"General, you can be regarded as coming, Qin Kou is really evil......"

On the eighth day of the first day of November, in Yang'an Township, Langling County, Ruxi Region, Chu State, Jing Ju, a young nobleman of Chu State, listened to the cries of the local fathers and elders casually, and secretly scolded himself for such a difficult errand.

"It's all to blame for that little rider named Zhong Liyi!"

It all started three days ago. Jingju is the son of the Jing family, this family originated from the king of Chuping, because the complete nickname of the king of Chuping should be "King Chu Jingping", one of the sons took this as the clan, and after three hundred years of breeding, it has branched out and become one of the three major princes of Chu.

Therefore, although Jing Ju was only in his early twenties, he was already a leader, and followed the army north to join Xiang Rong and besiege Shang Cai.

But just as they were marching to the edge of the water, a scout rider named Zhong Liyi galloped back, and was hit by an arrow on his body, and two arrows on his horse's buttocks. Zhong Liyi was close to fainting when he returned to the army, but he still managed to last squeeze his consciousness and told the general what he had seen.

At the same time, their army of 5,000 people also received news from Xiang Rong that there was a remnant of the Qin State that had escaped the net in Kuiyangyi, a hundred miles to the northeast, or was fleeing in the direction of Rushui, and if they found it, they would destroy it by the way......

Comparing the two phases, isn't this the Qin army that Zhong Liyi saw, disguised as a Chu person!

The general attached great importance to this, so he named Jing Ju and asked him to take more than 1,000 people to pursue the Qin army......

So Jingju was sent to Ruxi.

Zhong Liyi was seriously injured and thrown on a car carrying him without knowing whether he was alive or dead, so Jing Ju and the others were led by another scout who had fled back, and when they arrived at the small ferry, they found that the Qin people had completely crossed over, and they also burned the ferry and the boats......

Just burn one, Jingju took the people and continued to march north along the east bank of Rushui, hoping to reach the next ferry. As a result, I found out that the next two ferries were burned by the Qin people!

Jing Ju didn't dare to swim across, for fear of being attacked by this Qin army, so they could only walk for another day, until noon the next day, they sent scouts to the opposite shore to make sure that the Qin army was indeed not there, so they found a few boats, and spent several hours to slowly cross a thousand people.

At this point, Jing Ju's troops had lagged behind the Qin people for half a day.

At the end of the night on the eighth day of the first month of November, when he came to Yang'an Township, Jing Ju learned that the Qin people pretended to be Chu Shi this morning and opened the Yimen by fraud......

Yang'an Township is just a small town with a household of less than 500, and when Jingju arrived, he was not greeted by the lord of the town, and only a few local elders cried to him about the "atrocities" of the Qin people.

"Qin Kou was commanded by a black-faced man, who claimed to be a soldier of Huxian Dougong, but as soon as he entered the Yimen, he showed his fierce face and captured the lord of the city. Then he looked for medicine for those stinking wounded soldiers. Then he forcibly occupied the mansion of the lord of the city, invited a sick man in the car, and ordered the people of the city to boil water, kill dogs, kill chickens, and make rice. After a full meal, seeing that it was not early, he grabbed a lot of food and carried it on his shoulders, and by the way, he also took the lord and doctor away......"

The local father and old goatee shook and trembled, obviously frightened, although Langling County is close to the Qin State, but because this is not a traffic artery, the two countries fought in the past, the Qin people were not very interested in this place, and there were not too many soldiers crossing the border.

"How many hours have you been walking?"

"I left three hours ago."

After listening, Jingju made a judgment.

"Most of the grain that the Qin people brought out from Liyang was eaten, so they had to take the risk to open this small town, replenish it on the spot, and rest by the way, and now they are outside the half-day trip."

At this time, one of his subordinates came over and said: "I heard the cavalry officer Zhong Liyi say that the Qin people brought a lot of wounded soldiers, and the chariot was abandoned on the east bank of Rushui due to the rush of time, and with so many wounded, it must be difficult to walk fast." In addition, his generation marched in Chudi, fled overnight, did not give up for hundreds of miles, must be extremely tired, hungry, if they pursued quickly, Jing Gong would definitely be able to defeat him! ”

Before the subordinate finished speaking, he was impatiently driven away by Jing Ju, but he heard that Hu Gong, who was familiar with him, took 2,000 people and was defeated by the Qin army of less than 1,000 in Liyang, and he was also taken prisoner, Jing Ju didn't want to follow in his footsteps.

