Chapter 756: Escape [Asking for Subscriptions * Asking for Monthly Passes]
"Come out and mix, one more identity, one more road, one more choice!" Han Xin touched his head in embarrassment.
"So, you're still a snare hunter!" Meng Tian pointed to the cobwebbed logo hidden by the sleeve on the back of Han Xin's hand.
"Forehead......" Han Xin touched his head in embarrassment and did not explain.
"That's it, this time I owe you a favor, in the future, when you come to Xianyang, you can often come to the Meng family to sit!" Meng Tian didn't dig deeper.
"Chu people believe in gods and ghosts, so the general might as well try using honey!" Han Xin reminded again, and then handed over a porcelain bottle with honey in it.
Meng Tian took the porcelain vase, nodded, turned around and returned to his tent before opening the secret letter that Han Xin handed him.
There is not much content on the secret letter, but it is stated that Xiang Yan persuaded Xiong Qi to return to Shouchun and stick to Shouchun, while other Chu nobles also wanted to coerce Xiong Qi to escape, and finally Xiong Qi decided to take advantage of the night to escape back to Shouchun!
With the information, Meng Tian immediately came to the map, carefully observed, looking for the route that Xiong Qi and the nobles of the Chu State would escape.
"Mo Shangsan!" In the end, Meng Tian determined the path that Xiong Qi and the others had to go, and he was a little heavier on the map.
"Someone!" Meng Tian shouted.
"In!" The last remaining general of the fire cavalry immediately walked in.
"How many brothers do we have left?" Meng Tian asked.
"Replenished from the Wuling Cavalry, now we have a thousand people available!"
"Tell the brethren to come out of camp with me!" Meng Tian didn't plan to alarm too many people, and said in a low voice.
"Where is the young master going?" The Commander of the Guards also asked in a low voice.
"The king of Chu wants to escape, let's ambush!" Meng Tian did not hide these robes of life and death.
"Good!" The commander of the personal guard did not hesitate, went out of the camp directly, quietly informed the soldiers of the fire cavalry, and then followed Meng Tian to quietly leave the camp in the night.
The early morning mist cleared, and Meng Tian and his party finally arrived at Mo Shangsang in advance.
"Move fast!" Meng Tian urged the soldiers to sprinkle honey on the ground, attracting a swarm of ants and sweet-toothed insects.
And in the night, Xiong Qi was also coerced by other nobles and quietly left the Chu army camp, even if he didn't want to, he had to leave.
"Wang Qian's words are good, if the battle is like this, the last general should have died a long time ago, but the king can't die yet, as long as the king is still alive, there is still hope for the Chu State!" Xiang Yan cheered up rarely, asked the guards to send Xiong Qi and the nobles away, and chose to stay alone.
"General...... Treasure! Xiong Qi was coerced by the nobles, turned back three times in one step, and finally left.
He knew very well that this farewell was goodbye, and Xiang Yan had already coexisted and died with the army with the heart of death.
Xiang Yan didn't respond, just sat quietly on the floor of the handsome tent.
"Be quiet, hurry up, don't be discovered by the Qin army!" The nobles, escorted by their cronies, quietly left the camp and fled in the direction of Shouchun.
Xiong Qi was also caught in it, and the Qin army didn't have too much strict defense at all, so they easily let them escape.
After all, the trapped beasts are still fighting, and what Li Mu and others hope more is that the Chu army will collapse without a fight, and let the Chu army desert and not chase and intercept it.
After galloping all night, a group of more than 100 people finally arrived at the Sanqiu land of Moshangsang, as long as they crossed the San River, even if the Qin army found that they had fled, it would be difficult to catch up with them.
"Stop and rest for a while, when it gets day, a ferry will come to pick us up and cross the river!" A nobleman looked at Xiong Qi and explained.
They wanted to escape back, so they naturally made preparations, this San River is not wide, and it is not deep, but it is difficult to cross without boats, at least the war horses cannot tread water to walk.
Xiong Qi nodded, and didn't say anything else, now he is no longer the high-ranking King of Chu, I'm afraid that when he returns to Shouchun, these people will put him under house arrest as soon as possible, as a bargaining chip, and sell at the price.
This is the fundamental reason why this group of people want to return to Shouchun with him.
After all, if they vote for Qin, they can't get any high-ranking officials, but if they dedicate themselves to Qin, they can get a lot of benefits.
"It's coming!" In the woods on both sides of Mo Shangsang's ferry, Meng Tian and the others heard the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps coming from Xiong Qi and his party, and they also knew that the person they were waiting for had arrived.
"Don't rush, wait first!" Meng Tian did not give the order to rush out at the first time, but waited until dawn.
So, one light and one dark, the people and horses on both sides were waiting for dawn on the edge of the small ferry port of Moshangsang.
Finally, the dim sky was white, and the rising sun shone on the San River, as if shining a bright avenue.
"This is God guiding the king to return to Shouchun, regroup, and make a comeback!" The aristocrats flattered.
The others nodded in agreement.
At this time, a small boat also appeared on the Mulberry River, slowly approaching the ferry.
In the woods, Meng Tian and the others were a little anxious, if Xiong Qi was allowed to board the boat, they would not be able to chase after them any longer.
"Is that him?" Meng Tian was going to give the order to rush out, but after seeing the people on the boat, he suddenly stopped the order, because he knew the captain on the boat.
"Boatman, quick, we're going to cross the river!" The nobleman greeted him with joy when he saw the captain coming in a boat.
"My boat can only carry one person, who will cross the river first?" The captain looked at the hundred people on the ferry and asked.
The nobles also realized that this was not a ship they had arranged in advance!
"The king goes first!" In the end, the nobles decided to let Xiong Qi cross the river first, because they saw that other boats had also appeared and were rushing towards the ferry, and mistakenly thought they were together.
Xiong Qi didn't twist, jumped directly on the boat, and then took the first step.
"Do it!" After seeing Xiong Qi on the boat, Meng Tian decisively ordered.
For a moment the horses roared, rushed out of the woods, and charged towards the nobles on the edge of the ferry.
The nobles were stunned, they didn't expect the Qin army to chase after them so quickly, so they decisively asked the guards to stop Meng Tian and his party, while he desperately shouted that the boats on the river should come over and take them across the river.
It's just that the captains of the Sanhe River are just taking money to do things, and they are not familiar with these nobles, and when they see a large army rushing to kill, they don't dare to dock anymore, but leave far away.
"What did you see?" On the boat, the captain asked as he propped up the boat in the stern.
Xiong Qi looked around suspiciously, and suddenly his gaze froze on the shore.
"The King of Chu is here!"
Xiong Qi reconfirmed in disbelief, staring at a shoal on the edge of the ferry, a group of black ants densely formed five large characters of fish and birds of the Chu State.
I couldn't see it clearly because of the darkness before, but now, when the sun rises, I can finally see the five big characters that are one zhang square.
(End of chapter)