Sure enough, after staying in Yancheng for four or five days, it was finally buried by the hundreds of thousands of Yancheng people who died because of the flooding of Yancheng, and buried them in a valley in the southwest of Yingdu, and erected an anonymous monument.

As Lin Yuyan expected, Ganyukou's danger was not as dangerous as Yancheng, and its garrison was less than 10,000 soldiers.

At the same time, Huan Yu's second son Huan Xing also led tens of thousands of Shouwang troops attached to Qin to capture Xinshi and join the main force of the Qin army at Ganyukou.

The Battle of Yancheng had almost wiped out all the defensive forces in the north of Jing, and it was almost announcing the breaking of Jing's outer defensive strategy, and the future battles were directly pushed to the vicinity of Yingdu.

Who would have expected that the earth-shattering battle that shocked the land of Jing and Chu at the beginning, and decades later, there would also be a second battle of Yingdu that was by no means inferior to the previous one, but at the beginning, the mob civil strife of the Chu State evolved into a battle in which the new Cai Huimeng of the Chu State pulled into half of the Henan princes!

The route from Ganyukou to the south is already very clear, that is, to send troops to capture the inner mountain, and then pull out the richest Zhecheng in Jingdi, which is to directly face the heart of Jingdi - Yingdu!

After learning that Qu Yan, the head of the five-pillar stone general of Jing State, died on the day of the burial of Zhurong Tiangong, Lin Yuyan's last concern was also gone, and after capturing Ganyukou for a short rest, it was to make the Yunmeng Army and the Yulin Army march south again, capture Neifang Mountain, and almost put Zhexian County in the sight of the Qin army, at the same time, the Han Water Army under the leadership of the general Wu Kang, with the general Huan Xing went directly down the Han River, and also entered the great river that runs through the land of Jingchu.

Although King Zhe died, the clansmen of his Qu clan still stayed in Zhe County, especially the Zhewang Army, which had created the first reputation in Jingdi, was also Yu Wei, which was also the first time that Lin Yuyan saw the main force of the famous Zhewang Army!

Huan Xing also explained Lin Yuyan's confusion and said: "This is the big beast of the Zhewang Army!" ”

Big beasts?

Lin Yuyan frowned, he definitely didn't expect that in the land of Jingchu, which was still on the edge of the Central Plains, such a behemoth beast could be seen, and at that moment, Lin Yuyan couldn't help but pat his thigh and said, "Isn't this an elephant!" ”

Huan Xing, as a Jing people, especially the second son of Shouwang Huanyu, knows the power of the big beast in the Zhewang army, even if it is the chariot of the Chu State, it is difficult to cut through the fur of this big beast, on the contrary, it seems that it just needs a simple collision, and a big beast can directly knock over several chariots. But on the other hand, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, when he saw such a mighty beast, he didn't see the slightest nervousness, but faintly, there was some excitement!

Indeed, Lin Yuyan is indeed excited, this is due to the first time to see this elephant with his own eyes, there are also records in ancient books, thousands of years ago when the Yin Shang Dynasty was not established, the Central Plains was still in the hands of the Xia Dynasty, the Yin Shang Dynasty in order to overthrow the powerful Xia Dynasty at that time, but also used the elephants that could be seen in the Great River Basin at that time to fight, but this is already thousands of years ago records, since the establishment of the Ji Zhou Dynasty, there is no more about elephants.

So much so that today, this great beast that had spanned millions of years of time and space finally appeared in the sight of the Central Plains again!

Seeing this, Huan Xing couldn't help but remind Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, most of the big beasts of this Zhewang army are from Xiangjun on the coast of the South China Sea. ”

The implication is that the army of the Qin State is helpless in the face of such a behemoth.

This reminded Lin Yuyan that indeed, elephants do have almost no natural enemies, even jackals, tigers and leopards, which are known as the kings of the forest, will be afraid of the latter's huge size when they see elephants!

Rats?

Lin Yuyan hooked the corners of his mouth, in fact, even if the mouse entered the elephant's trunk with its tiny size, it only needed a sneeze, and the mouse couldn't even see the bones and slag.

Using rats against elephants is a joke......

Thinking of this, Lin Yuyan frowned, wild elephants are indeed docile and will not take the initiative to attack people, but the elephants under the control of the soldiers of the King of Zhe must have been tamed, it is exactly like this, an elephant, a hundred stubborn and stubborn Great Qin soldiers have not been able to see the surrender?

"No wonder I heard that the Zhewang army was invincible, it turned out to be these hole cards......"

