Chapter 250: 60,000 Captives (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Professional "racing driver" Xiahou Ying drove wildly.
Unfortunately, although the gallop was fairly flat, it could not provide the speed to surpass the horses.
The wooden wheels rubbed against the ground, stirring up clouds of sparks, indicating that the chariot had reached its limit, and if it went any faster, the wooden wheels would catch fire and the chariot would be burned to the ground.
"Ah Ying, it can't be any faster. The bumps were so bad that the car was about to fall apart. Xiao He's face was unusually ugly, the spirit of this driving was concentrated, and he didn't feel anything too much, he was miserable in the car, he was originally an old arm and an old leg, but now his bones were about to fall apart.
In desperation, Xiao He could only hold on to the wheel with trepidation. finally waited for a slightly flat section, and the Han Prime Minister who was about to be tortured to the point of madness screamed urgently.
"Lao Xiao, you can't stop, you listen to the sound of horses' hooves behind you, just behind you. It was estimated that after a quarter of an hour's effort, the Qin thieves all came up. Xiahou didn't look back, and said hatefully.
"This--, Xiahou Ying, you let me down, I'm an old guy, I'm dead, it's nothing." Xiao He slapped the wheel anxiously, and his tone was not polite. Being kindly dragged to the road of death, anyone's mood will not be much better, Xiao He can't bear it anymore.
"Lao Xiao, what are you talking about, you and my brothers, we share blessings and difficulties. Life cannot be the same day and the same month, and death should be the same day and the same time. Xiahou Ying swore an oath.
At the beginning, the first person to say this was Liu Bang, but he left his sworn brother and ran away.
"Click!"
A crunch broke the silence, and the battered wheels finally couldn't stand the squeeze, and a large crack at the junction was about half a foot long, making the sturdy chariot completely unable to move.
There is no means of transportation. Xiahou Ying can go, but Xiao He will not move anyway, for him, hope has long been dashed, no matter where it is.
Xiahou Ying naturally refused to leave Xiao He, Liu Bang could do it with a cheeky face, he Xiahou Ying had not cultivated to that extent, or rather, it was unlikely that he would cultivate to the height of Liu Bang in his life.
Cao Xin was very proud.
Because he finally stole Feng Xuan's limelight, Xiahou Ying and Xiao He, two important figures in the Han Kingdom, were not as important as Liu Bang. But it's also prominent enough.
"Cao Xin, I have heard that you are the fierce general of the Qin State, and you dare to fight me alone." Xiahou Ying sneered and glared at the Qin army team that was getting closer and closer, and shouted at Cao Xin, who was riding on a big black horse.
"Heads-up, what General Xiahou said, I Cao Xin don't say anything else, I have never been afraid to fight with others." Cao Xin hahadaxiao, the Yueshi soldiers behind him also shouted loudly.
Hearing Cao Xin's answer, Xiahou Ying's eyes flashed. There is only one chance to reverse, he must firmly grasp it, this Cao Xin is obviously a puppet, as long as he uses a little trick when he is heads-up. Don't worry about not being able to take this reckless man.
Just when Xiahou Ying was secretly thinking in her heart, she heard Cao Xin then say: "General Xiahou, I'm sorry, Xiahou is almost the same." Get a fake Han King to tease Lao Tzu, and now I still want to make a mistake alone, when my old Cao doesn't have a brain. Someone, I captured this thief alive and took him to Wuhou for disposal. ”
"The general is mighty!"
"The general is wise."
"This Xiahou liar doesn't need the general's action, just leave it to me and wait." A group of Yue clan masters shouted, and after listening to what Cao Xin said, they all had a look of reverence on their faces.
Compared with those of them who have become outsiders, Cao Xin's words are really powerful. The Yue's people have an upright temperament, and they are exactly in tune with Cao Xin's temperament, and this time Xiahou Ying's deception not only made Cao Xin feel angry, but also made the Yue's men hold their breath.
Xiahou Ying only felt that his throat was sweet again, he swallowed a mouthful of spit hard, forcibly suppressed the upwelling blood, and glanced weakly at the dozen or so Yue's big men who surrounded him, and in the periphery, there were more Yue's men who were eager to try, this shameless wheel battle method made Xiahou Ying completely speechless.
He was already tired, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the continuous losses had made Xiahou Ying's face like gold paper, and he was still a little sure of dealing with a group of barbarians, which was hopeless at all.
"What's the matter, you can't fight yet, General Xiahou." Cao Xin smiled coldly and said.
"That's it, that's it, you can't be humiliated, I want to see Li Yuan, I have nothing to say to you barbarians. Lao Xiao, how about it, let's go together, and we'll meet that Li Wuhou for a while. Xiahou Ying said arrogantly.
Betrayed by his brother.
and besieged.
If Cao Xin had caught up with him at the moment of defeat, Xiahou Ying would definitely have taken up arms and fought with the Qin army on the battlefield and died, but after this series of changes, Xiahou Ying and Xiao He, a pair of brothers and sisters, had the momentum to die for Liu Bang gradually extinguished.
