General Qin

"The Chu army's morale has been broken. As long as our army can stand here for a while, they will surely collapse on their own. At that time, our army can launch a counterattack and defeat them in one fell swoop, making a great contribution!"

Facing the astonished expressions of the two or five hundred masters under his command, Li You was very confident.

He has reason to be confident.

First of all, the Chu army on the opposite side is a defeated army. Regardless of their large number, their own military spirit is unstable.

The Qin army was hanging behind them, and before they could make a move, the Chu army was so frightened that it was on the verge of collapse, and deserters appeared all the way.

With such a record just by following behind, if there was a real fight, these Chu people would have to flee in all directions, how could they beat Li You's five thousand soldiers.

In addition to the unbearable Chu army, Li You is also full of confidence in the five thousand people under his command.

First of all, in the past half a year, he had to feed and clothe the 5,000 people under his command. He paid for them, added clothes and shoes for them, and often expressed his condolences. His intimacy is beyond words.

Moreover, he used the "Li Paopao" incident to kill many people who slandered him with a long tongue, so that the soldiers under his command also saw his majesty.

With such kindness and power combined, who would not accept it?

Under such circumstances, the 5,000 soldiers under his command have no choice but to serve him, fighting desperately!

"It seems that it is Taiyi... It is Haotian who wants to make me Li You famous here. He, Zhao Tuo, used to fight against Zuo Sima Zhaoping of Chu State by the Surabaya River, and I, Li You, will also fight against the Ru River today to destroy He is the right Sima Ye Sheng of Chu State!"

"Zhao Tuo didn't capture Zuo Sima at the beginning, so if I, Li You, can capture Right Sima in this battle, wouldn't I be able to beat Zhao Tuo again?"

Thinking of this, Li You felt his heart beat faster, and he didn't even listen to the advice of his general Gong Ao.

"I will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and win this battle, so don't wait any longer. Gong Ao, I will dispatch another five hundred soldiers and horses to you, and bring your original five hundred elites, so that is a thousand people."

"You take this thousand people to leave from the east side, go around behind the Chu army and lie down. When my army and the Chu people are fighting fiercely, you will suddenly lead the army to attack the Chu people. In this way, the battle will definitely be won."

Hearing Li You's words, the other two or five hundred masters also reacted.

"Li Junhou actually wants to fight against Rushui, and imitate General Zhao's victory in Surabaya."

"So that's the case, it seems that our army will win this battle!"

Although Li You was upset that his subordinates compared him with Zhao Tuo, but now that several of his subordinates, two or five hundred masters, were full of confidence after hearing the name of Zhao Tuo's last stand, he had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction.

Li You thought to himself: "Zhao Tuo's last stand? Oh, I will perform better than him."

Gong Ao still felt something wrong in his heart. He felt that the Chu army would be unprepared for such a big name in the last stand?

But seeing that the military marquis and all his colleagues were full of confidence, he didn't want to say much, so he could only take the order and gather a thousand troops to go east, trying to find a way around to the rear of the Chu army.

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The Chu army came faster than expected. Just as Li You led his army back to an open space by the river, and just when he asked the general to lay more than a dozen chariots horizontally as obstacles, the Chu army had already arrived.

"What are these Qin people doing, why don't they run away?"

On the chariot, Sima Yesheng on the right looked at the Qin army formation by the Rushui in the distance, frowning.

In the military discussion before launching the attack, they presupposed that the Qin army would probably choose to retreat in order to drag down the Chu army in the face of the sudden return of the Chu army. They even made several sets of countermeasures for this.

Unexpectedly, when the Chu army returned to the division, this Qin army did not run away, but instead formed an array by the water. This move exceeded You Sima's expectations, and he was a little caught off guard.

At this time, more than 9,000 soldiers of the Chu army had already set up an army formation under the command of Chu generals at all levels.

The formation of the Chu army was in a ring, encircling the Qin army by the river.

"It seems that General Qin wants to stand against the water and follow the example of Zhao Tuo's Battle of Surabaya in the past."

Zheng Zisu glanced at it, then spoke with a solemn expression.

You Sima took a closer look, and found that the opponent was really leaning against Rushui, blocking the chariot in front, and had a proper posture of backing the water.

"If we fight against the water, then this Qin army will definitely ambush the strange soldiers behind us. Let me see their number...the strange soldiers should be about a thousand. When our army fights the Qin army here, they will come from the rear. Kill and surprise our army in order to win."

Right Sima Ye Sheng whispered, and then he raised his finger and pointed at the thousands of black-armored Qin soldiers by the Rushui River in the distance, and laughed: "I don't know who the Qin general opposite is? Could he be an idiot!"

