Xiang Yan said: "The soldiers and horses of the Qin State have not moved, so let out the wind first, why not?" The purpose is to deter us first, so that we will not fight! Meng Tian trained the navy in Bashu, from shipbuilding to training as a sailor, it would take at least a year later, although the Qin army's sailor had the advantage of going down the river, it was not necessarily the opponent of our 50,000 old sailors. Wang Ben was in Nanyang, and 50,000 elites were drawn from various counties and passes, and 150,000 were newly recruited new troops. It will take half a year to train into the army. Only the more than 200,000 troops of Taocheng and Xuecheng led by Montenegro are well-trained elites. ”

"Wu Anjun said so, is it too late for us to prepare for the war with all our might?" King Chu perked up and asked. The minister of the full hall also breathed a sigh of relief.

"We have also expanded the naval division warships, and deployed 150,000 sailors and troops in the area of Yunmengze in Hengshan, and defended it against the risk to intercept the Meng Tian army. The second way gave up 200,000 Chen County to defend Juyang Pass, and built a fortress in the southwest and northwest of Juyang Pass, which stood with Juyang Pass on three legs, which could ensure that Juyang Pass was foolproof. , I personally led an army of 250,000 to defend Pengcheng, but Pengcheng was foolproof. Xiang Yan replied unhurriedly.

After listening to Xiang Yan's analysis, the king of Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered his ministers: "All the children of the royal family, eighteen to forty years old, Ding Zhuang, two Ding one and three Ding two, all go to the front of the army to serve, and the Sanlu doctor is in charge."

"No!" An old minister whose teeth were about to fall out replied.

"All the feudal lords and nobles, hand over seventy percent of the private soldiers, seventy percent of the grain and grass, and the people of the whole country, two out of two. This matter is in charge of Ling Yin Xiongqi! ”

"No!" Changping Jun Xiong Qi, arched his hand, and answered loudly.

"It has been more than 800 years since the founding of the country in Dachu by stealing cattle and sacrificing sacrifices, and now is the time to endanger survival. The king of Chu said categorically.

"No! Work together to tide over the difficulties! The nobles and ministers of the whole hall expressed their positions one after another.

When the first snow fell, the state of Chu was also fully mobilized. For the first time, the feudal nobles who had always worked separately worked together and coincidentally handed over elite private soldiers to the major battlefields, major roads and waterways, and grain trucks and grain ships came and went endlessly. On the edge of Yunmengze, 100,000 engineers cut wood and build ships day and night. Xiang Yan looked at the data handed in from all over the place, and felt a little relieved. He asked his second son Xiang Liang to lead 200,000 land and water to deploy defenses along the river west of Yunmengze, preparing to resist Meng Tian's Bashu Qin army. The third son, Xiang Bo, led 200,000 cavalry to defend the Juyang Fortress. He personally led 250,000 elite troops to deploy defenses along the Huaishui in Pengcheng and waited for the Montenegrin army.

The army is like a black cloud, and countless military flags are displayed to cover the sky. Montenegro personally led an army of 150,000 to the south, and in order to preserve his physical strength, Xue Cheng walked to Pengcheng for two and a half days. When he arrived outside Pengcheng, he did not rush to attack the city, but ordered the heavy infantry to be in front and the heavy cavalry to be in the rear to guard against the attack of the Chu army. The rest of the people hurriedly set up camp and built a wall outside the range of the Chu army.

At the head of the Peng city wall, there are many soldiers with the same banner, and the Chu army is also waiting for it. As soon as the tent of Montenegro was set up, Pengcheng came out to ride, and the envoy came directly to the outside of the camp and was taken to the tent by the military officials.

The envoy saluted Montenegro after the handsome case, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Wu Anjun saw that the Montenegrin army was tired from afar, and he couldn't bear to sneak attack. Willing to hunt the city with the Montenegrin general, the time and number are determined by the general! ”

The two sides made a war about war, which was common before the Spring and Autumn Period, and sneak attacks would be laughed at at that time. However, since the Warring States period, the art of war has begun to be admired, and there are very few wars. When the generals listened, they all grinded their fists and were eager to try. They all looked at Montenegro expectantly.

Montenegro doesn't like to fight such a war of attrition in this position, but if it is to avoid the war today, it will definitely destroy its morale and the prestige of the Chu army. He replied: "Go back and greet Wu Anjun for General Ben, the Qin army should fight, no matter how many Chu troops come out, the Qin army only sends 20,000 heavy infantry troops and 10,000 heavy cavalry." An hour later, the war began. Warm up, practice your hands and feet, and get a good night's sleep. “

"General Xie!" The messenger bowed his hand and turned away.

