"Sir, can Young Master Qi convince the King of Chu? Xi is worried..."
On the carriage, Xi looked at Ying Kan coming out of Xiong Qi's mansion, feeling a little uneasy between his brows.
After all, this is a matter of life and death for Bai Yan. If he is not careful, he will never have the chance to rescue Bai Yan who is besieged by the Chu army.
"The king has made such a condition. It depends on whether Xiong Qi can convince the other nobles! The king has ordered that Bai Yan must be rescued no matter what, at any cost!"
Ying Kan shook his head, feeling the bumps of the carriage and frowning.
Recalling the king's repeated instructions to him in Xianyang, Ying Kan knew better than anyone else that none of the civil and military officials in the court, not to mention Li Si, Wei Liao and others, dared to touch the matter of rescuing Bai Yan.
The king's Ni Lin spoke out against Ying Zheng on the matter of rescuing Bai Yan.
"Confirmed that Ying Xi has been rescued by Bai Yan?"
Ying Kan turned his head, looked at Xi and asked.
"Don't worry, sir. My subordinates have found out clearly that Ying Xi has indeed been rescued by Bai Yan. There is no danger to his life. Also rescued along with Ying Xi is Zhang Min..."
Xi nodded.
Ying Kan finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he also admired Bai Yan from the bottom of his heart. For another person, if he was in Bai Yan's predicament, his mind would probably be filled with thoughts on how to break out of the encirclement and how to get out of danger as soon as possible.
Li Xin was like this, and he was eventually bitten by Xiang Yan, and using this mentality, he finally defeated all 200,000 Qin troops.
Two hundred thousand people!
Even if they fight Xiang Yan head-on, they can at least hold back Xiang Yan. Even if they are defeated, the Chu army will suffer heavy losses. But in the end, Li Xin and Wang Ben were worried about repeating Zhao Kuo's mistakes and were eager to break out, but were defeated by Xiang Yan.
Seize the opportunity.
On the other hand, Bai Yan was facing a much more dangerous dilemma than Li Xin at this time. He not only had to face the more than 200,000 Chu troops led by Xiang Yan, but also the Chu general Jing Qi who originally attacked Jiaocheng.
, he commanded more than 100,000, or even more than 200,000 Chu troops.
Bai Yan was able to defeat one person, keep fighting with the Chu army, and drag Xiang Yan and Jing Qi to the east of Chu. This was beyond everyone's expectations. If it hadn't been for the cold winter and heavy snowfall, which prevented the old general Wang Jian from sending troops, otherwise General Wang Jian would have cooperated with Bai Yan.
Yan, the war situation would reverse again. After Li Xin's defeat, Bai Yan held Xiang Yan and Jing Qi alone, and cooperated with the old general Wang Jian to besiege Chu again.
What a pity!!!
"No matter whether I can save Bai Yan or not this time, I still owe Bai Yan another favor!"
Ying Kan said softly.
He was also starting to think about in his mind, is there any other way to help Bai Yan in time and rescue Bai Yan out of the predicament.
"Step aside!!!"
"Get out of the way quickly!!!"
"quick!!"
Outside the carriage, there were continuous shouts. Under the noisy movement, both Ying Kan and Xi felt that the carriage was unstable for an instant, and then they heard the sound of horse hooves one after another, speeding past outside the carriage.
With confusion, Ying Kan raised his hand sideways and opened the curtain. What came into view was Chu Qi and Chu soldiers, hurriedly.
"what happened?"
"I heard that there was a fire in the grain warehouse in the city! It was set on fire by thieves!"
"What? Granary?"
Listening to the people talking outside, Ying Kan and Xi looked at each other, both of them puzzled.
Someone set fire to the Chu State granary in Shouchun City?
Who could it be?
In Shouchun City, the news that the Chu State's granary was burned down attracted countless people to talk about it. Countless people were talking on the distant streets, looking at the dim smoke in the sky in the distance.
A carriage also drove slowly into the city, but unlike other carriages, this carriage was not only made of exquisite wood carvings, but also had the flag of Chu on the back.
