Chapter 968
Queen Jingjue's expression suddenly became firm and she said decisively: "I will not let you succeed! I will never give up the order to abdicate!"
The young woman in black suddenly became very embarrassed and she shouted: "Since you are seeking death, you can't blame me!"
Then he turned around and went out.
Queen Jingjue pulled down the hairpin from her head and held it in her hand.
She had made up her mind that as long as the other party sent someone to catch her, she would pierce her throat with her hairpin.
The young woman in black left the palace of Queen Jingjue who was house arrested, and several important civil and military officials guarding outside immediately came up. Seeing the young woman in black looked very annoyed and resentful, no one dared to ask rashly.
The young woman in black said to the people in front of her coldly: "Send the order and the army sets off immediately!"
Several people bowed to the promise, and knew without asking that their queen had not achieved her goal.
As night fell, Queen Jingjue didn't dare to go to bed, so she sat there until the next morning, and was already drowsy and exhausted.
At this moment, footsteps rumbling like surging tides came from the street outside the palace. Queen Jingjue's heart moved and immediately realized that it was Kucha's troops.
Queen Jingjue was worried, but at this moment she could do nothing except worry.
Kucha joined forces led by Prince Gumo, with a total of 40,000 troops and headed south along the Khotan River to drive southward.
A day later, he entered the city of the Kingdom of Khotan, a dependent state of Jingjue. The king of Khotan surrendered without fighting. Then the army turned to the east, and the troops pointed directly at the capital of Jingjue. The defenders along the way were invincible. Soon the coalition forces entered the city of Jingjue, and Jingjue was in danger.
Then the coalition forces launched a fierce attack, and the left minister in the city opened the city gate, and the coalition forces took advantage of the situation to enter the city.
The city was in chaos, and there seemed to be no suspense when the battle situation ended.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened. The sound of the Qin army's war drums suddenly rumbled on Zagrama Mountain! It was like a shout of thousands of people, and the momentum was thrilling! The coalition forces that were attacking Jingjue Kingdom were shocked and stopped the attack! Then, an urgent report came from the rear. The logistics team of the coalition army's rear team was attacked by the Qin army in a very critical situation! The dead Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo who were responsible for leading the coalition. Prince Gumo heard that the logistics team was raided. He was shocked and hurriedly said to the Prime Minister of Kucha: "Prime Minister, if the logistics team is destroyed, the consequences will be unimaginable. We have to go back to the rescue! It is not too late to seize the city when we rescue the logistics team!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha nodded and immediately ordered the entire army to return to the baggage team.
The army that had originally poured into the city immediately retreated out of the city like a tide of ebbing tide, and then rushed straight to the rear.
Not long after, the coalition forces passed through a poplar forest. According to the emergency report just now, the location where the baggage team was attacked was not far behind the poplar forest.
Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong...! The huge sound of war drums suddenly rang out loud in the poplar forest.
The coalition forces who were on the way were startled were startled. Before they could react, countless arrows flew into the poplar forests on both sides. The coalition officers and soldiers were beaten to the point of being beaten and screamed in panic! "There is an ambush! There is an ambush!" The Prime Minister of Kucha, Prince Gumo and others shouted in panic.
At this time, the killing sounds were loud, and countless warriors of the camp wrapped in heavy armor, holding large shields in their left hand and long spears in their right hand rushed from both sides and crashed into the middle of the coalition! Just like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, the sharp spear snatched the lives of the coalition officers and soldiers fiercely. The fierce impact kept knocking the coalition officers and soldiers to the ground, and suddenly it seemed like a rolling gourd all over the ground! The warriors of the camp all sacrificed their lives forward, roaring like thunder! The coalition was caught off guard and was immediately dazzled and turned to frightened! The Prime Minister of Kucha was frightened and fled first. Seeing this, the others dared not stay and die, and they all fled! The coalition army was defeated like a mountain, and the scene was in chaos! The Qin army chased for a while, but because of the heavy armor infantry, they could not catch up, so they stopped chasing and retreated towards Jingjue City.
The coalition forces fled in panic for a while. Seeing that the Qin army did not chase after him, their fear gradually calmed down and they stopped running away.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the baggage team rushed up and met with the main force of the coalition forces.
The Prime Minister of Kucha met the leader of the baggage team and asked hurriedly: "Where are the Han people coming from?"
The team leader hurriedly said, "They, they have retreated!" The Prime Minister of Kucha felt a little surprised and asked again, "Where are the food and supplies?"
The leader said: "About half of it was destroyed!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo couldn't help but look at each other. Prince Gumo asked in confusion: "Why did the Qin army only destroy half of our food?"
