Chapter 85: Leaving Qin 2
After flowing for more than 1,000 miles, the Jingshui from the old Longtan of Liupan Mountain finally exits the gorge in the north of the Weiping Plain and rushes to the Weishui flowing from west to east. The Zhengguo Canal was built at the mouth of the gorge, and it diverted Jingshui to the east to Luoshui, 300 miles away, along a path parallel to the Weishui River. The flow rate of Jing water at the mouth of the valley is very large, and the canal can be built here to take water into Luo to the greatest extent.
The water out of the gorge, its sound is like thunder, whenever the sun is slanting westward, the sunlight shines on the gorge mouth often refracted into colorful colors, accompanied by wisps of steaming white water mist, the whole valley mouth is in the colorful clouds and smoke, just like a beautiful fairyland.
Yiyang Hou Yisu stood on the north side of the valley mouth and looked at this fairyland-like gorge, and Zhao General Li Qi stood one step behind him. Leaning on the boat bridge upstream, the two people who had already crossed Jingshui had no time to appreciate any fairyland, but tried their best to watch a heavy truck that slowly pushed under the wall on the right side of the valley mouth. The heavy chariot was like the rushing cart of the siege city, although it was impossible for the wall to be broken by the rushing car, the Qin soldiers at the head of the wall still hurriedly threw down the stones and rolling logs, and some crossbowmen took the risk to shoot arrows under the wall.
Since it is a rushing car, of course, it is not afraid of the rocks and rolling wood on the wall, and it is no longer a problem to cover the arrows. What Yi Su was aware of was that the mist at the mouth of the gorge was steaming, and the gunpowder might just be ineffective - Xiong Jing had explained in detail when he was attached to this engineering unit when he set off: Gunpowder must not touch water. Zhao Qi Zeba looked at the secret of the Chu people's breaking, before he only heard the thunderous roar of the sky, and then the two feet and four feet of the city wall of Yan and Chao was blown out of a hole five or six meters wide, and the Zhao soldier who had no horse suddenly died and slaughtered all the living creatures in the city.
Yi Su, Zhao Qi followed Xiong Han, Fei Jing and others, they relied on the speed of the horse, forced the city on the front line of Fangqu and Yiqu, before the defenders reacted, everyone had gone away, and only the Qin army on the first line of Ma Lianshui could catch up with them.
As a high-ranking general of the Chu army, Fu Jing had heard of gunpowder, but he didn't know that gunpowder could break the blockage. He didn't look ahead, but looked after Xiong's mount. Xiong Han, who was bleeding the blood of the Xiong clan and the Zhao people, was a little apprehensive before entering Qin, but became more and more excited after entering Qin. It's just that he still doesn't know how to take care of Ryoma under his crotch, so Yu Jing is feeding water to his Ryoma.
War horses need much more water than horse feed, a 500-kilogram war horse needs 12 kg of horse feed a day during strenuous exercise, but needs 50 or even 60 kg of water, this water must be clean, must be salted, and carefully fed after exercise. From the Yan's attack to this point, the knights of the Chu and Zhao armies were less than 3,500 people, and all the cavalry were feeding the horses with water and food at this time.
"Marquis, everything is ready." Braving the arrows on the wall, the engineer ran to Yi Su and saluted.
"What time is it?" Yi Su looked back behind him, and the cavalry on the entire official road were feeding the horses, so he asked Xiang Zhiri.
"Lord Lord, Xiao Qianye." Seeing the sun is a kind of official position in the Chu army, and examining the time of day to know the taboo and the auspicious, which is similar to the 'appropriate schooling' and 'forbidden travel' in the lunar calendar books of later generations.
"It's already a small move?" It takes time to feed the horses, but it's already afternoon instead of morning, or noon.
