The five countries including the Ice Country had gathered a large army of almost 2.5 million people and were heading towards the Chu State from several directions.

However, they did not choose to disperse the battle, because it would be more troublesome to transmit messages, and if the distance was too far, it would be inconvenient for the five countries to plan and plan between them.

So they chose a place that was easier to attack and prepared to go to Chu together.

This place is in the direction of the west of the Chu State, in the western part of the Chu State near the border of the Ulan State.

The terrain here is steep, and it is easy to conceal the whereabouts of large troops, so as not to expose the number of soldiers and the direction of movement in all directions.

So they chose to attack the state of Chu from this direction.

As soon as the news was obtained, a large amount of grain stored in several cities in the west was quickly transported to the border pass in the west, where there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses all year round.

And now the state of Chu has also mobilized more than one million soldiers and horses, quickly towards the western border pass, although the distance is a little far, but now all the official roads in the state of Chu are made of cement, wide and smooth.

In addition, the state of Chu now has a variety of convenient means of transportation, which is a huge help for the soldiers to hurry.

Some soldiers rode tricycles made of steel, while others rode four-wheeled four-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses.

Most soldiers choose a separate bicycle as a means of transportation.

Every soldier is equipped with a bicycle, which is the standard requirement of the current army of the Chu State.

Therefore, most of the soldiers rode bicycles, which was quite convenient, and of course horses could also be used.

But in this ancient world, the number of horses was not at all, and in the past only the general's co-driver and some people with positions were eligible, like ordinary infantry could only rely on foot.

Most of the soldiers now have bicycles, which saves them a lot of effort.

Therefore, it took less than two days to mobilize nearly 15.6 million soldiers from all over the Chu State to the border pass.

The soldiers of Chu are far more than that, but after Xue Rengui's analysis of this battle, they only used more than one million soldiers, after all, they mainly rely on bombs as weapons of war, and basically do not choose more traditional soldiers to fight.

Within a few days, more than 1 million soldiers were assembled at the western border passes, and hundreds of thousands of bombs, tens of thousands of artillery pieces, bombardiers, and various rockets were all in place.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the five countries had also arrived at the border pass in the west, and there was a very flat place in the border pass, which was basically used as the main battlefield of the battle.

After Xue Rengui explored the terrain, he immediately ordered the layout to begin, and he ordered that when fighting, archers and crossbowmen should occupy relatively high places on both sides as favorable terrain for battle.

Since these two classes are ranged attacks, they will use their bows and crossbows to fire rockets with small bombs

As for the soldiers of the firearms battalion with artillery and bombardiers, they are in the rear at any time to carry out long-range strikes.

Ordinary soldiers are at the front of the queue ready to charge at any time, and when the rockets and artillery have knocked the opposing soldiers to pieces, and the casualties are heavy, these soldiers are ready to charge.

Just as Xue Rengui and the others were preparing to fight, the generals and marshals of the five enemy countries were also starting to plan.

The emperors of the five countries of the Ice Kingdom also gathered together and made their own analyses of this war.

They analyzed and analyzed, and always felt that they had a chance to win, but Qin Ming in the palace of Chu State didn't care about this war at all.

He still ate and drank as usual, as if he didn't remember that there was another battle at the border.

Even a few important ministers did not mention this matter in front of Qin Ming.

Because even these important ministers are very confident, this time the state of Chu will definitely win.

Even if some middle- and low-level officials occasionally mentioned this matter, Qin Ming would wave his hand and say:

"There's no need to talk about such a trivial matter, just see the result in a few days."

It's not hubris, it's self-confidence, absolute self-confidence.

The battle at the border pass was about to break out, and the armies of the five countries did not take the army of Chu in their eyes at all.

They had not seen the power of the bomb, nor did they know how terrible it was, but only through analysis and a little bit of understanding.

In their opinion, they are among the ten countries all year round, and they are a powerful country in the southwest.

They felt that the state of Chu was just an economic power, and they would do business, but they felt that they did not have the ability to fight.

Undoubtedly, these soldiers were very inflated.

Sometimes self-confidence is a good thing, but when self-confidence is so inflated that you can't even recognize yourself, it's not necessarily a good thing.

Just like the armies of the five countries at this moment, they confidently launched the first attack, but hundreds of thousands of people had just stepped into that battle area, and the artillery of the Chu State had already aimed at all these soldiers.

Especially when all the soldiers and horses on both sides are gathered in that open space, at this time, the opponent's soldiers and horses are very concentrated, and if the artillery attacks, they will die one by one.

Obviously, the soldiers on the other side did not realize this problem, and the commander in chief shouted and scolded in front of the battle, and said very heroically and arrogantly:

"The baby soldiers of the Chu State, Ben Shuai is going to take the lead, which of you who doesn't know whether you are alive or dead dares to come forward and make two moves with Ben Shuai?"

This is also a process of war, and many times the war is fought by the generals of both sides.

This is often a great way to boost morale.

If the commander easily kills the enemy's general, then the morale of the soldiers on his side will be greatly boosted.

In the war, you will be more brave to kill the enemy!

On the other hand, the soldiers on the other side who are beheaded will be demoralized, and may not even be able to raise the heart to fight, so they will lose confidence and determination to fight in the middle of the battle.

In this case, such a group of soldiers can easily defeat miserably.

Obviously, this shouting general wanted to use this to boost the morale of their soldiers.

I also want to make this battle more beautiful!

Hearing this, on the side of the Chu State, several generals couldn't wait to go up and fight with the general who was shouting.

However, Xue Rengui stopped them and said, "Ben Shuai will go up personally!" ”

A general hurriedly spoke:

"Marshal, you are the marshal of an army, how can you do it yourself?"

Xue Rengui smiled and said, "The other party is also a marshal, why can't this marshal make a move?"

Besides, when they saw that Ben Shuai was so young, if Ben Shuai could easily kill their generals, wouldn't it have better served the effect of building up the morale of the army? ”