retaliate

Chapter 1458 Crossing the river and approaching the city

The army marched in slowly, and the cavalry were having fun in front, surrounding the only hundred or so Southern Zhou scouts, screaming and teasing.

"The soldiers are very happy!"

Han Ji laughed.

"If you win the battle, you should be happy." He Lianrong said, "Next, it's up to Jin Yiwei."

"Difficult!" He Lianyan said: "The Southern Zhou army demolished the upstream and downstream bridges, and there were cavalry patrolling the coast, so Jin Yiwei's secret spies couldn't pass on any news."

This is a troublesome thing at the moment.

But the King of Qin was not in a hurry at all, he took his son to the edge of Yingshui, pointed to a big tree upstream and said: "When I was a father, I used to fish under that big tree."

That year, he was just a budding newcomer in northern Xinjiang.

This time, he came to the north bank of Yingshui as the king of Qin, overlooking Bianjing.

On the other side, the defenders lined up.

"That's King Qin!"

"Yes! There is a child with me."

The Southern Zhou army on the other side found King Qin and his son, and someone urged, "Get the bed crossbow! Give him a shot."

"Idiot!" Someone sneered, "Pull the crossbow over the bed and King Qin can't see it? Besides, if you really want to shoot King Qin, who do you think will survive?"

"The king of Qin's subordinates are afraid that they will massacre the city."

Everyone shuddered and looked at the person who gave the idea with unfriendly eyes.

The man said embarrassingly: "I just said it."

This is someone on the other side shouting: "Come here."

A general came over here, "What's the matter?"

"Let's drop!"

"Don't drop!"

The civil servant with a loud voice on the other side pointed at the general and said with a smile, "I know you definitely want to surrender."

Qin Wang looked at the civil servants and the other side's lips, and asked: "Has the person who went to explore the road come back?"

Jiang He'er said: "They found local fishermen with good water quality and went downstream."

"it is good!"

On that day, the northern border army camped on the north bank, and at night they lit a bonfire and barbecued meat. They were extremely unscrupulous.

Across the river, the defenders on the other bank could not sleep all night, lest the northern army would make a surprise attack.

There was only one wooden bridge left, and hundreds of archers stood guard at the head of the bridge, which was more dangerous than a man guarding the gate.

According to the statement above, this bridge is a channel for communicating with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

……

"Your Majesty, Sun Shi is here."

The news of Sun Shi's arrival shocked the court.

"The old dog is here again."

Fang Chong gritted his teeth and said, "Does he dare to implement any new policies at this moment?"

On the morning of the second day, Nian Xu called a group of ministers to discuss matters.

"Move the capital!"

Sun Shi said very simply: "Yingshui can't hold on."

In the letter left to him, Han Bi analyzed the problem of Yingshui's defense line, mainly because of the distraction of people's hearts.

"Why can't you defend it?" Fang Chong looked at his old enemy with a sneer, "Yingshui is guarded by a bridge with hundreds of soldiers and a crossbow. Even Ning Yayun would not dare to cross it."

"Do you know how long the water is?" Sun Shi asked.

Uh!
Fang Chong was taken aback.

"You can't pass here, and you can't pass anywhere else?" Sun Shi said, "Could it be that you can see the whole water?"

Fang Chong: "..."

"Move the capital!" Sun Shi shook his head.

……

In the middle of the night, King Qin suddenly summoned his subordinates to discuss matters.

The officials entered the big tent with sleepy eyes, and saw that besides King Qin, there was also a man wearing a water jacket.

The King of Qin pointed to the man and said, "This is a local righteous man with good water skills. He led his scouts and found a shallow water area that can cross the river more than [-] miles downstream. It is not too late..."

King Qin turned his gaze, "Jiang Cunzhong!"

"Chen is here!"

"You set off with five thousand horses, one person and two horses, and go all the way quickly. You must cross Yingshui tomorrow morning, go around, and launch an offensive against the enemy in front of you."

