Volume 1 The World Moves Chapter 71 The Hero's Life is Short
After dawn, the army continued to march towards the country of Heishui, and after walking forty or fifty miles, King Yiqu said to King Wu of Qin and others:
"The front is Heishagang, after Heishagang, Heishui Country is not far away!"
As soon as the words fell, Lou Slow came galloping with two men on horseback, and saw King Qin Wu and said:
"Report to the king, there is an enemy ahead!"
It turned out that Lou was afraid that he would be ambushed by the enemy again, so he took a few people to explore the road in front and saw the enemy situation in Heishagang in front.
"What's the situation?" asked King Qin Wu.
"The two kings will go and see for themselves!" Lou said to Gan Mao after speaking:
"General Gan, please come along!"
Several people followed Lou Slow and galloped forward, and after a while they arrived in front of Heishagang, Lou Slow took the lead and dismounted, and everyone climbed a small hill together.
"Look!" Lou slowly pointed ahead.
Everyone saw a strange sight in front of them, countless small hills stood like tombs on a vast plain in front of them, the small hills were not large, and they looked as if they had been built by man. The small hills are made of black sand, and they are neatly distributed, and on each small hill stands a man with a bow and arrow, and a spear in his hand, so that it is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a ghost.
"Be careful, the king, these people's bows and arrows may be poisonous!" said Gan Mao.
"If it's a poisoned arrow, and it's guarded by ghost soldiers, it's going to be troublesome!" Lou said slowly.
"It doesn't matter if he is a human or a ghost, a widow is not afraid!" said King Qin Wu.
"Look there!" said King Yiqu suddenly, pointing in one direction.
The people looked in the direction of his finger and saw a man standing on a horse with a spear in his hand, black with men and horses, surrounded by four legions of troops in the middle.
"Gongsun Crane!" he is Gongsun Crane!" Gan Mao suddenly shouted.
Everyone was astonished, and when they looked closely, there was a large open space in the middle of the dune pile, and the man stood in the middle on a horse, and there was a phalanx on the front and back, and there were about fifty or sixty people in each phalanx.
"This is a Roman phalanx, each phalanx has sixty-four people, relying on the front and back, echoing left and right, and the combat effectiveness is very strong!" Lou said slowly.
"The Roman phalanx, so it's called the Roman phalanx!"
"Rome is a powerful empire far away in the West, and this phalanx was invented by them!" Lou said slowly.
"It's not special, I've seen it in the Western Regions in the past, and there are many more people than the four phalanxes now!" Gan Mao said.
"This is the smallest phalanx, it can be combined into one at any time, from small to large, and the general battle consists of four thousand and ninety-six people forming a large phalanx, which is extremely effective in the infantry!" Lou said slowly.
"They chose this layout because they were afraid of our chariots, there are mounds of dirt everywhere, and the enemy is standing on a high place, so the power of the chariots will not be exerted!" Gan Mao said.
"It's useless to talk too much, let's go!" King Qin Wu saw Gongsun He appear, his fighting spirit increased greatly, and he was ready to return to the camp to fight.
King Wu of Qin and King Yiqu each returned to their positions, led the army to approach Heishagang, and after a while, they set up a position in front of Heishagang.
King Wu of Qin ordered Wu Shu to lead 3,000 cavalry to take the lead first, and Ren Wei and Meng Shuo each led 5,000 troops and horses to wait for dispatch. After receiving the order, Wu immediately led his troops to rush into the Black Sand Gang, and the Qin cavalry swam among the sand dunes and exchanged bows and arrows with the enemy on the sand dunes.
The Qin soldiers and the enemy both shot each other, but the other party was a ghost soldier who could not be killed, and the Qin soldiers who went in for a while suffered a lot of losses. Gan Mao found that the other party was not shooting poisonous arrows, so he suggested that King Wu of Qin immediately increase the offensive force, and King Wu of Qin ordered Ren Wei and Meng Shuo to follow up and attack.
The ghost soldiers were in a high place, and they had bows and arrows in their hands, so they could take care of each other, and their combat effectiveness was one block ten, and the Qin army suffered heavy losses for a while. Fortunately, the enemy was not many in number, and the sand dunes were not high, so several Qin soldiers climbed up around the small sand dunes, pulled the ghost soldiers down from the sand dunes, and slashed several of them in a while.
Seeing that the battle ahead was fierce, King Qin Wu couldn't bear it anymore, and with an order, he personally led 10,000 horses to join the battle. At this time, it was the time when the two armies were fighting, and Gan Mao was not easy to stop, so he had to follow closely and follow King Qin Wu to kill him.
Seeing this, Lou Xuan also led his troops to kill him, and King Yiqu knew that the ghost soldiers were not easy to deal with, so he stood still. Gongsun He's people stood on hundreds of sand dunes, and from a distance, they were densely packed with people, but there weren't many of them. The Qin army was very powerful, and it didn't take long for them to kill in front of the formation set by Gongsun He.
King Wu of Qin was followed by the Wolf Eagle Sharp Soldiers, and at this time, there were several fierce generals such as Wu Yu and Ren Xu, who fought all the way up, and immediately ordered an attack on the Gongsun Crane phalanx.
