Chapter 10 The Riverside
Ying Bu finally got into Huan Qi's trap.
Ying Bu left the Qin army's nemesis, Mr. Zhou Yin, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and led a 100,000 army to travel more than 200 miles overnight, preparing to cross the river and return to Huainan.
Most of the 100,000 soldiers and horses were very anxious when they heard about the Qin army's occupation of Huainan. Ying Bu waved his hand and these people ran forward like the wind. They carried spears, spears, dry food, and pots, and the chefs carried firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the mountains and rivers under the leadership of the guide. They were sweating profusely, but their legs were still vigorous and tireless.
The Yangtze River before dawn has a unique charm.
Yingbu felt the water vapor and waves appeared in his ears. It was only ten miles away from the south bank. The sky was not bright and dark blue. Qiming star was flashing. His light had surpassed the hazy moonlight and the dizzy white sun that was approaching the dark yellow sun. Yingbu stood under a dead tree and looked at the river, murmured quietly: "Here, I won." There were two thousand warships of the Huainan Army mooring on the bank of the river.
The terrain on the banks of the river is very complex. Rows of black trees are as tall and strong as soldiers, and branches like magic claws are pricked and thorned in the sky. The rocks penetrate the clouds and the huge waves are empty. You can feel wet water invasion between two miles. Yingbu's return army marched north with murderous intent. Here the mountains are connected to the mountains, and one peak is higher than the other. There are dark forests everywhere on the mountain, with rugged roads and roads being covered by mountains.
The gravel that was blown off against the weather and the weeds growing everywhere became narrower and narrower. Many pine trees, as thick as thighs, were located on the road in a row. Yingbu had to send someone to rest in front and transport them to pass through this journey. Walk three or four miles forward, and there was also a vast thatched grass that was more than one person tall. It could not be seen at the end, and it might have to extend to the riverside. There might be ambushings hidden inside, or there might be jackals and tigers and leopards hidden.
The mountain wind blows over like a black sea wave, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, and one by one, are covered with gloomy areas. Not to mention at night, walking in such a gloomy place in broad daylight, you will sweat a lot. As you walk a stream flowing in a valley passes through the middle of the thatch and flows to the feet of a large group of people. The soldiers are hungry and thirsty, and they all rush to drink water. After drinking, they return to the queue and continue moving forward. Walking forward for a mile, you come to the edge of the thatch forest, and suddenly you see dozens of bamboo slips in the clear stream. Yingbu ordered people to pick up the bamboo slips to see. There was a line of small words written on it: "There is poison in the water, and those who are in the middle cannot be saved!"
The terror spread rapidly in the team like a plague. The Huainan soldiers who had drunk water were shocked. They lowered their heads one by one, poked their fingers into their throats, and spit out desperately. The water had been drunk, and there was no place to spit it out. In an instant, the queue was in chaos, and there were crying and crying at their parents everywhere.
Although the scheming Ying Bu was as frightened as a soldier, the experience he had cultivated from his years of war retained a hint of soberness. The bamboo slips from where he came from?
"No, there is an ambush!" Ying Bu suddenly screamed for no reason, ran backwards after the horse.
In the darkness, mountains were everywhere, and black was standing, as if a tiger would rush down from his head at any time. The wind was blowing, and the thatched forest swayed desperately, making endless rustling sounds, which changed the sound of the river. Suddenly, shouting, and footsteps in the thatched forest yelled, and a bowstring: "Kill! Capture Yingbu alive, capture Yingbu alive!" Suddenly, the fire on the edge of the Yangtze River soared into the sky, and the flames were setting off, red, dyeing half of the sky red. "Yingbu your ship has been burned by us. Capture Yingbu alive, and you can't run away."
Ying Bu was surprised when he heard the sound, his whole body was soaked with cold sweat. He was about to command the soldiers to meet the enemy, but he found that most of the soldiers were busy vomiting, and they were not in line to carry out unified command. Swish, countless white carved feathered arrows emerged from the thatched forest, swept into the heaven and earth and rushed towards the Huainan army. The vomiting and panicless Huainan soldiers who were preparing to escape were killed and injured, and they fled in all directions. Ying Bu shouted: "Don't be confused, don't be confused, welcome the enemy, welcome the enemy." Everyone paid attention to him, and all the soldiers fled on their own.
The Qin soldiers shot two more rounds of arrows, and the large group of people emerged from the thatched fields from all directions, shouting in a loud voice: Capture Ying Bu alive, capture Ying Bu alive. The situation in the field became more tense. The panic atmosphere permeated the Huainan army became even more intense.
