"The Qin army is about to besiege Qiancheng."

Xiang Yan frowned when he heard the news from Qingyang.

His subordinate, the general named Qu Ye, learned that Qingyang was attacked by the Qin army, so he directly took Qu's soldiers and supplies away and wanted to go back to defend Qu's fiefdom.

As soon as this person left, the army's food supply was instantly reduced by half, and its strength was reduced by tens of thousands.

Among the four major families, among the three main warring families, the Qu family has the most food and grass. Without the support of the Qu family, Xiang Yan can only discuss with the Zhao family, or ask Shouchun to transport food as soon as possible.

Now the army only has about a month of food left, and the situation is gradually becoming difficult.

Xiang Rong said coldly: "That Bai Zhong is really hateful!"

In the last battle, they had thought about extending the front line and invading Nanjun. Unexpectedly, in this battle, Baizhong would do the same, but he would do it more thoroughly than them, directly entering Qianzhong County.

The Chu army invaded Nanjun and did not dare to go deep. Under Ning Teng's defense, they were unable to go deep. However, the Qin army invaded Qianzhong County and really penetrated. The entire Qu family of Chu State fled back to Guizhou.

, find ways to resist the Qin army.

"Aweng, what should we do now?"

Xiang Liang asked worriedly.

Whether the Zhao family will provide food and whether the king will send people to deliver food has not yet been answered.

The Xiang family did not store much food. Even if they were all taken out, it would not be enough to feed an army of 400,000.

Xiang Yan said helplessly: "Continue to urge the Zhao family and ask the king to send food. If there is no food delivered after half a month, retreat!"

Before the war started, they were full of confidence. After the war started, they saw Bai Zhong's tricks, and all their confidence disappeared with the departure of Qu.

"only!"

The two Xiang Rong brothers could only respond helplessly.

There is really no other way.

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"General, Commander Ning and General Li You are preparing to besiege Qiancheng."

Chen Ping walked into the main account with the latest news.

Bai Zhong read it briefly and praised: "The speed of Sheriff Ning is so fast!"

Chen Ping cupped his hands and said, "General, I have a plan that may speed up the Chu army's defeat."

"Please tell me!"

"No food!"

Chen Ping continued: "In the past few months, I have processed a lot of documents under the general, and I have also seen some news about Heibingtai. According to Heibingtai's investigation of the four major clans of Chu, they are currently confronting us.

There are 400,000 Chu troops, and the food is mainly provided by Qu."

Hearing this, Bai Zhong instantly understood what he was going to say, and his eyes lit up: "The Qu family's fief is about to be annexed by Ning County Governor, so Xiang Yan will no longer receive food support from the Qu family."

"That's right!"

"The other big grain owner in the Chu State is the Jing family, but they are at peace with each other. Now Xiang Yan can only rely on the Xiang family, the Zhao family and the King of Chu to piece together the Chu army's food supply."

"But the Chu State has a vast territory, and the autumn harvest is about to begin. With all the efforts of the whole country, there will be no problem in maintaining a stalemate with us for another six months."

"If the general sends troops, the Chu army's food supply will be cut off."

"An army of 400,000 people consumes an extremely large amount of food every day."

"The Chu army has no follow-up food supply, and Xiang Yan is afraid that he will not be able to support it for a month."

Chen Ping continued: "We can use the Iron Eagle warriors to intercept and kill the Chu army's grain transport troops!"

After listening to Chen Ping's words, Bai Zhong thought about it for a while and felt that the plan was feasible. He said loudly: "Let Geng Wu come to see me!"

Gengwu walked into the main tent, received the order and plan, and immediately led the Iron Eagle warriors to leave.

If the Chu army wants to transport grain to the main camp in Chencheng, the fastest way is to pass through the Huai River, enter the Fen River, and finally arrive near the Chu camp, and then move to land.

These are the grains sent from Shouchun.

Some of them are sent from Xiangcheng and will be transported by land to the west of Chencheng.

The transportation part on the road was not within the scope of Bai Zhong's attack. What he wanted to destroy was just the grain ship from Shouchun, so the Iron Eagle Rui soldiers led by Geng Wu went along the Fen River and left quietly at night.

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After walking for several days, they came to the river where the Fen River joins the Huai River.

"A few people will go downstream to find out more. I want to know if the Chu army has any grain ships arriving."

As soon as Gengwu settled down, he sent out orders.

More than a dozen sharp soldiers acted as scouts and went downstream to find out the whereabouts of the Chu army's grain transport ships.

Next, just wait quietly.

Due to the inconvenience of transportation in ancient times, the dispatch and transportation of food all took time. Gengwu and other warriors waited near the river for almost five days, but there was no news.

On the sixth day.

"General, the grain ship is coming!"

The warrior who acted as a scout came back and said excitedly: "We are still about twenty miles away."

Gengwu shouted: "Get everything ready!"

There are many aquatic plants on the river bank, and the warriors hide among them, making it difficult for outsiders to find them.

The warriors holding the crossbow opened the folded crossbow, and the crossbow arrows were stuck on the crossbow machine. The warriors in charge of launching the crossbow had already dived into the water, waiting for the grain ship to pass, and they swam to the bottom of the ship to do something very special.

A common thing is to scuttle the ship.

The distance of twenty miles was covered quickly by the ship.

"Coming!"

Gengwu lowered his voice.

The warriors looked downstream and saw hundreds of grain ships coming from the Huai River, entering the Fen River, and slowly appeared in front of Gengwu and the others.

"Do it!"

Geng Wu said in a deep voice.

The warriors in the water swam toward the ship.

The warriors holding powerful crossbows each locked onto the Chu soldiers on the ship, and then took off the mechanism of the crossbow machine.

Whoosh...

A sharp sound broke through the air.

These powerful crossbows have a very long range. Even though they are on the shore, they can kill enemies on board without any problem.

A burst of crossbow arrows passed by, and more than a hundred Chu soldiers fell down on several ships.

The remaining Chu soldiers were stunned for a while. Before they could react, the second batch of crossbow arrows had already been fired at them, knocking down more than a hundred people.

"There are enemies!"

At this time, someone finally shouted.

They raised their shields and were all on guard for defense. Some people drew their bows and fired in the direction of the warriors. However, ordinary crossbows had far less range than powerful crossbows and were of no use at all. Dozens more people were quickly shot dead.

The fleet was very long. Those in the front were on guard, but those in the back didn't know what was going on.

The warriors who dived into the water were divided into two groups.

One group goes forward and one group goes backward.

Their ship-cutting tools were also very simple. They raised the horizontal knife and stabbed it in. The sharp blade was twisted again, and a hole into which water could enter appeared.

Wow…

There were hundreds of ships, and suddenly there were more than ten ships, and a hole was pierced by them.

The river water kept pouring in, and the boat soon lost its balance and began to tilt.

"General, it's not good!"

"Our ship was pierced by the Qin army."

On the first ship, the soldier said in a panic.
Chapter completed!