After explaining everything, Xiang Yan secretly left Dangyang City with the attendants sent by Xiong Qi, not noticing that there was a pair of eyes staring at them behind them.

Inside the camp of the Qin army.

Li Mu and a group of generals are waiting for the news, Li Mu has given them the order to fight, as long as it is sure that Xiang Yan will leave Dangyang City, they will launch an attack, swallow all the 200,000 Chu troops in Dangyang City, and open the road to Yingdu.

The sound of hurried footsteps and the clash of armor sounded outside the tent, and a herald walked quickly into the tent and uttered the words under the expectant gaze of all the generals

"Dashuai, Xiang Yan followed the secret envoy of the King of Chu and left Dangyang City! My spies found that there were many more Chu army scouts around Dangyang City than usual, and there were more Chu troops defending the city than before. ”

"Great!"

"Finally a chance!"

Some generals clenched their fists and said excitedly, Xiang Yan would be able to implement their plan if he left them.

"Good!" Li Mu stood up from his handsome position and said, "Su Jiao, listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Su Jiao clenched his fists and said.

"You are the vanguard general, and tomorrow you will be responsible for leading the Sharp Battalion and the trapping camp to attack the city! The archer corps and the two white tigers are all handed over to you, and you must take Dangyang City! ”

"The last general commands!" Su Jiao clenched his fists and said

"Zhao Tuo listens to orders!"

"The last general!"

"Tomorrow, you will lead the C-shaped army to attack from the east gate of Dangyang, which will be used to attract the troops of Dangyang City, and at the same time, you need to send someone to block the Chu army in Fangnei Mountain!"

"The last general will obey the order!"

"Renhuo!"

"The end will be."

"Tomorrow, you will lead your soldiers to attack from the west gate of Dangyang City, and you will not be asked to break through Dangyang City, but you must make the appearance of the main force and cover for the main attack!"

"The last general commands!"

"Mengwu obeys orders! You lead your 20,000 cavalry to bypass the Dangyang path after the siege of the city tomorrow, and ambush behind Dangyang City, and wait until Dangyang City falls, the Chu army will inevitably rout and flee, I need you to behead the Chu army as much as possible! ”

"No!"

After arranging all the orders, Li Mu raised the handsome seal in his hand and said

"Gentlemen, after breakfast tomorrow, the city will be attacked!"

"No!"

After receiving the order, the generals left the camp and returned to prepare for the siege.

With the city.

At this time, Suicheng was already surrounded by the Qin army, and there was no way to survive, Xiang Liang stood at the head of the city, and all around him were exhausted soldiers, even Xiang Liang himself was exhausted at the moment.

"Young master, the king's edict is here." Xiang Liang's lieutenant said, holding a pigeon.

"Give it to me." Xiang Liang took the pigeon and took out the letter from the pigeon's leg.

Open the letter, and the words in it are only one sentence, stick to the city and not retreat.

"Young master, what instructions does the king have?" The adjutant asked curiously.

Xiang Liang glanced at the gloomy sky and the continuous Qin army camp outside Dangyang City, and handed the letter in his hand to the deputy general.

After the deputy general saw the content, he was a little surprised and a little angry.

"How can this be reasonable, does the king doubt our confidence in the decisive battle with the Qin army?" The adjutant scolded angrily.

Xiang Liang glanced at the lieutenant general and did not speak. The adjutant general didn't know about the order issued by Xiang Yan to retreat to Jingling before. After Xiang Yan's order was sent, before Xiang Liang could think about how to withdraw the army, the Qin army surrounded Suicheng, and destroyed all the docks and ships on the docks, making Suicheng a dead city.

Seeing that there was no way to break through, Xiang Liang hid Xiang Yan's order in order to stabilize the army's morale, and now Xiong Qi's order came, which made Xiang Liang have a problem with his consciousness.

The adjutant general was still angrily scolding the officials in Yingdu, while Xiang Liang was silently looking at the Qin army camp below, thinking about the current situation in Yingdu.

Xiong Qi's order crossed Xiang Yan and went directly to his hands, which shows that Xiong Qi has been wary and suspicious of Xiang Yan, and it is taboo in wartime that you will not be in agreement.

"The usual methods of the Qin State." Xiang Liang said in a low voice.

The discord scheme can be said to be a common method used by the Qin State, but it is often the most effective method for generals who are fighting abroad. The commander has a heavy army outside, and the monarch is powerless in the palace, as long as there is a little abnormality, the danger signal will be infinitely magnified in the hearts of both sides.

"What did you say, young master? What are the usual methods of the Qin State? The adjutant general looked at Xiang Liang puzzled.

