"According to military law, those who praise the enemy to frighten the masses shall be killed!"
On October 29th, in the Qin army camp outside Xiangcheng, under the watchful eyes of everyone, an unlucky soldier was tied to a pillar next to the camp gate. He was first shown to the public for a day, and then the military judge announced his crime.
The executioners were killed alive.
The soldiers were not surprised by this scene. They watched expressionlessly and warned each other to take warning. Only Heifu in the crowd looked at the bloody corpse. For no reason, a chill came from his head.
.
"If I dare to say that Li Xin will be defeated, the Qin army will be defeated, and the Chu army will be victorious in the past few days, I am afraid that I will end up like this person at this moment."
The Qin army's military laws are strict. Anyone who dares to flatter the enemy and undermine their morale will suffer this fate once they are reported.
According to the nature of the Qin army's joint security and mutual supervision, unless they are brothers of the same countrymen, it is difficult to expect that people who live together and eat together will not report it. It is not that the love of the emperor is worthless, but because of the military law
It is stipulated that if someone in the group violates the prohibition, if someone in the group exposes him, the whole group will be exempted. If he knows about it but fails to report it, the whole group will be punished.
So the unlucky guy in front of him ended up like this just because Jiudun City said a depressing word. This sounded the alarm to Heifu. Although he knew the result of the failure of this war, he could not complain to
mouth.
So Heifu could only shut up the big mouth of the prophet, and kept silent to the captain Li You and all his subordinates. He could not say anything. He just asked his one hundred men to pack their quilts neatly every day, and their weapons were ready at any time.
Carry it, you can carry it on your back at any time.
But facts have proven that when defeat suddenly comes, no matter how much preparation you make, you will be caught off guard.
First of all, on October 29th, after being huddled for a month, the Chu defenders in Xiangcheng suddenly changed their nature and began to come out in full force to attack the Qin army.
Heifu was eating dinner when he heard the drumbeats of the assembly. He quickly swallowed the hard-to-chew meal, picked up the weapons beside him, and walked out of the camp with everyone.
The Qin army had been under the city for a long time, fearing that the people in Xiang City would not come out, so they immediately beat drums and gathered to resist. Although they were mostly miscellaneous troops from Shandong counties, their combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the Chu people, and they even had the advantage of being larger in number.
But just when the Qin army killed a large number of Chu troops and was about to counterattack into the city, they did not expect that trouble would break out in their own rear.
The Nanjun Corps was responsible for sitting on the left wing as a reserve force, ready to go into battle at any time. However, on the battlefield where the shouts were like thunder, Heifu was patted by Ji Ying who liked to look around. When he turned around, he was shocked to find that Ying, who was hoarding food by the Qin army,
There was a fire on the water bank!
Fires and smoke billowing into the sky, which means bad news.
For a time, behind the two barriers, the people of Qin who had been leisurely were all shocked. The soldiers all saw what happened behind them, and fear and uneasiness were contagious among them.
"Why did it catch fire?"
"Could it be that there are Chu troops behind us!"
Heifu's heart skipped a beat.
"The wharves by Yingshui River are either supplies coming from Yingchuan County upstream, or grain and grass sent along the chasm."
"Yingchuan is the rear area of the Qin army. It is unlikely that anything will happen. Could it be that Chen Ying has changed?"
This moment of panic caused the Qin army's offensive to come to a halt, because the soldiers were frightened and looked back to the rear, unable to concentrate on fighting.
"Nanjun soldiers, follow me!" At this time, the messenger began to convey the order of Lieutenant Li Youdu, and Meng Tian asked him to go along the river bank to rush to the rear.
A thousand men went forward as the vanguard, followed by the large army. Hundreds of short soldiers like Heifu and others closely surrounded Li You's chariot. When they arrived at the river bank, they found that the place was already in a mess, with guards
The soldiers at the docks and warehouses were fighting with enemies who appeared out of nowhere.
The grain clerk, whose face was stained with soot, hurriedly reported: "It's a ship from Chen Ying. It was thought to be an ordinary grain transport ship, but unexpectedly it rushed directly to the shore, first burned the dock, and then tried to rush into the warehouse.
, lit fires everywhere."
Li You stretched out his hand to feel the direction of the wind, and his expression suddenly changed. The wind was the north wind that often blows in winter. Coupled with the dry weather, the flames ignited from the dock had spread southward, and the tents were slowly lit up...
"Lead A and B will repel the enemy; rate C, D and the short-range personal guards will quickly follow me to put out the fire!"
After an order was given, the Nanjun soldiers divided into two groups.
