The second day of the fifth lunar month in the first year of Emperor Qin II.
Before Xiang Yu's message came, Xiang Liang already knew the number of Qin troops on the north bank of the Huaihe River and who the generals were. He was sent to Chen County, and the detailed information from Surabaya was sent back to Xiang Liang, including Zhang Er and Chen.
News of the death of Yu and others.
When Xiang Liang saw the words "Wang Li leads the army" on the military information, he could no longer remain calm.
It can be said that the grievances between the Xiang clan and the Wang clan of Da Qin are deeper than the sea and wider than the sky. Of course, the grievances are only resentment and not kindness.
If the three great Zhao, Qu, and Jing families of Chu can be said to be the indirect murderers of Xiang Yan's defeat and death, then the Wang family of Wang Li's grandfather Wang Jian is the direct murderer of the fall of Chu and Xiang Yan's defeat and death.
In addition, after Wang Jian occupied the Chu State, he killed countless nobles in the Chu State, including the descendants of the Xiang family, who resisted the rule of the Qin State. Therefore, if the destruction of the Qin Dynasty is the main goal of the Xiang family or the Chu State that is about to be reestablished,
Then the Wang family is the people in Great Qin who attract the highest hatred value from the Xiang family.
Xiang Liang took a deep breath, handed the letter in his hand to Fan Zeng and said, "Sir, please read it!"
Fan Zeng had noticed some clues from Xiang Liang's expression. He took the letter and newspaper handed over by Xiang Liang and glanced at it roughly. He immediately understood why Xiang Liang, who had always been calm, behaved like this.
As a Chu native, Fan Zeng also knew his hatred for the old Chu and the Xiang and Wang clans.
"General...want to kill Wang Li?" Fan Zeng put down the letter in his hand and asked.
"Not bad!" Xiang Liang said with murderous intent.
"But general, Wang Li had 100,000 Qin elites. Zhang Er, Chen Yu, and more than 300,000 troops were all wiped out in less than three days. They were dead and the country was destroyed. Our army alone is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
"Fan Zeng said worriedly.
Although Xiang Liang wanted to kill Wang Li, he was not blinded by hatred. From the fact that Wang Li uprooted Zhang Erchen Yu's Wei State in less than three days, we know the combat power of Qin's soldiers.
Although Wang Li is very confident in himself, fighting with generals is only one aspect. More importantly, he needs soldiers. His 80,000 soldiers who have been trained for less than seven days are probably scum compared to the soldiers of Great Qin!
What's more, he doesn't think Wang Li is inferior to him.
"Actually, there is no way to defeat Wang Li." Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Liang who had been silent for a long time and said.
"Sir, teach me!" Xiang Liang said quickly after hearing Fan Zeng's words.
"If the general can make Yingbu's 100,000 barbarian army surrender, then our army will have 200,000 people. In this way, with the general's leadership ability and the major general's Jiangdong elite, even if Wang Li cannot be killed
.Can also defeat the 100,000 Qin troops on the north bank!"
"Sir, I don't know. Liang had already sent an envoy to recruit that king Wu Rui seven days ago, but no news has come yet." Xiang Liang was also quite helpless about this.
"Oh? Why don't you wait for two more days, general? If there is no news about Wu Rui yet, Zeng is willing to be the general's envoy and go to convince Wu Rui!" Fan Zeng mentioned Wu Rui because he planned to persuade Wu Rui himself. After all, he had this
Merit can be used as a certificate of investment, but it can also be used as a qualification for promotion.
Although Xiang Liang now has a lot of trust in him, how can he stop others from saying anything if he doesn't have any merit?
Xiang Yu's message arrived in the afternoon.
After Long Qie exited the dense forest last night, he crossed the Huaihe River directly. However, he did not return to where Xiang Yu was hiding. Instead, he followed the Huaihe River directly to the place where Yingbu's army was stationed.
Although Yingbu also deployed many secret sentries, and although the Baiyue barbarians were fierce, compared to the secret sentries deployed by the Qin army's scouts, they were nothing like the sky and the earth.