If you win, it's okay to say, but if you lose, you will not only lose face to your family, but you may also be forced to commit suicide under pressure...... Why bother?

There is no harm in being cautious and careful, Jingju does not seek merit, but seeks no fault.

He also said solemnly: "The general also said, expel this Qin Kou out of the country, don't let them influence the army to besiege Shangcai, this is the most important thing!" ”

So, they simply rested in this small town, and asked the local elders to boil water, kill dogs, kill chickens, and cook rice again, and did what Qin Kou had done again.

It wasn't until after a night's rest that Jing Ju picked his teeth, patted his full stomach and left this unlucky town with his soldiers, and continued to "pursue" the Qin army unhurriedly, but in the eyes of others, it was no different from escorting.

In Jing Ju's opinion, the war has come to an end, and the Chu State is no longer in danger of dying, and the major families can rule the people in the territory as before, so there is no need to be as desperate as the old general Xiang Yan.

Although he walked unhurriedly, on the ninth day of the first month of November, the car that Jing Ju arranged in front of him still caught up with the tail of the Qin people.

When Jing Ju, who learned the news, came to the south bank of the water in a light car, he saw that those Qin people who were wearing the uniforms of the Chu army and waving the banner of the Chu army had all crossed this water flow that was no more than ten zhang wide and walked far away.

This river is equivalent to the dividing line between Qin and Chu, and it is still the same, after crossing the river, it is the two cities of Wufang and Canyang that belong to the Qin State, and the two countries of Qin and Chu have once again confronted each other on the line of Shangcai and Yangcheng, and there are probably many soldiers stationed in these two places.

The Qin people on the opposite side also saw them, and several Qin soldiers who were drinking water by the river immediately shouted, and even a big Han man untied his belt and urinated into the river as a provocation.

However, Jing Ju didn't think it was wrong, he asked the emperor to turn the head of the car, and when he returned to the main army, he said to everyone with a smile on his face:

"Ben General has expelled the Qin people, immediately turn around and return to Shangcai! Repay the merit to General Xiang! ”

……

At the same time, on the north bank of the river, Heifu, who had already let the whole army hide in the bushes and was ready to fight a half-crossing attack at any time, could only scratch his face when he saw the opposite Chu army give up the pursuit of crossing the river and retreat neatly, and he could only scratch his face, a little stupid.

"Will this Chu be afraid of death or be smart?"

Then he smiled at Dou Ran, who was tied to the car and slept with the few bags of grain they had snatched yesterday: "Dou Gong, it seems that not all Emperor Gaoyang Miao descendants are as noble and light as you." ”

Dou Ran snorted coldly, don't look over, all the way, he ignored Heifu's inquiry. Therefore, Heifu didn't ask anything, and naturally he couldn't know who wrote to Dou Ran about what happened in Anlu County.

"I don't believe that when you reach the Qin State, you can still keep your mouth shut."

Heifu didn't have time to torture Dou Ran, so he immediately beckoned him to arrange at the edge of the water to provoke the Chu people on the other side of the river, Dongmen Leopard and others to withdraw.

"Speed up and head west, let's go to Wufang for the night!"

After walking more than 300 miles in seven or eight days, everyone's physical strength has reached the limit......

Fortunately, we are not far from the finish line.

……

Wufangcheng, twenty miles west of the place where they crossed the river, is now Suiping County, Zhumadian, and the whole city has been mobilized at this moment, as if facing a great enemy.

In the past few days, the war situation in Qin and Chu has undergone new changes: Li Xin, who had disappeared in the state of Chu, took his remaining 20,000 soldiers and made a big circle and returned to the area of Yangcheng, and then cooperated with Meng Tian to set down the defense line in Yangcheng and Shangcaibu, and thwarted several attacks by the Chu army.

The Chu people did not dare to divide their troops at this time, Xiang Yan gave an order, and the 100,000 army was also concentrated on this line, and the two sides confronted each other with the same strength......