"Leader!"

Jiang Cunzhong went out, and later, the faint neighing of war horses came from the rear camp.

"Do you have the sheepskin raft prepared by Gu Ren?" King Qin asked.

"There is."

This thing has been made a lot by military craftsmen.

"Bring them all. After winning the bridge tomorrow, a bridge crossing the river is too slow. Use sheepskin rafts to assist."

"Yes!"

King Qin smiled and said: "Tomorrow Gu will take you to see Bianjing City!"

……

In the early morning of the second day, there was some fog on the river.

More than [-] miles downstream, more than ten Southern Zhou cavalry patrolled lazily along the river bank.

"Looking at the fog, it's like a fairyland." A sergeant pointed to the river and said.

"Do you want to be a fairy?" someone laughed.

The sergeant shook his head, "The Northern Xinjiang Army is on the opposite side, I just want to save my life."

"Your Majesty is still in Bianjing!"

"So what? They said they were messing with Peng Jing and the others."

At this time, the monarchs and ministers disregarded their dignity and made a fuss about the matter.

The crowd sighed.

"What's that?" A sergeant pointed across.

The thin mist was knocked away.

Yiqi rushed out, and the northern Xinjiang cavalry in black armor on their horses grinned grimly at them.

"Enemy attack!"

Countless cavalry rushed out of the fog and rushed into the river.

Five thousand cavalry, one man and two horses, easily crossed Yingshui.

Out of ten Southern Zhou cavalrymen, only three escaped, and among them was the sergeant who said he would save his life.

"set off!"

Just after crossing the river, Jiang Cunzhong set off with the cavalry.

Their breakfast is eaten on horseback.

……

King Qin got up.

He took his son for a slow walk along the river.

Very comfortable.

The defenders on the other side are facing an enemy.

"Look, they are quite tired, so it can be seen that they didn't sleep much last night." Qin Wang pointed to the defenders opposite and said, and then ordered: "Prepare the fishing rod, and I will teach A Liang how to fish. Hey! Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait."

……

Nian Xu didn't sleep much either.

He had a dream, in which the successive emperors of the Southern Zhou Dynasty scolded him one after another, saying that he was so stupid that the Great Zhou perished.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Nian Xu opened his eyes, and it was already dawn outside.

But he only slept for half an hour.

"What's the matter?"

There was some impatience in Nian Xu's hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Sun is asking to see you."

"Is it moving the capital again?"

Nian Xu frowned.

Later, Sun Shi was brought.

"Your Majesty, withdraw the Yingshui defenders."

Sun Shi's eyes were bloodshot, "You must not defend Yingshui, you should stick to Bianjing."

"Call the people to discuss!"

This matter is not something the emperor can decide with one word.

The monarchs and ministers gathered together, and everyone looked like they hadn't slept well. Some even had dark circles under their eyes, which was very funny to watch.

"Abandon Yingshui?" Fang Chong roared: "I see that you, Sun Shi, want to join the enemy!"

Sun Shi said coldly: "What are you using to defend Yingshui? Where is the army?"

He pointed outside, "The people outside are panicking now. Before the old man came, he went to Yingshui and saw that the morale of the generals was low and their hearts were scattered. How can we defend this situation?"

"Those thieves and soldiers scolded a few times, so they are naturally full of energy!" Fang Chong retorted.

Peng Jing also joined the battle group, "It's absurd to stick to Bianjing while Yingshui is dangerous!"

"Where is the natural danger?" Sun Shi retorted: "How many places can be crossed in the upper and lower reaches of the river, you will know later?"

"There are sergeants patrolling along the coast..." Peng Jing sneered.

"His Majesty!"

A waiter came in.

"In the early hours of this morning, the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the river downstream of Yingshui River!"

Bah!
The gourd warrior next to him let go of his hand, and the hollow gourd fell to the ground and rolled a few times.

