"Changping Jun has been the prime minister for ten years, but now he has been released and has become a county guard, but he wants to raise food and transportation for our younger generations, General Meng, you say, is there any grievance in his heart?"

It was already dark, and after sending Changping Jun out of the camp, standing under the gate of the camp, Li Xin suddenly sighed so much to his deputy, General Meng Tian.

Meng Tian is a few years younger than Li Xin, wearing a crown, with a belt tied under the chin, a tail floating on his chest, and two whiskers on his chin.

This is not necessarily a denigration, Changping Jun was ordered by the king to take the king to the east, to calm the Xinzheng Rebellion, to descend to Huaiyang City, and to make great contributions. The king wants to destroy Chu in a war, and it is understandable to let the most trusted Changping Jun stay in this town, as long as he fights this battle well and makes a contribution to destroying the country, Changping Jun has no chance to return to the court, and then for Qin Xiang. ”

The implication of Meng Tian's words is that they and Changping Jun have both glory and loss this time, and if they win, they will be rewarded together, and if they lose, they will be punished together, and I hope that Li Xin will not be too suspicious.

"That's right."

Li Xinxin knew that Meng Tian's father, Meng Wu, and Changping Jun were old friends, so he nodded: "You and I are young after all, and we still need an elder to sit in the center." ”

Li Xin can't afford to think too much, because this war, starting from the appointment of King Qin, has revealed something unusual.

Not to mention that Wang Jian and Wang Ben, who had the merit of destroying the country, were suddenly hidden in the snow, and even the generals who followed Wang Jian to break the country in the past, such as Xin Sheng, Yang Duanhe, Qiang Qi, etc., the king did not have any appointment.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that because Wang Jian insisted that 600,000 people must be able to attack Chu, which means that the war will be delayed until next year, which makes the anxious King Qin quite unhappy. So he simply asked the generals to guard their respective places, and instead boldly used a large number of young and strong generals who were born in Langwei, such as Li Xin, Meng Tian, Li You, etc., and made them responsible for the affairs of Chu.

"The king is deliberately letting General Wang and his old subordinates retire and start to let new people take the throne......"

Li Xin and Meng Tian both understand this, although they are not very old, they have also experienced several years of military service. Li Xin has won many great achievements, in terms of meritorious service and qualifications, he already has the capital to take charge of himself. Meng Tian is the grandson of the famous general of the Qin State, Meng Fei, who has a family tradition of military science, and is the general of the Shaozhuang faction that the King of Qin admires the most after Li Xin.

Both of them knew the importance of this expedition to the Qin State and to themselves, especially Li Xin, the great exploits of his predecessor Wang Jian were in front of him, bringing him great pressure at the same time, but also a little eager to try.

After returning to the big tent, Li Xinling's subordinates lit all the anointing oil lamps, and he and Meng Tian had to discuss the next military affairs overnight.

There are two maps on the desk, one is the "garrison map", which is a garrison map drawn in three colors: red, black, and tianqing. Its scope is equivalent to Dangjun of the Qin State, as well as the newly established Huaiyang and Shangcai regions of Chen County. The red box on the top is covered with a black background, emphasizing the garrisons and command centers of several armies under Li Xin's command, as well as the granaries and grain transportation routes in the rear.

Li Xin's eyes scanned the map and found the location of Ao Cang.

As a general who has fought many battles, Li Xin naturally understands that in order to win this war of annihilation of the country, the most important point is to ensure the food supply of 200,000 people.

"Xingyang Aocang is the starting point of this war of grain transportation."

Aocang is in June and July, in Xingyang newly built granary, can accumulate hundreds of thousands of stones, there is close to the big river, and is the starting point of the chasm, so the transportation is convenient, whether it is from the corn wheat in Guanzhong, or from Hanoi, Hedong, Sanchuan grain, can be concentrated in Aocang first, and then along the chasm, transported to Huaiyang......

That's why Li Xin chose Huaiyang as the base camp of the army to conquer Chu, which is the end point of the grain transportation of the chasm.

He has 200,000 available manpower, of which 100,000 are the convicts who are responsible for transporting grain, and they are basically levied nearby. The other 100,000 are combat troops, so many people, of course, it is impossible to swarm in Huaiyang, Li Xin also allocated several partial divisions, stationed in Shangcai, Yangcheng, Suiyang and other places, so the combat troops in Huaiyang are only 50,000.

"The grain of the 50,000 army was dispatched by Changping Jun in the center, 30,000 in Shangcai, 5,000 in Yangcheng, 15,000 in Suiyang, and 15,000 in Suiyang, and the grain was transported by Chenliu."

What Li Xin, Meng Tian and Changping Jun discussed was the issue of grain transportation. In this way, the rear supply lines of the three armies will be clear and clear, and they will all have the convenience of waterways, which can greatly increase efficiency and reduce losses.

Only after ensuring food supplies can the army think further about how to advance.

Li Xin asked people to hang up the second "topographic map", the main area of this map is the Huaibei region on the border of Qin and Chu, up to the south and down to the north, and the direction is opposite to that of later generations. On the map, there are more than 30 rivers in Huaibei area with a curve of uniform thickness, and the mountains such as Mangdang Mountain are represented by a halo line in the closed curve, the veins are distinct, the roads are drawn into thin lines, and the counties and towns are represented by boxes.

