Confucianism in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 21
As soon as you enter the Pingyang warehouse, you will see rows of granaries filled with various grains. The entire Pingyang covers an area of ​​more than 320 mu. There are 33 granaries in total, and each granary can store up to [-] shi.

As one of the largest granaries of the Qin army, the grain in the Pingyang warehouse is enough to supply the Qin garrison in the Heluo area for several years.

Since the battle ahead has already begun, this place not only provides food for Heluo's garrison, but is also one of the main food supply points for Meng Ao's army.

During this period of time, the Qin army dispatched grain and grass from all over the country intensively, and the grain and grass from all over the place have filled more than a dozen grain depots in Pingyang warehouse to the brim. It has already been prepared and filled with ventilated and dry warehouses.

Each grain depot looks like a small castle. The protective fences, ditches, and suspension bridges around the grain depot are well-prepared. Watchtowers and archery towers are built on the grain depots according to certain rules. There is a guard post every twenty steps.

Every [-] steps, there is a huge water urn filled with clean water for emergency use in case of fire accidents.

But all of this has now fallen into the hands of Wei Jun.

"Order the whole army to supply the supplies on the spot, set fire to the warehouses, burn ten warehouses a day, and tell the Qin people." Standing on the top of the city, Pang Nuan ordered to the general beside him.

Under the city, there is a dense mass of darkness, all soldiers ready to go.

"General Pang Nuan, I'll leave now." Han Huan, the commander of the Shanzi Battalion under the city, cupped his fists towards the city.

"Take care, gentlemen." Pang Nuan replied.

"General Pang Nuan, take care."

Ji Yanran and other people from the rivers and lakes also accompanied them.

At the head of Yiyang city, city guard Zhangqian looked in the direction of the Pingyang granary. The soaring flames had already illuminated half of the sky, and he was very anxious. Since he found the Wei army last night, he urgently notified Wang Wei who was stationed in Luoyi.

.........

Luoyi, Qin army camp, inside the commander's tent.

"How did Pang Nuan pass through Iron King Fort and capture Pingyang warehouse without anyone noticing it!"

Wang Yu's eyes were wide open, and he was full of anger. He never expected that Wei Jun would attack Pingyang warehouse at night, and he was caught off guard.

Previously, Wei Jun crossed Guanxing Road and captured Luonan Road, blocking the waterway for transporting grain, which has made the whole situation passive. Who would have thought that Wei Jun's real purpose was to Pingyang Warehouse.

If all the grain and grass in the Pingyang warehouse were destroyed, then for the Qin army on the front lines in the entire Heluo and Hewai, it would be tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot.

This Wei Jun seemed to know the defenses and mountain roads in this area like the back of his hand, Iron King Fort and Pingyang Warehouse were regarded as secret places, but were discovered by Wei Jun.

Could it be that... a thought flashed in Wang Ji's mind.

"Send someone to report to Meng Ao's army urgently again, asking them to return to help quickly." Wang Jue said in a deep voice.

What he thought in his heart was that Meng Ao sent troops back to help, so that he could attack the Wei army with his own things.

"Send our military order to help Yiyang immediately! You need to arrive at Yiyang before the Wei army joins forces." Wang Jue looked at the map in front of him and said to his relatives.

"No!" The lieutenant immediately took the order.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of drums shook the ground.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo!" The horn blared.

The soldiers of the Qin army in the camp moved quickly, packed up their weapons and armor, and rushed outside the camp. Under the leadership of their respective leaders, they gathered outside the camp to stand by.

As one of the five major armies of the Qin State, the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army is second only to the White Tiger Army, the strongest army of the Qin Army, in terms of its sophisticated equipment.

That army directly belonged to the generation of God of War Bai Qi.

For more than ten years, this army fought with Wang Ji in the north and south, crossed the Guandong, defeated Zhao Kewei, and gained a great reputation.

He has always acted steadily, but now he doesn't care so much. Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to walk in the mountains.

"All ministries move out immediately!" Wang Jue stepped out of the commander's tent, holding up the commander's flag and shouting.

Hearing the news, the messengers on the side immediately blew the horn and played the gongs and drums.

"Boom—boom—boom—" The sound of the drum became more and more rapid, like a reminder, awakening the long-sleeping war machine.

Accompanied by the sound of drums, the originally solemn scene became lively, and all the ministries of the Qin Army moved quickly, heading towards Yiyang under the leadership of the generals.

.........

The waning moon is like a hook, hanging alone on the top of the mountain.

The pale moonlight sprinkled in the forest, showing a bit of desolation and sadness, covering this land with a layer of mystery.

Not far away, long dragons made of torches meandered towards the forest. The torches illuminated the road ahead, but they couldn't illuminate the deep forest.

Rows of Qin soldiers held spears and marched neatly towards the mountain road. Their steps were steady and powerful, showing a trace of chilling in the quiet night sky.

