CHAPTER XXXVI
After six days of marching eastward day and night, the flag-waving convoy finally crossed the Great Wall of Wei on the west bank of Putianze, and the girder was already in sight. The two or five hundred guards on the horse, Zhang Han, breathed a sigh of relief, he not only saw the big beam, but also saw the generals of the Qin army who came to meet him. In order to unite Wei and Han, the king decided to go to Daliang in person, which was an extremely dangerous move, and when the king decided to set off, the ministers and generals of the court and China all advised each other, thinking that this move was inappropriate.
"Minister Yang Duanhe greets the king." Yang Duanhe was still far away from the car, so he avoided overtaking and stepped up to salute.
"The king's words, no courtesy." In front of the four-wheeled carriage stood Zhao Gao, who was responsible for helping the king pass the word.
"Please don't enter the city." Yang Duanhe said again after getting up. "The Marquis of Daliang has reported that the King of Wei has been in close contact with the Jing people recently, and the ministers are afraid that the Wei people will be unfavorable to the king."
"Big fallacy!" Don't want Zhao Gao to speak, Zhao Zheng's voice came directly out of the car. "If the widow does not enter the beam, how can the King of Wei be at ease?"
"Please forgive the king." Yang Duanhe's face changed when he heard this. "The minister is also planning for the safety of the king, and the king of Wei ......"
"King, King Wei went out of the suburbs to greet you." The voice of the temple man came from the front,
Knowing that the King of Qin went to Daliang in person, the time was after the Chu State was unclear, like Wei Zeng, the king of Wei, who had grasped a life-saving straw, was excited all night and did not sleep, and went out of the city to wait before dawn. The King of Qin went to Daliang in person, with the intention of taking himself as a hostage, and since he was a hostage, he naturally had no intention of destroying the Wei State. With such a thought, Wei Zeng waited for Zhao Zheng's car to rush to the front and immediately greeted him as a courtier.
"Why is King Wei like this?" Zhao Zheng said this after Wei Zeng saluted.
"The king is here, and the ministers dare not claim to be kings." Wei Da told him loudly, and the Wei courtiers standing beside him did not blush at all, only Wei Jian, the king of Xinling, was full of resentment, feeling that the king's move was really insulting to dignity.
"Qin Wei is a state of brothers." Zhao Zheng spoke in a kind tone, "The Jing people don't respect the king of Wei, and the widow helps Wei to fight Jing." ”
"Thank you to the king." Wei Zeng hurriedly helped, this Chu people really did not respect the Wei State. "Please let the king enter the city with his ministers."
"The ...... of the king" King Wei invited him to enter the city, and Yang Duanhe felt that it was too dangerous to enter the city, so he persuaded him again.
"The widow heard that King Jing had guarded Chen City for more than half a year." Zhao Zheng blocked Yang Duan and the following words back with his gaze, and talked about the battle of Chen Ying. "King Jing is not good enough to be like this, the general thinks that the widow is not as good as King Jing?"
"If the king enters the city, please also lead the army into the city." Yang Duanhe said again.
"Ridiculous." When Wei Zeng's face changed slightly, Zhao Zheng reprimanded. "Qin Wei is a state of brothers, what do you want to lead an army into the city? If the Jingren Boat Division attacks, how to equip it? ”
"The minister......" Yang Duanhe was stunned. At this time, he didn't know the news of the annihilation of the 150,000 Qin army in Jiyi, but he was really taboo about the Chu State Boat Division. 50,000 Wei troops were west of the chasm, and 50,000 Qin troops were east of the chasm, and a wide pontoon bridge was erected over the chasm, in order to prevent a surprise attack by the Chu State Boat Division for hundreds of miles a day.
"The widow has made up his mind." Zhao Zheng returned to the car and prepared to enter the city. Wei Zeng was overjoyed when he saw this, he also boarded the car, and asked the queen to drive for Zhao Zheng himself, and the group entered the city in front of Yang Duanhe.
