Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 224
Surrounded by generals such as Geng Sheng, Geng Wang, Mei Yin, and Mei Cheng, Mei Yan was nervously inspecting the defense of the entire camp in the Hengshan army camp. To be honest, the sudden appearance of the Chu army greatly shocked Mei Yan. Unprepared, he really couldn't believe that the Chu army dared to take the initiative to attack Panyi at this time.

You know, the state of Chu at this time is absolutely full of rumors. If there is no accident, Wang Yingbu of Huainan, Si Luoyao, king of Minyue, and Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche have all gathered troops in various directions Now, if it was an ordinary person, at this time, they would definitely only dare to be cautious and divide their troops to garrison, but Xiang Zhuang dared to take the initiative to attack!

It's fine to take the initiative to attack, but they even chose the Hengshan Army, which is not inferior to the Huainan Army, and dared to penetrate hundreds of miles into the Hengshan Kingdom.Xiang Zhuang'er was too arrogant, really thought that the Hengshan Army was easy to bully, really thought that Mei Yan was just a display?
Thinking of this, Mei Yan felt furious, Xiang Zhuang was too arrogant.

"Here, there is still a gap in the Luzhai here, add two more."

"What's going on, why is there a gap in the fence here? Hurry up and fix it."

"The barbed wire outside this trench must be sprinkled again to prevent sneak attacks!"

As Mei Yan walked, he commanded the soldiers of the Hengshan Army along the way to reorganize the camp defense and strengthen the defense.

While he was making his inspection tour, some of his own soldiers rushed over and reported to Mei Yan in a very sad voice: "General, the army of Chu State, the army of Chu State has arrived..."

"Huh? It came so fast!"

Mei Yan's complexion changed slightly, and immediately led Geng Sheng and others to the watchtower inside the camp.

Standing on the watchtower and looking down, I saw a black wave of soldiers like ant swarms appearing in the east field. First, a big khaki-colored banner was flying in the wind, with a ferocious and flamboyant "Chu" embroidered on it. After the big banner, there are spears towering like a forest and an endless ocean of iron armor.

"Great China, rituals collapse and joy breaks!"

"Reorganize the rivers and mountains, I am the only one!"

Countless soldiers of the Chu army lined up in a rigorous formation, approaching the Hengshan camp fiercely, and every time they took a step forward, they would let out a loud roar, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and gathered into a huge crowd. The sound was about to pierce the sky, and even though the Hengshan soldiers guarding behind the camp were several miles away, they were shaken until their eardrums ached.

During the suffocating wait, the Chu army finally approached outside the Hengshan camp.

All of a sudden, a grown-up general from the Chu Kingdom strode out from the formation to the gate of the Hengshan Camp, about a hundred steps away, the general stopped abruptly, and brought the black sword in his hand forward He stabbed heavily on the grass, raised his head and shouted sharply: "Here is Captain Huyan, the Great Chu Heavenly Wolf, who dares to fight a certain one?!"

Mei Cheng, who was standing behind Mei Cheng, was furious, and turned around to leave the camp to fight.

"Second brother, don't be reckless!" Mei Yan hurriedly stopped him. The Chu State has always had many powerful generals. From Xiang Yu to Xiang Zhuang, they are enemies of ten thousand people, and this general of the Chu army in front of him is not easy to deal with at first glance. The generals of the Hengshan Kingdom are by no means capable of defeating him. Although the second younger brother Mei Cheng is a little brave, but if he wants to fight against the fierce generals of the Chu Kingdom, he is simply courting death.

"Hmph, let's see how we will shoot this guy at the end!" Geng Sheng on the other side snorted, and immediately took the iron tire bow with a two-stone pull force from the soldier behind him, and buckled a thumb-thick bowstring on the bowstring. With the sharp spikes and heavy arrows, he immediately pulled away the bowstring, breathed out and pointed an arrow at the general of Chu State outside the gate.

But it's a pity that this thunderous arrow was easily pushed aside by General Chu.

Sooner or later, the Chu warrior outside the gate also unloaded a black longbow from his shoulder, reached out his hand and took out four heavy spiked arrows from the arrow on his back, and buckled them at the same time. On the bowstring, I saw the Chu general shouted loudly, and the black longbow was drawn into the shape of a full moon!

Mei Yan's face suddenly changed, it was a volley of four arrows? !

"Be careful, General!" Mei Yin, who had already lost an arm, instinctively felt a little danger, and immediately dodged in front of Mei Yan. In a blink of an eye, four heavy arrows with fangs shot to the lookout like lightning. On the stage, Mei Yin's throat, chest and abdomen, left and right sides were divided, and even Mei Yin's way of dodging was blocked.

"Ugh..." Mei Yin screamed again in an incomparably miserable manner.

When Mei Yan, Geng Sheng, and Geng Wang watched intently, they saw that Mei Yin had already been hit by two arrows, one of which passed directly through the throat, and the sharp three-edged arrow clusters went straight through the back of the neck, blood like Spring water dripped down along the grooves between the arrow edges, but Mei Yin's eyes dimmed in an instant.

"Mei Yin?!" Mei Yan roared loudly with her eyes wide open.

"Be careful, General!" Geng Sheng and Mei Cheng yelled at the same time. When Mei Cheng turned her head anxiously, she saw that the general of Chu State outside the gate had once again fully drawn the longbow that was all black. Dian Hanxing roared towards the watchtower with a sharp sound of piercing through the air, but at this time, the soldiers had already swarmed in and formed a shield wall in front of Mei Yan.

