Chapter 45 Convincing People with Virtue
"Shoot!"
Crossbow arrows are like locusts, piercing the sky.
In the Qin army camp along the river, hundreds of crossbowmen crouched behind the wooden fence, waiting for the standard-bearer on the watchtower to command.
On the clear grass outside the village, more than a dozen indigenous soldiers of Xiou fell to the ground, and blood seeped into the soil, moistening the land here.
In this small village of the Qin army, there were only 500 soldiers stationed. The Xiou army that surrounded it had 3,000 people.
However, these six-fold soldiers and horses have been storming for an hour, but they have not even touched the Qin army's walled gate.
"Qin Jun's crossbow arrows are really powerful!"
Looking at this small village from afar, the king of Xiou sighed so much.
Beside him, standing was the Great Elder Lu Wen. At this moment, it was not the people of the Song tribe who attacked the Qin army's camp, but the tribe of a Yi king.
Since the Song Dynasty put forward the condition that whoever captures and kills the prince of Qin can be the king of Xiou. Among the thirty-six Yi kings, many tribes were unusually enthusiastic when attacking the Qin army.
At present, the attack on this small village of the Qin army is a large tribe close to Luo Yue, which has a large population and can easily gather 5,000 people. The leader of his tribe, Sushu, was one of the strong contenders for the king of Theou. Because of this, his army was particularly hard working when attacking the Qin army.
"The equipment and armament of the Qin army are all excellent in our department. All we can rely on is the numerical superiority and familiarity with the terrain of the area. ”
Lu Wen sighed and said.
"But at the moment, the Qin army can't shrink back, and our army will attack strongly, and it will definitely suffer heavy losses." Yi Yu Song said worriedly.
Lu Wen glanced at Yi Yu Song and chuckled in his heart, isn't this result exactly what this king expects?
The more the men and horses of the thirty-six Yi kings are consumed, the more powerful their own kings will be.
After all, although the king of his own family took out the title of King Xi'ou as bait, how could he really give it up in his own heart?
Most of these 36 Yi kings were brave and unscrupulous, and they clashed with the Qin army, only knowing how to lead their troops to attack hard, just with a mouthful of blood, and the will of brutality.
No matter how many soldiers these Yi Kings have, can they have more crossbows and arrows than the Qin army?
"If we want to break this Qin army, it seems that we have to find another way."
Yi Hu Song looked at the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in front of him, and said unconsciously. In fact, he has already confirmed one thing from here, that is, it will not work to confront the Qin army head-on.
In just one hour, 500 warriors of the Sushu tribe were wounded severely, and more than 100 warriors could no longer stand up from the grass.
The strength of the Qin army's soldiers was so terrifying. Yi Hu Song understands that there is only one way to die if he is facing it head-on.
He gasped, the dark rain of arrows, he didn't want to try it anyway. And the six countries of Kwantung have been fighting with the Qin army for more than a hundred years, how did they do it after all?
"Great King, in fact, there is only one way to destroy the Qin army." Lu Wen held the cane in both hands and said to Song Yu.
"What?"
"Lead the warriors of my tribe, relying on the terrain, to go around the back of the Qin army, attack its baggage, and cut off its grain route."
Yi Hu Song thought for a while and said: "In this mountain range, the terrain is changeable, even among our tribe, there are only a few hunters who are familiar with it, let alone the Qin army? ”
"The king is right, we can use this advantage to help the tribes of the Yi kings of those small tribes enter the mountains. Most of the Yi kings of these tribes are greedy for profit, and they should not refuse. ”
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, these days, our transport team has been attacked more than a dozen times on the grain road in this mountain range. Fortunately, we were already prepared. Therefore, the losses are not very large. ”
In the darkness of the tent, only above the skylight, a frame of sunlight shone brightly, bringing some light to the tent. Zhao Tuo stood beside this frame of sunlight, his body hidden in the darkness.
"Your 5,000 men don't have to fight with the army, just to deal with this situation. Now it seems that you have indeed trained well, and you should be rewarded. ”
"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince." Zhao Tuo said with his hands in his hand.
Next to Zhao Tuo, on the other side of a frame of sunshine is Zhang Han. At this moment, there are only these two generals in this tent.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, there are more and more criticisms of His Highness in the court at present, and you must not ignore it." Zhang Hanyu hand.
"Oh? What do they say? Ying Ziyi supported her hand and asked with interest.