"The granary was burned down at this time? I'm afraid it was the Qin people's fault!"
In the carriage, Huang Zhong shook his head and said. After learning the news that the granary was burned, Huang Zhong's first reaction was that the grain and grass from General Xiang Yan had been exchanged for his clan brother Huang Ye.
"Yes! If it weren't for the Qin people, who would have the ability to burn down the Shouchun granary at this time, but I was also curious. The granary is an important place and guarded by heavy troops. How did the Qin people burn it down?"
Kogu also shook his head and sighed. After learning that the grain and grass were burned, Kogu knew that the generals of Chu State that Bai Yan had won over had already begun to take action.
Recalling what his nephew had told him, when the Chu State was short of food, he secretly ordered people to secretly exploit the family members of the Chu State's surrendered soldiers. At this time, Kogu also decided to take action earlier.
Later, I will go to the court of Chu State to think of ways to admonish the King of Chu and recruit grain and grass.
No matter whether he can get this appointment or not, he should give his advice first. When the news of the burning of grain and grass in other places reaches Shouchun, the King of Chu will definitely continue to recruit grain and grass and send more officials.
"There must be someone from Qin doing it carefully!"
Huang Zhong sighed.
After saying that, Huang Zhong looked to the side to see the pale Huang Ye. In just a few months, the once arrogant clan brother Wan seemed to have changed into a different person in the blink of an eye. His eyes were hazy, and there was no trace of the high-spirited person he once was.
appearance.
"Cough cough cough~!!!"
Huang Ye suddenly coughed violently, and the painful look made Huang Zhong quickly wrap up the thick clothes Huang Ye was wearing and pat Huang Ye's back.
"General Huang Ye, you must have a good rest and recharge your batteries this time. In the eyes of Ji Gu, the general has never defeated Bai Yan!"
Seeing Huang Ye's appearance, Kogu knew that Huang Ye had applied the poison for so many days and it was strange that he was in good health. However, Kogu naturally would not say what was in his heart. Not only did he not say it, he even encouraged him with a serious look on his face.
Huang Ye.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Kugu! Huang Ye, please remember your kindness!"
Huang Ye listened to Kogu's words and looked at Kogu with gratitude in his eyes.
Huang Ye's words did give Huang Ye some comfort. Indeed, in Pengcheng, Bai Yan was deceiving, and the two of them did not fight. But in Suiyang City, no one expected that Bai Yan actually had an ambush, and he was just
It was an attack on the city, and I was accidentally hit by an arrow.
All in all, he and Bai Yan had never actually fought in formation on the battlefield.
But at this time.
Huang Ye was already a little disheartened. Regardless of whether he and Bai Yan still had a chance to fight, his reputation over the past decades had been completely destroyed. Even if he defeated Bai Yan, he could not save it.
"Thank you also, General Qu!"
Huang Ye turned his head, nodded to Qu Zizhao, slowly raised his hand, and said gratefully.
"No problem, no problem. General Huang Ye is fine. We can rest assured that the general will take good care of his injuries. I will definitely come to visit the general in the future!"
When Qu Zizhao saw Huang Ye's appearance, he said proudly, with that look, the words "Thanks to me for saving you" were just written on his face.
And how could the proud Qu Zizhao know that Huang Zhong next to Huang Ye looked at Qu Zizhao with no trace of gratitude at all, not to mention that after rescuing Huang Ye, Huang Zhong had already learned what happened, even before rescuing Huang Ye.
, Huang Zhong learned from Huang Xia that it was Kogu's idea to save people, and that Qu Zizhao was brought by Kogu.
During this period, Huang Xia saw with his own eyes that Qu Zizhao complained about Kogu several times, and his words were full of dissatisfaction. Huang Ye, the clan brother, also informed that in prison, Qu Zizhao blamed Kogu countless times.
After learning this, and looking at Qi Gu, who was supposed to be his benefactor, he never took this matter to heart, and there was no sign of Qu Zizhao coming out. Instead, he was so proud that he wanted to tell everyone about the matter. This made Huang Zhong
How can I not mind.
