In the twenty-second year of the Qin Dynasty, at the beginning of winter, the Qin army from Qufu, Zhucheng, Tengxian, Renxian and other places marched out, crossed the Miaoshui River, and slowly marched to the Chu army. The camp is only ten miles away on the plain.
The army of no less than 100,000 soldiers was vast and powerful. The black flags with the word Qin were numerous in the sea of people. They were blowing in the wind. The dense long poles were dazzling and could not be seen to the end.
"Array!!!"
HP rode his war horse and stood at the front of the army. Looking at the plain in the distance, the Chu army was already in formation and marching toward this side in a mighty manner.
Next to Huipu, many generals of the Qin army felt a sense of oppression when they looked at the Chu army, and their faces were full of solemnity and nervousness.
In this battle, there is no way out.
Now that they have crossed the Miao River, only one of them or the Chu army can leave alive.
"Pass my order, the archers prepare, the center army advances, and the right army provides support!"
After HP watched the Chu army arrayed in formation, the Chu army began to send out vanguard soldiers to test, so he decisively drew his waist sword and gave a stern order.
Fortunately, after capturing Qufu, HP had a long time to let the generals train their soldiers. Otherwise, facing such a large number of Chu troops, the morale would have been unstable.
As the messengers holding the command flags rode away left and right, not long after, the war drums roared, and in front of one square formation after another, the shouts of the messengers on horseback continued to sound. In front of the rows of Qin soldiers, the commanders immediately pulled out their sashes. Jian, leading the soldiers behind him, headed towards the Chu army.
Looking at the Chu army on the opposite side, advancing in dense and uniform order, the Qin soldiers looked to the left and right, and they could not see the soldiers at the end either. Feeling the armor all over their bodies, their courage stabilized, and they walked side by side towards the Chu army.
As a vanguard army, their armor was also the best among the entire army, and thinking of the rewards promised by their generals before the war, every soldier felt a little hot in his heart.
When they were soldiers in the Wei State or working in the fields, they had no chance of a better life.
But now, when I think about the land and land after the war, I can also get slaves, and get a better life for my wife, children, and children at home. I also think about the dignity on my face after I go back, and the scene of being admired and admired by my acquaintances.
At this moment, looking at the Chu army on the opposite side, each of the soldiers felt less afraid.
the other side.
The soldiers of the Qin army holding long bows slowly followed the general's position and stopped. Under the general's order, they took out their arrows, stringed their bows, and aimed at the sky above the Chu army.
During their time in Qufu, all their clothes and armor had been replaced by the Qin army's black clothes. After all, it was just a matter of changing the fabrics into black clothes. Although it took time, it was not difficult.
Now, they had completely become soldiers of the Qin army. They thought about Qin's decapitation military system, which had always made them afraid when they thought about it. At this moment, their hearts were filled with longing.
During the attack on Qufu, they had seen or heard that many people had been beheaded, had achieved military success, and had been promoted. Not only had their families received many fields that they did not have before, but they also had maids to serve them.
"Fire the arrow!!"
At the general's order, each soldier immediately released his crossbow in the direction of the Chu army. Thousands of arrows were fired densely at the Chu army almost in an instant.
The arrows that had been used to garrison Daliang but had never been used in the city were all shot at the Chu army at this moment.
on the plains.
HP watched as the Chu army approached, and the archers quickly fired all their arrows at the Chu army. This scene made HP pay close attention. Then, when he saw the Chu army's counterattacks, they also fell among the Qin army. , HP immediately observed the morale of the former army officers and soldiers.
Although there are generals to oversee the army, after all, many of those soldiers are not soldiers who have been fighting all year round. Once morale collapses, the entire army will inevitably be affected.
When he followed General Li Mu, Huipu had never commanded such a large number of soldiers. If General Bai Yan hadn't fought this battle, he only needed to hold back the Chu army, or even be defeated. The army is at war.
Thinking of Bai Yan's trust and the opportunities he had been given for promotion, HP vowed in his heart that he would win back the general's face in this battle so that no other general would have any doubts.
