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The victory or defeat of the battle determines the fate of the world. Vertex Jin Zhu in Daliang City was powerless about this, and could only sigh. He couldn't even see the battle between the two armies, so he could only wait in Daliang City. The Chu army shogunate on the south bank of the chasm naturally knew what this battle represented, but it was inconvenient to see at night, and the Qin people's defense would not be known until dawn the next day.

The biggest problem of the Chu army was that there were few people, with 20 divisions of foot soldiers plus 12,000 knights, less than 100,000 soldiers fighting in formation, less than one-sixth of the number of Qin troops; The problem of the Qin army was that there were too few elite soldiers and insufficient armor. Only one-eighth of the soldiers had iron armor, and only a quarter had usable armor

The role of armor should not be underestimated, and the private possession of armor was forbidden in all dynasties. Zhou Yafu, the minister of the Western Han Dynasty who quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, was falsely accused by Tingwei of rebelling underground because the burial vessel prepared by his son contained the underworld armor, and finally died of anger. The Tang Dynasty stipulates that the private possession of 'spears and apprentices for one and a half years', and the private possession of 'one collar and three crossbows, flowing for two thousand miles. The Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties also adhered to the principle of 'one top three crossbows, and three crossbows entered the underworld', prohibiting the private possession of leather armor and iron armor.

It can't be based on folk legends and monsters, but what is forbidden by the imperial court, and what is really important (the news of the imperial court's decrees has always been read in reverse). Spears, (i.e., lances), crossbows, and armor, which are strictly forbidden, are military weapons of destruction, and swords and clubs are just self-defense tools, which are difficult to use in battle. Without spears, crossbows, and armor, an army cannot be called an army, it can only be regarded as a rabble. Once encountering an officer or soldier wearing armor, armed with spears and spears, and armed with strong crossbows, the troops will be quickly routed, and finally scattered as birds and beasts.

The Qin army knew the weaknesses of the Chu army, but the Chu army did not know the weaknesses of the Qin army. But no matter what, the generals on both sides are doing their best to plan the temple in order to win the battle. Xiong Jing, who had fought two battles in a row during the day and marched again at night, fell into a deep sleep, and his order to the shogunate was not to wake him up unless he was on fire or the Qin people killed the shogunate.

He wanted to sleep until breakfast and get up again, but in his dream for some reason, he dreamed of Lingluo, and when he woke up, he realized that this beautiful mature woman was really dead, and he could never see this woman again. Melancholy, loss, and a faint anger. He could understand why Mencius denounced war and advocated benevolence. War destroys everything beautiful, war kills people, and there is no one who does not hate war.

Xiong Jing now also hates war. Because of the war, he couldn't love his wife, he couldn't cheat on his soul, and he couldn't hold his son warmly. Because of the war, the father and the king fell into the battlefield, the courtiers died one after another, the new soldiers had not yet grown up, and the old soldiers had died.

There are fewer and fewer men in Chudi, and the fields of the big city officials are full of women, children, and old people, and his those, seven out of ten are widowed, and if they are defeated in this battle, it is likely that they will be ten. The more I thought about it, the more angry and urgent my heart became, and Xiong Jing lying on the bed couldn't sleep anymore. With a hand on it, he got up and shouted to change his clothes.

When Xiong Jing entered the shogunate, it was already dark, and after a night of hard work by the cavalry scouts, the strategists had made the earthen walls and defenses of the Qin army on the north bank of the chasm into a sand table. In the strategist's curtain, holding the news that had just been sent, Zhuang Wudi said: "The one who stops me is Wang Ben, the son of Wang Qian." ”

"Why Wang Ben?" Xiong Jing was puzzled. According to the information that Zhibisi had before, among the many generals of the Qin State, Wang Ben's position was not high, far lower than Wang Qian, Meng Wu, Li Xin, Zhao Yong, Qiang, Xin Wu, Yang Duanhe, Feng Quji, these veterans of the Qin army, and because the Wang family had just risen, his status was even worse than that of the later generation of Meng Tian, Feng Zheng, and Xin Sheng.

It is okay for Wang Ben to serve as a left and right general under Wang Jian, but it is impossible to serve as a left and right general in this battle that is related to the fate of the world. It is impossible for the left and right generals to be left, so how can they lead troops to garrison the chasm? Does that mean......

Xiong Jing suddenly thought of Zhao Han, the plain monarch who led more than 1,000 people to attack Daliang, which was equivalent to the partial division of the Chu army. Only partial divisions will appoint people with insufficient qualifications to lead the army, is Wang Ben like this?

Xiong Jing's question is also a question pondered by the strategists in the scene. In the previous deduction, the Chu army attacked the chasm, and the most correct response of the Qin army was to fight with the whole army, which was the final decisive battle between Chu and Qin. However, this is not the case, this is not a decisive battle, it seems to be a blocking battle, why should the Qin army block their own army?

"The minister thinks that this is because the reinforcements of the Qin army have not arrived." Xiong Jing got up early, and the generals and Sima of the divisions had not yet come, so they entered the curtain of strategists. Seeing that Zhuang Wudi couldn't answer this question, a strategist stood up and said.

Just from the neat movements of the strategist, Xiong Jing could see that he was a staff officer from the military academy. Very young, with the same deliberately beard on his mouth as he is, to show his old age. He stood up and spoke, and some of the strategists in front of him lowered their heads when they heard this, probably blaming the young man for being too Meng Lang guessing.

"What else?" Xiong Jing looked at the strategists who stood up and nodded slightly, hoping that the rest of the strategists would say more.