The Qin army carried a knife to kill. The Huainan army was loose, and the sand was scattered, and countless casualties were killed and injured. Ying Bu's command was ineffective. In a flash, the situation became a one-sided situation. The Huainan army lost tens of thousands of people while running and fleeing. Ying Bu led a pair of personal soldiers to rush left and right and gathered defeated soldiers, but the defeat was like a mountain. The Huainan army could not distinguish between the east, south, west and north in the dark. Some people even started to kill each other. Who would listen to his orders? Ying Bu finally gave up, changed direction, and killed south, preparing to break through the sea of blood.
Ben He, who had been commanding secretly, locked his eyes firmly on Yingbu. When Ben He saw Yingbu suddenly change direction, he knew that he wanted to escape, and commanded a team of five thousand people to fight out of the thatched bush and blocked Yingbu's way. Ben He did not dare to fight Yingbu alone, and he knew the power of the second-ranked general of Chu.
Ying Bu showed his might in the chaos, and an iron spear galloped everywhere, invincible. There was no three-combination general in his hand. He beat Ben He's personal soldiers to the east and west and ran away with his head. Five thousand horses could not stop this desperate person. Half an hour later, Ying Bu broke out with a few personal soldiers, with iron hooves ringing, the bell shook the sky, and rushed to the south wildly.
Ben He gathered a team of tens of thousands of cavalry to chase Ying Bu. Ying Bu was caught up by the pursuers after running out. He whistled and returned with the deserters to fight Ben He. Ben He slashed for a while and retreated with the soldiers. Ying Bu did not dare to chase him and continued to turn around and escape. Not far away from going out, Ben He brought people to kill him. Ying Bu had no choice but to go back and fight. After killing for a while, Ben He took people to escape. Ying Bu walked for a while, stopping and stopping, and walked for nearly two hours. Ben He chased him out fifty miles and stopped chasing him, and let Ying Bu go.
Ying Bu counted the number of people and found that less than 20,000 people escaped with him. The other 80,000 people were trapped in the thatched bush, and felt a little desolate. He really wanted to take people back. But after thinking about it, he gave up this stupid idea. Ying Bu suddenly thought of a way to surround Wei and save Zhao. When the Qin army came to ambush him, the Qin army's camp would inevitably be empty. It would be better to lead troops to attack the Qin army camp. Thinking of this, he would not hesitate and run back to his camp with his men and horses, hoping to unite Zhou Yin's team to attack the Qin camp.
When Ying Bu returned to his camp, it was almost noon the next day. Outside the Huainan Army's camp, there was a corpse of corpses. One of the entire camp was burned to charcoal, and the flames in some places were still steaming. Countless surviving Huainan soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and were listless and indignant. Some even made a sound of crying and calling their parents in pain. It is easy to see that the camp was robbed and the Qin army had just left.
Ying Bu stepped aside his horse and rushed into the open dark and smoked village gate, shouting loudly: "Zhou Yin, where is Zhou Yin? Where is Zhou Yin?"
A team of soldiers with halberds rushed over from the commander's tent. When they saw Ying Bu, they knelt on the ground. Shen Shiqi was behind them and shouted in panic: "King, King, General Zhou Yin has been killed in battle." Ying Bu couldn't help but chill and said sternly: "How is this possible? Isn't Zhou Yin invincible? How could he die in battle so easily?" Shen Shiqi said with a crying voice: "This, this, this is really strange, and the generals don't know what's going on. Huan Yi, who was still weak and incompetent yesterday, became as fierce as a tiger at night-" Ying Bu looked at Shen Shiqi with anxious eyes and fierceness.
He said, "What's going on?" Shen Shiqi knelt on the ground with a pounce, and said, "Your homework king, you have just left, and Qin soldiers came to challenge outside the camp. General Zhou Yin saw that Huan Qi came in person, and was extremely brave and eager to make contributions. He brought a few people to kill the generals. However, he and veteran Huan Qi were beaten to retreat in just five rounds, sweating profusely. After ten rounds, he wanted to refute the horse to escape. Huan Qi reacted quickly, chased after him and took General Zhou's head with a knife, and the plasma ran two feet away, like a fountain-"
Ying Bu was so angry that his whole body was trembling. Shen Shiqi hurriedly said, "The soldiers who followed General Zhou out immediately had a chaos and turned around and retreated to the village without any explanation. There were many people who trampled on each other and died. The Qin army followed behind to cover up the killing. The Huainan army lost its commander and the morale of the army was in chaos. The Mo General and Manqiuchen were not close to each other. The front camp was immediately broken by the Qin army. The Qin army set fire to the fire and the murderous people, and the camp immediately became a sea of fire and blood. Later, the Qin army set fire to the horse shed and granary, and our war horses and food were burned by the Qin army. Fortunately, the Mo General and Manqiuchen rushed over in time and drove the Qin army away. King, we were hit by Huan Qi's trick."
