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Chapter 164 Eating Meat and Watching the Fun (1)
Wu Jiu's words successfully changed Yiqu's envoy's face. Wu Jiu smiled and said, "If I don't kill the envoy, let him go back and report the letter."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the black-armored warrior next to him immediately moved out of the way, stared at the envoy, and told him to leave immediately.
Surrounded by so many black-armored warriors, the envoy didn't dare to say anything unnecessary, so he quickly lowered his head to pick up the two halves of the documents on the ground, and then ran away as if fleeing for his life.
Wu Jiao narrowed his eyes and looked at the back of the envoy Lu Huang who was fleeing, he couldn't help smiling, and said, "Enter the palace."
Because the army of Chu State was still racing against time, Wu Jiu only planned to rest in the palace of Yun State for one night, and continue to advance tomorrow morning, continuing on his way to Qin State.
In the early morning of the next day, before the sky was bright, Wu Jiu was ready to set off with the army of Chu State. Yun Zi specially prepared a lot of supplies and horses, and sent Wu Jiu’s team out of the capital of Yun State, and continued to go. North, march towards Qin State.
I don't know if it was because they scared Yiqu's army before, so they were not harassed by Yiqu along the way, and Yiqu's army seemed to evaporate.
Wu Jiu and his party left the capital of Yun State very smoothly, and within two days they reached the border between Yun State and Qin State.
Wu Jiu led the team to drive there. The strange thing is that the city is very cold here. I don't know if it is because of the war. In broad daylight, the gate of the city was not opened, and there were no people outside the city. Everything seemed very strange. Depression, especially when the weather is getting colder and colder. When the wind blows and rolls the yellow sand on the ground, it looks even more desolate and cold.
Wu Jiu led the team to the city gate, looked up, and said to Yanjiu, "Call someone to shout."
Yanjiu immediately cupped her fists and said, "Yes, my king!"
Soon, Yanjiu found a few black-armored warriors and asked them to shout to the top of the city gate in unison: "Chu's reinforcements have arrived, escort Qin Gongzi back to the country to succeed!"
"Chu's reinforcements have arrived! Send Mr. Qin back to the country to succeed—"
"Chu's reinforcements have arrived... to escort Mr. Qin back home to succeed him!"
The soldiers of Chu State shouted three times in a row, and the sound resounded through the sky, but Bianyi seemed to be an empty Bianyi, without any sound, Wu Jiao frowned, not knowing what was going on.
After shouting more than a dozen times, there was some movement on the tower. A general guarding the gate came out surrounded by several soldiers and boarded the gate.
The general's helmet was turned over, his face was sleepy, as if he just got up, but now the sun is already high.
It would be fine if there was peace and prosperity on weekdays, but now the Yiqu people are wantonly mopping up, while the general guarding the city in Bianyi is sleeping soundly, which is really shocking.
Wu Jiu waved his hand and continued to make people shout. The general guarding the city gate rubbed his sleepy eyes and said a few words to the soldiers around him. Soon, several soldiers from Qin State also started to talk to the city gate. Shout out the door.
"Our general said... I heard that Mr. Qin has betrayed the country and joined the people of Yiqu, so we can't open the city gate!"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he frowned even more, and everyone beside him also frowned. The attitude of the general guarding the city was obvious, like a scoundrel, clearly to confuse the public. The one who took refuge in Yiqu was Gongzi Bai, not Gongzi Jia. Now But the general said so, the point is still not to open the city gate.
Hearing what he said, Wu Jiu actually already had some confidence in his heart. The reason why the Yiqu people drove straight in was because the internal conflicts in Qin State were too great. When Yiqu invaded, Qin State was in internal strife, and Qin Bozhao said that he died of illness immediately. However, the scholar-bureaucrats kept secrets and did not inform the protons in Chu State, which obviously wanted to monopolize Qin State.
So that the other countries didn't know that the Yiqu people had already called, and finally hit Hangu Pass directly. If it wasn't because of the dangerous terrain of Hangu Pass, even horses could not walk side by side, the Yiqu people must have entered Luoshi.
Chu State came to aid Qin State with soldiers and horses, but it seems that the literati and bureaucrats of Qin State did not accept this favor and wanted to continue to protect their authority and prevent Zhao Jia from returning to the country to succeed him.
The general guarding the city just messed around with them, no matter how much they shouted, they all said that Mr. Qin was a traitor and had surrendered to the Yiqu people, so they couldn't open the door.
Wu Jiao thought for a while and narrowed his eyes.Presumably the Yiqu people have already left their country, and they should be wreaking havoc near Hangu Pass at this time, so the general guarding the city of Qin has no fear. People from Yiqu can reject Zhao Jia, son of Qin, why not do it?
Yanjiu glanced at Wu Jiu and said, "Your Majesty, if the city gate is not opened, what should we do now?"
Wu Jiu said, "Camp up for now."
"Yes!"
Yanjiu immediately ordered to set up camp outside the city gate, the team retreated a little, and set up a tent at a place far away from the city gate. They set up camp from noon, and after setting up the tent, they lit a fire and cooked food.
On the towers of Bianyi, smoke was soon seen not far away, and the soldiers immediately went to report, saying: "Report—General, the Chu army has camped not far from the city gate, and they are still making fire to make food. How can this be done?" good?"
The general guarding the city sneered and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid that they won't leave, just leave them alone, they will leave sooner or later."
The Chu army made a fire and made a meal, and after lunch they were free. Wu Jiu asked Yanjiu to send people to investigate the movements of the people in Yiqu and Hangu Pass. Then Qin Guo opened the city gate.
Until late at night, the state of Qin did not respond, and was determined not to open the city gates. Wu Jiu and the others stationed outside the city.
This stalemate lasted for five or six days. The Chu army did not retreat, and the Qin army did not open the door. Everyone became more and more impatient. The most impatient was Zhao Jia. The Qin army joined together and attacked Yiqu together, cutting off the back of Yiqu.
However, the state of Qin is so inactive. I don't know who is controlling it. It seems that it is very wrong with him. He just doesn't want him to enter the city gate, and he doesn't want Zhao Jia to inherit the position of Uncle Qin.
In this way, the state of Chu needs to consume food every day. If it continues for a long time, the supplies brought by the state of Chu and the supplies presented by the state of Yun will not be enough. Although they can send troops to control the state of Yun to buy supplies, this is not the case. What a good way.
Furthermore, the war opportunity cannot be delayed, and their Chu army has to cooperate with Qihou's army to cut off the back of Yiqu's lair, lock Yiqu in the land of the Zhou Dynasty, and close the door to beat dogs.
Now everything is fine, and all of them have been delayed by Qin's defense of the city. If the opportunity to fight is delayed, what should we do?
Zhao Jia was anxious as if he was a rambunctious beast. He had been walking up and down for five or six days.
Just when Zhao Jia was in such a hurry, a flying horse rushed into the shaft, kicked up countless dust, and rushed all the way, it turned out to be an urgent report.
"Report--!! Urgent report!!!"
The soldier shouted all the way, and when everyone heard the voice, they all came out of the camp and looked at the soldier. The soldier rushed all the way into the shogunate, and everyone soon gathered at the gate of the shogunate.
The soldiers rushed into the shogunate, knelt down and yelled, "Your Majesty! Qi State has led Wei, Zheng, Yan, Zhu, Song and other allied forces to Luoshi, and went north to Hangu Pass to resist Yi. Others."
When everyone heard this, their faces showed delighted expressions. There are so many allied forces from various countries, and they are all big countries. In this way, the people of Yiqu must be scared. In addition to the natural danger of Hangu Pass, Yiqu No matter how fierce a person is, he will never pass Hangu Pass.
How dangerous is Hangu Pass? It has long been the throat of entering the Central Plains. Hangu Pass is called Hangu because it goes deep into the Han and it is a canyon. There are two cliffs, and the narrow path and carriages are not allowed to pass through. , it is said that two horses cannot walk side by side.
