Chapter Eighty-Five: Intoxicated Flower Powder
Xiang Yu just made a mistake and even beheaded the four generals of the Qin army, and the Qin army was suddenly frightened, and many timid people were already frightened with weak legs and damp crotch in their crotch, and they were actually scared of urine incontinence and peeing their pants.
"Kill!" In stark contrast to the Qin army was the Chu army, Xiang Yu's bravery gave them great encouragement, and at the same time that the fourth member of the Qin army was picked off the horse by Xiang Yu, tens of thousands of Chu troops shouted in unison and rushed towards the Qin army.
"Withdraw!" Seeing that the Chu army was strong and Xiang Yu was unstoppable, Zhang Han knew that if he fought hard, he was afraid that this time his 50,000 soldiers and horses would all die here, so he hurriedly issued an order to retreat.
The Chu army pursued and killed for a while, and Xiang Yu saw that the Qin army was fleeing in a panic, and it seemed that it was impossible to organize an effective counterattack, so he stopped the army and continued to lead the army to the west.
After Zhang Han retreated, he did not immediately return to Puyang City, but withdrew with his army to ten miles north of Puyang.
He didn't know that just when he was defeated by Xiang Yu and retreated, an extremely dirty scene was going on in Puyang City.
Zhao Fang handed a small bag of powder wrapped in sheepskin to the junior colonel who handed him the wooden card, and said to him: "These are the powder of the drunken flower, if you want to capture Bai without intention, if you come hard, I am afraid that this little strength in my hand is not enough, you mix this powder with wine, just say that I am treating General Bai, invite him to drink, and then ......"
Speaking of this, Zhao Fang smiled gloomily, and the little colonel also smiled knowingly, answered, left the county government with a sheepskin package, and walked straight towards the city wall.
In the north of Puyang City, Zhang Han was newly defeated, and all the officers and soldiers looked dejected, and the entire barracks were filled with a dull and lifeless atmosphere.
"Big brother, Xiang Yu is really brave, first scared Nei Shi Lei to death with a loud shout, and then strangled Gong Bao, stoned Zuo Sheng to death, and picked Sima Rong with a halberd, just a mistake in the work of the horse, he broke the four generals of our army in a row, and when he meets this person in the future, he must not be guarded against!" Zhang Han and Zhang Ping sat in the marching tent, Zhang Ping looked at Zhang Han, who was depressed, and hesitated for a while before speaking.
Zhang Han pursed his lips and nodded, and said to Zhang Ping: "Since you and my brother led the troops to quell the rebellion, there has never been such a fiasco. ”
"Alas!" Zhang Ping sighed, shook his head and said: "Big brother, you and I are both Qin Chen, whether the number of Great Qin Qi is over or not, we can't control it, I think it's better to do our best to fulfill the destiny of heaven, which step can be done." Even if Great Qin is really gone in the future, you and I are worthy of His Majesty. ”
Zhang Han didn't speak, he just frowned, Zhang Ping could say something like this, but as the commander of the Qin army, he couldn't say it. After pondering for a moment, he raised his head and said to Zhang Ping: "You go and tell Sima Xin that he should immediately send someone to Xianyang to ask for reinforcements." ”
Zhang Ping responded, got up and went out of the tent to find Sima Xin, and only Zhang Han was left in the tent and sat there with his brows furrowed and pondering.
On Puyang City, Bai had no intention of pressing the hilt of his sword to look at the Chu army outside the city. He saw the vicious battle outside the city clearly, Zhang Han's army was defeated, and he wanted to lead his troops to the rescue in front of the city, but he didn't do that.
He is not an impulsive person, the Chu army is outside the city, and Zhang Han's army has been defeated, even if he leads the defenders in the city to the rescue, it will be just a drop in the bucket for the entire battlefield.
He has his mission, and his task is to defend Puyang City to the death and not let the Chu army cross the Lei Chi step.
Looking at the back of the Chu army leaving, Bai Wuyi let out a long breath, and the battle outside the city was all in his eyes. What made him feel entangled the most was not that Xiang Yu killed the four Qin generals in an instant, but that Bai Fu led an army with significantly more people than the enemy to chase the enemy, and in the end, only some of the remnants of the army were defeated.
He knows Bai Fu's ability very well, and there will not be many people who can make Bai Fu defeat so completely, looking at the world.
Bai Yi felt a little confused, he had always thought that Daqin's army was the invincible hero in the world, and only by surviving in such an army could he regain his grandfather Bai Qi's majesty in the world.
"General, the county commander ordered the villain to come and toast the general!" Bai Wuyi was looking out of the city in a daze, and a small colonel stood behind him and bowed to him and said.
