Soldiers with long swords also stood beside the boulders intercepted by the thick mesh ropes, and at the slightest command from Meng Wu, they would cut the ropes and block the exit of the sky.

Seeing the Chu army getting closer and closer, Meng Wu's raised hand immediately fell, and the soldiers immediately cut the rope, and for a while the sound of falling stones echoed throughout the valley, and the entire Chu army was suddenly in chaos, and the horses of the cavalry in front were frightened under the sound of falling stones, and they all neighed and jumped up.

Everyone looked up, and a large number of stones fell one after another, and the cavalry at the front immediately shouted

"There's an ambush!"

The cavalry immediately retreated, and some of the men who had time to retreat quickly retreated, and the cavalry that had not had time to retreat at the front were buried by the falling boulders, and the dust from the boulders flew up, and the dust that swept up covered the entire front of the valley.

"Xiang Yan, today is your death!" Meng Wu shouted.

As Meng Wu's voice fell, the bow and crossbow strings in Qin Jun's hands were all loosened, and dense feathered arrows shot into the canyon, and the cavalry in front of them were immediately killed and wounded.

Xiang Yan, who was sitting in the Chinese army, knew that something was bad when he heard the sound of falling rocks, and Meng Wu's voice was even more a blow to the head, completely knocking him out, he didn't expect that the Qin army really had an ambush, he had great puzzlement in his heart, he didn't understand why the Qin army was ambushed here, they chose this road because there were the least defenders on this road, and it was impossible for the defenders of the surrounding cities to be mobilized in time, even if it was the recent Hanzhong transfer soldiers who came here, it would take seven days.

Although Xiang Yan's mind was still in a state of confusion, his basic military literacy allowed him to give the right order at the first time

"Raise your shield! Defense. ”

The herald shouted to convey Xiang Yan's order, these soldiers are the elite of the Chu army, large and small, they have experienced a lot of battles, under the reminder of the herald, everyone immediately reacted, put the shield on top, a group of five, some people without a shield in their hands were also covered, the shield greatly blocked the bow and crossbow of the Qin army, reducing casualties.

"The whole army has changed from the rear army to the front army, the front army has become the rear army, and everyone has evacuated in an orderly manner!" Xiang Yan continued to command.

In this case, he, the general, must maintain effective command, only an orderly evacuation can greatly reduce casualties, in such a narrow strip, once the army is chaotic, the soldiers rush to flee, the stampede casualties caused by this are far greater than the casualties caused by the Qin army.

The heralds continued to convey Xiang Yan's orders, and in the command and dispatch of the officers, the chaotic Chu army became orderly again, and everyone turned around and began to evacuate effectively.

"Herald, tell Mr. Fan that there is an ambush for a quick retreat!" Xiang Yan said.

After the Chu army stabilized, Xiang Yan was most worried about Fan Zeng's troops in the rear, most of Fan Zeng's army was materials and armaments, these things were too cumbersome, and it was very laborious to move and retreat, if he joined Fan Zeng and then turned around and retreated, it would be a great waste of time, and the army would also panic because the road was blocked, so Fan Zeng must be allowed to turn around first and completely.

Secondly, Xiang Yan understood that if the Qin army dared to block the road ahead, then he would definitely send someone to block the road in the rear, although there was an army left behind to guard the entrance, but the number was only more than a thousand people, and they could block the Qin army at all, and they must quickly evacuate before the Qin army was encircled.

"No!"

The herald ran towards the end of the line, with a military horse behind him, and the herald mounted his military horse and ran towards the rear.

Looking at the Chu army that stabilized after a moment of panic, Meng Wu was very shocked in his heart, in this life and death situation, it is extremely difficult to keep the soldiers calm and retreat in an orderly manner, which is not only a test of the soldier's quality, but also the commander's command and prestige in the army.

The commander-in-chief must send someone to convey the correct order as soon as there is chaos in the army, otherwise once the army is in chaos, when the soldiers flee for their lives and leave their commanders, they will no longer obey the orders, and it will become extremely chaotic.

And being able to maintain his subordinates in such a chaotic situation, this can reflect Xiang Yan's training level for the army on weekdays; Only a moment of distraction to make the right order is enough to show Xiang Yan's commanding ability; After the order was issued, the soldiers were relieved to form a team and did not flee alone because they were afraid, which can show Xiang Yan's prestige in the army.

Just an order, Meng Wu knew that there was no void under the fame, Xiang Yan deserved to be the first general today except for Li Mu, as for Li Mu and Xiang Yan who is stronger, Meng Wu said it is not good, because Xiang Yan and Li Mu gave him the same feeling, they are like a high mountain, he can't climb over, and the most promising person in the Qin State to compete with these two is Wang Qian.