The generals were very excited and asked for orders to fight. Montenegro glanced around and said, "Xiang Yan wants to test the combat strength of the Qin army, and General Ben also wants to give the Chu army a dismount." This battle must be won. Mai and Sun Meng each led 10,000 heavy steps and faced them head-on. Shi Fatzi and Dong Jian each led 5,000 heavy riders to the left and right. ”

"No!" The four of them were overjoyed and happily responded. The crowd cast envious glances at the four of them.

At this time, the military officials outside the shogunate came to report: "General, there is a thousand cavalry generals outside the door who say that there is an urgent matter to see!" ”

Montenegro secretly thought that the commander of the thousand cavalry was not an urgent task according to reason, and he would not come to see the general, since he had crossed the level to meet him, there must be urgent business, so he signaled to the military officials: "Bring him in." ”

After a while, a thousand horsemen came in, with a thick beard on his face, his hair half white, and his bearing was extraordinary, and he gave a military salute to Montenegro and the people, and did not make a sound.

Xin Sheng recognized the person and immediately said: "General, this is Li Yan, a thousand cavalry generals newly transferred from the National Captain's Mansion from Langxi, and he is under the command of the last general. ”

Seeing that the person looked familiar, but couldn't remember it, Montenegro asked, "What's the matter?" Hurry up. ”

The Thousand Riders looked left and right, but did not say anything. Black Mountain waved his hand and ordered: "Everyone else, all exit the tent!" ”

Everyone rushed out, and there were only two people left in the big tent.

"Didn't send Li Xin to the general!" The thick-bearded man said to Black Mountain.

"General Li Xin?" Montenegro was shocked, hurriedly walked out of the handsome case, and came to Li Xin's side to take a closer look, sure enough, it was Li Xin, but he was wearing makeup and a beard. "Didn't the general go to Mobei to defend it? How could it be here! ”

"The King of Qin authorized Li Xin to make meritorious service as a thousand cavalry generals. Originally, he shouldn't have bothered the general, but because the matter was important, Li Xin was afraid that something would go wrong, so he came to see the general. Li Xin said.

"What?" Montenegro asked.

"The eldest son of Fusu is the chief of the last generals! If you're afraid of a mistake, please call the shots! Li Xin said.

"What? The eldest son is in the army! Montenegro was in a cold sweat. The children of the Qin royal family, those who joined the army under pseudonyms abound, but it is really ridiculous to let the king's eldest son charge into battle.

"General Li, bring him to me secretly at speed, I have my own arrangements!" Black Mountain wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

After a while, Li Xin came to the shogunate with Fusu. Fusu was dressed as a sharp soldier, free and easy with childishness, and saluted to Montenegro: "Chief Zhao Shoufu has seen the general!" ”

"General Li Yan, I will exchange Nobita's hundred-man team for Zhao Shoufu's ten-man team. I assure you, Xiang Yan's head must be yours. Let's go down and get ready for battle! Montenegro ordered.

"No!" Li Xin was overjoyed, he had heard that the 100-man team of Nobita under the Black Mountain tent was all an unstoppable Iron Eagle Warrior.

Montenegro turned his head to Fusu Shili and said, "Fake General Montenegro greets the eldest son!" ”

"Montenegro, I'm going to charge into battle with Li Xin, don't spoil my good deeds!" Seeing that he was being replaced, Fusu said anxiously.

"Chief Zhao Shoufu, from now on, you and your subordinates are the personal guards of this general's account. If you dare to disobey the military order, I will send you back to Xianyang immediately! Montenegro immediately shouted.

When Fusu heard this, he immediately became anxious, and immediately said with a smile: "General, my father agreed to come to the army for training!" If you let me go back now, I'll be laughed at by the other boys. You asked me to fight with General Li Xin today, and I will listen to the general in the future, okay? ”

"When the next battle is over, you and your people will go to clean up the battlefield first, and when you come back, you can still stand in front of me and talk, and you will have a chance next time!" Montenegro said.

With the sound of war drums, the 20,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry troops of the Chu army marched out of the city with neat drums, lined up in a phalanx, a piece of earth yellow, very spectacular. The Qin army also advanced in a black formation, stopping at a distance of 100 steps on both sides.

