As the sky gradually turned dark, Bai Yan took Tian Sui all the way to the Zishui River.
Standing by the riverside, after bidding farewell to Tian Sui, and watching Tian Sui's back crossing the river and leaving, Bai Yan thought of Tian Sui's repeated warnings, and could not help but think of Jin Gong's figure in his mind.
Although Duke Jin is no longer here, Qi owes him the justice he owes him. Bai Yan will find opportunities to get it back for Duke Jin no matter what. In this way, he can live up to the kindness of Duke Jin's three years of teaching.
As for the thoughts of Tian Sui, Tian Ding and others.
Bai Yan could only shake his head with regret. The Qin State had destroyed South Korea, Zhao State, and Wei State, and the Yan State had also existed in name only. The Qi State and the Chu State could not stop the Qin State. The unification of the Qin State was destined. thing.
At this time, Tian Ding and Tian Sui were still thinking about how to fight against the Qin State, which would only increase the danger for the Tian family.
As I just said to Tian Sui, if Qi State takes in the Chu army, it will only be a disaster, and if Tian Mansion is involved in this matter, it will only bring disaster to Tian Mansion.
Tian Ding wanted to use Jiuding's matter to drive a wedge between him and Ying Zheng and let him return to Qi.
Tian Ding would never have thought that the Jiuding he sent to Xianyang and dedicated to Ying Zheng was the real Jiuzhou Ding.
In Bai Yan's heart, no matter whether the Qin State would repeat the same mistakes and end in the future, during the period when the Qin State ruled the world, offending the Qin State meant that he was bound to lose everything, whether it was status or rights.
Once he loses his status and power at the same time, his former political enemies and the feuding nobles will all gather around him.
Prime Minister Hou Sheng of Qi understood this truth, General Wu He of Qi also understood this truth, and even General Nong Yue of Chu also understood this truth, so they all finally chose to surrender to Qin before the Qin troops came to the city, in order to be able to defeat Qin. Continue to have rights and status in the future.
Ask Tian Sui to come and meet.
Not only was Bai Yan using Tian Sui, but more importantly, Bai Yan didn't want to see Qi participating in the attack on Chu, let alone seeing Qin annexing Qi in the future and Tian Ding ending up like Duke Jin. .
"Let's go!"
Bai Yan turned around and said to Zhang.
When he came to the war horse and got on his horse, Bai Yan once again glanced at the direction Tian Sui left, watched Tian Sui's back disappear into the haze, then kicked the horse's belly with his heel, steered the war horse, and rushed towards Qufu. .
But this time, Bai Yan was not going to Qufu, but on the road to Qufu. Along the way, he turned to the direction of Mengshan and passed through Shengcheng and Tuqiucheng.
Late at night.
Bai Yan had just arrived in Shengcheng, and Huai, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting at the city gate. Seeing Bai Yan's arrival, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"General!"
"General!!"
As Pei bowed his hands to Bai Yan, other cavalry officers also saluted Bai Yan.
The Chu army fled to Qi, and Qufu and all the surrounding cities fell into the hands of Qin one after another. Shengcheng was one of them.
"Is there any news about Mengshan?"
Bai Yan turned over and dismounted, looked at Pei and asked.
"Back to General, there is no news yet!"
Pei shook his head and said, and then instinctively stepped forward to hold Bai Yan's horse rope. As the people chosen by Hu Jin to protect Bai Yan, Pei, Huai, and Ye were all pioneers, and what was different from Ye was that, The ancestors of Pei and Huai were all veterans who fought with Bai Qi.
This is also the reason why Hu Jin trusted Huai and Pei.
But now, both of them have been reused by Bai Yan and become captains.
Enter Shengcheng.
Shengcheng is not a big city whether it is on the map of Chu or Qi, but as the place where Chu and Qi meet, Shengcheng still has a shockingly large population.
After Han, Zhao, and Yan were destroyed one after another, Shengcheng experienced its first major increase in population. When Qin attacked Wei Daliang, Shengcheng experienced a sudden increase in population.
