There is a turmoil in Yanland.

Outside Ji County.

In the tent of the king of the Xiongnu Qionglu, the great Chanyu Maodun was leaning on the tiger skin, covered with a thick blanket on a hot day. The aquatic and soil malaise plague that spread to the entire army put the entire Xiongnu coalition army into panic.

The nervousness caused by this disease made all the ignorant Huns frightened.

"Great Chanyu, the scouts have come to report that the Qin people in the south are already forming troops, and they may move northward at some time. If the Qin people come to kill us, our Xiongnu tribes will only have half of their combat strength. What should we do?

?" Next to Mao Dun, the person who temporarily acted as military advisor was Zang Yan, the son of King Zang Tu of Yan.

These days, Mao Dun treated Zang Yan with special courtesy, even allowing him to participate in the decision-making body of the Xiongnu tribe. Such courtesy made the Central Plains traitor even more determined.

Relying on their familiarity with the situation in Yan, Zang Yan and his group of traitors allowed the Huns to enjoy themselves in the Yan area. This was also one of the reasons for the Chu army's successive defeats.

"The Qin people are going north. Which general will lead the troops? Li Yuan won't come?" A strange look appeared on Mao Dun's sallow face, but it soon dimmed again.

"I'm reporting to the Great Chanyu that Li Thief has arrived five days ago. According to the scouts, Li Thief is very likely to lead his troops to Yan. This is a fierce tiger." Zang Yan suddenly changed his color and said, unaware of it.

By saying this, you gain the prestige of others and destroy your own spirit.

The military mobilization of the Qin army on the south bank of Yishui River, especially the personal visit of Shenwu Marquis Li Yuan to Gucheng, made Zang Yan feel nervous.

Unlike the Huns who were not very familiar with Li Yuan, Zang Yan knew very well about Li Yuan's glorious achievements in Guandong. On this point, Zang Yan was even more attentive than his grandiose Lao Tzu.

"Li Yuan, what kind of tiger is that? It's just a baby tiger at most. Our great Huns have many heroes who hunt tigers." Mao Dun sneered and answered with just these few words, which made cold sweat break out on his forehead.

Cold and fever disease.

Commonly known as malaria, it is mainly spread by mosquito bites in summer. This disease is nothing to the Qin and Chu people who have adapted to the hot weather in the south, but to the Xiongnu who are accustomed to grazing in the grasslands, especially in the cool North Sea area.

For humans, it is a fatal threat.

If Maodun hadn't been physically strong and in his prime, this disease alone might have killed him. Of course, if he could survive this, his body would be able to adapt a lot later. At least the cold and heat.

The disease could never attack him again.

"Great Chanyu, you must never underestimate the enemy. The Qin people in the Guandong area have been victorious in every battle without encountering an opponent?" Zang Yan warned cautiously.

"Li Yuan is victorious in every battle, but that's because he has never met a real opponent. I let him go before Mao Dun, just to wait for the Qin people to have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Huns. Then I can defeat him properly.

, now is the time." Mao Dun closed his eyes tightly and took a long breath and said.

"Da Shanyu, your body——!" Zang Yan said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter. We can't ride horses anymore. You can still ride in a chariot. You can pass the order for me immediately and all the tribes should be on guard. Carefully search for the movements of the Qin people. If you find anything, report them immediately. This time, I want to let the Qin people

There is no return." Mao Dun gritted his steel teeth and ordered word by word.

With Zang Yan, a local snake, the Huns had eyes and ears in the Yan region. In addition, the Huns were connected to the Yan region and had close contacts with each other. As far as the situation in the Yan region was concerned, the Huns knew a lot about it. On the contrary, the Qin people

In the land of Yan, they are the same as the people of Chu,

They were also unfamiliar with the place, and the Yan people had always had a natural hatred for the Qin State. Under the circumstances, this time, the Qin army went north to rescue the Chu army. They were actually fighting in a foreign land, and there was no trace of the Qin army in Longxi.

Geographical advantages in combat.

——.

By the Yishui River.

A leading force of the Qin army was quietly crossing the river under the cover of night. The general leading this Qin army was Gan Yong, a young partial general of the Qin state. After serving as a personal general beside Li Yuan for half a year, Gan Yong got the opportunity to go abroad.

Officially, like Wang Shang, Cao Xin and others, he became one of the generals who led the army alone.