When Ying Bu heard that the food was burned, his heart was cold. A blurry image in front of him, and a stream of air conditioning rushed straight from the tailbone to the door, almost fainting. "How many people are there?" Shen Shiqi said in a trembling voice: "Also, there are only less than 50,000 people left, and all the other brothers will die. If the Mo General and Manqiuchen were not inspecting the back camp and gathering these people, they would probably have been wiped out."
There were 70,000 in total. Ying Bu calculated secretly and immediately dripped blood in his heart. The lives of seventy-eighty-thousand 100,000 soldiers were scattered overnight. The strong camp almost turned into ruins. The family he had accumulated in recent years has been completely lost. Now there are no food and horses. How can we fight next?! Unexpectedly, Zhou Yin's courage was actually a trap set up by Huan Qiong. This was a plan for arrogant soldiers. Why didn't I expect? Ying Bu blamed himself in his heart and was worried. Where should he go?
Manchuchen came over from the back camp with blood and smoke, knelt in front of Yingbu and said, "King, we can't fight anymore. We must withdraw to Huainan immediately, guard Shouchun and Lu'an, and we will make trouble in the future." Yingbu sighed, thinking that the warship had been burned, how can we go back! There was almost no matter how many things left except the dead bodies and fires. Yingbu waved his hand and said weakly: "Send the order, the army retreated fifty miles to set up camp, give up the camp here, and send people to clean the battlefield, and take away all the supplies that can be used." Manchuchen walked forward with tears in his face: "King, you can't fight anymore. If you continue to fight, your brothers will be hungry." Yingbu shouted in anger, "You dare to disturb the morale of the army again. I will chop your head up, so why don't you get up and gather the team."
Yingbu retreated fifty miles to camp, and the Qin army did not move for three or four consecutive days. Manqiuchen was very puzzled and came to see Yingbu and said, "King, if the Qin army does not pursue the victory, there must be a conspiracy!" Yingbu glared at him and shouted, "How many days can the food be eaten?" Manqiuchen rolled in his heart and said, "The soldiers can only last for three or four days for one meal a day." Yingbu walked to the weapon rack, kicked the rack, and said angrily: "The Qin army wants us to exhaust our last bit of energy and then come to get the bargain. Have the people sent to Huainan come back? When will the army that will be able to pick up our support?" Manqiuchen said, "I guess we will be back-" and said, "I heard someone outside the tent shout, "King, the spy who went to Huainan are back."
"Come in!" Ying Bu's eyes were blood red with excitement, and he stepped to the door of the coach's tent. A dirty and weak soldier walked in from outside, and knelt down in front of Ying Bu: "Master, it's not good. Huainan is lost. Lu'an is occupied by Qin general Fan Kuai, and our food is gone."
"What? Huainan is lost!" Ying Bu took three steps back and almost sat on the ground: "When did it happen?" The soldier cried and said, "General Maling, who was guarding Huainan, had already gathered the army and food, and the warship was ready to rescue the king, but unexpectedly, the night before yesterday, Fan Kuai's army suddenly attacked Lu'an, and Maling was captured alive in a confused situation. I survived because I came out to deliver the letter in advance, and I fell down with Shouchun. The warship and food were taken away by the Qin army, and we can't go back, the king."
Ying Bu shouted incoherently: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, this is not true." The soldier shouted: "Master, I dare not talk nonsense. These are true, the King Mingjian, the King Mingjian." Ying Bu was angry, and heard his constant yelling, and he suddenly pulled out his sword, chopped off his head with one knife, and said viciously: "Disturbing the morale of the army, one should die. A head is out of the handsome tent, and the smell of blood is spreading three feet.
Manqiuchen said, "King, Huainan is lost. We have no warships and cannot cross the river. The rear route is cut off. There is no food and grass, we cannot fight, and we cannot move forward. What should we do?" Ying Bu just killed someone, and his eyes were full of murderous aura. He glared at Manqiuchen, and scared him to sit on the ground: "Big, King, what should we do?" Ying Bu said angrily: "The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to cover the earth. What should I do if there is anything? Don't say that I still have 70,000 troops in my hand. Even if there is only one soldier and one soldier, I will not surrender to Qin Ershi. Do you want to learn from Wang Tiankai?" Ying Bu said with a grim smile.
Manchuchen shouted in horror: "The General of the United States dare not, the General of the United States dare not, the General of the United States dare not, the General of the United States is loyal!"
"Get out, get out!" Ying Bu threw the knife away and shouted hysterically: "Let me be quiet." Manchurian rolled and crawled out. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!