Huaiyuan battlefield

The Qin army in black uniforms and the Chu army in yellow uniforms arrived in Huaiyuan at six o'clock in the afternoon, and several archers from each army fired an arrow at the opponent's position.

However, the arrows did not shoot into each other's formations, but gradually weakened, and finally fell straight down and pierced the ground.

It's a stone's throw away.

The Qin and Chu armies lined up in Huaiyuan, the Qin army sent 100,000 troops, leaving 20,000 to defend Chen County, and the Chu army sent 200,000 troops, still maintaining a one-to-two ratio of numbers.

Not only the number of people, among the 200,000 Chu troops, 40,000 are the Tenglong Legion, 30,000 are the Thunder Leopard Legion, and 20,000 are the Shadow Tiger Legion, nearly half of which are the world-famous Chu army, which is also the confidence of Xiang Yan to dare to fight with Zhang Ji.

Moreover, the remaining 110,000 Chu troops, of which 60,000 are from the army directly under the temple of the Chu State, are not the private soldiers of the nobles, and their fighting will and quality may not be inferior to the black iron armor army of the Qin State.

But since Zhang Ji agreed to make an appointment, in addition to the Qin army's good battle, there are also other things to rely on.

Like what...... Location!

Huaiyuan is indeed a plain, but the overall terrain is flat, and the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

Although the difference between the heights of the terrain is not large, the land under the feet of the Qin army is higher than that of the Chu army, and the range of bows and arrows will be farther than that of the Chu army, and the attack of the Chu army will also consume more physical strength.

As a Chu person, this place is the former capital of Chu State, Xiang Yan naturally understands Zhang Ji's purpose of setting the battlefield in Huaiyuan, but he doesn't mind letting Zhang Ji take advantage of the geographical advantage, or he deliberately cedes the geographical advantage to Zhang Ji.

Xiang Yan is reluctant to fight a tough battle, and is confident that he will win this battle, no matter how bad it is, it will be a small victory, as long as Zhang Ji can accept the battle letter, it will not hurt to give up the geographical advantage.

It's just that when Xiang Yan stood under the Chu army and looked at the Qin army's position again, he was dazzled by a dazzling bright light, and subconsciously raised his hand to cover the front of the double face.

After seeing the position of the Qin army clearly, Xiang Yan's heart trembled suddenly.

It was not that the ordnance and machinery on the Qin army's position made Xiang Yan feel palpitations, but that Xiang Yan realized why Zhang Ji chose to fight in the afternoon.

After all, most of the army has a two-meal system, and only today's Qin army implements a three-meal system, and even the sentries on duty at night or other soldiers who have tasks at night have a supper.

Xiang Yan originally thought that Zhang Ji's purpose was just to take advantage of the Chu army who had no habit of eating lunch with the full-bellied Qin army, and deliberately added food to the Chu army at noon, which made the morale of the army even more uplifted, and privately ridiculed Zhang Ji for not being able to use these small methods.

But I didn't want Zhang Ji to have other purposes.

"The sun is in the northwest, and the Qin army is in the northwest, and it is high...... It's really calculating. ”

Xiang Yan had already imagined how difficult it would be for the Chu army to face the dazzling sunlight when attacking the Qin army's position, and looked at the "Sun" on the side with an unhappy face, and asked, "Zhou Zhang, what time is it now?" ”

"Not yet." As a Japanese person in the army, and also a person who is familiar with military affairs, Zhou Zhang still doesn't understand what Xiang Yan means, "After an hour, the position of the sun will change to the south." ”

Xiang Yan nodded and didn't say a word, but Zhou Zhang understood that Xiang Yan was already dissatisfied with him.

He was once a disciple of Chun Shenjun, and after the death of Chun Shenjun, because he was not angry with Li Yuan, a former colleague, for killing the master, he took refuge in Xiang Yan and served as a general and a Japanese in the army.