Along the way, Bai Yan looked at the many restaurants on both sides of the street. Bai Yan never expected that even in such a remote place, it would still be like this. Compared with the places Bai Yan visited Shangjun and Yanmen when he was in Qin State, this was completely in stark contrast. contrast.
This also made Bai Yan sigh with emotion. As the hometown of Confucius, as well as the culture of Qilu scholars, whether it is scholars or the voice of the people, it is really not comparable to Qin and Zhao.
In the mansion.
Bai Yan brought Mang and Peck to the study and looked at the map.
Although the map is very simple, with only some simple lines and a few names of marked places, it can still be clearly seen that in Qi State, all the territory of Qi State can be divided into four areas: flat depressions, leading to Linzi's plains, mountain areas, and hilly areas.
The gentlest terrain is south of Linzi and north of Mount Tai, that is, the territory between Mount Tai and Linzi. This gentle plain goes all the way west, from the border of Qi south to Qufu. Between the depressions, go south from Qufu to Chu State, or from the west to Wei State Taoyi.
Beyond the plains and depressions, there are mountains and hills. For example, if you go from the road between Yangguan and Qufu to Mengshan Mountain, you have to pass south of the Taishan Mountains and finally lead to the area between Mengshan Mountain and Nishan Mountain. .
This is also the most distinctive place of Qi State. The west of Qi State, whether in the southwest or northwest, is a gentle land, either a plain or a depression, while in the middle and south of the middle, there are the Taishan Mountains, the Mengshan Mountains, the Culai Mountains, and the Lushan Mountains. Shan and Yishan, this mountain range is the natural barrier of Qi State.
Further east along Mengshan Mountain of Qi State is the last road leading to Qi State between Mengshan Mountain and Wulian Mountain.
The mountain road leads to Jucheng, and along the way from Jucheng to the Yishan Mountains, it is all hilly land.
Tian Sui has always been stationed in the Yishan camp and guarded Muling Pass in order to prevent the Chu State from attacking Qi State from the direction of Jucheng. Once the Chu State had this idea and Tian Sui's army was there, Qi could completely rely on its hills and mountains to stop the Chu army, and even encircle the Chu army.
"General, if the Chu army goes south, the only way is Mengshan. General Yang Yan has already commanded the elite side cavalry to be stationed in Mengshan. Once he sees the Chu army escaping from Mengshan, he can immediately ambush the Chu army!"
Pei said to Bai Yan, and informed Bai Yan of the current location of the entire army.
"Peck, tomorrow you immediately lead your troops and follow me to Mengshan Mountain. During this trip, you must give the head of Chu General Jing Xia to Qi Cheng!"
When Bai Yan heard Pei's words, he felt relieved. There was something going on with the Wei State. In addition, the Qi State had always been on good terms with the Qin State, so the Qi and Chu armies were wary of each other.
Now it depends on whether he can get rid of Chu State veteran Jing Xia.
"promise!"
Pei stared at Bai Yan's words without any hesitation, and quickly accepted the order.
Mengshan.
The sound of horse hooves rolled, and at a glance, countless Chu soldiers holding Chu flags kept running behind the messy Chu cavalry, for fear that if they ran slower, there would be no hope of escape.
In response, some Chu soldiers who could not keep up with the physical strength even threw away their armor and the Changge in their hands.
Even though the generals of the Chu army knew the consequences of this move, they had no time to care about it, because in the chaos, the generals of the Chu army were worried that they would fall behind. Once they fell, they would probably die.
"General, the Qi army has already attacked. General Mo is willing to stay and stop the Qi army! General, hurry across Mengshan Mountain!"
Chu general Nong Yue rode his war horse and looked at the sky in the distance behind him. The cavalry of the Qi army had already come to kill him. He saw that Meng Shan was already in front of him, so he quickly rode his horse to the side of the old general Jing Xia and handed over his hand. said.
"You must be careful!"
The old general Jing Xia naturally noticed the Qi cavalry chasing behind him. When he saw Nong Yue's words, he said with worry on his face.