This time, Gan Yong was ordered to lead a mixed force of crossbowmen and infantry to advance northward. The task given to him by Li Yuan was to become a bait, so that the Huns would have a stick in their throats and would not be unhappy if they swallowed them.

Next, you must have a good set of teeth.

The crossbow troops of the Qin Army.

In this era, it is a terrifying and almost unsolvable unit, especially if you carry enough arrows and spare crossbows.

You must know that during the Han Dynasty, the Han general Li Ling, who was also the great-grandson of Li Zhongxiang, led a partial division of the Han army deep into Mobei. As a result, he encountered the Huns' cavalry several times his own. Li Ling used chariots as cover and crossbows as weapons.

, fighting and retreating along the way, if the traitor hadn't tipped him off in the end, the Huns might not have captured him.

Now, time has moved forward more than a hundred years. The countermeasure agreed upon by Li Yuan and Han Xin is to use a Qin army as bait to attract the attention of the Huns, and then wait for the Huns to swarm in like wolves and try to eat them.

When this intruding enemy was defeated, the surrounding Qin troops rushed to the battlefield at a rapid march speed, thus encircling and annihilating the Huns on the Youyan Plain in one fell swoop.

The key to this tactic.

He was the candidate to lure troops. After comprehensive consideration of many generals, Li Yuan finally made the decision to hand over this important task to Gan Yong.

Li Yuan felt extremely cordial and caring towards this young soldier general from the bottom of his heart. This was not only because of Gan Yong's outstanding talents, but also because his father, Gan Houbo, had been his old subordinate.

I am a hero and a good man.

Li Yuan believed that if Gan Yong led the troops into battle, he would not give up completing the mission even if he fought to the last soldier. This was what Li Yuan valued most.

North bank of Yishui.

Ma Jin, who serves as the scout commander of Gan Yong's front army, is directing his men to quickly pass through the open area of ​​​​the river beach. Just as Li Yuan trusted Gan Yong, Ma Jin also relied on his unremitting efforts to let Gan Yong see

He has the shining point, and as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Ma Jin's experience can make this young team more stable.

"Report to the general that everything is normal. Our vanguard has successfully crossed the river and is advancing in depth. It is expected to arrive in the Xiangcheng area of ​​​​Youbeiping by nightfall tomorrow." Ma Jin ordered in a low voice.

The Qin army lay dormant during the day and went out at night.

Relying on the scouts' advance exploration of the road, Ma Jin went all the way northward, avoiding several Huns' cavalry, and finally arrived at his destination, Xiangcheng, on August 5.

Xiangcheng is only fifty miles away from Ji County.

As long as the Qin army reaches there, they can follow the Luanhe River flowing from the foot of Yanshan Mountain and fight from the waterway to the foot of Jixian City. This waterway is also the weakest defense of the Huns.

Northerners are good at horses but afraid of water.

Gan Yong's blow was extremely sharp. It could be said that it struck hard on the few weaknesses of the Huns.

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The Qin army's military actions were not known to the Chu army trapped in Jixian County.

These days, the Chu army guarding the isolated city is like a ship struggling in the wind and waves trying to dock. They fail to break out time and time again, and they persist again and again, only hoping that unknown reinforcements will arrive.

July.

Xiang Yu organized a total of six breakouts, but the results were far from satisfactory.

The Chu army's vigor had been exhausted in the previous Muddy Waters battle, and Zhou Lan's unauthorized escape and destruction gave the Chu army an atmosphere of disappointment and decadence.

Under such disappointment, Xiang Yu's personal bravery had less and less influence. In the final breakout, Xiang Yu killed the Huns layer by layer by himself, but the subsequent breakout troops were still unable to get rid of them.

The Huns were chasing him, and in desperation, Xiang Yu had no choice but to return to the city to defend himself.

Hero, empty and lonely.

Xiang Yu had no choice but to drink to drown his sorrows. He had no choice but to get drunk every day and never thought about whether to break out of the siege or not to reinforce the army.

Dominated by despair day by day, the stored grain in Ji County was exhausted. In desperation, Xiang Yu had no choice but to order to cook soup with wild vegetables and captured mice and other animals to satisfy his hunger. This method lasted for five or six days.

, and finally could no longer support it, because the rats in the city were also captured and awaited execution.

Trapped until August.
Chapter completed!