Chapter 50 The Qin army crosses south, Wang Jian fights Wu Zixu
The news of the change of the name of the country to the state of Hua and the establishment of the new crown prince soon spread all over the world, and LĂź Buwei and Xia Ji, who were in the state of Qin at this time, bowed to the east to congratulate them.
After a bloody storm in Qin, the domestic situation has begun to slowly return to calm, with Zhang Yi as the prime minister and Wang Jian as the general. Recently, King Qin's health has deteriorated, and he has long been unable to manage the government, and all major affairs in the country are decided by Mrs. Huayang, and Zhang Yi and Wang Jian are brought up by her hand, so Mrs. Huayang can be said to call for wind and rain in the court, covering the sky with one hand.
Soon, Mrs. Huayang single-handedly changed the established strategy of the Qin State of 'taking the Central Plains first, and then determining the Southern Chu', and named Wang Jian as the Marquis of Zhennan and the General of the Zhu State, with full responsibility for recruiting and training troops, preparing to eliminate the power of the Huaguo Kingdom in the south and restore the Chu Dynasty.
Receiving the news from Lu Buwei, Chen Xiang smiled slightly and breathed a deep sigh of relief. Immediately, he wrote a letter to Wu Zixu in the south, in which he said: "Intensify training and actively prepare for war to deal with the upcoming war." The Qin army is strong, and it must not be defended to the death, but should preserve its strength, be flexible and flexible, implement strong walls and clear the wilderness, attack from all sides, and drag down the Qin army to the death. Gain valuable time for the development of our country. After Wu Zixu received the letter, he immediately began to prepare with Fan Li.
Qin's strong national strength and organizational system enabled Wang Jian to quickly organize an army of 600,000 people to conquer the south, which, together with the logistical supply troops, was enough to be called a million-strong army. Before setting out for the expedition, Wang Jian ambitiously assured Mrs. Huayang: "The last general will be able to pacify the south within three months, as a birthday gift for the queen." Mrs. Huayang smiled with satisfaction: "This queen will wait for the arrival of the general at the birthday banquet."
Wang Jian led the army to the south, all the way to the gallop, the momentum was like a bamboo, the army soon came to the city of Yingdu, the soldiers of the Qin army were all rejoicing, everyone was ready to take Yingcheng in one go.
Wang Jian is worthy of a generation of famous generals, and he was not carried away by the victory in front of him. He carefully recalled the battle situation since the Qin army entered the Chu land, and found that these southern Chinese troops either fled in despair, or were about to collapse at the first touch, although the Qin army easily defeated them, but there was no real force to destroy them, those defeated troops fled to the surrounding mountains and forests, and the Qin army could not pursue at all, but could only continue to march forward.
Thinking of this, Wang Jian couldn't help but secretly pinch a cold sweat, and immediately ordered the troops not to be greedy for merit, and each set up camp in the occupied place, fighting steadily, and all the troops strengthened their defense to prevent the Chinese army from raiding. Wang Jian himself only led 100,000 Qin soldiers to attack Yingcheng.
Sure enough, Wu Zixu originally wanted to use the Heavenly Furnace method of warfare to trap the Qin army, on the one hand, let the troops get out of the way and let the enemy in, and then reassemble and stand by by himself into the deep mountains; On the one hand, the defense was carefully deployed in Yingcheng, using the strong city wall to resist the attack of the Qin army, and constantly consuming the Qin army's sharp energy in the resistance, and when the Qin army was a little tired, he ordered the troops hiding in the deep mountains to attack from all sides, shocking and disturbing the Qin army's heart, Wu Zixu personally led the Yingcheng troops to take advantage of the chaos to attack, and there was a chance to break the Qin army.
But now that everything has been seen through by Wang Qian, the Qin army has locked its eyes on the Chinese army in the surrounding mountains and forests, and once any force dares to attack, the fierce Qin army will tear it to pieces. In this way, Wu Zixu's carefully designed Heavenly Furnace Battle Array has failed, and the next thing is to rely on strength to fight the Qin army, but most of the Qin army's troops are consolidating the rear, and the Qin army directly faced by Yingcheng has been greatly reduced, as long as the command is appropriate, it is not impossible to hold Yingcheng.
The Qin army's offensive began, and the head of Yingcheng City saw a black oppressive attack, which was the first volley of the Qin army. The Qin army has been fighting with Xirong for many years, and the soldiers are all skilled in bows and horses, especially the bows and arrows of the Qin State, which are unparalleled in the world, extremely accurate and powerful, and the sound is terrifying, ordinary people have already been frightened to the point that their souls are scattered.
Sure enough, a rain of arrows from the Qin army fell, and the defenders at the head of the city were all shot into sieves, although they were all holding shields and wearing armor. Moreover, many arrows were three feet deep into the city wall, and their sharpness and strength were truly terrifying.
Wu Zixu hurriedly ordered the defenders to retreat into bunkers in the city to avoid the Qin army's bows and arrows. After three rounds of arrow rain, Yingcheng has fallen into a dead silence, Wang Jian gave an order, the siege soldiers pushed the siege vehicle to take the lead, the infantry holding Changge followed closely, and the black cavalry pressed towards Yingcheng from both sides like dark clouds.
When the Qin army approached, Wu Zixu roared, and suddenly the thunder stones and rolling logs on the city poured down like a torrential rain, and the Qin army under the city was smashed and screamed, and there were many dead and wounded. But no one in the Qin army flinched and continued to move forward. The siege vehicle of the Qin army had hit the city gate, the situation was precarious, Wu Zixu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to pour fire oil from the city, and then ordered people to send hundreds of rockets, the Qin army under the city suddenly fell into a sea of fire, chaos, and the Qin army's offensive was slightly reduced. Wu Zixu took the opportunity to lead the army to attack, drove the Qin army out of the moat, and after destroying all the pontoon bridges built by the Qin army just now, he quickly withdrew his troops back to the city and did not continue to entangle with the Qin army.
Wang Jian was furious when he saw this, but he knew that today's offensive had been frustrated, and if he reluctantly did it, he would probably suffer heavy losses, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, turn back and think about it in the long run, and fight again in the future. The first confrontation between Wu Zixu and Wang Jian ended in a thrilling and exciting way, and the land of Jingchu was temporarily calm, and a bigger killing was brewing in the calm.