Peng Jing still maintained the posture of raising his hand to scold Sun Shi, but stared blankly at the servant.

……

Five thousand riders suddenly appeared on the flank of the defenders.

"Array!"

The guard shouted.

Five thousand riders led by a wave of crossbow arrows, and then rushed into the defenders' formation.

In less than ten breaths, the defenders collapsed.

On the other side, King Qin waved his hand, "Attack!"

More than ten ballistas arrived at the opposite side of the only bridge.

"put!"

Huge crossbow spears flew over, some were nailed to the bridge, but most of them flew over, passing through hundreds of defenders.

Then, the crossbow array showed its power.

"Fire arrows!"

Rows of crossbowmen fired arrows across the bank, taking advantage of the fact that their crossbows had a longer range than their opponents, and easily covered the defenders.

The defenders didn't even raise their shields, but dispersed in a herd.

"Fuck!"

The general in command of the Northern Xinjiang Army scolded: "I knew what to do with such a big battle? Just rush over."

The cavalry crossed the bridge first, followed by the infantry.

On the river, the well-inflated sheepskin raft was lowered, leading the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army to cross the river.

There are too many sheepskin rafts, covering the wet water in front of them.

The king of Qin, who was teaching his son to fish, dropped the fishing rod and sighed, "How can you still fish?"

Han Ji came, "Your Highness, let's cross the river."

"Let's go!"

Surrounded by Yingshui, King Qin ordered: "Surround Bianjing City, but don't rush to attack."

……

There was chaos in the palace.

"Quick, let's close the city gate!"

"Your Majesty, move the capital!"

Nian Xu also lost his position, "How should it be? How should it be?"

He asked, "Where is Sun Qing?"

Xie Yingong said: "The servants saw Grandpa Sun go out earlier."

Sun Shi has already left the palace at this moment.

He looked at the familiar imperial city and shook his head slightly.

When he arrived outside the imperial city, he got on his horse and said to the old servant: "You wait here, by the way, tell the lady, just say...she is right."

The city was in chaos at the moment, and the people ran to their homes one after another, but some wanted to escape from the city, but were intercepted by the defenders.A conflict broke out between the two sides.Someone in the defenders accidentally hacked and killed a person, which immediately caused a riot.

"Run!"

When Sun Shi arrived, the guard's face was pale, and there were more than ten people lying on the ground.

"The old man is going out of town."

"Grandpa grandson!"

"Is it possible?" Sun Shi asked.

No one refused.

Sun Shi stretched out his hand, "Give me a knife."

Someone untied the long knife and handed it to Sun Shi with the scabbard attached.

Sun Shi got on his horse.

"Sun Gong, there is a lot of chaos outside, but the city is safe." The guard shouted.

"Thank you!"

There are more and more broken soldiers ahead.

Sun Shi rode alone and went against the crowd.

The cavalry of the Northern Border Army had already appeared in front, and those routs became more and more flustered.

Choke!

Sun Shi drew his sword.

"Great Zhou has established the country for hundreds of years and has supported scholars for hundreds of years. Today, it is time for us to repay our kindness."

He shouted: "Old man Sun Shi, who wants to follow this old man to kill the enemy?"

He looked around and smiled miserably.

nobody!
Everyone is running away.

A general rode his horse and fled. When he saw Sun Shi, he said, "The pursuers are coming, Mr. Sun, run!"

Sun Shi shook his head, "I want to run away too, but Zi Rui is looking at me!" He looked up at the sky, "Zi Rui, go slowly. This old man is coming!"

The chasing soldiers saw an old man holding a long knife, roaring and rushing towards him.

"Fire arrows!"

Puff puff!
In the 16th year of Daqian, the northern Xinjiang army crossed Yingshui, and among the rebellious troops, they shot and killed Sun Shi, the former chief assistant of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

immediately.

The army is approaching the city of Bianjing.

(End of this chapter)