That night, when the Chu army camp was preparing food, they had prepared enough rations for four hundred thousand soldiers to eat for three days. With this as a cover, he did not arouse the suspicion of the Qin army because he was cooking in another pot. The order to evacuate had already been issued, and at the same time, there was a murderous prohibition notice from Jing Yu. Other than the 50,000 soldiers that Jing Yu had mentioned, the rest of them went to bed early to prepare for the secret evacuation in the middle of the night.
The Qin camp was sixty li away from the Chu camp. This was what Xiang Yan had thought was a safe distance when they first set up the camp. During this time, the two armies sent scouts to monitor each other. Therefore, in these two months, the scout battles between the two armies had never stopped.
It was also on this night that Jing Yu carried his black sword on his back after a long time. He changed out of the Seven Seas Flood Dragon Armor and put on a black night-traveling suit. In front of him, there were more than a thousand soldiers dressed in the same attire. They had already been trained by him for two months…When they were selected, they were the ones with strong personal abilities.
When the scouts went out to patrol again, Jing Yu commanded the troops to follow them. While the Chu scouts were chasing away and clearing the enemy scouts, half of the troops had already sneaked into the route that the Qin scouts would take to return to camp. Just like that, when there were no more Qin scouts around the Chu camp, 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry quietly galloped out from the Chu camp.
All the soldiers had painted their armor black and wrapped their hooves with thick cloth. Amongst them, 9,000 of the infantry exchanged with the cavalry. They rode the cavalry's horses before the rest of the infantry to the Qin camp. When there were only ten miles left, the infantry dismounted and handed over their horses to the remaining thousand cavalry.
On the other hand, Jing Yu had already brought 500 black-robed soldiers with swords on their backs to sneak in front of the Qin camp. With the help of the light from the torches, one could see that on the 9 meter tall and several hundred meter wide city wall, there were a few Qin soldiers patrolling. In front of the city wall, there were several hundred meters of flat ground without any shelter…and there were some hidden traps that could ring the alarm.
Jing Yu silently pointed out the location of the traps and personally led a dozen people to sneak over. Then, another dozen people followed. After two more times, about fifty of the most agile ones had arrived at the foot of the city wall. The hooked claws with ropes were quietly thrown onto the city wall, and the black-clothed swordsmen nimbly climbed up the city wall silently.
Jing Yu was among them. He was the first to arrive at the battlements of the city wall. He looked at the soldiers who were slowly walking on both sides and jumped out of the battlements almost at the same time as the other soldiers in black, killing all the patrolling soldiers on the entire section of the city wall. After gently helping them to the ground, someone gave a signal to the city, and more soldiers in black climbed up the city wall.
Although this fortress set up by the Qin army was only temporarily used to resist the Chu army, there were also intricate mechanisms at the gate. There was a capstan on the city wall, which could turn the wheel shaft and drive the rope to pull up the gate below. After that, there was a thick double-sided wooden door that was blocked by a horizontal wood.
Behind the city gate, there were a dozen Qin soldiers holding torches as guards. Not far away from them, there were two small barracks on the left and right, each with 500 armored soldiers. If anything happened at the city gate, they would be the first to come to the rescue.
The black-clothed soldiers of the Chu Country were divided into several people who were prepared to turn the capstan at the wheel axis, and there were more than ten people guarding them. The 400-odd soldiers in black, who were several hundred meters away from the city, were already prepared to charge over. Further away, the nine thousand infantry had already dismounted and were rushing over. Amongst them, the other 500 black-clothed soldiers had already killed the enemy scouts and were rushing over.
They used their claws again, and a dozen people slid down from the other side of the city wall, heading for the enemy's small camp near the city gate. After they killed the guards, they sneaked into the camp and killed the sleeping Qin soldiers one by one. No one knew how far they had progressed until they were finally discovered by the Qin soldiers. The Chu soldiers in black gave up on killing the Qin army. They started to set fire to create chaos and interfere with their rescue at the city gate.
At the same time, the soldiers at the capstan began to push the capstan with all their might, while Jing Yu charged towards the city gate alone. When the soldiers in black outside the city heard the battle cries, they also ran toward the city gate with all their might.
Dozens of Qin soldiers couldn't put up any resistance against Jing Yu's sword. After they were killed, Jing Yu directly used his sword to cut off the horizontal wood on the two doors. After that, he used a powerful force to forcefully open the door that required more than ten people to open.
