On the fifth day of the 12th month, Bai Xizhong, the vanguard of the Chu army, led 50,000 people to Yingchuan County. He originally thought that he would encounter resistance from the Han army here, because along the way, they had repeatedly expelled the scout sentries of the Han army. Yingchuan County was already separated from the Han country's mainland, but to his surprise, Yingchuan County City had not seen a Han army, and there was no one in the city. In the pbtt city, there was nothing left.

Send more exploration teams into the city. After repeated confirmation, Bai Xizhong realized that the other party had given up Yingchuan County and retreated to Yingshui County on the other side of Yingshui River. This can be understood. Yingshui County is much smaller than Yingchuan County. It used to be the front fortress for the Han army to fight against Tan Feng. Although it was just a county, it was built into a city similar to a military fortress. Everything was prepared for war. Compared with Yingchuan County, Yingshui County, which is much smaller, is naturally much more relaxed in guarding, and now for the Han army, which is seriously insufficient, this is also a last resort.

At night, Bai Xizhong finally confirmed that the troops of Mei Hua, the third division of Yang Dasha's First Army of Wuguan, were stationed in Yingshui County. It seemed that the Han army had some awareness of the actions of the Chu army, and they had no soldiers to send, so they could only divide their troops from Wuguan. This made Bai Xizhong sneer. Wuguan was unable to do anything to him because of the terrain of Wuguan, but Yingshui County was not Wuguan, and there was no other place to rely on except a river. Now the logistics of the Chu army was supplemented by the Qin people, and there was enough food and weapons. Can't we still take a small Yingshui County?

"Take Yingshui County and capture Mei Hua alive!" Bai Xizhong laughed at the generals under his command. Mei Hua's identity was extraordinary. His father was a high-ranking official in the Han court and his elder brother was a confidant of the King of Han. If he could capture him alive, it would be of extraordinary significance.

On December night, the weather was cold and the ground was in the wild. But it was not so easy. After repeatedly confirming that there was no ambush in the city, and at the request of a group of generals, Bai Xizhong finally ordered the entire army to move to Yingchuan County. Since the Han army gave him this gift, there was no need to be polite. The warm city can keep the soldiers high morale, and be alert in the city and guard against the Han people's sneak attacks.

Although it is unlikely to smuggle over and attack the Chu army across a river, it is much more reliable than a thin fence when separated by city walls.

At midnight, the noisy Chu army moved to the city. The empty Yingchuan County city suddenly became lively, with bright lights, and you could see clearly through a Yingshui River.

Mei Hua sat in a fortress above the pier, grilling cold hands with a brazier in front of him while looking at Yingchuan County City opposite.

Lanterns were hung on the top of the city wall. Piles of bonfires were also lit on the top of the city wall. You could vaguely see patrol figures walking back and forth on the city wall.

"The city is very warm, but warmth will kill people." Looking at the fire in the distance, Mei Hua smiled coldly.

Time passed by minute by minute, and both sides of the Yingshui River fell into a strange silence, but in the fortress, Mei Hua was still sitting upright. The charcoal fire in the brazier in front of him had already turned into ashes and had little temperature. But he was still waiting for something.

In Yingchuan County, tens of thousands of Chu soldiers finally entered a safe, peaceful and warm city, and the entire city was still empty. They found a house casually and broke into it. Although it was messy, there were almost no household items. It seemed that the original residents here left in a hurry. Most of the homes even had a lot of bacon and other supplies for the New Year. This made the Chu army very happy. Over the past few months, they had been living a hard life. Even if they received supplies from the Qin army, they could only eat enough. Now they could pick up so many good things, how could they not be overjoyed? So in the empty city, smoke from the chimneys of countless houses was repeatedly raised, and the Chu army began to prepare a steaming meal for themselves in the houses they occupied.

After eating and drinking, sleepiness naturally came. In the early morning, except for the guards above the city, snoring was already everywhere in the city.

In the woodshed in a courtyard, a pile of burning ashes suddenly broke out to both sides without wind. After a while, a black head suddenly appeared on the ground, holding a board with both hands, and two bright eyes glanced around. The wooden board was gently placed aside, and the figure came out. Then, he dragged a package out of the pit underground. He walked out of the woodshed quietly, and walked to the door of the main room with his waist.

