Qin Official

"Captain, this is the strongest wine you can find in the city."

The wine was poured into the clean cauldron and simmered on the small stove in the house. It boiled after a while, and the pungent smell of millet wine filled the whole house, covering up the sour smell of blood.

"Give me the rest of the wine."

Li You looked a little pale. He reached out to ask Hei Fu for a drink, and took a big gulp into his mouth, almost choking.

A familiar taste fills the mouth. The last time I tasted this taste was more than ten years ago, during the Cai La Yue Township Festival. On that day, only men and women, regardless of age, could sit and drink together. He even remembered that his childhood sweetheart, the girl Shangcai, was sitting on the table opposite him. After drinking a little, her cheeks turned red, and she boldly spoke to him in the mulberry forest outside the village, a favorite tryst place for young men and women. Li You expresses his love...

Unfortunately, on the third day after that, Li You took his younger brother, protected his mother, and moved to Xianyang, Qin State with the people sent by Li Si. The bold girl who smelled of alcohol was probably married. Maybe My son is ten years old.

He took another sip, swallowed the past, and commented with a wry smile: "This is indeed the strongest wine in Cai Di, but it is still worse than the old Guanzhong wine..."

Li You smacked his lips after thinking about it, then looked at the hideous wound on his exposed chest, and said to Hei Fu, "Just do it."

"I want to disinfect the captain with boiling wine."

Heifu asked Bu Cheng to help. After washing his hands, he poured boiling wine on Li You's wound!

Li You's forehead was full of veins and he was sweating profusely. Fortunately, he had a wooden stick in his mouth, otherwise he might have let out a miserable scream...

A moment later, after Heifu applied medicine to Li You's wound, he felt like he was alive again.

"You actually still have the golden sore medicine with you."

Li You was a little surprised when he looked at the lacquered wood bottle that Heifu took out from his arms like a magic trick. He always felt that Heifu seemed to have known that the Qin army was going to be defeated. The rest of the people retreated hastily. Only he and his 100 men carried some necessary things with them, such as dry food, weapons, and even The copper coins rewarded along the way... were simply more complete than those of Li You, the captain.

"This was given to me by a doctor I knew well during the battle against Wei."

Heifu explained: "Captain, you can rest assured. The doctor's name is Chen Wujiu. He is a disciple of Duke Xia, the imperial physician of the Qin State. He said that this medicine is a golden formula prepared by the imperial physician of the Qin State. My village chief also I was seriously injured and suffered seven wounds on my body, which was cured by this ointment.”

"I hope so."

Li You was drunk and tired, and attributed this to Heifu's natural sensitivity to danger, which is why he arranged for Heifu to take command on his behalf instead of Xu Yang.

At this critical moment, perhaps only such people can lead them out of danger.

While speaking, Li You had closed his eyes. In his dream, the pain seemed to disappear. He seemed to have returned to the mulberry forest in Shangcai, but the rosy-cheeked girl sitting opposite had the face of a Qin princess. He smiled brightly...

…

After arranging Bu Cheng and another clever soldier to stay and guard Li You, Heifu walked out of the room. This was a small town. Their original plan was to evacuate to Pingyu quickly, but Heifu sent out to investigate. However, Ji Ying and others on the road reported that they saw a Chu army of up to 10,000 people moving towards Pingyu, blocking them right in front of them.

Heifu guessed that this Chu army must have been ordered to capture Pingyu and Shangcai. There were more than 600 people among them, and they also had Li You, an injured number. They couldn't move fast at all, and they were not as fast as the enemy's forward troops. Once they were captured, To catch up, there is no way to avoid Pingchuan, which is just east of Pingyu.

So after everyone discussed it, they decided to continue walking south, and Li You also agreed to the plan.

This was already their best choice. The area south of Xiangcheng had just been invaded by Li Xin, and there were more or less guards left in the towns along the way. After traveling for a day and a night, Heifu and the others were lucky enough to get there. We arrived at Tongyang, a small town located between Pingyu and Xiqiu.

Outside were four military officials sitting in front of a small case, namely Xu Yang, Zhai Chong, and "Man". In addition, there was also Tu Si, a hundred generals who had previously been stationed in Linyang under Li Xin's orders.

Except for Tu Si, who was still energetic, the other three people all had tired faces. Zhai Chong put his head on his hands and dozed off, and Man Geng was lying on the table, already snoring.

Today is the first day of November. After leaving the battlefield, they have been traveling for two days and two nights, and they are very tired.

Heifu coughed, waking up a few people, and then said to them: "The captain is fine. I have asked Bu Cheng, who is proficient in medical skills, to take care of him. There is no danger of life at the moment."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Heifu didn't waste any time. After Zhai Chong and Man came to their senses, he looked at Tu Si and said, "General Tu Bai has been stationed here for half a month and is familiar with the geography, so I asked him to come and tell us about Linyang and Tu Si." Just the distance and direction of the surrounding cities."