When Zhao Zheng entered the city, the winged warboat glided on the chasm of the Wei realm. Although there was no Wei State boat on the water surface of the chasm, the beacon fire on the shore was lit one after another as soon as they saw the Chu State Boat Division. Soon the beacon tower outside the city of Daliang was also lit, and the military officials had to hurriedly enter the Yan Dynasty to tell each other: "Master Chu is coming. ”
The military newspaper disrupted the banquet that was being held, and Zhao Zheng put down the wine lord in his hand and said, "Jingren's boat master? ”
"Yes." Wei Zeng waved off the singer and the musician. "The minister heard that Xiang Yan garrisoned more than 200,000 troops in Xiangcheng ......"
"King Wei is also mistaken." A trace of bitterness flashed in Zhao Zheng's eyes, "Xiang Yan's more than 200,000 people are in Jiyi at this time. ”
"Jiyi?" Wei Zeng was surprised, "Jiyi is more than 1,000 miles away from Daliang, so in this way, the Jing people who entered the Wei realm are not Xiang Yan's army?" ”
The news of Jiyi's defeat came halfway, and Zhao Zheng couldn't believe it at all, but it was the case. The 150,000 troops led by Zhao Shan were exhausted, but only the 30,000 guards under Li Xin remained. Not to mention King Jing, he once again turned the danger into a disaster, making Li Xin pounce.
The current state of Chu is not the former state of Chu that moved eastward and was dying, and the current state of Chu has become the state of Zhao before the Battle of Changping, and it is even more rebellious than the state of Zhao at that time. Zhao Guo heard that the first king Zhaoxiang wanted to be with the family, so he had to send someone to send the Heshi bi from Handan; When King Zhao heard that the first monarch Zhaoxiang wanted to make an alliance with Zhao, he had to rush to the Michi Huimeng in the Qin realm.
Chu State is otherwise, after King Chu Huai, the Chu people hated Qin deeply, and after this unfinished king ascended the throne, he hated Qin even more. The Qin army was defeated again and again, and if this battle could no longer drive the Chu State to the south of Huaishui, it would become a great disaster for the Qin State.
Wei Zeng asked, but Zhao Zheng did not answer, and only drank by himself. Wei Zeng said embarrassedly: "With the king here, the Jing people will be defeated." Please congratulate the king. ”
The music in the Yan Dynasty sounded again, above the chasm, seeing the sun setting in the west, Xiong Jing in the room of the warboat Jue began to armor with the help of Changjiang and the temple people, and he did not need to participate in the battle between the two armies, but landing was a must.
"The King, the Prince?" Chang Jiang didn't quite understand Xiong Jing's arrangement for his younger brother, and when Xiong Jing was wearing armor, Xiong Han stayed on the sidelines.
"Brother Fierce is willing to go with Brother Wang to kill the Qin people?" Xiong Jing looked at him and asked with a smile.
Listening to Brother Wang's question, Xiong Han clenched his sleeves tightly, lowered his head and did not answer. When he left, he saw Concubine Li, who said a lot to him, although he didn't understand the meaning of those words, but he instinctively felt the danger of the battlefield.
"Put a piece of chain mail on him." Xiong Jing moved his shoulders and put on his sword, he could feel the weight of the armor, very heavy.
"Yui." There were two pieces of chain mail compiled for Xiong Jing, and Chang Jiang quickly turned it out and put it on Xiong Qiang.
"Brother Wang," for Xiong Han, chain mail was an extremely heavy thing, and he suddenly wanted to cry.
"Don't cry." Xiong Jing forced his tears back with a word, "If you don't cry, you will be allowed to see your mother every day." ”
Father's death, Xiong Han's closest person is his mother, but unfortunately many times he can't see him until the next day. As soon as Xiong Jing said that it could be seen every day, Xiong Han finally nodded, even though the tears had flowed out. The chain mail was heavy, and he followed Xiong Jing out of the knight's room with the support of Chang Jiang, and at this time, the sanitation on the deck saw Xiong Jing coming out with his armor, and immediately shouted Wang Yingwu.
