"What did you say? The Qin army captured Yingshang?"

Half a month later, Xiang Yan in Ruyin City was shocked when he heard the news from the scout, and his eyebrows trembled violently on his always calm face.

"Come here, come here."

Xiang Yan greeted his personal soldiers around him, brought a map around Shouying, and spread it on the desk.

On the map, Yingshang only occupies an inconspicuous small black dot, not by the Yingshui River to the northwest of Shouying.

"Father, Meng Tian sent Meng Hu to lead his army to the east to cross Yingshui and was preparing to attack Shouying. It seemed that it was the smoke cast by Meng Tian to confuse our army."

When he rushed to the house where Xiang Yan was and received the news that the Qin army had captured Yingshang, Xiang Liang ordered his personal soldiers to keep the gate and strictly prohibited the Chu soldiers from coming to visit Xiang Yan.

At this time, the decision of the chief general is extremely important to the morale of the entire army.

"Yes, if you care about your father, you will be in trouble. You will send someone to beware of Meng Hu. Unexpectedly, Meng Tian's intention is not to drink, but he is Yingshang's idea."

Xiang Yan commanded almost all the troops of Chu State and fought against the Qin army, but never gained any advantage. Over time, some people in the court had been dissatisfied with Xiang Yan. If the Qin army reached the city of Shouying, even if they failed to capture Shouying, they would inevitably alarm the King of Chu in the rear.

When you are frightened like this, Fu Chu will inevitably have different thoughts in his heart.

"Meng Tian has such a big appetite, and he actually wants to annihilate our army!"

Xiang Liang held the bronze sword at his waist tightly, and slowly let go, his eyes becoming particularly calm.

"Father, since he has reached this point, he has no choice but to retreat. It is better to burn his boat and fight with the Qin army."

"Meng Tian is forcing me to fight the Qin army to a decisive battle. I will divide the battle with him on the battlefield!" Xiang Yan gently stroked the sheepskin map on the desk, "However, Yingshang cannot be controlled by the Qin people, so he asked the captain Pu to lead the army to retake Yingshang."

Yingshang is just a small town beside Yingshui. The city is very small and the city walls are not high. It is easy to capture it by the Qin army's sneak attack. It is just easy to attack and difficult to defend. Xiang Yan does not believe that the Qin army can hold on.

The August sunshine is extremely warm, like poisonous flames that are roasting the land in the south.

Xiang Yan's orders spread one by one, and the Chu soldiers in Ruyin City seemed to feel a solemn atmosphere of war coming from the sultry air.

At the same time, in the Qin army camp, Meng Tian also received a message from Huang.

"Huang Ji has conquered Yingshang."

Inside the big tent, Meng Tian pointed at Yingshang in the sand table, and a small black flag was inserted on it.

"Yingshang is easy to attack but difficult to defend, Xiang Yan will definitely send people to fight for Yingshang. Our army must launch an attack on Xiang Yan as soon as possible to restrain Xiang Yan's troops."

"I hope Huang Ji can hold on until the reinforcements arrive." Jing Su's face was solemn and nodded gently.

With such a task, the Chu army will inevitably be anxious to jump over the wall with such a task. Next, Huang Ji will definitely face the crazy counterattack of the Chu army.

"Jing Su, tomorrow you will lead your army to stay in the camp. I will lead the soldiers to fight with the Chu army in person!"

Meng Tian stood straight, facing Ruyin, thinking in his heart, I was afraid that Xiang Yan would also think about fighting with the Qin army at this time.

"Transfer to Man Qiang. His injuries have recovered. He will immediately lead people south and now he can sneak into Shouying."

The orders from the Central Army camp were passed to the generals under his command through the hands of his personal soldiers.

For a moment, the two Qin army sharpened their swords and prepared to fight head-on.

Meng Hu, who had just captured Li Xin, probably felt that Huang Ji had successfully completed Meng Tian's plan. He did not lead his army to advance towards Shouying, but led his army back and accelerated toward Ruyin.