"They are nothing more than attacking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lead an army of 100,000 troops, consuming a huge amount of grain and grass every day, but now, there are no more than an inch, and even some courtiers have attacked His Royal Highness the Prince, secretly let go of the enemy chieftain, and raised tigers."
Ying Ziyi has really not made any action until now. Since the Qin army entered the territory of the Western Ou Kingdom, Ying Ziyi has not taken military action at all. It's just to build camps, maintain supply lines, and wait for food to come from the rear. Up to now, it has been more than a few months, and the land occupied by the Qin army is basically the same as when it first entered Xiou, and even a little less.
Ying Ziyi smiled, "What they said is not wrong, we are indeed not an inch of success now, and we have consumed a lot of materials in the empire." In the past few months, the grain consumed by 100,000 mouths is already a year's ration for a small county. ”
"But His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"Needless to say, the turnaround is just a few days away." Ying Ziyi waved her hand. The reason why he is still so calm now is because in Xianyang City, the political brother of the lord of the world has not yet spoken.
As long as Brother Zheng doesn't say anything, no matter how much other people say, it's useless. Ying Ziyi has to rejoice, Brother Zheng is so good. When the army is outside, he never points fingers and gives unconditional support to the generals outside.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo, the two most dazzling generals of the new generation of Great Qin, looked at Yingziyi in front of him. He picked up a comb from the desk, a comb used by a woman.
Women are forbidden to enter the army, and anyone who dares to offend will be immediately beheaded. And of these tens of thousands of troops, only one person can make an exception, and that is Ying Ziyi. By his side, he is followed by three maids all the year round. This is known to all the generals who are close to Ying Ziyi.
The two looked at the scene in front of them, but they were silent and secretive. You must know that in this era, personal maids often have alternative obligations for the sake of their masters. And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also grown up!
If Ying Ziyi knew what these two generals were thinking now, she would definitely be crying and laughing
In the dim darkness of the night, the Qin army transported goods between the mountains. This team is very long, and it seems that there are a lot of supplies to be escorted.
"King, the Qin army is here."
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were draped in dyed straw clothes and crouched on both sides of the hill. The color of their straw coats is very similar to the surrounding environment, somewhat similar to the camouflage of later generations.
"It seems that the intelligence is not wrong, and the grain and grass in the Qin army's villages have run out. This time they escorted a large amount of grain and grass to come. Yi Hu Song said in a low voice.
Hearing that a large number of grain and grass materials escorted by the Qin army came, the thirty-six Yi kings were enthusiastic to sign up. For these Yi kings in a corner, food and grass mean everything. They came with their own elites, and they all wanted a piece of the pie.
The Qin army was already halfway there, and the translation of Song also gave the order to attack.
The torches lit up instantly, and on the hill, the sound of whining was endless.
"Rush me."
Ten thousand people rushed out of the hill and went straight to the Qin army.
The charge of the Xi'ou army quickly had an effect, and the Qin army suffered heavy losses for a while, and they retreated to the Chinese army one after another.
"That's not right." Looking at such an easy offensive, Yihu Song frowned unconsciously, the Qin army retreated too quickly.
"It's not good, it's a fraud!" Yi Hu Song suddenly realized, but it was too late to stop those Yi Wang's subordinates.
A large area of grain and grass, the golden silk fell to the ground, and those soldiers of the king of Yi had red eyes, and they only thought about destroying the Qin army in front of them and seizing all the grain and grass.
On this dark and windy night, the command transmission of the Xiou army has been completely broken. Many soldiers were fighting with the Qin army, and more were taking the opportunity to snatch the gold, silk, grain and grass on the ground.
The Qin army was retreating towards the central convoy, and the sails of the vehicles that had lost their guardians were lifted. Looking at the materials inside, the eyes of the Yi kings of the thirty-six families were almost green. The Qin State was rich, simply beyond their imagination.
They frantically uncovered one by one of supplies, and gradually, they finally realized that something was wrong. Among these materials, there are clusters of arrows and crossbows.
That's right, clusters of arrows and crossbows.
Unconsciously, those Qin soldiers who retreated in the Chinese army were holding long shields and had already surrounded the formation, and such Qin soldiers took bows and crossbows and arrows from the car and had already finished loading.
It's not good, it's fraudulent.
By this moment, most of the Yi kings had already reacted, and they had been tricked.
However, at this moment, these soldiers of King Yi have been entangled with the Qin army for too long, and they are too deep.
But what happened next made these Yi kings really desperate. A large number of Qin troops suddenly poured out from the hills, crossings, and dense forests. The Qin soldiers were holding torches, densely packed, and it seemed that there were thirty or forty thousand people.
"Translation call Song, I have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhao Tuo stood on top of a high cliff and said loudly.
"Shaft, Ann dares to deceive me." Yihu Song shouted, and then heard the sound of whistling, and one by one the barbarian soldiers fell into the darkness and died silently
"Get on your knees." Four or five soldiers of the Qin army tied up Yi Hu Song, pushed Ying Ziyi's tent, and pressed him to the ground.
And Ying Ziyi, who is in the position of the generals, despises the translation of Song.
"Now that you have been captured by me, can you accept it in your heart?"
"Ying Ziyi, you make me crazy, I can be convinced. Dissatisfied, dissatisfied, dissatisfied. ”
The translator called Song as strong as an ox, and said three times in a row. Even after a night of fierce fighting, he still looks energetic at the moment.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, this person is really hateful, it is better to kill it here."
"Yes! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, kill him! ”
Many of the generals in Yingziyi's tent persuaded him to kill this translator Song. But this guy tilted his head, looking like he wasn't afraid.
Ying Ziyi smiled and said, "You only know that this king is cheating, but why can this king lure you into the gang?" ”
"What do you mean?" Yi Hu Song asked.
"Actually, if the king doesn't say it, you can figure it out." Ying Ziyi stood up, approached Yi Yu Song, looked at his eyes as big as an ox, and said, "Who are the soldiers you sent to detect the enemy?" And who is supporting you in this operation? How did the king know the exact time of your move? ”
"No, he has followed me for years, and there is no reason to betray me?" Yi Hu Song's eyes still had an expression of disbelief.
"Really?" Ying Ziyi was condescending, snapped his fingers, and ordered the armor next to him: "Untie him down." ”
The armor soldiers around Yi Hu Song faithfully carried out Ying Ziyi's order.
Yihu Song stood up and said to Ying Ziyi, "Can you really let me go?" ”
"I am a big country in Qin, and I have always persuaded people with virtue." Ying Ziyi said something that even he didn't believe.
"In this case, I will lead my troops and horses to fight again in the coming day."
In the dimly lit cavern, the bodies of the two **** were entangled, lingering, and crazy.
Tie Yuque was very happy today, news came from the front line, the army that went to attack the grain and grass of the Qin army was completely annihilated, and Yihu Song was captured by the Qin army, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. As soon as Song died, this cave was his world. And the woman who underneath her will truly belong to herself. Because of this, he worked extra hard tonight.
Before returning to the cave, Yi Yu Song had been persuading himself in his heart that everything he had guessed in his heart was not true. However, when he saw this snow-white and distorted scene in the cave, his heart suddenly emptied.
Then, anger filled the chest. Yi Hu Song stepped forward quickly, flipped Tie Yuque, who was ploughing, under the bed, and stepped on his feet.
Yi Hu Song drew a long knife and slashed at the woman's neck amid the woman's screams.
The woman's screams continued for a long time, and Yi Yu Song's knife did not cut down after all.
"Say, why are you doing this?" Yihu Song said with red eyes and a sad heart.
Ruan Zhu's crimson body didn't know if it was because of fear or anger, but it looked more and more red at the moment. She stared at the boss with a pair of eyes, looked at Yi Yu Song, and said, "Why? Thou hast slain my husband and humiliated me. Shouldn't I hate you? I want you to die. ”
"Is this for you?" Yi Yu Song's voice was very low, and he thought that the woman in front of him really loved herself, but she couldn't imagine that all the tenderness was in the meandering welcome.
He looked at the woman in front of him, the woman who brought him great shame, but the knife in his hand trembled a little.
Yihu Song couldn't wave it, and after a long time, he put away the long knife and said in a cold voice: "Get out, don't let me see you again." Otherwise, I will kill you. ”
Yihu Song kicked away Tie Yuque under his feet, and the other party ignored his injuries, put on a piece of clothing, and stumbled out.
"Rubbish!" Ruan Zhu sneered and followed him out.
After the two left, Yi Yu Song sat down, only to feel the incomparably cold of this cave room. (To be continued.) )