The generals of each division were preparing, and Sima Pengzong of the big tent army quietly prayed in front of the fire - the practice of the Chu army, in case of battle, Sima did it. The sun is moving westerly, and the prayer is finally over as the suspension approaches, and the divination results are auspicious.

"Good!" Xiang Yan nodded heavily, and looked at all the divisional generals who had been re-collected in the account, and then drew his sword and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Kill!" The generals followed with their swords and shouted, and the sound spread outside the tent, and the soldiers outside also shouted: "Kill!" Kill! Kill ......"

The Chu army, which had been sneaking for more than 100 miles, was approaching Jiyi, and twenty miles away on the Chu-Qin Avenue, several Qin horses also galloped towards Jiyi. This is to warn the police, the Qin people at the border pass reported that their families had not returned all night in the mountains within two days, this is not one or two, this is more than a dozen, except for the Chu army entering the country to plunder the border people, there is no other explanation.

Unlike the state of Chu, although the Qin people also practiced the sixteen-hour system, the imperial court and government were all under the twelve-hour system, and the time when the car was suspended was the cattle and sheep in the twelve-hour system. At this time, the common people had eaten two meals a day, but the nobles, officials, and countrymen in the city who had three meals a day were waiting for dinner.

The smoke curls up, the cattle and sheep enter the circle, and the city is bustling inside and outside, and it is very lively. In a different kind of bustle, Xi wearing a long crown of doubles and a soap-colored official dress was counting the grain delivered today, and most of his front were red-clothed Chengdan. These people were all guilty of crimes, and because they had no money (zi) shield and armor, they became official slaves, and had to rely on the income of eight yuan a day of labor to atone for their sinful bodies.

"This is the fifty-fourth car." The sergeant who escorted the escort waited for all the counts, repeated the grain count again, and asked for a receipt.

"Fifty-four carts." Xi personally ordered it, and motioned to the officials around him to issue a receipt, indicating that Jiyi had received fifty-four carts of grain.

"Mr. Xie." The sergeant heard that there was Chu Yin in the happy words, looked at him a little strangely, and retreated with a salute.

"Move to the warehouse before dusk." Hi instructed while writing the warehousing number. The battle ahead is unknown, and the grain and straw transported from Nanyang and Nanjun can only be temporarily stored in Jiyi. In order to prevent rain, a lot of simple warehouses were hastily built outside Jiyi.

"Yui." The officials bowed down and agreed, and then they waved their hands and began to direct the rickety Chengdan to move grain into the warehouse.

"Tomorrow, these grains may be transported to Chengyang." Xi's entourage looked back at the avenue to the west of Jiyi, there was no one on this side of the mountain, and it was getting late, according to Qin law, it was forbidden to drive at night, this was probably the last batch of grain to enter the warehouse today.

"Perhaps." The entourage was also drawn from Nanjun, and Xi was noncommittal to his words, but just gave a slight 'um'. Xi was born in Anlu in Nanjun, Qin Wangzheng began to do paperwork in three years, moved to Anlu County in four years, moved to Anlu County in four years, six years for the county order history, seven years transferred to Yan County, and now because of the war Chu, and transferred from Yan County to Jiyi. At only twenty-four years old, he should be a Qin man from his background, but he often has inexplicable feelings for the Chu State.

At this time, the traces of the war forty years ago had long disappeared without a trace, so Yingling and Yiling were all abandoned, and the counties were also operated and managed like other counties in the Qin State. However, when they are tired, when there is no surplus food at home, when they sit on a shield, and ......when they are sacrificial and praying, people will always complain and scold vaguely in Chu language. They scolded not only the Qin people, but also the king of Chu.

More than 30 years ago, King Chu Qingxiang 'endured his father and married his hatred', and the people of Nanjun began to complain about their king, and they missed the days that would never happen again. Xi Wei was born under the rule of Chu State, I don't know what kind of life it is, although the Qin law is harsh, but as a county official, he doesn't feel any discomfort when he is seventy-five stones, he just has to be cautious in his words and deeds, loyal to the monarch and patriotic.

