Chapter 104: Who Is It?
The scorching sun of July sprinkled endless scorching sunshine and barbecued the land of the Central Plains!
Hu Hai's head has been exposed to the sun for more than an hour! The black soft armor is hooped on the body, if you were wearing a cotton jacket in the summer day, the sweat like pulp would have completely soaked the thin brocade robe in the soft armor!
A large amount of salt was dried and wet by the sun, making the originally soft brocade robe not soft or hard, which was very uncomfortable! The inside of the mouth is dry and bursting with fire, and the water I just drank will turn into sweat after a while!
Lie said!
In the green wilderness, the two armies of tens of thousands of people are wrapped together, and they are fighting with their lives and deaths! Countless people fall, are injured or killed every moment! Under such a scorching sun, if you don't get quick treatment, then the injured people will also be quickly roasted to death!
Although it seemed that those Baiyue barbarians who ambushed him were already crumbling and would be defeated at any time, Hu Hai knew very well that under this fierce voice, the combat power of his Great Qin soldiers, who were fully armored to the teeth, had been greatly weakened!
He had been in the rear all the time, and before he made any moves, he already had symptoms of water shortage, so the situation faced by those Great Qin soldiers who were fighting was definitely several times worse than his own!
Not to mention the Xuanwu Army, whose whole body is wrapped tightly and has been fighting for a long time!
Heat stroke seems to happen on a large scale at any time!
And the Baiyue barbarians, who originally lacked protection and upper body, have a great advantage in this weather, which is itself a hot and humid place in the south, and their resistance to the scorching heat is stronger than those who are used to dry weather in the land of Guanzhong!
What's more, they're all wearing tops!
Hu Hai was not too surprised by the Baiyue barbarians who suddenly appeared behind him! The lethality of the scorching weather in front of him to the Qin army seems to be higher than that of these poorly equipped Baiyue barbarians!
And the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it becomes!
"Long Xuan led the three thousand cavalry around me to help the Xuanwu army resist the enemy from the rear!" Hu Hai is already thinking about it, forget it today!
"Your Majesty, no! The subordinates want to take the last 3,000 cavalry away, then there will be no guards around Your Majesty, if there are more thieves attacking......" Long Xuan didn't say the next words, but the meaning was already obvious!
Now there has been a wave of unexpected ambushes, if there is another wave, Hu Hai will only have two hundred dragon guards around him, what else to send to resist!
Looking at Long Xuan's withered and cracked lips that had been roasted, Hu Hai could imagine the embarrassment faced by the Qin army who was now in a big battle!
As his complexion changed, Hu Hai pursed his own lips, which were also dry, and hissed: "Mingjin, collect the troops!" You lead a thousand cavalry to plunder Weng Zhong and the others! After the Xuanwu army is broken in the rear, those Baiyue barbarians don't have to worry! Go ahead! ”
"Whoa!" Long Xuan hissed!
The crisp and piercing sound of gold instantly spread throughout the battlefield!
Seeing that this thief army would be defeated in a few moments, although I don't know why the emperor withdrew his troops at this time, but the strict military orders that have always been strict still made Du Teng, Xiahou Ying, Fan Xu, Weng Zhong and others choose to obey the order!
At this time, the Qin army Mingjin withdrew his troops, and although Xiang Yu was puzzled, he was also greatly relieved! Everyone can see that after the tea time, their retreating army, which has been chiseled through and beaten by the Qin army, will be defeated!
Xiang Yu didn't think about taking advantage of the situation to chase and kill the steadily retreating Qin army, and now that the Baiyue barbarians have suffered heavy casualties, it can be said that the retreat of the Qin army gave Xiang Yu a chance to breathe! What's more, there are still a thousand cavalry of the Qin army sweeping the formation!
Long Ji's 20,000 army only mustered up the courage to rush up under the urging of Long Ji to kill again! They didn't see Xiang Yu picking up and killing the Xuanwu soldiers, and they only dared to shout and act like the two thousand Xuanwu troops after the break!
At this moment, the Xuanwu army retreated, which was unwanted!
The sun is blazing!
A fight ended with the withdrawal of troops from both sides and the licking of wounds!
Hu Hai saw that after relaxing, they staggered one by one like the foot soldiers of the Qin army fished out of heavy water, and knew that if it was a little later, I was afraid that if the Baiyue barbarians did not continue to resist, the Qin army would have a large number of non-combat attrition, and heat stroke was almost equivalent to death on this battlefield!
Fortunately, it's still too late!
The armies of Xiang Yu, Yingbu, and Long He finally converged at this moment! Xiang Yu immediately ordered the army to retreat twenty miles and set up camp opposite the Huhai camp!
In a big battle, the 60,000 Baiyue barbarians who followed Xiang Yu north lost an astonishing 20,000 people! Hu Hai's current army is less than 13,000 people left! There are also nearly 3,000 wounded soldiers in the middle!
Now Hu Hai only has 10,000 soldiers who are still powerful! The Xuanwu Army lost hundreds of people killed and wounded, including the commander Weng Zhong! Moreover, in this war, many Xuanwu soldiers have symptoms of dehydration in their eyes, and it is impossible to participate in the war again without a two or three day rest!
This number of Hu Hai's army is about the same as Xiang Yu's estimate! This is also the reason why Xiang Yu did not directly lead the army to leave, but was ready to continue to entangle! He also probably guessed the reason for the retreat of the Qin army!
