"One general is incompetent, and the three armies are affected."

In the middle of March, a few miles south of Qicheng, the Chu army lined up in this back city, looking at the tired Chu soldiers who had been defeated for half a month, Shangzhu Guoxiang Yan's heart was full of tragedy.

As early as February, although Xiang Yan noticed Wang Qian's intention to suddenly attack the Chubi camp with a large army, and evacuated the soldiers and people in advance, he still misexpected the combat effectiveness of the 30,000 strong soldiers selected by Wang Qian. They bit the tail of the Chu army and fought on the banks of Yingshui, killing 10,000 Chu soldiers and 30,000 people being separated and captured.

Xiang Yan could only fight and retreat, he did not listen to the order of the king of Chu, and led his army to evacuate in the direction of Shouchun on the Huai River in the south, because he believed that Yingshui could provide a continuous supply of grain ships for the Qin army.

He resorted to the old trick of dealing with Li Xin, constantly retreating to the east, where there was no big river flowing through, hoping to lengthen the supply lines of the Qin army, and at the same time let the people who did not have much combat effectiveness stay in the cities, while the combat troops were always concentrated together, in the hope that the Qin army would divide the troops while attacking the city, so that the number of people who could be engaged in the battle on both sides would be equalized.

Only in this way can the Chu army have the possibility of victory.

According to the plan, the Qin army will become more and more tired, and the number of people will be smaller and smaller, but Wang Jian seems to have seen through his intentions, changed his previous steadyness, and after crossing the chasm and Yingshui, he let the soldiers only bear ten days' food, ignoring the many "traps" left by Xiang Yan along the way, and led the army to bite the main force of the Chu army.

Although the armies of the two sides did not make contact, the scout areas they released completely overlapped, and sporadic encounters took place every day.

Wang Qian's goal is obvious, as long as the main force of the Chu army is decisive as soon as possible and defeated, the Chu state will lose its resistance power, and then the army can enter Suishui to meet the grain ships sent by the northern army, retreat can return to Yingshui, the chasm to eat, and then slowly capture the Chu city.

When Xiang Yan learned that the Qin army's Mengwu Department had broken through Ruyin, crossed Yingshui, and appeared dozens of miles southeast of him, and the northern army led by Qin army Feng Wuxuan cruised to Fulisai, which was more than 100 miles away to the north, he realized that he wanted to lead Wang Jian into a trap, but he didn't expect Wang Jian to surround him in turn!

This kind of strategic outflanking within a range of hundreds of miles is terrifying, Xiang Yan understands that he has no way to retreat, continue to retreat, the encirclement will become smaller and smaller, and the only chance is to stop in Jinan and fight to the death with the Qin army!

But in his heart, he was no longer sure whether he could win.

"Shangzhu Guo should not say discouraged words."

At this moment, the weather was cloudy and wet, drizzling, seeing Xiang Yan sigh after inspecting the situation of the army, Zuo Sima Zhaohua comforted him and said: "The Qin army has also been dragged by our army for more than 200 miles, the Chu people are tired, and the Qin army is also tired. And the grain of Qicheng has tens of thousands of stones, which is enough for our whole army to eat for six days, and the Qin army only took a small amount of food on the road in order to chase our army, and the baggage was thrown behind. “

What's more, Qicheng, which is also the place that brought the Chu army luck in the last war, more than a year of money, it was here that Xiang Yan asked the Chu army to assemble, marched towards the city father, followed the arrogant Li Xin, and defeated it in one fell swoop.

Although the lonely and empty winter scene at that time has now changed into green spring clothes, Zhaohua believes that Shangzhu Kingdom will be able to create miracles here!

When the rain ended, Xiang Yan also regained his confidence, and he ordered his son Xiang Rong to leave with more than 100 people, and went to Xiapi, two hundred miles to the northeast, and Xiang's territory to see if he could bring some more people over, while he himself rode horses with Zhaohua and others, inspecting the surrounding terrain and selecting the place for the decisive battle.

"It's a good thing for us that it's rainy."

Xiang Yan said to the generals of Zhaohua and Jing and Qu that the roads were muddy, the fields were surging, and the rivers were surging, and the Qin people were not necessarily accustomed to the climate here, and the advance of the Mengwu tribe, which was dozens of miles to the south, would also become difficult.

Although Wang Jian was so powerful that he set up a large encirclement of hundreds of miles wide for Xiang Yan and 100,000 Chu troops within the territory of Chu State, it was impossible for him to calculate the weather, so there was a flaw in this encirclement, that is, the southern and northern Qin armies could not reach this place in a short time, which gave the Chu army a chance.

But how could Wang Jian not know? According to Zhou Wen's report, more than 100,000 Qin troops stopped more than ten miles to the west and began to camp again, and they did not rush over to attack the Chu army.

"Wang Jian wants to wait for the northern and southern armies to come and converge, and then attack me with twice the force."

Xiang Yan knew very well the plans of this old opponent, and he didn't bother to dry his hair in the camp tent, so he pointed to the map with his rain-stained hand and said: "Qin Kou's Northern Army Feng Wuxuan's department is blocked by Fu Li, and it will take three days to arrive!" The Mengwu Department of the Southern Army, a rapid march of 100 miles to seek profit, and in case of rain, it will be able to arrive tomorrow at the earliest! ”

There is only one chance in front of Xiang Yan, and that is to fight a time difference and defeat the Qin army on the opposite side in one fell swoop! In this case, there may be a glimmer of life!

"The art of war is cloudy, the enemy surrounds me, cutting me off before and after, and the trapped soldiers in this world are also. If you use it overpoweringly, you will win, and if you use it, you will lose. ”

Since Wang Jian can't camp in, then Xiang Yan can only take the initiative to counterattack and attack the Qin army!

