Chapter 580 Xiang Yan’s hanging heart finally died! Father and son meet again, but they kill each other!
Five thousand Judu soldiers and horses covered up their injuries and followed Su Jiao, blocking all roads leading to the city in an orderly formation.
Su Jiao did not continue to charge, but took out an earthen jar from the bamboo basket on the side of the horse.
The movements of the two hundred Qin troops and Su Jiao were the same. They all used torches to light the hemp rope on the top of the earthen jar and threw it in the direction of the Chu army!
“Bang! Wow~Boom!”
The earthen jar shattered immediately after colliding with the ground or the Chu army's armor, and the liquid inside spilled out along with the inertia.
But before it could spread, the flames on the hemp rope had completely ignited it!
Su Jiao shouted excitedly: "Turn left and throw again!"
Su Jiao Ma kept changing directions and led his knights to turn left and throw again after a few dozen feet. A round of clay pots was produced.
Soon, a semicircle composed of flames appeared behind the Chu army!
"Dong Dong! Dong!"
At the same time, the drums marching into the city sounded from the middle of the Chu army and floated into the ears of the Chu troops in Judu.
But not a single Chu soldier paid attention to this order.
Smelling the familiar pungent smell in the air and looking at Pao Ze who was falling into the sea of fire beside him, the face of the Chu army who had faced off against the Qin army was filled with despair, and he exclaimed in a hissing voice:
“This is the anointing oil that Zhu Rong boiled! This is the smell, I will definitely smell it wrong!”
"The Great God Zhu Rong has arrived on the battlefield, and the Great God Zhu Rong has set off the divine fire. Run! Otherwise, we will all be buried in the sea of fire! We will die of divine punishment!"
"Help me, ah!!!" Throw sand at me! "
"Run! There is only tung oil fire in the city gate, not divine fire."
Su Jiaoye! After leading the Qin army under his command to build a ring of fire defense line, he shouted in a deep voice: "Send the order to the middle and last units."
"The target Chu army has unarmored infantry, and shoot with bows and crossbows!"
Gongyangba shouted excitedly: "Daqi warriors, shoot!"
A rain of arrows rose and poured down towards the Chu army, constantly causing damage to the Chu army.
The body and soul of the Chu army suffered a double blow. Not to mention Xiang Yan's military orders, the military morale that Xiang Han and other Chu army generals had finally stabilized was shaken.
The lesser of two evils.
Instead of stepping on the flames ignited by oil and charging into the city, the Chu soldiers would rather step on the flames ignited by tung oil and become deserters!
One after another, the Chu soldiers rushed toward the burning city gate, picked up a cloud of sand with their swords, and poured it on the tung oil.
Some Chu soldiers who were extremely courageous or extremely courageous did not even wait to extinguish the flames at the city gate, but they stepped on the sea of fire and ran out.
Xiang Han and other Chu army generals looked at each other and could see deep despair and helplessness in each other's eyes.
The situation is completely out of control, and executing military orders is even more wishful thinking. The only thing they can do now is to reduce the casualties of their subordinates.
Xiang Han ordered unwillingly: "Don't panic! If there is a chaos, no one can escape from the city!"
"Listen to this general's order!"
"Arrange the army in formation!"
"Get out of the city!"
Clearly the Chu army beat the drums to attack Judu, but However, the four gates of Judu were spitting out Chu soldiers one after another. The scene seemed funny and absurd for a while.
Looking at the flames and billowing black smoke in Judu from a distance, Xiang Yan sighed softly: "As expected! As expected!"
"Since Lord Qin Chang'an could predict that Ben would pursue a plan to live from death, how could he not make arrangements for Judu?"
Seeing with his own eyes that Ying Chengyu detonated the arrangements in Judu, Xiang Yan's hanging heart finally... died!
The only thing that gave Xiang Yan some relief was that the Qin-Qi coalition forces deployed in Judu City were indeed too few. Even if Ying Chengyu had arranged them early, he would not be able to kill the Chu troops trapped in Judu. The Chu army could only use a huge fire to force the Chu army out of Judu.