As soon as he thought of this, Meng Wu felt depressed, when his father Meng Fu died, he did not leave him any military books, only the guidance to him before his death, which led to his ability to lead the army in this life can only be decent, not too outstanding, and the hope of the Meng family can only be in his son Meng Tian, Meng Tian's talent in military affairs is much stronger than him, although he is not as famous as Wang Ben and Li Xin in the Qingzhuang faction of the Qin army, but his talent is not weaker than the strongest Wang Ben, Li Xin and Yang Duanhe are not comparable.

"Send people up the hill to drop the falling rocks, and the archers continue to release the arrows." Meng Wu said to the herald beside him.

After the herald nodded, he began to convey the order, Meng Wu looked at Xiang Yan, who was riding a horse and constantly giving orders in the Chu army, pulled the strong bow in his hand, and aimed his sharp arrow at Xiang Yan's chest.

Xiang Yan is still maintaining the withdrawal of the army, and now although the Chu army has stabilized, the fear in the hearts of the soldiers is still there, and he must stand up and let the soldiers see his existence, relying on his own prestige in order to maintain the stability of the army.

Xiang Yan was still giving orders, not knowing that Meng Wu's arrows were already aimed at him, Meng Wu's fingers loosened the bowstring, and the sharp arrows cut through the air and made a piercing sound.

The guards on the side were wielding their long swords to fend off the incoming arrows, and they didn't notice the cold arrow.

The hairs on Xiang Yan's back stood up, and the alarm bell sounded in his heart, he who led the troops to fight all the year round would have a unique feeling when facing the threat of death, but when he reacted, Meng Wu's arrows had already arrived, and one shot into his back. Xiang Yan spat out a mouthful of blood, and the pain from his back made his whole body tremble, and his whole body wanted to fall down, but for the stability of Chu Jun, he could only hold on to his body and prevent himself from falling.

The guards on the side discovered Xiang Yan's situation, and immediately formed a defensive team and surrounded Xiang Yan in the middle.

"General, do you want it?" The guard turned over and dismounted, and said while holding Xiang Yan's horse.

"No, don't get in the way, I can't fall, otherwise the Chu army will be chaotic." Xiang Yan's body kept trembling and said, the arrow just now had already hit the back of his heart, but fortunately, the two layers of armor and the soft armor developed by Qin Mo offset most of the power, so that he would not be killed on the spot.

Looking at Xiang Yan, whose face was pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, a guard immediately held Xiang Yan's horse, and the rest of the people tightly surrounded Xiang Yan to prevent any more cold arrows from coming.

"Order, quick retreat." Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and said.

"No!"

Meng Wu looked at Xiang Yan, who was surrounded by the guards, and sighed helplessly, Xiang Yan was immortal, and he had no choice but to let the soldiers speed up their archery, and at the same time let the soldiers above drop the falling rocks.

At the entrance of the first line of heaven, the Chu army guarding the entrance was shot by the cold arrows shot out of the woods before they could react, and with the shocking sound of rushing and killing, a large number of Qin troops rushed over, frightening these Chu troops to retreat towards the canyon while resisting.

"Keep an eye on it, the exit can't be lost." The general in charge of guarding the exit shouted, and at the same time asked the herald to inform Fan Zeng and Qin that the army was attacking the entrance.

At this time, Fan Zeng had already reached the middle of the march, and happened to meet the herald who came to convey the order in front. When Fan Zeng looked at the herald's gray face and covered in blood, he knew that something had happened to the former army.

"What's going on up ahead? How about the Great General? Fan Zeng grabbed the herald's arm and said.

"Mr. Fan, we encountered an ambush by the Qin army, the exit was blocked, the brothers were killed and wounded, and the general asked us to evacuate quickly." The herald said with a cry.

"How many people are there in the Qin army?" Fan Zeng hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, there are Qin troops all over the mountains, and there should be no less than 100,000 people like this." The herald said.

Fan Zeng's pupils suddenly constricted, and Xiang Yan's same thoughts appeared in his heart, they thought that their plan had reached a seamless level, and the insiders of the pre-planned plan were only known to him, Xiang Yan and Changping Jun, even Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo did not know, they didn't know how Qin Jun knew the news, and ambushed 100,000 people in advance on the first line of heaven.

"Quick, everyone turn around and retreat." Fan Zeng shouted.

The herald beside him immediately conveyed Fan Zeng's order downward, and Fan Zeng looked at the herald and asked again

"How's the general?"

