From the perspective of Mengwu, the crossbow standing on the urn city at the west gate of Chengyang City is like a giant with eight zhang, the two boxes where the curly cow tendons are placed are the chest of the giant, the crossbow arm connected to the box is the arm of the giant, the bracket below is the thigh of the giant, and the chute that is two zhang long looks inconspicuous because of the angle, and only the black shooting port can be seen.

When the soldiers dragged the silk rope, the crossbowmen did not stop, their attempt was to shoot the main general of the Qin people under the banner of Jing two hundred paces away, so the landing point was closer to the Chinese army where Meng Wu was located than an arrow. Unfortunately, the repeating arrows used at this time are not special temporary vehicle arrows, and the repeater arrows are not special standard arrows, and the shooting parameters of each arrow landing feedback are different.

However, the purpose of the main general Chen Qi was achieved, and every time the crossbow shot an arrow, the Chu army above and below the city would shout 'Long live'. In this era, 'long live' was not the exclusive use of the kings of the Song Dynasty, but a celebration and cheer, and the kings and commoners could shout. The Chu army was shocked when he saw the Qin army's formation, and then he was very sad when he saw the corpses of the friendly soldiers, but he didn't expect that his crossbow could be captured in front of more than 100,000 Qin people, so he forgot his fear and grief and became angry and angry.

The whole city shouted long live, the soldiers praised the crossbow, and the people who could not see the crossbow in the city actually risked climbing the highest building in the city, wanting to see the crossbowmen defeat the Qin people. The tallest building in the city was only two floors, of course they couldn't see the thundering crossbows, nor could they see the already somewhat chaotic Qin army array, all they could see was the witches with hideous masks dancing wildly on the west city tower, and the Qin people who dragged them up were brutally beheaded, and their blood that had not yet coagulated was received into a bowl and began to perform the sacrifice of provocative drums.

"I pray that the gods will descend from the sun,

The yang soul ascends to the secluded fence

Seeing Jun Artemisia felt sad

Lang Xuan Zhenxi Zhaozong Fang ......"

In the song of the shrine maiden's prayer to the gods, all the soldiers of the city will lead their hearts to kneel down with piety, and the ceremony will not end until the male statue has stained his heart with blood and smeared all the drums on the castle tower. The drum of the army is different from the drum of the court, the snare drum is a drum, the drum is a spindle-shaped drum that is strung vertically by a wooden stick of a foot high, standing on a copper seat, the drum is red, painted with human blood and the color is even redder. After the drum was provoked, the drummer hit it vigorously, and the soldiers and civilians of the whole city shouted long live again in the sound of the drum.

"General, the crossbow of the Jing people shoots more than three hundred steps." When the Chu army provoked the drum, a series of crossbow arrows were sent to Meng Wu by Feng Zai, this was the farthest shot, just pulled out of the Qin pawn, and there was still thick blood on it.

"Mingjin withdraws." Meng Wu didn't look at the arrow carefully, but he had seen where the arrow from the city had landed.

"Withdraw?!" Feng Zheng was shocked, and after the demonstration, he would attack the city no matter what, but he didn't think that the commander's order was to withdraw the army.

"The Jing people are in full swing, and it is indeed not suitable to attack the city today." Sikong Ma echoed Meng Wu. He was a protector, and the generals did not dare to oppose the orders he agreed to, otherwise he would be impeached in the future, or he would be killed on the spot by the guards who were only ordered by Sikong Ma.

"Mingjin withdraws!" The military order was quickly transmitted, and the sound of cymbals immediately resounded above and below the city, and the Qin people's army formation changed instantaneously, and began to slowly and orderly withdraw to the camp ten miles to the west.

"The Qin people have withdrawn! The Qin people withdrew ......" cheers sounded again from the head of Chengyang. Just now, everyone thought that there would be a bloody battle today, but they didn't expect the Qin army to withdraw just by lining up in formation, and the feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe was extremely exciting.

"Today is finally over." Chen Beggar's legs were weak, and he was very rude sitting on the mat, his clothes were soaked, probably sweating too much, and now he only felt weak.

