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On the ninth day of the eighth month, only two days after the Qin general Bai Qi captured Lixian, tens of thousands of Qin troops arrived in Suixian and launched an attack on this city.

This county was dedicated to the Qin state in order to sue for peace with the Qin state in the early years, and then when Qin Wangji canonized his uncle Wei Ran as a marquis, he rewarded this city to the latter, so Wei Ran was called the marquis.

It is precisely because he knows that this county is the fiefdom of Marquis Wei Ran, so before entering the army, Qin generals such as Ji Hong and Wei Yuan, or privately persuade Bai Qi to try to capture this fiefdom in a more peaceful way.

After all, in this era, if an army breaks through the cities of other countries, then nine times out of ten it will be an indulgent massacre and looting of the soldiers - looting the civilians of the enemy city, which is one of the few ways for the modern soldiers to "gain more money".

But the master of the county is Wei Ran, if he indulges his corporal to loot in the city, wouldn't this be a loss of face for Wei Ran? Although this marquis may not necessarily care about this remote city in Sui County.

Compared with the generals' worries, Bai Qi didn't care, firstly, he was Wei Ran's henchman, and he knew very well that Wei Ran didn't care about a mere county at all, and secondly, the appearance of Meng Zhong made Bai Qi more or less anxious about this crusade against the Chu State.

Although Meng Zhong had already explained to him: because he was sealed in Fangcheng by the King of Wei, he appeared in this area.

But this explanation does not make Bai Qi completely dispel his vigilance.

Let's ask, why were generals like Meng Zhong, who saved the rout of the Wei and Han coalition forces in one fell swoop in the Battle of Yique, sent to Fangcheng by the King of Wei? Shouldn't it be appointed as the head of the river? Even if it is not Hedong Shou, it should be transferred to Hedong and let it guard "Fengling", "Puban", "Wei County (there is a Wei County in Hedong)" and other places, right?

That was the main battlefield for Wei to resist his Qin state's eastward advance!

However, the Wei State sealed Meng Zhong to the area of Fangcheng, who was this guarding against? The state of Chu, which has long been in decline?

A brave general who is enough to fight with him Bai Qi, Wei State did not send him to guard the main gate, but actually arranged it at the side gate in the backyard, Bai Qi really couldn't figure out what Wei Guo was thinking.

Could it be that Wei Wangjun and Wei Xiangtian Wen are really ignorant of this?

Not really.

At least Bai Qi doesn't think so.

Considering this line of thought, Bai Qi thought that Wei was very likely to do something during his Qin army's crusade against Chu.

Perhaps, Wei Wangjun and Xue Gongtian Wen had seen through his Qin state's strategy of "wanting to make Chu submit and attack Wei and Han", so they deployed Meng Zhong, a brave general, in Fangcheng and deployed it on the border of Wei, Han, and Chu.

It was with this in mind that even though Bai Qi had reached a verbal covenant with Meng Zhong to meet each other's armies and not to interfere with the river water, the Wei army in the other city was still deeply vigilant.

Bring the king of Chu to his knees as soon as possible, and make the state of Chu submit to his state of Qin!

This is the most urgent thought in Bai Qixian's heart now.

On the ninth day of the second month, Bai Qi led his army to attack Qixian.

There is nothing worth describing the siege situation, simply put, the fighting spirit of the defenders of Sui County is very low, the Qin army has just arrived in the area of Yu County, the soldiers and civilians of Chu State in Yu County City, and those Chu people outside Yu County who fled from Li County to Yu County, began to flee in panic.

After learning the general situation, Bai Qi sent his general Zhong Xu to lead 5,000 soldiers to attack Qixian.

In his opinion, 5,000 Qin soldiers were more than enough to attack a county with no fighting spirit, and it turned out that Zhong Xu only used 3,000 Qin soldiers to break through the city wall, and the Chu army in the city had little effective counterattack from beginning to end, as if these Chu troops were just waiting for the signal that the city wall was breached—once the city wall was breached, they could escape without burden.

I have to say that to deal with such an opponent, there is really no need to spend any more energy in vain.

In contrast, he was more concerned about the movements of Meng Zhong's cavalry.

Just like when his Qin army attacked Lixian two days ago, today he led his army to attack Qixian, and Meng Zhong also led two or three hundred cavalry to watch from afar, peeking at the reality of the Qin army.