"In the past, Zhao Tuo fought his back against the wall. First, he had no way out and inspired his soldiers to fight to the death. Second, he relied on the ambush soldiers who caught Zhaoping by surprise and were rushed into the battle to capture the flag. The army was defeated. Now that I know that there are surprise soldiers buried behind him, how can I be fooled like this?"

"A last stand can defeat Zhaoping, but it is useless against me, Ye Sheng!"

Right Sima finished laughing, and immediately gave an order: "The Art of War Institute Yunwei division's relics. Pass down the order to clear the north side and give those Qin troops a way to escape, lest they have no way out and fight our army to the death."

"Zi Su, you send another 2,000 people to form a battle formation behind our army, and widely send cavalry around to scout for traces of the Qin army's surprise soldiers."

"As for the thousands of Qin troops in front of us, let's shoot them with our bows and crossbows first, and then attack after all the arrows are shot!"

"only!"

Zheng Zisu bowed his hands in agreement, and took the order to go down to make arrangements.

Soon, the formation of the Chu army began to be mobilized. A large number of Chu army crossbowmen came out, set up their strong bows and shot at the Qin army.

"Shoot me back!"

In the formation of the Qin army, Li You also ordered the shooters of the Qin army to fight back.

Although their number is smaller than that of the Chu army, there are more than a dozen chariots as a barrier, and the two sides will shoot at each other, and they will not be at a disadvantage.

However, Li You couldn't help looking north.

The soldiers of the Chu army originally arranged in the north all moved to the center, vacating all the roads north of the Qin army.

In this way, if the Qin army loses the battle, the soldiers can run to the north, and there is no need to fight to the end.

Li You felt uneasy in his heart.

The situation is different than imagined.

At this time, after the two sides shot at each other for a while, the Chu army's drums sounded and the attack was officially launched.

The soldiers of the Chu army rushed towards the Qin army screaming.

The first batch of soldiers who charged were all selected brave warriors. Before that, they were encouraged by military officials at all levels, saying that the Qin army was entangled with them and would not let the Chu people survive. As long as those fleeing soldiers were caught by the Qin army, their heads would be beheaded in exchange for military merit, so escaping was a dead end.

Only by defeating the Qin army can they go south safely and escape the pursuit of the Qin army. If You Sima is defeated by the Qin army, then all the heads of the Chu people will become the Qin army's trophies.

And Ye Sheng also used a strategy, that is, most of the selected warriors have brothers in the army. Therefore, for the sake of their brothers to survive, they were even more brave when fighting.

Under such circumstances, the Chu army's offensive was so fierce that it overwhelmed the Qin army, so they could only rely on the defense line composed of more than ten chariots to resist.

"Why are these Chu people not only not defeated, but become more brave?"

In the battle of the Qin army, Li You's expression became more and more horrified.

It shouldn't be, this Chu army has not yet started fighting, and it has shown a tendency to collapse all the way, and there are a large number of deserters. How can it be so fierce when fighting?

Why is this different from what I thought?

In the past, Zhao Tuo defended against the attack of the Chu army with 4,000 soldiers at the bank of Surabaya.

Although there are as many as 4,000 soldiers under Li You's command, they are always called weak Nanjun soldiers.

Moreover, after these people were conscripted to the battlefield, they stayed in the barracks for more than half a year without fighting a battle, and they were not familiar with military battles at all. Even in the Shangcai battle just now, they relied on a solid barrier to resist the Chu army's dying counterattack, which did not give them much exercise.

Such an army lacking in war experience, when they fought against the Chu army with more troops than themselves on the banks of Rushui, they were a little bit unable to support it.

After an hour, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, and even the chariot formation blocking the front was broken through several gaps by the Chu army.

The faces of the remaining 3,000 Nanjun soldiers already showed fear.

"Hold on! Our army still has surprise soldiers, just wait for our army's surprise soldiers to attack, and the Chu army will be defeated!"

"Second and third sons, hold on to me, I will win this battle! I will definitely not treat you badly!"

"Anyone who dares to escape, beheaded for public display, will bring disaster to the family!"

Li You shouted, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

The situation is more critical than he expected, and now he can only rely on Gong Ao's thousand soldiers if he wants to win.

Under Li You's call, the remaining 3,000 Qin soldiers were a little more stable.

On the one hand, the military law is strict, and once they escape from the battlefield, they will be severely punished.

On the other hand, it was Li Junhou who said that they still have surprise soldiers, as long as the surprise soldiers attack, everything will be fine.

"Gong Ao, where are my surprise soldiers!"

Just when Li You and all the Qin soldiers were waiting for the prime minister, eager to attack with surprise troops and defeat the Chu army.

A thousand soldiers led by Gong Ao arrived. They appeared from the rear of the Chu army by detour, and charged towards the position of Chu's right Sima Dazhu.

