Chapter 229: The General's Courage in the Southern Expedition (1)
A little starry in the sky, bringing a trace of light to the dark earth, on the galloping road to Xianyang, a fast horse is galloping, the warrior on the horse, waving the whip in his hand, beating the horse hard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
I hope that the horses can be faster, so that the horsepower is not spared, which shows that the stakes are high, and I dare not delay in the slightest.
His mouth kept shouting, 'Quick! Fast! Fast! The horses of the Qin State are also excellent, and with such a faint light, they can actually gallop so fast, and they have to admire the horse breeding skills of the old Qin people.
Chidao is a special transportation channel built by the Qin people in order to complete the needs of foreign wars.
The width of the road is about 69 meters, about 7 meters or so every three zhang is planted with a tree, the two sides of the road are rammed with metal cones to build a thick one, and the middle of the road is the part dedicated to the emperor's patrol and car.
The horses galloped along the gallop road, and the messenger in the distance had seen the post station below, and the horses came to the post station, and the samurai flew off his horse and came to the door of the post house and knocked heavily on the door.
The hurried knock on the door made the inside instantly busy, needless to say, the people inside could also know that the situation must be urgent, otherwise, they would not have come to knock on the door at this time.
Outside, the messenger banged on the door and shouted:
"Quick! Eight hundred miles are expedited to Xianyang! Fast! Fast! The samurai, who was on duty at night between words, had already opened the gate and pulled out a fast horse at the same time.
The messenger set aside his horse and reached out to take the reins from the samurai's hand, and the samurai asked:
"Don't pass it on from our people?"
The messenger hurriedly said:
"The stakes are high, so I won't bother you! I'm going to meet the king next! Before he finished speaking, he turned on his horse, raised his whip, and urged the horse to gallop.
The samurai looked at the messenger's distant back and shouted from behind:
"The horse hasn't come well yet, so he can't be in such a hurry!" But such shouts have no effect at all!
The messenger didn't hear the shouting from behind at all, and at this moment, he was eager to give birth to a pair of wings and fly into Xianyang.
When the samurai saw the messenger, he did not talk, nor did he look back, but said to himself:
"Looks like we're in trouble!" As he spoke, he bent down to look at the horse in front of him, stretched out his hand and wiped it on the horse's hooves, feeling that something was wrong, and only then did he find that there was some blood on the horse's hooves.
"Hey! What a wickedness, to exhaust the horses into such a form. And then the love on his face was like treating his own child.
Gently stroking the mane on the horse's back with his hand, he said:
"Work, suffer! Well, now, I'm going to give you some rest with me! ”
The horses seemed to understand the samurai's words, and their noses made a snorting sound, as if they were grateful to the samurai in front of them.
The samurai looked up at the sky, the stars in the sky, and based on years of experience, he could tell that it should be close to night.
"It's so late! It's time for me to rest, too! As he spoke, he led the horses into the inn and closed the gate of the inn with his hand.
The tall city wall, lying quietly on the Weiping Plain, and the Qinling Mountains in the distance, the surging Weishui merges, if you want to talk about the time of the city, the city in front of you, but it is said that it is the capital of the six countries, the relatively young capital.
The messenger looked at the royal city in front of him, and his heart was somewhat steady, and the horses came under the city gate, and the messenger shouted:
"Eight hundred miles expedited! The face is the King of Qin! ”
The warriors at the head of the city naturally didn't dare to slack off in the slightest when they heard this, because everyone knew in their hearts that entering Xianyang at this moment was definitely a major military event.
"Quick! Open the door! Put the suspension bridge! The warrior at the head of the castle shouted. At the same time, the crossbowmen on the tower quickly assembled, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at the rear of the messenger.
Years of conquest have made Qin's war readiness far exceed that of the eastern countries, don't look at this messenger rushing in front, but no one can guarantee that behind this messenger, will not follow Rong Di's cavalry.
Rong Di was particularly crazy in the autumn and winter, in order to escape the cold of winter and at the same time obtain the materials they needed, they had to go to various parts of the Qin State to loot.
Including Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, is not a problem. These hungry wolves, once they break through the city, burn, kill and loot are all evil, so in order to prevent these hungry wolves on the grassland, the city defenders of the Qin army are extremely vigilant.
Even if his own people send letters, they do not dare to relax a little, so that even if there is a sneak attack by the enemy, they will fire ten thousand arrows at the first time to block the enemy's offensive route.
The samurai below will pull up the drawbridge as soon as possible and close the city gate at the same time! Arrows are like flying locusts, even if you are a Daluo Immortal, you probably can't break through the rain of arrows in front of you.
The gate was creaked open, and the drawbridge was lowered at the first time, and the messenger and the war horse were already a little impatient at the door, and before the drawbridge was completely lowered, the messenger urged the horse forward.
The horses understood the messenger's meaning, jumped to their feet, jumped onto the drawbridge, and walked away! Such an important messenger, the warrior at the city gate, was naturally not qualified to interrogate.
The moment the messenger entered, the general defending the city shouted at the head of the city:
"Put away the drawbridge! Close the gates! ”
The suspension bridge, which had just landed, was retracted. When everything was done, the warrior at the gate looked up and reported:
"General Qiyu! The drawbridge is retracted and the gates are closed! ”
Hearing such information, the crossbowmen at the head of the city were relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's the middle of the night! Come open the door, it seems that something big is going to happen! The general defending the city said to the crossbowmen.
"What could it be?" The lieutenant asked on the side.
"Looking at the direction the messenger came from, eighty percent is the Lantian camp, something big has happened!" The general himself judged.
"Could it be that the Chu State is coming?" The adjutant said nervously.
The general defending the city heard the adjutant general's inference, and said with a grin:
"I said, you are dealing with the people of Chu on the first day? This Chu army has always been a dignified array, inviting the banner of righteousness!
Not to mention that there will be no sneak attack, it is at this time that people don't even fight! How could they come to attack us!
I don't think it's like the Chu State is coming! ”
"If it is according to the general's intentions, what will go wrong?" The adjutant general asked impatiently.
"It doesn't matter where he fights, what are you talking about! When the time comes, you need to go to the battlefield, and your father can't hold it!
Defend our city well, but don't forget, we are on the head of the city of Xianyang, and behind it is the foundation of our Great Qin!
There's no room for a mistake here, so let's all go down and be on duty! "The lord of the city will command his soldiers at the head of the city.
The soldiers listened to it and agreed:
"No!" And then they dispersed!
"Eight hundred miles expedited! The face is the King of Qin! The messenger shouted at the palace gate! (To be continued.) )