It was already dark when the arrow was released yesterday afternoon, and only God knew where the arrow had hit, but Han Shen was full of confidence in shooting King Jing. The Qin army not only had a seven-hundred-step giant crossbow, but also a five-hundred-step strong crossbow. There are only two giant crossbows, but there are more than a hundred, and if you gather these strong crossbows together, as long as King Jing is within range, you will be able to shoot them.

The strong crossbow was fired intensively, which was an integral part of the Chu army's heavy cavalry charging tactics, and the Qin army drew a scoop according to the gourd, and the strong crossbows were also organized together like the Chu army rather than scattered throughout the army. Several generals thought that the range of the strong crossbow was not inferior to that of a witch weapon, but when the formation began early the next morning, several people were instantly dumbfounded, and Han Shen was sweating.

On the Bailu Plateau, the first test firing of the condescending Chu artillery landed on the east bank of Bashui. The shells did not fall on the riverbank, but on the official road more than fifty paces away from the riverbank. After smashing a concave mark on the official road, the cannonball bounced up again, hitting the arm of a Qin pawn, and then it rolled to the ground.

"What is the range?" Zhao Zheng looked at the place where the shell fell in a daze, and was stunned for a long time before asking.

"Your Majesty," no one dared to talk, only Wei Yidao. "It should be seven hundred steps."

"Seven hundred steps?" Seven hundred steps is the range of the Qin army's giant crossbow, and Wei Yi only dares to answer seven hundred steps.

"Yes, yes." Wei Yu said seven hundred steps, and the rest of the generals agreed. Zhao Zhenghu looked at the place where the bullet fell suspiciously, and then looked at the Chu Jun witch weapon on the edge of the mound, and stopped talking for a long time.

Even with yesterday's defeat, the Qin army still had more than 400,000 men. At this time, the Qin army had already begun to set up a formation, and any large-scale adjustment would give the Chu army a chance. Even if there is a mistake, it has to be a mistake to the end, not to mention defeating the Chu army, there is no other way than hand-to-hand combat, how can the adjustment be adjusted?

A sunny summer morning is coolest at this time of day. From the upper reaches of the east-west direction of Bashui to the downstream of the north-south direction, the river channel of about 50 miles long is covered with pontoon bridges made of boats and forced moats. The 'L' shape of Bashui is divided into short rivers by these bridges. At the urging of the officers, columns of Qin troops rushed across these pontoon bridges in dense long formations, some of them lined up with their backs to Bashui, and some of them began to ascend the plateau.

The artillery of the Chu army, which was arranged on the Bailu Plateau and under the Plateau (west of the Gongchuan River), could not stop such a rush. Before the vehicles drove out of Gongchuan, the Chu army could only take a defensive position rather than an offensive. The Bailu Plateau is more than 60 miles long and about 15 miles wide. The Chu army had only twelve and a half divisions, and it had to protect the mouth of the rim river valley and occupy the Bailu Plateau, and it was impossible to hold the entire plateau at all.

The area of defense now is only the two sides of the Rim River Mouth (the east side is only guarded by the mountain peak), and the southern end of the White Deer Plateau. There are six miles from the mouth of the Rim River to the Bailu Plateau, the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains form several mountains here, Taoyu Water and an unnamed mountain stream flow through, the altitude here is the same as Lantian City, and it is the throat of the Rim River to the Bailu Plateau, so half of the artillery of the whole army is arranged here.

On the Bailu Plateau, the Chu army on the east side only occupied a position of about eight miles, just above Lantian City, the huge wire net that prevented the Qin army's night attack yesterday was still there, and the corpses of the trappers were entangled in a pile, and the feather arrows on their bodies had been recovered.

The last line of defense is on the north side of the plateau. There is a ravine that is not too deep from east to west, but compared to the high plateau with a drop of more than 100 meters on the east side, the shogunate advisers believed that the Qin army would inevitably gather to the north of the Bailu Plateau, and then advance from north to south, squeezing the Chu army in the direction of the Qinling Mountains. Therefore, four divisions were arranged here, plus more than 10,000 soldiers drawn from baggage logistics, and the entire defense line was close to 40,000 people.

The width of the Bailu Plateau is about fifteen li, and the Chu army only defended eight li, that is, half of it, in the north, which is mainly the long and narrow Bailu Plateau and is run by the long water (now Whale Gully) on the plateau. This 'V'-shaped deep ditch is more than 40 miles long, parallel to the Bashui and Chanshui, dividing the entire mound in two. Although Changshui can be entered from Chanshui, the dense jungle on both sides of Changshui is not a good direction for breakthrough.

In the arrangement of the Chu army, taking advantage of the mountainous situation, the Xi Division, the Tang Division, the Xiyang Second Brigade, and the two and a half divisions were responsible for defending the six-mile-long plateau; Two divisions of the Hubei Division, the fourth division of the Ying Division, plus thousands of logistical soldiers defended the east side of the plateau; The Chinese army composed of divisions and brigades such as Qisi, Yiyang, and Xincai, plus more than 10,000 soldiers, defended the northern front. The first, second, and third divisions of the Ying Division, as well as the 1st Cavalry Division led by Fu Jing, served as Youque and filled in the entire defense line at any time.

The shogunate's requirement for each division and brigade was to keep it until dark, that is, when the car was suspended. Counting from the beginning of the rooster's song, this is a full twelve hours. Seven thousand carriages can leave the river in twelve hours, and if you count the night, then there are eighteen hours.

