Bai Qi wore a helmet and sat on a light chariot.
The huge banner with the word "Qin" and the general flag with the word "white" fluttered in the wind behind him. Thirty thousand Qin army infantry and cavalry formed a strict marching formation and ran wildly after Bai Qiqi.
It is said that after the Battle of Lu Pass, Bai Qi led 30,000 Qin troops on foot and cavalry, fought out of Wuguan, and attacked from the flanks to the rear.
A mere 30,000 troops captured Wuguan at a very small cost.
Then he flattened the land of Danyang - this was a place that Bai Qi would never forget.
Two years ago, Bai Qi lost to Xiong Wuliang here.
This time, Bai Qi regained Wuguan and regained Danyang, which somewhat wiped out the shame of losing to Xiong Wuliang!
On the front, the nearly 200,000 troops under Sima Cuo are actually not advancing very fast - in order to maximize the killing results, they have dispersed the army in pursuit. Although it will not be 'broken into pieces', the integrity is also greatly improved. reduce.
To paraphrase a sentence - the Chu army was defeated to the point of collapse, and the Qin army was pursued to the point of collapse.
Coupled with the occasional resistance, sporadic battles with the defeated Chu army, taking over cities in various places and arranging garrisons...
The pursuit speed of Sima Cuo's army was thus slowed down.
But Bai Qi is eager to make contributions!
In a short period of time, Bai Qi commanded the 30,000 cavalrymen under his command to advance thousands of miles! From Wuguan to Danyang, and then from Danyang to Yingdu...
They did not fight against the defeated Chu troops who had collapsed, and they did not seek heads. Instead, they formed a battle formation and raced hard into the depths.
Go deep all the way, extremely tough!
"Stop!" Bai Qi stood up and ordered his troops to stop advancing.
He squinted his eyes and looked far away...and saw a vast array of camps and makeshift towers.
"It's so fast..." Bai Qi was very disappointed in his heart.
This group of Chu people prepared quite quickly.
In Bai Qi's idea - 30,000 horsemen and cavalry galloping all the way, taking advantage of the Chu people before they were ready to defend, flying to capture the capital of Ying, and accomplishing extraordinary feats.
As a result...this group of Chu people were really slow in preparing their defense line!
"I'm afraid there are 200,000 troops..." Bai Qi set up a pavilion and watched carefully. Based on the number of flags and the size of the camp, he roughly estimated the number of Chu troops in front of him.
Bai Qi frowned... It seems that his plan to seize Yingdu quickly is going to fail...
"Send the order - set up camp and stand by!" Bai Qi waved his hand.
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On the other side, Wu Bi also saw Bai Qi's Qin army coming from afar. Almost at the same time, he couldn't help but exclaimed exactly the same as Bai Qi: "It's so fast!"
After thinking for a moment, Wu Ben decided to seek stability!
The 200,000 men under his command are quite large, but most of them are weak soldiers.
Most of them were garrison soldiers recruited temporarily and were issued with the most basic weapons.
There are almost no tanks or the like.
Such an army, which is almost pure infantry, will certainly suffer in the field... It is better to defend the camp, but the enemy will be north of Yingdu.
After spending some time, the enemy troops naturally retreated.
Chu State can no longer afford another defeat...
It is said that under Wu Ben, in addition to the ordinary garrison soldiers, a considerable number of them were private soldiers of feudal lords from various places. Yingdu was in a hurry, and these lords did not dare to neglect, and they sent out private soldiers at the bottom of the box. Come to the rescue.
These private soldiers of the nobles have pretty good combat capabilities - they are the backbone of the 200,000-strong army.
Some readers may want to ask - didn't Mi Heng issue an order, saying that the princes from all over the country should not act rashly?
Why are there so many private armies of nobles and lords here?
In fact, Mi Heng's order was only sent to Quyang Hou Xiong Wuliang...
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Bai Qi looked at the continuous camp opposite and fell into deep thought...
If this battle must be fought, then it must not be delayed for too long!
The defeated Chu troops returning from the front line will be continuously collected by the Chu general on the opposite side and reorganized into an army - that is to say, the longer the delay, the more troops will be on the opposite side!
Think about it carefully——
It will probably take a month until the Qin, Wei and Han armies under the command of Lieutenant Sima Cuo arrive here.
Moreover, in order to kill the Chu army as much as possible, Sima Cuo ordered the Qin, Wei, and Han allied forces to hunt in units of a thousand men all over the mountains and fields... In this way, it would take some time to assemble.
Calculate it backwards and forwards.
By the time Sima Cuo's army arrives here and can launch an offensive, it will be winter!
As we all know, winter is not a good time to fight.
"So... I can't wait for the captain's army." Bai Qi said to himself: "We must start the fight as soon as possible!"
But……
Even if the enemy army in front of them has not been fully gathered and defeated, there are still 200,000 people!
He has only 30,000 cavalry under his command.
Want to storm the camp and capture 200,000 enemy troops?
It’s just too difficult…it’s impossible!
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The second day.
Bai Qi commanded his 30,000 infantry and cavalry and launched a tentative offensive against Wu Ben's army.
Wu Bi ordered the Qin army to defend the camp to the death. With the absolute advantage of its troops, the Qin army was unable to do anything.
The terrain restrictions also made it difficult for Bai Qi to use his best tactics of outflanking and outflanking.
They can only attack the Chu army camp head-on.
It is conceivable that after one day of fighting, the Qin army lost troops and generals, and could not advance even an inch.
As a result, the entire army began to question Bai Qi more and more——
"I came all the way here, but in the end I didn't gain anything!"
"I really envy those colleagues under the command of the Imperial Guard..."
"Grandma, they are harvesting heads all over the mountains and plains, but we are following General Bai on a long-distance attack..."
"In the end, not a single head was caught!"
"The Chu army's camp opposite is so thick, there may be 200,000 people... We only have 30,000 people. Even if we, Old Qin, have unparalleled combat power, we will definitely not be able to break in!"
Bai Qi sat in the camp, turning a deaf ear to General Pi's persuasion and the army's doubts.
Thinking hard is thinking about how to defeat the enemy!
Bai Qi looked at the map of mountains and rivers, his eyebrows twisted into a splay... The terrain of Yingdu is surrounded by water on three sides, so it is really easy to defend...
Do we need water diverters to join the battle?
Let’s not talk about whether we can defeat the Chu army’s navy... By the time the navy arrives, it will probably be winter already.
Bai Qi squinted his eyes slightly, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He suddenly opened his eyes and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!
"Yes!"
"My general ordered me to dispatch five thousand cavalry to the upper reaches of the Zhang River and the Han River! Follow your orders."
"The rest of the army, retreat fifty miles and set up camp!"
"General, I have a plan to defeat the enemy!"
You southern barbarians, do you think these two rivers can stop my army?
Just change your thinking slightly - no matter how strong the camp you build based on the river water is, it will still be vulnerable!
Thirty thousand is more than 200,000——
Tsk, I would be happy to accept such an impressive feat.
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