Since Xiang Yu was defeated by Meng Tian, the Chu army no longer went to the Qin army to shout and invite them to fight, they just stepped up their drills every day, preparing for a life-and-death decisive battle with the Qin army.

It was also after the battle between Meng Tian and Xiang Yu that the morale of the Qin army was very high for a while, and almost every day soldiers went to Wang Qian's tent to ask the marshal to attack and defeat the Chu army. But Wang Jian did not suppress the belligerence of these soldiers, nor did he let them fight, but just let them continue to maintain this enthusiasm, and wait until the Chu army and the Qin army could no longer be consumed, and then compete with the Chu army.

A month later, a letter was sent to Xiang Yan from the palace of the king of Chu in Shouchun, in which the king of Chu urged Xiang Yan to start a decisive battle with the Qin army as soon as possible, and the grain and grass supplied by the 400,000 army in Chu for a month had already led to problems in the lives of the people in the country.

Xiang Yan received a letter from the King of Chu and hurriedly summoned the generals under his command to discuss the matter.

"Generals, today Ben Shuai received an edict from the king, and the king said to Ben Shuai that now the grain and grass of our army are in an emergency, and it is not appropriate to spend it like this with the Qin army, I don't know what tricks your generals have?" Xiang Yan held the letter of the King of Chu in his hand, looked at the many generals of the Chu army in the tent and said.

Xiang Liang came out of the column and said to his father: "Father, now that our army's food and grass are in an emergency, it is not appropriate to consume it so much with the Qin army, but the Qin army will definitely not fight with our army, I estimate that Wang Jian is fighting a war of attrition with us, otherwise the 600,000 Qin army will fight at once, and our army will not necessarily be an opponent." ”

Xiang Liang said this as if he didn't say it, all the generals present know what the Qin army is thinking today, but they can't break it, who makes the Qin army have a great cause, and there is a strong national strength of the Qin State behind it.

On the other hand, on the side of the Chu State, the national strength is not as good as a year after year, and now, the grain stored in the country is only enough to support the consumption of 400,000 troops for a month. The territory of Chu south of the Yangtze River has always been famous for producing grain, but at this time it is the time when the farmers in the fields are not connected, and the people of Chu have sold all the excess grain at home to the Chu army in addition to paying normal taxes to the state, and the food at home is only enough to maintain a state of food and clothing.

"Grandpa, in the past month, we haven't gone to the Qin army's gate to call for war, and he doesn't pay attention to us, we have more than a dozen spies caught and killed by the Qin army near the Qin army's barracks. They just refuse to go out of the camp to fight with us, and we can't ignore the king's orders, what should we do?" It was Xiang Yu who spoke, he was originally a person with an anxious temperament, and at this time, when he heard the news that the king of Chu was urging the battle with the Qin army, Xiang Yu almost jumped up in a hurry.

Xiang Yu didn't do anything else in the past month, he sent a letter to his father at home, asking his father to help him build a fine iron spear at all costs, he wanted to challenge Meng Tian again, he has avenged Meng Tian for defeating him twice, the spear built for him a few days ago has been sent to the barracks, Xiang Yu felt very handy, so he named this spear "Breaking Array Spear".

"Okay, today I just summoned you to find a way to make the Qin army fight with our army, even if you can't defeat the Qin army, you can't go on like this. Xiang Yan opened his mouth to speak, causing all the generals in the tent to stop talking.

"Marshal, why don't we send elite soldiers around the back to sneak attack the grain route of the Qin army, what do you think?" said a general of the Chu army.

Xiang Yan nodded, "This is a good way, but how do we know about the grain route of the Qin army?"

"General Hui, the grain route of the Qin army has been detected by our army scouts, and the grain and grass consumption of the 600,000 army of the Qin army is not a small amount, so it is easy to find out the grain route of the Qin army. ”

"Then who should be sent to rob the grain? Wang Jian has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he will definitely not be distracted by such a vital matter as the grain road. Xiang Yan then asked. Wen Ting Pavilion

The general who told the story of the grain robbery walked to the topographic map where the two armies were fighting, pointed to a road behind the Qin army's barracks and said: "Commander, please see, this is the grain route of the Qin army, they did not take the waterway, but came through Shudi." The marshal is looking here, this is a deep mountain, which is mostly uninhabited mountains and old forests, and the general has already explored a road there that can detour behind the Qin army, and the Qin army will definitely be defenseless from this departure. ”

After he finished speaking, many Chu army generals, including Xiang Liang, felt that this plan was feasible.

Xiang Yan nodded heavily, and he said, "Okay, Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu." ”

"The end will be. ”

"The two of you led an army of 20,000 to follow General Hu around this road to sneak attack the Qin army's grain transport troops, this battle doesn't care how many enemies are killed, you will definitely burn the grain and grass of the Qin army for me. As long as the grain and grass of the Qin army are cut off, then the Qin army will inevitably retreat. ”

"Yes. ”

The daily diet of the Qin army was very rich, not to mention that the commander had an order to allow the soldiers who won the daily contest to enjoy meat. As soon as this order was issued, all the officers and men in the Qin army were enthusiastic, and they were very keen to find opponents to compete, and it also made some Qin soldiers with a slightly weaker system gradually become stronger in the midst of being beaten again and again.

This is the idea that Meng Tian proposed to Wang Qian, and this is also a tradition within the Mengjia army since the establishment of the camp, according to Meng Li, this is the method of selecting elite killers within the Dark Bird, so that a hundred people can fight together, and the last survivors are eligible to enjoy the rich resources of the Dark Bird. Wang Jian had seen the military strength of the Meng family army and felt that this method was good, so he agreed to Meng Tian's method, which now seems to be really good and effective.

On this day, Wang Jian was patrolling the camp with many of his generals, and suddenly a soldier came to report that the team transporting grain and grass was attacked by the Chu army thirty miles outside the camp, and the Qin army of more than 20,000 escorting grain and grass was afraid of being defeated.

Wang Jian didn't have time to think about how the Chu army made a detour behind him to sneak attack his grain route, he hurriedly said to the soldiers around him: "Go tell Meng Tian and let him support, if the grain and grass are lost, I can't spare him!"

The soldiers who gave the order rushed to find Meng Tian. Meng Tian was wrestling with Meng Li in his camp, the two had been competing for a long time, their foreheads were covered with beads of sweat, and just as the two were about to have another round, the soldiers sent by Wang Jian to deliver the message arrived. Knowing that the grain and grass had been robbed, Meng Tian glanced at Meng Li, Meng Li understood, and said loudly: "The cavalry group of the Meng family army will immediately assemble and stand by. ”

The faces of the soldiers of the Mengjia army who heard the order changed, and everyone put on their armor in an orderly manner, then found their weapons, went to the place where the war horses were kept to find their war horses, and rode on the horses to wait for departure.

Meng Tian had already changed to a war horse, and when he arrived at the place where the cavalry under his command was assembled, the 2,000 people in the cavalry group of the Mengjia Army who set out to support the grain and grass troops had already been assembled, Meng Tian stepped on the war horse and said, "Let's go!"

The cavalry rushed out of the Qin army's camp gate like a flood and went to the place where the grain and grass had been looted.