"Your Majesty, Wang Li, is now able to hear about your majesty's grand plans. It's hard for me. I, the Qin Dynasty, are so lucky!"
First meeting!
"I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!"
"My lords, please report Li to His Majesty Ming on your behalf. Li is still here in Chen County. If Chen County loses Li, he will also die to repay Your Majesty."
After returning to Xianyang for less than a day without taking any rest, Wang Li immediately led his army south to Chen County!
"In my opinion, these two people are very talented people. The rest of Zhou Bo, Cao Shen and others are also very talented, and these people are loyal to our great Qin. These talented people are buried in Peixian Danwan.
This land should be our great Qin’s loss.
So these people returned to Xianyang together with the heads of the thieves Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others.
I hope your majesty will review this and make use of it!"
In three days, the rebellion of Zhang Er and Chen Yu was put down, and Liu Bang, Xiao He and others were sent to Han Xin, and then he led the army out of Ruyin!
Hu Hai would never have thought that his farewell to Wang Li on April 10 would be his last meeting!
To be honest, Hu Hai didn't remember much about Wang Li. Even except for these few brief memories, he found that he and Wang Li had no intersection to remember him!
It is precisely because of this that Hu Hai especially feels sad, angry and blames himself!
Although Wei Liao and others were deeply saddened by the tragic defeat and death of Wang Li and others, everyone realized that Hu Hai, whose eyes were lifeless in the lobby at this moment, was not in the right state. Compared to the dead people like Wang Li, the body of His Majesty the Second Emperor of Qin was
Obviously much more important!
There was silence in the big tent! For a long time!
"You all stand down! I want to be alone!"
An unusually dry voice came from Hu Hai's mouth. It was like two copper swords scraping each other. Hearing this, Ying Yi and others felt their teeth were sore and their whole body felt uncomfortable! They looked at Hu Hai with a look of horror and worry!
Ying opened his mouth to say something. Wei Liao stood up and pulled him back, suppressing what he said!
Then Wei Liao, Han Xin and others silently bowed to Hu Hai and exited the tent!
…
Hu Hai did not come out of the big tent for the whole day, and there was no sound from the big tent. It was like a dead zone!
Wei Liao, Ying Yi, Liu Bang and Han Xin had been standing anxiously at the door of the tent all day!
The fact that Wang Li and tens of thousands of Qin soldiers were killed on the banks of the Huaihe River was too important. If it was spread out rashly, the government and the public would be shocked. Without Hu Hai's order, they would not dare to spread the news casually!
The sun sheds its last ray of afterglow and gradually disappears into the horizon!
Ying Yi, who had sharp ears, was the first to hear the footsteps coming from the tent, and stared at the tent with a look of surprise! As the footsteps gradually approached the tent door, Wei Liao and others also heard the sound of people marching out of the tent.
Footsteps.
When the door curtain opened, a calm-looking Hu Hai appeared at the door!
"Go and order the Dragon Guard to call Heitie back. I know you can find him, and I will see him tomorrow morning!" Hu Hai looked at Ying Yi and said calmly. His tone was indifferent, but anyone could hear the unquestionable content!
The calm face of Hu Hai in front of them made Wei Liao and others feel a little strange and a little scared! If the previous Hu Hai was an unsheathed sword with its sharp edge exposed, then the current Hu Hai is like a deep pool. You can't see through this at all.
What exists in the pool!
"I obey your order!" Ying Yi bowed and responded with a stern look in his heart.
"Old Wei, please continue reading!" Hu Hai said and turned around to enter the tent!
In this battle, the Qin soldiers killed more than 53,500 people and injured more than 7,000 people! There were 156 generals above the rank of captain, including Wang Li, Zhao Bi, and Wang An.
The final explosion of Wang An's more than 25,000 Qin infantry formed a battle formation, causing a total of nearly 60,000 casualties to the armies of Xiang Liang and Wu Rui!
The 20,000 Qin troops in the upper and middle groups and more than 15,000 people from Yang Xiong's tribe arrived when Wang An's tribe only had more than 5,000 people left. It was hard to save these 5,000 Qin soldiers who were already determined to die.
!