Lin Yuyan looked at the wild elephants who stood up and seemed to be half a city high, as well as the soldiers of King Zhe who were watching from the city, and finally brought up a trace of solemnity: "Tell the generals and soldiers in the army to launch the Saimen knife cart to prevent elephant attacks, and then light a bonfire, all wild things are afraid of fire, be sure to respond carefully!" ”

"Whoa!"

Looking at the seemingly mighty elephants opposite, Lin Yuyan also rubbed his palms, I have to say that Lin Yuyan is also very concerned about these elephants, the reason is that these elephants are more deterrent than the war horses of the Central Plains, especially the soldiers of the Central Plains will think that they are foreign objects when they see these elephants, and those war horses will be afraid when they see these behemoths.

However, how to capture these Zhewang troops who control the elephants is a problem in front of us, but now it is the trend of the times, the defeat of Jing has been decided, Zhecheng is the southernmost part of this Jiangbei land, and it is almost in the bag of the Great Qin army, Lin Yuyan is not in a hurry to attack Zhecheng.

Sure enough, as Lin Yuyan expected, the combat effectiveness of the Zhewang soldiers in Zhecheng was indeed worrisome!

Lin Yuyan saw with his own eyes that the soldiers of King Zhe were all round shoulders and thick waists, although they looked much thicker than the soldiers of Qin, in fact, these soldiers of King Zhe were bloated fat, and later after Huan Ping's explanation, King Zhe Qu Yan was different from other princes of Jingdi, after capturing Yingdu that year, King Zhe only found Zhecheng as his own mined, and then dismissed the soldiers of King Zhe and placed them in this rich Zhecheng, so that the first army of Jing State became what it was at this time, and Lin Yuyan did not expect.

Looking at the bloated Zhewang soldiers, at the moment Lin Yuyan also ordered the armies to continue to harass and attack Zhecheng, after the battle of Yancheng, the fierce reputation of the Qin army really made the Jing people tremble, and now Zhewang Qu Yan has collapsed in Yingdu, Zhewang Qu Yan is an old man, and now he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his name is Qu Min. Qu Min looked at the Qin army that almost surrounded Zhecheng, but he was thirteen or fourteen years old, especially Zhecheng has not experienced a war for decades now, those Zhewang soldiers who fought fiercely in the past have experienced decades of stable life, and they are still trembling when they see the Qin soldiers who are stubborn and stubborn on the opposite side, let alone this thirteen or fourteen-year-old child!

"Uncle, the Qin army is strong, and Yingdu has never sent troops to support Zhecheng, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on!"

Qu Min looked at Qu Xin, the first fierce general of the Zhewang army, Zhewang Qu Yan is already old and dead, Qu Xin is also an old general, and his beard is already a lot whiter, especially after hearing that Qu Yan has collapsed, this Qu general's family has also lost his spirit all of a sudden!

Seeing Qu Min's frightened appearance, Qu Xin also shook his head: "Zhecheng is guarded by veterans, so the young master should go to Yingdu for refuge!" ”

"Uncle!" Qu Min looked at Qu Xin and grabbed the latter's sleeve, Qu Xin was already unable to wear armor in his old age, and Qu Min also hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Uncle, the Qin army is powerful, even my father said that the old pawn of the Zhewang army has not experienced war for decades, and my father does not want the old pawn to die on the battlefield when he is old and into the ground!" ”

Qu Xin looked at these old pawns around him, many people were already unable to tie up Changge, Qu Xin was also hesitating, Zhewang Qu Yan was not a person without ambition, in fact, compared to the ambition of Zhewang Qu Yan, Qu Yan was more concerned about the livelihood of Zhewang soldiers, so he chose Zhecheng as his fiefdom, and also gave Zhewang soldiers a place to live.

Seeing that Qu Xin fell into contemplation, Qu Min also shook Qu Xin's arm: "Uncle, you still lead the Zhewang army...... Surrender the Qin army! ”

"Surrender?" Seeing Qu Min mention this word, he also looked at Qu Min in surprise, from beginning to end, even if he knew that his army was not the opponent of the Qin army, Qu Xin never thought of surrendering to the Qin army.

After staring at Qu Min for a long time, Qu Xincai suddenly remembered that the young master Qu Min grew up in a peaceful Zhecheng, had never experienced war, and was not as eloquent as Qu Yan, the king of Zhe, who was born in distress, and then Qu Xin sighed and said, "Have you thought about it yet?" ”

Qu Min heard the dissatisfaction in Qu Xin's words, but he still stared at Qu Xin and replied, "I don't want to...... The soldiers of the Zhewang army died on the battlefield, after all, the father didn't want to! ”

Hearing this, Qu Xin nodded after a while: "The veteran is really old...... Although the young master is young, but the king has praised the young master for his intelligence more than once, and now that the king is gone, the veteran is also old, except for being able to risk death for the young master with half of the stump body, it is already difficult to do anything......"

