279 BC.

Qi country, late autumn.

The fiery morning sun had just climbed out of the horizon, and the morning sun sprinkled on the barren land, as if it had glanced at the earth—there were no living people, no wheat fields, only corpses all over the mountains, only lifeless loess.

In the past five years, there has been no change in the morning of this Qi country.

Chaoyang had already found it boring, and after only one glance, he continued to crawl towards the sky.

The sun cast farther away, piercing through the morning mist, and in the barren wasteland, a huge square city stretched for dozens of miles.

The outside of the city was crisscrossed by potholed trenches, from which mutilated bodies overflowed, frozen blue and purple, and it was impossible to tell how long they had been dead.

The sun cautiously crossed the trench and came under the city walls.

On the rammed wall, mottled and scattered, the blood stains are deep and shallow, I don't know how many years it has been brushed. Directly above the city gate is engraved with three big characters of "Jimo City", and the handwriting of the inscription is filled with thick blood mud, which is almost unrecognizable.

The sun didn't dare to stay for a moment, and jumped up, illuminating rows of tired faces.

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"It's so cold today."

It was a veteran soldier in his fifties, his gray sideburns peeking out of his helmet, like dead grass in the wilderness in the sunlight.

"Hmm......" A soldier who looked like a teenager next to him immediately stood up straight when he heard this, stretched out his hand and rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said in a daze: "Hmm...... Sky...... It's bright, isn't it time to have porridge to eat? ”

As soon as he said that, the boy's stomach rumbled.

The veteran was amused by the young man, patted him on the shoulder, shook his head, and said, "Since last year, there has been no porridge to eat in Chenshi, and it has to be until noon!" ”

"Noon...... Ay! The boy was immediately discouraged, touched his belly, licked his tongue on his chapped lips, and immediately spat again, spitting out the dust he had licked.

"Eh, take it." The old man suddenly pushed the young man with his elbow, stretched out his hand and stretched it out, and a black cake the size of a thumb appeared in his palm.

"Uncle Zhao, ...... you" The young man hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover it, and looked left and right in shock, making sure that the sergeant in the distance did not see it, so he was relieved.

In this city, the people kept food privately, but it was a great sin to cut off their heads.

"Haha, take it, your kid hasn't grown up yet, you're hungry, which mother-in-law is willing to marry you in the future?" After the old man finished speaking, he had already stuffed the black cake into the young man's hand.

"Uncle Zhao......" The young man choked up and wanted to refuse, but his stomach barked out of place, and finally no longer postponed, he stuffed the cake into his mouth and chewed it, and then chewed the cake and swallowed it.

With a grunt, the young man's stomach made a happy sound, he was naturally not full at all, but he was worried that Uncle Zhao would take out another piece of bread, so he immediately changed the topic and said: "Uncle Zhao, when do you say that the king will take us out to defeat the dog thieves of Yan Kingdom?" ”

"Kill it?" The old man grinned, "Outside is the army of 300,000 Yan Kingdom, how many of us are there?" ”

"It should be, there should be 30,000 people......" The young man was immediately discouraged, because these 30,000 people, but even an old and weak like Uncle Zhao were counted.

"Even if we only have 30,000 people, it's better to fight with the Yan people than to wait for death here! Could it be ...... Could it be that we are going to be besieged for another five years?! The boy said unwillingly.

"yes, five years." The old man's face was bitter, and he shook his head: "But there is that person in Yan State who leads the troops, isn't he desperately sent to death?" ”

The young man's face froze, and he didn't speak again.

Five years ago, it was that person who, within a month, broke through seventy-two cities in the Qi Kingdom, was invincible, led 300,000 iron horsemen of the Yan Kingdom, and almost set foot in the entire Qi Kingdom.

Today's Qi country, the country is ruined, the corpses are everywhere, except for Jimo and Jucheng, which have been struggling for five years, there is no place to stand.

That person is Le Yi of Yan Kingdom.

A nightmarish existence for the people of Qi China.

"Le Yi, Le Yi ......" The young man whispered this name, his body trembled, and he felt even colder, suddenly, his eyes lit up, he remembered something, and said in surprise: "By the way, Uncle Zhao, didn't the son of our Qi State go to Chu State to move reinforcements, as soon as the Chu army comes, we must still have hope, right?" ”

"Chu State? Oh, Prince of Qi ......" The old man suddenly remembered a name, looked at the wilderness outside the city with a confused look, and let out a long sigh: "You mean Tian Ziyun Gongzi, he broke through to Chu State half a year ago." But it's been more than half a year, and there hasn't been any news, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid...... Fear! ”

The old man suddenly trembled, his teeth chattered, and his eyes were about to crack, staring into the distance.

"Uncle Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

The young man hurriedly supported the old man, and in his surprise, he clearly saw a piece of smoke and dust reflected in the distance in Uncle Zhao's wide eyes, and the figure was suddenly visible, and the banner hunting was vaguely visible, tearing in the wind.

