Chapter 429: At Battle
Qu Ping didn't expect that only a day later, he was walked out of prison and reinstated, and after learning the reason, Qu Ping knew that it was not the repentance of the King of Chu as he thought, but the guarantee of the Shangzhu Kingdom Jingshe.
Therefore, Qu Ping also returned to the barracks, thanking Shangzhu Guojingshe, if it was other times, Shangzhu Guojingshe would not receive Qu Ping, the reason is that Qu and Jing are in-laws for many years, which in the suspicious King of Chu seems to be already a party for personal gain, if there is any more contact, wouldn't it be true to this point of view, but now that the Qin army is in front, Jingshe is good at military affairs and short and over-fighting, so Jingshe also made an exception to receive Qu Ping.
"Ping, thank you Shangzhuguo!" Although Qu Ping is noble-minded, he is also very respectful to the Jing family, which is now the most powerful of Qu Jingzhao's three families.
Looking at the descendant of the Qu clan who was almost a newborn calf on the other side, Jing She, who had been on the battlefield all his life, couldn't help but admonish: "Since the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei carved up the Jin Kingdom, the king is also afraid of the three clans of Qu Jingzhao of the Chu State, Qu Ping, you are the descendant of the Qu family, and you must also know how to protect yourself!" ”
Qu Ping was very puzzled, why even Shangzhu Kingdom Jingshe turned a blind eye to the current smoky Chu State court, and couldn't help but say: "On the side of the king, it is a treacherous villain, why is Shangzhu Kingdom so tolerant of adultery!" ”
Jing She looked at Qu Ping and said this, and also sighed in his heart, this sigh was not lamenting his inaction, but it was not lamenting Qu Ping's immaturity, and he just muttered at the moment: "This Da Chu, after all, is the Da Chu of his surname Xiong......"
Hearing this, Qu Ping was stunned, with his intelligence, how could he not know who "he" in Shangzhu Guojingshe was referring to, and couldn't help but be a little frightened, at this moment, Shangzhu Country was actually obscure and even the honorific title of the king was hidden, Qu Ping also had mixed feelings in his heart.
Jing She said again: "How much was the Wu clan reused by the King of Chu back then, it almost overshadowed the limelight of the three major clans of Qu Jingzhao, maybe the King of Chu originally wanted to support the Wu clan to contain the three major clans of Qu Jingzhao, but it was as grand as the Wu clan, and it was wiped out in one fell swoop, these truths, Qu Ping, you don't understand, but you still put your hopes on the body of the King of Chu, who doesn't know that the current Great Chu Dynasty has already been centrifugal and detached!" ”
Jing She's words were directly pointed out, which also made Qu Ping like a lightning strike, at this moment he found that the gloom above the Great Chu Dynasty was far more serious than he imagined, this was no longer caused by a Fei Wuji who could make waves, but the important ministers above the entire Great Chu Court, for Fei Wuji's deliberate welcome to the King of Chu, the wanton connivance of the King of Chu!
At this time, Qu Ping also said with compassion: "It really made Da Chu restore its former heyday and national strength to become a mirror!" ”
When he was young, Qu Ping once read the arduous journey of the ancestors of Chu in the Qu family's genealogy, and was very emotional about the hardships and hardships of the ancestors of Chu.
Especially when he read the old things that made the blood of the Chu people boil, such as "Hanshui Zhuji and Chu are all real", "Luoshui won the championship", "Drinking the Yellow River of Horses", "The princes of the Central Plains are all facing Chu", Qu Ping's state of mind could not be calm.
The ancestors of the Chu State were in such a difficult and difficult situation, and the ancestors of the ancestors from generation to generation passed down such great deeds, but now the Chu State is partial to the east of Chu, and the clan land of the Chu State, Jingdi, was lost to the hands of the wild people of Jingdi!
Seeing Qu Ping's complicated face, Shangzhuguo also felt that what he should mention had already been said to Qu Ping, as for whether this Qu descendant could listen to it, Jingshe was pinning his trust on the destiny of heaven.
Shangzhu State Jingshe also kept in mind that at this time, the Qin army had already occupied the northern city of Yingdu, and the soldiers of Chu State were facing a difficult street battle with the Qin army.
Subsequently, Shangzhu Guojingshe also glanced at the map in front of him a few times, and now the generals of the Chu army have returned with their troops, but since the westward expedition of Chu, the successive battles of Hengyang and Yingdu have made Chu lose 300,000 men and horses.
Even so, Jing She also expected that the current Yingdu Chu soldiers and horses would also be able to gather together to defeat the Qin army, after all, the northern part of the city occupied by the Qin army was almost impossible to defend, but Jing She was disappointed, and the news from the generals under his command also made Jing She explain that the Chu soldiers and soldiers were retreating at this time!
