Chapter 21: Out of the Camp
The cold night was already silent, except for the sound of the north wind blowing the banners of the camp tent and the sound of intervals, only a snoring was left in the barracks. However, at this time, the shouts and drums continued, and the whole barracks was in an uproar, but fortunately, the divisions had issued a strict order before: unless there was an order, all divisions were strictly forbidden to make noise and move without permission in the event of an attack at night, so that it did not cause greater chaos.
The soldiers continued to sleep peacefully, the camp of the left army was blazing, and the soldiers of Chu who got up in a hurry were shouting at the Qin army who had withdrawn to the camp through the camp, and the Qin army that was expelled from the camp was not long after, when the rain of arrows around them became denser and denser, they sneaked into the night and disappeared.
The attack on the camp is only a kind of disturbance, not in the number of killings, but in alarming the enemy army, making it panic and demoralizing. Bai Lin's subordinates only rushed into the battalion and did not kill or injure many soldiers, but they had successfully disturbed the Chu army, and the night attack mission was successfully completed.
"What about the Jing people?" Two miles away, Bai Lin, who was waiting, looked at the retreating harassing troops and couldn't help but ask about the soldier.
"Report to the captain, this person used Jing language to deceive the sentinel, and killed the first level, but unfortunately the Jing people were recognized near the camp, and our department had to fight into the camp...... "The night attack was based on Fen, the Chu army soldier as the vanguard, and the peripheral outpost was deceived in the past, but the camp was heavily guarded, and there was no night password under the hard work, and there was a flaw in the end.
"Killed a level?" Bai Lin was a little surprised, he thought that Fen was dead. "Then make a note, Tomorrow Lord,"
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"You said that our army scouts led the Qin army to attack?!" The camp of the Left Army, which was quiet again, thoroughly found out that the original commander Pan Wusheng's fat face was red, and his nose was panting. really hates Chu traitors more than they hate Qin people, how can he not be angry when he learns that it was Chu traitors who led the Qin army to attack.
"Exactly." The commander in charge of the guard on duty hurriedly knelt down, "This person has a Yingdu accent, saying that he was scattered when he detected the enemy a few days ago, lost his horse, and had to enter the camp from me......"
"Quickly send an order to the shogunate and warn the whole army to beware of Chu traitors." The left army deceived the Qin people once, and they were afraid that they would not dare to come, and now they were worried that he would coax other departments, so the military Sima Cai Zhi immediately reported the matter to the general Shang, and then reported it to the whole army. But he seemed to be overly worried, until the whole army collected the accounts in the morning, and the Qin army did not attack.
"Urgent โโ!" It was still dark, and the divisions were packing up their tents to prepare for withdrawal, when suddenly a horse approached outside the camp, and immediately the knights were galloping and shouting, 'Urgent!' Listening to it makes people's hearts furious. When he hurried to the front of the shogunate of the Chinese army, the fierce shouting stopped, but even more terrible news followed: "Report to the general, the Qin army has come out of the camp in a big way!" โ
"The Qin army marched out of the camp?!" Peng Zong, who got up early, was still a little drowsy, and almost jumped up when he heard the words, and he said loudly: "Really? โ
"The villain vouched for his life, and it was indeed correct. The villain and his accomplice were ordered to stay in the wilderness outside the Qin camp last night, and when they saw the Qin soldiers rushing out of the camp, they hurried back, but unfortunately the accomplice had died under the Qin people's sword. "The horses are not as good as the Qin people, and the scouts were beaten so that they didn't dare to leave the camp, so they could only send the dead soldiers to stay in the field at night and come back before dawn, but I didn't expect it to be really useful.
"Urgent โโ!" There was another shout, but then the voice died down, and after a while someone said, "General, the rebuke is dead." โ
"How's the nest car?" Detecting at night is reconnaissance, and standing in the nest car is also reconnaissance when looking at it from the mirror. Xiang Yan originally thought that the Qin army would not go out of the camp to fight him in a decisive battle today, but now that they had come out, he couldn't help but ask Xiang Chaoche again for confirmation.
"Report to the General: The sky is not clear, and the nest car may not be far away." The officer on one side replied.
"General, before the twilight goes, the Qin army must be guarded against leaving the camp." Peng Zong understood Xiang Yan's thoughts best, although Qin Jun came when he shouldn't have come, he still had to be careful.
"Pass the order, summon the generals, and line up." One after another ordered arrows were sent out, and in addition to summoning the generals, there was also an order to line up immediately.
"Why did the Qin army get out of the camp? Didn't you say that it was a decisive battle two days after tomorrow? hiss...... "When Xiang Yan's order was sent to Xiong Jing, he was piercing his armor. Jujia was strangled for a day yesterday, and some places on his body were already red and swollen, and it hurt when he touched it at this time.
"The villain doesn't know, the villain sent a general's order to the king: the Qin army is out of the camp, please go to the shogunate as soon as possible." The herald was articulate.
"No, leave the camp immediately." There is a time limit for summoning the general, and those who do not arrive after the drumming are beheaded, and no one dares to behead Xiong Jing, the king, but he needs to set an example. "Let's go." endured the pain and put on the skirt armor, Xiong Jing was helped by everyone to walk out of the camp quickly. When he arrived at the shogunate, some generals also arrived, and the news had been confirmed that the Qin army was leaving the camp with all their troops.
Although he had been looking forward to a quick battle with the Qin army for a long time, a chill still rose on Xiong Jing's back when he heard the news that the Qin army had left the camp, and it seemed that he was gone after sleeping all night in the face of Meng Wu's courage yesterday - really want to go to the front of the battle to swear? Do you really want to be at the forefront of the military formation? He began to feel that his legs were gradually sore, and the armor on his body was getting heavier and heavier, and none of the generals who rushed to the shogunate had joy on their faces, they all had gloomy faces, and they were as dignified as a piece of leadโeveryone knew that in the face of the Qin army, it was unlikely that he would win.