Looking at Nong Yue, veteran Jing Xia was filled with emotion at this moment.
His most valued subordinate has always been Xiao Jiliang. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Nong Yue would be so impressive. If he had known that Nong Yue was such a loyal person, Jing Xia would have taken Nong Yue with him to cultivate him no matter what. .
"General, don't worry!"
Nong Yue cupped his hands and said to Jing Xia.
The other Chu generals also looked at Nong Yue with admiration. As generals, they were not afraid of death, but looking at Mengshan so close in front of them, they actually wanted to leave alive.
After all, after passing through Mengshan Mountain, there is a chance to return to the Chu Kingdom and enjoy the pleasant days of drinking, having fun, and hugging beauties again.
If they could avoid death, no one would want to die here.
Now, seeing Nong Yue voluntarily staying, all the Chu generals tacitly kept silent, as if they were deaf and mute, watching Nong Yue reining in his horses.
In the Chu army.
"Stop! Send my order, all soldiers must stop and stop the Qi army immediately! Anyone who dares to run away again will be killed!"
Nong Yue reined in his war horse and ordered all his cronies to stay with his subordinates. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be killed directly.
Under Nong Yue's order, Nong Yue's cronies reined in their horses. In the past, these cronies followed Nong Yue, received Nong Yue's kindness and gifts, and had fun all the time. At critical moments, they were naturally not afraid of death.
Under the threat of his close men drawing swords, and after killing some soldiers who disobeyed orders, soon all the soldiers under Nong Yue's command, regardless of whether they had weapons or not, did not dare to escape again.
"Step aside!"
Nong Yue saw that General Jing Xia, the old general, had already fled into the Meng Mountain with the rest of the Chu army, then turned around and asked his cronies to get out of the way.
Looking at the rolling Qi army, Nong Yue said it was a lie in his heart that he wasn't nervous. After all, this was a matter of life and death. However, thinking of Bai Yan's plans and promises when he met Bai Yan before, Nong Yue couldn't bear the uneasiness in his heart.
The voices of cavalrymen filled the sky.
Looking at the Qi army getting closer and closer, Nong Yue slowly drew out his waist sword and looked at the number of soldiers beside him. There were at least three thousand, and the cavalry chasing him from the opposite side was only five thousand. people.
Nong Yue also has some confidence in his heart. At least even if there are some changes in the plan, it can delay some time here.
Looking at the Qi cavalry in the distance, they all stopped one after another. Nong Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Now, he wanted to see who was leading the troops on the opposite side. If there was a change, he would see if it could be delayed longer.
Within Mengshan.
All the Chu soldiers who escaped followed the Chu veteran Jing Xia into Mengshan Mountain and hurried through its narrow ancient roads. Due to the bad roads, the chariots had been replaced by Jing Xia and replaced by his close followers. war horse.
Suddenly, the old general Jing Xia was riding a war horse and walking, and he vaguely felt something was wrong.
"General, what's wrong?"
When a Chu general saw the old general stop, he also reined in his horse and asked with confusion.
"wrong!"
The veteran general Jing Xia looked around Mengshan and said softly, shaking his head. For some reason, the veteran general Jing Xia seemed to have noticed it and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Because the general stopped, other Chu generals and generals naturally did not dare to run ahead without authorization, and they all stopped after him.
The originally noisy movement soon became quiet as the Chu soldiers stopped.
Looking at the quiet surroundings.
Veteran Jing Xia suddenly thought of something and shook his head. Before he could speak, he saw countless Qin soldiers suddenly pouring out from either the top of Mengshan Mountain or the surrounding dense forests of Mengshan Mountain.
There were black flags with the word Qin, and dense Qin soldiers holding Changge and Qin crossbows came from all directions.
This scene.
All the officers and soldiers of the Chu army looked frightened.
"No, I fell into a trap!"
When veteran Jing Xia saw all this, his face was full of despair.
The other Chu generals also looked around with horrified expressions. They drew their swords one after another and protected the veteran Jing Xia with their cronies.
