Before Zhang Yi could walk out of the tent, Ying Ji, who had just left, suddenly returned.
It's just different from the worry when he went out just now. The other party's face is full of anxiety now.
Ying Si frowned and asked displeasedly: "How can you be so flustered? Could it be that the Three Jin Dynasties have broken through?"
Zhang Yi also stopped going out and looked at the Qin State's 'general' who was known as the 'think tank' with a puzzled look on his face.
Ying Ji ignored King Qin's reproach. He took a breath of white mist, tremblingly handed the silk book tightly in his hand to Ying Si and said: "Your Majesty, Pu Ban has been lost! Zhao Jun's cavalry has left Pu Ban. Crossed the river!"
"The Sword Comes"
"What!" Ying Si narrowed his eyes and suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his voice suddenly raised several tones.
"Zhao Jun's cavalry has crossed the river from Puban! Now they have arrived in Hexi!" Ying Ji repeated with a hint of sadness and anger in his tone.
The muscles on Ying Si's face trembled slightly, and he struggled to get up from the ground and walked towards the map on one side. The corner of his mouth kept saying "Pu Ban, Pu Ban..."
Zhang Yi recovered from the shock and hurriedly stepped forward to support King Qin, whose steps were already trembling.
"When did this happen?" Zhang Yi turned to Ying Ji and asked.
It was clearly reported at noon that the Wei army was attacking Shaanxi City. However, in less than half a day, Urasaka fell? When did the Zhao Jun cavalry go around to Pu Ban!
Ying Ji said with a depressed look on his face: "The news came from Shaanxi City in Mao. The Wei army has given up attacking Shaanxi City and has withdrawn to the northern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain. The ferry on the east bank of the river has been captured by the three Jin Dynasties. The defense was also broken up by Zhao Jun’s cavalry..."
Zhang Yi frowned deeply and said: "The force in the east of Hedong is weak, so it is expected and unconcerned that it will be captured by Jin. But how could the defense in Hexi be defeated by Zhao so easily?"
Yingji sighed and said, "Perhaps the prime minister doesn't know something. The morning before yesterday, half of the three thousand defenders guarding Pujin Ferry were transferred to Yinjin, in order to prevent the Wei army from attacking Fengling and Maojin. Cross the river. However, the Zhao army took advantage of the fact that before the soldiers and horses I sent to the county to mobilize defenses arrived, another Wei army disrupted our army's sight... We were fooled!"
This plan of the coalition forces was obviously to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Although it was not very clever, it was based on time difference. When the Qin army was confused and had not reacted, the real sharp knife had already been inserted into the heart of Qin.
"Mao Shi." Ying Si stared at the Kanyu map and said: "The news came from Mao Shi. The Zhao army at that time must have already crossed the river. Now the Zhao army has been in Hexi for almost a day, and with the cavalry The speed to the north is enough to attack Jigu (i.e. Longmen, north of Hancheng City in Shaanxi Province) to harass Shangjun, and to the south it can reach Yinjin to cut off our grain road, and to the west..."
Ying Ji and Zhang Yi's eyes followed King Qin's fingers, and suddenly both of them were shocked at the same time: "Lieyang!"
"I hope not..." Ying Si prayed silently.
There was one more thing that Ying Si didn't dare to say. Yiqu's Hu Qi was now blocked by Li Bo and fell into a stalemate with the Qin army. If the Zhao army crosses the Luoshui and Jingshui rivers to meet up with the Yiqu army at Libo at this time, Xianyang will be in real danger.
Thinking of this, Ying Si suddenly turned around and stared at Ying Ji: "Quickly send an order to assemble all the troops in the pass and be sure to surround this cavalry to death! At the same time, the news must not be spread at Hangu Pass! "
"Here!" Ying Ji bowed and responded.
...Early in the morning of the second day, the morning sun was shining brightly and the sunshine was warm.
The three Jin coalition forces once again launched a fierce attack on Hangu Pass.
The Qin army still resisted desperately.
The two armies fought fiercely until the evening, and when the smoke cleared, the coalition forces began to shout in front of Hangu Pass: "Listen, you Qin people, our army has crossed the river from the north of the mountain, and now your food route has been completely cut off. , your biological family members are being wantonly slaughtered by us, if you Qin people were men, they would open and close the door and fight to the death with me!"
"Listen, Qin people, our army has crossed the river from the north of the mountain..." The sound waves echoed in the valley for a long time.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
There was a clanking sound from the shield in front of him.
The person who shouted hurriedly put his head behind the two-layer high shield.
