Volume 1 Don't Look Back Chapter 56 Miao Huo (II)
Jing Jian took less than a thousand Qin troops and finally returned to the camp of the Qin army outside Mianzhucheng on the night of the fourth day after the siege of Fenyuan City. This back and forth is only a day's time, but in the eyes of Jing Supervisor, it is like a world away.
The team of less than a thousand people behind him, his eyes were scattered, and his body exuded an aura of decadence and despair, where is this still the invincible elite of the Qin army, it is simply a walking corpse without the slightest life.
Although victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Jing Jian knows in his heart that even if the defeat is the reason for this situation, the more important thing is the rout and escape after the defeat.
The Qin army will fight to the death in every battle, and will not retreat or surrender, which is the belief that the Qin army will win. Now, in the face of defeat, he rarely began to flee, and although this saved the lives of some of the soldiers, it shattered the faith of these soldiers.
Thinking of this, Jing Jian could only sigh helplessly, the reason why he did this was not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he didn't dare to fight to the death. Rather, he believes that living is more meaningful than simply sending them to death. Even if the battle to the death ends, it will only add a few more corpses on top of those built Jingguan.
The shocking Jingguan, as well as the four thousand elite Qin army who threw their lives on the battlefield, thought of the incomparably sad heart of Jing Jian here.
The defenders in the city of Mianzhu had already received the news and had already made adequate preparations. But looking at the limping Qin army walking into the barracks, the defenders of Mianzhucheng seemed to be infected by the decadent aura of these people, and their eyes were also full of a sense of loss, standing at the gate of the camp, silently watching these Qin troops enter the camp.
In the big tent of the barracks, a guard carefully pasted healing herbs on Jing Jian's body, Jing Jian's body trembled, but it was still the pain in the ninja's heart, his face was pale, and he didn't make a sound.
After a long time, the guard breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and saluted, and then turned and left the tent.
Supervisor Jing sat behind the desk, wrote a military report on the story of the war in great detail, and then ordered someone to send it to the general General Ying Qian quickly. The defeat of this battle and the changes in the Rongdi tribe must be informed of the imminent arrival of the great general Ying Qian.
The only thing that can be done now is to wait for the arrival of the army of Winning Piety, and only then will there be a chance to turn defeat into victory.
But will Inobara Castle really be able to hold out until the arrival of the army? Jing Jian looked at the lights on the desk and gradually fell into deep thought.
In the city of Fenyuan, the fire that raged all night was finally extinguished by countless Qin people. After the fire, the area where the grain and grass warehouse of Shobara Castle was located was in ruins.
The general stood in front of the ruins, a look of despair on his tired face. This sudden fire not only shattered the last reliance on the holding of Fenyuan City, but also shattered the last glimmer of hope in his heart.
The Qin people and soldiers standing around all showed a tired look on their faces, and they also looked at the ruins in front of them with blank eyes. There was a look of despair in everyone's eyes, as they all knew how important this place was to Inobara City.
The general guarding the city rarely did not get angry with the people around him, but said gratefully: "Ladies and gentlemen, there was a fire in the city last night, and fortunately everyone worked together to extinguish the fire, and here I thank you for your great help. As he spoke, he bowed to the Qin people around him.
The surrounding Qin people watched with trepidation as the general guarding the city saluted to him, and he couldn't understand what the purpose of the general was doing. Fighting fires is the duty of the Qin people, so how can I thank them.
"Now there are still tens of thousands of Rongdi barbarian enemies besieging the city outside the city of Zhuyuan, and we Qin people will work together to tide over the difficulties, and when the warriors of our Qin army arrive, we will make those enemies who come to pay the price of blood." The general guarding the city had a serious face, and said in a sincere voice to the Qin people around him.
"Old Qin, defend the original city together"
"Rong Di barbarian, it's not in our eyes."
"I will kill them without a piece of armor."
Listening to the words of the general defending the city, the surrounding Qin people suddenly became indignant, and they all responded to the words of the general defending the city.
The hardships encountered by the old Qin people over the past hundreds of years are more tragic than the current ones, and they have gritted their teeth and persevered. Everyone believed in their hearts that as long as the general defending the city commanded properly, and the Qin people and soldiers in the city worked together to block the invading enemy, there would definitely be hope for the defense of the city.
Seeing the reaction of the surrounding Qin people, the general who guarded the city nodded with satisfaction and walked towards the city wall with the surrounding military bodies. The body is revealing a momentum of coexistence and death with Porhara City.
Encouraged by the general defending the city, the hearts of those Qin people who were standing around lit up a glimmer of hope for victory.
The general who defended the city strode forward, but in his heart, he was constantly thinking about how to show the strength of Fenyuan City, or let the Rongdi tribe see that Fenyuan City still had the strength to resist their attack.
In fact, when he saw that the grain, grass and military quarters of Porhara City were turned into ashes in the fire, the general defending the city accepted the idea of the man in black yesterday in his heart, and exchanged Fenyuan Castle for the high-ranking officials after him, rich and glorious.
When selling goods to people, we must let the people who buy the goods see the value of the goods, otherwise how can they be sold at a good price.
This is the truest thought in the heart of the defending general. He didn't really live and die with Fenyuan City, but in this way, let the Rongdi tribe see his own value, and let the Rongdi tribe see the price to be paid for storming Fenyuan City. In this way, he can have enough chips to get more benefits in the Rongdi tribe in the future.
