Bai Zhong repelled Xiang Yan, counted all the battle exploits, and wrote a report for people to send to Xianyang, so he sent troops to the east.

The army marched for several days and finally came to the edge of Yingshui.

Xiangcheng, the birthplace of the Xiang clan, was close at hand, but Bai Zhong did not immediately attack it.

The Chu army on the other side, seeing that the Qin army was catching up again, the whole army was on alert and looked at the shore vigilantly.

Inside the main ledger.

Bai Zhong looked at the map and analyzed: "The closest to Xiang Cheng is the City Father, Xiang Yan is ready to take Chen Cheng as the center, cooperate with City Father, Juyang and other places to form a corner and intercept us outside Shouchun." ”

"How are the generals going to fight?"

Zhang Han asked.

Bai Zhong thought for a while and said: "There is news from Qianzhong again, Ning Jun is still besieging Qiancheng, deliberately dragging the Qu family, so that the Chu army will lose this great help, Xiang Yan should not be able to support it for long, they must be very anxious, anxious about how to repel us." ”

"In that case......

"Zhang Han led 100,000 troops to attack the city father."

"According to the latest news brought back by the Black Ice Terrace, the City Father is the current granary of the Chu Army in Huaibei, and Xiang Yan has also stored the grain that has been sent recently in the City Father, and the degree of guarding is not weak."

"We send troops to attack, Xiang Yan must make some moves, but how to deal with it, wait for my arrangement."

He said again: "Xin Sheng led 30,000 troops to fight Juyang, Zhang Tang led 30,000 troops to attack Bedqiu, Li Ji, you also led the troops, and also took 30,000 people to attack Xincai, but you don't need to really attack, just pretend to attack, camp under Xincai City, don't take the initiative to fight, and wait for my arrangement." ”

Hearing such an order, they were all stunned for a moment.

Chen Ping first said: "General, after the last battle, there are about 380,000 people left in our whole army, and 190,000 people have left, Xiang Yan still has 400,000 people here, if Xiang Yan comes to sneak attack, what will happen to the camp?" ”

Everyone else thinks so and is very worried about this arrangement.

Bai Zhong continued to analyze: "Xiang Yan learned that I arranged 100,000 people to attack the city father, and I will definitely divide part of my forces to defend the granary in Huaibei, and even if the rest of the Chu army comes to attack, I can also defend the camp." ”

Chen Ping thought about it and felt that it made sense, but he still felt that the general's arrangement was a bit risky, and he was about to refute it, when he heard Bai Zhong say again: "Tieying Ruishi, follow Zhang Han's side, arrange it like this first, and you will leave directly tomorrow morning." ”

"Yui!"

They had no choice but to take orders.

Bai Zhong was confident that he would not let the camp fall.

After these orders, he let Zhang Han and them all leave.

"What's your trick?"

Ying Shu didn't leave, stayed and asked curiously.

Bai Zhong smiled and said: "You can defeat Xiang Yan's trick, in fact, there is no danger, wait for it, you will get the result soon." ”

"I believe in you."

Ying Shu is naturally a good person who trusts herself, and she throws herself into his arms as she speaks.

The next morning.

After Bai Zhong got up, he wrote a few notes and handed them to Zhang Han, Xin Sheng, Zhang Tang and Li Ji, and determined the time to open them according to the distance they played.

When the time comes, you can open the note, and the time for everyone to open it is different.

They were quite puzzled by this, but they didn't ask too much, and the general must have some clever plan to break the enemy.

As soon as the Qin army's forces were mobilized, they were immediately noticed by the Chu army on the opposite bank.

Xiang Yan got the news, spread out a map, and studied it carefully.

"The Qin army going north must be attacking the city father, Bai Zhong should know that our grain and grass are placed in the city father, and he will run out of food again."

Xiang Yan analyzed: "The other Qin army, I see the direction they left, it should be to attack Juyang, Bedqiu and Xincai respectively, looking at their formation, there are still a lot of troops sent out, how could Bai Zhong suddenly divide so many troops?" ”

Jing Lan said: "Since Bai Zhong has divided his forces, isn't there an emptiness inside the Qin camp? ”

If you are empty, you can sneak attack.

They still have 400,000 troops here, and the Qin army has divided its forces, and the number left is definitely not much.

Xiang Yan fell into deep thought: "Bai Zhong did this for no reason, it won't be without reason, he must have some tricks." ”

Xiang Rong reminded: "But the city father can't be lost!" ”

If all the grain and grass are gone, let alone three months, you won't be able to survive for three days.

"Xiang Rong led 100,000 troops to rescue the city father, and the Qin army must not be allowed to succeed."

Xiang Yan thought for a while, it was not easy to repel the Qin army within three months, and said: "Juyang and other places don't need to send troops first, send scouts to monitor, and when the Qin army goes away, we will cross the river to test the situation of the Qin army and launch an attack first." ”

"Yui!"

Xiang Rong, Jing Lan and others all responded.

In case after crossing the river, Bai Zhong can be defeated, then the remaining scattered forces will be vulnerable.

They can win again and truly fight for peace.

——

In the afternoon.

"General, the Chu army has crossed the river."

Chen Ping walked back eagerly.

Bai Zhong was not surprised by this, and said calmly: "Gather the whole army and prepare to face the battle." ”

Knock knock!

The sound of war drums echoed in the Qin camp.

After the soldiers of the Qin army gathered, they came to the shore to take a look, and saw that the Chu army was quickly building a pontoon bridge, preparing to forcibly cross the river, in addition to the pontoon bridge, there were many boats, and began to extend to the shore.

Yingshu asked worriedly, "What should I do?" ”

The strength of the Qin army is insufficient, and if the Chu army attacks it in an all-round way, even if it can be blocked, the losses will not be small.

Bai Zhong said unhurriedly: "Let them build the pontoon bridge smoothly, arrange the troops of the first echelon, and first resist the enemy who comes by boat." ”

The flag was quickly passed on.

The sound of war drums is even more exciting.

The soldiers of the first echelon came to the shore, and when the enemy came into range, they immediately fired a salvo of crossbow arrows and struck at the enemy's ships.

The shield bearers of the Chu army put up their shields to resist, and some people tried their best to support the boat, if the shield bearers were unfortunately shot, the people behind would immediately take it, continue to raise their shields, and desperately try their best to land on the shore.

Bai Zhong picked up his bow and asked the soldiers beside him for a pot of arrows, and one arrow was shot at an enemy's shield.

Sou!

The arrow pierced the shield on the spot and shot the shield-bearer behind it.

The soldiers of the Chu army, who wanted to take over the shield in the back, were shot by a rain of arrows before they could make a move.

"Where did you come from?"

Ying Shu has one thing, she has always been curious, and said: "At that time in Xiangjiang, your sword was given to me, but where did you take out your sword?" ”

She had been curious about this matter for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask today.

"It's my secret."

Of course, Bai Zhong would not say the system, looked at Yingshui in front, and said: "The enemy's pontoon bridge is about to dock, the second echelon, up!" ”

The second order flag will soon be passed on as well.

The sound of the war drums was more rapid and exciting than the one just now.

On the pontoon bridge, the Chu army raised hundreds of shields and forcibly pushed to the shore.

Bai Zhong picked up another arrow and shot it at a shield.

The battle of crossing the river officially began.