empress and princess

The surface of the moat finally froze after a night, and the freezing was beneficial for the soldiers to charge forward. Finally, Chu Huaimin personally put on his armor and went into battle, and ordered the first siege of the city. Amid the beating of drums, tens of thousands of troops quickly approached the city.

That Qin Jiufeng army was not a vegetarian for half his life, and when he came to the tower, he organized the guards to resist in an orderly manner.

Nanzheng City was easy to defend, and only half of the attacking Chu army held the Chu army on the bank of the moat. The Chu army poured into the moat and had not crossed the bank before they were forced back by sharp arrows shot from the air like a tide.

The Chu army attacked the city for the second time in one go. This time they increased their speed and finally reached the river bank before being forced to retreat.

After being forced to retreat, he made a comeback and launched a third siege...

"Are you coming? I'm really not afraid of dying." The guard of Nanzheng City wiped off his scorching sweat, and shouted to Qin Jiufeng on the tower, "General, the enemy is attacking the city again!"

"Princess Chu is really capable." Qin Jiufeng snorted coldly, watching the situation in front of him calmly and ordered someone to send stone throwing soldiers, and still forced back the Chu soldiers who had crossed the river bank and built ladders on the city wall.

The snow finally fell heavily, flying and falling, covering one layer after another.

The corpses all over the ground stained the world with blood, and it was shocking layer upon layer, and then the Chu army rushed forward stepping on the corpses all over the floor!

In the end, after three consecutive days of attack, Nanzheng City was still impregnable.

"Qin's master of tigers and wolves is famous all over the world, and Qin Jiufeng, the god of war, is not bragging." Song Rong in the army tent pressed his forehead with a headache, "This is not the way to attack the city, and we have to find a way to lure Qin Jiufeng out of the city."

"Qin Jiufeng has experienced hundreds of battles and is proficient in the art of war. What else can I do to get her out of the city under the current situation?" Chu Huaimin frowned.

After losing for three days in a row, the morale of the army has begun to drop, which is not a good sign.

There were 50 coalition troops when they came, but now there are less than 40 left.

And Qin Jiufeng defended Nanzheng City to the death, unless he exhausted the food in the city, he would not be able to attack for a year or so.Besides, Qin Jihuang has already withdrawn from Wei State and returned to Qin...

"There is a way, it depends on whether you are willing to use it."

Song Rong took the initiative to offer advice, still with that warm smile, but even Chu Huaimin couldn't hide the gloomy look in his eyes.

Chu Huaimin glanced at her, "Let's listen."

Song Rong asked softly: "Have you seen the refugees outside the city?"

In the past half a year, there has been a war of war, the situation is unstable, and the winter is cold and there is no food. There are groups of refugees everywhere in Qin, and there are naturally around Nanzheng City, and there are many.

Qin Jiufeng refused to go out of the city to fight, so he forced her to go out of the city with Qin's refugees.

Chu Huaimin understood the meaning of Song Rong's words, and immediately refused: "No."

"Why not? They are all from Qin anyway, so why not use them?"

"But they are all unarmed civilians."

"What about the people, do you think they are all innocent people? No one is innocent in troubled times." Song Rong straightened up half of his body and leaned forward, staring at Chu Huaimin's eyes, and exposed her with one sentence, "put away your pity, this It's the battlefield! You are too indecisive."

Chu Huaimin did not deny that she was indecisive, but she insisted on taking advantage of the lives of countless people, "Without the people, how can there be a king? Without the hearts of the people, how can there be a world?"

Being refuted, Song Rong felt ashamed, and her breathing became short of breath, "Recognize the reality, they are Qin people, not you Chu people."

"It's human after all."

"If you can't win this battle, you, Chu Huaimin, will lose!"

"With Bengong here, Chu State can afford to lose, but it may not necessarily lose." Chu Huaimin didn't joke at all, Song Rong was laughed angrily.

"Okay, even if they are innocent people. Then think about it, if the Chu State loses one day, do you think Qin Jihuang will let your Chu family go? Will you let the Chu people go? You think, think carefully, think clearly Answer me again."

At this moment, Chu Huaimin was silent.

There was a sneer on the corner of Song Rong's lips, wondering if the woman in front of her was so naive.In such a critical situation, there is still the most useless pity in my heart!

It was still snowing heavily outside the tent, and it was extremely cold inside.

Chu Huaimin's hands and feet were cold, and he became numb after not moving for a long time, but he still maintained his confrontational posture.

After a long time, she heard the sound of drums beating before she raised her head, "The best time to attack Qin has been lost, and I intended to retreat, so as to keep the army undefeated."

"It's all here, why don't you just retreat like this?" Seeing Qin Jihuang immediately, Song Rong never allowed to withdraw easily, as if he had insight into human nature, he sneered back at her, "Or are you afraid of meeting Qin Jihuang on the battlefield? ?”

"The Kingdom of Zhao has been destroyed, and the morale of the Qin army is greatly boosted at this moment. A head-on confrontation with Qin Jihuang will only hurt both sides. I promise to help you restore the country, and you will not break your promise." Chu Huaimin looked directly at the past, and his words were sharp, "War or not?" The battle is all decided by this palace alone."

