In the battle of Qin and Chu, the Qin State was defeated, and everyone thought that there would be no more war in the Central Plains this year.

Seven days later, when Yingzheng Zongzong Temple came out, he only said one sentence, announcing that the battle between Qin and Chu would continue.

"This king has decided to attack Chu for the second time, and he will be ashamed of the death of 250,000 soldiers in the snow."

The east wind is blowing, the war drums are beating, King Yingzheng of Qin is fighting against Chu again, and the eyes of the people of the world are all focused on Yingzheng. Ying Zheng did not return to Zhangtai Palace, but walked out of Xianyang City with the civil and military ministers.

At the gate of the city, Wang Qian, who greeted the wind and dust, held Wang Qian's hand and announced loudly, "From today on, this king will make Wang Jian the general of Great Qin, and command all the armies of Great Qin." The general is specially given the privilege of acting cheaply, and whoever dares to disobey it will be dealt with by military law. ”

Everyone said in unison, "Wow." ”

Ying Zheng personally sent Wang Jian to the shore of Bashui in the suburbs of Beijing, and Wang Jian suddenly said: "Please reward your ministers with thousands of acres of good land, ten houses, and 100 beautiful concubines, so that I have no worries." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, Wang Qian's power was already so great, and before the battle was fought, he began to ask for a reward, is this appropriate?

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said with a smile: "Enzhun, all the fields and residences, as well as the beautiful relatives, will be sent to Pinyang today, please rest assured that the general." At the same time, Xibu and Yingcheng dispatched 5,000 Praetorian Guards to wait for the general's dispatch. ”

Xibu and Yingcheng said at the same time: "Oh." ”

Wang Jian took the lead, and then said: "The second attack on Chu, I, Daqin, must unite as one, and the ministers of civil and military affairs must be of one heart and one mind. Master Mi Chen, you must supply the commander's military quartermaster, no matter what method you use, if there is a mistake in any link, when the military law is carried out, you may be able to do it? ”

When Mi Chen received Ying Ai's support, he was naturally full of confidence and replied: "Please rest assured that the general will be able to keep up." ”

Wang Jian nodded, and said to Li Si and Wei Yi: "Please send a document to the prime minister, all the local troops of my Great Qin must arrive at the designated place one after another within half a month." If you can't, I'll do the same. ”

"Please plan the overall situation, and be sure to prevent the Yan army from daring to cross the Yishui River, can you do this?"

Wei Yi thought for a while and said, "Please rest assured, the general, this matter is on me." ”

Li Si frowned and said, "All the local armies will arrive within half a month, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." ”

Wang Jian glared at him and said, "You have to do it for me, you can only do it early, not late." Which army is late, the general will be the three clans, and the prime minister will be demoted by one level. As many troops are delayed, they will be demoted as many ranks. ”

Li Si almost fainted, which was too unreasonable, but he heard Ying Zheng's words: "The words of the general are the words of this king, whoever dares to disobey them should be dealt with by military law." ”

Li Si could only wipe the sweat on his head, and said stiffly: "Oh." ”

At the same time, he turned around and whispered to his colleagues, saying: "You have heard, those who have horses must rush directly, and those who do not have horses, even if they are tired to death, must run to the designated place for me." I'll send this document to you right away, and in case the troops arrive late, I'll just be demoted, and you'll probably be head-struck. ”

All the colleagues were tied to a boat, and they all said they didn't dare. He didn't care about listening to Yingzheng and Wang Jian anymore, and all of them were summoned to his subordinates, and the orders must be sent to the local county seats. For fear that someone would delay the fighters, they all sent their cronies to personally rush to urge the troops.

When Wang Jian led the generals across the Bashui River and walked away, Ying Zheng returned to Zhangtai Palace and paid close attention to the progress of the war. Whatever Wang Jian needs, Yingzheng will implement it without saying a word. At this time, even Yingzheng became Wang Qian's logistics soldiers, the monarchs and ministers were concentric, and the Great Qin war machine was rolling towards the Chu State.

On the border of Qin and Chu, Wang Jian only repaired overnight, and the next day he took 100,000 cavalry to break through Xiang Yan's blockade and break through various cities. took back all the cities that Li Xin had lost. Every time he attacked a city, Wang Jian let Li Xin rush to the forefront, and Li Xin was the first to stand on many cities.

