Chapter 25: Burning Grain and Grass

On June 27, 5006 in the Great Li calendar, in the early morning, a team of 1,000 people quietly came out of Huoquan Pass and drilled into the mountains.

"If you enter the mountain from here, you can touch them in front of the Chu army and intercept them." Yuchan said.

These 1,000 people are the most elite part of the 6,000 defenders of Huoquan Pass, except for the stones who need to sit in the army, Jingfu who needs to command the battle situation, and Shao Ruyi, who is seriously injured, Jiang Jue, who can be used, has brought them all. This battle is related to the trend of the battle situation in Huoquan Pass and the fate of 500,000 free people in the three cities of Guannei.

Therefore, Jiang Jue recuperated for a day yesterday, and today he took the initiative to lead the army to sneak attack the Chu army's grain and grass baggage team.

Thousands of elites climbed several mountains, flowed through several valleys, and arrived at the predetermined place in the afternoon, Wanhu Mountain.

Wanhu Mountain is the only way from Wuling to the old Qidu, and it will take two more days to make a detour, and I am afraid that the Chu army will not be able to wait, after all, the grain and grass in Huoquanguan have been occupied by Jiang Jue's people.

After waiting for nearly an hour and not seeing a single soldier, Jiang Jue felt a little irritable, he didn't dare to imagine how serious the consequences would be if he missed this fighter.

Jiang Jue gritted his teeth and rattled, his face turned pale, if it weren't for his depression in the past few days, I'm afraid he wouldn't have these problems.

"Childe, don't worry, Yuchan has gone to investigate the enemy's situation, maybe the Chu army's grain transport team has not yet arrived?" Qi Guanzhuang comforted.

Jiang Jue walked in front of a tree, clenched his fists and smashed it. At the beginning, Ah Da smashed a hundred green bar trees with his fist in Bashan one day, and he couldn't even hammer this small tree with the thick mouth of the bowl. With such a small fist, how can he shelter 500,000 Qi people?

Jiang Jue's fist had been cracked open and stained with blood. Qi Guanzhuang grabbed Jiang Jue and shouted, "Childe, can you solve the problem like this?" ”

Jiang Jue broke away from Qiguanzhuang and continued to smash trees. He was distraught and distracted, punch after punch.

With a "boom", the green bar tree with a thick bowl mouth fell down in response.

"If that's the way you look, I'll still be on the mountain." A beautiful female voice came.

Jiang Jue turned his head in despair, and saw Yuchan holding the moon dagger looking at him calmly.

"The good news is that the Chu army's grain transport team has not yet arrived, and it is estimated that it will wait until tomorrow." Yuchan said, finally bringing good news.

"The bad news is that the Chu army is estimated to attack again today, and most of the 5,000 people in Huoquan Pass are injured." Yuchan continued.

There is a valley in Wanhu Mountain that is neither deep nor shallow, and Jiang Jue jumped into the waterhole with a "plop", revealing only one head. He is trying his best to break the situation, and he is in a dilemma. If you rush to the aid of the Living Spring Pass at this time, you may be able to hold the Living Spring Pass today, but what about two more days? If you stay here and wait for tomorrow to block the Chu army's grain transportation team, it may be possible to cut off the Chu army's grain and grass baggage, but I am afraid that the Huoquan Pass will be difficult to defend.

Dilemma on both sides, dilemma on both sides.

"I'm waiting for you to decide." Yuchan stood by the waterhole and said calmly.

"I know." Jiang Jue replied in a low voice.

What's it like to be responsible? Not only are there 1,000 pairs or 10,000 pairs of eager eyes staring at you eagerly, but there are also 1,000 pairs or 10,000 pairs of eyes waiting to make a decision.

Yuchan stretched out her hand, Jiang Jue hesitated for a moment, and grabbed her hand to go ashore.

"Qi Guanzhuang." Jiang Jue shouted.

"Yes." Qi Guanzhuang replied.

"Take 800 people back and defend the living spring pass. If the living spring is lost, come and see it. Jiang Jue shouted.

Qi Guanzhuang nodded and led 800 people along the road back to Huoquanguan.

"Yuchan listens to orders." Jiang Jue shouted again.

Yuchan replied, "Yes." ”

"Lead the way and block the grain and grass team of the Chu army." Jiang Jue shouted.

Jiang Jue didn't dare to stay here and wait, although Wanhu Mountain was the only way for the Chu army to transport grain, and although Wanhu Mountain was an excellent ambush location, the time in front of him was not waiting for anyone, and every moment was extremely cherished, and Jiang Jue couldn't afford to waste it.

Two hundred people ran from afternoon to dusk, and then from dusk to nightfall, and finally stopped to eat hastily.

"Shall we continue on our journey or do we rest where we are?" Yuchan asked.

"Keep going, day and night, time is running out." Jiang Jue's dark eyes looked into the distance through the night. At the end of the starlight, there was the Chu army's grain and grass transportation team.

"Fifty miles to go," said Yuchan, "I mean a shortcut." ”

At night, the speed of the new army was much slower, and the mountain roads were rugged, fifty miles, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to reach them until dawn. Jiang Jue looked at the two hundred robes that had been devouring after a day of hunger, and couldn't bear it, but he still ordered: "Everyone, we still have to hurry tonight." ”

The food brought by these two hundred men was not enough for one meal, and they could only eat five cents full. Jiang Jue pointed to the place where the starlight fell and said: "There, there is a baggage team of the Chu army, where the brothers open their bellies and eat a round belly, these cooking utensils are gone, and the Chu army has them." ”

After that, Jiang Jue drank the last mouthful of porridge and smashed the pottery bowl on the ground. Two hundred people followed suit, and the prince said that the Chu army had endless food there, and what did they want to do with these tattered dishes and kettles?

