Ying Bu was even more afraid to neglect the news after receiving this extremely exciting news. He immediately led 30,000 Hu Ben cavalry who had been ready to go to Shouchun to receive the territory. At dusk the next day, the fierce but still scrupulous cavalry team arrived at the city of Shouchun.

Shouchun is known as the number one city in Huainan. The city is strong and deep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The entire city is 3,000 feet long and has a household registration of less than 100,000 yuan. At that time, it was a piece of fat that everyone coveted. Ying Bu was really worried that the greedy and cunning Zhou Yin would not hand it over easily. He felt relieved as soon as he arrived at the city.

Sui He and the 50,000 people in the city were already standing outside the trench without weapons, and had been waiting for a long time. It was exactly the same as Ying Bu’s presumed, the trench behind the 50,000 people did hide a mystery. There were two hidden trenches mixed between the two trenches, which had been filled at this moment.

Zhou Yin stood beside Sui He when he saw the arrival of "The King of Huainan" and immediately turned over and dismounted, and ran over to lead him. Ying Bu quickly dismounted and was kind to him, saying that the King of Qin would not treat him badly. Zhou Yin cried bitterly, expressing that he had long been interested in revolution, but he had never found the "party organization", and he finally got what he wanted.

The 50,000 troops in the city lined up on both sides and put Ying Bu's 10,000 cavalry teams into the city first, grasping the city defense, and then the 50,000 people were divided into five teams, and slowly entered the city under the surveillance of the remaining 20,000 cavalry. With the lessons learned last time, Ying Bu never dared to be arrogant again this time, and was cautious and meticulous. Even if Zhou Yin wanted to renege, he could not do anything.

When 30,000 cavalry completely controlled the city defense of Shouchun, Ying Bu dug all the confiscated weapons underground, concentrated 50,000 Chu troops in the schoolyard, sent people to supervise, and waited for Xiahou Ying's follow-up troops to arrive one after another. Sui He was secretly worried that Ying Bu had the same cruel character as Xiang Yu, and his common hobby was to kill surrender. Could he want to kill the 50,000 Chu troops?

Taking advantage of Zhou Yin's time to go to the toilet, Suihe secretly said to Yingbu: "The land of Chu has not yet been settled, and Zhou Yin is so obedient again. You must not kill innocent people here at this time. Please think twice." Yingbu was confused. "What are the killing innocent people? When did I order to kill people?" Suihe felt that he was pretending to be stupid and said clearly. "Isn't the king gathering 50,000 Chu troops in the schoolyard to kill collectively?" Yingbu suddenly said; "You think of it, I am also a Chu countryman, how could it be so cruel? I am afraid that they will rebel at night and that we have too few soldiers and horses to control it. When Xiahou Ying brings people to come tomorrow, we will naturally send back weapons and armor, and put them into the Qin army to kill the enemy together."

Sui He patted his chest and said, "I'll feel relieved. The king must not imitate the Battle of Julu." Ying Bu thought to himself that the Battle of Julu was against Qin's soldiers, and I couldn't do anything to his fellow villagers.

Zhou Yin served Ying Bu like an emperor, and almost gave his wife to him to sleep. Ying Bu was a little despised at first, but gradually liked her very much. Later, he felt that Zhou Yin was very talented and caring, so he decided to recommend him in front of the King of Qin. It seems that as long as he puts this flattery, the iron rod can be ground into a needle.

At noon the next day, the scorching sun covered the earth like a fire umbrella. Xiahou Ying brought 50,000 chariot soldiers, and the infantry felt at the right time and quickly entered the city, completely relieving Ying Bu's concerns. The 50,000 Chu soldiers imprisoned in the school grounds regained their freedom, but they were divided into fifty pieces, and every five hundred people were organized into a battalion of the Qin army, and the 500 people were divided into five hundred pieces, which means that one of the sergeant commanders of the Qin army had only one Chu soldier.