"It's not as good as my Chu sergeant." Xiong Jing said modestly. Outside the court's room, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn breeze is refreshing. The front and back of the war boat are the big winged war boats of the Chu army, as soon as they see that their king is already armored, the Chu soldiers on the war boat feel like something is blocked in their chests, and at this moment they want to shout and kill.
"Our army will win this battle." Military Sima Peng Zong and Xiang Yan were on a large wing behind. As Sima, he paid the most attention to the changes in the soldiers, and when he saw the soldiers on the front and back and left and right warboats all looking at Xiong Jing, he couldn't help but say this.
"There is a king like this, God bless the country of Chu." Xiang Yan, who was not smiling, also laughed again and again. 80,000 against 100,000, the advantage in the number of their own side is not great, but with the king here, it seems that there is nothing that the Chu army cannot defeat.
"General, there are still thirty miles to the landing place." The chasm here is one hundred and twenty paces wide, four boats with large wings in a row, and the whole boat fleet is about fifteen miles. The Raid Boat shuttled flexibly through the fleet, passing orders and reports.
"How deep is the water?" After several landings, Xiang Yan gradually grasped the key points of landing.
"The ditch on the east side is very shallow, and the beachhead is extremely gentle, more than 20 miles wide." The official who reported the news reported.
"Order, each boat to maintain the speed and ranks, the first three lines of armor for landing." Xiang Yan nodded and ordered.
Five hundred large-winged warships carried eighty-two thousand five hundred men, minus non-combatants, about three hundred soldiers. If you do not line up with a depth of fifteen elements, but with a depth of ten elements, the entire army array will reach sixteen miles. This is similar to the length of the current boat fleet, and the soldiers on the boat can line up on the shore as soon as they land to meet the attack of the Qin army.
"The general has an order: each boat should maintain its speed and ranks, and the first three lines should be armored for landing. The general has an order: each boat should maintain its speed and ranks, and the first three lines should be armored in preparation for landing......"
Xiang Yan's order spread throughout the fleet from the Raid Boat, and even if it was not the first landing operation, the soldiers began to get nervous. The elders of the soldiers stood on the deck and spoke, and the soldiers in the first three rows of the formation stood up first. The sound of the armor clattering, the sound of the sword being pulled out of its sheath and quickly put it into the scabbard; There are also razing spears, more than 100 spears are all placed on the deck, and the armor soldiers who are lined up in the first three rows of the formation put on their armor and erect their own spears, and the breeding posts at the end of the spears are on the deck, and they rattle.
After the first three rows of armor soldiers were armed, the remaining more than 100 men rowed harder, and their long shirts were soaked with sweat. When they were thinking about when they would also wear armor, they only heard someone shouting, "Qin people! ”
It is indeed the Qin people, and the top column in the hands of the three columns can see the situation on both sides of the chasm. The Qin people in leather armor rode on horses and ran with the boat, and everyone could still hear the neighing of the war horses.
"Haha, we travel thousands of miles a day, and Qin Kou is not as good as us." Someone pointed at the Qin people and laughed. A few days ago, the experience of today's Daliang made the soldiers quite proud, and this was a war they had never had before.
"Our army is 80,000, how much is the Qin army?" Chen Sheng, who was panting and paddling, asked.
"The pawn commander said, the Qin army is 50,000, and the Wei army is 50,000." His good partner Chen Gou replied.
"Nonsense!" The voice of Chen Hong, a celebrity, came from his side. "Fifty thousand Wei troops also have to cross, the gap is fifty thousand."
As soon as Chen Hong spoke up, the two didn't dare to say anything more, and after a while, Chen Hong took an iron jacket and threw it to Chen Shengdao: "Oh, put it on." ”
The iron jacket is the latest style, when Chen Yingtu City, the enemy's arrows are like a torrential rain, and the iron jacket can not protect the face door, and the new style of iron armor is the face door.
Chen Sheng looked at Tie Xuan and was overjoyed, and before he could say thank you, he heard the drums of the Qin army on the shore and the sudden shouting: "The general has an order: each boat rushes to the shore and meets the enemy with armor." The general has an order: each boat rushes to the shore and meets the enemy with armor on......"