Thanks to Qu Zizhao, Mr. Ku Gu had good intentions and wanted to help Qu Zizhao to make meritorious deeds, but Bai Yan's unexpected move caught everyone off guard. As a result, Qu Zizhao blamed all his faults on Mr. Ku Gu.
For such people, Huang Zhong was not ashamed to make friends with them.
"Sir, we're here!"
Outside the carriage, the coachman's voice came.
Hearing this, Ji Gu quickly turned his head to look at Huang Ye, Huang Zhong, and Qu Zizhao, raised his hand to salute, and said goodbye to the three of them.
After being thanked by Huang Ye and Huang Zhong again and again, after the ceremony, Kogu left the carriage, then watched the carriage leave and turned back to the mansion.
In the mansion.
When they learned that Shuanggu was back, the beautiful concubines in Shuangu's captivity all wore thick fur coats and came to Shuanggu enthusiastically. They asked Shuanggu with concern, especially when they smelled the stench of Shuanggu's body.
The beauty almost couldn't help but gag.
"Hahaha! Go prepare water, everyone will be waiting in the room later!"
Kogu smiled nonchalantly. When he saw that a beautiful concubine actually gave birth to a son for him, he was even more happy and promised to reward the beauty.
In the voice of Yingying Yanyan, Kogu asked his beautiful concubine to wait in the room, asked the maid to prepare water, and then came to the study with his confidants.
"Immediately go to the counties and wait. After hearing the news about the King of Chu's grain conquest, immediately spread the news, saying that the surrendered soldiers should die, and the family members of the surrendered soldiers should be the first to collect grain!"
Kogu gave instructions to his cronies, ordering all his cronies to go to various counties to spread the news, even in the heavy snow.
"promise!"
After hearing what Kogu said, the confidants handed over their hands and led the troops, then turned and left.
Kogu stood in the study. After returning to the mansion from the Chu army camp, Kogu felt as if he was new to life. In the Chu army camp, although Kogu, as his identity, had soldiers responsible for hot water bathing, the simple tent
Inside, there is not only food, beds, etc., but also a maid, and occasionally there is air leakage.
Compared with the number of maids in his own mansion, there are no less than a hundred people, and they are also called servants, retainers, wives and concubines. This is completely incomparable. Like other generals of the Chu State, because General Xiang Yan leads the army, Kogu and all
The generals of the Chu State did not dare to bring their wives and concubines with the army. This also resulted in the battlefield being filled with smoke during the day, but at night it was so quiet that there was not even a beautiful woman to warm the bed.
"This kid Yan'er can't bear such a life!"
Kogu said softly.
After personally experiencing the life in the military camp, Kogu said that he didn't want to experience it again. Thinking that his nephew had led troops in the Qin State for so many years, Kogu admired him a little. He couldn't bear to let him stay in the military camp for a month.
How can living in that kind of place be as comfortable and comfortable as one's own mansion?
the other side.
On the top of Suiyang City, fireworks filled the air, and the sound of roaring and killing resounded throughout Suiyang City.
On the densely packed cloud ladders, carriages and wall-climbing ladders, countless Chu soldiers, like countless ants, climbed up one after another, then invaded the city road and fought with the Qin army.
At a glance, under the countless siege equipment, the Chu army is like a black sea, spreading all over the flat ground outside the city wall. Facing the Chu soldiers, or huge rocks, huge trees, and soldiers of the Chu army who are constantly rolling down, they are all
No retreat.
And on the city wall.
All the Qin soldiers were killed like crazy, and the city walls were covered in blood. Countless corpses of Qin and Chu soldiers were all over the ground, and countless swords and swords fell to the ground, and they were all stained with blood.
"kill!!"
The soldiers of the Qin army surrounded and attacked the soldiers of the Chu army who had entered the city tower with ferocious expressions. In the absence of arrows, the city wall was the last resort of the Qin army. Facing the Chu army who came up from the carriages and ladders,
The soldiers of the Qin army and the Chu army all fought together.