Ying Bu told Sui He and Zhou Yin that the news of King Qi were Sui He and Zhou Yin. Everyone agreed that the troops should be divided into Hefei to block the estuary of the Yangtze River and prevented the Chu reinforcements from Kuaiji from heading north. They quickly eroded the territory of Western Chu north of the Yangtze River. Finally, they made a decision. Ying Bu's army heading north to meet the Qi army, and Xiahou Ying's army heading out of Hefei, completely isolated Pengcheng.

General Wang Ben and King Guanying of Qi had already crossed the Yellow River with great pride. Their soldiers were as sharp as the troops and the soldiers were not under the main army of Qin, with a total number of more than 400,000. Of course, this team was a miscellaneous army without the real elite of the Qin army. The official road along the Yellow River, including Dong'a and Waihuang, had long been firmly controlled by Peng Yue. The Qin army was flat, running wildly, and heading towards Pengcheng.

Pengcheng is Xiang Yu's base camp. Because he was taken advantage of by others many times, this time he learned his lesson, strengthened the city defense, and laid heavy troops in the city. In addition to the imperial Yin Lu Qing and Lu Ze and his son, there was also the general Bai Xi, and the commander was Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang had made sufficient preparations. However, the Qin army came too quickly, and it was almost lightning. When he received the news, the rebel general Gongshou, the cavalry general Li Bi, and the Qin vanguard army led by Luan Bu had already arrived fifty miles away. There were 100,000 elite troops in Pengcheng, so Xiang Zhuang certainly would not sit still and wait for death. He immediately ordered Bai Xi to lead 30,000 elite troops out of the city to fight the Qin soldiers.

Baixi was a general with outstanding martial arts, flexible combat and quick response. He was ready to go as soon as he got the order. He blocked the Qin army's way by the Sishui River, which was walking around the city thirty miles away, set up a formation to challenge the Qin army. He also organized a group of righteous men to curse Gongshou and sternly condemn him for his shameless behavior of leading the wolf into the house and surrendering to the enemy and selling the country. Gongshou was ashamed of his shameless behavior.

Luan Bu's cavalry team had 50,000 people, and the number was above the Chu army. However, the Chu army had a advantage in territory and blocked the river with archers and stone launchers in advance. The Qin army could not cross the river for a while. If it forced a tough attack, it would probably cost a heavy price. Sishui was the last obstacle to attacking Pengcheng. Luan Bu came with wind and rain, and was trusted by Wang Ben and Guan Ying, and could not take Sishui and had no shame to see anyone.

Luan Bu persuaded Baixi to surrender by the river: "General Baixi, King Qin, and King Qi are about to unify the world. Wherever the army goes, it is like a broken bamboo. Why do you have to follow Xiang Yu to bury him with you? As long as you put down your weapons and let me cross the river, you will be the title of marquis in the future."

Baixi is a loyal minister of Chu. He was as disgusting as seeing the bow head, how could he surrender to the enemy? Luan Bu was interrupted halfway through his words. Baixi turned his horse and faced tens of thousands of Chu soldiers. He took out three carved feathers from the horse's back arrows, and folded them into two sections with a click, saying in a loud voice. "All the soldiers, the overlord is about to destroy the tyrannical Qin. As Chu people, we are going to be loyal to the country to the death. Anyone who dares to rebel and surrender to the enemy is still like this!"

Luan Bu scolded, "If you don't know the current affairs, you will seek death."

Gongshou said by his side, "Baixi has always guarded Pengcheng. Although he is not very famous, he is meticulous. Lu Qing has recommended this person to the King of Kings many times. As far as I know, he is very capable. Generals should not underestimate the enemy. Moreover, the Sishui River is deep and it is not easy to cross."

Luan Bu said angrily, "The army of King Qi is only fifty miles away, and it is coming every night. As a vanguard, I can't move in an instant. How can I be worthy of the favor of the king and the general? Come and log and build ships for me, cross the river and kill the enemy. Archers are arranged on both wings, covering soldiers on board, oars and shield soldiers first, and swords and spearmen are then."

