A few days later, outside Xianyang City, 600,000 Qin troops were assembled and divided into three routes to march to the Chu State. On that day, the entire Xianyang City became almost an empty city, and the men, women, and children of all the city went outside the city to watch the scene of the departure of the army.

The Mengjia army was no exception, almost all of the 200,000 Mengjia troops were dispatched, Meng Li led 50,000 cavalry to take the lead, and Meng Tian was left in the Chinese army by Wang Jian and led the Chinese army together with Wang Qian.

The dispatch of 600,000 troops is not enough to describe its magnificence, but it is known that Mengli's cavalry and the baggage troops escorting grain and grass are almost at Hangu Pass, and Xianyang City is only a hundred miles away in the rear army.

When the army left Hangu Pass, Wang Jian summoned Meng Tian to him, took out a volume of music and said to him: "Tian'er, you send someone to send this military report to the king overnight, and ask the king to read it." ”

Meng Tian was a little puzzled, why did the old general ask him to send a battle report to Xianyang before he fought with the Chu army?" "Marshal, our army has just been out for a few days, and we haven't fought with the Chu army yet, what military information do you have to report to the king?"

"This report is a letter from Ben Shuai to the king, asking him for the good land and beautiful house he promised to Ben Shuai. ”

At this time, Meng Tian was even more incomprehensible, Ying Zheng had already promised Wang Jian a reward, so why did Wang Jian still chase after the king to ask for it, was he afraid that the king would not fulfill his promise? Meng Tian tentatively asked Wang Qian: "Could it be that the two messengers sent by the marshal yesterday also asked the king for property? The marshal persecuted the king so much, is he not afraid that the king will be angry and take back all the rewards he promised to the marshal?"

Hearing Meng Tian ask this, Wang Jian explained to him: "Tian'er, you don't know, the current king is no longer the king when he first ascended the throne. The current king is suspicious by nature, and if he can put these soldiers and horses in my hands, he will definitely suspect that if I have bad intentions, the situation in the Qin State will change in an instant. That's why I asked the king for more pastoral homestead, and lied that he regarded it as the offspring of Ben Shuai for welfare, in fact, it was to set the king's heart. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jian paused, rode on his horse and looked around, and then continued to say to Ying Zheng: "Why did your father die in battle last time, why did Li Xin lead an army of 200,000 to defeat the 100,000 army of Xiang Yan of Chu State, have you ever done this? Now this 600,000 army is the last pillar of my Qin State, and there are not a few ministers in the court who have had a holiday with me. As long as the king's suspicion of me is eliminated, so that I can lead the troops with peace of mind, and my Qin army can defeat the state of Chu in one fell swoop. ”

After listening to Wang Qian's words, Meng Tian suddenly realized, and he couldn't help but admire Wang Qian's old scheming. has always been in Meng Tian's heart, he has always regarded Qin Wang Yingzheng as his good brother, so he didn't pay much attention to the changes in Yingzheng, at this time after listening to Wang Qian's words, Meng Tian realized that Qin Wang Yingzheng has finally grown up, he is the monarch of a country, no matter how good his relationship with him is, he must be regarded as his own king, and he can no longer be regarded as a good brother and a good friend.

"Dashuai deserves to be a famous general in the world, Meng Tian is happy and convinced, I will send someone to send this report, please rest assured. ”

Just a few days after Meng Tian presented this telegram to Yingzheng, a messenger from Xianyang City caught up, and this time the messenger brought a team, as well as an edict from the King of Qin.

The army immediately set up camp, and Wang Jian led the generals of the Chinese army to kneel down to greet the envoy of Yingzheng.

The envoy took out Ying Zheng's edict and read it out in front of all the Chinese army officers and soldiers, and when he finished reading the edict, the expressions on the faces of the generals behind Wang Qian, including Meng Tian, couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that the messenger sent by Yingzheng this time not only told Wang Jian that all the fertile land and mansions promised to him were in place, but also promised a young and beautiful county lord in the Qin royal family to Wang Qian, and wrote in the edict that no matter where he caught up with Wang Qian's army, he would get married there.

