My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 622 Yang Duanhe: Who doesn’t like military glory? A fatal blow spanning seven hundred years!

Xiang Yan is not optimistic about the situation in Helu City.

In Xiang Yan's view, after the fall of Xiapi City, the Qin and Qi coalition forces were fully capable of marching straight into Helu City and encircling it.

The only possibility for Helv City to survive is to hope that the Qin State will let Chu State go in order to maintain current international relations and curb Qi State's opportunity to grow!

But how can a country's survival be pinned on other countries' plans?

Even if Ying Zheng intends to stay in the Chu Kingdom, what if Ying Chengxuan has fun again!

So even though Xiang Yan had made the decision to commit suicide, she still showed Xiong Liu a clear path and used her last strength to help Xiong Liu break through the obstacles to his progress.

In Xiang Yan's view, as long as Xiong Liu can escape to Kuaiji, even if the King of Chu dies, the Chu Kingdom will not perish!

This was also Xiang Yan's last contribution to Chu.

It's a pity that all Xiang Yan's plans came to nothing with the "Yang" flag rising slowly on the horizon!

Xiong Liu no longer cared about his enthronement ceremony, his eyes were fixed on the general flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, his eyes full of solemnity: "The Qin State only sent 20,000 troops in this battle, and not a single warship! "

"How come there are so many Qin warships here!"

"This is unreasonable!"

Xiong Liu saw clearly that during the battle of Xiapi City, although the enemy troops faced by the Chu army were flying the flags of Qin and Qi, the warships they used were all made by Qi.

However, the fleet coming upstream now can clearly see the styles of South Korea, Wei and Chu at a glance. These are obviously trophies captured by Qin.

Those giant boats that follow the army at the rear are products that can only be created by the Qin State's unique aesthetics that regards height as beauty and largeness as good.

However, Qin State did not invest any warships in this battle at all! ! !

Qu Huan took a step behind Xiong Liu and looked into the distance with shock and astonishment in his eyes: "Ruo Chen expected it to be good."

"The person who comes here should be a veteran of Qin."

"General Duanhe, Yang Wengzi!"

Xiong Liu looked at Qu Huan in astonishment: "General Qin reconciled?"

"As far as I know, Qin has never sent this general to participate in this battle!"

"How could this general suddenly appear here with the Qin army!"

Qin and Qi did not cover up the fact that Ying Chengyu and Wang Jian entered Qi. Could it be that they wanted to cover up the fact that a veteran general participated in the war?

Is Yang Duan worthy of him?

He is completely unworthy!

Moreover, it has been nearly half a year since the war began. The words "Yang Duanhe" and the troops he led did not appear in any military report or on any battlefield.

Why did it suddenly appear quietly!

Qu Huan shook his head bitterly: "I don't know the last general."

"At the end of the day, I only know that General Duanhe has been stationed at Zhaoguan since the Qin army withdrew from Helu City last year."

"When the king of Chu returned to Chu, he was ordered by the general stationed at Zhaoguan to leave behind a lot of luggage."

"I never thought that General Duanhe would suddenly lead the Zhaoguan garrison to this place!"

Xiong Liu was slightly startled: "Zhaoguan?"

Zhaoguan.

It is more than 600 miles away from Xiapi City, more than 700 miles away from Pengcheng, and more than 500 miles away from Helu City, and the road is difficult to travel.

The long distance, Qin's current national conditions, and the nature of the Qin-Qi coalition forces made the generals on all battlefields rarely take the Zhaoguan garrison into consideration.

Even generals like Xiang Yan who took the Zhaoguan garrison into consideration did not think that the Qin State would transfer the Zhaoguan garrison to a distant battlefield in order to win this battle, putting Qin's own southeastern defense line in danger!

Xiong Liu's eyes suddenly widened: "Zhaoguan!"

Zhaoguan is indeed far away from other battlefields in this battle, and it will take at least ten days of urgent marching to reach the battlefield.

But Zhaoguan is only more than 200 miles away from Hangou, the only road through which the Huaihe River turns into the Yangtze River, where the Chu army is now located!

Moreover, Zhaoguan is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Hangou is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Now is the flood season of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River flows very fast.

If the Zhaoguan defenders sailed down the Yangtze River in warships, they could complete the rapid transfer from Zhaoguan to Hangou within six hours!

Just six hours!

No wonder Yang Duan and his troops suddenly appeared here!

All the Chu generals showed deep shock and confusion in their eyes.

Just when all of them thought that they had escaped and even started to divide their interests after arriving in Kuaiji, this Qin army, which had been deployed here as early as last year and looked as motionless as a bastard, unexpectedly exposed itself to them so suddenly. A big, ferocious mouth!

Xiong Liu took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "Does Ai Qing have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"

After Qu Huan was silent for a moment, he said firmly: "Now that the two armies meet, there is no way to avoid it."

"Our army has only one battle!"

Apart from a frontal breakthrough, there is no other way to defeat the enemy!

After Xiong Liu pondered for a few breaths, he finally said, "Order!"

"Our troops and horses are under the command of Zuo Yin Quhuan!"

"Be sure to break through the enemy's barriers and fight your way out of the encirclement!"

Xiong Liu knew very well the significance of military power to royal power.

But Xiong Liu also knew how much he weighed.

Although Xiong Liu was reluctant to part with the military power, he still handed over the military power to Qu Huan.

Xiong Liu looked at Qu Huan seriously: "After this battle, I will hold the enthronement ceremony."

"At that time, I will grant you the title of Your Majesty!"

"My dear, please don't disappoint me!"

Qu Huan solemnly raised his hands: "My lord, I obey!"

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Downstream of Hangou.

