Chapter 33: Zhanchen County (1)
Chen Yu rode on his horse and saw that many chaotic people who lacked weapons and armor were greatly boosted by their empty promises, and their eyes were blood-red and ran desperately like beasts, and he couldn't help laughing.
Zhang Er rode his horse to Chen Yu's side and praised with a smile: "Brother Xian is really smart. Now that the morale has increased greatly, the morale of the troops is available, and Chen County should be able to go down in a hurry. Ha ha! ”
"Big brother looks down on Yu Er! Yu Quan's teachings from the eldest brother have been said today! ”
Chen Yu respectfully bowed to Zhang Er.
Zhang Er was very satisfied with Chen Yu's courtesy, grabbed Chen Yu Shili's arm and whispered: "If Chen County is down, will the virtuous brother really let these chaotic people loot on a large scale?" Brother must know that Chen County will be the capital of our Wei State. ”
"Big brother don't worry. Such rebellious people have no military discipline and waste food and grass in vain. However, Chen County has strong soldiers, and now the rebellious people are lured by his brother with wealth and wealth, and their morale has increased greatly. There are tens of thousands of red-eyed rebels who are rich and noble to attack the city first, if Chen County is angry, then we only need to seal the false name of the marquis;
However, with the high city of Chen County and the large number of Qin soldiers, can such chaotic people under Chen County be unharmed? It will definitely lose ten of the **, and the rest of the 20,000 elite soldiers under our command will be able to suppress it. ”
Speaking of this, Chen Yu pointed to the row of large armies on the avenue that were neatly dressed and sharp, and were marching in formation. This is the real elite of Zhang Er's subordinates, and all the weapons and armor obtained are used to arm more than 20,000 people, which is more than the more than 100,000 chaotic people who don't even have armor and weapons.
"If Chen County can't go down in one go, these more than 100,000 people who are hungry for profit can also be the vanguard, consuming the physical strength of the Qin army guarding the city and eliminating the vigilance of the Qin army. When the Qin army is tired, the elder brother will take advantage of the situation with elite troops to attack, and Chen County will definitely be at his fingertips. ”
"Haha, haha."
Zhang Er slapped Chen Yu's arm and laughed loudly.
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When all the people in Xianyang City were messy about Hu Hai's three edicts, Li Si, Feng Quji, Feng Zai, Wei Yi, Yao Jia and many other high-ranking officials of Great Qin came to the camp where the Xianyang guards were temporarily stationed.
Immediately, Wang Li will take these guards who were originally stationed in Xianyang to Chen County to take the first step for Hu Hai's plan.
At this moment, more than 100,000 Xianyang guards were dressed in bright armor and waving battle flags, neatly lined up on the plain, and the aura of slaughter soared into the sky.
"General Wang Li, the emperor is too tired. His Majesty ordered the old man to send off General Wang with the seal! General Wang has a long way to go, so be careful not to underestimate the enemy's great plan. ”
Li Si patted Wang Li's shoulder and said solemnly to Wang Li.
"Your Excellency, rest assured, you will live up to Your Majesty's expectations! For His Majesty's sake, death is also fast! ”
Wang Li said firmly.
"Wang Li's Seal!" Li Si shouted. As he spoke, Li Si lifted the copper plate covered with white silk in the hands of the forbidden soldiers behind him, and took out the handsome seal and the marching tiger talisman.
Wang Li knelt down on one knee and raised his hands high and said in a loud voice: "Your subordinates, Wang Li, take the seal!" ”
Wang Li took the seal and stood up, and saluted to Li Siwei and the others around him: "Your Excellency has left Your Majesty on behalf of you, and you are in Chen County, and Chen County is lost and killed, in order to repay Your Majesty." ”
With that, Wang Li turned around and turned on his horse, shouting, "The army is on its way!" ”
Li Si and the others all heard the meaning of Wang Li's death, and they all saluted Wang Li, and watched him go away.
100,000 soldiers of the Qin army neighed and roared, and "rumbled" along the Wuguan Road to the south.
