"General, just heard from the Chu army camp that the Chu army began to send people to collect military rations from the head of Qianjun in Chen County."

Jing Su held up a small piece of bamboo slip in his hand, his face full of excitement.

"It seems that Li Bi's harassment has been effective."

Meng Tian took the bamboo slips and glanced at the information on it.

He didn't talk much, only a few Yin Talismans, Meng Tian understood the above content at a glance.

The Chu army was short of food, so Xiang Yan decided to collect food nearby because of the food from the enemy.

In the eyes of the Qin people, Xiang Yan was due to food to the enemy, but the Chu army believed that Chen County originally belonged to the territory of Chu. The Qianshou here contributed food and supported the Chu army's operations, which was no different from the conquest and corvee service in Chu.

Qin State valued agriculture, and Chen County had good soil fertility. Accepting the agricultural experience of Qin State's normative words, the per mu of grain yield here is nearly twice as high as that in Jiangdong.

"When Xiong Qi was stationed in Chen Ying, he collected grain once, and the first Guizhou family had not much grain storage."

The Qin government collects grain, which has special warehouse laws. The Qin officials are very efficient in handling affairs, and today's grain has been collected.

"Xiang Yan's 400,000 troops consumed a daily amount. If you want to maintain the daily consumption of the Chu army, relying solely on Chen County is definitely not enough, unless......"

"Unless Xiang Yan drinks poison to quench his thirst, he forcibly collects surplus grain from the first Guizhou family."

Jing Su's eyes lit up and he had more insight into Meng Tian's plan.

"Yes, as long as Xiang Yan collects grain beyond the capacity of the Qianshou of Chen County, the Chu army and the Qianshou of Chen County will inevitably have cracks." Meng Tian nodded and said, "When the Qianshou of Chen County discovers, the Chu army they are looking forward to day and night is not as beautiful as they imagined, and will completely extinguish their fantasies about Chu State."

Long before leading the army to attack Chu, Meng Tian sent dark eagles to Chenjun and other places to accept Meng Tian's orders to investigate and collect customs and habits in the old Chu land and the people's support.

The real intelligence is far from being as simple as the defense of the city and the number of troops and weapons on the surface. The people's temperament and local customs of a place are sometimes more relevant to whether they can get help from local people.

The Qianshou in Chen County misses the Chu State mainly based on the psychology of following past living habits and adapting to the unpleasantness of the new system of Qin State, leading people to blindly miss the past system and selectively forget the defects in the old system.

Compared with Qin State, no matter how hard it is, it is absolutely impossible to have common generals and ministers living at the bottom of Chu State.

After Li Si became successful in his studies, he chose to defect to Qin. In addition to realizing the potential of Qin, the more important reason was that he could not see hope in Chu. Li Si, who was a minor official, had no noble blood and was unable to enter the core circle of the King of Chu.

"Tell Li Bi that he was not to capture the city and annihilate the Chu army, but to destroy the Chu army's food for me." Meng Tian took a pen and wrote an order and handed it to Jing Su, "The less food the Chu army transported to the camp, the better."

Jing Su took the order and left Meng Tian's command post and went to find a way to deliver the order to Li Bi.

Looking at Jing Su's departure back, Meng Tian's mouth showed a helpless and bitter smile.

Later poets said that prosperity will bring suffering to the people; destruction will bring suffering to the people. This sentence is indeed a famous saying.

During the Qin-Chu battle, the Guizhou leaders of Chen County would not suffer the tragic military disasters like those in later generations, and their lives would never be easy.

When Qin conquered the six countries, he did not have the habit of massacres at any time. It was just that Meng Tian sent people to kill the Chu army's grain transport team everywhere. The Chu army had no food, so he could only make a decision to take the head of the Qianshou of Chenjun.

"I only sent people to destroy the food of the Chu army, and did not deal with the Qianshou in person with Chenjun. The Chu army will play this evil man. As for the suffering of Qianshou in Chenjun, it can be regarded as a punishment for opening the door to thieves......"

Meng Tian took a knife and got on the horse, left the command camp, and began routinely inspecting Chen Ying's defense line.

There had just been an autumn rain in the city, and the air was filled with a fresh scent of rain.

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Meng Tian took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the turbid air in his chest, making his whole body feel refreshed.

Thanks to Chen Ying's abundant treasury, Chen Ying's Qin army put on autumn clothes one after another. The daily food was served on time, and the corn and rice were solid and they would not use thin soup to fool people.

Eat full and dress warmly, the morale of the Qin army changes every day.

Meng Tian walked through the defense line of Qin army. Qin soldiers felt even more calm when they saw Meng Tian’s familiar figure.

In the army, as long as the general is calm and effectively commands the team under his command, the soldiers will not have any unnecessary ideas.

"The front of the Chu army has retreated."

On the East City Gate, there was a layer of water vapor on Menghu's face, pointing to the Chu army camp from afar.

"Xiang Yan is cautious in using his troops, which is quite like the style of the Old General Wang."

Meng Tian looked at the arrangement of the Chu army camp and compared him with Wang Jian.

Xiang Yan is younger than Wang Jian. Compared with younger generations such as Wang Ben and Meng Tian, ​​Xiang Yan can be said to be an old senior.

The older a person is, the more cautious he is in his work, and of course he can also be said to be conservative.

Without taking advantage of the chaos to capture Chen Ying, Xiang Yan seemed to have no intention of fighting and deciding quickly and was ready to fight for a long time in Chen Ying's city.

If you don’t seek victory, you will strive to be invincible with Xiang Yan’s military use.

"After this rain, the road outside the city is not conducive to the attack of the Chu army. The Chu army should have waited for the weather to clear up."

Meng Tian ordered Meng Hu to guard the city with all his heart and guard against the Chu army's raid, and then turn to other city gates in turn.

When defending Chen Ying, Meng Tian did not treat him differently. The Qin army led by Meng Hu was directly sent to the direction of Dongcheng where the Chu army focused on attacking.

As Meng Tian's direct lineage, Meng Hu led his army to fight against the Chu army, and suffered heavy casualties. It turned out that the captain under Li Xin had completely committed the concerns in his heart.

As long as Meng Tian did not treat them as cannon fodder and let his direct troops pick peaches, these people did not mind working under Meng Tian's command.

When a soldier fights, he licks blood from the knife. Where is it not a war, why not lose his military merits?

When Meng Tian returned to the command camp, it was almost time for dusk food.

The personal soldiers in charge of the food and daily life brought a tray and placed it on Meng Tian’s table.

A portion of sunflower, a small plate of beef, a plate of dipping sauce, and a small bowl of egg flower soup.

Different ranks of titles, the diet of Qin soldiers varies. When they reach high-ranking titles of five doctors or above, they can eat meat for each meal.

Ordinary soldiers can only eat meat every other month, or before a war.

Meng Tian did not deliberately change anything about such treatment. The Qin army's system was already very standardized. Now he asked him to learn from Wu Qi and eat and live with the soldiers, which made people feel that he had ulterior motives.

As long as the main general can lead the soldiers to win battles and earn titles, it is actually no big deal to eat some meat for each meal.

"Jing Su, let's have supper together."

Meng Tian picked up the chopsticks and was about to start, Jing Su appeared in time.

In my impression, Jing Su often appears at meal times, and Meng Tian quietly complained in her heart.

Jing Su did not speak, but took out a three-inch-long bamboo slip from his arms.

Meng Tian took it and frowned slightly:

"Xiang Yan ordered Xiang Liang to lead the Chu cavalry to go and wipe out Li Bi..."
Chapter completed!