"It's not that our army doesn't hold out, but the Qin army has a giant cannon!" 甼

Chen Yingchengtou, the lucky escaped Yangxia guard Feng Hou Yi, was reporting to Ling Yin Xiangyan with a sad face.

He said with a sad face: "Our army has the help of ink people, and the head of Yangxia City has been arranged like an iron and copper wall, if the Qin army uses ordinary ants to attack the city, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"But not only is this Qin army numerous, but its commander is very cautious, it took three days to build a cannon, and then a single attack smashed our army's arrangement on the city wall. Those stone bullets weigh more than 100 catties, and they can constantly adjust the direction and distance of their attacks, which is completely different from ordinary stone machines. Our army could not stop it at all, and as soon as the soldiers saw the boulder flying into the sky, they all fled......

"That's enough, you go down."

Xiang Yan was irritated when he heard this, and waved his hand.

Seeing that Ling Yin didn't say anything about punishment, Feng Houyi was overjoyed and hurriedly surrendered his hand.

On the side, Jin Xia, who was a prisoner, suddenly frowned. 甼

He spoke: "Ling Yin, this Feng Hou Yi abandoned the city and fled to the army, and was intercepted and killed by the Qin army on the way, and lost many soldiers. It's just that he didn't apologize for his crimes, and now if Ling Yin is not punished for him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, right?"

"I don't think it's better to kill them, so that they can make the generals fearful, and no one will dare to abandon the city and flee in the future."

Xiang Yan glanced at this right Yin of Chu with disgust, the other party's position was under him, and he should have obeyed his own dispatch, but the king of Chu appointed him as the supervisor of the army, and he had the duty to supervise himself, but he was not afraid of himself.

"The king doesn't believe in himself......

It is indeed difficult for a courtier to reassure the monarch with hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have conquered the country, and it is natural to send cronies to supervise the army.

But Xiang Yan couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

He knew that the king in Shouchun City was probably still jealous of the last time he didn't personally return to help, if it weren't for the fact that the Qin State sent 600,000 troops to come violently this time, the king would never let himself take charge of the army again. 甼

Suppressing the disgust in her heart, Xiang Yan explained, "The Qin army's giant cannon is indeed very powerful, and even the walls of Xiang City were almost smashed by the Qin army last time. The small walls of Yangxia City are thin, and it is normal that they can't resist it, so if Feng Hou Yi can hold off the other party for three days and give our army time to prepare, it will be enough."

"Today, the 600,000 Qin army is pressing the border, and our army has few generals, if we kill ourselves again at this time, it will only weaken the combat strength of our army, and it is better to let him make meritorious contributions."

Xiang Yan knew very well that the current state of Chu was facing a real desperate situation, and it was in danger of losing the country at any time, and it needed all the forces that could be used.

Compared with the Qin general Li Xin, who was only punished after his defeat, he still has the opportunity to return to the battlefield in the future.

The tradition of killing generals in the Chu State has led to the defeat of many generals and their own killings, resulting in the scarcity of generals in the Chu State today, especially those generals with battlefield experience.

For example, Zuo Sima Zhaoping in the Battle of Surabaya, if he did not defeat himself, but followed his side to assist Zuo, Xiang Yan would definitely have a lot easier in the face of the Qin army going south in this battle.

Thinking of Zhaoping, Xiang Yan couldn't help but think of the Qin general Zhao Tuo who had moved thousands of miles to Chu and fought on the banks of Surabaya. 甼

According to the intelligence of Chu State, that Zhao Tuo seems to be only in his teens.

This is really God bless Qin Guoye.

There are not only veterans Wang Jian , Yang Duanhe and others, but also Meng Wu, Wang Ben, and Li Xin in the backbone, and their descendants even have geniuses like Zhao Tuo.

There are many famous generals in the Qin State, generation after generation, knocking out one after another, how can it be like the Chu State can only rely on him Xiang Yan now.

Whenever he thought of this, Xiang Yan felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Therefore, although Feng Houyi abandoned the city and fled, it was excusable, and Xiang Yan did not want to weaken the strength of the Chu army again.

When Jin Xia saw Xiang Yan's explanation, he snorted twice, threw down two sentences, and walked away. 甼

"That being the case, then according to Ling Yin's words. However, now that the Qin army is pressing the border, I hope that Yin can seriously defend the palace and keep the Qin people out of Chen Ying, so as not to repeat the things of the Eight Mountains in the past."

Looking at the back of Jin Xia leaving, the warning left by the other party echoed in his ears, and Xiang Yan's eyes flashed

Smear the color.

But he held back, and now the overall situation is still important.

Xiang Yan asked people to call his son Xiang Qu, as well as several backbone generals of the Chu army, Qu Mao of the Qu family, Jing Tong of the Jing family, and Zhaoping's brother Zhao Yuan and others.

[In view of the general environment,

"The Qin army has pulled out Yang Xia, and I want to come to Guling in the next two days. It won't be long before the Qin army will be able to cross the chasm in the south and march under Chen Ying's city. These days, you should restrain your soldiers and rest and recuperate, and then there will be a fierce battle."

The three generals of Qu Jingzhao all received orders and promises.

