Chapter 212: Several Years of Campaign (Please vote for recommendation on Monday!)
"The next step is just one word - fight!" Tian Xuan crossed his arms and said leisurely, "Although Shouchun has been captured by me, the main force of the Chu army is still there. In addition, without Shouchun as a target, Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan can use the vast territory of Chu to fight against the Qin."

"Given the vast territory of Chu, it will take at least several years for Qin to devour Chu. This is why General Wang Jian asked the king for 600,000 troops. After all, after conquering the territory, we need enough people to defend it. In the next few years, we must be prepared for a tug-of-war with the Chu people in Chu!"

"Hahaha!"

At the end, Tianxuan, who had just made great achievements in capturing Shouchun and forcing the King of Chu Fuchu to death, stepped out. At this time, a bright star was already twinkling in the eastern sky. It was Venus, also known as the Morning Star. Facing the morning light in the east, Tianxuan laughed out loud, and his laughter was full of unparalleled carefreeness, as if it was going to tear the sky apart.

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war!
There is a character "Zhan" on the left and a character "Ge" on the right.

As the name suggests, the essence of war is to rely on the weapons in your hands to seize and occupy everything you want.

As soon as Shouchun was captured, the subsequent war development was just as Tianxuan and all the wise people had expected. Xiang Yan, who got the news that Shouchun was captured by the Qin army and King Fuchu of Chu committed suicide by taking poison, got rid of Wang Jian's entanglement and rushed to the Huainan area, where he joined the brothers Changping Jun and Changwen Jun who were collecting food and grass here on Fuchu's orders.

Because the children of King Fuchu of Chu were trapped in Shouchun City, the only descendants of King Kaolie of Chu were the brothers Changping Jun and Changwen Jun. Therefore, the powerful faction of Chu represented by Xiang Yan supported Changping Jun to succeed the throne of King of Chu. From then on, there was no more Changping Jun Xiong Qi of Qin, but only King of Chu Xiong Qi.

Xiang Yan was worthy of being the best general of Chu. Without Shouchun as a target, he relied on the vast territory of Chu to fight against the Qin army frequently. Although he was defeated in nine out of ten battles, the price paid by the Qin army to move forward was extremely heavy, and they often had to leave behind a corpse equivalent to that of the Chu army.

Chu, which was only the lowest viscount in Xiong Yi's hands, developed into a smaller version of the Zhou Dynasty in 800 years. At the critical juncture of national destruction, it exploded with enough power to make anyone's heart palpitate. The Qin army, with a number of 600,000, did not find it as easy as destroying the Three Jins in this war to destroy Chu. Instead, it fell into the quagmire of war.

Just as Tianxuan said, this war is a tug-of-war.

For Tianxuan and other generals, this war was indeed difficult, but it can be described by a poem "Drinking Horses at the Great Wall Cave" by Li Shimin, the Emperor Taizong of Tang, who was as famous as Zhengge in later generations:

Outside the Great Wall, the wind is sad and the ice has frozen over the Jiaohe River. The vast sea is covered with waves, and the Yinshan Mountains are covered with snow. The distant garrisons are in danger, and the mountains are full of high morals. The flags and banners are rolled up slowly, and the horses are drinking water outside the Great Wall. The cold sand is connected with the traces of horses, and the north wind cuts off the sound of the border. The dust of the Hu people is clear at the Jade Great Wall, and the Qiang flutes are melodious. The weapons are put down in the desert, and the chariots are shaking the plains. The commander returns to Longdui, and the general returns to Mayi. The fog is cleared when the flag is raised, and the achievements are established on the stone. The deserted people wear military uniforms and enter the Lingtai with triumphant songs.

