General Qin

on a high slope.

"We lost."

Li Xin looked at the battle situation in the distance, his face tensed.

At the beginning of this raid, the Qin army's chariots rushed straight into the Chu army's marching formation with an unstoppable momentum, and the ambushes buried in the dense forest also took the opportunity to raid the central position of the Chu army.

The ambush and surprise attack, coupled with the swift and violent chariot and cavalry attack, in just a short moment, thousands of soldiers in the forward position of the Chu army were all defeated. The situation of the Qin army was very good. After killing for a while, they drove the defeated soldiers of the Chu army and rushed towards the array of the Chu army behind them.

Everything is developing in the direction Li Xin imagined.

According to the general situation on the battlefield, when the routs of the front army attack the rear of their own army, the soldiers behind must be in disarray. The soldiers may think that their own army has been defeated, and flee with the driven routs. Or the formation was directly smashed by the rout, and then massacred by the Qin army who followed closely behind.

This is Qin Jun's chance of victory, Li Xin's chance to break from 20,000 to 30,000!

If he was lucky, he might even kill Xiang Yan in the chaos.

However, to Li Xin's surprise, after the Chu army's front army collapsed, the three army formations behind it still stood neatly, standing still in the wave of the fleeing Chu army. After the rout had almost fled to both sides, the three red flags began to move forward amidst the sound of Chu people's drums, and launched a counterattack, facing the exhausted Qin army.

Looking from Li Xin's direction, it was still fierce just now, the black wave rushing forward only slightly touched the three red phalanxes, and then quickly receded to the back where he was and the surrounding fields.

In front of the elites of the three clans of Chu who are full of energy and ready to fight in battle, the Qin army with exhausted momentum and energy is far from being an opponent. And the scene of the scattered Qin army's soldiers and the defeat of the Qin army appeared.

A thousand miles away!

At the same time, Xiang Yan also released the Chu army's chariots who had been hiding in the rear, and began a large-scale chase and escape.

The Art of War says: Therefore, those who are good at mobilizing the enemy, form it, and the enemy will follow it; give it, and the enemy will take it. Move it with profit, treat it with death.

This is Xiang Yan's tactic for Li Xin's character.

A general should be good at mobilizing the enemy's army, showing the enemy a true or false military situation, and the enemy must judge based on this and follow. Then give the enemy a little actual benefit as a bait, and the enemy will inevitably come for profit, so as to obey our army's mobilization.

The array of Chu troops on the march was the bait Xiang Yan gave Li Xin!

Judging from Li Xin's character and past deeds, he must be hooked. As long as Li Xin took the bait, after he swallowed the cannon fodder of the former army as the bait, what awaited the Qin army would be the elite Chu army waiting in full force and the unstoppable defeat.

"General Li, withdraw."

"General, if we go west, as long as we retreat to Huyi and break the pontoon bridge on Yingshui, the Chu army will definitely not be able to chase us."

Beside Li Xin, several generals began to persuade.

In today's scene, anyone with a discerning eye knows that he has lost.

Li Xin closed his eyes.

He still had 5,000 soldiers staying at the foot of the hill without moving.

That was his reserve force.

However, in such a scene, even if 5,000 people are sent to the battlefield, it doesn't make any sense.

"Zhao Tuo..."

Li Xin recalled that name involuntarily, at this moment, the first thing he thought of was that boy.

It was the scene outside Pingyu City where the young man prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed to him to persuade him.

"I regret not listening to Zhao Tuo's words!"

Li Xin murmured.

"General!"

The generals beside him began to remonstrate bitterly.

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.

Abandoning the soldiers of the Qin army who were being hunted down by the Chu army, they walked westward.

...

"Hahaha, the Qin army was defeated in Huaibei!"

"Shangzhu State defeated the Qin army, beheading thousands of people. They chased Li Xin to the west, defeated him several times, and captured Qin Wu, the deputy general of the Qin army. Hahaha, judging by this situation, Shangzhu State will be able to capture Qin sooner or later. Bring Li Xin to Shouchun as a prisoner!"

"I'm so happy!"

"It's not fun!"

In Shouchun City, Chu Wang Xiangchu saw 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, his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum shape with a smile.

"If you don't know, you know that Shangzhu is a famous general of our country of Chu, and it is far from being able to compare with the child of Qin. Hehe, the king of Qin is greedy and innocent, and he wants to slander Bugu with the Qingyang envoy, so as to take the opportunity to seize our Chu. State Sheji, let him King Qin know that our Chu Kingdom is still a great country in the world, and the hegemon in the south is far from being able to compare with Sanjin and Miner Xiaoyan. He wants to destroy our Sheji, this is delusional!"