Speaking of this, Qu Xin trembled and knelt on the ground: "It's useless to be a veteran, and you can't protect the young master...... It's really worthy of the old master's trust! ”

"Uncle!" Qu Min also knelt on the ground, held Qu Xin's arm with his hand, and whimpered at the moment and said, "It's Min'er useless...... You can't fight on the battlefield like your father! ”

Who knew that Qu Xin actually helped Qu Min up, and also said to Qu Min: "Back then, the old lord didn't want the young master to be involved in martial arts, not because he was worried that the young master would experience life and death on the battlefield, but because Yingdu's treachery really didn't want the young master to experience it!" ”

"Min'er knows!"

……

Lin Yuyan didn't expect that just a few days later, the Zhewang Army, which was once known as the No. 1 Iron Army in Jingdi, opened the city gate to the Qin army and surrendered.

"This is surrender?" Not only Lin Yuyan, but also Huan Yu's second son Huan Ping also didn't expect that the Zhewang army led by Qu Yan, the king of Zhe, actually surrendered, which was even more ridiculous than attacking Xiayingdu.

After all, it was the battle of Hengyang of the Chu State that was designed by the Dongzhu State to design the battle of Hengyang in the Chu State, and the Qin State accepted the surrender of Zhecheng, but also cautiously, a day later, Lin Yuyan stood on the head of Zhecheng, looking at the houses in Zhecheng, the fields outside the city were connected, and the Qin soldiers were also innocent of the local people in Zhecheng.

Zhecheng ...... It has completely fallen into the hands of the Qin army.

Jing Yi, Ji Wu and other sect guards were guarding Lin Yuyan's side, looking at the mighty river at the south gate of Zhecheng, Jing Yi also said: "Your Highness, the last fortified city in the north of the Jiangbei in Jingdi has fallen into the hands of a certain army, and now crossing the river to attack Yingdu, it seems that there is no need for the Qin army......"

Ji Wu also shouted: "Yes, yes, we are working hard, Yingdu is still from Chu in the end, it's really ...... It's not worth it! ”

Not only the Zongwei around Lin Yuyan, including those generals of the southern expedition to the Qin army, also thought that Zhecheng was the last battle of the southern expedition of the Great Qin, and after capturing Zhecheng, he should send officials to govern the local area in Shangshu Wancheng, and also recruit troops and horses in Jingdi, which has a large population, and set up more Wangjiang platforms along the north bank of the river, and rule the Chu State that occupied Yingdu in the future!

As for Yingdu, it was a fortified city that the old Chu royal family spent hundreds of years to build, compared to Yancheng, it was simply surpassed, the battle of Yingdu that year, millions of people were mobilized, and after countless casualties, it was only after Zhurong Tiangong attacked Yingdu and drove the Chu royal family to move to Chudong.

It is already the limit that the Chu State can allocate to the land north of the Great Qin River, and it is not easy to be optimistic about its own territory, at this moment, at the risk of heavy casualties, attacking the capital of Xiaying, and making a wedding dress for the Chu State in vain, it is really not worth it!

"Isn't it worth it?" Lin Yuyan's gaze crossed the general, and it seemed that he could vaguely see the faint city wall of Yingdu, Lin Yuyan finally shook his head and said: "It's not enough, the benefits given to Daqin by Jiangbei need at least three years of operation to be able to appear, but the old Chu royal family in Yingdu has been operating for hundreds of years, especially in the era when Chu State dominated the Central Plains, the wealth accumulated in Yingdu almost occupies half of the Central Plains, and the Chu royal family must not have moved to Chu East to take it away, so only get the wealth gathered in Yingdu, It is enough to make Daqin quickly take a step forward! ”

Lin Yuyan turned his head to look at Jing Yi and the others, and finally ordered: "Spread my meaning to many generals in the army, stay in Zhecheng to rest for a few days, and carefully listen to the news of Chu and Wu, the Great Qin army and Yingdu are only separated by a river, and the Han army is stationed on the river, be careful and vigilant, and then order the Zhewang army to cut down trees on the spot, and prepare to lay the pontoon bridge on the river!" ”

"When the situation is clear...... Lin Yuyan paused, his eyes fell back to the river, and said, "It's to cross the river...... Attack Yingdu! ”