In the last Qin-Chu War, countless ordnance materials of the Qin State were seized by Xiang Yan. Including the bed crossbow of the sharp weapon for defending the city, Xiang Yan ordered craftsmen to imitate a large number of them and deploy them in the fortress of Jiancheng. If the Qin army stormed the city like the last time, it would inevitably pay heavy casualties. Therefore, Montenegro ordered the Qin army not to take the initiative to fight in the deep ditch outside the city.

A few days later, the camp was formed! Montenegro issued a military order that stunned everyone: "Hold on and don't attack, don't ask for battle." Train hard and eat hard! ”

The whole barracks was in an uproar! The soldiers all shouted: "I told my daughter-in-law that I wanted to come to make meritorious service, but now I am squatting here, and I didn't earn the title when I went back, and I lost a lot of weight, and my grandmother couldn't recognize it!" ”

Meng Hao reported the soldiers' complaints to Montenegro and asked suspiciously: "Since ancient times, soldiers have been used from afar, and they have all come from afar to seek a quick victory, why is it the opposite this time?" ”

Montenegro looked at the puzzled eyes of the generals, and replied with a smile: "I, Great Qin, have destroyed Han, Zhao, Yan and Xiongnu, and the soldiers are rich in food. The world is governed by counties and counties, the whole country has one law, and the whole country is united, and there are no worries. This three-way attack, each road can almost transfer grain and grass nearby, and we are not afraid of consumption. And the state of Chu is still divided and ruled, and now there is a danger of destroying the country, and their major feudal monarchs are temporarily working together to defend the city. Attacking them at this time is a thankless task, and even if we win, it will be a miserable victory. As long as we besiege and do not attack, in time, all kinds of contradictions will arise within them, and if we break through each of them, we will be able to win them all. ”

Xiao He said: "My three-way army has nearly one million people, and it consumes millions of catties of food every day, and it is definitely not a good strategy to have a long-term confrontation!" ”

Montenegro replied confidently: "Lord Xiao is reasonable. Therefore, General Ben decided that our current strategic focus is not on the fortified cities defended by Xiang Yan's heavy troops on the opposite side, but on the rural villages of Chu State. The last time Xiang Yan's guerrilla warfare made our army suffer, this time, I want Xiang Yan to know that this general is his ancestor in guerrilla warfare. Without food, no matter how strong Pengcheng is, it is also a coffin. ”

When the generals heard this, they all praised it and no longer rushed to fight.

Chen Ping set up a tent at the entrance of the prisoner camp, so that people could go to the prisoner camp to spread the word, and the Chu soldiers who had recovered from their injuries and wanted to go home could receive three gold for the passage home as long as they entered the barracks to be questioned and changed into civilian clothes. Chu Bing just started to disbelieve it, three gold, can be worth half a year's salary of a strong man. Later, when he saw that the Qin army treated their wounds more carefully than his own military doctors, and the food was not bad, he believed it, and everyone recuperated from their injuries with peace of mind, and the prisoner camp gradually talked and laughed, which was more relaxed than in his own army.

A few days later, the less serious ones gradually healed, and a few brave ones entered the camp to collect the fares. Some of the Qin army officials just asked a few inconsequential words, and some didn't ask a word, and directly issued them three shining gold coins and let them go home. In less than half a month, more than 1,000 captives returned home, except for more than 100 who were unwilling to go back.

Chen Ping's handling of the captives made it difficult for everyone to understand! They came to ask Montenegro. Montenegro replied with a smile: "Those who know me, Chen Pingye!" ”

After the Chu army suffered a loss, they held on to the city and no longer went to war. The Qin army was also prepared and did not take the initiative to attack the city.

On the one hand, Montenegro let the logistics print a large number of propaganda leaflets, including the three disciplines and eight points of attention of the Qin army, as well as the propaganda of the liberation of slaves and the abolition of slavery in Qin! He also compiled many folk tales of slave owners persecuting slaves that were widely spread in Chu into comic books and printed them in large quantities. On the other hand, we should pay close attention to training more mountain troops, imitate the training of special forces in later generations, select outstanding soldiers from the whole army, and on the basis of sharp soldiers, they will be trained in jungle combat, swimming, and wilderness survival.

