On the fifth day of December, Bai Xizhong, the vanguard of the Chu army, led 50,000 people to arrive at Yingchuan County in advance, thinking that they would encounter resistance from the Han army here, because along the way, they had repeatedly expelled the scout sentinels of the Han army, and Yingchuan County was only separated from the Han mainland, but to his surprise, Yingchuan County did not see a Han soldier, and there was not even a single person in the city. The city is empty and empty.

After sending many exploration teams into the city, Bai Xizhong realized that the other party had abandoned Yingchuan County and retreated to Yingshui County on the other side of the Yingshui River. This can also make sense, Yingshui County is much smaller than Yingchuan County, it used to be the front-line fortress of the Han army against Tan Feng, although it is only a county seat, but it has been built into a city similar to a military fortress, everything is prepared for war, compared to Yingchuan County, the much smaller Yingshui County is naturally much more calm on the guard, and now for the Han army with serious shortage of troops, this is also a last resort.

At night, Bai Xizhong finally confirmed that it was the Meihua Division of the Third Division of Yang Dasha's First Army in Wuguan who was stationed in Yingshui County. It seems that the Han army was aware of the actions of the Chu army, and they had no troops to send, so they could only divide their troops from Wuguan. This made Bai Xizhong sneer, Wuguan because of the terrain, the Chu army has no way to take him, but Yingshui County is not Wuguan, except for a river, there is no other place to rely on, now the Chu army logistics is supplemented by the Qin people, food and ordnance are sufficient, can't you still take a small Yingshui county?

"Take Yingshui County and capture Meihua alive!" Bai Xizhong laughed and said to the generals under his command, Mei Hua's identity is not ordinary, his father is a high-ranking official of the Han court, and a brother is a close confidant of the king of Han, if he can be captured alive, it is not an ordinary small significance.

December night. After repeatedly confirming that there was no ambush in the city, and at the request of a group of generals, Bai Xizhong finally ordered the whole army to move to Yingchuan County, since the Han army gave this gift to himself, there is no need to be polite, and the warm city can keep the soldiers high morale. Moreover, being on guard in the city can also prevent the sneak attack of the Han Chinese.

Although it was not possible to smuggle over and attack the Chu army across a river, it was much more reliable than a thin fence with a city wall separating it.

At midnight, the noisy Chu army moved to the city. The empty county town of Yingchuan suddenly became lively, the lights were bright, and it could be seen clearly across a Yingshui River.

Meihua sat inside a fort above the docks. While roasting cold hands in a brazier in front of him, he looked at the Yingchuan County on the opposite side.

Lanterns were hung on the top of the city, piles of bonfires were lit above the city, and patrolling figures could be seen walking back and forth on the walls.

"It's warm inside the city. But warmth kills. Looking at the firelight in the distance, Mei Hua laughed coldly.

Time passed minute by minute, and both sides of the Yingshui River fell into a strange silence, but within the fortress. Mei Hua was still sitting there, and the charcoal fire in the brazier in front of her had long since turned to ashes, and there was not much temperature. But he was still waiting for something.

In the castle of Yecheon-gun. Tens of thousands of Chu troops finally entered a safe, tranquil and warm city after a night of running and tiring, and the whole city was still empty, so they casually found a house to break into, although it was messy inside, but there were almost no household belongings, and it seemed that the original residents here left in a hurry. In most homes, there are even a lot of bacon and other materials for the New Year. This made the Chu army extremely happy, in the past few months, they have been living a hard life, even if they have been supplied by the Qin army now, but it is just to be able to eat a full stomach, and now they can actually pick up so many good things, how can they not be overjoyed. So in the empty city, smoke rose from the chimneys of countless houses, and the Chu soldiers began to prepare a steaming meal for themselves in the houses they occupied.

After eating and drinking, sleepiness will naturally hit. In the early hours of the morning, except for the vigilant troops above the city, the entire city was already snoring.

In the woodhouse of a house, a pile of burning ashes suddenly separated from each other without wind, and after a while, a black human head suddenly appeared on the ground, holding a board in both hands, and two bright eyes scanned in all directions, the plank was gently put aside, and the figure came out, and then he dragged a package out of the hole in the ground. Quietly walked out of the firewood room, and walked to the door of the main room with his waist bent.

The door of the main house was closed, the earth-shattering snoring came from inside, gently pushed the door open, the black shadow suddenly grinned, in the house, the Chu army was hiding on the ground, wrapped in the quilt and clothes discarded by the owner in the house, in the middle of the house, the charcoal fire on a brazier was still burning.