Wait until silence returns to the valley again.
General Tao An carefully poked his head out from behind the shield, looked at the dark mouth of the beast in front of him, and swallowed.
Last year in the battle of Jinyang, Tao An was promoted to a noble rank for his military merits, to a hundred generals. It can be regarded as a glory for his Tao family. Last year, he used the money he had accumulated over the years to marry the girl he loved from a good family. Although the other party is just a commoner's daughter, they are in love with each other and it can be regarded as a good relationship.
However, when they were newlyweds, war quietly came again.
This is the fate of ordinary people. They can only drift with the general trend of history, and sometimes they cannot even control their own life or death. Tao An has been stationed in front of Hangu Pass with the army since last autumn, and it has been almost half a year now. As the fighting between the two armies became more frequent in recent days, countless comrades fell beside him every day.
Tao An couldn't help but miss the bride at home. On the last few days of the new year, he received a letter from home from Daliang, which stated that his bride was pregnant with a child. Every time Tao An thought about this, he felt relieved. After all, if he died in the war, someone in his family would still receive a pension, right?
If the war goes well, his child will be born on the day he is disarmed and returns home.
The protracted war gradually eroded the fighting spirit of the soldiers, whether it was the Qin army or the three Jin Dynasties. The cruel war far away from their homeland makes the wanderers miss their relatives at home more and more.
If it weren't for my advantage, the morale of the coalition forces would have collapsed long ago.
Tao An huddled behind his shield and tightened his tight-fitting cotton coat. He looked up at the dark galaxy, then turned to glance at the battlefield behind him, where a few sporadic fires could still be seen.
As soon as the cold wind blew, a complex smell such as fishy stench and fecal stench suddenly surged around.
This winter night is so cold and windy.
As if feeling his gaze, the shivering soldier next to him grinned at Tao An, revealing his big yellow teeth.
The pawn next to Tao An is called "Hai", and he looks about fifteen or sixteen years old. He has followed him since he was guarding Quwo three years ago. He is the comrade who has been with him the longest...because everyone else is dead.
The sky turned completely dark, the cold wind howled, and Hai's voice trembled with the cold: "Brother, can we win this battle?"
"Ah?" Tao An didn't hear clearly.
Hai sniffed and continued: "My mother said in the letter that when I return home this time, she will marry me a wife..."
Tao An smiled and patted his shoulder without replying.
Then he took the 'trumpet' handed to him by another comrade, lay down behind the shield, took a careful look in front of him, and then continued to shout loudly: "You people of Qin, listen, your biological daughter and family members are being raped by me. Waiting for wanton ravage, if you Qin people are men, they will open and close the door and fight to the death with me..."
Although the words were a bit indecent, Tao An didn't know what specific effect such random shouting had. But he could only shout according to the general's orders...
"Whoosh..."
The shield received another hail of arrows.
…
"Rumble..." On the fertile land, the sound of countless iron hooves has become chaotic, like continuous muffled thunder.
In two days, Zhao Jun's five thousand cavalry moved hundreds of miles west of Hexi.
The land of Hexi, which had not been exposed to war for more than ten years, saw wars break out in just ten days. The war spread to seven counties and twenty-one cities in Qin.
Most of the Qin army's troops were transferred to the Hangu line, and the remaining troops were mainly concentrated in Linjin and Yinjin along the river bank. The remaining troops in the other cities were not many, at best they were just assembled city troops, and even more He did not dare to confront Zhao Jun directly.
However, those low city walls seemed unable to hinder the cavalry charge at all.
Whenever the Qin army was preparing to gather its forces to besiege the Zhao army, the enemy had already disappeared.
As the saying goes, "Advance when it is favorable, retreat when it is unfavorable." Pang Nuan's tactics brought guerrilla tactics into full play. The cavalry fought and retreated, and in two days they broke into Chongquan City (Pucheng County), which was less than fifty miles away from Liyang. Chongquan)!
Chongquan City was built close to the North Luoshui River. It was an important city guarding the west bank of the Luoshui River and a bridgehead on the east side of Yueyang.
After crossing the river, Zhao Jun's cavalry temporarily gathered in a small town on the north side of the main city of Chongquan.
Wherever Zhao Jun's cavalry went, they brought misfortune.
The originally peaceful and peaceful small village was already shrouded in flames of war. The first charge of a small group of cavalry completely broke up the defense line that the town had formed spontaneously.
What followed was massacre.
The young men who dared to resist were slaughtered in an instant, and then the soldiers began to plunder food and dried meat to intimidate and coerce women and children.
