Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 231, Burying the future of Chu State
At this time, the 10,000+ Chu army led by Xiang Yan had already marched quickly along the road built by Zhang Ruo.The entire Chu army was divided into two teams. Xiang Yan led the infantry and a small number of cavalry to rush forward quickly, striving to reach Bashu as soon as possible, while Fan Zeng, Xiang Yan's military adviser, led the rest of the people to escort supplies and military equipment. Wait for the normal march.

The defenders of the Qin army along the way, seeing such a large Chu army, closed the city gates one after another, and then sent a small number of troops to harass and attack. Although they received orders from Ying Zheng not to stop the Chu army, in order To prevent Xiang Yan from becoming suspicious, they still sent troops to intercept, most of them occupied the terrain, ambushing Xiang Yan's army, and retreated when Xiang Yan reacted.

Along the way, Xiang Yan was annoyed by the harassment of these defenders. If it wasn't for the early support to Bashu, he would have led the army to besiege the surrounding cities to take revenge for the harassment.Compared to Xiang Yan, Fan Zeng's life was much easier, because Xiang Yan's reminder, and they were not in a hurry to march, so it didn't matter.

At this time, 10,000 Qin troops had already ambushed at the mountain pass where Wu County entered Shu, and Meng Wu was the leader, and Hanzhong had [-] defenders. Just in case, Ying Zheng ordered another [-] troops to be mobilized from Lantian. Meng Wu led an ambush for Xiang Yan, while [-] troops led by Wang Ben were stationed at Yufu at the moment, silently waiting for Xiang Yan to pass by, encircling the back road, and completely burying the [-]+ Chu army.

Under the rapid gallop, Xiang Yan led the army to march through the Yufu area in four days.

"General, there are many army flags outside Yufu City, will there be an ambush?" The deputy general said after looking at the spy's report.

"Don't worry, every city of the Qin army along the way is full of military flags. They are all bluffing, worrying that our target is the city, and delaying our time by the way, waiting for reinforcements." Xiang Yan waved his hand and said, at first he also I thought that the opponent had already prepared, but after an attack test, I realized that those military flags were just a bluff.

The lieutenant general thought for a while about the big and small cities they encountered along the way, and they were all acting like this. At the beginning, they tried to slow down their marching speed and deal with it cautiously. As a result, the total number of opponents was less than tens of thousands, and the military flags were all inserted together. One person waved the military flag as two people, and the doubts in the lieutenant general's heart disappeared.

"Don't stop, keep going." Xiang Yan ordered, he must lead the army to make a surprise attack now, and what he hit was a time difference.They attacked suddenly, even if they were discovered by the Qin army in Yiling, by the time their generals reported the report and Qin State reacted and mobilized troops to take precautions, they had probably arrived in Shu County.At that time, they occupied the natural danger to resist the Qin army, and Lord Changping would also persuade the court to mobilize the public opinion of the people and force the king of Chu to send troops to attack Qianzhong to meet them.

At the same time, their allies, Zhao Guo and Wei Guo will attack Shangdang, Yingchuan and other places in Qin State at the same time, and the Korean restoration forces located in Yingchuan County will also take the opportunity to mobilize the people to rebel. Involved, they also have the opportunity to take down the two counties of Bashu and completely seal the state of Qin until the time of King Huiwen.

In Yufu City, Wang Ben saw the news reported by the spies that the former Chu army had passed the range of Yufu, and ordered:
"Continue to stand by and wait for the rear army to pass before attacking."

Xiang Yan did not become suspicious. This was expected by Wang Ben. After receiving the order, he asked the cities to set up a large number of military flags in advance. They took cover in Yufu's ambush. It is impossible for an army of 5 people to hide their tracks. It is better to set up a suspicious formation in advance and play with the news that the wolf is coming to paralyze Xiang Yan.

Fan Zeng, who was also behind Xiang Yan, did not have any doubts about the scene of Yufu. He was more careful than Xiang Yan along the way. Basically, he would send people to test the cities he passed by, which involved a lot of energy and effort. Time caused the distance between them and Xiang Yan to increase. For this reason, Fan Zeng gave up the investigation when he was in the back city, and started marching at full speed.

"Mr. Fan, the army has already passed through Yuhui, and it will pass through the first line of sky next. The general is waiting for us ahead." The deputy general said to Fan Zeng.