Although the Qin army's camp was well-arranged, they still could not withstand the cooperation of the fierce fire and the north wind. There were burning wooden boat hulls and burning felt tents everywhere beside the dock. The blazing flames rotated and rose until they were more than ten feet high, and the flames shot into the sky.
, which made the faces of Hei Fu and his soldiers turn red.
Such a fire cannot be extinguished by human hands, not to mention the Chu people who landed from the dock and rushed into the camp without fear of death, not to kill the enemy, but to light a fire." This fire cannot be stopped.
Stay." Bu Cheng, who was choked by the fireworks and coughed, said.
Heifu asked the robes to pass orders to each other: "If trouble occurs, gather around the captain immediately!
He had a premonition that the Qin army would be defeated today!
Sure enough, the chaos in the rear affected the fierce battle in the front. The Qin army was unsettled and the offensive gradually slowed down. At this time, a fresh army of more than 10,000 people came from behind Xiangcheng to cover up and kill them.
For a time, the offensive and defensive momentum was reversed. Instead, the Qin people began to retreat step by step. The Chu people stormed the Qin wall, which was less than a foot high, and climbed up first. A Duwei County regiment responsible for the defense was overwhelmed by the Chu people.
in the tide.
While Heifu and the others were busy putting out the fire for half an hour, the Qin army's first barrier was breached by the Chu army, and Meng Tian had to order his troops to retreat to the second barrier.
However, the Chu army had no intention of stopping. Xiang Yan's banner, which should have been at the top of the city, suddenly appeared between the two walls. At the same time, the Chu soldiers were holding many broken weapons captured by the Qin army.
I don't know where they got the flag from.
The Chu people all shouted.
"Li Xin has been defeated, his entire army has been wiped out, and Chen Ying has been liberated. Why don't you just surrender and capture him?"
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The grain ship brought by Chen Ying brought enemy troops who were setting fire everywhere. The barracks in the rear were in flames, and the front was attacked by the Chu army. The morale of the Qin army was shaken. The first barrier was breached, and then the second barrier was broken.
It didn't last long either.
The Chu army had already gained momentum, but after the Qin army lost the barrier, it no longer had the slightest advantage. Moreover, because of the chaotic and burning camp behind them, it was impossible to formulate a formation to fight the Chu army. In this case, it was self-defeating to try to hold on to the camp.
Seeking death, Meng Tian had no choice but to issue an order to retreat.
Retreating under this situation would have only one result, and that was the endless pursuit of the Chu army. Meng Tian's move was like cutting off the tail of a gecko. Between the annihilation of the entire army and the preservation of half, he chose the latter.
In this way, for each battalion, the next thing is to do the beginning or the end.
Unfortunately, the Nanjun Corps, which was relatively well-organized, was assigned to the rear to intercept.
"General Meng wants me to be the tail of the gecko."
The moment he received the military order, Li You sighed, his face seemed a little resentful, but he still chose to obey and led the Nanjun Corps to the camp.
Under Li Youyan's order, the Qin soldiers, who had suffered such a defeat for the first time, began to form a formation together with another captain's regiment. They were asked by Meng Tian to abandon the camp, meet the retreating comrades, and block the Chu army at the same time.
Chase!
Heifu and the others did not run away, but were still surrounding Li You. He saw crossbowmen holding crossbows in front of him, and shot the Qin soldiers who had lost their heads in running away to prevent them from attacking the formation, so it was wise to break up the troops.
The ground was bypassed from both sides, and the formation of two captains and more than 10,000 people had gradually taken shape. These were the last two armies of the Qin army that could still fight.
The two barriers have been broken, and they are the last strong wall. Not only must they face the impact of tens of thousands of Chu troops, they must also withstand the landslide-like retreat caused by the rout.
The military judges were still standing at the rear with dark faces. Their swords were already stained with blood, not from the enemy, but from those who had deserted and tried to escape.
He couldn't leave. Hei Fu's hand holding the sword was already covered with sweat. He looked at Li You who was also anxious, and then at his subordinates behind him who still had a complete organization. He had sworn to protect himself and them.
life.
Heifu admired those who fought bravely, fought nobly, and fought with honor, but he didn't want to die inexplicably.
"Pass the word..."
Heifu asked Ji Ying to send a message to Dongmen Bao, Gong Ao, and Xiao Tao, his diehard loyalists.
"If the battle goes bad and the front army is defeated, then follow me and take the captain's car and retreat!"
There is only one kind of person that the sword of the judge of the Qin State Army cannot kill, and that is the short soldiers who are guarding the retreating general!