Chapter 338 (1/2)
Chu was a vassal state in the South during the Zhou Dynasty. The Chu people were a branch of the Huaxia nationality who moved south. Their initial base was Xinzheng, Henan Province. The ancestors of Chu people first moved in the Central Plains of the Yellow River Basin. One of their branches gradually moved south under the oppression and attack of hostile forces in the vortex of ethnic conflict in ancient times.
The state of Chu developed strongly in the Jianghan Region. The monarch was Mi surnamed Xiong.
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the leader of the Chu people, Wei Xiong, helped King Ji Chang of Zhou Wen to destroy Shang and became a meritorious hero. In 1042 BC, King Cheng of Zhou granted Xiong Yi, the great grandson of Yuxiong, a Viscount, and the state of Chu was founded. During the xiongqu period of Chu, the Yong state was conquered in the West and Yang Yue in the East. In the early spring and Autumn period, Chu attacked barbarians on a large scale, which was called ”Da Qi Qun barbarian” by King Wu of Chu in history. During the period of King Wen of Chu, Deng, Qian, Quan, Luo, Shen and other countries were destroyed.
The people of Chu came from the Yellow Emperor, and the ancestors of Chu came from emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang. Gaoyang is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Changyi.
The Xiang family has been a general of the state of Chu for generations. They were granted the title of Xiang and later took it as their surname.
In 222 BC, Wang Jian, the first general of the state of Qin, and Wang Yong, the vice general, led 600000 troops to launch a life-making attack on the state of Chu.
The Xiang family of Chu also led 400000 troops to meet the enemy. The victory or defeat of this war will determine the life and death of one million people. The most terrible force in the state of Chu is the Xiang family headed by general Xiang Yan.
”Chirp...”
A goshawk hit the sky and rowed across mountains and rivers.
”Drive... Drive...”
On the grassland, hundreds of Chu soldiers in silver are galloping with spears.
”Whew...”
I saw a dark shadow across the sky, ”the little Lord is coming...” a Chu army shouted.
The horse's hooves fell to the ground, and then two crimson silks fluttered in the wind. A handsome boy was wearing a set of dazzling gold armor, with seven short guns in his back and a shining spear in his right hand. The boy ran to the front of the Chu army and ran forward quickly.
In the desolate valley, the sun is like blood, and a blue flag with ”Xiang” floating in the air. The boy took hundreds of Chu troops to the high slope.
”Hiss...”
As soon as the young man grabbed Ma Jiang, the war horse immediately jumped up with its front hoof and its rear hoof upright, making a long sound. The setting sun shone on him like the God of war.
The horses fell to the ground, and all the soldiers behind them lined up on both sides of him. Under the high slope, there was a hissing sound, and the boy looked at the blue flag.
Under the high slope, there were a sea of people. It was the 400000 troops led by the Xiang family who fought here with the 600000 troops of the state of Qin.
When the goshawk crossed the sky, the young man stabbed forward with a spear in his hand and said, ”charge!”
”Bang!” suddenly, the young man took the lead, galloped down the high slope and rushed to the battlefield below. Next, the Chu army also galloped down the high slope. Along the way, dust billowed and fierce fighting was going on on the battlefield.
”Ah!” a Qin soldier looked back and saw that a spear had come to him. With a stab of the young spear, the two Qin soldiers nearby were stabbed and flew out immediately, and the returning Qin soldier was stabbed in the neck. As soon as the young man picked up his spear, the Qin soldier was picked up into the air, somersaulted and fell to the ground.
The young man looked at the countless Qin soldiers in front of him. With hundreds of cavalry of the state of Chu behind him, he galloped forward and stabbed away with his spear. When the Qin soldiers saw the fierce cavalry, they immediately retreated to both sides. But the speed of the impact of the war horse was very fast. After the war horse, no one survived.
A famous Qin soldier was holding a spear to stab a Chu army. The Chu army quickly raised a spear to block the sharp edge of the spear. The two fought each other like this, but the spike of the Qin soldier's spear had come to the tip of the Chu army's nose. A little further, the sharp thorn can stab the Chu soldier's nose.
”Hiss...”
At this time, the young man suddenly appeared behind the Qin soldier. As soon as he pulled the Xinjiang rope in his hand, the horse immediately jumped up. Then, the boy raised his spear and cut at the Qin soldier, and blood splashed immediately.
”Whoa!”
After that, the young man rode to the side and killed him. The rescued Chu army shouted, ”it's Shaoyu. Shaoyu has arrived.”