The Qin army in Sanchuan City was already exhausted after the continuous battles with the Chu army in the past few days. If the location of the city was not very beneficial to the defenders, they would have been defeated. After all, the tens of thousands of troops in the city were not Qin soldiers.

The true elite of the country, it can even be said that they are just the old and weak army of the Qin Dynasty. If they are allowed to guard the city gate and take care of the public security, they may be able to handle it easily, but such a difficult struggle is not something they can bear.

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Chen Ping, escorted by several soldiers, shuttled through the military camps one after another, cheering up the soldiers, but what Chen Ping saw was the listless soldiers in the camp and the injured who fell to the ground and groaned.

"Everyone, please hold on. The Emperor should have pacified the Chu region. Once he knows that our counties in the Central Plains were attacked by the Chu army, he will definitely bring his troops back. Then we can take revenge." Chen

Ping encouraged the sergeants. Although he didn't know how much his words would be listened to by the soldiers, he kept encouraging them. The sergeants looked at Chen Ping expressionlessly. They just hoped that the war would end soon.

"Prime Minister, there was a sudden movement of the Chu army outside the city. The generals guarding the city did not dare to take action on their own, so they specially ordered a villain to come and report." When Chen Ping walked out of the military camp, a soldier came forward and whispered.

"Oh? Take me up there and have a look." Chen Ping immediately guessed whether the Qin army's expedition to Chu had returned, causing the Chu army to panic. But at the same time, he warned himself not to have too much hope.

When Chen Ping climbed to the top of the city and looked down under the dim moonlight, he saw little flashes of fire in the Chu army camp. Many Chu troops were still running around, seemingly fighting an enemy army. Chen Ping

Looking as hard as he could, he could only see two groups of men and horses fighting, but he was not sure that the men and horses on the other side were his own Da Qin army, so he praised the general who came over and said: "You are doing the right thing. The situation is still unclear, so we still stand still."

Good, otherwise it will give the Chu people an opportunity to take advantage of it." At the same time, he also ordered: "The situation outside the city is unclear, we just stay on the city, and we will naturally find out when dawn comes."

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of riders suddenly ran out of the Chu army camp and came to the city and shouted: "Who is the guard in the city? Quickly open the city gate and send out troops to attack the Chu army together with our army." There was war in his voice.

The last gasp.

Chen Ping whispered a few words in the general's ear, and he nodded and said: "Who is the general? It's too dark now to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. General, please hold on outside the city. We will naturally make it at dawn."

We came out from Kaicheng to respond."

The man in the city dodged a spear thrust from behind, stabbed the enemy to death with his backhand, and said: "I am the deputy general under General Zhang Han. Now General Zhang has brought 20,000 horses with him.

The Chu army is fighting in a melee, but our army is not strong enough to confront the Chu army head-on. If daybreak comes, our 20,000 troops will have no way to resist the enemy. We also ask the generals on the city to send troops to help as soon as possible.

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"Why are there only 20,000 troops?" Chen Ping was very surprised and asked this question.

"Our army is exhausted from conquering Chu all the way, so the emperor ordered General Zhang to lead an army back first. General, open the door quickly and help us defeat the enemy, otherwise all 20,000 horses will be buried here." The man was anxious.

He said anxiously, his tone full of anxiety and uneasiness.

Chen Ping hesitated. If this was the Chu army's plan, then once the city gates were opened, the Sanchuan City would be occupied by the Chu people, and Xianyang would be in danger. But if this is true, twenty thousand men would fall.

Surrounded by nearly 40,000 Chu troops, he was bound to have a narrow escape. I was afraid that he would not be able to explain to the emperor by then. After careful consideration, Chen Ping decided to

Taking the risk of sending troops to try, in addition to his concerns just now, he could also see from the performance of the sergeants that Sanchuan City might not be able to defend it for much longer, so it was better to take a chance and maybe the Chu army could be wiped out.

So Chen Ping asked someone to send a message: "Please come forward and let us verify your identity. If you are indeed our general of Da Qin, we will naturally open the city and send troops."

The man was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly urged his war horses to come forward. A torch was thrown down from the city, and the man stood where the torch could shine. The defenders on the city looked at the light of the fire and found that the man was

Although her clothes were stained with blood from the hard battle,

And it was a little messy, but it could still be seen that it was the military uniform of Da Qin. After they saw it clearly, the man urged again: "Open the door quickly, we are indeed here under the emperor's order. We are still here under General Zhang."

There is the emperor’s will.”

Chen Ping was about to order people to open the city. When he heard the word "emperor", his heart moved. It seemed that he had caught something. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he hurriedly whispered a few instructions to his own soldiers. Although the man was puzzled.

, but still went down the city tower. But Chen Ping did not rush to order people to open the city, but said to the man at the bottom of the city: "Please wait a moment, wait until I gather the army defending the city together, and then open the city."

