Chapter 6: Counterattack

Zuo Yao was silent while the crowd was excited, and still quietly remembering his mood. Suddenly, Zuo Yao made a sound and asked, "Zou Hu, where is the Qin army's food and grass storage now?"

Zuo Hu was Zuo Yao's second brother. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "My king, the Qin army's grain and grass are now stored in the land, which is about two hundred miles north of Yangjiao Mountain, by the clear stream!"

Zuo Yaomo calculated and asked again, "How many people are there in guarding?" Zuo Hu said, "Not many, there are about five thousand people! The food and grass of the 200,000 Qin army were shipped from here!"

After Zuo Yao asked this, everyone immediately understood it. Zuo An said, "Does the king want to attack the Qin army's food and supplies?"

Zuo Shak's eyes flashed with a fierce light and said coldly: "Yes, since the Qin army's food and grass are all accumulated here, then as long as our army launches a surprise army to burn these food and grass, the Qin army will definitely retreat without fighting. If they do not retreat, they have an empty stomach, even if they have a million soldiers, what's the fear of being there!?"

Ji Yang shook his head and said, "My king, although this proposal is good, it is not advisable! Yangjiao Mountain is a hundred miles behind the Qin army. How could we go deep into the hinterland of the Qin army without being discovered by the Qin army? Moreover, once this lonely army leaks its traces, it will inevitably be surrounded by the Qin army and quickly annihilated! This is too dangerous. My king, please think twice!"

Zuo Yao suddenly laughed: "Of course I know what you said. Generally speaking, our army is indeed impossible to penetrate a hundred miles into the heart of the Qin army without being noticed! But if there is a secret passage, the possibility of success is much greater!"

"Secret Road!" Everyone was stunned and at a loss!

Zuo Shake smiled and said, "Yes, when I was young, I traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Dongou Mountain, and had been seeking some shortcuts to connect to the Central Plains in the north to restore the hegemony of his ancestor Goujian. Later, I accidentally discovered a secret passage: Feiying Stream! This secret passage is twisted and broken for sixty or seventy miles. In summer, it is a passage for streams in the mountains and groundwater to flow through. After drying up in winter, it becomes a narrow passage and secret passage! The northern exit of this Feiying Stream is only more than ten miles away from Yangjiao Mountain. Crossing the ridge of Yangjiao Mountain, you will reach the Qin State's grain camp! I expected that the Qin army would not discover this secret passage. Our army can use this place to defeat the enemy and directly attack the Qin army's food and grass! "

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and felt a little desperate. But Zuo Hu said again: "But brother, isn't there no Qin army guarding this area at the southern end of Feiying Stream and north of Feiying Stream? If it is discovered, it is possible that it will fail!?"

Zuo nodded with a smile and said, "What my second brother said is reasonable, but I have a way to solve it! The day before yesterday, our army fought against the Qin army in Kuaiji. Didn't we seize a batch of Qin army's armor and weapons? We can select 5,000 elite infantry, wear the Qin army's armor to open the way for the vanguard, and pull out the Qin army's strongholds! In this way, with the help of the secret path, although we are not sure of success, we are at least 70% to 80% to be sure. It is worth a bet, and the elders and generals think!"

The elders and generals lit up their eyes when they heard this: Yes, this plan is at least 70% to 80% sure, and it is worth a bet; it is more reliable and more convincing than sitting there or waiting for death!

So everyone looked at each other and nodded together.

Seeing this, Zuo Yao raised his voice and said, "Okay, that's the decision. The fate of my Dong'ou Kingdom depends on whether I can win the bet this time! The few good men I have sent to explore will be able to return tomorrow night. You are ready to send troops to attack the Qin army's food and grass tomorrow night!" "Yes, king!"

In the hazy night, five thousand elite Dong'ou warriors carried swords and ropes on their waists. Taking advantage of the night, they quietly sneaked down Qi Lao Peak and headed straight to the southern end of Feiying Stream.

Since this journey is in the hinterland of Dongou, the Qin army and the cavalry dare not go too deep. This journey is still safe for the Dongou army. Therefore, the Dongou people were very relieved at first and did not send reconnaissance raids forward!

Although the Qi Laofeng was about a hundred miles of mountain road that was advanced from the Qin army's northern line, the Yue people were born to be good at walking on mountain roads. This nearly hundred miles of mountain road disappeared under the feet of the five thousand Yue elite soldiers.