This fire indeed made the Chu army unable to capture Judu, but it also prevented Su Jiao and other Qin-Qi coalition forces in Judu from pursuing them, allowing Xiang Han and other troops to leave Judu safely.
No longer harboring any hopes, Xiang Yan decisively ordered: "Ming Jin!"
"Send an order to the entire army to cross the Silt River south and withdraw!"
"Please, generals, spread out across the battlefield and help our troops escape!"
Qu Huan and others felt very heavy.
At sunrise today, they are still holding on to a great victory and are about to seize Judu.
But now that the sun has not set, they have turned victory into defeat, and even have to run for their lives while being pursued by the enemy.
And the person who brought them such a turning point was Ying Chengyu, who made them want to eat his flesh!
With deep unwillingness and hatred, all the Chu generals accepted their orders: "Wei!"
The Chu army dispersed.
The fresh forces that have been preserved to this day expanded in all directions to help the Chu armies escape the battle, and turned south one by one.
Under the command of Xiang Yan, the remaining Chu troops retreated in an orderly manner towards the Silt River after paying a heavy price.
"Shangzhuguo!"
Jingchou, who had already led the boat troops waiting here, boarded the boat and landed, rode his horse to meet Xiang Yan, and said repeatedly: "Our warships are fighting with the Qi navy. Fight."
"However, the Qi army has many naval forces and is well prepared. Our army may not be able to hold off the Qi army for too long."
"Please come to Zhuguo and everyone, please hurry up. Get on the boat and cross the river as soon as possible!"
Xiang Yan held Jingchou's arm hard: "Come on, Lieutenant General Jing!"
"Of course, the Qin army is pursuing a strong force."
"I would like to order my deputy general Qu Huan to be the vanguard and open up a way to retreat."
"I will personally lead the main force to retreat quickly. .”
“Can you please Lieutenant General Jing to lead 20,000 troops and navy warships to intercept the Qin army’s pursuit?”
Jing Chou was slightly startled, and nodded solemnly: “The general will take the order. ! ”
Jingchou knew that Xiang Yan had no ill intentions.
Looking at the generals in this army, Xiang Yan and Jingchou escaped from Ying Chengyu the most times, and they also had the most experience in facing Ying Chengyu's pursuit.
As early as last year's escape battle after the Battle of Suishou Chuncheng, Jingchou would lead the rear army to intercept the Qin army's pursuing troops from time to time. But Jingchou didn't expect that not long after he left the main battlefield, the battle situation had become so bad that Xiang Yan now needed Jingchou to stay to stop the enemy!
Xiang Yan shook Jingchou's arm vigorously and said sincerely: "Only when Vice General Jing personally guards the rear army can I feel at ease!"
Jingchou also held Xiang Yan's arm and laughed loudly: "Shangzhu's country trusts the last general, and the last general will not be ashamed of Shangzhu's trust!"
"Shangzhu's country can go south with peace of mind, Qin The pursuing troops were handed over to the last general to stop them!"
Xiang Yan said no more and immediately boarded the ship.
Standing on the deck of the boat, Xiang Yan looked deeply toward the northeast, and seemed to see a high-spirited young man smiling at him with a confident smile.
Five fingers were embedded in the railing due to excessive force. Xiang Yan's cold and firm voice drifted to the northeast in the wind:
"This battle is not over yet!"
"Victory or defeat is still unknown!"
"Jun Chang'an of Qin, I will definitely make you understand that your biggest mistake is to entrust Da Come together!”
“The victory or defeat of a war never depends only on the generals of both sides!”
Watching Xiang Yan and the boat troops heading south along the Silt River, Jingchou smiled slowly. He restrained himself and shouted in a deep voice: "Order!"
"The whole army forms an array and defends by the river!"
"Call the big wing twenty and the small wing one hundred to come here quickly to help our army defend!"
We are familiar with Jingchou. Under the command, the 20,000 Chu troops quickly formed a blocking formation.
As soon as they formed their formation, tens of thousands of Qin and Qi coalition troops rushed towards them.
Jingchou shouted without hesitation: "The crossbows are spreading, let go!"