The reason for this is that although the Xiandeng Battalion of the Han Water Army is not as well-equipped as the Mo Barracks of the Yunmeng Army, it is not comparable to the ordinary soldiers of the Chu State, but the most fundamental reason is that the Qin State has sacrificed a war weapon after the trebuchet and the double-storey ship.
i.e. "Semen knife car"!
The Saimen knife car is also the earliest used in the Central Plains War to defend the city, the earliest in the Lu State, where engineering technology is most important, but with the improvement of Daqin, this Saimen knife car has become a major killing weapon with both offense and defense, the knife wall above the knife car has been installed with nearly 100 sharp knives of all sizes, and the soldiers of Daqin only need to push the knife cart forward, but all the Chu soldiers who hindered the advance of the Qin army either died under the thousands of knives on the knife wall, or died under the pressure of thousands of catties of the knife car.
It is precisely because of this that the people who can push the knife cart are also nearly 100 soldiers of Daqin, even if the Chu State takes out the battering ram and other heavy weapons to break the city gate, it is no longer so effective, after all, this gate knife cart, as the name suggests, is in the siege battle, once the city gate is broken, their own soldiers are pushing this knife cart to block the city gate!
So, when the Chu army and the Qin army were in the rear with a steady stream of reinforcements, the Qin army was still able to occupy some slight advantages, and soon, after perceiving that the opponent's soldiers were many, it was almost difficult to deploy in Yingdu, and a large number of soldiers were piled up on the roadside.
In the end, the two armies of Qin and Chu fell into a short-lived skirmish.
The Shangzhu State of Chu also knew that the State of Chu at this time still maintained the attitude of the overlord of Henan, who knows, whether it is the State of Wu in the land of Jiangdong or the State of Wu in the land of Lingnan, they have grown to the point where the State of Chu is caught off guard.
And at this time, once it continues to drag on, it won't take a few days, when the Qin State transports those sharp weapons, the disadvantage of the Chu State will become bigger again, but at this time, Jingshe has to drag it down, rectify the soldiers and horses, the Qin army's fighting in the past two days has already made the Chu State collapse, and the battle between the two armies is orderly and orderly, and now the Chu army has already lost its morale under the sharp spirit of the Qin army, and even the basic formation cannot be maintained.
Sure enough, overnight, Jingshe summoned all the generals and roughly counted some casualties, only to find that the Qin people only took one day to make the Chu army lose nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses again, among which there were many soldiers who were killed and injured because of the rout and trampling under the attack of the Qin army.
Jingshe dismissed the generals of the Chu army, and ordered the Chu generals Naoya, Yuanzhang, and Qu Chong to replace the soldiers and horses who were retreating on the front line, and then let their soldiers retreat and retreat to the rear for reorganization.
The Chu State dispatched troops overnight, and the Qin State did not rest, and the soldiers and horses of the Qin army in Zhecheng, Jiangbei Province, also rushed to the north of Yingdu, following the Han Water Army, Gongzi Yan, who felt that the Chu people would never give in until the last step, also sent the Yulin Army, Yunmeng Army, and Xiangyang Army into the Yingdu again, even Fan Li also admired the handwriting of this Qin Gongzi Yan.
It seems that he wants to fight to the death with the Chu State in the Yingdu City, before the edict of Wancheng, this Qin Gongzi actually dared to lead the Chu State to move troops first, but whenever it involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries, especially the former Central Plains overlord such as the Chu State, the Wu State is cautious, how can the Qin State not care.
However, after thinking that this Qin Gongzi Yingyan was the prince of Qin, Fan Li was relieved, if it was someone else, even if this Qin Gongzi was only a prince of Qin, he would definitely not be able to bypass Wancheng and be determined to do such a big thing in Qin.
In fact, Fan Li underestimated Lin Yuyan's courage, even if he led this war as the son of Qin, in order for Great Qin not to suffer from the covetousness of Chu in the future, this battle was indispensable for Chu or the Central Plains vassal states to deliberately show Great Qin's national strength!
Even if he was charged with betraying the alliance by Great Qin, Lin Yuyan chose to do so.
Just when Fan Li thought that a larger-scale war broke out between Qin and Chu, for this battle of Yingdu, the reaction strategy of the pillar stone Jingshe of the Chu State finally fell in front of Lin Yuyan's eyes, and the prince of Qin, who had just passed twenty, also said: "This battle of Qin and Chu is already a clear victory or defeat......
Fortunately, tonight is not the moon is dark and the wind is high, but the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the wind is also very small, with the faint night, it is also possible to see the outline of the city wall of Yingdu clearly, and the ships of Daqin are constantly transporting soldiers and those war equipment that the Chu people are afraid of.
The double-storey ship stranded on the south bank of the river was also interspersed on the north and south banks of the river again, and in one night, more than a dozen warships and nearly a thousand boats were enough to transport nearly 100,000 soldiers and a large number of war equipment gathered in the north of the river to Yingdu, all of which were the moment to reveal who won and who lost the battle of Qin and Chu!