Tens of thousands of Chu soldiers were besieged on the plain. The Chu army's crossbowmen in the direction of Miao River, as well as the Chu soldiers who had finally escaped the Qin army's pursuit, saw the arrival of the cavalry. They all did not dare to act rashly anymore.
The only remaining soldiers of the Chu State held long swords and formed defensive circles.
However, without the protection of the shield, not to mention the Chu general Gongsun Ji, even all the Chu soldiers who had just experienced the fight and finally survived knew that in front of the cavalry, they had only one way to die.
The plains were windy, and among the originally mighty Chu army, the number of Chu army flags was reduced by half compared to the beginning.
The remaining Chu flags were flying, and compared with the Qin troops surrounding them, their numbers were not proportional at all.
"The general has an order not to kill anyone who surrenders!!!"
A Qin soldier on horseback rode very close to the Chu army among the two armies on the plain, and then shouted loudly. After shouting five or six times, he hurriedly clapped his horse and drove back, fearing that he would be struck by the Chu army's bow at the next moment.
The crossbowman fired arrows, fearing that his biological mother might not recognize his body when the time came.
The Qin army's cavalry is in front.
Bai Yan was wearing armor and riding on horseback, looking at the Chu army and not in a hurry to order an attack.
The Qin army from the direction of Xuecheng and Ligu will arrive soon. Bai Yan will not take risks for quick success at this time. After capturing Lancheng and Xiyi one after another, the Chu army has no way to retreat.
However, looking at the Chu army that showed no movement, Bai Yan couldn't help but be a little surprised. As expected, the Chu army would suffer more casualties.
This made Bai Yan realize for the first time HP's talent in military training.
Bai Yan had wondered before, why Li Mu, who was stationed at Yanmen, was able to defeat the Qin army several times with a side of cavalry and frontier troops. It stands to reason that the Qin army suffered numerous casualties, but it was impossible to do without the side cavalry and frontier troops.
It's the casualties.
Looking at Chu Jun's appearance, Bai Yan had already guessed some reasons.
Bai Yan couldn't help but look at the Qin army in the distance in the direction of Miaoshui. Perhaps in the history of later generations, Huipu would be the same as Chai, or die in battle, and because his life events were not enough to be recorded in history books, there was no record in later generations.
After a long time.
Bai Yan suddenly saw a change in the Chu army. All the cavalry soldiers on horseback looked into the distance and saw the Qin army approaching from two directions.
"General, General Yanmao, General Yang Yan have arrived in command of the army!"
Kuang stood aside and said to Bai Yan.
And just when Zhang opened his mouth to speak, the Chu army in the distance apparently also discovered that the other two Qin armies were about to arrive at the battlefield. At this time, the Chu army obviously did not want to sit still and wait for death.
Although the Qin army in the direction of Miaoshui is exhausted, and the Chu army has been fighting with it for a long time, the Chu army has firmly gained the upper hand. However, due to the Miaoshui River and the fact that Chu is in the south rather than in the north, the Chu army is destined to go to
Bai Yan breaks out in this direction.
Bai Yan rode on his horse and watched as the Chu army untied its square formation and began to form an offensive posture, advancing in rows in an orderly manner.
"Surround and shoot!"
Bai Yan opened his mouth and ordered.
Following Bai Yan's voice, Huai, Pei, Yu He and others rode away one after another. Soon, the iron cavalry behind Bai Yan and tens of thousands of side riders began to disperse to the left and right.
The roaring sound of horse hooves echoed across the plains again.
the other side.
Huipu also took the opportunity to gather all the Qin troops, formed a military formation again, and advanced towards the Chu army step by step. Countless archers with bows took out their arrows and fired arrows at Gongsun Ji's troops.
"kill!!!"
"kill!"
Since Gongsun Ji's troops did not have shields, and most of them were soldiers who had just fought with the Qin soldiers, the Qin soldiers saw the opportunity to take revenge. Under the general's order, they all held long swords, sharp swords, and shields and began to surround the Chu army.
.
Soon, as the Qin Army and Chu Army were shot by arrows, countless people fell down screaming, and the two sides started fighting again. The Qin Army, which was becoming more and more powerful, had an absolute advantage in numbers, and countless people were fighting with each other.
During the back and forth, protected by shields, almost every Qin soldier died, and four or five Chu soldiers were stabbed and fell to the ground.
Moreover, the more people died in the Chu army, the lower their momentum would be. Facing the crazy Qin soldiers, the Chu soldiers became more frightened.
