Chapter 658: The Qin army went east to attack the state of Chu

Since the king has an order, even if he breaks his leg and hollows out his mind, he must do it.

Just like now, with the transmission of King Qin's will, the entire Xianyang City once again started as fast as a machine.

However, in just one hour, when the south gate of Xianyang was opened, Wang Yi had already rushed out of the city gate with hundreds of elite cavalry, one person and three horses.

Less than half an hour later, a group of horses also appeared at the north gate of Xianyang, led by Dr. Tu Jia, who is now in charge of diplomatic affairs in the Qin State, and by Dr. Tu Jia's side, it is the rising star of the Qin army - General Meng Fu.

At the same time, Fan Sui in the city was also very busy, with grain, grass, ordnance, and even tens of thousands of troops, waiting for him to coordinate and arrange.

In just an hour and a half, batch after batch of government decrees were quickly issued from Xianyang, and one team after another of the recruits immediately put on their backpacks and left their hometowns.

King Qin's will was most embodied in this hour and a half.

After less than a year, the army of Qin went out again!

Rushing to Shuzhong's Wang Di, he didn't stop his horses, ran all the way, and it took only four days to reach the army in Shuzhong.

With the arrival of Wang Di, the army of Qin that had been hoarded in Shu also woke up, revealing its sharp minions.

In two days, Wang Yi relied on his strong prestige to bring together the 160,000 Qin troops from all over the country and successfully completed the reorganization of the army.

On the third day of arriving in Shuzhong, the 160,000 Qin army marched out of Shu.

Obviously, their first task is to establish a bridgehead in the territory of Chu. And this bridgehead, Wang Ji set it in Zengcheng.

Zeng City, the former capital of Zeng country. It is adjacent to the Huai River in the north, and the remaining veins of Hengshan Mountain to the west in the south, which has the auspicious omen of the back mountain and the water, and the convenience of water and land, and the key to the hinterland of Chu State.

If it is obtained, the military rations of the Qin State can be quickly reached by water, and the loss is less than one-third of the land transportation.

Such an important place, of course, the state of Chu also arranged heavy troops to defend it. An army of 30,000 was placed in this city by the king of Chu.

Don't underestimate the 30,000 troops, with the fortified city and sufficient material preparations, as long as the defense is done properly, it will not be a problem to delay for a month or two.

One or two months is enough to consume the sharp energy of the Qin army, and it is also enough for the king of Chu to mobilize troops to come for reinforcements.

It's a pity that Wang Di, as the chief general of the Qin army, is obviously not prepared to give Chu any time to react.

At the same time that Wang Yu arrived in Shuzhong, the hundreds of cavalry who came with him, after only one night's rest, had already disguised themselves as the people of Chu State, and quietly left Shuzhong, their target was the defenseless Zeng Cheng.

And this cavalry is not Wang Di's personal soldier, but the Qin army's sharp soldiers who were finally regained by the Qin State in five years of recuperation.

For this battle, the King of Qin once again pressed all the treasures on Wang Yi's body.

Although the Qin army had already appeared in Shuzhong, due to the distance, Zeng Cheng did not get the news for the first time, so the five hundred Qin army warriors entered Zeng Cheng in batches almost without hindrance.

And when the generals of the Chu State finally noticed the abnormality and hurriedly closed the city gate to defend the city, the sharp soldiers who infiltrated the city had already ambushed in the east and south of the city under the guidance of the black ice platform guests in the city, ready to respond to the main force of the Qin army outside the city at any time.

To be honest, the moment they saw the magnificent army of the Qin army, the generals of the Chu army stationed in Zengcheng had already realized that something was wrong.

Although the Qin army has been deflated by the hands of Zhao State over the years, the Qin army has really not suffered a loss against the Chu army, especially when the army is dispatched, almost every time it can tear off a large piece of meat from the body of Chu State.

In particular, how could he be the opponent of the Qin army's hundreds of thousands of troops, with less than 30,000 soldiers under his command.

In terms of the momentum of the war, the Chu army has weakened more than a notch.

The good news is that because there was no confidence in this battle, the chief general of the Chu army, almost as soon as he discovered the traces of the Qin army, had already sent several cavalry to Chendu to report the news.

The bad news was that although the commander of the Chu army tried his best to mobilize troops and horses to defend Zeng City to the death, he did not realize that just behind the eastern tower where he was standing, a large courtyard was already full of the fashion of Xuanyi long sword.

The results were already predictable.

More than 100,000 troops are divided into front, middle and rear armies all the way forward, and the front army alone has a full 60,000 horses, which is already twice the Chu army in Zengcheng.

After leaving for Chudi, Wang Ji launched an attack on Zeng Cheng without the slightest hesitation.

Hundreds of catapults were slowly pushed onto the battlefield, and in the creaking sound, it was only in this first round that what was thrown at Zeng Cheng was not the huge stones, but countless bamboo slips engraved with persuasion documents.

Yes, even though Wang Di had already won the victory, he did not attack rashly. Speed is naturally important, but at the same time, the combat effectiveness and high morale of the army are guaranteed.

Obviously, Wang Yi is preparing to surrender without a fight.