In recent years, because of the vigorous promotion and planting of corn and sweet potatoes, the vines and leaves of sweet potatoes have been used as feed, and the breeding industry has also developed, and a large number of fat pigs and sheep have been continuously sent to the barracks. The soldiers are well fed, their morale is high, and their physical fitness has improved by leaps and bounds due to scientific training.

In the blink of an eye, midsummer came, and the soldiers began to shout for war again.

Montenegro refused to go to war on the grounds that the weather was too hot and it was not suitable to go on the expedition, and sent an order to Wang Ben and Meng Tian to strictly prohibit them from going to war without authorization.

On this day, after dealing with military affairs, Montenegro was chatting with Chen Ping and Xiao He.

Chen Ping said: "In the south of the Chu State, there are countless cottages, Tusi, and small tribes, which are nominally attached to the Chu State, but in fact they are all independent tribes. If we send some people, disguised as merchants, to their backyards to fan the wind and light the fire, we will definitely be able to make Chu Guozhao and Jing Er's hearts divided, and the Chu army in front of us will no longer be monolithic, which will be of great benefit to us. ”

Montenegro replied: "This plan is very good, the Ba Clan Trading Company has a lot of business dealings with the tribes in the south of the Chu State, and it is not difficult to get in, but I don't know who can do it?" ”

"Chen Ping is not talented, and he is willing to go on a trip in person to make contributions to Daqin." Chen Ping stood up solemnly and replied to Black Mountain.

"The military advisor entered Chu alone, although he was the best candidate, but Mrs. Chen was pregnant with Liujia, how could the military advisor go to danger at this time?" Montenegro said hesitantly.

"Chen Ping will discuss righteousness with his clumsy wife, and his husband is alive, but he is afraid that his career will not be established. I hope that the general will give me an order, and I will live up to my mission! Chen Pingxian replied categorically.

Xiao He also stood up, bowed his hand to the black mountain, and said: "Xiao He is willing to bring his younger brothers and sisters into the mansion and be taken care of by his humble wife personally, and I hope that the general will be invited by Chen Ping!" ”

Montenegro was overjoyed and said: "There are two people who work together so together to help me, Montenegro is lucky, and Daqin is lucky." Since you have made up your mind, I will send another general to assist, and I will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort! ”

After Montenegro finished speaking, he immediately sent someone to call Brother Ahei to come.

Brother Ahei enlisted in the army at the same time as Montenegro, and has always been Montenegro's right-hand man, and he is also from Southern Chu, so he is the most suitable candidate. He not only sings well, but also uses love to be dedicated, only in his heart is his Ashima, who has not seen him for nearly ten years, since joining the army, other generals have long been married and concubines, only he does not marry, and never enters the camp of his wife. At the beginning, everyone laughed at him, and after a long time, everyone admired him and respected him. Now he is a twelfth-level left watchman, and he is one of the chief instructors of tens of thousands of mountain troops.

After a while, Brother Ah Hei came, and saw that he was medium and straight, and his military uniform was very neat. If it weren't for the tattoos on his hands and neck, anyone would think he was an old Qin. He saluted the three of them separately and said, "The last general has been ordered to come, please give the general an order." ”

Montenegro stood up and asked, "Brother Ahei, is your father okay?" Did Bab Trading Company bring you news of your hometown? Is that Ashima in your hometown who sings while doing laundry okay? ”

Brother Ah Hei looked at Montenegro, wondering in his heart, how could the general ask about these bad things today, but he still replied seriously: "My father has moved into Xianyang to live, everything is fine." Half a year ago, I received a message from Ashima that she would take care of my grandma and younger siblings, and wait for me to go back! When the state of Chu is destroyed, I will definitely go back and marry her! ”

"I want you to bring a thousand capable men, disguised as the guardian swordsmen of the Bashi Trading Company, to escort the military advisor to a place very close to your hometown. When you get there, everything is under the orders of the military advisor, are you willing? Montenegro immediately asked solemnly.

"The general's order, go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, never say anything, let alone go back to my hometown, that's where I dream every day!" Brother Ahei happily agreed.