"The general is fine, the general has stabilized the army and is evacuating in an orderly manner." The herald said that he had left early and did not know that Xiang Yan had been hit by an arrow.

"That's good." Fan Zeng breathed a sigh of relief, there was Xiang Yan in the Chu army at least there would be no self-defeat, and the same question had been haunting Fan Zeng's mind.

There were no 100,000 defenders in the entire Wu County, and Fan Zeng felt that he could only transfer troops in advance, so how did the Qin army guess that this matter surrounded Fan Zeng's heart, and he couldn't understand which link went wrong, so that the Qin army predicted that they were going to send troops to Bashu, and there was no intention that they would move troops within the Chu State, even if they were to transfer troops to Yingdu, they were all transferred from all over the country on a small scale, on the one hand, to prevent Qu Jingzhao's three families and Li Yuan from knowing, and on the other hand, it was to avoid being discovered by the Qin State.

Fan Zeng probably couldn't have imagined that Sima Xin would find out about the movement of the Chu army by virtue of the soaring grain prices in Yingdu, as the so-called soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, guessing that the main basis for the movement of the army was grain and grass, which was also the easiest to find.

Because they were privately deploying troops, they did not have the support of the court, so they relied on merchants to buy grain, and Changping Jun was worried that he would be discovered, so he sent dozens of people to buy grain disguised as grain merchants, but they forgot that excessive purchase of grain would lead to an overall rise in grain prices. This was not a very remarkable thing, after all, everyone looked down on businessmen and business, so they ignored this, but Sima Xin, as a soldier, and the Sima family was also involved in business, discovered this, and only then did he discover the transfer of the Chu army.

If Fan Zeng and Xiang Yan learn that they have lost in the simple laws of economics, I am afraid that they will directly lead the knife to kill themselves, and after fighting for half their lives, they will lose in business that they have never looked up to, they will only feel ashamed and have no shame to live in the world.

Just when Fan Zeng mobilized the army and prepared to evacuate, the herald at the exit also came, seeing that the herald at the exit was also covered in blood, Fan Zeng was in a hurry, his eyes were black, and he fell directly from the horse.

"Mr. Fan!"

The guards on the side immediately turned over and dismounted, and quickly picked up Fan Zeng, who fell to the ground.

Looking at Fan Zeng, who was unconscious, the guard took water and poured it into Fan Zeng's mouth, Fan Zeng coughed lightly twice, and opened his eyes, but his eyes were already sad.

"How's the exit?" Fan Zeng asked with grief in his voice.

"I don't know where a large number of Qin troops rushed out, we only have more than a thousand people and can't stop it at all, Commander Xiang and his brothers are still resisting, when I came to Mr. Fan, ask for support." The herald said.

"Hurry, hurry! Let Long Qi lead the cavalry in the Dragon Teng Legion to support Xiang and if the entrance is occupied by the Qin army, we will only be trapped here. Fan Zeng grabbed the hand of the deputy general next to him and said hurriedly.

In this dispatch, the Longteng Legion can be said to be the whole army, and the commander of the Longteng Legion, Long Qi, also followed, Long Qi is the doctor of Chu, and he is also the nobleman of Chu State, not much worse than Xiang's royal family of Chu State.

"No!" The adjutant immediately went to convey the order.

Fan Zeng was helped back on his horse, looking at the baggage and armament in the army, he almost fainted, in such a narrow passage, these things are simply the biggest obstacle, if they are not cleaned up, they will not be able to withdraw from the first line of heaven.

"Quick, transport all these heavy grains and grass to the export and push them down the hillside." Fan Zeng said.

Although these heavy grains and grasses are in the way and must be cut, they must also play the greatest role, these grains and grasses can be pushed down the mountain and crush the Qin army, the other deputy general was stunned, he couldn't understand Fan Zeng's order, and just wanted to ask Fan Zeng if he was in a coma just now, and gave the order indiscriminately.

"Go, do what I say, and make a way for us with this grain and grass." Fan shouted loudly.

The adjutant general looked at Fan Zeng's angry appearance, and did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the soldiers to push the baggage grain and grass towards the exit, and Fan Zeng asked the army to quickly support the exit, and they must recapture the mountain pass before the Qin army occupies it.

Fan Zeng himself slowed down, he needed to wait for Xiang Yan and discuss with Xiang Yan how to break out of the encirclement.

I'm going to go out today, post a chapter in the evening, and update the rest tomorrow afternoon.

It's been very busy these days, and I've been going out, and I'm going back to school on the 28th to hold a graduation ceremony, mainly for the graduation certificate, and it's not allowed to collect it on my behalf, which is very nonsense.

(End of chapter)