Chapter 69: Pleading

It's all the Chu army chasing the Qin army, how can the Qin army chase the Chu army to fight?! Pan Wusheng, who finally grabbed the siege task, was in a hurry, and pointed to the retreating sword and shield pawn is roaring. He was still angry, and in front of the twelve-foot-wide south gate, the young artillery commander hurriedly shouted in a childish voice: "Let go——! ”

'Boom! Boom ......' the densely packed artillery was aimed at the Qin army that poured out. The solid bullet in the cannonball directly broke the Qin pawn who rushed to the front in two. Because it was a close-range fire, blood splattered on the young gun commander who shouted to fire, and splashed on the hot cannon barrel. The shotgun that was fired injured the sword and shield pawn who was unable to dodge in time, and the shotgun pierced the wooden shield and broke the leg of one of the foot soldiers.

No one cared about this during the battle, the young gunner shouted the standard password, and the young gunner quickly cleaned the chamber, reloaded, and finally ignited the fire at a rapid pace according to the established steps.

The plan of the Qin army was to take advantage of the defeat of the Chu army in the doorway, rush into the Chu army's array, and destroy and even capture the Chu army's witch weapons. What they didn't anticipate was the rate of fire and the type of bullets of the witch weapon, as well as the density of the witch weapon. The combined width of the three doors is only more than 20 zhang, and the distance of more than 20 zhang has two companies of 32-pound guns and a battalion of 15-pound guns.

Twenty-four artillery pieces, one for each zhang, such a terrifying artillery density, so that the Qin army poured out as many people as they killed. The artillery bombarded for about a quarter of an hour, and by the time of the ceasefire, the gates and holes were full of dead bodies and flesh, and the roads were completely naked. The shameful and brave sword and shield pawns attacked again, and this time, they really attacked.

Stepping on the corpse of the Qin army, the sword and shield pawns, spear pawns, and archers entered the city in turn. The city gate was less than a mile away from the Gaomen of the royal palace, and finally thousands of guards guarded the Gaomen. No matter how the Chu army rushed the spear, these people would rather die than retreat, and the corpses were getting higher and higher, and there was no way to clean them up, until the last time these corpses stopped the pace of the Chu army's spearmen rushing the spear.

"Pass the guns! Quick Transfer!! "Pan Wuming didn't like artillery, but in this situation, he could only let the artillery come forward and bombard. Gaomen is different from Pheasant Gate, Pheasant Gate is a door, and there is a screen wall outside Gaomen Gate. In the end, thousands of guards stubbornly guarded the narrow passage between the screen wall and the gate, and the Chu army rushed several times without breaking their ranks.

"Artillery columns!" The voice of the young artillery commander sounded again, Chu Jun hurriedly moved out of the way, and the guards tightened their whole bodies when they heard the immature voice. In the previous quarter-hour slaughter, except for the rumbling of cannons, only this sound was the most striking.

"Death!" In the array of guards, someone shouted sadly.

The "......" field gun was ready for use, and as soon as the large frame was put down, the gunner began to load. Before the gunner's order fell, the cannon let out a roar. In the dark night, the cannon flame flashed, and the shells directly smashed the screen wall outside the Gao Gate. The shattered rammed earth wall fell backwards and smashed on the body of the guards behind the wall.

"Put!" As soon as the screen wall fell, the Gaomen inside was exposed, and the artillery immediately bombarded the Gaomen. At this time, the arrows on the walls of the palace were raining down, and the unarmored artillerymen were wounded a lot, and the more than 1,000 archers under the city were immediately suppressed, and the crossbowmen at the head of the city could not raise their heads.

'Boom——! The commander of the cannon in the rear, as before, slammed at the head of the city, and the seven-foot-high female wall shattered in sections.

"Queen Mother, why is this ......" In the rumbling cannon, Fusu looked at the queen mother. Although he is not sensible, he also knows that the queen mother is wearing mourning clothes. He remembered very well that the Empress Dowager Huayang was also dressed similarly when she was the queen mother.

"The gate keeper has angered the uncle, and the queen mother wants to ask the uncle for the guilt." The tassel (bending the hat tassel made of hemp rope), the tuck (rolling up the lower edge of the blouse), and the foot stomping are the current dress of the bridle, which is the same as the guilt of the thorn.

"I also want to ask my uncle for guilt." Fusu didn't understand his mother's intentions, and he didn't know that there was a bloody war outside the palace.

"Queen, the eldest son is not allowed to stay in the palace." The three gates of Nancheng were all broken by the witch weapons of the Chu army, and Chang Wenjun immediately entered the Liuying Palace. The city gate was breached, and the common people who had been recruited by the day had already fled, and now the city was full of routs, and the whole Xianyang fell into terrible chaos. Qin was not a prince, and Chang Wenjun was worried that Fusu would be killed if he stayed in the palace.

"Then ......," she said, looking at her son. It is dangerous to stay in the palace, and it is also dangerous to go out and ask for sin. At night, there are no eyes for witches and arrows, and she is very worried that Fusu will be injured.

"The eldest son is the nephew of King Jing, and King Jing will not harm the eldest son." Kui and Li Si arrived one step late. Both of them are smart people, and they know that the safest place in Xianyang City is the Liuying Palace.

"Fusu, are you afraid of your uncle's clan?" She looked at her son.

"Don't be afraid." Fusu shook his head repeatedly. "Since my uncle is displeased, I should ask my uncle with my mother."

"Please go quickly, Queen! Please go quickly, Queen! Before he could speak, a bloodied guard rushed up outside the Ming Hall.

"How? How's the war going? Li Si jumped up in fright, but he just jumped up and his mind was extremely clear.

