Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-10-02

"Drive!" One man and one rider galloped on the road from Hangu Pass to Xianyang in the dark. He was the soldier of the Qin army who escaped there first to report back to Xianyang before Hangu Pass was broken.Then Lu Ying is quite a fine person. Hearing that people who helped Su suddenly appeared in the pass, he knew that he might not be able to defend the most majestic pass in the world, so he immediately sent people to Xianyang to report the letter, lest the people in Xianyang city want to It was only when Fusu soldiers approached the city that they realized that Hangu Pass had been broken.

The man saw that the Hangu Pass had indeed been breached outside, so he frantically spurred the horses and galloped towards Xianyang.First, he was entrusted by Lu Ying to rush to Xianyang to report to the emperor as soon as possible, and second, he was afraid that he would be caught by Fusu people if he walked too slowly, so he didn't dare to stop any longer, and rushed to Xianyang.

After running all night, he slowed down and wanted to take a rest by the side of the road.Suddenly he saw a big flag with the word "Qin" waving in the wind not far away, and he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly drove over and saw tents standing there.They are the more than [-] people in Xianyang City who were forced to make up the number to support Hangu Pass.Because they were not regular soldiers, their marching speed was very slow. No matter how urged by those generals, they still couldn't increase the speed. Many weak people fell ill due to the bumps and frights along the way.The generals had no choice but to let them rest here first, and then rush to Hangu Pass after they have recovered their energy.

When the person who reported the letter came to the front of the camp, someone shouted and asked: "Who is it?" After he reported his identity, the person took him to the camp of the Chinese army without much text.Hearing that person said that Hangu Pass had been breached, the general shook his head again and again to express his disbelief. In the eyes of the Qin people, Hangu Pass was indeed a place that could not be breached.But after seeing him repeatedly stressing this matter, the general believed it a little bit, so he said: "Then I will give you three fast horses, and you quickly report back to Xianyang, and I will take people to Hangu Pass to find out. "

In this way, the man left the Qin army again, and continued to go to Xianyang, but because there were horses to change, the speed increased a lot, and finally arrived at the city of Xianyang two days later, at this time he was already exhausted .

"What, Hangu Pass has been breached?" Ziying asked in surprise.The other ministers in the hall also began to discuss in disbelief. First, the whole hall was buzzing constantly. Among the crowd, some expressed disbelief, and some doubted. They were all whispering and discussing in low voices.The man knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Before Hangu Pass was breached, it was General Lu who specially ordered me to escape and report to the emperor. I would never dare to lie to the emperor and all your lords."

"The Hangu Pass, which consisted of 10 troops from the six countries, could not be breached twice. How could Fusu pass with only a few tens of thousands of people this time? Could it be that someone in the pass turned against each other and opened and closed the gate?" a minister asked. Said.

Ziying was right after thinking about it, so he asked: "You said the pass was breached, so tell me how the impregnable Hangu Pass was breached."

So the man started talking about the arrival of Fusu's troops, all the way to the exhaustion of the Qin army in Guanzhong, and then continued to talk about Fusu's army suddenly no longer attacking. "Unexpectedly, although the Fusu army stopped attacking the city, they had another conspiracy. In the middle of the night, hundreds of people fell from the sky while our army was preparing, killed the soldiers guarding the closed gate, opened the gate and let the Fusu army enter."

Ziying and all the ministers could understand what he said earlier, but they couldn't understand what he said about hundreds of people descending from the sky, so they asked: "What do you mean by descending from the sky, do you mean there were spies under Fusu in Guanzhong? Do you mean anything else?" Although they asked this question, they did not believe in their hearts that there really were hundreds of Fusu spies in Hangu Pass.

The man shook his head and said, "The villain said they descended from the sky, which means that they really descended from the sky."

"It's unreasonable! Fusu is not a god, could it be possible to invite the heavenly soldiers to succeed? Could it be that you just made up a story to deceive me in order to cover up your fault?" Ziying was furious after hearing this explanation, " If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I will condemn you for disturbing the morale of the army and execute you Ling Chi!"

The man was shocked when he saw the emperor's fury, but he still had to speak out, so he stammered, "Then...those people really... came from the sky...all of them... ...covered in something like...wings, facing the wind and falling...down, so villains dare to say that they are...falling from the sky." After these few words, he compared himself to fighting with others. Feeling tired even after several hours.

Ziying glanced at the ministers in the hall, and found that they had already believed this man's words, so he said: "What is the shape of these wings, please tell me carefully."

So the man described the appearance of the big kite, and then said: "There are high mountains on both sides of Hangu Pass, I think they used this thing to jump into the pass from the mountains." Seeing that the emperor was no longer angry, he put it down Feel free to stop stuttering.And he was a craftsman before joining the army, so he could tell the function of the kite from its appearance.

