Chu State, Danyang.

In the last Qin-Chu war, the Qin State took the opportunity to occupy Danyang, and then waited here for work, ambushed the Chu army that came to attack from Xiyi, and captured more than 70 generals of the Chu State, which can be described as a sonic shock. However, soon after this battle, the Qin army withdrew from the city and retreated to Wuguan. took away most of the food, weapons and other materials in this city, and when the army of Chu arrived, this place was already empty, just an empty city.

Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, stood on the city wall, watching the homeless people cleaning their houses while picking up wild vegetables on the wasteland outside the city, and his iron-blue face became even more solemn. So much so that Jing Cui and the others appeared behind him, but they didn't notice it.

"The King." Everyone whispered, and anyone could see that Xiong Huai was suppressing his anger.

Xiong Huai didn't seem to hear or respond to everyone. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do with themselves. I can only maintain a respectful posture and stay there.

"Last year, the widow had listened to the report of the officials, the number of Danyang people was 10,000, the three meals were full, and the grains were abundant. Danyang sits on two fortresses on the waterway, merchants gather, talents are everywhere, and it is the top city of Chu State. The taxes paid last year were among the best among many cities. ”

Everyone listened to King Chu's gradually choked tone, and lowered their heads even deeper. Although everyone knew in their hearts that it was the King of Chu himself who insisted on fighting against the Qin State at the beginning, isn't it because of him that he is like this now?

However, in the Battle of Danyang, the state of Chu was completely defeated, and it was almost completely defeated by the state of Qin. This kind of result is unacceptable to all the people of Chu. They believe that this is nothing more than an accident, Jing Cui's problem, and Qu Kuo's problem. It was this kind of thinking that prompted the state of Chu to be led by the king himself to attack the state of Qin again and take revenge before the state of Chu could recover its vitality.

"Is the Qin State strong?" The king of Chu asked everyone, but they didn't dare to answer him.

"Jing Cui!" Chu Guo drank.

Jing Cui struck a spirit, but he didn't expect the King of Chu to let him answer. But this question is so embarrassing for Jing Cui, saying that the Qin State is strong, it is obviously not in line with the heart of the King of Chu, saying that the Chu State is strong, how did his defeat cause it?

"Returning to the Great King, Qin State.. Strong.. Powerful. Jing Cui hesitated for a long time, but decided to reply.

"The Qin State is strong?" The King of Chu threw his sleeves away, turned his head to look at Jing Cui, suppressed anger in his tone, and his expression seemed to be about to choose someone to eat, "Could it be that the sons and daughters of my Chu State are not as good as the barbarians of the Qin State who have different customs and culture!" ”

Jing Cui was in a cold sweat, but she didn't dare to wipe it, and said cautiously, "This... Naturally, it is comparable. ”

"Since it's comparable, then what's there to be afraid of!"

As he spoke, the king of Chu turned around and left everyone, walked to the highest part of the city wall, stretched out his arms, and said loudly in a proud tone: "Since my ancestor Xiong Yi became the viscount of the Great Zhou, I once won the Central Plains, and I was also the first prince to be called the king. In the past 700 years, countless vassal states have been wiped out, and countless princes have also been dug up and their temples have been destroyed. I am the only Great Chu, who has been forging ahead for 700 years, and has never been occupied by anyone, nor has I been annexed by any prince! Such a prosperous scene depends on the bloody battlefield of my Chu Guolang, who has never been timid! ”

It seems that in order to cooperate with the pride of the King of Chu, the sudden cold wind blew his big sleeves fluttering, and it seemed that the King of Chu was controlling this natural power, which made people sigh when they saw it, and when they heard it, their blood was indeed boiling.

"Now, the state of Chu has been defeated, the city has been looted, the people have been poisoned, and many brave men have spilled their blood on the battlefield. But the widow doesn't blame any of you. He continued, "However, from now on, if anyone dares to persuade the widow to withdraw his troops, he will correct the law on the spot and will not tolerate it!" ”

This bloody order made everyone's hearts chill. The people who had already discussed to persuade the king of Chu to withdraw his troops together did not dare to raise any objections. Of course, if Qu Yuan was here, he might still say a word or two, but at this moment, no one dared to oppose him so blatantly.

"Jing Cui!"

"The last general!" Jing Cui was also enthusiastic at this moment, and when he heard the king of Chu calling him, he hurriedly answered.

"Tomorrow, the widow will still give you 50,000 troops. With you as the vanguard, we will go straight beyond the Wuguan of the Qin State. Remember, the widow wants the military pass of the Qin State, not the number of casualties. No matter how many people die, even if you Jingcui rushes forward, you have to take down the Wuguan to the widow. Otherwise, you won't come back alive! King Chu paused and looked down at Jing Cui, "Do you dare to take this order?" ”

"The last general obeys!" Jing Cui bowed heavily, "If you don't break the martial arts, Jing Cui will die there!" ”

No matter how sensational the pre-war mobilization of the King of Chu was, at least Jing Cui and the ministers were indeed encouraged. Jing Cui felt that the responsibility was heavy, and early the next morning, he gathered 50,000 troops and slaughtered Wuguan.

