The original Bashui Qin Camp is located in the east of Xi'an City, and the original Xianyang site is to the west of Xi'an. Lantian Camp is located south of Xi'an and Xianyang.
The Bashui Qinying Camp is just on the west bank of the Bashui River (about the east effect of today's Xi'an City)
When Fan Kuai and Xia Houying approached the Qin camp in Bashui for more than ten miles, the spies they sent came to report that a Qin cavalry was coming towards the army.
Xia Houying asked how many cavalrymen there were and whether they knew about the arrival of my army.
The spy couldn't tell clearly, but there were probably more than a thousand Qin cavalry running towards Liu Bang's army quickly.
Fan Kuai was overjoyed after hearing this: "I've been looking for a long time, but I haven't seen any sign of the Qin army. Xia Houying, how about I bring two thousand cavalry over and eat this Qin cavalry first?"
Xia Houying frowned, as if he was thinking about something. It stands to reason that his 30,000 horses were approaching the Qin camp in a mighty manner, so the Qin general should have already received the news from the scouts.
Why... is there no movement until now?
Weird! Could it be that the Qin army wanted to ambush our army?
Xia Houying said: "You must not act rashly! It is impossible for the Qin army not to have received news of the arrival of my army. They are afraid that they have already packed their bags and are waiting for us to get in."
Fan Kuai looked disdainful: "The Qin army is incompetent, do you still think it is the Qin army of the past? Breaking through Wuguan and breaking through Qiao Pass, you have also seen that the Qin army is indeed vulnerable!"
Xia Houying shook his head and said in disapproval: "The Qin army at Yaoguan is somewhat different from the Qin army we encountered before, so it's better not to be careless."
After hearing this, Fan Kuai was very angry. Before he even hit him, his own momentum had already weakened by three points. He was afraid of a bird, so he just hit him.
But although Fan Kuai is big, he is not a brainless person, and he also knows clearly what kind of negative impact it will have if the master and general are not in harmony now.
Holding back the anger in his heart, he lowered his voice and said: "Then what do you think we should do? Can we let his Qin cavalry charge over?"
Xia Houying thought for a while, and then said: "We can't move forward blindly. We should send out multiple scouts to understand all the situations near Bashui. Knowing ourselves and the enemy, we can fight without danger!"
"I suspect that his Qin army is here to lure people... let them come and go first and see what the Qin army wants. We also need to confirm whether the main force of the Qin army is in the Ba Shui Qin camp."
Fan Kuai rolled his eyes and stopped talking. Although he was feeling aggrieved, there was really nothing wrong with what Xia Houying said.
The army moved forward for another two or three miles when they heard the "rumbling" sound of horse hoofs ahead. When the Qin cavalry was less than a hundred meters away from Liu Bangjun's cavalry formation, everyone raised their Qin crossbows.
"咻咻咻咻咻...."
Thousands of arrows flew towards Liu Bang's cavalry formation. However, the distance was a little far away and the number of people was small. These arrows were all knocked to the ground by the knights led by Fan Kuai holding long swords.
"Hmph! It's just a small trick, Xia Houying, why don't we just let them shit on our heads?"
At this time, Xia Houying wanted to take out a few walnuts and stuff them into Fan Kuai's mouth to help him regain his brain: "Fan Kuai, no matter how stupid the Qin army commander is, he will not send a thousand elite cavalry to die in vain. There must be fraud in it.
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At this time, the Qin cavalry stopped thirty or forty meters in front of Liu Bang's army. They did not attack, but only loaded their crossbows and fired arrows.
Without the general's order to attack, the tens of thousands of cavalry were defeated by more than a thousand Qin cavalry and could only defend themselves.
If you spread the word, I'm afraid it won't make a big joke.
Fan Kuai said angrily: "No! I can't stand it anymore, Xia Houying, even if we ignore them, we have to drive away this Qin cavalry first. What do you mean?"
Xia Houying scanned the nearby terrain for several times: "You can drive away this cavalry army with 3,000 cavalry later. Don't pursue it."
Then he pointed to a tall mound not far away and said: "My army will camp here tonight. If our armies are united in one place, no matter how many tricks the Qin army plays, they will not be able to defeat us."