At this time, although the Qin army did not have the assistance of the Mo family's chariot, after all, the numerical advantage was huge, and there was the main attack of the wolf eagle warriors, and the ghost soldiers were quickly cut down a lot, and gradually lost their formation, and the two sides fought together. Seeing this, King Wu of Qin immediately moved closer to Gongsun He, and attacked him with Wu Yu and others.
Gongsun He gradually couldn't support it, and fought and retreated, intending to escape. Seeing his intentions, King Qin Wu turned behind Gongsun He and stabbed his sword into his lower back. Gongsun He screamed miserably, and Wu Yu slashed over with an axe, splitting him in half in an instant, blood splattering everywhere, and the scene was unbearable.
Suddenly, several whistles were heard in the distance, and the enemy soldiers, hearing the signal, descended the small hill one by one and hastily evacuated their positions. King Wu of Qin saw that the main culprit Gongsun He had been killed, and that there were not many enemies who had fled, so he ordered the pursuit to be abandoned. Gan Mao came over and looked at Gongsun He's body, and saw that he was split in half, and he didn't know if this person was Gongsun He himself, but he felt that it seemed too easy. Qin Jun didn't know Gongsun Crane in the first place, and Gan Mao had only seen Gongsun Crane with a messy face from a distance, and he had never seen his true face at all. Gongsun He was personally killed by King Wu of Qin in front of everyone, and if Gan Mao doubted the identity of Gongsun Crane at this time, he would have doubted the merits of King Wu of Qin, so it was inconvenient to say more.
The Qin army withdrew from Heishagang, reorganized its ranks, and continued to march towards the country of Heishui. The army arrived outside the city of Heishui Kingdom, and the king of Heishui Kingdom had already knelt outside the city and surrendered to the Qin army.
King Qin Wu was happy and disappointed in his heart, happy that he won without a fight, and disappointed that he had not yet enjoyed the fight, and the enemy surrendered.
When King Yiqu saw that the king of Heishui Kingdom had surrendered, he remembered that there was a ghost soldier underground palace in the city of Heishui Kingdom, so he stepped forward and said to King Qin Wu:
"King Qin! There is an underground palace built by the people of the Ghost Fang Kingdom in the city, it must be destroyed!"
"Lead the way!" King Qin said to the King of the Black Water Kingdom.
The king of the Black Water Kingdom trembled all the way into the city with the two kings, and arrived at the former stronghold of the people of the Ghost Fang Kingdom in the city. King Qin Wu was about to follow the soldiers down to the underground palace, but Gan Mao stopped him and said:
"The king can't go, be careful of deception!"
Gan Mao remembered that in the past, more than 7,000 people in Lizi were all locked up in the underground palace, and he was afraid that King Qin Wu would fall for the enemy's tricks again, so he stopped him and didn't let him go.
"You go down and have a look!" King Qin Wu then said to Lou Yan and the others.
The building slowly arrived at the entrance of the underground palace, and saw that the gate of the underground palace was closed and could not be opened, and it was impossible to figure out whether it was a person or a ghost inside, so he immediately ordered people to start digging the door with iron tools.
While digging the door, the Qin soldiers waited for the battle, and after a while, they finally chiseled the stone door open. Everyone smashed the stone door and did not dare to enter rashly, so Lou slowly ordered the soldiers to light torches and slowly advance inside. The dungeon said that it was not big, and it was not small, and after a while the soldiers came out to report that there was nothing inside. Lou Xuan personally went in to take a look, and then came out to inspect outside, and decided to release water to flood the underground palace to prevent future troubles.
The soldiers then chiseled the embankment of the Blackwater River and brought the water to the underground palace. King Qin Wu and King Yiqu went to the palace of the king of Heishui Kingdom and asked some things about Gongsun He, and the king of Heishui Kingdom answered them one by one.
King Wu of Qin discussed with King Yiqu, Gan Mao and others, and decided to still let the original king rule the Heishui Kingdom, but asked his son to go to the Qin State as a hostage and pay tribute to Great Qin every year.
On the second day, King Wu of Qin and King Yiqu returned home with their respective divisions and returned triumphantly.
After learning that King Qin Wu had killed Gongsun He, and after learning about the battle situation at that time, they all felt that King Qin Wu had killed the real Gongsun He. Because there was no evidence, and the relationship with King Qin Wu was not good, it was not easy to bring it up rashly, so he had to keep it in his heart for the time being.
The next day, Lizi went to see Prince Loulan and told him that King Qin had personally killed Gongsun He, and Prince Loulan shook his head and said:
"He must not have killed the real Gongsun Crane, Gongsun Crane will not die!"
"Maybe!" sighed Saoriko.
Lizi then resigned from Prince Loulan, thinking about it while walking, feeling that the matter was very complicated, and he didn't know what the problem was for a while, so he decided to find evidence and then explain it to King Qin.
