Chapter 617 Bai Yan’s news is delivered to Ying Zheng
"General, can we send troops to raid Zhongwu City?"
"Yes! General!"
In the Chu army camp, Zhao Dai, Qu Yi, Yan Chen, Jin Li, Xiang Le, Xiang Quan, Huang Xia and other Chu generals all looked towards General Xiang Yan, waiting for Xiang Yan's decision.
Fan Zeng stood aside silently at this time, his brows also furrowed.
"Are you sure there are dozens of wooden trailers leaving Zhongwu City one after another?"
Xiang Yan turned to look at the scout again and asked.
When the scout heard this, he saluted Xiang Yan.
"General, it has been confirmed!"
said the scout.
As the general finished speaking, Lord Changping looked at Xiang Yan.
"General, why are you hesitating?"
Lord Changping said softly. Although his tone when talking to Xiang Yan was as usual, at this moment, Lord Changping's eyes were full of hatred, which made people unable to help but feel scared.
"Bai Yan is cunning. Lord Changping! Yan, you are a little worried!"
Xiang Yan shook her head and then looked at the map.
Ever since Bai Yan sent the head of Lord Changwen, and also sent the bamboo slips that humiliated Lord Changping, from that time on, Lord Changping, who had always been steady, had lost his mind a little, often going too far, and even doing many things that he would never have done before.
Nowadays, things have become mindless and quick and quick.
In Xiang Yan's heart, although Lord Changping also led troops to put down not only the Lao'ai rebellion in Xianyang City, but also the Xinzheng rebellion, Changping Lord also led the troops to put down the rebellion.
Compared with the Bai Yan of the army, they can't be compared to each other.
Bai Yan was a close confidant of Yingzheng and a young general of the Qin State. The Wei State and half of the Zhao State perished in his hands.
Lord Changping is facing Bai Yan at this time, and if he acts on his own initiative, disaster will happen sooner or later!
"Report!"
Outside the camp, the sound of a scout came again at this time, and then under the gaze of Xiang Yan and others, they saw a scout coming to the camp panting.
"Report, General, the people who left Zhongwu City have arrived at Wujie Mountain at a speed of more than a hundred miles!"
A scout said to Xiang Yan under the watchful eyes of all Chu generals.
Hear the words.
All the Chu generals were startled and looked at each other. Even Fan Zeng looked at the scout in surprise, with some changes in his eyes.
"Walking a hundred miles a day?"
Xiang Yan raised his hand and looked at the location of Wujie Mountain on the map. After calculating the time it took from leaving Zhongwu City to the time the scouts sent back the news from Wujie Mountain, even Xiang Yan couldn't help being surprised.
Traveling a hundred miles a day?
Generally, the army marches at a speed between thirty and sixty miles per day. If it travels sixty miles per day, the army is already exhausted and cannot fight.
But right now, those people were actually rushing toward Hongcheng at the speed of hundreds of miles a day.
"General, don't hesitate any longer! Judging from the speed of the Qin army, the Qin army will arrive at Hongcheng in just two or three days. Qi is worried that if he hesitates any longer, when the Qin army arrives at Hongcheng, he will find the Chu army in Hongcheng.
If there are less than 30,000, the Qin army from other places will be mobilized to rush for reinforcements to quickly return and rush to Zhongwu City. If the Chu State tries to capture Zhongwu City again at that time, the Chu State will be destroyed!"
After listening to the scout's words, Changping Jun turned his head again and looked directly at Xiang Yan.
The other generals of Chu State, Zhao Dai, Qu Yi, Yan Chen, Xiang Le and others, heard Lord Changping say that Chu State was about to perish, and they all thought it was indifferent. Now Xiang Liang and Xiong Qi have gone back to recruit troops. If they don't go now,
Attacking Zhongwu City will at best mean losing the opportunity to encircle the Qin army. When reinforcements arrive in the future, they can still cannibalize the Qin army, so how can the country be destroyed?
However, everyone also understood that Lord Changping wanted to send troops for revenge. Now everyone looked at Xiang Yan. At this time, they also advocated sending troops. With the speed of the 30,000 people who left Zhongwu City, it was basically determined that they were all from Zhongwu City.
The Qin army must have rushed to Hongcheng for reinforcements after receiving Bai Yan's strict order.
This is an opportunity, and it is also the last chance in a short period of time before the subsequent deployment of troops arrives.
