Final Volume Chapter 63
Final Volume Chapter 63
"His Royal Highness Feng Wang..." Xun Xiu's body trembled suddenly and he begged in a trembling voice. (, the novel is faster and better..)
Not wanting to listen to what he said anymore, Tang Yin waved his hands and said in a deep voice: "See you off! A weak person is not qualified to discuss an alliance with this king." As soon as he finished speaking, two guards came to Xun Xiu. , said coldly: "Your Excellency, please!"
After looking at the guards in front of him, and then at Tang Yin who was looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back, Xun Xiu gritted his teeth, finally made a move and said loudly: "Your Highness, King Feng, this is just a gamble."
"Oh?" Tang Yin turned around, smiled at Xun Xiu, and at the same time waved his hands to the two guards, signaling them to retreat. He said with a smile: "Well, that's true!" As he said that, he nodded to the guard guarding the rabbit cage.
A guard opened the rabbit cage, and the rabbit inside quickly jumped out and ran forward quickly against the grass.
It was already dark now, and normal people would lose sight of the rabbit after it ran more than ten meters. I saw Xun Xiu hurriedly putting the arrow on the bowstring, and then pulling the string with all his strength.
This bow was used by Tang Yin. It is a hard bow among hard bows. Even if there are not ten stones, there must be seven or eight stones. Let alone Xun Xiu, even if he finds a strong soldier, he may not be able to draw this bow. Xun Xiu exerted all his strength, his facial features were distorted, but he could only pull the bow string a little. He didn't want to give up, and his teeth chattered loudly, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't pull the bowstring open, and big beads of sweat kept dripping down his cheeks.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding generals and even the guards laughed. Tang Yin also had a smile on his face. He walked in front of Xun Xiu and said softly: "Mr. Xun, you can't even open the bow, so what?" Can you shoot a rabbit?"
"Your Highness, please...please give me some more time. I will be able to draw the bow..."
"Haha——" Hearing this, the laughter around him became even louder.
Tang Yin shrugged and said with a smile: "Mr. Xun, I have to remind you that the rabbit has run away."
Xun Xiu was shaken and looked up. In the vast darkness in front of him, was there any trace of rabbits? He stood there stunned, his legs shaking involuntarily.
Nie Ze on the side lowered his eyes. He didn't understand why the king wanted to humiliate Xun Xiu like this. If he didn't want to form an alliance with Li Shu, he could just say so, so why bother.
Tang Yin patted Xun Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Xun, can you honor your bet now?"
Xun Xiu's face turned pale. He stared blankly at Tang Yin for a long time. Then, he grabbed the arrow shaft fiercely, put the tip of the arrow against his own throat, and tried to stab him.
The moment he stabbed back with force, Tang Yin suddenly grabbed his wrist, and then smiled and praised: "Yes, although Mr. Xun is just a scholar, he does have some integrity!"
"His Royal Highness the Wind King..."
"Just because you have backbone doesn't mean that Li Shu is qualified to form an alliance with this king. You go back and tell Li Shu that if you want to form an alliance with our Feng Kingdom, you have to show your strength to prove your qualifications."
While speaking, Tang Yin turned around and walked to Yin Rou, took her into his arms, and walked towards his tent while saying without looking back: "Within one month, you must let me see that you can chop down How many heads of the Sichuan army can be exchanged for a weapon, a set of armor, a tael of silver, and a stone of food and grass? The amount of assistance you can get from our Feng Kingdom depends on your ability in this month!"
ah? Xun Xiu was stunned, watching Tang Yin's leaving figure and couldn't recover for a long time. Nie Ze rolled his eyes and reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Xun, why don't you thank me quickly?"
Xun Xiu's body was shaken, and he knelt down and kowtowed in a hurry, saying loudly: "I would like to thank His Highness the Wind King."
"Haha——" Tang Yin's hearty laughter came back.
On the way back to the camp, Yin Rou asked in a low voice in confusion: "Yin, why did you tease Mr. Xun like that just now?"
"It's not about teasing, it's about establishing authority."
The smile on Tang Yin's face disappeared and was replaced by a sneer. He said quietly: "Zhen people are difficult to tame, so when we first come into contact, I have to let them understand who is the master and who is the slave. Otherwise, when they become big, we will They will also suffer the consequences.”
Yin Rou seemed to understand, but Shangguan Yuanrang, Jiang Fan and others on the left and right nodded their heads in agreement with Tang Yin's approach. Jiang Fan said: "If the Zhen people are really allowed to re-establish their country, I am afraid that they will pose a greater threat to our country than the Sichuan country."
Shangguan Yuanrang also felt the same and said: "When the two armies are facing each other, I would rather face the Sichuan army than the Zhen army." Regarding the bravery and good fighting skills of the Zhen people, even Shangguan Yuanrang, who is as arrogant as him, is still wary.
Speaking of Xun Xiu, after Tang Yin walked far away, he stood up shakily from the ground. It was only then that he noticed that the clothes all over his body were soaked with sweat, and there was a chill in the night wind.
He shivered, looked at Nie Ze for help, and said in a trembling voice: "General Nie, His Highness the Wind King is..."
