Along the way, each city has gathered enough defensive forces, and has stationed checkpoint defense lines in some dangerous places, like nails, nailing every place that Chu must pass through.
If the Chu State ignores them and advances directly, they will harass the Chu State's logistics and follow them, causing some harassment from time to time.
But if you want to crush them all the way, although these cities are not majestic, they still have some basic city defenses, and some dangerous places occupy strategic locations and are extremely difficult to attack.
Along the way, the Chu army had to pay an extremely heavy price to advance for so many miles or more.
After going all the way and beating him for nearly two months, the Chu army only advanced a hundred miles to the front. With this extremely low efficiency, not to mention that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms who were waiting for support from the Chu State could not wait, even the Chu State felt extremely embarrassed.
As for the Qin army on the opposite side, they secretly laughed at Chu's incompetence.
In order to change the shape of the battlefield, Xiang Yan made an extremely risky decision. He ignored the cities along the way and rushed all the way. He didn't care about logistics or anything, and only brought more than ten days of food.
After giving up many trivial matters, Chu's marching speed increased rapidly. In a few days, the front line was advanced more than 100 miles.
At this time, the Chu army's position had moved to Nanliang City in southern Korea.
This once important southern town in South Korea has now fallen into the hands of Qin due to Nei Shiteng's rebellion, and has become an important pass blocking his reinforcements from Chu's northward march.
To the north of Nanliang City, 100 miles ahead, is the famous Yique Pass.
It was here that Bai Qi rose to prominence. He killed hundreds of thousands of Korean troops in one battle, allowing his qualifications to successfully appear on the desk of the then King of Qin, thus embarking on his journey to becoming a military god.
But now that Chu State has not even captured Nanlian City, how can it possibly reach Yique
Although the Chu army advanced rapidly and quickly reached Nanliang City, the hidden dangers it left behind were also extremely large.
On the land 100 miles south of it, dozens of nails planted by the Qin army were left, forming a tight blockade network that blocked the aid from the south of Chu in those 100 miles. On the dangerous ground of life and death.
As for the Chu State, after a series of previous attacks, its losses were extremely heavy. In the situation of 300,000 elites, 50,000 people had been injured, leaving only 250,000 exhausted troops.
Opposite them, in the majestic Nanliang City, Qin's 100,000-strong army was stationed.
They will stick to this majestic city, just like South Korea not long ago, relying on a strong city to drag down Qin's 200,000-strong army.
Here, these 100,000 Qin troops will also drag to death Chu's 250,000 troops and lead them into the endless abyss.
The Qin State was not confident in whether they could defend the city, but they were definitely confident in whether they could defeat the Chu State.
Just like the previous Battle of Xinzheng, when South Korea had enough supplies, the morale of 100,000 soldiers was low and the soldiers who were afraid of Qin Ruhu were able to defend Xinzheng City for more than a month.
So the Qin soldiers who came now with high morale and determination to die, although they are old and weak, and their physical strength is far inferior to those of the young and strong, they have the belief that they are not afraid of life and death.
With this belief, it may be impossible to defend the city, but it is absolutely possible to drag the Chu army on the opposite side to die together.
At the end of the day, it is the Qin people's bloody fighting and warlike factor inherited from their ancestors that affects them.
Especially after Shang Yang's reform, the system of farming and war was thoroughly penetrated into the hearts of every old Qin people in the Qin State, completely releasing the fury in their bodies, making them even more fearless of life and death, and even proud of dying in battle.
Moreover, after hundreds of years of war, the Qin State has been suppressing the Six Kingdoms. The confidence, honor, and contempt for the Six Kingdoms of Shandong have been built up in the hearts of every soldier of the Qin State. of.
Therefore, although the Qin army in the city was less than half the number on the opposite side, there were few young men and almost none. The only thing that can be commended is that the equipment is slightly better than that of the Chu army, and it has the advantage of defending the city.
But their fighting will is absolutely peaceful, and their contempt for the Chu army in the south still exists in their hearts.
In their opinion, the current Qin State was just careless and was taken advantage of by these weak people. As long as the Qin State calms down, then all of them will be just chickens and dogs and will not last long.
What they need to do now is to use their humble lives to buy some time for Qin to breathe, and at the same time, they can drag these enemies with them to see the King of Hell with them.
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Xiang Yan looked at the majestic city in front of him, his brows furrowed tightly, and the lingering worries condensed in his mind, constantly consuming his already tired energy.
"This Qin army is really fearless!" Xiang Yan sighed after staring for a long time.
The Qin State is worthy of being called the country of tigers and wolves. Faced with this disadvantage, the soldiers still have such a high will to fight. Compared with the Chu State, they are really much stronger.
Even in Xiang Yan's heart, he couldn't help but sigh, no wonder Chu State suffered successive defeats in the confrontation with Qin State, and even the capital was lost several times.
"However, it is precisely because of this that I want to attack Qin hard. Taking advantage of this time when Qin is tired and weak, I will severely weaken it and even try to destroy it. Only in this way can I win for our Chu country. A glimmer of hope!" Xiang Yan looked ruthlessly as he looked at the energetic Qin Jun in the distance. Although all of their faces were extremely green or wrinkled, they were full of determination. Xiang Yan clenched the long sword in his hand. , exuding a burst of murderous intent.
Turning around, Xiang Yan ordered to the messenger beside him: "Attack!"
Like thunderous drums, the banging sound was endless, and with a sense of rhythm, the soldiers of the Chu army approached Nanliang City step by step.
At the same time, the siege equipment behind them was also pushed forward, constantly adjusting its direction, and finally all pointed at Nanliang City.
The situation in the sky was changing, and even the heaven and earth became discolored due to the crushing force of the army.
The boundless Chu army rushed forward. In front of their eyes, the majestic Nanliang City seemed to become insignificant. It was like a rock on the sea that could be submerged at any time. The only difference was how long this rock could last!
There was not much time left for the Chu army. This time, in order to get here quickly, Chu State abandoned all the logistics and only brought more than ten days of food.
Therefore, the Chu State must speed up its actions.
(End of chapter)