The ambitious Ingbu Sword Guide County.

In order to prevent Zhong Lifu and Xiang Zhuang from watching Jiangdong, Yingbu wantonly recruited troops and horses in Huiji County, but all the men in the family who were over fifteen years old were forcibly conscripted into the army, even the sixty-year-old man who was dying of old age did not let go. In addition to the men, the young and strong women did not escape the catastrophe, and the Eastern Chu army swept the townships in various counties, forcibly filling the army with healthy women between the ages of 20 and 30 to transport grain.

Of course, in this era of cannibalism, transporting food and baggage is only one of the tasks of these healthy women, and they may also be attacked by those soldiers with bad intentions, and even worse, whenever the war is not good for the army, these healthy women will be killed and made into human flesh.

Civilization, in this troubled era, is like a morning star in the distant sky.

It's desirable, but it's out of reach.

In the seventh year of the new calendar of Qin, the sixteenth day of the first month.

The 10,000 Eastern Chu troops took more than 50 warships and set out from Jiujiang County all the way, marched along the river by land and water, and began to attack the border of Qin and Chu. At the same time, in the northern part of Changsha County, a joint force composed of the Baiyue tribe and the soldiers of Changsha County also began to tentatively cross the river north from Yunmengze in the south of the Great River.

The old place, which had been quiet for many days, was covered with war clouds for a while, which made people feel extremely suffocated.

Yingdu.

The county seat of South County.

Feng Xuan, the general of the Qin army who was responsible for guarding this important county connecting the north and south, received news that there was an enemy attack as early as when the beacon fire in the border area was ignited.

Let the Chu people guard the Chu land.

This is Li Yuan's instruction in appointing Feng Xuan as the punctual of Nanjun, as the territory of the Qin State is getting bigger and bigger, the Qin army needs to guard more and more places, in this situation, if you still follow the previous method, leave a guard place for the Qin army troops in the field. Then, the small number of new forces in Li Yuan's hands will soon be consumed.

In fact, after the First Emperor unified the country, the Qin state fell apart in just a few years, due to military mistakes in addition to the misdeeds of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao.

One of the most important points is that after the Qin army that swept through the six countries lost its target, it was gradually dispersed to various places, and a large part of them were requisitioned to Lingnan, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of elite divisions were buried in the jungle full of poisonous miasma in Lingnan. Even the commander Tu Sui was shot by the Yueren.

It is precisely because of this concern that Li Yuan will steadily advance in the process of Qin's eastward expansion, there is no more suitable opportunity, he is willing to continue to wait, because he is confident, whether it is Xiang Yu's Western Chu, or Yingbu's Eastern Chu, or other princes, in the face of power and desire, there will always be such and such flaws.

Of course. This is true of the princes and countries, and the Qin state cannot avoid it either. Zhao Ben's serious mistake in governing Hanzhong County gave anti-Qin liliang opportunities like Lü Pheasant, Ying Shi, and Yingbu.

The test is coming.

This time, Feng Xuan needed to face threats from two directions alone. He only had one reinforcement, the Luo Xianba army that had come all the way from Ba County, but it was not easy to cross the uninhabited primeval jungle, even the Ba people, who were most suitable for surviving in the jungle and mountains.

The Ba people are going to reach Yingdu. It can take as little as five days.

And in five days, depending on the new soldiers who have just been trained for less than a year, can they stop the attacking Eastern Chu Army and Shanyue Army. Feng Xuan was not sure.

"General, the enemy is menacing, and our army is really difficult to resist, so let's hurry up and report to Wuhou." In front of Feng Xuan, several Nanjun lieutenants said with a worried face.

"General, don't hesitate any longer, those river thieves in Yingbu can be ruthless, if they are allowed to kill Yingdu, the fruits of our hard work for a year will be returned to these robbers." The military generals have no fighting spirit, and the civil servants are also sincerely afraid, in the area of Nanjun, Yingbu has been crisscrossing the river for more than 20 years, and his reputation has long been discredited, so that the Chu people here have heard it and changed color.

What to do?

Feng Xuan went back and forth in front of his subordinates without saying a word, his young and handsome face was full of unyielding and tenacious, as a rising star in the Qin army, Feng Xuan had his own pride.

