Chapter 39 Rescue
Jingzi Pass is still far from Wu Pass, but Zhulin Pass is different. The most terrible thing is that Zhulin Pass is not far from Shangyi. After attacking Bazhulin Pass, the defeated Qin army was able to run to Tuhe Mountain after following Danshui for more than half a day. Tuhe Mountain is so important that there are naturally camps on the mountain, and thousands of Qin troops stationed. However, the focus of the Qin army's defense at this time is Wu Pass rather than Tuhe Mountain.
Cheng Tong was worried about time. Fifty thousand elite Qin troops occupied Tuheshan, and it would take several days for the Chu army to conquer. Although he didn't know how many days the Chu army would have, if he was delayed in Tuheshan for too long, it would definitely affect Xianyang's attack.
As night fell, stars filled the sky. The Qin army in Wuguan City spent another extremely hot day. Although the night was cool, the depression and heat in Guanling Mansion increased instead of reducing. Zhao Hai continued to send cavalry, but most of these cavalry never returned. Even if they returned, most of them were injured with arrows instead of the information he wanted.
"I will go to investigate him in person at the end of tomorrow, please allow the general to allow him." There was no news ahead for four days, and Hou Zheng was anxious. Since his cavalry general was not good, he had to go into battle himself.
"The Jing people cut off the scouts, and wanted to attack me." Qi Qian said. "Every time our scouts go out of the pass, they will go out of the pass by several cavalry. In my opinion, we should gather hundreds of cavalry out of the pass. Although our army's war horses are not as good as the Jing people, we are numerous and have few enemies. The Jing cavalry can do nothing to me within a few days."
Qi He had a wonderful idea. He could not fight against the Chu cavalry by a single cavalry. If a hundred Qin cavalry gathered together, the Chu cavalry would have no choice. He would not kill them all within a few days. Zhao Hai, who was worried about the scout, praised: "This plan is great. Since this is the case, I will send two hundred cavalry out of the pass tomorrow, one to Fushui Pass and the other to Jingzi Pass. No mistakes should be made."
The scouts were all elite, more rare than the Ruishi. There were only hundreds of cavalry in Wuguan Pass, and two hundred cavalry were sent out at one time. Hou Zheng was unwilling to do so. But now he was deaf, and the cavalry sent out either blocked or was killed, so that was all that was possible.
After the discussion on the cavalry was concluded, after Hou Zheng retreated, Zhao Hai and Qi Hei discussed with the army from the Guowei Mansion. The Guowei did not know how to convince the king that he would lead the lieutenant to lead the lieutenant to leave Wuguan and conquer the Chu army's retreat.
There were as many as 600,000 Qin troops rushing to Nanyang County, plus nearly one million troops in Guanzhong. Zhao Hai couldn't think of any way the Chu army could win, and defeating the Chu army was half a month later. When he thought about the defeat of the million Qin troops, Pan Xuan, the artillery company commander outside Zhulin Pass, shouted: "Let's go--!"
With a "boom", the cannon chamber made of giant iron spit out several feet long. In the light of the flames, it was vaguely seen that the bamboo forests on both sides of the river valley were full of Chu soldiers wearing giant armor.
"Jing-man!" Qin army on the wall shouted quickly. With this shout, the police drum immediately rang. Unfortunately, there were some strange shouts mixed in the rapid drum sound. These shouts appeared on the west side of the wall rather than the east side where the Chu army was.
Jingzi Pass is related to the city, but Zhulin Pass only has walls. This is actually a three-cha intersection and a three-cha river estuary. To the east is Danshui, the north is Danshui flowing through Shangyi, and goes south to Zhulin Pass. There is also a Fengshui (now Yinhua River) to the west of Zhulin Pass. Fengshui and Danshui meet here, and the road to Fengyi also meets the road to Shangyi.
This three-fork intersection was not easy to defend, but fortunately, a hill about a thousand meters wide on the east side of the fork blocked the Danshui River Valley. Danshui could only flow through the valley in the north. There were valleys in the north and south, wide in the north and narrow in the south, and high in the north. The wall of the gate was built on the north and south sides of the hill, while Zhulin Guanzhai was built on the west side of the hill.
Ten thousand Qin troops were stationed here, and the narrow Guanzhai could not accommodate so many Qin troops. The military tent could only be placed on the Danshui and Fengshui coast. The drums sounded, and the whole army was shocked, but the initial threat did not come from the east, but from all directions.
"Gao Wen!Gao Wen..." After the strange howling, millions of people shouted more and more neatly. Qin Zun couldn't help but turn to the dense bamboo forest around. They could only hear the sound of bamboo leaves and the swaying bamboo branches. No one knew what was lurking in the bamboo forest.
"Boom--!" The artillery of the Chu army in the east hit the closed door. The closed door, which had been held tightly by the craft wood, was hit with a big hole. The Qin army, who were alert to the surrounding bamboo forest, had to look east, and the soldiers on the closed wall also shouted that the closing door was broken.
"?!" The bamboo forest suddenly burst out with a cry after a quiet moment. The Thai warriors wearing only one piece of breastplate rushed from the bamboo forest. After running for more than ten steps, they threw the javelins in their hands. Before these javelins fell, they jumped and rushed into the Qin army camp outside the village wall with their swords.
The Qin soldiers were first washed away by the javelin rain. The javelin was sharp, and some even penetrated the curtain and fell into the military tent, hitting the Qin soldiers hiding in the tent. There were only two rounds of javelin rain, and the soldiers' screams were not yet extinguished. The Thai warriors jumping into the tent. They kept shouting and kept lowering so that others could reflect on the sky to identify our enemies.
