I have to say that Su Qin's physique is really admirable, and even Su Qin admires his perseverance a little.
After being cut off by Xiang Yu, after being bandaged and treated by a medical craftsman, he was able to immediately embark on a journey to Rome, which made Su Qin can't help but say in his heart, "Awesome, my Prime Minister Su" Compared with Xiang Yu and his party, who were fast, Su Qin and the others were naturally slower, but the victory was that the post road was wide and flat.
Except for the three carriages that pulled Su Qin, Yu Ji and the maidservant respectively, the rest of the guards were all on horseback, and they were not too slow under Su Qin's urging.
The reason why Su Qin left in such a hurry was that he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly out of Great Xia, what he was most afraid of was that Xiang Yu suddenly repented and sent someone to chase Yu Ji back, so that he would lose his previous efforts, and this arm would be broken in vain.
As long as Yu Ji is brought to Rome, it doesn't even need to be that far, as long as it joins Liu Xiu's army that has already entered the territory of the Rest Empire, this alliance will be a certainty.
At that time, even if Liu Bang, the leader of the alliance, promised that he would be matched with the seal of the five countries could not be realized, at least he would be able to mix up an official position under Liu Bang, not as depressed as he is now.
The Luoyang court has been wiped out, and he is in danger of losing his life at any time in Great Xia, and throughout the world, only the city of Rome can tolerate himself.
Thinking of this, Su Qin couldn't help but poke his head out of the carriage: "Hurry up, hurry up, if it's too late, the Han army will break through the Blue Horse Pass, let's be a prisoner obediently."
Yu Ji heard Su Qin's shouting in the carriage behind, and couldn't help frowning, worried, and kept silently reciting in her heart: "The Blue Horse Pass is an important barrier in the south, and the king has already gone to guard it himself, so it shouldn't be broken so soon."
The team walked forward for more than 30 miles, the slanting sun gradually sank westward, and there were still about 40 miles away from Lanma Pass in the south, and the sound of fighting could already be faintly heard, and you can imagine how tragic the battle should be The road gradually narrowed, the mountains on both sides were undulating, and from time to time there were birds singing and ape cries on the mountains, and the bare branches kept swaying with the howling cold wind, making a "crackling" trembling sound.
"Hiss Prime Minister Su, this atmosphere is a little weird" The captain led by the captain reined in with a vigilant look and discussed with Su Qin in the carriage, "It's already dark, why don't we retreat five miles, temporarily spend the night in the town we just passed by, and then go tomorrow."
Su Qin's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "If you delay the hour and destroy the alliance, what are you waiting for, I, the man with a broken arm, is not tired, but you have retreated, are all your soldiers in Great Xia so greedy for life and afraid of death?"
The captain touched his nose and could only say stupidly: "Come on, Prime Minister Su, be kind as a donkey's liver and lungs, just treat it as a villain and say nothing."
You say go, let's go, anyway, there are three long and two short guys who can't run away" At the command of the captain, two hundred guards lit the pine torches one after another, and continued to advance in the twilight, preparing to find a place to rest after turning right at the intersection north of Lanma Pass.
The wind blows, and the dead trees and weeds on both sides of the post road crackle, occasionally mixed with a wolf howl, which makes people can't help but feel a little creepy.
Suddenly, there was a sound of "bangzi", and the three hundred Han army crossbowmen who were in ambush here jumped out at the same time, holding Zhuge crossbows and shooting at the Great Xia soldiers at their feet.
Suddenly the arrows rained down, as dense as flying locusts.
A crossbow and ten arrows were shot down like a series of beads, overwhelming, densely packed, and the Daxia soldiers who were caught off guard fell off their horses one after another.
Moreover, these improved Zhuge repeaters shot extremely fast, one after another, without stopping, and the lethality of three hundred crossbowmen was even more than that of a thousand archers.
After a wave of explosions, at least more than 130 people were shot and killed by the 200 Great Xia guards, and only more than 60 people barely escaped.
It's just that these people have been frightened, and they don't know how many ambushes there are on the top of the mountain, except for a dozen diehards, the others saw that the situation was not good, and they all turned their horses and fled, and fled for their lives in panic towards Mulu City.
"Quickly protect the princess's retreat" More than a dozen loyal dead soldiers brandished swords and dialed Diaoling, driving the carriage to turn around and run away, the situation was urgent, and no one cared about Su Qin in the other carriage for a while.
I heard that this team was not personally led by Xiang Yu, but it seemed that there was a princess in the carriage, and it was not worth the trip, and the Han army immediately rushed down from the hillsides on both sides of the post road with a shout, blocking the way.
After a bloody battle, the remaining dozen or so guards all died under the Han sabers, and the corpses everywhere, except for the dozens of people who fled, were almost all wiped out.
Su Qin never dreamed that he would actually bump into an ambush here, so he jumped out of the carriage with an idea, covered his wounds and saluted: "Alas, it is not that the soldiers are the Han army, and they are also Han people, who have been doing business in the Great Xia Kingdom for many years, and they were robbed of property by these bandits, not to mention, they also cut off one of my arms."
If it weren't for the rescue of your military masters, I'm afraid that my life would be at rest."