Is there anything worth watching in this battle?

Not at all! The Chu army in Sui County was too weak.

But Meng Zhong is still watching, so the question is, what is he peeping at?

The answer is obvious, the other party is peeking at him Qin Jun!

Even, maybe he was still thinking about the strategy of restraining his Qin army.

To be honest, Bai Qi felt very anxious and uneasy about this, as if his secret was being prying eyes on others - because he was a general who liked to peek at the reality of the enemy army before the battle, and use it as a basis to think about the corresponding strategy.

Obviously, Meng Zhong on the other side has similar habits to him.

Being stared at by such an enemy general who is good at using soldiers and tactics is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing in Bai Qi's opinion.

He had the intention of sending soldiers to expel Meng Zhong from afar, but after thinking twice, he still gave up.

First of all, he had made a verbal pact with Meng Zhong, and if he broke the agreement, then Meng Zhong would naturally cause trouble for his Qin army, and Bai Qi did not want him to be harassed by Meng Zhong during his attack on Chu.

Secondly, in the distance, Meng Zhong's command was all cavalry, coming and going without a trace, and in the absence of cavalry, he didn't want to provoke the other party.

By the way, speaking of cavalry, two days ago, after Bai Qi met with Meng Zhong, he wrote a letter and sent it to Xianyang to Wei Ran, the marquis, asking Wei Ran to send the cavalry that had been formed here.

As far as Bai Qi knew, after agreeing to his plea, Wei Ran, the marquis, found a nominal general and asked the latter to train cavalry on his behalf, but because the cavalry training was not easy and the time was too hasty, so far, the nominal general had only barely selected nearly 2,000 cavalry and was stepping up training.

Originally, Bai Qi did not plan to use this cavalry too early, he was going to wait for the Chu State to be cornered and organize a large army to start a decisive battle with him in the Hanshui area, and then send someone to implore the Marquis Wei Ran to transfer this cavalry here, and use the decisive battle with the Chu State to sharpen this cavalry, so that when he attacked the Hedong of the Wei State in the future, this cavalry could have enough strength to compete with the cavalry under the command of Meng Zhong.

Unexpectedly, he saw Meng Zhong in the Wancheng area, which made him change his mind.

Whether he and Meng Zhong eventually maintained a tacit understanding that the well water would not interfere with the river water, or whether one of the two sides eventually broke the covenant, he felt it necessary to transfer the newly formed cavalry here, after all, the only one who could fight the cavalry was the cavalry.

"Oh——!!"

"The Chu army has been defeated and retreated!"

"The city has been breached!"

In the distance, the cheers of the soldiers under the command of General Qin Zhongxu were heard.

Seeing this, Bai Qi turned his head and glanced into the distance, just as he expected, Meng Zhong's group of Wei cavalry was slowly evacuating.

『…… I don't know how much he has seen the reality of our army.

Looking at the backs of those cavalry leaving, Bai Qi thought secretly in his heart.

I have to say that, as Bai Qi guessed, Meng Zhong was indeed peeking at the military situation of the Qin army, preparing for the future when he tore his face with the Qin army.

To be exact, it was Qin Jun who tore his face with him - well, as strange as it sounded, he was sure of it, even if he was very willing to continue to have a peaceful relationship with Qin Jun.

Since he knew that the tacit understanding between each other's well water would not interfere with the river water could not be maintained for a long time, he naturally had to prepare in advance to meet the Qin army.

And before that, he had to understand this Qin army first.

The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles.

Like Bai Qi, Meng Zhong also had the habit of peeking at the enemy's reality before the war, because he could see many things from it.

And the Qin army under Bai Qi's command, he saw a few clues.

For example, the equipment of this Qin army is not uniform, some are armed with long ge, and some are armed with short spears - those Qin soldiers who are armed with long ges will not be aside, let's talk about those Qin soldiers with short spears, shields, and swords.

It is undeniable that these soldiers seem to have a lot of experience in warfare, but according to Meng Zhong's understanding, most of the battlefields in the Central Plains follow the principle of "one inch long and one inch strong", so that the Changge held by ordinary soldiers was one and a half zhang long.

If you take a long sword that is only a few feet long and no more than a zhang long, and you go to fight with other people's weapons that are one and a half feet long, you will already lose half of it before you fight.