"Good! Now you go and prepare, go to Taocheng with the military advisor, and discuss with the shopkeeper of Ba Shiba, you must be foolproof before you can travel! Montenegro explained.

"No!" Chen Ping and Brother A Hei responded in unison.

During the Warring States period, swords and thieves were rampant everywhere. This still can't stop the businessman's desire for profit. Caravans of large merchants usually recruit hundreds or thousands of ranger swordsmen to escort them. The Bab trading company has a large number of swordsmen and merchants. Compared with the state of Qin, the security of the state of Chu is simply the difference between heaven and earth. When the Confucian master Xunzi traveled west to Qin, he once said: "The world is not as good as Qin, the people are simple, the road is not forgotten, the night is not hidden, and the business travel is unimpeded!" ”

Ba Shi prepared a large number of papers, cotton cloth, corn, and brought a few cats worth thousands of gold, including the merchant swordsman and the merchant porter, groom, and men, a total of more than 1,000 people and 200 carts of goods and goods went south through the Qi country, entered Chu, and then traveled west to a place called Zhao (Dali City, Yunnan Province), and specially secluded the area where Qin and Chu were fighting.

On this day, Sima Menghao reported: "Our army has trained into a mountain army of 50,000, plus the number reported by Wang Ben and Meng Tian, it has reached 110,000, Meng Tian and Yan Han sent a report, and Bashu Jing has created more than 350 big war ships with water wheels, which can walk like flying on the river, and are stepping up the training of sailors." ”

When Montenegro heard this, he was very happy, he walked to a large map of the state of Chu and said: "At the beginning of the Shang Emperor's reform, Qin only had more than ten counties and two million people. In the past 100 years, Bashu has been merged in the south, Yiqu and Xiongnu have been destroyed in the north, and Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han have been destroyed in the east. Now the land side is on a par with the state of Chu. The state of Chu has such a vast and fertile land and a population of tens of millions, why has it repeatedly been defeated by Qin? The main reason is that they have nearly 100 large and small feudal monarchs, like a plate of scattered sand, and they cannot form a unified combat effectiveness. This is our chance to eliminate the state of Chu. ”

The generals knew that the opportunity to fight had come, and they were all in good spirits and looked at Montenegro in unison.

Montenegro cleared his throat and continued: "The mountain armies, with 10,000 as the generals, are divided into districts, and then divided into thousands and hundreds, and infiltrate into various townships and li in the Chu State. Task 1 is to cut off all traffic between cities and cities and between cities and rural areas in Chu State. The second task is to capture and kill the most heinous slave owners and distribute their food and goods to the local slaves and people. The third task was to vigorously publicize the policies of the Qin State among the common people and distribute the land of the slave owners to them. ”

The generals were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they all said that they had never heard of such a method of warfare since ancient times. There is a lot of gossip and discussion!

After a while, Montenegro signaled the generals to be quiet, and said: "My tactics are to fight the local tyrants and divide the fields, and the countryside surrounds the city. As long as we win the support of the vast number of civilians and slaves, and stand on the side of the common slaves, the cities of Chu can surrender without a fight. ”

The carpenter said, "What if the state of Chu sends a large army to surround it? ”

Montenegro replied confidently: "I send you a sixteen-character mantra, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase." Keep in mind the sixteen characters, and you will be invincible behind enemy lines. ”

Everyone held a two-day meeting, from the beginning of the doubt, to the end of the gear, eager to try, all full of confidence.

Montenegro also passed on the spirit of the meeting layer by layer, telling every commander of a thousand commanders, five hundred commanders, hundred chiefs, tun chiefs, even chiefs, and every soldier.

In the blink of an eye, autumn is coming. More than 100,000 officers and men of the mountain army, carrying pictures and books and books, and the hope of meritorious service, set out from the barracks of the Third Route Army.

