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Chapter 21 Jingling 2

Tengqi fought against the Chu army, taking advantage of the defeat of the Chu army, and the two counties of Tang, so he recruited county soldiers to Anlu. Because the Dahongshan Mountains traveling north and south, the army had to go south through Jingling to go east to Anlu, and then climbed through Peiwei Mountain from Anlu to enter the Chu territory. Unexpectedly, when the county soldiers arrived at Jingling, the main force of the Chu army on the south side also arrived at Jingling.

The drums sounded endlessly at the top of Jingling City, but they became even more intense. The Chu army wearing bright armors miles away were urgently landing. The county soldiers on the west city wall had never seen so many enemy troops, and they were afraid that they would beat the drums desperately. On the east side, thousands of Chu cavalry swept over the army of county soldiers who were lined up, dragged them by their knives, and blood was all the way.

The county soldiers were originally in a marching formation, but suddenly ordered a formation. The formation was very chaotic. There were many gaps between the military formations. The cavalry broke into the formation and killed the soldiers, which immediately aggravated the chaos. Through the chaotic Qin army formation, the cavalry rushed straight into the county stroke army, trying to kill the leading general. Fortunately, the five thousand short soldiers of the chief general Yang Xiong had already lined up to protect each other, and the Chu cavalry could only turn and sweep.

"Where did the Jing cavalry come from? Where did the Jing cavalry come from?!" Fan Kuan, the county magistrate who served as the guard of Yang Xiong, shouted in fear. He always thought that Nanjun was a safe place, and there were only some salt and iron private dealers, but he did not expect that he could meet Jing cavalry outside Jingling City.

"Report - General!" The Chu cavalry flew over the central army formation, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but something even more shocking followed. Suddenly, military flags stood in the west of Jingling City, and the Chu infantrymen appeared, with no less than 10,000 people. "The Jing people are here..."

The military officer who reported was already lost in his mind, and the last sentence was so weak.

"The people of Jing want to pull out my Jingling." Yang Xiong was Yang Duanhe's nephew. He thought of the purpose of the Chu army suddenly appearing here in a flash. Of course, there is something terrible: the Chu army now attacked Jingling, with the strategic position of Jingling, the purpose of the purpose is not as simple as Jingling City. This is not a surprise attack, but a full-scale attack.

"Come here! Come on, the people of the State Wei Mansion, and the people of Jing attacked Jingling and wanted to seize Nanjun." The Meng family, the Yang family, was a family of generals in Qin. Although Yang Xiong did not beat Liu Bang later, he still had the most basic strategic intention. He quickly wanted to order the cavalry to report to Xianyang, but the cavalry was killed by the Chu cavalry with a sword before he ran far away.

However, this is no longer what Yang Xiong knew. The Chu army was still several miles away. He was ordering his army to enter the city quickly. As long as the county soldiers occupied the strong city of Jingling, they would delay the Chu army and go north along the Han River. When reinforcements arrived, Nanjun would definitely be foolproof.

"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door quickly. I am the county magistrate Fan Kuan. If I don't open the door, I will deal with it with military law..." The fluctuations broke out under the east gate. Fan Kuan in the chariot shouted, but the soldiers on the city remained indifferent.

There was a noise outside the city, and the death of the county magistrate's mansion was as quiet as the county magistrate's mansion. Both the county magistrate and the young man glared at Lu Xi, but due to the armored soldiers behind him, neither of them dared to draw their swords and go forward.

"I have said that if the county government punishes the crime, the fault of the one person in my office has nothing to do with you." Lu Xi's vest had been soaked in sweat, but his face remained silent.

"Shangguan is actually from Jing!" County Magistrate Jia found that he could not order the county soldiers, and finally knew what Lu Xi wanted to do.

"You are a Qin man, and you are also a Qin minister. You are not loyal to the king and are not loyal to the king. This is a traitor!" The young man belongs to the Shaofu and is different from the other Caos. Unfortunately, he has no soldiers in his hands, so he should not lead troops to chop Lu Xi long ago.

Lu Xi laughed when he heard this. He thought he was a Qin person, and he thought he was a Chu person, but in the end he realized that he was a Rong person. His clothes changed, his accent changed, but his bloodline never changed. Since he was a Rong person, he did not need to be loyal to the King of Qin, nor did he need to be loyal to the King of Chu. Service to the Knowing and Advising Office is just to repay kindness.

"There are two large armies outside the city. How can I know which one is the Qin army and which one is the Jing army? And it is too late to open the door now. Should I use Jingling City as the battlefield and allow the two armies to fight?" Lu Xi asked, and then he looked at the officials of various Caos and shouted: "If you are willing to open the door, our mansion will open the city gate."

Lu Xi shouted loudly, and after hearing this, everyone bowed their heads. The house was in the city. If the city gate was really opened, the tomb turned into scorched earth, and no one would get any benefits. Even if the Chu army did not rush in, the county soldiers entered the city, everyone would not have a good time. It would be fine if the rescue was timely in Xianyang. If the rescue was not timely, the city would change its children and eat, and the body was separated and the body was cooked (cuàn), it would be better than a scorched earth and died.

"If the county soldiers win a great victory, you will be punished by Qin rules!" The county magistrate Jia saw the officials bowing his head and warned them.

"If the Jing people win a great victory, the Jing people will kill the officials when they meet them, and you will also be a death sentence." The Shaofu immediately added.

"Great misunderstanding!" the official Cao shouted. "If the Jing people win, as long as we offer the city and surrender, even if there is no reward, we will not have any worries about our lives."

"National Bidder!" County Magistrate Jia stabbed with a sword, and the official Cao was stabbed by him because he was so excited.

