Ying Ran's scheme, Ying Zheng didn't know at all, and no one could have thought that this Empress Dowager of Chu State was not only cruel to others, but also to her husband.

In order to let Qi Qi go to Jinan willingly, he actually used the private treasury that the royal family could endure to survive on strategy. The reason why the royal family is strong is that it has its own private treasury, and the private treasury has also become the foundation of the nation. If there is no private treasury, it will lose its foundation and will not exist for long.

The countries of the Central Plains continued to conquer, but no country dared to use the private treasury at will, because the importance of the private treasury was well known to the kings. It's okay to use it casually, but if you use more than half of the private treasury, the worshippers will stop it, because the royal family has an unwritten rule that the private treasury can only be used to deal with foreign clans, and more than half of the internal disputes in the Central Plains cannot be used.

Ying Ran not only moved, but also relocated the entire private library to other places, which is really bold. Qi Qi didn't dare to die at all, he had to rush to Jinan immediately, he couldn't rest assured that he didn't see the exact storage place of the private treasury. If he doesn't go, God knows what tricks Ying Ran will play, even if he is forced to become the king of Chu, he will admit it.

Under the cover of the night, Ying Ran and Qi Qi left quietly, and they didn't know anything about it. At this time, he stared at the main battlefield with all his heart, expecting Xiang Yan to withdraw as soon as possible. With Wang Qian's tactics, sooner or later, the Xiang family's army will be disheartened and unable to fight again.

He knew very well that as long as the sound Xiang family army was preserved, the Chu State would still have the strength to fight.

Both Cheng Jian and Xiang Yan thought so, but could Wang Jian let Xiang Jiajun retreat easily?

The Qin army's big tent, hearing the spies' announcement, the Chu soldiers actually changed their guards. The people in the big tent are at a loss, and the Qin army does not attack the Chu army, Xiang Yan can spread wild on the plains at will, and fight wherever he wants, why change the defense?

Wang Jian suddenly laughed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, our opportunity has come, but we can't be sure yet, send scouts to investigate and see where Xiang Jiajun is going to retreat?" ”

The people in the big tent looked at each other, did Xiang Yan withdraw from the army at this time? It doesn't make sense at all, the Chu army still has the strength to fight. As Xiang Yan guessed, although Wang Jian brought a large number of troops, the army that could be used for a war was all new soldiers, and no one was confident that he could defeat Xiang Jia's army in the field. That's why they will occupy the city, and they will not take the initiative to attack if they are killed, and they can only passively bear the siege of the Chu army.

When the spy finished talking about the news again, Wang Jian touched his beard and said with a smile: "Xiang Yan is really going to withdraw, and it is also a royal order issued by the king of Chu himself." It is worthy of being a king who can stand side by side with my king, his intelligence and skills are extraordinary, and he has a very good grasp of the overall situation. ”

"My tactics are just enough to deal with ordinary people, but it is not enough to deal with Xiang Yan and King Chu. As long as you see through this, you can easily break it. When the Xiang family's army retreated to Shouchun, with the help of the high walls of Shouchun City, it was difficult to break through even if I had an army of 600,000. ”

"Because the main force of the Chu army, the Xiang family's army, is still sound, and after fighting for so long, we must all see one fact clearly, the combat power of the Xiang family's army can be attacked and defended, and it is definitely an army that can fight head-on with our Great Qin. If Xiang Yan is allowed to withdraw to Shouchun City, it will really become a war that consumes national strength, and it will be difficult for us to capture Shouchun without three or five years. ”

"So I decided that the main forces of all the cities should now join forces in two places. According to the distance, one comes to me, and the other goes to General Mengwu. We formed a horn momentum, biting the Xiang family's army to the death, not letting Xiang Yan easily withdraw to Shouchun, and we must have a final decisive battle. ”

The generals of the army were excited, and said in unison: "Wow." ”

After receiving the military order, a full 600,000 Qin soldiers quickly formed two camps and slowly marched towards Xiang's army.

Xiang Jiajun's big tent, Xiang Yan gasped when she heard the news. Wang Qian, who had not fought for more than two months, actually took the initiative to seek war, and the timing was too accurate. I have just changed my defense, and my troops are distributed everywhere, and if I really start a decisive battle, I am likely to be caught off guard, and I am likely to end up in a big defeat.

Xiang Yan gritted his teeth and sent 30,000 troops to block it in batches, making sure to block the offensive of the Qin army. As long as you delay for a day, you can withdraw from the battlefield and return to Shouchun. As long as Shouchun City is defended, not to mention that there is only one Wang Qian, even if Yingzheng is personally conquest, it is impossible to break through the national capital he defends.