"Victory." Hesitating, it was already dusk, and by the glow of the west, the retinue saw the fast horses galloping in the distance.

"Victory?" Xi followed his gaze and saw that the knight was blocked by the hill, but what was strange was that the knight did not come out from the hill, only a team of soldiers. The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's hearts.

"That's Qin Jun?" Hi asked. A few miles away, the soldiers who came on foot were not as neat as the Qin army, and the battle robes were not the green or red common to the Qin army, however, the Qin army's uniforms were all prepared by the soldiers, and it was not that there were people who did not wear brown.

"It's not like Qin Jun." The attendant's face changed dramatically when he said this. On the Qin-Chu border, if it is not the Qin army, there is only the Chu army. Thinking that it was Chu Jun who came, he was shocked and said: "We should report to the city captain as soon as possible, and if we don't report it, it will be a capital crime." ”

Without waiting for Xi to react, the entourage ran to the city gate, shouting as they ran, 'The Chu army is coming!' It's a pity that in a hurry, he said Chu language, except for the city dan and the little officials who could understand it, the armor soldiers and officers above and below the city didn't understand what this soap official was shouting at all.

"The Chu army is coming! The Chu army is coming! After being stopped by the guards at the city gate, the retinue finally said a half-baked Qin language, and then pointed to the army that was getting closer and closer behind him.

"Jing people are coming!" The shout of the alarm finally reached the city, without any hesitation, the police gong on the east gate was the first to sound, followed by the sound of the whole city's gong, the soldiers in the military camp went out of the camp, the merchants outside the city flocked into the city, and the city captain of Jiyi also boarded the city head at the first time to distinguish the number and direction of the enemy army.

The sound of the gong is the signal of the Qin army, and it is also the signal of the Chu army, on the Chu Qin Avenue, Cheng Tong, who had just killed several Qin horsemen, was nervous, and before he could give the order, he personally led two thousand light soldiers to run wildly, pulling out a cloud of dust on the dry avenue where there was no rain in the tenth month.

"Jing people attacked me, but there were only two thousand, beating drums, arraying! Array! Seeing that the enemy was only two thousand, and there were no military vehicles, and there were no enemy troops around, the city captain had twice the strength of the enemy army, and the panic turned into anger in an instant, shouting and arraying.

The gongs ceased to beat at the head of the city, and the drums of war began to sound. While the city gates were closed in other directions, the Qin army and chariots in Jiyi City quickly left the city from the east gate and lined up in front of the moat. Four thousand against two thousand, with a car against no car, in the eyes of the city lieutenant, it was not two thousand enemies who came, but two thousand heads who were promoted to knighthood.

"Stop! Array. After running for a while, Cheng Tong, who was only two miles away from the east gate of Jiyi, ordered the soldiers to stop and line up. When he was ordered, he already understood the task of his 'righteous division', and now that the Qin army, which had a chance of victory, had indeed gone out of the city to form a formation, he naturally had to slowly line up to attract their attention.

"Column—array!" The pawn commander, the longer part, and the two chiefs stopped and shouted, pointing to the soldiers under their command to line up. The soldiers did not understand the strategy of attacking the whole army, only to know that their two thousand men had pulled out of the city, and the Qin army on the opposite side was getting denser and denser, more and more, and they were very frightened in their hearts.

There has been no war for more than ten years, and the training of the county soldiers is naturally not as good as that of the Wang Pawn and the Qin army, which has been arrayed for a long time, until the Qin army soldiers under the city are slowly approaching. The Qin army's military formation is getting closer and closer, and the noses of the chariots and horses on both sides are getting clearer and clearer, but because of the sun on their backs, their faces of the Chu army are completely unreal, and some are just a dazzling glow.