At the same time, light a fire and burn everything that can be ignited.
Pang Nuan looked at the wooden house that was burned by the fire and listened to the harsh wailing in his ears. He turned his head and asked the marching Sima beside him: "Where is Zhao Gu?"
Before the marching Sima could say anything, there was already a rapid rumble of horse hooves in the distance.
"General!" Zhao Gu rode his horse and came closer. He didn't seem to notice Pang Nuan's expression. He cupped his hands at Pang Nuan with a joyful expression and said: "General, the servants in front captured more than a hundred people from the Qin army who were transporting Hangu. Can the prostitutes and camp prostitutes be enjoyed by the soldiers..."
Hearing the noise, the cavalrymen glanced towards the entrance of the village not far away, and saw dozens of young girls tied to several mule carts in the bloody smoke. The girls all looked frightened, but There were also a few bold ones who were quietly looking towards them.
"Gudu..." The sound of swallowing saliva.
Pang Nuan frowned slightly and said, "Do you know that we can't stay here for a long time?"
Li Gu was stunned for a moment: "But this seizure..."
Pang Nuan said without hesitation: "Throw them all away, don't let these seizures become a burden to us. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Then he turned the horse's head and prepared to run towards the outside of the village.
"But what to do with these prisoners?" Li Gu asked again.
Pang Nuan turned around and glared at him: "You can figure it out yourself!"
"Order the entire army to immediately bypass Chongquan and target Pinyang (Fuping, Shaanxi)!" He immediately galloped towards the distance.
The corners of Zhao Gu's eyes twitched, and he held his hands toward the departing figure: "As you command!"
He immediately pulled out his dagger from his waist and galloped toward the mule cart. When the young girls saw the general who captured them coming in person, although they timidly took a few steps back, they were not overly alarmed... Maybe the general came to cut the rope for them, and they were just prostitutes who made a living by selling their lust. , although there will be physical pain for a while, but it should not be life-threatening.
While the little ladies were still thinking wildly, there was a "pop" and then a scream. The little ladies stared at the young boy with blood on his face and screamed suddenly. Zhao Gu actually walked up and stabbed someone to death without saying a word.
"This..." The other knights suddenly sighed.
Zhao Gu drew out his bloody sword that was radiating heat, and coldly ordered to the cavalrymen who were still stunned on the spot: "Shoot all these prisoners!"
"Here!"
Harsh howls, painful pleas and cries echoed in this world for a long time.
Looking at the scene reflected in his eyes. Zhao Gu seemed to have returned to Weiwen's old place that day, to the nightmare he didn't want to look back on...the shivering siblings, the smelly haystack, and the blood splashing all over the sky.
…
Zhao Gu led the remaining hundreds of riders and quickly caught up with Pang Nuan.
Pang Nuan glanced back at him and didn't ask any more questions. He believed that the other party would know what to do.
War is always cruel. There is no right or wrong in cruel war, and there are no innocent people. All good and evil, right and wrong, are just beautiful chapters written by the victors, just to cover up their own sins.
Today's mercy may sow the seeds of disaster for Zhao's future. This is what his grandfather taught him.
'Murder in the City' is the main chapter of this era. He believed that if the Qin army broke into the hinterland of Zhao State, the Qin people's methods would never be as merciful as his.
"Urgent report, urgent report!" Several advance scouts with red feathers on their heads suddenly appeared in the direction of Pinyang. They galloped towards the center of the cavalry brigade. Before the cavalry reached the formation, they shouted in a distant voice: "Report to the general! The Qin army in Pinyang City has already left the city, formed a formation ten miles in front of our army, and is approaching to encircle our army."
"How many people are there?" Pang Nuan asked immediately.
"At least a hundred times (more than 10,000 people)" the scout gasped.
Pang Nuan nodded: "Let's explore again!"
"Here!" Several mounted scouts got on their horses and ran towards the distance again.
Pang Nuan was not afraid of the battle outside the city. You must know that the Qin army's encounter with his cavalry brigade was like a mouse meeting a cat two days ago. He was already troubled by the Qin army's shrinking in the city.
But now that Pinyang dared to confront his cavalry brigade with less than 10,000 troops, there was only one possibility... Qin's reinforcements had arrived.
really!
After a while, several more mounted scouts came running from the southeast direction.
"Report! General, about 30,000 Qin troops have crossed the Wei River from Zheng County (Huazhou District, Weinan City), and are now less than ten miles away from our army," the scout said.
Pang Nuan nodded and said, "Let's explore again!"
"Here!"...
