"The Qin army is about to besiege Qiancheng."

Xiang Yan frowned when she got the news of Qingyang.

His subordinate, the general named Qu Ye, learned that Qingyang was attacked by the Qin army, and directly took away Qu's military rations and wanted to go back to defend Qu's fiefdom.

As soon as this person left, half of the food in the army was instantly reduced, and tens of thousands of troops were gone.

Among the four major families, the three main battle factions, the Qu family has the most grain and grass, without the support of the Qu family, Xiang Yan can only discuss with the Zhao family, or ask Shouchun to transport grain as soon as possible.

Now in the army, there is only about a month's worth of food left, and the situation is gradually becoming difficult.

Xiang Rong said coldly: "That Bai Zhong, it's really hateful!" ”

In the last battle, they thought about stretching the front and invading Nanjun, but they didn't expect that in this battle, Bai Zhong did the same, but he did it more thoroughly than theirs, and directly entered Qianzhong County.

The Chu army invaded Nanjun and did not dare to go deep, and under Ning Teng's defense, it was not able to go deep, but the Qin army invaded Qianzhong County, but it really entered it, and the people of the Qu clan of the entire Chu State all ran back to Qianzhong and tried to resist the Qin army.

"A-Ong, what do we do now?"

Xiang Liang asked worriedly.

Whether the Zhao clan will give grain, and whether the king will send someone to deliver food, has not yet received an answer.

The Xiang clan did not store much food, and even if it was all taken out, it would not be enough for the 400,000 army to eat.

Xiang Yan said helplessly: "Continue to urge the Zhao clan and ask the king to send food, if there is no food to send in half a month, retreat!" ”

Before the war, they were full of confidence, but after the war, they saw Bai Zhong's tricks, and all their confidence disappeared with Qu's departure.

"Yui!"

The two Xiang Rong brothers could only respond so helplessly.

There's really no other way.

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"Generals, Ning Junshou and General Li You, prepare to besiege Qiancheng."

Chen Ping walked into the main account with the latest news.

Bai Zhong simply read it and exclaimed: "The speed of Ning Junshou is so fast!" ”

Chen Ping arched his hand and said: "General, I have a plan, maybe I can speed up the defeat of the Chu army." ”

"Please!"

"Out of food!"

Chen Ping continued: "In the past few months, I have dealt with a lot of documents under the generals, and I have also seen some news from the Black Ice Terrace, according to the Black Ice Platform's investigation of the four major clans of the Chu State, the 400,000 Chu troops currently facing off against us, the food is mainly provided by the Qu clan. ”

Hearing this, Bai Zhong instantly understood what he was going to say, and his eyes lit up: "The Qu clan's fief is about to be annexed by the Ning County Shou, so Xiang Yan will no longer be able to get the food support of the Qu clan." ”

"That's right!"

"Another big grain household in Chu is the Jing family, but they are the main peacemaker, and Xiang Yan can only rely on the Xiang family, the Zhao family and the king of Chu to piece together the grain of the Chu army."

"But the country of Chu is vast, and the autumn harvest is about to begin, so with the strength of the whole country, it is no problem to stalemate with us for another half a year."

"If the general sends troops, the food of the Chu army will be cut off."

"The 400,000 army consumes an extremely large amount of food every day."

"The Chu army has no follow-up food supply, and Xiang Yan is only afraid that it won't be able to support it for a month."

Chen Ping continued: "You can use the Iron Eagle Warrior to intercept and kill the grain transport troops of the Chu army!" ”

Listening to Chen Ping's words, Bai Zhong thought about it for a while, felt that the plan was feasible, and said loudly: "Let Geng Wu come to see me!" ”

Geng Wu walked into the main tent, got the order and plan, and immediately led the Iron Eagle Warrior to leave.

The quickest way for the Chu army to transport grain to the camp in Chencheng was to pass through Huaishui, enter Fenshui, and finally come to the vicinity of the Chu camp and then move to the land.

These are grains sent from Shouchun.

There are also some that are sent from Xiangcheng and will be transported by land to the west of Chencheng.

The transportation part of the road was not within the scope of Bai Zhong's attack, and what he wanted to destroy was only the grain ship from Shouchun, so the Iron Eagle Ruishi led by Geng Wu went along the Fenshui and left quietly at night.

After walking for several days, they came to the side of the river where Fenshui connects to Huaishui.

"Let's go downstream to find out, I want to know if the Chu army has a grain ship coming."

As soon as Geng Wu was stationed, an order was issued.

More than a dozen sharp soldiers acted as scouts and went downstream to find out the whereabouts of the Chu army's grain carriers.

Next, just wait quietly.

In ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and it took time for the grain to be sent out and transported, and Geng Wu and other sharp soldiers waited near the river for almost five days, but there was no news.

On the sixth day.

"General, the grain ship is here!"

Ruishi, who acted as a scout, came back and said excitedly: "It is about twenty miles away from us. ”

Geng Wu said in a loud voice: "All ready!" ”

There are many aquatic plants on the riverbank, and the sharps hide in them, and it is not easy for outsiders to find them.

The sharps with strong crossbows opened the folded crossbows, and the crossbow arrows were stuck on the crossbow machine, and the sharps who were in charge of launching the water had already dived into the water at this time, and when the grain ship passed, they swam to the bottom of the boat and did a very common thing, that is, they scuttled the ship.

Twenty miles away, the ship quickly finished.

"It's coming!"

Gengwu lowered his voice.

The Rui soldiers looked downstream, only to see hundreds of grain ships coming from Huaishui, entering the river channel of Fenshui, and slowly appearing in front of Gengwu and them.

"Do it!"

Geng Wu said in a deep voice.

Sharps in the water, swim to the boat.

The sharps armed with strong crossbows each locked on the Chu soldiers on the ship, and then deducted the crossbow machine.

Sou......

A sharp cracking sound sounded.

These crossbows, which have a long range, are perfectly fine for shooting the enemy on the ship, albeit on the shore.

A burst of crossbow arrows fired, and more than a hundred Chu soldiers fell on several ships.

The remaining Chu soldiers were stunned for a while, and before they could react, the second batch of crossbow arrows had already been fired, and more than a hundred people fell.

"There are enemies!"

At this time, someone finally shouted.

They raised their shields, all on guard, and some people drew their bows and shot in the direction of the sharps, but ordinary bows and crossbows, far less range than strong crossbows, were useless, and dozens of people were soon shot and killed.

The queue of the fleet is very long, the front is on alert, and the back does not know what is going on.

The sharps who dived into the water were divided into two batches.

One group forward, one group backward.

Their tool for digging the boat was also very simple, raising the horizontal knife, stabbing it in, and the sharp blade twisted again, and a hole that could enter the water appeared.

Whoa......

Hundreds of ships, more than a dozen of them at once, were pierced by them.

The river was constantly pouring in, and the boat soon lost its balance and began to tilt.

"General, it's not good!"

"Our ship was scuttled by the Qin army."

On the first ship, the soldier said in a panic.

The general in charge of transporting grain, before he even saw the shadow of the enemy, was scuttled through the grain ship, and hundreds of people were shot and killed, and he was in chaos first, not to mention the soldiers on the other grain ships.