Nowadays, food and grass are becoming increasingly scarce in Shouchun in the rear. The price of grain and millet in the entire Chu State has begun to rise steadily. The areas in the east of Chu, the Jianghuai River, are either occupied by the Qin army now, or were plundered by the Qin army during the previous Qin army's raid.
Clean, this resulted in the food and grass in the Yangtze and Huaihe River, the richest land in Chu State, either being obtained by the Qin army, or the nobles wanted to send it, but there was nothing they could do.
Under such circumstances, they do not want to spend months fighting the Qin army, and this may be their only chance.
In the quiet camp.
Everyone looked at Xiang Yan, waiting for Xiang Yan's decision.
Just as Mr. Changping's brows were getting more and more furrowed, he was about to speak impatiently.
"Xiang Le, Xiang Quan!"
Xiang Yan looked at the map and spoke softly under the gaze of Lord Changping and other Chu generals.
"The two of you will lead an army of 50,000 and attack Zhongwu City. If something unexpected happens, withdraw immediately!"
Xiang Yan looked at the two of them and ordered.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Xiang Le and Xiang Quan bowed their hands to Xiang Yan, then turned and left in the eyes of other generals.
When Fan Zeng saw this, he couldn't help but glance at Xiang Yan and wanted to speak, but noticed the look in the eyes of Lord Changping looking at Xiang Yan and the appearance of Lord Changping. Fan Zeng knew that speaking to stop him would definitely offend Lord Changping, so he finally thought about it.
I thought about it, but I still held back, but there was always a trace of worry between my eyebrows.
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Zhongwu City.
At first glance, the walkway on the city wall was deserted. There were only a few Qin soldiers standing together chatting, and they didn't seem to be standing guard at all.
A few days ago, this would have been unthinkable. However, now that they have received the order, they can do whatever they want.
But for the Qin soldiers, the only thing that bothered them was that every time there were people outside the city who wanted to enter the city, they would scold those people to leave. These jobs were done under the city tower when the city gate was opened.
The soldiers of Qin were in charge, but now that the city gates were closed, the job of scolding the people to leave was naturally left to the people on the city roads.
As dusk approached, a few Qin soldiers chatting suddenly saw a dense army of Chu troops appearing on the plain to the west.
"what happened?"
"The Chu army is coming! Go and report to the general!!!"
"quick!!!"
When a Qin soldier saw this scene, he quickly turned around and ran towards the stairs of the city tower.
After a while.
In the camp where the Qin army lived in the city, upon hearing the news of the Chu army's attack, all the Qin army generals led their soldiers, left their residences, and rushed towards the city.
In the empty streets, for a while, Qin soldiers holding long swords and swords could be seen everywhere, running towards the city.
Cai Yu and other generals of the Qin army came to the top of the city and saw the densely packed Chu army outside the city. In the distance, there was a huge crowd of Chu troops. There was no trace of nervousness on anyone's face.
At this moment, these generals looked at each other, their eyes full of joy.
Fortunately, General Bai Yan expected that the Chu army that was going to attack Wu Yi was a suspected Chu army, so there was no reinforcement. Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Inside Zhongwu City.
In the city guard's mansion, Bai Yan, who was reviewing bamboo slips in the study, heard the general's report and looked at the general in surprise.
"Confirmed that the Chu army does not number less than 50,000 people?"
Bai Yan asked.
"General, it is absolutely true that at least 50,000 Chu troops have arrived outside Zhongwu City at this time. All the scouts outside the city, except those in the direction of Boshan, have not returned! All Chu troops should have been hiding in Boshan!
"
The general looked at Bai Yan and said.
When Bai Yan heard this, he couldn't help but look out the door curiously. He didn't expect that Xiang Yan would really send troops to attack Zhongwu City.
It seems that Xiang Yan has been prepared for a long time, and the Chu army has been hiding among the mountains and rivers for a long time. No wonder they suddenly disappeared and disappeared.
"Let all the soldiers in the city hide their whereabouts, and order the soldiers on the top of the city to guard the tower. The sky is about to fall, and the Chu army is probably doing this as a test. Don't let the Chu army find out that the Qin army has not left the city yet!"
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!"
The general took the order, then stood up and walked out of the study.
After Bai Yan watched the general leave, he stood up and walked to the map. He looked at the Chudi marks on the hanging map.
