Chapter 67

Li Xin, the cavalry of the Qin army that suddenly appeared, quickly chiseled through Xiang Liang, and he thought that it was a very tight encirclement, which made Xiang Liang feel horrified! Especially when he heard that there were only less than 20,000 cavalry of the Qin army, Xiang Liang was even more apprehensive!

According to the scouts, there are no more Qin troops in Chenjun, Surabaya, and even Nanyang today, and there will be no more than a few thousand Qin troops in Chenxian County at most.

But this Qin cavalry that suddenly appeared on the north bank of the Huai River made Xiang Liang suddenly a little confused! Xiang Liang, who originally firmly believed that Wang Li was already a lone soldier, was suddenly a little uncertain!

At this time, he no longer had the heart to think about where this Qin army came from, but he should worry about whether there was still a large group of Qin troops behind this Qin army to help Wang Li!

Previously, if the battle with Wang Li gave him a preliminary understanding of the combat strength of the Qin army, then now that the tens of thousands of Qin troops who have no food, no medicine and no baggage and have completely become a lone army have completely made Xiang Liang a little frightened!

It was this tens of thousands of remnants who could no longer wrap their stomachs and had not closed their eyes for almost four days and three nights, and he was nearly ten times the size of the Qin army, and he suffered more than 40,000 casualties again! Let him have more than 200,000 troops, but he does not dare to fight with all his might, because he can't afford the counterattack of the Qin army!

And Wu Rui will not agree to him to use the surname of the Baiyue barbarian tribe to fight the Qin army, which is already bound to be consumed!

However, when Li Xin's Ten Thousand Nine Original Elite Horse appeared, Xiang Liang, who originally thought he was in control, was already bottomless!

The night of the seventh day of the fifth month of the first year of Great Qin II was extremely difficult for Xiang Liang! Due to the disagreement with Wu Rui, it was rare for the Baiyue barbarians to attack the Great Qin soldiers in the encirclement this night!

But Yang Xiong, the more than 10,000 Great Qin soldiers, did not rest!

Not only are they worried that once they lie down, they may not be called, but the most important thing is that they want to bring back the tens of thousands of robes that went out of the customs to fight! We can't let these Great Qin soldiers bury their bones elsewhere!

If it was to say that Li Xin would never agree, not only because the strong enemy was on his side, but also because the 10,000 elite cavalry of the Nineteen Yuan Army under Li Xin did not carry much dry food, even if he saved money, it could only last less than two days!

However, it is obviously impossible to cremate all the tens of thousands of Great Qin soldiers who died on the battlefield in two days!

But Li Xin, who saw more than a thousand wounded soldiers killing themselves just to give the rest of the soldiers the hope of more life, couldn't find any reason to object!

On this night, a raging fire broke out at the Qin army camp on the north bank of the Huai River, and the unpleasant smell of burnt paste filled the air within a radius of more than ten miles!

Fortunately, Yang Xiong and the others were not dizzy, knowing that it was obviously impossible to bring all the bones of the dead robes back to Guanzhong under the current situation, so they only cremated the generals who had fallen into the ranks of more than two or five hundred lords and prepared to bring them back to Guanzhong!

The rest of the soldiers all dug pits and buried them together! Just wait until later and then move back to Xianyang!

The eighth day of the fifth month of the first year of Great Qin II!

Li Xin rode on his war horse and glanced at the remnants of the 10,000 kings who had been insincere and benevolent like ghosts in just four or five days, and sighed slightly!

He wasn't worried that these Great Qin soldiers wouldn't be able to get out, because the faint beating flames in their eyes had already told him the result! He was worried that these soldiers would delay the breakthrough in order to take revenge!

Wang Li and Hu Hai, the remnants of the 10,000 army, have already given a death order, as long as he is still alive, he must take it back! If you can't bring him back, you and the 20,000 Nine Plains Army don't have to go back!

But the subsequent breakout told Li Xin that he was obviously thinking too much!

Wang Li's coffin, which was carried by more than ten guards, as well as the remains of Zhao Ben, Wang An and others, were closely guarded by Yang Xiong with more than 10,000 remnants of the army, and in less than half an hour, Xiang Liang's more than 200,000 hundred Yue barbarians were torn apart at a speed no less than that of Jiuyuan Jingcai, and a bloody path was killed!

Looking at the 20,000 Qin troops who had left in the dust, Xiang Liang reluctantly gave up the pursuit!

More than 200,000 troops can't stop the 20,000 Qin army, and the pursuit of the 10,000 elite cavalry is completely sent to death!

After Li Xin rescued Yang Xiong and the others, he went directly to Ruyin, and then went to the letter just like Hu Hai, who had been waiting for news!

