The spring is loose and tight.

It's like the situation on the battlefield, it's incredible.

With the southward advance of the Qin army on the left, center and right, the anti-Qin Liliang was defeated and retreated, and the shrinking of the territory gave them a lot less room for maneuver, but it also made them more united.

On the contrary, the Qin army, because of the extension of the supply line, gradually lost the momentum of the first crossing of the river, and the generals from the north will also increase their physical discomfort when they go deep into the jungle area further south, and diseases, plagues, and poisonous gases that invade people's bodies will also become more active with the arrival of summer.

April is coming to an end.

Entering the south of the Yangtze River in May, it began to enter the rainy season of Huangmei, and the water volume of the big rivers began to increase sharply, for the Qin army, who was not familiar with the water situation, the rainy season was the most desperate season.

Yuzhang City.

That is, Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province. In the pre-Qin period, it was under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County, and it was an important city attached to the waterway that was built and developed by the clan Shufan on the Gan River.

With the continuous southward advance of the Qin army, the rear base camp also moved south from the six counties in Jiangbei to Yuzhang, and Peng Yue, the commander of the middle route army of the Southern Expedition, was wearing a kudzu cloth armor robe, holding his cuffs, and was sweating and focusing on nibbling the millet cake in his hand.

Hot heat.

It is not only a test of the perseverance of the soldiers of the Qin army, but also a test of the logistics support of the Qin army. Due to the continuous rise in temperature, the rations of the Qin army were also changed from meat that could replenish energy to millet that ordinary people eat, because meat would deteriorate and rot at high temperatures.

"General, General Ji's vanguard has been reduced to three thousand people, if it continues like this, I'm afraid that even if we want to attack, we won't be able to fight, now. We have two choices, one is to continue to send troops up, replenish the lost soldiers, maintain the vitality of the vanguard attack, and strive to capture the southern channel in a short period of time and completely open up the north-south passage; The second is to order a return to Yuzhang, rest and recuperate, and wait for the weather to cool down before marching, but if you do so. The advantage we managed to gain in the first stage is likely to be lost again——! ”

By Peng Yue's side, the deputy general and Sima Luanbu were analyzing the current military situation, and the military situation from the front made the generals of the Qin army unhappy, but a large number of soldiers fell.

This is what Peng Yue and Luan Bu could expect but they didn't expect, although Juyeze is also Daze waters, but after all, it is in the north, and the climate is not as hot and humid as the southern jungle, so there are not many people who are sick. To the south of the river, the situation is quite different.

Of the nearly 30,000 troops at the time of the expedition, less than 20,000 were now able to be sent out to fight, and the rest of the soldiers could only be transported back to Yuzhang City by ship. Waiting for the doctor's treatment, and more seriously, a considerable number of them are also infected with a very contagious plague.

Dealing with this disease endemic to the South. As far as the medical level of the Qin State is concerned, only some herbs can be used to enhance the resistance of the sick soldiers, as for whether they can survive it. I can only resign myself to fate.

Peng Yue sighed and said helplessly: "General Ji Bu, is there any good news coming back?" If they can take Nanqi City within half a month, even if they retreat, they will be able to make the traitors throw themselves into the trap and dare not attack north——! ”

Luan Bu shook his head and said: "The hinterland of Wuling in the depths of Nanqi is the location of the nest of the Meiyue tribe, it is too difficult to take it, besides, General Ji's troops have been seriously attritional, and their combat effectiveness has dropped too much, so if you want to take it, unless you rely on the mysterious army sent by King Wu from Chang'an, however, I heard that if it rains all the time, the strength of that force will not be able to be brought into play——! ”

"Wait a little longer, Luan Bu, you will take five thousand generals to pick it up, if you really can't take the city, you can only temporarily stop the offensive momentum." Peng Yue settled down and commanded.

Nandu.

It is located in the southernmost part of Jiujiang County, on the northern extension of Yuling, one of the five mountains, and in terms of the location of later generations, it is in the territory of Ganzhou. At that time, the national lieutenant Tu Sui led the southern expeditionary army to fight against the Baiyue tribes, and used it as a supply ground, but as Tu Sui was killed in the battle with the Yue and Ou tribes, Nanqi also fell immediately, and Zuihou became the base of the Meiyue tribe.

The Qin army on the middle route marched south along the Ganshui River, with the goal of directly guiding the envelope, and capturing this ancient city, in a military sense, was to cut off the east-west anti-Qin Shili contact, and at the same time, it was also a key battle to officially open up the north-south traffic.

It was Ji Bu who served as the vanguard of the Qin army in the middle lane.

Since the Jiujiang County Guard and the former Chu Five Tiger generals entered the southern war, he has been quite active, whether it is to contact the local clans or fight with the Shengfan, he is the first soldier, and personally rushed to the front line, and it is precisely because of his play that the Middle Route Army has hardly encountered major trouble in the process of advancing south.

However, the disease is fiercer than the tiger.

