General Qin

The Qin army camp outside Shouchun City.

Qin Zu is using a vehicle to transport the cannon parts that have been produced in the past few days. They will transport it more than two hundred steps outside the city wall for assembly.

In the barracks, there are already built siege equipment such as ladders and building carts, which are being pushed towards the city by Qin soldiers.

It has been three days since Zhao Tuo led the Qin army to Shouchun. During these three days, he did not attack Shouchun city rashly.

As the capital of Chu State, Shouchun has been continuously built and strengthened by Chu people for more than ten years. The city has high walls and thick walls, making it very difficult to break through.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of guards in the city, and there are also tens of thousands of Chu people. At this moment of national subjugation, they will definitely fight to the death.

Zhao Tuo only has more than 20,000 people under his command, and the chances of winning the city in a hurry are not great.

Therefore, he led the army to block the main escape route of the king of Chu, and at the same time asked the craftsmen and soldiers in the camp to cut down trees and build siege equipment such as ladders, building carts, and giant cannons.

During this time, Zhao Tuo also received the latest news from the Qin army in Huaibei.

The South Route Army led by General Yang Duanhe has captured Huyi and is rushing towards Xiacai. It will take at most ten days to cross the Huai River from Xiacai and arrive outside Shouchun City.

Wang Jian, who took down Huaiyang, was also leading his army to the south. Before long, hundreds of thousands of Qin troops would gather outside the capital of Chu. Under such circumstances, it is not afraid that the city will not be broken.

At the same time, the Qin army's fleet hoarded in Honggou also began to go down the river. With smooth water transportation, it could reach the vicinity of Xiacai in a few days at most to provide food and fodder for Zhao Tuo's Qin army.

The friendly army is coming, and the food is being transported. It can be said that there is no need to worry about the future.

"It took me three days to build giant cannons and ladders, and I'm just waiting to try to attack Shouchun today."

Zhao Tuo stepped on the chariot and looked at Shouchun, the capital of Chu, from a distance.

Behind him, the elite soldiers who had rested for three days all held their heads high and their faces full of fighting spirit.

"Legium, what have you been doing these three days?"

...

"Bugu has fasted and bathed for three days, but he may ask the gods for mercy."

The king of Chu was in high spirits, his face was full of joy and anticipation.

He had already fasted and bathed in the palace for three days according to the instructions of the Great Witch, sprinkled spices all over his body, and exuded a strange smell all over his body.

He will wear a special sacrificial attire, walk to the city wall, offer sacrifices to the great gods there, pray devoutly, and pray that the gods will descend their divine power and wipe out the Qin army outside the city in one fell swoop.

The gate of heaven is wide open, and I take advantage of the mysterious clouds.

Make the wind move forward, make the rain sprinkle dust.

...

On the top of the city, a group of wizards wearing sacrificial robes and painted on their faces with strange colors are dancing in the air.

The sound of bells, drums and chimes rang, and the wizards chanted ancient and mysterious sacrificial songs.

Under the guidance of the great witch.

The king of Chu, with a solemn expression, walked towards the city with his steps.

Behind him was a group of wizards wearing feathers and muttering words.

The servants of these gods still carry the sacrifices prepared to be sacrificed to the gods in their hands.

The so-called sacrifice refers to a solid and complete animal.

That is to say, "all sacrifices are sacrificed together" as stated in "Zhou Li".

"Bu Gu worships the god of heaven and commands his orders. Today, our country of Chu is in danger of being overthrown..."

King Chu of Chu chanted words at the top of the city, and prayed to the god of heaven.

In Shouchun City, the people of Chu who had received the order of the great king walked out of the house one by one, knelt down on the ground, and together faced the direction of the city to worship, chanting the sacrificial words taught by the people sent by the great witch in the past two days .

Jun Hui Xiang Xi Xia, over the sky, Sang Xi Cong Nu.

Fenzong is in Kyushu, and He Shouyao is here.

Fly high and fly peacefully, take advantage of the clear qi to guard against yin and yang.

...

"What are the Chu people in the city doing?"

Four hundred steps away from Shouchun City, the Qin army had already formed a battle formation.

All the generals and officials of the Qin Army looked at Shouchun City in front of them, where the sound of sacrificial offerings came from, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Black Hip was even more confused, scratching his buttocks and shouting: "Naigong also knows some Chu people's words, but why can't I understand what these Chu people are saying? Hei Li Gulu, the voice is still so loud, could it be cursing? Shall I wait?

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo also frowned, and turned to look at the Chu people waiting beside him.

Lu Wan smiled awkwardly.

Fengpei was originally the land of the Song Dynasty, but after the Qi State destroyed the Song Dynasty, it returned to the Qi State. When the Five Kingdoms attacked Qi, Chu State occupied the land of abundance under the banner of aiding Qi State.

Therefore, it has only been about 60 years since Fengpei belonged to the state of Chu. Lu Wan is neither from old Chu, but also from a commoner family. Naturally, she can't understand what those people in the city are talking about.

Only Zhong Limei and Cai Wu's expressions changed slightly.

At this time, the singing in the city just sang: "I and the king are at the same speed, and the emperor is at Jiukeng. The spiritual clothes are covered with quilts, and the jade pendants are Luli. One yin and one yang, no one knows what I am doing."

Cai Wu's face was sad, he hesitated to speak.