In the Warring States of later generations, Qin State relied on Hangu Pass to reject the teachers of the Six Kingdoms, causing the Six Kingdoms to "bury millions of corpses and bleed to the oars". When he was in middle school, Wu Jiu remembered learning a text and asked I am reciting, Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty's "On Passing the Qin Dynasty", there is a sentence in it, it is about Hangu Pass.
——"Try to use ten times the land and millions of people to knock on the pass and attack Qin. The Qin people switch and extend the enemy, and the division of the nine countries hesitates to enter."
It can be seen how powerful Hangu Pass was at that time. As long as Zhou Guo sticks to Hangu Pass, it is impossible for Yiqu people to enter the Central Plains. Qihou naturally understands this truth. Now there is good news, and Qihou has quickly contacted All countries, leading allied forces, fought to the death with the Yiqu people at Hangu Pass. With natural dangers and military strength, it became almost impossible for the Yiqu people to rush into Hangu Pass.
Everyone immediately rejoiced and discussed one after another.
"Duke Qi has arrived at Hangu Pass!"
"There are so many allied forces from various countries, it's enough for the Rong people to bear it!"
"Yes, yes, let them also taste our power."
The literati and bureaucrats were discussing one after another, with joyful expressions on their faces, but at this time, the soldiers continued to report: "Your Majesty, the repelled Yiqu army is retreating rapidly to the west. It seems that the Yiqu army knows that our Chu army Rejected from outside the Qin Pass, he is rushing towards us quickly!"
"what!?"
"This……"
"The army of Yiqu is here!? If Qin doesn't open and close the door, what should we do?!"
Wu Jiu frowned. Qihou led the coalition forces of various countries to meet the enemy at Hangu Pass. Yiqu's army would not get any benefits, so they would naturally retreat. They could not confront the coalition forces head-on. And their state of Chu has now become a soft persimmon.
There are naturally several important reasons why it is a soft persimmon.
First, this is the junction of Yun State and Qin State, and this is the away game of Chu State.
Second, the state of Chu has already consumed five or six days of food and wages here. Although the state of Chu is powerful, they have no support for supplies and are in danger of running out of food at any time.
The third is that Qin State shuts the door to reject Chu. Once the Yiqu people kill them, then if Chu State does not escape, it will be forced by Yiqu to the Qin State’s gate. Closing the door without opening it is simply catching a turtle in a urn, and there is no way out.
Wu Jiao frowned, as if he was meditating, and the crowd immediately became noisy.
When Zhao Jia heard it, it was more like a trapped animal. Qin State did not open the gate. If this caused Chu State to be attacked by Yiqu people, Zhao Jia was naturally uneasy, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please order the withdrawal of troops into Yun stop!"
Everyone looked at Wu Jiu and seemed to agree with Zhao Jia's statement that they didn't have to stay here.
Because of the emergency document issued by Ji Lang, Chu State came to join the war. Logically speaking, Yiqu people are in the extreme north, and Chu State is in the extreme south. Even if Yiqu invades Zhou State, it will not invade Chu State, so Chu State The country can completely ignore its own business.
Now Chu State comes to help Qin State out of morality, but Qin State does not appreciate it, and keeps them at the gate. If Yiqu people arrive, they will definitely suffer heavy losses, so there is no need to confront Qin State and Yiqu people head-on , it is better to retreat directly into the country of Yun, and then let the people of Yiqu and the country of Qin go head-to-head.
Everyone thinks it makes sense, and Wu Jiu also thinks it makes sense, but the purpose of their visit this time is to send Zhao Jia to the throne, and to unite with the Qin army to attack the Yiqu people's lair in the north and cut off the Yiqu people's life. The back road, so as to buy time for Qihou and cooperate with Qihou.
So Wu Jiu did not retreat.
Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, and said very calmly: "I still don't know what it means to retreat."
"Kings!"
Zhao Jia hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why should you fight the enemy for the sake of Qin State... Besides, Qin State does not accept this kind of favor, please withdraw to Yun State, Your Majesty, to ensure that the Chu army is safe!"
When Zhao Jia said these words, he was actually a little bit heartbroken. Back then, he was disheartened because his elder brother rejected him, and now he was disheartened because of the internal struggles in Qin.The king of Chu accepted him and reused him. He was Zhao Jia's benefactor. Now, for the sake of Qin, Zhao Jia really couldn't do it if he would avenge his kindness.
But Wu Jiu said very firmly, "Meet the enemy head-on."
Zhao Jia was taken aback, and although the scholar bureaucrats beside him were also very surprised, seeing Wu Jiu's determined expression and hearing Wu Jiu's determined tone, he suddenly felt that even if the Qin State didn't open the door, Yiqu was nothing to be afraid of. Now, they must have a way to beat Yiqu to the ground in front of the people of Qin, making Qin feel ashamed.
Wu Jiu beckoned to Zhao Jia and said, "Go and do something for me."
"Yes! Your Majesty."
Zhao Jia passed by quickly, Wu Jiao whispered something to him, Zhao Jia immediately walked out of the gate of the shogunate, found a team of soldiers and horses, got on the horses, and quickly left with the soldiers and horses.
After Zhao Jia left, Wu Jiu called Yanjiu again and said, "Go and speak to Qin again."
Yanjiu led the soldiers of Chu State out of Xingyuan, and soon came under the closed gate of Qin State, and shouted again.
"My king has something to say, foreign enemies that you Qin people dare not fight, we Chu people will fight for you!"
The soldiers of the Qin State stood on the tower and looked down one after another. Yanjiu led the people to shout a dozen times in a row. The soldiers of the Qin State looked at each other, and some looked at the general guarding the city. If they don’t retreat, they will be chased and beaten by the Yiqu people, as long as we close the city gate, the Yiqu people will not be able to enter the city even if they fight over.”
The spies of the Chu State soon reported that the Yiqu people were indeed coming towards them, and they were threatening. Because they were defeated at Hangu Pass, the Yiqu people were eager to find a chance to stand up. In addition, this is obviously a good opportunity.
Wu Jiu asked Zhao Jia to prepare, and at dusk three days later, Yiqu's army rushed forward. At this time, Chu's army could last two days at most. It's the Qin State checkpoint that keeps the door closed.
Zhao Jia and Yanjiu stood behind Wu Jiu, and Wu Jiao sat firmly on the tall horse. He didn't even wear black armor, but a black court robe, which formed a stark contrast with the pure white ink.
There was no sign of cowardice on Wu Jiu's face, he watched the yellow sand billowing up from the sky, and Yiqu's army rode on horses, each tall and big, like waves of sand, rushing straight towards them.
In front of Wu Jiu's eyes was Yiqu's army, and behind him was the Qin State Gate that refused to open the gate, and he was about to be flanked by front and back.
Wu Jiu said very calmly: "Respond to the enemy! Proceed according to the plan."
Zhao Jia immediately got the order and led the team to rush out quickly.
"kill--!!!"
"kill!!"
"Fight the bandits!"
The black-armored warriors of Chu State galloped towards Yiqu's army, but the number was actually not large, and they were all infantry, while the opponent's Yiqu's army was nomadic cavalry, not to mention tall and strong, all of them were tall horses , Seeing the infantry of Chu State, they all laughed and charged forward frantically.
Zhao Jia led the team and rushed forward "aggressively". However, when he was about to border the Yiqu people, Zhao Jia suddenly raised his hand. Pull back quickly.
When the Yiqu people saw this move, they immediately felt something was wrong, but it was too late, they hadn't reined in their horses, when they heard the sound of "Boom—ping pong!", there were traps on the ground, and there were big pits , the Yiqu people rushed over with their horses, couldn't stop at all, and fell directly into the big hole on the ground.
That day, Wu Jiu asked Zhao Jia to do some work, which was actually to dig holes for the Yiqu people. They dug a lot of big holes on the ground, covered them with grass, and filled them with a layer of soil. There were almost no flaws, and when the Yiqu people swept in madly and hurriedly, they would be even less visible.