In the last dawn before dawn, the vanguard of the Dongou Army approached the Qin army beacon tower at the forefront and quietly lurked down.

The Qin army's beacon towers are usually built based on the terrain and the mountains are temporarily built, mostly made of huge rocks, with about a hundred garrisons, which is equivalent to a small military camp, responsible for many tasks such as alert, sentry detectives and warning! Because the Qin army's beacon towers are very close, and the nearby main troops are equipped with many cavalry, and the speed of hearing the police coming to aid is very fast, so the Qin army is very at ease with the safety of the beacon tower! Especially for a month, the counterattacks of the Vietnamese people were very loose, so the Qin army who guarded the beacon tower were not very vigilant. Not only did they not send secret sentries and roaming soldiers forward at night, but even the few guards guarding the stone wall were a little listless and drowsy.

It’s no wonder. After all, the Qin army, who was eager to fight, searched mountains and valleys every day, but had not seen a few enemies every day. They were all a little bored and their morale was slackened!

Dong'ou Wang Zuoyao led the team personally this time. He came with the mentality of becoming a virtuous person if he failed. Because if the attack on the Qin army's food and grass areas failed, the Dong'ou Kingdom would be powerless to turn things around!

At this time, Zuoyao was hidden behind the dense weeds. He looked at the Qin army beacon tower guarding the sparsely slumbered Qin army, and was secretly happy. He waved behind him. Nearly a hundred short-skinned men were crawling over the grass under the night sky. He was so fierce and ferocious.

These people gradually approached the beacon tower with the help of the night and the grass. The murderous eyes flashed with cold air in the dark.

Suddenly, three crickets chirping flashed in the night, and then a silver light flashed in the grass. Several sharp poison needles shot out from the grass and instantly penetrated into the vital throat of the Qin army's guards! The poison instantly destroyed the nervous system of the Qin army, causing several Qin army guards to fall quietly. Although they opened their mouths, they could not make any sound!

Then, the more than a hundred Yue warriors climbed to the top of the beacon tower without using ropes and disappeared on the wall with ease using the gap between the stone walls like monkeys.

After a while, three light applause sounded from the wall, and Zuo Yao was overjoyed: "It's solved!" He shouted: "Let's go, hurry up!" The five thousand Yue troops quickly stood up from the grass and passed the beacon tower. The more than a hundred elite Yue warriors who attacked the beacon tower also trotted out from the side door of the beacon tower and returned to the team!

Soon, with the help of the last darkness before dawn, the Five Thousand Yue Army sneaked into the Qin army beacon tower, clearing the last obstacle to the Feiying Rural! In this way, when the first dawn in the east just shot out from the horizon, the Five Thousand Yue people sneaked into the Feiying Rural River, like a deadly dagger that stabbed the Qin army's heart!

In the early morning light, in a small valley, a group of ten-person "Wolf Tooth" warriors had just woken up from their sleep. While yawning, they came to a stream next to them and washed their faces with cold water. On the campsite, the embers of the bonfire last night were still waving smoke.

Suddenly, a 'Wolf Tooth' warrior shouted: "Captain, do you think you can find traces of the Yue people today?"

A second lieutenant of Qin Army replied impatiently: "How could I know that these Yue people are all damn rats. They have been searching for a month and they have only a few small fish and shrimps. They have not made any money to catch them! I am so fucking depressed!"

A 'Wolf Tooth' warrior muttered: "Yes, I'm so depressed! It was so pleasant to follow the lord to fight Wei and Chu. It was so bloody and corpses everywhere! Is the elite soldiers of Chu Xiang so powerful? Isn't it still killed by us?" This is a 'Wolf Tooth' veteran!

Another new recruit from "Wolf Tooth" complained: "You are so okay. When I was elected to "Wolf Tooth", the six countries had been unified and there was no war! I originally thought that following Jun Shang Nanzheng this time would make more military achievements and win a wife and son, but I didn't expect that these Yue people were as timid as rats. After a month, I didn't even see a decent battle!"

The second lieutenant became a little upset when he heard this and shouted impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't complain. The emperor is rigorous in governing the army. If you hear you complaining here, you must cut off your head! Let's go, the more people are pressed, the tighter they are, and sooner or later we will find out whereabouts. Maybe we will get something if we search forward today!"