When Hu Hai received Li Xin's letter, he ordered Li Xin to let Yang Xiong and others rest for three days, and then immediately lead the army north to Chen County, and then take away more than 100,000 prisoners of Chen County, as well as grain, grass and ordnance, and retreat along Yingchuan County into Sanchuan!

The captives were handed over to Feng, who had already been promoted to the rank of empty general, to lead the training. Li Xin handed over the 10,000 original army infantry to Feng Qujian as the final guarantee, and Yang Xiong's 10,000 remnants and Li Xin's 10,000 original army entered the pass from Hangu Pass!

And the time when Li Xin and the others entered the customs coincided with the time when Meng Tian went north to return from Julu and entered the customs with Li Zuoche's casualties in the battle!

May 24 of the first year of Great Qin II!

His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin II left Xianyang again after returning from his eastern tour on the 10th day of April!

It's just that this time the news of Hu Hai's exit from the customs is much more hidden, and Hu Hai is directly from the camp in Bashang, and goes directly east to Hangu Pass along the exit road from Xianyang to Hangu Pass!

This time, only a few people such as Zhang Han, Wei Yi, Dun Weak and Wang Gan followed Hu Hai out of the customs to welcome Wang Li's coffin, Jiuyuan Army and the remains of the Guards Army, and Weng Zhong led more than 6,000 "Xuanwu Army" who had not yet been named but were already well-known!

Although Hu Hai is already a light car, but it is not a trivial matter for His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin to go out of the customs after all, and the news of His Majesty the Emperor's departure from Beijing spread all over Xianyang after half a day!

At the same time, there is a more explosive news that spreads all over Xianyang!

The Marquis of Wucheng and the great general Wang Li died in battle, and His Majesty the Emperor's main purpose of going east this time is to welcome the remains of the general Wang Li and many fallen soldiers into the customs and be buried!

I don't know how many years, Daqin has not had an important minister like Wang Li die on the battlefield! It's even been so long ago that everyone can't remember when Great Qin suffered such a big defeat!

Xianyang and even all parts of Guanzhong, which had just calmed down because of Hu Hai's series of measures, suddenly stirred up the news of Wang Li's death and martyrdom! Countless cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods began to appear!

Only a few people with a heart noticed the news of Wang Li's martyrdom more than 20 days ago, and this news was informed by His Majesty the Emperor to all parts of Guanzhong!

In just a few days, Great Qin suffered a great defeat of the old Chu Xiang clan, and the news of the death of the Marquis of Wucheng and the great general Wang Li began to sweep the world!

Hu Hai didn't expect why the news would spread so quickly, it seemed that before his edict was issued, the news of Wang Li's death and the defeat of Daqin had already spread in various counties outside Guanwai, Shandong and other places!

After Hu Hai welcomed Wang Li's coffin back to Xianyang, he learned from Win that Long Wei found that the first place to spread the news was not in Xianyang, Guanzhong, but from Chenjun, Surabaya and other counties!

Of course, Hu Hai only knew about all this after welcoming back Wang Li's coffin!

For the more than 6,000 men who are more than 8 feet tall and can lift 1,000 catties and more than 20,000 men who are 7 to 8 feet and cannot lift 1,000 catties, they will be given the name of "Xuanwu Army", which can be said to be a well-known thing in the Bashang battalion!

The reason why Hu Hai released the name of the "Xuanwu Army" other than the "Tiger Ben Army" before giving the name was precisely to make the remaining hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Bashang battalion think in their hearts whether there would be any remaining troops who would be named!

In this way, he laid the foundation for the formation and selection of the rest of the armies later!

Give a name to a certain army, Hu Hai wants to make all the soldiers in the Bashang battalion yearn for that name! Wear your own logo! This kind of glory can greatly stimulate the sense of belonging and glory of the camp in Bashang!

Of course, the "Xuanniao" under the command of Black Iron is a secret to the entire Great Qin! Today's Bashang camp no longer has any record of Black Iron and the more than 2,000 people under his command!

When the "Xuanniao" was named, Hu Hai had clearly told Heitie and the more than 2,000 special soldiers of the "Xuanniao Battalion" that the "Xuanniao Battalion" could only be mobilized by Hu Hai's direct order, and no one else could mobilize a single soldier!

From the very beginning, Hu Hai planned to cultivate the "Xuanniao" and "Dragon Guard" as two sharp swords, one bright and one dark! "Long Wei" is already well-known in the Great Qin Dynasty, but obviously no one knows about "Xuanniao" except for winning one!

Weng Zhong was still walking on foot, and with his stature of more than a zhang and his weight of hundreds of catties, Hu Hai really couldn't find a mount that could be used as his mount! Fortunately, Weng Zhong was used to it, not to mention that he was not much slower on foot than a galloping horse!

The remaining more than 6,000 strong men over eight feet are also on foot, and they have already put on more than 6,000 heavy armor made by Tian Ren, including weapons, which are also carefully tailored by Shang Fang!