All of a sudden, the Yiqu army turned on their backs, and all the horse soldiers in front fell into the pit, while the horses behind were frightened and kicked non-stop, "Boom! Boom! Boom—" Yiqu soldiers kept coming and going. The horses were thrown off their backs, and the horses behind were still kicking. The soldiers screamed wildly, got up from the ground, and fled in embarrassment. It was directly chopped at the foot of the horse's hoof.
Yiqu's army was in chaos, and Zhao Jia had already retreated with his soldiers and horses. Yiqu's general shouted: "Don't panic!!! Don't fall for the trap! Formation! Formation!!!"
The Yiqu army in the front has been broken, but there are still many behind. After all, these pits are one-time, and there is no way to pit all the Yiqu troops at once.
Wu Jiao sat firmly on top of Jiu Mo, looked at the team in front, sneered, and said, "It's time to give them something new."
Yanjiu next to him immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"
Yanjiu and his soldiers were ready a long time ago. Seeing that Zhao Jia's troops retreated without any loss, he raised his hand and shouted: "Throw!"
When Yanjiu gave an order, he heard the sound of "呵呵呵—" and the Yiqu people hadn't crawled out of the pit and lined up before they suddenly threw something over and threw it on the ground with a "bang dang" .
The thing was not big at all, and sparks were bursting out. I don't know what it was, and there was no reaction when it fell on the ground. Many Yiqu soldiers looked at it.
General Yiqu took a look, his face paled immediately, and he shouted: "Black powder!!!"
As he yelled, there was a loud bang of "Pong!!!!!!", many soldiers were still watching, and they were blown up in pieces in an instant.
Although the power of black powder is not too great, even if it is fireworks, if you stand so close and stretch your head to see it, you will definitely be blown up.
Yanjiu led the people to throw the black powder, and made a sound of "bang bang bang -" for a while, and the sound of black powder exploding continued in an endless stream.
Yiqu's army was frightened, but Yiqu's general did not let them escape, and shouted to order the army to rectify and prepare to move on.
Black powder is indeed powerful, but in this era, too pure raw materials cannot be purified, so the power of black powder is limited, and they need to be thrown, so the roller of gunpowder is made very long, so as not to hurt others. People in the canal can dodge, and there is also the phenomenon of squibs. Squibs are by no means rare. These kinds of phenomena can only be used to scare the people of Yiqu.
Zhao Jia skimmed ahead, and soon turned around, the weather was very cold, especially after dusk, the sky was getting darker and darker, as if it was preparing for a heavy rainstorm.
Zhao Jia rushed over, sweating profusely, and said, "Your Majesty, there are too many troops in Yiqu, and our earth pits and black powder will not be able to stop them. Please retreat into the territory of Yun State first, Your Majesty, and let us continue to resist." !"
As he was talking, a soldier rushed over and said, "Your Majesty!! The people from Yiqu are here!!"
The Yiqu army is very brave. Although they killed some people on the earth pit and black gunpowder, they still rushed forward crazily, and had no intention of retreating. After all, they could not retreat. If they don't get through with Qin, they won't be able to contact Yiqu's old nest, and they won't be able to get supplies, so Yiqu is very tough and wants to come to them one after another.
The Chu army was forced to retreat all the way back. Although the start was good, they couldn't hold back Yiqu's large numbers of people.
Soon, the entire Chu army withdrew from Xingyuan and was forced to retreat to the gate of Qin State.
Seeing that Wu Jiu was standing still, Zhao Jia said "Gudong!!", and knelt down in front of Wu Jiu, saying, "Your Majesty!! Please think about your own safety. The people from Yiqu have rushed over. They are numerous and powerful, and now the Chu army has been trapped here, with no way out. Zhao Jia once again begged the king to retreat into the territory of the state of Yun. This is the battlefield of the people of the state of Qin, so let the people of the state of Qin defend the final battle. My lord, you It's not worth it..."
Wu Jiao squinted his eyes, turned around suddenly, faced the gate of Qin State, and said loudly: "This is not just a battlefield for Qin people, this is a battlefield for all bloody people! I am not fighting for the ruler of Qin State." This battle is fought for the people of Qin, for the old and weak women and children of Qin, for their cowardly husbands, sons, and fathers who dare not go out to meet the enemy!"
Wu Jiu's voice was deafening amidst the killing noises of Yiqu people. The soldiers at Qin Pass stared at the pass in a daze. There was billowing sand in front of them. The Chu army had no way to retreat. With his back against the checkpoint of Qin State, he was ready to fight to the death with the Yiqu people right in front of the checkpoint.
However, that was the case, the black-armored warriors of Chu State had no intention of running away. They could withdraw from the territory of Yun State to protect themselves, but none of them left, and they still wanted to fight to the end.
The soldiers on the city tower looked at each other, listening to the sound of killing, they suddenly fell into deep thought, they were the cowards that Wu Jiu said they dared not switch to meet the enemy.
The Yiqu people swept up Qin State, killing their children, wives, and parents and fellow villagers, but now the soldiers of Qin State have to stand on the tower, watching those Yiqu people sweep again and kill a group of people who stand for them Don't the Chu soldiers who died in vain, these Chu people have no children, wives, parents and folks?
The killing sound was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Qin State finally couldn't help shouting: "General! The bandits are closing! Switch the switch to respond to the enemy!!"
"presumptuous!"
The general who defended the city "slap!" gave the speaker a slap, and said in a cold voice, "I didn't have an order, and no one is allowed to switch!"
The soldier was slapped, and his teeth were about to be knocked out. The soldiers next to him looked at each other, but their faces turned red, not from fear, but from anger.
The soldiers on the city gate suddenly became agitated, and suddenly someone shouted: "We are Qin soldiers! We are old Qin people, not cowards!"
"Switch! Switch!"
"Kill it!"
All of a sudden, riots started on the tower, and the general defending the city yelled, "Rebellion! Rebellion! Are you going to rebel?!"
He said that the soldier who was beaten just now suddenly rioted and rushed over. The general who defended the city was still very disdainful, as if he was not afraid of a soldier. His personal soldiers also rushed over quickly, "Boom!!!" He was directly pressed to the ground, ripped off his helmet and armor, and tied him up in one fell swoop.
The general yelled: "It's the other way around!! Come on... come on! Come on..."
But he couldn't finish his words at all, his mouth was already gagged, and then the soldiers shouted: "Switch!!! Open the city gate and let the Chu army come in!!!"
The Yiqu army was about to catch a turtle, but at this moment, there was chaos on the city gate, and then the black-armored Qin soldiers on the city gate were shouting something, and they heard the sound of "rumbling--", and the closed gate opened up.
"The switch is on!"
"The city gate is open!"
"Your Majesty, quickly enter the city gate!!"
The Chu army suddenly became excited. They had no way to retreat, but they suddenly turned to life. The gate of Qinguan was suddenly opened, and Qin soldiers rushed out of the city to welcome the Chu army to retreat into the pass.
The Yiqu army from the rear rushed forward quickly, trying to take advantage of the gap between them opening and closing the door, and directly rushed into the city, but the continuous stream of Qin troops had already rushed out, roaring one by one, as if they had been imprisoned for a long time beast.
The Yiqu army was originally numerous, but the Qin army suddenly opened the door, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chu army. Coupled with the support of the Qin army, the situation turned against them in an instant.
The Yiqu army was frightened, and after this hesitation, the Chu army quickly retreated into Guanzhong.
"close the door!!!"
"Close the door—"
"Hurry up!"
"Boom!!!" There was another sound, and Qin Jun forcibly closed the door, and the Yiqu soldiers who wanted to squeeze in were caught by the door at once, and they were cut off abruptly, making continuous wailing sounds.
Yanjiu and Zhao Jia led the Qin army to retreat, and Wu Dao guarded Wu Jiu's side to protect him and escorted Wu Jiu into Qin Pass.
Soon all the Chu troops retreated to the Guanzhong, and the closed door was quickly closed. The curses of the Yiqu people were blocked from the closed door, and instantly became hazy and inaudible.