You can see Chu soldiers being surrounded and killed everywhere, and you can also see some Qin soldiers dying under the swords of Chu soldiers. The Chu soldiers holding bows on the carriages kept killing the Qin soldiers on the towers, and the Qin soldiers also fought back.
, Chang Ge flew, or a torch was thrown over, igniting the wooden beams stained with black liquid, and in an instant, the screams of the Chu soldiers were heard.
A burly and sturdy general of the Chu army, after beheading a Qin soldier, turned around and pierced the abdomen of the charging Qin soldier with his sword. Just as the Chu army general had a fierce look on his face and a cold snort in his heart.
, but unexpectedly saw the impaled Qin Zu suddenly looking at him with a ferocious face, his eyes full of madness.
"ah!!!!"
The young Qin soldier hugged the body of the Chu army general and fell to the ground with all his strength. This scene caught the Chu army general off guard. Before he could react, he saw Qin soldiers frantically grabbing the sharp sword that fell to the ground.
, regardless of the sharpness of the sword, he repeatedly stabbed the Chu army general in the head with his backhand.
The Chu army general never expected this scene, and kept blocking with his hands. The sword blade soon cut through the Chu army general's arm and face. Fortunately, he could clearly feel that the Qin soldier gradually lost strength, and then he lay on his body.
Before the general of the Chu army came to his senses and was about to push away the body of the Qin soldier, he saw a pair of hands holding a sharp sword appearing in front of him, blocking the sky.
next moment.
The Chu army general's entire head was stabbed beyond recognition by sword after sword. His whole face was covered with blood, and he continued to fall on the city road full of corpses.
The Qin soldiers in other places also frantically hacked and killed the Chu soldiers. Everyone seemed to be risking their lives. Their ferocious faces revealed a sense of madness. No matter how many Chu soldiers climbed onto the city road, they were all swarmed.
The Qin army came and killed him.
There are obviously no arrows, there are not many ways to defend the city in the face of the Chu army, and the ground is obviously full of corpses of Qin soldiers, but it seems that none of the Qin soldiers are alive.
People showed no timidity, but as more and more Chu soldiers climbed onto the tower, Qin soldiers fought harder and harder.
Gradually, looking at the appearance of the Qin soldiers in the city road, the Chu soldiers who were attacking the city panicked. Gradually, some Chu soldiers stood on the approaching carriages, looking at the countless corpses in the city road, densely packed with Qin soldiers.
They looked at him fiercely, as if they were waiting for him to jump into the city road. The Chu soldiers began to stop and no longer dared to jump into the city road.
Even though there were orders, even if there were Chu generals supervising the battle, the Chu soldiers still panicked, and more and more of them panicked, and the offensive was like a dike bursting and no longer existed.
On the plain.
In front of the Chu army, many generals of the Chu state were all riding war horses, looking at the top of Suiyang City from a distance.
"Not good! What methods did Bai Yan use? Why did the Wei people in the city work so hard for Bai Yan? Why did so many days pass and all the baggage was lost, but their fighting spirit became even higher?"
Fan Zeng, riding on his war horse, frowned and shook his head.
Fan Zeng, who has always liked conspiracies, was a little confused when he looked at Suiyang City. More importantly, he was confused. After studying for so many years and living for so many years, Fan Zeng had never seen such a thing.
It's not that Fan Zeng has never seen the Qin army, let alone the Qin army fighting with the Chu army. Not long ago, Fan Zeng saw with his own eyes how Qin general Li Xin led the 200,000 Qin army and was defeated by the Chu army.
defeated.
However, Fan Zeng had never seen Wei people working so hard for Qin.
After the Chu army exhausted the baggage in the city, many people died. As a result, the city head of Suiyang City was still unable to be captured for a long time. You must know that the city is not the elite of the Qin army, but the Qin army composed of Wei people, not
People of Qin!
"We must not let Bai Yan leave Chu land alive, otherwise Bai Yan will regroup and send troops with Wang Jian in the future, and the Chu country will be in danger!"
Fan Zeng said.
Lord Changping is also riding a war horse at this moment, his brows are full of gloom. As a person who has betrayed Qin and betrayed Ying Zheng, the more powerful Bai Yan is at this moment, the more uneasy Lord Changping becomes.