In the earthy yellow military formation, a red-robed veteran rode a brown horse and slowly came to the middle of the military formation, shouting loudly: "General Montenegro, dare to come out and talk about it?" ”

The generals were around Montenegro and could hear it. They all said: "Xiang Yan came out alone to talk to the general, and the general can't get over?" ”

Montenegro looked carefully at the veteran in the middle of the two formations, smiled and said, "This is Xiang Yan's strategy, if I go up, there will definitely be a killing move waiting for me." ”

The veterinarian said: "He dares to attack you, isn't Xiang Yan afraid of death?" ”

"This person is not Xiang Yan, if he is Xiang Yan, we will kill him with one arrow, and there will be fewer deaths in this war. Returning, they also want to trick me out and kill me with an arrow! Montenegro said.

Seeing that no one came out, General Chu simply scolded the formation, causing the Chu army to laugh, and the soldiers of the Qin army gritted their teeth.

"These Chu people are really insidious, when the last general goes up, I will cut off this old guy's head first." Zhang Jin gritted his teeth in anger and was about to go up.

Montenegro stopped Zhang Jin and ordered: "Carpenter, use your archery skills, don't shoot that person, the more embarrassed the better!" ”

"No, I'll let him roll and crawl, a dilemma!" The carpenter answered.

The carpenter's archery skills have long been perfected, and he can shoot within a hundred steps, let alone fifty steps. An arrow hit the opponent's helmet, and the veteran immediately fell off his horse in fright. Several more arrows were fired, nailing the opponent's robe and armor to the ground. The other party crawled continuously, threw away his armor, and stumbled back, completely losing the arrogance he had just scolded. The soldiers of the Qin army all laughed when they saw it, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Xiang Yan in the city saw that the plan could not be used, so he began to beat the drum and prepare to attack. Montenegro also ordered the drums to be beaten and prepared for battle.

Xiang Yan's original intention was to hold on first, avoid the edge of the Qin army, and wait for the fighters. However, the last victory over Qin had already made many noble generals unable to find the north and asked for battle. Led by the young general Jing Ju, he asked to attack while the Qin army was not firmly established. Xiang Yan knew that if these people were not allowed to suffer a little, they would not know that the sky was high and the earth was thick. He promised them to fight a battle, and also explored the combat strength of the Qin army.

Jing Ju brought 80,000 soldiers from the Jing clan this time, which was not only the most among all the nobles, but also all of them were strong and well-equipped. He sent 30,000 of the most elite horse infantry troops, and was bound to win the first merit of this battle.

Montenegro saw that the Chu army was well-groomed, and knew that the opponent was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Immediately summoned the generals and explained: "Li Yan, you take Daxiong and your thousand-man team to break through the Chu army from the middle, and then divide the Chu army into two pieces, and when you see where the banner of the main general of the Chu army is, you will kill it in whichever way, so that the Chu army will be chaotic and the Chu army will be defeated." "Breaking one point and shaking the enemy on all fronts is the most commonly used tactic to break the warehouse.

Li Xin gratefully bowed his hand to Montenegro and took the order.

The infantry of the Chu army attacked first, and the 20,000 infantry marched in neat steps, and the rows of shields and spears were very spectacular.

Montenegro pulled out the long sword at his waist and pointed forward, and roared loudly: "Brothers, the Chu army has sent you knighthoods, cut off their heads, and take revenge!" ”

The two armies are like two huge waves of different colors, from slow to fast, and quickly collide together. For a moment, the sound of killing, drums, and the impact of gold and iron shook the sky.

As soon as the battle began, it entered a stalemate, the two sides were evenly divided, and after two quarters of an hour, the advantage of the Qin army gradually became obvious! The three heavy infantry cooperated tacitly, no matter where the Chu soldiers cut, they were greeted by shields, and the sword on this side had not been withdrawn, and the Qin sword next to him had already stabbed a hundred years ago. Soon, the Chu soldiers fell in pieces, and the heavy cavalry on both wings also began to outflank backwards.

Nobita took a hundred iron eagles like a sharp sword, killing the hinterland of the Chu soldiers from the middle, and a fine iron rod swept left and right, and those who stood in the way all broke their swords and flew flesh and blood. Nobita's hundred-man team was in front, followed by Li Xin, who was under the pseudonym Li Yan, and the thousand-man team marched forward bravely with the mentality of revenge and shame, and was about to split the Chu army in half.

The Chu general Jing Ju in the city was dumbfounded, and he couldn't dream that his 30,000 elites would be at a disadvantage in front of the Qin army, and if he didn't withdraw his troops, I was afraid that the 30,000 Jing family army would be wiped out.

"Wu Anjun, just now the last general has underestimated the enemy, please hurry up and sing gold, otherwise the 30,000 Jingjia army will be wiped out." Jing Ju has never really served Xiang Yan in ordinary times, and now he has to bow his head and beg Xiang Yan.

"Mingjin retreats!" Xiang Yan knew that these arrogant old nobles looked down on him, so he immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and the most important thing was to preserve the overall strength of the enemy.