The soldiers pressed the border, but it was Wang Qian, the god of war of the Qin State, who came, and Xiang Yan thought that it would be difficult for the outer cities to survive. In order to preserve its strength, it still adopted a shrinking line of troops and set up camp on the Honghe Plain. Therefore, Wang Jian attacked the city violently, and many cities did not resist much, and all of them were recovered.

The war came to this point, and everyone was waiting for Wang Jian to cross the river. But Wang Qian's approach was completely beyond everyone's expectations. Wang Jian ordered all armies to build strong bases in the areas around Shangshui, Shangcai, and Pingyu, to hold on, and ordered the troops not to fight.

Rest and be on standby, this rest is two months, seeing that the scorching summer is about to pass, Wang Jian still does not have any appearance of sending troops, and he doesn't know what medicine is sold in this gourd.

Xiang Yan smiled, since you don't fight, then I will continue to delay, who is afraid of whom?

But in the next scene, all the Chu people couldn't sit still, and even Xiang Yan himself couldn't bear it. Because Wang Jian changed his dispatch again, he did not cross the river, but constantly attacked the surrounding cities, and every time he won a city, he sent a large number of troops to defend it.

The Qin reinforcements, driven by Li Si, Meng Wu and others, quickly arrived at the designated city. Those people not only came, but also brought a large amount of military baggage, that huge amount, the corners of Xiang Yan's mouth trembled. The heart said that for the sake of this battle, King Yingzheng of Qin may even move the treasury.

The war between the two sides, from a field war to a stalemate war, gradually spread to a war of attrition to compete for national strength. There were too many soldiers, it seemed that the entire Qin people had come, and the follow-up reinforcements had not stopped. Through scouts, at least no less than a million troops.

Xiang Yan smiled angrily, how could there be so many soldiers in the Qin State? The soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty, all Chen soldiers were on the border of Yanzhao and Zhao, and the soldiers there did not move. Wang Ben's army on the banks of the Yishui River did not move, and even the garrison of Yongcheng did not move. Xiang Yan was very sure that Wang Jian mobilized so many reinforcements, most of which were logistics troops.

But when I thought about it again, my palms were sweaty. According to the practice in the army, for 100,000 combat troops, 50,000 logistics troops must be supplied. Now the number of the entire Qin army has exceeded one million, no matter how you calculate it, the number of troops sent by the Qin State this time is also more than 500,000, which is completely comparable to the army of the Chu State.

It was also at this time that the king of Chu sent a royal order, asking Xiang Yan to wait for the opportunity to move, and he must destroy some invading enemies, and he could not blindly stick to the same place.

What else can Xiang Yan say, he doesn't dare to disobey the king's order, not to mention that he also wants to see how Wang Qianjun's combat strength is. So he took the initiative to survive the flood and launched several tentative attacks on various Qin defense lines. It's a pity that Wang Jian just didn't fight, and the defensive lines everywhere were too strong, and Xiang Yan couldn't break through it if he wanted to.

Xiang Yandu sent someone to tell Wang Jian that you can also use the trick of luring the enemy and set up a few empty camps for him to fight, as long as the two sides fight, both sides can explain to their own kings. But Wang Jian only replied with one sentence, I want to beat you, I just came to consume the salary of the Xiang family's army.

Hearing this, Xiang Yan had nowhere to vent her anger. The situation of the Chu State, the power of money and grain are all in the hands of the Empress Dowager Yingran. Although it is now under the control of Qi Qi, if she wants to allocate money and grain from the treasury for a long time, the Queen Mother will definitely not agree. This is also why the king of Chu wants to let himself fight a few battles, which is all for the magnates of Chu to see.

Wang Jian was unmoved by such a small request, and still strengthened the camp every day, and Xiang Yan had no temper at all. Wang Jian fought like this, would King Qin Yingzheng agree? More than one million people, how much food to consume every day, Xiang Yan knew very well in his heart. So many spies were sent to Xianyang to inquire about the news, and the people who went came back and said the same thing.

