Chapter 352: Under Ruyin City
Ruyin under the Yingshui River is built beside the water, with tall and mighty city and strong guards.
King Qingxiang of Chu moved the capital to Shouying to avoid the Qin army's edge. In order to ensure the safety of the capital, Ruyin in the north was also designated as a fortress for key defense.
Xiang Yan led his army to retreat all the way to Ruyin, and there was no room for retreat. Later, the Chu army would go straight to Shouying.
The weather was clear and the sun was fierce. Xiang Yan on the Ruyin City Wall had a solemn expression and frowned, without feeling the heat in the air at all.
"Hateful, these Chu people actually betrayed the State of Chu!"
Looking at the soldiers wearing Chu costumes outside the city, carrying a large yellow flag, the word "Chu" on it was particularly dazzling, and Xiang Chan punched him hatefully on the battlements.
"These monarchs are really naive. Do you think the Qin people will really tolerate Mi Tong as King of Chu?"
Xiang Liang did not show any excitement, and there was only a faint sarcasm in his eyes.
The Qin people held Mi Tong's banner and recruited Chu people. The Fengjun, who was unknown, led people to surrender to Mi Tong. Now they turned to deal with Xiang Yan. The Chu army in Ruyin City saw this scene and his morale was a little shaken.
"Meng Tian is a good method..."
Xiang Yan unconsciously stroked her gray beard and smiled bitterly.
After entering the court for so many years and witnessing the struggle for royal power, Xiang Yan's mind was no longer a pure general. Borrowing the name of Prince Gongsun and occupying the name of morality was a common method used by countries in the Spring and Autumn Period.
It was only in the Warring States Period that countries devoted themselves to mergers, so few such means were used.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin detained King Huai of Chu, and the State of Chu immediately supported the new King of Chu. When King Huiwen of Zhao met with King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the State of Qin was ready to support the new King.
Fu Chu seized the throne and escaped from the remains of King You of Chu, Mi Han, but he did not expect that it would cause such a big trouble. If he had known this, he would not have been soft-hearted, but would have killed the matter directly.
Xiang Yan heard about the old eunuch in the Chu Palace disguised himself as he escaped, but many brothers seized the throne in the history of the Chu State, and Xiang Yan did not kill him quickly.
The south wind blew, and a hot air was rolling. Xiang Yan rubbed the sweat in his palms. Now, it’s useless to think so much.
Outside Ruyin City, the newly promoted Sima Dou on the left and Sima Xi on the right were looking at the tall Ruyin City Wall, and felt a different feeling in my heart.
When I went north, I rested in Ruyin, but when I returned again, Ruyin City became a bargaining chip for merit.
The Qin army stationed in Taihe, and the prince of Chen County was not well-known and secretly contacted the State of Chu, all of whom became subordinate ministers. Meng Tian personally presided over the vacant land and distributed it to the soldiers who had made contributions.
Dou and Xi, from Meng Tian to Xianyang, obtained a large area of land in Pingyu. The two of them had struggled in Chu for so long, with less than ten acres of land under their name. Unexpectedly, they chose to cooperate with the Qin army, and in a flash they had an official position and had to have more than a hundred hectares of fertile land.
"You Sima, General Meng appointed us as vanguards. Now that we are at the city of Ruyin, do we need to attack the city?"
Dou held the shaft of the chariot, turned his head to the right, stabilizing his mind.
"Zuo Sima, I have understood what I can do during this period of time." Xi said with a smile, "Stay in Chu State has no future. This world is probably the Qin people."
"Although the flag of the King of Chu floated above our heads, the Qin people were the ones who could really give us wealth."
The rhinoceros raised his head and pointed to the flying apricot yellow flag, with a hint of mocking on his face.
"Yes, the State of Chu is no longer saved." Dou's tone was plain and even a little cold, "In order for us to gain a foothold in Qinying, we must make some contributions."
Ten miles north of Ruyin City, Meng Tian is commanding the camp by the Yingshui River.
After many years of war, Meng Tian went to a place, his top priority was to build a solid military camp.
Relying on Yingshui, dig a few more wells in the camp so that you will not have to worry about the water source.
At this time, under Ruyin City, there was a vague sound of fighting that shook the sky and the earth.
Meng Hu and Zhang Tuo, who were in charge of the alert, listened to the tremor in the air and were a little surprised.
Meng Tian sent Dou and Xi as vanguards, and the Qin generals were very suspicious, worried that they would lead their troops to surrender to Xiang Yan again. Now it seems that these two people are also ruthless and fight with the Chu army when they come up.
"General, there is news from the front that Dou and Xi have led the Chu army to start siege."
The personal soldiers in charge of the order came quickly and sent the latest news.
Upon hearing this news, Jing Su, Meng Bao and others around Meng Tian couldn't help but nod.
Dou and Xi are looking for a rant.
"Tell me the order, let Huang Ji and Li Bi lead the army to pick him up to prevent the Chu army from taking the opportunity to break out of the city."
Meng Tian thought in his heart that Dou and Xi led their troops to surrender and became surrendered generals. When they attacked the Chu army, they felt even stronger than those of the Qin people.
Perhaps, this is the psychology of surrendering generals, and they are eager to find their own position in the new forces.
Meng Tian made up his mind that if he could not completely expel the blood of the Qin soldiers, he had to use the Chu people to attack the Chu people.
The Chu army under Mi Tong's command, with the blood of the Chu people, could never go back to the past. After internalizing the Chu people, looking for partners and suppressing the stubborn resisters was the strategy that Meng Tian would implement in Chu.
"It doesn't matter if Ruyin can't conquer two thousand-man teams, but let the Qin people see our determination to wait!"
The siege forward carried the ladder and finally approached the Ruyin city wall, but was stubbornly resisted by the defenders. Dou looked at all indifferently, and waved the flag and the two thousand-person teams continued again.
"I didn't expect that after the Qin people's training, our army's combat effectiveness has improved a lot."
Xi opened her eyes wide and watched her soldiers attack the city in an orderly manner. She really fought as she trained.
"That's right, otherwise why would the Chu people always be defeated by the Qin people?"
After three months, Dou gradually began to get used to her new identity and truly regarded herself as a Qin person.
"The soldiers watched the play of Fu Chu seizing the throne. Now they don't have the King of Chu in their hearts, so they can fight Xiang Yan without any worries."
Looking back on the past few months, the Chu civil servants who spoke with the accent of the Chu State visited Mi Tong's Chu camp, preached the bad behavior of Hu Chu killing his brother and bullying his sister-in-law, and organized soldiers to watch the choreographed performances. Xi felt more and more that the Qin people were superb.
Now, Xi led his army to attack Ruyin without any guilt.
In his mind, Shouying's Fu Chu lost the legitimacy of succession.
"KaKaKa--"
There was a harsh friction sound at the foot of Ruyin City. The heavy city gate slowly opened. A Chu general led the Chu army and rushed out with great strides.
"Xiang Liang?"
Dou and Xi stood on the chariot, and saw Xiang Liang's figure, their eyes shrank.
Xiang Yan's sons, Xiang Rong, are the most brave, but Xiang Liang is also brave, but he is not as good as Xiang Rong.
Chapter completed!