Chapter 47 Jiyi 2
Jujia was so bright that the car was running urgently. After crossing the Huai River, Xiong Jing quickly headed towards Jiyi. He walked more than 60 miles in four hours. When he was resting at the roadside post station at noon, he had already crossed the Huai River again and came to the lower left of the character "Ji".
Jiyi is a basin. To the south is the winding and towering Dafu Mountain (Tongbai Mountain). The Huai River flows out of Fuyi and then winds eastward along the foot of the mountain. The westmost moon water goes south from the north mountain ridge and flows into the Huai River five miles west of the post station; another unknown stream also flows from the north and flows into the Huai River several miles in front of the post station; and the source comes from Magu, the Wuli Water flowing eastward, after leaving the valley, it also turns south and flows into the Huai River in the upper left corner of the crossing'Ji.
One horizontal and three vertical lines, this is the direction of the river in the Jiyi Basin. Jiyi is fifteen miles north of the Yushui River entering the Huai River, and is located west of the Yueshui River. In the past year, the Chu army led by Xiang Yan occupied Jiyi and was very familiar with the terrain and rivers here.
According to Xiang Yan's recollection, there are four exits in this basin in the southeast, northwest and northwest: one is naturally the way to the east, the second is the valley from Fuyi to the west to Nanyang Basin, and the third is the Fuyi Valley Road to the south, and there is a small path to the south, which can lead to Tang County south of Dafu Mountain. This road was passed by the Chu army at that time; the fourth is the valley where Wuli water flows into the Huai River. Going upstream, you can go to the valley entrance to the east of Magu. The Chu and Qin armies once fought on a small scale in the valley.
These four roads are all roads that are known to us, so four roads are dead ends. In order to capture themselves, the Qin people would inevitably arrange heavy troops on these four roads, and it would be useless to have cavalry. This time, Xiong Jing brought all cavalry. The reason was that he didn't want any soldiers to take care of him, and he wanted to walk together and stay together. As for the secret of stirrups, he no longer cared about it.
At first he wanted to bring 1,500 cavalrymen into the country, but later the Qin people asked that no more than 500 followers, so they could only reduce the number of people, and the final number was only 407 people. In addition to him, there were two historians, the chief servant Jiang, and the two gurus, and the six Shouling Jun were not soldiers. In addition to the people, there were forty four-wheeled carriages, and a total of 570 horses were included, including the carriage-pulling horses.
Xiong Jing did not get off the inn on the west bank of the Huai River. He kept staring at the Jiyi map in a daze, intending to find a way out. According to the judgment of the geographical staff of the Grand Sima Mansion, if there is a fifth road in the Jiyi Basin, it can only be Yueshui, or the unknown stream north of the Huai River next to the station. You may be able to find a way out through the water and go north.
But is it Yueshui or this one unknown? Close your eyes, the Jiyi map was engraved in Xiong Jing's heart. He couldn't tell which one was really a way to live. Perhaps the result of going up the water north was trapped in the mountains and surrounded by the Qin army. Of course, it was not possible for him to choose which water north to go along. The Chu army did not have the means to cross the river. He was between Yueshui and Huai River and could still choose between the two waters. If he waited until he crossed the Yueshui and went to the west of Jiyi City to attack, he could only follow Yueshui and go all the way to the end.
"You can only leave it to fate." Xiong Jing said to himself. After seeing Yueshui in the distance, he was about to close the window. At this time, he suddenly found a man dressed in Qin's official not far from the window looking at him in a daze. He seemed to have seen this man somewhere and never seen him. Seeing him, he quickly lowered his head, turned around and left in a hurry.
"Fight!" The angry shout from Gui Jing came from outside the car. As soon as he shouted, the man ran away, finally jumped onto a mount and rode his horse away.
"What's the matter?" He was extremely calm all the way, but when Gui Jing shouted, the hair on Xiong Jing's back immediately stood up.
"Report to the king, this is a traitor." It was Xiang Chao's voice. He remembered that he had already killed the traitor, but he didn't expect that he was still alive.
"Report to the king, things are urgent! Things are urgent!" Gui Jing rushed over, "Guan Fen is a boy from the gardens of Yingdu. He told me that he had served the king and rode a horse. He must be to verify the authenticity of the king for the Qin people. The Qin people will come."
"When will you wait! Arrange the array!" Xiong Jing was also anxious. Last night, Yongli had already reported that the alliance had been cheated and asked him not to go. The Qin people sent Chu Ting over at this time, so naturally, as Gui Jing said, to verify the truth. Chu Ting had served him and rode a horse and must have recognized him.
"Array!" Xiong Jing's king's order quickly turned into action. The Chu army knights who were feeding horses and water immediately pulled their swords to stab the Qin soldiers escorted to death. The four-wheeled carriages that were already moving side by side were moved one by one to form two walls of carriage. The huge sword was slashed violently, and the reins on the shaft were broken, and all the horses were pulled into the wall of carriage. The side box of the carriage was also opened, and the torsion catapults and turbulent bombs were exposed. Some other carriages were equipped with the latest horse mail, and one hundred and twenty heavy riders needed to put armor on the war horses immediately.
"Why is this?" Shouling Jun rushed over, his face full of panic. He shouted, "Master, why is this?"
