Chapter 66: Trade-offs

Exian is located on the banks of Tonglu Mountain, because of the bronze trade concession, the cross-border trade has made Ele the Chu people who are the least like the Chu people of all the generals. Others are moving forward, but he is looking forward and backward, and has been dragging everyone back. Fei Fang, Cheng Tong, Pan Wuming and others all despised him and didn't like his hesitant character, suffering from gains and losses.

The E, who can meddle in the copper trade, naturally has a lot of relationship with the royal family, and Xiong Jing does not blame Ele. Like himself before yesterday, he thinks twice before acting, and success or failure is the only goal of action. Xiong Jing was changing, but even before yesterday, he did not agree with the proposal of two divisions of Ele to be stationed at the mouth of the rim.

At this stage of the war, the Chu army could only concentrate its forces and keep advancing, either to fight the Qin army to the death near the Baqiao of the Tongdao Road, or to pull out Xianyang and then make a plot. This is determined by 'qi' and also determined by 'potential'. The state of Chu, which has a short number of people and a lack of elite soldiers, can only gain greater vitality through continuous attacks, and simple defense will only be passive everywhere.

The weaker you are, the more you must persist in attacking, otherwise you will be dragged down by the enemy and eventually perish. Today, the Chu army preemptively attacked the Qin army, and the Zhao State was about to die, and the Chu army destroyed the city and conquered the Guanzhong. Now that it has entered Guanzhong, the Chu army should concentrate its forces and should not disperse them. Since Gongchuan had ordered the 3rd Division of the Eshi stationed in Shangluo and the retained division retreating from Lantian Road to defend it, he would hand it over to them.

It doesn't matter if the Qin army occupies the mouth of the Gongchuan River, the key is to defeat the Qin army, the Qin army of more than 400,000 people under Zhao Zheng is much easier to fight than Li Xin's 400,000 people. If the Qin army did not follow the Chu army, then the Chu army would attack Xianyang; If the Qin army is really as Ole said, the Qin army does not save Xianyang, then the Chu army will wreak havoc in Guanzhong next.

The military council soon ended, and Oroku had no choice but to withdraw from the shogunate. At the time of suspension, the last carriage left the mouth of the rim river. The logistics and transportation forces that did not fight with the army, as well as the wounded soldiers of each division, did not stop, and returned to Shangluo from Gongchuan Road. At dawn, Xiong Jing, who had already gotten up, ordered the Chu army to evacuate Bailuyuan and march north.

Twelve and a half divisions plus more than 30,000 logistics soldiers, the total number of Chu troops is 120,000. Although 120,000 men marched in five marching columns, the length of the march was forty miles. Such an action could not be concealed from the Qin army even in the dark night, not to mention that Zhang Han, who was stationed west of Changshui, was defeated by the Chu army again.

It was about three o'clock in the morning at twenty-four o'clock, and by the time Zhang Han took hundreds of short soldiers around for dozens of miles and fled back to the Zhao Zheng shogunate, which had been transferred to Meng Tian's army, the time was already dawning. In the summer season, the dawn was dawning, and Zhao Zheng, who got up in a hurry, did not wait to freshen up, so he hurriedly went out of the tent to look at the mounds west of Changshui.

In the faint morning light, he saw the Chu army on the opposite hill. Those soldiers did not wear shiny armor, but wore red long shirts in the style of the Chu army. They lined up in several columns and headed north in full order. The sound of leather boots stepping on the soil 'tom tom', in the pass where there has been no rain for more than ten days, the dust that has been stepped on is scattered in the array, and it looks like a thin layer of fog from a distance.

When Zhao Zheng wanted to step forward to take a closer look, Meng Tian hurriedly stopped him. When the long water comes out of the Qinling Mountains, the river channel is very narrow, only more than 100 steps, and when it reaches the middle section of Bailu Plateau, it is already more than 600 steps. Even if it was more than 600 steps, Meng Tian and the others did not dare to be careless. He is not Wei Yi, Wei Yi only dared to say to Zhao Zheng that the range of the Chu army's witchcraft was seven hundred steps, and the range of the Chu army's witchcraft he knew was more than a thousand steps.

"What, what, what if?" Originally, the Qin army was going to attack on all fronts, but the Chu army expected this, and they evacuated the southern end of Bailu Plateau before the dawn and jumped to the west bank of Changshui. It is no longer possible to attack the whole army, all that can be done is to pursue. However, it is extremely inconvenient to force the Changshui to cross - this inconvenience is not because of the water surface, but because the Changshui waterway is a gully hundreds of steps wide and seven or eight zhang deep, and if the pursuit of the Chu army kills a horse gun, its own soldiers cannot be fully assembled, and they will be defeated by the Chu army.

"The minister thought that ......" was not only Wei Yu, but also Meng Tian, as well as Zhao Yong, Zhao Yang, Yang Duanhe and others who hurried over. Zhang Han fell out of favor again, because he did not stop the Chu army from going north. The generals shouted in unison.

"The minister thought that when he sent a boat division to Chanshui as soon as possible, he must not let the Jing people build a bridge to cross the water, otherwise, Xianyang would be in danger." Zhao Yang was the most anxious.

