Chapter 27 Countermeasures
The battle started from the north city, followed by the east city and the west city. The Qin army could not react at all when it was easily defeated. Tengqi Zuoju and others on the city tower saw that the main road under the city was occupied by the enemy and were about to detour south from the city wall, but they did not expect that the Chu army had already come up from the city. They could only retreat to both sides of the city tower and slowly retreated with their own short-soldier cover. The commanding flag had to be abandoned. At this point, the Qin army in the city had no command anymore and could only fight on their own.
At this time, more than a thousand crossbowmen in front of Xiong Jing had long been killed. The crossbowmen were then gathered with the Qin army's boat troops. The Chu army's boat troops were armored, and the armor soldiers were armored, but the Qin army's boat troops were armored, and the armor soldiers were armored. The large number of boat troops were armed and commanded properly was a combat power, but the enemy was mixed in the chaos and rushed into close combat among friendly troops. The boat officials and the garrison commander had already traded troops before they had ordered them, and the Chu army immediately stormed the formation.
When fighting in a formation, the long soldiers have the advantage, but when fighting in a chaotic melee, the long soldiers have no advantage. The sword and shield are good at fighting in small teams. Once the army formation collapses, the unorganized defeated soldiers will fall into the detour of the sword and shield team. The sharp short swords sometimes pierce the enemy's chest and abdomen, and sometimes chop off their arms, knees and feet. Although the latter is not immediately fatal, whenever their hands and feet are chopped off, they will wail like beasts.
The inner city of the outer city was more than four miles apart. The Chu army suddenly broke through the city, and the Qin army that had lost command unconsciously retreated to the inner city. This was the case with the army and the common people. However, in the chaos, the inner city did not dare to open the door rashly, worried that the Chu army would attack the city in the chaos. With the advancement of the Chu army, more than 20,000 defeated soldiers could only gather outside the inner city, and thousands of women and children were mixed together, crying and screaming extremely harshly.
"Tell them that they will surrender to the whole body, and the women and children will not die." Most of the four divisions have entered the city and surrounded the inner city. The armor of Xiong Jing is splashed with blood, and the murderous aura is imminent.
"In this way, the Qin people did not surrender!" Zhuang Wudi stood beside him. He heard that the conditions for surrender were just like this, and he could predict the result.
"Then let them send their women and children." Xiong Jing said again. At this time, the artillery had entered the city. The inner city, which was only five miles in circumference, was surrounded by a regiment of fifteen-pound cannons.
"Alas!" Zhuang Wudi understood Xiong Jing's resentment towards the Qin people, and Ke Jingling's experience. Most of the Qin people's wives were Chu girls. He ordered: "Tell the Qin people that military affairs have nothing to do with women and children, and ask them to go out, and the king promised not to kill women and children."
The Chu army surrounded the inner city on all sides, about two hundred steps away from the top of the city, and only more than a hundred steps away from the chaotic Qin soldiers. Because they could not find the general, the cavalry could only shout from the outside. The Chu cavalry rushed to the Former Qin soldiers and immediately became confused. When the chaos stopped, the knights began to tell him. He heard that the Chu army was not here to persuade the surrender but to ask for women and children, and even some women wanted to leave, they were stopped.
It was already noon. Xiong Jing, who did not want to drag the war into the night, waited for two quarters of an hour, and ordered the artillery to fire.
‘Boom--!’ The shotgun was fired at a distance of 150 steps. Every time the shotgun was shot out, the Qin soldiers on the opposite side fell down. The weapons that spewed out flames and made thunder were frightening. The Qin soldiers who had no intention of fighting could only retreat again and shouted to open the city gate quickly. But the defenders on the city were as frightened as they were, and let these people shout and beg, but they would not open the city gate.