"Jing people, Jing people...... will enter the city." The guard barely finished saying this and fell, and it was only then that everyone saw that his hand had been pressed on his waist. After falling, a thick stream of blood gushed out of the bloody hole and flowed on the floor of the Ming Hall.

"Ah...... "'will enter the city' is not to enter Xianyang, but to enter the royal city." Thinking that the Chu army was about to enter the royal city, the concubines were so frightened that they couldn't cry. Li Si and Kui were afraid, and the two of them hurriedly bowed to Qi Qian: "The Great Qin Sheji Sect Temple is all in the hands of the queen!" ”

At that time, the state of Chu was about to die, and the queen mother hurriedly sent herself into the state of Qin, and now that the state of Qin is dying, the ministers pushed themselves out to ask the younger brother for their guilt. Mi Qian, who was holding Fusu's little hand and walking down the steps, suddenly thought of this. Of course, compared with marrying into the Qin Palace, she is not worried that Brother Wang will harm herself and Fusu, what she is really worried about is whether her husband has really fallen as rumored, and then Daqin's society, is Daqin really going to die?

"Stop ——!" The last guard had fallen for a long time, and the artillery was still roaring, and the commander of the artillery company had to shout to stop. The shelling lasted for two quarters of an hour, and even after the bombardment had stopped, the soldiers' ears were still ringing.

The door of the storehouse, which had been beaten to pieces by the cannons, suddenly opened, the lights suddenly turned on, and a temple man came out and shouted in Chu language: "The queen of Yiyi wants to ask the king of Chu for her guilt!" The queen of the disgrace wants to ask the king of Chu for her guilt! ”

"Queen?" The temple people shouted several times before Pan Wuming understood what he was saying.

"General Yu, it's Princess Qi. The king has an order, and he must not hurt Princess Qi and the eldest son of Fusu. The strategist beside Pan Wuming said hurriedly. He is not a strategist of Master Cai, but a strategist of Master Ying. Xiong Jing was worried that Pan Wusheng would fight too hard, so he specially arranged for a strategist to stand beside him to remind him.

"At this time, please ...... guilt" Cai Shi had already taken the Gaomen, and was about to break into the road gate, at this time Princess Qi came to ask for guilt.

"General Pan, the king has a life!" The strategist reminded again.

"Is the sun falling?" Jun Sima Cai Bu was a little deflated, so he could only ask angrily if Xianyang would fall.

It is a shame to ask for guilt and surrender, but the soldiers who can fight have died, and in order to preserve the society, especially for the sake of endless national worship, the kings of the pre-Qin Dynasty will surrender. During the Spring and Autumn Period, kings who surrendered for sins were pardoned and in some cases could survive. When it comes to the Warring States, it is impossible to save the country, because if you want to take all the land, you can only do endless worship. When the Qin State was merged with the world, this bottom line was finally broken, and even the patriotic country that was obedient to the Qin State was finally extinct when Qin II.

The Qin State was far from surrendering, and the Chu army only took advantage of the Qin army's inability to pursue, so it pulled out Xianyang. Since Mi Qian came out to ask for guilt, she would naturally order Xianyang to stop resisting, this is not a big deal, this is what she should do as the mother of a country. Besides, even if she didn't give the order, the Chu army had already invaded Xianyang, and the civilian soldiers who were temporarily recruited after the city was broken were scattered, and only those ink people led by Yan Wuyi were still desperately defending.

"Qi Qian has ordered the Qin army to abandon their troops and unload their armor, and not to fight again." The lights in the library door were bright, and Mi Qian stood behind the library door. As soon as she spoke, Pan Wuming was stunned, and said helplessly: "Quickly tell the king, Princess Qi please surrender." ”

Mi Qian came forward to ask for guilt and surrender, which was not expected by Xiong Jing, and naturally it was not expected by the shogunate advisers. Hearing that Master Cai, who attacked the royal city, reported that Princess Qi was asking for surrender, Zhuang Wudi shook his head and said, "The temple where the king Mo forgot that Princess Qin told the Qin people is no longer my Chu people. ”

The Chu people are xenophobic, and the advice of outsiders is ineffective, but if it is an acquaintance or a relative, it is easy to listen to it. Zhuang Wudi knew that Xiong Jing was extremely friendly to the princesses, and some of the foreign policies of the Chu State, such as the restoration of Han, were influenced by these princesses. He was very afraid that Xiong Jing would be soft-hearted for a while, so he promised Mi Qian something.

"Princess Qi, please surrender, it's good for me." Dou Chang said another thing: "The Qin army from all over the country is rushing to Xianyang, and our army must not stay in Xianyang for three days. ”

"Three days?" Xiong Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head. He has always wanted to attack Xianyang, but it is not Xianyang without Zhao Zheng and the main force of the Qin army. Pulling out Xianyang is like a long-standing punch to cotton, and it can't bring much loss to the Qin State.

However, he was not sure that a decisive battle with the Qin army, which was waiting for him, would change this outcome. Since Zhao Zheng was able to abandon Xianyang, he was naturally able to abandon the Qin army. It is not cost-effective to consume the limited elite of the Chu State with a large number of Qin soldiers and soldiers. However, this is another common people's lowly idea. The correct approach should be to abandon Xianyang and turn around to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army regardless of gains and losses.

And if it is wrong to pull out Xianyang, then it is also wrong to attack Guanzhong; If it is also wrong to attack Guanzhong, then it should also be wrong to take advantage of Qin's attack on Zhao and regain Ying, because the entire war plan is the product of suffering from gains and losses; If the entire war plan was wrong, then the establishment of the Great Sima Mansion was also wrong, and even most of the state policies formulated after his accession to the throne were all wrong......

Xiong Jing is in a period of confusion in his thinking, he has lost the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, and he can't tell what is right and what is wrong. He could only go with the flow, being pushed away by the situation and the strategists.