readx;?readx; Chapter 559 Going to the capital, I, Qin Yutian, are back again!

When the army arrived at Jieshi, the Qin army arrived at the shore of the Bohai Sea, which was the first time that the vast majority of officers and soldiers saw the vast sea in their lives, and the majestic and magnificent scenery made the officers and soldiers suddenly understand the meaning of 'once the sea was difficult to turn into water'. Compared with the sea www.biquge.info those inland rivers and lakes have become small ditches and puddles. Even the Yellow River, which roared and stopped them from going home, seemed to be nothing more than a larger ditch.

Inadvertently, Qin Lei and his subordinates made history - they became the first Great Qin army in history to penetrate the thousands of miles of territory of Qi from west to east!

When the soldiers face the stone in the east, to see the sea; When they were full of spirit and pride, their commanders hid behind a big rock and discussed with a few generals with sad faces......

As Zhao Wuji expected, when the Qi State began to clear the walls and retreat to the city, it was Qin Lei's turn to be embarrassed.

Qin Lei was disdainful of the bad idea of attacking the city with cavalry. When you are alone, morale is the most important thing. Therefore, he had to reduce the losses of his troops, and even let go of the plunder against his conscience......

And he was still very jealous of Zhao Wuyi in his heart, lest he be surrounded by counter-encirclement during the siege. So from the very beginning, he set his sights on the farmland, villages and towns, and unguarded cities of the Qi Kingdom.

But with the passage of time, the notoriety of the Qin army has spread all over the Qi country, and everywhere it goes, there are rumors everywhere it goes, and the people of Qi ** are like turtles with shrunken heads who dare not fight, and even dare not go out of the city. This made Qin Lei and his army feel like they were eating the sky and had nowhere to eat, and they hadn't opened for several days.

Fortunately, the soldiers' admiration for him had reached the point of blindness, and they were not aware of the plight of the troops for the time being, but as time passed, anxiety and frustration would breed and spread, and all the momentum accumulated since the defeat of Baisheng Gong was discharged.

"Lone doesn't want that." Sitting cross-legged on a cobblestone, Qin Lei pressed his knees with both hands. He had obviously lost a lot of weight, his beard was unshaven, and his eye sockets were a little sunken, but his eyes were bright and bright, and he was obviously more energetic.

It's been almost a month since I joined Qi. Since crossing the Yellow River, he has resolutely borne the lives and deaths of more than 200,000 people. This certainly brought him a high reputation, but what Qin Lei felt more was endless pressure.

He was thinking about the whereabouts and way out of this army all the time, and he had insomnia all night, but in addition to losing a little weight, his spirit has always been very good. Qin Lei knew that this was not normal, but at this time, he could only hold on, as for the body or something, let's wait until he was out of danger.

"Then we'll attack!" Li Hu, who had already become a beard, said viciously: "Take down Leling City first, and vent well!" ”

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "No." I do not accept any senseless sacrifices. "The 200,000 people under his command are almost the last elite cavalry of Great Qin, these people are powerful combat power, and they are the spark for the reconstruction of the army, which Qin Lei can't help but cherish.

"How can there be immortals in war?" Xu Zaiwu muttered in a low voice, he was very unconvinced by Qin Lei's leadership, and he always couldn't help but do it.

"Okay, this task will be handed over to the Shenwu Army." Qin Lei said lightly: "Your troops are limited to capture Leling City within two days." ”

When Xu Zaiwu heard this, he jumped to his feet and said: "How can it be done, I am all cavalry, and I don't have siege equipment, how many people will die?" ”

"Shut up when you know." Qin Lei sneered and said, "If you make any noise, you will receive the military order." The corners of Xu Zaiwu's mouth twitched a few times, and he suddenly lost his arrogance.

Qin Lei turned his face and said to the generals: "Everyone, we have achieved our combat goal and beaten the hinterland of Qi to pieces, so we can consider going home." ”

"So early?" "Don't play anymore?" The generals were still unfinished and said: "I thought that the prince would take us to the capital." "That is, when the time comes, when we go back, we Yum Gong has also won, the sea has also been seen, and the capital has arrived, which is definitely a ...... that can glorify the ancestors."

The generals were still chattering, but seeing that there was not the slightest smile on the prince's face, they all immediately stopped talking and looked at him cautiously.

"Say it." Qin Lei's tone was a little sour, and he also had a sneering expression on his face, and sneered: "If you don't go back, your uncles will really become Xiangma Liukou." ”

Everyone laughed and said, "The prince said that he was laughing......"