The door of the main room was closed, and the snoring sound came from the inside. He gently pushed open the door. The black shadow suddenly smiled. In the room, Chu army hid on the ground, wrapped in the quilt, clothes, etc. that the owner had discarded in the house. In the middle of the house, the charcoal fire on a brazier was still burning with Bibi.

The black shadow counted leisurely, and there were about thirty Chu soldiers crowded in the house.

"Enough money, enough money!" He took off the package he had been carrying from his shoulder, raised his hand with a smile, threw the package onto the burning brazier, then turned around, ran towards a corner, and tightly shrank his body together.

The package fell on the brazier, and the splashing sparks woke up the Chu army who were sleeping in front of the brazier. They sat up and looked at the package that was burning on the brazier with sleepy eyes, muttering, "What's the thing?"

This was the last sentence they said, because when they just spoke this sentence, a shocking explosion suddenly sounded in the house. In the package was a solid bag of explosives weighing several kilograms, and there were countless iron sheets and iron beads mixed in the explosives.

There was a sound of ghosts and wolves crying in the house. The explosion caused most of the dozens of Chu soldiers in the house to see the King of Hell in their sleep. The huge explosion of air waves rushed out the door and windows of the main room. The raging fire began to burn from the main room. Others who were lucky enough to die were basically seriously injured. They were screaming and crawling towards the door with their hands and feet.

The black shadow hiding in a corner of the yard shoveled out with the cold light, waved the armed forces shovels, and shoveled them one by one, killing all the alive Chu soldiers in the house.

After doing all this, he smiled and threw the engineer into the house. After thinking about it, he found a Chu soldier on the ground with his armor intact. He stripped his armor and put it on his body. He reached out to wipe a few blood on his face, then picked up a knife from Chu and walked outside.

When the huge explosion sounded in this room, the same explosion sounded almost everywhere in Yingchuan County, and the entire Yingchuan County was in chaos.

On the north bank of Yingshui River, when the first explosion sounded, Mei Hua bounced from the chair like a spring, "It's beginning, the war has begun, heavy cannons, fire me and bombard Yingchuan County City. Don't ask me where to fight, just hit the city, and create more opportunities for the brothers in the city, so that the damn Chu people can't help Chu's specific situation."

He ran to the top of the fort, stood straight, and looked at the previously calm Yingchuan County city. At this time, fires surged into the sky and exploded.

A loud bang rang beside him, staggering and almost falling. A heavy cannon muzzle spewed out of flames, and a shell roared across the Yingshui River and landed into the Yingchuan County city in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, more heavy artillery began to roar.

"This is the war now. Chu people. If you can't really understand what a war with hot weapons is, then you are destined to pay the price with blood." Mei Hua laughed and said, "No place is safe within the range of the cannon, and city defense is no longer safe."

Bai Xizhong was awakened by the sound of explosion in his sleep. When he rushed out of the room, he thought it was the Han army on the other side who wanted to kill him off guard overnight while he was not firmly standing. However, when he heard countless explosions coming from the city, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He rushed to the top of the city and looked at the sound of explosions from all directions in Yingchuan City. From time to time, he could see a ball of fire burst out from the ground, and then a raging fire ignited.

The other side was indeed attacking. The heavy shells crossed the Yingshui River and directly entered the Yingchuan County City. Where the shells fell, there were also ghosts and howlings. The Chu army in the city was stunned by the sudden attack because they could not find the enemy's place at all.

"There are spies in the city!" Bai Xizhong clenched his fists and stood at the top of the city. He could see clearly that the explosion in the city was completely aimless and had no point. He was completely as he wanted, but because of this, he was unable to guard against it.

All the artillery fired from the other side were hit by the General Mansion of Tan Feng in the past. When Ye Feng was stationed in Yingshui, he obtained these heavy artillery and obtained the exact location of General Mansion of Tan Feng through some merchants. After many experiments, he obtained accurate ballistic data. He was originally planning to give Tan Feng a fatal blow when the battle was together. However, the situation of Yingchuan County developed beyond his expectations. This arrangement did not play any role. Today Mei Hua ordered random shooting, and the gunners naturally used it as their main target. However, Bai Xizhong was lucky. He did not live in the best and most luxurious General Mansion in the city, but lived on the city tower. He originally wanted to set an example and guard against the Han army's night attack. If he still lived there, this round of artillery fire would smash him into meat sauce.
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