The rain of arrows rose and flew towards the Qin and Qi Allied Forces, but it was unable to stop the Qin and Qi Allied Forces.
Jingchou was not surprised by this. After the crossbowmen had diffused for five rounds, he ordered the crossbowmen to withdraw to the central army and continued to order: "Line up a square formation at the front."
"Block. Enemy!"
"Send orders to the big wings, launch the crossbows!"
One after another, Jingchou commanded the 20,000 Chu troops to block the Qin and Qi coalition forces like a stubborn stone. footsteps.
But suddenly, a familiar figure flashed past Jingchou's peripheral vision.
Jingchou's neck stiffened slightly, and then he suddenly turned to the northwest, his eyes widened unconsciously, and his eyes were filled with astonishment: "Quite..."
Jingchou never expected that he would actually Being able to see his eldest son again in his lifetime.
Jingpo!
It’s just that when they met this time, the father and son were no longer fighting the enemy under the Chu army’s battle flag together, but were on separate sides of Qin and Chu!
Forcibly restraining the urge to call out to Jingpo, Jingchou tightened his grip on his spear and shouted: "The family soldiers obey the order, and the guard generals will rush to kill!" The cronies are in front, and they are rushing behind me!"
Jing Tao, the leader of the five hundred soldiers, shouted in shock: "Master! The main force of the Qin army is in front!"
Leading the troops! Thousands of Chu troops launched a counterattack against hundreds of thousands of Qin troops?
Jing Tao really wants to ask Jing Chou.
Master, are you crazy?
However, Jingchou did not explain, he just shook the reins and eagerly rode forward.
Jing Tao, Jing Li and others could only lead the crowd and follow behind.
“Kill!”
After stabbing a Qi Jun to death with one shot, Jingchou panted and raised his eyes, looking forward with anticipation, anxiety and guilt in his eyes.
He finally saw the figure that made him cry several times in the middle of the night.
"Po'er? Po'er! Is that you Po'er?!"
Not far ahead, Jingpo poked his head around and looked around, then he also led dozens of cavalrymen. Immediately forward, he shouted excitedly: "Ah Weng!!!"
Jingchou's pupils were shaking, and his old body suddenly burst out with infinite power, stabbing three enemy soldiers to death one after another with his pistol, trying his best To shorten the distance with Jingpo.
Jing Tao, Jing Li and other members of the Jing clan also looked at Jing Po in disbelief.
Without saying a word, Jing Li gave Jing Tao a look, and immediately led his cronies forward to help Jing Chou kill all the enemy troops in front of him.
Jing Tao closely guarded Jing Li, standing opposite Jing Po's cronies with vigilance and vigilance, using their bodies to carve out a space for Jing Po and Jing Chou.
“Ah Weng!”
“Po’er!”
Jing Po rolled off his horse, knelt down in front of Jingchou and kowtowed, saying, “My child failed to serve me. Aweng's side is really the loss of the child, please punish Aweng!"
Jingchou eagerly wanted to dismount, but accidentally fell off the horse.
Jingpo was horrified when he saw this: "Ah Weng!"
Jingpo subconsciously wanted to step forward to help Jingchou, but Jingchou ignored the pain in his body and rolled and crawled towards him. Jingpo.
"Po'er!" Jingchou gave Jingpo a heavy hug, then grabbed Jingpo's shoulders with both hands, looked at the weeping Jingpo carefully, tears could not help but flow from his tiger eyes: "Why? Are you going to be punished?”
“It’s because Nai Gong failed to protect you that you were captured by the Qin army.”
"I'm so sorry for you!"
Although Jingchou had many sons, Jingpo had a unique position in Jingchou's heart.
This is Jingchou’s eldest son who has been carefully raised by Jingchou, followed him in his expeditions, and is regarded by him as his successor!
Becoming a prisoner of the Qin army due to the failure of Jingchou's command has made Jingchou feel heartbroken. How could Jingchou have the heart to punish him?
Jingchou grabbed Jingpo's hands harder and harder: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!"
"Leave everything else to Nai Gong."
"Nai Gong will risk his life, but he will definitely protect you when you return home!"
(End of this chapter)