Weishan defense line.

Zhaoyang climbed the hill again and watched the attack of the Qin army below.

Of course, like the previous times, the Qin army returned in vain, and after leaving a few hundred corpses, they hurriedly retreated.

Hundreds of Chu soldiers were left to clean up the corpses. The Chu army was also meticulous in cleaning up the corpses, whether it was the Qin army or the Chu army, they were all placed, and then cremated after recording.

"How's the casualties today?" Zhaoyang asked lightly.

The adjutant replied: "It is not much different from yesterday, three hundred dead and one hundred and fourteen wounded." ”

The casualties were expected by Zhaoyang, but Zhaoyang still had a trace of worry on his brows.

According to the scouts' reports, there were signs that the Qin army was moving eastward and crossing the Tang River.

"If the Qin army crosses the Tang River, then this Weishan defense line will become a chicken rib." Zhao Changdao.

Indeed, the Weishan defensive line rises and falls on Niu Mountain in the west and reaches the Tang River in the east. In the middle, the White River is divided into three in the defense line, which can be said to have taken advantage of the time and place.

However, the premise of this line of defense was that the Qin army would not cross the Tang River and attack from the flanks.

And now, the Qin army has a posture of pulling out the camp, if the Qin army is really allowed to cross the river successfully, then it will be difficult to get the 100,000 people stuck in Wancheng.

"How's Tang Yi doing over there?" Zhaoyang's gaze stayed on Fang Cheng on the map, and he didn't move away from eating.

Zhao Chang took out a battle report that was already a little dusty from the desk next to him, and said, "This is the last battle report from Fang Cheng. ”

Zhaoyang took the battle report, looked at it, frowned, and said, "Eleven days ago? ”

"Yes. I'm afraid that this city will be more auspicious, otherwise how could the Qin army suddenly prepare to cross the Tang River? "Zhao Chang said.

From the map, it can be seen that Fangcheng is at the confluence of the Tang River and the White River, and Wancheng is protected from the flanks. This is also the reason why Tang Yi rushed to Fangcheng and learned that Zhao Sui rushed to the Lu clan and did not chase Zhao Sui or enter Wancheng, but stuck to the spot. Tang Yi could also see that Fangcheng was an indispensable part of Gongwei Wancheng and even the northern border of Gongwei Chu State.

However, Tang Yi only had 30,000 in his hands, and it was very useless to affect the battle situation in Wancheng.

Zhaoyang frowned, the battle situation was too disadvantageous for the Chu State, and he had already figured out all his bottom lines, so he could cross the Tang River, and he could only be led by the nose.

"Do you want to surrender Wancheng?" Zhao Chang looked up at Yu Liji and asked.

"Report - Scout Urgent," Zhao Chang had just finished speaking, when a personal guard rushed over and said, "Sima Cuo's army has been found in the northwest of Wancheng, and its size is no less than 60,000. ”

"Where are you now?" Zhaoyang looked up, his gaze moving from the map to the scout.

The scout arched his hand and said, "Down the White River." It has reached sixty miles northwest of Wancheng. ”

"No wonder he was able to cross the river without any scruples, it turned out that Sima was wrong to show him his ass." An adjutant general said.

Zhaoyang's brows furrowed, he smiled, and said, "The Qin army really takes a fancy to us, nearly 200,000 people surround us." ”

The form was extremely unfavorable for the Chu army, Qin had already invested nearly 350,000 people in the entire battlefield of Wancheng, and the Chu army was only 150,000 soldiers in the county.

Qin Jun, this is Wang Ba, who eats the scales and is determined to take Wancheng.

What makes Zhaoyang a headache is that the Han army in Yeyang may burst in at any time to cooperate with the Qin army, after all, the Qin army and the Han army have already conspired to plot the Chu State, and the Han army cannot just watch the Qin State swallow the Wancheng of the Chu State alone, and they will always come up to get a piece of the pie.

Whether it is overall or partial, the Chu army is at a disadvantage, but the Chu army has something that the Qin army does not have - the people's heart.

"Quickly organize the young people from all over the country into the tribe and garrison Wancheng." Although Zhaoyang was very entangled, he still gave this order.

"But these young and strong fighting .........," Zhao Chang wanted to say but stopped.

Indeed, recruiting young and strong people can redeem some of their disadvantages over the army. However, there are also many problems.

First of all, the combat effectiveness of these newly recruited soldiers is uneven, good and bad, and they cannot be used with confidence.

Secondly, the newly recruited soldiers will expand the size of the army, and logistics will also be a problem. If the Qin army besieged and did not attack, the Chu army was likely to collapse on its own.

At last. It is also the most critical point, without Xiong Huai's edict, Zhaoyang cannot recruit soldiers without authorization, otherwise some people in the DPRK will definitely spray Xiong Huai to death after they know about it. In case Xiong Huai made some stupid decisions because of these people, it was very likely that the entire Wancheng battle situation would fall into a dead end.

Zhaoyang's heart was crossed, and he said: "Go, all the young people who are willing to resist the Qin army can enter the army, organize them into the army, and bring the veterans to the new soldiers." If the DPRK blames me, I will bear it alone! ”

Zhao Chang looked at Zhaoyang in front of him, and suddenly found that Zhaoyang was already full of gray hair...

Zhaoyang looked at the lieutenant generals next to him, and said earnestly: "Wancheng is the barrier to the north of Yingdu, and it is also the place where my Great Chu is anointed, if the Qin army is allowed to take Wancheng, the capital of my Chu State will be exposed to the blade of the Qin army." We have received the grace of the country in the world, and the king is so kind to our soldiers today, if we lose Wancheng, what face will we have to see the king? Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is extremely dangerous, and I hope you will work together to defeat Qin! ”

Several lieutenant generals stood in place in a daze, not moving, looking at Zhaoyang, who already had a few tears in the corners of his eyes in front of him, he was stunned for a long time, and said: "Go to the soup and fight the fire, don't give up!" ”

Zhaoyang nodded, sighed, and said: "Qiang Qin came from afar, and raised hundreds of thousands, and the grain and grass must not last for a long time, so our army only needs to defend until summer, and the Qin army can retreat by itself." ”

Zhaoyang's analysis of the situation has some truth. The Qin army raised 300,000 troops, and with the current national strength of the Qin State, the Qin army would definitely not be able to afford it, so as long as the onslaught was not overcome, the Qin army would definitely retreat.

After the lieutenants had withdrawn, Zhaoyang sat alone in the big tent, staring at the map in front of him.

In fact, now the time and place are favorable, and the Qin army has already accounted for two differences-the time and the people.

Heaven, as the name suggests, Heaven helps him.

Now in the time of the transition of spring and summer, there is a great drought in the Wancheng area, and the water level of the two Wancheng barriers of the Baihe and Tang rivers has dropped a lot, so it cannot effectively resist the Qin army.

This is also what Zhaoyang is worried about, if the Chu army can't block the Qin army north of the Tang River and the Baihe River, the Qin army can flank Wancheng Fangcheng after crossing the Tang River, and then Zhaoyang will be powerless even if he has the ability to reach the sky.

Zhaoyang is waiting, waiting for a fighter, waiting for a fighter that can turn the tables.

But now it seems that there is no shadow of the fighter.

Just when Qin Chu was stumbling in Wancheng, Wei sent troops.........

(End of chapter)