Su Qin bowed and thanked him, and slowly moved, trying to take advantage of the chaos: "There are still wives and children in the villain's house waiting for me to go back, save my life, report it another day, report it another day."
Yu Ji also didn't expect to encounter an ambush here, it seems that her trip to Rome was in vain, and she couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in her heart.
The joy is that there is no longer any need to worry about Liu Bang getting involved with himself, and what he is worried about is that if the alliance cannot be reached, who will turn the tide for Daxia Suddenly seeing Su Qin preparing to slip away, Yu Ji couldn't help but feel on fire, lifted the curtain and shouted: "Don't let this person go, he is Su Zhu who ran from Luoyang to the Western Regions to make waves, catch him" The military general who led the team was Xue Ji, the uncle of the Han Dynasty, and also the younger brother of the beauty Xue Lingyun, after listening to Yu Ji's words, he flew up and kicked Su Qin to the ground, and his nose was blue and his face was swollen: "Okay, you are a traitor, you almost escaped by you as a Han person, you dare to eat inside and out, and run to the Western Regions to seduce foreign races, it is really a big rebellion, see if I don't send you back to the court, you will be punished with five horses and corpses."
Several Han soldiers rushed forward and tied up Su Qin, who had only one arm left, and shouted in unison: "Traitor and traitor, obediently tie your hands and arrest it, otherwise your other arm will be cut off."
Su Qin looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, you are traitorous thieves, your emperor is arrogant and proclaimed emperor, you are all traitors, our Luoyang court is orthodox, but it's a pity that I Su Bao can't return to the sky, I can't turn the tide and help the building to collapse, but the boat capsized in the gutter and was caught by you little minions, I don't want to die."
Xue Ji was young and vigorous, and when he heard Su Qin's words, he couldn't help but be furious: "You traitor and traitor, you dare to insult my brother-in-law, my uncle, who is not powerful, you treat me as a bodhisattva."
Before the words fell, Xue Ji slashed out with a sword, hitting Su Qin's right arm, and then cut off the only remaining arm and fell to the ground, and red blood gushed out.
Su Qin screamed, his eyes were black, he fell down and fainted.
The deputy general next to him reminded Xue Ji: "Uncle Xue, if this person is really Su Ji and has a lot of use, you can't let him die so easily." ” There were also two accompanying medical craftsmen in the carriage that Su Qin was riding, who were already trembling with fright at this moment, listening to the conversation between Xue Ji and the deputy general, and hurriedly jumped down, begging: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, both of me are medical craftsmen, and I am willing to save Prime Minister Su's life, I just want to raise my noble hand and spare the two of us from dying." ” Xue Ji glanced up and down at the two medical craftsmen, and saw that they were all weak people who were powerless, so he nodded and said: "If you can save the life of this traitor, spare you if you don't die, and if you can't, you will all be buried together."
With the help of the Han soldiers, the two medical craftsmen carried Su Qin into the carriage with all hands and feet, stopped the bleeding, bandaged the wounds, and poured medicine to save people.
The continuous heavy injuries made Su Qin's face pale, and the whole person looked almost weak, and he groaned in the carriage: "Shike can not be killed, kill me, kill me, kill me quickly" Xue Ji clasped his arms in front of his chest and snorted coldly: "You really think of yourself as a prime minister, if you say kill you, you will kill you as a traitor like you, you must be sent back to the capital and handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, so that you can't survive or die, both arms are broken, but I'm not afraid that you will commit suicide." ” Xue Ji stepped forward again to look at Yu Ji, who was also haggard and exhausted, and couldn't help but be shocked by her peerless appearance, and couldn't help but be respectful, and said: "Could it be that this lady is the princess of Great Xia in the Han Dynasty general Xue Ji, this is polite."
In order to protect herself, Yu Ji simply directly identified her identity: "Dare to ask General Xue, do you know that you Han has a beauty named Yu Zhiruo, I am her biological sister, and I have been writing to her all these years, and I persuaded King Xiang to return to Han at the behest of the Son of Heaven, but I failed to convince King Xiang." ” Xue Ji was unexpected, and was half-convinced of Yu Zhiruo's words: "What Princess Yu said is true or false, the young general does not dare to make a conclusion, and I will temporarily detain you and hand it over to the marshal of my family for disposal." ” At this moment, he didn't know what was going on in the battle at Lanma Pass, in order to avoid the Great Xia army coming to save people, Xue Ji simply led his troops to climb the mountain and hid.
He also sent scouts to the south to spy on the development of the war, contact the main army of his side, and try to report the news of the capture of the princess of Bactria and Su capture to Wu Qi.
In the middle of the night, I saw torches flickering under the hillside, horses' hooves roaring, and the earth shook the mountain.
It turned out that the Han army had broken through the Blue Horse Pass, and Wu Qi, who had received the scout's report, was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent Zhang He and Zhang Han to lead 30,000 cavalry to find Xue Ji and others, and brought Su Qin and the princess of Great Xia, who were caught by the willow unintentionally, back to the Blue Horse Pass for interrogation, to see if they could get an unexpected harvest t1706231537: