"How is it possible! Bai Yan's victory?"
"The Qin army won? How could the Qin army win? The Chu army had a square formation..."
"Even Lord Changping was beheaded? His head has been sent to Xianyang Palace?"
In Xianyang City, the streets, alleys, tea shops and restaurants were all bustling with voices. As the news came that Bai Yan fought with the Chu army and defeated the Chu army, everyone was shocked and looked in disbelief.
Bai Yan's victory?
How could Bai Yan win a big victory...
You can see confused scholars everywhere on the street, looking at each other doubtfully, as if they still doubt whether the news is true or false.
"It's fake, it must be fake! How could Bai Yan crack the square formation?"
"Yes! The Square Formation is a strange formation through the ages. In the old days of Changping, Bai Qi was helpless when facing this formation, let alone Bai Yan!"
"Let's go and see if the edict is still there! If Bai Yan really wins and breaks the Chu army's square formation, then Qin King Ying Zheng will definitely withdraw the edict!"
As some scholars from the Six Nations took the lead in raising doubts, more and more smart people walked towards the street where the edict was originally posted.
Don't blame them for that.
But they really couldn't accept that Bai Yan actually defeated the Chu army.
You have to know how many of them, during this period of time, were thinking hard every day, thinking about how to crack the square formation.
As a result, everyone was helpless.
This is not one or two people, nor one or two hundred people, but hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Xianyang City! They are all helpless with the square array!
How could Bai Yan crack the square formation?
on the street.
Many young scholars were walking together, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. After learning the purpose of those scholars, the people of Xianyang, as well as merchants and dignitaries who were belatedly realized, woke up one after another and hurriedly followed them to the post. The place where edicts are issued.
Soon, the scene where the king's summons was issued for the first time in the past appeared again on the street. A huge crowd of common people and scholars crowded in the place where the edict was issued.
"Look! The edict is still there!"
"I'm just telling you! The news must be false! How can Bai Yan win a big victory? The Chu army has a square and round formation, a strange formation through the ages!"
"Even just now, I also suspected that the news was false! I don't believe that Bai Yan can defeat the Chu army in a head-on battle..."
In the bustling crowd, when they saw that the edict was posted in the notice office intact, countless scholars and men breathed a sigh of relief, looking as if it was true, and a little smile appeared on their faces again.
Different from the people of Qin State, Qin State attacked Chu State, and all 200,000 Qin State soldiers died in Chu due to the sudden betrayal of Lord Changping. Including Bai Yan's troops, the number of Qin people was nearly 80,000. , the people of Lao Qin naturally hope that Bai Yan will come back victorious.
However, in the eyes of the scholars, merchants, and dignitaries of the Six Kingdoms, whether it was for the purpose of offering rewards, not wanting to see Chu's defeat, or because they hated Qin from the bottom of their hearts, in short, no one wanted to Seeing Bai Yan's victory.
As long as this edict is posted here, they will feel at ease.
"Give it! Give it!!"
However, before long, a sudden shouting sound suddenly attracted the attention of countless people in the noisy crowd. Soon everyone saw four or five Qin officials in the crowded sea of people, step by step towards issuing the edict. Go.
But when they saw the figure of the Qin official, all the scholars felt their hearts skip a beat, and a bad premonition suddenly emerged in their hearts.
Then, under the watchful eyes of countless people, two Qin officials walked up to the cloth edict, raised their hands without hesitation, and took down the cloth edict in full view of the public.
this……
Seeing this scene, all the scholars and dignitaries in the crowd were dumbfounded again.
"My lord? Why did you take off Wang Zhao? Could it be that... there is some great talent who has cracked this formation and just took it off!"
A middle-aged scholar still seemed unwilling to accept the facts, with a confused face. Then he stepped forward, bravely raised his hands to salute, looked at the Qin official, pointed at the edict and asked softly.
Following the voice of this middle-aged scholar.
There were obviously crowds of people all around, but the sounds were getting fewer and fewer, and the faint sounds were also in the distance. At this moment, almost everyone was looking at Official Qin, praying that the words coming out of Official Qin's mouth would be what they most wanted to see. result.