"I'm not joking." Qin Lei waved his hand to stop everyone's argument and said, "The military discipline officer reported to me that the incidents of fights and brawls have skyrocketed in the past few days, and yesterday alone, there were more than forty internal conflicts, and even two were killed. What does this mean? ”

Only then did everyone's expressions become solemn, and they heard the prince's voice say in a heavy voice: "The long-term burning, killing and looting have made the officers and soldiers a little out of control. I have to admit that although you were not directly involved in the burning, you were all affected to a greater or lesser extent. ”

"You can recall that in the past meetings, when Lone was not allowed to speak, who would dare to say more?" Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "I will be chattering in a meeting, where is the military discipline if I go on like this?" ”

The generals lowered their heads and examined themselves, and they were indeed a little carried away recently, forgetting the ancient adage of 'arrogant soldiers will be defeated', so they whispered: "The prince taught me a lesson." ”

"Go back and beat your men well, don't let them really think they're bandits." Qin Lei Zhengse said: "If you dare to fight and make trouble, you will be beaten to death." ”

"Yes." The generals responded in unison.

Qin Lei only had a slight attack, and then he got back to business, after all, only by uniting all the forces that can be united can we defeat the invincible enemy: "Who said it right, we are going to attack the capital!" ”

The faces of the generals were full of joy, but none of them dared to speak out.

"Hit him hard, I don't believe that the country is surrounded, and he Zhao Wuyi can still calm down?" Qin Lei pursed his lips and sneered.

As soon as they heard that they were going to fight in Beijing, the soldiers' hearts were even higher, and they were gearing up to go to the capital of Qi State.

Bypassing Leling County, we traveled northwest for three days to Bohai Mansion, and after another four days' journey, we finally arrived at Hejian Mansion, which is the gateway to Shangjing and the periphery of Shangjing's defense line.

Since ancient times, all countries have attached great importance to the defense of the capital, and often gathered most of the country's elite in the Gyeonggi area, in addition to protecting the national capital, it can also maintain the supremacy of the imperial power, so that the local princes do not dare to covet it easily, and have the intention of guarding Jiuding...... For example, the Qin State gathered the most elite forbidden army in Gyeonggi.

In addition to stationing 80,000 troops in Shangjing, the monarchs of the past dynasties painstakingly managed the defense of Gyeonggi, and also built castles and hoarded grain and grass in the eight prefectures of Hejian, Anguo, Anbang, Anxi, Zhongshan, Gaoyang, Boling, and Changshan, as the outer defense line of Shangjing. A total of 120,000 people were stationed.

These 200,000 officers and soldiers of the Beijing Battalion are the elite of the Qi State second only to the Baisheng Army, relying on the high wall and sufficient food, and can support each other, originally they were not afraid of Qin Lei's 200,000.

However, in order to prepare for the war against Qin, Lord Baisheng took half of his troops from the Beijing camp. The remaining 100,000 troops are stretched thin, and they can't protect it so comprehensively.

When he heard the news that 200,000 iron horsemen of the Qin State were killing from the direction of the Bohai Sea, Shangjing was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic. The Governor of Kyoto, who was in charge of the garrison of Shangjing, feared that the capital would be lost, so he simply abandoned the outer defense line, concentrated 100,000 Beijing battalions in Shangjing, and temporarily recruited 100,000 civilian armed forces such as the Yongjia Ding Guardian to assist in defending the city.

A total of 200,000 people, barely enough. Some people may wonder why it takes so many people to defend a city, and it is just barely enough. This is determined by the circumstances, and by no means just because the guards are timid and cautious.

Although there were so many soldiers and horses in Shangjing, it was not necessarily more difficult for the Qin army than it was to conquer Leling and Bohai, which had only tens of thousands of horses. Because whether it is Leling or Bohai, the city is not big, and the Qin army has more soldiers, but it can't all be launched at the same time, only batches of them. If it was really an attack, the effect would not be too good, so Qin Lei vetoed the proposal to attack.

But now the Qin army is attacking Shangjing, the capital of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, which is a real big city, not a relatively large city, but a megacity with 1.5 million inhabitants.

What the Qin army was about to attack was the outer city wall of Shangjing. The outer city is seventy miles long, seventeen miles from east to west, eighteen miles from north to south, and there are eleven city gates and one hundred and seventy-six enemy towers...... The city wall is about seven zhang high, the bottom is eight zhang thick, and the top thickness is also seven zhang, absolutely indestructible!

If there are enough soldiers, those 176 enemy platforms alone can keep any enemy out, and theoretically cannot be captured.

But is there enough troops now? A simple division will show that 200,000 soldiers and horses are divided into eleven gates, with an average of less than 20,000, and the necessary reserves must be set aside for emergency rescue, so the guards of each gate are about 15,000.

