Chapter 102: The Embattled Army
It's late at night.
In the dark, the guards guarding the door slept in a huff.
Suddenly, thousands of men and horses appeared in front, and in the darkness, I saw that they were all dressed as black and oppressive Qin soldiers, looking like their own people, and the guards on duty still made the archers at the head of the city ready, and then leaned out with their hands and asked: "Zhanzhu, who are you? Where did you come from? Have you ever brought the official document of the Qin army?"
Under the city, the first general snorted, raised a scroll of silk books in his hand and shouted: "I am Chen Qi, the striker of Lord Li You of Sanchuan County, and I am ordered by Lord Li You to help Lord Yongqiu Taishou Du, and the official document of Taiwei Chen is here, so don't come down and check it quickly!"
"Are you from Sanchuan County?" said the guard in surprise, as if he had heard Lord Taishou Du mention it, but it was better to be careful, "General, let me report to Lord Taishou first before checking." ”
"The official document is here, just check it, why do you need to ask for instructions?" Chen Qi said impatiently.
"The stakes are very high, the last general does not dare to make decisions on his own, and the general is waiting for a while. "The guard will urgently order someone to ask Taishou Du Jiang.
After a while, Du Jiang and Sima Xin led several personal guards to rush to the city wall in person, Sima Xin looked at the city, and saw that it was really Chen Qi, and he was both shocked and puzzled: "General Chen, I heard that you have already surrendered the Chu army, why did you lead the Qin army to Yongqiu again?"
"Lord Sima, don't believe those rumors, after Chengyang was broken that day, I fled to Lord Li in Sanchuan County, and my lord asked me to lead my troops and horses to Yongqiu to help defend the city, make up for my mistakes, and wash away my shame. ”
Sima Xin was still a little skeptical, and then said: General Chen, you should shoot the official document into the city. ”
"Lord Sima doesn't believe in the general so much, then the general will lead the troops back to Sanchuan County, if there is a mistake in Yongqiu, you can explain it to General Li yourself!" As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Qi really turned his horse's head, and it seemed that he was really planning to lead his troops back to Sanchuan County.
Sima Xin's face suddenly changed when he heard this, if the Chu army came to attack, the soldiers in the city alone might not be able to defend it, in case Yongqiu was really broken by the Chu army, the barrier on the periphery of Xianyang would be lost, and he could not afford this responsibility. Moreover, Chen Qi is another fierce general, and at that moment Sima Xin hurriedly said: "Hey, General Chen is slow!"
He turned to Du Jiang and said, "My lord, let's send someone down!"
Outside the city, Chen Qi turned around with some reluctance, and said angrily: "Then hurry up!"
"Okay, General Chen, wait a minute, and then send someone down. Du Jiang said with a smile on his face, and hurriedly asked people to hang the pawn with a hanging basket, although the pawn was scared, after getting off the city tower, he could only swim across the moat with courage, and took the silk book from Chen Qi's hand to read, and it was indeed the official document of Qin Jun Li You.
At that moment, the pawn turned around and shouted: "My lord, it is General Li You's official document that is true!"
Du Jiang and Sima Xin were relieved and shouted: "Quick, quick, put down the drawbridge and open the city gate!"
In less than a moment, the hanging suspension bridge fell, and the heavy city gate slowly opened, Chen Qi led thousands of soldiers into the city slowly, and when he passed through the city gate, the corners of Chen Qi's mouth suddenly bloomed with an undisguised smile, Sima Xin just came down from the city, and just saw the cruel smile on Chen Qi's face, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The next moment, Chen Qi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, General Zhuang's clever plan, it's really amazing!"
After that, Chen Qi said with emotion: "Thinking that this Yongqiu is a barrier that cannot be opened, when the five countries combined to attack the city that could not enter the gate for several months, I never thought that it would be so easy to take it today!"
Sima Xin and Du Jiang both woke up and knew that they had been fooled, Sima Xin was shocked and angry: "You, you really surrendered the Chu army, you are a thief, the court has appointed you as a general, you don't want to repay your kindness, and now you are rebelling and helping to abuse, you are really inferior to beasts, what kind of face do you have to live between heaven and earth?"
Chen Qi was scolded so red-faced, and also scolded: "Sima Pifu, how can you, a general of a defeated army who is fleeing everywhere, dare to make such a big statement, and accept my sword today to avoid the suffering of the sergeant." ”
After saying that, a sword stabbed at Sima Xin, and Sima Xin hurriedly knew that Chen Qi was powerful, and hurriedly retreated.
Although the guard general Du Jiang was surprised, he did not lose an inch, immediately drew out his sword, and at the same time shouted sharply: Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly, soldiers, as long as you kill the rebels who have entered the city, you will be promoted to a knight and rewarded with ten thousand dollars!"
As soon as Du Jiang's words fell, the soldiers of the Qin army had already shown their fierce light, and rushed to the city gate with a roar, and at the head of the city, more Qin troops swarmed down, and even a few elderly soldiers also rushed into the Yongdao with a halberd, I really don't know how to write the word death.
Inside the corridor of the city gate, Chen Qi quietly retreated. Outside the city gate, thousands of siege soldiers have already braved the rain of arrows to swarm in, followed by two thousand fallen soldiers have also been killed like a tide, and the city gate is suddenly plunged into a chaotic battle.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Three bright lights burst through the sky, breaking the dark sky.
In an instant, countless bright spots rose into the sky.
However, those bright spots did not go to the sky, but flew towards the Qin army on the city wall.
It was fire, rockets! Ten thousand arrows were fired in the north wind, and the flames of the arrows increased with the wind. Xiang Zhuang was commanding the archers of the Chu army to launch a fierce attack on the Qin army in waves, and clusters of flames shot into the walls of the Qin army accurately and ruthlessly. Suddenly, many people in the Qin army were hit by rockets, and they became even more alarmed.
Du Jiang rushed to the city wall with his sword and shouted, "Don't panic, listen to my command!" Before he could finish speaking, a flying arrow hit him in the chest. The sword in Du Jiang's hand landed "equivalently", his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe everything in front of him. The guards rushed over, picked up Du Jiang, who was hit by the arrow, hugged the carriage of the Qin army, put him on the carriage, and the guards drove the war horse, slashed all the way, and fled to the east gate!
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The sound of sudden killing in the southeast, northwest, and northwest shook the sky, and on all sides was the Chu Army Mountain that fell from the sky and rushed out like a tsunami, and countless fires reflected the whole night as if it were day.
In a moment's effort, a wave of Chu troops had already swept through the city gates in the southeast and northwest like a tide and killed Yongqiu City, and the soldiers of the Qin army were frightened and retreated, unable to stop the incomparably fierce offensive of the Chu army.
At this moment, Sima Xin couldn't believe his eyes, his heart was cold, Chu Jun was so brave, so unstoppable.
gritted his teeth, after all, he was unwilling to kill himself, and immediately shouted: "Go, withdraw the army, retreat in the direction of Chenghui, and find General Zhang to meet!"
Sima Xin rushed to the north gate with the remnants of the elite soldiers of the Qin army, and met Xiang Yu with his men and horses.
Xiang Yu saw Sima Xin fleeing at a glance, although he was a little embarrassed at this time, he still had a stunning demeanor in his demeanor, who could it be if it wasn't Sima Xin?
The enemies were very red when they saw each other, and Xiang Yu's face suddenly became murderous!