General Qin.

Chapter 257

The moonlight is dim, and the winter wind is howling.

Qu Song sat on the horse, and the cold air hit his face, and he sneezed involuntarily.

On the front and rear sides of him, the northward road leading to Peiyi, was full of soldiers of the Chu army. They were holding weapons, rubbing their hands, shivering in the cold wind, and moving forward slowly.

According to the previous scouts' investigation, the Qin army's camp was set up in an open area five miles away.

"Qu Ming's strategy is really feasible. Those Qin people have been confused by my previous behavior, and now it's time for me to make meritorious deeds!"

Thinking of this, Qu Song couldn't help but praise his brother's strategy in his heart.

Pretend to help the Qin army, let it go on the road, delay its speed with food and supplies, and lower its vigilance, so that it can take advantage of the situation to attack the camp and make a great contribution.

"I wiped out his five thousand Qin army with three thousand soldiers, and when the word gets out, who doesn't treat me, Qu Song, differently."

"Especially this Qin army was able to escape from Zuo Sima's pursuit all the way, but was captured by me with less troops in Pengcheng. Doesn't it mean that I, Qu Song, are far more powerful than his Zhao family?"

Qu Song became more and more complacent, and even had some dark thoughts in his heart.

"Qu Ming is already crippled. Even if he can stand up and be pardoned by the king with this advice, it will have no effect on me, Qu. Instead, he will share my credit. It is better to let him die in this battle. Come on, I came up with this plan, and all the credit is mine!"

"I not only wiped out the Qin army with a unique strategy, but also killed Qu's rebellion, just like Shi Que of the Wei State killed his own son in a righteous way in the past, which is enough to show my loyalty to the king. The king will definitely promote me and let me replace Qu Ming in the past status."

"Hey hey hey, I'm going to use your tricks, greedy for your achievements, and those who kill you, to replace your former position."

Qu Song grinned.

He didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately sent an order for the soldiers to trot towards the Qin army's camp.

In the night, the cold wind howled, blowing the vegetation around the road and swaying, making a whimpering sound like a ghost crying, which was very creepy to people's ears, as if there were some ferocious beasts lurking around.

Seeing that it was only about two miles away, Qu Song asked the soldiers to slow down, walk in silence, and approach them as covertly as possible. When they touched the vicinity of the Qin army's camp, they suddenly attacked suddenly, so that they could make great achievements.

But after a few steps, there was a slight commotion in front of him, as if something happened, which made Qu Song frown, for fear that those voices would be heard by the Qin people in the distance, which would affect the big event of the night attack.

He was about to send short soldiers to check, but the soldiers in front had already reported that they found a person on the road with a strange appearance, which made people dare not make any claims.

The person who returned the report had a strange look on his face, which made Qu Song even more puzzled. The scouts sent out before did not say anything about it when they came back.

Because there were still about two miles away from Qin Camp, Qu Song was not in a hurry, he dismounted and walked forward, escorted by a group of short soldiers, to the front.

Looking up, I saw a wooden frame in the shape of a "ten" inserted in the middle of the road. A man in bright clothes was tied to the wooden frame. His arms were stretched out and his legs were tied. Ten" shape, looks very strange.

"Qu Ming?"

Qu Song's face was full of astonishment, and the man who was tied up also stared at him with wide eyes. One of his feet was twisted and turned out ugly. Who else could it be if it wasn't Qu Ming?

Qu Ming opened his mouth to speak, but what came out of his mouth was "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh What words.

Qu Song was terrified, especially when he accidentally glanced at a wooden sign hanging on Qu Ming's chest, under the dim moonlight, he could barely read the characters of Chu State written on it.

Taiyi oracle, Qu Song died here.

"Go, get out!"

Qu Song screamed.

Seeing this scene, he didn't know that the Qin people had seen through his and Qu Ming's plot, and Qin Jun might have been prepared for such a move.

However, before the Chu soldiers behind them could react, the shouts of killing suddenly sounded from all around.

"Shoot me!"

Qin Jiang Shejian roared.

In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and the arrows flew in disorder.

"My life is over!"

Qu Song only came in time to yell, and together with Qu Ming who was tied to the wooden frame, they were shot into hedgehogs by random arrows.

