General Qin

"Have you heard? The despicable Qin general who used tricks to kill General Qu's brother won a big victory in Zhencheng, defeating 100,000 Qi troops!"

"My God, the Qin army is here, and Peiyi has fallen into the hands of the Qin people!"

"Qin General Zhao Tuo has taken Liuyi."

"General Zhao arrived in Pengcheng with an army!"

Pengcheng in Chu, an important city that controlled the Quartet, opened its doors and surrendered when 30,000 Qin troops arrived, and fell into Zhao Tuo's hands without any resistance.

The reason, apart from the fact that Yin Xiangyan ordered some troops to go to the Huaiyang battlefield to support, which weakened Pengcheng's defense force, the bigger reason is that the leader of this Qin army is called Zhao Tuo!

The people of Chu in Pengcheng can't forget that around the same time last year, this Qin general named Zhao Tuo led thousands of Qin troops to defeat Chu general Qu Song in the north of Pengcheng. Killed hundreds of Chu people and piled their corpses into a terrible Jingguan.

The tall mounds rising from the ground, and the hideous and terrifying heads protruding from it, made people feel that their legs were weak, and made the Chu people in Pengcheng feel more fear than resentment.

In addition, the Surabaya battle north of Pengcheng also shocked them inexplicably. The mighty Zuo Sima of the state of Chu led an army of 10,000 and was defeated by thousands of Zhao Tuo's backs.

Therefore, when he knew that the Qin general named Zhao Tuo had led 30,000 Qin troops to the south again, the Chu general guarding Pengcheng immediately fled with his soldiers.

The local Chu people did not hesitate, and immediately opened the door and surrendered in order to survive.

Just kidding, this Zhao Tuo was able to win a big victory in Surabaya with thousands of remnant soldiers last year, and now he has defeated 100,000 Qi troops, and went south with the prestige of defeating Qi. How could their little Pengcheng be able to stop such power.

This is to be intimidated by the prestige of Zhao Tuo, the general of Qin, and to surrender without a fight.

When the Qin army took Pengcheng, Zhao Tuo did not start killing here. Instead, he comforted the local nobles who surrendered, allowing them to maintain local power while raising food, fodder and supplies for the Qin army.

However, Zhao Tuo also warned them that this time Qin's attack on Chu will destroy the state of Chu, so they had better work for Qin with peace of mind. Give them an ending of family destruction.

The local rich and nobles were obsequious, and they all said: "Don't worry, general, we are sincerely voting for Qin, and we will never dare to betray."

"It's so good. After my country of Qin destroys Chu, you can continue to enjoy the wealth and honor for generations."

Zhao Tuo was relieved, made a promise, and let them go. Then, in the newly built chief general's tent outside the city, he summoned all the generals under his command to hold a military meeting on the next battle plan.

"I think this time we marched, we should go back along the road we took out of Chudi last time. Last time our army built a big temple in Fulisai, the Chu people there must be the same as this Pengcheng people , I was so scared and panicked, it is easier to cross the river from there than from other places."

Black Hip laughed and said, "What's this called? It's called taking advantage of the prestige of a general, and subduing others without fighting!"

Zhao Tuo glanced at Hei Hip, and saw that he had a rather smug expression on his face.

Hei Hip's suggestion is not without merit. If you walk back from the road you killed before, the Chu people along the road will definitely be under a lot of psychological pressure, and it will be easier for the Qin army to attack the city.

However, Zhao Tuo did not come to a conclusion, and turned his head to the generals and asked: "The black buttock military marquis proposes to go to Sui Shui, which is a section of Fulisai, do you have any objections?"

Zhao Guang frowned and didn't speak.

Shejian still said: "There is a risk."

"One is that the information about our army going south must have been passed by the Chu people to their Huaiyang camp. If there is no accident, the Chu people will definitely deploy troops to deploy defenses on the front line of Sui River to prevent our army from crossing Sui River and going south. Our army wants to It is not easy to cross the river, and it is more likely to look across the river with the Chu people and look for opportunities to cross the river."

"Therefore, the section of Fulisai is not suitable for our army to cross the river. The Chu army on the west bank can use the supplies in the fortress to easily hold a stalemate with our army. However, the east bank where our army is located is scarce. Pengcheng transfer, the journey is far away, so our army may not be able to hold a stalemate with the Chu army for too long in terms of supplies."

As soon as Shejian said this, all the generals nodded in agreement.

Logistics is indeed a big problem.

Zhao Guang said: "Lieutenant She is right, our army has reached 30,000 people, we must consider the issue of supplies. In this way, the only places suitable for crossing Sui River are Xiangyi and Zhuyi. "

"Xiangyi is the frontier. Not only is it far away, but there are also a large number of Chu troops guarding it. Therefore, the best choice for our army is to take Zhuyi, relying on the food stored in Zhuyi and the transportation from Pengcheng, and confront the Chu army on the opposite side of Suishui. , and then look for an opportunity to cross the river, so it will be more secure."

