At this time, Xiang Bo took the Chu soldiers who had evacuated from Dangyang City, looking at the thick smoke rising from Dangyang City, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

"Retreat, let's go back to Yingdu!" Xiang Bo said.

"No!"

Xiang Bo quickly withdrew with a large army in the direction of Yingdu, and Meng Wu, who had already been ambushed on the way from Dangyang City to Yingdu, watched the Chu army enter the ambush circle and ordered to charge.

20,000 golden fire cavalry were in front, and the foot soldiers were behind, and they rushed towards the Chu army. The Chu army, which had already become a frightened bird, watched the galloping horses rushing towards him, and the entire Chu army was crushed by the golden fire cavalry without the slightest decent resistance.

And Xiang Bo, who was the main general, was also entangled by the chaotic army and could not break through, and with a flash of silver light, Xiang Bo was beheaded and fell from his horse.

The Chu army, which was completely crushed, began to flee in all directions, and in the face of these captured military exploits, the golden fire cavalry and the Qin soldiers began to harvest frantically, and the Qin soldiers who came to support also joined the battlefield of harvesting military merits.

With the end of the battle in Dangyang City, Li Mu led the army into Dangyang City, and Su Jiao greeted him.

"Wu Anjun, the granary and armory have been burned." Su Jiao said helplessly.

"Don't get in the way, let the soldiers hurry up and rest, we are ready to attack Yingdu." Li Mu said.

"No."

Li Mu walked on the streets of Dangyang City, Dangyang City was full of ruins after the war, and the Qin soldiers wearing black armor and helping the Xuanyao pattern on their arms were patrolling the streets, this is the Qin army's supervision team, responsible for supervising the war when fighting, and responsible for the order in the city after the capture of the city, to prevent the Qin army from killing innocents indiscriminately.

"Send some more people to help supervise the war and stabilize order in the city." Li Mu commanded at Su Jiao.

"The last general has already let the people of the Rui Shi Battalion go, the Rui Shi Battalion are all the elite of my Great Qin army, and they have all been trained in the military palace, so it is most appropriate for them to be responsible for stabilizing order in the city." Su Jiao grinned.

"Hmm." Li Mu nodded.

Li Mu admired Qin's cultivation of the army, especially the cultivation of the elite in the army. In addition to the old leading the new, the old soldiers leading the newcomers, and the experienced officers leading the adjutants, the elite of the elite will be put into the military palace for training, so that they can learn to read and write simply, which will greatly maintain the combat effectiveness and military spirit of the Qin army.

It's just that this method is also extremely costly, that is, a large country like Qin can maintain it.

After Li Mu entered the county guard's mansion, he wrote the situation in Dangyang City into a military newspaper and reported it to Xianyang.

At the same time, the Qin army led by Sima Su also successfully took Anlu, and Sima Su took Anlu all thanks to Zhan Taihan's cooperation, because Suicheng resisted the Qin army in front, and Anlu's defenders did not expect that the Qin army would directly bypass Suicheng to attack Anlu.

And Zhan Taihan provided Sima Su with the armor of the Chu army, and successfully opened the gate of Anlu, and the Qin army caught Anlu by surprise, and took Anlu in one day. After Wang Jian handed over the city to the troops who came to support him, he led his army towards Anlu.

After stabilizing Anlu, after General Wang Jian sent people to Xianyang, he and Sima Su sailed to Yunmengze with a large army, preparing to surround Yingdu from the water.

At the same time, Yang Duanhe, who went deep into the Chu State, had successfully bypassed Dongting Lake and arrived in Jiangnan, and the defenders of Jiangnan were mostly lax because they were located in the rear of the Chu State, which caught the army led by Yang Duanhe off guard against the Chu army located in the south of the Yangtze River, and directly captured the important town of Shuoyang, the rear of the Chu State, and attacked towards Xiaoling with lightning speed.

Yingdu, the palace of the king of Chu.