"It's nothing, I'm talking about the siege method of the Qin army outside the city." Xiang Liang shook his head and said, whether it is Xiang Yan's order, Xiong Qi's order, or the conjecture in his heart about the current situation in Yingdu, it must not be leaked out, otherwise the military heart of the entire 40,000 soldiers in Suicheng will fall apart in a moment.

"The Qin army's siege of the city is still the same old-fashioned, if it weren't for our enough soldiers, we might not be able to consume more energy than the Qin army." Said the adjutant general.

The Qin army attacked the city and suppressed the rain of arrows, the Rui Shi battalion was responsible for attacking the city wall, and the first battalion was responsible for attacking the city gate, although the method was very ordinary, but the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was much higher than that of these soldiers who had just been trained for a long time, if it weren't for their enough defenders, the current Suicheng would have fallen.

"Let the city prepare more bows and arrows and rolling wood and stones, and the Qin army will not let us go easily." Xiang Liang said.

"No. I just don't know when reinforcements will arrive. The adjutant said in a low voice.

Reinforcements? Probably not. Xiang Liang thought in his heart that now that all the elites of the Chu State were dragged in Dangyang City, and it was a great luck that the armies of the other cities could defend their own cities, where would there be soldiers to support them.

"Bing Shuyun: Siege three is missing one, when attacking the city, it will generally leave a way for the defending army to survive, to prevent the defender soldiers from jumping over the wall and fighting to the end, how can Wang Jian be a famous general in a hundred battles not know this truth, but he first sent people to block all the roads that break through with the city, in order to trap us. As long as there are armies from other cities to support us, they can surround us and send reinforcements.

Our docks and ships have been destroyed, and Lishui has been controlled by the Qin army, who can go down the river at any time to attack Anlu and thus enter Yunmengze. Now besieging us is nothing more than fearing that the troops stationed at Mt. Obi will cut off their retreat, so they besiege us and want to seduce the defenders of Mt. Obi, Shinichi, and Anlu to support us. Xiang Liang clenched his fists and said.

"Damn Qin Jun." The adjutant scolded. Although they knew the plan of the Qin army, their numbers and strength were inferior to the Qin army, so they could only scold the Qin army to relieve the helplessness in their hearts.

"How much food do we have?" Xiang Liang asked.

Speaking of food, the adjutant general's face became even more ugly, and the whole person revealed a sense of powerlessness

"Plus the food we brought back from Tang City, it's enough for the army to last for a month."

"What about the people?" Xiang Liang continued to ask.

"If you count the people, the food in the city can only last for half a month." The adjutant general dodged Xiang Liang's gaze and said.

"How so? Although there is not as much grain and grass in Suicheng as in Tangcheng, it should also support the people in the city to eat for two months. Xiang Liang asked with a gloomy face.

"It was the county guard of Suicheng, who sold half of the grain in Suicheng's granary to a wealthy merchant before the Great War. If it weren't for the previous order of Da Sima to separate the military rations from the civilian warehouses, I am afraid that our military rations would also be sold. The adjutant said.

"Damn it, what about others?" Xiang Liang asked.

"After we retreated to Suicheng, we sneaked away." The adjutant general said with a dodgy look.

"Why are you telling me now?" Xiang Liang said coldly.

"It was the subordinates who were negligent and let him run." Said the adjutant general.

Xiang Liang pulled out the sword at his waist and wanted to kill the lieutenant general on the spot, but thinking that now Qin Jun was eyeing the sword and checked it back and said

"That's it, Nian is in short supply at this time, so I'll spare your life for the time being."

"Thank you, young master."

"If you keep the news hidden, the king's edict won't be disseminated, you know?" Xiang Liang said.

"No!"

Xiang Liang looked at the Qin army camp below, and had prepared for the worst in his heart.

Inside the camp of the Qin army.

Wang Jian was discussing with Sima Su how to attack Anlu in the south.

"The army of Chu is divided into three parts, Xiling's has been taken by Yang Duanhe, and now Yang Duanhe should have arrived in the Jiangnan area. Li Mu dragged Xiang Yan with a large army, and according to the information sent back, there was a problem between Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi, and it was only a matter of time before Yangcheng was taken. And the last part is also the 60,000 army led by Xiang Liang.

In the first battle of Tangcheng, there were only 40,000 left in the Chu army, all of which were in Suicheng. His docks and ships have been destroyed by us, and we can go down the river and attack Anlu directly. Sima Su said.

"There are still 20,000 Chu troops accompanying Weishan, if they cut off the connection between us and the navy army heading south, the navy will be in danger." Wang Jian shook his head and said.

"We can take a gamble and let our subordinates lead the navy south." Sima Su said.

Wang Jian still shook his head and said

"No, the navy is the key to our attack on Chu this time, and the siege of Yingdu is inseparable from the navy."

