Chapter 232: Deliverance
"The Chu army has been defeated."
Zhao Tuo stood on a small hill not far from the foot of the mountain, watching the battle situation below.
Of course, he couldn't see the specific situation on the battlefield clearly, and he couldn't even see the appearance of people when he was far away.
But it did not prevent Zhao Tuo from grasping the latest progress of the battle situation, from the roar of "Qu Ming is dead" and "the Chu army has been defeated", and the figures of Mohu running around, he knew that this time the Qin army's surprise attack was a complete victory.
If they don't win, why do those Chu people run?
So Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated and sent the last new force left by his side.
"Go ahead, Black Butt. I'll leave it to you."
"Don't worry, my black buttocks will definitely scare the King of Chu to death!"
The black buttocks smiled, licked his dry lips, and turned to the five hundred people behind him and shouted, "Second and third sons, we ate meat and drank soup this morning, which can be regarded as warming the stomach and intestines that were rotten by eating oranges. This is a good thing that the military is reluctant to eat, and it is reserved for us to enjoy, what do you say we should do with such a great favor?"
"We should do our best to repay the great kindness of the army! Don't be afraid of death!"
The five hundred Qin soldiers raised their arms and shouted, everyone was in high spirits and looked excited.
Compared with the robes who ate oranges and ate sore teeth and stomach convulsions, these five hundred selected strong soldiers specially enjoyed the meat soup made of fat rabbits and mountain deer mixed with wild vegetables hunted by others in the mountains and forests, and this kind of diet was enough to make these soldiers grateful, and after they were full of food and drink, they were in a much better state than those robes who fought under the mountain.
The reason why Zhao Tuo did this was because these five hundred people were still undertaking more important tasks, and they had to have sufficient physical strength.
Chase down the rout, and hit Shouchun!
"Second and third sons, follow me!"
With a roar from the black buttocks, five hundred men with weapons in their hands ran in unison, plunged into the mist, chased the routs who fled westward, and ran straight in the direction of Shouchun.
"Shou Chun...... King of Chu ......"
Zhao Tuo whispered, turned his head to look at the foot of the mountain, and strode down.
Defeating the Chu soldiers led by Qu Ming was only the first step, and he had more things to do, such as rescuing the Qin soldiers who had been captured by the Chu people.
Xi Qigu, who was standing beside Zhao Tuo, hurriedly followed with short soldiers.
With the Chu pawns either killed or fleeing into the surrounding fog, the raid at the foot of the Eight Mountains came to an end.
"Who is the one who is raiding the Chu army?"
"How could the army of my Qin State run outside Shouchun City?"
"Could it be that Li Xin has come back?"
"No, Li Xin ran away early! Maybe it's Li You?"
Xin Wu was lying on the car, and the Chu pawn who was in charge of escorting him and the driver who drove the car were already stunned by the surprise attack, and they saw that there were shouts and screams all around. How could they still take care of this captive, it had to be their own lives important, all the Chu soldiers screamed, and they fled for their lives, but left Xin Wu alone to lie on the chariot by himself.
Xin Wu wanted to stand up, but as soon as his body moved, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulders and arms, so he could only lie back and look at the fog around him with wide eyes.
After those Chu people fled, the figure of the Qin army really appeared around.
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The figures were ragged and their faces were stained, and at a glance, they thought they were wild people running out of some mountain. But the black armor on their bodies and the Qindi accent on their mouths will not be faked, these people are the real Qin army.
"Is it really Li You?"
He muttered, before Li Xin raided the Chu army, let Li You lead two thousand people to the palace, and shocked the Cai Chu people.
As a result, Li Xin suffered a heavy defeat, and the main force was all routed to the west, but Li Youbu was not affected because he was in the rear. After Xin Wu was captured, he found that the Chu army did not catch Li You and his corporaries, and that guy seemed to see that the situation was wrong, and he took the opportunity to take advantage of it, and he didn't know which direction he was running.
Xin Wu couldn't help but think of this, could it be that Li You took the opportunity to cross the Huaishui when the Qin army was defeated, lurked near Shouchun, and saw that I was captured
The land led the army to the rescue?
Thinking of this, Xin Wu couldn't help but get excited.
If this is the case, then he underestimated Li You before.
This son was able to withdraw decisively on the Huaibei battlefield to avoid his troops being broken by the Chu army, which can be called the ability to respond to emergencies. And crossing the Huaishui and using this winter fog to raid the Chu army is even more bold and careful, and quite strategic. From this point of view, Li You is quite talented.
Even before, Li You fled from the abandoned army when he was raided by Xiang Yan, and in Xin Wu's eyes, he also became quite aware of the situation, and he had the courage to cut off the tail of a gecko.
"Is that General Shin?"
A team of Qin soldiers came over, led by a tun chief, who had been ordered by the army before the raid to rescue Xin Wu, but unfortunately the fog at the foot of the mountain, coupled with the chaos caused by the Chu army's escape, they had not found their target until now.