"Send troops to follow up, let the general wait for a while, and send people to pretend to attack Yufu, so as to prevent Yufu's defenders from ambush in the first line of sky. As long as they pass through the first line of sky, they will arrive in Berkshire. If Qin Guo makes a move, he will definitely delay here Great army." Fan Zeng said.

"No!" The lieutenant went down to find the messenger and asked him to convey it to Xiang Yan.

At this time, Xiang Yan was at the entrance of Yixiantian, looking at the high and steep mountains and narrow valleys on both sides, Xiang Yan led the army to stop, although Xiang Yan thought that it was impossible for the Qin army to deploy here, but cautiously His nature still made him dare not enter easily.

"General, Mr. Fan said to let the general wait for a while, and he sent someone to test the Yufu defenders." The deputy general said.

Xiang Yan looked at the valley in front of the line of sky, and then at the exhausted soldiers behind him. Because of the high-intensity and fast march, the soldiers had very little time to rest, so they were all exhausted. After the line of sky, they Entering Berkshire is no longer the harassment of Wujun. According to the actions of the Qin army, even if they cannot mobilize troops in time, the defenders of Berkshire will attack and block the Chu army. No, so Xiang Yan said

"The whole army is stationed, rested for half a day, and is marching."

"promise!"

After the lieutenant general went down to deliver Xiang Yan's order, all the Chu troops stopped to rest. After receiving the order to rest, the soldiers of the Chu army showed a relaxed look on their faces. The long and fast march made them exhausted. Marching at such a dangerous place at night, their nerves are tense at any time, and they dare not relax a little, for fear that they will fall.

Every garrison rest is their happiest moment, especially this rest is half a day. The moment they sit down, they start to take out the dry food and water they have prepared to rest. Falling asleep back to back is enough to see how stressful their high-intensity march was during this period.

The defenders above Yufu City looked at the attacking Chu army below, and while sending people to stop them, they sent messengers to the city to inform Wang Ben.

"General, the Chu army is attacking the city!" The messenger came to the big tent of the barracks and said.

Wang Ben put down the military book in his hand, looked at the messenger with a frown and asked

"Approximately how many people are there in the Chu army? How strong is the siege?"

"The Chu army probably has tens of thousands of people, and all kinds of siege equipment are there. You can vaguely see that there are tens of thousands of Chu troops behind. The county lieutenant begs the general to send someone to help defend the city." The messenger said.

"Take me to the city wall." Wang Ben said solemnly. The Chu army attacked the city rashly, which surprised him a bit. Normally, the current Chu army should march quickly.There are not many Yufu defenders, but the terrain is high, and it will take some time to attack the city, which is not in line with the marching trend of the Chu army.

"No!" said the orderly.

The messenger took Wang Ben to the city wall. The county guard and the county lieutenant were organizing all the defenders to resist the attack of the Chu army. They had repelled the attack of the Chu army three times. When they saw Wang Ben's arrival , the two hurried to meet.

"General Wang, the Chu army has already attacked twice, and each time the attack was more fierce, and the third time it has already mobilized all the defenders. If there is a next time, I'm afraid we may not be able to bear the risk." The county lieutenant said.

"Lord Lieutenant, wait for a while. If the Chu army's goal is really Yufu, I will definitely send troops to help defend the city." Wang Ben said.

Seeing what Wang Ben said, the county guard who was about to beg Wang Ben to stop talking, Wang Ben was just a temporary general, and his job was a school lieutenant, one level lower than him as the county guard, but behind Wang Ben there were Wang Jian, Wang Jian is a real military leader, he can't afford to offend a county lieutenant, so he can only obey Wang Ben's words.

Wang Ben looked at the Chu army below who was preparing for the fourth attack. The siege equipment in the hands of the Chu army was indeed a siege equipment, but more defensive equipment such as shields, and it seemed that the ladders were at the end. The siege ram did not appear, especially the camp of the Chu army, which had no intention of stationing at all. Generally speaking, the siege would be a long and drawn out battle. The attacking side would set up a large camp. On the one hand, it was for the commander to observe the enemy's movements. And dispatch the army, on the other hand, it also provides convenience for the soldiers to attack.

The camp of the Chu army below did show signs of being stationed, but there were no defensive devices such as repelling horses, and they simply set up camps and large tents. At that moment, Wang Ben wanted to understand that the purpose of the Chu army's attack on the city was to test fish. Whether the defenders are in the city or not, the three attacks, each time the number of people doubled, and the third time it happened that all the defenders could resist, and the fourth time they mobilized the army so openly, it was obviously testing them.