God seemed to feel the determination of the two Qin army to fight, and did not come out to add any trouble.

The next day, after the morning meal, the sun rose from the east, and in the huge sky, there were only a few clouds.

Wu Zhu in the army looked through the "Sun Book" and patted his chest to ensure that today was a rare and good weather.

Under Ruyin City, the Qin army's military formations were neatly arranged. From a distance, they looked like square chessboards.

Standing in the front row were the elite crossbow soldiers among the Qin army.

The crossbow arrow is lifted and ready to cast the rain of arrows all over the sky at any time.

On Ruyin City, Xiang Yan climbed up to the tower and looked down from a high place. He could see the Qin army's formation.

Meng Tian's movements were very fast. Huang Ji had just captured Yingshang. Meng Tian, ​​who had not fought in the past half a month, led his army to attack in large numbers.

"Meng Tian is going to hold our army!"

Xiang Yan stroked her gray beard and seemed calm and composed, but deep down she felt a bitter chill.

The general of Qin State, the Yangtze River pushes the old waves forward, and there are successors. Meng Tian is only thirty years old and is quite skillful in commanding the battle of hundreds of thousands of large corps. Thinking that half of his body was about to enter the ground, Xiang Yan couldn't imagine who could compete with the Qin army.

Xiang Rong died at the hands of the Qin army. Xiang Bo’s talent was highly valued and he was okay in war, but he was soft-hearted and could easily trust others.

Xiang Liang has a steady personality. Among the three brothers, Xiang Yan felt that only Xiang Liang could lift the Xiang family's main beam.

However, time waits for no one.

Xiang Yan didn't have so much time to wait for Xiang Liang to fully mature.

"How is the current situation of the battle between the Qin army in Yingshang?"

Xiang Yan turned around, walked into the building, sat on the couch, greeted Xiang Chan beside him, and followed him in.

"Last night, after receiving the order, Master Pu set out overnight and was already fighting with the Qin army in Yingshang."

Xiang Chan raised his hands in front of his chest, bowed his body, and replied respectfully.

Outside Ruyin City, the Qin army was finally arranged.

Meng Tian climbed onto the temporary high platform, just enough to see the entire Qin army formation.

On the left front of the platform, Meng Tian’s big star stood tall and black eagle feathers swaying gently in the wind.

The Qin soldiers glanced at the big crow standing behind and felt relieved.

In the era of cold weapons, the position of the big star represents the location of the main general.

"Order the crossbow soldiers to cooperate with the stone-treating camp and prepare to attack."

The personal soldiers brought a bamboo couch, Meng Tian held a ring-headed knife in his right hand, sat on the face of the bamboo couch, and gave the first order.

After receiving Meng Tian's order, two soldiers walked out of the line of personal soldiers carrying the flag. One was carrying a blue flag with an arrow on it. The other was carrying a black hammer.

When the doctor Sen in the military formation saw the flag whispered from behind, he immediately ordered his soldiers to push the catapult cart and slowly stepped forward.

Zhang Tuo and Meng Xue in front of the army led the soldiers to separate the roads and give up the roads where the catapults were passed.

The Qin army has practiced this tactic for countless times and is familiar with it.

Soon, the Qin army's catapults were placed in front of the Qin army.

When the catapult cart stepped forward, the Qin army's crossbow soldiers held up the crossbow arrows in their hands, diagonally facing the sky, and casting them towards the top of Ruyin City.

The Qin army crossbow soldiers were divided into five queues. After the crossbow soldiers were released, the crossbow soldiers in the back row immediately followed. The crossbow soldiers were proficient in their movements, and the crossbows shot out from the military formation were endless.

The crossbow soldiers covered the cover, and the catapult cart stepped forward smoothly. The soldiers of the catapult camp placed wheels and installed stone bullets.

"boom--"

The stone bullet cut through the sky and hit the city wall in Ruyin.
Chapter completed!