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Xiang Yi also knew very well that at this time, in the face of the Qin army that suddenly appeared outside the city, there was no longer any possibility of holding the scout or the culprit Xiang Bo responsible. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

Now, the biggest threat is not the Qin army outside the city, but the tens of thousands of Chu troops in the city who have lost their courage in the face of the Qin army. If they can be called soldiers, of course.

Looking at the Hessian Sen Qin army under the city wall crushed by the overwhelming force of Mount Tai, Xiang Yi looked at the Chu soldiers on the city wall who trembled, their armor was crooked, and their faces were pale, and he only felt a sense of weakness in his heart.

The contrast is too stark.

At this time, Xiang Yi had already affirmed that the information that the general Xiang Liang didn't know where to get it was obviously wrong or missing, or it was not too detailed at all. Because he only said that the Qin army had hundreds of thousands of troops sent letters to Guguan and Wuguan to go south, but he did not mention at all whether the Qin army was Jingrui, cavalry or foot soldiers.

And the Qin army under the city wall, Xiang Yi had seen it before, and the location he saw the Xuanwu army was when Xiang Liang traveled thousands of miles to Chengwu to kill Hu Hai.

However, that time, the Xuanwu army that followed Hu Hai's secret eastward tour was only 2,000 in total. Although the combat power of the Xuanwu Army in that battle made Xiang Liang and other 1,000 Chu army generals tremble, they didn't take it too seriously.

Bi Jing, in that battle, although the Xuanwu Army was invincible in defense and invincible in attack, it also exposed a lot of flaws.

Such a heavy full-body armor, not to mention how much it takes to build, how many people can really wear this full-body heavy armor on the body and still move freely, and can go into battle to kill the enemy?

Moreover, Xiang Liang, Zhang Liang and others also discovered the defects of the heavily armored foot soldiers in the face of dismal spirit and terrain from Xiang Yu's mouth. Such a heavy armor, and it is all over the body, I am afraid that there is no need to go to the battlefield at all when it is hot, just put it on can suffocate to death, if you fight on the battlefield, I am afraid that before you take two steps, you have already been suffocated to death by this armor. In the case of winter and the temperature is too low, it is also a big problem for soldiers to keep warm.

The armor is so heavy that it is not only very demanding for the soldiers, but also for the terrain. Plains and mountain climbing are obviously not the same concept. Drylands and wetlands are very different.

The place where the heavy armor foot soldier can exert the most power is obviously best in the place where the abort is not too hot or the abort is not too cold, and it is still on the plain. ╔╗ muddy areas are not good, and both mobile xing and limited xing limit the power of heavy armor foot soldiers......

With so many defects, Xiang Liang and the others thought that even if the Qin army trained some soldiers who were covered in heavy armor and had no rival defense and sharp attacks, they would definitely not have too many.

Thousands of heavily armored foot soldiers can play a limited role in the face of a melee in which hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting at every turn, especially in specific terrain and bad weather. Bi Jing's heavy armor infantry has obvious advantages, and the defects are also extremely obvious.

So from the very beginning, when Cheng Wu found the group of soldiers who appeared next to Hu Hai who were wrapped in armor all over their bodies, including their heads and faces, Xiang Liang was startled at first, and then he didn't pay much attention to it after seeing the defects of the Great Qin's heavy armor foot soldiers.

In Xiang Liang and the others' view, having such a flaw means that it is impossible for the Qin army to spend too much strength and money to organize such an army.

However, now the tens of thousands of Qin troops who appeared under Anfeng City, Xiang Yi looked at all of them like the heavy armored soldiers of the Qin army who had appeared in Chengwu County, their bodies were covered with cold pitch-black heavy armor, and what they held in their hands was also the hideous terrifying stick. ╔╗

Obviously, whether it is Xiang Liang, Zhang Liang, Fan Zeng, etc., they are all misestimated. Not only did the Qin army really form such a heavily armored army, but the number of entries far exceeded all expectations, with tens of thousands of entrants.

Tens of thousands of foot soldiers covered with heavy armor, and now it has entered late autumn, and the qi is no longer as hot as it was when Chengwu was in the middle of the Yangtze River, although Jiujiang belongs to the land south of the Yangtze River, the river network is dense, but most of them are plains and wilderness, and there are few high mountains and mountains, which just gives these heavy armored foot soldiers an opportunity to exert their power.

Tens of thousands of heavily armored foot soldiers can basically control a war with hundreds of thousands of entries.

Just looking at the heavy armor and foot soldiers of the Qin army that was slowly approaching under the city, like the momentum of the mountain, Xiang Yi already knew in his heart that it was impossible for his rabble of more than 70,000 people in the city to resist these Qin army attacks, even if he added the more than 100,000 soldiers in Shouchun who were much sharper than the soldiers in Anfeng City, and encountered these Qin troops in the wilderness, Xiang Yi still did not have a little bottom in his heart.

In the entire Chu State, in Xiang Yi's impression, it seemed that no army could fight against such a Qin army in the wilderness under normal indolence. Even if the entire Xiang clan is based on the 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers of the late general Xiang Yan, the nearly 100,000 Jing Rui cannot.

Because Xiang Yi saw the cavalry cruising on the left and right sides of the Xuanwu Army's formation, even the war horses were covered with iron armor.