The soldiers of Chu were all dressed in rough clothes. When Wu Jiao raised his head, he saw a group of soldiers from the state of Qin. They had no official rank, but ordinary soldiers. All of them were sweating profusely. Some of them didn’t wear helmets because of the sudden riot. , Some didn't even wear armor at all, and some didn't even have weapons, but they stood at the gate of the city one by one.
Wu Jiu glanced at the Qin soldiers and smiled.
The Yiqu people were stopped outside the city gate, but they had no intention of retreating at all. After all, they had no way out, and there was Qi State leading the coalition forces to attack them, so this side was relatively safe.
The people of Yiqu were clamoring below, constantly swearing and fighting, threatening to kill them all, and massacre the city, kill their children, and plunder their women.
The soldiers of Qin State looked at them from the top of the city tower, all of them were red-faced and thick-necked, and the city guard added fuel, and the city guard shouted: "You traitors! Rebels!"
Wu Jiu went up to the tower, looked down at the general who was tied up and fell to the ground, squinted his eyes and said, "For your own selfish desire, you are the traitor."
The city guards became a little scared at this time, and said tremblingly: "This humble general... this humble general is also following orders, this... and some people in the capital do not want you to return to the country, humble general... this humble general dare not disobey ah."
Wu Jiao sneered and said, "Don't worry, you are from Qin State anyway. I believe that people from Qin State will not kill their own clansmen. Of course, if we let people from Chu State do it, I will feel that my hands are dirty. Then ...Let's let those Yiqu people in the city do it?"
As Wu Jiu said, he waved his hand and said calmly, "Come here, throw this majestic general... from the gate of the city."
"No! Don't—"
The general guarding the city shouted, saying: "King of Chu!! King of Chu!! Spare the life of the humble general! The humble general will never dare again, the humble general..."
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers of Qin State couldn't wait to lift him up, dragged him to the gate of the city, and threw him directly from the city wall. Immediately everything returned to calm.
Wu Jiu stood on the tower, and now it was night, the tower was full of flames, and the strong wind ignited the light of the torches. Under the eyes of everyone, Wu Jiu said loudly: "Now the people of Yiqu are oppressing the land, we are the ones who give the people of Yiqu a piece of land. Now is the time to take a look! All the humiliation suffered at the hands of the Yiqu people in the past should be returned in the same way."
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Fight the bandits!"
"Fight the bandits!!"
The sound of shouting from the tower resounded through the sky, and the momentum seemed to tear the night. The Yiqu army below the tower heard it in their ears, and felt a little scared for no reason.
Wu Jiu turned his head and said to Qu Zhong: "It's not too late, I need work to do something."
Qu Zhong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
Wu Jiu hurriedly drew a sketch for Qu Zhong. Qu Zhong needed some manpower and materials, so the soldiers of Qin State offered to help, and they were busy all night.
The people of Yiqu guarded under the city gate, they didn't seem to want to just retreat like this, they kept eyeing them.
Qu Zhong was in charge of making the tools, and everyone worked overtime. After a full day and a half, they finally made them.
Five catapults are neatly arranged on the city tower. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there should have been catapults, but this kind of thing is too clumsy and has not been improved, so it is generally not useful.
But Wu Jiu will use this today, because they can't open and close the door, and they don't need to expend manpower to confront Yiqu head-on. They just need to scare Yiqu, and then cooperate with Qi's coalition forces to trap Yiqu's people inside Zhou. , In this way, if the connection between Yiqu and Laowo is cut off, Yiqu's army will surrender without a fight without supplies.
That's why Wu Jiu thought of the catapult.
In Chinese chess, the so-called cannon is actually this kind of catapult. Putting the flint in the catapult and throwing the flint from the city gate will definitely make those Yiqu people look good.
After the catapult was successfully built, Wu Jiao immediately sent troops to line up. The Yiqu people under the city gate didn't know what they were going to do, so Wu Jiao said with a smile: "Let's start."
As he spoke, the five catapults were immediately reloaded with "ammunition" and lit with torches. The huge stone was surrounded by flammable things, and a raging fire soon ignited.
"Huh----!!!" With a sound, the huge stone was thrown out by the catapult. In the twilight of the evening, the burning stone, like a fiery red sun, was thrown out suddenly, towards the city gate. The Yiqu people left.
"Ahhhhh-!!"
"Back off!"
"Retreat quickly!!"
The people in Yiqu saw the huge flint rolling down from upstairs, and they hit the ground with a loud "Boom!!!".
The Yiqu people retreated quickly in fright, but when Wu Jiu asked Qu Zhong to make the catapult, the arm lengths of the five catapults were actually different, just to match the distance. Countermeasures.
Seeing the fireballs falling from the sky one after another, the people of Yiqu did not dare to stay near the city gate at all, they retreated quickly and kept retreating backwards.
The soldiers of Qin State and Chu State stood on the tower, constantly transporting huge stones, looked down, and saw the Yiqu people running away with their helmets and armor removed, they couldn't help but rejoice, and they all shouted crazily.
"Get out!!!"
"Go away, bandits!"
It seemed that Qin's army hadn't been so excited for a long time. Although it was already night, the people on the tower were very excited and cheered non-stop.
I don't know who was the first to kneel down and shouted: "Wannian, king of Chu! Wannian, son!"
Immediately, like the waves, the soldiers of Qin State knelt down and kowtowed, and finally turned into a mountain cry: "The king of Chu has lived for thousands of years, and the king has lived for thousands of years!"
Zhao Jia looked at the soldiers of Qin who were kneeling on the ground and kept kowtowing, and an indescribable feeling suddenly arose in his heart, Wu Jiao looked at Zhao Jia beside him, and said with a smile: "It seems that Duke Qin has been favored by everyone. "
Zhao Jia couldn't tell what kind of feeling this was, couldn't tell...
The armies of Qin State and Chu State scared the Yiqu people, and the Yiqu people were forced to retreat away from the border of Qin State, and struggled somewhere else.
Wu Jiu and the others hadn't completed their purpose, so they naturally wanted to continue their march, heading to the capital of Qin, and sending Zhao Jia back to the capital to succeed him.
Before Wu Jiu's team set off, the people in Bianyi sent their own food to the gate of Xingyuan spontaneously. When Wu Jiu woke up early in the morning, he found that there seemed to be a high wall of grain piled up at the gate of Xingyuan, and a small hillside. All were sent by the people to thank them for their food.
The Chu army consumed a lot of food before, and now they have received supplies. These are quite useful to the Chu army, so Wu Jiu did not refuse. He thanked the people of Qin and asked them to pack up the food and take it with them. hit the road.
The army of Chu State quickly moved northward from the border area and continued to march towards the capital of Qin State. Because Wu Jiu threw the general guarding the city directly from the city gate, all the other local officials who guarded the city opened the city gate and greeted Wu Jiu directly. City, and good hospitality, there is no longer a closed door phenomenon.
Afterwards, the journey was very smooth, and the Chu army soon arrived at the gate of Qin City.
The literati and bureaucrats of Qin State greeted them at the gate of the capital, because many people were involved in the rebellion and execution of the Great Shuchang, so at that time, Qin Bozhao said that after returning to the country, he rectified the Qin State’s government and abolished the leftists who colluded with the Dashuchang. Shuzhang and Youshuzhang, in this way, the four Shuzhangs in Qin State, Da Shuzhang, Zuo Shuzhang, and You Shuzhang were all abolished, and there was no new one, leaving only one Siche Shuzhang.
Before Shang Yang's reform, Siche Shuchang had a very high position, held military power, and was in charge of the affairs of the nobles.
Now that Qin Guo is such a concubine, he naturally stands at the top.
Siche Shuchang led the scholars and bureaucrats of the state of Qin to greet him at the gate of the city. He cupped his hands and said: "The old minister welcomes the king of Chu, and welcomes the son!"
Seeing their battle, Wu Jiu seemed to have changed his strategy. Before, he was clearly not allowing them to enter the city, but now he has turned into a soft policy, trying to appease them.
