Chapter 48 Xiang Yan's Conspiracy
After Xiang Yan received the order, he immediately led the Chu army to set off. In order to hurry up, he led the Xiang army to set off first, and the remaining 200,000 Chu troops followed.
"Father, the Qin army is very strange. The march is not fast. At the moment, we have not entered the Huai River." During the march, Xiang Chao came to report on the military situation.
"This..." Xiang Yan was surprised. He had only heard that "soldiers are the most important thing to be fast" and had never heard of such slow advancement. After thinking about it, he sneered: "I heard that Wang Jian is good at using troops, but that's just like that. Humph, it's a good opportunity, how can I miss it? Wang Jian, this time, you are waiting to lose."
The battle to destroy Chu is more of a political battle than a military battle. With the strength of Qin, it is not a problem to destroy Chu, although it is very difficult. The main problem is whether Qin can uproot the power of the Chu family and clan, which requires extraordinary political wisdom and vision. Although Xiang Yan is extraordinary in military talent, he does not have this vision, so he naturally cannot see through Wang Jian's intention to advance slowly.
Xiang Yan still looked at the problem from a military perspective. He naturally thought that Wang Jian was just like this. He thought that his chance to win the battle had come.
"Father, how do you do this?" Xiang Chao admired Xiang Yan's father very much. He heard it and was very excited, and asked hurriedly.
"Wang Jian's army is not fast, so he gave us time. We will rush to the Huai River and lure Wang Jian in. Think about it, as soon as we appear, Wang Jian will definitely send troops to chase him. We will lead the Qin army into the ambush land and then annihilate it." Xiang Yan was extremely excited.
Xiang Yan fought several battles with Qin, but failed and never won once. Therefore, he was particularly dissatisfied and wanted to take revenge too much.
In this way, under the leadership of Xiang Yan, 100,000 Xiang's soldiers traveled day and night to the Huai River.
When Xiang Yan arrived at the Huai River, the Qin army led by Wang Jian had just arrived at the border of Chu, which was slow enough, and Xiang Yan was ridiculed again.
"Chao'er, you will immediately lead your army to lure the enemy and set up an ambush for your father here." Xiang Yan immediately pointed to a tunnel with open terrain on the map.
"My father's terrain is open, so it is not advisable to set up an ambush." Xiang Chao looked surprised when he saw it.
"What do you know? Isn't Qin Yiren ambushing Xinling Jun just in an open land?" Xiang Yan was very excited and said, "The terrain here is open, and Wang Jian must have never thought that we would catch Wang Jian off guard. Go quickly."
"No." Xiang Chaoji was excited and immediately led 10,000 Xiang's soldiers to the border of Chu.
When Xiang Chao arrived, he saw the Qin army camp for dozens of miles, with people and horses flying, and his momentum was shocking. Xiang Chao had seen the Qin army for the first time in his life. Although he had heard of the Qin army, he had seen it with his own eyes that the Qin army was far superior.
"Hehe, even if that's the case, so what?" Xiang Chaoji was proud and sneered: "With Ah Father here, even if the Qin army is better, what can he do to the Great Chu?"
He slapped his horse and shouted, "Listen to Qin Army, Xiang Chao, Wang Jian, is here and he will die."
"Wang Jian comes and die quickly!" Ten thousand Xiang's soldiers roared in unison, sounding like thunder, running straight through the sky.
The news of Xiang Chao's challenge was reported to Wang Jian soon. Wang Jian was calm and did not get angry at all.
The generals were furious and asked for battle: "General, the last general will go to fight and capture this arrogant boy in one fell swoop."
Wang Jian was resourceful and good at planning and decisive. He was loved by the Qin army and Xiang Chao insulted Wang Jian with verbal words. He asked Wang Jian to come out and die, which made the generals unacceptable. He vowed to vent his anger for Wang Jian.
"No need, if he wants to make trouble, let him make trouble." Wang Jian disagreed.
"General, can you bear this? That arrogant boy always wants you to go out and die." Qin General was so quick that he exposes it directly.
"Yes, General, you can't bear it." The generals agreed in unison.
"Do you know why Xiang Chao came here?" Wang Jian's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said coldly: "This is Xiang Yan's plan to lure the enemy. You can't understand? Xiang Chao is trying to anger me, so I will lead the army to chase him, and he can lure the Qin army into Yan Xiang's ambush."
"This...is impossible." The generals didn't believe it very much.
"First, Xiang Chao is Xiang Yan's eldest son, and Xiang Yan loves him very much. He challenges such a dangerous thing. If there are no major plans, how could Xiang Chao come here?" Wang Jian explained his doubts to the generals and said, "Secondly, since Shang Jun's reform, the Qin Dynasty has suppressed Chu State for hundreds of years. Has Chu State ever challenged during these hundreds of years? No!"
Since the rise of Qin, Qin has suppressed Chu and fought, which made Chu frightened. He has always heard that the Qin army would escape when it comes. Who dares to come to challenge? Xiang Chao came to challenge this time, which is not normal.
"Third, look carefully. The Xiang family's soldiers are all cavalry. Chu State uses chariots. Although Xiang Yan has a good vision and does not use many chariots, he does not have the same level as using cavalry." Wang Jian said the reason again and said: "Besides, the horse hoof marks of these cavalry are not deeply buried, which means that these cavalry are all light-equipped. Why do they need light-equipped to escape?"