"Stop!" The artillery bombarded for about a quarter of an hour. Xiong Jing ordered the stop and led the soldiers who were waiting to step forward and slashed. At this time, the Qin army not only lost the fighting spirit, but also seemed to have lost the power of resistance. The Chu army stepped forward and retreated, most of them could not even lift the shield. The unlucky face was left with only trembling.
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"Cai! Cai--!" In Xianyang City, the clan of the assassin Jing Ke was pulled by five military chariots. With his hands and horses, the ropes were tightened. The old man pulled in the air burst out a ball of blood mist, tearing it into five pieces.
Qin's law is harsh, and if it is moved, it will be blamed. But if others violate the law and are punished and watch without any harm, it is a kind of enjoyment. This is equivalent to the disabled going to the crematorium. Although disability is a kind of pain, they are happy and lucky than the dead who turned into ashes. What's more, this is the assassin of the enemy country who assassinated the king. Only by splitting the seven clans can the hatred in their hearts be relieved.
Amid the messy cheers, a girl in Chu's clothes was pulled out by a sage. The girl cried and cried, and it was useless. She was still tied to a rope and tied to the chariot. This time, the onlookers did not cheer as much as before, and some people even bowed their heads when they heard the crying. When the order of "execution" was shouted, the crying turned into a loud cry, and the young body was torn into five pieces, the people who bowed their heads quickly looked at each other, and those who did not bow their heads burst out with louder cheers.
"Assassination of the king deserves to be broken!" The head of Guizhou in the front row shouted with a twisted face, wishing he was the legal officer who was executed.
"Assassin Jing Ke was instigated by Li Mu to assassinate the king, but he was not allowed to be punished..." The seven clans who were searching for Jing Ke from Puyang were far away and their residences were scattered, so they could only be executed one after another. Every time they were executed, the legal officials had to announce laws and warn the Qianshou. When the onlookers listened, there was a fluctuation outside the market, and several knights rode over by horses. The legal officials read it again, and then several knights rushed by.
In Xianyang, there is naturally an emergency military situation. The head of Guizhou did not know that the Qin army was preparing to fight the Three Kingdoms coalition forces in Gongyi, but some noble people knew that the battle to decide the belonging of the world was about to begin. However, no one could know what kind of news the cavalry brought back. For a moment, everyone's eyes were staring at Qutai Palace, hoping that the Qutai Palace could leak.
In the Qutai Palace, Zhao Zheng was already restless. He almost pointed his finger at Wei Liao's forehead, "What is the purpose of spending tens of thousands of dollars a year? More than 200,000 people from Jing attacked our Nanjun and Nanyang. Are those spies blind and deaf?!"
"I was guilty of death. I was guilty of death." Due to the interference of the rainy season, the Chu army invaded Nanjun. On the fourth day of Nanyang, Xianyang received news of the attack of the Chu army. The next day, there were more detailed reports in Bashu, Hanzhong, and Wuguan. If the Chu army was just harassing on the flanks, it would be fine, but King Jing appeared in Jingling and defeated the 50,000 troops under his command. This was not harassing on the flanks. The Chu army was about to restore Ying.
"If King Jing appears in Jingling, the Yan army should be fake." Such a major event, the right prime minister Xiong Qi, the censor Feng Quji, the court officer Li Si and other important officials were all in Mingtang. Obviously, after the Three Kingdoms used the decisive battle of Gongyi as bait and transferred the main force of the Qin army to Gongyi, the main force of the Chu army suddenly attacked Nanjun and tried to recover Nanjun.
"Since that's the case, we should send troops to Nanjun to rescue him." Xiong Qi's face turned red. He knew that this would definitely be the day since Xiong Jing asked for information about Nanjun. He was excited about this, but he thought that Xiong Jing had asked him about passing Wuguandao, and he was uneasy: Will Brother Wang destroy Qin?
"The best soldiers in the country are all in Gongquan." Wang Wan sighed. "If King Jing really leads the soldiers from all over the country to attack our Nanjun..."