"General Bai Yan has led his troops, defeated the Chu army, beheaded Lord Changping, and sent him back to Xianyang. If he doesn't take the call, what's the use of staying here?"
The Qin official looked at the middle-aged scholar and said, when he finished speaking, he looked at another Qin official on the side and both of them were filled with shock.
They posted edicts, so they saw Xianyang was crowded with people, restaurants and teahouses were overcrowded, people came to the city gates from all directions, and spectators gathered in front of the edicts, and the streets were busy with traffic, making it difficult for pedestrians to pass.
The more I remember the passage of this period of time, the more I have seen the scenes of this period of time, so when I learned that General Bai Yan won the victory in Putun, I was even more shocked.
"If you don't believe it, the king has ordered that the heads of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen be paraded through the streets for three months. You can see them later! Give way!"
Official Qin turned his head, looked at these people in disbelief, and ignored them.
General Bai Yan has won a great victory. The king has ordered that all edicts be removed. There are still many edicts issued in other places.
"What, Bai Yan really won!"
"This...how did Bai Yan crack the square formation?"
As the Qin officials left, countless scholars, merchants, and powerful disciples who stopped to watch stood at a loss, with expressions of disbelief on their faces and a trance in their eyes.
The news is actually true! The Chu army was really defeated! Bai Yan wins!
But how did Bai Yan crack the square array?
For a moment, as they confirmed that the news was true, the scholars from the Six Nations fell silent and looked at each other silently. Countless scholars couldn't figure it out and gradually felt uneasy in their hearts.
Even the Chu army with its square formation could not stop the Qin army's attack. Even Lord Changping was defeated and killed by Bai Yan. That Bai Yan was too terrifying!
Fortunately, General Xiang Yan is still here in Chu State.
As Xiang Yan's name came to mind, until this moment, some scholars from the Six Kingdoms felt some comfort in their hearts. At least Chu State still had General Xiang Yan. It was not that simple for Qin State to destroy Chu.
"Great! General Bai Yan defeated the Chu army!"
Unlike the scholars of the Six Kingdoms, as the news of Qin officials' removal of the edict spread, the excitement and joy of the people of Qin could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Xianyang.
Many relatives of Qin people died in the Chu land, and some relatives of Qin people followed Bai Yan. Therefore, it is certain that the news is true, and Bai Yan really defeated the Chu army.
Naturally, the people of Qin couldn't help but get excited.
When they heard that Lord Changping, who killed 200,000 Qin soldiers, all died under Bai Yan's sword, countless people of Qin once again kept the name Bai Yan firmly in their hearts, even though it was rumored that Bai Yan was not from Qin, but from Qin. Qi people.
In Xianyang City.
In Bai Yu's mansion, when Bai Zhong, Uncle Bai and others saw the study door open and Bai Yu hurriedly walked into the study, they all stood up excitedly.
"Did Bai Yan really defeat the Chu army? Behead Lord Changping?"
Uncle Bai didn't wait for his father Bai Zhong to speak, and couldn't help but excitedly stepped forward and asked Bai Yu.
The rumors in the city have been known, but Bai Yu still needs to confirm whether they are true or false.
"Big victory!"
Bai Yu nodded and looked at his brother Bai Uncle. He saw his brother's eyes suddenly filled with joy, and then turned to look at his father Bai Zhong.
"The king has ordered that the heads of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen be paraded through the streets for three months!"
Bai Yu said, his eyes filled with the joy of getting revenge.
Just now, Bai Yu took a special look at the head of Lord Changping. When he saw that Lord Changping, who had colluded with the Chu State and played dirty tricks behind his back, now only had one head left in the hands of the eunuch, and was finally hung on the execution cart.
Bai Yu couldn't express his hatred in his heart. The only regret was that he couldn't kill Chang Ping Jun with his own hands.
However, Bai Yu felt relieved when he thought that it was Bai Yan who killed Lord Changping himself. Compared with the hatred of one person, Bai Yu knew that Bai Yan's hatred for Lord Changping was no less than that of Bai Yu.