Tens of meters away on both sides of the road, those Qin soldiers who were hiding behind the trees under the cover of night, or lying on the ground to cover them, shouted and killed together, jumped out, and killed the three thousand Chu soldiers on the road.

The night attack was ambushed.

The panicked three thousand Chu soldiers were ambushed and killed by five thousand Qin troops who had been prepared for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that the main general was shot on the spot and the dragons had no leader, the command system of the Chu army completely collapsed.

The three thousand Chu troops were in a mess in an instant.

The Chu soldiers who fell behind hung their heads straight and fled back, while the Chu people who were walking ahead didn't care whether it was the Qin army's camp ahead or not, and just ran with their heads buried.

The Chu soldiers in the middle couldn't move forward or backward. From time to time, someone fell to the ground, causing a series of falls and stampedes, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

Under such circumstances, the Chu army could not form a formation at all, and was killed by the rushing Qin army, screaming and screaming.

The Qin soldiers looked excited, waved their sword blades, stabbed their spears and halberds, and blood and flesh flew across the road.

This battle has been decided from the very beginning.

On a high ground, Zhao Tuo looked at the dark battlefield in the distance. At this time, the shouts of killing had gradually subsided, and he had already received the battle report from the front.

Chu general Qu Song was killed by random arrows on the spot, and all three thousand Chu troops were defeated. Shejian and Heiyu were leading troops to pursue and kill them, trying to expand the victory.

Qin Jun won.

"Let Shejian and the others withdraw their troops. Since Qu Song is dead, even if the Chu army in Pengcheng gathers again, they will not dare to pursue us. Don't waste time on them." Zhao Tuo issued a military order.

Xiqigu responded, and quickly sent short soldiers to inform the Qin army to withdraw.

Zhao Tuo turned around again, and smiled at the few Chu captives who were brought with him: "Qu Song is also a general of the Chu army, hasn't he heard about Pang Juan in the past? Now he will die in the same way as Pang Juan ,hehe."

Zhong Zhong and Dou Yuan, the two Chu people, quickly flattered and said with a smile: "Junhou's plan is comparable to that of Sun Bin in the past, how can it be compared to that mere Qu Song? It is also an honor for him to die under Junhou's arrows."

On the contrary, Zhong Limei sneered: "Pang Juan obviously died by committing suicide after defeating the army, but he was shot and killed by an arrow. The military commander is far-fetched, and he also compares himself to Qi's grandson, haha..."

Zhao Tuo rolled his eyes. He could hear the sarcasm in the other party's tone, and he didn't bother to argue with Zhong Limei.

He turned around and looked into the dark distance again.

Seeing that Zhao Tuo ignored him, Zhong Limei felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

Although he said sarcasm, he was actually startled by the 16-year-old military officer in front of him.

Qu Ming's schemes are full of flaws, and even experienced generals will not easily believe them, but it is limited to not being able to fall for his schemes.

Few people are as bold as this Zhao Junhou, who actually dared to let Qu Ming out, and used Qu Ming's strategy to break through Pengcheng's resistance. Not only did he successfully break through the Chu army's obstruction, he even followed the example of Sun Bin The plan was to ambush and kill Qu Song's [-] Chu troops on the road, winning a big victory.

Such wisdom and strategy.

Even if Zhong Limei stood on the enemy's side, he was full of admiration.

"This son is very human."

Just as Zhong Limei was looking at the figure in front of him, his mind was turning.

Zhao Tuo also looked in the direction of Pengcheng, his thoughts wandering.

"Although we have passed through Pengcheng, our army only walked more than ten miles yesterday in order to confuse Qu Song and Qu Ming. In addition to this night battle, the soldiers must rest for half a day before starting. This is a delay. A day's journey."

"Qu Ming confessed that the Zuo Sima Zhaoping of Chu State had already led an army to pursue him, and he was only three or four days away from us at most."

"Our army took the wounded and walked less than [-] miles a day. On the way, we had to break through the cities of Chu to obtain supplies, which was a waste of time."

"The Chu army doesn't have these troubles. They can easily get food supplements from the Chu cities along the way, and the wounded can also be thrown in those cities. They even have more horses and vehicles than us, so the Chu army can at least travel thirty miles a day. The above, or even a forced march, forty or fifty miles a day is possible..."