Then the question arises, what is going on with those Qin soldiers who are armed with short swords and have a lot of experience in battle?

The answer is self-evident, this is the Qin army sent by the Qin State to attack Hanzhong and Bashu a few years ago, because the local mountains and forests are not conducive to combat, and long weapons are not conducive to combat, so short weapons are used - yes, these soldiers are the Qin army transferred from Hanzhong and Bashu by the Qin State.

Although it is not clear why the Qin State did not change the weapons of these soldiers, as far as Meng Zhong is concerned, he can no longer use the previous strategy and battle formation to deal with this Qin army.

After all, this Qin army had defeated the Ba and Shu people in Bashu, and they were good at fighting with short weapons, compared to those Qin pawns who held Changge, these Qin pawns were definitely more flexible, more explosive, and more self-authorizing one-on-one fighting.

Even, for sneak attacks and counter-sneak attacks, it is more adaptable.

Therefore, for these Qin soldiers, either let the cavalry use short-range weapons to deal with them, or they have to organize a well-organized defensive line, and these Qin soldiers must not be allowed to break through the defense line, once these Qin soldiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat break into the hinterland of the army, the situation will become very bad.

It seems that these are all judgments made by Meng Zhong through his observations in the past few days, and they are also the truths in the army that Bai Qi does not want to be known to him.

It's a pity that the Chu army in Lixian and Sui County is too weak, and they can't force out the bottom line of the strength of the Qin army, otherwise, Meng Zhong will be able to have a more comprehensive understanding of this Qin army, and these understandings will help him fight against this Qin army in the future.

At this time, the Qin army under Bai Qi had broken through the county, seeing this, Meng Zhong quickly withdrew, he was not afraid, he was just in a hurry to help Hua Hu and Mu Wu "grab people".

Yes, during the period when the Qin army launched an offensive on the western city wall of Yuxian County, the soldiers and civilians of the Chu State in the city fled from the south gate and the east city gate, and Hua Hu and Mu Wu were just in the southern and eastern suburbs outside the city, blocking the way of those Chu soldiers and civilians, and tempting those Chu people to flee to Yeyi instead of fleeing south to Hanshui.

I have to say that this move of the Wei army angered the Qin soldiers who had just conquered the county.

They said in their hearts, my Qin army has worked hard - well, these two siege battles are actually quite easy, but even so, your Wei army can't rob our spoils!

The credit for the capture of the city is attributed to the generals who led the army, and the property obtained from the looting of the civilians in the city is attributed to the soldiers, which has always been an unwritten tacit understanding between the generals and the soldiers in the armies of all countries in the world.

However, right now, my Qin army has conquered the county, but your Wei army is following behind to pick up the cheap, and is ready to take all the Chu people of the county to Yeyi, what is the matter?!

With this in mind, countless Qin soldiers chased after the outside of the city, regardless of the county that had almost become an empty city, but they were stopped by the cavalry led by Hua Hu and Mu Wu.

"What do you think?!"

Seeing countless Qin soldiers flocking to this side in the distance, Hua Hu, who was not inferior to Menghu in terms of bravery, glared and reprimanded: "The head of my family has reached an agreement with the commander of your Qin army, and the well water of the Wei and Qin armies will not interfere with the river water, do you want to break the agreement and attack our army?!" ”

Upon hearing this, some Qin soldiers who wanted to chase Chu Min were forced to stop and look at Tong Ze.

Not to mention, since the agreement with Meng Zhong, Bai Qi did issue an order, ordering the sergeants and soldiers not to take the initiative to attack the Wei army.

Because of this, at this moment, these Qin soldiers looked at the "Wei" military flag in the Huahu army and did not dare to approach.

Seeing this scene, those helpless Chu people seemed to have found the backbone, and they all moved closer to Huahu's side, and then under the guidance of the cavalry under Huahu's command, they fled in the direction of Fangcheng and Yeyi.

But there were also some Qin soldiers who ignored the warnings of Hua Hu and others, and continued to chase and kill the fleeing Chu people, and rob them of their belongings.

Seeing this, Hua Hu was furious in his heart, and with more than 20 cavalrymen, he blocked those Qin soldiers, and scolded angrily: "Stop! …… Do you really want to be the enemy of my Wei army?! ”

Hearing this, those veterans of the Qin army who had participated in the Battle of Yique subconsciously took two steps back.

