Chapter 21: The Dark Battle

"Smack......!" Jing Er slammed the battle report on the case, "Waste is waste!" Jing Er roared angrily. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info king was angry, and the air in the entire Chengming Hall seemed to freeze. The palace attendants all held their breath and clamped the chrysanthemum, trying not to make a sound.

In the far east. A fierce battle of nearly two million men was underway, and because the enemy army was so numerous, Rao had the royal tomb in charge. The Qin army was still difficult to win, and all fronts were struggling to support it.

At the beginning of the month, the Qin army fought a major battle with the allied forces of Wei, Han, Qi, and Chu. When the battle reached its climax, suddenly more than 100,000 Xiongnu and Zhao cavalry rushed out behind the Qin army. Even the Yan Kingdom, which had always been weak, sent 10,000 cavalry to participate.

Suffering this sudden blow, the formation of the Qin army was immediately chaotic. The Four-Nation Coalition took the opportunity to cover up, and the Qin army was defeated, if you don't believe Li Xin, Yang Duanhe fought to the death. Maybe the Qin army is in danger of being wiped out, and now Wang Ling has retreated to Hangu Pass with the defeated army. All the land seized in the war the year before was lost. The Great Qin army suffered heavy casualties, and the Zhongmu City defended by the Permanent Tooth was completely besieged and put up a desperate resistance.

Lao Wangling was wounded by a stray arrow in the melee, and now he is overseeing the battle at Hangu Pass with his injuries. I heard that the injury is getting worse day by day, and I'm afraid it won't last long.

When the news reached Xianyang, public opinion was in an uproar. An atmosphere of panic grew among the people of Xianyang, and Great Qin was invincible. But he was afraid of the real alliance of the six countries, and the reason why he was able to break the alliance of the six countries in the past. It's all because the coalition forces look like each other, and they even hinder each other many times.

But the first war of the previous year completely hurt the six eastern countries, and the borders of Qin were expanded wirelessly. It even borders the Qi State, which makes the Qi State, which is rich but not very elite, very nervous. It is precisely this kind of tension and anxiety that, after two years of hard work, the six eastern countries finally reached an agreement. Kill the Qin State, or everyone will finish playing.

This time, the six countries of the East have really revealed their family backgrounds. From the poorest and weakest Yan State to the most capable Wei State. and the most tyrant Qi country, all of which can be regarded as going all out. This time, if you say anything, you have to conquer Hangu Pass, even if you don't destroy Great Qin. It is also necessary to let Great Qin become a second-rate vassal state. The Qin State must not be allowed to ease its senses, otherwise the Qin State will become stronger and stronger, and the trend of unifying China will become more and more clear. This is smashing the dinner table of the magnates of the six countries, and for this kind of unkind behavior, it needs to be suppressed, completely suppressed!

The only one with an ambiguous attitude is the state of Chu. After all, the state of Qin is the Western Qin, while the state of Chu is the southern barbarian. Before the Warring States period, the Spring and Autumn Princes usually did not invite the kings of the two countries when they met for the alliance. The two countries have had an intermarriage relationship of more than 300 years, and it can be said that there is a kinship between the kings of the two countries that cannot be cleaned up and messed up.

However, under the instigation of Chun Shenjun, the main battle faction in the country, Xiang Yan and other generals also strongly recommended the King of Chu to send troops. Only then did the king of Chu agree to participate in the joint expedition, when the Qin army retreated to Hangu Pass. The King of Chu was immediately full of confidence, and not only rewarded Chun Shenjun and Xiang Yan and others. He also continued to increase his troops, and even ordered Xiang Yan's son Xiang Liang to lead the army to regain the territory lost in the war the year before, and then stormed Wuguan. Now, Great Qin is facing an embattled situation. As the so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, the Shu people in the south were also a little ready to move. Daqin, it's really time for the mouth to be in danger.

"Zhongmu is like a nail, nailed to the rear of the enemy army. If General Hengya can hold on, we can calmly hold on to Hangu Pass. The king can recruit the cavalry of Yiqu Jun to participate in the battle, and Pingliang ......! ”

"Bang ......! Pingliang, Pingliang! How is it always peaceful, this time he actually sold armor blades to the six eastern countries. This is simply rebellion, rebellion! When Jing Er heard the word Pingliang, the fire came up as if he had been poured with oil. The palm of his hand slapped the bookcase "pop" and "pop", if Yun Yue was here, he would bite Yun Yue to death.

Alexander was a little confused, ever since he was recruited by Jing Er. He had never been interrupted so violently when he spoke, and a pair of stunned eyes from behind the iron mask glared at Jing Er. Once upon a time, he was also a king, a king on high like this young man. But now, he is just a military staff officer. The change in status made Alexander feel an extreme gap. He never imagined that a king would fall to such a state.

Jing Er's anger is not unreasonable, although the armor is not as good as the scale armor and chain mail. But it's still much stronger than leather armor, if it is paired with the rattan armor sold by the black-hearted Wusun Jichang. This combination set can even be within a hundred steps, effectively avoiding the killing of the Qin crossbow.

The Qin crossbow is strong because it wants to fight with the Six Kingdoms, and the manufacturing process of the Qin crossbow is very tightly preserved by the Qin people. The inability of the Six Nations to copy the Qin Crossbow has always been the reason why the Qin army can walk sideways in the Six Kingdoms in the East. Now that there is armor that can block Qin's crossbow, this makes the Qin army very afraid. Although the Qin crossbow is strong, the rate of fire is hard. Taishi Gong's record of the battle is only three arrows, and it is definitely not a joke. Even if the infantry moved slowly, the Qin army's bows and crossbows would bring limited damage to the enemy.