The battlefield is the stage for generals to make achievements and the gambling table for kings to gamble their country. However, for those soldiers whose names are not even remembered and the people who suffered from the war, we must use the poem "Chui Lao Farewell" written by the poet Du Fu to describe it:

The surrounding areas are not peaceful, and the elderly cannot rest. My children and grandchildren have all died in battle, so why should I survive alone? I threw down my staff and went out, and my companions were sad. Fortunately, I still have teeth, but I am sad that my bones are dry. A man wears armor and bows to his superior. My old wife lies on the road crying, and her clothes are thin at the end of the year. Who knows that it is a farewell to death, and she is also hurt by the cold. I will never come back from this trip, and I still hear people urging me to eat more. The earthen gate is very strong, and it is difficult to pass through the apricot garden. The situation is different from that under Yecheng, and it is still a relief even if I die. There are separations and reunions in life, so why choose the end of aging? Recalling the days of youth, I sighed when I returned late. All countries have been sent to war, and the mountains are covered with beacon fires. The piled corpses are smelly, and the rivers and plains are red. What hometown is a paradise, how dare I linger. Abandoning the thatched house, I feel heartbroken.

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"Kill!"

"Qin Feng!" "Go!"

"Brothers, this is the last battle!"

"Thieves, die!"

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On the plain of northern Anhui, a fertile land that fed millions of people thousands of years later, a war that determined the fate of the Qin and Chu countries broke out today. The earth-shaking shouts and fighting spread throughout every crevice of the plain of northern Anhui; the stirring murderous and evil spirits condensed in the sky and turned into a dark cloud, as if the sky did not want to see this tragic war and chose to cover its eyes.

The Qin army had 400,000 soldiers and the Chu army had 200,000 soldiers, a total of 600,000 soldiers fighting together. At first, they could barely maintain the military formation. However, as the battle became increasingly fierce, the military formation was declared disbanded, and hundreds of thousands of people could only engage in the most violent melee under the dark clouds.

"Long Guang, come and die!"

The south lacked horses, so naturally there were not many cavalry and charioteers. In contrast, the two northern states of Qin and Zhao had no shortage of war horses, and trained cavalry and charioteers that were extremely powerful on the battlefield. Ten years ago, the king and his ministers of Chu felt that the lack of cavalry was a shortcoming. At a huge cost, they purchased tens of thousands of war horses from Wu Shiluo and trained a total of 8,000 cavalrymen, known as the Tenglong Legion.

Cavalry has great killing power in a chaotic battlefield and can be assembled more quickly than infantry. When the melee started, Tianxuan led the Black Dragon Cavalry to Xiang Yan's flag, intending to take Xiang Yan's head. As for offending the future King of Chu? In this war, Tianxuan was ordered to capture Shouchun and forced the King of Chu Fuchu to death.

Moreover, with the personality of the King of Chu, he would not be willing to be inferior to others. Since they would be enemies sooner or later, why not offend them more deeply?
Tianxuan led his troops to attack Xiang Yan, intending to capture the king first. Coincidentally, the Tenglong Corps, led by its chief general, Long Guang, also accepted Xiang Yan's order and attacked Wang Jian. The two cavalry units collided in the melee, and the fight started.

Clang!
In the chaos, Tianxuan wielded the Crescent Moon Blade. After years of fighting, the Crescent Moon Blade was made of a small piece of cold iron, and the blade was still full of gaps and cracks appeared on the blade, as if it could not bear the weight. However, the precious sword in Tianxuan's hand could still gather the light of heaven and earth.

Tianxuan swung the Crescent Moon Sword in his hand, creating a series of fierce sword lights, which gathered into a constantly rotating sword wheel, and with unparalleled momentum, he slashed towards Long Guang.

clang!
Long Guang was a man in his forties, plain-looking, with a determined face. Facing Tianxuan's sword, Long Guang was fearless, waving the steel spear in his hand, and turning himself into a spinning cone to fight against Tianxuan's deadly sword wheel.

In a flash, Long Guang's spear clashed with Tian Xuan's Crescent Moon Sword countless times, but because both of them attacked too quickly, the sounds gathered together, making the sound of metal clashing endless.

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