Wuguan Road, the main road leading to the southeast through Wuguan. It is the main road leading to the southeast through Wuguan. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wuguan was the southeastern gateway of the Qin State and a fortress in the struggle against the Chu State.
If it is unified today, the starting point of the Wuguan Ancient Road is the Lantian Plateau where the support foundation of the old Qin army is located, enter the Lantian Plateau through any road in Guanzhong, pass through the Lantian Valley, go out of the southeast mountains through Wuguan, and arrive at Nanyang County and the old Chu Jingxiang area, becoming the largest exit from Guanzhong to the southeast.
Wang Li's army went out of Wuguan and entered Nanyang County, and he could go directly to Chen County.
The Qin army will have the king of Qin or the emperor to give a seal to see them off, but this time Wang Li's army was in the morning of April 11 of the first year of the Great Qin II and opened Xianyang in obscurity, without taking a platform to pay respects to the generals, and did not give wine to see them off.
On the morning of April 11 in the first year of Great Qin II, everyone in Xianyang, which was boiling in chaos, was paying attention to and talking about Hu Hai's "Three Edicts of Guilt".
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The head is hanging higher and higher.
Kuxian County (probably in the area of Xiayi, Henan) is more than 300 miles away from Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan), and Zhang Er Chen Yu ordered the army to pull out the village at the time of the fifth watch (about three to five o'clock in the morning), and more than 100,000 chaotic people hastily wrapped their stomachs and then drove on the road and went straight to Chen County.
As if it was almost noon today, the morale that had been aroused by Chen Yu's empty promises had already been overwhelmed by the growing hunger in his belly and the heavier and heavier legs under him.
In addition to the more than 20,000 neatly armored elite soldiers under the command of Zhang Er himself, the remaining more than 100,000 rebellious people who came here from time to time would always have people secretly looking for a shady place to avoid the scorching sun, and then follow up when they had rested enough, and some simply lay on the ground and did not move, and even slipped away directly.
Chen Yu frowned as he looked at the chaotic and slower marching team, rode his horse to Zhang Er's side and said: "Big brother, it can't go on like this, these chaotic people have no military discipline, and they are completely chaotic, if it weren't for the connivance on the way, they looted a few villages, I'm afraid that they would have been scattered at this time."
Big brother, is it true that the whole army will rest for a while, and then go after lunch? I'm afraid that if this continues, when I wait until Chen County, my army of more than 100,000 is afraid that in addition to more than 20,000 elite soldiers with armor, the rest will probably be less than one or two. ”
"The villagers who have just been captured, I have already been asked, and thirty miles ahead is Chen County. The order went down, and when they went to Chen County, they rewarded the whole army, and let them enjoy the good wine and meat. ”
Maybe it's the third level of sealing, maybe it's the good wine and good meat, maybe it's that Chen County is still thirty miles away, or maybe the women's treasures in Chen County have stimulated these chaotic people, anyway, under the encouragement of the knights sent out by Chen Yu to shout loudly, everyone mustered up the last bit of strength in their bodies, and rushed forward desperately with a roar again.
The speed of the march suddenly increased.
Thirty miles, not long after, the tall city wall of Chen County was already in sight.
"The order went down, and the whole army was set up five miles away from the city, and made a fire to cook. An hour later, the whole army will attack the city! ”
Zhang Er looked at the city wall of Chen County, and his heart was at ease, and he ordered loudly.
Chen County, as the seat of Chen County, basically all the civil and military officials of Chen County are in Chen County, and Chen County is the old capital of the old Chu, and the status of the old Chu was slightly reduced after the old Chu moved to Yingshou in Huainan.
However, although Chen County is no longer the capital, its strategic position has not weakened at all.
Therefore, after the unification of Qin, Chen County was used as the seat of governance of Chen County, gathering grain and grass to gather heavy troops, and it is not an exaggeration to describe that Chen County now has many soldiers and generals.
Long before the arrival of Zhang Er and Chen Yu's rebels, the county guard of Chen County had already received a letter from the villagers who had fled, and knew that a large number of rebels were coming straight to Chen County, so now the gate of Chen County was closed, and the city walls on all sides were full of Qin soldiers who were stubborn and stubborn.