Two hundred people wore the stars and the moon and overcame obstacles, and finally saw the grain transportation team of the Chu army at the first point of dawn.

There were no less than 100 ox carts, and no less than 2,000 guards. There were more than 100 ox carts, and I don't know how much food there was, but Jiang Jue didn't care about this, but about the 2,000 defenders. There are only 200 people on their own side, and the Chu army is ten times larger than their own. If it is in Wanhu Mountain, I am afraid that it can also take advantage of the geographical advantage, but the terrain here is flat, and Jiang Jue's side has no advantage.

"Brothers," Jiang Jue struggled to remember every face, and he hesitated for a long time before continuing, "Ahead, there are thousands of Chu troops, and we have no choice. After this battle, I'm afraid you and I will be buried here, are you afraid? ”

"Don't be afraid," someone replied, "General, my woman already has a child. ”

"My son can already walk." Someone replied again.

In less than half an hour, the grain transport team of the Chu army arrived. Jiang Jue gave an order, and two hundred warriors came out of the dense forest.

"Enemy attack," shouted the commander of the Chu army's grain transport army, "be on alert." ”

There are two hundred people, including Bayang soldiers, Qidi Free Army, Jiange Zhao Miao, Yuchan, Liu Changan, and even seven or eight grass bandits. This ragtag army came out of the dense forest, and there was no fear in the face of an enemy army ten times its size.

"Yuchan, assassinate that main general," Jiang Jue shouted, "Zhao Miao, cover Yuchan over." ”

Killing the enemy's commander is the only option at the moment. Jiang Jue can't go, he has to fight side by side with these two hundred robes, try to kill a few more Chu troops, and try to kill a few fewer robes. Liu Changan and Jiang Jue together, except for Jiang Jue, he is the strongest combat force on the frontal battlefield, rushing to the front.

Zhao Miao and Yuchan wandered on the edge of the battlefield, trying to wait for a good time to find a good position to assassinate the main general of the Chu army. Assassination, pay attention to one-hit killing. The right time, the right place and the right people are indispensable. The so-called time of the day is the opportunity, and the opportunity is once in a lifetime and fleeting; The so-called geographical advantage is the location, which must be both concealed enough and close to the target; The so-called people, Yuchan doesn't need it, she has a moon dagger in her hand, it's enough.

Zhao Miao returned to the front of the battle and fought side by side with Jiang Jue. Jiang Jue asked, "What about her?" ”

Zhao Miao said: "My little junior sister is enough for one person. ”

Jiang Jue didn't have time to be distracted, so he only glanced at Yuchan hiding next to a dead corpse, ten steps away from the main general of the Chu army. These ten steps are guarded by hundreds of soldiers, and it seems that the chief general of the Chu army has already known that there is a female assassin in the Qidi Free Army who is proficient in assassination, and he does not dare to be careless.

Gongsun Xiu, the dignified general of the Chu State Expedition, was assassinated by that strange female assassin in the 20,000 army formation, let alone him? So he trembled along the way, and only hurried during the day, so the trip was two days slower.

After two days of delay, he was still stopped by this group of bold Qidi Free Army, and only 200 people dared to do anything to his army of more than 2,000 people.

Jiang Jue's hands were already sore, he was still sick, and he couldn't exert ten percent of his strength. But he couldn't stop, the robe around him kept falling, and the faces he had tried so hard to remember last night would turn into loess and be blown away by the wind.

The inexhaustible enemy army rushed in like a tidal wave, trying to swallow up all the two hundred men who were beyond their strength. But they all underestimated the two hundred, which were composed of the Bayang Army, the Qidi Free People, the Grass Bandits, and the disciples of the Sword Pavilion, and the two hundred people led by an idiot.

The robes around Jiang Jue kept falling, in exchange for the enemy troops several times their own fell. But this is not enough, and the defeat of these 2,000 enemy troops still cannot solve the danger of Huoquan Pass.

"The general is dead." Someone shouted.

Jiang Jue was overjoyed, how pleasant and beautiful this voice was?

Yuchan carried the moon dagger to kill two enemy soldiers, and then said: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”

The commander of the Chu army died, but the Chu army still did not disperse, after all, it was the death order of Xiong Ran, the king of Chu, to send grain and grass to Jiuqi.

What if a master dies? There were also two commanders in the army. It was the commander of the thousand who died, and there were twenty centurions.

There were less than 100 people left in the Qidi Free Army, and the Chu Army still had 1,005, and Jiang Jue fought and retreated.

"What should I do?" Zhao Miao asked.

"Fireproof, burned." Jiang Jue gritted his teeth and said.

Jiang Jue couldn't take away these hundred carts of grain, but since he couldn't take them away, it would be ruined and couldn't be left to the Chu army. burned, Jiang Jue couldn't bear it, a full two hundred carts of grain, enough for how long would the living spring be closed? It was also a helpless move to burn it like this.

More than a dozen Qidi Free Army lit torches and threw them at the ox cart, and finally two ox carts were ignited, and the two pulled the old ox to flee all the way in fright, the fire became bigger and bigger, and the Chu army had no way to start if they wanted to put out the fire.

Jiang Jue was overjoyed, the two frightened old cows were simply a great help, he fought and retreated, shouting: "Withdraw." ”

The Qidi Free Army, which had less than 100 men, retreated into the dense forest and disappeared completely.

The day and night did not rest, but Jiang Jue did not have time to rest, and the pursuers of the Chu army in the rear had not yet escaped, and continued to lead dozens of people to escape in the dense forest.