The heavy armor of more than 6,000 men is jet black, covering the head, face, neck and even legs, and the hands are soft protective gear made of cowhide, which can not only protect from the general loss of injuries, but also do not hinder the hand-held weapons to fight!

The face is a face armor that completely covers the head and face, only the eyes have hollow holes for observing the enemy, hollow instead of holes, although it has an impact on the line of sight, but the impact on the heavy armor foot soldiers who will only bring the armor when they are about to fight is completely negligible!

The feet of more than 6,000 men are made entirely of leather boots made of several layers of cooked cowhide tanning from Shang Fang, and the soles of the feet are made of refined iron smelted by the latest improvements.

A full set of armor, plus face armor and boots, totals nearly 200 catties!

And the weapons in the hands of these heavily armored men are even more chilling!

A heel of iron rods that are one foot long, the top is a large oval iron lump about two feet long, and there are countless spikes densely packed on it, and some of the spikes even have barbs!

At the top of the iron rod is a three-edged spike shaped like a crossbow arrow, but magnified countless times!

The weapons are rough but terrifying!

No one doubts the power of these iron lumps!

Weng Zhong and the more than 6,000 heavily armored men were still shocked when they first came into contact with these weapons! But then everyone fell in love with this unusually handy weapon!

Now marching on the road, all the big men did not wear armor, but carried them behind their backs! But the weapons are all on the shoulder!

The only fly in the ointment is that on these extremely delicate and hard heavy armors, Weng Zhong and the others did not see a unique mark like the Tiger Ben Army! Mark of the Xuanwu Army!

Although there are some regrets in my heart, who dares to guess His Majesty's thoughts!

Besides, the current Xuanwu Army has not yet been officially named!

Zhang Han also dissuaded Hu Hai, and such an army that would inevitably be irresistible if it appeared on the battlefield should be kept secret! After all, now it shows that there is a lot of turbulence in the calm Guanzhong, and everyone knows it in their hearts!

Zhang Han suggested that Hu Hai should hide this army to the end, so as to deal a fatal blow to the ill-intentioned people!

Hu Hai smiled and waved his hand!

At the beginning, Hu Hai also had Zhang Han's thoughts! I want to put the Xuanwu Army in the shadows and deal a fatal blow to the rebels at a critical time, but the current situation is obviously not suitable!

Hu Hai knew how much shock the news of Wang Li's death should have caused, but he didn't know until later that his estimate was still too small!

But at least Hu Hai understands that it is appropriate to expose some secrets, especially the place in Guanzhong, which must be stable, especially when he is about to lead the army to the battle, he must show some force to deter those who move!

In this way, at least these people can dispel some thoughts for the time being!

Won't hold him back when it matters!

Turnips and sticks!

It's up to these people to choose what they choose!

Really!

More than 6,000 big men walked on the straight road, and suddenly all the civilians, soldiers, and courtiers who saw these 6,000 humanoid steel giants turned pale! Who else can resist such an army?

It doesn't take much, just 10,000 people, I'm afraid that even a 100,000 army will be defeated in one blow!

In the next few days, with the news of Wang Li's death, it was also widely spread that Hu Hai, a steel giant with more than 6,000 humanoids, was also widely circulated! Their armor, their weapons, their visors!

It has become another talking point for people in Xianyang and even Guanzhong after dinner!

Everyone is speculating about how and how His Majesty the current Emperor of these humanoid iron giants was established, and how he came up with it!

What kind of army can such a person withstand?

Not to mention that the original Great Qin's army was already invincible in the world!

The surging Guanzhong places were suddenly peaceful!

Galloping, chariots and horses galloping. Those who gallop on the road, the way of carriages and horses. Today, the road is a highway in the imperial era. This kind of galloping road, after Zheng Guo's careful survey, only four trunk lines were determined: the first, the exit gallop road from Xianyang to Hangu Pass, east-west direction; Second, Hangu Pass connects Yanqi (East Poor Yanqi) to the Chi Road, which can be called Qin Yan Qi Chi Road; Third, Hangu Pass connects Wuyue (Antarctic Wuchu) Chi Road, also known as Qin Wu Yue Chi Road. Fourth, Hangu Pass connects the South China Sea counties (Antarctic Haiyue) Chi Road, which can be called Qinchu Yue Chi Road, and the south of Wuling is also called Yangyue (Yue) New Road.

The path of the exit Chi Road from Xianyang to Hangu Pass is: widen the old road along the south bank of Weishui to the east, pass through Liyang and Xiabang, enter the Taolin Heights, pass through Hangu, go out of Hangu Pass, and interface with the two Chi Roads outside the Guan. This is the central trunk road that has long been formed in the east of the Guandong, except for the repair of the section, there is basically no engineering problem, but it is necessary to reunify and integrate the road administration.

(To be continued)