Summer's Divide.

The amount of water is at its maximum. The raging flood peak from Yingshui passes through the valley at the junction of the hilly Chen County and Yingchuan County, and then enters the gentle and endless alluvial plain of the river.

Both sides of the ravine.

The millet that the Wei people had worked so hard to plant had already been trampled by the Chu people. The millet that had just burst out of pulp was picked before it could mature. These barely edible grains were very important to the Chu people who lacked sufficient logistical supplies.

It is also very precious to the military.

In the past few days, the Qin and Chu armies fought repeatedly around several pontoon bridges on the divide. Generally speaking, the battle situation showed that the Chu army launched several waves of offensives, and then the Qin army relied on its geographical advantages to counterattack.

After a fierce battle, it turned into a war of attrition.

In this contest of comprehensive national strength, the Qin Army is the one that occupies the initiative. It has two large granaries in Guanzhong and Bashu, plus Jinyang Military Manufacturing has a sufficient supply of weapons and armor, so that even if the Qin Army encounters an encounter,

A second defeat will not damage anything fundamental.

This was not the case for the Chu army. Xiang Yu, who was accustomed to relying on plunder rather than production, was far less capable in domestic politics than his sense of smell on the battlefield. After handing over the power of governing the country to Xiang Tuo, Chu State experienced successive conquests.

Yan He's campaign against Ying Bu in the Second World War. After these wars, the little foundation that Chu State had finally accumulated has gradually been consumed by 7,788.

In a stalemate situation.

The Chu army could not afford to wait. In order to defeat the main force of the Qin army in front of them in one fell swoop, Xiang Yu decided to take 3,000 clan warriors as the vanguard, swim across the chasm at night, and then launch a sudden attack.

swimming.

For people living in the Jiangdong water network, riding a horse is an indispensable life skill just like the men on the northern grasslands.

Among the main force of the Chu army under Xiang Yu, children from Jiangdong accounted for nearly half. Among these children, the Fan tribe from Wuzhong County and Kuaiji County were the most brave. These Fan tribes who have lived on the banks of the rivers in the south of the Yangtze River for many years

The tribesmen are flamboyant and upright, and it is normal for them to draw their swords in anger and splash blood five times.

To put it into detail, more than half of Xiang Yu's personality is inherited from the Fan tribe's temperament, because his mother is a Fan tribe woman.

The Fan tribe has lived in the hilly and mountainous areas of Kuaiji County and Wuzhong County for generations. They have tattoos on their hair, practice martial arts, and live a life of "rice, soup, fish" and "fire farming and water farming". Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncles and nephews started their army from Jiangdong.

At that time, there were many Fan tribesmen and Shanyue people among the rebel army that crossed the river to attack Qin. This is why Xiang Yu's troops were so brave and good at fighting.

However, as time went by, the status of the Fan people in the Chu army was gradually replaced by the people from the northern Central Plains. The continuation of this situation also made the Chu army's combat effectiveness no longer what it used to be.

After retaking Jiangdong, Xiang Yu learned from the pain and recruited 3,000 warriors from Jiangdong. The addition of this new force also gave Xiang Yu new hope in defeating the "arrogant" Qin army.

July 4th.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the faint crescent moon hung high in the dark night sky. Everything in the surrounding fields was shrouded in the night, as if they were hiding in the Jipole Tent.

That night, from south to north, there were some debris brought from the Yingshui Mountains floating on the river in Honggou. Some of them were half-cut pieces of wood, or a few pieces of floating objects that made it difficult to tell what they were.

, with the cover of night and floating objects, the Fan warriors in the Chu army began their special performance.

The Chu general who led this Fan army was Wuyu, the bravest young warrior among the Fan tribe. Wuyu was born in the Nanyu tribe, the largest tribe among the Fan tribe. This tribe has lived in the mountains in the upper reaches of Kuaiji County for generations.

, mainly make a living by hunting and picking wild fruits, fishing and hunting.

Wuyu's water quality is also the best among all the people. He can plunge down in a hurry, and after more than ten feet, he quietly comes out of the water to take a breath. To him, a small gap is like a small river branch that he can't swim through.

After saying this, Wuyu didn't even show up on the water, but quietly approached the west bank of the chasm.

On the west bank.

The Qin army's outposts were patrolling the river bank back and forth. The Chu army's generals had learned a lot about the Chu army's ability to fight on the water in the past few days. The outposts who had long been ordered by the general to form a team of five or ten

A team patrolled alternately along the river bank where the two armies were facing each other.

The lit torches will illuminate a section of the river bank every quarter of an hour. Under such strict patrols, the time left for the Ban people to hide is even less. For every Fan people who try to launch a sneak attack after swimming,

If they want not to be discovered, they must hide themselves under the water before the Qin army's scouts arrive.

At the same time, in order not to be discovered early by the Qin army's patrol, the movements of the people on the water should be as light as possible, and it is best not to make big ripples.

Regarding this, Wuyu doesn't have much to worry about.

Not only did he have confidence in himself, but he also had confidence in the water skills of the Ban army under his command. These Ban people had fought with dragons in the rivers south of the Yangtze River in the past, and their skills in the water were as good as the Huns on horseback.

"Squeak, squeak—!"

At midnight, several summer frog calls rang out in the silent night sky. The patrolling Qin army paused for a moment, with a puzzled look on their faces. However, after listening for a while, this person came from

The old Qin people in Guanzhong finally chose to believe in their own experience.

Smell the frog in summer.

This is a very normal phenomenon.

In the past few days, frogs croaked at night near the chasm, but they were not as intensive as tonight. Perhaps it was because the weather was too hot. Even the frogs couldn't bear the loneliness and took advantage of the coolness of the night to run out.

Looking for his spouse, when he thought about this, the thirty-year-old Qin army leader couldn't help but think of his wife and children who were far away in Linxia.

"When you finish this battle and make another great contribution, you will be eligible to apply for the fifteenth-level title. When you return to the countryside, you can also be a county captain. If not, you can take your family to Hexi.

, the land there is vast and sparsely populated, and I heard that there are large tracts of fertile land with no one cultivating it——!"

Amidst the bursts of cool breeze and the incessant croaking of frogs, the Qin army was thinking a lot, but unknowingly ignored the danger coming from the dark shadow of the chasm.

The key to successful hunting lies in patience and careful observation. As an experienced hunter, Wuyu waited for his companions to swim from the east of the river to the west of the river. When the shadows close to the river bank were filled with Chu army generals, they were all in black.
Chapter completed!