Even Lord Changping has begun to regret why he didn't find a chance to get rid of Bai Yan and come to Chu again.
Lord Changping knew very well how capable Li Xin was. Although Li Xin commanded 200,000 Qin troops, Bai Yan's threat to the Chu State was already many times greater than that of Li Xin.
Thinking room.
Under the gaze of Lord Changping, a Chu army general in the distance rode back in a hurry on his war horse. When he arrived in front of General Xiang Yan, the general turned over and dismounted before the horse stopped. After stumbling for a few steps, he
Stabilizing his body, he knelt on the ground and cupped his hands in front of Xiang Yan.
"General, the soldiers cannot attack Suiyang City. There are too many casualties. However, the morale of the Qin army is getting stronger and braver. The soldiers are already on the verge of defeat. General, we can no longer attack the city!"
The Chu army general gasped, looking at Xiang Yan with fear on his face and red eyes.
Those who died in front came up behind, and those who climbed up to the top of the city were either turned into corpses and thrown off the top of the city, or they disappeared from everyone's eyes and died on the top of the city. The timid Chu soldiers killed them again and again, and then ordered the people behind them to do so.
The reinforcements continued to climb the city and attack the city.
However, at this time, outside Suiyang City, more and more soldiers were defeated, and not many people dared to climb the city anymore. With the momentum defeated, no matter how many soldiers attacked the city, they would die in vain.
In the past three days, the number of soldiers and generals who died in battle has been countless! The corpses of the soldiers carried and buried every day have been dug, and the holes have been dug!
"Father, please give me your order, the command will attack the city!"
Xiang Liang looked at his silent father at this time, and saw the Suiyang City in the distance. The offensive was defeated even from such a distance. They all saw it clearly. Xiang Liang knew his father's worry, so he quickly rode forward and faced
The father handed over his hand and asked for orders.
"Withdraw your troops! General! We can no longer attack the tower! With the morale of the Qin army, if we fight again, the Chu army will be defeated first!"
Fan Zeng admonished him at this time.
Xiang Yan's old eyes were fixed on Suiyang City. On the first day, the Qin army attacked the city and defended it. The Chu army suffered numerous casualties. They fought all day long. On the second day, the Chu army continued to attack the city and was about to destroy Qin.
Army morale, Qin soldiers defended the city tower for a whole day, suffering numerous casualties. On the third day today, the Qin army experienced three days of continuous siege by the Chu army regardless of the cost. After three days of fighting, the morale was not affected at all, but became more and more courageous in the battle.
, but it was the Chu army that suffered a morale collapse.
This made Xiang Yan very puzzled.
What method did Bai Yan use to actually make the Qin army in the city work so hard? Even under such circumstances, the morale did not decrease but increased.
Going through all the military books of the ancestors and saints and famous generals, Xiang Yan had never seen anyone who could lead a surrender army and face several times the enemy. When the baggage was exhausted, the morale increased even more.
"Bai Yan, what methods do you have? Are you really not a descendant of the Bai family?"
Xiang Yan has been leading the army for decades. At this moment, he can't help but feel a little confused and a little unwilling. Why is it that no one in the world knows anything about Bai Yan's origins, whether it is his origins or his origins.
Everyone only knows that Bai Yan enlisted in the army with the surname Bai and is related to the Bai family.
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard in his ears, and soon a Chu army scout came to him.
"Report to the general, there is news from Shouchun!!"
As the Chu army scout spoke, he quickly stepped forward with his hands on a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Xiang Yan.
When Xiang Yan heard the news that it was Shouchun, she picked up the bamboo slips and opened it to take a look. When she saw it, her face suddenly changed and her eyes widened with disbelief.
"Father, what's wrong?"
Xiang Liang asked uneasily when he saw his father's appearance.
Fan Zeng, Chang Pingjun and others, as well as all the generals, were also looking at Xiang Yan.
"nothing!"