Even with these more than 100,000 miscellaneous troops, he would still have a good fight with the Chu army.
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Five miles outside Xiyi City, five Chu soldiers covered in blood were riding horses and rushing towards Xiyi. However, just on the official road, suddenly a thick rope emerged from the ground. The two Chu soldiers in front who failed to dodge in time were stumbled directly. The two behind them had no time to tighten the rope and were instantly tripped by the fallen war horse in front.
The sound of falling to the ground was heard one after another.
When the only Chu soldier saw this scene, his expression was startled. He ignored the other four and hurriedly continued towards Xi Yi. The next moment. An arrow was shot from the dense forest nearby.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Chu soldiers fell off their horses. Only the horses were empty and they soon stopped.
In the dense forest, a dozen men wearing cloth clothes and holding sharp knives came to the official road. Without waiting for the other four Chu soldiers to stand firm, they directly surrounded the four men and hacked them to death one after another.
The five people soon fell to the ground, blood spreading, and they became motionless corpses.
Half an hour later.
As the thunderous sound of horse hooves came, the dozen or so men who had put the five corpses and horses aside all looked along the sound. When they saw the Qin Army cavalry riding horses one by one, they all let go The man's face turned pale instinctively, and his eyes were full of fear.
Especially when you see the Qin soldiers in full armor among the densely packed Qin cavalry swarming past.
armor! ! !
They had obviously killed people just now, but at this moment, a few of the dozen or so men were so frightened by the scene in front of them that their sword-holding hands trembled vaguely.
Xi Yi.
The Chu soldiers on top of the city were patrolling with Changge in hand. When they suddenly saw the mountains in the distance and a black torrent coming, all the Chu soldiers on the top of the city looked at each other with doubts.
The Chu army was clearly in Huyi and Lanyi, so why did the cavalry suddenly come to Xiyi? Could there be something unexpected happening?
Just when the soldiers of Chu were looking puzzled, as the black torrent in the distance approached, some sharp-eyed soldiers of Chu saw the black flags with the word Qin in the torrent, and their faces suddenly turned pale and there was no trace of anything. color.
"Qin Army! It's Qin Army!!!"
"The Qin army's cavalry is coming. Go and report to the general! Go quickly!!!"
Amid the panic and fear, the Chu soldiers kept running back and forth. Occasionally, they could see some soldiers falling down and quickly getting up, wishing they had more legs.
However, without preparation in advance, Xi Yi could only defend hastily in the face of the arrival of the Qin army's cavalry.
What made the Chu soldiers on the city even more frightened was that as the Qin army suddenly came to kill, screams suddenly came from the city tower. Many Chu soldiers had not yet reacted. Only some old soldiers of the Chu army seemed to have thought of it. What? His eyes were full of horror. He turned to look at the Qin army's cavalry outside the city. He didn't care about anything else. He just threw away his weapon and ran away.
After a while.
The Qin army's iron cavalry came from Hong Yong, and in the horrified eyes of all the Chu soldiers on the top of the city, they all swarmed into Xi City.
In an instant, there were screams and killing sounds everywhere under the city tower, and the Chu soldiers on the top of the city looked stunned. Then they saw the Qin soldiers rushing up to the top of the city at the stairs.
"kill!!"
"kill!!!"
The soldiers of the Chu Army, whose expressions were grim, could only respond hastily.
As the roar of killing spread, figures screaming and falling to the ground could be seen everywhere in the city. The Chu army flags that were originally planted fell off one after another, and were replaced by black flags with the word Qin.
Outside the city on the other side of Xiyi.
After receiving the news, the Chu army general Jing Zhi who was stationed outside the city was shocked when he learned that the Qin army's cavalry was coming to kill him. He quickly picked up his sword and walked out of the camp.
The Chu army's camp was full of unrest and Chu soldiers walking around.
"Cai Yue, immediately order the entire army to prepare for battle!"