"The last general thinks that he should do it quickly." Li Qi knew Yi Su's concerns. Zhao Jun didn't feel sorry for Di Ma, but Chu Jun cherished Dragon Horse. "It's October, and after noon, it's going to be small, it's time, it's going to be big, and it's going to be dark after the big move. Our army is still more than 80 miles away from Xianyang City, and 100 miles away from Weinan......"
Li Qi actually doesn't like to break the stopper at this point in time, but if he doesn't break the stopper at this point in time, he will have to wait until tomorrow. He was so anxious, but Yi Su was not in a hurry at all, he looked at his Sima Yitong again, "Ji is it?" ”
The customs of the state of Chu were different from those of the Three Jin Dynasty. The Chu army prayed in the Taimiao before setting out for the battle, and when the decisive battle was about to be decisive, the army Sima Bu asked the murderer; Sanjin is to pray when going out or before the battle, and when you are about to fight. The result of divination is fierce, and the Chu army will generally cancel the battle, or re-divination. Yi Su's question at this time made Li Qi's heart rise to his throat, and he was worried that if it was unlucky, the Chu army would cancel the battle.
"Unlucky." Yi Tong, who had been keeping his lips closed, replied without a hint of concealment.
"Unlucky...... Yi Su sighed lightly when he heard this. Again. ”
The divination did not take too long, and after a piece of tortoise shell was engraved with the words 'fierce and auspicious', it was burned with flames in the sound of Yitong's prayers. Without the shelter of the tent, Yi Tong's movements and prayers attracted Xiong Han, Fei Jing and other Chu army cavalry generals and knights. They gazed at the tortoise shell, crackling with flames, and prayed as he did.
"Unlucky!" The burned tortoise shell was taken out, but the result was still unlucky, and more than two hundred knights were instantly moved.
"Zaibu!" Yi Su looked around at everyone and said again, clenching his teeth fiercely.
"Our army is also auspicious, and the last general thinks that there is no need to do it again." Yi Tong's divination not only shook the morale of the Chu army, but also mobilized the morale of the Zhao army. If it is still unlucky next time, Zhao Jun's morale may collapse. "Please Yi Hou not forget the battle of the chicken father." Li Qi said.
The Battle of the Chicken Father was a war that the Chu people rarely mentioned. According to the art of war in the Spring and Autumn Period, there is no war in the obscure day (the obscure day is the last day of the month, and there is no moonlight in the obscure day, and the war is unlucky). At that time, the two armies of Chu and Wu confronted each other in Jifu (now southeast of Gushi County), and the general of the Chu army, Xue Yue, because it was a dark day, expected that the Wu army would not attack, so he relaxed his guard, and the Wu princes deliberately chose to attack on this day, and the Chu army was in a hasty formation, and was defeated because of the ambush of the servant national division under his command.
Li Qiti's battle of the chicken father is to persuade Yi Su not to stick to the ancient law, and it can also be said to be auspicious, all for the sake of morale. Unexpectedly, Yi Su didn't hear it at all, and he retorted: "I heard that the king of Wu died at the hands of the assassins, and this day is also the harm of sending troops. ”
Li Qi was speechless, and at this time Yi Tong's prayer had ended, he took out the tortoise shell in the fire regardless of the heat, and was stunned when he saw it. While everyone was waiting for the auspicious fortune, he handed the tortoise shell to Yi Su. Yi Su looked at the crack on the back of the tortoise shell without hesitation, and raised it towards everyone, Li Qi wanted to stop it too late.
"Sima Sanbu is not lucky, it is indeed unlucky." Looking at the more than two hundred Chu army knights in front of him, Yi Su's gaze was extremely grim. "However, I was ordered by the king to enter Qin, and I will welcome the daughter and son back to Chu, so although it is unlucky, I will also go to it. Those who are not my ministers, those who wish to go with me, and those who do not want to return to the country by the same way. Time is running out, and they are quick to decide. ”
Three Bu is not auspicious, unprecedented. Although Yi Su was a marquis, he did not have the right to order his soldiers to participate in a battle that the gods had predicted defeat, after all, many of these knights were not his retainers. If the army is overthrown, he will kill himself. Yi Su urged the soldiers to make a decision quickly, and the knights of the Zhao army suddenly made a commotion, and a terrible word spread among the people: "In this battle, the Chu people are unlucky......