The leader said: "They seem to have few troops, and they retreated quickly after our army counterattacked!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo were speechless for a moment. Prince Gumo frowned and said, "It seems that the Qin army that ambushed us just now did not take advantage of the opportunity to catch up! It seems that the Qin army has limited military strength, which should be just the three thousand Qin troops mentioned in the information. Otherwise, they would never stop there! Because of the lack of troops, they quickly retreated after succeeding in one blow!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha couldn't help but exclaim and said in a panic: "The only three thousand Qin troops have actually repelled our 40,000 troops?
!I have long heard that the Qin army is a tiger and wolf army, and today I see it, it is indeed worthy of its reputation!..." The generals couldn't help but show a look of panic.
Seeing this, Prince Gu Mo immediately shouted: "The legend is just a legend! I don't think the Qin army is amazing! The reason why they took a little advantage today is just because they used despicable sneak attack tactics! If they really have the ability, why not fight us head-on?
Why did he run away after taking a little advantage?
They were obviously scared!”
When everyone heard his words, their fear immediately subsided, and some even felt contemptuous.
The Prime Minister of Kucha asked Prince Gumo: "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Prince Gu Mo said: "Our army was attacked by a despicable sneak attack, and its morale was a little frustrated. We temporarily set up camps under the city. If we attack tomorrow, we will definitely capture Jingjue City in one fell swoop!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha felt that what he said made sense and immediately sent an order.
Soon after, the coalition forces returned to Jingjue City and set up a huge camp next to a poplar forest.
At this moment, a team of more than 100 people escaped from the city and headed straight to the coalition camp. It turned out that the left minister who betrayed the Jingjue Kingdom led his confidants to escape from the city and join the coalition.
When the left minister saw the Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo, he shouted in anger: "What are you doing?
Why did I suddenly withdraw! I almost died in the city due to the implication!"
The Prime Minister of Kucha shouted unhappily: "Pay attention to your attitude of speaking!"
Minister Zuo was stunned, and then he realized his current situation and was immediately speechless.
Prince Gumo felt that there were still many places that needed the left minister at this moment, so he comforted him with a gentle voice: "Thank you for your hard work, Minister Zuo! We will never forget your merits and troubles!"
When Minister Zuo heard this, he felt much better.
Then he was worried that his family members who were still in the city would come and hurriedly say, "Prince, Prime Minister, you have to attack quickly! Although I failed to break through the city in today's battle, it also greatly affected the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city. If you attack immediately, you will definitely be able to capture the city in one fell swoop!"
Prince Gu Mo said: "We naturally know this.
But to be honest, the reason why we retreated halfway today is because of the Qin army's surprise attack.
Although our army suffered little losses, a sharp energy has been exhausted.
It is just a futility to attack again today.
Therefore, we decided to take a day off today and attack the city again tomorrow morning to capture it in one fell swoop!”
When Minister Zuo heard this, he was not easy to persuade him again. He frowned and did not say anything.
Early the next morning, the coalition forces entered the city to challenge the formation.
The city gate was wide open, and the Qin army in the Three Thousand Clans quickly left the city under Gao Shun's leadership and lined up to form an army formation.
Then dozens or hundreds of heads were thrown out of the military formation and rolled onto the ground in front of the formation, the scene was shocking.
Minister Zuo suddenly shouted, "Brother!..." Then he turned his eyes and fainted.
The Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo immediately knew that the heads thrown out of the Qin army were all the family members of the Zuo Minister, and anger couldn't help but rise in his heart.
It’s not that the Prime Minister of Kucha and Prince Gumo have deep feelings for the Left Minister, but it’s just that they feel that their opponents are clearly insulting them and do not take them seriously! The Prime Minister of Kucha said angrily: “What an arrogant Han people! I will kill them today without leaving any armor.
Let them know how powerful we are!”
Then he raised his right hand and shouted, "Prepare for attack!"
The sound of war drums of the coalition forces rumbled, and the 40,000 coalition forces emitted huge roars, which shocked the earth.
Then the 20,000 troops slowly advanced until the Qin army's front stopped more than a hundred steps and were ready to attack! Seeing that the army was ready, the Prime Minister of Kucha waved his hand forward and shouted: "Kill!"
Twenty thousand coalition officers and soldiers shouted like thunderstorms and rushed towards the Qin army formation. The smoke and dust suddenly rose up at the scene, as if a sandstorm was storm shattered on the ground, and the atmosphere was amazing! At this moment, the crossbowmen in the coalition raised their crossbows and fired a dense rain of arrows at the Qin army formation. In an instant, they fell into the middle of the Qin army, as if rain hit banana leaves, but they were almost blocked by the Qin army's shields and did not cause any harm to the Qin army! The coalition roared and roared, and in a short while, it had already rushed to the Qin army's front. The crazy and bloodthirsty faces of the coalition officers and soldiers were clearly visible! They were like a large group of wild beasts who were completely excited when they saw their prey! Perhaps in their hearts, they thought that with their 20,000 troops, they could sweep away the few thousand Qin troops in front of them like a strong wind sweeps the fallen leaves!
Chapter completed!