Wuguan, Yang Dasha sat silently at the majestic juncture, staring into the distance. Wave after wave of scouts were rushing from outside the pass, and they only brought back the news that the 150,000 Chu army of Qu Wan, who was trapped in Danfeng, had been marched overnight last night, and the target was the direction of the Han Kingdom.

Tai'an and Wulong are now without a single soldier, and the only interception is in Yingshui City, where Mei Hua leads his third division of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers and 5,000 newly transferred student troops, which will become the only barrier to stop the Chu army.

Yang Dasha knew very well that Yingshui was not a military pass, and it was impossible to intercept the surprise attack of hundreds of thousands of Chu troops with this point, and their only role was to contain and delay Qu Wan's advance, and Qu Wan would not dare to break through to the interior on a large scale if he did not beat them to a single point.

Yang Dasha silently calculated in his heart, even if the king immediately launched an attack in Jingzhou at this moment, and defeated the Chu State within the fastest speed, counting the return army, it would take at least a month's effort.

"Commander, we can't wait here!" Wu Ya beside him jumped up and down like a monkey, "We have to do something, right?" Let's say to go to the rear of the bent end? His current money and food are all supplied by the Qin people, let's cut off their back road, let them have no money and food, and they will not be able to move an inch. ”

Yang Dasha glanced at him: "Meng Yong has already entered Dantong County, 20,000 of the 40,000 southern border troops are stationed in Danfeng County, and Lu Zhihui's nearly 30,000 Xuanyi guards are in the rear of Qu Wan, how many people do you have, can you harass their back road?" Looking for death? Besides, what if we go to the end of the fight and Meng Yong takes the opportunity to take the martial pass? Meng Yong may not have fought many battles, he is a guy who talks on paper, but Wang Ming of the Southern Border Army is not a vegetarian. What if the Wuguan is lost, and the Qin people take the opportunity to enter the Chu State? Doesn't this add trouble to the king's plan to defeat the Chu State? You're not helping Mei Hua, you're hurting him. ”

"How can Yingshui City resist? 150,000 Chu troops, as well as Qin people. Yingshui City is not a martial arts! Mei Hua shouted.

Yang Dasha stood up, didn't say a word, turned around and walked towards the gate.

Wu Ya looked at Yang Dasha's back and swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Yang Dasha's behavior seemed to mean something, which made him even more frightened, turned around, and held on to the city wall, "Meihua, you have to hold on." You, if you die, let my sister be a widow, let my nephew lose Lao Tzu, and I will bite you a few times if you are a ghost. ”

When Yang Dasha's silence was worried and Wu Ya's curses and prayers, the Han army in Yingshui City was already highly nervous, and the observation posts set up by Meihua in Qin'an, Kailong and other places had been withdrawn one after another, and it was naturally not good news that they brought back. Qu Wan marched quickly, and had already crossed these two places and stepped into Yingchuan County.

"Inform all the people of Yingchuan County that those who are willing to retreat with our army. You can follow our army, cross the river, go to Yingshui City, or go further inland. Tell them that the Chu people are coming. The Chu army, who is so poor that they are to death, is afraid that they will be treated as fat sheep. Three days later, the bridge will be demolished. They were at that time. I can't walk if I want to. Mei Hua gave a faint order, walked out of the official office of Yingchuan County, and once again stepped on the pontoon bridge on the Yingshui River.

There is no soldier in Yingchuan County, this situation naturally frightened the people in Yingchuan County, the news that the Chu army and the Qin army are coming has spread throughout the city, compared to the Chu people, they naturally know more about the Han people, thanks to Fang Shu and Tan Feng's encouragement of the two sides to trade, although the people of the two places are in the two countries, but they know each other's policies and national conditions well, in contrast, everyone naturally believes in the Han people and the discipline of the Han army.

And the Chu people, it is said that they were forced by the Han people in the south of the Qin State, they had no food to eat, no clothing, this is like a flower child, once the army comes, isn't it the common people who are unlucky? As soon as the notice came out, more than a dozen pontoon bridges on the Yingshui River were immediately crowded with fleeing people.

Three days later, Yingchuan City had become an empty city, and whether it was a rich gentry or a poor person, they had escaped cleanly with more or less gold and silver. Yingshui City is naturally not safe, it will inevitably become a battlefield, where is the safest now, of course, it is the land of Han, after the fleeing army crossed the river, it did not stop, and still continued all the way to the north.

"Division commander, let's burn Yingchuan County with a fire, why can't we leave this big city to the Chu people? In this winter, let's let them live in the wilderness and freeze them to death. Long Bin said fiercely.