"Chu ...... Chu Jun?! ”

"It's Chu Jun! The Chu army is here! ”

A roar spread far away from the city wall, stirring up the morning birds, scaring away the morning fog, and spreading throughout Jimo City with the sorrow that had been suppressed for several years.

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"Chu Jun is here!"

"Childe is back with Chu Jun!"

The dead silence of Jimo City suddenly exploded, and a group of houses near the city gate, everyone rushed out, running, roaring, shouting, crying, colliding, trampling, rushing to the city tower, the soldiers of the night vigil could not stop it.

More and more people climbed the city wall, looking at the smoke and dust billowing on the horizon, and the banners with the word "Chu" becoming clearer and clearer, shouting like crazy.

"Chu Jun, it's really Chu Jun!"

"The Chu army is here! The Chu army is finally here! ”

"We ...... We are saved! ”

It's like an altar that has been buried in the dark for five years has finally been broken, and the grief can no longer be suppressed, and thousands of people are screaming and screaming. Some people were even so enthusiastic that they were lying on the city wall and crying, not caring about being dragged and kicked by the sergeants who arrived in a hurry.

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"General Ma has arrived, get out of the way!"

Dozens of people on the city wall were caught off guard, and they were suddenly pushed away by a pair of big hands, and they all fell on both sides, and an unusually thick man walked out in the middle.

The man was half a man tall, with a body of flesh and arms as thick as the heads of others. He stood on the wall, half of his body exposed, almost like a part of the wall extending out.

This person is the city guard of Jimo City, Ma Ba.

Ma Ba raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw a cloud of smoke and dust billowing outside Jimo City, and thousands of cavalry chased after a carriage, riding horses towards Jimo City.

These cavalrymen are all dressed in earthy yellow, and their crotch is also a turtle horse of the Chu land, with short legs and backs, which is undoubtedly the army of the Chu people.

Fifty steps in front of the Chu army, more than ten people hugged the carriage and waved to Jimo City, it should be the son of Qi State, Tian Ziyun.

"Hmph, those people from Chu State are finally here! Quickly put the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and welcome the Chu army! Ma Ba waved his hand.

Although the Chu army that came was only four or five thousand people, it was only a drop in the bucket for the situation in Jimo City, but since there was a Chu army that could break through, there might be more Chu troops to come.

In the battle of the Five Kingdoms, the state of Chu, which had always been neutral, finally reached out to help, Jimo City, saved!

Ma Ba was immersed in joy when he suddenly heard an exclamation:

"Not good! It's the Yan people, and the Yan people are chasing after them! ”

This sentence immediately pulled everyone's nerves.

Everyone crowded to the city wall, and sure enough, they saw a row of black cavalry figures behind the Chu army, nearly a thousand people. These cavalrymen were all dressed in open light armor, holding long bows, and short swords at their waists, which were the light cavalry of the Yan Kingdom.

Immediately after that, there was a second row, also with a scale of 1,000 people, followed by a third, fifth, and tenth rows...... Row 20...... Row 30......

The cavalry of the Yan Kingdom seemed to be pouring out of the horizon, endlessly, forming a large array of black cavalry, sweeping through the wilderness, and approaching the Chu army!

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"General, close the gates!" A shout woke Ma Ba up.

The one who spoke was a burly officer, only half a head shorter than Ma Ba, poorly dressed, with deep eyes, unable to hide his heroic spirit at all, but there was a Qi Wen word "slave" burning on his right cheek.

"Jing Hong?" Ma Ba exclaimed: "What do you mean, do you want to leave Gongzi and Chu Jun outside the city?" ”

"General, if the Yan people follow the Chu army into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable." Jing Hong said calmly.

"Hmph, do you want you to teach me this?" Ma Ba stared at Jing Hong coldly, then looked at the carriage outside the city, his eyes flashed, and he muttered: "There are still three hundred steps between the Yan people and the Chu army, if the Chu army enters the city, close the city gate, and then shoot the Yan people with arrows, I have saved the Chu army and the son, and retreated the Yan people, wouldn't it be a great achievement?" ”

"General, no!" Jing Hong said resolutely: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, how can you be so naïve? If there are dozens of Yan people in the Chu army and capture the city gate, it will make our army lose the first opportunity, and as soon as the Yan army arrives, Jimo City will be completely finished. It's better to close the city gate, wait for the Chu army and the Yan people to fight, and then use the Mo family mechanism ......"

Jing Hong!! Don't forget who you are, when will it be your turn to call the shots?! ”

Ma Ba roared angrily, and the sergeants on both sides of Jing Hong immediately took a few steps back in shock.

"Naive? I think you're naïve! Hmph, a defeated general of the Song Kingdom dares to talk about the art of war in front of me. How could there be Yan people in the Chu army?! Is it the Hu horse of the Yan people or the turtle horse of the Chu State, can't I see it? Even if the turtle horse is fake, can the son still have a fake?! ”

"Order, open the door, and greet the Chu army!"

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