King Wu of Qin was originally self-assured of his own force, and this time he personally killed Gongsun He, and returned victorious, even more proud and pretentious, so he prepared to prepare for the eastern attack on Yiyang.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Wei, King Wu of Qin appointed Gan Mao as the left prime minister, and established the court side by side with Lizi. Lizi was unhappy in her heart, and after learning that this matter was Mrs. Wei's idea, she was very dissatisfied with her. Gan Mao was originally the person recommended by Lizi to the previous king, and he has always been the only one who looks forward to Lizi, and Mrs. Wei's move wants to weaken his power, and secondly, she also has the intention of driving a wedge between him and Gan Mao, how can Lizi not understand.
Three months later, King Wu of Qin personally led an army of 200,000 to the east of Guguan and pounced on Yiyang with lightning speed. South Korea couldn't resist it, and Yiyang lost all the land. In order to ensure the safety of Xinzheng, King Han sent people to Zhao and Song for help.
King Wu of Qin saw that the king of Han had admitted defeat, and the two kingdoms of Zhao and Song sent troops to help Korea, so he made Lizi and Gong Zhongxuan conclude a peace treaty with Korea in Luoyi of the Zhou Dynasty. At this time, Wu Huo, Ren Contempt and others were quite reused by King Qin Wu, and he was preached by King Qin Wu all day long that he was the number one male lord in the world. King Wu of Qin heard that the Zhou Dynasty had nine dragon-patterned gods, which were symbols of power in the world, so he also came to Luoyi with a group of martial artists.
At this time, the Zhou Dynasty existed in name only, and when King Zhou heard that King Wu of Qin was coming to Luoyi, he did not dare to stop him, so he had to line up to greet him and invite him into the city.
King Wu of Qin took all the martial artists to the altar of Shending next to the Taimiao of the Zhou Dynasty, and was full of praise after seeing Jiuding, and only looked at them one by one. King Wu of Qin saw a "Yong" character dragon pattern red tripod and said to everyone:
"This is Yongzhou Qin Ding, I want to bring it back to Qin!"
When the officials of the Zhou royal family heard this, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound, and King Qin Wu saw that they were all scared to death, so he laughed for a while, and asked a Zhou official beside him:
"Has anyone ever lifted this tripod?"
"Since there is a tripod, it has not moved, people say that each tripod has a thousand pounds, how can it be moved?" Zhou Yi kowtowed and replied.
"What about the two of you?" asked King Qin Wu to Wu Shu and Ren Cong.
"If you can try a few hundred pounds, this tripod has a thousand pounds, and it is difficult to lift it!" Wu Yu said.
"It's difficult!" Ren Yan also shook his head.
"Let me try! If you can't lift it, the king will be blamed!" Meng said.
"Meng Qing is powerful, you can give it a try!" Qin Wu said.
Meng Shuo rolled up his sleeves, tied his belt tightly, wrapped his arms around Da Ding, and shouted: "Get up!"
Da Ding was half a foot off the ground, and then fell down again, and everyone looked at Meng Shuo again, only to see blood slowly flowing from the corners of his eyes, which was obviously the result of too much force and was unbearable.
"Hahahaha┄┄" King Qin Wu smiled:
"You're no more than that!
"Don't try lightly, the king!" Seeing this, Lizi immediately stepped forward to stop her.
"Hmm, you look down on the widow, do you think the widow can't lift it?" asked King Qin Wu angrily.
"Weichen doesn't dare!The king is the body of ten thousand times, how can he fight with others!" said Lizi.
King Qin Wu was not happy when he heard this, and said with his hands on his hips:
"Are you jealous of the large number of widows, or do you not want to be famous?"
When Lizi heard him ask, she didn't dare to say anything more, so she had to stand aside and keep silent.
King Wu of Qin then took off his brocade robe, tied it around his waist, pulled his sleeves up to his upper arms, picked up the dragon tripod with both arms, and shouted, and the big ding rose from the ground. King Qin Wu walked a few steps with the dragon pattern red ding, and at this moment, suddenly a white light flashed, and King Qin Wu said "ah", Da Ding took off his hand and fell to the ground.
When Da Ding fell to the ground, he hit King Qin Wu's right foot, and King Qin Wu screamed again, sitting on the ground and unable to get up, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Lizi hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, and saw that he was bleeding from his seven orifices, and he was already dying, and he was shocked.
Lizi immediately ordered the king of Qin to be carried to the house, and at the same time asked people to invite the imperial physician of the Zhou royal family. When the imperial doctor came, he shook his head again and again, and in desperation, he only prepared some medicine indiscriminately, which made people fry and pour it into the mouth of King Qin.
King Wu of Qin was in pain, and after a short time, he had no breath at all, and he was dying! Lizi cried loudly, and King Zhou Yun was also shocked when he saw it, and wept bitterly.
King Zhou Yu prepared a coffin for Yingdang, and when he was buried and cleaned, Lizi suddenly seemed to remember something, so he followed the corpse officer to take a closer look at his nephew Yingdang's body, and only found a red dot on his back, and nothing else was unusual.
The Qin people lost their fathers in clothes, and they returned with a mighty coffin. King Wu of Qin died in Luoyi, which was located in the heart of the Central Plains, and the news soon spread all over the world.