Since the strategy of luring the enemy with the southern army failed, the Qin army no longer concealed it, and the 10,000 Qin soldiers who followed the rear immediately followed, half approaching Xiangcheng, and the other half expanded their camp on the south bank of Yingshui.

On the north bank of Yingshui, the main force of the Qin army also showed its true face, countless flags and smoke and dust gathered towards the shore, and dozens of wooden boats came in the direction of the chasm, and began to speed up the construction of pontoon bridges.

The Nanjun soldiers didn't have to act anymore this time, and they were fully armed to guard the position between the river bank and Xiangcheng to prevent the Chu army from leaving the city.

Heifu looked north, but saw the north bank of Yingshui riding with flags, spears and halberds like a forest, the marching procession was several miles long, the smoke and dust were filled, and the military appearance was very prosperous, together, I am afraid that there were more than 30,000 people, respectively commanded by five or six captains, and they were surrounded in the middle by Li Xin's conspicuous handsome banner.

The pontoon bridge is narrow, with the boat as the beam, and the wooden planks are built on it, and it took 30,000 Qin troops to cross the river all day, and it was not completed until nightfall, and a captain was left on the north bank to guard, and the rest were all concentrated in the camp on the south bank.

However, as far as Heifu could see, he found that most of these Qin troops were foot soldiers, and only a small part of them rode on chariots.

Li You originally wanted to meet Li Xin at the pontoon bridge, but was told by the herald that General Li had an order, and all the lieutenants would meet at the big tent after night.

Hefu is also among them, and one of the advantages of being a short soldier is that he can follow the lieutenant everywhere, and he doesn't have to stay in his camp honestly as before, as long as there is no combat mission.

Of course, the premise is that the Captain appreciates and likes to take you.

As they walked through the fortifications, which had been several times larger than the day before, they saw the spired felt tents stretching into the distance, and at this time it was time to make food, and the smoke of the cooking rose from the hundreds of campfires like slender fingers. The dusty Qin pawn sat outside the tent sharpening his weapons, the flagpole was deeply inserted into the muddy ground, and the familiar black flag fluttered in the wind, blending in with the night.

The big tent soon arrived, and the lord made the big tent as big as a house, with a high tooth dào (dào) set up outside the tent, and the dragon flag and feathers, and the three armies were all dispatched.

The commander's tent is an important place, and there are heavily guarded soldiers everywhere, and as the commander, there are as many as 4,000 short guards! Heifu and his short soldiers were not qualified to enter, and they were stopped from a distance, and they could only watch Li You walk into the tent.

Outside the gate, there was a tent for the short guards to rest, and when Heifu and a few of his men went inside, he found that it was already full of people.

These people should all be short guards escorting their respective captains over, Heifu took Ji Ying, Gong Ao and others to the still vacant position and sat down, and someone brought him hot soup.

A bearded general sitting on the side greeted Heifu and said, "Dare to ask this doctor, where do you come from?" ”

Heifu arched his hand at him: "In Xiahefu, from Nanjun, Li Duwei has a short army." ”

"In the next Zhou Hua, from Sanchuan, Su Duwei commanded a short soldier."

The man explained his origin, and at the same time pointed to several waves of people next to him and introduced them, it turned out that they were all short-handed generals, and they were subordinate to the captains from Hedong, Nanyang, Shangdang, and Hanoi Corps.

The field troops of the Qin army were organized according to their hometowns, and this time they attacked Chu, and the three counties of Hedong, Sanchuan, and Nanyang each produced two songs and more than 10,000 troops. For example, Nan County, Shang Dang, and Hanoi have only one song, five or six thousand people.

Everyone is a short soldier, with similar status and the same responsibilities, so they can be regarded as people in a circle, so they can also talk, but when it comes to it, most of the discussion is how to fight next.

Zhou Hua from Sanchuan asked: "General Heifu, didn't you say before that you would let the Nanjun soldiers lure the enemy?" Why didn't it happen? ”

Everyone looked over, and Heifu explained: "The enemy general is cunning, Li Duwei has failed to lure the enemy several times, when the pontoon bridge was built, the Chu army had already sent a chariot to ride out of the city, but who expected that he would come to test us, and when he got closer, he turned back and failed to intercept it." ”

"It's a shame." Everyone sighed regretfully, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that if they could lure out the Chu people and annihilate part of them, the battle would be easy to fight.

"I think the next step is definitely going to fight to the death with the Chu army in this city!"

"However, I heard from the commander that the craftsmen should build siege equipment, and I think that in a few days, they will be attached to the siege city."