As for those words just now, it is to arouse the belief of the Qin people to hate the enemy, so that they can resist the offensive of the Rongdi tribe, and let those Rongdi barbarians see the power of the Qin people, so that their plans can succeed.
The general defending the city was constantly thinking about his plan in his heart, and the Qin people behind him who looked excited did not realize that they had become the bargaining chips of the defending general in exchange for wealth and glory, and the more they fought to defend the city, the more chips the defending general would have.
In the camp of the Rongdi tribe, Wei Chen stood in the empty tent, looking at the guards who had no breath, his face was a little unsightly.
This camp is the one where Qin Chuan is imprisoned. Early in the morning, a guard told Wei Chen the news of Qin Chuan's escape. This aroused Wei Chen's vigilance.
It is impossible for a six-year-old child to disappear silently from the heavily guarded camp, and if he can kill the guards, there must be a master to rescue him.
If this master enters the military camp and assassinates himself or the leader of the Rongdi tribe, the consequences will be ...... Just thinking of this, Wei Chen felt a little afraid and happy in his heart.
"That kid named Qin Chuan is really the son of Qin Guogong? Or is it the son-in-law of a powerful family? Wei Chen couldn't help but think in his heart.
Wei Chen originally didn't believe that Qin Chuan was the prince of Qin, thinking that this was a delaying tactic for the city of Xuanyuan, but if a master came to the rescue, it could show that Qin Chuan's identity was definitely not simple.
No matter what Qin Chuan's identity is, it will never have any impact on the overall situation. Wei Chen pondered in his heart.
Then, Wei Chen severely reprimanded the guards on duty last night, and began to prepare for today's events. Today is a very important day, he wants to lead the 30,000 soldiers of the Rongdi tribe to start attacking the city of Yuanyuan.
After several days of continuous burning and looting, coupled with two victories against the Qin army, they finally established some confidence in the Rong Di army, and at the same time let them see the hope of defeating the Qin army.
Wei Chen always believed that if nothing happened, when this battle passed, Rong Di's 30,000 soldiers would become the sharpest sword in his hand. If he is given a few years to recuperate, at that time, the princes of the Qin State or the entire world will tremble under his long sword.
Of course, at this time, not all of Rong Di's 30,000 soldiers were cavalry, only about 10,000 cavalry, and the remaining half of the soldiers were forced to become infantry just because they had no extra horses. Once the number of war horses was sufficient, he believed that 30,000 people would definitely be able to bring a surprise to the Qin State.
Cavalry was suitable for charging in battle formations, so infantry became the main force in the siege. Moreover, in the past few days, the 20,000 Rong Di infantry soldiers have besieged the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have continuously cut down the surrounding trees and made them into long wooden ladders, which are used to climb the city wall.
Wei Chen was dressed in white and sat on a horse, and the leader of the sixteen tribes of Rong Di behind him was also sitting on the horse with a serious face, looking at the fanatical Rong Di soldiers in front of him, his heart was also full of pride.
This is the momentum that Rong Di's soldiers should have. The leaders kept thinking in their hearts.
"Warriors, today we will use the scimitar in our hands to wash away the humiliation and torture suffered by our Rongdi tribes for hundreds of years. We will cut off their necks, take their women captive, and rob them of their food. A clan leader shouted loudly to the warrior in front of him at Wei Chen's signal.
The mouths of the 30,000 Rong Di soldiers kept shouting.
"Let's go." The leader of the Rongdi tribe swung his scimitar fiercely.
The gate of the camp was slowly opened, and the 30,000 Rongdi soldiers began to walk out of the camp and walked in the direction of Yuanyuan City. Their eyes were full of excitement, and their mouths kept shouting.
The distance of more than ten miles is not very far, and from the wall of Inobara Castle, you can see this slowly moving black cloud.
After a busy morning, the general who defended the city arranged the matters of defending the city, and many Qin people who were not very old were arranged on the four city walls, and the only few objects guarding the city were assigned to the city walls.
One by one, women carried baskets and stuffed pieces of dry cakes into the hands of the soldiers on the city wall or the Qin people. Although the grain and grass were burned, the defenders of the city could not be starved. This is a centuries-old tradition of the Qin people.
"Look, what's that?" A Qin soldier glared and stretched out his finger to the approaching black group in the distance.
Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the soldier's finger, and suddenly the face of a slightly older soldier changed, and he shouted at the people around him: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, the Rongdi tribe is attacking the city, go and inform the general." ”
The general who defended the city had just come down from the city wall, and he had not slept all night, making his body feel extremely tired. Before he could go far, he heard the sound of an enemy attack behind him.
The general of the city guard stopped, a little nervous in his heart, but his face was still calm as usual, and he turned around and ran quickly towards the city wall.
After waiting for the general to defend the city to see the black pressure of the Rong Di soldiers, his legs suddenly became a little weak, and after a while, he forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, pulled out his long sword from his body, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly to the surrounding Qin people and soldiers: "Prepare to meet the enemy." The Qin army will win. ”
"The Qin army will win." All the Qin people and soldiers shouted loudly, looking at the approaching black cloud with great anticipation.
Soon, Rong Di's 30,000 soldiers came to a place five miles outside the city of Yuanyuan, and the battle seemed to be imminent.