The bearded Tu Si then spoke with a strong Longxi accent. He said that Linyang was a small city. Li Xin passed by this place when he went to Qiu Qiu and sent troops to attack it. He was afraid that the Chu people in the city would repeat themselves, so he He drove them all away, so this small city measuring one mile square was now empty, with only a hundred Qin soldiers stationed there.

It wasn't until Heifu and the others came to knock on the door that Tu Si learned the news that Li Xin and Meng Tian were defeated by the Chu army. He couldn't help but be shocked. Fortunately, he was also an old soldier. He had participated in many wars and had experienced victory and defeat. He quickly calmed down and introduced the situation in Linyang to everyone.

"This place is one hundred miles away from Xiangcheng in the north, eighty miles away from Xiqiu in the east, one hundred and eighty miles away from Shangcai in the west, ninety miles away from Pingyu, and eighty miles away from Xincai in the south. If you want to go from Xiqiu to Pingyu, Shangcai Cai must pass through this town."

Heifu nodded: "The Chu army in the south has been cleared by General Li. This place is safe for the time being. It's not too late to rest here for the night before starting on the road..."

"Otherwise, since Pingyu can't go, you have to leave for Shangcai quickly. I say, leave immediately." Xu Yang on the side raised objections.

Xu Yang is about thirty years old. He has the same title and rank as Heifu. He has been following Li You for a longer time and is older. He was the one who took the lead in giving Heifu the nickname "Hundred Generals in Quilts". . So Heifu was still a little dissatisfied with getting the tiger talisman to command everyone on Li You's behalf, so he raised his objection first.

Zhai Chong couldn't help it at this time, and yawned as he said: "General Xu Bai, after the soldiers retreated from Xiangcheng, they have not rested for two nights. They are tired, cold and hungry, and they really can't walk. If you are forced to go on the road, how should you deal with the Chu people? What is the difference between this and sending your neck to the sword of the Chu people?"

Hei Fu also nodded and said: "What General Zhai Bai said makes sense. Besides, the captain's injury is showing signs of worsening and he needs to rest. Even if Xu Baijiang said that everyone would walk for three more days to get to Shangcai, in case everything goes wrong The captain cannot withstand the turbulence, if anything happens, we, as short-range soldiers, will be punished and killed!"

Xu Yang was speechless for a moment, but Heifu finally made the decision: "We will rest here for the night and let the soldiers eat and sleep well. Next, we will continue to go southwest and bypass the Chu army that besieged Pingyu. Army, then follow Ru River and return to Shangcai."

Everyone was dozing off while standing and wanted to take a rest for a long time. No one had any objections, so Hei Fu asked Tu Si and his people to take turns keeping watch in Xiaoyi, so that his subordinates, who had been traveling for two nights, could have a good sleep.

"I also asked General Tu Bai to send a few people, in teams of two, to ride on horses from the city and go to Pingyu, Ningqiu, Xincai, and Xiangdi respectively to investigate the enemy's situation. Then the two men flew to Shangcai to report the news. The defenders and Lieutenant Li will gather together in the future and ask them to send people to the front line of Ru River to support them."

Heifu asked everyone to gather together and rest according to the plan, so that they could respond promptly if something happened. Although he was sleepy, he did not close his eyes immediately. Instead, he sat in front of the desk, lit the anointing lamp, and looked at the temporary paintings on the silk. Map frowned.

He is now in danger and has to make the right choice at every step, so that he can bring everyone back to Qin.

After a while, Tu Si led someone to bring him food, including warm corn rice, crisp sunflower vegetables, and a bowl of fish with a fishy smell.

Tu Si smiled and said: "There is nothing else in Linyang Xiaoyi, but there are a lot of fish. The fish is called catfish, and its meat is tender and delicious. Hundreds of generals will try it soon."

Hei Fu was not polite. He took the chopsticks and started eating. The taste of the food was average, and the fish was poorly prepared. There were even fish scales floating in the soup. But for a person who had chewed dry food for two days, a mouthful of hot rice was enough. , is a delicious dish.

Watching Hei Fu eating, Tu Si also said to himself: "When we followed General Li to attack Pingyu and Ningqiu, the Chu army was vulnerable and collapsed after a casual attack. At that time, I just felt that this battle was not long. It would be over, but unexpectedly it would be a huge defeat. I still can’t believe it.”

"She must have fallen into the Chu people's scheme. Something seems to have happened to Chen Ying."

Heifu said while chewing the fish meat, but it is useless to talk about this now. What they need to know most urgently now is where the Qin army has withdrawn. There is also the direction of the Chu army's attack. How many cities are still in the hands of the Qin army in the land of Chen and Cai in Huaibei?

After finishing the meal, Heifu was exhausted. He thanked Tu Si again, and after discussing with each other to evacuate together tomorrow morning, he leaned against the wall and fell asleep...

When he was hurriedly shaken awake by Ji Ying, it was unknown how much time had passed. He glanced out the window and saw that the sky was getting dark.

"Hundred Generals."

Ji Ying's face was solemn: "An army came from outside the city, flying a red flag. It's the Chu army!"