Xiong Qi summoned the courtiers and waited for Xiang Yan together.

Xiang Yan wore the Seven Seas Jiao Dragon Armor of the Xiang clan and came to the main hall of the Chu Palace.

"Meet the King!" Xiang Yan saluted and said.

"Da Sima is exempt, Da Sima rested well last night?" Xiong Qi asked flatly, Xiang Yan returned to Yingdu yesterday, but Xiong Qi did not summon Xiang Yan.

"The minister is well rested." Xiang Yan arched his hand and said.

"That's good, the state of Chu still needs to rely on Da Sima. Da Sima should know why this person recalled you, so we won't go around in circles, Da Sima explained why he bypassed the court and issued an order for Xiang Liang to give up Suicheng with 40,000 Chu troops, but to Jingling, doesn't Da Sima know that if you give up Suicheng, the hundred miles of territory north of Yunmengze in our Chu State will be surrendered to the Qin State? Xiong Qi asked coldly.

The courtiers around were also with different faces, some were looking forward to watching a good show, some were worried, and some were hanging high on their own business.

"King Qiqi, the minister does not want to cede the territory of a hundred miles north of Yunmengze to the Qin State, but to retain the strength of the Chu State. The king and the courtiers may not know that the Qin army used two armies to attack our Chu State this time, and Li Mu confronted me with the main force of the 150,000 Qin army in Dangyang, in order to drag down the main force of our Chu State, so as to attack Tang Sui Ercheng from the place of rest for the second 100,000 army led by Wang Qian, in order to open up Lishui, so as to occupy Yunmengze, and then besiege Jiangling and Yingdu to prevent the support of the army in Jiangnan. Xiang Yan arched his hand and said

"And I asked Xiang Liang to withdraw to Jingling with 40,000 troops, not because I was willing to give up the territory of my Chu State, but because I had no choice but to do so. The Chu State squeezed out the strength of the whole country and only made up an army of 300,000, 200,000 in Dangyang City, 60,000 in Tang Sui, and 40,000 in Jiangnan, but what about the Qin State? At any time, I can send 500,000 troops to attack my Chu State, not to mention that Chu State now occupies the land of Han, Zhao, Wei and Yan, most of the fertile land in the world has entered the Qin State, and the grain, grass and ordnance Qin State is even more numerous, and what about my Chu State? The grain and grass sent to the troops this time began to be tightened throughout the country.

Chu has Wu Anjun Li Mu, General Wang Qian, Zuo General Meng Wu, generals Yang Duanhe, Sima Su, Su Jiao, Li Xin, Wang Ben, etc., there are many people who can fight well, but what about my Chu State? There are very few people who can compete with it.

Whether it is the number of troops, combat power, and grain and grass logistics, our Chu State is far inferior to the Qin State. If we blindly open the front and divide our troops to confront the Qin army, it will be extremely unfavorable to us. If we stubbornly defend Suicheng, not to mention that our army cannot provide strong support, Suicheng is a hundred miles away from Yingdu, if the Qin army bypasses Suicheng to attack Xinshi and goes south to Jingling, then Yingdu will be a real danger.

Instead of fighting to the death with the Qin army in the isolated city of Suicheng, wasting the lives of our Chu soldiers in vain, it is better to transfer them to Jingling. Jingling is the gateway between Yunmengze and Hanshui, the north can control Hanshui, the east resists Yunmengze, the west guards Yingdu and Yunmengze's connection, and the south echoes with Jiangnan, which can ensure the supply of troops and grain and grass in Jiangnan at any time, and is a place where soldiers must fight.

When Dangyang had 200,000 troops to oppose the main force of the Qin army, Jingling controlled Yunmengze with Jingling, and then used Xiashou, Xiaoling, Zifang, Jingling and Dangyang as the battle lines to resist the Qin army, which was enough to ensure the safety of Yingdu and Jiangling. The five cities echo each other, as long as one city is attacked, the other cities can directly send troops to support. At the same time, Yingdu and Jiangling have thousands of miles of fertile soil, sufficient grain and grass, and many people, even if all the other lands fall into the hands of Qin.