The Chu army suddenly arrived at Zhongwu City and planned to attack the city at dusk. This was obviously a test move. At the moment, Bai Yan was not sure who the opponent's general would be, but no matter who the Chu general was, this Chu army was already a turtle in the urn.
, then don’t even think about leaving again.
Previously, Bai Yan took Hongcheng's risk and bet that the Chu army attacking Wu Yi was an illusion. Now that Bai Yan's bet was right, he naturally wanted to accept the reward.
As Bai Yan issued the order, time passed and the sky became darker and darker.
The sound of drums coming from the direction of the city briefly sounded for half an hour, then gradually disappeared as dusk fell.
As expected by Bai Yan, after a brief trial, the Chu army retreated several miles and camped outside Zhongwu City.
In the city guard's mansion, all the Qin generals came to the study.
"General!"
"General!!"
Seeing Bai Yan, Cai Yu and other generals raised their hands and saluted Bai Yan.
All the generals looked at Bai Yan with admiration in their hearts. With the attack of the Chu army, all previous worries disappeared instantly.
Now there are 50,000 Chu troops outside the city, and they will be surrounded by the Qin army tomorrow. The slower the Chu army realizes, the more likely it is to die. Thinking of this, everyone is a little excited. This is after being surrounded by Chu.
A big win.
From the beginning, we learned that Li Xin in the west was defeated and 200,000 troops were killed! Then in the north, General Wang Ben of Wei withdrew his troops to defend the homeland of Qin! Finally, he faced Chu generals Xiang Yan and Jing Qi, who commanded hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers.
Surrounded by the Chinese army, all of them experienced despair firsthand.
But now, as they killed King Chu's confidant Jing Qi, defeated the Chu army in the north, and looked at the 50,000 Chu troops outside the city who had fallen into the trap without knowing it, all the generals saw hope again from despair.
And all this has to do with Bai Yan in front of him.
If they had not personally participated, if they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that in such a dangerous situation, just one person could stabilize the situation that was already on the verge of collapse in an instant, and even vaguely possible.
A hint of reversal.
This couldn't help but remind them of a person. Seventy years ago, a general who appeared in Qin State, Bai Qi!
When he was in Yique, Bai Qi also faced the combined forces of Wei and South Korea alone, which was twice as many enemies, and finally led the Qin army to victory. Because of this battle, Bai Qi became famous all over the world, and everyone knew about it.
Bai Yan, Bai Qi!
The same surname Bai, the same lone army, the same face several times the enemy, how similar. The important thing is that at this time, Bai Yan has led them to defeat the Chu State's encircling troops, allowing all the Qin troops to breathe.
Chance.
"Do you know who the general of the Chu army outside the city is?"
When Bai Yan saw Jiu, Cai Yu and other generals arriving, he asked.
"General, we have already questioned the Chu soldiers. The generals of the Chu army outside the city are Xiang Le and Xiang Quan, sons of Xiang Yan. They led 50,000 Chu troops to attack Zhongwu City. Xiang Liang, Xiang Yan's son, had returned to Shouchun.
Rumor has it that they are returning to Shouchun to recruit the Chu army!"
Cai Yu raised his hands to Bai Yan to report.
These are the information obtained after the Chu soldiers were captured alive, whipped and tortured, and there is no mistaking them.
"Son of Xiang Yan? The 50,000 Chu troops outside the city are Xiang's troops?"
When Bai Yan heard Cai Yu's words, he was surprised when he learned that it was Xiang Le and Xiang Quan leading the troops.
"It's not Xiang's soldiers and horses, most of them are subordinates of this prospect. After General Zhang Min raided the Chu army's camp, except for the Chu army who was killed, the rest fled tens of thousands of Chu soldiers. During this period, these
All Chu soldiers were summoned by Xiang Yan."
Cai Yu looked at Bai Yan and explained.
Bai Yan felt a little pity. If the soldiers and horses of the Xiang family were outside the city, it would be a real surprise to Bai Yan. As long as Xiang Yan's elite Xiang family and the main force of the Chu army were eliminated, there would be nothing to fear from the rest.
"General, Xiang's soldiers and horses, and more than 100,000 Chu troops are all in Boshan at this time!"
Jiu glanced at Cai Yu, and then said to Bai Yan.
"Xiang Yan's move seems to be a test..."
