Chapter 45: The Beginning of the War (Ask for Collection, Ask for Recommendation Votes)
"In addition, we will send people to guard the main roads to prevent the news of our Qi army's siege of Taoyi from leaking." Tian Dandao.
In the middle of the night, everything depended, and with the help of the afterglow of the moon, you could vaguely see that the Qi army camp began to light up a little bit of starfire, and at the same time, there was a subtle sound, which became louder and louder.
Yes, they're going to attack Taoyi tonight.
At three o'clock (four or five o'clock in the morning), this is the time when people sleep most soundly.
Tian was single in armor, his face was solemn, he was standing on top of a bronze carriage at this time, he raised his head, as if looking at a dark Taoyi in the distance.
Around Tiandan, there was a surging crowd of thousands of Qi soldiers, and the purple clothes added a sense of elegance to the Qi soldiers, but the calm and murderous color on their faces had a bit of iron and blood.
The entire Qi army left 20,000 to prevent the enemy from raiding the enemy camp, while the other 80,000 troops included 50,000 infantry, 10,000 crossbowmen, and 600 chariots (according to the "Zuo Chuan: The Twelfth Year of Xuangong": "There is one pawn in the wide, and two pawns are biased". There were about four people on top of the attack car, and there were 100 soldiers guarding the chariot. So one multiplication is about one hundred and four. )
Tian Dan's solemn face began to move, and he asked in a deep voice, "Three hundred pioneers can be selected." ”
Kuang Yi, who was next to him, clasped his fists and replied: "Back to the prince, it has been chosen, ten gold for one person, and another ten gold for attacking Taoyi." ”
"Okay, the army is on its way, and it must be attacked before dawn." Tian Dan's lips moved slightly, and a war simply began, and thousands, or even tens of thousands of lives, were about to disappear.
The sound of squeaky cars and dull footsteps began to sound in this wide field, and the purple sheng flag under the black canopy blew in the breeze of the field, which was the silent sound of the horn.
In Taoyi City, Wei Ran's Mansion is as bright as day, and it is particularly eye-catching in the dark Taoyi City.
Wei Ran knelt behind the desk, dressed in black armor, his drowsiness did not interrupt his own excitement, he looked at the topographic map of Taoyi energetically, and said triumphantly to his lieutenant: "If there is no accident, the Qi army will definitely attack the city tonight." ”
His lieutenant was surprised and asked, "Prince, how do you know?" ”
"Depending on the situation of the nations. The Qi army does not dare to wear it out for a long time, and it must be fought quickly, and tonight is the best opportunity for the Qi army. Wei Ran said.
"Prince, don't you send messengers to ask for military support from our country?" Hu Fang, the deputy general of the Qin army, couldn't help but say.
Hearing this, Wei Ran's face was furious, and he clenched his fist with his right hand and smashed it hard, saying, "I must be able to hold Taoyi, why do you ask for help." ”
Hu Fang glanced at Wei Ran, and stopped talking, he was a native of Guanzhong, and he took loyalty to the Qin State Office as his own responsibility, and he was not used to seeing the Chu people in power in the Qin State, when the Qin King Yingji expelled Wei Ran, he also celebrated.
Now that Wei Ran is stubborn and self-serving, he is very angry, this completely regards the Qin State plan as child's play, just for his own personal revenge.
However, Hu Fang was just a deputy general, and he didn't dare to disobey Wei Ran's order, so he could only say: "No." ”
One mile outside the city of Taoyi, the Qi army had already assembled, and they only waited for Tian Dan to give an order and lead the army to attack the city.
Tian raised his hand upwards with one hand, waved his hand downward, and said, "Three hundred pioneers, attack the city first." ”
I saw three hundred Qi troops coming out of the Qi army camp, each of them wearing black leather armor, which was not easy to be found in the dark night, and carried a ladder on their shoulders.
They walked gently towards the Taoyi city wall and placed the ladder on the wall.
The two-foot-high cyan walls were covered with colors, and some of the gaps even revealed the yellow clay inside. (One zhang is about 3.3 meters.) )
Each of the three hundred Qi troops was nimble with their hands and feet, and in a few moments, they climbed the city wall.
"Who?" The soldiers of the Qin army on patrol asked loudly when they heard the footsteps.
A Qi soldier approached the Qin army, covered his mouth with his left hand, and half-hugged it, and with a sword sound, a blood line was exposed at the neck of the Qin soldier, and the blood dripped onto the green bricks of the city wall, flowing into the cracks of the city wall, dyed blood red.
With a "pounce", Qin Jun's body fell to the ground, and his eyes revealed a look of disbelief.
The three hundred Qi army pioneers used the same method, constantly harvesting the lives of the patrolling Qin army.
However, this is not their mission, their mission is to open the gates.
With a birdsong, a team leader of the Qi army immediately ran towards the source of the sound, which was their code.
After a while, the three hundred Qi troops regrouped.
"A few people are missing." The captain of the three hundred pioneers asked in a low voice.
"General, two people are missing." A squad leader replied.
"Gather your team and prepare to march towards the city gates." The captain said in a deep voice.
When they heard this, their eyes shone brightly, and they all held their swords tightly with their right hands, and now only this sword could give them safety.
The vanguard of the three hundred Qi army was still quietly groping downward, and after a while, they killed dozens of Qin army soldiers and lost a few people, and they successfully reached the bottom of the city wall, and there were still ten steps left, and they could approach the city gate.
The captain of the vanguard smiled at the corner of his mouth, and when he opened this door, he could go back to being the captain of the guards, in charge of two hundred men. His previous position was only a small Yi Yousi, in charge of a small team of fifty people.
This time, because he sold his life, no one was willing to be the commander of the vanguard, and he thought that he was cheap, and if he succeeded, he could become the commander of the pawn, so he was not afraid of death, and he was the captain of this team.
But suddenly, there was a light under the city gates.
The captain of the vanguard opened his stinging eyes, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be hundreds of Qin soldiers holding torches alof.
This is not the point, the terrible thing is that there are already thousands of Qin troops half-kneeling with Qin crossbows in their hands.
Before he could shout the order to retreat, the Qin army's bows and crossbows had already begun to shoot arrows, and hundreds of bows and arrows swept towards the three hundred vanguards.
"Poof" He spat out a mouthful of blood, he had been pierced through his chest by at least a dozen arrows, his eyes were about to burst, his bloodshot pupils showed unwillingness, his mouth moved slightly, but the breath was like a gossamer, and it was inaudible.
If someone can stand beside him, then they can vaguely hear: "Retreat." ”
However, what made people sigh was that the vanguard of the three hundred Qi Army was already lying quietly in the blood like him, and the sword in their hands was still clenched, but unfortunately this sword could not be slashed.
The smell of blood permeated the entire city wall, and the smell was disgusting.
Wei Ran walked out from the layers of Qin army's guards, and he greedily took a breath of this fresh taste of blood, which was different from the smell of wine!
"Tiandan!" A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Wei Ran's mouth.
A mile outside the city of Taoyi.
Tian Dan looked at Tao Yi who was shining in front of him, his face remained unchanged, and his eyes were still bright.
"An Pingjun, it seems that the three hundred pioneers have failed." Kuang Yi sighed beside him.
"The failure of the three hundred pioneers is within Benjun's expectations, after all, the person inside is Wei Ran, the former prime minister of the Qin State." Tian Dan said in a deep voice.
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