Long Qie easily captured a Baiyue barbarian and brought him back to Xiang Yu's hiding place.
In two days of secret fighting, the Baiyue barbarians improvised by Yingbo suffered heavy losses. They did not capture the Qin scouts alive at all, nor did they find any useful information. In addition to knowing that the Qin army was on the other side, even the Qin army camp
It didn't come close within five miles.
What's more, the Baiyue barbarian captured by Long Qie was just a small soldier. Even if Yingbu detected something, it was impossible for this soldier to know. So Xiang Yu tortured him for a while, but did not get any useful information.
Although he did not get any useful information, Xiang Yu did not blame Long Jie, at least discovering the Yingbo army was a great achievement. Therefore, Xiang Yu still ordered people to report the intelligence about the Yingbo army that he had detected to Xiang Liang.
The actual situation of the Qin army was also written on it.
The news in Xiang Yu's intelligence about the confrontation between the Yingbu army and the Qin army across the river made Xiang Liang more determined to persuade Wu Rui.
"Send the order and order the Major General to immediately lead the army to retreat and join the Chinese army." Xiang Liang ordered loudly.
Xiang Liang has already made a plan to kill Wang Li, but he wants to annihilate Wang Li. His army must not be discovered by Wang Li first, although it is impossible for Wang Li to not know about it at all. But the later Wang Li finds out, the harder Xiang Liang will be.
The plan to kill Wang Li becomes more certain.
After ordering Xiang Yu's eight thousand Jiangdong elite to retreat, Xiang Liang ordered people to secretly collect ships while he and Fan Zeng anxiously waited for news about Wu Rui.
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Wang Li indeed did not find Xiang Liang's 80,000 troops more than a hundred miles away, but the elite scouts of the Qin Dynasty went deep into the hinterland of Jiujiang and found out the rebellions in Jiujiang and Kuaiji.
After getting the news, Wang Li immediately ordered the Eagle Soldiers to report the information he had collected to Hu Hai, and at the same time ordered the scouts to start searching for information on Xiang Liang's army. Wang Li already felt that Xiang Liang would definitely come if he knew that he was on the north bank of the Huaihe River.
The information Hu Hai received in the Red and Green Kingdom was exactly the message from Wang Li about Jiujiang and Kuaiji.
Bashang camp!
After hearing Yingyi read Wang Li's letter, Hu Hai keenly felt that Wang Li was about to face a huge crisis.
Xiang Liang will not let Wang Li go. Knowing that Wang Li is on the north bank of the Huaihe River, he will definitely find a way to kill Wang Li!
Originally, in history, Xiang Yu promised to kill Xiang Liang's Zhang Han and surrendered, but instead killed the captured Wang Li, and then killed all the 200,000 Qin troops who surrendered. This is actually very thought-provoking.
Zhang Han's killing of Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's rise to power was only one of the reasons. The most important reason was that there was another person who played a very important role in Zhang Han's surrender and the title of king.
Trapping and killing 200,000 Qin troops was not only because Xiang Yu could basically say that his family was the only one at that time. The 200,000 Qin troops would be a heavy burden and a time bomb. More importantly, Xiang Yu held a grudge.
Wang Li's family had a big feud with the Chu State or the Xiang family, and one hundred thousand of the two hundred thousand Qin troops were Wang Li's troops. Xiang Yu, who had no good impression of the Qin people, killed Wang Li and encircled the Qin army.
It's much easier to explain.
The most important thing is that in history, both Wu Rui and Yingbu surrendered to Xiang Yu, and it was Liu Bang who finally surrendered. If nothing happens now, Yingbu should soon defect to Xiang Liang, and there are more than ten rebels in Yingbu alone.
Ten thousand, if Xiang Liang's Jiangdong Army is included, Wang Li may be in trouble.
It's not that Hu Hai has no confidence in Wang Li, but that Wang Li is indeed incomparable to his grandfather Wang Jian and father Wang Ben.
