Chapter 54: The Iron Horse

"Great Sima blessed!" When the rain stopped, Cheng Kui whispered. He removed the bowstring from his neck, which had already been dried, and the mulberry wood was slightly bent, this was the old bow that had been handed down, and the grease was moistened and carefully stored, as if it still maintained its original elasticity.

"Ready?" Xiang Chao's voice came from the front, as well as the sound of the scabbard hitting the armor, and the sound of the war horse's nose. The valley was dark, and the north side was beyond the moonlight. Cheng Kui knows whether he can break out of the horse valley safely, all in one move.

"Ready?" Fei Jing also touched it, and he was a little puzzled when he saw that Cheng Kui didn't answer.

"The first arrow will miss." Cheng Kui, who had discredited the bowstring, restrained his excitement and took a deep breath.

"Yes." The concubine nodded her head to indicate that it was clear. "How's the second arrow?"

"Hit or miss." Cheng Kui smiled, although the bowstring was dry, it was already soft. Loosening the bowstring is no longer the strength he had before, under normal circumstances, he can only hit the target with the third arrow, and only after five arrows can he be handy with the arrow without missing a shot.

"You can't get it!" Fei Jing drank heavily. Without any explanation, this is the order.

"Yui." Cheng Kui raised his bow, aimed at the Qin pawn under the fire of Gu Dao, and whispered, "It's ready." ”

"Drive!" Xiang Chao also drank, and then the sound of horses' hooves resounded in the valley. At this time, Cheng Kui shot the first arrow, missed, and soon became the second. A Qin pawn flashed out, and when he was about to raise his hand to ask, he 'instigated', and the feather arrow was nailed into his open mouth as if it had eyes, and his body shook, and the spear in his hand was loosened, and he fell down.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xiang Chao and the others rushed forward more than a dozen steps, but they were still sixty or seventy steps away from the light. He didn't hear any other sound while running, he only felt that the arrows behind him swept overhead one after another, killing the Qin soldiers who rushed out one by one.

"Jing people! Jing Ren ......" The Qin pawn, who finally understood what was happening, shouted loudly, and the drum of warning immediately sounded. The drums echo through the dark valley, and the whole world is about to rise from its slumber.

"Shoot!" Xiang Chao was already within fifty steps, as soon as he shouted, the light cavalry behind him who had already opened his bow and arrows immediately shot angrily, and the Qin pawn who heard the alarm was just in time for this wave of arrow rain, and screamed after being hit by the arrow.

"Array! Arrayβ€”β€”! "A thousand guards were placed at the entrance of the valley road, commanded by a Qu Hou. The man came out with a shield in his hand, and most of the arrows were shot at the shield, and a few were shot at his armor, but the man did not fall.

"Shoot!" Xiang Chao, who was rushing to the front, could see the Qin army Qu Hou who raised his shield and shouted in formation, but unfortunately the second wave of arrow rain from the light cavalry still did not shoot him to death.

"Chengkui!" Seeing that the Qin army was gathering more and more, and the array was gradually taking shape, Xiang Chao, who was not feeling good, had to turn around and shout. At the same time as he shouted, the seven-foot longbow in Cheng Kui's hand had been completely full, and the moment the arrow flew out of the string, there was a 'snap', and the old five-stone mulberry bow was broken.

'Whoosh! The arrow flew straight to Qu Hou holding the shield with a louder sound of breaking through the air, 'poof', a sound that was not loud, the white feather at the end of the arrow flashed away on the shield, and Qu Hou, who shouted in array, fell.

"Kill β€”β€”!" Xiang Chao was overjoyed when he saw this, and while riding his horse to jump over those rejected horses, the temporarily sharpened riding spear in his hand was instantly flattened.

The impact of the heavy cavalry was already terrifying, and this fear was infinitely magnified in the darkness. No one knew how many iron horsemen there were in front of him, let alone how far away they were, and after the shouts of the officials disappeared, all they could hear was the sound of drums and the increasingly dense sound of horses' hooves. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves disappeared without a trace, and when the guards in the front row were uneasy, the wind 'whirred', and a strong force rushed towards them, the shields in their hands were shattered, and the people were also knocked into the air.

The heavy cavalry crossed the two rows of horse-repellent sides and rushed into the Qin army's array, falling like a ten-ton hammer for coinage, slamming into the thin military formation of the Qin people. The army formation broke with a blow, and the war horses trampled on the bodies of the guards and rushed out of the formation.

"Boom-" is not a row of heavy horses, but four rows of heavy horses rushing past one after another. They went castrate, the war horses trampled on the tents of the Qin army, and the cavalry knives reaped the lives of the guards in the dark. Behind them, more than 100 light horsemen also jumped on horseback, and the last two fire bombs that were not thrown were thrown into Quhou's shogunate, and the fire burned in an instant, and the scene was even more chaotic.

"Hurry up, King!" Seeing Xiang Chao break the formation, Concubine Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go!" Xiong Jing had already mounted his horse, and immediately rode his horse when he heard the sound. Chang Jiang, left and right Shi, doctors, and wounded people followed him closely, and the group hurriedly drove through the last few miles of dangerous terrain and drilled into the valley road to Wei.

The valley road was wide first and then narrow, and after a few miles of rapid travel, it was easy for one person to pass, but fortunately the sky was bright by this time, and the light shone in the narrow valley road, and the walls were thick vines and moss. At this time, Fei Jing led the people to rush ahead of Xiong Jing, climbed over a hill and walked a few miles, and there was no path on the ground, so he could only dismount and lead. Led a section of the valley road ahead of the sudden opening up. But at this moment, 'Buzzβ€”β€”! The sound of arrows sounded, and a flag flashed out from behind the rock wall, it was not the Qin flag, but ......