Xiang Yan turned his head to Xiang Channel again: "Our army is gathered under Chen Yingcheng and camped towards the chasm, just waiting for the Qin army to cross the water, and then we can attack halfway." 甼

"But Wang Jian has always been known for his steadiness, he will definitely not give our army this opportunity, he may cross the water from the upstream first, and you will send more cavalry to patrol, explore the land within a radius of a hundred miles, and report it immediately once you find the movements of the Qin army."

"At the same time, let the people strengthen the barracks barriers, and if the half-crossing fails, the Qin army will cross the chasm and go to the city. Our army then backed the city wall and defended it with the barracks, where it consumed the Qin army. And Chen Ying's city wall also needs to be reinforced, so that it can withstand the bombardment of the Qin army's cannons."

"Yui."

Xiang Qu immediately gave up.

Xiang Yan also sent someone to inform Sima Ye Sheng, the right of the Chu State in the direction of Cai Pingyu, and asked him to guard the camp and not fight easily, as long as Yang Duan and the Qin army of the department were dragged there, and the other party was not allowed to break into the rear of his army, it would be a great achievement.

After making these arrangements, Xiang Yan sighed deeply again.

Based on his understanding of Wang Qian, this person is scheming and calculating, and he is a famous general who has destroyed two countries of ten thousand times in a row. 甼

Judging from his record, he is not an impulsive and reckless person like Li Xin, and I am afraid that the next situation will not be as he thinks.

Sure enough, within a few days, there was a return from the sentry cavalry of the Chu army.

After the Qin army moved south to the direction of Guling, it stopped and did not plan to continue to march to Chen Ying, but excavated a camp there and overhauled the wall.

In the north of Chen Ying, starting from Yangxia, to Guling and the battle line of hundreds of miles on both sides of the chasm, the 450,000 troops of the Qin State were stationed separately, and the walls were widely repaired, and the grain transportation wharf of the chasm was wrapped in it.

This was also the case with Yang Duanhe of the Qin army in the west, where the 150,000 troops were stationed in the barracks outside Shangcai City, backed by the Rushui wharf, overhauling the barriers, and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack the Chu army.

"Damn, Wang Jian is an old turtle ear!"

After hearing the news, Xiang Yan knew Wang Qian's strategy and couldn't help but scold angrily. 甼

The other party didn't want to take the initiative to attack the city of Chu at all, and he didn't want to fight a decisive battle with himself in the field.

The 600,000 Qin troops were stationed on the Qin-Chu border, neither advancing nor retreating, just to hang all the nearly 400,000 troops of the Chu State here and confront the Qin army.

In this way, the two sides are not competing with the commander's exquisite art of war, nor are they competing with the combat power and courage of the soldiers on both sides, but on the national strength of Qin and Chu, to see who has more food and who can carry it longer.

and, to see who can be more trusted by the monarch.

What kind of tattered appearance Chu Guo is, he Xiang Yan is clear.

"Qu'er, you immediately lead the army to attack the Qin army, stop the Qin people from building walls and barriers, and it is best to lure them out and let the Qin army take the initiative to attack."

Xiang Yan sent his son to personally lead the Chu army to attack the Qin army camps on both sides of the chasm. 甼

As a result, the other party did not fight at all, and every place where the people who built the walls were flanked by the corresponding Qin army guarded there.

These Qin troops waited for work, wielding strong bows and crossbows, and shot indiscriminately at the attacking Chu army.

Even if the Chu army was able to occasionally capture and destroy a wall by virtue of its numerical superiority, it would be immediately recaptured by the Qin army who rushed to support, and in this way, the Chu army would pay more casualties per attack than the Qin army.

In addition to overhauling the wall outside the barracks, the Qin army also built a wall in its chasm and the wharf where Rushui transported grain

Layers of barriers, corner towers everywhere.

On the route from the wharf to the granary of the Qin army, a "Yongdao" more than ten miles long was built surrounded by barriers on both sides.

There are also a large number of well-armed Qin troops nearby, and their defenses can be called tight, not giving the Chu army any opportunity to take advantage of.

"Old tortoise thick armor!" 甼

Xiang Yan couldn't help but scold angrily, feeling that Wang Jian was really an old turtle, shrinking his head and limbs into the thick turtle shell, and not getting out at all, so he didn't know where to start.

Unable to lure the Qin army out of the barracks, Xiang Yan did not dare to withdraw the army, so he could only fight with the Qin army here.

He knew very well that Wang Qian's old turtle, don't look at the turtle cowering in its shell now, but if the Chu army dares to show signs of retreating and retreating, it will show the slightest flaw.

Wang Jian will definitely stick his head out of the turtle shell and bite Chu Jun hard, and that bite will probably hurt very much.

"In that case, I'll have to try this."

Xiang Yan took out a silk painting.

It depicts the method of making some kind of siege machine. 甼

That was what was given to Xiang Yan after Gongzi Qi returned to Chu State.

This is a blueprint of a siege weapon that Gongzi Qi obtained in the Qin State using his identity.

In the Chu army, there were also Qin army craftsmen who were captured after defeating the Mengwu army before.

Xiang Yan slapped the bronze eucalyptus fiercely and roared in a low voice, "It's not your Qin army that has a giant cannon, but my Chu army has the same!"

"No, do you?"

"Wang Qian, just wait to eat my cannon!"