Li Bidao; "General, the last general is willing to cross the river first!" Luan Bu nodded; "Concentrate all the slals and shields in the army, build three layers, and all the rafts are growing in the middle and link them with iron hooks. Once the first batch of crossing the river is successful, the soldiers behind him will immediately step on the floating bridge, rush past, and open the beachhead position." Li Bidao; "General is smart, this plan is feasible."

Although the Sishui River is wide, it is not surging. When the raft is put down, the Qin army holds bamboo poles and slowly moves forward. The first, second, and fifth are all shield soldiers holding squats and holding sluts and spears. From the sixth, they are swords and spears. There are a total of twenty rafts in the middle, lined up in a row across the river, connecting iron hooks in the middle, floating above Sishui. There are two rows of rafts at the same time, and the five rows in the front are sluts and shield soldiers, but the five rows in the back are all bows and crossings. This is to form a confrontation with the Chu soldiers on the other side and cover the large troops to cross the river.

Entering the range! With the order of Baixi, the Chu army lined up across the river, and immediately launched thousands of arrows like heavy rain. Countless feather arrows connected into countless steel whips in the air, and frantically shot at the Qin soldiers on the front five rows. There were twenty-five Qin soldiers on each of the rafts in the front five rows, and the five were connected in a row. The rafts were three feet above their heads, and they were tightly connected with each other. The shields were tilted at 60 degrees. The arrows coming from mid-air shot the oars and shields, and fell into the water, but few could take the lives of the Qin soldiers. However, the soldiers responsible for the boat fell one after another and died in the river. When a soldier fell down, someone immediately added up. The raft was still upstream, advancing rapidly, getting closer and closer to the shore.

Five rows of rafts crossed the river halfway, and the archers on both wings began to enter the range. Li Bi was located on the middle flagship, with the red flag waving, and immediately, the rain of arrows broke out, and the arrows shot against both sides covered the sky and the sun was lost. The Chu army archers on the shore were killed and injured, and were suppressed by the Qin army and could not lift their heads up, so the raft was slid faster.

"Stone generator, hurry up, beat me hard!" Bai Xi jumped up and down the shore with a sharp sword in her hand and commanded frantically. With the rumbling sound, hundreds of stone generators were pushed to the shore. After a huge rock attack, the two rafts in front of the Qin army were all sunk. Li Bi was very angry and took off his armor, jumped into the water, jumped onto the first raft, grabbed the wooden pole that was raising the boat, and shouted sternly; "Shield soldiers stood up, blocked the stone, and accelerated forward." The shield soldiers on the boat immediately stood up, holding a shield in their right hand and spear in their left hand to block the stone rain, and picked up the flying arrows. Li Bi personally carried the boat forward quickly. After a while, it was less than ten feet away from the shore.

Bai Xi was anxious. While ordering the stone generator and archers to attack fiercely, he organized a pair of spearmen to line up on the shore to prepare for long-distance stabbing the enemy troops who landed on the shore. These spears are specially made and are specially used to restrain the enemy troops crossing the river. They are four meters long against enemies from afar, with great lethality.

The Qin army's Lu Dun soldiers were hit by flying stones in the lower limbs. In the end, only seven people were left on Li Bi's boat. Seven people leaned against Li Bi back to back, protecting him tightly and blocking the flying stones and feather arrows. "Boom!" The bow of the boat finally stood on the shore. After the soldiers on the boat shouted excitedly and happily, they threw off the oar shield, lifted their spears, and were about to land.

Baixi's spear formation happened to be useful at this time. The spearmen who had been waiting on the shore for a long time poured all their strength into their arms and stabbed forward. The seven soldiers who followed Li Bi were immediately pierced and died, and covered in blood in the river. Fortunately, Li Bi was agile and avoided a fatal shot, but his calf was scratched a little. He was not wearing armor, and a kite turned over and retreated ten feet. Another fierce rain of arrows was immediately sent to the shore.

