At this time, the more than 100,000 Chu troops led by Xiang Yan had already marched rapidly along the road built by Zhang Ruo. The entire Chu army was divided into two teams, Xiang Yan led the infantry and a small number of cavalry to advance lightly and quickly, striving to reach Bashu as soon as possible, while Xiang Yan's military officer Fan Zeng led the rest of the people to escort supplies and armaments and other normal marches.

The defenders of the Qin army along the way, seeing such a large Chu army, closed the city gates one after another, and then sent a small number of troops to harass and attack, although they received an order from Ying Zheng and were not allowed to block the Chu army, but in order to prevent Xiang Yan from being suspicious, they still sent troops to intercept, most of them occupied the terrain, ambushed Xiang Yan's army, and withdrew when Xiang Yan reacted.

Along the way, Xiang Yan was annoyed by the harassment of these defenders, if it wasn't for the early support to Bashu, he would definitely lead a large army to besiege the surrounding cities and embrace this harassment revenge. Compared with Xiang Yan, Fan Zeng was much better, because of Xiang Yan's reminder and they were not in a hurry to march, it had no effect.

At this time, the 100,000 Qin army at the mountain pass of Wujun into Shu has been ambushed, the leader is Mengwu, the defenders of Hanzhong have 50,000, in order to be in case, Yingzheng ordered to transfer another 50,000 soldiers and horses from Lantian to ambush Xiang Yan led by Mengwu, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Ben are stationed in Yufu at the moment, silently waiting for Xiang Yan to pass, surround its back road, and completely bury the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops.

Galloping rapidly, in four days, Xiang Yan led the army to march through the Yufu area.

"General, there are many military flags outside Yufu City, will there be an ambush?" The adjutant general looked at the spies' report and said.

"Don't worry, along the way, every city of the Qin army is lined with military flags. They are all bluffing, fearing that our target is just a city, and by the way, they are delaying our time and waiting for reinforcements. Xiang Yan waved his hand and said, at first he also thought that the other party had been prepared, but after an attack and temptation, he found that those military flags were just bluffs.

The adjutant general thought about the large and small cities he encountered along the way, all of them were in this way, at first they tried to slow down the march and deal with it carefully, but the other party added up to less than 10,000 people, the military flags were all planted together, and one person was just two people to wave the military flag, and the doubts in the adjutant general's heart disappeared.

"Don't stop, keep going." Xiang Yan ordered that he must now quickly lead the army to raid, and what he fought was a time difference. They attacked suddenly, even if they were discovered by the Qin army in Yiling, and by the time their general reported that the Qin State was reacting and deploying troops to take precautions, they had probably arrived in Shu County. At that time, they occupied the danger of heaven to resist the Qin army, and Changping Jun would also persuade the court to mobilize the public opinion of the people, forcing the king of Chu to send an army to attack Qianzhong to meet them.

At the same time, their allies, Zhao and Wei will attack Qin's Shangdang, Yingchuan and other places at the same time, and the Korean restoration forces located in Yingchuan County will also take the opportunity to launch a rebellion among the people.

In Yufu City, Wang Ben looked at the news reported by the spies that the former army of the Chu army had passed through the Yufu area, and ordered

"Continue to stand by and wait until the rear army has passed before attacking."

Xiang Yan did not suspect that this was expected by Wang Ben, and after receiving the order, he asked each city to set up a large number of military flags in advance, on the one hand, to delay Xiang Yan's marching speed, and on the other hand, to cover their ambush in Yufu. An army of 50,000 people can't hide their traces at all, so it's better to set up a suspicious formation in advance, play with the news that the wolf is coming, and paralyze Xiang Yan.

Fan Zeng, who was also behind Xiang Yan, did not have the slightest doubt about the scene of Yufu, he was more careful than Xiang Yan along the way, basically the passing city would send people to test it, and as a result, a lot of energy and time were involved, resulting in the distance between them and Xiang Yan getting bigger and bigger, so Fan Zeng gave up the exploration when he was in the city behind and started a full-speed march.

"Mr. Fan, the army has passed through Yufu, and the next step is to pass through the first line of heaven, and the general is waiting for us at the front." The adjutant general said to Fan Zeng.

"Send troops to follow, let the general wait for a while, and send people to feint to attack Yufu to prevent the Yufu defenders from lying in ambush on the front line. As long as they arrive in Bajun after a glimmer of heaven, if the Qin State makes a move, it will definitely delay the army here. Fan Zeng said.