"I am willing to lead the troops to fight with you," Zhao Hai said. Most of the generals in the court have led their troops to Gongyi. Fu Ji's soldiers are not short of them, but they are lacking generals, commanders, lieutenants, 2500 lords, 500 lords, and garrison officers.
Zhao Zheng did not immediately agree to Zhao Hai's request for war, so Xiong Qi said again: "However, the army of the inner history is only 60,000. Since Xiang Yan's army is fake, why not ask Li Xin and others to cross the river quickly and from Sanchuan County to Nanyang?"
"The Prime Minister doesn't know that the Zhou army of Yue has arrived at Dahe. Below the Junhan, the ferry crossings along the river are all sealed by them." Feng Quji told him. Xiong Qi came a little later, and he did not hear this news.
"It's so!" Xiong Qi pretended to give advice to Zhao Zheng. He heard that the Zhoushi of Yue had controlled the ferries below the Junhan, and he had no choice but to come up with an idea. At this time, the Yellow River was in the flood season, and the river surface was wide and boundless. Only a fixed ferry crossing was convenient for crossing the river. Once these ferries were blocked by the Zhoushi, they could not cross the river.
"Report to the King!" Another anxious report was heard. "Hanzhong urgently reported that King Jing had already set foot in Jiangling three days ago. During the war, during the war..."
"How about the war?!" Zhao Zheng shouted angrily. It was bad news anyway, so he would rather come and make some effort.
"General Yang Xiong said that during the battle, the Jing people used thunder weapons to hit our fences, and then used witchcraft to quickly destroy the city walls. Our army..."
Bashu is connected to Nanjun through the Yangtze River, Wuguan is connected to Nanjun through Nanyang County, and Hanzhong is also connected to Nanjun through Yongdi. The Chu army advances very fast. Four days ago, Xiling was pulled out by the Chu army, and the Yangtze River is broken. Wuguan Road has also been cut off because the Chu cavalry has entered Baiyu City, and now only Hanzhong is still in contact with Nanjun.
The Chu army advanced quickly and attacked cities and civic cities, but all the military newspapers did not explain how the Chu army pulled the city and how they fought. Only because of insufficient troops in Jiangling, Yang Xiong and others who fell from the upper building and the Qin soldiers in Chai Fan fled after the Chu army attacked the city, and then reported some details.
When Zhao Zheng heard the thunder weapon and witchcraft falling into the city, he widened his eyes and his face changed drastically. Then he looked at Wei Liao who was kneeling and apologizing. Wei Liao also looked at him at this time. The king and his ministers looked at each other and could see the shock in the other party's heart. This was the most terrifying thing that the two could imagine.
"What are you talking about thunder? Witchcraft! This is a fear of the enemy's shirks responsibility, please ask the king..." As a general, Zhao Hai despised the most was to escape in the battle. Yang Xiong was the general of 50,000 county soldiers. After Jingling was defeated, he fled to Jiangling. After Jiangling City was broken, he fled from Jiangling and then escaped from Jiangling.
"Get out." Zhao Zheng turned around and looked at the ministers and asked them to retreat.
"King..." Zhao Hai was puzzled. "Yang Xiong abandoned his army and fled, and then left the city and fled. This person..."
"Get back!" Zhao Zheng was slightly angry. Zhao Hai dared not say anything anymore, so he could only retreat with his ministers. Wei Liao was finally left in the Mingtang.
"What should I do?" Zhao Zheng, who was deeply worried about the situation of rapid collapse, was no longer able to cure Wei Liao's crime of inattention.
"Tell the king that we should quickly send Li Xin's army to cross the river from the west of Wuhan to rescue Nanyang." After a few days, the Guowei Mansion naturally had a countermeasure, which was the safest way. "I will order King Jian to attack Handan again."
"Cross the river from west to Wuhan?" Zhao Zheng imagined the Qin army's marching route without a map, and went very far.
Chapter completed!