The most powerful fool system

　Soon, the soldiers of the Chu army who were under the attack of the rain of arrows went to the bottom of the two border strongholds, and used the long spears in their hands to attack the Qin soldiers above the wooden stronghold.

　In this era, bronze weapons like the Changge were very common.

　Changge's wooden pole is very long, and when held by soldiers, it is enough to attack the Qin army above the wooden village.

　"Put sulfur, ignite thatch, and throw it down."

　Inside the village, a general of the Qin army was commanding the soldiers to place sulfur on bundles of thatch, then ignite the thatch and throw it down from the wall of the village.

　Soon, puffs of thick smoke rose up, although they blocked the sight of the soldiers of the Qin army on the wall of the stronghold.

　But it also smoked the attacking Chu army soldiers below, covering their mouths and noses and coughing continuously.

　And when the thatch was ignited, many soldiers of the attacking Chu army were burned to death.

　Whoosh, Peng!

　As the battle started, more than a dozen trebuchets from the Chu army also began to throw stones at the Qin army's Muzhai.

　A stone the size of a head, thrown into the Qin army's camp and hit the soldiers, would basically kill them directly.

　If it hits the wooden village, it can also break the wood and destroy the structure of the wooden village.

　"kill!"

　The fierce shouts of killing resounded throughout the world, and the soldiers of the Qin and Chu armies surrounded the two border villages and launched a fierce and brutal offensive and defensive battle.

　The Chu army has a large number of people and high morale, while the Qin army relies on the wooden village for defense.

　Both sides have their own advantages, and after the battle started, it was especially fierce.

　"Ah!"

　Accompanied by the screams, many soldiers of the Qin army fell down the wall of the village and were killed by Chu army archers or long swordsmen.

　Similarly, the soldiers of the Chu army who attacked the stronghold suffered even greater casualties. After all, they had no stronghold wall to rely on.

　The battle lasted from noon to the afternoon, and the Chu army failed to break through a Qin army's wooden stronghold.

　After all, the two Qin army muzhais had just been built at this time, they were very strong, and the Qin army had sufficient troops inside, so how could they be easily breached.

　"Overlord, the Qin army hid in the wooden stronghold to avoid the battle. It is difficult for us to conquer today. We have to let the army camp again at the foot of the mountain."

　Seeing that the battle was not going well, Zhong Limo said to Xiang Yu.

　"Well, order to set up camp."

　Xiang Yu nodded. He also knew that the two wooden strongholds of the Qin army would not be captured today, so he nodded in agreement with a cold face.

　Immediately, Xiang Yu's army camped again on the east side of Tonghe Mountain.

　The Chu army's attack on the stronghold continued until the evening, but without any progress, Xiang Yu had no choice but to order his troops to withdraw and return to the camp.

　"Haha, the Chu army has retreated, I guess Xiang Yu's face should be ugly at this time."

　On the side of the main village, Xu Feng stood on the wall of the village, looking at the soldiers of the Chu army who were slowly retreating, and said with a big smile.

　After Xiang Yu withdrew his troops, he quickly sent soldiers to negotiate with the Qin army, demanding to take away the bodies of Chu soldiers who had died outside the village, and Xu Feng agreed.

　Xu Feng still has this kind of tolerance.

　Soon, hundreds of soldiers of the Chu army without weapons came to the outside of the Qin army's stronghold, cleaned up the bodies of their fallen soldiers, and brought them back.

　The Qin army also sent soldiers to clean up the bodies of their fallen soldiers.

　After the bloody battle of this battle, the two armies were like two wounded behemoths, each licking its own wounds, waiting for the next confrontation.

Chapter 116 The Battle for Water Sources

　116 Battle for Water Source

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　On June [-]th of the fourth year of Qin II, the third day after Xiang Yu's army arrived at Tonghe River, Xiang Yu's army camped at the foot of Tonghe Mountain, and the two armies faced each other.

　On the third day, Xiang Yu continued to send troops to attack the Qin camp, but returned without success.

　In the next three days, Xiang Yu led the army to attack the Qin army's camp every day, but he was still unable to fight, which made the Chu army lose all the vigor they had accumulated before.

　But after the seventh day, Xiang Yu himself was in big trouble.

　"Overlord, something serious happened..."

　Yingbo hurriedly found Xiang Yu and said eagerly.

　"What's the matter?"

　"The Qin army cut off our water source? Our soldiers can't get drinkable water."

　"What? What's going on?"

　Xiang Yu was shocked when he heard this, and asked hastily.

　You know, for human beings, water is more important than rice.

　A person can go without food for a day, but he cannot go without water for a day.

　If a large army has no food available, it may be able to last for half a day, but if there is no water to drink, it will not be able to last for half a day.

　"Overlord, the soldiers sent by the camp to fetch water just now went to the small river to the west to fetch water, and found that the entire river was dry."

　"what happened?"

　"It's the Qin army. The Qin army diverted that river to a river farther west in the upper reaches of Tonghe Mountain."

　"Then why not fetch water from other rivers?"

　"Bawang, there are only two rivers within a radius of ten miles in this area. We have one here now, and there is another one six miles to the west.

　Both rivers flow down from Tonghe Mountain, the east one is called Dongtonghe River, and the west one is called West Tonghe River.