"General, retreat quickly!"
A general had a horrified look on his face. He knew that today was going to be a bad day and he just hoped to break out of the encirclement.
Just as he finished speaking, he saw a Qin general wearing Qin armor and being followed by many Qin soldiers on the top of Meng Mountain gesticulating. The next moment, a black spot seemed to appear in the sky. Immediately afterwards, arrows fell from the sky like rain.
"kill!"
"kill!!!"
Seeing the Chu soldiers around them screaming and dying after being hit by arrows, the Chu generals roared angrily and led their cronies to cover the veteran general Jing Xia's escape from this place.
Among the many Chu soldiers, as the Qin soldiers came to kill them, under the crossbows and arrows, at a glance, in the chaos, they were all scenes of Chu soldiers being shot and killed.
In despair, the Chu soldiers who were still alive also broke out one after another and fought with the Qin soldiers. The sound of slashing and killing with long swords could be heard everywhere. In the chaotic footsteps, more and more corpses fell on the ground. on the ground.
Facing the Qin army that was waiting for work and was besieging them, most of the corpses were Chu soldiers.
"kill!"
"kill!"
The Chu soldiers on horseback kept holding their swords and slashing at the Qin soldiers who blocked the road. More and more Chu soldiers were stabbed off their horses by the Qin soldiers' Changge, and then they were hacked to death with random swords. Even those who did not die would be killed. Qin soldiers surrounded him and could no longer leave on horseback.
The veteran general Jing Xia, escorted by many Chu generals and charged to death by these Chu cavalry cronies, fought his way out of the Qin army's siege alive.
However, before they could escape far, they saw a group of Qin cavalry suddenly appearing under the valley behind them, charging towards them fiercely.
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
The Qin cavalry was fierce and quickly rushed to the front of the Chu cavalry. The Chu cavalry who had just killed the veteran Jing Xia to save his life faced the Qin cavalry that was rushing towards them. Before they could even resist, the Chu cavalry began to attack. He was knocked off his horse by Chang Ge.
Galloping horses roared past, and the Chu cavalry soldiers who had just killed many Qin soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
Even the panicked generals of Chu State were looking left and right in fear, being scratched by Qin swords one after another, and finally fell slowly under their horses. In the eyes of Chu State veteran Jing Xia, looking at A Qin general galloped toward him on a war horse and holding a Qin sword.
The veteran Jing Xia did not pull out the sword from his waist. He knew that he would not be able to escape death today, so it was better to die calmly and decently than to fight a trapped beast.
But now, in the eyes of the old general Jing Xia, he still doesn't understand why Qi State still wants to ally with Qin State.
Thinking of the fake tripod, the veteran Jing Xia couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Qi State, did he really think that if Bai Yan returned to Qi, Qi State would be able to compete with Qin State alone?
Seeing Qin Yuan in front of him, with the sharp blade already raised, the veteran Jing Xia closed his eyes unwillingly.
Outside Mengshan.
Just as Nong Yue was commanding his troops to confront the Qi cavalry army, suddenly, both Nong Yue and his Chu soldiers, as well as the Qi cavalry army opposite, saw countless Qin cavalry troops in the distance. The cavalry came galloping.
At this scene, both the Chu soldiers and the Qi cavalry were all in commotion.
Then, under the gaze of all Qi's cavalry, they saw Qin's cavalry surrounding Nong Yue and others.
Nong Yue was not surprised when he saw this scene. Seeing that everything was going well, he could finally throw away the sword in his hand.
Upon seeing this, the cronies next to Nong Yue looked at each other, hesitated for a few moments, and then dropped their swords one after another. When all the Chu nobles saw being surrounded by Qin's cavalry, they knew there was no way to survive. Suddenly they saw At this scene, naturally he no longer dared to resist and dropped his weapon.
Nong Yue looked around, but did not see Bai Yan. Nong Yue knew clearly that Bai Yan should have gone to get the head of veteran Jing Xia at this time, and would give it to the Qi army generals later.