The Qin army smiled with insufficient confidence and said, "I hope God will bless you!"

The Qin army smiled and opened the bonfire, took out the leftover game they had eaten last night, and filled their stomachs with grass! In the colder winter, this is a very practical way to preserve food and save time!

"Let's go!" The lieutenant greeted him, and the other nine "Wolf Tooth" warriors wiped their mouths, carried the bandaged camping equipment on their bodies, and searched forward!

Today their mission is to search for the forests in Zizhu Mountain. They have been out for three days. If there is still no harvest today, they will return to the camp and change to another group of "Wolf Tooth" warriors to come and replace them!

People gradually searched the hinterland of Zizhu Mountain, and in the dry bamboo forest in winter, everyone was watching around them alertly. The "Wolf Tooth" elite soldiers were not as lazy as ordinary Qin soldiers. They were told during training: they must always be vigilant! In order to make them remember this, Fusu made them suffer a lot during training, so that these "Wolf Tooth" warriors are now alert in their sleep, which can be said to have deeply penetrated the training results into their bones.

Suddenly, a 'Wolf Tooth' warrior walking in front made a gesture. "There is something!" Everyone was surprised, took a lighter pace, and gently surrounded him!

On the edge of the bamboo forest, under a small cliff, several thatched huts are quietly hiding in the shade of the tree. One of them is probably the kitchen, and smoke is emitting from the chimney. It seems that there is a family living here, and it is cooking lunch!

The second lieutenant whispered: "There are people in the house, so you can take a separate head. Please pay attention to two points. First, the people of Yue are brave and should not be careless. Second, people should catch the living, so please ask for some information!" Everyone nodded, gently pulled out the sharp bronze sword in their hands, and sneaked towards the hut with their hands and feet spread out!

"Touch!" A 'Wolf Tooth' warrior kicked open the empty door, and two astonished faces in the kitchen immediately caught everyone's eyes: a middle-aged woman was about forties, with a scarf on her head, wearing a black short skirt and a jingle silver jewelry, making a fire behind the stove; another young woman was about teenage, dressed similarly to a middle-aged woman, but she looked handsome, had delicate skin, and was very beautiful, and was cooking in front of the stove. Obviously, the mother and daughter were making a fire to cook!

The Qin army breathed a sigh of relief, and one of them shouted, "Do you understand what we said? Come out!"

The mother and daughter were cooking happily, and suddenly broke in the group of fierce and fierce armed men, who had already been scared to death. Hearing this, he walked out tremblingly, with a look of horror on his face!

Seeing that the mother and daughter did not look threatening, the second lieutenant lowered the sword in his hand and asked as kindly as possible: "Do you understand what we say?"

The older mother nodded and said, "Listen, I can understand!" The lieutenant was overjoyed and asked, "Then I ask you, are you from the Yue tribe? Where are the Yue people hiding?"

The older mother shook her head in horror and said, "No, we are not Yue people, we are from a small tribe here! I don't know where those Dong'ou people are hiding!"

When the lieutenant heard this, his eyes turned, his eyes were fierce, and he held a long sword in his hand, shouting angrily: "Nonsense, you know where these Yue people are hiding! Tell me, where they are hiding, otherwise I don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" In fact, the lieutenant was not sure that these two people knew. He was just scaring these two people based on training and experience!

Poor, both mother and daughter were timid. When they heard this, they were so scared that their faces were pale, their bodies were as shivered, and they were trembling and couldn't speak for a while.

Just as the second lieutenant was a little impatient, he suddenly roared behind him: "Why, who is not going to hurt my wife and children! Wei Xiong is here!"

The Qin army was shocked and looked back. A strong man in his forties was holding a hatchet in his hand and a firewood under his feet, staring at them with his eyes on fire!

Intuitively thinking that this was a dangerous person, the lieutenant made a gesture, and the well-trained "Wolf Tooth" warrior left the two to monitor the mother and daughter, and the rest surrounded the strong man!

"We are the Qin army. Tell us where the Dong'ou people hide, I will spare you all!" The second lieutenant is now thinking about intelligence and finally saw a Dong'ou people. No matter which tribe you belong, of course, they just asked when they caught them, and they were forced to ask!

"Are you Qin army?" The strong man was obviously a little surprised!

“That’s right!”

"Has the Central Plains really been unified? Is the country no longer fighting wars?" The strong man looked excited.
Chapter completed!