If the bow and crossbow cannot exert the power they deserve, then they can only fight hand-to-hand. This method of killing 1,000 enemies and inflicting 800 losses was very beneficial to the eastern countries, which were outnumbered and powerful. Even if two people spell out one of you, it's acceptable. It is very difficult to kill a person when there is a disadvantage in numbers on the battlefield, but it is easy to be killed.

The old king's tomb is in the east, and he has suffered this big loss. Coupled with the cavalry of the Huns and the Zhao people, the Qin army could only retreat to Hangu Pass to defend it, and abandoned Hengya in Zhongmu as a lone army. It can be said that the gap in equipment is an important reason for this big defeat.

No one dared to speak, and this young man who was high above was the heaven of Great Qin. As long as he wants, Jing Er, who is shrouded in the aura of violence, can turn anyone in the Chengming Hall into powder at any time. When ordinary people get angry, they will smash the table and smash the bench. It's great to fight in the streets, but if His Majesty King Qin is angry, he will really slaughter people.

Quiet! The air in the Chengming Hall seemed to freeze, and time seemed to have stopped at this moment. Even the fluttering dust doesn't seem to be moving anymore. Under the aura of the two kings of Jing, all living things stopped moving.

After a long time, Jing Er let out a sigh of relief and said, "Lone is a little irritable, Mr. Iron Mask continued. Listen alone! ”

Hearing Jing Er speak, the people in the room breathed a sigh of relief. The oppressive atmosphere simply made their hearts have a tendency to stop, if Jing Er held on for another two minutes. There will be an elderly chamberlain who collapsed from a heart attack.

The air seemed to flow in an instant, and the frequency of exhalation of the chamberlains and palace people could be seen by the eye. Some people say that the essence of rights is not how much money can be approved in a single article, but how much money can be placed in a person's life trajectory in one sentence. It's about the extent to which he controls people's spiritual world, and to some extent, Jing Er has achieved the bearing of a king.

"Uh...... Here! Alexander swallowed a mouthful of saliva and organized his words before continuing: "The current three eastern counties will almost certainly be lost, and the land we occupy in the southern front of the Chu State will also be lost. The battle line will stop near Wuguan, because there is the help of the terrain, and the Chu people will not be able to attack it for a while. The same was true of the situation at Hangu Pass, although the heavy armor provided by Pingliang gave the Six-Nation Alliance a lot of help. But the danger of Hangu Pass cannot be conquered by those strong armor and sharp weapons.

Now on the Eastern Front, our only victory point is in Zhongmu. According to the return of the reinforcements who rushed into Zhongmu for the last time, more than half of the original 40,000 Qin troops in Zhongmu City had already suffered casualties. The food was only enough to eat for more than a month, even if General Wang Ling sent 10,000 reinforcements plus a lot of grain and grass. According to estimates, General Permanent Tooth can only be a month and a half, at most two months.

If we don't come up with a way within two months, Great Qin will lose the land he seized the year before. The entire Eastern Front will be compressed back to the position before the first king seized the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In other words, several generations of soldiers of Great Qin, the land that they fought in ten years will fall in one day! In the future, our army will be crushed to the west of Hangu Pass, which will be very unfavorable to us. ”

Alexander had a stick in his hand and kept pointing at the sandbox. Jing Er and Gongsun Long Qiandu listened attentively, and the more they listened, the more ugly their faces became. In the past decade, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or injured in the land seized. Losing this appearance in just half a year, the morale of the army and the people's hopes have plummeted, and in any case, it will have an impact on this autumn's crown ceremony.

Guanli must not have an accident, this is Jing Er's unswerving established policy before Guanli. Only after the crown ceremony can Jing Er truly exercise the rights of the King of Qin justifiably. Before that, Jing Er was like a tiger trapped in a cage. Empty fangs and claws, but nothing.

"There's no way to turn defeat into victory?" Jing Er said with a frown. He didn't want the Qin State to suffer such a big defeat before his crown.

"Yes, yes, but with the help of ...... The power of Yiqu Jun. Finally, Alexander stopped the car in time and didn't say the word Pingliang Yunhou. Jing Er had already been angry once, and Alexander didn't want to anger him a second time.

"Oh, if it's feasible, Lone will fully support it."

"Wuguan is a mountainous area, but before Wuguan was a plain. It is an extremely suitable place for the cavalry of the large army to fight, as long as the king convinces Yiqujun to go south to Wuguan. Then go out of Wuguan to defeat the Chu army, which can make the Chu state withdraw from the alliance. In this way, the security of the southern flank of our army was ensured.

After defeating the Chu army, the Yiqu Jun's troops united with the Wuguan defenders. Take advantage of the Chu State to wave its army to the north and cut off the grain route of the coalition army. Among the coalition forces, the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei were weak because of their successive wars. The reason why it can be supported is completely dependent on the financial and food support of the Qi State. As long as the few cities leading to the front line of Qi are captured, the alliance of the six nations will inevitably be defeated. At that time, our army will be able to take advantage of the situation to fight out of the Hangu Pass. Strike back and forth in one fell swoop, and you will win. But ......"

"But what?"

"But it all depends on whether Zhongmu can withstand two months. It would take at least two months for Yiqujun to go south, defeat the Chu army, and then go north. In these two months, it is necessary to attract the attention of the coalition forces to Zhongmu. ”

"Qiandu, it doesn't matter what method you use. Let Hengya know that as long as he resists for two months, he will be the Marquis of Great Qin, and he will eat ten thousand households! ”

"No......!"

PS: Extra! Extra! The January outbreak season is here, and book lovers get ready for your starting coins and monthly passes. Welcome the outbreak of the old dragon......! Let the starting point coin bury me......! (To be continued.) )