With a military order, the Chu army quickly sorted out the military resources and baggage, and soon retreated to Shouchun City. Xiang Yan was mentally prepared, even if he killed some troops, as long as he took away most of the troops, he would be able to block Qin's plan to attack Chu for the second time.

Although he thought well, as soon as Xiang Jiajun walked for an hour, he heard the sound of fighting in the distance, and even dimly saw the fleeing Chu soldiers. Xiang Yan's eyelids jumped, and he had an ominous premonition that he might lose this battle.

Sure enough, a wounded scout rushed to Xiang Yan with a panicked expression, dismounted and knelt on the ground and said: "General Qiqi, our army of 30,000 people is defeated by the Qin army, and now it has formed a rout, please make a decision." ”

Xiang Yan's body was bumpy, he almost didn't stand firm, and asked carefully: "This is impossible, the 30,000 Chu troops sent out are the elite of the Xiang family's army, how could they be defeated so quickly?" ”

The scout said bitterly: "The general doesn't know, this time the Qin army dispatched all the troops, with Wang Jian and Meng Wu each ordering an army, a mighty army of 600,000 and 500 chariots. Our army of 30,000 people can't stop the charge of the chariot at all, and there are 5,000 Praetorian Guards of King Qin inside. ”

"The combat power of the Praetorian Guard is too terrifying, just a few charges, breaking through the position of our army. When they formed a battle formation, in just a few breaths, more than half of the 30,000 people were killed and wounded. From the time I came to tell the news, it is estimated that 30,000 of our army have been killed, and the remaining stragglers are left to flee, and I ask the general to retreat quickly. Our army has not yet formed a position, and it is simply unable to stop the charge of the Praetorian Guard and the chariots of the Qin State. ”

Hearing such an announcement, Xiang Yan spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot, Wang Jian was too ruthless. Either you don't make a move, and if you make a move, there will be no room for it, the Chu army is already less than the Qin army, and there are still such elite soldiers mixed in it. No wonder Qin Wang Yingzheng would say that he was willing to become a soldier of Wang Qian's logistics, the emotional problem is here, the ace Praetorian Guards in his hands are all in Wang Qian's hands, how dare Yingzheng annoy Wang Qian's unhappiness.

Spit out a mouthful of blood with tightness in his chest, Xiang Yan raised his head and shouted loudly: "Leave behind the military baggage, everyone retreats lightly, and every five miles, leave 10,000 Chu troops to resist." Even if it is filled with human lives, we must delay the pace of the Qin army's attack for our army, otherwise our Great Chu will really be destroyed. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I, Xiang Yan, can't stand everyone, for the sake of Dachu, I also ask you to resolutely implement this military order. If he hadn't died, he would have been set to accompany the wine in the national capital to apologize. ”

After saying this, Xiang Yan gave a deep military salute to those soldiers who volunteered to stay. All the Chu troops returned the salute, and at this time, the mood of the entire Chu army was infected, and the fighting spirit was high.

Xiang Yan didn't talk nonsense, and took the remaining 300,000 troops and marched to Shouchun in a hurry. Xiang Yan knew that he was still waiting for him in Shouchun, and he had to go back with the army. The Qin army is good at field warfare, the Chu army is only good at water warfare, and if you fight it in a decisive battle on the plain, the Chu army will definitely be defeated, where dare you delay here.

Running wildly with the army, when he arrived at the Vortex River, the Qin army behind him had already killed within five miles. Looking at the water of the whirlpool river, Xiang Yan was full of grief, and he temporarily changed his defense, and his troops were scattered. There were not many ships on the vortex river that came to meet them, and no one expected that Wang Jian would have a decisive battle at this time, and the Chu army was not caught off guard at all.

If you want to withdraw to Shouchun, you must pass through the vortex river, and if you want to cross this river with an army of 300,000, you can't do it in three hours. The Qin army is close at hand, and I am afraid that it will not even give time for a stick of incense, and it is impossible for most of the troops to cross the river.