It's no wonder, after all, the cavalry led by Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu did leave them with indelible fear last year.

However, after listening to Hua Hu's angry rebuke, there were still Qin soldiers who defended angrily: "This general Hugh wants to intimidate us and others, although the two armies of Qin and Wei here agreed not to invade each other, but we did not offend your army, we are just chasing these Chu people, the general blocked the way of our army for no reason, it is the general who is not right!" ”

Hearing this, Hua Hu's eyes rolled, and he pointed the spear in his hand at several Chu people who were so frightened that they were paralyzed on the ground, and asked, "Hey, are you willing to go to our city?" ”

The Qin army wants to harm them, while the Wei army can protect them, and fools know how to choose.

No, those Chu Min immediately nodded again and again and said, "Yes, yes, this general, we are willing to go to Fangcheng." ”

Seeing this, Hua Hu grinned and said approvingly: "Very good! ”

Immediately, he turned his head to look at the Qin soldiers who were questioning not far away, and said with a bit of arrogance: "Since these Chu people are willing to defect to our city, they are the people of our city, and if you slaughter and poke them at will, I can easily think that the Qin army wants to be the enemy of our Wei army!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a voice came from Qin Jun's ranks: "So what?!" ”

Immediately afterwards, a burly Qin general pushed away the Qin pawn from the side, stepped out, looked at Hua Hu and sneered: "The little hairy boy who has not dried up dares to make a big statement in front of my Great Qin's army?!" …… If your Wei army dares to be an enemy of my Great Qin's army, then try it! ”

"This guy...... It's not a Qin pawn during the Battle of Yique, right?"

Frowning and looking at the other party a few times, Hua Hu's face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay!" I hope you don't regret it. ”

With that, he waved his hand violently, and immediately more than 300 cavalry under his command quickly retreated.

Seeing that Wei Jun seemed to have given up on himself, those Chu people were full of despair, and some even hugged their families and cried helplessly.

At this time, the burly Qin general watched Hua Hu and the others leave, and snorted coldly: "Is it just a hard mouth?" Hum! ”

As he spoke, he was about to walk towards those desperate Chu people with a sharp blade in his hand, but suddenly heard someone whispering from the side.

"Huh?"

The burly Qin General turned his head to look, and saw six or seven Qin soldiers not far away looking at him with treacherous looks.

He frowned and asked, "Hey, what did you just say?" ”

The six or seven Qin soldiers hurriedly said, "Thousands of generals, we didn't say anything. ”

The burly Qin general, who was known as the Thousand Generals of the People, frowned, or looked around noticedly, and only then did he realize that those Qin soldiers who had participated in the Battle of Yique were all retreating unconsciously.

And what made him feel even more strange was that the faces of these Qin soldiers were full of panic and uneasiness.

Just when he was puzzled, a voice came from behind: "What's going on?" ”

The Qin soldiers looked back, only to find that it was General Zhongxu who came in a chariot.

"General."

The burly Qin general immediately saluted Zhong Xu with his fists and told him what had just happened, and Zhong Xu frowned frequently when he heard it.

He just heard that there seemed to be a conflict between the Qin army and the Wei army outside the city, so he hurriedly came, but he didn't expect that he was still a step late.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

"I remember your name is Shinsuke? It was the general of the national lieutenant (Sima Cuo) when he attacked Bashu......"

"Yes."

"Shen Jie, have you received an order from Bai Shuai not to take the initiative to attack the Wei army? Nor must you provoke the Wei army? ”

"This ......"

The burly Qianren general named Shen Jie lowered his head and explained hesitantly: "The last general just saw that Wei General was arrogant, so ...... it."

Seeing that Shen Jie was arrogant, Zhong Xu nodded slightly, after all, after listening to Shen Jie's story, he also felt that Wei Jun was really excessive.

But the problem is, they can't afford to offend these Wei Qi.

But all the veterans of the Qin army who have experienced the battle of Yique know how terrifying this Wei cavalry is, from the fox to chase them all the way to Wuguan, during which they are elusive and unguardable.

During that period of escape, his Qin army lost hundreds of people every day, and no one dared to guarantee that the next arrow fired by those Wei cavalry would not fall on his head, so that the whole army was panicked.

Even if it is a general like Zhong Xu, he feels palpitations when he thinks of the journey of escape last year.