"No!" The adjutant general went down and found the herald and asked him to convey it to Xiang Yan.

At this time, Xiang Yan was at the entrance of the first line of heaven, looking at the high and steep peaks and narrow valleys on both sides, Xiang Yan led the army to stop, although Xiang Yan thought in his heart that it was impossible for the Qin army to be deployed here, but his cautious nature still made him dare not enter easily.

"General, Mr. Fan said to let the general wait for some time, and he sent someone to test the Yufu defenders." Said the adjutant general.

Xiang Yan looked at the first-line heavenly valley in front of him, and then looked at the tired soldiers behind him, because of the high-intensity and rapid march, the soldiers had very little time to rest, so they were already exhausted, after a line of days, they entered Ba County and faced not such harassment as Wu County, according to the actions of the Qin army, even if they could not transfer troops in time, they would let the defenders of Ba County attack to stop the Chu army, if they used such tired soldiers to fight, it would definitely not work, so Xiang Yan said

"The whole army is stationed, resting for half a day, and is marching."

"No!"

After the adjutant general went down to convey Xiang Yan's order, the Chu army all stopped to rest, after receiving the order to rest, the soldiers of the Chu army showed a relaxed look on their faces, and the long and fast march made them tired, especially when marching at night in such a dangerous place, their nerves were tense at any time, and they did not dare to relax at all, for fear that they would fall.

Every time they stop at the station, it is their happiest moment, especially this time the rest is half a day, the moment they sit down, they begin to take out the prepared dry food and water and start to rest, some people after eating, directly back to back to sleep, enough to see how much pressure their high-intensity march brought during this time.

The defenders at the head of Yufu City looked at the attacking Chu army below, and while sending people to block it, they asked the herald to go to the city to inform Wang Ben.

"General, the Chu army is attacking the city!" The herald came to the barracks tent and said.

Wang Ben put down the military book in his hand, frowned at the herald and asked

"How many people are there in the Chu army? What is the siege intensity? ”

"There are probably tens of thousands of people in the Chu army, all kinds of siege equipment are there, and I can vaguely see that there are still tens of thousands of Chu troops in the rear, and the county lieutenant implores the general to send people to help defend the city." The herald said.

"Take me to the walls." Wang Ben said solemnly, the Chu army rashly attacked the city, which surprised him a little, it is said that the current Chu army should march quickly. There are not many defenders in Yufu, but the terrain is high, and if the siege of the city will take some time, this is not in line with the marching trend of the Chu army.

"No!" The herald said.

The herald took Wang Ben to the city wall, the county guard and the county lieutenant were organizing all the defenders to resist the attack of the Chu army, they had repelled the attack of the Chu army three times, and when they saw Wang Ben's arrival, the two hurriedly met it.

"General Wang, the Chu army has attacked twice, the offensive is more fierce than the other, and the third time all the defenders have been used, if it is next time, I am afraid that we will not be able to stand the risk." The lieutenant said.

"Lord County Lieutenant wait a little, if the goal of the Chu army is really Yufu, I will definitely send troops to help defend the city." Wang Ben said.

Seeing Wang Ben say this, he was originally going to beg Wang Ben's county guard not to speak, Wang Ben was just a temporary general, and his position was a school captain, one level lower than his county guard, but there was Wang Ben behind Wang Ben, Wang Jian was a real military boss, he couldn't afford to offend a county lieutenant, so he could only listen to Wang Ben's words.

Wang Ben looked at the Chu army below who was preparing for the fourth attack, the siege equipment in the hands of the Chu army was indeed a siege equipment, but it was more of a defensive equipment such as a shield, and it was like a ladder at the rear, and the battering ram did not appear, especially the camp of the Chu army, there was no meaning of stationing at all, generally speaking, the siege will be a long battle, and the attacker will arrange a large camp, on the one hand, it is for the commander to observe the movement of the enemy army and dispatch the army, and on the other hand, it is also to provide convenience for the attack of the soldiers.

The Chu army camp below does have signs of stationing, but the defensive equipment such as rejecting horses and other defensive equipment has not been prepared, just simply setting up the camp and the big tent, and then Wang Ben figured out that the Chu army was attacking the city in order to test whether the Yufu defenders were in the city, three attacks, each time the number of people was doubled, and the third time was exactly all the defenders to resist, and the fourth time they mobilized the army so openly, it was obviously testing them.