The black shadow counted it neatly, and there were probably nearly thirty Chu troops in the room.

"Enough books, enough books!" He took the package he had been carrying from his shoulder, smiled and raised his hand, threw it on top of the burning brazier, and then turned around and ran towards the corner, huddled tightly together.

The package fell on the brazier, and the splashed sparks woke up a few Chu soldiers sleeping in front of the brazier, sat up, looked at the package that was emitting a burnt smell on the brazier with sleepy eyes, and muttered: "What is it?" ”

These were the last words they spoke, because as soon as they spit out these words, there was a sudden earth-shattering explosion in the room, and inside the package was a sturdy bag of explosives weighing several pounds, and the explosives were mixed with countless pieces of iron and iron balls.

The house suddenly had a ghost crying wolf howl, this explosion, so that most of the dozens of Chu soldiers in the house saw the king of Hades in their sleep, the huge wave of air of the explosion rushed out of the door of the main house, the windows all rushed out, the raging fire began to burn from the main house, and the other lucky ones were basically seriously injured, screaming, crawling towards the door with their hands and feet.

The black shadow hiding in the corner of the courtyard walked out with a sapper shovel shining with cold light, waving the sapper shovel, shoveling one by one, and chopping all the Chu soldiers who were still alive in the house.

After doing all this, he smiled and threw the sapper shovel into the house, thought about it, found a Chu soldier with good armor from the ground, peeled off his armor and put it on himself, and reached out to wipe a few handfuls of blood on his face, then picked up a knife from Chu and walked outside.

When there was a huge explosion in this room, the entire Yingchuan County City, in all directions, almost the same explosion sounded, and the entire Yingchuan County City was immediately in chaos.

On the north bank of the Yingshui River, when the first explosion sounded, Mei Hua bounced up from his chair like a spring, "It's started, the war has begun, heavy artillery, fire at me, bombard Yingchuan County." Don't ask me where to fight, just hit the city, and create more opportunities for the brothers in the city, so that the Chu people of the dog day can not be ruthless with the specific situation of Chu. ”

He ran to the top of the fort, stood up straight, and looked at the previously peaceful Yingchuan County, when the flames were soaring into the sky and explosions were repeated.

A loud bang sounded beside him, shaking him to the ground, and he almost fell, a heavy artillery muzzle erupted with fire, and a cannonball roared across the Yingshui River and fell into the Yingchuan county in the distance.

Immediately after, more heavy artillery began to roar.

"This is the current war, Chu people, if you still can't really understand what a war with hot weapons is, then you are destined to pay the price with blood." Mei Hua smiled: "Within the range of the cannon, there is no place that is safe, and the defense of the city is no longer safe." ”

Bai Xizhong was awakened by the sound of explosions in his sleep, and when he rushed out of the room, he immediately thought that the Han army on the other side wanted to take advantage of his unstable foothold to kill him by surprise overnight, but when he heard countless explosions coming from the city, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He rushed to the head of the city, looking at the city of Yingchuan, there were explosions in all directions, and from time to time he could see a fire exploding from the ground, and then it ignited a raging fire.

The other side was indeed attacking, and the heavy shells crossed the Yingshui River and directly entered the city of Yingchuan County, where the shells fell, there was also a ghost crying wolf, and the Chu army in the city was dazed by this sudden blow, because they could not find the enemy's location at all.

"There are spies in the city!" Bai Xizhong clenched his fists and stood at the head of the city, he could see it very clearly, the explosion in the city was completely purposeless, and there was no focus, it was completely arbitrary, but because of this, he was defenseless.

The artillery from the other side, four or five percent of them were all hit in the former Tan Feng's General's Mansion, when Ye Feng was stationed in Yingshui, he got these heavy artillery, and then through some businessmen to get the exact location of Tan Feng's Mansion, and then after many experiments to get accurate ballistic data, originally intended to give Tan Feng a fatal blow when the war was together, but later the development of the battle situation in Yingchuan County was beyond his expectations, this arrangement did not play any role, today Mei Hua ordered to shoot at will, Those gunners naturally took it as their main target, but Bai Xizhong was lucky, he did not live in the best and most luxurious general's mansion in the city, but lived on the castle tower, originally wanting to set an example to prevent the Han army from night attacks, if he still lived there, this round of artillery fire would smash him into meat sauce.

Bai Xizhong's face was pale, and the whole person felt bad. (To be continued.) )