"Huaibei is flat and almost impossible to defend, but it is also not possible to go deep alone, because the Chu army is concentrated in a few cities, which can block the supply of our army."

Meng Tian also clicked on the map: "According to the report of the spies, Xiangxian, Pingyu, and Chengfu, these three cities are the first line of defense of the Chu army. ”

These three cities are close to the three armies of the Qin army, and the two sides have been facing each other for more than a month.

Meng Tian's hand moved backwards: "Xincai, Juyang, this is the second line of defense of the Chu army." ”

Compared with the previous three border counties, these two are big cities, once the two cities are not defended, between Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, and the Qin army, there is only one Huai River left.

"The first tough battle must be in Xiang County."

Meng Tian stared at the end of the chasm, as long as he captured Xiang County, the Qin army would be able to control the entire chasm and extend the supply line for hundreds of miles.

"We think so, Xiang Yan is known as a good soldier, why don't we think so?"

Li Xin smiled, according to the report of the spies, Xiang County has hung the banner of Sima Xiang Yan of Chu State, and the Chu army is also gathered here, because Xiang Yan also knows that the main force of the Qin army will eat in Huaiyang, and Xiang County will bear the brunt, once Xiang County is not guaranteed, the Qin army will be able to threaten Juyang along the Yingshui, if so, the Chu State will fall into passivity.

"The Huaiyang army, leaving 5,000 to defend the city, and the rest all went south to threaten Xiang County. Then ordered Li Youbu of Yangcheng to send a soldier to Duncheng in early October, and first went down to this city, and made a situation of cooperating with Huaiyang and encircling Xiang County. ”

Meng Tian looked puzzled: "The Chu army in Xiangxian County also has 350,000, which is comparable to our army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack, is the general going to attack?" ”

Li Xin shook his head and said, "Who said that I want to sit in Huaiyang and lead the army to attack Xiang?" This matter should be done by General Meng Tian. ”

Meng Tian suddenly said: "The general is going to ......"

Li Xin's fingers left the hard-to-break line between Huaiyang and Xiangxian and arrived at Shangcai.

Soldiers, with the right fit, with the odd victory.

"My handsome banner is in the Huaiyang army, but in a few days, I will take the chariot and ride under the banner of General Meng and appear in Shangcai! This is a secret, and those who dare to leak it will die! ”

Li Xin showed a sly smile: "First bluff, let the Chu army think that our army is going to capture Xiangcheng, so he mobilized a large army to garrison it." However, I went out of Shangcai with a partial division, first broke the peace, and then intercepted Yingshui, cutting off the retreat of the Chu army! ”

Li Xin's purpose is obvious, he doesn't want to attack the city and break through the defense line one by one, that is a stupid method. He wanted to deliberately let the Chu army concentrate, and then wait for the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Chu army, as long as most of the Chu army under Xiang Yan's commander was annihilated, why should Huaibei worry? Why is the state of Chu immortal?

This is Li Xin's strategy to break the Chu!

……

In Yangcheng, more than 100 miles southwest of Huaiyang, as the letters of the soldiers were sent away, their anxiety seemed to be sent out together.

Heifu, who got the new nickname of "Family Letter Hundred Generals", not only received a thank you from the soldiers, but also received more attention from Li You.

After the time entered the second half of September, Heifu obviously felt that the pace of the war was getting closer and closer, first of all, the cavalry in the army was always transferred out, and while entering the Chu realm to spy on the enemy, he also pursued and killed those Chu scouts who also came to investigate the reality of the Qin army, and the battles between the cavalry scouts have started frequently.

And Yangcheng as Huaiyang to Shangcai must pass, in recent days the movement of soldiers is also very frequent, and even under the banner of General Meng Tian the chariot army passing by, the road on the outskirts of Yangcheng for a time dusty, looking at those from the north of the Qin army elite chariots, all high morale, grand soldiers, as a miscellaneous army, the Nanjun soldiers are a little ashamed of themselves.

Heifu was also given the task to step up his patrols around Yangcheng, because every time the army moved, it was the time when the enemy's espionage activities were most frequent.

On this day, when he was riding a horse and taking a person to patrol Yangcheng, Heifu found that there were three suspicious people on the side of the road, pointing at the head of Yangcheng City......

Heifu immediately hit his horse and led the troops to surround the three people, but he saw a middle-aged man with a thick beard in a short coat, and two young men holding rulers and moments, both dressed in cloth, looking at Yangcheng, discussing something excitedly.

"Who are you? What's going on here? ”

The middle-aged man was surrounded by Qin soldiers, and he was not flustered, he took out the things in his arms, handed them to Heifu, and said in a Guanzhong Qin dialect: "We will go to Shangcai with the army, passing through this place, this is the passage of the talisman." ”

Heifu looked at the mulberry talisman, it was actually a talisman signed and stamped by General Meng Tian himself, allowing the three of them to walk around the city at will, as long as they did not enter or leave the barracks, they could walk around anywhere.

This is a very high salary, but these three people are dressed in cloth, not generals, could it be that they are the staff of the shogunate? When you reach the level of general, you can bring some staff and disciples and military counselors.

Heifu was suspicious, and when he took a closer look at the description of the identities of the three people on the talisman, he was even more surprised.

"Thou shalt wait...... Inkman? ”

"Yes." The middle-aged man arched his hand towards Heifu and introduced himself: "Qin Mo! ”