Xiang Yan stomped his feet and shouted loudly, "Where is Xiang Chao?" ”

Xiang Chao said, "The child is here. ”

Xiang Yanyan said: "You immediately take an army of 100,000 to cross the vortex river and go to the national capital to meet the king, and you must defend our national capital." ”

Xiang Chao raised his head and said: "If you want to go back, your father will return, and the child will not want to go back." ”

Xiang Yan kicked Xiang Chao on the heel and scolded: "Lao Tzu told you to go back, so you will give Lao Tzu a roll back." Even if Lao Tzu dies, he can't let the Xiang clan accompany him to be buried here, you listen to me, after I go back, I only listen to the order of the king alone, the Empress Dowager Yingran is a poisonous woman, don't listen to her, lest she calculate. ”

"Changping Jun Mi Qi is not credible, after all, he is Ying Ran's husband, and for the sake of the Mi family, he is likely to make a move that endangers the Xiang family. My Xiang clan is a descendant of Zhou Gongdan Ji Dan, and the ancestor is the Ji family, but it has been the general of Chu for generations, so the territory is called Xiang Guo, and it has been changed to Xiang surname since then. ”

"Only the king Xiong is responsible for the loss of the family, and he can keep my Xiang clan, because the king grew up in the Xiang clan since he was a child, and he is very close to my Xiang clan. If the king really thinks that he can't resist it, then persuade him to surrender, the two clans have won and lost each other, this time the Ying clan won, who dares to say that he will not be replaced by my Dachu in the future. As long as people live, there is hope for everything. ”

"And I have to cut off for you in order to keep this hope, you are the son of the Xiang family, you must see this clearly. If you don't go back, Lao Tzu will commit suicide in front of you, see if you can go back. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Chao kowtowed violently, bid farewell to Xiang Yan, and left by boat with 100,000 Xiang family troops.

When 100,000 people arrived in the middle of the river by boat, Xiang Yan never looked back again, formed a battle formation, and waited for the arrival of the Qin army.

At this time, Wang Jian was not in a hurry, and the army surrounded Xiang Yan's army, and he was not in a hurry to start a war. Because Wang Jian knew that the Qin army could not pursue the 100,000 soldiers who crossed the river, and their water combat strength was stronger than that of the Qin army. Xiang Yan's posture was a desperate posture, and he never thought that he would escape back alive.

Wang Jian rode on his horse and shouted loudly to Xiang Yan: "General Xiang, you and I have studied in Guigu, and we also use the friendship of teachers. Your skills, Wang Jian knows that he really wants to fight a fair battle with you, and these recruits in my hands are not your opponents at all. ”

"But you can also see that the Chu army is already in a rout, and the morale that has barely been raised can't be delayed for long at all. In this battle, you lost, the battle of the Central Plains is a dispute within the royal family, and we still have the great enemy of the Xiongnu. I hope that you will surrender, and this will be the guarantee of the general, and the Xiang family army will still be the Xiang family army, and there will be no loss of prestige. ”

Xiang Yan smiled bitterly: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, there is nothing unfair about justice." The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and I am convinced of defeat because I did not see through General Wang's strategy in advance. But you also know who I am, and I would rather die than surrender. ”

"After I die, I will ask General Wang to take care of my Xiang clan for the sake of my affection. The battle has reached such a point, even if the king of my family sticks to the national capital, it is impossible to delay it for too long, and Shouchun will be attacked by you sooner or later, I am convinced of this. ”

Wang Jian said regretfully: "General Xiang, why are you doing this? When I came, the king of my family had already made it clear that the Xiang family was all iron-clad men, but they chose the wrong master. No matter which Chu king, the Xiang clan is caught in the palace struggle, and your most trusted Princess Zixuan was driven away by the Empress Dowager Yingran, which made the Xiang clan even more embarrassed, such a Chu country, do you still have to defend it? ”

Xiang Yan said bitterly: "Princess Zixuan was forced away by the Queen Mother, which really hurts my clan's heart, but I really can't surrender." General Wang, the situation in this battle is very clear, I am defeated, in order to reduce the number of deaths, do you dare to fight me for the last time? ”

Wang Jian asked: "One-on-one, you can't beat me, how do you want to fight?" ”

Xiang Yanyan said: "You and I have been friends for many years, so naturally I will not propose a one-on-one tactic. You and I each send five thousand elites for a fair battle, and if I win, let the other soldiers go back, and I will kill myself in front of you. If I am defeated, I will make them surrender and put them in the hands of General Wang. ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said: "This is very unfair to you, you proposed 5,000 troops to fight, you must want to see the specific combat strength of my king's Praetorian Guard." In this battle, you have no chance of winning, not to mention the Xiang family's army, even if it is the Northern Guard, it is not the opponent of the Praetorian Guard in terms of the same strength. ”

Xiang Yan smiled heartily: "People of my generation, the horse leather shroud is the best destination, and if you can die in the hands of the Praetorian Guard, you will not lose the prestige of the Xiang family's army." If you don't do this, according to your god of war's temperament, you will naturally gradually wear down the will of our army, and exchange the smallest losses for the greatest results. ”

"That's why I proposed such a decisive battle, and you can't refuse, because this is the result of the lightest casualties. In front of me, are you afraid that if someone in the Praetorian Guard dies, King Qin will hold you accountable for your sins? King Qin is a good man, he has always pursued the golden mouth and jade words, saying one thing and another, only blame my Xiang family, there is no such a good master, and I can't complain about others. ”

Seeing that Xiang Yan already had the will to die, Wang Jian didn't say any more, waved his hand, and five thousand Praetorian Guards on horses came out. The leader is none other than Xibu.