Thinking of this, the joy in Zhao Tuo's heart that had just designed to kill Qu Song faded away.

"Looking at it this way, even if we break through Pengcheng, our army may not reach Peiyi, and we will be caught up by Zuo Sima. This big battle cannot be avoided."

"If we don't think of a way, it will be very difficult for our army to win under the nearly double strength gap."

Zhao Tuo sighed softly.

There is no longer the joy after winning the battle, but melancholy.

He couldn't help turning his head to look west.

During this time, whenever Zhao Tuo felt worried, he would look in that direction.

There is the direction of Xianyang, and it is also her direction.

When people are in crisis, they always need some emotional sustenance.

And Zhao Tuo, in addition to having the belief to bring Zhong Pao Ze home, also has the desire to see her.

"I will go back, I will definitely go back!"

"wait for me."

Zhao Tuo whispered, his face full of determination again.

……

"You'll be fine, definitely not."

In Xianyang City, there is a secluded Qin Palace.

Ying Yinman leaned against the window and looked east, murmuring, her delicate face full of worry.

At the beginning, all the news of the Qin army's victory was sent back to Xianyang.

Li Xin led a surprise army into Chu.

Break a city today.

Take one tomorrow.

The surprise soldiers of the Qin army are getting closer and closer to Shouchun, the capital of Chu.

Under the government's special publicity, Xianyang City, and even the entire Qin Kingdom were filled with joy of victory.

Qin people are full of optimism, thinking that the size of Chu is nothing more than that.

Under the offensive of the Qin army, the land of Jingchu will repeat the fate of the three Jins, the land will be merged into the land of Qin, the people of Chu will be reduced to the people of Qin, and the flag of the Great Qin will be planted in the vast land south of the Huai River.

And Li Xin, also known by many Qin people as the reincarnation of Lord Wu'an, believed that he would lead the Qin army to completely end this troubled world.

But unexpectedly, Li Xin was defeated.

When this astonishing news came back to Xianyang, the excited Qin people seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water face to face, and their hearts were completely chilled.

Some people in the market said that Li Xin suffered a disastrous defeat, and the entire [-] Qin army was wiped out.

Then this person was taken down by the Qin officials, and his hair was shaved first for the crime of rumors, and then he was taken to the place where the king built the palace and served as a labor official.

It is said that the king ordered that anyone who dares to speak out about Li Xin will be punished by law.

In Xianyang City, everyone was silent.

But within a few days, news came back that the Mengwu army had been defeated.

The whole Xianyang boiled.

Some people say that the entire Qin army of 20 was wiped out, and more than a dozen soldiers died.

Some people say that Li Xin died in the chaos and was beheaded by Chu general Xiang Yan.

Others said that Lord Changping rebelled against Qin and returned to Chu, and Huaiyang had already fallen into the hands of Chu people.

……

All kinds of news are true and false, making it difficult to distinguish, and Qin Ting did not publicly announce the real battle situation, but the control of speech has become stricter.

If there is any inappropriate speech, it will be punished severely.

But Fangmin's mouth is stronger than Fangchuan, and this approach makes Qin people even more worried.

Even in the Qin Palace, there was an atmosphere of panic and worry.

Ying Yinman's identity allowed her to know the frontline battle situation more clearly than the commoner Qianshou.

Li Xin was defeated and was chased and killed by the Chu army all the way.

Huaiyang rebelled, and Lord Changping, who had always been good to her and Fusu, publicly rebelled against Qin and returned to Chu.

Mengwu suffered a crushing defeat, and the Qin army suffered numerous casualties.

Apart from these, Ying Yinman had nothing to know about that person.

The front line was a mess, and many Qin generals at the military rank died in battle. She was very worried and wondered if he was among them.

"No, he has always been very powerful. Even if Li You dies, he will not die."

Ying Yinman cheered herself up, but her eyes became moist.

"You still have to tell me a story, tell me the story of Fachu, so you must come back."

A maid came to report.

Her elder brother, son Fusu, went to see Qin Wangzheng again.

At this moment, Ying Yinman's heart sank.

Father, the temper recently is not very good.

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