With a long sigh, Zhong Xu Zhengse said: "Shenjie, you are transferred from the Bashu area, I don't know the details of this Wei army, I don't blame you, and you are actually doing it right, this Wei army is indeed arrogant, but ...... If you don't have to, don't provoke them. Do you see them retreating? However, they are not deterred by you, but are already preparing for an opportunity to attack our army. Don't look at the fact that this group of cavalry only has two or three hundred people, in fact, they are fully capable of killing more Qin soldiers than them in one day, just like hunting wild beasts......"

Speaking of this, Zhong Xu patted Shen Jie's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I, Qin Jun, am not afraid of them, but ...... The purpose of our army this time is to attack the state of Chu, if it is not necessary, don't provoke them, you don't want to have a cavalry follow you all day long, waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack when you eat, rest, and go to the toilet......"

Shinsuke looked stunned and nodded slowly: "Then ......"

"Give it to them." Looking at Wei Qi in the distance, Zhong Xu said in a deep voice: "Since these Wei Qi want to take these Chu people away, let them take them away...... Let the soldiers endure for the time being. These Wei troops will not be proud for a long time, and one day, we will get it back with interest! ”

“…… Here. Shinsuke lowered his head and clenched his fists.

Under the intervention of the Qin general Zhongxu, those Qin soldiers who surrounded the people of Chu slowly retreated.

The Qin army, the invincible Qin army, actually compromised with the Wei army?

Those desperate Chu people couldn't hide the joy in their hearts, and for the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, they rushed to Huahu in the distance to wait for Wei Qi.

From beginning to end, countless Qin soldiers just watched them and watched them flee, and no one stepped forward to chase and kill.

Seeing this, Hua Hu snorted coldly: "Hmph! It's kind of acquaintance. Otherwise, Lao Tzu will stare at you twelve hours a day, so that you will not even be at peace when you go to the toilet......"

Hearing this, the deputy general Cai Cheng and the cavalry guards on the side all showed wry smiles, secretly praying that nothing like that would happen, after all, endless stalking and sneak attacks are a very tiring thing.

At the same time, a similar situation occurred on Mu Wu's side, but in the end, the Qin army still compromised with the Wei army, firstly, Bai Qi had already issued a strict order, and secondly, all the Qin soldiers who had experienced the battle of Yique really had no fighting spirit in the face of this Wei cavalry.

Under the compromise of the Qin army, Meng Zhong and his party had more than 1,000 cavalry, and finally were able to slowly evacuate with thousands of Chu people.

Before leaving, Meng Zhong looked at the county in the distance, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Yes, the Qin army captured Sui County, and his Wei army was able to return to Fangcheng and Yeyi with most of the Chu people in the county, and the two sides were at peace and well, and each had their own interests, isn't this a happy cooperation?

Of course, this is only Meng Zhong's point of view, and I am afraid that Bai Qi may not be.

Sure enough, after Bai Qi learned what had happened, his face was full of anger, and while angrily reprimanding Meng Zhong for being despicable and shameless, he scolded "despicable" and "treacherous".

Although it was not difficult for him to capture Sui County this time, many Chu people in the city were picked peaches by the Wei army, who could bear this kind of thing - whether it was Qin State or he Bai Qi, what do you want him to do in an empty city in Sui County?!

Seeing this, Ji Hong, the general on the side, comforted him with kind words: "Bai Shuai is angry, those Chu people will definitely not be able to take all their belongings with them when they flee, you can order the soldiers to loot the houses in the city, I believe that you will be able to gain a lot, and the soldiers' military spirit can also be restored......"

"That's all it can be."

Bai Qi held back his anger and nodded.

Although he gritted his teeth at Meng Zhong's behavior of picking peaches, he still didn't want to tear his face with Meng Zhong - at least not for the time being.

At the very least, wait until the cavalry that Marquis Wei Ran organized for him arrives here, and wait until the detailed work he sent to find out how many Wei troops are stationed in Fangcheng, where Meng Zhong is located, and then try to plot that Meng Zhong's wave, it is best to capture him in one fell swoop, so that he can humiliate this guy fiercely and vent the resentment in his heart.

As for the moment, he can only endure it.

After all, his task was to attack the state of Chu and force the state of Chu to submit to the state of Qin, not to engage in any senseless battle with the Wei army.

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