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As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the black-armored warrior next to him immediately moved out of the way, stared at the envoy, and told him to leave immediately.
Surrounded by so many black-armored warriors, the envoy didn't dare to say anything unnecessary, so he quickly lowered his head to pick up the two halves of the documents on the ground, and then ran away as if fleeing for his life.
Wu Jiao narrowed his eyes and looked at the back of the envoy Lu Huang who was fleeing, he couldn't help smiling, and said, "Enter the palace."
Because the army of Chu State was still racing against time, Wu Jiu only planned to rest in the palace of Yun State for one night, and continue to advance tomorrow morning, continuing on his way to Qin State.
In the early morning of the next day, before the sky was bright, Wu Jiu was ready to set off with the army of Chu State. Yun Zi specially prepared a lot of supplies and horses, and sent Wu Jiu’s team out of the capital of Yun State, and continued to go. North, march towards Qin State.
I don't know if it was because they scared Yiqu's army before, so they were not harassed by Yiqu along the way, and Yiqu's army seemed to evaporate.
Wu Jiu and his party left the capital of Yun State very smoothly, and within two days they reached the border between Yun State and Qin State.
Wu Jiu led the team to drive there. The strange thing is that the city is very cold here. I don't know if it is because of the war. In broad daylight, the gate of the city was not opened, and there were no people outside the city. Everything seemed very strange. Depression, especially when the weather is getting colder and colder. When the wind blows and rolls the yellow sand on the ground, it looks even more desolate and cold.
Wu Jiu led the team to the city gate, looked up, and said to Yanjiu, "Call someone to shout."
Yanjiu immediately cupped her fists and said, "Yes, my king!"
Soon, Yanjiu found a few black-armored warriors and asked them to shout to the top of the city gate in unison: "Chu's reinforcements have arrived, escort Qin Gongzi back to the country to succeed!"
"Chu's reinforcements have arrived! Send Mr. Qin back to the country to succeed—"
"Chu's reinforcements have arrived... to escort Mr. Qin back home to succeed him!"
The soldiers of Chu State shouted three times in a row, and the sound resounded through the sky, but Bianyi seemed to be an empty Bianyi, without any sound, Wu Jiao frowned, not knowing what was going on.
After shouting more than a dozen times, there was some movement on the tower. A general guarding the gate came out surrounded by several soldiers and boarded the gate.
The general's helmet was turned over, his face was sleepy, as if he just got up, but now the sun is already high.
It would be fine if there was peace and prosperity on weekdays, but now the Yiqu people are wantonly mopping up, while the general guarding the city in Bianyi is sleeping soundly, which is really shocking.
Wu Jiu waved his hand and continued to make people shout. The general guarding the city gate rubbed his sleepy eyes and said a few words to the soldiers around him. Soon, several soldiers from Qin State also started to talk to the city gate. Shout out the door.
"Our general said... I heard that Mr. Qin has betrayed the country and joined the people of Yiqu, so we can't open the city gate!"
When Wu Jiu heard this, he frowned even more, and everyone beside him also frowned. The attitude of the general guarding the city was obvious, like a scoundrel, clearly to confuse the public. The one who took refuge in Yiqu was Gongzi Bai, not Gongzi Jia. Now But the general said so, the point is still not to open the city gate.
Hearing what he said, Wu Jiu actually already had some confidence in his heart. The reason why the Yiqu people drove straight in was because the internal conflicts in Qin State were too great. When Yiqu invaded, Qin State was in internal strife, and Qin Bozhao said that he died of illness immediately. However, the scholar-bureaucrats kept secrets and did not inform the protons in Chu State, which obviously wanted to monopolize Qin State.
So that the other countries didn't know that the Yiqu people had already called, and finally hit Hangu Pass directly. If it wasn't because of the dangerous terrain of Hangu Pass, even horses could not walk side by side, the Yiqu people must have entered Luoshi.
Chu State came to aid Qin State with soldiers and horses, but it seems that the literati and bureaucrats of Qin State did not accept this favor and wanted to continue to protect their authority and prevent Zhao Jia from returning to the country to succeed him.
The general guarding the city just messed around with them, no matter how much they shouted, they all said that Mr. Qin was a traitor and had surrendered to the Yiqu people, so they couldn't open the door.
Wu Jiao thought for a while and narrowed his eyes.Presumably the Yiqu people have already left their country, and they should be wreaking havoc near Hangu Pass at this time, so the general guarding the city of Qin has no fear. People from Yiqu can reject Zhao Jia, son of Qin, why not do it?
Yanjiu glanced at Wu Jiu and said, "Your Majesty, if the city gate is not opened, what should we do now?"
Wu Jiu said, "Camp up for now."
"Yes!"
Yanjiu immediately ordered to set up camp outside the city gate, the team retreated a little, and set up a tent at a place far away from the city gate. They set up camp from noon, and after setting up the tent, they lit a fire and cooked food.
On the towers of Bianyi, smoke was soon seen not far away, and the soldiers immediately went to report, saying: "Report—General, the Chu army has camped not far from the city gate, and they are still making fire to make food. How can this be done?" good?"
The general guarding the city sneered and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid that they won't leave, just leave them alone, they will leave sooner or later."
The Chu army made a fire and made a meal, and after lunch they were free. Wu Jiu asked Yanjiu to send people to investigate the movements of the people in Yiqu and Hangu Pass. Then Qin Guo opened the city gate.
Until late at night, the state of Qin did not respond, and was determined not to open the city gates. Wu Jiu and the others stationed outside the city.
This stalemate lasted for five or six days. The Chu army did not retreat, and the Qin army did not open the door. Everyone became more and more impatient. The most impatient was Zhao Jia. The Qin army joined together and attacked Yiqu together, cutting off the back of Yiqu.
However, the state of Qin is so inactive. I don't know who is controlling it. It seems that it is very wrong with him. He just doesn't want him to enter the city gate, and he doesn't want Zhao Jia to inherit the position of Uncle Qin.
In this way, the state of Chu needs to consume food every day. If it continues for a long time, the supplies brought by the state of Chu and the supplies presented by the state of Yun will not be enough. Although they can send troops to control the state of Yun to buy supplies, this is not the case. What a good way.
Furthermore, the war opportunity cannot be delayed, and their Chu army has to cooperate with Qihou's army to cut off the back of Yiqu's lair, lock Yiqu in the land of the Zhou Dynasty, and close the door to beat dogs.
Now everything is fine, and all of them have been delayed by Qin's defense of the city. If the opportunity to fight is delayed, what should we do?
Zhao Jia was anxious as if he was a rambunctious beast. He had been walking up and down for five or six days.
Just when Zhao Jia was in such a hurry, a flying horse rushed into the shaft, kicked up countless dust, and rushed all the way, it turned out to be an urgent report.
"Report--!! Urgent report!!!"
The soldier shouted all the way, and when everyone heard the voice, they all came out of the camp and looked at the soldier. The soldier rushed all the way into the shogunate, and everyone soon gathered at the gate of the shogunate.
The soldiers rushed into the shogunate, knelt down and yelled, "Your Majesty! Qi State has led Wei, Zheng, Yan, Zhu, Song and other allied forces to Luoshi, and went north to Hangu Pass to resist Yi. Others."
When everyone heard this, their faces showed delighted expressions. There are so many allied forces from various countries, and they are all big countries. In this way, the people of Yiqu must be scared. In addition to the natural danger of Hangu Pass, Yiqu No matter how fierce a person is, he will never pass Hangu Pass.
How dangerous is Hangu Pass? It has long been the throat of entering the Central Plains. Hangu Pass is called Hangu because it goes deep into the Han and it is a canyon. There are two cliffs, and the narrow path and carriages are not allowed to pass through. , it is said that two horses cannot walk side by side.