Xin Wu nodded and said, "Ben Jiang is Xin Wu, you did a good job this time, let you Li Jun come over, Ben Jiang still has something to ask him."
Li Junhou?
The Qin army was stunned for a moment, and the surrounding Qin soldiers also looked at each other.
The commander of the Qin army arched his hand and said, "General Xin, we are the corporal of Zhao Junhou, not Li Junhou."
"Zhao Junhou? Which Zhao Junhou?"
Xin Wu was stunned, feeling like he had overlooked something important.
"General Xin is unharmed, his subordinate Zhao Tuo has seen General Xin."
A moment later, Zhao Tuo rushed from the mountain and bowed his hand to Xin Wu.
Xin Wu looked at the young soldier in front of him in a daze.
The armor on the young man's body was full of weeds stains, his hair was black, and his face was tired, but those bright eyes shook Xin Wu's heart extraordinarily.
"Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo......"
Xin Wu whispered the name in his mouth, he suddenly became excited, sat up despite the injury on his arm and shoulder, stared at Zhao Tuo, and shouted, "Zhao Tuo, I didn't expect it to be you!" You are really the young hero of my Qin Kingdom, what kind of bullshit Li Xin, how can you compare to half a point!"
No wonder Xin Wu was so excited, even to the point of insulting Li Xin.
As a veteran of the battlefield, he was already dissatisfied with Li Xin's strategy of attacking Chu, but he had to obey because of Li Xin's military orders and the deterrence of the axe.
As a result, one wrong step, one wrong step.
First of all, Li Xin's strategy of stealing Shouchun was seen through by the Chu people, and the back road was blocked by Xiang Yan and his army. Then Li Xin's tactics of raiding Xiang Yan were discovered by the other party, which led to a great defeat of the Qin army, and he fled westward in a hurry, and even his dignified general Xin Wu was reduced to the situation of becoming a prisoner of the Chu people.
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was captured by the Chu people, and with his level of Xinwu, he would probably not be killed, but the end would be even more miserable than being killed, and all kinds of humiliation were indispensable. According to what Qu Ming said when he teased him just now, their thousand captives will be taken to Shouchun City, and they will be dragged in front of tens of thousands of Chu people, and they will be abused and ridiculed by countless Chu people, and they will become the biggest laughing stock in the world.
A lifetime of fighting, and his reputation is ruined.
Xin Wu even thought about finding an opportunity to commit suicide, preferring to die rather than be humiliated.
Just when he was desperate to seek death, Zhao Tuo came.
This Zhao Tuo, who was separated from their army in Pingyu and was said to lead the army to stay in the rear, suddenly appeared outside Shouchun City, and like a divine soldier descending from heaven, he broke the Chu army that escorted the captives and rescued Xin Wu from that despair.
What does it feel like?
At least at this moment, Zhao Tuo's whole person was shining in Xin Wu's eyes.
He secretly said in his heart: "This son is really a young hero, such a person is the real future pillar of my Qin Kingdom. I still have a little girl under my knees, who is about the same age as this son, and if I can return to Qin, I may be grateful......
Seeing Xin Wu's excited lips trembling, Zhao Tuo smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "The general is injured, please rest." Although we have defeated this Chu army, we are not out of danger, and our subordinates still need to command the battle, so please forgive the general."
"Okay, it's up to you."
Xin Wu kept nodding, and the young man in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied and heart-warming he became, and naturally whatever he said was what he said.
Zhao Tuo let the west
The beggar led someone to guard Xin Wu, and then began to deal with other things.
The first thing was, of course, to rescue the thousand Qin captives who were escorted by the Chu people.
These thousand captives are all uninjured Qin soldiers, once rescued, let them put on the armor of the Chu army, and take the weapons of the Chu people, that is a thousand troops, which can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of Zhao Tuo.
The second thing was that Ming Jin collected his troops and gathered his soldiers, Zhao Tuo was afraid that they would chase and kill the Chu army's rout on a whim. After all, this place is the heart of the Chu State, there is danger at any time, and the winter fog is shrouded, the Qin army is not familiar with the terrain, if you walk at will, I am afraid that there will be a danger of getting lost.
The third thing is to collect the soldiers, let everyone first find out the military rations from the corpses of those Chu people, and then eat a lot of food. No matter what you want to do next, fill your stomach before you have the strength to do it.
[In view of the general environment,
Soon, at the foot of the entire Eight Mountains, in the mist, thousands of Qin troops did not speak, everyone kept stuffing food into their mouths, chewing heavily, looking like thousands of starving ghosts were reincarnated from a distance, coupled with the bloody corpses all over the ground, this scene was very terrifying.
If it is seen by the Chu people who don't know what's going on, I'm afraid that the news of the "Qin Army's cannibalism" will spread more and more widely.
Zhao Tuo swallowed a piece of dry food mixed with saliva, and there was a solid feeling in his stomach, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Only then did he have the energy to look westward.
His gaze seemed to be able to pass through the winter fog that obscured his vision and looked at the capital of Chu across the water.
Black buttocks, you should lead people to Shouchun City, right?
Dongjun who took off