Xiang Yan put away the bamboo slips and said softly. However, both Fan Zeng and Lord Changping were keenly aware that although Xiang Yan was looking at Suiyang City, he was holding the bamboo slips tightly in his hands and did not hand over the bamboo slips.
anyone.
…………………………
Beside the Zhushui River.
A carriage with the flag of Qi crossed the river and hurried towards Linzi. Beside it, many retinues holding sharp swords were riding on horseback to protect the surroundings.
"Did you see it just now? It seems that the young master is promoted! I have met him once before at Jixia Academy!"
"Then who is the person next to you? He has such a majestic appearance and is not angry at all. His origin must be extraordinary!"
"I don't know! But just now I discovered that Young Master Sheng respects that man very much! And I vaguely heard that King Qi seemed to have issued an order to rush back to Linzi immediately!"
Beside the river, many scholars crossing the river were talking and talking as they walked.
Now Qin is at war with Chu, and Wei has been annexed by Qin. Scholars who don't like Qin and like to study naturally flock to Qi.
Even the people of Qi have become accustomed to it. When the Qin State destroyed Han, countless Korean nobles, scholars, and some clansmen flocked to the Qi State. When the Qin State attacked Zhao, because the Zhao State had a vast territory and developed commerce,
More people came to Qi State, and the same was true for Yan State and Wei State behind.
Even after the war between Qin and Chu, countless nobles and nobles from Chu rushed to Qi to buy land and houses in Qi, which indirectly helped Qi's business become more prosperous. Until the news of Qin's defeat later came,
Some of the nobles of Chu State have just returned to Chu State.
"Father, just send it here!"
Boyu was carrying a package and looked at his father who had sent him here.
Grandmother and mother are still in Linzi City, waiting for father to return. The family cannot be without an owner for a day. Without father, it will be difficult to have an income.
“Be careful before going on this trip!”
Kaimata looked at his son and said with a worried look, but thinking about his mother's words, Kaimata also knew that his mother's mind had been made up. If his son did not go this time, his mother would never let him see Yan'er again in the future.
How could Kaimata not know his mother's character? He also understands why mothers are good for children.
"The money here is given to you by your mother-in-law. You must hide it carefully and don't let anyone see it!"
He glanced at the passing scholars talking, looked at the river bank, and the many pedestrians in front of the boats crossing the river. Seeing that no one was looking around, he secretly took out a dozen coins and gave them to him.
"Father, grandma has already given it!"
Boyu did not take the money from his father, but after looking around, he carefully took out a cloth bag, which contained dozens of dollars.
This made Mimata look stunned. He didn't expect his mother to give Youer so much money.
"Father, we are crossing the river! Go back!"
Boyu said to his father, then turned around and walked towards the river, looking at the riverside. At this moment, Boyu was a little confused and breathing quickly. Boyu had never been so far away from home, let alone leaving on this trip.
Qi State, I went to a place where I was not familiar with the place, very strange, and there was still war.
But my grandmother's words from the past came to mind, and then Yan's appearance came to mind.
Boyu no longer hesitated, but when he walked to the river, he turned around and looked behind him, and found that his father was still standing far away, never going back, just looking at him like this.
Suddenly, a thousand words appeared in Boyu's mind, what he wanted to say.
Pu You also wanted to kneel down and kowtow to his father just like his mother kowtowed to his grandmother before leaving, but in the end, Pu You still did not do that.
He turned around and paid the boatman and got on the boat. Not long after, he felt the boat swaying on the river. He looked at his father who was getting further and further away. This time, he didn’t know if he would have a chance to meet him.
Looking back at my father, I recall that he worked hard day and night and already had some gray hair.
Boyu's eyes kept turning red.
When he looked down on his father's figure, Boyu reluctantly turned around and looked at the river bank on the other side. Thinking of his grandmother's words, Boyu felt a little uneasy and a little bit suspicious.
Is the famous Qin general Bai Yan really Yan?
Yan's father is a simple and honest nature, and his grandmother is educated. Because of his hard work, he brought up two sons and one daughter who all value family ties. Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure!!!
Whether it's Shui Shou, Bai Yan, or Xiao You, they all have a good relationship.
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