Because they didn't have to fill the gullies in person, everyone's expressions were relatively relaxed, but they couldn't help but make their own suggestions, although their words were not heard by the officials.

Heifu listened to it, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, and almost laughed, because this scene gave him a sense of déjà vu from his previous life.

The leader held a meeting inside, and a group of drivers who sent the leader were drinking tea outside......

But as he listened, he realized that something was wrong, and that something seemed to be missing from the tent.

That's right, everyone is from Shandong County, but they lack the familiar Guanzhong accent.

Heifu asked, "General Zhou, why didn't you see the robes from Neishi, Shangjun, Beidi, and Longxi?" ”

These places are "Guanzhong" in a broad sense, the soldiers are the most elite, the Qin law has been implemented for more than 100 years, each generation is the division of a hundred battles, Shangjun, Beidi, Longxi have more fierce chariots, and the mobility is very strong. This is the real main force, but it has disappeared, and in its place is the "miscellaneous army" of Heifu and them from Shandong counties.

Zhou Hua was stunned: "The captains in these places have all gone to Shangcai with General Meng Tian......"

"Went to Shang Cai?"

Heifu nodded, thoughtfully, could it be that when he was in Yangcheng a few days ago, the army that kept passing by was this group of people?

"The lieutenants of the Shandong counties led the foot soldiers to confront the Chu army in Xiangcheng here, with only 50,000 troops, and at least 30,000 Chu troops in the city. This city can't be defeated in a short period of time, at this moment, 30,000 elite chariots and horsemen are gone, could it be said that this so-called strong attack on Xiangcheng is also a pretense? ”

……

Heifu and the hundred generals of the short army were guessing the next battle situation outside, but inside Li Xin's big tent, Li You was already stunned by the scene in front of him.

Sitting in the position of the chief general, it is not Li Xin, but Meng Tian!

"General Meng."

Li You put away his frightened mood and asked, "Why is General Meng here?" General Lee, he ......"

"Don't rush, sit down first."

Meng Tian asked Li You to sit down, although Meng and Li Si could not talk about much harmony, but Meng Tian and Li You were both born in Lang officials, this battle of Chu is very important, the reason why the King of Qin does not use the veteran generals, and let them be Li Xin's deputies, is to hope that the Lang officials, who were the cronies of the King of Qin in the past, can cooperate sincerely in this battle, fight a beautiful battle, and destroy Chu in one battle!

Therefore, Meng Tian also has to put aside the estrangement and help them in the same boat.

After Li You sat down, Meng Tian glanced at the tent, and in this way, the eight captains who were handed over to his commander were all here, and they all looked at Meng Tian in unison, hoping that he could give an explanation.

Meng Tian smiled, showed the tiger talisman that Li Xin had left for him to control the army, and then said: "General Li ordered me to make a false gesture and confront the main force of the Chu army here, and he personally commanded the elite of 30,000 passes, and rode to Shangcai with a chariot......

After he finished speaking, he lowered his face: "This is a secret, and those who dare to leak it will be killed!" ”

All the captains agreed to make a promise, and in the battle of Changping that year, they also secretly changed generals, and kept Zhao people in the dark with Wu'an Junyi Wang Rong.

As soon as Meng Tian said this, they all understood, no wonder these days, "Li Xin" lives in a simple house, and only lets his cronies pass orders on behalf of the outside world.

After thinking for a while, Li You guessed the motives of Li Xin and Meng Tian for such a painstaking effort, and immediately asked: "General Meng, in this way, we are not really attacking Xiangcheng?" ”

Meng Tian bowed: "It is precisely to make the Jing people think that the main force of our army is here, and it is intended to attack the city." The king of Chu was afraid that if Xiangcheng was lost, he would let our army go straight down the Yingshui and threaten Juyang and Shouchun, so he would send a large army to help. But I didn't know that on the left and right sides of Shangcai and Suiyang, there were already two sharp blades inserted into the Chu realm. Especially in Shangcai, it is the elite chariot cavalry of General Li's personal commander! ”

Therefore, the real main direction of the Qin army is not the first line of Xiangcheng and Yingshui.

While everyone was talking, another herald soldier entered and handed a sealed letter to Meng Tian.

Meng Tian immediately destroyed the seal, unfolded the letter and watched it under the lamp, and immediately smiled.

He turned around and announced the latest military information to the lieutenants in the tent.

"What I said just now is wrong."

"General Li is no longer in Shangcai now!" Meng Tian announced: "Our army has just captured Pingyu!" ”