Looking at the black pressure moon that was getting closer and closer, the soldiers of the Qin army who only showed two cold and shining eyes on their bodies, although they were still thousands of steps away, the pressure like a mountain had already made the Chu army in the entire Anfeng City feel breathless.

As the Qin army's formation advanced, in the rumbling sound, it seemed that even the low city walls of Anfeng City were trembling.

This is a group of demons from hell.

The state of Chu was reestablished, first there were two counties of Huiji and Jiujiang, and then the four counties of central Fujian, Changsha, central Guizhou and Donghai were annexed, so that the new Chu has basically recovered its homeland, but the military strength cannot be compared with the original Chu state.

When Wang Jian destroyed Chu, Xiang Yan, the general of Chu, had 600,000 people under his command, not counting the few soldiers stationed in various counties. And now the whole country of Chu is only more than 400,000 soldiers, and it is still uneven. ╔╗

More importantly, these more than 400,000 soldiers all gathered near Jiujiang or the current capital of New Chu Shouchun. In the remaining counties, except for Huiji, who left tens of thousands of troops as the lair of the Xiang clan, the rest of the counties basically only changed their banners, with few changes, not to mention the dispatch of troops for effective jurisdiction and control.

More than 400,000 Chu troops, Xiang Yu led 100,000 troops from the East China Sea to the north, Xiang Liang led almost all the remaining Chu troops Jing Rui to cross the Huai River, wanting to defeat and even annihilate the 200,000 Qin troops that had been entrenched on the north bank of the Huai River for more than a month before the Qin army arrived south.

Now, there are basically no soldiers belonging to the Xiang clan near Shouchun, and the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers are all controlled by the Zhaoqujing clan. Xiang Yi himself can't look down on those more than 100,000 soldiers, let alone face these wolf-like Qin soldiers.

Xiang Yi knew very well that the empty Chu State in its territory could only rely on the two seemingly solid walls of Anfeng and Shouchun. And Anfeng City is the last barrier of the national capital Shouchun.

If Anfeng City is lost, then the Qin army, which is heading south from Wuguan, will only need a few hours at the latest to be able to point directly at Shouchun.

Xiang Yi doesn't attach much importance to his own life. What he was worried about was that the Qin army, which was supposed to arrive after two ri, had already appeared under Anfeng City two days in advance, so did it mean that the Qin army that was heading south from Hangu Pass had also arrived at the south bank of the Huai River in advance?

You must know that from Xianyang out of Wuguan to Jiujiang, it is a little farther than from Xianyang to Hanguguan and go straight south to Chenjun.

The 100,000 army controlled by the three clans of Zhaoqu Jing can hold Shouchun City, and whether they can hold on until Xiang Liang returns from leading the army, these are actually not important in Xiang Yi's eyes.

Today's Xiang clan is no longer the Xiang clan loyal to the Chu royal family. The important xing of the Xiang clan, in the young hearts of the Xiang clan today, is also far more important than the survival of the Chu State.

In their eyes, it doesn't matter whether the Chu State dies or not, what matters is the safety of the Xiang clan.

Shouchun was lost, and the Qin army killed the three clans of Zhaoqujing and the king of Chu who was born with a cow baby, which was just convenient for the Xiang clan to establish themselves as kings. This is not only Xiang Yi's plan, I am afraid that all the Xiang clans will enter his realm, and the first thing that comes to mind will only be the Xiang clan.

Xiang Yi actually wanted to let the Qin army enter the city like this, and then run away with Xiang Bo himself, so that the three clans of Zhaoqu Jing would fight to the death with this Qin army.

However, now that Xiang Liang had crossed the Huai River, his messenger would not be able to cross the Huai River to see Xiang Liang at the earliest. Informing An Fengcheng of the situation, as well as the suspicions in his heart, is also what Xiang Yi is most worried about now, that is, the army of the Qin army going south from Hangu Pass has reached the north bank of the Huai River, or it will reach the north bank of the Huai River in advance.

If the Qin army had reached the camp on the north bank of the Huai River, Xiang Yi would not dare to imagine the consequences; If the Qin army had not yet arrived or was about to arrive at the Qin army camp on the north bank of the Huai River, then Xiang Yi only hoped that his messenger would catch up with Xiang Liang first and tell him about his guess.

By now, Xiang Yi has been keenly aware that the Chu State and his Xiang clan have reached the brink of life and death.

One wrong step and all hands lose!

The only thing Xiang Yi can do now is to try his best to delay the Qin army in Anfeng City, he is not so arrogant that he really relies on these tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers to defend Anfeng City as he told Xiang Bo.

If you want to defend Anfeng City, you can only hope that the three clans of Zhaoqu Jing in Shouchun can see the situation, give up the discord of the same Xiang clan, don't fall into the ground, and send reinforcements as soon as possible to have a glimmer of hope!

"Brothers, the tyrannical Qin has tens of thousands of soldiers, and now we have nearly 100,000 troops and more than 100,000 people in the city, there is plenty of grain and grass, and there are countless rolling stones and trees, as long as we hold for a few hours, the king and the general will send reinforcements to come!" If the tyrannical Qin breaks the city, we will wait for Chu to enter, not only will you die, but your wives and children, all of them will be killed by the tyrannical Qin! The only way to do it now, the only battle! ……”

"Knock knock!"

The rumbling war drums suddenly sounded from the rear of the Qin army's large array under the city wall, rolling up boundless waves and rolling in with the rumbling footsteps of the Xuanwu army's foot soldiers.