The Huai State agreed to send troops, but did not go directly to confront the Chu army. Although doing so could immediately relieve the siege of the Song State, it was not the optimal solution for the Huai State.
The Song State had to suffer a lot for him. At the same time, he had to face the Chu State directly. Even if he defeated the Huai State, the casualties would not be small. Therefore, Chen Yi planned to use the method used by the Chu State to deal with the Jin State to cut off its retreat.
Yingqi breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the Huai army marching out. It seemed that the Huai Kingdom was not like the Jin Kingdom, which broke its promises. The Huai army followed the Huai River and took boats all the way to the upper reaches of the Huai River, in the middle of Zhongguo. Then the four kingdoms of Zhong, Huang, Cai, and Jiang also sent three thousand troops each to follow Huai State to the north.
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The army of the Chu State surrounded the Song State. Half a year has passed so far. Although the Chu State is under great pressure, the pressure on the Song State is even greater.
The Chu army besieged the city, and food from other parts of the Song Kingdom could not be transported in at all. After half a year of consumption, the stock in the city had almost bottomed out. If the siege is not lifted, the city will probably lose its sons.
The commander-in-chief of Chu State looked at the broken city wall and did not continue to attack. After half a year of siege, the city was already short of food. As long as Chu State persists, Song State will have no choice but to surrender in Kaicheng.
In fact, his guess was correct. Song State was indeed at a critical juncture, but at this time, Yingqi came back with news that Huai State was sending troops. After hearing that Huai Guo agreed to send troops, everyone in the Song State was relieved and at the same time became more determined to defend the city.
What people fear most is that there is no hope. As long as there is a little hope, they will burst out with amazing power.
When the Chu army attacked the Song State, they never expected that the Huai State would send troops. You must know that in the past ten years, except for annexing the Yue State and the Xu State, the Huai State had basically not sent troops again, let alone that the Huai State would send troops for the Song State.
When the Huai State sent troops to cut off the Chu army's retreat, the Chu State couldn't believe it at all.
The Huaiguo army passed through the Zhongguo and went north from the Caiguo, preparing to cut off the Chu army's retreat. Chen Yi stood on the chariot, and next to him was a heroic man holding a spear and a shield to protect him.
This man's name was Qing Ji, and he was a famous warrior in the Huai Kingdom. He was born with supernatural powers. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child and could wrestle cattle. It was originally the official residence of the State of Wu. After the State of Wu was annexed by Huaihe, the official residence of the State of Wu was moved to Huai'an. It has been more than a hundred years now.
Qingji had long regarded himself as a Huai person, not a Wu person. Because of his bravery, fearlessness and natural strength, Wang Jin asked him to follow Chen Yi to learn how to lead troops in battle.
At the same time, many descendants of the Huai Kingdom's royal family also came with them. When the children of the Huai Kingdom's royal family and clan reached adulthood, they would study according to their talents.
Through this kind of learning, the children of these public families and clans can grow up quickly.
Of course, this approach is not without its drawbacks. After all, swords have no eyes. Since they are on the battlefield, accidents will always happen. In almost every generation, sons of the public family and the public family die on the battlefield.
The Huai army went out to fight, and then suddenly appeared behind the Chu army. The army cut off the Chu army's food route from the border between Zheng and Song.
By the time Chu State got the news, Huai State had already built a camp. Food was cut off, and the commander-in-chief of the Chu army changed his face.
Zifan felt like the world was spinning. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked like he was crazy and said, "Why is the Huai Kingdom there?"
Isn’t the Huai State in a hostile relationship with the princes of the Central Plains? Why did you come to save the Song Dynasty?
Even though the Song State and the Huai State both came from the Yin Shang Dynasty, the Song State directly surrendered in the Battle of Muye. Later, even Wu Geng died. It was Wei Ziqi who established the Song Kingdom. They should have enmity with the Huai Kingdom!
When the Jin State conquered the Huaihe River, the Song State provided money, food, and troops to support it!
How could the Huai State come to help the Song State regardless of their past grievances?
No matter how unwilling he was to accept it, Huai State still sent troops.
After knowing that the Huai State had cut off the food route, Zifan immediately wanted to retreat. At this time, he could no longer care about the Song State's imminent surrender. While there was still food and grass in the army, the army returned directly to the original route.
You can escape as many as you can. If all these soldiers die here, Chu's great cause of dominating the Central Plains will collapse in an instant.
But want to withdraw
Are soldiers so easy to retreat? If it were simple, King Xi would not conquer the southeast and never return.
"Huai Guo is shameless and attacked me unprepared!" Zifan was filled with grief and anger. It's just that the Chu State felt that the Huai State was despicable, but a few years ago, they used the same method to cut off the Jin State's retreat.
The Huai Kingdom was just treating others in their own way.
"By the way, how did Jin successfully break through our camp and the Qin army's camp in the first place?" Zifan suddenly thought at this time.
"Throw yourself to death and live again!"
"Yes, just put yourself to death and live again!" Zi, on the other hand, kept saying something as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
As a general of Chu State, Zifan was still qualified. After the news came that his escape route was cut off, he quickly calmed down and thought of a solution.
Zifan immediately took the Chu army with him, no longer besieged the Song Dynasty, and immediately retreated.
"The Kingdom of Chu has achieved eternal hegemony!"
"For hundreds of years, countless ancestors have created foundations and conquered the Central Plains, and finally achieved it this time, but why did the Huai Kingdom send troops!"
"Does our country of Chu really have no destiny to conquer the Central Plains?"
Zifan's face turned ugly. You must know that this is the first time that Chu State has dominated the Central Plains since its establishment!
The Chu army retreated overnight. The army marched all the way and soon came to the vicinity of the Huaiguo camp. Zifan followed Chuke's original method and destroyed the cauldron and burned the camp. The whole army had a full meal and took three days of dry food with them. Prepare to rush into battle with a desperate spirit.
Naturally, the Huai Kingdom knew about the last battle in which Chu Ke was put to death and survived. At the same time, this method of warfare was recorded in the Huai Kingdom's official collection.
After seeing the Chu army also put on a decisive battle posture, Chen Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"It is indeed wonderful to risk one's life and then survive, but not everyone can learn this trick! What's more, this strategy has serious consequences. If the soldiers are not loved by the soldiers, the general will lead the soldiers, the soldiers will use their lives, and the soldiers will be united and united, it can indeed inspire the soldiers to be determined to die. , and then a counterattack will be effective. But do you have this prestige?"
Now Zifan does not have the same prestige as Chuke in the army. What's more, the Huai army camps did not block the road but were stationed on both sides. "
Seeing that the road was normal, the Chu soldiers who had been determined to die just now felt a sense of luck in their hearts. In their view, this is a way to escape.
When the Chu army attacked, the Huai army did not resist strongly, but instead pursued and killed them on both sides.
After the Chu army lost their determination to fight to the death, they only knew how to run for their lives. Everyone thought they could escape. As a result, Huai State chased them one after another, and the Chu army did not resist at all, resulting in heavy casualties.
