On a high slope.
"Failed."
Li Xin looked at the battle in the distance, his face tense.
At the beginning of this surprise battle, the Qin army's chariots and cavalry rushed straight into the Chu army's marching array with unstoppable momentum. The ambush buried in the dense forest also took the opportunity to raid the Chu army's central position.
The ambush and sudden attack, coupled with the rapid impact of chariots and cavalry, in just a short moment, the thousands of soldiers in the vanguard of the Chu army were defeated. The Qin army was in a good situation. After a killing spree, they drove the defeated soldiers of the Chu army towards the Chu army's array in the rear.
Everything is developing in the direction Li Xin imagined.
According to the general battlefield conditions, if the soldiers in the front are defeated and attack the rear of the army, the morale of the soldiers behind must be in chaos. The soldiers may think that their army has been defeated and follow the driven soldiers to flee. Or they were directly defeated and their formation was broken, and then they were massacred by the Qin army that followed closely behind.
This is the Qin army's chance of victory, Li Xin's chance of breaking from 20,000 to 30,000!
If he is lucky, he may even kill Xiang Yan in the rebel army.
However, to Li Xin's expectation, after the Chu army's front army collapsed, the three army formations behind it still stood neatly, unmoving in the wave of the fleeing Chu army. After the defeated soldiers had almost fled to both sides, the three red military flags began to move forward amidst the drums of the Chu people, launching a counterattack and facing the Qin army, which was about to lose its momentum.
Looking from the direction of Li Xin, the black wave that was still fierce just now made only a brief contact with the three red squares, and then quickly retreated to the rear of him and the surrounding wilderness.
In front of the energetic and prepared elites of the three clans of the Chu State, the exhausted Qin army was far from an opponent. When the rain of arrows shot down the soldiers on the chariots and horses, when the uniform formation of the Chu army broke through the pursuit and killing And the Qin army's soldiers were scattered, and the Qin army's defeat appeared.
A collapse of thousands of miles!
At the same time, Xiang Yan also released the Chu army's chariots and cavalry who had been hiding in the rear, and began a large-scale pursuit and cover-up.
The Art of War says: Therefore, if you are good at moving the enemy, if you shape it, the enemy will follow it; if you give it, the enemy will take it. Use advantage to move it, use death to treat it.
[In view of the general environment,
This is Xiang Yan's strategy based on Li Xin's character.
A general should be good at mobilizing the enemy's troops and present a true or false military situation to the enemy, and the enemy will inevitably judge and follow accordingly. If the enemy is given some actual benefits as bait, the enemy will inevitably come in pursuit of benefits and obey our army's deployment.
The marching Chu army array is the bait given by Xiang Yan to Li Xin!
Judging from Li Xin's character and past deeds, he will definitely take the bait. As long as Li Xin takes the bait, after he swallows the cannon fodder of the former army as bait, what awaits the Qin army is the elite Chu army who are waiting in full formation, and an unstoppable rout.
"General Lee, withdraw."
"General, let's go west. As long as we retreat to Hu Yi and cut off the pontoon bridge on the Ying River, the Chu army will definitely not be able to pursue us."
Beside Li Xin, several generals began to persuade.
In today's scene, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it has been defeated.
Li Xin closed his eyes.
He still had 5,000 soldiers waiting at the foot of the hillside without action.
….
That was his reserve force.
However, in this situation, even if five thousand people are sent to the battlefield, it will not make any sense.
"Zhao Tuo..."
Li Xin couldn't help but recall that name. At this time, the first thing he thought of was that boy.
It was a scene of a young man lying on the ground outside Pingyu City, kowtowing to him and admonishing him.
"I regret not listening to Zhao Tuo's words!"
Li Xin murmured.
"General!"
The generals beside him began to remonstrate.
Li Xin opened his eyes and took a deep look at the scene of the Qin army's defeat in the distance.
He sighed softly and strode down the slope.
Li Xin chose to retreat.
Abandoning the Qin soldiers who were being hunted down by the Chu army, he left and headed west.
…
"Hahaha, the Qin army was defeated in Huaibei!"
"Shangzhu State defeated the Qin army and killed thousands of people. They chased the fleeing Li Xin to the west, defeated him several times, and captured the Qin army's general Xin Wu. Hahaha, looking at this situation, Shangzhu State will be able to capture Qin sooner or later. Bring Li Xin to Shouchun as a prisoner!"
"Kiya Futani!"
"Bugu is happy!"
In Shouchun City, King Chu met the envoy from the Chu army in Huaibei. When he heard the envoy's report that Xiang Yan had defeated the Qin army in Huaibei, he was overjoyed and his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum shape with a smile.
