Chapter 18: Arson
As soon as Qin Yu wanted to answer, more than a dozen people had already rushed into the tent.
One person wearing dark armor bore the brunt, and he looked like he was also a general. As soon as he entered the door, he frowned coldly, and the long sword in his hand had already stabbed straight over, and he roared angrily: "Little thief, you can't come to die!"
The long sword roared, Qin Yu staggered, and anger was already moving in his heart. Killing people without saying a word, what is this the tradition of the Chu army? He didn't expect it, but it really is.
Xiang Yu roared: "Dragons can't!"
Too late. After flashing a sword, Qin Yu sneered in his heart, it turns out that you are Long Ji. Without stopping, he quickly stepped forward, shining on the dragon and the faΓ§ade was an elbow. Long Ji didn't expect this assassin to be so agile, his heart was shocked, and he wanted to retreat again, but it was too late.
He only felt a "buzz" in his head, as if he had been hit by a hammer, and suddenly blood burst out of his mouth and nose, and his eyes were full of gold stars, and the sky was spinning.
Qin Yu just took action to teach Long Yu a lesson, and didn't really want to beat him down, otherwise Xiang Yu would not be a lot of fierce generals.
"Without further ado, the king, please hurry up and decide. "In fact, Qin Yu knew that even if he didn't make a move, Xiang Yu would have to break through tonight, otherwise the system wouldn't have given him only twelve hours.
He just wanted to help the Chu army speed up the pace, and the earlier he set off, the more hope he had.
Xiang Yu was silent for a moment and asked, "Are you really here to help me?"
Qin Yu said impatiently, "Are you leaving?"
Long He, who was still stopping the bleeding, became angry when he heard this: "Look for death! You dare to talk to the king like this?!"
"You're so, aren't you!" Qin Yu glared at the dragon, and was about to beat him. Ji Bu hurriedly stopped between the two of them and played a round game: "Don't be impulsive! β
For Ji Bu, Qin Yu loves and hates. If it weren't for the sword on Ji Bu's waist, Qin Yu wouldn't have been able to see the world-famous Chu Overlord, and besides, this person had an excellent reputation, and he admired it very much, but it was Ji Bu's sword that dragged him into this danger of nine deaths and a lifetime.
Long Ji was held up by the two of them, struggling desperately: "Come on, I'll kill you if you come here!"
"Don't make noise!" Xiang Yu had calmed down at this time, staring at Qin Yu, a strange man who seemed to have fallen from the sky, and there was a bit of a heroic end in his eyes: "How sure are you?"
Qin Yu looked at the people around him and said helplessly, "Yicheng." β
Everyone gasped. Isn't this just nine deaths?
Long He was furious: "You madman, what's the difference between this and letting the king go to death?!"
"If you stay here, there is no chance of survival. Qin Yu glanced at Long Ji disdainfully, this person is a typical IQ who is not loyal enough to make up.
"Okay! Now that you are sure, it is not in vain that I will accompany you to gamble! Long and Jibu, inform the soldiers to load food and prepare horses, and if you are willing to go with me, set off immediately!"
"O king, what if... Ji Bu clenched his fists and said hesitantly.
"If you don't want to follow, just disperse. Xiang Yu waved his hand and said in a deep voice.
"Yui!" Ji Bu left in response, and Long He took a sip unwillingly before reluctantly leaving.
There were only three people left in the tent in an instant. Xiang Yu looked at Qin Yu's young face, and still felt that he was a literati rather than a military general, so he asked, "I don't know the name of Mr. yet." β
"Qin Yu. β
There are not many people surnamed Qin in this era, but Xiang Yu is not from Qin, so he didn't ask much: "Mr. is not like a murderer, but he has extremely high skills." When we set off, I have something I would like to ask sir. β
"You say. β
"Please sir, be sure to take care of Yu Ji. Xiang Yu's face was sincere, and it seemed to be a genuine request. Qin Yu was stunned, but he didn't expect that Xiang Yu, the iron-clad overlord, would also have such a tender side. Hey, the hero is sad to pass the beauty level.