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From the beginning, Xiang Yan had to go to the North Gate Gate every day to overlook the Qin army camp. I watched as the Qin army built large camps, rammed strong walls to the south of the camps, and dug deep trenches. He understood that Qin Jun was clearly here to spend national strength with the Chu State. He had the intention to attack, but his own army and armament were not as sophisticated as the Qin army, and the infantry army and cavalry army were not as elite as the Qin army, so they had no chance of winning at all. There is a general who can't help it, and he asked for orders to go out to challenge several times, but he was shot back by the Qin army's strong bow and crossbow. If you can't stick to it like this, you can't do anything if Sun Wu is reincarnated. Therefore, he could only ask for food and grass on the one hand, and on the other hand, he stepped up his military training and waited for the times to change.

Months have passed, and the morale of the Chu army is quite stable. The three-way army of the Qin State was placed at the door of the house, like three sharp swords hanging overhead, and the nobles and feudal monarchs were still of the same heart, and they were not scattered. There was strong support from the King of Chu in the rear, so Yin Xiongqi did his best, so he put his mind at ease and usually put more attention on training. Therefore, inside and outside Pengcheng, the sound of killing every day shook the sky, but there was no battle.

In the blink of an eye, the autumn wind gusted, blowing ripe the vast fields of Chu State, and the heavens gave Chu State a bumper harvest year. The soldiers of the Chu army had just celebrated Wu Anjun's 60th birthday, and Xiang Yan was reluctant to be so auxiliary, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale, he still agreed to have fun with all the soldiers and the people. I drank a few more drinks last night and woke up this morning, and the day was already three shots.

Xiang Yan complained that Sima did not wake up himself to deal with military affairs, and at the same time, with the help of the maid, he quickly washed and dressed neatly. Wash your face with cold water and sweep away the drunkenness of last night. Xiang Yan was eating a simple breakfast when he asked Sima to come and see him.

After a while, Sima entered and met Wu Anjun. Xiang Yan said angrily: "Why didn't you call me up this morning to deal with military affairs?" Aren't you afraid of my military law punishing you? Quickly submit the military report that was delivered from last night to morning! ”

Sima replied: "Wu Anjun, since last night, no messenger has entered the city, so Wu Anjun has not been awakened. ”

"Oh!" Xiang Yan was a little surprised, pulled a few mouthfuls of porridge, pushed the bowl, picked up the mouthwash handed by the maid beside her, rinsed her mouth, and wiped the corners of her mouth with a cloth. After thinking about it calmly, he immediately said: "Something is wrong, there has been no torrential rain in the past few days, even if there is nothing wrong, the garrisons in various places should have daily reports of arrival, how can the messenger be cut off from entering the city?" Send someone to check it out! ”

"No! Someone has been sent out in the morning and has not yet returned! Sima Yingdao.

"Send more people out, and send a thousand teams to the direction of the national capital and Juyang Pass! I want to know why. Xiang Yan shouted.

"No!" Sima retreated.

An ominous premonition, like a cold current, made Xiang Yan uneasy, and immediately ordered the account to be raised and the generals were summoned.

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Heishan drank tea, listened to Sima Menghao's recitation of the military report sent like snowflakes, and suddenly interrupted Sima and said: "In the future, the military report sent by the mountain army, you will go through it first, and you don't need to report it to me for the small victory of one hundred and eighty people!" Count it once a week, summarize it and report it to me! This kind of thing of three melons and two dates, don't waste the time of this general drinking tea! ”

"No! But what does this week mean, Lord? Meng Hao asked suspiciously.

Montenegro knew that he had made a mistake and said with a smile: "A week is seven days, and a summary report will be made once a week in the future." I don't know seven days a week, so many books have been read in vain! ”

Meng Hao muttered as he walked, "Which book has a week written for seven days?" How come I haven't heard of it? Go back and write a letter to ask Meng Zhao and Master Meng, and ask him for advice. ”

Montenegro smiled slyly, looked at Meng Hao in the distance, picked up a letter in his hand, and saw that it was a letter written by the fourth princess. Quickly opened it, took out a thick stack of paper, and looked at it, the first one was full of nostalgia, and the second one was written that he was trying to learn music and painting, and occasionally went to the Grand Theater to visit the guzheng, which was very popular. Finally told Montenegro that she was pregnant, it had been seven months, and in order not to distract Montenegro to hide it so far, her father sent a doctor to check the pulse every day, everything was fine, so that Hei could rest assured and wait to be a father.