"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong..." Without Xiong Jing's answer, the Qin army's drums had already sounded, and the drum sound echoed in the valley, and the sound of drums was everywhere in his ears. The knights who were killing Qin soldiers were even more anxious. They pointed at the Qin people on the east side of the Huai River and shouted: "Start fire bullets, fire bullets! Stop the Qin people!"
Seeing that the fire bomb was not launched, under Gui Jing's leadership, more than a hundred knights hurriedly boarded the horse and rushed towards the wooden bridge on the Huai River.
"Kill!" The Chu army took the lead and took the lead. The wooden bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Huai River was not wide. More than a hundred cavalry rushed over. Under the huge sword of the cavalry, the Qin soldiers on the wooden bridge were either knocked over or assassinated.
"Let it go!" The torque catapult finally dropped the first turbulent bomb. Although the torque tendon has been strengthened, its range cannot be compared with the gravity catapult at all. Only the hand-throwed turbulent bomb can be thrown to a distance of 120 steps, and the standard ten-kilogram turbulent bomb has a range of only fifty steps.
"Boom-! Boom--!" The sulphur bombs fell one by one on the east bank of the Huai River, while the Qin soldiers emerged from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road like magic. They wanted to rush across the wooden bridge, but were suppressed by the sulphur bombs. The climate in early autumn was dry, and under the ignition of the sulphur bombs, the wooden bridge quickly burned. The Qin soldiers on the other side rushed, and they didn't rush, so they could only fire crossbow arrows at Gui Jing and others on the bridge.
"King!" Gui Jing was responsible for the wooden bridge behind him. Xiang Chao pointed forward and shouted. In the distance to the left, the dense Qin army soldiers seemed to be a moving endless wall, running quickly along the moon water, and the sound of footsteps almost covered the drums. Between the long walls, countless military flags were floating, and a large flag with the word "Li" written on it was the most conspicuous.
"It's Li Xin!" Xiong Jing smiled, and he was most familiar with the Qin generals.
"Please go first!" Xiang Chao suddenly bowed. He could not estimate how many Qin soldiers were rushing towards him, but these Qin soldiers were overwhelming and would soon surround themselves in the horns of the mountains and rivers.
"The king cannot leave!" Shouling Jun stood there for a long time before he came to his senses. "Please apologize to the King of Qin."
"The king goes first!" Xiang Chao shouted angrily, "If you don't leave, you won't be able to go!"
"The king cannot leave! The king must not leave!" Shouling Jun rushed to Xiong Jing and hugged Xiong Jing's legs. "If the Chu State does not establish a new king, the King of Qin will never give up. Please ask the king and his ministers to go to Xianyang to apologize to the King of Qin."
"This is your peace talks?! Have you known that the alliance was cheating?" Xiong Jing, who understood everything, looked at him and sneered. The peace talks meant to imprison himself in Xianyang.
"If not, Qin and Chu will never be able to reconcile!" Shouling Jun looked up at Xiong Jing. "Please ask the king to accompany him to Xianyang, and the bells will eat..."
"Coward!" Xiong Jing cursed angrily, and the thin sword on his waist was unsheathed, stabbing Shouling Jun's neck with a sword. When he drew the sword, the blood in his artery burst out quickly and splashed all over him. This was Xiong Jing's first time killing people, without any disgust or discomfort, he could only feel full of anger.
"King!" Xiang Chao pointed his sword in front of him, and hundreds of steps away, the Qin army had already changed its formation. They were crossing between Yueshui and Huai River, turning into a horizontal formation and pressing towards their own side step by step. The post station was at the foot of Dafu Mountain, and was sandwiched by two waters on both sides, and there was no way out to escape from the sky.
"Roar out!" Xiong Jing put on the iron helmet and jumped onto the horse, hanging the stirrup ring exposed between his knees on the stirrup hooks on both sides of the saddle. At this time, his slender sword was still dripping with blood. Shoulingjun was lying on the ground, his unclogged eyes still looked at him reluctantly.
Taking advantage of the short gap between the Qin army's advancement, all 120 horses were covered with armor and saddles. These horses were the mounts of heavy cavalry. When Xiong Jing got on the horse, the heavy cavalry had already boarded the horse one by one. The light cavalry took out the oil bombs from the carriage and lit all the carriages, leaving no one for the Qin people. The Qin army in the distance refused to stop a single step. Their military formation, which was more than one kilometer wide, was next to the woods on the west bank of the Yueshui and Huai River, leaving no gap. After the military formation, there was also a Qin cavalry unexpectedly.
"King?" One hundred and twenty heavy cavalrymen were already arranged in four neat rows. Xiang Chao, who was in front, looked back at Xiong Jing and shouted.
"Crash!" Xiong Jing pointed his sword in front and ordered the cavalry to charge. He saw that the Qin infantry array did not look thick, and the real enemy was probably the cavalry behind the array, which was the key to preventing him from getting out of trouble.
"Helping!" The four-row heavy rider did not move. The only thing that rushed out was the light rider with a bow and arrow, carrying a grease bomb.
"Shooting—!" Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing towards, the Qin infantry was having to stop. The front row of crossbowmen aimed at the rushing Chu cavalry to shoot arrows, while the back row of soldiers held long soldiers to resist the enemy.
The range of the arm crossbow was not far. Before they could pull the crossbow, the feather arrows shot from the three stone bows of the light cavalry broke through the air. However, the three rows of crossbowmen were not at all confused. Even if they were caught, they could not bear it down and shoot the crossbow arrows in their hands towards the Chu army knights who were running into the range.
Chapter completed!