Wang Ao took his leave the next day, and on the day he left, Li Xin had already beaten drums and gathered to distribute military orders. As soon as the 30-day holiday was over, regardless of whether the whole army returned to the camp or not, the army pulled out of Xiangcheng and marched south. It's late October, and the weather was unusually cold at this time last year, but this year it's extremely strange, and even in the northernmost counties of Dai and Yunzhong, it hasn't snowed yet. The air is warm and not to mention, but it is hotter than usual.

The Qin army marched south out of Xiangcheng, and due to the width of the bridge, the Qin army could not march in several columns as it did last year, and now there are only two marching columns. On the first day, only four lieutenants camped thirty miles south of Xiangcheng; The next day, thirty miles forward, there were only four lieutenants out of the Xiangcheng camp, until the tenth day, the Qin army's rear army and baggage came out of the camp, at this time the front army was waiting on the north bank of the Lushui (now Pingdingshan Shahe).

The Qin army pulled out the camp and marched south, the day before the camp, the Hou spy of the Chu army had already transmitted the news to the front line to roll up the city, and on the morning of the four lieutenants of the former army out of the camp, the reconnaissance of the Chu army reprimanded the cavalry arrived. Outside the camp in Xiangcheng, there were often Chu army reprimands, and the sudden increase in repulsions and cavalry still surprised the Qin army a little. However, the front army was the elite after all, and the surprise flashed on the faces of the soldiers, and the sound of tens of thousands of people in unison footsteps overshadowed everything, and the dust that trampled on them surrounded them like mist, hazy.

After arriving at Lushui, the Qin army built a bridge on the north bank while waiting to gather troops, while the Chu army repulsed and rode across the water on the south bank. Cheng Kui, who was stationed on the horse, couldn't help but think of Dou Bo, who was also fighting with the Jin people back then.

"The Qin people are extremely fierce. But I don't know why the old man is in front? Cheng Kui thought of Dou Bo, and reprimanded the cavalry chief Dou Zang to look closely at the Qin army that had just arrived on the other side of the river with Lu Lijing. Unlike last year, he felt that this Qin army that had just arrived was different from the previous Qin army. The Qin army was strict and unorderly; There are those from years ago, and there are also those who are not young, but now this Qin army is obviously old, at least the first few rows are old, and many people have gray hair.

At the age of seventeen, Fu was not exempt from service until he was sixty years old, and there were young dolls in the army, and there were old people with gray hair. Under normal circumstances, these two kinds of people would not be allowed to stand in the front row, and the front and back rows must be in the prime of life, so Dou Zang asked.

"Is it that the Qin people deliberately show weakness to the enemy?" Cheng Kui came back to his senses, it was not the first time he noticed that the old soldier of the Qin army was in front of him.

"En......" Douzang let out a long sigh of grace, and before he could finish thinking about it, he was attracted by the repulsion led by Jingsheng on the north bank of the water.

On the official road, the Qin army column is like a long snake, and it is constantly moving towards the water. Some of the Chu army scouts were on the south bank of the water, and some were on the north bank of the water. The cavalry led by Jing Sheng obviously wanted to test the reality of the Qin army, and led the army straight to the Qin army's marching column.

The marching column of the Qin army consisted of four people per team, one zhang apart from the front and back, three feet apart from the left and right, and more than a zhang apart from the column. Although there are only more than 40 miles from Xiangcheng to Lushui, these more than 40 miles are not something that the cavalry of the Qin army can protect. Jing Sheng and the others ignored the tacit understanding formed by the cavalry of the two armies for a long time, and did not cross the horse's head to break into within two miles before the Qin cavalry blocked it.

The Qin army scouts were only riding five feet eight inches, and once they staggered and wanted to chase after them, it was too late at all, so they could only watch the other party go straight to the Qin army on the march. The enemy reprimanded the cavalry to break in, but their own cavalry did not stop it, and the column remembered the reprimand of the hundred generals and the commander, first the bell rang, and then the drum on the chariot was beaten.

The sound of the drum was an order, and the advancing Qin army turned to the direction where the enemy cavalry was running, and the queue that was separated by a zhang began to slowly contain. The spears on the shoulders of the sergeants were also straightened, and then at the orders of the officers, they were aimed diagonally at the galloping horses.

"Lift—shield!" The commander and the hundred generals were on the side of the military formation, and before they could even turn around, they saw that the rushing enemy cavalry had already raised their bows. There was no sound of bowstrings, only the sound of drums and the rapid sound of horses' hooves, and a few arrows burst through the air and struck the shields raised by the soldiers, making a barely audible clang.

The hundred generals who shouted the order made Jing Sheng, who rushed to the front, change his mind, he only moved, his knees were slightly pinned, and the dragon horse under his crotch went straight to the car that the hundred generals were riding in a clear mind. The shooting distance of the cavalry bow was not far, and the hundred generals saw the enemy rushing towards him from the upper edge of the shield, and he hurriedly drew his sword before he had time to scold.

He was still late, forty or more steps was only four or five seconds for a dragoon. Before his sword could be drawn, there was a loud 'bang', and a bright spearhead suddenly appeared on the heavy shield, and the right side of the car holding the shield was overwhelmed, and the man immediately fell behind the car. At the same time, the royal hand on the left side of the car also screamed, and a riding spear stabbed him in the chest, and he grabbed the spear and fell down to the chariot.

There were originally three people standing on the car, and only a hundred generals were left and right. The third blow of the Chu army's rebuke is two thrown rope sleeves, once the rope sleeve is set in the hundred generals, they shrink violently, even if the hundred generals draw their swords in their hands, but all this is lightning and flint, the rebuke who threw the rope sleeve braved the arrows and ran through the chariot left and right, he was immediately dragged off the horse, and then dragged on the dusty ground, and the sword in his hand also disappeared when he fell to the ground.

It was a perfect capture, at least as Jing Sheng saw it. The Qin army launched an offensive without waiting for the Huaishui to freeze, which was unexpected by everyone. Da Sima Mansion fell into last year's gamble again, and some strategists thought that the Qin people were repeating their old tricks, or the northern front contained the Chu army, and the eastern front Wang Jian was good at attacking the Qi people, but some strategists did not think so.

At this time, the 300,000 Qi troops were stationed in Pingyin, and it would take at least a month for the Qin army without gunpowder to capture the Pingyin fortress. Huaishui is not sealed, and this month is enough for the three kingdoms of Chu, Wei and Zhao to send troops to rescue Qi again. Obviously it can't achieve the purpose of containment, why did Li Xin do this?

It's easy to refute others, but it's hard to come up with a reason that convinces everyone. Zhibisi could not provide enough information, and only by reprimanding the cavalry in front and interrogating the enemy prisoners might be able to know the intentions of the Qin army. It was in this context that Jingsheng asked for capture, which was more valuable than capturing a few ordinary Qin soldiers.

Jing Sheng took the lead in running out of the official road, and after dispersing the Qin cavalry who came to help from both ends, he returned to the horse to greet Jing Gan and Jing Mei, who were dragging hundreds of generals. When he was about to laugh three times, when he laughed at the incompetence of the Qin army, Jing Gan on the horse looked at him with an extremely hopeful gaze, and then fell off his horse heavily. At this time, Jing Sheng saw that there was a Xinchang chieftain spear stuck behind him, and the blood had stained his entire vest red.