This battle ended with Xiang Liang and Wu Rui retreating with heavy losses due to the arrival of the Qin army's new elite! Of course, it can also be seen as Xiang Liang taking the initiative to order the withdrawal of troops, because he already knew that Xiang Yu had the food and grass in the Qin army's camp
The baggage was burned!
However, Xiang Liang and Wu Rui would never know the reason why Zhao Ben's seven thousand Qin army cavalry fought to the death, let alone the ten soldiers who fought to the death on the shore and were killed by the poisonous needles of the Baiyue barbarians.
Among the remaining people was Wangli, the Marquis of Wucheng in the Great Qin Dynasty.
Because they didn't see any big flag representing the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army's Central Army at all, let alone the Chinese Army's tooth flag!
The reason for all this is because after Wang Li was surrounded by tens of thousands of hundreds of Yue barbarian troops, seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, he ordered the burning of all tooth flags and other objects bearing the Chinese military logo.
Wang Li knew better than anyone else how much shock the news of his death would cause to the Qin world if it spread far and wide. The more than 100,000 Qin troops who followed him south would be devastated and give Xiang Liang and others a chance to be wiped out!
Yang Xiong found Wang Li, who was unharmed but with a black face and had been killed in battle, under the layers of corpses of ten Great Qin Dragon Guards. Three small copper needles were inserted into Wang Li's chest and abdomen, arms and thighs!
Each of the ten dragon guards had dozens of copper needles on their bodies. Apparently they were all poisoned by silver needles to protect Wang Lijin!
The matter of Wang Li's death was quickly blocked by Yang Xiong, who then sent a letter to Hu Hai! Yang Xiong ordered the remaining nearly 40,000 Qin troops to be stationed on the north bank of the Huaihe River in the open air. While cleaning up the corpses of the Qin troops who died in battle, they were waiting for Hu Hai's edict.
make!
Xiang Liang and Wu Rui joined forces and camped on the north bank of the Huaihe River, twenty miles away from Yang Xiong's army.
The two armies were licking each other's wounds. Yang Xiong was waiting for the emperor's edict, while Xiang Liang was waiting for the Qin army to collapse without food. He still did not give up his intention to kill Wang Li!
At this station, Wu Rui's Baiyue barbarian army killed more than 60,000 people, Xiang Liang's army killed more than 40,000 people, and suffered countless casualties. There were less than 50,000 people who could fight again! And Xiang Yu's 8,000 Jiangdong cavalry
There are only a thousand people left who can still fight!
Such a heavy loss, even Xiang Yu, who was violent and carnivorous, did not eat meat for three days after seeing the battlefield!
We can't say who wins and who loses, we can only say that both sides suffer! Obviously without knowing that Wang Li was killed, Xiang Liang and others knew that they lost this battle! The combat effectiveness of the Qin army not only made the Chu people in Xiang Liang's army
The fear also made the fierce Baiyue barbarians tremble with fear!
Wang Li's 5,000-strong Chinese army, Zhao Ben's 7,000 Qin elite cavalry made a desperate charge. And finally, Wang An's 20,000 Qin infantrymen crushed and brutally fought against the tens of thousands of Yue barbarians who were still alive.
A nightmare that will never go away!
After hearing what Wei Liao said, Hu Hai was worried about the situation of Yang Xiong and the more than 40,000 Qin soldiers!
All the grain, grass and baggage were burned on the third day of May, and now it is the fifth day of May. How did these Qin soldiers survive in two days? Not to mention there are more than 10,000 wounded soldiers!
From Yang Xiong's message, Hu Hai had already heard that he was determined to lead the remaining 40,000 remaining Da Qin soldiers to fight to the death!
"Yingyi, send an order to Li Xin, ordering him to rush to Ruyin before the seventh hour of May to meet Yang Xiong's army! A little later, order him to send his head to Xianyang!" Hu Hai said lightly. There was a coldness in his words.
Let the first class of people shudder!
Hu Hai ordered Li Xin to set off from Lingwuguan and rush to Ruyin to help Wang Li. The order was also issued on the night of the third day of May. It was nearly a thousand miles from Wuguan to Ruyin. Now Li Xin has walked two days.