Since the first raft had touched the river bank, the raft connected by the iron hook behind him successfully built a floating bridge in the water. The large army continued to press up, but Li Bi was still unable to get ashore. No matter how many people went up, they were either stabbed to death by spears or shot to death by arrows. In an instant, hundreds of people fell on the shore. The Sishui River was blood red, and the dead bodies were floating on the water like dead fish after the explosion, floating on the water surface with their belly.

Luan Bu stomped his feet on the shore, ordered the soldiers to blew the horn and urged Li Bi to land.

Li Bi was also anxious. He heard the horns one after another, and he was so anxious that he suddenly stabbed his lower abdomen. Li Biya bit his teeth and made a point of heart. He simply hugged the spear with both hands. The sharp spear immediately cut through his palm. Li Bi used all his strength and pulled it suddenly. The spear handle was taken into the river by him. The four-meter-long spear naturally escaped. Li Bi flipped the spear and stabbed a Chu soldier on the shore. The Chu soldier hid to the side. Li Bi laughed and took advantage of the opportunity to insert the spear head into the water. His body leaped lightly. A pole jumped, and he actually crossed the water surface more than ten feet wide and jumped to the shore. The Qin army suddenly shouted thunder and his morale was greatly boosted.

Li Bi was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, a horse stepped on a chicken shed, and a long spear immediately killed a group of spearmen on the shore. He rushed left and right and ran away. He rushed left and right, and was killed. He had no one under his command. The beachhead position immediately revealed a gap. The Qin soldiers crowded on the raft took advantage of this fleeting opportunity to jump across the water surface like grasshoppers, climbed onto the water shore, and began to attack and kill. There were more and more Qin soldiers on the shore.

Bai Xi stomped his feet repeatedly, knowing that the situation was hopeless, he drew his sword and entered the battle group. Five lives had already been killed in several swords. However, if he killed one, five Qin troops would come up, and ten Qin troops would come up. The more he killed two Qin troops, the more he killed, the more he gradually, the Chu army could not resist and began to show signs of escape. Once the city guarding the city was broken, if there was no cohesion, it would be undoubtedly defeated. There were very few who could turn the defeat into the winner in ancient times.

In half an hour, all three rafts of Qin State landed on the shore, and the cavalry team rushed over along the built floating bridge. The cavalry joined the battle group, and the war immediately showed a one-sided momentum. The Chu army was defeated like a mountain and could no longer be dealt with. Besides, it was originally outnumbered, 30,000 to 50,000. The Chu army was in a low morale, and it was no reason to be invincible. If Xiang Yu arrived in this way, it would be not like this. This situation was also caused by the lack of a leader of the dragon.

The spiritual pillar in the soldiers' hearts collapsed.

Baixi was not a pedantic general. He knew that after nearly two hours of war, he had already won the time for Xiangzhuang to decide his destiny. It was time to retreat. He cut off a Qin cavalry, stepped onto the war horse, and shouted in a loud voice. "Go back to the city, go back to the city!" Seeing the commander retreating, the Chu army retreated one after another. The Qin army chased and fought for five or six miles, but was stopped by Luan Bumingjin who was rushing behind him.

"Don't chase after you, be careful to ambush, and camp on the shore, guard the beach, and welcome King Qi and General Wang Ben across the river. We have made our first contributions, and the destruction of Pengcheng is right in front of us."

Xiang Zhuang also knew that Baixi could not win, so he sent him to delay time. He could send the news out of the city, organize all forces to make up for the shortcomings of the city defense, and design traps to ask you to get into the trap. Xiang Zhuang was trusted by his elder brother and had already put life and death aside. He understood the international situation at this moment, and he knew the fate of Xi Chu even more clearly. However, until the last moment, he would not appoint. Sometimes it was not force, but luck and destiny that everything was decided. He even hoped that Guan Ying might suddenly fall into the water and drowned when crossing the river.

This possibility is gone, because when Bai Xi's defeated soldiers came back, they had already brought the exact news that Guan Ying's king flag and Wang Ben's mentor flag had already reached the other side of the river. (To be continued)
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