"Close the city gate quickly!"
The King of Chu was holding his cud and shouting loudly. The bloody scene outside Shouchun City at this moment had already frightened him to the point of trembling.
Those black-armored Qin troops were so terrifying, they were simply not human beings.
If these brutal Qin troops were allowed to rush into the city and capture him, he would not even dare to think about the outcome.
Therefore, the King of Chu wanted nothing more than to close the gate of Shouchun City and shut out all the Qin people who were like beasts and evil spirits. As for the Chu soldiers who were being chased by the Qin army outside the city, and the Chu civilians who were rushing towards the city in the chaos, it had nothing to do with him.
You little people, don't die without grain.
On the city wall, the accompanying nobles and ministers of the Chu State were all horrified, their faces turned ashen.
The upper-class figures of the Chu State who were good at fighting and quite brave either went to defend Xiangcheng, or followed Xiang Yan's army to fight against Li Xin, or they stayed in their own fiefdoms to recruit soldiers.
There are not many people in Shouchun City who can understand military affairs, Qu Ming is one of them, but it is a pity that he does not know whether he is alive or dead now.
There were actually many capable military attaches and generals among the guards in the city. However, these people were either responsible for military affairs in the city or had low status. No one climbed up the city wall to review the prisoners with the King of Chu. So when the Qin army drove the Chu army to defeat and rushed straight to Shouchun City, there was a panic on the city wall, and for a while no one could deal with the current situation.
At this moment, not only the King of Chu ordered the city gate to be closed, but also Jin Xia and other nobles screamed at the city guards to close the door.
Under their series of screams, the Chu soldiers stationed at the city gate could only obey the order and wanted to close the city gate, but the gate passage was blocked by Chu civilians who poured in crazily. The Chu soldiers guarding the gate tried to use swords and halberds to drive back the civilians who were rushing in crazily, but there were nearly ten thousand Chu people. They were frightened by the sudden Qin army and went crazy. They would do anything to survive. How could they be mere mortals? A group of gatekeepers can stop it.
The Chu people behind pushed the Chu people in front, pushing people forward. Facing the city gate guards who were yelling and scolding and leveling their spears and halberds in an attempt to intimidate, the Chu people who were pushed to the front also screamed. He was pushed by the people behind him and was involuntarily hit by the spears and halberds. Go up.
One, two...several people were skewered on the tip of the spear. The panicked guards were quickly knocked over and trampled to the ground by the influx of Chu people, followed by countless pairs of feet stepping on them. Faced with a life-and-death crisis, everyone wants to escape, no matter what the king's fate is or not.
The gates of Shouchun City could not be closed, and the Qin troops who were chasing after them had reached dozens of steps below the city.
The King of Chu's eyes were so good that he could even clearly see the ferocious expressions on the dirty faces of the Qin people. Coupled with the blood splattered on their bodies when they killed people, the image was even more terrifying and horrifying. It was really It's like an evil spirit appearing in the world.
The king of Chu was trembling with his cud under his back, his face was pale, and he wanted to turn around and run away, but his legs were trembling and he could not move.
Fortunately, Jing Zhao and several other capable nobles reacted at this time.
"Fire the arrow!"
There were actually many guards on the walls of Shouchun City, and together with the imperial guards accompanying King Chu, there were actually hundreds of them. However, the sudden incident just now, and the fact that the king and many nobles were shouting at the same time, frightened them to the point where they were frozen. , dare not make a move. Now after hearing someone's order, all the guards took up their bows and crossbows and fired at the Qin people approaching outside the city.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The arrows flew and landed in front of the Qin people.
He didn't hit the target, but he succeeded in forcing the Qin soldiers to stop moving forward.
Without the protection of shields and equipment, if you charge at the city gate with a crossbow, you will suffer great losses.
Seeing this scene, King Chu breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched out his hand to cover his chest and felt his heart pounding.
The Qin soldiers stopped one by one and looked up at the group of Chu nobles on the city wall who were gorgeously dressed and wearing high crowns, as well as the King of Chu who was surrounded by them.
"What a pity. If only we could take advantage of the chaos and rush up to the city to capture the King of Chu. Attacking the city and capturing the King in one fell swoop would be a world-shattering feat!"
Black Butt glanced at the arrow that was stuck a few meters in front with its tail feathers still trembling, and then looked up at the top of the city. He couldn't help but regretted: "It's a pity that there are fewer people. If only the military commander could bring five thousand people here to charge. City, maybe there is a possibility of success.”