"The Chu army is unlucky, but our army is also lucky!" Li Qi didn't care about persuading Yi Su, he had to rest and try to restore the morale of the Zhao army.
"Our army is also lucky!" A piece of tortoise shell was like a life-saving straw, which was lifted high by Li Qi, and Zhao Jun's commotion turned into a noise. "The King of Qin is eighty miles away, and the king has forgotten his blood hatred?"
The canyon was full of Li Qi's echoes, and the knights of the Zhao army gradually quieted down. The Zhao army calmed down, and when Li Qi looked back at the Chu army, he only heard someone draw his sword.
"For the king!" The sword was stunning, and Fu Jing's saber was already unsheathed, and the light reflected by the sunlight made Li Qi feel dazzling.
"For the king!" The swords of Xiang Chao and the others followed out of their sheaths, intertwined with his swords, one sword pressing the other. At this point, the sword was no longer just dazzling, but turned into a ball of light, making it impossible to look at it directly.
"For the king!!" Coincidentally, more than 200 knights of the Chu army and more than 100 servants shouted. What about Sambu Buji? They fought only for the king, and died only for the king.
"Ignition!" The order to blast was finally given, and the two Chu soldiers lit the fire and rushed out of the heavy cart under the wall, raising their shields and rushing towards the crowd fifty paces away. Unfortunately, they were still a little slower, and when the two of them ran more than twenty steps, they heard a loud bang behind them, and then the earth suddenly trembled, and the following air wave pushed the two of them hard.
As an engineer of the Yingshi Division, such an experience is not uncommon. Li Qi and the others, who were staring closely at the wall, were shocked by the earthen wall and smoke kicked up by the gunpowder explosion. Something seemed to have broken free from the ground, and in a fit of rage it turned the tall wall into powder.
It was night in the city, and I saw nothing but a dull thud at night. Now that the whole process was fully displayed in front of him, even Yi Su was shocked by the power of gunpowder. There was a deathly silence, most of the people were in a daze, and some of the soldiers got off their horses and knelt down in panic until the engineer commander in charge of the demolition came to pay a respect.
"Hou Yi, the wall has been destroyed, but you can go straight to Xianyang." The whole army was silent, and the commander also felt uncomfortable.
"Good." The distracted Yi Su agreed, and rode forward. He did not run fast, but waited until his mount had passed the blasted wall before galloping. Following him, the fearful Chu Zhao knight also walked through the blasted wall, and then galloped on horseback. On the Xianyang Plain, more than 3,000 cavalry formed a torrent and rushed to Xianyang City north of Weishui.
"General Yu, King Jing is out of the valley!" Hou Li, who was hoarding heavy troops in the northwest of Xianyang City, an order soldier rushed into the Yi Mansion and shouted a loud message.
"How did King Jing break the block?" Surrounded by a county lieutenant, Zhang Han was looking at the map, and immediately turned around when he heard the words.
"I don't know." Qin-style Feixun has limited communication capabilities, and can only convey the established information, and cannot be described in words.
"I don't know?!" After passing through Qi County, the enemy's movements were all under Zhang Han's control, and he was puzzled. "King Jing came to the valley when he moved to the valley, and now the small move has not passed, and it has been broken, why not?"
"General, the villain doesn't know ......" Ling Bing thought that Zhang Han was asking himself, but he didn't even know how to answer. In fact, Zhang Han was asking himself, he wanted to know what secret technique could break through the six-zhang thick plug wall at the mouth of the valley in one hour?
No one could answer this question, and the decrepit Xianyang made Zhao Yong even want to say that it was King Jing who used witchcraft. However, Zhang Han soon asked another question: "Where has Mi Liangren gone?" ”
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