"General, you should reward those who have made meritorious contributions quickly, and you should show military discipline." Chen Bu also breathed a sigh of relief. "Today's victory should also be reported to the king as soon as possible, if the Huaishui waterway is unblocked, ask the king to send some more crossbows."

"Good." Chen Cheng thought so. The crossbow shot more than 300 paces, which meant that the Qin people should be 300 steps away in the future. The attacking vehicles, rushing vehicles, and transporting vehicles must all be pushed by manpower from 300 paces away. If there were 100 crossbows at the head of Chengyang, the Qin people would be hindered from attacking the city. "Quickly report today's victory to the king and the great Sima with flying news, and invite some crossbows."

There is no one who has seen the power of the crossbow who has not said good, and there is no general who does not want to ask for more crossbows with the army. However, the crossbow is not as good as the waterwheel, the waterwheel is as long as there is wood, you can produce as much as you want, the crossbow is different, and it is the cow tendon that restricts the production of the crossbow. Although a few months ago at Xiong Jing's suggestion, the cow tendon has been listed as a strategic material, and find a way to buy it from various countries, but the Sanjin, Qin, Qi and other countries use cattle to plough, non-sacrificial do not kill cattle, there are not many cow tendons and they have to use themselves, and the gains are not big.

After reading the news of Chengyang City, Da Sima Nao was not happy but a little angry - he had already counted the hit rate and range of the Jing crossbow, and the Qin people were naturally caught off guard when they first encountered the Jing crossbow, nothing remarkable, he was just a little angry at why Chen Qi didn't take advantage of the Qin people's unpreparedness and used the Jing crossbow to shoot the Qin people's main general, that was the real victory, not what kind of provocation.

"What's wrong with Xiang Yan, is there any news?" Nao looked at his ears and eyes, a little worried about Xiang Yan.

"Great Sima, there is no news of General Xiang." The eyes and ears are Nao Ya, the nephew of Nao Cunning Benzong, who is responsible for collecting and sorting out the news. "I want to come...... I think General Xiang has arrived in Jiyi. ”

"Yes. Jiyi. Although Xiang Yan did not clearly state the purpose of the battle, he went west to Xieyi, if it was not to ambush the Qin people, then the target would be Jiyi. The importance of Jiyi was cunning and clear, and when it came to Jiyi, he naturally remembered Fuyi to the west of Jiyi.

The real source of Huaishui is Fuyi (now Huaiyuan Town, Tongbai County), the water flows down from the Dafu Mountain, and winds in the small basin of Jiyi, merging more than ten rivers before gradually growing. When Nanyang and Huaishang were owned by the Chu State, the Chu people would sacrifice to the god of Huaishui and the god of Dafu Mountain every year. After the world was unified by the Qin State, the Qin people rebuilt the Huai Temple and also worshiped the water god and the mountain god. In the Western Han Dynasty, the Marquis of Fuyang was sealed here, and the descendants set up Fuyang County, and the Song Dynasty moved the county from Fuyi to the present site (Tongbai County).

Although Fuyi is small, it guards the only mountain road leading from the Jiyi Basin to the Nanyang Basin. If Xiang Yan can capture Jiyi and occupy Fuyi, it will be tantamount to cutting off a grain route for the Qin army, and the Qin people can only transport grain from Biyang-Magu to Chengyang. This road is not only far, but it is not as easy to walk as the road in Jiyi. It's just that once the Qin army in Nanyang County advances eastward, or the Qin army under Chengyang City comes to help, Xiang Yan's troops will be besieged and killed in the Jiyi Basin.

"Sent an order to Tang County Yin and County Sima, asking them to quickly send people to the north of Dafu Mountain to find Xiang Yan's department, and when the situation is critical, Xiang Yan's department must be safely connected to Tang County." Estimating that Xiang Yan had the only way to retreat, Nao Cunning ordered. Although Xiang Yan was Ling Yin's person, he never thought of getting rid of Xiang Yan with the hands of the fake Qin people during the National War, but instead wanted to prepare a way back for him.