But Black Bottom just said it casually, and he also knew that this was impossible.
Although there were nearly 5,000 people under Zhao Tuo's command, they were in very bad condition after traveling thousands of miles. In addition, they had been without food for two days. Except for the 500 of them, they had a full meal of meat due to their special mission. The other four thousand people were all hungry and relied on wild vegetable roots and oranges to satisfy their hunger. Some even dug worms out of the ground to eat.
Black Butt once saw someone digging an earthworm out of the ground because of hunger, chewing half of it in his mouth, and half of the body of the earthworm was still exposed outside the mouth and was squirming. The scene looked scary and sad.
In this state, the Qin army can attack the Chu army at the foot of the Eight Mountains in one go, which is already the limit. How can they chase the Chu army's defeated troops to attack the city wall? No matter how strong the Qin people are, they are only flesh and blood. Where does the strength come from eating food?
Black Butt actually once slapped his butt and came up with a clever plan.
After they successfully raid the Chu army at the foot of the mountain, they can peel off the armor from the Chu corpses, put on Chu soldiers' armor, pretend to be the Chu army escorting the prisoners, and then take the opportunity to enter the city. Once they enter the city, they can launch a surprise attack and capture them directly. The king of Chu lived in the city and served all the officials and nobles in Shouchun City in one pot.
Such a clever idea, isn’t it beautiful?
However, Zhao Tuo stopped him with just one question.
Can the Chu army be completely annihilated?
As long as one Chu person escapes to Shouchun City, it is completely impossible for Black Butt's plan to succeed.
It would be easy to defeat 5,000 Qin troops in a sudden attack on 5,000 Chu troops, but it would be difficult to annihilate them all, even if Bai Qi was alive.
Not to mention the surrounding winter fog, which was not only a cover for the Qin army during a surprise attack, but also a shelter for the Chu soldiers when they fled. As long as you get into the fog and run a certain distance, it will be difficult to find it again.
Therefore, Black Butt's trip was not to capture the King of Chu with 500 men, but for another purpose.
Thinking of this, Black Butt chuckled.
He took a step forward and shouted at the top of his voice to the King of Chu and the nobles of Chu State on the city wall: "You Jingchu barbarians, please listen to Nai Gong!"
"Don't think that you barbarians can be proud of winning a battle in Huaibei. Our Qin State's 30,000-strong army has arrived in Huainan and is cutting down trees on the eight mountains. When we build the siege equipment, we will break the small town of Shouchun. Cut off your King Chu’s dog’s head and send it to Xianyang in exchange for military honors! Hahaha!”
"Destroy Shouchun and chop off King Chu's head!"
Five hundred Qin soldiers laughed and shouted together, the sound was so loud that it reached the top of Shouchun City and made everyone in Chu tremble.
The black buttocks smiled, turned his back to Shouchun, picked up the hem of his clothes, lifted up the silk quilt, and exposed his shiny black buttocks to the eyes of the nobles at the top of the city.
"You see clearly, the person who is playing tricks on the King of Chu today is under the command of General Zhao, and he is the Colonel Black Bottom!"
At the head of Shouchun City, the King of Chu was dizzy with his cud.
The insulting actions of the Qin military captain under the city who called himself Hei Butt were not the main reason. What really made King Chu's heart tremble with fear were the words Hei Butt said.
"Thirty thousand Qin troops?"
"You are cutting down trees on the Eight Mountains and building siege equipment. After the construction is completed, you will come to Shouchun who can't harvest the crops and chop off the heads of the ones who can't harvest the crops?"
The King of Chu felt his legs were weak as he was holding the cud, and his palms were shaking violently.
He plucked up the courage and looked up in the direction of the eight mountains.
By this time it was past noon, and the fog was much lighter than in the morning.
Through this thin mist, King Chu could see the rolling hills and dangerous terrain.
On the Eight Mountains, in the mist, there is nowhere to see the shadow of the god Yun Zhongjun. Instead, countless tall figures appear in it. I don’t know if they are people or trees. Anyway, it really looks like there are countless Qin soldiers. Cutting down trees and building machines.
The King of Chu was so frightened that his face turned pale as he was carrying the cud. He shouted to the ministers beside him in horror: "You can see that there are indeed tens of thousands of Qin troops on the eight mountains. They are all our enemies!"
As he said this, King Chu rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground.
The third update is sent.
Your strategy to capture the King of Chu is very good, but it is quite difficult to implement. I forgive Zhao Tuo for being unable to do anything.
(End of chapter)