On this battlefield, Qin Wang Yingzheng was also a soldier of the general Wang Jian and was also dispatched by the general. Xiang Yan is completely gone, Ying Zheng trusts Wang Jian too much, Wang Qian's tactics are completely the rhythm of delaying the war until next year, as long as the national strength of the Qin State keeps up, he will not easily cross the river. The Qin State can consume it, how dare the Chu State consume it like this.

Seeing that the Qin army's support was still increasing, Xiang Yan really couldn't withstand the pressure, and the main army was all dispatched to attack a certain city with all his might. After the first battle, not to mention the 30,000 casualties, the Qin army did not even have 10,000 casualties. In siege warfare, as long as the number of people is not much different, it will be difficult to capture, and at least the number of troops must be ten to one.

Looking at the defense line of Wang Qian's army, each city is as stable as a rock, and the number of people is not less than 100,000. Even if Xiang Yan uses all his forces to attack the city, he may not be able to attack it, if he is really not afraid of damage to capture such a city, then how much will Xiang's army be left?

It was also at this time that the main force of the Chu army was exhausted, and Wang Jian also moved, he did not come to support, but constantly cleaned the river and built bridges. Overnight, 300,000 troops crossed the Honghe River, captured a city around Shouchun, and set up a camp.

When Xiang Yan returned, the city had been fortified and could not be attacked. Xiang Yan was ruthless and sent a large number of troops to attack the city again, and Wang Jian built a bridge from another river, broke through a city again, and built a barracks.

Xiang Yan completely understood Wang Qian's strategic intentions, as long as you come to attack me, I will occupy other cities, fight steadily, step by step, and never fight with your main force. Even if you can break through the occupied city, Wang Jian did not send any troops to support, his purpose is to encroach on the city around Shouchun step by step. If it continues like this, I am afraid that all the cities around Shouchun will be swallowed up by the Qin army.

From the very beginning, Wang Jian didn't plan to fight with Xiang Yanjun in the field, and the people went completely to Shouchun. Looking at the fierce Qin soldiers, Qin and Chu have been fighting for so many years, and many cities with sparse troops, the Chu people have opened the city and surrendered. The two clans have been married for hundreds of years, no matter how fierce the war between the two countries is, as long as the city surrenders, the people of the two countries will not be harmed.

For the civilians of the two countries, the queen mothers of the two countries are their own families, and no one dares to kill their own families. When Bai Qi flooded Yancheng, 350,000 Chu people were killed and wounded, and Qin Wang Yingji personally issued an edict against himself, and swore that Qin would never use water attacks on Chu forever, which eliminated the dispute. Since then, the status of the killing god Bai Qi has plummeted, and he was soon suppressed by Fan Ju.

The people of Chu believed that no matter how much Wang Jian could fight, he would not massacre the civilians of Chu, let alone use flooding. And Wang Qian's posture also shows that he will only occupy the city, the goal is only Shouchun, and he will not occupy any river, and he can't use the flood plan if he wants to. And after Wang Jian arrives, he will also strengthen the city and stabilize people's hearts, and will not destroy a house of the Chu people at all.

And the only one who poses a threat to these is Xiang Yanjun on the plains. The hearts of the people are turned back, and Xiang Yan deeply understands this. is worthy of Wang Qian, the god of war, using soldiers like a god, Xiang Yanxin is convinced. Although convinced, this battle will continue.

Because Xiang Yan could see that although Wang Jian had many soldiers, most of these soldiers were new soldiers. The veterans who can fight tough battles were all consumed by Li Xin last time, and although those soldiers can't fight in the field, they can still stick to the city.

Xiang Yan felt very aggrieved, if he continued to fight like this, no matter how much he attacked, it was completely for Qin State to train his troops. The combat strength of the Qin army will only get stronger and stronger, and his own Xiang family army will not be able to break through any city, and if this continues, morale will be low.

At this time, the king of Chu sent an order, which meant to let Xiang Yan withdraw from the army. Everyone can see Wang Qian's purpose, if the battle continues like this, the Xiang family's army will be exhausted sooner or later, as long as Shouchun is firmly guarded. When autumn passes and winter comes, the Qin army will naturally withdraw.

No matter how strong the Qin State is, it can't afford to maintain such a long supply line. Since you don't fight, then I don't fight, does the Qin army still want to spend the winter in the Chu State?

