Chapter 708: Race against time

On the eighth day of the sixth month, Bo Pi, who had stubbornly defended the Zhouyi camp and had seen the Qin army attacking, also recovered a little of his spirits, but soon heard that the Wu navy in Wangjiangtai in the lower reaches of the river saw a huge fleet quietly descending the river when the night was hazy and the river fog was filled.

When Bo Pi heard this, his expression was shocked, and he even ordered the Qin people in the road to scheming, and then ordered the left and right to take the map, and after looking at it for a while, Fang Cai sighed and said: "Originally, I thought that attacking Zhouyi was a brave and strategic move, but who could see that the Qin army's ambition was so big!" ”

Immediately, Bo Pi also made it clear to Zhuang Yi and Bo Tam, and many other henchmen: "It seems that this time the Qin army is planning to lead the army to raid Shouying!" ”

For this result, Zhuang Yan was not difficult to accept, on the other hand, Bo Tam, his face was shocked: "General, do you want to notify the Chu army?" ”

Hearing this, Bo Pi hesitated again and again, if this matter was told to the Chu army, I am afraid that the plan of the coalition army to attack Yingdu would reduce the chance of victory by half.

Zhuang Yu on the side saw Bo Pi's face like this, and also asked, "Dazai doesn't want to inform Chu Jun of this?" ”

Palpit's face was hesitant and did not answer.

Zhuang Yu suggested again: "I'm afraid that even if Dazai conceals this matter, within three days, the Chu army will also get the news, and it is better to be honest with each other now in exchange for the Chu army's response." ”

Under Zhuang Sui's suggestion, Bo Pi finally sorted out the stakes, and then he no longer hesitated, so he sent someone to pass the news to the Chu army!

When Chu Shangzhu Shi Zixi heard the news, his face was also shocked, and when he summoned a group of Chu army generals to his face, he informed the latter few people of the matter.

Jing Yang was also shocked and angry: "The Qin people really dare to do this!" ”

However, Xiang Yan, who has always been relatively calm, gave a suggestion: "Shangzhushi, at this time, you should immediately send people back to Shouying and even the southern city of Chu, and pay attention to defending against the sneak attack of the Qin army!" ”

"Hmm!" Zixi nodded, knowing that he would never let the Qin army fight to Shouying, and he also sent someone to do this at the moment, and said: "The Qin army attacked Chu, and now that the domestic army is empty, it is bound to be impossible to have extra troops to resist the Qin army, and we need to return to help the soldiers and horses!" ”

Xiang Yan asked: "The last general is willing to lead the eight thousand men and horses of the headquarters to return to the country to resist the Qin army!" ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Zixi is worried, the current water army of the Chu army is not a formation, it seems that there are only a few cavalry soldiers in Xiang Yan's headquarters, most of them are foot soldiers, and they are bound to only be able to return to Chu by Hengshan, so that even if it is a starry night, I am afraid it will take five days to return to the territory of Chu State.

Zixi thought about it, and finally said: "Shouying is in danger, so I will hand over all the cavalry in the Chu army to you, you don't have to go to Chu Nan, go straight to Shouying to protect the king!" ”

"No!" Xiang Yan responded.

Immediately, Zixi sent someone to inform the Wu army, hoping to send a force of soldiers and horses to pursue the Qin attackers.

Bo Pi took care of the general trend and finally responded to this matter.

However, at this time, the [Great Qin Eagle Falcon] had already abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, and quietly entered the territory of Chu at a small wharf in Qingyi, southern Chu.

The ship was sunk in a reed swing in Qingyi, and it was necessary to respond to the meticulous work of the Qin State infiltrating Chudong, which was a clear and sunny night, and it was just the right time to march at night.

It takes at least three days to land from Qingyi and reach Shouying, even if the Qin army has a fine work of blending into eastern Chu, but because it needs to avoid the obstruction of the Chu city in the middle, it needs to march at night, and it is also necessary to avoid the straight road, so it takes five days to be able to surprise the city of Shouying.