"The king, don't do it! Yu Ji was immediately anxious when she heard this, but before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xiang Yu.
"Actually, I've been thinking about the possibility of breaking through for the past few days, but I didn't expect my husband to have the same idea as me. Since even such a strange person said that we only have one percent hope this time, I naturally want to take you with me, even if we die, our husband and wife should be buried together. β
"The King... Yu Ji's tears rained down.
Qin Yu stood silently aside, giving the pair of hard-working mandarin ducks one last moment of warmth. Xiang Yu was originally a rare general in the world, but his heart was higher than the sky, and he insisted on sitting in a handsome position. The ending of Xiang Yu and Yu Ji seemed to be doomed at that moment.
It's really a response to that poem.
The beautiful scenery of the good day is the day, and the heroes are resentful of the beauty at the end of the road.
Seeing that Xiang Yu had made up his mind, Qin Yu didn't say anything more, and followed the two out of the camp.
"My lord, the soldiers and horses are ready, and more than 100 people are dismissed on the spot, and they are given a day's food. After the count, there are still 816 people, ready to go at any time. β
Xiang Yu nodded and said to Ji Bu: "Prepare a horse for Mr., and pick a weapon to take advantage of by the way." After departure, the gentleman will follow you. β
Ji Bu should be, and when he saw Yu Ji behind Xiang Yu, he asked, "I don't know the beauty of her... β
"Follow sir. β
After turning over and getting on the horse, Qin Yu's heart that was still hanging before was immediately put into his stomach. The feeling of riding on horseback is like riding a small tricycle in Panjiayuan, and the feeling is extremely kind.
The system is really thoughtful.
Xiang Yu carried a halberd behind him, a bronze sword pinned to his waist, and raised the wine in his hand: "You have all been fighting with me for eight years, and now, it is finally time for us to fight the most critical battle with the Han people." If we fail, then we will be brothers again in the next life!"
With that, Xiang Yu raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, and threw the wine glass on the ground.
Suddenly, the sound of shattering rang out everywhere. Qin Yu looked at these pottery cups one by one, and he was a little careful. In 2,000 years, this will sell for some money.
Seeing that even Yu Ji on the side had done it, Qin Yu was embarrassed not to drink it, and after drinking it all, he smashed it in a decent way. The feeling of smashing an antique that is not yet an antique with my own hands is a little sour. However, this wine is just ordinary rice wine, and the taste is very ordinary, not as good as the ten yuan barrel in the supermarket.
In fact, what makes him most curious is that since ancient times, before the war, the ancients seemed to have the habit of drinking and practicing, which is also interesting. The army is almost out of food, and they waste food to make wine, and this wine can be made from water alone?
The big war is coming, and Qin Yu is fake when he says that he is not nervous. He has become more able to fight than Ip Man, but as the old saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, and random punches can kill the master. The Han army numbered hundreds of thousands, and a single person could drown him with a mouthful of foam. Thinking about all the possible scenarios, he took out the red river from his bag and took out one and lit it.
People who are addicted to smoking, when they are nervous, will always habitually come to smoke to relieve stress.
"Smack. β
Taking a deep breath of cigarette, Qin Yu felt a lot smoother.
"Sir, what is this in your hand? Why did you catch it all at once?" Ji Bu was very puzzled when he saw Qin Yu smoking.
Not only Ji Bu, but also many soldiers next to him looked over. These people heard that he had just retreated from the Overlord and Long Ji in one move, and at this moment he was holding a strange little fire stick, and the eyes that looked at him were both surprised and curious.
"Smoke. Do you want to come ... Qin Yu was stunned suddenly, and he asked Ji Bu: "General, how do you make a fire on weekdays?"
"Make a fire? β
"How long does it take to make a fire?" Qin Yu asked again.