Zhong Limei also frowned, and after a little hesitation, he still said: "This is a word for offering sacrifices to Da Si Ming. Chu people often worship ghosts and gods, and use wizards to communicate with gods and pray. Da Si Ming is the god in charge of life and death in Chu. , from the perspective of the future, I am afraid that this negligence is asking the gods to descend, to descend with divine power, and to destroy our army."

Zhao Tuo blinked, and after he realized it, he laughed.

"Our King of Chu...is really different."

The army of the enemy country approached the city, instead of strictly guarding the city and carefully preparing the city defense, instead prayed to the gods to show their power and kill the enemy army. This kind of operation is really surprising.

But Zhao Tuo thought about it carefully, and this behavior actually fits the background of the times. Not to mention the ancient Warring States period, even after a thousand years, there will be no shortage of such things.

If he remembers correctly, in the year of Jingkang in the later generations, the Jin army came to the city of Bianliang.

Facing the danger of subjugation, the two Song emperors invited Guo Jing, the "Master of Taoism".

The master did it on the spot and created a "Liujia Shenbing".

This magical soldier claims to have a body protected by a talisman, making it invulnerable.

The divine soldiers went out of the city to face the Jin army.

Then, there was the change of Jingkang, and the second emperor Beishou.

In Zhao Tuo's opinion, the deeds of the king of Chu in this city are really similar to the two Song emperors in later generations.

Negative Chu is also a wonderful person.

Zhao Tuo shook his head with a smile, but when he turned his head, he found a few honest generals around him, as well as many people in the Qin army behind, showing worried faces.

"General... Do you think the King of Chu really invited the gods to kill us?"

The black buttock, who was always extremely daring, actually opened his mouth with a worried face at this moment.

Not only the black hips, but Shejian remained expressionless, Xi Qigu, Zhang He, Bai Rong, Lu Wan, Zhong Limei, Cai Wu and other Chu people also looked worried.

Zhao Tuo was stunned.

He comes from a later life, so he is naturally not afraid of this kind of pretense and trickery that he has come up with.

However, Zhao Tuo's soldiers are all locals. They have lived in a superstitious society since they were young, so how can they easily abandon the influence of the theory of gods and ghosts.

The so-called major events of the country are sacrifices and soldiers.

In this era, not only was there a strong tradition of worshiping ghosts and gods in Chu, but even Qin State in the west believed in ghosts and gods from top to bottom.

The Qin State not only had official worship gods and gods of mountains and rivers, but also had a series of miscellaneous sacrifices among the people, such as Chen Bao, Nu Te, and Hu Hou.

It can be said that the theory of ghosts and gods has already penetrated the hearts of most people in this era.

It is impossible for Zhao Tuo to say something like "the theory of ghosts and gods is not credible" at this time, because it is completely incompatible with the background of the times, and it is completely useless.

He raised his brows, opened his mouth and scolded: "What are you afraid of? We follow the king's will, God's order to conquer Jingchu, and we have the protection of our God of Qin, and An Neng is afraid of him, the God of Chu!"

"Could it be that the god of the Chu country can still punish the people of my Qin country?"

"If this is the case, then how can the gods worshiped by my country of Qin be able to rest with it!"

Zhao Tuo roared, waking everyone up.

Yes, we are the army of Qin State, and the gods of Qin State control our life and death.

If you have gods in Chu, why not in Qin?

"Book" says: "Only the emperor God, if he has perseverance, he will send his heart to the people."

"Poetry" also says: The emperor is a god, and there is a great man next to him, watching the four directions, begging the people for nothing.

The state of Qin inherited the sacrifices of the gods of Shang and Zhou.

Qin kings of all dynasties would sacrifice to the four gods of yellow, red, green and white.

The people of Qin rely on the four gods, so why fear the God of Chu!

The soldiers of the Qin army were very worried, and many of them also chanted the names of their own gods of Qin, seeking asylum.

Seeing that the morale of the army was revived, Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated.

The best way to completely eliminate the soldiers' fear of ghosts and gods is to smash them into pieces.

It doesn't matter what big commander you summoned by the king of Chu, and the minor commander.

Even if the Eastern Emperor Taiyi came.

You have to give me a shot first!

"Cannon debugging, ready to launch!"

...

At this time, the sacrificial ceremony on the top of the city has reached the final juncture.

"Riding on the dragon and twitching, galloping high and soaring to the sky. Gathering osmanthus branches and stretching, Qiang is more thinking and worrying about people. Worrying about people is nothing, I hope there is no loss today. If people's lives are fixed, there is a right, which one can do when they are separated and reunited? "

When the awkward and mysterious sacrificial voice reached the end.

King Chu Chu looked excited, looked up to the sky, and prayed loudly to the god who seemed to have really descended among the clouds.

"I request the Commander-in-Chief to lower his divine power and destroy the Qin army outside the city, as well as all the traitors who betrayed Chu!"

"Please Commander, take the life of Qin General Zhao Tuo!"

Just when King Chu's voice was high and his eyes were full of hope that the gods would take action.

Outside Shouchun City, Qin Jun's cannons were already pointing at the city, and the angle was adjusted.

Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot, watching the bizarre scene above the city in the distance.

He drew his sword and pointed, and shouted, "Fire!"

For the information on the gods in this chapter, please refer to "Research on Qin Sacrifice".

Regarding "God", it is the oldest god name since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it has been worshiped by the emperors of all dynasties for thousands of years from the Zhou to the Qing. The Temple of Heaven in the imperial capital is where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to God, enshrining the throne of God Haotian.

Such an ancient local god is now crowned on the head of a foreign god, which is quite depressing