This kind of confrontation will not last long, and both the Qin and Chu people, shivering in the cold wind, are also thinking: "When the first snow falls, it will probably be the time for the two countries to strike their troops." ”

By that time, both sides will have a common enemy: winter. If you still have no scruples about leaving the army, there may be more people who are killed by the cold winter and frostbite than by the soldiers.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the scout came to report that there was a small number of "Chu army" crossing the river and heading north to Wufang City

Hearing this, the county lieutenant of Wufang was shocked!

"Could it be that the real plan of the Chu army is to go sideways, break through Wufang first, and then go north to Yingchuan, or attack Nanyang in the west?"

But it's not like it, because the number of this Chu army is too small. After the scouts repeatedly confirmed that this Chu army only had seven or eight hundred people, and there were no reinforcements in the rear, the county lieutenant Wufang, who had always been bold, decided to take a thousand soldiers transferred from Nanyang County to go out of the city to attack the enemy!

Half an hour later, when I saw this "Chu army" from afar, they were marching along the water, the array was loose, and they looked tired. After discovering the orderly array of Qin troops in front of him, he didn't hurry to stop the formation, but instead showed joy on his face and quickened his pace.

Moreover, a few riders were sent over from the opposite side, and they held high the black banner of the Qin State, ran beyond the range of the arrows, and shouted loudly: "Don't shoot arrows, we are the Qin army, the Qin people!" ”

"Qin people?" The county lieutenant was shocked, and then saw a scene that he would never forget.

As if echoing it, the seven or eight hundred people walking by the water also began to unload their armor.

They unloaded the red armor full of arrows and swords, and threw them all into the gurgling water, causing the heavy leather armor to sink to the cold bottom......

They took off the dirty clothes that they had worn for seven or eight days, and threw them into the water, leaving them to drift down with the current......

In the cold wind, after unloading their armor and undressing, everyone who was only wearing thin summer clothes put all the red flags of the Chu army in their hands and replaced them with the Xuanxi flag of the Qin State that had been hidden for many days, but was washed brand new......

Hands are trembling, flags are flying.

As far as the eye can see, there is a banner of five hundred lords, and several small flags of hundreds of people, all of them are full of energy, which is in stark contrast to the people who have taken off their coats and their teeth are shivering from the cold......

At the forefront, a lieutenant's tiger and bear's tooth flag was placed on a chariot, and in the car lay a frail lieutenant with a relieved face, who asked the driver to drive forward and showed the county lieutenant his lieutenant tiger talisman.

"You're Captain Li Youdu!"

The county lieutenant's eyes widened, and a lot of news came back from the front, this time the defeat of Chu, the Qin army lost troops and generals, and a total of eight captains were killed or missing before and after, one of which was the Li You in front of him, he was the son-in-law of the King of Qin and the son of the court captain......

Now, after disappearing for ten days, Li You finally appeared alive! This is big news that can shock the whole army.

And looking at the Chu armor and Chu clothes abandoned by these soldiers, as well as the Chu State military flag they captured, the county lieutenant of Wufang can almost guess what they have experienced.

"I can come back alive because of the work of the black man and the work of all the soldiers!" Li You smiled weakly, arched his hand at the county lieutenant of Wufang, and asked him to take everyone into the city.

The county lieutenant of Wufang woke up like a dream and shouted: "Quick, quickly arrange for the lieutenant and all the soldiers to enter the city, and then go to the city to prepare clothes and bedding, heat the stove, and let these robes warm their bodies!"

A thousand Nanyang County soldiers scattered from the middle, making way for a way, and they watched Li You's carriage pass by, and then watched sideways as their comrades passed by, wearing only single clothes and even naked.

Although these people were shivering by the cold wind, they were in good spirits, and they held their heads high, because they did not think that they were the remnants of the defeated army, they were heroes and warriors who turned defeat into victory, and then fought three hundred miles behind enemy lines, and finally returned victorious!

However, the Dongmen leopard who walked in front of Heifu had lost the arrogance when he peed in the wind and mocked the Chu people by the water's edge, he snorted for a long time, and muttered after sneezing: "Finally remove the broken armor, this battle is finally over......"

Heifu was not so embarrassed, he asked everyone to go forward, and then stood at the end of the line, looking behind him, at the vast Chu land on the other side.

There were promises he had made, and there were many souls waiting for him to take them home......

"That's not right."

He said softly: "This war has just begun!" ”