Door."

The man said: "That's very good. I'll go back and report to General Zhang right away." After saying that, he went back and killed him. When he saw that he actually led people to go back to kill him, Chen Ping's eyes flashed again.

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In the Chu army camp that looked at the bright lights and constant killing sounds from the top of the city, the lineup was now in full formation. Thousands of Chu soldiers were fighting on the side, while others were standing there, waiting quietly.

The Sanchuan city gate opened. Xiang Yu was in the middle. When he saw the man running back, he hurriedly asked: "Wang Jiu, what is the situation? Has the Qin army really fallen into the trap?"

The man named Wang Jiu nodded excitedly and said: "At first, they wanted to wait until dawn before opening the city gate, but the general suddenly had an idea and said that he came on the order of the Emperor of Qin, so they relaxed a little. Now they say they will wait until dawn."

Once we have gathered the troops, we will open the city gate."

"Okay! If Sanchuan City is defeated here, you Wang Jiu will be the first to do it!" Xiang Yu said with great joy. Then he ordered the entire army to be ready to rush into the city at any time and occupy Sanchuan City. In the past few days, the Chu army has been unable to attack the city.

Everyone held their breath. Now that the city was about to be breached, all the soldiers were very excited. They only thought about how to carry out massacres after entering the city to vent their hatred.

After waiting for half an hour, the Chu army even began to doubt whether the Qin army had really fallen into the trap. With a creaking sound, the Sanchuan city gate that had never been opened slowly opened. Xiang Yu saw this

He didn't even bother to wait for the Qin army to come out of the city. The long sword in his hand

Pointing his finger, he shouted: "Soldiers, kill!" He took the lead and killed towards Sanchuan City. When the Chu army saw this, they were not willing to be left behind, and they shouted and killed each other. It seemed that they could already see their own

The sword hit the necks of those Qin people.

Nearly 40,000 Chu troops swarmed towards the city gate, but not a single Qin army rushed out of the gate. This unreasonable phenomenon made Xiang Yu alert. But at this time, the Chu troops behind him were already attacking.

As they charged forward, the people in front couldn't stop even if they wanted to. They could only keep moving forward with the inertia until they entered the city gate.

As soon as they entered the city gate, what the Chu army saw was not the stunned Qin defenders who had no idea what to do, but thousands of dense crossbow arrows. Countless crossbow arrows were like dark clouds covering the sun.

The sight of Chu soldiers

, shot on them. Because the Chu army rushed into the city, they did not pay attention to any formation. They thought that once the city gate was tricked into opening, they would just wait to kill, but unexpectedly it was themselves.

He was first killed by the Qin people.

After a burst of arrow rain, there was another burst of arrow rain. It was obvious that the Qin army in the city had used all their crossbow arrows. The Chu army was suddenly killed by Qin army's crossbow arrows and killed thousands of people. They were all panicked.

I have forgotten to charge forward, there are more people

He turned around and wanted to exit the city. But all the Chu troops rushed over, and the city gate was tightly blocked by the Chu troops who came up from behind. Those Chu troops who wanted to retreat could only collide with those who came in.

, making the whole situation even more confusing.

As soon as Xiang Yu saw the Qin army's arrow rain, he knew that he had been fooled again. However, when the Chu army was attacked, they let out bursts of screams, and Xiang Yu's order could not be spread. In fact, if he encountered the Qin army's

During the rain of arrows, the Chu army was in full swing

If they attack, the Qin army may not be able to fire a few waves of arrows before they have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Chu army. However, because the Chu army was not prepared, they got into a mess and completely lost the courage to charge forward. This gave the Qin army more power.

Shoot them with arrows when you get the chance.

When all the arrows carried by each crossbowman were used up, the Qin army rushed towards the Chu army, which had lost its combat effectiveness, with loud shouts...

A battle without any suspense soon ended with the Chu army retreating from the city in embarrassment. After all, the Qin army did not dare to leave the city to pursue the Chu army. After the Chu army retreated, they closed the city gate. In this battle, the Qin army

Nearly 20,000 Chu troops were annihilated with less than a thousand casualties, and most of the Chu troops who escaped were injured.

Chen Ping heard a flaw in Wang Jiu's words, because now everyone in the Qin State called the emperor the emperor, and the Chu people obviously didn't pay attention to this. When Wang Jiu heard that the defenders in the city were willing to open the city gate,

Instead of waiting there to lead the way for them and go directly to Zhang Han to cooperate with each other, they actually went back there, which was also an abnormal move, so Chen Ping became even more sure of the plan of the Siqin people.

The situation in the city was not optimistic, so Chen Ping simply took advantage of the situation and decided to risk opening the city gate to let the Chu army in and then attack suddenly. As expected, Chen Ping got it right, and the Chu army ended the battle with a major defeat.
Chapter completed!