In the Warring States of later generations, Qin State relied on Hangu Pass to reject the teachers of the Six Kingdoms, causing the Six Kingdoms to "bury millions of corpses and bleed to the oars". When he was in middle school, Wu Jiu remembered learning a text and asked I am reciting, Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty's "On Passing the Qin Dynasty", there is a sentence in it, it is about Hangu Pass.
——"Try to use ten times the land and millions of people to knock on the pass and attack Qin. The Qin people switch and extend the enemy, and the division of the nine countries hesitates to enter."
It can be seen how powerful Hangu Pass was at that time. As long as Zhou Guo sticks to Hangu Pass, it is impossible for Yiqu people to enter the Central Plains. Qihou naturally understands this truth. Now there is good news, and Qihou has quickly contacted All countries, leading allied forces, fought to the death with the Yiqu people at Hangu Pass. With natural dangers and military strength, it became almost impossible for the Yiqu people to rush into Hangu Pass.
Everyone immediately rejoiced and discussed one after another.
"Duke Qi has arrived at Hangu Pass!"
"There are so many allied forces from various countries, it's enough for the Rong people to bear it!"
"Yes, yes, let them also taste our power."
The literati and bureaucrats were discussing one after another, with joyful expressions on their faces, but at this time, the soldiers continued to report: "Your Majesty, the repelled Yiqu army is retreating rapidly to the west. It seems that the Yiqu army knows that our Chu army Rejected from outside the Qin Pass, he is rushing towards us quickly!"
"what!?"
"This……"
"The army of Yiqu is here!? If Qin doesn't open and close the door, what should we do?!"
Wu Jiu frowned. Qihou led the coalition forces of various countries to meet the enemy at Hangu Pass. Yiqu's army would not get any benefits, so they would naturally retreat. They could not confront the coalition forces head-on. And their state of Chu has now become a soft persimmon.
There are naturally several important reasons why it is a soft persimmon.
First, this is the junction of Yun State and Qin State, and this is the away game of Chu State.
Second, the state of Chu has already consumed five or six days of food and wages here. Although the state of Chu is powerful, they have no support for supplies and are in danger of running out of food at any time.
The third is that Qin State shuts the door to reject Chu. Once the Yiqu people kill them, then if Chu State does not escape, it will be forced by Yiqu to the Qin State’s gate. Closing the door without opening it is simply catching a turtle in a urn, and there is no way out.
Wu Jiao frowned, as if he was meditating, and the crowd immediately became noisy.
When Zhao Jia heard it, it was more like a trapped animal. Qin State did not open the gate. If this caused Chu State to be attacked by Yiqu people, Zhao Jia was naturally uneasy, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please order the withdrawal of troops into Yun stop!"
Everyone looked at Wu Jiu and seemed to agree with Zhao Jia's statement that they didn't have to stay here.
Because of the emergency document issued by Ji Lang, Chu State came to join the war. Logically speaking, Yiqu people are in the extreme north, and Chu State is in the extreme south. Even if Yiqu invades Zhou State, it will not invade Chu State, so Chu State The country can completely ignore its own business.
Now Chu State comes to help Qin State out of morality, but Qin State does not appreciate it, and keeps them at the gate. If Yiqu people arrive, they will definitely suffer heavy losses, so there is no need to confront Qin State and Yiqu people head-on , it is better to retreat directly into the country of Yun, and then let the people of Yiqu and the country of Qin go head-to-head.
Everyone thinks it makes sense, and Wu Jiu also thinks it makes sense, but the purpose of their visit this time is to send Zhao Jia to the throne, and to unite with the Qin army to attack the Yiqu people's lair in the north and cut off the Yiqu people's life. The back road, so as to buy time for Qihou and cooperate with Qihou.
So Wu Jiu did not retreat.
Wu Jiu squinted his eyes, and said very calmly: "I still don't know what it means to retreat."
"Kings!"
Zhao Jia hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why should you fight the enemy for the sake of Qin State... Besides, Qin State does not accept this kind of favor, please withdraw to Yun State, Your Majesty, to ensure that the Chu army is safe!"
When Zhao Jia said these words, he was actually a little bit heartbroken. Back then, he was disheartened because his elder brother rejected him, and now he was disheartened because of the internal struggles in Qin.The king of Chu accepted him and reused him. He was Zhao Jia's benefactor. Now, for the sake of Qin, Zhao Jia really couldn't do it if he would avenge his kindness.
But Wu Jiu said very firmly, "Meet the enemy head-on."
Zhao Jia was taken aback, and although the scholar bureaucrats beside him were also very surprised, seeing Wu Jiu's determined expression and hearing Wu Jiu's determined tone, he suddenly felt that even if the Qin State didn't open the door, Yiqu was nothing to be afraid of. Now, they must have a way to beat Yiqu to the ground in front of the people of Qin, making Qin feel ashamed.
Wu Jiu beckoned to Zhao Jia and said, "Go and do something for me."
"Yes! Your Majesty."
Zhao Jia passed by quickly, Wu Jiao whispered something to him, Zhao Jia immediately walked out of the gate of the shogunate, found a team of soldiers and horses, got on the horses, and quickly left with the soldiers and horses.
After Zhao Jia left, Wu Jiu called Yanjiu again and said, "Go and speak to Qin again."
Yanjiu led the soldiers of Chu State out of Xingyuan, and soon came under the closed gate of Qin State, and shouted again.
"My king has something to say, foreign enemies that you Qin people dare not fight, we Chu people will fight for you!"
The soldiers of the Qin State stood on the tower and looked down one after another. Yanjiu led the people to shout a dozen times in a row. The soldiers of the Qin State looked at each other, and some looked at the general guarding the city. If they don’t retreat, they will be chased and beaten by the Yiqu people, as long as we close the city gate, the Yiqu people will not be able to enter the city even if they fight over.”
The spies of the Chu State soon reported that the Yiqu people were indeed coming towards them, and they were threatening. Because they were defeated at Hangu Pass, the Yiqu people were eager to find a chance to stand up. In addition, this is obviously a good opportunity.
Wu Jiu asked Zhao Jia to prepare, and at dusk three days later, Yiqu's army rushed forward. At this time, Chu's army could last two days at most. It's the Qin State checkpoint that keeps the door closed.
Zhao Jia and Yanjiu stood behind Wu Jiu, and Wu Jiao sat firmly on the tall horse. He didn't even wear black armor, but a black court robe, which formed a stark contrast with the pure white ink.
There was no sign of cowardice on Wu Jiu's face, he watched the yellow sand billowing up from the sky, and Yiqu's army rode on horses, each tall and big, like waves of sand, rushing straight towards them.
In front of Wu Jiu's eyes was Yiqu's army, and behind him was the Qin State Gate that refused to open the gate, and he was about to be flanked by front and back.
Wu Jiu said very calmly: "Respond to the enemy! Proceed according to the plan."
Zhao Jia immediately got the order and led the team to rush out quickly.
"kill--!!!"
"kill!!"
"Fight the bandits!"
The black-armored warriors of Chu State galloped towards Yiqu's army, but the number was actually not large, and they were all infantry, while the opponent's Yiqu's army was nomadic cavalry, not to mention tall and strong, all of them were tall horses , Seeing the infantry of Chu State, they all laughed and charged forward frantically.
Zhao Jia led the team and rushed forward "aggressively". However, when he was about to border the Yiqu people, Zhao Jia suddenly raised his hand. Pull back quickly.
When the Yiqu people saw this move, they immediately felt something was wrong, but it was too late, they hadn't reined in their horses, when they heard the sound of "Boom—ping pong!", there were traps on the ground, and there were big pits , the Yiqu people rushed over with their horses, couldn't stop at all, and fell directly into the big hole on the ground.
That day, Wu Jiu asked Zhao Jia to do some work, which was actually to dig holes for the Yiqu people. They dug a lot of big holes on the ground, covered them with grass, and filled them with a layer of soil. There were almost no flaws, and when the Yiqu people swept in madly and hurriedly, they would be even less visible.
