Xiang Yan's plan was not revealed to Xiang Liang, but the next day, the situation in Meng Tian's great army changed.
"Reporting to the Great General, there seems to be unusual activity from the east of Chu!"
"Unusual activity? What kind of unusual activity?"
"It seems a Chu army is attacking! They appear to be trying to support Xiang Liang's army!!"
"Hmm? There are still troops in Chu??"
Meng Tian was in close contact with Lin Tian, so Meng Tian knew that Lin Tian had already captured the capital of Chu.
At this point, Chu was essentially a defunct state.
As long as the King of Chu was captured, Chu would be considered completely annihilated.
At this time, there should be no other troops left in Chu.
Therefore, he was skeptical of the soldier's report.
However, his scout confirmed with certainty:
"Great General, there are indeed people. Although we don't know their exact numbers, judging by their formation, there might be tens of thousands of them!!"
"Tens of thousands of troops? How could Chu possibly have tens of thousands of troops? Where did these troops come from?"
Meng Tian was filled with surprise at the appearance of these troops.
However, since his scout reported it, he naturally believed it.
Therefore, after a moment of thought, he issued an order:
"Since there are Chu troops, we indeed need to deal with them properly!"
"Pass down the order, send out tens of thousands of troops to intercept those Chu armies and prevent them from approaching!!"
"Yes!!"
This order to intercept was naturally not wrong.
If they didn't intercept tens of thousands of Chu troops who were attacking, they might suffer a great loss.
And using tens of thousands of troops to intercept tens of thousands of troops was undoubtedly a very correct decision.
Therefore, none of Meng Tian's soldiers felt that Meng Tian's order was wrong.
However, as soon as he made a move, Xiang Yan and Xiang Liang noticed it.
"They're moving, they're moving!!"
"Yes! They're moving, deploying tens of thousands of troops. This is an opportunity for us!"
"Should we charge out now?"
"No, we cannot charge out now. We have to wait until their army moves further away, otherwise, they might sense something is wrong and immediately turn back to support!"
In reality, there were no tens of thousands of Chu troops coming to support. There were only a few thousand remnants that Xiang Yan had gathered.
Although these men were not previously part of Xiang Yan's army, they were soldiers loyal to Chu.
Therefore, when Xiang Yan gathered them, they did not hesitate and followed Xiang Yan directly.
Now, using their warhorses, their flags, and some other disguises, they had made themselves appear as an army of tens of thousands.
They were acting under Xiang Yan's orders to harass Meng Tian's army and distract them.
Only when Meng Tian's army was distracted could Xiang Liang's army have a chance to escape.
It had to be said that their plan was very successful, and a part of Meng Tian's army was indeed drawn away.
Therefore, after Meng Tian's diverted army had moved further away, Xiang Yan immediately gathered the Chu army.
"I am Xiang Yan!!"
"Soldiers, the moment of life and death for our Chu has arrived. Our capital is surrounded, our King is surrounded, and we urgently need to rescue him!!"
"Therefore, I ask everyone to obey my command, give their all, and let us charge out together to rescue our King!!"
"Only by charging out can we have a true path to survival!!"
At this moment, Xiang Yan dared not tell these soldiers that the capital of Chu had already fallen. He also dared not say that their King had been captured alive by Lin Tian.
If he had said such things, these soldiers under Xiang Liang would have dared to lay down their weapons on the spot and surrender.
Just like his previous army of over two hundred thousand, when Lin Tian's army attacked, they surrendered.
This was definitely not the situation Xiang Yan wanted to see.
Therefore, at this moment, Xiang Yan could only deceive these soldiers, telling them that the capital of Chu was only in danger and that the King of Chu could still be saved.
Only in this way could he ignite the fighting spirit of these soldiers and prevent them from surrendering directly.
The Chu soldiers were not clear about Xiang Yan's intentions.
However, upon hearing Xiang Yan's words, many patriotic soldiers were indeed filled with fighting spirit.
Shouts of killing echoed throughout the entire city.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
Hearing these shouts, Xiang Yan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
As long as the Chu soldiers still had the will to fight, they still had a chance.
Therefore, Xiang Yan did not hesitate to issue his battle orders.
"All soldiers, listen to my command, attack from the East Gate, break through their defenses!!"
"Charge!!"
After the order was given, the Chu army immediately moved.
The massive army surged directly to the East Gate and fiercely assaulted their eastern gate.
This assault immediately made the Qin soldiers guarding the East Gate realize something was wrong.
"Not good, these Chu soldiers are trying to break through! We must not let them escape!!"
"Quick, go inform the Great General, and also ask our other brothers to come and support us!!"
"Yes!!"
After the soldiers stationed at the East Gate said this, a messenger immediately went to report.
It was believed that reinforcements would arrive at the East Gate soon.
Xiang Yan saw the soldiers leaving, which made him extremely anxious.
"Quick, hurry and charge out, faster! The Qin reinforcements are coming soon, we must charge out as quickly as possible!!"
"Kill! All soldiers, with me, charge out!!"
At this moment, Xiang Yan had truly gambled everything.
The soldiers he was currently commanding might be the last hope for Chu.
Under such circumstances, Xiang Yan naturally had to fight desperately.
As Xiang Yan fought desperately, he naturally also motivated the other Chu soldiers.
Under their desperate charge, they truly broke through the encirclement and rapidly charged outwards.
Seeing this, Xiang Yan greatly relaxed.
Then, he shouted three times:
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!!"
These three shouts of "kill" were not telling the Chu soldiers to kill the enemy, but to kill faster, to kill further.
To escape from here, to flee from here, only then would they have a path to survival.
Under Xiang Yan's leadership, the Chu army indeed broke through layer after layer of encirclement.
Half an hour later, they had even put the Qin army far behind them, out of sight.
This made each of them reveal expressions of joy.
"We're out, we finally broke out!!"