Although the strength of the Qin State is also 200,000, there is no need to fight every gate, and it can concentrate its forces to attack a few points, so it has an advantage locally. The greater advantage was that the Qin army was almost entirely cavalry, very mobile, and once the gap was opened, it was able to concentrate its forces to attack immediately.

The combat effectiveness of an army is not only determined by numbers, but also by mobility.

Therefore, although the two sides are equal in the total number, in the real offensive and defensive process, the Qin army can always form an advantage...... At least that's what the high-ranking generals of the Qi State think, and that's how they report to the prime minister.

We have already said that the old man Shangguan can't afford to lose, and if he loses, he will be doomed, so he asked His Majesty to send ten messengers, armed with golden arrows, to dispatch troops to various places and enter the king of Jingqin!

The so-called golden order arrow is a token of the emperor's transfer of troops, at least theoretically, its utility is higher than that of the generalissimo's order. But Shangguan Yunhe knew Zhao Wuyi's status in the army, and he was afraid that those troops would only obey the commander's orders and not stop the king's orders. He also asked Emperor Xinghua to give ten Shangfang swords, grant the generals who did not listen to the dispatch of the Qin Cha, and temporarily take over the power of life and death of the army......

Although Emperor Xinghua did it one by one, he was actually very unhappy, in his memory, it seems that he was only under the city by Qin soldiers forty years ago, when his grandfather was the emperor. When his father sat in the village with him, not only did he never suffer a war in the capital, but he also attacked the middle capital once, which was the proudest thing for Emperor Xinghua.

Now that he is about to be leveled, the emperor is naturally unhappy, but at the moment of the great enemy, he endures it, and we know that the emperor is the most vengeful species in the world.

The army passed through Hejian Province without hindrance, and finally arrived on the outskirts of Shangjing on the first day of the ninth month.

Handed over the team to the other generals and ordered them to move forward slowly, but Qin Lei led Qin Li and quietly left the official road, completely relying on memory, walking in the barren grass for a quarter of an hour, and finally arrived at an overgrown grave.

Standing in front of the grave, Qin Lei found that there seemed to be no change here, except that the grass was more vigorous and the stele was older. He began to pull weeds in front of the grave and prepared an open space for the offerings.

Qin Li came for the first time, he looked at the white jade tombstone facing west, and saw that it was engraved with the eight characters of 'Tomb of the Great Qi Xiaoyi Concubine'! The heart said, 'So this is my aunt's resting place.' The window of memories suddenly opened, and bits and pieces about the princess came to mind.

He remembered that his aunt's nickname was Yu'er, and she had very white skin, big eyes, and a colorless beauty mole at the corner of her mouth......

He remembered that his aunt was very fond of children, and every time they met, she would bring him some things that could not be seen in the palace, such as maltose and small noodle people......

He still remembered that his aunt seemed unwilling to marry to Dongqi, but when he advised his aunt not to go, his aunt held his baby's fat cheeks, and said with tears and smiles: "Yuli must practice martial arts well, protect the family and defend the country in the future, so that the princess of Daqin does not have to marry far away." ’

He didn't understand the meaning of this at the time, but he did......

He was much older than Qin Lei, he was already ten years old at the time, so he could naturally remember his aunt's voice and smile, but he never thought that this memory was so clear, as if he had only seen it yesterday.

Breaking free from the melancholy of memory, and then looking at Qin Lei, he was already kneeling there burning paper......

Walked over and knelt down side by side with him, drew a knife of yellow paper and gently sent it into the brazier.

Looking at the orange firelight, Qin Li asked softly, "Does my aunt have any children?" ”

Shaking his head slowly, Qin Lei said astringently: "If there is, it won't be so early." ”

The two stopped talking, and when the paper burned out, they kowtowed to Princess Moyu three times together, and then slowly got up.

"I want to move my aunt's grave back home." Qin Li gently brushed away the dust on the white marble and said in a deep voice: "She has sacrificed so much for Great Qin, she shouldn't stay alone in a foreign country anymore." ”

"How can I bear to let my aunt suffer after going thousands of miles?" Shaking his head, Qin Lei straightened his waist and said: "Ten years, ten years at most, we will turn this place into the land of Great Qin, and then it will not be a foreign country." ”

"This is the capital of the Qi Kingdom." Qin Li smiled bitterly: "You are not afraid that your aunt will laugh at you." ”

"I'm not talking big," Qin Lei shook his head firmly, "It won't even take ten years, it will definitely be realized." ”

"Well, I'll wait for that day." Qin Li laughed and said, "If it can really be like this, wouldn't it be happy? ”

With a deep bow, Qin Lei said softly, "Auntie, you won't wait too long." Then he turned and strode away.

What he was facing was Shangjing, the capital of Qi State, the city where he had been imprisoned for sixteen years......

I am back.