But after all, if it weren't for their Bai clan, Bai Yan would not have enmity with Lord Changping.
Thinking of this, Bai Yu couldn't help but look at Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue who were also in the study. When Bai Yan first went to the Bai family's mansion in Pingyang, he led the troops in Gaonu and did not see what happened with his own eyes.
But five years have passed since Bai Yan first went to the Bai family. Among the two sisters, Bai Junzhu is already twenty.
Compared with five years ago, Bai Junzhu's appearance gave people an even colder look. Even Bai Yingxue has now become a well-known beauty, and her naughty temper has also restrained a lot.
I'm afraid that when Bai Yan comes back, he won't be able to recognize Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue.
"Great! Bai Yan won a great victory. He first destroyed Wei and obtained Jiuding, then attacked Qufu and Chudong. Now he has defeated Jingqi, Changwenjun, and Changpingjun..."
When Uncle Bai heard Bai Yu's words, he counted Bai Yan's achievements in detail. As he spoke, even Uncle Bai, who was born in the Bai family and had been in contact with powerful officials since he was a child, was a little shocked, and then quickly looked at Bai Yu.
"In addition to being crowned the king, what kind of reward can the king give to Bai Yan?"
Uncle Bai couldn't help but asked excitedly.
"The king hasn't said it clearly yet!"
Bai Yu gave a wry smile. The reward that Bai Yan had received for leading the army to destroy Wei had not yet been awarded to Bai Yan.
"It would be great to win big! It would be great to win big!"
Bai Zhong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Bai Yu's words.
The fact that Lord Changping and Lord Changwen obtained the Fangyuan Formation made Bai Zhong sleepless and uneasy. It also made Bai Zhong, who was very old, unable to help but recall that his father Bai Qi was alone in his study after returning to Xianyang from Changping. Specializing in the study of square and circle formations.
It's a pity that it was not solved in the end! This was one of the few regrets his father Bai Qi had before his death.
In the past, I heard in Pingyang City that Lord Changping actually had a square array, which made Baizhong uneasy. He came to Xianyang in person and wanted to know if anyone in the Qin Dynasty court could find a solution.
Unexpectedly, the court did not wait for the solution, but finally waited for the news that Bai Yan defeated the Chu army and killed Changping Jun.
"When Bai Yan comes back, I want to ask Bai Yan to write down a strategy to relieve the enemy. I want to pay homage to my father's tomb!"
Bai Zhong said softly.
When Uncle Bai and Bai Yu heard this, they both nodded.
Not far away, the two sisters Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, who were both in the study room, heaved a sigh of relief and closed their beautiful eyes when they heard the elders talking.
Bai Junzhu lowered his head and continued to look at the bamboo slips, seemingly indifferent. However, Bai Yingxue, who was standing aside, not only knew that the bamboo slips in the eldest sister's hands were military records, but also knew that during this period, the eldest sister had been studying hard late at night in order to decipher the square formation. Bamboo Slips of Military Script.
Thinking of this, Bai Yingxue couldn't help but defend her eldest sister. In terms of appearance, that young man was not worthy of such a peerless beauty as her eldest sister.
Sigh.
Bai Yingxue supported the wooden table, raised her little finger, pushed open the wooden window, and looked at the scenery outside the window through a small gap.
Looking back on the past, no matter in Pingyang or here in Xianyang, whenever I went to stroll on the streets, whenever I mentioned that young man, whether it was those ordinary people, Qin women wearing common clothes, or those wearing silk clothes and jade ornaments, Daughters of wealthy businessmen and powerful people stopped to talk, or when they were passing by, they spoke of the young man, and their eyes seemed to be full of admiration for the young man.
Every time she thought of those scenes, Bai Yingxue couldn't help but complain in her heart. That man was not good-looking. What was there to care about? Why did everyone admire that man.
After returning to his thoughts, he looked at the winter scenery in the yard.
Although it had been a long time since the last parting, Bai Yingxue didn't believe that the young man could have changed much, he would still be the same.