The King of Chu glanced at all the officials in the palace with a smile on his face, full of arrogance.

The favored minister Jin Xia stood up and said with a smile: "In my opinion, Shangzhu Kingdom was able to defeat the Qin army. This is the blessing of Taiyi, and it is also the command of the king. It is all thanks to the king's wise and martial arts, who sent soldiers to the south bank of the Huai River. Blocking Li Xin's southward direction prevented Qin's army from crossing the Huai River, so that Shangzhu Kingdom could follow up and defeat Qin's army in Huaibei."

"Otherwise, if Li Xin gathers his boats and crosses the Huai River, even if Shangzhu Kingdom can catch up, there will be no boats to cross the Huai River. We can only hope that Huai River will sigh, and An Neng will have such a big victory!"

"From this point of view, this battle is all the work of the king. With a wise monarch like the king in power, Qin Guo'an can be an enemy of our Chu country!"

Hearing his confidant's words, King Chu's eyes lit up.

Makes sense!

Judging from the military situation, Xiang Yan was two days behind Li Xin. If he hadn't been sent by the King of Chu to block the south bank of the Huai River, then Li Xin would have led his army across the Huai River without blocking it. Xiang Yan couldn't catch up at all. Not only would there be no such big victory, maybe Shouchun City would be captured by Li Xin, and even he himself would have to become a prisoner of the Qin army.

Thinking of this, King Chu Chu couldn't help but shudder.

A few days ago, because of the Qin army's attack on Chu, he was in trouble day and night.

You must know that since Qin State launched the annexation war, it can be said to be fierce. In six years, it has wiped out four kingdoms of ten thousand chariots.

How terrifying this kind of power is, so when King Chu of Chu heard that King Qin announced that he would conquer Chu and send a large army to the south, even though he also shouted that he would declare war with the Qin people. In fact, he was so frightened that his soul trembled. Even when he was huddled in the arms of the beauty at night, he couldn't help shivering when he thought of the news of Qin Jun's future, without the air of a king.

This is also the reason why he was unwilling to follow Jing Zhao's policy and let the Qin army go south to cross the Huai River.

To annihilate the Qin army, it is more important to protect his own safety first. The life of the king of Chu is very precious, and there is no danger at all.

Fortunately, now that Xiang Yan has defeated Li Xinjun, King Chu's life is no longer in danger, and his self-confidence has returned.

And all of this is because of his wise decision of the King of Chu, and Jin Xia's little contribution of advice.

At this time, many Chu officials also reacted and congratulated quickly.

Only Songyang Jun Jingzhao secretly sighed in his heart.

Jin Xia's words seemed reasonable.

But in Shouchun, the city is solid and there are more than ten thousand guards. If the young and strong in the city are recruited temporarily, Li Xin's 20,000 chariots and riders who lack logistics can't beat the capital of Chu State. Even if Xiang Yan can't cross the Huai River from Xiacai, he can still cross the Huaihe River from Zhongli and other places in the east, and he can still block Li Xin here. At that time, he will wipe out the Qin army and capture Li Xin. Truly a stunning victory!

"I hope that Shangzhu Kingdom can capture Li Xin. Then Mengwu will naturally retreat, and our Chu Kingdom can truly be as stable as a mountain."

Jing Zhao murmured in his heart, but on the surface he followed the ministers to congratulate the King of Chu.

Seeing the ministers bowed their heads to congratulate him, the King of Chu became more and more proud.

He stood up and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday when Li Xin's troops came to the Huai River, the common people in the city were all panicked and terrified. Some people even spread rumors that Bugu wanted to move the capital to Jiangdong. This is really nonsense. Isn't Bugu the kind of person who fears Qin? My lord!"

"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 Qin. them, expel them!"

The king of Chu became more and more energetic. He waved his hand and said, "This great victory should be celebrated with a banquet in the city, so as 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 Take the prisoners from the army, especially the Qin general Xin Wu, and Bugu wants them to parade in the city, so that everyone in Chu in the city will know how powerful our Chu country is in this battle!"

"Bugu still needs to edit a book and send it to Qin State, so as to humiliate the king of Qin, Bugu will piss him off! Hahaha!"

The next chapter will turn to Zhao Tuo's perspective, it's coming soon.

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