There are also Chu soldiers who desperately want to rush out in the dense Changge that stab each other, but Qin soldiers are almost all on guard. Even if they manage to kill a Qin soldier, they will be cut by other sharp blades before they can disrupt the Changge.
Killed to the ground.
Chu General Gongsun Ji, surrounded by his cronies, looked desperately at the Qin army around him, especially the Chu army in the distance, which had also been surrounded by Qin's cavalry.
slowly.
More and more Chu soldiers were stabbed to death. The Chu soldiers around the Chu army continued to retreat and crowded. The crossbowmen had no chance to shoot arrows, and they could not even pick up long spears or sharp blades.
Gongsun Ji looked around with dismay. Countless black flags with the word Qin were blocking the direction of Young Master Xiong Qi, blocking all the Chu army, as if they were being swallowed up.
Gongsun Ji took a deep breath and looked up at the sky, his eyes empty.
"General Xiang Yan, take revenge for us!"
Gongsun Ji drew his sword. He didn't want to be humiliated by the Qin army, and he didn't want to die under the sharp blade of the Qin soldiers. At the last moment, he chose to use his own sword to end his life.
"General!"
"General!!"
Gongsun Ji's cronies looked at this scene with red eyes. They looked at the Qin army and Qin flags all around. Everyone's faces showed despair.
the other side.
Under the command of Prince Xiong Qi, the Chu army changed from defensive to offensive formation, holding shields and long swords, and quickly advanced towards the Qin army.
However, before walking a few steps, I saw the cavalry and the side cavalry moving towards the left and right, holding crossbows and shooting at them. The Chu soldiers holding shields quickly defended the left and right sides. However, at this time, there were also countless arrows shooting in front of them.
Come.
Arrows fell like rain, densely, accompanied by countless black shadows flashing by. In the eyes of Chu soldiers, soldiers on both sides were killed by arrows almost all the time. Behind them and around them, there were screams everywhere.
After just one wave, there were countless casualties. The general of the Chu army saw that the momentum of the soldiers had collapsed, and saw that the iron cavalry and side cavalry continued to shoot. The general had to order a retreat, and took all the Chu soldiers back to their original positions.
Raise your shield to resist.
"Young master, I can't kill you!"
The general of the Chu army returned to Prince Xiong Qi and handed over his hand to report.
As a Chu people, the generals of the Chu army now finally understand why the Qin general Huan Jue, who had a Qin army of 200,000, could not leave alive when faced with Li Mu's encirclement, and in the end all his heads were beheaded by the Zhao army.
"What should we do now?"
Young Master Xiong Qi looked very embarrassed. The sweat on his forehead and the dazed look on his face all showed that at this moment, as the son of Xiong Fuchu, Xiong Qi was already afraid.
"Sir, surrender to Qin!"
Chu General Shen Ao hesitated for a moment, then looked at Young Master Xiong Qi and said.
When the other Chu army generals heard this, their expressions changed. They all looked at Shen Ao and asked the Chu prince to surrender to Qin. If this spread, not only the young master Xiong Qi would be greatly disgraced and become a laughing stock, but also Shen Ao, I'm afraid it would be difficult no matter how hard it was.
If you do something good, you might even be silenced.
"No, the young master is the prince of the Chu Kingdom. How could he surrender to Qin? How could the Qin army let him go?"
Jing Yu's face turned livid, he pulled out his sword and pointed it at Shen Ao, wishing he could kill Shen Ao with his own hands: "Shen Ao is a rat who disturbs the morale of the army and must be killed!"
In Jing Yu's eyes, Bai Yan, the leader of the Qin army, had a grudge against him for killing his father, so it was absolutely impossible for him to surrender to Qin.
However, what Jing Yu didn't know was that, not to mention the other generals of the Chu army, even the young Chu gentry men looked at the Qin cavalry around them. Apart from being horrified, they all looked at him with a trace of resentment in their eyes.
"Young Master, when General Xiang Yan defeated the Qin Army and learned that the Young Master was captured by the Qin Army, he would definitely exchange the Qin Army's general for the Young Master. However, we ended up like this because Jing Yu deceived the Young Master in order to avenge his own personal revenge.
Fall into the Qin army’s trap!”
Shen Ao glanced at Jing Yu, then looked at Young Master Xiong Qi, and said.
As Xiong Qi's confidant, Shen Ao did not dare to offend Jing Yu in the past without the support of the gentry. However, Shen Ao, who can flatter and sway his way to power, is kind to people's hearts.