"This... It depends on the environment, light the torch when there is no wind, and you need a stick of incense. Ji Bu thought for a moment before replying. In fact, he has no idea how long it will take to make this fire.
"Is there firewood and lard?"
"In this weather, dead wood is everywhere. There was also some lard, and they were all brought. Ji Bu replied.
Qin Yu nodded, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and said with a serious face: "Let's go." β
Ji Bu looked at Qin Yu, and then looked at the cigarette butts that were still smoking on the ground, looking confused. Weird, it's so weird, such a good tinder can be thrown away.
Xiang Yu gave an order, and more than 800 cavalry galloped south, aiming directly at the Wujiang River. He was bent on taking his subordinates back to Jiangdong to make a comeback, which Qin Yu couldn't control.
All Qin Yu could do was to let the Chu army's team set off as soon as possible.
was speechless all the way, except for the occasional concern for Yu Ji, Qin Yu followed the army unhurriedly at other times. Ji Bu couldn't stop praising Qin Yu's good riding skills: "I didn't expect Mr. to look thin, his martial arts are so good, and even his riding skills are so exquisite." β
"Huh. Qin Yu laughed dryly, thinking that in fact, you only had the first sentence right.
"It's a pity!" Ji Bu sighed suddenly. "The gentleman must be from a foreign land. β
"What's wrong?" Qin Yu was puzzled.
Yu Ji suddenly spoke, and her tone was not without regret: "If Mr. can go out of the mountain to help my king earlier, I am afraid that this world will already have a surname." β
Qin Yu was silent, he didn't know how to answer.
"But a strange man like Mr. can do whatever he wants. β
The sky was already dark.
Qin Yu secretly glanced at his phone, there were less than five hours left before the time limit given by the system. A tall man with the appearance of a general rode over with a happy look on his face: "The spies have come to report, we have rushed out of the encirclement of the Han army, and there should only be a few wandering troops on the periphery!"
"Okay!" Ji Bu was overjoyed and waved to everyone behind him: "Speed up!"
"General, who was that person just now?" Qin Yu caught up and asked, he looked at the person's eyebrows, and there seemed to be a familiar feeling.
"That's the king's cousin, General Xiang Zhuang Xiang. Knowing that Qin Yu was not from Chu, Ji Bu was not surprised by this question.
"It turns out that he is Xiang Zhuang who danced the sword at the Hongmen banquet. Qin Yu suddenly realized.
"Sir, does you know what happened to Hongmen?" Ji Bu was startled.
"I've heard about some. β
Ji Bu's face flashed unwillingly, and he sighed: "If the king had listened to Mr. Fan's persuasion that day, the result would have been different. It's a pity that the world is impermanent!"
Qin Yu didn't speak, but secretly thought in his heart that with Xiang Yu's character, even if he killed Liu Bang that day, he probably wouldn't be able to become a king. If one Liu Bang falls, there will be tens of millions of Liu Bangs standing up.
There is never a shortage of second-in-command in this world, only the one in the top spot. Even if it is first-rate in the second rate, it is not the top after all.
After galloping forward for more than ten miles, Qin Yu patted his horse to catch up with Xiang Yu.
"O king, you go on your way, and let Ji Buliu and some people come with me. β
Long He laughed loudly, his eyes contemptuous: "Cowardly mouses, don't you think that you are safe after you have been out of the encirclement of the Han people, and you want to escape?"
"!" Qin Yu was annoyed by this big-chested and brainless man: "You will cut you again!"
Long Ji didn't understand, but he knew that this was not a good word, so he was so angry that he kept beating his chest and crackling, and there were still traces of blood on his face, and his appearance was very funny: "If I hadn't underestimated the enemy before, you would have died under my sword!
Ji Bu was not there, Xiang Zhuang looked left and right and saw that no one spoke, so he had to come out to play a round: "The overall situation is important, the overall situation is important!"
Xiang Yu saw them arguing, and actually smiled: "I don't know what Mr. thinks?"
