The smoke was blown onto the castle towers, and the pungent smell made people feel sick.

Zhou Hongqiang endured the discomfort caused by the smoke and smell, picked up a shield in front of him, and was about to walk down the city tower to dodge, but a stray arrow hit him in the arm.

Hiss......

The arrows pierced into the flesh, causing him to scream in pain and his shield to come out of his hand.

However, before he could recover from his recovery, several sharp arrows immediately pierced his body, and he died so much that he could not die again.

"General!"

The short soldiers around him were shocked when they found that Zhou Hong was shot by stray arrows, and they were about to shout that the sharp arrows from the Qin army also shot this person to death.

The remaining Chu army guards, rolling and climbing, walked down the city tower in a panic.

Outside the city.

Seeing that the smoke was almost in progress, Zhang Tang asked people to extinguish the fire, and the smoke dissipated with the wind.

"Siege!"

He shouted again.

Five thousand Qin troops, quickly climbing the city tower.

The city was already chaotic and undefended, so they easily took down Chen Cheng.

As soon as the city gate opened, Bai Zhong and the others came back from victory.

"The general, the rebel general Zhou Hong, the middle arrow is dead."

Zhang Tang said: "Chen Cheng has been taken by us, and all the guards who surrendered have been killed. ”

Bai Zhong said: "Good job, first stationed in Chen City!" ”

When he arrived in Chencheng, Bai Zhong instructed the military judge to count the battle exploits, determine the number of casualties as soon as possible, determine the number of heads that were good to kill the enemy, and then call Fusu to his side.

"Teacher, I'm fine!"

Fusu was covered in blood, but he didn't care: "Kill the enemy a few more times, and I will be able to get used to it." ”

Bai Zhong asked, "How did you feel just now?" ”

Fusu thought seriously for a long time: "I don't feel scared anymore, teacher, as a general, you are actually very hard, but the hardest thing is still a soldier." ”

Bai Zhong said with emotion: "For the sake of Great Qin, in order not to have another war in the future, we work hard, it doesn't matter." ”

If you don't want to fight again, you can only stop the war with war.

If you want peace in the world, it all depends on Great Qin to unify the world and suppress the six eastern countries, which Fusu has heard Bai Zhong say many times, so he can naturally understand, and nodded solemnly: "Great Qin, teachers and all soldiers are indispensable." ”

"We are also indispensable to Daqin."

This relationship is complementary to each other, Bai Zhong said again: "Son, rest first, I'll deal with some military affairs!" ”

The change in Fusu's personality has already had obvious effects.

There will be no more in the future, that Fusu who will commit suicide if he doesn't know the truth or falsehood of an edict, this is a good start, Bai Zhong has a sense of accomplishment, and he is very pleased.

He changed it with his own hands.

Great Qin will definitely not die II.

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After Xiang Yan went out, he first went back to Xiang Cheng.

came to Yingshui, and then gave the order to rest the whole army.

He led an army of 400,000 to the battle, but now only more than 200,000 people can escape alive, and all the others are killed and defeated again.

He delved into the reason for his defeat, and still underestimated Bai Zhong's ability.

"Underestimate the enemy!"

Xiang Yan said helplessly.

Jing Lan stepped forward and said, "It's not that Shangzhu State underestimates the enemy, but that the Qin army is too cunning. ”

Xiang Yan said: "Brother Jing hasn't given me the reason yet!" ”

"Because of our Jing clan, we don't want the Chu State to be destroyed."

Jing Lan sat down helplessly and said: "Although our Jing clan advocates peace, we are also loyal to the Chu State, and we don't want to fight again, but now it's not chaotic and chaotic, Qu Clan withdrew, Zhao's recent performance in Shouchun is not very much about fighting, and there is also the meaning of letting go, our Jing clan doesn't want to see only Shangzhu State alone struggling to support, so we take the initiative to ask the king to send troops to support." ”

These nobles of the Chu State value more interests.

Jing's interests are tied to the state of Chu, since they can't sue for peace, they can only fight to the end, and the matter has come to this point, and the Jing clan can't help the state of Chu win this battle without sending troops and food.

"The Zhao clan doesn't want to fight either?"

Xiang Yan asked in surprise.

Jing Lan nodded and said: "After seeing the Qu clan leave, the Zhao clan felt that it was impossible for the Chu State to win the war, and wanted to preserve its strength and status, and then take refuge in the Qin State, alas! ”

The internal situation of the Chu State is probably that their four major families are in power and have emptied their royal power, and the King of Chu suddenly has no support from the two major families, and he has already lost half of the Qin State.

Xiang Yan has soldiers and can lead them, but he lacks food and logistics.

There are many soldiers under the Jing clan, and there is also not much food, and without food, it will be difficult to fight again.

"The current situation is not in our favor."

Of course, Xiang Yan understood that the Jing clan and the Chu State were tied together, and if they could withdraw and leave, they would no longer send troops to rescue them, and they would have long since gathered their own interests and prepared to run away, just like the Zhao clan.

Jing Lan got up, arched his hand and said: "The king gave me 100,000 people, I am bringing 100,000 people in the Jing clan's fiefdom, a total of 200,000, to the command of Shangzhu State, I don't know much about war, in terms of food, the king has collected another batch, and our Jing clan has also taken out a large amount of grain, and we can save some money and hold on for about three months, and stay up until the autumn harvest." ”

"Thank you, Brother Jing!"

Xiang Yan returned the salute, and then took out a map to analyze how to retreat from the enemy next.

The grain can still last for three months, that is to say, in these three months, either he defeated the Qin army and repelled Bai Zhong, or his own Chu army was defeated, and finally Shouchun was besieged and the Chu state perished.

——

Shou Chun.

After Xiong Qi returned, he quickly integrated into the court of the Chu State.

At this time, he had just finished discussing the current battle situation with the negative and left the palace, but the content of their discussion did not have any substantive results, and many people were thinking that the Chu State could not stop the Qin army.

This battle is bound to be lost.

Therefore, Xiong Qi should prepare in advance.

He took all his family members to Shouchun, betrayed the Qin State, and returned to the Chu State, but he didn't want to see the Chu State destroyed, and judging from the current situation, it was a matter of time before the country was destroyed.

Xiong Qi can see that the Jing family took the initiative to fight, in fact, it was also for the benefit of the family, including the Qu family.

"Such a Chu State can no longer be saved."

Xiong Qi sighed in his heart, a royal power has been hollowed out, and the king of Chu has to rely on the noble Chu State, even if he can survive this time, sooner or later he will be killed by the nobles of the Chu State.

"How can I save my country?"

He muttered in his heart, and unconsciously returned to the front of the gate of the mansion, just in time to see Ren Ni, the minister of the king of Chu, coming towards him, and asked, "Ling Yin is looking for me, what's the matter?" ”

Ren Ni said solemnly: "I know that the monarch wants to save the Chu State, but he just came back, and he can't do anything, it just so happens that I also want to save it, why don't we talk?" ”

Although the state of Chu is unbearable, there are also people who really love the state of Chu, such as Ren Ni in front of him.

He couldn't see any hope from the negative body, so he set his eyes on Xiong Qi.

As the elder brother of the king, Xiong Qi has a reputation and a good name, and they may be able to talk to each other.

Xiong Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Please make Yin inside!" ”

When they arrived at the house, they chatted for a long time.

It wasn't until the evening that Ren Ni left the house, and as for what they were talking about, only the two of them knew.