Seeing that Wang Jian was still as cautious as usual, Sima Su could only dispel the idea of going south alone.

Just as Wang Jian was studying another way out, a herald hurriedly broke into the camp.

"Why are you so flustered?" Wang Jian frowned and asked.

"The general accompanied the Chu army of Weishan to send people, and they said that they would surrender to our Qin State." The herald said hurriedly.

"What do you say? The Chu army accompanying Weishan wants to surrender? Wang Jian grabbed the herald and asked.

"That's right, there is also a Confucian gentleman with him, named Zhan Taicho." The herald said.

Wang Jian let go of the herald, and Sima Su said in a low voice

"General, Zhan Tai is a great Confucian in Chu, I heard of him when I was stationed in Xin and Cai. The defenders of Mt. Ao seem to be brothers of the same clan as him. ”

"No matter what, we want to see people." Wang Jian said.

Wang Jian knew some Confucian things, but he didn't know much about Zhan Tai, but it was related to Beiwei Mountain, and it affected the overall war of attacking Chu, so he had to meet people.

"No." The herald went out.

Soon the herald entered the tent with Zhan Tai and a man in armor who looked seven points like Zhan Tai.

"Meet General Wang Qian, General Sima." Zhan Tai said.

"I've seen Mr. Zhan Tai, I don't know who this is?" Wang Jian looked at the man next to Zhan Tai and asked.

"This is my brother, and the defending general of Mt. Ao. Before, when the three places of Nanjun did not fall, he was the county lieutenant of Qin Guoanlu. Zhan Tai said with a smile.

Hearing Zhan Tai say this, Wang Jian and Sima Su smiled heartily. At the beginning, after Xiong Qi took the three places of Nanjun, he purged the original officials of the Qin State, but also left some officials, these people used to be the people of the Qin State, and many people secretly became the intermediaries of the Qin State in the Chu State.

"I'm ashamed to say that I had no choice but to agree to Xiong Qi." Zhan Taihan said.

At the beginning, Zhan Taihan was ready to run away, but his family was detained, and he had no choice but to stay in Chu State, because he was the county lieutenant of Qin State before, and Xiong Qi did not kill him in order to stabilize the three places of Nanjun, but gave him an official position as a general of the defenders of Weishan and transferred him away. This will not only stabilize the three places of Nanjun, but also transfer him away from the core of the Chu State.

After Zhan Taihan became the general of the defenders of Baowei Mountain, he always wanted to secretly contact the Qin State, but Xiong Qi monitored them very strictly, and he never had a chance, and now that the Qin State attacked the Chu State, Zhan Taihan did not pretend, killed Xiong Qi's people in the defenders of the Companion Mountain, seized control of the Companion Mountain, and found his brother Zhan Tai but came to surrender to Qin.

After listening to Zhan Taihan's words, Wang Jian and Sima Su both expressed their understanding, and at the same time promised to tell Yingzheng about his difficulties, so as to pardon his family.

"With the help of General Zhan Tai, we will have no worries." Wang Jian said: "General Sima, you immediately lead the troops south. ”

"No!"

At this time, Xiang Liang, who was actively preparing to defend the city, did not know that the defenders of Peiwei Mountain behind him had surrendered to Qin, let alone that Wang Jian was ready to besiege them without attacking, and directly went south to attack Anlu.

The next day, when the sun is shining.

When Xiang Bo was inspecting the city as usual, the sound of the earth-shattering horn made him secretly scream in his heart.

"The Qin army is about to attack the city!" Xiang Bo shouted.

When the alarm bell of Dangyang City rang, the defenders of Dangyang were ready to defend the city. Xiang Bo looked at the dense army outside the city, and the whole person was extremely nervous, he knew that the Qin army this time was serious.

"Damn, why did the Qin army attack the city at this time?" Xiang Bo scolded secretly, Xiang Yan just left yesterday, and today the Qin army will attack the city, if there is no problem Xiang Bo doesn't believe it, but now there is no time to delve into this matter anymore.

At this time, Li Mu was in the middle army, and the front army was led by Su Jiao, and with Li Mu's order, the army of the Qin army began to attack the city.

When the Chu army on Yang City was crazy with arrows and throwing thunder stones to block the attack of the Qin army, seeing more and more Chu troops on the city, Su Jiao nodded to the deputy general beside him.

The adjutant general immediately raised the flag, and two white tigers rushed out of the Qin army camp.

Xiang Bo, who was guarding the city, watched the two white tigers rushing out of the Qin army's barracks, and his heart suddenly became horrified, but then he ordered

"Archery! Stop these two trap beasts from getting closer! ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the Chu State immediately opened their bows and arrows and prepared the two white tigers that were approaching below.

(End of chapter)