Jiu was a little unsure as he spoke. After all, the other general was indeed Xiang Yan's son and not someone else.
"It does seem like a test move, but no matter what, since the Chu army has already arrived, how can we refuse to accept it..."
As Bai Yan spoke, his eyes turned from the location of Boshan on the map to the crowd.
"Generals, according to the predetermined plan tomorrow, we will lure the Chu army to stay. If the Chu army retreats, we will follow them out of the city. We must drive the Chu army to the place where Qi's army was defeated! Encircle and annihilate them!"
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
When Jiu, Cai Yu and others heard Bai Yan's order, they all handed over their hands.
Night is coming.
Under the candlelight, many generals listened to Bai Yan's deliberations and saw that Bai Yan had no other orders, so they left one after another, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow to kill the Chu army again and make military exploits.
And also in the night, there is Xianyang thousands of miles away.
In Xianyang City, the houses are covered with snow. As a place to the north, when winter comes, Xianyang City is no less cold than other places.
In the Bai family's mansion, the members of the Bai family who were still unaware of the uproar in Qi State about Tian Ding expelling Bai Yan were talking together in the study.
"I don't know how that kid is doing now."
Bai Yu sighed with worry on his face. His formerly burly cheeks now looked a little more weathered.
Many times, even Bai Yu couldn't help but sigh. He was really getting older. Who would have dared to say that he was old when he was leading the army five or six years ago. However, more than five years later, even Bai Yu couldn't help but admit that now he is not only
My body, and even my heart, can no longer find the heroic spirit of the past.
"Since Bai Yan led the army to attack Chu, he is sure of it. Although Li Xin was defeated and Wang Ben withdrew his troops, at least for now, there is no news of defeat. It depends on Bai Yan whether he can survive the cold winter."
Bai Ji sighed, now Feng Quji has become the Right Prime Minister of the Qin State, the Bai family and the Feng family are married, and combined with their previous relationship, there is basically no need to worry about the future in the court.
After all, with the Feng family here, whether it is Bai Ping or other members of the Bai clan, there is no need to worry if they want to become officials in the future.
It is a pity that Bai Yan, who contributed the most to this matter, is now besieged in the Chu region with his troops and cannot escape.
"Food!"
Uncle Bai frowned, sighed, and revealed the most worrying point.
As for Bai Yan's ability to lead troops, no one in the world, let alone the Bai family, doubts it. But at this time, compared with being surrounded by the Chu army, facing the Chu generals Xiang Yan and Jing Qi is more worrying.
Yes, it is still food and grass for the Qin army.
Without food and grass, the Qin army would collapse without a fight!
"For so many days, the king has not sent any reply. It seems he still doesn't want Shu Yu to lead the troops to attack Chu!"
Uncle Bai turned his head and looked at Bai Yu.
"No matter what, Yu, you must take revenge with your own hands. You cannot leave everything to that kid. That kid has supported the Bai family for so long!"
Bai Yu suddenly laughed, thinking of Bai Yan's appearance, the first time he saw Bai Yan in Lantian, the scene where Bai Yan looked uneasy, and the scenes in Han.
"Tomorrow, Yu Hui will continue to submit a letter, requesting the king to allow Bai Yu to accompany General Wang Jian and lead troops into Chu in the future! Lord Changping and Lord Changwen's hatred, the Bai family must personally avenge it!"
Bai Yu said, his tone full of determination.
After hearing this, Uncle Bai and Bai Ji looked at each other, worried about Bai Yu's health, but they also knew that Bai Yu's implication was correct. Bai Yan had supported the Bai family for so long, and now Bai Yan's enemy was Lord Changping, and Lord Changwen led the troops to surround him.
In Chu land.
How could they, the Bai family, just ignore it! Bai Yan took his family wealth and went to raise food and grass for Bai Yan alone, but he was a businessman after all, and this was not enough for the current situation.
In the study room.
As Uncle Bai, Bai Yu, and Bai Ji were talking, outside the closed door, outside the open window, in the night, outside Xianyang City, several Qin riders on horseback, in the night,
Holding a torch, he kept on going.
When those Qinqi came to the streets of Xianyang City, the officials inspecting Xianyang were all curious and guessed that something big must have happened.
After all, it is very rare to send news overnight. If it is not an urgent matter, it will usually wait until the next day. Especially in this cold winter, there is ice and snow everywhere. If you encounter snow while driving at night, it is estimated that there will be no people at all by then.