"Order some of the defenders to take off their armor and put on the clothes of the common people." Wang Ben said. Generally, the defenders will not let the people participate in the siege when they are at the end of the mountain. , just to see if they will use the people to defend the city.

The county lieutenant and the county guard were taken aback for a moment, not knowing why Wang Ben gave such an order.

"Just do as I say, I guarantee that they will fade away as soon as they see these soldiers." Wang Ben looked at the county lieutenant and the county guard with serious eyes.

The two looked at each other, but because of Wang Ben's identity, they had to follow Wang Ben's order to let some soldiers guarding the city change into civilian clothes.

The fourth round of siege began. The Chu army, which was three times the defenders, rushed to Yufu City. Yufu was immediately surrounded by the Chu army. Bows and arrows shot at each other. It hit Yufu City.

Fan Zeng in the camp was waiting for news of the siege soldiers.

"Mr. Fan, the soldiers who attacked the city are back." The lieutenant general said.

"Bring it in quickly," Fan Zeng said.

The soldiers who attacked the city were brought back. The soldiers were ashamed, with some blood stains on their faces. The soldiers saluted immediately after seeing Fan Zeng

"Mr. Fan."

"How?" Fan Zeng said, looking at the soldier.

"The resistance of the defenders is still very strong. I saw some civilians on the top of the city. They kept throwing logs and rocks. Some people also pulled bows and crossbows, but their range was very short. Some brothers attacked the top of the city. , These civilians did not attack but retreated at the first time." The soldier said.

During the siege battle, there were special soldiers observing the movement of the enemy at close range, just like the war reporters of later generations. Make a report, say the same as a soldier.

"Okay, since that's the case, tell the army to retreat and tell the general to send troops into the sky." Fan Zeng said.

"promise!"

At this time Xiang Yan was at Xiang Yan's place, and the spies sent by Xiang Yan also came back. The spies investigated the situation in the first line of the sky and found that there was no trace of the enemy. At this time, Fan Zeng's messengers also came. Under such circumstances, Xiang Yan's doubts finally dissipated, and he immediately ordered the army to prepare to continue marching.

As for Yufu, the Chu army began to retreat on a large scale after receiving the order. The county guards and lieutenants on the city wall were a little confused. Wang Ben explained the reason to them. Wang Ben felt in his heart that there really was no dog in the family.

After the Chu army completely withdrew, Wang Ben sent spies to report the whereabouts of Fan Zeng's army at any time.

At this time, at the exit of Yixiantian, Meng Wu led the army to guard it strictly. In order to prevent Xiang Yan's spies from discovering them, he specially ambushed only at the exit of Yixiantian. He only needed to block the exit, while Wang Ben blocked the back road. Go up, and then send people to attack again up the mountain.

Xiang Yan sat in the middle army, and said to the messenger beside him
"Order the whole army to speed up and leave Yixiantian within an hour. I always have an ominous feeling here."

"The terrain here is indeed chilling," said the lieutenant general.

The terrain of Yixiantian is too precipitous, which is very suitable for ambushes. Looking up, you can only see a long and narrow sky. The steep valley is the best ambush area. Pang Juan, the great general of Wei State, was Ma Lingdao who was set up by Sun Bin. In the ambush, Pang Juan buried hundreds of thousands of Wei Guo's elite in the First World War, and Wei Guo also fell into a slump, completely losing the capital to dominate the princes.

"Regardless of whether the Qin army ambushed here again, we must pass quickly." Xiang Yan said.

Their current situation is very similar to that of Pang Juan at the beginning, except that one is chasing and the other is taking the initiative to attack, but they are both light and simple, and they all have the military background of a country. And the three forces of the Forbidden Army.

The 10,000+ army led by Xiang Yan this time is half of the elites of the Longteng Army and the frontier army. It can be said that one-third of the strength of the Chu army has been taken away by him. It was also unable to withstand the front of the Qin army.

After Wang Ben got Fan Zeng to lead all the troops into Yixiantian, the [-] defenders also quietly left Yufu and began to move towards the entrance of Yixiantian.

Soon Meng Wu, who was ambushing at the exit, heard the sound of footsteps and horseshoes echoing in the valley, his eyes lit up, and the soldiers around him cheered up one after another, and all the bows and crossbows in their hands were drawn and stringed.

　Everything is perfect today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)