"Kill!" The officials and officials are spies who know the officials, and there are many soldiers who have been bribed. Seeing that he was stabbed, the soldiers stabbed the spears in their hands at the county lieutenant. The hall was in a panic and worried that they would hurt themselves, so they ran out of the county government and fled to their own lives.

The county government was in chaos, and the county soldiers were even more invincible, but at this time the outside of the city gradually became orderly. Five thousand Qin troops could not enter the city, so they only set up formations in the northeast of Jingling City. The harassment of the Chu cavalry also prevented them from entering the city. Now seeing their formations set up, they retreated back to the array of their own troops.

The Chu army had more than a dozen divisions and brigades on the southern route, but the southern route was not the Jingling route. The other route had to go up the river to seize Yiling (now southeast of Yichang). Only when Yiling was stuck could Qin not send troops from Bashu to rescue him.

The Chu army on Jingling has no more than eleven divisions. Because of the different boats, these eleven divisions are divided into two groups. The rich Ying and E divisions use the wing warships, and the poor Dongting County divisions, Xiling and Peng Li and other divisions use the large-wing warships that were discounted after the Ying division was retired. Due to the different speed and endurance, the three and five divisions are divided into two groups.

On the east side of Jingling City, four Yingdu divisions gradually set up their formations. Although it was still raining in the sky, the archers of each soldier still took off the bowstrings drying on their necks with body temperature and prepared to shoot. Although the three E divisions behind were onshore, they could not make arrangements. Yang Xiong chose the position very cleverly, and he deliberately asked the Chu army to arrange the array between Jingling City and Han River. Because the space was narrow, no matter how many troops were, they could not be distributed.

"General, it's King Jing!" In the breeze and drizzle, a huge phoenix flag fluttered behind the Chu army array. It is said that the king's flag should be the qi flag, with the dragon on it, and it rises and falls, but the King of Jing likes to use the phoenix flag. The phoenix gradually became the king's flag of King Jing. The Qin army fought with the Chu army for a long time, and the three-headed phoenix on the flag is still fresh in memory.

"Jing... King Jing!" At the top of Jingling City, the county soldiers who were invincible in the six senses were also shocked by the sudden appearance of the phoenix flag.

"Good! Great Good!" Yang Xiong entered a state of complete excitement. This was his first time leading the army. Whether King Jing or King Jing, he would win this battle of meeting in a narrow road. "Beat the drum! I'll order the entire army to kill King Jing and be granted a marquis!"

‘Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong…’ In the drizzle, the Qin army began to advance with the sound of drums. Unexpectedly, Xiong Jing, the main force of the Qin army, was as surprised as the generals. Everyone had a hidden worry: Could the Old Ying plan be leaked? Otherwise, how could tens of thousands of Qin soldiers appear here?

"Report to the king that all the cannons are ready." Wu Kong, the artillery captain, saw that the cannons in front of the formation raised flags and immediately bowed to Xiong Jing.

"No need!" Xiong Jing did not intend to use artillery. "Order them to retreat four hundred meters behind the army."

"King?" Wu Kong was surprised. Last time in the Lishui River, he only had sixteen fifteen-pound cannons in a battalion, which made the Qin army fall into pieces. Now he has a regiment of fifteen-pound cannons under his command. This battle can be completely solved with artillery.

"Gunpowder is very expensive." Xiong Jing laughed humorously, and then immediately, "Execute!"

It is a fact that gunpowder is very expensive, and it is also helpless. The output of island nitro fields is not high, and it cannot sweep toilets in every city to scrape the ground. The secret of nitro soil cannot be kept for a long time. With the raw materials transported from the mainland alone, the nitro fields not only have low output, but also have high costs. Sulfur is not cheap, but the amount is not cheap.

Wu Kong had no choice but to order the artillery soldiers to retreat from the gaps between the various soldiers' formations to a position of four hundred meters behind. At this time, the orders were also shuttled through the army formations and conveyed Xiong Jing's military orders. At this time, the Qin army had advanced within eighty steps. With the command of the soldiers, more than a thousand archers began to shoot arrows.

Since the two armies have been engaged in war, once they enter the range of the enemy's crossbow, they can only move forward but not retreat. Before the first wave of arrows of the Chu army landed, the five hundred masters shouted loudly, ordering the Qin army to rush towards the Chu army dozens of steps away. The bow is not a crossbow, and the fire speed of the bow is much faster than that of the crossbow. If you don't rush forward, many soldiers will be shot to death by the enemy's arrows.

The Qin army ran forward with a spear in his hand and made a harsh scream. The Chu army archers tried their best to shoot arrows, but they didn't care about aiming. The front row soldiers beside them looked a little strange. Although they glared at the Qin soldiers who were running, they were not excited at all. Some of the old soldiers even took out the kettle and took a sip of water.

"Retreat!" The Qin army was ten steps away, and the archer abandoned the bow and raised the spear, but the commander of the soldiers ordered the soldiers to retreat.

"Retreat-!" It was not a single soldier who retreated, but four divisions and sixty-four soldiers all retreated. The entire army was ordered to prohibit them. When the commander of the soldiers said he would retreat, he immediately stepped back. At this time, the Qin soldiers who were running wildly hit the spears that stretched forward, and the armor on their bodies was also stumbled by the Qin soldiers.

"Retreat--!" The commander of the soldier continued to order the soldiers to retreat while fighting against the Qin soldiers in front of him. When the two armies were fighting, the two soldiers used weapons to fight. As soon as the Chu soldiers retreated, the Qin soldiers followed the situation and retreated again. Although the weapons on both sides touched each other, they did not touch the other's body. The Chu army began to retreat quickly, and the Qin army couldn't help but follow.
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