"Alert!" Fei Jing was like falling into an ice cave, he never expected that there would be an ambush here.

"Protect the King!" The knights rushed up, but the knights who were still in the narrow mountain path could not rush to the front.

"Lord Yiqu, please see the king." No one could understand the flag that flashed out, and Xiong Jing only saw a horse's head painted on it. When Xiong Jing looked at the flag, one of his attendant-like people walked a few steps forward and said a few words of grace.

"The king, he is a Yiqu person." The sword was already unsheathed, and when he saw the other party stepping forward to speak, some brilliance flashed in Youshi's eyes.

"Get out of the way." Xiong Jing also sensed something, and he was about to step forward.

"King, the Qin people can't be trusted!" The knight was in a hurry, only feeling that this was a conspiracy of the Qin people to deceive the king.

"Get out of the way." It was a desperate situation, and the Yiqu people on the opposite side happened to stop the pass, and Xiong Jing wanted to give it a try.

The king's order could not be violated, and the knight quickly gave way to a slit, and Xiong Jing appeared at the front of the queue and said, "What does Yiqu Jun want?" ”

Xiong Jing's appearance made the Yiqu array stir, and from last year to this year, they finally met the King of Chu. The chubby Yiqu Duck pushed away the armor soldier in front of him at this time, and after a while, the attendant pointed to an open space next to the valley road and said, "I would like to talk to the king." ”

"This is not the time to talk about each other." Behind him are the pursuers, fighting or not, Xiong Jing does not want to stay again.

"The king can rest assured, the Qin people have been led away by the king's envoy." The waiter told him that in order to convince Xiong Jing, he pointed to a Yiqu knight wearing ring armor and said, "There is a road to other places at the mouth of the valley, and it is not difficult to lead away the Qin people. ”

The armor on the Yiqu soldier's body made Xiong Jing's eyes hot, this was the armor of the knight who died in battle.

"Your Majesty, please." As if by magic, several attendants actually set up a tent in that clearing, and the tent was covered with sheepskin, and a table was set up on the sheepskin, and wine vessels were placed on the table, and two women, who were obviously from Rong, stood beside the table, waiting for Xiong Jing to enter the table.

"The King." The left and right Shi squeezed forward, and the right Shi said in a low voice: "The minister heard that Yiqu was destroyed by Qin, and the country has been destroyed for thirty-six years. ”

"Yes." Under the escort of Concubine Jing, Xiong Jing behind the front was walking towards the table and sat down.

The Rong people were haired, and Yiqulu's fat face was covered by hair, revealing only small eyes and beard. It can be seen that he is a man of great pleasure, and even when he goes out to fight, he has to bring maids and fine wine. The maid carefully scooped the wine from the wine straps on the Xiong Jing case to the two of them, and then he shouted a word of invitation, picked up the wine and drank it all.

The meaning of Yiqulu Xiong Jing understands, this is to show that the wine is non-toxic and can be drunk with confidence. After a sleepless night, there was another rush just now, Xiong Jing was also thirsty, and before Chang Jiang advised, he took the wine and drank it all.

"Wine!" The wine is sour, and the bears also taste a taste, which is wine.

"Grapes?" Yiqu was stunned at first, and then laughed. The word grape was originally a transliteration, originally in Dawan language, and grapes were introduced to East Asia in the Western Han Dynasty. He could never have imagined that the king of the Chu Kingdom, located in the south, knew about grapes.

"The king knows about Shiguo?" Yiqulu looked at Xiong Jing with a little surprise. Yiqu was indeed destroyed by the Qin state, but he regarded the Qin people as if the Chinese people despised the Southern Barbarians. The vast world west of the Kunlun Mountains is not known to this land except for a very small number of people.

"I've never heard of it, but I don't know that there's a kind of bleeding BMW where the grapes are grown." The maid scooped the wine for Xiong Jing again, and Xiong Jing pointed to the wine and said to Chang Jiang: "Pass it to the back, let everyone taste the wine of the Western Regions." ”

"Why do you have to do that?" Surprised again, Yiqu Yu waved his hand, and the temple man brought two sheepskin bags of wine over. Xiong Jing was not polite, only winked at Chang Jiang, and asked him to take it.

"The king has seen extraordinary." Yiqulu smiled, he was no longer polite, and said: "If this king leaves, how can the king be grateful?" ”

"What do you want?" Of course, Xiong Jing knew his thoughts, and he would definitely ask for a lot of money if he spent so much time drinking and talking.

"Benjun wants to ......" Yiqulu pointed to the Chu army knights who were still on guard, and said, "This iron horse." ”

"Iron Rider?" Xiong Jing smiled.

"Yes." Yiqulu's hand kept pointing at Xiang Chao and the others. "Benjun just wants this iron horse, this one that rushes into battle."

"If you don't agree, how can you take it away?" The power of the heavy cavalry is incomparable, if there is such an ironclad heavy cavalry in the steppe, then what is the matter with the Huns.

"Benjun has his own way." Yiqulu's anticipation became stronger and stronger, and he thought Xiong Jing had agreed.

"Even if they don't agree, they ......" Xiong Jing also pointed to Xiang Chao and the others, "They are neither slaves nor retainers of Buyi, they are just comrades of Buyi, how can they go all the way to Yiqu?" ”

"If you don't want to, the king will die here." Yiqulu's eyes changed, and there was no longer the smiling face he had before.

"You should also be buried with you." Xiong Jing was not afraid at all, he saw clearly that there were no more Yiqu people than himself, but they had seized the danger.

"Great King......" As soon as Concubine Jing wanted to speak, she was stopped by Xiong Jing waving her hand.

"Iron cavalry needs iron armor, if there is no iron armor, how can iron cavalry?" Xiong Jing said again, "How about not wishing to give you a thousand sets of iron armor?" ”