Go to Cai.
A city located on the banks of the Huai River.
The reason why this city is named Xia Cai is because it is opposite to Shang Cai and Xincai, which were both the former capitals of Cai State.
The capital of Cai State was originally Shangcai, until Cai State was destroyed by Chu State. A few years later, there was civil strife in Chu, and King Ping of Chu, who came to power as a regicide, restored Cai to the state in order to make good friends with the various vassal states. Because it wanted to be attached to the Chu State, the restored Cai State moved its capital to the side of Ru River, closer to the Chu people. The place was named Xincai.
Later, when the state of Wu attacked Chu, the state of Cai chose the state of Wu among Wu and Chu, and followed the Wu army to invade the capital of Chu, avenging its previous humiliation. As a result, Wu State came and retreated quickly. After Chu State recovered, Cai State was afraid of Chu people's revenge, so he moved the capital further east to the Huaihe River again to receive Wu State's support. This new capital was named Tsai.
However, it turns out that the Wu people are unreliable. The powerful Wu Kingdom declined in just one or two generations and was destroyed by the Yue people further south.
The Chu State took the opportunity to send its troops northward to destroy the Cai State to avenge its past enmity.
Shang Cai, Xin Cai, Xia Cai.
These three former capitals of the Cai State have since become cities of the Chu State. Only their names remain, indicating that there once was a country named "Cai" on this land.
It is worth mentioning that after the fall of Cai State, some of the survivors of Cai State fled to Jiangxi and built a city named Wangcai.
Some of the remnants were moved by the Chu State to the high mountains in the south, where they reestablished their country and developed the wild lands in the south for the Chu State. The Cai State was also called Gao Cai.
Now, on Xiacai City, beacon smoke is everywhere, and the cry of killing is shaking over the city.
Li Xin stood on the chariot with a cold face, looking at the blood-stained Xiacai city wall and the figures of Qin soldiers who climbed up and fell down one by one on the wall.
The coach's flag was fluttering in the wind behind him. When he arrived at the Huai River, there was only one step away from Shouchun. He no longer used the Mengwu flag to cover up, and directly planted the coach's flag representing Li Xin. This was announced to the people of Chu.
Li Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army, has already drank Ma Huai water!
"General, the defenders of Caicheng are resisting tenaciously. Our army has suffered heavy casualties. Do you want to suspend the siege and let our soldiers rest?"
General Pi Xin Wu came over and said with a tired and worried look on his face.
The Qin army attacked for nearly two hundred miles. The soldiers were tired and the horses were limp. However, Li Xin did not let anyone rest and directly issued the order to attack the city.
In the absence of large-scale siege equipment, the Qin soldiers carried improvised and crude bamboo and wooden ladders and rushed towards the city wall. This method of warfare resulted in heavy casualties for the Qin army.
After all, Xiacai is a city across the Huaihe River from Shouchun. It is the last city to attack Chudu from north to south. The defense is quite tenacious. Under the full defense of the two thousand guards in the city, the Qin army was able to hold off the enemy for a while. It will be difficult to capture in a while.
Facing Xin Wu's advice, Li Xin remained expressionless.
After a while, he looked at the fierce battle on the city wall in the distance and said softly: "Xiacai City has been prepared for a long time."
Xin Wu was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "General, this is normal. When we attacked Hu Yi before, many Chu people took the opportunity to escape. After so many days, they must have spread the news of our army's arrival in Chu. , Not to mention Caicheng, I am afraid that the King of Chu in Shouchun City has already known about our troops approaching Huaihe River."
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This was also one of the reasons why Meng Wu, Xin Wu and others opposed Li Xin's strategy. Li Xin said that he wanted to attack the capital of Chu by surprise, but in fact, as long as he led his army to attack the heart of Chu, the news would inevitably leak out. The King of Chu in Shouchun City would definitely know the news of the Qin army's arrival in advance and arrange defenses.
Li Xin also had his own reasons for this. As long as his chariot is galloping fast enough, he can attack Shouchun City before the Chu army returns for reinforcements. It doesn't matter even if the King of Chu is on guard, because the Chu army is attracted by Meng Wu between Xiangcheng and Huaibei. The land and the Huaihe River were empty. If he drove straight into it, the Chu people would be frightened. They lacked the fighting power to allow him to achieve success in a single battle.
Any city or obstacle will be torn apart by the strange troops he leads!
