Ye Zhengyang.

When a dark cloud covered the lonely stars in the distant sky, the Chu army soldiers hiding in the shadows of the river bank and the water surface were like a hungry leopard, finally waiting for the best time to launch a sudden attack.

"Ailu!"

"Whoosh whoosh-!"

Accompanied by Fan Ren's strange scream that sounded like a fierce ghost, Chu Jun Fan General Wu Yu jumped up first. While lurking, he had already found a hard stone in the river bed. Now he kicked hard and his whole body

That is, with the sound of roaring and roaring, it soared into the sky, and a shark dragon tattooed on the body with ferocious eyes made people shudder like an ancient ferocious beast.

"What kind of ghost——!" The Qin army leader who was distracted for a moment had time to call out. He felt a chill on his neck for a moment and felt that the world was spinning, and the scenery in his eyes immediately turned upside down, and then came into his eyes.

What was in sight were one after another black figures with heads below and feet above, rushing out from under the water.

"Chu Man!" The unknown team leader finally came to his senses and tried his best to open his mouth, trying to shout to remind his companions, but except for a ball of blood spilling out of his mouth, no sound came out.

"Qin Dog, that's all!" Wu Yu laughed loudly, and hit the huge bronze sword with a strong wave of his hand with satisfaction, then flew up with a kick, kicking Wu Zhu's head six or seven feet away, and the head of the Qin army leader

With a reluctance, it fell into the chasm with a "pop" sound. After rolling a few times, it disappeared into the water.

The name of Juque.

It was created by Ou Yezi, a master swordsmith of the Yue Kingdom in the past. The blade of this sword is three feet long, the handle is seven inches long, the blade is about five inches wide, and it weighs about five kilograms. When it is swung, the sword energy is vertical and horizontal, making it a unique weapon.

Back then, after the Yue Kingdom was destroyed by the Chu Kingdom, the Juque Sword was carried deep into the mountains by some of the Yue royal family members, and after being tossed around, it ended up in the hands of the Shanyue people.

Suddenly losing command, the Qin army patrols woke up from the trance of the night. They faced groups of ghosts with broken hair and tattoos that sprang out like water ghosts. Although they put up a resistance, in the face of the barbaric attack that the Fan people were preparing to launch, only a hundred men were killed.

The team really couldn't stop the steady stream of powerful soldiers coming to Hexi.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The sudden change on the riverside was almost instantaneously transmitted to the Qin army camp not far away. The Qin army general who was on duty tonight belonged to Li Zhongxiang's unit. After hearing the news, he did not dare to neglect and summoned his troops.

Fighting. At the same time, the doctor was dispatched to inform Li Zhongxiang that he knew.

The enemy made a sudden attack at night!

Suddenly breaking the stalemate, Wuyu defeated the Qin army in one round, but had to spend a quarter of an hour to annihilate the remaining Qin army patrol posts. The arrogant Fan soldiers did not expect that

, their proud bronze sword almost fell into a complete defeat in the confrontation with the Qin army's standard iron sword.

Copper and iron.

The alternation of two metals with different properties also symbolizes the continuous development of civilization. The Central Plains area began to transition from a slave society to a feudal society.

The change of this system came not only from ideology, but also from the emergence of the country as a powerful ruling institution. After the Qin army occupied Handan and Xiping, all the craftsmen from these two important iron smelting towns were recruited to Jinyang by Sima Yin.

.This approach of concentrating the technical strength of the whole country and going all out to study a technology is much more effective than in the past when there were many vassal states and the subordinate craftsmen only relied on personal research to work alone.

The Guo family from Handan, the Zhang family from Xiping, plus the original craftsmen such as Mo Shi from Lishan Bingzao in Jinyang. These craftsmen who are usually located in various places and cannot exchange their experiences with each other are thinking again and again.

In the collision, iron smelting and other processes are constantly improved.

In just one year, Qin's iron weapons went from a small amount of equipment for the army, most of which could only be used for farming, to a large amount of equipment for the frontline army. Finally, not only the general level had iron swords and iron armor,

Even ordinary soldiers have received the "magic weapons" they have always dreamed of.

Of course, in terms of sharpness, such a standard iron sword cannot be as sharp as the giant Que sword made by Ou Yezi from meteorite iron in Wuyu's hand. However, the advantage of the standard iron sword lies in its universality. It is collected from the excellent ones in the Jushui area.

iron ore plus

The high-quality coal and stone in Shangyunzhong County provides the best raw materials and the most superior firing conditions for forging iron weapons. Coupled with a large number of skilled craftsmen owned by Qin State Arms Manufacturing, iron weapons can be produced at a speed of almost every hour.

It's growing all the time.

The bravery of foreigners.

The first lies in their experience in fighting harsh environments; the second lies in the maturity of bronze smelting technology, which helped them gain the initiative in the fight against wild beasts.

But now, the Qin army suddenly gained an advantage in one of the aspects. This made the Fan people shocked and at the same time shaken about the upcoming war. This psychological change directly led to the siege and killing of the Qin army's patrol posts.

Neglect.

