Inside the tent of the Chu military camp.

One by one, the generals of the Chu army looked at Xiang Yan with uneasy faces, and the arrogant faces that had insulted Bai Yan outside Fu Lisai before all disappeared, and were replaced by gloomy faces.

"How long will the food and grass in the army be enough to hold on?"

Xiang Yan asked.

"General, no more than three days!"

Hearing Xiang Yan's inquiry, the grain and grass captain of the Chu army stepped forward and said.

When the other Chu generals heard this, they all looked confused, and the grain and grass in the army were about to be exhausted, and Bai Yan, the Qin general who was in the fortress, led the Qin army to shrink into the fortress and not come out.

If they continue like this, they don't have to fight with the Qin army, and their Chu army will be completely defeated because of the lack of food.

"General, do you want to continue to send Lingqi back to Shouchun and ask the king to increase grain and grass!"

Chu Jiang Ximei looked at Xiang Yan and frowned, stepped forward and said.

Long.

In the silence, Xiang Yan spoke.

"If the king can requisition grain and grass, why is the Chu army facing a shortage of food!"

Xiang Yan shook his head.

Looking at the map, for the first time in decades, Xiang Yan felt such a desperate situation, and this feeling of helplessness made Xiang Yan panic, unwilling but helpless.

Xiang Yan never thought that the state of Chu and the state of Qin were at war, and he did not support the arrival of Wang Jian and his troops.

"General! General Xiang Liang and Master Xiao have come to the camp! ”

A Chu sergeant came to the camp tent and reported to Xiang Yanyu.

Hearing the arrival of Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu, the other Chu generals in the camp all looked happy, expecting Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu to bring good news.

Yet a moment later.

When they saw Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu in a hurry, all the Chu generals in the camp seemed to have a premonition and looked worried.

"Father!"

"Xiao Gu, meet the general!"

Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu came to the camp tent, and when they saw Xiang Yan, they hurriedly saluted.

Xiang Yan first glanced at Xiang Liang, when he saw the wound on Xiang Liang's face, thinking of what happened in Chu State now, he didn't know why, and then looked at Xiao Gu on the side, Xiang Yan had some emotion in his eyes.

"Have you requisitioned soldiers, horses, grain and grass?"

Although Xiang Yan had already guessed something when she saw the wound on Xiang Liang's face, she naturally had to ask what she should ask.

"Father, Xiang Liang only levied 3,000 Shijia and 3,000 grain and grass!"

When Xiang Liang heard his father Xiang Yan's words, there was a weak look in his eyes, and he replied with a stubborn hand.

When Xiang Yan heard this, she looked at Xiang Liang angrily.

"If you don't have armor, food and grass, why are you here? You know that now the Chu army camp is short of food, grass, and armor! ”

Xiang Yan opened his mouth to reprimand, rarely venting his anger at Xiang Liang.

Xiang Liang looked aggrieved and was about to give up his hand to answer, but at this time, Xiao Gu on the side stepped forward in advance.

"General! General Xiang Liang heard about the battle of Pu Tunnel and was worried about the general, so he took the lead in leading the troops to the Chu army camp, where grain, grass, soldiers and horses were still recruited, and after a while, the camp could be sent! ”

Xiao Gu said to Xiang Yan.

Xiang Liang on the side suddenly looked at Xiao Gu in surprise, soldiers, horses, grain and grass? Where are there soldiers, horses, grain and grass, why did Xiaogu hide the military situation, this is a crime that deserves death.

However, Xiang Liang soon noticed the surprised appearance of the other Chu generals in the camp, and instantly understood why Xiao Gu concealed the military situation.

Turning his head to look at his father Xiang Yan, when he saw his father's old cheeks and eyes looking at him, Xiang Liang suddenly felt ashamed, and came to his heart.

"That's good!"

Xiang Yan looked at the other generals of the Chu State, all of them looked excited, looked at Xiao Gu, and nodded with satisfaction.

As for the other generals of the Chu State who heard the words of Xiao Gu and Xiang Liang, believe it or not, only they themselves know.

Two hours later.

As the important matters were clear, one by one the generals of Chu left the camp, and Xiang Liang was left behind by Xiang Yan, and with him, there was also Xiao Gu.

"Go back immediately, take the clansmen, go down from Shouchun, Juchao, and Zhaoguan, cross the Jiujiang River, and go to Jiangdong, where it is the farthest away from the Qin State, and there are countless scholars of the Chu State in the nearby cities, with the fame of the Xiang family, in Jiangdong, there will be a response in the future, and there is no need to worry about the capture of the Qin State!"

Xiang Yan looked at Xiao Gu, then looked at Xiang Liang and spoke.