Montenegro took Fusu to stand on the high cloud chariot, and when he saw the Chu army collecting his troops, he also ordered the troops to be collected, and in a blink of an eye, the two armies broke away from each other and returned to the camp. The battlefield was full of corpses and rivers of blood, leaving only the wounded soldiers of the Chu army wailing.

As a rule, the victorious side has priority in cleaning up the battlefield. Montenegro ordered Sima to the military commander next to him: "Quickly clean up the battlefield and bring back the wounded of the Chu army who can be saved." Captain, take your men to help. ”

"No!" The military ordered Sima and Fusu to answer the road and get off the cloud car and go.

Montenegro said to the meatloaf beside him: "You take a few people, follow Fusu, and you must ensure his safety." ”

"No!" Meatloaf replied: "I will never let the eldest son be hurt in the slightest!" ”

"Here, he's a long-handed man. Remember! Montenegro confessed.

Fusu was on the cloud car, witnessing the tragedy on the battlefield, and he was already so frightened that his face turned pale and he was drenched in cold sweat. When I got off the cloud car, my feet trembled and I almost fell. When I came to the battlefield, I saw corpses all over the field, rivers of blood, broken limbs and internal organs everywhere, my nose smelled a strong smell of blood and feces and urine, and my ears were full of the mourning of the wounded. He couldn't hold back any longer, he threw up, and when he had vomited everything, he fell to the ground and couldn't stand up again. Fortunately, the ten people under his command were all small soldiers dressed as Li Xin's carefully selected Iron Eagle Warriors, all of whom had been in battle for a long time, and they had long been accustomed to it, so they immediately helped him back.

Seeing Fusu's pale face, Montenegro said with a smile: "It was the same when I went to the battlefield for the first time, I was sick with vomiting, and I lay in the cave for two days, and I got used to it after watching too much." If you can still move, get ready and follow me to the wounded barracks. ”

"In this battle, the Qin army lost seven or eight hundred, more than 2,000 wounded, most of them were slightly injured, and there were also six hundred people who were seriously injured without arms and legs!" The veterinarian said as he followed Montenegro.

The camp for wounded soldiers was very large, and the shouts, moans, and laughter were very loud. The wounded were mostly emotionally stable under the care of the fairy in white. There are also a few seriously injured, who really can't help the pain, and they need to be forced by many people, biting small wooden sticks in their mouths before they can receive suturing treatment for wounds. There were also small pains but deliberately screamed loudly, in order to take a few more glances at the fairy in white, and most of the lightly wounded people gathered together to talk about the military merits that could be obtained in this battle.

Where had Fusu seen such a bloody scene, and his face turned even paler.

The military judge said: "In this battle, a total of 7,348 enemies were killed and 3,320 were captured. ”

The Qin army Yingrun means that one-third of the number of troops sent is beheaded and captured, and its own casualties are less than half of the enemy's.

"Soldiers who are killed and seriously wounded are promoted to the second rank at the first rate. The rest of the soldiers were promoted to the first level according to the beheading of Yingrun, and the military merits were implemented as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the soldiers. Montenegro said to the military judge beside him.

"No!" The military judge replied.

Montenegro brought the eldest son of Fusu and all the guards to the prisoner camp again.

More than 3,000 Chu army captives were all lightly wounded, and they were arranged to live in dozens of prisoner camps, surrounded by 3,000 Qin troops who were closely guarded. The wound was carefully bandaged by the fairy in white, and her mood was mostly stable, but her face was still full of fear. The camp was quiet, and there was no noise from the Qin army's wounded barracks, perhaps they were afraid that making a sound would bring death.

Montenegro looked at the Chu army captives, had an idea, and said to the people around him: "Tell each captive and let them recuperate with peace of mind." If you hurt your son, as long as you answer the questions truthfully, you can get the money and go home! ”

After Montenegro finished speaking, all his subordinates looked at each other, puzzled. Mi Long couldn't help it, and asked: "It took us a lot of effort to capture more than 1,000 wounded soldiers and prisoners, and even if we spent money and food to heal our wounds, we still have to send money for them to come back and fight us again?" Why don't you let these turtle calves be people's husbands? ”

All his subordinates looked at Montenegro suspiciously, only Chen Ping smiled and said nothing, obviously, only he understood Montenegro's intentions.

"Those who know me, so do the military advisors! The matter was so decided, and it was handled by the military advisor with full authority. Montenegro didn't answer, and directly handed over the matter to Chen Ping to deal with.

"No! I made up my mind to do this beautifully! Chen Pingcheng replied confidently.