Night battles are most likely to cause chaos. Qin soldiers who only eat corn and vegetable soup rarely eat meat. Not to mention fighting at night, it is extremely difficult to see some people. The Thai warriors holding short swords are like werewolf sheep. The sharp swords in their hands accurately avoid friendly forces and only kill Qin people.
The closing gate was broken and the military camp was attacked. The Qin army commander on the wall of Zhulin Pass was about to order the closing gate to be strictly guarded. When the battle was dawn, someone threw a fire. He, including the soldiers beside him, looked up at the fire. At this time, a figure suddenly flashed on the female wall ahead. The figure rushed to the fire. The iron javelin immediately pierced the leather armor and pierced the commander's chest. The fire fell into the village and quickly ignited the flames.
The commander grabbed the javelin and screamed loudly. More black shadows climbed up the female wall. They rushed towards the commander and the short soldiers beside the commander. After a series of life-threatening culprits, the short soldiers were either defeated or destroyed. The commander had not yet died, but his head was cut off. A Thai warrior grabbed the bun on it, raised his head, which was still dripping blood, and swung his sword and raised his feet and danced.
"Attack! Attack!" The Qin army was in chaos because the attack of the Thai warriors in the pass was already in chaos. Ruoao, outside the pass, stopped the artillery attack alone and ordered the division to rush into the pass with the division. The sword and shield hands, who had already lined up to wait, rushed in quickly when they heard the military order. The pass was in chaos, and the guards behind the door were trying to repair the door. When they saw the Chu army coming and retreating in panic, they soon burned in the fire.
"Report——!Report——” The rushing sound of hooves sounded on the official road west of Wuguan. It was still late at night, and the horse knights must keep neighing and shouting "Report————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
The whole army was shocked by the cavalry. The Lingqi who ran to Wuguan had just shouted out the news of "The Fire of Zhulin Pass". It seemed that half of the soldiers in Wuguan had woken up. Zhao Hai, who was in the Guan Ling Mansion, was wearing a deep clothing. He looked at the Lingqi and asked, "Is there a fire in Zhulin Pass?"
"Report to the general, it's true!" The commander to ride a single-board crown is a hairpin.
"Duwei Bake sent someone to check?" The commander stationed in Shangyi was called Ba. Although Zhao Hai did not doubt the authenticity of the fire in Zhulin Pass, he really couldn't believe it if the Chu army bypassed Danyang and Jingzi Pass. It was only a few days before.
"Reported to the general, the Duwei saw a fire in Zhulin Pass, he sent someone to check it out. He ordered the villain to report it urgently, asking the general to send troops to support Shangyi quickly." The cavalry took out the bamboo slips from his arms. This was the Duweiba's letter asking for help.
"There is a fire in Zhulin Pass, will the Jing people arrive?" Order Qi retreated, Zhao Hai looked at the general next to him, and also looked at Qi Hei.
"The summer is hot, but I have never heard of a fire in summer. The fire in Zhulin Pass must be caused by the Jing people." Qi Qiandao. "I also ask the general to send an army to Shangyi to quickly get equipment. If so..."
"General Qi's words are correct." Zhao Zhi, the guard guard, also said. "If the Jing people have pulled out Jingzi Pass and overcome Zhulin Pass, our army will be in danger."
"The order was sent to Zihuang, and Zihuang led a army of 20,000 to support Shangyi." Zhao Hai trusted the most in Qihuang. The key pass of Shangyi was really necessary. If there was Jingzi Pass, Zhulin Pass was lost. Thirty thousand people could block Shangyi and block the Chu army for several days.
After the military order was issued, the army of 20,000 lieutenants went out overnight to Shangyi, 80 miles away. At this time, the fire at Zhulin Pass had gradually extinguished. The summer sky was bright and early. In the clear morning light of Zhulin Pass, the bodies of Qin soldiers were everywhere inside and outside the village, Fengshui and Danshui.
"I have seen the general..., I have seen the general...," Ruoao walked alone on the messy battlefield, and the soldiers along the way saluted him one after another. He did not return the salute, but walked towards the pass to the west of the hill, and the battle here was not over.
"What?" He looked at Zhu, who was leading the army. Last night, he led his people to attack Qin camp at night.
"The Qin people are in charge of the encirclement, so please ask the general to borrow Thunder God for use." Zhu pointed to a large encirclement in the village, which should be a granary.
"Our army still needs to attack Shangyi, and there is no time to be here." Ruo Ao held Zhu's arm like a brother. He never thought that the Thai people could climb up to a two-foot-foot village wall. He would not mind being brothers with them if he could fight.
"What should we do? They kill my Tai people." The Thai people will avenge their grudges. The reason why the Thai people surround them is to kill the Qin people inside to avenge them.
"The army ordered me to attack Shangyi quickly. There must be a lot of heads for those Qin people." Ruoao walked alone and patted his chest to assure him. "The fire last night was seen dozens of miles away, and it would not be too late to Shangyi."
No one knew how the fire was burned. It was impossible to put out the fire together. The Chu soldiers who had traveled for two hundred miles and fought for a night were already very tired, but Ruo Ao Xing firmly demanded that they could not rest and had to rush to Shangyi in one go.
"Report to General, if you run, it will be difficult for me to accompany you." The order to quickly move to Shangyi has been conveyed to the entire army. After Pan Xuan found Ruoao and walked alone, he said this.
"Why is it difficult to follow?" Ruo Ao asked alone: "Carry can be driven by a military chariot, can the cannon chariot be driven by?"
"The military chariot is a military chariot, and the gun chariot is a gun chariot. How can we confuse it?" Pan Xuan retorted.
Chapter completed!