This county lord of Qin who was married by King Qin to Wang Qian, who was over the age of sixties, is still the younger generation of Yingzheng, and in this way, Wang Jian also became the junior of Yingzheng who was only in his thirties, and it spread throughout the entire Chinese army for a while. 139 Reading Network

The army was delayed on the road for a day, everyone delayed for Wang Jian for a day, and continued on the road on the third day, as for Wang Qian's new little lady who entered the door, she was sent to the fief given to her by Yingzheng on the second day of marriage, and then led the army to continue to advance.

The Qin State poured 600,000 troops into the whole country to attack the Chu State, and this news had already been reported back to the country by the Chu State spies hidden in Xianyang City, and when the Chu King Zhishu who was far away on the shore of the Huaishui received the news, Wang Jian had already led the Qin army into the territory of the Chu State.

The king of Chu did not dare to delay, and urgently returned to Shouchun City and summoned the general Xiang Yan. Because this time he was facing the 600,000 army of the Qin State, Xiang Yan did not dare to slack off, and had already ordered his generals to deal with it.

"General, now that the veteran general of the Qin State, Wang Jian is leading an army of 600,000 to attack our Chu State, what countermeasures does the general have?" asked the general Xiang Yandao, sitting on his throne.

Wang Jian was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, and now the four famous generals are gone, and only the elderly Wang Jian remains. But Xiang Yan still didn't dare to take it lightly in the face of Wang Qian, after all, he had never played against Wang Jian before, so in the face of King Chu's question, Xiang Yan didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Back to the king, the Qin State poured all its troops to attack my Chu State, and now the situation in our Chu State is as dangerous as an egg, and there are also Qin troops on the other side of the Yangtze River and Huaishui, but the Qin army is not good at water warfare on this road, so we don't have to think about it first. Wang Jian's army entered Qin from Shu and approached the hinterland of our Chu State. In addition, Wang Jian has an army of 600,000 in his hands, so please allow the king to allow the minister to lead all the soldiers and horses of my Chu State to fight against him, so that he has a chance of winning. Xiang Yan said.

The king of Chu recognized Xiang Yan's words, instead of taking tens of thousands of troops to be eaten away by the Qin army little by little, it was better to concentrate all the forces of the Chu State, fight a big battle with it, and fight a battle with the Qin army.

He asked his henchman eunuch to take the talisman and handed it to Xiang Yan, "General Xiang, the widowed Chu State will ask the general." If the general defeats Wang Jian this time, the general will be Wu Anjun of my Chu State, and within the Chu State, the general is only under the widow. ”

Xiang Yan took the talisman, hugged his fist and saluted the king of Chu and said, "The minister Xiang Yan will definitely live up to the king's trust." Last time, the minister was able to defeat Li Xin Mengwu, and this time in the face of Wang Qian, the minister is still confident that he can defeat him. ”

"Okay, with General Xiang's words, the widow will be relieved. ”

Xiang Yan gathered all the forces of the Chu State and led 400,000 Chu troops to the front line to confront Wang Qian. By the time Xiang Yan led the army to arrive, Wang Jian had already captured several cities such as Chen Heping Yu of Chu State, and occupied favorable terrain to set up camp and defend against the danger.

The Chu army defeated the 200,000 army of the Qin State not long ago under the leadership of Xiang Yan, and this time it was under the leadership of Xiang Yan against the Qin army, all the Chu troops were already extremely confident in Xiang Yan, plus Xiang Yan in the army in order to prevent the army from being in turmoil, and ordered people to spread that the Qin army was just a group of soft-footed shrimp, and it was not the opponent of the Chu army at all. So for a while, the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and they asked Xiang Yan to go and attack the Qin army.

Xiang Yan knew the importance of morale, and if he closed himself and did not fight, it would inevitably affect the morale of the army, so he allowed his subordinates to lead his troops to provoke the Qin army, and while the Qin army had not yet adapted to the water and soil of the Chu State, he would win another battle to stabilize the morale of the army.

In the face of the provocation and insults of the Chu army, Wang Jian only ordered everyone not to go out to face the battle, and those who violated the order were dealt with according to military law.

Meng Tian couldn't stand the abuse of the Chu army, he took Meng Li and others to ask Wang Jian for battle, and asked to go out to meet the Chu army for a while, but Wang Jian not only agreed, but also scolded Meng Tian fiercely in front of the generals, and said that if there are any more people who speak and fight, the military stick will wait. As soon as these words came out, no one in the Qin military camp dared to say that they were going to fight with the Chu army.