Chapter 343(1/2)
As soon as the sky was bright, the Qin army had already begun to set off one after another.
Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang, had already gotten up early and went to find Bai Qi.
He wants to grasp the current situation as much as possible.
According to Bai Qi's report, at least more than 200,000 Xianyang people followed the Qin King's army and fled all the way!
This is undoubtedly a very amazing number, and it is also a sign of the confidence of the Xianyang military and civilians in the Qin State, but Wei Ran is very clear about the cost of this confidence.
As for the King of Qin, he was able to leave smoothly with his 70,000 troops, but apart from this army, the remaining people who did not have time to catch up or were not qualified to enter this army to obtain protection were quite miserable.
Countless criminal incidents that were strictly prohibited since the founding of the Qin Dynasty were happening continuously in many corners of this road of escape. The legalist system established by the Qin Dynasty since Shangjun seemed to have become a joke. No one would consider any laws, killing and plundering can be seen everywhere. Even outside the temporary camp of the Qin army, hundreds of corpses appeared after a night passed!
It was not only civilians who died. One of the 100 generals of the Qin army unexpectedly recognized the body of his family, and his father was a documentary at the Xiangbang official residence in Xianyang City.
When Wei Ran, who was nearby, came to hear the news, he still had some impression of the fact that more than a dozen people from the family of clerks who worked diligently on weekdays died, as well as the extremely angry scars on the women, Rang Hou couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a moment.
Of course, he knew very well that the people of Zhao had not caught up with him, so the only ones who could do such inhumane things to these people of the Qin Dynasty!
Is this the Qin Dynasty that this marquis has served for most of his life?
But what made Wei Ran even more helpless was that he could not even do anything for this tragic death in the family.
Because the army was about to set off immediately, because the people of Zhao could catch up from behind at any time!
Wei Ran almost escaped from this place.
Soon, Wei Ran met the King of Qin.
King Qin sat on the carriage, his eyes covered with blood. Although he still looked like the most majestic king, Wei Ran could feel that his king must have not slept well that night in the past.
"Have you found the Queen Mother and the King of Jingyang?" King Qin asked Wei Ran.
Wei Ran's face froze, then shook his head gently and said, "King, there are too many people who have fled, and there is no time to find it."
For some reason, a few angry moments suddenly arose in Wei Ran's heart.
When is it all, I still think of these two idiots! How many people of Daqin come with you, struggling on the brink of life and death and despair because of your wrong decisions, but you are here to ask your father and brother!
But then, Wei Ran fell into speechlessness again.
Qin State became like this, and these people became like this. If the Qin King had the greatest responsibility, then Marquis of Rang, Wei Ran, as the prime minister of Qin, was obviously the second person responsible for the undisputed responsibility.
Fifty steps and one hundred steps.
Wei Ran's body shook violently, and huge negative emotions surged out of his mind, almost defeating the evergreen tree who had been in the Qin political arena for decades.
"Marquis Rang, are you okay?" King Qin keenly noticed something was wrong with Wei Ran.
Wei Ran smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you for your concern. I am not seriously injured. I just had some rest yesterday."
The King of Qin looked at Wei Ran quietly and said, "Now the Great Qin is in a turbulent situation. As the pillar of the Great Qin, Marquis Rang must not fall down at this time!"
The King of Qin did not care from the bottom of his heart, but this sentence was the truth from the bottom of his heart.
Just as Wei Ran alone could not subdue the local Qin faction and support the overall situation after the fall of King Qin, once Wei Ran fell, the four noble Chu faction led by him would be very likely to happen.
Wei Ran bowed to the King of Qin very seriously and said, "Please rest assured, if I cannot see the Qin Dynasty recover Xianyang, I will never close my eyes even if I die."
At this moment, an extremely rare atmosphere of working together appeared between these two uncles and nephews who had been intriguing for many years.
Hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers and civilians walked through the fields and hills along the southern roads of Xianyang, heading towards the tall Qinling Mountains in the south.
Everything seemed to be very smooth. Although the people were still falling behind and falling, these were things that were not upset for the King of Qin and the 70,000 Qin troops who fled on the front line.
On the contrary, Lian Po, who was chasing from behind, couldn't help it.
"Damn it, these guys took the people away and then ignored them?"
Even though he cursed, Lian Po was not in any mood to help the Qin people clean up this mess at this time. In fact, after a night of marching, Lian Po was also very tired.
Finally, at the end of Lian Po's sight, the black flag of the Qin army appeared and disappeared.
Lian Po was overjoyed: "I finally caught up with you!"
Around Lian Po, the four thousand Longxiang soldiers were also excited.
Before setting off, all the soldiers of the Longxiong Army knew who they were chasing.
That's the King of Qin!
As long as you can capture the King of Qin, how much credit should it be?
Before Lian Po could think about it carefully, he immediately took out a longbow from his waist.
The arrows cut through the sky and shocked countless birds in the forest.
"Two and three sons, come with me!"
