As soon as he finished speaking, he already held the sword in one hand and took the lead to meet the Chu army. After meeting, he slashed with the sword.
Dozens of Qin troops followed closely behind him.
Seeing this situation, although the centurion was very anxious, he had no choice but to know that he could not delay any longer, so he could only grit his teeth, waved to the other soldiers and shouted: "Retreat!"
The dozens of soldiers in front temporarily blocked the Chu army's attack, while the more than a hundred people behind quickly retreated to the entrance of the secret passage, cleared away the weeds, lifted the lid, and jumped in one by one.
Seeing this scene, General Chu opened his eyes angrily and ordered sternly: "Don't let them escape! Kill them quickly!"
Following his order, the Chu army pressed forward more vigorously, and Wei Qing's pressure increased sharply. Although the Qin army was brave, it could not withstand the large number of people. Under the piercing halberds, more than half of them were quickly lost, and they began to retreat while fighting.
With howls of misery, the brothers around him fell one by one.
"General!" the centurion shouted anxiously at the secret passage.
Wei Qing glanced quickly, visually measured the distance, swung his sword to kill two Chu soldiers, shouted loudly, and quickly turned around and evacuated with the few remaining people.
In just a few dozen steps, they arrived in an instant, and the Chu army was pursuing them.
At the entrance of the secret passage, ten short crossbows were raised together, and they all pulled the triggers. The crossbow arrows shot out, and several Chu soldiers fell to the ground in response.
"Let's go!"
The last ten Qin soldiers fired their crossbows again, and then one person quickly retracted his bow and hurried down.
Then came the second person.
The entrance to the secret passage was so big that even a few crossbow arrows could not stop the Chu army. Soon, after the three Qin soldiers went down, the Chu army swarmed in and killed them. Seven crossbowmen died in order to cover the large army.
Not long after, General Chu separated from everyone, walked over quickly, kicked a corpse away, looked at the secret passage in front of him, his face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said: "There is a secret passage! Chase it!"
Following his order, the Chu army began to put down their halberds, put down their swords at their waists, and jumped into the secret passage one after another.
In the secret passage, the Qin troops were moving forward quickly, one by one.
Not long after, there was movement from behind.
"Quick!" Knowing that the Chu army was chasing them, the Qin army naturally sped up their actions again.
The secret passage was not wide, it could only accommodate one person, and it was not a straight line. After a while, at a corner, the Chu army had just emerged, and a crossbow arrow was fired, knocking one person down on the spot.
One person died in front, but the body fell to the ground, which greatly restricted the space. The Chu army behind could not help but frown.
"Quick, move him away, move him away!" someone shouted.
"This, I can't move it, it's too small here..."
Whenever the Chu army was about to catch up, the crossbowmen on the tail of the Qin army would squat and fire two arrows. It would be impossible to continue to catch up like this.
I don't know how long it took, but when I turned the corner, there was finally light in front of me. The Qin army who was leading was so happy that he rolled and crawled and fell to the bottom of the moat.
"Quick! Quick!" After he came down, he was also excited and kept shouting inside.
The Qin troops began to file out, one after another, and after a while, they were all standing at the bottom of the river.
It was daytime, and on the city defense in the distance, the soldiers of the Chu army were watching this scene from a distance, and they couldn't help but be puzzled, and they stared at each other with big eyes.
After Wei Qing jumped down, he waited for a while until the last person came out. Then he waved his hand and said, "Go back to camp quickly!"
After the bloody battle, there are not many elite brothers left with him in this sneak attack.
After a group of people climbed up to the other side of the moat, the pursuing Chu army also jumped down from the secret passage and looked around somewhat confused.
Only then did they realize that this secret passage led directly to the outside of the city.
Now that you are here, if you continue to pursue, you will definitely encounter a large force of the Qin army. In one round of cavalry charge, your entire army will be wiped out.
Chu Jun was not a fool. Knowing the current location, he dared to go further.
the other side.
Based on the strong military intelligence of the Qin army, Xiao Yuan also decisively ordered to stop the siege after learning that Wei Qing's surprise attack was successful.
The purpose of today's strong attack was to attract the Chu army's attention. Now that the enemy's food and fodder had been destroyed, he naturally did not want to kill another thousand enemies and lose eight hundred to himself.
With the sound of gold ringing, the Qin army outside the city gate quickly retreated like a tide.
The war ended.
An hour later, the Qin army camped.
As soon as Xiao Yuan came back, he asked repeatedly: "Where is Wei Qing? Where is Wei Qing!"
His heart was lifted. Wei Qing was his eight-strong general. He was loyal, outstanding in battle, and the best general of Qin.
The generals looked at each other. Since they did not see Wei Qing, no one dared to speak.
Xiao Yuan's heart sank again.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the tent. Wei Qing walked in through the curtain, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty! The last general has fulfilled his mission and successfully burned down the Dongcang Camp of the Chu Army!"
"Okay, okay!" Xiao Yuan said a few words in a row. When he saw Wei Qing, his heart was relieved. He couldn't help but stepped forward and helped him up. He couldn't help but said excitedly: "I see the general is back now. , I have no worries now."
As he spoke, he also adjusted Wei Qing's clothes up and down, and couldn't help but ask: "Do you have any battle wounds?"
"The general will be afraid at the end of his life, but don't worry, my lord."
Wei Qing was flattered by the king's appearance. There were still a lot of blood stains on his resolute cheeks, which he didn't even have time to clean.
"Okay, okay, okay." Xiao Yuan said hello several times again, and then said seriously: "In the battle of Xiangyang, the Chu army's supplies were cut off, and the general contributed a lot! His officers and men were the first to defeat the enemy. Introduction Merits are rewarded!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Qing was overjoyed and wanted to kneel down again.
Xiao Yuan pulled him, patted his shoulder, and couldn't help but praise:
"The general has great strength, loyalty, and upholds integrity. Whenever he is attacked in battle, he will not fall without any stronghold. He is truly a good general!"
Under the feudal dynasty, it was a great honor for a general to be so praised by the monarch. Wei Qing's face was rosy and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
The other generals in the tent cast envious glances.
At the same time, in Xiangyang City, near Dongcang.
After the siege battle was over and the Qin army retreated, Hanzhou naturally rushed here as soon as possible.
At present, countless soldiers of Chu were running back and forth carrying buckets of water to put out the fire.
The raging fire was still burning, and everything you could see was a sea of fire.
Of course, half of it had been extinguished, but there was nothing on the ground except dark charcoal.
Hanzhou stood in the distance, with fire in his eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.
The deputy general beside him had a sad look on his face and said in a painful voice: "Commander Han! Our army's food and grass were all stored here. Now they have been destroyed by fire. What should we do..."
"The city of Xiangyang is so strong that it is impossible to dig through it. So where did the secret passage used by the Qin army come from..."
"Han Shuai..."
He couldn't help but scream sadly, and he was so anxious. When Han Zhou heard this, he closed his eyes deeply and said in a desolate tone: "Haha, it's over, it's over."
