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 attack the Chu army's central position.
The ambush and sudden attack, coupled with the rapid impact of chariots and cavalry, only took a short moment to defeat the thousands of soldiers of the Chu army in the vanguard. The Qin army was in a good situation. After a period of massacre, they drove the Chu army's defeated soldiers towards the Chu army in the rear.
The military array rushed away.
Everything is developing in the direction Li Xin envisioned.
According to the general battlefield situation, if the front army is routed and attacks the rear of the army, the soldiers behind will be in a state of chaos. The soldiers may think that their army has been defeated and flee with the driven troops. Or they may be directly overwhelmed by the routed troops.
, and then were massacred by the Qin army that followed closely.
This is the Qin army's chance of victory, Li Xin's chance of breaking through 20,000 to 30,000!
If he is lucky, he may even kill Xiang Yan in the rebel army.
However, what Li Xin didn't expect was that 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. By the time the soldiers were defeated, they had fled to both sides.
Finally, the three red military flags, as red as fire, began to move forward amidst the drums of the Chu people, launched a counterattack, and faced 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 only made slight 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 well-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 thousand miles away!
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. Move it with advantage, and treat it with force.
【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 follow according to this judgment. If the enemy is given some actual benefits as bait, the enemy will inevitably come in pursuit of the benefits.
So as to obey the deployment of our army.
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 bites the bait and takes the bait, after he swallows the cannon fodder of the former army as bait, what awaits the Qin army will be the elite Chu army who are waiting in full formation, and those who cannot stop it.
The great rout.
"General Li, 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 him.
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 taking any action.
….
That's 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.
He abandoned the soldiers of the Qin army who were being hunted down by the Chu army 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!"
"Happy Futani!"
"Bugu is happy!"
In Shouchun City, the King of 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 up like a chrysanthemum.
"Bu Gu 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 use the incident of Qingyang's envoy to slander Bu Gu, so as to take the opportunity to seize Chu.
State Sheji, let King Qin know today that our Chu State is still a great power in the world and the dominant overlord in the south, far beyond the comparison of the Three Jins and the most recent Xiaoyan. He wants to destroy our State Sheji, which is a delusion!"
The King of Chu glanced at the ministers in the palace with his crotch on his back, his face full of smiles and his expression full of pride.
Jin Xia, his favorite 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 Huaihe River. This allowed 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 forward to 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 be no such great victory, Shouchun City might even be captured by Li Xin, and 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 can be said to be fierce. In six years, it destroyed four countries of ten thousand chariots.
This kind of power is so terrifying, so when King Chu of Chu heard that Qin Wangzheng announced that he would conquer Chu and sent an army southward, although he shouted that he would declare war on the Qin people, in fact, he was already frightened to his core.
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 air.
….
This was also the reason why he was unwilling to follow Jing Zhao's policy 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 made King Chu carry the cud, his life was no longer in danger, and 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 seem 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 can't
Crossing the Huai River from Xia Cai, you can also take a detour to cross the Huai River from Zhongli and other places in the east. You can still block Li Xin here. Then the Qin army will be completely annihilated and Li Xin will be captured. That will be a real shock.
Big win!
"I hope Shangzhu State can capture Li Xin. Then Meng Wu will naturally be defeated, and our Chu State 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 even 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 the word that Bu Gu wants to move the capital to Jiangdong. This is really nonsense. How can Bu Gu be the kind of mediocre lord 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 Chu. He waved and said: "This great victory, Bu Gu should have a banquet in the city to celebrate, in order 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 all Chu people 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!"