Chapter 21 Burning Grain to Drive the Enemy

As soon as you enter the Pingyang warehouse, you will see rows of granaries, the granaries are full of all kinds of grains, the whole Pingyang covers an area of more than 320 acres, there are a total of 33 granaries, and a granary can store up to 50,000 stones.

As one of the largest granaries of the Qin army, the grain in Pingyang was enough to supply the Qin garrison in the Heluo area for several years.

Since the battle at the front has begun, it is not only a place to supply food to the garrison of Heluo, but also one of the main food supply points of the Mengfu army.

During this time, the Qin army intensively transferred grain and grass from all over the country, and the grain and grass everywhere had filled more than a dozen grain depots in Pingyang Cang, and even the air-dried beef, pickled vegetables and other military food prepared for knighted generals had already been prepared, piled up in ventilated and dry warehouses everywhere.

Each grain depot looks like a small castle, the protective fences, trenches, and suspension bridges around the grain depot are fully equipped, and the watchtowers and arrow towers are built on the grain depot according to certain rules, and there is a sentry every 20 steps. Every 100 steps, there is a huge urn filled with clean water in case of fire accidents.

But all of this is now in the hands of the Wei army.

"After ordering the whole army to replenish on the spot, set fire to my warehouse." Pang Xuan stood at the head of the city and ordered.

The black press below is full of soldiers who are ready to go.

"General Pang Xuan, I'll leave now." Han Huan, the commander of the mountain character camp under the city, hugged his fist to the city.

"Take care, gentlemen." Pang Xuan replied.

"General Pang Xuan, take care." Ji Yanran and Han Huan returned the gift at the same time.

Ji Yanran and other people in the rivers and lakes also accompanied him.

At the head of Yiyang City, the city guard looked at the direction of the Pingyang granary, the fire that rushed to the sky had reflected half of the sky, and he was very anxious, since he found the trace of the Wei army last night, he urgently reported to Wang Qi who was stationed in Luoyi.

Luoyi, the camp of the Qin army, inside the tent.

"How did Pang Xuan pass through the Iron King Fort without knowing it, and then capture Pingyang Cang!"

Wang Qi's eyes widened, and he was full of anger, he never expected that the Wei army would attack Pingyang Cang at night and catch him off guard. Previously, the Wei army crossed the Guancheng Road and took Luonan Road, blocking the waterway for transporting grain, which had made the whole situation happen

Falling into passivity, who would have thought that Wei Jun still had a trick left.

If all the grain and grass in Pingyang Cang were destroyed, then for the entire Heluo and the Qin army on the front line outside the river, it would be tantamount to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle.

The Wei army seemed to know everything about the defense and mountain roads in this area, and the Iron King Fort and Pingyang Cang, as confidential places, were discovered by the Wei army.

Could it be ...... A thought flashed through Wang Qi's heart.

"Send someone to report urgently to the Mengfu army again, asking them to return to help quickly." Wang Qi said in a deep voice.

What he thought in his heart was that Meng Fu would send troops back to help, so that he could attack the Wei army with his own things.

"Pass my military order and immediately rush to help Yiyang! It was necessary to rush to Yiyang before the Wei army joined forces. Wang Qi said to the map in front of him.

"No!" The adjutant general immediately received the order.

"Knock knock!" The drums shook the earth.

"Woo-woo-woo!" The horn sounded.

The Qin soldiers in the camp quickly moved into action, packed up their blades and armor, rushed to the outside of the camp, lined up under the leadership of their respective commanders, and gathered outside the camp to stand by.

As one of the five major armies of the Qin State, the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army was second only to the strongest army of the Qin Army, the White Tiger Army, in terms of its sophistication.

For more than ten years, this army followed Wang Qi to fight in the north and south, crisscrossing the eastern part of the country, breaking Zhao Kewei, and gaining a great reputation.

He has always acted steadily, but now he can't care so much, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the tiger mountains.

"Pass on my military order, and all departments will be mobilized immediately!" Wang Qi walked out of the tent, held the command flag high and shouted.

When the herald on the side heard the news, he immediately blew the horn and played gongs and drums.

"Knock-knock-knock-" The drums beat faster and faster, like a talisman, awakening the war machine that had been sleeping for a long time.

With the sound of drums, the originally solemn scene became lively, and all the units of the Qin army moved quickly and marched in the direction of Yiyang under the leadership of the general.

The waning moon is like a hook, hanging lonely on the mountain.

The white moonlight sprinkled on the forest, showing a bit of desolation and desolation, shrouding the land in a layer of mystery.

Not far away, a long dragon of torches meandered towards the forest, the light of the fire illuminating the road ahead, but not the deep forest.