Shen Ao, who doesn't want to die here now, saw the horrified looks of everyone around him, and knew that King Chu had just succeeded to the throne, and Xiong Qi had just become the prince, and he must not have enjoyed enough, so he didn't want to die here.
Therefore, Shen Ao took the initiative to give Xiong Qi a reason to step down, and was sure that the Qin army would not kill the young master Xiong Qi.
"Shen Ao is a villain~! I will kill him!"
When Jing Yu heard Shen Ao's words, his pupils trembled, and he thought that he was indeed the one who supported Xiong Qi in sending troops, and he was also the one who helped Xiong Qi analyze. At this time, looking at the hesitant Xiong Qi, Jing Yu couldn't care so much, and rode forward.
Want to kill Shen Ao.
However, just as he finished speaking, he saw Young Master Xiong Qi glaring at him angrily.
"stop!"
Young Master Xiong Qi shouted angrily.
The other two Chu generals also criticized him. If he hadn't persuaded the young master to send troops, how could the young master have ended up like this? Damn it...
"Hahahaha...Father, have you seen it? This is the Kingdom of Chu!!!"
Jing Yu glanced around, but he still didn't understand anything. When he came to his senses, Jing Yu's eyes turned red and filled with tears. Then he looked up to the sky and roared: "The Kingdom of Chu is dead!"
Under the uncertain gazes of all the generals of the Chu State and the Chu Master Xiong Qi, Jing Yu angrily raised his sword and killed himself. In full view of everyone, he fell to the ground as blood flowed.
The Chu generals who were still talking just now all shut their mouths, and Xiong Qi was also confused by Jing Yu's actions.
When Jing Yu's son saw this, he looked at the young master Xiong Qi and all the Chu generals and generals with anger. Without a word, they turned their horses around, left the square with their private soldiers, and charged towards the Qin army.
Under the rain of arrows from the sky, they were hit by arrows one after another and died in an instant. The soldiers of Chu State looked at this scene with bewildered faces.
On the plain.
When all the Qin army arrived on the battlefield, there was finally a commotion in the Chu army's square formation, and then a Chu army general was seen riding on horseback in the direction of Bai Yan.
After a cavalry general came up to talk to him, he quickly returned to Bai Yan.
"General, the Chu Army's deputy general, Xiong Qi, is willing to surrender to the Qin State! But the condition is that the Qin Army cannot kill any Chu State generals or generals!"
The cavalry general reported to Bai Yan.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yan glanced at the Chu army and asked the general to go over and tell Young Master Xiong Qi that he could agree to this condition.
He rode away with the general.
Soon, not long after the Chu army generals returned to the Chu army, they saw that the Chu army no longer resisted, and they dropped their long swords, shields, and Chu flags one after another.
As a small number of cavalry came forward and scolded them, the soldiers of the Chu army began to take off their armor, left the place wearing civilian clothes, and walked towards the plain in the distance with their bare hands under the guard of the cavalry.
A group of Chu generals, on the other hand, walked step by step, guarded by the cavalry officers, and slowly came to Bai Yan.
As generals of the Chu State, these people held high positions in the Chu State. They did not ride horses to prevent sudden escapes, and removed their swords but not their armor to preserve face.
"Bai Yan?"
When Prince Xiong Qi led a group of Chu generals to Bai Yan, he looked at the sword on Bai Yan's waist and confirmed that it was indeed Bai Yan. His face was full of astonishment.
"Aren't you escorting Concubine Qi? Why did you come here suddenly?"
Xiong Qi looked puzzled.
No wonder all the Qin troops actually attacked Chu. It turned out that Bai Yan personally ordered the troops, but before that, he had clearly received news that Bai Yan was escorting Concubine Qi!
The news cannot be wrong!
"When Bai Yan learned that General Xiang Yan was away, he left Concubine Qi and led his troops across the river overnight!"
Bai Yan saw Xiong Qi and explained with a smile.
This sentence made Xiong Qi startled again. He became serious and looked at Bai Yan with squinted eyes full of suspicion.
"How do you know that General Xiang Yan is not in the camp?"
Xiong Qi frowned. Only a few people knew about General Xiang Yan's departure from the camp. It was impossible for anyone, including him, to tell anyone. How did Bai Yan know about it?
"I have a guest named Ban Ding. He is a descendant of the Ruo'ao clan. Since the young master is from Chu, he should know about the six soldiers of Ruo'ao!"