All of a sudden, the Yiqu army turned on their backs, and all the horse soldiers in front fell into the pit, while the horses behind were frightened and kicked non-stop, "Boom! Boom! Boom—" Yiqu soldiers kept coming and going. The horses were thrown off their backs, and the horses behind were still kicking. The soldiers screamed wildly, got up from the ground, and fled in embarrassment. It was directly chopped at the foot of the horse's hoof.
Yiqu's army was in chaos, and Zhao Jia had already retreated with his soldiers and horses. Yiqu's general shouted: "Don't panic!!! Don't fall for the trap! Formation! Formation!!!"
The Yiqu army in the front has been broken, but there are still many behind. After all, these pits are one-time, and there is no way to pit all the Yiqu troops at once.
Wu Jiao sat firmly on top of Jiu Mo, looked at the team in front, sneered, and said, "It's time to give them something new."
Yanjiu next to him immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"
Yanjiu and his soldiers were ready a long time ago. Seeing that Zhao Jia's troops retreated without any loss, he raised his hand and shouted: "Throw!"
When Yanjiu gave an order, he heard the sound of "呵呵呵—" and the Yiqu people hadn't crawled out of the pit and lined up before they suddenly threw something over and threw it on the ground with a "bang dang" .
The thing was not big at all, and sparks were bursting out. I don't know what it was, and there was no reaction when it fell on the ground. Many Yiqu soldiers looked at it.
General Yiqu took a look, his face paled immediately, and he shouted: "Black powder!!!"
As he yelled, there was a loud bang of "Pong!!!!!!", many soldiers were still watching, and they were blown up in pieces in an instant.
Although the power of black powder is not too great, even if it is fireworks, if you stand so close and stretch your head to see it, you will definitely be blown up.
Yanjiu led the people to throw the black powder, and made a sound of "bang bang bang -" for a while, and the sound of black powder exploding continued in an endless stream.
Yiqu's army was frightened, but Yiqu's general did not let them escape, and shouted to order the army to rectify and prepare to move on.
Black powder is indeed powerful, but in this era, too pure raw materials cannot be purified, so the power of black powder is limited, and they need to be thrown, so the roller of gunpowder is made very long, so as not to hurt others. People in the canal can dodge, and there is also the phenomenon of squibs. Squibs are by no means rare. These kinds of phenomena can only be used to scare the people of Yiqu.
Zhao Jia skimmed ahead, and soon turned around, the weather was very cold, especially after dusk, the sky was getting darker and darker, as if it was preparing for a heavy rainstorm.
Zhao Jia rushed over, sweating profusely, and said, "Your Majesty, there are too many troops in Yiqu, and our earth pits and black powder will not be able to stop them. Please retreat into the territory of Yun State first, Your Majesty, and let us continue to resist." !"
As he was talking, a soldier rushed over and said, "Your Majesty!! The people from Yiqu are here!!"
The Yiqu army is very brave. Although they killed some people on the earth pit and black gunpowder, they still rushed forward crazily, and had no intention of retreating. After all, they could not retreat. If they don't get through with Qin, they won't be able to contact Yiqu's old nest, and they won't be able to get supplies, so Yiqu is very tough and wants to come to them one after another.
The Chu army was forced to retreat all the way back. Although the start was good, they couldn't hold back Yiqu's large numbers of people.
Soon, the entire Chu army withdrew from Xingyuan and was forced to retreat to the gate of Qin State.
Seeing that Wu Jiu was standing still, Zhao Jia said "Gudong!!", and knelt down in front of Wu Jiu, saying, "Your Majesty!! Please think about your own safety. The people from Yiqu have rushed over. They are numerous and powerful, and now the Chu army has been trapped here, with no way out. Zhao Jia once again begged the king to retreat into the territory of the state of Yun. This is the battlefield of the people of the state of Qin, so let the people of the state of Qin defend the final battle. My lord, you It's not worth it..."
Wu Jiao squinted his eyes, turned around suddenly, faced the gate of Qin State, and said loudly: "This is not just a battlefield for Qin people, this is a battlefield for all bloody people! I am not fighting for the ruler of Qin State." This battle is fought for the people of Qin, for the old and weak women and children of Qin, for their cowardly husbands, sons, and fathers who dare not go out to meet the enemy!"
Wu Jiu's voice was deafening amidst the killing noises of Yiqu people. The soldiers at Qin Pass stared at the pass in a daze. There was billowing sand in front of them. The Chu army had no way to retreat. With his back against the checkpoint of Qin State, he was ready to fight to the death with the Yiqu people right in front of the checkpoint.
However, that was the case, the black-armored warriors of Chu State had no intention of running away. They could withdraw from the territory of Yun State to protect themselves, but none of them left, and they still wanted to fight to the end.
The soldiers on the city tower looked at each other, listening to the sound of killing, they suddenly fell into deep thought, they were the cowards that Wu Jiu said they dared not switch to meet the enemy.
The Yiqu people swept up Qin State, killing their children, wives, and parents and fellow villagers, but now the soldiers of Qin State have to stand on the tower, watching those Yiqu people sweep again and kill a group of people who stand for them Don't the Chu soldiers who died in vain, these Chu people have no children, wives, parents and folks?
The killing sound was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Qin State finally couldn't help shouting: "General! The bandits are closing! Switch the switch to respond to the enemy!!"
"presumptuous!"
The general who defended the city "slap!" gave the speaker a slap, and said in a cold voice, "I didn't have an order, and no one is allowed to switch!"
The soldier was slapped, and his teeth were about to be knocked out. The soldiers next to him looked at each other, but their faces turned red, not from fear, but from anger.
The soldiers on the city gate suddenly became agitated, and suddenly someone shouted: "We are Qin soldiers! We are old Qin people, not cowards!"
"Switch! Switch!"
"Kill it!"
All of a sudden, riots started on the tower, and the general defending the city yelled, "Rebellion! Rebellion! Are you going to rebel?!"
He said that the soldier who was beaten just now suddenly rioted and rushed over. The general who defended the city was still very disdainful, as if he was not afraid of a soldier. His personal soldiers also rushed over quickly, "Boom!!!" He was directly pressed to the ground, ripped off his helmet and armor, and tied him up in one fell swoop.
The general yelled: "It's the other way around!! Come on... come on! Come on..."
But he couldn't finish his words at all, his mouth was already gagged, and then the soldiers shouted: "Switch!!! Open the city gate and let the Chu army come in!!!"
The Yiqu army was about to catch a turtle, but at this moment, there was chaos on the city gate, and then the black-armored Qin soldiers on the city gate were shouting something, and they heard the sound of "rumbling--", and the closed gate opened up.
"The switch is on!"
"The city gate is open!"
"Your Majesty, quickly enter the city gate!!"
The Chu army suddenly became excited. They had no way to retreat, but they suddenly turned to life. The gate of Qinguan was suddenly opened, and Qin soldiers rushed out of the city to welcome the Chu army to retreat into the pass.
The Yiqu army from the rear rushed forward quickly, trying to take advantage of the gap between them opening and closing the door, and directly rushed into the city, but the continuous stream of Qin troops had already rushed out, roaring one by one, as if they had been imprisoned for a long time beast.
The Yiqu army was originally numerous, but the Qin army suddenly opened the door, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chu army. Coupled with the support of the Qin army, the situation turned against them in an instant.
The Yiqu army was frightened, and after this hesitation, the Chu army quickly retreated into Guanzhong.
"close the door!!!"
"Close the door—"
"Hurry up!"
"Boom!!!" There was another sound, and Qin Jun forcibly closed the door, and the Yiqu soldiers who wanted to squeeze in were caught by the door at once, and they were cut off abruptly, making continuous wailing sounds.
Yanjiu and Zhao Jia led the Qin army to retreat, and Wu Dao guarded Wu Jiu's side to protect him and escorted Wu Jiu into Qin Pass.
Soon all the Chu troops retreated to the Guanzhong, and the closed door was quickly closed. The curses of the Yiqu people were blocked from the closed door, and instantly became hazy and inaudible.