Baggage logistics are everything, even if Xianyang City is one hundred and fifty miles away. It's just that such a dedication to logistics forced the Chu army to put on a completely defensive formation, the Qin army could attack the area from the lower part of the plateau to the mouth of the Rim River, or attack the east side of the Bailu Plateau from the back, and even crush it from the north to the south with heavy troops. And once the more than 400,000 Qin troops all crossed the river and gathered at the northern end of Bailu Plateau, the Chu army would have to fight a decisive battle with more than 400,000 Qin troops if they wanted to enter the north of the Tongdao and Xianyang.

The increasingly clumsy Chu army is paying the price of blood for logistics. Because of the dangerous range of the artillery, Zhao Zheng did not board the Wang Zhou to watch the battle, and his Chang Qi moved south on the east side of the Bashui official road at the distance of the range of the cannon just now. At this time, the Qin troops on both sides of the Bashui were shouting as they did on that day: 'Long live the king!' Long live the king......'

Hundreds of thousands of shouts seemed to cover up the roar of artillery, and with the gathered military flags and the armored soldiers like a forest, the morale of the Chu army couldn't help but stagnate. Zhuang Wudi and the others, who had already predicted this, looked at Xiong Jing, Xiong Jing nodded noncommittally, and an order was quickly issued.

"Ignition!" Under Lantian City, explosives were buried under the city wall yesterday, and the reason why it was not ignited was to give the Qin people a chance to witness it in today's decisive battle.

It had been more than half the night after the fuse was opened, and no one could guarantee the speed of gunpowder, so the bottomless sappers in the car shook their hands and lit the fire, but they ignored the arrows of the Qin army at the head of the city. 'Ahhh Lantian City knew that the Chu army was digging the wall, and the head of the city and the city were heavily guarded. Now the Chu army, which had carved the wall, escaped by itself, and the Qin soldiers, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, cheered and released arrows.

The sun had already risen, and the soldiers of Qin and Chu who were arranging the formation were all sweating. On the battlefield, except for the long cannon sound of the Chu army and the shouts of the Qin army in unison, there was no other sound. The cheers on Lantian City immediately attracted the attention of the generals of the Qin and Chu armies, and seeing the Chu soldiers in red robes fleeing, the Qin army couldn't help but cheer.

The Chu army, who knew what was going on, saw the Qin army cheering, and they were about to curse before they could make a sound, when there was a loud sound of 'boom-', and more than ten tons of gunpowder buried under the city wall suddenly exploded.

Zhao Zhengzheng, who heard the call of the Qin army, looked at Lantian City, and as soon as his eyes touched the city, he saw that the two-foot and four-foot city wall was blown up into the sky by gunpowder, and the Qin soldiers who were standing at the head of the city just now were shouting with arrows. These people are easily recognizable by their brown leather armor, brown, red, and green undergarments, and tarsal notes.

When the city wall was blown up into the sky, these Qin soldiers didn't have time to shout, and when their bodies were thrown to the highest place and fell, they let out a terrible scream, and finally smashed to the solid ground.

"Ah......" The Chu soldier who witnessed all this brandished his spear, and the spear and spear were struck with a shocking cry. Then they struck the spears with their scabbards, and shouted rhythmically, "

Banzai! Banzai! Long live the king!!

Banzai! Banzai! Long live the king!!

Banzai! Banzai! Long live the king......"

The upper army is scheming, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. The battle is decided in the temple, the battle is in front of the battle, and the war is fought in the suburbs.

The loud noise and majesty of the explosion were overwhelming, and the Chu army shouted again at the right time, and the momentum instantly overwhelmed the Qin army.

After the defeat failed, the old Zhao Yong immediately told Zhao Zheng: "Jing people are angry, and the ministers ask the king to fight again." ”

The battle was like two fierce tigers fighting each other, and the battle began from the moment the two sides entered the line of sight. Momentum is extremely important at this time, the strong side can force the opponent back without the need for minions, and the weak side wants to retreat with the whole body, must not turn back, but must face the opponent and take a few steps forward and then retreat, in order to show that he has the strength to fight.

The principles of fighting in the animal world apply equally well to human warfare. The long beards of the Chu people and the tattoos of the Yue people are like the bright fur of the tigers, these are all decorations that contribute to the prestige, in order to make the enemy frightened and retreat without a fight. At this moment, the two armies fought each other, the Qin army was completely defeated, and the Qin soldiers were taken away by the Chu army. At this time, a fierce battle will inevitably lead to a great defeat.

Zhao Yong was old enough to seek the country, and when Zhao Zheng was about to obey, Wei Yu pointed to Lantian City and said, "It's too late!" ”

After the blasting, the mud and dust of Lantian City had not dispersed, and the Chu army in columns poured in from the blasting hole several zhang wide. Just as Zhao Yong thought, the Qin army in the city was trembling, and some of them were wetting their tarsal injections, seeing the Jing people rushing like tigers, some of them who had not eaten breakfast fainted on the spot because of low blood sugar. The rest of the people were no better, their hands trembling, and their one-armed crossbows could not shoot arrows. In the confusion, some people abandoned their soldiers and fled, while the rest abandoned their weapons and fled.

In order to prevent the Chu army from attacking the city, all the gates of Lantian were blocked last night, leaving only a side gate in the east of the city. However, there are more than a dozen planted trees behind the gate, and these planted trees cannot be opened at all without half an hour. With a bang, the Chu army came in, and the soldiers in the city didn't have time to open the side door.

Lantian City was full of shouts of killing, but because of the barrier of the city wall, the Qin army didn't know what was going on inside. They only saw the Qin soldiers on the city wall running around like flies, running and running down the city wall, but after a while, they ran up in embarrassment and were chased by more than a dozen Chu soldiers. The city is like this, and the city can be imagined at all.

"The minister thought that if he wanted to boost his morale, he should defend Lantian." Wei Yi suggested, with helplessness.