"The minister thinks that the Qin people want to pull out the camp and leave, so they send troops to block each other." Another strategist spoke up. Xiong Jing rarely entered the curtain of strategists to ask questions, and some of the strategists who had learned something stood up and spoke.

"I don't think so." Another young strategist. "If the Qin people want to escape, they should flee with the frozen lunch. The ice does not flee and attack the Great Beam, and there will be whatever it wants in the Great Liang City......"

Xiong Jing was moved by the strategist's speculation, and he interrupted, "What's in the Great Liang City?" ”

No one answered. There are a few strategists who want to say that the King of Qin was a hostage to Handan when he was young, and the Zhao people of Handan treated him very badly, and now the Zhao people of Handan have moved to Daliang, and the attack on Daliang may be for these enemies. However, such reasons are not convincing. This is the battle that will decide the life and death of Qin and Chu, if the king of Qin is irrational, Wang Jian will also be irrational? The Qin army not only had to attack the Great Liang, but also built a fortress and divided the troops to block each other in the chasm, which was simply impossible.

"Or, or ......," Zhuang Wudi hesitated. The Wei state has artillery, and the Qin people want to seize the Wei artillery? ”

Artillery is also something from the westward journey in Daliang City, but Xiong Jing quickly shook his head. "There are only ten artillery pieces in the Wei State, and all of them are fifteen pound cannons, what good do you get?"

"Your Majesty, the generals have arrived." The strategists didn't stay long before the generals of the divisions arrived.

Xiong Jing could only go to the curtain to announce today's battle plan, and the sand tables that had been prepared on several cases were also hurriedly lifted to the curtain. The sand table is placed in the middle of the curtain, and all the generals can see it. The Qin people's defense was not tight, and it was even said that it was a bit child's play. The width of the chasm is not an obstacle, because the Chu artillery has already controlled this chasm, and it is not difficult for the divisions to build bridges; The earthen wall is only one zhang and two feet high, and the thickness is no more than one zhang.

General Sima glanced at the sand table and didn't look at it again, but Zhuang Wudi's words surprised them: "There are more than 200,000 Qin people, and the general who leads the army is Wang Ben......"

"More than 200,000?!" Higashino Gu held out two fingers with an expression of disbelief. The expressions of the others were the same, so they all thought that this would be the second battle of Weinan, but they didn't expect it to be not.

"Of course, it is indeed more than 200,000." Zhuang Wudi looked at Xiong Jing and nodded. "I saw more than 20 captain's flags."

"If it's a Qin person...... someone wants to say that the Qin army is cheating. But on the north bank of the chasm, there is a plain and no mountains, and this kind of terrain is impossible to ambush. Since it can't be ambushed, why did the Qin army divide its troops?

"If things go against the norm, there will be demons." Peng Zong learned Xiong Jing's tone, and he was very puzzled why the Qin army was not the whole army blocking his army on the north bank of the chasm. "Wang Jian ordered his son to be a general, and led an army of more than 200,000 to stop me, why is this so?"

Wang Ben is a general, so the Qin army may really be more than 200,000, but why did the Qin people do this? General Sima first whispered, and when Peng Zong asked this question, the curtain fell silent for a while. Zhuang Wudi said: "I don't know." ”

"I don't know?!" Peng Zong was surprised, and immediately fought a decisive battle, but the shogunate was still unclear about the intentions of the Qin army, which could not but be disappointing.

"The minister is incompetent, please punish Da Ao." Zhuang Wudi bowed to Xiong Jing, this is indeed his duty.

"The Qin people divided their troops into the beams, and they divided the troops into the chasm, this is a happy event, why are they guilty?" Xiong Jing did not blame Zhuang Wudi, what Wang Jian wanted to do was not something he could understand. "Today's gathering of generals also said why they fought today, not why the Qin people were like this. There are more than 200,000 Qin people and 100,000 of our army.

If the Qin people are defeated in this battle, the Qin army is only more than 300,000, and our army can be broken......"

The division of troops by the Qin people is a good thing, although a good thing comes extremely strangely. The stunned generals were surprised and gradually calmed down, and followed Xiong Jing's words to pay attention to reality. Compared with the Battle of Weinan, the Battle of the Chasm is terrainically more dangerous, the chasm is wider, and there is a low wall behind the chasm, and the weather is cold, and the digging of the wall may not be as smooth as that of the dynasty. However, the Chu army, which has artillery, has control of the battlefield, and it will not be too difficult to build bridges and smash walls.

When Xiong Jing gave the battle order in the curtain, the soldiers of each division had already built bridges over the chasm. Cruising on the water last night, the Qin army's warboats were all on the side of Putianze. Different from the transfer of the Qin army, the Chu army used sheepskin rafts to build bridges, and each raft was connected with a huge silk rope to form a section of pontoon bridge. Five miles behind the wall, Lu Li was very surprised to see Wang Ben in such a way of building a bridge. He thought that sheep were tied under the wooden frame.

"This sheep fur also." The Marquis knew better. "If it is transferred, it will be heavy, and with sheep fur, it will be transported."

"The sheep's fur sinks under the water, and it should not be afraid of fire." Wang Ben saw that the Chu soldiers had once again put a sheepskin raft into the water, and the Chu people in the group hooked the sheepskin raft and connected it to the other sheepskin rafts. In just half an hour, the pontoon bridge was erected for half a mile.

"General Yu, General Tian said, Jing people have just built a bridge, and attacking it at this time can damage their morale?" A military officer came running and asked.

"No." Wang Ben didn't care about morale or not, this was an extremely difficult resistance. "It's going to be attacked."