Chapter 588: Mount Si

Chu army camp.

Under Xiang Yan's tent, all the generals lined up.

As the great lord of the Chu State, the Xiang clan has three legions of different surnames: Tenglong, Shadow Tiger, and Leibao, which are very powerful.

The Xiang family is one of the largest feudal families in the Chu region, and is also the most important force supporting the King of Chu.

The Qin army attacked Chu and captured Chen and Cai. Their troops were directed towards Shoying, intending to destroy Chu. At this time, all the princes of Chu State united.

"Where is Long Qie now?"

Xiang Yan was a little worried. The Tenglong Legion is the most important elite of the Xiang clan and is also a rare elite cavalry in the Chu army.

The people of China are not like the Huns, who grew up on horses. For the cavalry, war horses are important, but warriors who are good at riding are even more important.

The Longqie clan is the retainers of the Xiang family. This time, he obeyed the wishes of Lord Changping, secretly ambush Chendi, and went to attack Luyang, hoping to join Nanyang's army.

However, in the end, news came that Nanyang's 20,000-strong army had been annihilated.

"Long Qie saw the opportunity quickly and has returned."

Fan Zeng said beside him, and Xiang Yan felt relieved after hearing this.

Helping Lord Changping's 20,000 troops was a favor. It failed in the end, and Xiang Yan had no choice. For the Chu State at this time, the Tenglong Legion was very important, and the battle situation here was even more important.

Lord Changping rebelled against Qin in Chen, and the Qin army was unable to transport supplies from the rear.

Li Xin was eager to return to his army and put down the rebellion in Chendi.

Xiang Yan led the Chu army and followed the Qin army, preventing it from returning at full speed.

If the Qin army advances, the Chu army will retreat; if the Qin army retreats, the Chu army will advance.

Keeping a distance that is neither close nor far away, just dragging it on, leaving the Qin army helpless.

The Qin army wanted to fight quickly, but the Chu army was not in a hurry. Li Xin was unable to ask for a battle, and was unable to return with all his strength. He was afraid that the Chu army would pursue him, and he was even more afraid of being flanked by Lord Changping and Xiang Yan, so he could only station his main force on the spot.

But this is just delaying time.

"Looking at the appearance of the Qin army, it looks like it is defeated."

Xiang Yan is on top and speaks slowly. As a veteran general in the army and a rare military expert in the world, Xiang Yan knew very well that the time for a decisive battle was coming.

"It's just that I'm a little worried."

Fan Zeng is the counselor of the Xiang family and has a high status in the Xiang family. Xiang Yan cannot ignore his words.

"What are you worried about, sir?"

"Zhao Shuang!"

As the young master of the Xiang clan, Xiang Shaoyu joined the army at a young age and was in the army at this time. He is born with supernatural powers. Although he is young, his strength is not inferior to that of ordinary generals.

Xiang Shaoyu was standing by, feeling a little strange in his heart when he heard this. When Master Fan heard about this man, why did he look solemn?

"He easily defeated Lord Chang Wen in Nanyang, but he didn't show up. Where is he at this time?"

"Sir, are you worried that he will interfere in the war in Central Plains?"

Fan Zeng shook his head slightly.

"It's not about interfering, but it should have already come. It's just that we don't know where his chess layout is?"

Fan Zeng was obviously worried. For this battle, the most important thing is to eliminate the 200,000 main force of the Qin army.

As far as the country is concerned, only by destroying these 200,000 Qin troops can the temporary balance between Qin and Chu be restored; as far as the Xiang family is concerned, only by winning this great victory can Xiang Yan gain a leadership position in the Chu state where there are many lords. .

Xiang Yan was a great feudal lord of Chu State, but he was not the only one. In terms of status, the Xiang family is incomparable with Zhaoqujing and other royal family members who came from great feudal lords.

After all, they were relatives of the King of Chu, while the Xiang family was relatively just an outsider. Many people were unconvinced by the 200,000-strong army of Chu led by Xiang Yan.

More importantly, the Chu State had just experienced an internal strife and was in quite short supply of supplies.

Although compared to Li Xin at this time, Xiang Yan has more abundant supplies. But within Chu State, there have been voices calling for a decisive battle as soon as possible.

After all, Xiang Yan's army consumes a lot of supplies in one day.

Xiang Liang was still a little cautious.

"The surrounding cities have no food reserves at this time. After all, Li Xin is a brave general, and his flying army is also the elite of the Qin army. It will be safer if we wait a little longer."

"But Mr. Changping may not be able to hold on."

Fan Zeng said.

Chendi was a large city, but the 20,000 troops under Lord Changping were destroyed in Nanyang. The troops in his hands are not sufficient. Once the rebellion in Han Dynasty subsides, Chen Di will be left alone.

Xiang Yan nodded, this was exactly what he was worried about.

"Tonight, the Leibao Army will be the vanguard and attack the Qin camp, and the army will follow. If we win, we will attack across the board and defeat the main force of the Qin army. We must destroy Li Xin's flying army here."

The dark night is silent.

In the Qin army camp, the fatigue of the soldiers guarding them was visible.

As the main force of the Qin army, Li Xin's flying army is a rare elite in Guanzhong, but now, there is no trace of the qualities that an elite soldier should have.

Without food and clothing, even the elite cannot survive.

Under the cover of darkness, a vanguard scout of the Chu army came towards the outpost camp. They held daggers in their hands and lurked in the shadows. They cut the throats of the guarding Qin soldiers one by one and captured the outer outpost.

Yingbu stood not far away, watching the performance of this vanguard, secretly guessing that the state of the Qin army at this time was indeed different from the past. The outstanding performance of this scout is related to their quality, but it is also inseparable from the state of the Qin army at this time.

"Walk!"

Seeing that the scouts had cleared the outpost of the front camp, Yingbu led the soldiers of the Thunderstorm Legion and immediately followed.

Li Xin led the flying army under his command, established seven captains, and controlled more than 30,000 people. They were the best among the best.

The forward post was taken away, and behind it was where the soldiers rested. The tents were lined up and still silent at this time.

With murderous intent, Yingbu danced in the air with a pair of hands, raised his hands, and issued an order.

"attack!"

As the horns of the Chu army sounded, the Chu army rushed into the Qin army's camp. For a while, the quiet night became extremely noisy.

The Qin army is in charge of the account.

A group of generals sat in the main tent, motionless like statues.

"Chu Army...Chu Army..."

The captain sent by the front camp to ask for help entered the big tent. Looking at this scene, he was speechless for a while.

"Colonel, who is the army and general who is attacking the front camp?"

At this time, a man in front of the map with his back turned slowly spoke.

"It seems to be the Thunder Leopard Army of the Xiang clan of Chu State."

"Inform the general of the front camp and ask him to lead his troops back to the central camp."

"promise!"

The captain felt a little at ease when he saw the calm look in the camp.

Zhao Shuang turned around and smiled slightly.

"The Chu army arrived earlier than expected. But it's good, as soon as the front camp is broken, the main force of the Chu army will instantly rush into the three major camps of the Chinese army. This battle will lead the Chu army's Xiang family headquarters to attack the center of our army. You all, do as you are told.”

"promise!"

Li Xin looked at Zhao Shuang, feeling a little worried.

"Han Yangjun, can you win this battle?"

"Introduce the Chu army to attack my base. In this battle, we don't seek victory, we only seek to remain undefeated."