"Wind, strong wind..."

"Kill, kill..."

Outside Xinyang City, the Qin and Chu armies were fighting fiercely.

Looking from a high altitude, the Qin army in black and black armor and the Chu army in yellow military uniforms seemed to be fighting bravely.

There was a fierce battle in front of the military formation, and behind the Qin army formation, soldiers were waving the iron in their hands.

The Qin army has practiced countless times to build a camp. The soldiers of each unit divided their responsibilities, and the prototype of a camp was soon revealed.

"If you send the order, you will not be able to rest before the camp is built!"

In the Central Army camp, Meng Tian stood beside the big flag, looking at the head of Xinyang City, without any care.

The Qin army had just appeared at Xinyang City, and Xiang Yan decisively sent troops to attack, probably seeing through Meng Tian's intentions.

However, the Qin army's combat effectiveness was indeed one level higher than that of the Chu army. Xiang Yan did not use all his strength to prevent the Qin army from building a camp under Xinyang City.

The sun gradually rose to the sky, and under the sun, the soldiers fighting between the two armies were almost mixed with blood and sweat.

"Dongdongdongdongdong······"

The drums of the Qin army kept ringing.

The soldiers from the back formation began to step forward one after another to replace the Qin army that had been fighting in the front formation for a long time.

After a morning of battle, the Chu army's endurance was slowly exhausted and finally lost.

"withdraw troops!"

At the end of Xinyang City, Xiang Yan waved his somewhat old right hand and slowly spit out two heavy words.

"Dangdangdang..."

The crisp sound of the squid was melodious and distant, reaching the ears of the Chu soldiers.

The signal of the Mingjin withdrawal of troops rang throughout the battlefield. The Chu army had no desire to fight, but the Qin army became more and more brave and chased to a distance of 500 steps under Xinyang City.

“Huhuhuhuhu…………”

Round stones flew over the top of the city, covering the sky.

The Chu army's catapult was still pulled with human power, and the shooting distance was much longer.

"retreat!"

Zhang Tuo pointed at the head of Xinyang City unwillingly and cursed, but instead led his soldiers away from the city wall and retreated to the front of the camp that was being built.

Meng Tian’s order to Zhang Tuo was not necessary to annihilate many Chu troops, but to ensure that the construction of the camp in the rear was not disturbed.

"The Kingdom of Shangzhu, the stone-treating tool is indeed a powerful weapon to defend the city. It is impossible for the Qin army to approach Xinyang City Gate."

Seeing the Qin army retreat, Xiang Chan smiled. He saw with his own eyes what the result was caused by the stone bomb thrown by the stone caster falling into the Qin army formation.

"The Shangzhu Kingdom ordered the craftsmen in the city to build trolls and use them in a concentrated manner, and to treat the person's body with the same way, which is a significant effect."

"No, our army was defeated in the first battle."

Xiang Yan slowly walked down the city and shook his head gently: "I wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Qin army had not yet established a stable foothold and caught Meng Tian off guard and break his intention to build a camp."

"The Qin army can build a camp wherever it is. Why is Shangzhu Kingdom so afraid?"

Xiang Chan followed Xiang Yan respectfully, showing a thoughtful look on his face.

"The Qin army built the camp just in time on the passage between Xinyang and Weixian County. In this way, the contact between me and Liang'er will not be so smooth."

After retreating to Xinyang, Xiang Yan sent Xiang Liang to guard Weixian and Xiang Bo to guard Chengfu.

The three places get along and support each other, and watch over each other. It was precisely because Meng Tian saw this that he tried every means to destroy the connection between the three places.

In the Qin army camp, the central army commander's tent, Meng Tian held his hands and looked at the Xinyang City model on the desk carefully, and was also thinking hard.

As a military center on the Chu State’s border, Xinyang was built earlier and was built completely according to the standards of the Chu State’s square city.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the northern border of Chu State reached the Central Plains and built a square city to block the Central Plains army from going south. When Duke Huan of Qi went south to attack Chu, the envoys sent by Chu State threatened to take Fangcheng as the most powerful.

After estimating the losses of attacking Fangcheng, Duke Huan of Qi had to give up his established plan to fight the Chu army.

In the era of cold weapons, attacking military fortresses guarded by heavy troops takes time and even more requires human life to fill it.

Ci doesn't control the soldiers, which means that the generals who lead the troops must put military tasks first. As for whether the soldiers can survive, sometimes it is really just a statistical figure.

However, if possible, Meng Tian still hopes to conquer Xinyang with the smallest loss.

Is there any possibility of going around?

The later generations of frog-leaping tactics did not focus on attacking every small island, but bypassed some unnecessary attacks to form a blockade net, trapping the troops on the island.

Since it is not easy to attack Xinyang, it is better to give priority to the counties around Xinyang, and finally form an encirclement and trap the Chu army in Xinyang.

This idea was just a moment when it arose and was denied by Meng Tian himself.

In his previous life, Meng Tian studied ancient war examples and often thought about why the ancients were obsessed with siegeing cities.

It was not until Meng Tian started to attack the city by herself that she had a more intuitive understanding of this issue.

In ancient times, siege was not necessarily the generals who wanted to attack the city, but had to do it.

Xinyang stands on the road leading to Chu State, controlling the gateway to the Qin-Chu border.

Let Xinyang ignore it, the Qin army transported supplies to the front line, not to mention that it needed to detour from a long way, but also lengthened the Qin army's weak defense line.

The Chu army in Xinyang City is not a weak army with tired veterans, and has strong counterattack ability.

Without Xinyang's capture, Meng Tian did not dare to send troops deep into Chu.

Maybe Xiang Yan is waiting for Meng Tian to make such a mistake.

Unable to get around it, Meng Tian had to sit down honestly like many generals and study how to attack the city.

"General, Meng Hu, Huang Ji sent someone to send back the news that the Chu army of Weixian and Chengfu did not dare to act rashly."

During the evening meal, Meng Tian rushed to dinner and appeared in Meng Tian’s military tent on time.

"Has Xiang Liang not moved?"

Meng Tian's eyes fell on the Yinxian on the sand table.

"Huang Ji took the initiative to invite the battle, but Xiang Liang ignored it." Jing Su said with a smile.

"Xiang Liang must keep a close eye on this."

Meng Tian frowned.

Xiang Liang's military ability is not worse than Xiang Yan. Meng Tian has always attached great importance to Xiang Liang, so he sent Huang Ji, who had rich experience in fighting and steady personality to restrain him.

"There should be no problem with Meng Hu when dealing with Xiang Bo."

His eyes glanced at Chengfu, and a smile appeared faintly on the corner of Meng Tian's mouth.

Xiang Bo has some ability to lead troops, but it is far worse than Xiang Liang.

You are not afraid of opponents like gods, but you are afraid of teammates like pigs.

This Xiang Bo has been famous in history not because he is so capable, but because he is like a pig to cheat his teammates.

Xiang Yu ended up committing suicide by committing suicide in Wujiang, and his uncle Xiang Bo really made an indelible contribution.

"Next, order Li Bi and Li Zuoche to lead the cavalry to attack freely, as long as they are not caught by the Chu army."

Meng Tian had elite cavalry coming and going like the wind. Faced with the harassment of Meng Tian’s cavalry, Xiang Yan could only send heavy troops to guard the rear food road.

"In addition, let the man of the Ruishi Camp select the sharp shooter among the crossbowmen and gather under Xinyang City. I want to make the Chu soldiers nervous and dare not show their heads on the city wall!"
Chapter completed!