"Damn it!" Mei Yan was furious, turning his head and roaring, "Archer, archer! Shoot all the arrows, shoot this bastard to death for this general, shoot this bastard to death..." The clan brother whom he had always placed high hopes on Mei Yin had let General Chu shoot him under his nose, how could this make Mei Yan feel so bad?

Thousands of Hengshan archers quickly gathered inside the gate.

With the falling of the sword in Mei Yan's hand, thousands of feathered arrows flew forward, and intertwined in the air to form an endless rain of arrows. When he got down, the general of the Chu State named Hu Yan was stunned for a while looking at the rain falling from the sky, then turned around and ran away with a wolf howl.

The Chu warrior was tall and long-legged, and after a pair of long legs turned like a windmill, he ran forward dozens of steps in just a moment, but he was out of the range of the Hengshan archers, waiting for the Hengshan bow and arrow. The rain of arrows in his hand fell to the ground, the general of Chu country suddenly turned around, raised his battle robe and urinated towards the Hengshan camp, provocative to the fullest.

The next moment, the Chu army's formation also sounded like overwhelming chant.

"Mei Yan is a coward with a shrunken head, and the Hengshan Army are all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Mei Yan is a coward with a shrunken head, and the Hengshan Army are all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Mei Yan is a coward with a shrunken head, and the Hengshan Army are all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Geng Sheng was furious, and shouted: "General, the Chu army is deceiving people too much, let's fight!"

Mei Cheng also echoed sharply: "Yes, brother, a soldier can be killed and cannot be humiliated. Instead of cowardly avoiding the battle and being humiliated by others, it is better to go out to fight with him. Even if the soldier is defeated and dies, it is also an honor to die!"

Geng Wang also squinted his eyes and said: "Although the Chu army is powerful, it is only about 2 people, while our army has more than [-] troops, which is five times the enemy's. If we gather five times the number of people to attack, it is expected to be able to win." Of."

"No, military commander, you have underestimated the Chu army." Mei Yan quickly regained his composure, and shook his head and said, "The Chu army dared to march with 2 horsemen and go deep into the hinterland of Hengshan, which shows that these 2 horsemen are all experienced The combat effectiveness of the elite division of war is by no means comparable to those of us temporarily recruited farmers, woodcutters or hunters."

"Furthermore, the leader of the [-] Chu army may be Xiaoer Xiangzhuang himself. Xiaoer Xiangzhuang is extremely brave and cunning, and he is extremely difficult to deal with." The army only guards its own camp, without the general's order, no one is allowed to fight easily, and those who violate it... will not be pardoned!"

"Then let the Chu army continue to be so arrogant?" Mei Cheng said anxiously, "Brother!"

"Shut up!" Mei Yan reprimanded honestly, "As long as you can occupy the camp and die, defeat the Chu army, and let the Chu army be arrogant outside the camp for a few days, so what?" , Mei Yan looked around at the generals again and said, "I don't know if you have noticed that although this Chu army is coming fiercely, it can carry very little luggage!"

"Huh?" Geng Sheng said, "It seems to be true, there is not even a marching cauldron."

Geng Wang asked thoughtfully: "The general is saying that the Chu army is trying to fight a quick battle with the Hengshan army?"

Mei Yan sneered and said: "Hey, Chu is facing the threat of the Seven Routes Allied Forces, and the foundation of Jiangdong may be destroyed at any time. Most of the [-] Chu troops are the elite main force of Xiangzhuang. How dare you stay in Hengshan for too long?" After this pause, Mei Yan said again, "So, as long as our army can't hold out, the Chu army will definitely choose to attack!"

Most of the [-] Hengshan Army were temporarily recruited strong men, and their combat effectiveness was vastly different from that of the veterans of the Chu Army, and their military discipline was even more incomparable. In terms of making up the gap between the combat effectiveness of the two armies, it can also give full play to the advantage of Hengshan's large number of soldiers.

Geng Wang reminded in a low voice: "But General, our army doesn't have much rations."

Right now, the military rations stored in the Hengshan camp are only [-] shi, which is enough for a hundred thousand troops to feed for seven days. Although the Chu army outside the camp did not carry too much luggage, but they have few soldiers, the military rations they carry with them can last for ten days and a half. The moon should not be a problem, so if the two sides confront each other, it will be the Hengshan army, not the Chu army, that will run out of food first.

Mei Yan said calmly: "Our army's rations are not much, but the Chu army doesn't know."

Mei Cheng said disapprovingly, "Our army's grain storage is right there, how much grain is in several granaries, the Chu army only needs to send scouts to climb to the nearby mountain and look down, wouldn't they know everything?"

Mei Yan frowned and said, "This is indeed a problem."

Geng Wang rolled his eyes and said, "General, the general has a trick at last, which can fool the Chu army's eyeliner."

Mei Yan said: "Military division, tell me quickly, what's the plan?"

Geng Wang said: "You can make tens of thousands of sacks in the army overnight, and then fill them with soil and pile them outside the grain storage. Transport it to the granary, so that it can create the illusion that our army has too much food and no place to put it.”

"Good plan!" Mei Yan praised, "Just do it like this!"

(End of this chapter)