Hearing his explanation, Ziying and others believed it a little bit. Some people have already begun to feel that it is inevitable for Fusu to become the emperor of Daqin, otherwise such strange things would not have happened.Hangu Pass, which has never been breached for hundreds of years, will be breached by Fusu's army. This may be to show one thing - Fusu is the real emperor of Great Qin.The soldier who came to report the military situation did not expect that his words would make the ministers of Qin State have such thoughts.

But Ziying didn't know that his courtiers had such thoughts, and asked: "Now that Hangu Pass has been breached, Fusu's rebel army will soon come to my city of Xianyang. I don't know how you can retreat from the enemy." Of the policy?"

All the ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but no one came out to speak.At this time, the soldier said: "When I came to Xianyang, General Lu of my family ordered the villain to say that if all the adults agree to retreat, the emperor should send someone to defend Xianyang City. He said that the strength of Xianyang City is not in Hangu." Under the pass, and with mountains and rivers behind, there is sufficient food, enough to last the first half of the year. But our child will stay for the first month, and General Zhang Han will bring his troops back to help, and the rebels who helped Su will be defeated. "

All the ministers were disdainful when they saw that he, a pawn, dared to speak freely in the hall, but Ziying was in need of someone to help him with an idea at this time, hearing this person's proposal was like getting the last straw to save his life. He nodded and said: "What you said is very true. Immediately order people to strictly guard the four gates, and no one can enter or leave. And send all the soldiers to the top of the city to prevent Fusu from coming suddenly."

"Emperor, there are less than [-] troops available in Xianyang City, how can we defend it?" one of them said worriedly.

It was only then that Ziying remembered that all the original troops in Xianyang had been dispatched to Hangu Pass, and now that Hangu Pass was broken, there were already available soldiers in Xianyang City.He thought for a while and said: "Then recruit troops in the city, they are all the people of our Great Qin anyway, and now that our Great Qin is in trouble, it's up to them to help."

When several honest ministers heard that Ziying was going to recruit people from the people again, they wanted to persuade him, but the other courtiers had already said together: "The emperor is wise!" Seeing Ziying's appearance, they knew that they could not persuade him. The emperor died, so he had to keep silent.And because of this sentence, the people in the city suffered again. Many people who escaped the catastrophe last time were all caught and guarded in the city this time.For a while, there was a turmoil in Xianyang City, and the people cried for their fathers and mothers, but the officials continued to live their little lives.

The news of Fusu's breach of Hangu Pass spread quickly, and Zhang Han learned the news when he led his troops to Taiyuan County.This is like a thunderbolt hitting Zhang Han's head.He lost several troops before returning from Chudi, and he only thought about attacking the Fusu army with the soldiers guarding the pass at Hangu Pass, so as to wipe them out completely.Unexpectedly, he was still hundreds of miles away in Taiyuan, and the Hangu Pass, which had never been captured, was actually defeated by Fusu.In this way, only the city of Xianyang was left in front of him. If he led his troops to rush there, Fusu Dake would order people to defend to the death in Hangu Pass, and he would not be able to break through the pass in time to support Xianyang.For a moment, he didn't know what to do with himself.

Bai Ban and Wang Li, like Zhang Han, heard that the Hangu Pass had been breached, and could no longer summon up the courage to fight again.Only Lu Jie refused to admit defeat. He repeatedly persuaded Zhang Han to lead troops to attack Fusu's back route to relieve Xianyang's crisis.In fact, there is one thing in his heart that he can't say, that is, when he knew that Hangu Pass was broken, he knew that his elder brother Lu Ying must have died inside, so he sent Zhang Han to the army to avenge his brother The meaning is inside.

On this day, he talked about the old matter again, and suggested to Zhang Han to send troops to attack Taiyuan County.Zhang Han shook his head and said: "There must not be many people in Xianyang City now, and the morale of the Fusu Army has reached the peak after taking Hangu Pass. This Xianyang City must not be able to stop the Fusu Army's attack. And we are now far away Xianyang is still more than ten days away, even without attacking the city, it will take more than ten days, not to mention that there is a Hangu Pass in it. No matter what, we can't get to Xianyang before he captures Xianyang. If we really take The rapid advance of the army has followed Fusu's wish, he can wait for us in Xianyang, and then wipe out all of us at leisure."

"Then the general just watched Xianyang being destroyed?"

"No, actually we have another way." Zhang Han walked to the front of the map and pointed to the Shangjun road in the north with his finger, "As long as we leave Xianyang and other cities alone and send troops to attack Fusu's Shangjun city, maybe Fusu is in When I hear the news, I will withdraw the army to save myself, and then the situation will change, and Xianyang may still be saved.”