As the voice fell, the curtain was lifted suddenly, and the cold wind and snow poured in, and the visitor shouted loudly: "The widow decided to agree with Song Rong's strategy and use the refugees from Qin State to threaten Qin Jiufeng."

It turned out that at some point the King of Chu stood outside against the wind and snow listening to their conversation.

He swept the frost on his clothes, saw Chu Huaimin stood up and saluted, and asked, "Ah Min still listen to what the widow said?"

"Brother Huang, I'm worried that the soldiers are trying to..." The word 'trap' was on Chu Huaimin's lips, and Song Rong had already stepped forward at this time, "The King of Chu is Shengming!"

Therefore, the matter was decided by the king of Chu.

Two days later, the weather cleared up.

The beating drum sounded again, and a large number of skinny refugees were also escorted to the battlefield.

The refugees stood in front, while the Chu army was behind.The intention is very clear, that is to use the refugees as a shield to see how cruel the Qin people are. If they die, the refugees will die with them.

These actions angered Qin Jiufeng, she rushed to the wall to look at the thousands of refugees below the city, clenched her teeth tightly, and cut out a sentence for a long time: "Good for you, Chu Huaimin."

The guard was at a loss when he saw this, "General, what should I do... To fight or not to fight?"

Qin Jiufeng took a deep breath, "Don't move, listen to my orders."

After a while, the Chu army approached more and more, and the refugees began to be driven to the moat, and the Chu army continued to approach behind.

Most of the refugees were old, weak, sick and disabled. One of the old men was brutally dragged up. Song Rong bent over and smiled at him, "Go, ask your general for help."

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the old man was thrown to the front, causing him to bleed out.

Song Rong waited patiently, but the old man struggled weakly, but did not call for help.

"It's said that the people of Qin are proud and upright, but even an old man in his seventies is as strong as he is." Song Rong clapped his hands appreciatively, "Good, very good!"

Without mercy, he threw a few more in the past one after another, all of them looked back and glared at Song Rong, shut their mouths tightly and still didn't shout the word 'help'.Song Rong's face darkened, and he gradually lost his patience. He raised his long knife and killed one person on the spot.

"Qin Jiufeng, I give you two ways. Either come out to fight, or open the city gate and admit defeat. Otherwise, I can't guarantee whether the Qin people around me will survive." Then Song Rong raised his head and met Qin Jiufeng's anger on the city wall Angry, she pointed the tip of the knife at the refugees' throats, her voice was neither loud nor soft, but extremely vicious.

Nan Zhengcheng still didn't say anything, so Song Rong had no choice but to raise the knife again, killing five people in a row without mercy.

During the stalemate, Song Rong was still attacking.This time it was a little girl, the knife had already reached her neck, she hesitated for a moment, the tip of the knife turned around and cut off the hands and feet of another old man, her movements were sharp and ruthless.

War is cruel and cold-blooded, how can people not die without bloodshed?Song Rong comforted himself so much in his heart, so he killed one after another with peace of mind.

At that moment, Qin Jiufeng narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand, "Bring the bow."

Immediately pull the string with the bow and arrow in hand, aim at Song Rong's direction and shoot an arrow towards her!

God of War Arrow Wuxu really lived up to its reputation, I saw Song Rong tilted her head, avoided the arrow but failed to avoid the tail, and cut a bloody gash on her face.

"Let them go, this king will fight!"

Then Qin Jiufeng's voice sounded, she Qin Jiufeng, challenge!

"Look at this, it's easy to solve." The king of Chu in the chariot in the middle army turned his head and said to Chu Huaimin, "Ah Min, you are still merciful, it's not a big deal."

"No matter what, everyone can see your contribution to Chu, especially your military strength." The king of Chu leaned on the railing of the chariot and comforted him thoughtfully. Seeing that the overall situation was settled, he immediately ordered the army to turn around.

"Brother, I'm afraid..." Chu Huaimin mentioned the military defense plan again, but the King of Chu smiled, "I know it's not easy for you to succeed. After defeating Qin, go back and reward for your merits. What do you want?" Give you all!"

Chu Huaimin was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know how to explain it.

Had to be silent.

In the middle of the night, taking advantage of no one, Chu Huaimin summoned many generals to enter the account.

Half an hour is not long or short, but it is the key to the success or failure of Chu State, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"Do you understand what I said?" Chu Huaimin asked solemnly afterwards.

"Understood." The confidant general next to the oil lamp looked serious, "After this battle is over, we will ask the king to withdraw his troops and return to the country. Originally, the odds of winning this battle are seven or eight points, but we can take advantage of the victory to pursue! Who knows that the king of Qin did not follow our plan, and the odds of winning All of a sudden, it became less than [-]%, and the people of Qin are still treacherous and cunning, so it is really dangerous to stay in Qin."

"Yes, we have to withdraw our troops immediately." The other general nodded.

After reaching an agreement quickly, everyone dispersed quietly.

But the residual candle in the military tent was still flickering, Chu Huaimin just sat like a sculpture for a long time, not knowing what to look at, just staring at the curtain, motionless.