Now this weather has narrowed the gap between Baiyue Barbarians and the Qin Army a lot! Moreover, he had already sent someone to inform Xiang Liang that as long as he could kill Emperor Qin outside the pass this time, then no matter how big the loss was, it would be worth it!
What needs to be confirmed now is whether Emperor Qin is in this army or not!
Qin army camp!
After listening to the casualty figures reported by Du Teng and others, Hu Hai was expressionless and said in silence: "Du Teng, you lead people to clean up and collect the remains of the fallen soldiers, and put them up after cremation!" Go and send someone to let the Baiyue barbarians on the other side come up and clean up their own people! If they don't want to, then pile up the corpses of these Baiyue barbarians and burn them together! Otherwise, in such a hot weather, the corpse will soon decompose, causing a plague! ”
"The last will obey!"
"Your Majesty!" Long Xuan whispered outside the tent!
"Come in!"
"Your Majesty, there are traitors shouting outside the camp!"
"Oh?" Hu Hai was surprised and said, "You go out and have a look." As soon as Hu Hai finished speaking, he saw Long Xuan's embarrassed expression, and his heart moved slightly: "Did that person come to this camp to find me?" ”
When Long Xuan heard Hu Hai's words, he knelt down on one knee and bowed down and said in a panic: "Back to Your Majesty, that person really claims to see Your Majesty!" ”
Du Teng, Fan Xu and the others in the big tent all changed color when they heard Long Xuan's words!
His Majesty's whereabouts have been known!
More importantly, was this whereabouts discovered or was someone leaked it?
Hu Hai was also a little dazed when he heard Long Xuan's words, and the woman in tattered clothes with a pair of black and white eyes flashed in front of him!
Could it be her?
Then Hu Hai denied it! With eight dragon guards accompanying her to protect her, it can also be said that she is surveilling, and she should not have a chance to spread her news! What's more, there are very few people in this Shandong land who can know Huhai!
Then there is only one possibility!
Someone in Xianyang City leaked the news that Hu Hai secretly went out of the customs and went north!
Who is it?
There are only a handful of people in Daqin who know the news of Hu Hai's northward journey now! The faces of Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Yi, Meng Tian, Yao Jia, Zhang Han, Ma Xing, Sima Xin and others flashed in front of Hu Hai's eyes one by one!
The craftsmen and thousands of soldiers who stayed in Jimo arrived to know the news of the emperor's northward journey!
Except for a few major generals in Julu City, such as Meng Tian and Pang Xin, the soldiers below didn't get the news of the emperor's arrival at all! Even after passing through Linzi, Langya, and Jiaodong counties, Huhai has only seen a few major generals of the Jiuyuan Army stationed in the official warehouse!
Thinking about it carefully, Hu Hai found that there were so many people who knew that he was going north, and it seemed that only he thought that there were very few people who knew the news of his northward trip!
"What do you think!" Hu Hai said in a deep voice!
"Back to Your Majesty, from the point of view of the last general, the person who ambushed the army must have already learned the news of His Majesty's northward journey, and it seems that he has been waiting here for a long time!" After thinking about it, Du Teng said cautiously!
"Huh? Keep talking! ”
"Your Majesty, do you remember what the woman who seemed to know Your Majesty said on the way!"
There seems to be a large army in the direction of Xue County!
Du Teng's reminder, Hu Hai suddenly remembered what Su You had reminded!
"That is to say, the news that I left the pass and went north came from the pass!" Hu Hai said to himself!
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Du Teng, Long Xuan and the others in the big tent all closed their mouths with interest! Everyone knows that the land of Guanzhong is only in Xianyang City, and only those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the entire Xianyang know that the emperor is out of the customs!
However, no matter which high-ranking officials and dignitaries leaked out, it was not something that these little generals could mix!
Hu Hai was silent for a while, but smiled faintly!
"Since that man keeps saying that he wants to see me, has he ever told me what his name is?"
"Back to Your Majesty, that person said his name was Xiang Yu!" Long Xuan hurriedly answered!
"Ahem...... What do you say his name is? Hu Hai almost choked on his own saliva!
"Back to Your Majesty, that person did say that his name was Xiang Yu! The Xiang clan of Jiangdong! Although Long Xuan was surprised why His Majesty would have such a big reaction after hearing this feather, he still repeated it!
Xiang Yu! Xiang Yu! This will be Xiang Yu!
Ever since he knew that Xiang Liang had raised troops, Hu Hai had imagined countless times under what circumstances he would meet this tragic overlord that had been passed down through the ages! But I never thought that I would see Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, at this time and in this situation!
However, since it is Xiang Yu, it seems that it can only be news from Xianyang City!
Hu Hai's eyes were cold!
Do you want to put yourself to death?
"That Xiang Yu came alone?" Hu Hai asked!
"Back to Your Majesty, he is indeed the only one! Oh, and a weird spear! After Long Xuan finished speaking, he remembered the strange spear that impressed him unusually well, and hurriedly added!
"Ouch! It turned out to be this guy! Your Majesty, let the last general go and take this guy's head and present it to Your Majesty! Weng Zhong, who was standing on the side, was suddenly excited when he heard Long Xuan's words, and carefully ripped the wound on his buttocks back open, and involuntarily let out a painful snort!
"Your ass was poked by Xiang Yu?"
(To be continued)