These extra troops were all joined by Qu Kuo when he went to Pakistan, and before that, Qu Kuo's department had always been 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 laborers.

Qu Kuo paused, and after everyone digested the news, he said with a smile: "Don't forget, the 100,000 elite soldiers stationed in Hanzhong by General Zhaorat are also the elite of my Chu State. ”

Yin Jun said: "But the general Zhao Rat is still in Hanzhong. ”

Qu Kuo nodded and said: "So as long as we can rely on the favorable terrain and block the attack of the Qin army for fifteen days, then the reinforcements of General Zhao Rat will arrive, as long as we block the Qin army for twenty days, the reinforcements of Yingdu will also arrive, as long as we resist January, then the Zhu State will surround the Qin army, and then we will be able to defeat the Qin State in one battle, even if we can't capture Wuguan, we can also take it in the middle." ”

"Or do you think that with this fortified city and an army of 150,000, even the Qin army can't stop it for fifteen days?"

Qu Kuo talked eloquently and instructed the country to quickly stabilize everyone, and then arranged for everyone to defend.

After the generals left, Zhang Xing saw Qu Kuo's sad face, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "General, did you say just now..."

Qu Kuo glanced at Zhang Xing, nodded and did not speak.

"General, this..."

Qu Kuo shook his head and said, "If you don't coax them and let them do their best to die, won't you still be their substitute ghost." ”

"The Qin-Han coalition army is at least 500,000, and if we retreat, there are only two roads: east and south. If you go south and lose the advantageous position here and the defense camp, I am afraid that you can only retreat to the south of Hanshui, so as to resist the attack of the Qin army with Hanshui. But the 150,000 army, how to cross the Danshui, the 300,000 Qin army is already in front of us, and it will definitely not let us cross the water with peace of mind. ”

"And if it is to the east, the rear of Hanzhong, where Zhao Rat is located, will inevitably be attacked by the Qin army, so that Hanzhong will not be owned by the Chu State, and Zhao Rat will be captured by the Qin State."

"If I retreat without a fight, and lose my troops and generals, even if the king doesn't kill me, I'm afraid I will be forced to die afterwards. And the loss of Hanzhong and the suffering of Zhao Rat, I am afraid that I don't need to be punished by the king, and I can probably only commit suicide in advance to apologize to the king. ”

"Alas! If our Qu clan first produces a Qu Yuan, and then another Qu Yuan appears, then the Qu clan will be finished. ”

After a pause, Qu Kuo perked up and said: "But if we can hold this place and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, as long as the Qin State is defeated and retreats, then I have made a great contribution." Even if it can't be compared with Ling Yin Zhaoyang, it can be on a par with Zhuguo. ”

Zhang Xing reminded: "Your Majesty, if we are surrounded by the Qin army, once the reinforcements fail to arrive in time, I am afraid that we will be completely annihilated. ”

Qu Kuo nodded and said: "The closest to us is the Zhao Rat in Hanzhong, if the Zhao Rat reinforcements are delayed, then our military spirit will be at risk of collapse, which is also what I am worried about." ”

The Qin army battalion.

"General, after the Chu army learned of our arrival, they strengthened the guard of the camp, and there seems to be no sign of retreat." Yinghua reported to the tree.

Zhu Li laughed and said: "I was not scared away by us, it seems that Qu Kuo intends to defend the camp." But our Qin army has been preparing for so long, can we hold it if we hold it to the death? ”

"Inform me and closely monitor Qu Kuo's movements to prevent him from coming to steal the camp. Give Wei Zhang an order, send someone to build siege equipment, and early tomorrow morning, rush to the Chu army camp, join forces with me, and attack Qu Lu. ”

"No."

Early the next morning.

Qu Kuo summoned the middle and senior generals of the army and waited in the camp early for the attack of the Qin army.

"Report, General, the Qin army has arrived, and the armies of Zhu Liji and Wei Zhang have merged and reached the north of the camp."

"Order all armies, prepare for war, and you will go to the barracks of the right army with your general."

The troops of Qu Kuo were close to 150,000, divided into five divisions, front, back, left and right, and 30,000 in the front, facing the Wuguan of Qin. The left and right armies are 20,000 each, located in the north and south of the camp, and the Chinese army is the headquarters of Qu Kuo, with a total of 50,000 troops in the center.

Because of the sufficient time before, the military camp built by Jingcui and Qu Kuo was not a simple wooden barracks, but a strong city camp.

On the outside is the deer, and behind the deer is a ditch, and inside the ditch is the city wall, which is nearly two meters high, and the platform is built.

Qu Kuo took Feng Hou Chou and others to the edge of the right army camp, climbed to a lookout on the city wall, and looked at the black pressure outside, more than 200,000 Qin troops were scattered in the distance, and it was all Qin troops from a distance.

Seeing that the people around me were a little nervous.

Qu Kuo laughed loudly: "The Qin army is advancing lightly, and there are almost no large equipment, I want to see how they break through my big camp, and this battle is more certain." ”

Fenghou said a word of scandal, and then said with a smile: "General, that's right, I was worried that the Qin army was overwhelmed before, but now it seems that it is the overestimated Qin army, and our Chu army will win this battle." ”

When the others heard this, they immediately shouted, "Victory!" Win! ”

Among the Chu army, the sound of victory one after another reached the Qin army.

Wei Zhang said worriedly: "General, the morale of the Chu army has recovered. ”

Zhu Li said lightly: "It's okay, one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion." This battle is a siege, there is no strategy, it is a bloody battle, and the Chu army will not last long. ”

Soon, the Qin army outside began to move.

The first batch of 5,000 Qin troops, under the command of the generals, slowly approached, the speed of the Qin army was not fast, but there was no delay, there was a kind of momentum like a mountain.

When the Qin army approached, they showed great experience, taking ten people as a unit, six people raised their shields in front to form a shield wall, and four people hid under the shields in the back to clear the barricades.

Feng Hou Chou saw the orderly movements of the Qin army and asked, "General, did you order the attack?" ”。

Qu Kuo nodded and said, "Give the order." ”

After receiving the order, the Chu army shot the arrows in their hands and shot them at the Qin army, but the vast majority of the arrows either fell in the air or were blocked by shields, and rarely formed a lethal force.

Chu Jun was not surprised by this result, and the first round was a trial.

For the shield of the besieging side, the main way for countries to deal with it at present is the powerful bed crossbow, which can be used to break the shield.

Because of the accuracy of the early bed crossbow, all countries used salvo fire to improve the quality with quantity.

An hour later, a small part of the barricades were cleared, and the Qin army sent a second team to continue the attack on the Chu army camp, but the closer to the Chu army wall, the stronger the attack became, and the Qin army's casualties gradually increased.

After the first day, the Qin army paid the price of thousands of casualties and cleared the barricades outside the Chu army's camp.

The next day, Wei Zhang personally supervised the battle and commanded the Qin army to attack the city with improvised siege equipment.

The Qin army climbed the city wall one after another, one army after another, using the simplest, direct and rude ant attachment method, and launched the bloodiest battle with the Chu army, which was completely a way of exchanging human lives for human lives, and fighting with the Chu army to attrition.

The sun set, the two sides truce, Qu Kuo asked Feng Hou Chou, who counted the results of the battle, "How are they, what are our casualties today." ”