"When the scouts report the specific location of the Qin army's main force, it won't be too late for our army to set off again!"
Fan Kuai flicked his riding whip and said with some dissatisfaction: "I'll listen to you."
"Come out with three thousand cavalry and follow me to annihilate this Qin army that does not know whether to live or die!"
"Here!"
I saw Fan Kuai leading the way, followed by three thousand knights, and quickly rushed towards the more than a thousand Qin knights who were only a few dozen meters away.
The leader of this Qin Cavalry is the Great Qin Master Ying Jingyu. Ying Jingyu saw that the opponent had begun to counterattack.
He shouted loudly: "Generals, listen to the order and return to Bashui!"
"Yes, sir!"
Before Fan Kuai's army could rush out 20 meters, the Qin army on the opposite side had all turned their horses around and fled all the way to the north.
Fan Kuai was startled, it was really weird. Moreover, Fan Kuai found that this Qin cavalry seemed to be a little different. What was the difference? The other side's cavalry was very quick and flexible in adjusting their horses' positions.
But he was far away and couldn't see the cleverness of it. When Fan Kuai pursued the Qin army for four to five miles, he raised his right hand to stop the pursuit of the three thousand cavalry behind him.
If we go forward any further, we may really fall into an ambush trap by the Qin army.
Then he led the cavalry towards the main force of the army. After joining Xia Houying's army, Fan Kuai sighed: "Sure enough, there is something strange. I didn't expect the Qin army in Guanzhong to be so cunning."
Xia Houying chuckled, nodded and said, "General Fan, don't worry. The main force of the Qin army in Guanzhong is in Lantian. No matter how many Qin troops there are on the Bashu River, they are about the same as our army."
"And the Qin army is short of horses. As long as our army does not disperse, the Qin army will have nothing to do. And we only need to wait for news about the main force of the Qin army."
Fan Kuai nodded in agreement: "Perhaps the Qin army in the direction of Lantian has been destroyed by the lord, I am afraid that it is already under Xianyang City at this time. And we are still here playing hide and seek with the Qin army, alas..."
Xia Houying stopped replying and shouted: "Generals, listen to the order! Our army will camp under the mound in front tonight and wait until tomorrow to wipe out the Qin army in one fell swoop!"
After hearing this, all the troops were a little depressed. Everyone thought that the Qin army had already sunk to the west, and they were filled with energy and planned to destroy the Qin army in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by a large army of Qian Qinqi just now, and the vigor in the army suddenly dropped a bit.
"Here!"
This "hey" response made the second general Xia Houying quite dissatisfied. There was no momentum at all.
But now is not the time to scold the army. He led the army to the mound and set up camp.
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At this time, Ying Jingyu led a thousand elite Qin cavalry and was running towards the north. Seeing that Liu Bang's cavalry was not chasing him, he pulled the reins and stopped.
Ying Jingyu frowned deeply. This Liu Bangjun was not as stupid as he thought. He originally wanted to separate the cavalry and infantry of this army and ambush and annihilate them separately.
Unexpectedly, his trick was discovered by the opponent. The strange thing is that these thousands of horsemen only pursued for a short distance before turning back and retreating. It seems that Liu Bang's ability to penetrate all the way into Guanzhong was not as simple as luck.
I still underestimated the capabilities of the enemy.
At this time, a sonorous and powerful female voice sounded next to Ying Jingyu: "Master, Liu Bang's army did not fall into the trap, what should we do?"
Ying Jingyu sighed softly: "I have underestimated the opponent. The opponent has 30,000 troops, while we only have 30,000 troops. The number of cavalry is more than three times the enemy's."
"If we attack head-on, our army will have no advantage at all. Even if we can barely annihilate the opponent, our army will suffer heavy losses..."
Wearing a red armor and a red cloak, Zheng Chan looked heroic, riding on a tall snow-white horse and said:
"Since we can't confront him head-on, does the young master have any plan to deal with it?"
After saying that, Generals Sima Zhou and Li Nian on the side also pulled up the reins and came forward, wanting to hear how Ying Jingyu broke the situation.