But soon, following the report of the sentry cavalry of the Chu army, two thousand Chu troops who had been prepared for a long time came up immediately.

Gong Ao's subordinates are all elite, but one thousand is against two thousand. With such a difference in numbers, and the fact that the Chu army is prepared to treat each other, they cannot break through the Chu army's interception, let alone rush to capture the flag. , and even the risk of being defeated by the Chu army.

"That's all it takes?"

Right Sima Yesheng couldn't help sneering when he saw the Qin army's surprise soldiers being blocked.

"Come here, announce to the Qin army in Rushui that their surprise soldiers have been defeated by us. If you want to survive, then flee to the north. Our army is benevolent and righteous, and those who flee will not be chased!"

The corner of Sima You's mouth turned up slightly, and he gave an order.

He is not going to annihilate the Qin army here, because the main force of the Qin army is likely to be on the way to the north. If it is forcibly wiped out, not only will the Chu army suffer heavy casualties, but it will also delay a lot of time under the desperate Qin army.

He just needs to break this Qin army, so that the Qin army can't get entangled is enough.

When the soldiers selected from the Chu army spoke Qin language and shouted the news that the Qin army's surprise soldiers had been defeated by the Chu army.

The more than 3,000 Qin soldiers by the Rushui collapsed completely.

They don't have the will to fight to the death at all, and they have relied on the constraints of military law to survive until now, coupled with the hope that surprise troops will defeat the enemy.

Now that the Raiders are defeated, if they continue to fight, they will die in vain.

Not to mention their military marshals, but they have the title of "Li Paopao" and have a record of leaving their soldiers to escape alone.

Therefore, many Qin soldiers secretly glanced at their own military officer, for fear that he would abandon him and escape alone.

Under such circumstances, someone finally couldn't hold it anymore, turned around and ran towards the north where the Chu army was not guarding.

The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by ant nests.

After seeing one person taking the lead in fleeing, how could the remaining Qin army go to a bloody battle with the Chu people? One by one, they all spread their legs and ran north.

"My army, my last stand..."

Li You stared blankly at this scene, his face was ashen, and his eyes had lost their luster.

This is obviously his shameful, brilliant battle, how could it become like this?

This time, Li You didn't even think about running away!

I'm not Li Paopao!

"Junhou, our army is in danger. We will escort the army to go quickly, and don't fall into the hands of the Chu people."

A black-faced short-soldier general looked anxious, and without waiting for Li You to nod, he took short-soldier general Li Junhou and escorted him to the north.

In the distance, Sima You looked at the scene from the chariot, and smiled to the left and right: "I have heard that in ancient times, there were ugly women who frown when they see Xi Shi's sickness. When the rich people see it, they close their doors and don't come out; when the poor see it, they grab their wives and leave."

"Looking at it now, the Qin general opposite here is also the ugly girl of Yue."

"This man wants to follow Zhao Tuo's example, but he doesn't know how the military strategists are flexible. Instead, he laughs at the world!"

At this time, seeing the Qin army fleeing, the soldiers of the Chu army did not pursue them. A Chu general passed on the words, and thousands of soldiers shouted and laughed: "The Qin general is like a Yue girl, and he will humiliate himself!"

At this time, Li You hadn't run far, and he could hear laughter from behind.

Although the Chu people yelled in Chu language, but Li Youben was from Shangcai Chu, so he naturally understood the meaning of the words. And he also knew the allusion of the Yue girl's imitation, and now seeing that the people of Chu compared him to the ugly girl who imitated Xi Shi, Li You blushed suddenly in anger.

"Damn it, why is Zhao Tuo a beauty and I'm an ugly girl!"

Li You was so angry that he yelled, rolled his eyes, and fainted on the spot.

About ten miles north of Rushui Battlefield.

There is a well-organized Qin army heading south.

"Li You's troops were besieged by the Chu army, and they formed an array on the bank of Rushui?"

Ren Xiao was surprised when he received the report from the scouts.

Facing the attack of the Chu army returning to the division, shouldn't Li You's correct approach be to lead his troops back to drag down the Chu people?

Why did they fight the Chu army on the spot instead?

"Could it be that Li Youyu held back the Chu people and waited for my troops to attack the Chu army together and capture the right Sima of Chu?"

"Li Junhou has such a heart to divide the work, what a good man!"

Ren Xiao was overjoyed, and sent an order to the soldiers to speed up the march to meet Li You's troops.

"We have made great achievements, and we are doing it today!"

"Zhuangzi·Outer Chapter·Tianyun": Therefore, Xishi is sick and frowns in his heart, and the ugly people in his heart are beautiful when he sees it, and he also holds his heart and frowns in his heart when he returns. When the rich people see it, they close their doors and don't come out; when the poor see it, they take their wives and leave. He knows the beauty of frowns but does not know why frowns are beautiful.