"Burn? What did you burn for? How much does it cost to build a city? It's a pity to burn it, it's really burned, we can't rebuild it in the future, if we don't burn it, let's leave it to Qu Wan, let's lend them a place to live first! Mei Hua sneered: "It's just a temporary loan, it won't be long before he still belongs to us." ”

Long Bin touched his chin, "Division Commander, I'm afraid we will have a bit of a hard time in this battle." ”

Mei Hua laughed, "It's not that it's hard, it's that the whole army is in danger of being wiped out, because in the order I received, there was no such thing as retreating." What does this mean, do you understand, Long Bin, are you scared? ”

"Nothing to be afraid of, isn't it ten to one? There are a dozen, but fortunately, this Yingshui River is not frozen, and we still have a river as a barrier. Long Bin said with a smile.

"A month, we have to fight for at least a month, and if we can hold out until that moment, there will be life." Mei Hua Road.

"Division commander, I'm a little worried, if Qu Wan can't defeat us, he can divide his troops, leave tens of thousands of people to entangle with us, and then the other troops bypass Yingshui and attack directly to the mainland, so what can I do?" Long Bin asked.

"That's for sure, Qu Wan will definitely do this, but behind him, there is still an enemy behind him, and he knows very well what the threat is, so in the first stage, he will definitely want to pull us out in one fell swoop, this stage must be the saddest time for us, let's count it for ten days. When he understands that he can't move us, he will divide his troops, so at this stage, what we have to do is to kill a lot of people. ”

"When he understands that he will start dividing his troops, he will have to leave tens of thousands of men to deal with us, right? Hehe, then he will have less soldiers and horses, and when he enters the interior, it depends on the defense capabilities of each place. It's all we can do to minimize the damage, but in any case, this time we're going to have to lose the southern part of our homeland. How big the loss is depends on how well the king fought in the Jingzhou war zone, once the war in Chu is over, the war of Qu Wan will also be over. Mei Hua said.

"In other words, the more we kill, the smaller the local losses will be, right?" Long Bin said.

"You're so smart!" Mei Hua smiled.

Long Bin's old face turned red, "Division commander, I'll go and check the layout of the defense line again, you can rest for a while, it won't take a few days, and this big battle will start." ”

"Rest? If you have this time, you can go. Mei Hua waved her hand and said.

Walking down the city, Mei Hua walked straight to the barracks, in the barracks, more than a hundred selected sappers lined up in a neat line, and the short and strong engineer battalion commander stood at the head of the line.

Looking at these people, Mei Hua's eyes couldn't help but get hot.

"Report to the division commander, the special operation team of the engineer battalion has been selected, and a total of 121 brothers have volunteered to participate in this operation." The engineer battalion commander took a step forward, saluted Mei Hua, and handed it to Mei Hua with a box in both hands, "This is the suicide note of one hundred and twenty-one brothers, please hand it over to the division commander after the war." ”

Mei Hua took the box with both hands, held it high above his head, and bowed deeply, "Brothers, the merits of the Han Dynasty will always have your place, after this battle, if Mei is still alive, a big stone tablet will be erected on the bank of the Yingshui River, engraved with your name, so that you will be remembered by future generations of Han people." ”

"Thank you, Commander!" One hundred and twenty-one men roared in unison.

"Serve the wine." Mei Hua shouted.

The commander of the engineer battalion was the first to come up, took a large bowl of wine from Mei Hua's hand, tilted his neck and poured it clean, snapped, smashed the wine bowl, and strode towards the outside of the barracks.

One by one, men came over, took the wine from Mei Hua's hand, drank it all, broke the bowl, and followed their battalion commander towards the outside of the barracks.

Stepping on the pontoon bridge and walking across the Yingshui River, this small army of one hundred and twenty-one entered the already empty Yingshui City, and the next moment, these people scattered and quickly disappeared into all corners of the city.

It's a death squad.

Long Bin proposed to burn the city, but Mei Hua vetoed it, but Mei Hua didn't tell the truth, he didn't burn the city, he wanted Yingzhou County to be burned more valuable. He wanted to make Qu Wan anxious when he first arrived in Yingshui River. His secret weapon was the one hundred and twenty-one brave soldiers who were destined to never return.

The pontoon bridge began to be dismantled, and from the direction of Yingzhou County, it was slowly recovered one by one. The riverbed and the beach, which were exposed because of the dry season in winter, are now covered with triangular cones made of cement, scattered on the offensive surface, and the beach is covered with countless thistles, and the embankment is more than a meter high by sandbags, and from the beach to the embankment, there are temporary interception points built with sand fortresses everywhere. From the beach to the embankment, and then to Yingshui City behind it, an all-round, dead-end defensive fortress is in the final stages of refinement.

The people in the city have basically been evacuated, but there are also many people who are reluctant to go, they voluntarily join the logistics service team, do some service work for the army, carry stretchers, cook, take care of the wounded, these people joined, so that Mei Hua can send more soldiers to the defense line.

Come on, let you see, what a real soldier is. Mei Hua turned and walked away, and now, he was going to make one last pre-battle mobilization for his subordinates. (To be continued.) )