After getting this royal order, Xiang Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had long wanted to withdraw from the army, but there was no excuse to say. With such a tactic, the Xiang family army has consumed more than 100,000 people, and if he doesn't retreat, he will be killed by Wang Jian sooner or later.

The big tent of the Qin army, all the generals of the Qin State smiled, and the veterans came out, one top ten. Wang Qian's tactics made all the generals happy, and every time he attacked a city, it was a meritorious feat. In this way, the army did not fight much, but the merits of everyone increased. Especially inside each city, there is still a large amount of money and grain, and many wealthy cities don't even need to be stationed in logistics troops, they just need to send people to pick them up.

Wang Jian said that every city guarded by the town can complete the task as long as it is defended for one year. Everyone is convinced, let alone holding on for a year, even if it is three years, the Qin army can hold it. Even in the nearby cities, merchants appeared in private, Wang Jian was not only fighting, but also regarded these cities as the land of Qin, and had a posture of taking root in the hinterland of Chu for a long time.

In this way, the Chu people will not resent the arrival of the Qin people, and every city that the Qin army invades will only raid the mansions of local tyrants who are too corrupt and have deep grievances under the iron order of Ying Zheng. Even the families of the powerful, those with a slightly better reputation, and the Qin soldiers stood guard to prevent the young people in the city from taking advantage of the fire to rob, and won the support of everyone.

The situation continued to develop like this, and he couldn't sit still at all, so he gathered with Qi Qi and Yingran for the first time to discuss the withdrawal of the army. No matter how many grievances the three of them have, they will not give anyone a look at this time, thinking about it, only by letting Xiang Jiajun retreat to Shouchun to defend it, Wang Jianjun will not be able to attack.

When the negative was gone, Ying Ran grabbed Mi Qi and pointed at Mi Qi's acupoint.

Qi Qi smiled bitterly: "Ran'er, even if you want to kill me, you have to let me die on the battlefield, husband and wife, you must at least let me die decently." I don't want the world to say that I died in the palace in the future, and that won't have a good impact on you. ”

Ying Ran sighed: "Brother Qi, Ran Er has never had the intention of killing you. The situation is already very clear, and Shouchun is not Yingzheng's opponent, and Shouchun can't hold it at all. Wang Jian is too capable of fighting, Xiang Yan is not his opponent, and it is impossible for the Qin army to let Xiang Jiajun retreat to Shouchun. ”

"Once the Xiang family's army is wiped out, my Dachu will have no more available soldiers, and it will be a matter of time before the country is destroyed. I know that Brother Qi values the Chu State too much, and he has the ambition to live and die with the city in his heart. But I want to say, my Great Chu is not finished yet, when the city of Shouchun is broken, at most we will die, we can re-establish the country in Jinan, and Brother Qi ascends the throne, as long as we don't die, who dares to say that my Great Chu is destroyed? ”

Qi Qi said angrily: "I told you a long time ago, I have no intention of king, why do you always disobey persuasion." If you dare to kidnap me, I will bite my tongue and kill myself immediately, so as not to lose the face of the ancestors of the Mi clan. ”

Ying Ran smiled bitterly: "I know Brother Qi's temperament best, since I do this, I naturally take into account your feelings." Let's go, if we don't go, my Da Chu's private treasury will probably fall to the land of Baiyue. ”

Qi Qi was dumbfounded, and his psychological defense line completely collapsed. Ying Ran did a really good job, and quietly moved the private treasury of Chu Palace, if Mi Qi didn't leave, God knows where the private treasury would go.

As a member of the Mi clan, he naturally knows the importance of the private treasury, Ying Ran's courage is too great, and even the private treasury can be used as a bargaining chip, what else can Mi Qi do? In case the private treasury really falls to Baiyue, he will be a sinner in the Central Plains, and the Mi clan will be disgraced.

At least the relationship between Mi Qi and Mrs. Huayang is very good, and the relationship with Mi Chen's brother is also very harmonious, if the private treasury of the Chu Palace is gone, will the Ying clan still dare to let the Mi clan be in charge of the private treasury? Mi Qi knew that Ying Zheng annexed the Three Jin Dynasty, and the private treasury of Zhao, Wei, and Han was still in charge of Mi Chen, and the two patriarchs could coexist.

If there is no private treasury, the two clans will lose the foundation for coexistence, and then they will not be far from extinction.