It's not worth it.
This is their cry from the bottom of their hearts, but unfortunately, Liu Bang can't hear it.
"This is Xiao Xiangguo, it's really a blessing, it's a blessing, my Wuhou has been talking about your old man for a long time, come here, send a letter to Wuhou, just say that my Lao Cao caught the two big fish of the Han Kingdom, haha-!" Cao Xin shouted triumphantly, this was extremely vulgar, but it made the rough men of the Yue clan fascinated.
Under the control of subordinates, there are those who are reasonable with the wind and drizzle, there are those who share joys and sorrows together, and naturally there are also those like Cao Xin who scold their mothers together.
There are many methods, and for the Yueshi people, Cao Xin is undoubtedly the most popular one.
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When he came, he was arrogant, and when he returned, he was gray-faced.
This sentence is used to describe the Shanyue soldiers who went north to help in the war.
After seeing the signs of collapse of the Han army, Mei Juan immediately ordered a retreat, the plum calf died when it died, and an ambitious clan brother stayed in front of him, even if he slept, he had to open one eye, the dead could not be resurrected, and there was a strong and powerful man in Wuling, and then another one would be promoted.
When Mei Juan thought of this, she was even secretly happy in her heart.
"Meihou, the Qin people behind are chasing after you, what should I do?" A leader of a small tribe in Shanyue ran over with an unkind face and said urgently.
Shanyue is only a general title of the barbarians of the Lingnan tribes, many of which are independent and exist only in the form of tribal alliances, and Mei Juan is also because of the strength of the Mei tribe and the prestige of defeating the Qin army, so he began to sit in the position of leader, and now, with this defeat, Mei Juan's position began to waver.
"Drill into the forest, be fast." Mei Juan snorted coldly and shouted.
Hearing him say this, the leader of the small tribe was stunned and a little unable to come back to his senses, there was a road not to go but to drill the forest, this big leader Mei was stimulated by the defeat and went crazy.
"Don't go ahead and give the order yet. It's slow, and you can't run away. Mei Juan waved the thorn whip in her hand viciously, and without waiting for the others to react, she left the gallop with her own soldiers.
"Hmph, a group of brainless goods, they still want to climb up, let's dream." Mei Juan was still scolding angrily in his heart as he walked, and he didn't know if he was scolding the stupidity of the Shanyue soldiers or Liu Bang's incompetence.
The unexpected turn of the Shanyue people caught the Qin army's pursuing troops off guard, and they lost the direction of pursuit for a while.
Su Jiao's heavy cavalry did not participate in the pursuit, and this big tear made the cavalry wearing heavy battle equipment so tired that they were sweating all over, and even the war horses were drenched in sweat.
A long-distance chase.
Obviously not a heavy riding forte.
In the choice of escape route, Mei Juan and Liu Bang can be said to know each other very well, they coincidentally avoided the gallop road that attracted the attention of the Qin army the most, and the remnants of Shanyue rushed all the way to the west, straight into the vast jungle without people, such an environment for Shanyue people, it was like returning home.
Han Xin's infantry lacked experience in mountain warfare, and after seeing one after another Shanyue soldiers burrowing into the dense forest, they also had the audacity to rush into the pursuit of meritorious service, but the result was that there were more people who went in and fewer of them, and even if they were lucky enough to escape their lives, they were still wounded and looked frightened.
In this race to escape, the only one who escaped was Mei Juan's remnants of Shanyue, Han Xin's ten-sided ambush strategy netted the plum calf, but did not leave the more threatening Mei Juan behind, and as many as 6,000 defeated soldiers on the right flank of the Han army blocked the road, making the Qin army's advance slower and slower.
Although Liu Bang and Mei Juan escaped, from the overall point of view of the battle, the Qin army's gains in this decisive battle can be described as huge, completely defeating Liu Bangshili Needless to say, more than 60,000 Han army prisoners alone are enough to make people excited, these young and strong laborers are the boosters to promote the rumbling operation of the state machinery for the Qin State, which is not abundant.
Use captives as slaves.
This is not Li Yuan's invention and creation, but the ancient practice, but the rulers of later dynasties either in order to show their liliang, or feel that raising such a group of white-eyed wolves is a waste of food, so more simple and effective ways such as killing prisoners are adopted.
For the captives, Li Yuan had the confidence to reform them.
For the Han soldiers who were forcibly recruited, it didn't matter whether the surname Qin or the surname Chu or Han was real, they were more concerned about whether they could survive and whether their families could be safeguarded.
In addition to capturing this human resource, solving Liu Bang's big trouble that threatened Hanzhong and Sanchuan County, the territory of Qin also expanded from the western part of the traditional sense to the central and southern regions, that is to say, from the Weishui basin to the Yangtze River basin, this kind of geographical development will undoubtedly bring more development opportunities to the Qin state. (To be continued......)
PS: The new grade system is linked to the monthly pass, this cheeky point, self-evaluation, it is estimated that it can only be the lowest level of red diamonds, and last year's income was zero.