Plain-looking, unsmiling...
While thinking about it, Bai Yingxue kept recalling the experience she had with that young man in her mind, and her beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of resentment.
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The dense forest of Whirlpool Mountain.
In the cold wind, with the mighty Chu army approaching, in an instant, with the sound of orders, the mighty Qin army rushed out of the dense forest and charged towards the Chu army.
"kill!!!"
"kill!!"
Countless Qin soldiers, armed with long swords and sharp swords, kept pouring out of the dense forest.
The Chu army on the way suddenly saw this scene, and they immediately started to commotion. The unprepared Chu army, at the signal of the Chu army general, ran to the trailer one after another. In the crowd, they kept fighting for clothes and armor, or to go to the trailer. Ride on the wooden trailer with Chang Ge and Sharp Sword, pick up Chang Ge and Sharp Sword, and prepare to fight.
Xiang Yan, who was standing on the chariot, also saw this scene clearly. When he looked at the mighty Qin army suddenly pouring out of the hills and dense forests, he suddenly heard the thunderous sound of iron hoofs on the other side. The rolling hills on the other side gradually approach.
Xiang Yan was a little confused. He was so careful, but he still fell into Bai Yan's scheme.
Why is Bai Yan so sure that he will evacuate and return to Shouchun?
Suddenly, Xiang Yan woke up and realized the reason.
"All the unjust people have betrayed Chu!"
Xiang Yan's old cheeks were full of complexity, and his vicissitudes of life revealed a trace of sadness and disappointment.
now.
Xiang Yan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and looked at the Qin army in the distance.
"I am not ashamed to associate with you! The Qin people, Ying Zheng, want to destroy the Chu Kingdom, so they will step over my corpse!"
Xiang Yan's eyes were full of determination. Even if the Qin army succeeded in ambushing the Chu army here, they would still have to pay the price if they wanted to destroy the Chu army and kill Xiang Yan.
"Send the order, the rear army forms a formation as soon as possible to fight the cavalry, the front army and the middle army kill the Qin soldiers!"
Xiang Yan pulled out his waist sword and shouted angrily. His old face was full of anger as he looked at the attacking Qin army. The majesty of the former Chu army general appeared on his face again.
"kill!"
"Kill the Qin soldiers, kill!!"
Surrounding Xiang Yan's chariot, except for hundreds of Xiang Yan's trusted guards, all the generals of Chu State looked at the sudden Qin army and knew that they were ambushed and were unwilling to be slaughtered. After hearing Xiang Yan's order, they all pulled out one after another. Jian led his elite soldiers to kill the Qin army.
soon.
Under the leadership of the generals of the Chu army, many Chu soldiers who had no time to pierce their armor took Changge and sharp swords to kill the incoming Qin army.
the other side.
The mighty Qin cavalry also came quickly. Tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers were galloping like a black torrent. In the scene of thousands of horses galloping, the Qin army soldiers in the front row were driving their horses. While raising his crossbow, he aimed it at the Chu army preparing to form formation in the distance.
"put!"
Under the roar of Yanmao drawing his sword, in an instant, countless cavalry soldiers pulled the triggers one after another, and the cavalry soldiers behind them also fired arrows instantly when they saw this.
Tens of thousands of arrows flew into the sky, and they were densely packed, like a huge floating veil in the sky. However, in the Chu army, countless Chu soldiers holding long swords and swords looked at this scene, their faces instantly turned pale, and their eyes Full of fear, instinct trembled.
next moment.
The Chu nobles who had no time to pierce their armor and pick up their shields to form any defense saw dense arrows falling like rain.
One by one, the Chu soldiers looked around at the Chu soldiers who had been shot and fell to the ground. Before they could react, they also fell down with the arrows. The other Chu soldiers who survived, trembling, looked at the roaring like thunder in the plain ahead. Amidst the sound of iron hoofs, Qin's iron cavalry spread all over the plains, swarming in like an overwhelming force.
Countless Chu soldiers' hands and feet were trembling. Looking at the Qin cavalry that was getting closer and closer, the Chu soldiers' faces were full of despair.