As soon as Jing Zhi walked out of the camp, he saw deputy general Cai Yue coming with two men. Jing Zhi quickly gave an order.
At this moment, Jingzhi's mind was full of doubts. Why did he have no news at all when the Qin army's cavalry came to kill them? Where were the scouts? And what about the generals from various places who are wary of cavalry? This place is so far away from the Qin army, how could the Qin army's cavalry reach here in such a short period of time.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. What Jingzhi is most worried about right now is that once Xicheng is occupied by the Qin army's cavalry, the Chu army's camp at Miaoshui will be raided by the Qin army's cavalry if they are not careful.
"promise!"
When Cai Li heard Jing Zhi's words, he glanced at Jing Zhi, quickly accepted the order, and was about to turn around and leave.
However, at this time, a soldier suddenly walked over in a hurry and knelt on the ground in front of Jing Zhi.
"General, soldiers reported that General Chuzhen broke into Yan Meiren's camp. It seems that he wanted to..."
The soldier's words surprised Jing Zhi, and then he became furious.
Yan Meiren was his most beloved concubine, but Chu Zhen actually dared to take advantage of the chaos to go to his concubine's camp. What was Chu Zhen going to do?
But thinking that the Qin army's cavalry has already come to kill them, the most critical thing now is to resist the Qin army, otherwise their lives will not be saved.
However, Jing Zhi watched helplessly as his concubine was violated by Chu Zhen... How could Jing Zhi bear this? Besides, if Jing Zhi didn't understand, Chu Zhen wouldn't be afraid of him ordering someone to come over?
wrong!
Jingzhi suddenly thought that the Qin army's cavalry was coming. He had no news before. Thinking of this, Jingzhi suddenly woke up.
"Cai Yue, immediately lead your generals and pass on my order to capture and kill Chu Zhen!"
Jing Zhi ordered, and then he was worried that Cai Yue's generals would be insufficient, so he sent some close followers to follow him.
Hearing this, Cai Li took the order again, and then led his generals and others to quickly turn around and walk towards Yan Meiren's tent.
After Jing Zhi saw Cai Yue leaving, he ignored anything else and immediately went to prepare his army with his remaining cronies, hoping to resist the Qin cavalry and defend Xi Yi.
soon.
As outside Xiyi City, dense crowds of Chu soldiers poured into Xiyi City one after another. In an instant, the Chu soldiers who had been defeated and fled recovered their morale in an instant, and faced the pursuing Qin army, they resisted to the death. With.
On the streets, screams and killing sounds could be heard everywhere. Among the Qin and Chu soldiers fighting together, some fell to the ground and died miserably.
Jingzhi was holding a sword in the sea of Chu soldiers and leading his generals. When he was preparing to take back Xicheng, he suddenly saw Qin soldiers in full armor suddenly appearing on the street in the distance. At this moment, let alone Jingzhi, Even the other Chu army generals' expressions changed dramatically.
On the street, the soldiers of Chu who were originally fighting with the Qin army were unable to cope with the brave and skilled cavalry. They finally resisted. When they saw the cavalry in full armor approaching, they all looked at it in horror. Seeing that there were all the governor's soldiers behind them, some Chu soldiers were heartbroken, and they fought desperately to fight against the armored Qin soldiers.
However, they had just fought, and before they could hurt the armored Qin soldiers, they were killed with a sword. The other Chu soldiers fought back, and they were helpless in the face of the tightly defended armored soldiers. What's more, in addition to the Qin army's armored soldiers, there were also The cavalry soldiers who have been fighting all year round picked up their bows and crossbows in the back and kept shooting arrows.
After finally resisting the Qin army's defense line, they were defeated again in an instant. Many Chu soldiers did not care about the warlords and fled quickly. More and more people fled. Not only were the warlords behind them unable to kill them, but they also saw the armored Qin soldiers. After fighting with the cavalry, they also retreated continuously.
