A city located south of the Huai River. In ancient times, it was called Shanbei and the water south was Yin, so this place was called Huaiyin.
This was Dongyi during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it belonged to the Huaiyi State. Later it was owned by the Wu State. After Goujian destroyed Wu, Huaiyin became the territory of the Yue State. It went through many changes, and finally when the Chu State defeated the Yue State, Huaiyin finally became the territory of the Yue State.
Chudi.
Since Xiong Qi, a descendant of King Chu, ascended the throne as King of Chu in Huaiyin, this city has become the new capital of the "Chu Kingdom" in a sense.
There are even locals in Huaiyin who secretly call this city "Huaiying" and are quite proud of it.
Unexpectedly, little Huaiyin would one day become the capital of a country.
However, now this temporary capital of Chu State is in panic.
"The Qin army is coming!"
"Your Majesty is fighting the Qin army from the east that has crossed the Huaihe River. The number of soldiers returning to Huaiyin is less than ten thousand. I heard that the Qin army coming this time has tens of thousands. Can it be defended with such a disparity in strength?
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"Why hasn't Ling Yin returned with his troops yet? If Huaiyin is lost, won't the Chu Kingdom be destroyed again?"
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When the news came that the Qin army had detoured from Dongyang to avoid the Chu army's Shandao defense line and was approaching Huaiyin, people in the entire Huaiyin city were panicked. Even before the Qin army arrived, many people took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city and go to
The surrounding mountains and villages rushed to find a way to survive.
In this chaotic situation, the black Qin flag finally appeared in the southwest of Huaiyin City.
"General, according to the Chu people captured by our army's scouts, General Feng Wuze crossed the Huaihe River in the east of Huaiyin a few days ago and landed ashore. After learning about it, the puppet king Xiong Qi immediately led his troops to intercept. Now the two armies are fighting fiercely."
"After knowing the news that our army was approaching Huaiyin, the puppet king Xiong Qi ordered Chu general Cai Niao to lead 10,000 Chu troops to return to Huaiyin to aid Huaiyin, hoping to use this city to block our advance."
Su Jiao, the leader of the two to five hundred men responsible for the investigation, reported the military information to Zhao Tuo and the generals with a serious expression.
"Um."
Zhao Tuo nodded.
There were 30,000 Chu troops in Huaiyin. Xiong Qizheng led 20,000 troops to fight fiercely with Feng Wuze's troops, and at the same time sent 10,000 troops back to Huaiyin to stop Zhao Tuo.
If Zhao Tuo can defeat the 10,000 Chu troops first, he can attack Xiong Qi's army from the rear and engage in a flanking attack with Feng Wuze's troops. In this way, the Chu army will be defeated.
But if Xiong Qi defeats Feng Wuze's troops first, he can lead his army back to join the 10,000 Chu troops to jointly attack Zhao Tuo's troops. By then, without the support of Feng Wuze, who will win between the Qin and Chu armies?
It's hard to say who is at fault.
So judging from the current situation in Huaiyin, whoever is the first to break through the obstacles in front of him will be favored in the battlefield outcome.
"The Chu army is defeated. It is a mistake for the 10,000 Chu troops to return to defend Huaiyin. The general only needs to send 10,000 people to camp outside the city without attacking, and then the 10,000 Chu troops in Huaiyin can be blocked in the city. By then, the general will
If we then bring our elite troops to attack the traitor Xiong Qi, we can win this battle."
Zhao Guang spoke in a deep voice.
All the generals nodded in agreement, saying that the Chu generals in the city were not familiar with military affairs.
"The generals of Jingchu will kill themselves when defeated, so there are fewer and fewer good warriors. If Zhaoping, Xiang Qu and others had not committed suicide after being defeated to apologize, our army would not have been able to reach here smoothly."
Zhao Tuo sighed and shook his head. Now the Chu general on the opposite side made a mistake and only focused on shrinking his troops to defend the city, so that he could successfully kill Xiong Qi. The victory was already in sight.
However, Zhao Tuo always had a kind of worry in his heart. This worry did not appear out of nowhere, but came from the fear of Xiang Yan's tens of thousands of Chu troops.
With Xiang Yan's sophistication, wouldn't he know that Huaiyin would be in danger after Jingtong's raid failed?
Under such circumstances, how could Xiang Yan not take action? The most likely possibility is to block Wang Jian's main army while sending troops and horses to support Huaiyin and attack Zhao Tuo's army.
Seeing that their generals looked worried, the generals opened their mouths to express relief.
Black Butt immediately shouted: "General, don't worry. The general is attacking Shandao now, and the Chu army wants to defend there. Even if troops are sent here, there won't be many of them."
Zhang He also followed up and said: "Yes, besides, our army is full of cavalry on the road. If the Chu army really comes, the cavalry along the way will definitely come to report. We haven't received any news yet. I think the Chu army is still far away from us."
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"General! The cavalry is coming quickly to report that a large number of Chu troops have been discovered!"
Xiqigu, who was in charge of camp affairs, strode into the tent and said with an anxious expression: "Look at the flag of the Chu army. It is the flag of the Chu State Commander Yin. Xiang Yan personally led the troops to attack our army. We are only two days away!"
Hearing this, the generals looked stunned.
Not only is the Chu army really coming, but also Xiang Yan is personally leading the army. Doesn’t this guy want to be a good person?
As soon as Xiang Yan withdrew, Wang Jian could easily capture Shandao City with his superior force, and the main force of the Qin army could follow Shandao and attack Huaiyin. Without the water and natural dangers, how could the Chu army compete with Wang Jian?
However, compared with the changes in the situation on the Good Way, Zhao Tuo's side has become more dangerous. After Xiang Yan abandoned the Good Way, his main force numbered at least 30,000 to 40,000 people, plus the number of people in the hands of Huaiyin and Xiong Qi. Once they arrived,
, enough to destroy Zhao Tuo's army here.
Zhao Tuo calmed down. If the Chu army did not show up, he would still be worried. But when Xiang Yan showed up with the main force of the Chu army, he was no longer worried.
The situation before him made Zhao Tuo think of something.
The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.
Now, Xiong Qi is the cicada drinking dew, entangled with Feng Wuze, the drop of dew.
He, Zhao Tuo, is the mantis behind, and he wants to step forward to kill Xiong Qi, the cicada.
Behind Zhao Tuo, Xiang Yan's oriole appeared again, flying down to eat Zhao Tuo's mantis.
"I think the general is the last goshawk."
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly, now the situation was completely clear.
"One thing catches another thing, one army defeats one army."
"It depends on who swallows the food and eats the enemy faster."
"Your Majesty, General Cai led his army back to Huaiyin to help Huaiyin, hoping to use the city to stop the Qin army."
"But only half of the Qin army left to besiege Huaiyin. Qin General Zhao Tuo is leading the remaining Qin army towards here!"
King Qi of Chu was shocked and shouted: "What? How could Cai Niao fight like this and lead ten thousand troops to defend the city? Didn't this expose Bu Gu to the Qin army?"
"Then General Qin...wait a minute, Zhao Tuo? Isn't the leader of the Qin army Qiang Yu?"