Although the crown prince Yingyan said that he didn't care whether this matter was successful or not, anyone could see that the prince Yingyan led the army to raid Anyi, the former capital of Wei, in the battle of the old Qin and Wei Hexi, so that the competitive prince Yingyan also held his breath in his heart, and wanted to establish a record of a surprise attack on the princely capitals!

Daqin's spies who infiltrated Chu Dong were disguised as merchants, and they had already detected a secret way to march, so there was no accident at night in the previous two days.

But he never expected that when he passed through Juchao, he was discovered by the local garrison of Chu State, and it was inevitable that a war would start.

This is also a matter of no choice, Juchao is indeed the Wangji border that can be counted as Shouying of Chu State, with [Chaohu] to the east and [Dabie Mountain] to the west.

The nest stuck in the middle is the only way for the Qin army to attack Shouying of Chu State, and it is a high probability to encounter and start a war with the local soldiers and horses of Chu State who are guarding the nest.

Let's say that this strange army led by Prince Yingxian is light and simple, but it is also relative.

The armament equipped for this old Qin army is the top level of Great Qin's [light pawn] equipment, the light armor worn on his body is only thin and thick with snake scales, and the blade in his hand is also made of Great Qin's latest [Fifty Forging] cast iron technique, I don't know how much sharper than the bronze blade in the old Qin army.

Besides, the nest of Chu guards soldiers and horses, the young and strong of Chu have already gone with Shangzhu Shizixi to crusade against Qin, and those who stay in the nest are only some old and weak soldiers, and most of the armaments are bronzes that have long been eliminated by the countries of the Central Plains.

The Qin army was another surprise attack, and they were caught off guard by Juchao, so the Great Qin soldiers led by the crown prince Yingfu easily won.

However, after all, it was regarded as a siege battle, and it was delayed for another day from being discovered by the local garrison of the nest to the journey of Prince Ying's surprise attack on Shouying again.

At this time, Xiang Yan's headquarters of the Chu army had already crossed Hengdong and returned to the southwest border of Chudong, and it was not until a day later that Xiang Yan led the army to [Zhaiyi] when Fang received the news of the battle of Juchao.

Calculating the time, Xiang Yanfang, who was in a hurry all the way, calmed down a little, and the day when the garrison in the nest area intercepted the Qin army was undoubtedly very important for the military horses led by Xiang Yan to return to Shouying.

But Xiang Yan, who was cautious, did not relax a little after all, but after replenishing the military rations in Zhaiyi once, he immediately went straight to Shouying for reinforcements.

Almost at the same time, the king of Chu received a battle report from the Qin soldiers and horses and the garrison in the nest place, and knew that the Qin army had sent a surprise army to attack Shouying.

The king of Chu pretended to be calm in the main hall, but when the soldiers and horses in the Chu state were empty, the king of Chu was also lacking in confidence.

As for those ministers in the court, in the face of this situation, it is difficult for the clever woman to cook without rice, and she is helpless.

It was still that Chu minister Chen Zhen offered a feasible plan, saying that Shangzhu Shizixi had already sent soldiers and horses back to help Shouying, and now the king of Chu only needed to gather the people around Shouying of Chu to hold it for a few days.

The king of Chu acted according to Chen Zhen's words.

Another day, the king of Chu received a message from the general Xiang Yan, saying that the soldiers and horses returning to Shouying had arrived in Zhaiyi, and the king of Chu calculated the time, and at most one day, he would be able to return to Shouying.

When the king of Chu heard this, his face was overjoyed, and his heart was finally settled on a boulder.

Immediately, the king of Chu did not want the Qin army to come to Shouying, and Chen Zhen also calculated the time clearly, enough for Xiang Yan's department to block the Qin army that wanted to attack Shouying in the south of Shouying, that is, the Shaopo generation, and did not want to let the Qin army enter the vicinity of Shouying.

Therefore, the king of Chu ordered Xiang Yan to march into Shouying.

After Xiang Yan received the order, after weighing it a little, he decided to act in accordance with the order of the King of Chu.

If it marches to Shaopo to block the Qin army, it will be able to squeeze out at least two more hours for the Chu army to be fully prepared.

If so, Xiang Yan looked at the general direction of the Qin army, which was almost advancing north in parallel with himself, and he was also sure in his heart.

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