Wang Li was a general of the Qin Dynasty. If Wang Li was defeated and killed by Xiang Liang, the blow to the Qin Dynasty would be self-evident. Not to mention the feud, Xiang Liang would not miss this opportunity based on this alone.
Hu Hai has a headache!
If Wang Li can defeat Yingbu's army of 100,000 before Xiang Liang conquers Yingbu, then even if Wang Li's army of 100,000 loses against Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, they won't lose too badly. From the current situation, Xiang Liang raised his troops.
Soon, there will definitely not be too many elites.
No matter how brave Xiang Yu is, in large-scale group operations, although one person's bravery can play an unexpected role at critical moments, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty today are different from those in the original history. Hu Hai believes
Xiang Yu may not be able to easily defeat the fighting will of Da Qin soldiers now.
But if Wang Li wanted to defeat Yingbu, he had to cross the Huaihe River, or Yingbu had to come over by himself. How about fighting with each other's eyes across the Huaihe River that was several miles wide? I'm afraid even if he was blinded, he wouldn't be able to kill anyone.
Wang Li's army of 100,000 people are basically northerners from all over Guanzhong, and they basically don't know how to swim. Boats are needed to cross the river. Not to mention whether Wang Li can find a boat that can pull 100,000 people across the river, Yingbu
He wouldn't just watch Wang Li's army cross the river and then prepare for a decisive battle.
If we can send some reinforcements to Wang Li, it shouldn't be a big problem.
Reinforcements!?
Now the one closest to Wang Li is Li Xin who is guarding Wuguan. However, in addition to the 29,000 original troops under Li Xin's command, the rest are less than 10,000 soldiers who originally guarded Wuguan, and the total is less than 30,000.
people.
Li Xin also had the Faith Eagle, and Hu Hai could quickly give orders to Li Xin. But if Li Xin led his troops and left Wuguan, then who would guard Wuguan?
"Liu Bang!"
"I'm here!" Liu Bang opened the tent and bowed in response.
"Go and invite Zhang Aiqing and Wei Aiqing."
"Here!"
An hour later, Zhang Han and Wei Liao arrived hand in hand.
"Why is Your Majesty so sure that Yingbu will join forces with Xiang Liang?" Wei Liao asked in confusion after listening to Hu Hai's words. Next to him, Zhang Han also looked puzzled. Obviously, neither of them could understand why Hu Hai was so sure.
Talk about Wu Rui, Yingbu will definitely join Xiang Liang.
"I'm not sure!" Hu Hai said helplessly. There have been many changes in history, and Hu Hai is really not sure. "But two dear friends, what if Wu Rui really joins Xiang Liang?"
Wei Liao and Zhang Han looked at each other and knew that this possibility existed.
"Your Majesty, if General Li Xin is ordered to lead the army to rescue General Wang Li, what will happen to Wuguan?" Wei Liao said.
"Wuguan? Compared with Wang Li Aiqing, I can't afford to lose a Wuguan!" Hu Hai said lightly, and then his voice changed. "If Wuguan is really lost, I can get it back!"
At this point, Wei Liao and Zhang Han both understood that Hu Hai was determined to get Li Xin out of Wuguan to help Wang Li's army.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Although sending Li Xin to lead the army to rescue Wang Li was a bit contemptuous of Wang Li, for the sake of Wang Li and the 100,000 troops, Wei Liao and Zhang Han still chose to follow Hu Hai's wishes.
"Draft the order! Order Li Xin to immediately lead 29,000 original troops out of Wuguan and march at night to aid Ruyin Wangli's army! Send the order to Wangli and send out scouts in all directions to prevent Yingbo's army and Xiang Liang's army from crossing the Huaihe River and heading north! No troops are allowed to send out troops without permission to receive them.
Enemy, wait for Li Xin’s army to arrive!”
"Here!"
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What Hu Hai didn't know was that the situation facing Wang Li had taken a turn for the worse at this moment!