A column of Qin soldiers with spears in their hands, marching towards the mountain road in a neat row, their steps steady and powerful, showing a hint of slaughter in this quiet night sky.

Wang Qi led the guards to the middle army, his face was grim, and his eyes were as sharp as eagles and falcons, scanning the woods on both sides.

When the forest does not enter, the water will be far away.

As a generation of famous generals, Wang Qi naturally understands the meaning of this sentence, but if Yiyang is lost, the whole situation will be completely out of control, let alone recapture Pingyang Cang, Luonan Road.

In the deep forest, a group of armor warriors wore cloaks, silently lurking in the night.

They waited in the mountains for so many days, and were deeply bitten by mosquitoes, and finally met Qin Jun.

The bowstrings were tightened, and the arrows were loaded, and the men took some arrows from their quivers, tore off a piece of cloth, tore them into several strips, and wrapped them around the arrows, and then reached into the cans of fire oil and dipped them in some oil.

"Bring the arrows!" With a soft shout, a soldier had already handed over a thumb-thick edged feather heavy arrow.

Wei Qing took the heavy arrow with his backhand, and gently buckled the heavy arrow on the bowstring, and then suddenly exerted force with both hands, and pulled the iron tire bow with five stones into a full moon shape, and at the same time grabbed the tail end of the heavy arrow, and then pulled the bowstring violently.

The night wind hunted, the cold moon was silent, and the Qin army team under the mountain gradually approached.

Phew-

The arrows burst out of the wind, and the next moment, the heavy arrows were already carrying a low scream, and they shot like lightning towards the man who looked like a military attache at the front of the team.

The man seemed to notice something, and looked up sharply.

But before he could react, a cluster of cold arrows slammed in through his face and out the back of his head.

His body shook violently a few times, and he fell straight down.

This arrow sounded the horn of the attack in an instant.

Countless rockets soared into the air, streaking through the night with a piercing scream, and flew towards the dense group of troops in front of them.

"Enemy attack! Array! The Qin generals in the team roared, raised their swords to block the oncoming rain of arrows, and ordered the troops on the left and right to defend themselves.

Sou! Whoosh!

Another round of rockets swept through the air and landed into the forest, instantly igniting the nearby grass and bushes, and thick smoke billowed up.

"Order the front army to retreat in an orderly manner, the Chinese army to line up to guard against the enemy, the crossbowmen will return fire to me, and a part of the fire will be put out on the spot, and the fire must be contained. The rear army was responsible for breaking the rear and letting the army withdraw from the valley. Wang Qi was in danger and issued a series of orders in a loud voice.

The Qin army immediately carried out the order in an orderly manner, and the originally dense formation quickly dispersed, the front army slowly moved back, and the rear army retreated to the valley mouth to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to loot and kill.

Bursts of arrows and feathers shot towards the hill, returning fire on the ambushers.

"This Pingyang Heavy Armored Army is also worthy of its reputation, and it can be regarded as well-trained." Wei Qing observed the situation below from the mountain.

"This Wang Qi has always been cautious, and he must have been prepared for this a long time ago." The partiality on the side replied.

"Shoot a few more rounds! Make the fire bigger and put what we've prepared to use! Wei Qing commanded.

"Put!" Wei Qing gave an order, and suddenly, countless rockets erupted from the thin air and fell into the mountain like a meteor shower.

In an instant, the forest seemed to have suddenly exploded, and the firelight reflected the dark sky.

The fires buried in the forest were lit one after another, and the flames rose to the sky, mixed with thick gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings, and a scorching wave of air rushed to the face, making people breathless.

Wang Qi divided his 80,000 men into eight divisions, each of which was no more than four miles apart, echoing each other and acting as horns for each other, so as to prevent the enemy from being broken by the enemy one by one, and also to ensure the safety of the forward.

But he never imagined that the ambush would attack with fire.

Although the fire attack hurts the enemy and hurts itself, this fire does not discriminate between the enemy and us, and when it burns, it will be difficult for one's own side to launch large-scale operations to encircle and annihilate the enemy.

He knew in his heart that the number of ambushes on the opposite side would not be large, so he made this kind of trick of using small to make a big one, that is, the Wei army had not yet completed the assembly, and he still had time.

It's more like stalling for time, delaying the speed of his march.

"Except for the rear army, which is responsible for breaking the rear, the rest of the departments don't have to worry about anything else, just withdraw." Wang Qi resolutely gave the order.

Wei Qing saw that the Qin army was decisively withdrawn, no longer caring about the formation, and only rushed outward, knowing that the other party was afraid that he had guessed his own details, and knew that there would be no ambush soldiers to kill behind.

However, this fire can at least stop him from staying for one night, and for him, it is enough to make a difference.