The soldiers of Chu were all dressed in rough clothes. When Wu Jiao raised his head, he saw a group of soldiers from the state of Qin. They had no official rank, but ordinary soldiers. All of them were sweating profusely. Some of them didn’t wear helmets because of the sudden riot. , Some didn't even wear armor at all, and some didn't even have weapons, but they stood at the gate of the city one by one.
Wu Jiu glanced at the Qin soldiers and smiled.
The Yiqu people were stopped outside the city gate, but they had no intention of retreating at all. After all, they had no way out, and there was Qi State leading the coalition forces to attack them, so this side was relatively safe.
The people of Yiqu were clamoring below, constantly swearing and fighting, threatening to kill them all, and massacre the city, kill their children, and plunder their women.
The soldiers of Qin State looked at them from the top of the city tower, all of them were red-faced and thick-necked, and the city guard added fuel, and the city guard shouted: "You traitors! Rebels!"
Wu Jiu went up to the tower, looked down at the general who was tied up and fell to the ground, squinted his eyes and said, "For your own selfish desire, you are the traitor."
The city guards became a little scared at this time, and said tremblingly: "This humble general... this humble general is also following orders, this... and some people in the capital do not want you to return to the country, humble general... this humble general dare not disobey ah."
Wu Jiao sneered and said, "Don't worry, you are from Qin State anyway. I believe that people from Qin State will not kill their own clansmen. Of course, if we let people from Chu State do it, I will feel that my hands are dirty. Then ...Let's let those Yiqu people in the city do it?"
As Wu Jiu said, he waved his hand and said calmly, "Come here, throw this majestic general... from the gate of the city."
"No! Don't—"
The general guarding the city shouted, saying: "King of Chu!! King of Chu!! Spare the life of the humble general! The humble general will never dare again, the humble general..."
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers of Qin State couldn't wait to lift him up, dragged him to the gate of the city, and threw him directly from the city wall. Immediately everything returned to calm.
Wu Jiu stood on the tower, and now it was night, the tower was full of flames, and the strong wind ignited the light of the torches. Under the eyes of everyone, Wu Jiu said loudly: "Now the people of Yiqu are oppressing the land, we are the ones who give the people of Yiqu a piece of land. Now is the time to take a look! All the humiliation suffered at the hands of the Yiqu people in the past should be returned in the same way."
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Fight the bandits!"
"Fight the bandits!!"
The sound of shouting from the tower resounded through the sky, and the momentum seemed to tear the night. The Yiqu army below the tower heard it in their ears, and felt a little scared for no reason.
Wu Jiu turned his head and said to Qu Zhong: "It's not too late, I need work to do something."
Qu Zhong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
Wu Jiu hurriedly drew a sketch for Qu Zhong. Qu Zhong needed some manpower and materials, so the soldiers of Qin State offered to help, and they were busy all night.
The people of Yiqu guarded under the city gate, they didn't seem to want to just retreat like this, they kept eyeing them.
Qu Zhong was in charge of making the tools, and everyone worked overtime. After a full day and a half, they finally made them.
Five catapults are neatly arranged on the city tower. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there should have been catapults, but this kind of thing is too clumsy and has not been improved, so it is generally not useful.
But Wu Jiu will use this today, because they can't open and close the door, and they don't need to expend manpower to confront Yiqu head-on. They just need to scare Yiqu, and then cooperate with Qi's coalition forces to trap Yiqu's people inside Zhou. , In this way, if the connection between Yiqu and Laowo is cut off, Yiqu's army will surrender without a fight without supplies.
That's why Wu Jiu thought of the catapult.
In Chinese chess, the so-called cannon is actually this kind of catapult. Putting the flint in the catapult and throwing the flint from the city gate will definitely make those Yiqu people look good.
After the catapult was successfully built, Wu Jiao immediately sent troops to line up. The Yiqu people under the city gate didn't know what they were going to do, so Wu Jiao said with a smile: "Let's start."
As he spoke, the five catapults were immediately reloaded with "ammunition" and lit with torches. The huge stone was surrounded by flammable things, and a raging fire soon ignited.
"Huh----!!!" With a sound, the huge stone was thrown out by the catapult. In the twilight of the evening, the burning stone, like a fiery red sun, was thrown out suddenly, towards the city gate. The Yiqu people left.
"Ahhhhh-!!"
"Back off!"
"Retreat quickly!!"
The people in Yiqu saw the huge flint rolling down from upstairs, and they hit the ground with a loud "Boom!!!".
The Yiqu people retreated quickly in fright, but when Wu Jiu asked Qu Zhong to make the catapult, the arm lengths of the five catapults were actually different, just to match the distance. Countermeasures.
Seeing the fireballs falling from the sky one after another, the people of Yiqu did not dare to stay near the city gate at all, they retreated quickly and kept retreating backwards.
The soldiers of Qin State and Chu State stood on the tower, constantly transporting huge stones, looked down, and saw the Yiqu people running away with their helmets and armor removed, they couldn't help but rejoice, and they all shouted crazily.
"Get out!!!"
"Go away, bandits!"
It seemed that Qin's army hadn't been so excited for a long time. Although it was already night, the people on the tower were very excited and cheered non-stop.
I don't know who was the first to kneel down and shouted: "Wannian, king of Chu! Wannian, son!"
Immediately, like the waves, the soldiers of Qin State knelt down and kowtowed, and finally turned into a mountain cry: "The king of Chu has lived for thousands of years, and the king has lived for thousands of years!"
Zhao Jia looked at the soldiers of Qin who were kneeling on the ground and kept kowtowing, and an indescribable feeling suddenly arose in his heart, Wu Jiao looked at Zhao Jia beside him, and said with a smile: "It seems that Duke Qin has been favored by everyone. "
Zhao Jia couldn't tell what kind of feeling this was, couldn't tell...
The armies of Qin State and Chu State scared the Yiqu people, and the Yiqu people were forced to retreat away from the border of Qin State, and struggled somewhere else.
Wu Jiu and the others hadn't completed their purpose, so they naturally wanted to continue their march, heading to the capital of Qin, and sending Zhao Jia back to the capital to succeed him.
Before Wu Jiu's team set off, the people in Bianyi sent their own food to the gate of Xingyuan spontaneously. When Wu Jiu woke up early in the morning, he found that there seemed to be a high wall of grain piled up at the gate of Xingyuan, and a small hillside. All were sent by the people to thank them for their food.
The Chu army consumed a lot of food before, and now they have received supplies. These are quite useful to the Chu army, so Wu Jiu did not refuse. He thanked the people of Qin and asked them to pack up the food and take it with them. hit the road.
The army of Chu State quickly moved northward from the border area and continued to march towards the capital of Qin State. Because Wu Jiu threw the general guarding the city directly from the city gate, all the other local officials who guarded the city opened the city gate and greeted Wu Jiu directly. City, and good hospitality, there is no longer a closed door phenomenon.
Afterwards, the journey was very smooth, and the Chu army soon arrived at the gate of Qin City.
The literati and bureaucrats of Qin State greeted them at the gate of the capital, because many people were involved in the rebellion and execution of the Great Shuchang, so at that time, Qin Bozhao said that after returning to the country, he rectified the Qin State’s government and abolished the leftists who colluded with the Dashuchang. Shuzhang and Youshuzhang, in this way, the four Shuzhangs in Qin State, Da Shuzhang, Zuo Shuzhang, and You Shuzhang were all abolished, and there was no new one, leaving only one Siche Shuzhang.
Before Shang Yang's reform, Siche Shuchang had a very high position, held military power, and was in charge of the affairs of the nobles.
Now that Qin Guo is such a concubine, he naturally stands at the top.
Siche Shuchang led the scholars and bureaucrats of the state of Qin to greet him at the gate of the city. He cupped his hands and said: "The old minister welcomes the king of Chu, and welcomes the son!"
Seeing their battle, Wu Jiu seemed to have changed his strategy. Before, he was clearly not allowing them to enter the city, but now he has turned into a soft policy, trying to appease them.
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