Wang Jian is worthy of being the "God of War" with great abilities. From some details, it can be judged that Xiang Chao is to lure the enemy.
The generals opened their mouths wide, thought about it carefully, and had to believe it, and praised in unison: "General, great insight."
"General, since you have seen through Xiang Yan's tricks, we will be much better. When we send troops immediately, we will annihilate the Xiang family's soldiers." Qin General You had the idea.
"Yes. Such a good opportunity must not be missed." The generals agreed in unison, all excited.
Xiang Yan is the pillar of Chu and an iron rod of anti-Qin. If Xiang Yan is killed, it will be of great benefit to Qin. Who can not be excited?
"No." This is obviously a beautiful thing, but it was completely rejected by Wang Jian.
"General, why?" The generals couldn't understand.
"Don't ask about the reason, I won't tell you." Wang Jian did not want to explain his doubts for the generals, because this involves Qin's strategy to destroy Chu this time, and the fewer people know the better.
It is definitely a good opportunity to kill Xiang Yan at the moment, but it is too short-sighted, which will prevent Qin from uprooting the power of the Chu family. Because Xiang Yan is a hardcore against Qin, he will do his best to mobilize all the troops he can to deal with Qin, which is exactly what Qin wants.
What Qin wants is to concentrate all the resistance forces of Chu in the Huai River, and then annihilate them in one go, so as to eliminate future troubles forever. If Xiang Yan was killed, no one would preside over this matter, and the resistance forces of Chu would be scattered everywhere. It would be very troublesome for Qin to encircle and suppress.
Therefore, it is a wise decision to keep Wang Xiangyan for the time being.
"Tell me the order, the army advances in combat formation, and food and grass are protected in the middle." Wang Jian raised his eyebrows, like a sharp sword unraveling, and ordered loudly.
"This..." There are very few things to protect the food and grass in the middle and advance in combat formations. The generals are puzzled and have to implement them.
Soon, the Qin army drove out of the camp in combat formation, covering an area of dozens of miles. The sound of the noise was earth-shaking and the ground was trembling.
"The Qin army is here!"
"The Qin army was trapped!"
When the Xiang family soldiers saw the Qin army move, they were very happy and thought that the Qin army had been trapped. As long as the Qin army was trapped, they would be led by the nose and lured into Xiang Yan's ambush circle. The Xiang family soldiers could defeat the Qin army and showed their faces a lot.
Xiang Chao almost fell from the horse's back after a look.
The 300,000 Qin troops lined up in battle formations. How amazing was that? Can Xiang Chao not be surprised?
"Isn't this... meant to lure some of them? Why did all of them come?" Xiang Chao was so depressed.
The 300,000 Qin troops marched together. Not to mention Xiang Chao's only 10,000 Xiang soldiers, even the 100,000 soldiers in Xiang Yan's hands were useless and not enough for the Qin army to kill.
According to Xiang Yan's plan, he wanted to lead a part of the Qin army and annihilate it. All 300,000 Qin troops arrived. Xiang Chao had no choice but to have a round of horse heads and said, "Go!"
"Well, I'm going to shout while walking. If I don't believe that the Qin army won't come." Xiang Chao was still dreaming.
Under the leadership of Xiang Chao, ten thousand Xiang's soldiers tried their best to insult and insult the Qin army. However, their efforts were in vain. The Qin army came, but not part of it, but all 300,000 Qin army came.
The 300,000 Qin army and the 100,000 Xiang family soldiers in Xiang Yan's hands could not be eaten no matter how hard Xiang Chao would not be depressed.
Under Wang Jian's command, the Qin army chased Xiang Chao forward without any rushing and advancing at the normal marching speed. Even if Xiang Chao calls in a ruling battle, it is useless. The Qin army is at this speed and will not change.
In this way, the Qin army chased Xiang Chao and came to Xiang Yan's ambush.
"Here you! Come!" Xiang Yan rode on the tall horse, looking at the dusty north, and was very happy.
"General is wise, if the tiger and wolf Qin army is deceived, we can kill the tiger and wolf Qin army." The Xiang soldiers were very excited and thought they could kill the Qin army fiercely.
"Hey, something is wrong." Xiang Yan's face changed drastically, his eyes widened, and he looked surprised.
From his eyes, it can be seen that the Qin army has come a lot, otherwise there would not be such a big change.
When she could see clearly, Xiang Yan almost fell from the horse's back.
Looking around, I saw the Qin army advancing in combat formation, and at a glance, the Qin army coming was not ten thousand or twenty thousand, nor seven or eight hundred thousand, but 300,000.
Xiang Yan was ambushing here with only 90,000 soldiers, and Xiang Chao led a total of only 100,000 people. If you fight against the 300,000 Qin army, you don’t need to say the result, Xiang Yan will definitely lose.
If the Qin army did not advance in combat formation, Xiang Yan might have dared to give it a try. The problem is that the Qin army advances in combat formation and can be engaged in combat at any time, and ambush is useless.
If an ambush is caught off guard by the enemy, he will take advantage of the chaos and kill. The Qin army advances in combat formation and is ready to fight at any time. It is impossible to catch the Qin army by surprise, and the ambush is even more impossible. Xiang Yan is not even shocked.
"Retreat!" Xiang Yan was also a decisive person. When he saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered to retreat.
"Retreat? General, why should we withdraw? We finally got the opportunity to ambush the tiger and wolf Qin army, so we must not miss it." The Xiang family soldiers were unwilling to give up.
Chapter completed!