The Qin army reacted quickly. The moment the fire lit up, the alarm horn sounded in the fortress. On both sides of the city wall, there were small groups of Qin soldiers rushing over. In the two camps below the city, there were also hundreds of Qin soldiers in disheveled clothes attacking the city gate.
The black-robed Chu soldiers rushed into the city gate first. They didn't stop to help Jing Yu block the Qin army that was attacking the city gate. Instead, they went up the stairs to the city wall. They had to defend the capstan. This was the order that Jing Yu had given them…as long as one of them could breathe, they could not give the capstan to the Qin army.
They held the shields of the Qin army and placed them on the city wall, blocking the increasing number of Qin soldiers on both sides. At the same time, Jing Yu stood at the city gate and killed his enemies. The Qin army that was charging at him without any regard for their lives was blocked by his invincible black sword. More and more corpses appeared under his feet, and his body was gradually covered by the blood sprayed by the enemy. In the end, only his pair of bright eyes that were emitting an increasingly dense killing intent did not lose its original color.
The 500 black-robed soldiers who rushed over stepped on a one-meter-thick pile of corpses when they passed through the city gate. The thick smell of blood almost suffocated them. They charged in and helped Jing Yu kill the remaining Qin soldiers in the two camps on the left and right. Then, they rushed up the city wall to help defend the capstan.
The soldiers in black who were responsible for setting the fire had already moved further away. The flames had already spread to half of the city. It was only because of this that more Qin soldiers did not attack from the front. The black-clothed soldiers who attacked later carried bows and crossbows. Under the fire, they quickly cleared out a stretch of Qin troops. They went up and reinforced the defenses around the capstan.
At this time, the Qin army had already changed from an emergency attack to an organized attack. Archers and shield soldiers appeared and pressed down on the black-robed Chu soldiers on both sides of the city wall. At the front of the city gate, the Qin army also appeared on horseback.
Jing Yu picked up two dagger-axes from the pile of dagger-axes that he had collected and threw them out like javelins. These dagger-axes were for the soldiers to use, and they were all made of wood. If he were to use it, it would break with just a shake. Fortunately, throwing it like this still had some killing effect.
The first two riders were pierced through, but the long spear didn't stop. It pierced through two more riders before stopping. The Qin cavalrymen behind these four cavalrymen had no intention of stopping and continued to charge towards Jing Yu. He picked up two more spears and threw them out. When he killed more than 40 cavalry, the shouts of the Chu infantry could be heard behind him.
That night, the Chu army and the Qin army fought in the city until dawn. Jing Yu relied on his strong physical strength to lead the Chu army in the front line. He didn't know how many people he had killed, but he understood one thing…Killing thousands of people with one slash and one slash was completely different from killing thousands of people with one strike with great strength…It would really kill until his hands went soft.
By the dawn of the second day, the battle with a total of 80,000 soldiers had temporarily ended. The Qin army retreated a little, but they still didn't retreat from this huge fortress. It could be said that the Chu army occupied one side while the Qin army occupied the other. The Qin army that remained here were the defenders of the first stronghold. Jing Yu knew that they had retreated only because the effects of their attacks had weakened. If reinforcements came, the Chu army would be attacked in turns and would not be able to rest at all.
Thus, he immediately organized the army to retreat from this fortress before the sky was completely bright. The Qin army probably would not have thought that after expending about 8,000 Chu soldiers here, they would give up so easily. After sensing the retreat of the Chu army, the Qin army hurriedly gave chase.
At this moment, the 10,000 cavalry troops that Jing Yu had laid in ambush earlier showed their effects. The Qin army that charged out of the city was completely annihilated under the iron hooves. When the Qin Country's reinforcements saw the ten thousand heavy armored cavalry led by Jing Yu wielding a black spear, they stopped and did not chase. Jing Yu even brought the ten thousand cavalry to the front of the heavily damaged fortress to challenge them…the Qin army followed Wang Jian's orders and ignored them.
Not only that, seeing his terrifying appearance covered in the blood of the Qin soldiers, it made the soldiers guarding the city feel extremely terrified.
They stayed like this for two hours, allowing the Chu army to reach a safe area. Jing Yufang led the cavalry to chase after them.
On the other hand, in the middle of the night, Jing Yu was engaged in battle, while the other armies of Chu secretly retreated. The entire camp only had 10,000 Chu troops.
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