"Jing Rui, Jing Ju!"

Xiang Yan first named the names of the two Jing brothers in the handsome tent.

"The father of the two of you, the great Sima Jingyang is resourceful, he once sent troops to save Yan, planned to break Qi Wei, and subdued the princes, today the state of Chu is in danger, can you and the two of you be willing to shuai the soldiers of the Jing clan to defend against the enemy for me?"

Jing Rui is brave and good at drinking but lost in recklessness, Jing Ju has Xiaozhi but likes to speculate, and they are not people that Xiang Yan likes, but the Jing family is the head of the three major princes, with a full 20,000 troops, so he has to rely on it.

At the moment, Xiang Yan hopes that the Jing brothers can take the Jing brothers to the south to intercept the Mengwu troops who may arrive at the battlefield at any time, as long as they block for one more day, then when they attack Wang Jian alone, there will be a chance to win.

The two Jing brothers glanced at each other, took the order and left, Xiang Yan ordered the Qu family, the Zhao family and the Xiang family, a total of 90,000 soldiers, led by nine captains, this is all the troops he can use.

"When the Qin army first arrived, the camp was not strong, and tonight set up four martial arts to rush Chen, ride with military chariots, disrupt its army, and fight a decisive battle with it after the morning eclipse tomorrow!"

That night, the Xingjun heel army of the two sides had countless confrontations in an area of more than ten miles, the Chu army had been trying to use its familiarity with the terrain to harass the Qin camp, and the Qin army was also fortified everywhere, not giving the Chu army a chance to take advantage of, plus a light rain fell in the middle of the night, and the Chu army's plan to burn the camp was also fruitless.

At noon the next day, after the rain was full and the whole army had a full meal, at the beginning of Mo Shi (9 o'clock to 11 o'clock), more than 90,000 men and horses flocked out of the camp, set up a formation within four or five miles in front of the camp, and then slowly advanced to the Qin camp more than ten miles away to the west!

The reason why he chose to march in the morning, Xiang Yan was considerate, the Chu camp was in the south of Qicheng, with his back to the city, sitting in the north and facing the south, and the Qin military camp was sitting in the west and facing the east, so the weather was sunny today, the sun came out again, and the camp was invited to fight in the morning, the sun was in the east, and the Qin army was in array, just to meet the dazzling sun, which was more beneficial to the Chu army.

After all, it was a temporary camp only the day before yesterday, and the Qin army had no barriers to protect it, and it did not dare to blindly defend the camp to avoid the battle as it did in winter. Therefore, as soon as he heard the loud drums in the Chu military camp, and saw them pouring out of the nest and lining up outside the camp, he knew that Xiang Yan was going to fight him in a decisive battle, and he did not show weakness.

Wang Jian immediately ordered all the lieutenants to lead the troops out of the camp, and also lined up in front of the camp, waiting for work in the higher west and waiting for the Chu army to attack.

The Qin army originally had 150,000 soldiers, but because some soldiers and horses were left along the way, all the baggage was left behind, and now there are 120,000 combat troops.

Together with the 90,000 troops of the Chu army, a total of more than 200,000 horses on both sides, arrayed on this land within a radius of dozens of miles, standing densely with hills, farmlands, and even streams.

For a time, in the southwest of Qicheng, the banner covered the sky, the war drums and horns continued, and the rainy weather for many days seemed to be dispersed by the murderous spirit of more than 200,000 people, and the dazzling sunshine broke through the clouds, shining brightly on the banners of the two bosses.

Under the red handsome flag of the Chu army, Xiang Yan's beard was open, he was wearing a bright red armor, a pair of burning phoenix bird reliefs flew on the bronze armor, his big coat was raised by the wind, and under the light of the rising sun, it seemed to be a fluttering flame, which rekindled the already cold hearts of the Chu people.

Xiang Yan shouted solemnly in the car: "The king of Qin is greedy and sends troops to join me, wanting to destroy my society and my people." Qin Kou has been in the country for half a year, and we have no way to retreat, if we fight, we will live, and if we are cowardly, we will die! Whether the wives of the second and third sons' families will become Qin captives, whether the 800-year-old society of the Chu State will survive or die, it is all related to this war! “

Ten miles away, Wang Qian's high teeth (dào), also the dragon flag feathers, fluttering with the wind.

General Wang was full of energy, although his armor was not as pompous and gorgeous as the Chu Shangzhu Kingdom, but it was also majestic, his hair was gathered under the crown of the bird, the long sword was hung on his waist, looking at the red Chu array that was constantly approaching in front of him, and he couldn't see the red Chu array at a glance, and he also smiled and asked the soldiers to pass a message to the Qin army:

"On the orders of the king, we are all excited, Zhang Jinyi is angry, decorated with armor soldiers, and is a strong teacher, and he is in the Chu realm, which has been half a year. The second and third sons are good at eating and resting for half a year, for today! We are not alone, the northern and southern armies are approaching in an instant, and after this battle, we can win in front of the king, reward the meritorious lord in everyone, and the territory of Chu State for 3,000 miles will also be the mansion under your name! ”

The soldiers of Qin and Chu on both sides, while chanting loudly, can also hear each other's familiar and unfamiliar accents, penetrating a distance of ten miles, rushing to their faces!

Wang Jian and Xiang Yan are both clear.

Qin and Chu countries, the twenty-third in-laws cursed the alliance.

Since the time of King Qin Hui and King Chu Huai, there have been more than 100 years of resentment and entanglement.

This pair of hateful countries is about to be here, in Jinan, and the final victory and defeat will be divided!