Yang Duanhe stood on the deck of the building, looking at the Chu warship in the distance, with an unstoppable smile on his face, and the vertical and horizontal folds outlined a vivid chrysanthemum.

"Hahaha~"

Yang Duanhe laughed heartily: "Mr. Chang'an, you really treat me well!"

"If I can swallow this Chu army, how much military merit will I get?"

"Even with the position of general, I can think freely!"

He is different from Wang Jian, who is in the position of general, but is not considered a veteran in his old age, and whose sons are more competitive than the others.

Yang Duanhe's years on the battlefield were older than Wang Jian's. Now he is called "Wengzi" wherever he goes, but he is still just a general, and each of his sons is more disappointing than the last.

Therefore, instead of resisting military merit, Yang Duanhe wished he could earn more military merit with his head bowed to the ground.

How could Yang Duanhe miss this great opportunity?

Vice General Le Xun held two scrolls of bamboo slips in his hands and said hesitantly: "General, do our troops really want to join the war?"

"To this day, our army still has not received the king's order!"

"Our army is the troops stationed at Zhaoguan. It needs to be stationed in the southeast for our Great Qin."

"If the Chu State suddenly raises troops and crosses the Yangtze River to directly attack the southeast of our Great Qin, you and I will both be guilty!"

Yang Duanhe casually pointed at the two bamboo slips and said: "General Wang ordered me to lead the navy to set up an ambush at the line of Hangou."

"The Lord of Chang'an ordered me to obey General Wang's orders."

"I obeyed Lord Chang'an's order and followed General Wang's order to lead the army into battle. What's wrong with me?"

"If your Majesty is unhappy, he will go to Lord Chang'an to question him."

"If Lord Chang'an cannot withstand the anger of the king, I will take the initiative to retire."

"But the military merits earned by this general and my fellow soldiers are real!"

"General Le, you will also be the best in this battle, and you will be valued by the king!"

As a surrendered general, Lexun didn't know much about Qin's political ecology.

Hearing Yang Duanhe's words, Lexun looked at Yang Duanhe in shock.

You cheated Mr. Chang'an so much, does Mr. Chang'an know?

Seeing that the Chu army's warships had entered the designated area, Yang Duanhe said emphatically: "Order!"

"Get out of the ambush!"

"The Chinese army will follow this general to blockade the river."

"The deputy general will lead his warships to press forward and cooperate with the ambush to encircle and suppress the enemy!"

Although Le Xun still had some hesitation in his heart, now that the order was given, Le Xun handed over his hand with a bang: "Wei!"

Jumping onto another building boat, Lexun shouted angrily in a deep voice: "Order!"

"Line up the fish scales to disperse!"

"go ahead!"

Yan's territory borders a large area of ​​the Bohai Sea, and it often crosses the Bohai Sea to attack Qi.

As the nephew of the famous general Le Yi who surrendered to the Yan Kingdom, Le Xun's talent may not be outstanding, but his basic water warfare skills are more solid than most Qin army generals.

Under Le Xun's arrangement, three hundred small boats were arranged in a row of five and a half, and a hundred of the largest Qin boats in the world were arranged in a row of three and three.

Four hundred warships sailed upstream like sparse fish scales.

Seeing this scene, Qu Huan frowned slightly, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.

Boats have always been transport ships used to transport baggage and grain.

How could anyone let the transport ship clear the way?

Staring at the wooden poles raised high on both sides of the Qin army's boat, Qu Huan finally ordered: "Get on the ship first and disperse the formation and move forward!"

"The red horse follows closely behind!"

"Break the formation!"

The Chu army boarded the ship first and rushed out first, but was mostly blocked by the Qin army's flying boats.

The red horses of the Chu army bypassed the entangled battlefield where the forwards of the two armies were entangled at a light speed, flew towards the Qin army's boat, and quickly crossed the wide gap between the Qin army's boat and killed the fleet further behind.

Hooks and locks were thrown from the red horse ship to the boat, and a Chu soldier climbed up along the rope towards the boat.

The battle situation seemed to be going well, but Qu Huan frowned deeply: "Still not changing the formation?!"

"Yang Wengzi is also a general, there will never be such a big omission."

"What exactly does Yang Wengzi want?!"

Just when Qu Huan's mind was changing rapidly, Le Xun shouted:

"Smash!"

On the boat, a Qin soldier smashed a copper bolt with his hammer.

The rope held by the copper bolt suddenly relaxed, causing the wooden pole erected high on the side of the boat to lose control and fall down at an accelerated speed driven by gravity.

And at the top of the wooden pole, there is a cone-shaped stone weighing more than thirty kilograms!

"boom!"

The moment the heavy racket collided with the light Red Horse, it broke the awning of the Red Horse ship and even broke the keel of the Red Horse ship!

Not far away, thousands of racket poles on hundreds of Qin army boats were being smashed down at the same time.

"boom!!!"

The waves are surging!

Splinters of wood flying!

Calculate with intention but without intention, prepare with preparation but fail to prepare.

In just one round of slapping, and in just a few breaths, more than two hundred Red Horse ships were shattered into pieces!

"This! This! This! How could it be like this! How could it be like this!"

"Where's my boat? Where's the boat!"

"Save~~Gululu~ me!"

"I surrender! Save me! I surrender!"

"Hurry and save people!!!"

Hundreds of Chu soldiers who climbed onto the boat looked back blankly at their broken warship.

Thousands of Chu soldiers fell into the Hangou without any precautions, struggling and wailing!

And all this is only because the warships that were supposed to be able to sail across the river during the Northern and Southern Dynasties spanned more than 700 years.

Let out a roar!