The curtain was rolled up suddenly, "Princess, it's late at night, you should rest."

Chu Huaimin didn't move, and only said in a blink of an eye, "I made a mistake in my calculation."

"What's wrong?" Chen Hao walked in without knowing why.

"Military plan." Chu Huaimin paused, still looking at the curtain, but trembling all over, "Wrong."

"What does the eldest princess mean..."

"Don't you think all of this is a coincidence? The six countries jointly attacked Qin, but Qin turned around and killed Zhao. Why?" Chu Huaimin slowly turned to look at him, "I remember you said that there is no Such a coincidence."

Chen Hao understood a little bit in his heart, and frowned suspiciously, "But the soldiers' efforts are indeed true, otherwise how could we have attacked Nanzheng City so smoothly all the way."

Chu Huaimin smiled wryly, "This is what's scary."

The black hand behind the dormancy is like an endless net, everywhere, but it is unknown, and it catches everything invisibly.

Terrible, really terrible.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day when Qin and Chu finally faced each other, and Qin Jiufeng was really proud, leading only [-] soldiers and horses out of the city.

The refugees couldn't threaten Qin Jiufeng to open the city gate and admit defeat, but they could force her out of the city. Song Rong felt that the chances of winning were better than attacking the city, so he set up the formation early and waited for her to come.

The two armies faced each other, and the king of Chu was still hiding in the middle army, and the two leaders were still Chu Huaimin and Song Rong.

"You said, if Qin Jihuang was here, I would use you to force her to retreat. Do you think she will retreat?" Song Rong raised his head against the sun, and suddenly turned to ask her this question.

Chu Huaimin said coldly, "There will never be such a day."

"What if, it's not certain. After all, we are all in troubled times."

"What do you want to say?"

"I don't want to say anything, I just want to see how sincere Qin Jihuang is to you?" Song Rong smiled, "Or, I'm curious about how Jiangshan and you will choose."

Chu Huaimin wasn't curious at all, and he didn't think such a scene would happen.

At this time, Qin Fang came out with a horse, holding a long sword and shouting: "Song Rong, get the hell out of here!"

"Look, Lord Qin Jiu came to settle accounts with me." Song Rong on the horse raised his head and smiled at Qin Jiufeng, kicked the knife, and immediately galloped on the horse, "Song Rong is here!"

"Grandson, you were not even born when I disguised myself as a man. Do you think you can hide the truth? It's a small trick! A fallen king dares to show his face." Qin Jiufeng's words were like knives, piercing Song Rong's heart.

The horse's hoof stopped not far from Qin Jiufeng, Song Rong raised his eyebrows, "So, you already knew my identity?"

"Yes, you can see through it at a glance. If you don't fight against Qin, it's fine, and this king can let you go." Qin Jiufeng scorned, "I didn't expect you to block me, Daqin, then don't blame this king for being rude."

"Qin, Jiu, Feng!" The three words were squeezed out abruptly, and Song Rong rushed towards Qin Jiufeng with a knife and anger.

"A grandson is a grandson, you're too young to fight against this king!"

Qin Jiufeng laughed, and after speaking, he waved his sword to meet him.

With the enemy in front, Song Rong's face was flushed, and his eyes were also red. He grabbed Qin Jiufeng endlessly and vowed to kill her.

However, Qin Jiufeng was able to do a job with ease, with a bright sword, he was not in a hurry, and he would irritate Song Rong from time to time. Seeing that Song Rong's crazy moves had already confused his mind, he led her into the formation without any trace.

Later, Chu Huaimin spotted Qin Jiufeng's intentions at a glance, but it was too late to stop him...

Song Rong didn't notice, and chased Qin Jiufeng desperately. When he realized something was wrong, it was too late to react and turn his head. Qin soldiers surrounded her, wrapping her up.

And that sword also turned into a silver dagger at some point——

Song Rong's eyes widened suddenly, Yin Ge!

Before he could see the other person's face clearly, his back suddenly hurt. Song Rong almost fell off his horse, and a familiar voice came into his ear: "Kill me from Qin, good, very good."

Yin Ge didn't kill him, but he didn't show mercy either. He just beat Song Rong with bruises all over his body and threw him out.

Song Rong stabilized his body in mid-air and landed, kicking up the dust all over the floor, finally exhausted, half-kneeling and vomited blood, but he raised his head and stared fixedly at the formation.

However, the formation changes, and outsiders can't see clearly what's going on inside.

"Let's go." Seeing that, Chu Huaimin on the other side drove forward to pick up Song Rong, and Qin Jiufeng's long sword flashed before her eyes. She had no choice but to put down Song Rong and retreat.

Chu Huaimin cupped his fists respectfully, "Lord Nine, you have already lost, I will take you away."

It came from inside: "Come in and fight this king, you can win if you win!"

This remark surprised Song Rong, and it was too late to dissuade Chu Huaimin, so Chu Huaimin joined the battle in the blink of an eye.

The formation was changing rapidly, and the figures were flickering back and forth, and their faces could not be seen clearly. Chu Huaimin didn't see Qin Jiufeng when he entered, but he saw it in the wrong body——

A pair of familiar eyes.