Bai Yan explained to Xiong Qi very patiently. Seeing the shocked expressions of Xiong Qi and other Chu generals, Bai Yan didn't wait for Xiong Qi to speak, looked into the distance, and then looked at Xiong Qi.
"Tell me! Why did Xiang Yan leave the camp?"
Bai Yan asked.
Xiong Qi's breathing was slightly rapid. After he calmed down, he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Bai Yan's question and looked at Bai Yan with a proud look in his eyes.
"Bai Yan, I would like to advise the general to leave the territory of Chu State as soon as possible, otherwise, you will be in catastrophe!"
Xiong Qi said, seeming to have seen Bai Yan's fate.
Although Bai Yan knew where Xiang Yan was going and what his plans were, he really couldn't stand Xiong Qi's eyes and arrogance, so he turned his head away.
"Torture until Mr. Chu says so!"
Bai Yan said to Mang.
As soon as the words came out, Xiong Qi's face changed drastically, and he looked at Bai Yan with anger.
"Bai Yan, you said you wouldn't kill you! Are you going to break your promise in front of Qin and Chu soldiers?"
Xiong Qi asked.
The Chu generals and many young clan generals beside Xiong Qi also looked at Bai Yan worriedly, and were worried that Bai Yan would kill them if he broke his promise.
"Bai Yan only said that he would not kill the young master, but he never made a promise. If the young master has something to hide from him, Bai Yan cannot punish him!"
Bai Yan looked at Xiong Qi and said, and then asked Mang to lead the men to take Xiong Qi down and whip him.
"Let me tell you! I don't know where General Xiang Yan is going. Bai Yan, this is absolutely true! Don't humiliate me, I would rather die!"
Xiong Qi looked at the burly and muscular Zhang, whose eyes were particularly penetrating. He led a few cavalry soldiers forward. Seeing that Bai Yan was about to come, they all said that soldiers can be killed and not humiliated. As the son of the Chu Kingdom, Xiong Qi naturally also
I don't want to be so humiliated, it's worse than death.
After all, the prerequisite for Xiong Qi's willingness to surrender to Qin was that Bai Yan would not kill him, that he could be saved, and that the defeat could be blamed on Jing Yu.
"Take him to Rancheng!"
Bai Yan looked at Xiong Qi's frightened look and saw that HP, Yang Yan and others had already rushed over.
Looking at the sky in the distance, according to previous years, the first snow will fall in no more than half a month. Bai Yan knew clearly that both he and Xiang Yan must make good use of this 'timing time'. If they use it well, they can
It also affects the success or failure of the Chu army.
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Xianyang, Qin State.
In the palace, Ying Zheng was in the study, looking at the map with Wei Liao, Wang Wan, Li Si and others. News came yesterday that Li Xin had led the Qin army to enter Chu. Counting the time, Li Xin,
They should have been attacking Pingyu according to the plan, and Lieutenant General Meng Tian was also attacking Qiuqiu.
"Your Majesty, General Li Xin captured Pingyu. After sleeping on the hill, along the Yingshui River, you will find Yanying, the important place of Chu State. Chu State has heavy troops in Juyang City, and they will definitely fight General Li Xin...
"
Li Si is talking.
At this time, a eunuch suddenly came from outside the study. Seeing this, Han Ye stepped forward, took the bamboo slip from the eunuch's hand, turned around and came to Ying Zheng's side, held it over his head with both hands, and handed it to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng glanced at the map, took the bamboo slip, and opened it.
"Um?"
After Ying Zheng saw the bamboo slips, his face turned completely gloomy, and his eyes were full of anger.
This made Li Si, Wei Liao and others look puzzled. After looking at each other, they turned to look at Ying Zheng. At this time, Ying Zheng had also handed the bamboo slips to Li Si. After Li Si read it carefully, he also had a look of astonishment on his face.
There were so many dead soldiers lurking in Daliang City that they almost killed Concubine Qi.
Li Si looked at Wei Liao.
"Why are there so many dead soldiers?"
Wei Liao looked surprised after reading the bamboo slips, but what puzzled Wei Liao even more was that there was no news at all from Lord Changping.
However, Wei Liao did not doubt Lord Changping.
As an important minister of the Qin State, Wei Liao knew that Lord Changping was the head of the Chu family officials. This was why Ying Zheng only transferred Lord Changping but did not relinquish his position. Moreover, Lord Changping was also the right prime minister of the Qin State.
, high position and weight.
In the letter, Lord Changping also blamed himself and asked for punishment. He had already left Daliang and returned to Yingchen, waiting for the Xianyang court to punish him.