By the end of the day, we would have walked more than four hundred miles at most.
The message sent out tonight will be received at midnight. In the remaining two days, the 20,000 troops, together with their supplies of food and grass, will have to travel more than 600 miles!
"Here!"
"Call to Yang Xiong that the news of Wang Li's love and sacrifice for his country can be spread to the 40,000 troops, but no worship is allowed, no riots are caused, and the leader of the thieves, Xiang Liang, and others are not allowed to know the news! Slaughter the war horses and use them as military rations! Strictly guard the camp and wait.
Li Xin’s army rushes to help!”
"Here!"
"General Wang Li Aiqing will inform Ba Shang's camp about the battle on the Huaihe River. The day of the ceremony of sealing the queen in more than a month will be the day when Ba Shang's 600,000 troops will form an army. It is also the day when I, the emperor, will go on a personal expedition!"
"Your Majesty..." Wei Liao said anxiously after hearing Hu Hai's words.
Hu Hai's two previous edicts were both correct. Wei Liao couldn't help but secretly nod after hearing this! If Yang Xiong's army was ordered to retreat, the 40,000-strong army with many wounded soldiers and no food and grass would not be able to escape the pursuit of Xiang Liang's army.
kill!
However, the 600,000-strong army of the Bashang camp was formed in advance and Hu Hai was the leader of the army. From Wei Liao's point of view, it was very inappropriate!
"Old Wei, I love you, I have made up my mind! If you love me, please don't try to persuade me!" Hu Hai waved his hand to interrupt Wei Liao and said calmly.
Hu Hai knew very well the dangers of hastily forming an army. But he felt that he couldn't wait any longer! If it weren't for the fact that the 600,000 troops of the Bashang Camp had not yet started training for battle formations, he would not be able to wait for more than a month.
Wang Li died in battle, and Da Qin was already defeated in the battle on the north bank of the Huaihe River! And Hu Hai thought that the news of Wang Li's death in battle could only be concealed for a while at best. This is why he ordered Yang Xiong to tell Hu Hai the news of Wang Li's death in battle.
The reason for the remaining 40,000 troops in the Huaihe River!
The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty advocated bravery, and they were not worthy of being photographed on the battlefield! But for the 40,000 soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, the death of the general Wang Li in battle would be a shame that they would never be able to wash away in their lifetime!
Hu Hai wanted to make them feel humiliated and arouse their will to survive and take revenge! Otherwise, the more than 40,000 Qin soldiers who lacked medicine and food would have to wait there to die. He did not think that Xiang Liang and others only had these 200,000 troops.
I don’t think Xiang Liang will wait until these 40,000 Qin soldiers starve to death!
As for the formation of the Bashang camp ahead of schedule, it was really a helpless move by Hu Hai!
During the Battle of Huaihe River, the Qin Dynasty was east of Wuguan. South of Hangu Pass, including the entire Shandong Province, the more than 40,000 Nine Plains Army who had eliminated Meng Tian no longer had any defensive power, and more than a dozen counties were completely undefended!
There are still more than 100,000 captured Zhang Er and Chen Yu's remnant soldiers in Chen County! These unstable factors also make Hu Hai restless! He doesn't know what Wang Li arranged. He originally decided to leave 20,000 soldiers to garrison Chen County.
, but later he ordered Wang Li’s entire army to go south, and Wang Li in Chen County only left thousands of soldiers to disperse the prisoners!
These demobilized prisoners must be worried about the Qin Dynasty settling accounts. As long as Xiang Liang and others are bewitched, they will be re-armed in an instant, and Xiang Liang and others will soon have an army of more than 100,000!
Chen Liucang in Dang County, Langye Cang in Langye County, and Huangcang in Jiaodong County are all under the command of Xiang Liang's soldiers. If Xiang Liang wasn't a idiot, he would definitely not let go of these places!
Once they have grain and grass, Xiang Liang and others will have enough resources to recruit troops! More importantly, Aocang of Sanchuan County, which has the largest grain reserves, will also be exposed to the military front of Xiang Liang and others!
Hu Hai no longer has half a year to wait for the 600,000 troops of Bashang Camp to be thoroughly trained!