shore with a thick rope tied around his waist, and then quietly climbed from the ice to the ice wall where explosives had been buried in advance. It was almost midnight, and the ice on the Daling River was covered with bone-chilling ice. , Chen Xiaomu, who was wearing a fur coat, began to stiffen. Since the explosive package had been buried in the ice for too long and could not be ignited, Chen Xiaomu decided to use a small explosive package to detonate it. He used the tip of his gun to pry open the cover. Chen Xiaomu put the ice cubes on the explosives into the five-pound small explosive bag he carried in advance, and twisted the small explosive bag a lot to give him time to escape. Chen Xiaomu used a fire stick to light the small explosive bag. After twisting, he jumped up and turned around to run, but he was still a step too late. With a loud "bang" behind him, Chen Xiaomu felt that his body was flying like a cloud and mist. Fortunately, he had a rope tied around his waist when he came over. The long rope was held in the hands of Li Gui and several people lying on the river slope!
It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Chen Xiaomu slowly woke up, but his head was still groggy and his back hurt as if it had been roasted by fire. Li Gui was lying behind him to apply medicine when he saw Chen Xiaomu open his mouth. With his eyes open, he put down the medicine bowl in his hand and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you are finally awake!"
"Did I get blown up by an explosive pack?" Chen Xiaomu reached out and touched the short hair on his head. Fortunately, his head was not injured.
"Your Highness, at first we saw you running back on the ice. As you were running, the explosive behind you suddenly exploded and shot up water columns dozens of feet high. You followed and flew up, and then fell into the water again. At that time Because the current was too strong, you were almost washed away by the flood if we didn’t pull it out quickly!”
After what Li Gui said, Chen Xiaomu not only felt burning pain in his back, but also felt terribly cold all over his body, "It's so cold now, why don't you make a fire to warm yourself up?"
Li Gui smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, look around us!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he quickly sat up from the hay bed. Only then did he realize that apart from where he was lying, there was a small piece of withered grass. The surrounding area was covered with frozen water, and his heart sank. How the hell did he drown himself?
Seeing Chen Xiaomu in a daze, Li Gui came over and explained, "Your Highness, after the explosives exploded last night, the water in the Daling River suddenly rose up. At first, the waves were more than ten feet high. It was not until noon today that the river water It gradually stopped and we couldn’t dodge at that time. Fortunately, we found this small mound nearby and climbed up with you on my back!”
"How is it over there in Tianquan County?"
Li Gui spread his hands and said, "It's all flooded. After the explosives went off last night, I could faintly hear people shouting and shouting, but I haven't heard any movement there since morning!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded and lifted up his wet fur coat. A big hole was blown in the back. He reached out and touched it. He felt relieved. Fortunately, the quantum knife given by the old skeleton lady was still there.
Now Chen Xiaomu was wearing the clothes that Li Gui was wearing, and several scouts were wearing clothes that each of the scouts took off for him. Li Gui looked at the ice on the water, walked down the mound and stretched out his feet. He tried it on the ice, then turned back to Chen Xiaomu and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid the ice will have to freeze until night before anyone can leave!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but frown. Staying up late at night in such a cold day would be really fatal, but looking at the vast white surrounding the mound, there was nothing he could do.