Ask Li Yuan for help.

This is the behavior of a coward, isn't that telling others that Feng Xuan is overwhelmed, and when he is under heavy pressure, he has to beg for the protection of his parents like a child.

"Ladies and gentlemen, are the river thieves really that terrible? Our army scouts have long found out that Yingbu did not bring troops to attack this time, and it was his generals Zhou Cheng and Feng Chang who led this enemy army, as for the Shanyue barbarians, they were afraid of being killed by our army last time, and whether they dared to set foot on the land of Jiangbei this time also needs to be considered. Feng Xuan thought about it and encouraged everyone.

"However, the generals of Nanjun are really combative, but there are only more than 2,000 people, and some of them are still soldiers of the Han army in the past, as for the other generals, they are just recruits who have been trained for several months——!" Feng Xuan's agitation did not play a big role, and there were still generals and colonels present who put forward rebuttal opinions.

"What about the recruits? As a man, when your relatives need protection, do you abandon your family and turn around and run away, or do you bravely stand up and fight to the death against the invading enemy? Feng Xuan's eyes widened, looking directly at the subordinates who were questioning one by one.

"I am a Qin person, I have the courage and blood to fight against the robbers, you are Chu people, behind you, are relatives, wives and children, in front of your ancestors and ancestors, do you have the face to say, because you are afraid of the robbers, are you ready to escape?" Feng Xuan's questioning voice became louder and more intense, and the cowardly generals who spoke bluntly were ashamed.

"General, don't say it. We're done. Even if the river thief climbs the city wall, we will fight him to the death. A captain with five big and three thick was aroused by Feng Xuan, pulled out his sword violently, and shouted loudly.

"General, give the order. Although we scribes are useless when we go into battle, we will be responsible for the affairs in the city and the dispatch of materials in the rear, so you can rest assured. "People's hearts always follow the flow, and when the generals' desire for war was aroused, the scribes also regained their courage.

Thinking about it carefully, what Feng Xuan said is actually very reasonable.

The current Qin State is no longer the time when it was besieged by all anti-Qin liliang in the past, although Nanjun did not receive assistance in a short time, but the Ba people were already on the way, this is to be expected, in the area of Sanchuan County, Jiang Yu, the general of the Qin army who was in charge of the affairs of the Eastern Front, had already received Feng Xuan's urgent document, and the Qin general Chen Feng was gathering in the Yingchuan area and could go south at any time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in this battle, we have the advantage of time, place, and people, and the river thieves rely on just more people, more than people, who can compare to the 50,000 people in my Yingdu, don't you say?" Feng Xuan shouted loudly.

"No, no, no!" The morale of the generals was high and they shouted in unison.

Yingbu's bandit troops, the Chu people did not have any good feelings, before they were only afraid of the consequences of being plundered, but now, their courage and liliang have finally returned.

"The order goes down, from now on, close the water and land gates of Yingdu, but anyone who wants to enter or leave the city must have a certificate issued by the county government, and if any suspicious person is found, he will be arrested."

"Also, don't keep the grain in the county government's warehouse, and distribute it all to the people in the city, telling them that our Great Qin Army will never abandon the city, and the soldiers of our whole army swear to live and die with the city——。" Feng Xuan let out a long breath and commanded one after another.

Hearing Feng Xuan's arrangement, the generals and clerks were determined to go down one by one according to their words. Compared with the frightened expressions when they came, their expressions were solemn and solemn now, and everyone's eyes seemed to be burning with a blazing flame.

In this battle, only the lives of the three armies will be able to hold out until Zuihou.

In the case of the enemy's strength and my weakness, it must be an unwise move to take the initiative to invite the enemy to fight, the water network in the area of Nanjun is dense, and there is the Han River flowing through it, for the Eastern Chu army with the convenience of warships, it is quite convenient to go back and forth, compared with it, the Qin army is much weaker, once it leaves the strong city walls of Yingdu, this new army with a weak will to fight is likely to collapse at the touch of a button.

On the contrary, if you only defend the city, there are the parents, wives and children of these soldiers in the city, even if it is to protect their relatives, they will sacrifice their lives to fight one by one. (To be continued......)