"Zijing?" Lian Po, who was sitting next to Xiong Jing, felt this kind of pre-war solemnity that had no chance of winning, and also saw the confusion in Xiong Jing's eyes. After shouting two sentences and the king didn't respond, he couldn't help but shout Zijing.
"Teacher......" It is rude to call the name of the king, but Xiong Jing didn't realize it, only Youshi stared at Lian Po.
"The king's courage yesterday was forgotten in a dream?" Lian Po asked.
These words were like a sharp sword, and a sword stabbed into Xiong Jing's heart. Tingling, cold, ......ashamed, Xiong Jing's pale face was bloodshot for a moment, he shook his head vigorously, almost loudly, "No." After saying this, he asked, "What should I do?" โ
"What did the king do yesterday?" Lian Po asked rhetorically. "When the Qin people came out of the camp, the whole army was terrified, and the soldiers wanted to see the general on their side at this time......"
"I see." Xiong Jing immediately realized that Xiang Yan couldn't help him in the battle, and the most important thing he should do now was to appear in front of the soldiers and let them feel at ease.
"The king must not!" Right Shi glanced at Lian Po resentfully, and then turned to Xiong Jing. "At this time, the military situation is unknown, and it is better to ...... rashly inspecting for fear of your life."
Right Shi's words of cherishing his life not only did not make Xiong Jing afraid, but made him dissatisfied. He didn't answer, but only commanded the left and right: "Prepare the horses." โ
Immediately stopped the drum and discuss the army, but the king was leaving, not only Xiang Yan, but also the generals in the tent were also very puzzled, so someone got up and asked: "The general immediately discusses the army, dare to ask the king where he is going?" โ
"General, you continue to discuss the deployment of troops, and you don't want to inspect the whole army." Xiong Jing finally regained some of the courage of yesterday, he answered and went out of the account, and no one dared to stop him. Only when he got on the horse outside the tent did the military Sima Peng Zong rush out and said: "The king is inspecting, you must not do it in front of the military formation, the last general is afraid that after a night, the Qin people have a plan." โ
"What's the plan?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile, the feeling of sitting on the horse made him feel more comfortable.
"The last general is afraid that the Qin people will attack the king with cavalry. There are no archers in our army, if the Qin people do not hesitate to live and die, they should ......" Peng Zong was anxious, like Xiong Jing, he was also worried about the Qin army's martial knights.
"You go back to the council. Gongjia's spear is not vegetarian. Walk! Xiong Jing deliberately looked in front of him and behind him as he spoke, after the fright of Mengwu shooting geese yesterday, his escort team had six pawns and spears, as well as two pawns of swords and shields. Swords and shields against crossbows and arrows, spears against cavalry, as long as he did not leave the army a hundred paces, he believed that he was absolutely safe.
The sky will be dark, Xiong Jing said, the spearmen at the forefront walked forward, followed by a sword and shield soldier, and then Xiong Jing riding a pony, accompanied by a short guard, and two chariots: one is the right history and one is Lian Po, and after the chariot is a sword and shield soldier and three pawn spearmen. The camp was wide, with a group of five spearmen and six sword and shield men, and more than 900 people formed a team less than 200 meters long, and the team no longer went to the right army as yesterday, but to the left army.
"The king is gone, what should I do?" Xiong Jing was surrounded by guards he brought from Yingdu and experienced rebellion, and the four thousand guards who defended Xiong Yuan, the king of Chu, were also in the army, but because of the grounding incident, Xiong Jing had never seen this sanitation with his eyes. At this time, seeing that he insisted on patrolling in front of the battle, the general of sanitation could only stare dryly, who made Xiong Jing distrust him.
"What else? Follow. Yang Yu looked at the direction where Xiong Jing was going, and said hatefully.
There was frost everywhere, and the north wind was bone-chilling, but at this time, the Qin people went out of the camp, and the two wings of the formation before the camp were in a hurry, and some of the apprentices' armor were not neatly hung up, and under the urging of the commander of the army, they marched outside the camp with the sound of bracelets. There may be some warmth in the queue squeezing each other, but when the north wind blows, not only people shiver, but even their teeth tremble. But at this moment, a singing voice came from behind him, and the song got closer and closer, until the people at the end of the line saw the banner and hurriedly saluted.
"The warrior is hazy, and the state is stubborn. He also held the halberd and guarded the king...... "It was six hundred palace armor who were singing, and they were singing because the king wanted them to sing, and the reason why they were asked to sing was because the king was announcing that he was coming."
Riding on the horse, the man and the horse all vomited white, and their hands tried not to touch the iron armor on their bodies, it was too cold, like ice cubes, fortunately, there was a thick pad inside the armor, otherwise Xiong Jing would almost freeze to death. Although he had already eaten breakfast, on this cold morning, Xiong Jing felt that he was hungry again.
"Meet the King! Meet the King! Meet the Kingโ" More and more of the soldiers saluted Xiongjing, and they lay down on the frost-covered ground and paused, not afraid of the cold. Xiong Jing didn't say anything to stop them, because Gong Jia was speeding with a spear, and his eyes swept over the team, and he rode past with a slight bow.
"The king is here! The king came...... "The further the palace armor went, the more people knew that the king had come to inspect the whole army again." Frightened, complaining, lamenting, trembling, but as long as they saw the fast-moving figures and heard the singing of the palace armor, they completely forgot their fears, their breathing and footsteps gradually became steady, and their bodies became more and more powerful.
"The kings are here, why don't you line up quickly?" A pawn jumped and drank, and there was more joy in his voice than blame. However, he didn't see the approaching shadow directly ahead.