"Order a part of the defenders to take off their armor and change into civilian clothes." Wang Ben said that the defenders generally do not let the people participate in the siege of the city when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and the other party openly mobilizes three times the strength of the defenders to attack the city, just to see if they will use the people to defend the city.

The county lieutenant and the county guard were stunned, not knowing why Wang Ben ordered like this.

"Just do what I say, and I'm sure they'll fade away as soon as they see them." Wang Ben looked at the county lieutenant and the county guard with serious eyes.

The two looked at each other, and because of Wang Ben's identity, he could only let some of the soldiers defending the city change into the clothes of the people according to Wang Ben's order.

The fourth round of siege began, the Chu army of three times the defenders rushed to Yufu City, Yufu was suddenly surrounded by the Chu army, the bows and arrows were fired at each other, the rolling wood and stones were constantly dropped, and the Chu soldiers and soldiers continued to impact Yufu City.

Fan Zeng in the camp was waiting for news from the siege soldiers.

"Mr. Fan, the besieging soldiers are back." Said the adjutant general.

"Bring it in." Fan Zeng said.

The besieging soldiers were brought back, the soldiers were disgraced and had a little blood stains on their faces, and the soldiers saluted immediately after seeing Fan Zeng

"Mr. Fan."

"How?" Fan Zeng looked at the soldier and said.

"The resistance of the defenders is still very strong, I saw some civilians in the city, they kept throwing them with rolling logs and stones, some people also pulled bows and crossbows, but their range was very close, some brothers attacked the city, these civilians did not attack but retreated at the first time." The soldier said.

In the siege battle, there were special soldiers who observed the movements of the enemy army at the head of the city at close range, just like the war correspondents in later generations, and this soldier was one of them, and soon the general in charge of the siege also came back and reported to Fan Zeng, saying the same as the soldiers.

"Okay, in that case, inform the army to retreat, and tell the general that you can send troops into the first line of heaven." Fan Zeng said.

"No!"

At this time, Xiang Yan's spies also came back, the spies who went out also came back, the spies probed the situation in the sky, and found that there was no trace of the enemy, at this time Fan Zeng's herald also came, and when he learned that the Yufu defenders were sufficient, Xiang Yan's doubts finally dissipated, and immediately ordered the army to prepare to continue the march.

And Yufu here, after the Chu army got the order, began a large-scale retreat, the county guard and the county lieutenant on the city wall were a little confused, Wang Ben explained the reason to them, the two of them understood, and looked at Wang Ben with admiration, and sighed in their hearts that there were no dogs.

After the Chu army completely withdrew, Wang Ben sent spies to report the whereabouts of Fan Zeng's army at any time.

At this time, at the exit of the first line of heaven, Meng Wu and the army were strictly guarding, in order to prevent Xiang Yan's spies from discovering them, he specially only ambushed at the exit of the first line of heaven, he only needed to block the exit, and Wang Ben blocked the back road, and then sent people up the mountain to attack.

Xiang Yan sat in the Chinese army and said to the herald beside him

"Ordering the whole army to speed up and leave the first line of heaven within an hour, I always have an ominous feeling here."

"The terrain here is really chilling." Said the adjutant general.

The terrain of the first line of heaven is too steep, very suitable for ambush, look up, you can only see a narrow sky, the steep valley is the best ambush area, the original Wei general Pang Juan is Ma Lingdao was set up by Sun Bin ambush, the first battle Pang Juan buried hundreds of thousands of elites of Wei, Wei also collapsed, completely lost the capital to dominate the princes.

"Whether or not the Qin army ambushes again, it must pass quickly." Xiang Yan said.

Their current situation is very similar to Pang Juan at the beginning, except that one is to pursue, and the other is to take the initiative, but they are all lightly armed, and they are also the military heritage of a country, and the strength of Chu has three major forces: the four major legions, the border army and the forbidden army.

The hundreds of thousands of troops led by Xiang Yan this time are half of the elite of the Longteng Army and the border army, it can be said that one-third of the strength of the Chu army was taken away by him, if it is ambushed in the first line of heaven, the Chu State will no longer be able to resist the Qin army's troops.

After Wang Ben got that Fan Zeng led all the troops into the first line of heaven, the 50,000 defenders also quietly left from Yufu and began to move towards the entrance of the first line of heaven.

Soon Meng Wu, who was lying in ambush at the exit, heard the sound of footsteps and horses' hooves echoing in the valley, and a gleam appeared in his eyes, and the soldiers around him also cheered up, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were also wound.

Today's 10,000 is complete

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