Those who can serve as patrol scouts are all carefully selected winners. They may not be as brave as those warriors who are accustomed to charging in front of the battle, but they are the most loyal in their understanding of death. In other words,

These Qin army scouts had already put life and death at risk.

When the Fan soldiers surrounded them, when the hope of surviving the siege was shattered, when each of their companions staggered and fell under the enemy's sword, the Qin army scouts who were still alive gradually became unafraid of death.

"Fan Gou, if you want grandpa's life, come here, haha!" More than one Qin soldier fought back despite being beaten by several Fan people.

Their bravery and fearlessness also frightened the warriors of the Fan tribe who always considered themselves the most brave.

——.

Li Zhongxiang was neatly dressed and riding on a white war horse without any stray hairs.

This white horse named "Taxue" was originally a gift from the King of Loulan to Princess An Qinglan on her sixteenth birthday. As a father, of course, he would not save money when giving things to his daughter. Taxue's maternal line comes from the greater West.

Wan Kingdom, and its father's line is the leader of the wild horses on the Mobei Prairie.

When Li Zhongxiang returned to the Central Plains, An Qinglan could not accompany him because she was pregnant, so she gave Tuxue to Li Zhongxiang as a mount. With this divine horse, it was almost impossible for ordinary people to hurt him.

The battle ahead is fierce.

After the scouting hundred troops were completely annihilated, Li Zhongxiang's lieutenant led five or six hundred Qin soldiers who were desperately resisting the fierce attack of the Fan people. However, due to the suddenness of the Fan people's swimming attack method, and the fact that the Fan people were accustomed to fighting in the mountains and forests,

Fighting with wild beasts, the firewood rocks and obstacles laid by the Qin army had little impact on the Fan people. During the period when Wu Yu waited for the Fan generals to launch the attack, the Qin army did not have many targeted defenses, which made the Qin army's resistance difficult.

It became very difficult.

Half an hour later, almost all of the three thousand generals of the Fan people had swam ashore. These soldiers responded to Wu Yu's shouting orders and began to attack the Qin army's camp. On the other hand, they began to build boat bridges and tried to guide the east bank.

The large Chu army passed quickly.

The opportunity to attack halfway across has been lost!

The main force of the Chu army is arriving with continuous reinforcements.

Prepared but unprepared, the Chu army's attack this time avoided the frontal battlefield that had been entangled for more than ten days and found the flanks of the Qin army, which caught the Qin army by surprise.

"Report to the general, the Chu army has dispatched many people. Our army has lost more than a thousand people. The first Chaiyan line of defense has been breached, and a fierce battle is currently underway on the second line of defense -!"

The military information from the front line of the battle made Li Zhongxiang frown. This kind of passive war at the beginning of the war made him feel a little troublesome.

A team caught in a melee cannot withdraw just because it wants to.

Judging from the current situation, the filling troops of the Qin Army's generals and the Fan people are intertwined, and it is no longer possible to distinguish them. If they rely on the usual reinforcement methods, the Qin Army will fall into a melee with a larger number of people and a larger scale.

, and this may be what Xiang Yu wants to see most.

The longer the delay is, the more beneficial it will be to the Chu army.

Xiang Yu, who hoped to recreate the desperate battle, was very eager to give the Qin army a heavy blow while the Chu army still had the will to fight.

"Order the crossbowmen to line up and prepare!"

"Inform the cavalry troops to bypass the enemy in front of them and break off the Chu army's communication from south to north along the chasm valley -!" Li Zhongxiang's voice trembled slightly. From his order, it can be judged that his mood was not as good as usual.

The expression on his face was so calm, and the two strong reinforcements of crossbowmen and cavalry were just lining up and outflanking respectively, which meant that Li Zhongxiang decided to give up the Qin army's fighting troops caught in the melee.

A strong man cuts off his wrist.

Not everyone has the courage to make such a decision.

Especially the one he gave up was his lieutenant, a colleague he had always gotten along with day and night.

Compared with the helpless Li Zhongxiang, Fan Jiang Wuyu was very proud during this period. The number of Qin troops involved in the melee in front of him was getting smaller and smaller. Although they had more advanced weapons, after all,

It was a hasty battle, and the advantages of formation and overall combat could not be reflected. When it came to individual combat capabilities, it was the Fans who had the innate advantage.

As the vanguard, the Fan people successfully attacked the Qin camp. The news was sent back to the Chu army. Overlord Xiang Yu was overjoyed and ordered a heavy reward for the Fan people. These rewards, coupled with the power given by the Chu State, would give the Fan people more power in Jiangdong.

Benefit.

"Whoosh whoosh, whoosh—!"

The sound of sharp arrows piercing the night sky woke Wuyu up from his fantasy.

His eyes widened, and he watched in disbelief as the brave compatriots in front of him screamed and fell one after another. Although their bodies were painted with sharks, dragons, tigers, leopards and other beasts, they could not escape the dense Qin army.

However, in the melee situation, this indiscriminate rain of arrows not only took away the lives of the people, but also caused the elite soldiers of the Qin army who were still fighting fiercely in the encirclement to fall into a pool of blood one by one.
Chapter completed!