Wang Yu led the guard knights in the middle army, his face was stern, and his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, scanning the woods on both sides.

Don't enter the forest, and the water must be far away.

As a famous general of a generation, Wang Wei naturally understood the meaning of this sentence, but if Yiyang was lost, the whole situation would be completely out of control, let alone take back Pingyangcang and Luonan Road.

In the deep forest, a group of soldiers were wearing cloaks, lurking silently in the dark night.

After waiting for so many days in the corner of the mountain, they were bitten by mosquitoes, and finally saw Qin Jun.

The bowstring has been tightened, and the arrow branches have been installed. I saw these people took several arrows from the quiver, tore off a piece of cloth, tore several strips and wrapped them around the arrows, and then dipped them into the fire oil tank. Some kerosene.

"Bring the arrow!" With a soft shout, a soldier had already handed over a heavy arrow with ribbed feathers that was as thick as a thumb.

Wei Qing took the feathered heavy arrow with his backhand, and lightly buckled the heavy arrow on the bowstring. Then, with both hands, he suddenly exerted force, and pulled the iron tire bow with five stones of strength into a full moon shape, and caught the heavy arrow at the same time. The end of the bow, and then slammed the bowstring.

The night wind was hunting, the cold moon was silent, and the Qin army team at the foot of the mountain was gradually approaching.

call out--

The arrow shot out through the wind, and the next moment, the heavy arrow with sharp feathers had already carried a deep scream, and shot at the man who looked like a military officer at the front of the team like lightning.

The man seemed to have noticed something, and raised his head abruptly.

But before he could react, the icy arrow clusters suddenly pierced through his face, and pierced out from the back of his head.

His body trembled violently a few times, and then he fell down straight.

This arrow sounded the horn of attack.

Countless rockets soared into the sky, and accompanied by ear-piercing piercing screams across the night, they flew towards the densely packed team in front of them.

"Enemy attack! Formation!" The general of the Qin army in the team roared, raised his sword to block the rain of arrows rushing towards him, and at the same time ordered the troops on the left and right sides to start defense.

Whoosh!Whizzing!

Another round of rockets passed through the air and fell into the forest. In an instant, it ignited the nearby bushes and bushes, and thick smoke billowed up.

"Order the front army to retreat in an orderly manner, the central army to defend against the enemy, and the crossbowmen to fight back, and dispatch some people to put out the fire on the spot, and must contain the fire. The rear army is responsible for breaking the rear, and let the army retreat from this valley first. "Wang Wei remained calm in the face of danger, and issued a series of orders loudly.

The Qin army immediately carried out the order in an orderly manner, the original dense formation quickly dispersed, the front army slowly moved back, and the rear army retreated to the valley entrance to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the chaos to rob and kill.

A burst of arrow feathers shot towards the mountain, and returned fire to the ambush soldiers.

"The Pingyang Heavy Armored Army is well-deserved of its reputation and well-trained." Wei Qing said from the mountain observing the situation below.

"This Wang Ji has always been cautious in using troops, so he must have been prepared for this long ago." The general on the side replied.

"Shoot a few more rounds! Make the fire bigger and use what we have prepared!" Wei Qing ordered.

"Let go!" Wei Qing gave an order, and immediately, countless rockets shot out from the sky, falling down the mountain like a meteor shower.

In an instant, it was as if a pot exploded in the woods, and the flames reflected the dark sky red.

The fires buried in the forest were ignited one after another, the flames soared into the sky, mixed with thick gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings, and a wave of scorching air rushed towards the face, making people breathless.

The fires buried in the forest were ignited one after another, the flames soared into the sky, mixed with thick gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings, and a wave of scorching air rushed towards the face, making people breathless.

Qin Bing, who was affected by the fire, could not escape and could only watch himself being swallowed by the fire.

"Ah——" Qin Bing let out a cry of pain and despair, and his body was quickly surrounded by flames, burning blazingly.

Wang Ji divided his 8 people into eight divisions, each of which was no more than four miles apart, echoing each other and serving as horns, so as to prevent the enemy from being defeated one by one by the enemy and ensure the safety of the front army.

But he never thought that this group of ambush soldiers would actually attack with fire.

Although the fire attack hurts the enemy, it also hurts itself. This fire does not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. When it burns, it is difficult for one's own side to launch large-scale operations to encircle and wipe out the enemy.

It was more like stalling for time, blocking the march of his troops.

He knew that the number of ambushes on the opposite side would not be many.

"Except that the rear army is responsible for cutting off the rear, the rest of the ministries don't care about other things, just withdraw." Wang Jue issued an order resolutely.

Seeing that the Qin army retreated decisively, Wei Qing didn't bother to fight, and left with his own troops.

Waiting for the fire to spread all over the mountain, it is difficult for those people on the mountain to escape.

This fire can at least stop him, Wang Ji, for one night, enough to go on a business trip.

(End of this chapter)