And the key to this strategy is still Zhao Guo!

Wang Yi wanted to tell all the soldiers of the Chu army defending the city that while they were besieged in this Zeng city, they should not vainly try to have any reinforcements from any country - the main force of Zhao State at this time had already appeared in the Yan State, and it was impossible to come to the rescue.

Of course, Wang Yi also knew that the probability of persuasion was not great. Even if his army seemed to be stretching, even if the forces in the city could not resist the attack of his own army.

At least, until the Chu army in the city was sure that the king of Chu had abandoned them, they would not surrender easily.

The blood feud between Qin and Chu also did not allow them to surrender so easily.

However, Wang Di's "high-altitude throwing" will not be useless, to be precise, the object of these high-altitude throws is not the Chu army, but for the sharp soldiers in the city.

It's very simple, you must know that it is not the middle of the night, although the Qin army has been ambushed in the city, but now Zeng Cheng has already cleaned the streets because of the arrival of the Qin army. If Qin Junrui rushed out in broad daylight in a daze, it would be no different from looking for death.

But what if something strange fell from the sky?

Driven by curiosity, will the people of Zeng City go to the courtyard to pick it up and see what the situation is? If you don't find it in the yard, will you want to pick it up at the door? It's all at the door, it's in the middle of the road, just a step or two, what's the matter......

Obviously, if the Qin army smashed down a boulder, then all the people would just stay at home and tremble, but if the Qin army smashed a bamboo slip, even if they knew that it was worthless, people would want to go and check it out.

And this doesn't matter, but it just gives the Qin army soldiers in the city a reason to appear on the streets and in front of the city gates.

Seeing piles of bamboo slips floating towards Zeng Cheng in the sky like scattered flowers of a heavenly maiden, Wang Di, who was sitting on a war horse, immediately ordered: "The front army is attacking!" ”

"Yes." The herald beside him immediately received the order.

Immediately, the sound of whimpering trumpets and the beating of drums rang out.

Stepping on the beat of the drum, the 60,000 troops of the Qin army, divided into more than ten phalanxes, pushed hundreds of siege weapons such as arrow towers, ladders, and rushing vehicles to Zengcheng.

To make a play, then you have to do a full set.

On the one hand, showing such a strong force and sufficient siege weapons was also to further confuse the opponent, so that the generals of the Chu State would firmly believe that the Qin army was about to attack head-on, so as to relax the defense of the city tower;

On the other hand, although Wang Di's plan was to take Zeng Cheng from inside and outside, this did not prevent him from showing the strong side of the Qin army to these Chu people.

More Chu people may not know how Zeng Cheng was broken.

But when they fled for their lives, they would see the boundless military array of the Qin army and the vast sea of equipment, and they would only remember that with just one charge, the Qin army broke through Zengcheng, which the Chu army had been stationed in for many years.

Such an impression will remain deeply in their minds, and it will also be brought to all parts of the Chu State with the escape of these Chu people, so that more Chu people will be immersed in the fear of the Qin army.

Sure enough, when he saw the Qin army slaughtering towards him, the general of the Chu State, who was unwilling to surrender, was also panicked for a while.

Then he made a mistake in the hurry, and in the panic, the main general of the Chu army increased the troops on the city tower again without engaging the battle, and it seemed that only more troops and denser positions could give him enough confidence.

It should be said that even if there are no Qin army's sharp soldiers under the city tower who want to seize the door, this behavior of the main general of the Chu army is also very stupid.

The tower is so long and wide, and once the density of personnel is too large, not only will it ignore the defense, but it will even affect the mobilization and support of troops.

This is a very simple common sense, but on the contrary, this general of the Chu State made such a low-level mistake.

Of course, it's no wonder! After all, in the face of Qin Jun's powerful plastic surgery, it is very difficult to maintain a calm attitude and choose the best choice at all times.

Although the density of troops on the castle tower is now larger, it is not to the point where it is impossible to stretch its legs, and it almost does not affect support. It can be said that this mistake of the chief general of the Chu army is actually not fatal.

The premise is that there is no Qin army under the city tower.

It's a pity that as the familiar sound of war drums approached, all the Qin army soldiers understood that it was not only the pace of the Qin army's attack outside the city, but also the countdown for them to set off to seize the city gate.

The Qin army's sharp soldiers soon appeared on the streets and alleys leading to the east and south of the city.

Because there were already a lot of people on the street picking up the scattered bamboo slips, and even many Chu soldiers were taking the bamboo slips to look at them carefully, so naturally they didn't find anything unusual on the street.

Even knowing the last moment of their lives, the soldiers of the Chu army did not know how they died inside the city. Obviously this is your home turf?

As the teams of Qin Junrui soldiers gradually gathered together, there was an eerie silence on the entire street.

"Poof", it was Ruishi's long sword stabbed into the chest of the Chu army soldiers. I didn't have time to howl in pain, and the side of my mouth was already pressed by a big hand that came from nowhere.

"Attack!" After solving the Chu army at the last alley entrance, the centurions of Ruishi immediately gave an order.

Without any more sound, the group of warriors was silent and rushed to the city gate, which had hundreds of handles.

And so the real battle began......