It was different for the Qin army with its back to the west and east, following the glow, the Chu army, which had traveled more than 100 miles and rushed to the city, was tired and embarrassed, not only were they not fully armored, their clothes were tattered, and even the queue was not very neat. According to past experience, such an army formation can be penetrated with only one impact, followed by unilateral slaughter.

The Qin army advanced slowly, and the Chu army also moved forward to meet the enemy after going through the whole team again. At 500 paces, 400 steps, 300 steps, 200 steps, and ......150 paces, the crossbowmen of the two armies rushed to the front of the formation, ready to start firing arrows after the enemy entered a hundred steps, however, at this time, the gong sounded again at the head of the city, and a Chu army that appeared out of nowhere was rapidly approaching the north gate of Jiyi.

"Stop. Withdraw. Withdraw! The city captain who led the army was not flustered, he waved the flag and commanded the Qin army to retreat to the city slowly.

The Qin army's retreat was not chaotic, but Chengtong must not let them retreat to the city safely. This time, it was the Chu army that beat the drums with all their might, and the deafening sound of the drums ignited the last trace of strength and bravery in the soldiers, and they waved their spears and shouted loudly, and quickly chased after the Qin army who was about to retreat into the city.

"Stop!" The two armies were too close, and they were too far away from the city, so the city captain, who had no choice, had to order the drums to beat again, and when the Chu army marched fifty paces, he shouted: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

With one drum and then drum, thousands of arrows flew towards the Chu army that was rushing quickly, and there were countless arrows. But the arrows could not discourage the morale of the Chu army at all, but aroused their ferocity. Regardless of whether they were hit or not, they all held their blades high and slammed into the Qin army's military formation. For a time, the halberds exchanged blows, shouted and drank, and the bloody corpses were ......

As Cheng Tong had wished before the battle, the two armies were finally entangled, and even if the chariots of the Qin army were rushing into his thin wings, he no longer worried—he saw that the Cai division led by Pan Wuming was already two miles away.

"Kill!" He didn't wait too long, and Pan Wuming, who was the first soldier, rushed through the rice field Mo with Cai Shi, who had no queue, and pounced into the inextricable battle group, and slammed into the left flank of the Qin army. The left flank of the Qin army was attacked by the enemy on the back and collapsed in an instant. The collapse of the left flank is a disaster, but the greater disaster is that more and more Chu troops appear behind the entire army formation, at the beginning the Qin army can still form a formation for defense, and slowly lean towards the city in a gradual retreat, but seeing that he is about to be completely surrounded by the Chu army, the right flank, which has not yet been encircled, actually left the formation without authorization.

"Escaped! The Qin people fled!! Seeing this, the generals of the Chu army shouted loudly, and their morale was even stronger; Although the Qin soldiers didn't know what the enemy was shouting, they turned around and saw that some people had left the army and fled to the city, and the barely maintained battle line finally collapsed.

When the two armies faced each other, not many people died, but the result of the collapse of the army formation was that the whole army was wiped out. When everyone understands the truth when they are calm, everyone is stunned when the friendly army breaks and flees, and the city is close at hand. Seeing that the drawbridge was being raised, every soldier scrambled to escape back into the city, abandoning their weapons and swarming towards the drawbridge and rushing to the city gates.

"Shoot the arrows!" Arrows rained down on the walls. The Jiyi Castle Commander gave the order in a fit of patience, trying to drive the defeated army away from the city. But it was too late. The plague-like Qin army jumped out of the city, some were pierced by bamboo arrows in the water, and some stepped on the corpses of their comrades and squeezed to the city gates.

"Shoot the arrows!" The city commander was at a loss, and there was no other order than shouting and releasing arrows. But the more he released the arrows, the more the Qin army died under the city, and the higher the corpse base, and outside the city, in the twilight, stepping on the corpses of the Qin army stuffed with the moat, the Chu army was coming.