After May. The momentum of the Qin army's advance had to slow down, and the reason for this difficulty was not the attack of Mei Juan and Xiang Zhuang, but the disease.

A few days later, the high-spirited and vigorous soldiers became sick soldiers who were so emaciated that they had to be helped to walk.

After suffering continuous attrition, it became difficult for a fully organized team to assemble a neat and tidy army.

Although the Qin army had already estimated and prepared for the difficulties it might suffer when it was marching south, and although the doctors in the army were already doing their best to treat them, as the temperature rose day by day and the weather became hotter day by day, the Qin army's attrition was increasing, and the morale of the army was no longer as high as before.

Nanhao is right in front of you.

Will you continue to attack, or will you retreat to Yuzhang and wait for the summer to pass?

In the face of this difficult choice question, whether it is the main general Peng Yue, or the pioneers Ji Bu and Luan Bu, they all feel extremely tricky.

The source of Gan water.

It's in the middle of the mountains of Wuling.

When Ji Bujun arrived here, it was the middle of May.

In front of him, it was Mei Juan who personally guarded Nanqi City, whether he could take it or not, Ji Bu was really not very sure, what gave him a little hope was the indomitable eyes of the soldiers of the Qin army, the young soldiers recruited from Jiujiang County, and the Tianlei troops transferred from the north by Li Yuan in order to support the war in the south.

It was a small force of three hundred mine-throwers, and because of their small number, they did not attract much attention when mixed in the baggage ranks. I believe that Mei Juan and Xiang Zhuang still don't know that there will be this killer force in the Qin army.

May 26.

The Ji Bu army launched a campaign to seize the ancient city from the north gate of Nanqi City, and although the Qin soldiers looked tired, they still puffed up all the liliang in their bodies, cut down trees, made ladders, hit trees, and rushed cars——。

In the midst of the shouts.

Under the leadership of the captains, military marquis, and team leaders, a team of black-armored Qin soldiers launched wave after wave of attacks towards Nanyi City, and at the same time, as the defenders of the city, Mei Juan and Xiang Zhuang, who had no way to retreat, also mobilized almost all of the battleable Liliang to deal with this battle of life and death.

Wu Feng's Changsha Army has been divided and annexed by Meijuan and Xiangzhuang, and it is these cannon fodder soldiers from Changsha County who are fighting on the front line in Nanyi City.

Fight as a soldier.

It is very important to follow the right person, Wu Feng's great joy and incompetence not only mourned the Changsha Kingdom, but also brought these soldiers under his command into the purgatory of life and death.

On the top of the city.

Mei Juan, the lord of the Five Ridges and the deputy commander of the anti-Qin coalition army, looked hideous, and kept ordering the Meiyue warriors under his command to drive groups of soldiers to the city wall.

The city wall of Nanqi City is completely made of bluestone, and its topography is built along the Ganshui River, and under the erosion of the water flow, the city wall is too high above the ground outside.

Yellow plum season.

Under the continuous drizzle, the Qin army has been attacking the city wall for two consecutive days in the rain, and in the attack on the second day, Ji Bu pushed his position forward to a place less than 100 meters away from the city wall, and under his instigation, a team of Qin troops will forget to die, one after another, and launch wave after wave of attacks without stopping.

"Great Qin!"

"Ready, put!"

"Death does not drain, death does not lead to a bloody battle! There is Daqin in the west, like the sun rising! ”

The sound of war songs, the shouts of the generals, and the wails of the soldiers who were injured by the arrows were intertwined in the south of the city, and a ladder was guarded by several soldiers, and it was difficult to climb the city wall at the corner, and the first to climb the ladder was a short and sturdy Qin army marquis.

As soon as his head came out of the battlements, a spear with a bamboo pole stabbed him.

"Porphyry!"

The sound of the bamboo tip piercing into the soft flesh made a Changsha soldier with a gun ecstatic, and Vice Marshal Mei Juan had already made a promise that if he could kill the general of the Qin army, there would be a heavy reward.

Raindrops hit the face.

It was cool, it was hot, a few drops splashed into the mouth, and there was actually some salty and bloody taste.

This is ——。

In the pain of doubt, the dream of the Changsha soldiers also came to an end, and the marquis of the Qin army endured the strong pain in the flank, and suddenly climbed to the head of the city, and cut off the heads of the negligent Changsha soldiers.

After a hard battle, the Qin army finally occupied a small area on the city wall, and behind him, the morale of the Qin army generals on the cloud ladder was greatly boosted, and they launched a tidal wave of attacks on the enemy in the city.

"Crossbowman, quickly suppress your opponent!"

"Reserves, all up, quick!" Ji Bu saw it from a short distance under the city, and urged again and again.

Win and lose.

As long as this is the most critical moment.

Ji Bu is accustomed to battle formations, and his ability to judge and interpret the battle situation is keen, and the fatigue of the Qin army's soldiers is increasing after two days of hard fighting, if this time the closest opportunity to break the city cannot be grasped, it is very likely that the next siege battle will become extremely difficult. (To be continued......)