At the same time, as a native of Chen County and a Japanese in the army, Zhou Zhang should have thought of the fact that the Qin army used the position of the sun, but Zhou Zhang did not expect that he was responsible for dereliction of duty.

But Zhou Zhang also felt a little aggrieved in his heart, since ancient times, the battle was in the early morning, how could anyone use the sun position to fight, he naturally didn't think of this.

Just like before Sun Bin reduced the stove, who would have thought that the reduction might not be because of desertion but because of luring the enemy?

Or everyone understands the truth of horse racing, but who will apply it to horse racing or the battlefield?

After both sides were arrayed, Zhang Ji and Xiang Yan, as commanders, rode their horses to the center of the battlefield, confirmed that each other had completed the formation according to the process, and then said a few words.

When the commanders of the two armies return to their respective formations, the curtain of this battle can be opened.

"Luo Nanjun, the little smart can't be on the stage after all."

After confirming that the Chu army was in array, Zhang Ji, who was just about to turn his horse's head and prepare to go back, heard Xiang Yan's sentence for no reason, he was a little dazed, and looked at Xiang Yan with a slight frown.

"The old man is curious, on this plain, with the help of this insignificant time and place, where do you have the confidence to defeat the Chu army that is more than twice the number of the Qin army in the battle?"

"With absolute strength."

Zhang Ji turned his horse's head and returned to the military formation, not intending to give Xiang Yan time to continue asking.

Woo——! Woo——! Woo——!

As the sound of two horns with slightly different tones simultaneously reached the ears of the 300,000 soldiers of the two armies, the rumbling war drums that followed were like a spark thrown into a powder keg, detonating the fighting spirit of both sides.

Different from the sparse war intent of the noble private soldiers in the past, this Chu army had a very strong war intent, and the extra meal enjoyed before the battle was naturally full of vitality, and everyone rushed to the position of the Qin army.

On the contrary, the position of the Qin army was much quieter, with almost uniform footsteps, holding spears, as if they were moving alone.

"Wind ——! Wind ——! Wind ——! ”

Qin Jun's eyes also had a fanatical fighting spirit, which was a thirst for military merit, but the Qin army always maintained an orderly formation, and one army formation after another was arranged into one larger military formation after another.

Xiang Yan's face became solemn at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he was also a famous general in the world, so he could naturally see that although they were all armies with majestic fighting spirit, if they used two words to describe the momentum shown by the Chu army, then it must be excited.

But if it is to describe Qin Jun, Xiang Yan believes that only the word "iron and blood" can be used.

Just, this slogan?

"Wind? There is also the formation of the Qin army, which is to take the initiative to attack? ”

Xiang Yan became more and more puzzled, the ratio of troops to one to two, and in terms of the quality of soldiers, this Chu army is not much different from the Qin army, but it is only more familiar with the battle and the cooperation is more tacit, how can it be possible to ignore this huge disadvantage in strength?

The Qin army still maintained a neat military formation when advancing, and there was no scene of the Chu army scrambling to move forward.

In the Qin army, it is almost impossible to see any scenes where soldiers rush out single-handedly to cut off the enemy's head and come back in order to cut off the enemy's head and gain military merits, which is all fictional plots.

The military discipline of the Qin army strictly forbids this kind of behavior, generally with the army as a small formation, the five people rescue and cooperate with each other, if someone destroys the formation without permission, even if they make a great achievement, it is a light whipping, a heavy beheading, and it will also affect the same Wu Pao Ze and even Shi Chang, 100 generals and other middle and lower level officers to be punished together.

Xiang Yan is no stranger to this.

Can...... Did the vanguard of the Qin army rush a little too fast?

The left and right flanks of the vanguard army were exposed under the noses of the Chu army, and they also distanced themselves from the Chinese army a lot, is this someone openly violating military law?

Wait, why is it written on the pioneer banner "Luo Nanjun" and "Zhang"?

Could it be ...... Zhang Ji, the chief general of the Qin army, is the vanguard of the army?!

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