Hearing this, Xiang Liang's face changed, and he looked at his father with a surprised face, and even Xiao Gu was shocked when he heard Xiang Yan's words, and glanced at Xiang Liang.

"Why did the general say that?"

"Yes! Father, tens of thousands of elite Xiang clans in the army, and the division of Shen Xi are all here, why does my father let the child lead the clan away now? ”

Xiao Gu was stunned, Xiang Liang was even more confused, looking at his father, Xiang Liang was a little suspicious of his ears, and Fang Cai's words would actually come out of his father's mouth.

How could my father say anything to let him leave with his people? How is this possible!

At present, even if there are many warriors in the Chu State who have fled, but in the Chu army, there is still the elite of the Xiang family, and there is still the division of Shen Xi, even if Bai Yan and Wang Ben join forces and have their father to lead the Chu army, what is the Chu army afraid of!

Inside the tent.

Xiang Yan looked at the appearance of Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu, shook his head, and his old face was full of complexity.

"The Chu army has been defeated!"

When Xiang Yan said this, it seemed as if he had unloaded the essence in his eyes, and a trace of twilight appeared in his whole person.

Under the puzzled gaze of Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu, Xiang Yan opened his mouth and instructed Xiang Liang to go to the wooden frame and take down a roll of bamboo slips.

Xiang Liang didn't dare to disobey his father's words, walked to the wooden frame, took down the bamboo slip, and opened the bamboo slip in his father's gaze.

Xiao Gu looked at Xiang Yan in some surprise, not knowing why Xiang Yan suddenly asked Xiang Liang to look at the bamboo slip, but just when he was puzzled, he turned his head and found that Xiang Liang looked shocked, looking at the bamboo slip, his eyes were full of disbelief.

"Father, how is this possible!"

Xiang Liang finished reading the contents of the bamboo slips, and slowly looked up at his father.

"Bai Yan, you are already ready to attack Chu!"

Xiang Yan looked at Xiang Liang's appearance, shook his head and sighed, this is all the news collected by people in recent days, and the last recorded records.

"Bai Yan's understanding of the Chu State is no less than that of our Chu people!"

Xiang Yan recalled the first thought of seeing the bamboo slips, and like Xiang Liang, he couldn't believe why a Qin general knew so much about the Chu State, not only the grain hoarding in recent years, but also the grain and grass that the Chu State had secretly hoarded before, which was also well known to Bai Yan.

Behind this incident, Xiang Yan's mind, in addition to being full of doubts, was cold! Xiang Yan didn't know that behind Bai Yan's knowledge of the situation in Chu State in such detail, he was secretly rebelling against many Chu army generals.

Xiang Yan thought about it, and a chill ran down her spine.

"Now that Bai Yan is sticking to the Fu Lisenei, he already knows that the Qin army avoids and does not fight, and it has been dragging on, the Chu army will collapse without a fight, and the Chu country will die without a fight. Therefore, if we don't let the people of the Xiang clan leave earlier......"

Xiang Yan said and said, and when he talked about the back, he didn't continue.

Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu both understood what Xiang Yan meant, Xiang Yan was worried that if the Xiang family did not leave the Chu State earlier, I am afraid that in the future, whether it is Bai Yan or the Qin State, they will not let the Xiang family leave.

"Remember! Take your clansmen and go to Jiangdong! Don't go to Qi country! ”

Xiang Yan turned his head, his old face was full of wrinkles, and his eyes were full of seriousness to look at Xiang Liang.

"Qi has glory and wealth, but the heart of Qin's annexation of the world, not Qi can stop it, Qi is not the place of protection of the Xiang family, if you want to gain a foothold in the future generations, multiply, and wait for the opportunity to recover Chu, the Xiang family can only rely on the children of Jiangdong!"

Xiang Yan instructed.

At this time, Xiang Yan's every word, as if he was explaining the aftermath, made Xiang Liang completely panicked, looking at this father who supported the Xiang clan and the Chu State, Xiang Liang was afraid for the first time in his heart.

With the thoughts in his mind, thinking that if he didn't have a father, Xiang Liang's eyes instantly turned red, and he instinctively shook his head.

"What does Father mean?"

Xiang Liang had some words, but he didn't know how to speak, so he could only look at his father Xiang Yan in a daze.

"The old man is the chief general of the Chu army and the general of the Chu country! The old man will not leave the Chu army, if he is born, he will live in the spring, and if he dies, he will live up to the name of the Xiang family! The Xiang family has been a Chu general for generations, and even if the old man dies, he can't abandon Chu and ruin the reputation of the Xiang family! Xiang's will be handed over to you! ”

Xiang Yan looked at Xiang Liang, whose eyes were red, and his eyes were full of determination.