However, now standing in front of Xiacaicheng, Li Xin felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. This is
He developed a military intuition during his years of fighting on the battlefield.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xin said coldly: "Each department attacks the city alternately, one force attacks, and the other rests and eats. The siege must not stop. We must capture Xia Cai before dark today, without any mistakes!"
Xin Wu nodded helplessly and was about to go down when he was stopped by Li Xin again.
"General Xin, can we have rangers patrolling behind our army?"
Xin Wu replied: "There are a hundred rangers, set out about ten miles away."
"Increase the number to five hundred, and then move it thirty miles further. If you notice any abnormality, report it immediately." Li Xin's voice was firm.
"As ordered, I will make arrangements right away."
Xin Wu was stunned for a moment, accepted the promise, turned around and left to make arrangements for siege and cavalry.
Seeing Xin Wu leave, Li Xinxin's uneasiness not only did not lessen, but became more intense.
Although so far, Li Xin's surprise attack has been relatively smooth. He went all the way to Xia Cai without encountering large-scale resistance from the Chu army. It seemed that everything was just like what he said in his strategy. He drove straight into the Chu land and was unstoppable. when.
But Zhao Tuo's words outside Pingyu City still left a shadow on Li Xinxin.
Immediately afterwards, the reply from Juyang guard Zhaoping made Li Xin even more uneasy.
Something is wrong!
Li Xin squinted his eyes in the wind, looked at the wall of Xiacai in the distance where the fierce battle was still going on, and whispered: "No matter what the situation is. Xiacai must be captured, and I need the food inside. Moreover, from now on, Shouchun will not be able to cross the Huaihe River." The danger can be defended..."
The drums were rumbling, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Under the strict military laws and disciplines, the Qin soldiers could only move forward desperately, using their lives to consume the arrows and rolling wood at the top of Cai City, and exchange their lives with the Chu army guards on the city wall.
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The fire is burning.
It was the flame of dissatisfaction stirred up by Meng Wu's denial and Zhao Tuo's advice.
He wanted to prove it to Meng Wu, Zhao Tuo, and everyone who doubted him.
He, Li Xin, is right!
He wants to capture Shouchun, capture the King of Chu, and use his brilliant achievements to declare to the world that he, Li Xin, is a truly world-famous general!
Just when Li Xinxin was surging, the soldier beside him exclaimed, pointed to the other side and said, "General, there are Chu troops there!"
Li Xin raised his eyes and looked up.
Sure enough, they saw a Chu army wearing red armor and holding flags coming from the south. They began to drive away the Chu people near the river bank, seeming to set up defenses on the south bank of the Huaihe River.
"They are the defenders of Shouchun City!"
Li Xin raised his eyebrows slightly. The Chu army guarding the south bank of the Huai River will make it more difficult for the Qin army to cross the Huai River. If they want to cross, they must find a way.
"I don't know who the leader of the Chu army is. He is also an incompetent person. He didn't know how to attack halfway across the river. If I were the Chu general, I could lie down in Huainan first, wait for the Qin army to cross part of the river, and then attack. In this way, we can build a Great work."
Li Xin murmured to himself, with a flash of sarcasm in his eyes.
The opponent hurriedly ran over to defend the south bank, not even daring to attack halfway across the Huai River. He looked as if he was deeply afraid of crossing the Huai River. Doesn't this prove that the Chu people on the other side of the Huai River were very scared, and they were afraid that the Qin army would cross the Huai River. Huai River, so I don't dare to slack off for a moment, or even dare to gamble on the chance of attacking halfway across the river!
There is no Chu army in Huainan!
Li Xin looked excited. He could see from the performance of the Chu army on the opposite side that the Chu army south of the Huaihe River was not strong, otherwise the opponent would not be so nervous.
Just when Li Xin was standing by the Huaihe River.
Dozens of embarrassed Qin army cavalry were galloping from the north towards Xia Cai.
Half an hour later.
When Li Xin returned to the city, he saw these Qin knights with blood all over their bodies and fear written on their faces.
"Are you Li You's subordinates?"
"On the way to escort the grain, your troops encountered the Chu army?"
"How many people are there in this Chu army?"
Li Xin asked with his eyes widened. The excitement he had just had by the Huaihe River had disappeared, and his hands were trembling slightly.
The cavalryman trembled: "A lot!"
"The Chu army is very large. It seems to be more than the total number of our troops. I am afraid there are tens of thousands of people."
Hearing this, there was a sound of breathing around...
Dongjun taking off
