"I smile proudly, I smile proudly, laugh at Hongchen I'm not old"

Among the lush and scattered trees, there is a singing voice of Yingziyi, which is not unpleasant but not very pleasant.

Ying Ziyi rode his foal and rode a red sweaty horse from the Western Regions, with a thin head and a high neck, slender limbs, and thin skin and hair.

Behind him, the sound of horses' hooves was clustered, and three thousand knights followed him. Wang Qian's 50,000-strong army turned around and sat in Nanyang, and the situation stabilized for a while. The bandits have amassed, and the people's hearts are stable. Grain, grass, equipment, cloth, medicinal materials and other materials are being transported from Guanzhong to Nanyang in a steady stream, maintaining the daily needs of a large army, repairing the cities that have suffered due to the war, pacifying the homeless homeless, and opening the grain route to provide military supplies for the defenders of Pingyu.

This place is already the hinterland of the Chu State, and it has been a month since Ying Ziyi set off from Pingyu. Chu is vast, with lakes and rivers intertwined, and the terrain is flat, which is conducive to the play of the cavalry. Since January, Ying Ziyi's soldiers and horses have avoided the main force of the Chu army, and swept seventeen small cities in a row, and the military power has been greatly shaken.

A big reason why Yingziyi dared to export 3,000 people to attack Shouchun was the advantage on the war horse.

Chu is a big country, but it also faces a problem, the shortage of horses. This shortcoming was not obvious in the Warring States period when the chariot was king.

However, the age of chariots will pass, and the age of cavalry will also come.

The secessionist regimes that had always been south of the Yangtze River faced a great weakness in the face of the nomads in the north, and there were not enough cavalry. The lack of horse breeding land, the climate and topography of the south make the quantity and quality of horses in the south inferior to those in the north.

Not having enough cavalry means that no matter how much advantage you have on the battlefield, you can't turn that advantage into a military victory that can reverse the disparity between the two sides.

People can fight if they can fight, and if they can't fight, they will leave, but there is no way here. In any case, they will fall into the dilemma of having more rules than enough and not enough attack.

The economic, military, and cultural center of gravity of the Chu State is the essence of the Jianghuai River, with a dense water network and fertile land. However, the four kingdoms of Zhao, Yan, Han and Wei have been destroyed by the Qin State, and the Qin State has tightened its pockets both commercially and militarily for the strategic materials of the cold weapon era, and it is strictly forbidden for war horses and other materials to flow into Chu.

From the comparison of this material, we can see the gap between the state of Chu and the state of Qin.

That is, it is an asymmetrical war of attrition. With the passage of time, this disadvantage of the Chu State will gradually be revealed. There is only one dead end in the confrontation with the Qin State. Many high-ranking officials in the Chu State have realized this problem, and Xiang Yan is one of them. Therefore, he did not hesitate to go into the tiger's den and went to Xianyang to persuade Changping Jun to return to Chu. In order to achieve a quick solution before the worst of the worst situations arise.

However, what Xiang Yan didn't expect was that after the Changping Jun incident, the Qin State only used a small price to calm the situation in Nanyang. Although Nanyang is chaotic at the moment, there is a general Wang Jian in charge, and it is expected that it will soon return to the previous level.

Is it really the heavens that are going to die?

In the palace of Shouchun Palace, Standing on top of the palace with Changping Jun and a group of courtiers, Xiang Yan lamented in his heart. He pleaded guilty for the defeat of the soldiers in Pingyucheng, and only took a few horsemen to turn back to Shouchun. He did not punish him, but made him a knight.

On the throne, the king of Chu was furious.

"Seventeen! Seventeen cities! The Qin army entered our Chu land, as if entering a no-man's land. Within a month, the city of Linker was seventeen. I have an army of more than 100,000 people, and I can't help it! How unreasonable! ”

"The ministers are guilty!"

Your Highness, a group of courtiers knelt down very wisely to ask for guilt, including Changping Jun and Xiang Yan.

"Humph!" He looked at the courtiers below and snorted softly, "Get up!" ”

"Thank you, the king!"

At this time, Xiang Yan saw Changping Jun walk out. Changpingjun returned to Shouchun with him. The king of Chu did not treat his close relatives who had been in Qin for most of his life, but instead made him king.

Changping-kun! It's just that this is now the title of the Chu State.

Changping Jun walked out, and he was actually very clear in his own heart about the ridicule of this king, but he didn't make trouble. "Your Majesty, the benefits of the Qin army's cavalry can be seen in general. The only ones who can deal with the cavalry are the cavalry. ”

Changping Jun's meaning is very clear, with the mobility of the Chu State Infantry and the infantry army, he will not be able to catch up with others at all, and only by dispatching the Tenglong Army can he be sure.

The king of Chu looked at Changping Jun, who had sunken cheeks and white hair underneath, and was silent, thinking. The age is similar to that of Changping Jun, but the maintenance is very good. For a few years of the supreme life of the palace, he was fat and fat, and his face was flushed.

The court fell silent for a while, and everyone was waiting for the decision of the king of Chu.

"Long Guang."

To everyone's surprise, the name of the king of Chu was not the name of Wu'an Jun Xiang Yan, but the name of a general standing at the back of the court queue.

"The last general!"

Long Guang, a middle-aged general with a short beard and a broad face, listened to the inquiry of the King of Chu, walked out of the train, and knelt down to bow.

"If you are asked to lead the Tenglong Legion, how sure are you that little boy of Yingziyi?"

Long Guang's face was ugly, but he still replied honestly: "Less than fifty percent!" ”

In fact, this is still a conservative estimate. Long Guang still has experience in the use of cavalry, and he can be said to be a master. He would not just look at the difference in numbers between the two sides and dare to assert that he could completely annihilate the enemy. That Ying Ziyi was able to conquer seventeen small cities in a month, and his command ability in cavalry battles can be seen. At the very least, it is easy to say that it is easy to avoid the main force of the Chu army and detour behind enemy lines, but few people can really do it.

"Rubbish!" A scolding, from the king of Chu, he looked unhappy, looked at Long Guang, and seemed to be thinking about how to deal with this courtier who embarrassed his face.

"General Long Guang is cautious in his life, if he is eighty percent sure, he only says that he has fifty percent, and I hope the king will forgive his sins." Xiang Yan walked out, wanting to protect this capable but overly upright general.

"Long Guang!"

"The last general!"

The King of Chu ignored Xiang Yan and gave an order directly to Long Guang.

"I want you to lead the Tenglong Legion and get rid of this small Qin army that has penetrated deep into my hinterland within a month, otherwise I will come to see you."

Long Guang's face was even more ugly, but he had to agree.

"The last will obey!"

The court meeting dispersed, Changping Jun slowly turned his back and walked out of the hall alone, looking at the dim sky outside the hall, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The eight hundred years of the Great Chu are afraid that they will be lost in the hands of this king.