Sitting on the horse, Xibu hugged his fist to Xiang Yan and said, "The leader of the Praetorian Guard, Xibu, please ask Uncle Xiang Yan for advice." Please rest assured, when I came, the king told me that I must save my uncle's life. So I will personally fight with my uncle, otherwise my sons and daughters will probably not know the severity, after all, you killed more than 200 of my brothers last time. ”

Li Xin rushed out and said loudly: "Brother Xibu, let me fight for you." ”

Xibu shook his head and said, "The king once instructed that if you are asked to fight, you will definitely kill Uncle Xiang Yan." Brother Li Xin, your current position is not high, no matter how you rank according to seniority, it will not be your turn to make a move. As long as Daqin wins this battle and your revenge is avenged, don't complain too much. ”

Ying Cheng also said: "Ying Cheng, the deputy leader of the Praetorian Guard, is looking forward to this battle. ”

Mo Wu'an said beside Wang Qian: "Li Xin, give me back, this is the battle between the Praetorian Guard and the Xiang family's army, and you are not like talking in it." ”

Li Xin thought about it, but retreated, if he still insisted, he was likely to offend too many people. The Praetorian Guards are proud people, and no one else will be allowed to interfere with the same number of armies in the world.

Xiang Yan smiled heartily: "It is worthy of being the trump card of King Qin, with courage and courage." Sons, come with me. ”

In fact, before Wang Jian arrived, Xiang Yan had already prepared the idea of 5,000 people to fight in advance. In terms of large-scale battles, Xiang Yan admitted that he was not Wang Qian's opponent, but the number of five thousand was also the strongest point of Xiang's army. Only in this way can he have the confidence to let the surviving Chu army return to Shouchun.

The two sides launched a formation, with Xibu and Xiang Yan taking the lead, and rushed forward at the same time, and the two armies collided together. It was just the first confrontation that Xiang Yan painfully felt that the Xiang family's army had been defeated. The Praetorian Guards rode the best war horses in the north, well-equipped, and everyone's force was much stronger than that of the Xiang family's army.

Just casually sensed, Xiang Yan painfully found that the Praetorian Guards actually had peak strength, how could this battle be fought? As soon as the two sides charged, more than 2,000 people fell to the Xiang family's army, but the Praetorian Guards did not kill a single person, only a dozen were knocked over and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

Fighting with Xibu again, it was only three moves, and he was knocked off his horse by Xibu and retreated to the front of the Chu army in a bump.

The Praetorian Guards charged again, and half of the remaining Xiang family troops died. The Praetorian Guards formed a battle formation on the spot, and in just three bottles of wine, they beheaded the remnants under their horses.

The combat power of the Praetorian Guards completely frightened the Chu army, and even Wang Jian stood on end. Wang Jian knew very well that the Praetorian Guards were all trained by Ling Yu, and this kind of combat power was more than enough to kill the average peak powerhouse. It is no wonder that the Qin Palace has changed many times, and Yingzheng can stably clean up the mess, and he is not even afraid of rebellion in the army.

With such a trump card in his hand, how dare the local troops touch its edge, and Xiang Yan was not unjustly defeated.

Xiang Yan also laughed and said: "It is worthy of being the descendant of King Qin, and I will not complain if I am defeated." ”

"All the generals obeyed the order, all threw away their weapons, dismounted and surrendered, and General Wang Jian would take good care of everyone. After going back, he told the clansmen that as long as King Yingzheng of Qin was alive for one day, the Xiang clan was not allowed to rebel. ”

The Chu army is all waiting to surrender on the spot, and under such combat power, the two sides are not at the same level at all, and there is no point in continuing to fight.

Xiang Yan said to Qin Jun again: "There is only one King of Qin in the world, and when King Qin dies, there will be no such King of Qin in the Qin State." Please go back and tell the King of Qin, just say that it is I, Xiang Yan, who said that when he dies, the Qin State will be destroyed by the Chu people. ”

"Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu."

After saying this, Xiang Yan wiped his neck with a sword in his backhand and committed suicide in front of the two armies.

The entire battlefield was silent, and Xiang Yan's shout before his death would definitely be transmitted back to Xianyang, and how much turmoil would it cause.