Soon, the Chu soldiers at the front of the Chu army were the first to face the Qin cavalry. Almost at the moment of resistance, the Chu soldiers standing on the spot were swallowed up by the Qin cavalry in the blink of an eye. The Qin cavalry roared past. , densely packed and endless.
On the plains.
Unlike the iron knight soldiers, the Qin army infantry were holding bows and firing arrows, constantly shooting Chu soldiers. Seeing the huge crowd of Chu soldiers, regardless of the rain of arrows, they all came to kill. This momentum shocked all the Qin soldiers.
It was only then that all the Qin soldiers remembered that unlike the Chu armies that had been ambushing in the past, the current Chu army was the elite of the Chu state. Xiang's army and Shen Xi's division were all in this Chu army.
"kill!!"
"kill!"
Accidents are accidents, but the anger they have been simmering in the fortress during this period not only made the soldiers of Qin who were charging forward red-eyed, but also the crossbowmen who fired arrows were also simmering with anger, watching the charging people coming. The soldiers also drew their Qin swords from their waists and rushed towards the Chu soldiers under the orders of the Qin army generals.
Almost in an instant, the two armies were fighting each other. As the sharp swords were going back and forth, countless soldiers from both armies were either cut down to the ground or kicked back. The enemy soldiers rushed up behind them and killed them.
The Qin army and the Chu army were all red-eyed and killed the superiors, completely losing their minds. Countless Qin soldiers and Chu soldiers looked at each other and killed each other desperately. Either you died or I died, and only one could survive.
Cries of killing resounded all over the sky, and in less than a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with corpses lying on the ground screaming, soldiers with blood on their faces who had received last-ditch blows, and figures who had been hit by random knives.
Long swords, swords, and corpses can be seen everywhere, and you can vaguely see blood on the sharp edges of swords or swords.
On top of the mound.
Bai Yan held Zhan Lu, accompanied by Zhang and a group of trusted soldiers, and looked at the chaotic battlefield, the sea of people, and at a glance they were all fighting figures.
"Order the Iron Armored Battalion to join the battle!"
Bai Yan watched Xiang Yan exchange for the melee between the Chu and Qin armies with the fewest casualties.
Realizing that Xiang Yan already knew that the Qin army would not let the Chu army form a formation, Xiang Yan asked all the elite Chu army to fight with the Qin army to avoid the Qin army's cavalry. In this way, the Qin army's biggest advantage was The iron cavalry could only get rid of the weakest soldiers of the Chu army. With the melee, the advantage played out later became smaller and smaller. On the contrary, the Chu soldiers, the most elite of the Chu army and the greatest threat to the Qin army, were fighting with the Qin army. It can cause maximum casualties to the Qin army.
This reminded Bai Yan of the time when he was in Suiyang City, where he sent the elite Chu army to attack the city.
"promise!"
A close aide heard Bai Yan's words and quickly turned around and left.
Bai Yan looked at the battlefield and paid attention to the battle between the Qin army and the Chu army. Although Xiang Yan's troops were all elite, the Qin soldiers on the battlefield were also the elite of the Qin state, not to mention that the Qin army soldiers still had clothes and armor. The advantages.
"General! General Wang Ben is in the north. He will arrive at the battlefield in two hours!"
A soldier suddenly came to Bai Yan and reported.
When Bai Yan heard what the soldiers said, he quickly realized that it seemed that the four tribes of Song, Yu, Qi, and Liang were not just suppressing him alone. Knowing that he could not bypass Xiang Yan, he informed Wang Bi , these four families sold their favors to Wang Ben.
After seeing all the Chu nobles flee, the Song family and other families were determined to betray Chu. Now in the process of destroying Xiang Yan, those families are thinking about how to get greater benefits from Xiang Yan's death. .
Perhaps Xiang Yan's greatest sorrow was to leave his back to such a Chu noble family.
"Wang Ben, Huipu, wait until these two armies arrive. Xiang Yan, can you still fight?"
Bai Yan looked at the battlefield and asked softly as if talking to himself.