The Qin State will not be able to attack the core hinterland of our Chu State for a while, unless the other party uses more than 500,000 troops to attack, but the Qin State will inevitably be greatly injured.

The reason why the minister bypassed the court and gave the order directly was that he was worried that the Qin army would completely besiege Suicheng, so that I would have no combat strength north of Yunmengze in the Chu State, and then the land would really be taken by the Qin army at will. ”

As soon as Xiang Yan's words came out, the courtiers of Chu State were all blindsided, they didn't expect Xiang Yan to think so much, and everyone began to talk about it for a while.

Xiong Qi's eyes on the throne when he looked at Xiang Yan also changed, originally Xiong Qi did not intend to punish Xiang Yan excessively, and recalled him because he felt that his majesty was despised, and there was a crisis of power, but Xiang Yan explained so, Xiong Qi suddenly understood that Xiang Yan was really dedicated to the Chu State.

"Oh no, the outnumbered!" Xiong Qi suddenly sat up from the throne and shouted remorsefully.

Hearing Xiong Qi shout, the courtiers who were talking suddenly stopped and looked at Xiong Qi.

At this time, Xiong Qi looked at Xiang Yan who was standing below and was annoyed, and now he realized that he had fallen into the Qin army's discordant plan.

"Quick, Da Sima quickly return to the front line, immediately send someone to Suicheng, and let Xiang Liang lead people to withdraw!" Xiong Qi shouted.

Most of the courtiers were still in the middle of no idea, Xiang Yan looked at the remorseful Xiong Qi, feeling helpless, but still prayed that the Qin army did not besiege Suicheng.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic voice outside the hall, and Xiong Qi, who was in remorse, immediately said angrily

"What a noisy and noisy scene! What's going on out there? ”

The chamberlain on the side hurriedly trotted out to inquire about the situation outside, and said in the hall after learning about the situation outside

"King, the front-line military report is coming!"

"Let him in!" Xiong Qi hurriedly said.

"No!"

Under the anxious eyes of Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan, three bloody soldiers entered the main hall and saluted Xiong Qi and said

"Meet the King."

"Is there something going on at the front?" Xiong Qi asked.

After the three soldiers glanced at each other, the person in the middle took the lead in speaking

"King Qiyu, the Qin army didn't know why they suddenly appeared in Jiangnan, they were dressed in the service of our Chu army, suddenly attacked our Jiangnan camp, and captured Shuoyang, and now they are attacking Xiaoling, Xiaoling is in danger, send me to Yingdu for help!"

"What!? Why did Qin Jun suddenly appear in Jiangnan? Xiong Qi's eyes widened and he said in disbelief.

Xiang Yan was also shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly asked

"Who is the Qin army in Jiangnan leading the troops?"

"It's Yang Duanhe, who guarded Zeng Xi in the Qin State."

Xiang Yan closed his eyes weakly when he heard this, Yang Duanhe was an old rival with him, Xiang Yan knew Yang Duanhe's strength very well, and thought that Xiao Ling should have fallen at this moment.

"What about you? What about your military reports? Xiang Yan looked at the other two, hoping that the two would not bring back worse news.

"The army led by Wang Jian has captured Anlu, and the Qin army has entered Yunmengze."

"The subordinate is Dangyang's army, the Qin army took advantage of the time when Da Sima left, and attacked Dangyang City, and the Qin army will also demonize the law, summon the heavenly thunder to attack the city, and Dangyang City is broken. The Qin army also ambushed us on the way we had to retreat to Yingdu, and the 200,000 army was wiped out, only his subordinates and a small part of the people came back alive, and the general Xiang Bo was killed in battle! ”

After the words of the two were finished, Xiong Qi on the throne fainted in front of him, and Xiang Yan was also so angry by the words of the two that he almost fell.

(End of chapter)