Bai Yiyi turned his head to look at the little school, and the corners of his mouth twitched and said with some contempt: "Dog San, when did you become a person from Zhao County?" I think you should be under the Baifu tent. ”
This dog three is none other than the little school that presented the wooden board to Zhao Fang. He heard Bai unintentionally ask, and said with a smile on his face: "The general doesn't know, there was a shortage of people around Lord Zhao before, so he specially ordered someone to propose to the general to find a clever boy, but I didn't want the general to send me, a stupid person, and I didn't report it to the general when I came, it's really the villain's sin!" ”
"Hehe, you're stupid?" Bai Wuyi pursed his lips, sneered twice and said, "If you are also stupid, I'm afraid there will be no smart people in the whole army!" Let me ask you, why did Zhao County Order let you toast me? Why didn't he come himself? ”
Gou San had expected that Bai had no intention of asking this, and bowed down and said very humbly: "Lord Zhao said that it is very hard for the general to lead the troops to guard the city, he originally wanted to come in person, but several merchants in the city took advantage of the thieves to come and hoard food privately, wanting to sell strange goods at a high price, in order to deal with such things, Lord Zhao has personally gone to investigate, and he really can't get away, so he will send a villain first, and Lord Zhao will definitely come to make amends in person in the future!" ”
Bai Wuyi's eyes narrowed slightly, there were indeed two merchants in the city who had no time to escape, but he still really didn't believe that those two merchants would take advantage of the Chu army to kill and hoard grain and grass. If the Chu army does not break the city, they can really achieve the purpose of hoarding grain and grass, but if the Chu army breaks through the city, no matter how much grain and grass they hoard, it is just to make a wedding dress for the Chu army.
Although he was slanderous in his heart, Bai Wuyi did not show it on his face, he picked up the wine bottle from Gousan's hand, raised his head and drank it, waved his hand at Gousan and said, "You go down!" ”
Seeing that Bai had no intention of drinking the wine, the corners of his mouth showed an imperceptible smile, and he bowed and retreated.
Xiang Ye followed the Chu army to the west, and from time to time he looked at the hill where he had fought against Baifu. If there were no accidents, Bai Fu should still be waiting for him there, and their seven-day covenant has not yet come to fruition.
"I need to go back!" While walking, Xiang Ye suddenly reined in his war horse and turned his head, and said to Shi Lei and Li Xinpeng: "I still have an agreement with Bai Fu that Bai has no intention of surrendering to Da Chu within seven days, I want to go back, do you follow me!" ”
"We are under the command of the general, and wherever the general goes, we will naturally go somewhere." Shi Lei and Li Xinpeng glanced at each other and replied in unison.
"Okay, let's go!" As soon as Xiang Ye reined in his war horse, he turned around and prepared to walk in the direction of Puyang City.
"Xiang Ye, where are you going?" As soon as he turned around, two war horses in the distance ran towards this side, Xiang Ye turned around, and saw Xiang Qing followed by a female general, waving at him while riding his horse.
Xiang Ye stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, depressed with black lines, what he was afraid of was that he would return to Puyang and be discovered by Xiang Qing and Meng Su, followed by two women, and it was not convenient to take only Shi Lei and Li Xinpeng after all.
Xiang Qing approached, and before he had time to ask Xiang Ye a question, another person not far away rode his horse and galloped towards this side. When Xiang Ye saw the person running towards him, the depression on his face became even more intense. It's okay for Xiang Qing to appear at odds with Shi Yi, and Meng Su actually came over at this time to join in the fun.
"Xiang Ye, where are you going?" When Meng Su arrived, he first looked at Xiang Qing vigilantly, and then asked Xiang Ye, "The army is marching westward, what are you going to do?" ”
"I have a pact with someone." Xiang Ye shook his head helplessly, and said to Meng Su and Xiang Qing: "I don't want you to go, you go west with the army first, and I will catch up soon." ”
After Meng Su and Xiang Qing heard his words, they shook their heads almost at the same time and said, "We follow you, Puyang is too dangerous, one more person will also have more helpers." ”
Xiang Ye was about to refuse, but the female general standing behind Xiang Qing also stepped forward, bowed to Xiang Qing and said, "General Xiang, the duty of the last general is to ensure that you are well-organized, if you go, I will also follow." ”
Xiang Qing glared at the female general with some dissatisfaction and said, "Wu Xiu, this time I am acting with General Xiang Ye, you don't have to go." ”
Seeing that Xiang Qing didn't allow her to go, she hurriedly knelt down on one knee in front of Xiang Qing and said: "Wu Xiu has been following General Xiang for several months, and since he is under the general's account, he will be loyal to the general, if he is not allowed to go this time, he will only die!" ”
Xiang Ye exhaled a long breath, looked at the three women with helpless faces, and finally tilted his head, and said helplessly: "That's it, that's it, you all go along!" ”
After deciding to leave, Xiang Ye called a pro-soldier and asked him to inform Liu Bang on his behalf, while he himself led Meng Su and the others in the direction of Puyang City.
Back on the hillside where they broke up with Bai Fu, everyone looked around and didn't see Bai Fu. Xiang Ye couldn't help muttering a little in his heart: "Could it be that Bai Fu really reneged on their agreement and returned to the Qin army's camp?" ”
Several people searched around the hillside, but in the end they still didn't find Bai Fu's figure, just when Xiang Ye was about to give up, Wu Xiu, who was looking up and down at a big tree, suddenly shouted: "Come and see, there are a few words here!" ”
Hearing Wu Xiu's shout, everyone hurriedly surrounded him. A piece of skin was stripped of the trunk of the tree, and on the snow-white tree, a line of very strong and powerful handwriting appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Xiang Ye took a closer look, he didn't know several of the words written on it, no wonder he, although he studied history, but he didn't have too deep research on ancient texts, so it was naturally impossible to know too many small seals that were very different from modern simplified characters.