When Chu General Jingzhi saw this, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately ran out of countermeasures. When he saw the Qin army's cavalry coming from other streets, he could only follow the army and withdraw from Xiyi again.
However, outside Xiyi, the Qin army's iron cavalry and side cavalry galloping along both sides of the city had already arrived. Each of them held a crossbow and began to fire arrows at the densely packed Chu army.
Whether they are side cavalry or iron cavalry, they are all soldiers on the frontiers of Qin and Zhao in the past. In terms of archery and cavalry hunting, not to mention the Chu army soldiers crowded outside the city, even the few Chu army cavalry soldiers are very good. It quickly collapsed.
Not long after, all the Chu troops fled in all directions. Looking outside the city, more and more Chu soldiers dropped their long swords and knelt on the ground to surrender to Qin. Others who were still resisting were all defeated. The Chu army general who fled.
"Take it to Qu Luan!"
Bai Yan, wearing Qin armor, stood in the city road of Xicheng and handed a roll of bamboo slips to brothers Zhonglichuan and Zhonglihao.
"Peng Bo has taken Ban Ding to the Zhongli clan, and will also arrange for someone to inform the Zhongli clan that the death of Qu Yi and the death of Lord Changping's eldest son, Ruo Ao's six soldiers were all involved!"
Bai Yan looked at the two brothers. After they took the bamboo slips, they looked towards the south of Chu State.
"Once Ban Ding dies, the Ruo Ao clan and the Zhongli clan will fight to the death! I can easily capture Zhongli City, and you two brothers can also easily capture the Zhongli clan."
Bai Yan said softly.
After learning that Ban Ding wanted to use the Chu army to defeat the Qin army and force Ying Zheng, Bai Yan was plotting this matter and had already written to Luoyin.
Bai Yan did not object to Ban Ding's idea of "a small clan replacing a large clan", but what Bai Yan could not accept was that Ban Ding had to pay for the Qin army's defeat, and in Ban Ding's eyes, the Qin army defeated by the Chu army was his Bai Yan And his subordinates.
Ban Ding has his own interests and stance, but Bai Yan also has his own methods.
Bai Yan will not kill Ban Ding with his own hands, but it does not mean that Ban Ding will not die.
In the past, Ban Ding worked for Bai Yan and was a guest of Bai Yan and even the Qin State. But now Ban Ding plots against Bai Yan and becomes the enemy of Bai Yan and the Qin State, and he no longer has the courtesy of a guest.
Just south of the Chu Kingdom, the location of Zhongwu City is very important. Not only are the Chu troops stationed in the city, but the Zhongli clan also keeps thousands of private soldiers.
"General, don't worry!"
Brothers Zhonglihao and Zhonglichuan looked at each other, then raised their hands to salute, looking at Bai Yan with fear and fear in their eyes.
At this moment, the two brothers don't understand how Bai Yan learned that the two brothers had conspired with Li Yuan to visit Zhongwu City!
Now, since Bai Yan has decided to go south to attack Chu, and promised the two brothers that after arriving at Zhongwu City, as long as the two brothers command the Zhongli clan and open the city gate, the Zhongli clan will not be touched. He also wrote to Xianyang, requesting Ying Zheng ordered that people from the Zhongli clan become the city commanders of Zhongwu City.
Think of this.
The two brothers had nothing to hesitate about. Compared with being squeezed out by the Zhongli clan and becoming a side branch in the Chu Kingdom, it was better for the two brothers to surrender to the Qin Kingdom, serve Bai Yan, and become the masters of Zhongwu City.
Especially when I thought of Cai Yue, the general of the Chu army here in Xicheng, who unexpectedly secretly surrendered to Bai Yan and turned his head to look outside the city, looking at the fate of the chief general of the Chu army Jing Zhi.
The two brothers thought about Ban Ding who had already gone to Zhongwu City. When they thought about what would happen if they betrayed Bai Yan in the future, a chill filled their backs.
No one knows what means Bai Yan has secretly prepared to prevent the two brothers from betraying him.
(End of chapter)