"The king's meaning has been made very clear." Nie Ze said: "Mr. Xun must rush back to Zhendi immediately and convey the king's intention to Li Shu. The king now wants to see your true strength, so in this During the month, you must do your best to attack the Sichuan army you can. This is not only related to Feng Guo's first aid to you, but also related to the formal alliance in the future. "
Xun Xiu nodded while listening. When Nie Ze finished speaking, he hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, yes, I will go back to Zhendi immediately and convey His Highness the Wind King's wishes to my general!"
"Yes!" Nie Ze nodded and said, "You can leave immediately. I can't send you back. You need to stay in Shangjing for a while."
"Yes!" Xun Xiu agreed and bowed to Nie Ze again to thank him for his great help, but Nie Ze's reaction was very distant. He didn't say anything more and walked away quickly.
It can be seen that the king still has many concerns about Zhenren. He can't get too close to Zhenren, otherwise it will only arouse the king's disgust and suspicion, and his life will hang on a thread.
Xun Xiu said goodbye to Nie Ze and left Shangjing overnight and rushed back to Zhendi. The rebels led by Li Shu basically gathered in Xiangshan and Guping counties in Zhendi. These two places are not far from Shangjing, but in order to avoid the Sichuan army along the way, Xun Xiu had to take a detour.
Even if he traveled overnight and rushed back to Xiangshan County to meet Li Shu, it was already half a month later.
Now Li Shu only has half a month left to kill as many Sichuan troops as possible within half a month. If he only fights the scattered soldiers of the Sichuan army and attacks some small checkpoints and strongholds, he will not kill many people at all, and the materials he can get in exchange will be pitiful. There is no way to talk about the alliance with Fengguo. After repeated consideration, Li Shu decided to take a risk and directly attack a Sichuan army camp at the border of Zhenhuan.
The Sichuan army camp he chose has more than 50,000 Sichuan troops, and they are not local troops, but the 13th Corps of the Central Army of Sichuan. Although it is not the main corps of Sichuan, it is the central army after all, and its combat power should not be underestimated.
In fact, Li Shu has long wanted to attack here. First of all, this Sichuan army camp is very close to Xiangshan County, and there are many troops in it. For Li Shu, it is a huge threat and hidden danger.
It's just that there are 50,000 soldiers in this Sichuan camp, and they are the central army of Sichuan. He has never dared to touch it. He only thought that after forming an alliance with Feng Kingdom, he could join forces with Feng Army to attack and remove this thorn in his eyes. Now it seems that Feng Army can't be relied on for the time being, and they can only act alone.
Knowing that Li Shu was going to attack this Sichuan Army camp, many Zhen generals below expressed opposition, believing that with their current strength, attacking such a large Sichuan camp is like hitting a rock with an egg. However, Li Shu overcame all objections and insisted on his own opinion, believing that he had a chance to capture Sichuan Camp, and this time was also a good opportunity to show his strength to Feng Kingdom.
Of course, Li Shu's confidence was also for a reason. First, he had a large number of troops under his command. Even if it was a mob that was temporarily put together, it was a mob of 200,000, several times larger than the Sichuan Army. Second, the Sichuan Army would not think that they could take the initiative to attack them, and the Sichuan people would not think that they had such courage, so they had the conditions to attack them by surprise. Third, the terrain of the Sichuan Camp was high in the south and low in the north, and it was very effective to defend against the Feng Army in the north, while the Sichuan Camp attacked from behind, from high to low, and had the advantage of terrain.
It was precisely because of these considerations that Li Shu thought there was a great hope of winning this battle.
In fact, he still thought too idealistically about the war. In the past, he fought against the local army of Sichuan, and now he had to fight against the central army. Like most countries, the combat power of the local army of Sichuan was not at the same level as that of the central army.
When Li Shu's rebels launched a surprise attack on the Sichuan Camp, they were stubbornly resisted by the Sichuan Army. The Sichuan Army reacted very quickly, and the focus of defense immediately shifted from the north to the south, giving the sneak attacking rebels a head-on blow.
After the battle was fully launched, the weakness of the rebels was immediately exposed.
The soldiers had no armor, and most of them charged into battle in cloth and linen trousers. They had no decent weapons, and many used bamboo curtains as shields and axes and sickles as weapons. What was even more terrible was that the rebels had no siege equipment as imagined. Large equipment like catapults was a luxury for them. Even the most basic ladders were in short supply. When a ladder was set up, a large number of soldiers were crowded below. The rebels who rushed to the bottom of the camp were huge, but only a few could climb the ladder.
Such an attack was completely adding people to the inside. The rebels who rushed up were killed one after another. The corpses in front of the camp piled up like a mountain, and blood flowed like a river. If it were rebels from other countries, they would have retreated at this point and the morale of the entire army would have collapsed long ago. However, the Zhen people had the spirit of not giving up until the goal was achieved and would never turn back even if they died. People stepped on the corpses of their comrades, howled like wild beasts, and charged forward like crazy. At the end of the battle, even the Sichuan Army guarding the camp was exhausted and disheartened.