Can't even hold it on.
Outside the gate of Xianyang Palace.
Under the torches, the palace guards guarding the palace gate hugged Chang Ge and rubbed their hands together from time to time to breathe. Feeling the coldness of the night, even the strong and strong palace guards could not hold on.
However, when they heard the sound of horse hooves, all the palace guards couldn't help but cheer up.
"What's the matter?"
The generals guarding the palace gate couldn't help but be surprised when they saw the appearance of several Qin riders, especially when almost all the Qin riders dismounted, they could not walk steadily. When they got closer, everyone was frozen.
Face pale.
This shocked the general. He knew that he would never be so anxious if something big had not happened.
"General Bai Yan's letter, General Wang Ben's letter, submitted to the king..."
A Qin Qi took his frozen and numb hands, tremblingly, to take off the cloth wrapped around his chest.
"Bring the fire!"
When the palace general heard this, he was shocked. How could this general not know what it meant? Only then did he understand why these soldiers were traveling all night.
Looking at these soldiers with admiration, the general ordered other palace guards to bring torches to ward off the cold for these soldiers. Then he turned around and took out the bamboo slips that had been stiffened by the cold from the cloth wrapper.
The general didn't know whether the bamboo slips contained good news or bad news.
But the most urgent task now is to send it to the king. Thinking of this, the general turned and walked towards the palace.
Inside the palace.
Down the corridor, several eunuchs hurried to the door of the study room and whispered something to Han Yezhe. Then they saw Han Yezhe looking at the bamboo slips with surprise on his face. He carefully picked it up with both hands and didn't care.
The coldness on the bamboo slips hurriedly walked into the study.
Ying Zheng was behind the wooden table, looking at the scrolls of bamboo slips. When he saw Han Yezhe come in, he didn't think much about it, thinking it was another ordinary matter that he had to report.
Meng Yi, who was also in the study, was waiting for Han Ye's report as usual, and he stepped forward to take the bamboo slips to Ying Zheng.
However, as Meng Yi waited.
"Your Majesty, General Bai Yan, General Wang Ben, ordered people to send letters!"
Han Yezhe held the bamboo slips and spoke to Ying Zheng.
Meng Yi was startled when he heard this, and looked at the bamboo slips in Han Ye's hand.
Under countless bright candle lights, Ying Zheng, who was reviewing bamboo slips, heard Han Yezhe's words and reacted. He immediately raised his head and looked at Han Yezhe with a surprised look on his face.
"Bai Yan?"
Ying Zheng thinks about this name almost every day, but Ying Zheng almost forgets how long it has been since he last received a bamboo slip from Bai Yan.
Now that he heard the news from Bai Yan's order, Ying Zheng's eyes were full of excitement.
"read!"
Ying Zheng couldn't wait to speak.
However, just as he was speaking, he suddenly thought that Bai Yan was now besieged in Chudong, facing the siege of the Chu army alone. Looking at the bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan's order, Ying Zheng didn't know why, he suddenly felt scared, worried that this was
The last letter sent by Bai Yan.
"Give it to me! I want to see the bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan in person!"
Ying Zheng hesitated and spoke suddenly, with a worried look on his face, and looked at the bamboo slips in Han Yezhe's hand with a slightly nervous look.
"promise!"
When Han Yezhe heard what Ying Zheng said, he took back his hand that was about to open the bamboo slip. Then he glanced at Meng Yi, and after nodding to each other, he carefully took it forward and placed it on the wooden table in front of Ying Zheng.
Because it is a cold winter, countless important matters in various parts of the Qin State, including Yingchuan, Handan and other places, have now become the territory of Qin. In addition, due to the two years of campaigns, there is a shortage of food and grass in various places, so Yingzheng is much busier than in previous years.
And Ying Zheng, who had been calm all day after going to court, was looking at the bamboo slips on the wooden table in front of him, his breathing was a little disordered, and it could be seen that Ying Zheng was feeling uneasy at this time.
Looking at the bamboo slips that were a little damp, and thinking that these were bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan's orders thousands of miles away, Ying Zheng couldn't help but think of the man who led the troops to attack Zhao and destroy Wei for Qin, and for him Ying Zheng
young man.
Ying Zheng is worried, is the young man's current situation okay?
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