Wuguan, also known as Shao Xi Guan, is named because it relies on Shao Xi Mountain. Guancheng is built on a relatively flat plateau between the canyons, with the lofty Shaoxi Mountain in the north and the dangerous in the south. The walls are made of earth and form a square shape. There is a door for each of the east and west. The terrain of Kansai is relatively flat, only out of the east of the Kanto, stretching the mountainside winding through, the cliff is high and the valley is deep, narrow and difficult to walk. At the turn of Qin and Chu, according to the danger of mountains and rivers, the north of Guancheng is close to the mountain, and the east, south and west are surrounded by water, and only one door can be passed. And outside the eastern part of the Kanto, there are four mountain ranges, one of which is high and steep, one of which is up the mountain, and it is not allowed to ride together, it is the barrier of Wuguan, and it is said that there are one hundred and two Qin passes. I have to say that such a precipitous place is naturally a smooth road for the Qin State, but for the Chu State, it is a desperate road.

Even so, the Chu army led by Jing Cui still risked his life and launched a fierce attack on Wuguan. The guard general Wei Zhang saw that the people of Chu were menacing, and knew that he could not be defeated, so on the one hand, he arranged the city defense, and on the other hand, he asked Guanzhong for help. Jing Cui, who had been possessed by the souls of the previous kings of the Chu State, did not give Wei Zhang a chance. Although the Chu army had difficulty marching, it was not afraid of attrition or hard work because of its large number of people, and immediately threw itself into the attack on Wuguan.

As mentioned before, Wuguan is located in a steep place, except for a flat-bottomed high platform, there is almost no place to stand. Such a narrow attack range really made the people of Chu unable to open the formation, but for the Qin army, they were at ease, and they did not have to worry about someone sneaking attack behind them, and they could devote themselves to blocking the Chu army.

However, now that the Chu army has gone through many difficulties and dangers, it is not easy to get here, and it is not easy to be sent away so easily. Jing Cui had realized that although Wuguan was not conducive to the deployment of large forces, the narrow offensive range was also easy to concentrate forces to break through. So he no longer plays any strategic warfare. Divide all the soldiers participating in the battle into three groups, and launch an attack on Wuguan at twelve o'clock a day.

At the beginning, the Qin army was still able to cope with the attack of the Chu army, after all, in the face of a narrow environment, the numerical advantage of the Chu army could not be brought into play. However, with the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Chu army and the fact that they were engaged in battle, the number of people and reserves that the Chu army could rotate to attack became more and more, and the Qin army gradually became unable to resist. This kind of tired tactics can be said to be very deadly for the Qin people, and as it lasts longer and longer, the casualties increase, and the Qin army's defense holes become bigger and bigger. This is also reasonable, after all, people need to rest, the Chu army can be rotated, the Qin army can not be rotated, since the Chu army came, there has been no stop, the entire city wall, the shortest, has not closed its eyes for three days and three nights, and even the weapons are almost unable to get up. In this case, in addition to his own insistence, Wei Zhang could only hope that the Qin State could quickly send reinforcements to help him, otherwise Wuguan would soon become a pass for the people of Chu.

But waiting left and right, that is, there is no news of reinforcements, could it be that this time, the king of Qin wants to use his own head to calm the anger of the Chu State?

So why did Qin delay in sending reinforcements? In a word, there are no soldiers.

This time, the momentum of the Qin State was huge, and it was not ordinary. The three-way army, all the way is Wei Zhang, blocking the Chu army; All the way, he led the north and attacked the Qi State with the Wei allies; Third, the army led by Gan Mao, who had just occupied Hanzhong, needed to recover and pacify and prevent a resurgence, and could not move for a while. In this way, the three-way army marched hand in hand, naturally invincible, but no one thought that the revenge of the Chu State would come so much, and the Qin State had not recalled a single unit, and the Wuguan would be almost unable to hold it. Finally, under the successive attacks of the Chu army, Wei Zhang guarded Wuguan for eight days, and Wuguan fell.

Wei Zhang looked at the head of Wuguan City not far away in disappointment, the flag of the Qin army had been pulled down and replaced with the flag of the Chu army. This was a tragedy for the Qin State. Wei Zhang had to leave here and flee back to Xianyang. But this time, presumably King Qin won't blame him, after all, it is almost impossible to hold the martial pass this time, and it is already a blessing for him to be able to hold on for eight days, how can he ask for more?

The king of Chu saw that the road leading to Xianyang had been paved in front of the Chu army, and since then he has arrived in Xianyang, as long as he goes out of Wuguan Road, there will be no natural danger to defend. With the current strength of the Chu State, I am afraid that it may not be impossible to capture Xianyang.

Qin Jun, my Da Chu is here!

At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Wei State jujube cooking, an encounter is about to begin. The ambitious Chu army could not imagine that the scepter that decided their fate was not in their own hands, but in the hands of the Qi people. The Qi army led by Kuang Zhang was finally caught up by the Qin army that was desperately pursuing. Although he didn't know that Wuguan had been captured at this moment, he had already heard the news that Chu was desperate. In his opinion, the country of Qin is already empty, and whether he can save the country of Qin in case is at this moment. Even with a tired army, it will have to clash head-on with the Qi people.

A battle that decided the fate of several vassal states quietly began.

(End of chapter)