　However, the terrain in the west is complicated and surrounded by mountains. Although it is only six miles away, we need to go there to fetch water, and we need to go around a long way, which takes too long. "

　Yingbo was very helpless and explained to Xiang Yu.

　Xiang Yu entrusted Yingbo with the task of camping his army at Tonghexi.

　Now, there is a problem in this aspect, and Yingbo knows that he cannot escape the blame, so he can only try his best to make it up.

　The reason why Tonghe River is called this name is because there is a river source on Tonghe Mountain, which then forms two small rivers running down.

　The two rivers flow southward in a "eight" shape, and the further south they flow, the greater the distance between the two rivers.

　Moreover, the West Tonghe River runs through the mountains, and the terrain is much more steep than the East Tonghe River.

　This is also the main reason why Xu Feng's Qin army established a village in the upper reaches of Dongtonghe River.

　It can be said that Dongtonghe River is the only water source in this area that can provide drinking water for the army.

　At this time, the three wooden villages built by the Qin army led by Xu Feng were close to the upper reaches of Dongtonghe River, while Xiang Yu's army camped downstream.

　The soldiers of the two armies needed to rely on this river for water, and at this time the Qin army diverted the river upstream and diverted the water to the Tonghe River in the west.

　Naturally, Xiang Yu's Chu army could not get water downstream.

　Originally, Xu Feng even came up with a more poisonous strategy, planning to poison the upstream river, so that the Chu army who fetched water downstream would be miserable.

　But unfortunately, after Xu Feng told Guo Jia about this poisonous plan, Guo Jia shook his head and told Xu Feng that this plan would not work.

　One is that Qin Jun will not be able to find the poison for a while, and even if he finds it, how much poison will be needed to make the water in the entire river poisonous.

　Furthermore, even if you are poisoned, the river is flowing, and the poisoned part of the river will flow away soon.

　After being told by Guo Jia, Xu Feng immediately felt that his strategy was too naive.

　In the end, Xu Feng adopted Guo Jia's strategy and sent troops to divert the small river upstream overnight.

　Fortunately, the flow of this small river is not very strong, far less than that of the river to the west, so it is relatively easy to divert.

　As a result, after dawn on the seventh day, Yingbu sent his soldiers to the small river to fetch water, only to find that the river was dry.

　Yingbo hurriedly sent someone to investigate, and then reported to Xiang Yu.

　"Qin Jun's plan is really despicable."

　Xiang Yu roared angrily, it was hard for him to imagine how much turmoil it would cause if this news spread in the army.

　"Yingbu, how long will the water in the camp last?"

　"At most until noon tomorrow, we fetch water once a day on average, and there is not much clean water left in the camp."

　"That is not bad."

　Xiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and gave him time to restore the situation.

　"Yingbu, this news is temporarily blocked, immediately summon Zhong Limei to come to the king's tent to discuss matters."

　"No, Overlord."

　Half a day later, all the trusted generals under Xiang Yu's command gathered in his command tent, and Xiang Yu also told them about this and discussed countermeasures.

　"Overlord, there is nothing we can do now.

　Without water to drink, the army will soon become chaotic.

　In particular, if the news is known to those princes, they will probably give them an excuse to withdraw their troops.

　Now, we need to get new water sources as soon as possible, or we have to withdraw our troops. "

　Long Qi looked at Xiang Yu and said.

　"Withdrawing the troops is impossible. This king vows to destroy Qin this time."

　Xiang Yu said without a doubt.

　"Since this is the case, then we can only find a way to get water.

　And in this area, the only river that can supply our army with drinking water is Dongtonghe River.

　We don't know if there are mountain springs in the mountains, and we don't have time to look for them. We can only take back Dongtonghexi from the Qin army.

　Since Qin Jun can divert Dongtonghe River upstream, then we can also change it back.

　As long as you know that the Qin army built a dam there to block the Dongtonghe River.

　We sent troops to dig it up, and the problem was solved. "

　Zhong Limei said.

　"Yingbu, tell me where the Qin army diverted the river."

　Xiang Yu looked at Yingbo and asked.

　"here.

　The Qin army built a dam here to block the river, and then dug a road to divert the river water to the West Tonghe River in the west. "

　Yingbu walked to the map, stretched out his finger at a point upstream of Dongtonghe River, and said.

　"It's actually here, which is a bit troublesome."

　When everyone saw the location Yingbo was pointing at, they couldn't help frowning.

　Because, the diversion point is still north of the Qin army, only halfway away from the Qin army camp.

　In other words, if Xiang Yu and the others wanted to dig open, and the Qin army blocked the Dongtonghexi dam, they had to pass by the side of the Qin army camp.

　If you think about it, you know, under such circumstances, how could the Qin army allow the Chu army to pass by their camp easily.

　"Anyone have any good ideas?"

　Xiang Yu glanced at the crowd and asked.

　"Overlord, if our troops want to get here, we have two options.

　One is that we go north and pass by the Qin army camp, and the other one needs to go west through the mountains and forests and make a detour.

　The first way is the fastest and most convenient.

　And if you want to make a detour, it will be more troublesome, and it will take at least one night. "

　Zhongli Mei gestured on the map with his fingers, and said to Xiang Yu.

　"Then send troops in two directions, and this king will personally lead the troops to the north.

　Yingbu, you lead 2 horses and make a detour to the west.

　This king does not believe that the Qin army can stop this king. If they come out of the stronghold to stop us, it will be in my favor. "