"It's almost dawn, and the Han army will soon find out that we have broken through and will inevitably send troops to chase after us. As I have just observed, the terrain here is dominated by low hills, with many trees and narrow paths. So I think that every time we pass through a fork in the road, we will burn the plain with fire, cut off the back road, and also block the pace of a Han army. β
"What tricks do I have for you, it turned out to be a joke! The wind is so urgent, when you start a fire, the Han people will already catch up!" Long He looked at Qin Yu, as if he was looking at Silly X.
Qin Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said to Xiang Yu: "I'm not sure, I can only do my best." If not, we'll find a way to catch up with you. β
Xiang Yu inexplicably believed that this young man in short clothes, with such a strong wind, he didn't feel cold at all: "Okay, just do as Mr. said! There will be Han troops in front of us, our troops will be divided into four roads, breaking through in three directions, and Mr. will take Ji Bu to the rear of the palace." After crossing the Huai River, and after crossing the mountain, we meet in the east!"
In the end, he said to Qin Yu again: "Yu Ji will be handed over to Mr. to take care of." If you cross the mountain and we haven't arrived yet, you can take Yu Ji and Ji Bu and run for your life!"
"General, bring me the lard, and you can bring some dead branches to block the road, the more the better." β
He asked for lard and blocked the road with dead wood, and Ji Bu was shocked when he heard this: "Sir, don't you want to light a fire?
Yu Ji also hurriedly said: "This is the tuyere, and there is no thunder, if you want to ignite the dead branches with a fire sickle, you really can't do it." Sir, let's hurry up!"
"Without further ado, I can only try, if it doesn't work, leave immediately!"
"Sir!" Ji Bu's brow furrowed.
"Go!"
Ji Bu was helpless, the king asked everyone to obey Qin Yu's orders, and he could only do so.
Two hundred people moved at the same time, and in a few moments, they were piled up with half-man-high dead branches and rotten trees on the path. Qin Yu found a few thick branches, wrapped them in strips of cloth, and poured lard on them.
Jibu hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a fire sickle on the side. Several soldiers opened their bags, took out iron knives, and took out another black stone. Everyone gathered around to help block the wind, two squatted in it, one holding a white velvet, the other rubbing the flint hard, a small spark jumped out between the knife stones from time to time, but in the blink of an eye, even if it fell on the velvet, there was no reaction.
"General, the wind is too strong to catch fire!" said a dejected voice from the crowd.
Ji Bu is in a hurry, like an ant on a hot pot, isn't this a waste of time? At such a critical juncture, wasting time is waiting for death!
"What are you doing?" Qin Yu, who was busy with his work, looked at the circle of people in a circle, frowned and asked.
"Aren't you going to set fire, sir?" Ji Bu looked confused, and said in his heart that you don't even know how to start a fire, and you still have the face to suggest setting fire?
Qin Yu sneered, handed the five dead branches in his hand to Ji Bu, and silently took out the lighter: "No need, let them disperse." Come, one by one, on the point separately. β
"What is this?" Ji Bu stared curiously at the small thing in Qin Yu's hand.
"Fire sickle. Qin Yu explained, shielding the lighter with his hand: "Why are you stunned, come here!"
Ji Bu was stunned and handed over the wooden stick in his hand, "Click", Qin Yu lit the flames.
With a whirl, the torches lit, and because of the wind, they burned very strongly.
Everyone stood in place as if they had been immobilized. Yu Ji covered her mouth and said in a trembling voice: "First, sir, what kind of demon method is this?"
"The Tao is natural, and you don't understand it. Set fire, hurry!"
The spark of the stars can set the prairie on fire, and the sky is dry and dry, and the fire will rise to the sky in an instant, connecting into a sea of fire.
"Let's go!"
The large army that had just walked a few miles was about to divide into three ways, when Xiang Zhuang looked back and was so shocked that he almost rolled off his horse: "King, it's on fire!"