Chapter 1200: Soldiers Approaching the City (2)
ps: The "Tingwei" in the previous chapter, it should be "Wei Wei" or "Guowei", the author is dizzy and mistaken, sorry sorry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
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"Bell, bell, bellβ"
"Bell, bell, bellβ"
The sound of early warning in Xianyang City gradually resounded throughout the city, but in the main hall of the Qin Palace, the three of King Qin, Wei Ying, and Zhang Yao did not say a word, making the needles fall in the entire palace audible.
I don't know how long later, there was a sound of "click" from the palace, and it was suspected that a team of armor soldiers had come to the outside of the palace.
Immediately, the guard pushed open the door of the temple and stepped into the hall.
Seeing this, King Qin endured this suspicion in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "Wei You, why is the alarm bell ringing in the city?" β
Wei Wei You, hearing this, said with a salute: "King Qiyu, a soldier and horse were found outside Xianyang City, suspected to be a Wei army......
Hearing this, King Qin's figure flickered, and he subconsciously held the desk in front of him with his hand, he looked at Wei Wei You with an expression of disbelief, and asked word by word: "Wei-Junββ? β
"Yes." Wei Wei You bowed his head and replied.
Hearing this, King Qin only felt that the world was spinning in front of him, and Zhang Jiao, who was under the throne steps, was also full of horror.
The reason is very simple, according to the path of the Wei army, if you want to reach Xianyang, you can only go through Feng Hao, and now that the Wei army has come to Xianyang City, it means that Feng Hao has fallen.
How is this possible?!
"......" silently glanced at the people in the hall, and King Qin stood up and walked outside the hall.
He wanted to take a look at the Wei army outside the city with his own eyes to see if the other party was a three-headed and six-armed heavenly general.
You must know that ten days ago, Sun Qishang, the Marquis of Wuxin, who was in Taolin, wrote a battle report to Xianyang, saying that the Wei army was still in the Taolin area at that time.
In other words, as of October 28, nearly 100,000 Wei troops under Wei Gongzirun were still in the Taolin area.
Today, it is only the ninth day of the first month of November, that is to say, in just ten days, Wei Gongzirun led nearly 100,000 Wei troops, under the ice and snow, across the peach forest to the snow field of nearly 500 miles between Weinan and Xia, and then successively captured Xiaqi, Lintong, Fenghao, and finally led the army to Xianyang City.
Is this really what humans can do?
Seeing that King Qin walked outside the hall without saying a word, Wei Ying, Zhang Yao, and Wei You hurriedly followed.
About a moment later, the King of Qin arrived at the South City Gate in a carriage.
Along the way, there were Qin soldiers who saluted the King of Qin, but the King of Qin didn't care about anything else at this time, and walked to the city tower to watch the Wei army outside the city.
I saw that outside the city at this moment, about thirty or forty thousand Wei troops were arranged in a neat and orderly manner, the Chinese army was the Shang Water Army, and the left and right wings were the Sichuan soldiers of the Sichuan Alliance.
Did you come here to demonstrate, Wei Gongzirun?
King Qin looked at the Wang Banner of Wei and Su Wang Run in the Wei army with a blank face, as far as he knew, this Wang Banner was unique to Wei Gongzi Run.
Suddenly, the Wei army outside the city moved a little to both sides, leaving a passage, and then, a young general wearing brocade armor, accompanied by several guards, slowly came to the front of the Wei army array.
Seeing this, whether it was the King of Qin, Wei Ying, Zhang Yao, or the Qin generals in Xianyang City at this moment, they all subconsciously raised their spirits.
Because they have a hunch: that young Wei general is Wei Gonggongrun!
How young......
King Qin couldn't help but feel surprised, because according to his observations, that Wei Gongzi Run was really young, and if it weren't for the hair crown on his head, King Qin even suspected that this son was less than double ten.
However, it was such a young prince of Wei who made his Qin State like a great enemy.
At the same time, the young Wei general under the city, no, it was Wei Gongzirun, it was Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, who also straddled the horse and looked at the South Gate Tower of Xianyang in the distance with an expressionless face.
King Qin, Zhang Jia and others guessed correctly, Feng Ho had been broken by the Wei army at this moment.
With Feng Ho almost defenseless, the Wei army, with the assistance of the Green Crows, wanted to capture a city, which was really not a problem.
However, it is a pity that Feng Ho is too close to Xianyang, so that when the Wei army sneak attack Feng Hao succeeded, the Qin generals stationed in Feng Hao had already spread the news to Xianyang, which basically eliminated the possibility of the Wei army re-attacking Xianyang.
However, Zhao Hongrun still decided to take his army to Xianyang for a walk.
Yes, just for a walk, he wants to tell the King of Qin in Xianyang in person: I am here!
That's King Qin, right? Shaojun and his father?
Vaguely seeing a middle-aged man wearing a jade crown and a tattooed costume appear on the tower of the south gate of Xianyang, Zhao Hongrun secretly guessed in his heart.
He carefully looked at the Qin people on the tower of Xianyang City, in addition to the Qin soldiers wearing armor, there were also many Qin nobles wearing Chinese clothes on the city tower.
It can be seen that the clothing habits of the Qin people are somewhat similar to those of the nobles of the Wei State, and it is not surprising if you think about it carefully, after all, the Ji Zhao clan of the Wei State in the Central Plains is from Longxi, and Longxi has bordered the Qin State since ancient times, so there will naturally be cultural exchanges in clothing. What's more, the royal family of the Ji Zhao clan also passed through the territory of the Qin people on the way to the Central Plains.