"Three days, within three days, we must return to Shouchun and leave with the clansmen! Three days later, the old man took the Chu army and withdrew to Shouchun City to hold on! ”

When Xiang Yan said this, he looked at Xiao Gu on the side, with a rare and rigorous expression, raised his hands, and took the initiative to salute Xiao Gu.

This is the meaning of asking for the valley to bother!

Xiao Gu only understood why Xiang Yan would let him stay at this time, so he hurriedly returned the salute, looked at Xiang Yan with a serious face, and then looked at Xiang Liang on the side.

"Father's ......"

Xiang Liang shook his head, knelt on the ground, and wanted to say something, but Xiang Yan looked at Xiang Liang with a serious face, and told Xiang Liang not to be indecisive at this time, otherwise the disaster of the Xiang clan would not be avoidable.

In the Chu army camp, under Xiang Yan's order, Xiang Liang and Xiao Gu, who had just arrived, hurriedly left the Chu army camp in a carriage again.

However, among the Chu army, what no one knew was that it was that night.

Fu Lishou.

When Bai Yan was sleeping soundly, he suddenly heard the voice of the soldiers outside the camp tent, saying that someone was asking to see him.

Feeling the biting cold, hearing that someone was asking to see him, Bai Yan got up, put on his shoes, put on a piece of clothing at will, and asked the soldiers to bring people in.

Looking at the man who followed the soldiers into the camp, Bai Yan recognized at a glance that this person was the henchman of his little uncle.

"General!"

When the man saw Bai Yan, he bowed his hand, and then took out a piece of cloth from his arms and handed it to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan took the cloth, opened it and saw the contents of the cloth, and couldn't help laughing when he was surprised, but he didn't expect that his uncle was worried that Xiang Yan would be difficult to deal with, so he took the risk to send him a message.

Three days later, Xiang Yan will lead the Chu army and return to Shouchun!

The Chu army had less food and grass than five days......

"Go down and rest!"

Bai Yan asked the soldiers to take the man down to rest, and after watching the man bow his hand, he followed the soldiers and left.

Bai Yan looked at the layout, although Xiang Yan planned to evacuate in three days, which exceeded his previous expectations, but for Bai Yan, there was still no deviation from the previous preparation.

However, the adventure of the little uncle was not without effect, at least it made Bai Yan sure that his previous guess was correct, seeing that the fall of the Chu State was imminent, Xiang Yan, who knew that there was no hope of resisting Qin, would instinctively expose his weakness.

Xiang's!

Maybe in other circumstances, the Xiang family may not completely affect Xiang Yan, but when people are desperate, they will need a spiritual sustenance, or a name, or a person, Xiang Yan is no exception, looking at the Chu State has little hope, in Xiang Yan's eyes, the Xiang family is the hope of the Chu State in the future.

"Xiang Yan, if you learn that the Shi clan has united and wants to destroy the Xiang clan and take refuge in the Qin State, what will you do?"

Bai Yan sighed softly.

Before his uncle sent the letter, Bai Yan had already contacted the people of the Shi clan of Chu State and asked them to send a fake news to Xiang Yan, telling Xiang Yan that there were already Shi clans in Chu who had united and wanted to get rid of the Xiang clan and take refuge in the Qin State.

In Bai Yan's eyes, since he was not sure when Xiang Yan would leave, he tried to find a way to force Xiang Yan to leave.

Thinking that the scholars of the Chu State ignored the destruction of the Chu State, they left the Chu State with their clansmen and wealth one after another!

Thinking that Xiang Yan had previously led the troops to give up continuing to attack Wang Ben, return to the Chu army camp, and wait for the Chu State to send reinforcements, grain and grass.

Xiang Yan, do you still dare to believe in the people of those Chu clans?

Inside the tent.

Bai Yan put away the map, came to the map step by step, and looked at the location of Jiangdong on the map of Chu State.

"No wonder in later generations, the Xiang family relied on Jiangdong and was able to quickly assemble an elite group of disciples, why do you want to say that after Jiangdong, the Xiang family will have the capital to make a comeback!"

Bai Yan looked at Jiangdong.

The east is bordered by the sea, the south is Baiyue, the west and north are all Jiujiang natural hazards, and it is as far away as it is from Xianyang of Qin State, Bai Yan has a hunch that this place will definitely become a big trouble for Qin State in the future.

"Koto!"

Bai Yan muttered to himself, then looked at the sky and did not choose to continue to rest.

An hour later.

Hearing the return of the soldiers, in the night, Bai Yan slowly put on his clothes and armor, put on Zhanlu, and left the camp.

