December 5, 259 BC.

Yingdu.

Whether it is for the entire Chinese culture or for the Chu State, Yingdu is a city with a very special status.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, this city has been the capital of the Chu State, and has witnessed the ups and downs of the Chu State over the past few hundred years, and witnessed how the Chu State continued to struggle unyieldingly under the oppression of the Jin State until it became the story of the Southern Tianba in the Zhao Era.

It can be said that Yingdu represents the rise and glory of the Chu State.

It is precisely because of this that when the city was attacked by the Qin army led by Bai Qi, the invincible general of the Qin State 19 years ago, such an idea popped up in everyone's hearts -

The state of Chu is about to decline.

There is indeed nothing wrong with such an idea.

Since the state of Chu was forced to move the capital to Chencheng, the original Nantianba state of Chu has been reduced to a second-rate state of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and has been playing a supporting role in the next eighteen years, fading out of the center stage of the Warring States Period.

Until last year, Sima Jingyang, the Grand Master of Chu, took advantage of the fierce battle between the main force of the Qin army and the Zhao army in Changping, and led 200,000 Chu troops to completely recover the two counties in the southeast, so that Yingdu once again returned to the hands of Chu.

The news of Yingdu's return made Chu Wang Yuan and all the ministers of Chu overjoyed.

The return of the two southeastern counties, especially Yingdu, not only made the territory of Chu once again surpass that of Qin, becoming the largest country in the Warring States Period so far, but also made the people of Chu feel that they have finally ushered in the hope of rising again.

If it weren't for the strong persuasion of the ministers, then the king of Chu almost planned to move the capital back to the city immediately.

Of course, no matter how much the ministers of Chu persuaded him to inform the king of Chu that Yuan Yingdu was no longer suitable to become the national capital because he had been war-torn for a long time and was far away from the Central Plains, he could not change the determination of King Yuan of Chu to move back to Yingdu.

After making up his mind, Chu Wangyuan sent a large number of craftsmen to carry out a thorough repair of Yingdu.

After the renovation is completed, this city, which once carried the glory of the Chu State for hundreds of years, will once again become the capital of the Chu State!

Everything seemed to be going smoothly until six days ago.

On November 30, 259 B.C., after conquering Yiling City, Wang Ling led 50,000 Qin troops down the river without any pause, and suddenly appeared on the river outside Yingdu City after three days of sailing.

For the appearance of the royal tomb, there was no psychological preparation in the capital city at all.

The time for the fall of Yiling City was too short, so short that the people of the Qin State had already arrived before Yingdu City even had time to receive the news.

Fortunately, Yingdu City has a huge advantage over Yiling City, that is, vision.

Yiling City is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, Wuling Mountain and Daba Mountain face each other across the river here, Yiling City is full of lofty mountains and mountains, and the whole city is not far from the foot of the mountain.

Therefore, after breaking through the Three Gorges waterway, the Qin army, which was advancing eastward from Yufu City, was able to quickly land and launch a lightning attack on Yiling City as soon as it emerged from the water surface of the Yangtze River, which was blocked by countless high mountains.

Yingdu is located in the upper reaches of Yunmengze, that is, the hinterland of the "Jianghan Plain" called by later generations, the average altitude here is only 27 meters, which is the lowest altitude plain in the whole Chinese land.

It is precisely because of this that when the Qin fleet led by Wang Ling was still driving on the river more than ten miles away, the defenders of Chu in the Yingdu City had already discovered the existence of the enemy and were ready to fight.

Therefore, although it was still caught off guard, this time the Qin army led by Wang Ling was not able to break through the Yingdu City at the first time, and the city, which had been in the hands of Chu for less than a year, was reclassified under the command of Qin.

After five days of bitter fighting, the Qin army still did not capture Yingdu, and the two sides inside and outside the city fell into a standoff.

To be honest, this situation made Sima Jin, the vanguard general of the Qin State, very dissatisfied.

What made Sima Jin even more angry and incomprehensible was that he was obviously the number one hero in the capture of Yiling City, but since the beginning of the offensive and defensive battle of Yingdu, Sima Jin had not had even one chance to go to the battlefield.

If Sima Jin was a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death, then maybe he would feel happy in his heart.

But Sima Jin's heart not only did not have any fear of the battlefield, but was full of longing for the battlefield!

Therefore, the depressed Sima Jin has trained the soldiers under him extremely hard in the past few days, and almost every soldier under Sima Jin has been trained to the point that he is so tired that he almost falls down immediately after the training.

But even so, it still can't get rid of the unhappiness in Sima Jin's heart.

If it weren't for the strict prohibition of alcohol in the Qin army, Sima Jin would have come to a drunken party a long time ago.

On this day, Sima Jin, who had already entered the account to rest, was just about to fall asleep, but a herald suddenly appeared in front of Sima Jin.

"General, please go to the Shuai Tent."

Sima Jin was puzzled, but seeing that the hand of the visitor was indeed the order of Wang Ling, he put on his clothes and armor and followed the visitor all the way to the handsome tent.

Wang Ling was indeed waiting for Sima Jin in the handsome tent.

Sima Jin didn't dare to slack off, and saluted towards Wang Ling: "I've seen the general." ”

Wang Ling looked at Sima Jin, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, and he looked quite special.

"Sima Jin, have you blamed me in your heart these days?"

Sima Jin said sullenly: "The last general will not dare." ”

"Don't dare?" The smile on the corner of Wang Ling's mouth became even thicker: "It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare, right?" ”

Sima Jin simply closed his mouth.

Wang Ling laughed, stood up from behind the table, came to Sima Jin's face, and patted Sima Jin's broad shoulders heavily.

"I summoned you here today to give you this chance to break the city!"

Sima Jin's body shook when he heard this, and his eyes widened incredulously: "Is this true?" ”

Wang Lingjiang's face turned pale, and he feigned anger and said: "Naturally, take it seriously! Otherwise, why do you think General Ben wants you to recharge your energy in these few days? It's for today's battle! ”

"Today?" Sima Jin smacked the word and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

It's night! Could it be that the royal tomb is going to be attacked at night?

Sure enough, Wang Ling's next words confirmed Sima Jin's guess.

"Sima Jin listens to the order!"

Sima Jin straightened up suddenly: "The last general!" ”

Wang Ling's eyes were blazing, flashing with a strange look: "This general ordered you to lead a thousand elite soldiers, wait outside the north gate of Yingdu in the middle of the night, once there is a fire in the city, immediately start attacking the city, be sure to capture the north gate, open a passage for the army!" ”

"Whoa!" Sima Jin subconsciously responded, and then left the tent in a hurry and began to go back to order troops.

Looking at Sima Jin Xing's figure rushing away, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of Wang Ling's mouth.

Although Yingdu was the former capital of the Chu State for hundreds of years, and the vast majority of the people in the city were still loyal to the Chu State, the Qin State had occupied the city for nearly twenty years, and had been operating here for twenty years.

Twenty years may not be enough time to change the hearts of the people in this place, but it is enough to cultivate a secret force loyal to the Qin State.

A secret force that has been lurking in the city of Yingdu, ready to cooperate with the Qin army outside the city at any time!

After five days of siege battles, the Chu army in the city of Yingdu should slowly relax from the tense state at the beginning, and be ready to defend the capital for a long time.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Ling carefully chose this night as the last night in the hands of the people of the Chu State!

Thinking about it, the smile on Wang Ling's face became more and more intense, and he quickly called the guards outside the account and issued another order.

"Quickly gather all the generals of the army and prepare to start fighting!"