Zhao Hongrun even heard that there are still their Ji Zhao clansmen in the Qin State, that is, the clansmen who married the Qin people and settled in the Qin State when the Ji Zhao clan moved east.
Therefore, if the Qin State with Ying as the surname suddenly appeared a nobleman with the surname Ji, or even a side branch of the royal family, Zhao Hongrun would not be surprised, after all, hundreds of years ago, the relationship between the surname Ying and the surname Ji was still quite good.
It's a pity that the good and harmonious relationship at the beginning cannot continue to this day.
After sighing slightly for a moment, Zhao Hongrun looked back at Wei Jiao, the chief of the sect guard behind him, and stretched out his left hand: "Wei Jiao." β
Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao understood, and handed a hand crossbow that had been prepared for a long time to his highness.
After taking over the crossbow, Zhao Hongrun held the crossbow in both hands and aimed at the city tower in Xianyang.
This move aroused the vigilance of the Qin generals on the upper floor of the southern gate of Xianyang, and the guard captain Wei You exclaimed "protect the king", and ordered several Qin soldiers to protect the king of Qin with shields.
In this regard, the king of Qin did not think so, he did not believe that Wei Gongzirun personally operated the crossbow in order to shoot anyone, if this was the case, wouldn't it be more convenient for the other party to order the crossbowmen of the Wei army in the army?
Obviously, the other party wanted to deliver the letter through the crossbow arrow.
Of course, although he understood this, King Qin had no intention of pushing away the few Qin soldiers holding shields in front of him.
After all, what if that Wei Gongzi moistened his hands and trembled? What if the wind direction causes the bolt to deviate from its target?
If the king of the dignified Qin State was shot to death by a stray arrow, it would also be a very embarrassing thing.
"Whoosh-"
The sound of a crossbow bolt cutting through the air came, and then with a bang, the crossbow bolt shot by Zhao Hongrun was nailed to a pillar on the tower of Xianyang City.
King Qin turned his head to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a small piece of cloth tied to the tip of the crossbow arrow.
"Go take it off." King Qin instructed the guard lieutenant beside him to swim around.
After the order, he continued to look at the Wei Gongzi run under the city.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had already returned the crossbow in his hand to Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao, and then, he slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, raised the sword forward, and pointed the sword at the gate tower of Xianyang South City.
Seeing this move, both King Qin and the rest of the people on the city gate tower opened their eyes wide and looked angry.
Because it was a very provocative move.
However, just when the Qin soldiers and generals on Xianyang City couldn't help but scold, they heard the Shangshui soldiers outside the city raise their arms and shout, and the sound was like thunder, so that the Qin soldiers and generals on the city tower subconsciously swallowed the insulting words that were about to blurt out back to their stomachs.
"Withdraw!"
With the order of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, the Wei soldiers under Xianyang City, as if they had won a battle, retreated along the road they came from.
Looking at this scene, the Qin generals on Xianyang City were on fire for a while, or one of the generals took the initiative to ask: "King, please allow the last general to lead the troops out of the city, frustrate the arrogance of the Wei army, if you don't win, please behead me!" β
"......" King Qin looked intently at Wei Gongzirun, who was gradually moving away, and did not agree.
To be honest, he was shocked, not the majestic strength of the Shang Water Army, but the magical thousand-mile rush of the Wei Army.
He couldn't figure out how Wei Gongzirun led nearly 100,000 Wei troops under his command to trek 700 miles in just ten days, capturing the three cities of Xiaqi, Lintong and Fenghao along the way, and finally approached Xianyang City.
At this time, Wei Wei You had already untied the strip of cloth on the crossbow arrow and handed it to King Qin with both hands.
King Qin took the strip of cloth, spread it out and glanced at it, only to see six words written on the strip: You want to fight! I'll fight!
It seems to be a simple six words, but there is an unusually strong momentum rushing towards him, even if it is the King of Qin, he can't help but show a solemn look on the ground.
But after half a ring, the king of Qin casually threw the strip of cloth into the brazier next to him, and then, without looking at the strip of cloth turning into ashes in the fire, he turned to face the courtiers, nobles, and generals on the city tower.
I saw him glance at everyone, and said expressionlessly: "Spread the order to the whole country, prepare for battle!" β
Hearing this, the Qin generals on the city tower raised their arms and shouted.
Listening to the shouts of the soldiers, King Qin turned his head to look at the Wei army who was evacuating, and secretly sneered in his heart.
Perhaps even Zhao Hongrun did not expect that his demonstration, instead of frightening the Qin king in Xianyang, made the Qin king firm in the war with the Wei army.
Unlike the princes and nobles of Korea, the fierce Qin people are never afraid of war!
And this point, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su on the way to retreat, gradually realized it after hearing the earth-shattering shouts from the direction of Xianyang.
He must admit that the Qin State is a rapidly rising country, and the atmosphere of the whole country is completely different from that of Korea and Chu, even if the soldiers are under the city, the Qin people are not afraid.
However, Zhao Hongrun didn't care about this, since the Qin people were not afraid, then try to make them feel fearful!
For Zhao Hongrun, who has currently occupied three Qin cities such as Xiaqi, Lintong, and Fenghao, and still has nearly 100,000 troops, he can completely drag the Qin State into the water.
But before that, he had to wave his army to Lantian and release Sima An, the evil tiger.