Without any dressing, Lian Po led 4,000 Longxiang soldiers and burst into the unexpected Qin army backyard under the screams of countless Qin people on the road.
The sword was waving, easily reaping one life after another. The Qin army in front of him was almost defeated by the Longxiang Army led by Lian Po.
Even a month ago, this was unimaginable, but the successive failures over the past month, coupled with the fact that even the king and the queen mother were about to flee south, has ruthlessly destroyed the morale of many Qin soldiers, turning them from a group of brave and warlike wolves into a terrified and cowardly sheep!
Lian Po was so angry that he was killed that he couldn't help but laugh: "Is Qin Wuren?"
It was at this moment that Lian Po suddenly felt a warning, and the light in his eyes seemed to notice something. Before he could think about it, he suddenly lowered his head and lay on the horse's back.
With a "swoosh", an arrow flew over Lian Po's head.
Lian Po secretly felt lucky in his heart, and raised his head and was about to see which guy was playing such a despicable and shameless sneak attack trick, but when he really raised his head, he was still stunned.
Not far ahead of him, countless black flags were flying, and many Qin soldiers formed a square formation, with spears like forests and countless swords, and many Qin generals gathered, and countless eyes fell on Lian Po, full of murderous intent.
But none of these are the most important.
Just among the countless Qin people, a man full of majesty sat there in an extremely tall carriage, staring at Lian Po from a high place.
Next to the man were two old acquaintances of Lian Po, one was Bai Qi and the other was Meng Ao. Both of them were serious and tightly guarding the man.
Of course, Lian Po recognized this man.
It is the current Qin King Ying Ji!
It turned out that Lian Po was so angry that he killed the entire Qin rear army and directly killed the central army where the Qin king was!
Before she could think about it, Lian Po subconsciously raised the blood-stained saber in his hand and waved it hard.
"King of Qin, I am on the order of my king and invite you to Handan and your entourage!"
Lian Po almost used up the last breath in his throat and shouted out this sentence at the top of his lungs.
The next moment, he saw the Qin King on the opposite side nodding to him, and then-
Lian Po squeezed the horse's belly hard and shouted: "Run!"
After the words came, Lian Po's horse suddenly rushed up under his crotch and instantly left the place.
After a few breaths, hundreds of arrows fell from the air, instantly turning the place where Lian Po was just now into a jungle composed of arrows. Countless arrows penetrated into the ground, and their tail feathers kept shaking.
“Retreat, retreat!”
A quarter of an hour later, the Zhao cavalry, led by Lian Po, left the battlefield.
"No need to continue chasing." The King of Qin looked at Lian Po's figure who was leaving and said lightly: "Go south as soon as possible."
In the distance, Lian Po spat out in discomfort.
"It seems that these Qin people have not been completely beaten by the king."
Lian Po thought that the best situation here would be to rush up directly and capture the king first. After taking down the King of Qin, all the troops of Qin collapsed. Then he was the great hero of Zhao who captured the King of Qin among the troops.
Although I feel a little sorry for Zhao She's good brother, there is nothing I can do about it.
However, it turns out that Lian Po still thought too much.
Although the Qin people withdrew from Xianyang and the miserable situation of the people at the bottom of Qin along the way is vivid in my mind, the lives of the lower and upper classes, the ruled and the rulers have never been the same, even on the run.
The morale of the Qin army was indeed insufficient, so they were so unprepared and were easily killed by Lian Po.
But the problem is that the King of Qin still has a core force that can be relied on and can fight. As long as Lian Po cannot eliminate this core force, then Lian Po will not be able to achieve his goal.
With the 4,000 cavalrymen in Lian Po's hands, it is actually very difficult to do this.
Someone suggested: "General, we can change into steel armor first to attack him!"
Lian Po shook his head and said, "It's been a night since I've been on the road. At this time, I'm afraid that before I can rush into the Qin people's positions, the people and horses will be exhausted. I'll send the order and rest on the spot for an hour before I talk about it!"
Lian Po also figured it out. Anyway, the King of Qin was right in front of him, and there were at least twenty miles away from the entrance of Ziwu Road. With the normal marching speed of the infantry, it would take one day, so it would be fine to let them walk a few miles first.
After arranging the warning matters, Lian Po did not talk nonsense at all. He just found a tree stump to tie the horse, and then lay on the grass and fell asleep.
Soon, snoring sounds came from Lian Po's side.
Just as Lian Po was sleeping with his good brothers who had just finished their bloody battle, because of his sudden arrival and attack, the Qin king and ministers, who were originally in a stable mood, were like a oil pan that was suddenly heated to the boiling point, and countless bubbles popped up instantly and exploded.
In front of the King of Qin, countless ministers gathered together and quarreled fiercely.
"Master, you must speed up!"
"King, if you are entangled by the people of Zhao, there will be endless troubles. Why not arrange a side army to cut off the rear and buy time for the army!"
"King, the old minister thinks that so many carriages and jars are too much to drag down the speed of the army. They must be discarded so that the army can move forward lightly!"
To be continued...