"Yui. I'm going to give the order. Naoya got up and stopped, and asked, "Let Tang County take General Xiang into the country, and Tang Gong will ...... him."

The counties of Chu are equivalent to the fiefdoms of the feudal monarchs, and they are very independent. Before the Tang and Sui counties on the west side of Dabie Mountain were destroyed by the Chu State, they were originally vassal states surnamed Ji who guarded the Suizao Passage, but after the Qin people occupied the Jianghan Plain, the attitude of the two counties became very subtle. Every move is very concerned about the reaction of the Qin people, for fear that he will offend the Qin people without his heart, and then be swallowed up by the Qin people. Now let them answer Xiang Yan in the south of Dafu Mountain, this kind of offending the pro-Qin people, Nao Ya is very worried that they will find an excuse to prevaricate.

"Don't panic." Nao was cunning, "You ordered the Shang to tell him clearly: If you don't accept Xiang Yan, I will ask the king to cut Tang County to Qin State!" ”

"Yui." Naoya looked at his uncle in disbelief, and then smiled.

The flying line from Chengyang to Yingdu is not connected to Chengyang, Chengyang is extremely important, and the three passes of the underworld in the low part of Dabie Mountain are also important for defense. Before the war, Feixun was built to the three passes of the underworld, and has been extended to Sui and Tang counties, and today it is not far away, even if it is not extended to the farthest Tang County. The military order issued by Nao Cunning was transmitted from the fast horse to two flying stations, that is, a distance of sixty miles, and then reached the hands of Yin Tanggong of Tang County.

"How can this be true, it is simply unreasonable!" After reading the last sentence of the military order, Tang Gong was furious, "Is this Chu State the Nao family, if you want to cut that city, you can cut that city, and you can cut it to whoever you want, this prince will definitely play the king, please ...... the king's sin"

The demise of the Tang State was related to the entry of Wu Shi into Ying, and it was the small states of Cai and Tang that provided grain and guides to the Wu State, so that the 30,000 Wu army could successfully break through the three passes of the underworld and defeat the Chu army in the west side of the Dabie Mountain. Afterwards, the Tang State was destroyed, the monarch and nobles moved out of the Tang State, and the Tang State became a county of the Chu State, and Ren Doushang was the first county Yin. Like other counties in the Chu State, there are many hereditary counties in the county, especially in small and unimportant counties like Tang County, which are even more hereditary, so until today, Tang County has the Dou clan in charge.

When the king of Chuzhuang was the Ao clan rebelled and wiped out the clan, the Dou clan was not extinct, and the Dou Ke Huang family was exempt from being implicated. After King Chu Zhao reinstated Ying, he remembered the exploits of the ancestors of the Dou family, and it was the time to win people's hearts, which made Dou Shang the county Yin of Tang County. It was not until the destruction of the Chu State that the Qin people moved all the nobles of the Chu State to the west, and the Dou clan was changed to a class, and Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the descendant of the Dou clan.

Although Yin Douyu Pheasant of Tang County did not know the situation of the Dou clan after the destruction of the Chu State, he knew very well what happened to his own people after Tang County was cut off from the Qin State. No matter how bad the Chu State is, he is also a county prince, and the clansmen are still nobles, and when he arrives in the Qin State, he is not good to be framed, and his descendants will be punished by the clan - what happened to the Chu princes who did not move away in the west under the rule of the Qin people, he knows very well.

"What do you think?" After Dou Yu scolded the pheasant, although his anger was not completely dissipated, he had to carry out Nao's cunning military order.

The county Sima is also fighting, and the words are constant. As a military general, he didn't care about the reaction of the Qin people as much as Dou Yu Pheasant. "I thought that since Xiang Yan had gone deep into Jiyi, he would go west to Fuyi to intercept the Qin people's grain and grass transportation. If you retreat, you can only climb the south of Dafu Mountain to our county. Our county should find it as soon as possible. ”

"How about the Qin people?" Dou Yu Pheasant sighed for a long time, for fear that Tang County would be gone.

"County duke, if the Qin people want to kill me, what about it?" Dou Chang replied, leaving Dou Yu speechless.