In the fortress, among the countless torches, Yang Yan and other Qin generals all gathered together, and when they saw Bai Yan coming, they all bowed to Bai Yan.

"General, all the soldiers have gathered! Wait for the general's order at any time! ”

Yang Yan said to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan glanced at Yang Yan and looked at the appearance of countless soldiers in the camp.

Bai Yan knew that during this period of time, all the soldiers of the Qin army were holding back a breath of anger in their hearts, and now the prisoner camp, iron cavalry, and side cavalry have left the fortress one after another, this is the last batch of Qin army, and after this part of the Qin army soldiers left the Fuli fortress, there were only more than 1,000 Qin soldiers in the fortress.

With Xiang Yan's steadiness, he will definitely continue to send a part of the army to call for battle before withdrawing his troops.

Regardless of whether the Chu army noticed that something was wrong, Bai Yan didn't care about this Fu Lisai, he was afraid of Xiang Yan before, so he had to rely on Fu Lisai to hold on, and avoid fighting against the Chu army, and now the Chu army is short of food, although this fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the Chu army definitely has no idea of stationing.

"Let's go!"

Bai Yan ordered, and then took the lead in the night, walking towards the outside of the plug.

………………………………

Vortex Mountain Forest.

Close to the Vortex River, a radius of dozens of miles, are all hills one after another.

Under the cold wind, several birds flew from a distance, and when they saw a large and familiar dense forest on the hill, the birds flew away without hesitation, but just as they were about to land on a tree, several birds were suddenly frightened and hurried to other places.

It turned out that it was just below the tree, behind the hill, and there were all dense Qin army soldiers, and all the Qin army soldiers were hidden behind the hills.

"General, will Xiang Yan really withdraw his troops today?"

Jue came to Bai Yan's side, felt the cold, looked at the movement of Chu Jun who had not seen Chu Jun for a long time, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.

When Fang Cai chatted with General Yang Yan and others, everyone said that this terrain was very similar to the terrain where Sun Bin ambushed Pang Juan in the rumors, and Pang Juan led the Wei army at that time and was in a hurry, so the clothes and armor were all placed on the wooden trailer, and when the Qi army attacked, Wei had no time to react.

Then the Qi army attacked the Wei army by surprise, the Wei army suffered countless casualties, and fled one after another, and the Qi army won a great victory.

Ju didn't doubt Yang Yan's words, but he didn't see the shadow of Chu Jun right now, and Ju was a little worried, what if Chu Jun didn't come.

"Yes!"

Bai Yan said softly.

Not long after Bai Yan finished speaking, he suddenly saw the scout soldiers coming in a hurry, and reported that the figure of the army of Chu appeared in the north, and the speed was very fast.

Hearing this, not to mention Bai Yan and Qi, even the other Qin generals around him were also full of thoughts.

In the dense forest, in the midst of one order after another, countless Qin army soldiers picked up the Changge and sharp swords on the ground.

Xianyang, Qin State.

In Xianyang City, on the streets, you can still see the posted Wang Zhao, the order to seek talent, everywhere you can see the sound of scholars coming and going, constantly talking, and some restaurants come from scholars to discuss.

Suddenly, with the sound of the mighty iron horse, all the people on the street were stunned, whether it was a roadside vendor, or some businessmen and magnates, they all looked in the direction where the sound came from.

Iron Rider?

And there are quite a few of them?

But why are there so many iron horsemen who come to Xianyang together? What's going on? Could it be that something is happening again?

Confused, puzzled, but with the roaring sound of iron hooves, countless people on the street retreated to the side one after another, and even the carriages of many scholars and officials also avoided them.

Qin State Iron Ride! It already represents a different status in the Qin State, not to mention that there are still so many iron horsemen arriving at the same time, and everyone knows what must be happening.

Soon.

Looking at the dense Qin State Iron Cavalry soldiers, galloping through the street on war horses, the number of hundreds of people, the pedestrians on the street couldn't help but talk about it.

"Why are there so many Iron Riders? And it's in the direction of the palace! ”

"yes, that's weird, what happened? By the way, do you see a cloth wrap on the back of an iron rider, like a wooden box? ”

Hundreds of people looked at the departing Iron Knight Guards, looking at each other and talking to each other.

Many of the powerful people in the carriage, after seeing this scene, also looked at each other suspiciously in the carriage, guessing whether something had happened.

In the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng was in the study with a gloomy face, accompanied by Han Yu, looking at Wang Qian, General Teng and others, still worried about breaking the formation.

Suddenly, a eunuch hurried over.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

(End of chapter)