"Bugu knows that Shangzhu is a famous general of our Chu country, far beyond the comparison of the Qin boy. Hum, the King of Qin is greedy and immoral, and wants to slander Bugu with the incident of the Qingyang envoy, so as to take the opportunity to seize our Chu The State of Sheji, let King Qin know today that our State of Chu is still a great power in the world and the dominant overlord in the south, far beyond the comparison of the Three Jins and Zuer Xiaoyan. He wants to destroy our State of Sheji, which is a delusion!"
The King of Chu looked around at the ministers in the palace with a smile on his face and a look full of pride.
Jin Xia, his favored minister, stood up and said with a smile: "In my opinion, the Shangzhu Kingdom was able to defeat the Qin army. This was due to Taiyi's blessing and the king's command. It was all thanks to the king's wise and powerful troops who sent soldiers to the south bank of the Huai River. It blocked Li Xin's southward direction and prevented the Qin army from crossing the Huai River. This allowed the Shangzhu State to pursue and defeat the Qin army in the north of Huaihe."
"Otherwise, Li Xin gathers his ships and crosses the Huai River. Even if Shangzhu Kingdom can catch up, I am afraid that there will be no ships to cross the Huai River. He can only look at the Huai River and sigh, An can have such a great victory!"
"From this point of view, this battle is all the result of your Majesty. With a wise monarch like your Majesty on the throne, Qin Guoan can be the enemy of Chu!"
Hearing these words from his confidant, King Chu's eyes lit up.
Makes sense!
According to the military situation, Xiang Yan was two days behind Li Xin. If he, King Chu, had not sent people to block the south bank of the Huai River, then Li Xin would have led his army across the Huai River without any obstruction. Xiang Yan simply couldn't catch up. Not only would there not be such a big victory, Shouchun City might even be captured by Li Xin, and even he himself would have to become a prisoner of the Qin army.
Thinking of this, King Chu could not help but shudder.
He was in trouble day and night because of the Qin army's attack on Chu.
You must know that since the Qin State launched the annexation war, it has been fierce. In six years, it destroyed four countries of ten thousand chariots.
This kind of power is so terrifying, so when King Chu heard that King Qin announced that he would conquer Chu and sent an army southward, he even shouted that he would declare war on the Qin people. In fact, he was so scared that his soul was shaking. Even when he was huddled in the beauty's arms at night, he couldn't help but tremble when he thought about the news about the Qin army's future. He had no royal aura at all.
….
This was also the reason why he was unwilling to follow Jing Zhao's advice and let the Qin army go south to cross the Huaihe River.
To completely annihilate the Qin army is not as important as to ensure one's own safety first. The life of the King of Chu is very precious and cannot be put in any danger.
Fortunately, now that Xiang Yan had defeated Li Xin's army and put King Chu's life in danger, his confidence was back.
And all of this was due to his King Chu's wise decision and Jin Xia's small suggestions.
At this time, many Chu officials also reacted and quickly congratulated.
Only Songyang Jun Jingzhao sighed secretly in his heart.
Jin Xia's words seemed reasonable.
But in Shouchun, the city has strong walls and more than 10,000 guards. If the young men in the city are recruited again, Li Xin's 20,000 chariots and lack of logistics will not be able to conquer the capital of Chu. Even if Xiang Yan cannot cross the Huai River from Xia Cai, he can still cross the Huai River via Zhongli and other places in the east, and still be able to block Li Xin here. At that time, he will completely annihilate the Qin army and capture Li Xin. That would be A truly stunning victory!
"I hope Shangzhu Kingdom can capture Li Xin. Then Meng Wu will naturally be defeated, and our Chu Kingdom will be truly as stable as a mountain."
Jing Zhao was grumbling in his heart, but he still followed the ministers on his face to congratulate the King of Chu.
Seeing the ministers lowering their heads in congratulations, the king of Chu became more and more proud.
He stood up and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday, when Li Xin's troops came to Huai River, the people in the city were panicked and frightened.
Some people spread rumors that Bu Gu wanted to move the capital to Jiangdong. This is really nonsense. How can Bu Gu be the kind of mediocre leader who is afraid of Qin! "
"Bugu will use the news of this great victory to tell the people of Chu today. Not only will Bugu not move the capital, but he will also defeat the Qin army and even regain Chen Ying's hometown! Bugu will not only not be afraid of Qin, but will also defeat it. Them, expel them!"
The King of Chu became more and more energetic after carrying the cud. He waved his hand and said: "This great victory, Bu Gu should have a banquet in the city to celebrate, to appease the people. By the way, let Qu Ming, who led the army to guard the south bank of the Huai River, take the captured Qin The military prisoners were brought here, especially the Qin general Xin Wu. Bu Gu wanted them to be massacred in the city, so that everyone in Chu in the city would know how powerful our Chu country is in this battle!"
"Bu Gu also wants to repair a letter and send it to Qin to humiliate the King of Qin. Bu Gu will make him angry to death! Hahaha!"
Dongjun taking off