Knowing that the fourth princess was pregnant, Montenegro was ecstatic! It took a while to calm down, pick up the quill pen to reply to the princess, and personally write a war report and send it back to Xianyang.

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When King Qin received the battle reports from all the armies, he smiled happily, and he said to several important ministers in the study: "Last year, we just suffered a big loss in Xiang Yan's guerrilla warfare, and this year, we will defeat them with guerrilla warfare. This is in line with the temper of the widow, and the widow likes it. The king of Chu and Xiang Yan are now deaf and blind, and many royal letters and military newspapers have been sent to the widow's case, it seems that the king of Chu will not last long, and he will soon become our guests! The widow heard that the prince of Chu was prosperous and noble, and he barely came to Xianyang when he could, and he couldn't live there, so he lost his hospitality! ”

When the ministers heard this, they all laughed, and their hearts were extremely pleased.

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Xiang Yan figured out what was going on, and more than a month had passed. The whole country of Chu is busy with the autumn harvest, and the government was busy collecting grain at this time. This year, the grain collectors in the city sent out almost all of them into the sea in the mud and silently. Either the grain ship ran aground, or the road was cut off, and only a handful of grain was collected, and almost no food was transported to the front of the army. The Chu army, which had never known about the lack of food, began to diet and save grain after the autumn harvest for the first time. For a time, rumors spread in the army and morale was low, and Xiang Yan urgently summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Inside the shogunate, the generals bowed their heads and sighed. Xiang Yan's half-white hair and beard were much whiter, and he said softly: "In the Black Mountain on the other side, in the few months of confrontation with us, more than 100,000 mountain troops have been trained. They quietly infiltrated the villages in our rear, and under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, they robbed everywhere and bought people's hearts on a large scale. Disturb the rest of our rear. At present, the county officials do not talk about going to the countryside to collect grain and grass, but even sending a letter, and they cannot reach it without the escort of a thousand people. Are we just going to sit back and wait? Are we going to throw in the towel like that? No! It's all two shoulders and one head, and when it comes to guerrilla warfare, that stinky kid in Montenegro still learned from me. Let's discuss how to get rid of these monkeys that got into our stomachs! After Xiang Yan finished speaking, he slapped the handsome case, and the arrow in the barrel of the arrow jumped high.

Everyone talked for a while, and a young general took a step forward, it was Jing Ju. Jing Ju bowed his hand to Xiang Yan and said, "The Qin army not only plundered in our rear, but also distributed a large number of picture albums to slaves and civilians to confuse the people. If we fail to exterminate them as soon as possible, the people will revolt in the course of time, and at that time, they will turn against the guest, which will be very disadvantageous to us. Please divide your troops and go back to encircle and suppress immediately! ”

At this time, another middle-aged general stood up, and Xiang Yan saw that it was the Zhao nobleman General Zhaotong, and Zhaotong also saluted Xiang Yan and said, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon can't suppress the head snake!" Although the Qin army has 100,000 mountain troops, they are too scattered, and there are only a thousand people who can be gathered together, which is conducive to us concentrating our forces and breaking them individually. It is recommended that the general quickly divide his troops to various county towns and cooperate with the local defenders to exterminate them. ”

Xiang Yan saw that no one spoke again, so he said: "We not only have to divide the troops to encircle and suppress, but also come up with a high bounty to motivate the soldiers." Order the whole army to behead the first class, whether it is a soldier or a civilian, or a slave, you can immediately be promoted to the first level, and then a heavy reward of fifty gold. The order was issued to all counties, limited to March, that those who took the lead in clearing and suppressing the Qin army would be promoted to three levels in a row for reuse. Those who fail to complete the work within the time limit will be questioned by the official. All nobles and feudal lords must hand over half of their family wealth to serve as military salaries and motivate soldiers. ”

When the generals heard this, they all looked left and right, but no one answered. Xiang Yan said angrily: "When is it?" Everyone is still hiding, are you going to take your family, wife and daughter to Xianyang to be a rich man? In the Qin State, there is no title, there are not even slaves to call, wine cannot be drunk, and there are not even chariots and horses, what is the use of money? ”

Everyone was stunned, and they all agreed.