Shejian praised: "Lieutenant Zhao's words are very good."

Seeing that the two captains praised each other, all the generals also agreed.

Heibutt's mouth shrunk, feeling a little appreciative in his heart.

Seeing the generals under his command expressing their opinions, Zhao Tuo nodded slightly.

What Zhao Guang and Shejian said is correct, if you take down Zhuyi, you can set up camp with the city, and your logistics and supplies will be guaranteed.

But, why do they always want to cross the Sui River?

Since Zhao Tuo led the army to go south and returned to Fengpei, all the generals and soldiers at the bottom of the army have one thing in mind.

That is, I hope that Zhao Tuo will lead them to pierce through Chu from the rear, insert into the heart of Chu, and raid the capital of Chu, Shouchun, and make a great contribution to the world!

Li Xin's surprise attack from last year reappeared!

However, unlike Li Xin's beheading tactics, Zhao Tuo led his troops into Chu to attack Shouchun, not really to take down Shouchun, but to attract Xiang Yan's army stationed in Huaiyang.

As long as the morale of Xiang Yan's army is in turmoil and the army returns to aid Shouchun, then Wang Jian will find a fighting opportunity, take the opportunity to pounce on it, and win a world-shattering victory.

It sounds wonderful, and it has a great possibility of success. Once it is realized, it will be a great achievement.

But Zhao Tuo didn't want this.

War is always risky.

Why do you want to gamble desperately when you have a chance to win?

"According to what the two school captains said, our army will send troops to Zhuyi next, and the troops will approach Suishui."

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Tuo's words changed suddenly, and he said in a deep voice, "But our army doesn't need to cross the Sui River. This time going south, we need to stay firmly on the east bank."

"After a few days, Chu Jun will cross the river by himself!"

Zhao Tuo smiled slyly, and he looked very much like that general of Qin.

Compared with directly inserting Shouchun, it attracted Xiang Yan to return to aid.

Zhao Tuo's garrison in Suishui can also achieve this goal.

You must know that the Chu army stationed nearly 400,000 troops in the Huaibei battlefield, and the daily food consumption was astronomical. Now that the autumn harvest has just been completed, the Chu army is waiting to transport food from various places to feed them.

At this time, Zhao Tuo went south to enter Chu, stationed troops along the Sui River, and completely cut off Fangyu, Pengcheng, Ludi and other vast lands with a radius of thousands of miles. The large amount of newly harvested food in these places could not be transported to Huaibei to support Xiang Yan. army.

The national strength of Chu State was inferior to that of Qin State. Judging from the previous situation, relying on the autumn harvest, it could barely spend another half year with Wang Jian. Now that Zhao Tuo has made such a move, it may be good to last three months.

In this case, who will be more anxious?

Therefore, Zhao Tuo didn't need to cross the Sui River to go south at all. He only had to follow Wang Jian's example.

In this way, the opponent could not bear it, and would even take the initiative to cross the river to attack the Qin army in order to open up the road for grain transportation.

This is what is called the art of war, so those who are good at mobilizing the enemy, if they shape it, the enemy will follow it; if it is given, the enemy will take it. Move it with profit, treat it with death.

If the enemy does not move, then I will let him move!

At that time, even if the Chu army wanted to cross the river, the Qin army would have the home field advantage instead. Wouldn't it be beautiful to play like this?

...

On the west bank of Sui River.

The cold wind is getting colder, and the red flag is flying.

Thirty thousand Chu troops had just set up camp outside Fuli Great Wall.

"General Xiang, the scouts from the east bank of Suishui came to report that Qin general Zhao Tuo has captured Pengcheng and is leading his army southward. He will arrive at Suishui in a few days."

Jing Tong walked into the camp and reported the information he had just obtained to Xiang Qu, the general of the army.

"Well, there is Lao Zitong."

Xiang Qu nodded. He sat in the chief seat of the tent, staring directly at the map in front of him.

Jing Tong hesitated for a moment, walked over, and whispered beside Xiang Qu: "General, Zhuyi is the best place to cross the river on the east bank of Suishui. If there is no accident, the Qin army should cross the river from there. General Please make preparations early and send troops to garrison nearby to prevent the Qin army from crossing Sui River."

This time, Xiang Qu didn't nod.

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Zi Tong's words are wrong. I am going to let the Qin army cross Sui River, and then wipe them out!"

The easter egg chapter is not finished, and the relevant maps have been placed in this chapter.

Thanks to the book friend Ali Bonaparte for the reward, and all the book friends for their votes, thank you!