"The minister thinks that he should send an army to gallop to Xianyang as soon as possible, and the minister is willing to go!" The Chu army went north, and there was no other goal except Xianyang. Zhao Yong, who was the Xianyang Order, was just as anxious.

"The minister thinks that the army should rush to the Baqiao and the Fang Road, and if the Jing people arrive first, they should quickly burn the Weishui Long Bridge and Xianyang Cangyu, so that the Jing people will have no food." Yang Duanhe also said. Thousands of shouldn't, never should, the most important thing is that Zhao Cheng shouldn't be defeated, the defeat caused the Chu army to occupy Bashang, and then it became passive.

"The king, these strategies are all good, but the minister thinks that you must not press the Jing people......"

"Big fallacy!" Wei Yi was refuted by Zhao Yang before he finished speaking. "If you don't press the Jing people, the Jing people will go to Xianyang City in two days at most, and with the power of witchcraft, Xianyang will definitely not be protected!" The more Zhao Yang spoke, the more anxious he became, and he told again: "The minister is willing to lead an army to attack the Jing people first!" ”

"Not at all!" Wei Yi was also anxious, because he saw that Zhao Zheng's eyes were full of panic. "King, Jing people go north, this is a trick to lure me! When our army pursues, the array will inevitably be scattered, and when the Jing people return to attack me, I should be defeated. ”

"Scattered? Why don't the Jing people scatter? Zhao Yang said again. He then deliberately made an exaggerated expression of realization and said loudly, "Oh. I know that! The national lieutenant is not an old Qin person, Xianyang's gains and losses, what does it have to do with your national lieutenant?!

However, Xianyang is the capital of my Great Qin, and there is the community of Great Qin; It is the clan of my Qin people, and I have wives and concubines and children. If Xianyang is lost, it will be like the Great Qin Dynasty. King, please ask the quasi-ministers to chase after Jing people quickly, the ministers are dead, and they will also die under Xianyang City! Die at the foot of the temple steps! ”

Zhao Yang attacked Wei Yi for not being a Qin person, so he didn't care about Xianyang's gains and losses, and Wei Yi trembled when he heard this. The Chu State Office is xenophobic, and the Qin State Office is actually very xenophobic, but for a long time, the Qin State Office has been suppressed. Now Zhao Zheng has promoted generals from the office, and these generals are as xenophobic as ever.

"The king, the minister......" Wei was full of grievances, and it took a while to ease up. There are many people and horses! The armor of the soldiers, the baggage of the military tents, and the grain and straw were all transported by horse-drawn carriages. The Jing people also conduct elite soldiers to direct the government, and it is difficult to scatter for a hundred miles a day. What about our army?

Most of our troops are old and weak soldiers in Guanzhong, and only 150,000 people can chase them and fight. There are very few horse-drawn carriages, more than 100 people and none of them, how can they be chased? How does the array not mess up? If you chase it with 150,000 soldiers who can fight, wouldn't it be as the Jing people wish?

Those who are good at fighting cause others but not others. Chasing Jing people is to people, not chasing Jing people, but to people! ”

Wei Yi's sentence of 'to people but not to people' made Zhao Zheng shocked, this sentence Zhang Han just said yesterday afternoon that yesterday's battle with the Chu army was the consequence of people. He took a deep breath, stared into Wei Yi's eyes and asked, "What about Xianyang?" ”

"Minister......" Wei Yu met his gaze and said stiffly: "Please don't care about the gains and losses of Xianyang." ”

"You dare!" Zhao Yang hurriedly drew his sword, and was about to slash Wei Yi with a sword.

"Presumptuous!" Zhao Zheng shouted angrily, and after he repelled Zhao Yang, he continued to stare at Wei Yi, "Xianyang is my capital, if Xianyang is lost, what is Sheji?" ”

"Daqin Sheji is not the god of the ancestor of the Taimiao, nor is it the five-colored soil in the Taishe Society." Wei Yu replied. "Dawang Sheji is the county of Great Qin and the city of the world. The king gave up Xianyang today, and the king will win the world in the future! ”

"The world? World? Zhao Zheng originally stared at Wei Yi with a sharp gaze, but now his gaze was blank.

"After this battle, Jing will die!" Wei Yi said confidently. "However, if the king is reluctant to give up Xianyang and fights with the Jing people......"

"The widow is not afraid of the thorn!" Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth fiercely.

"The king is not afraid of the uselessness of the Jing people, and the Qin soldiers are also afraid of the Jing people!" Wei Yu sighed. "If our army strikes the Jing people, the number of soldiers in the battle is less than 200,000, and the battle will be defeated. For today's plan, the only way to do this is to abandon Xianyang and ignore it, and burn all the warehouses outside the city to wait for the Jing people to run out of food; He also sent troops to storm Shangluo, and he would never return to it, so as to wait for work at ease, so as to win a big victory. This is the way to give people also. ”

"This, this, this ......" Wei Yu said extremely rationally, except for Zhao Yang, who resented him, the rest of the generals fell into deep thought. It's Zhao Gao, he has always been good friends with Wei Mi, and Wei Mi saved his life yesterday, but he still couldn't help asking: "If Xianyang is lost, what about the Queen Mother, the Queen, and the eldest son of Fusu?" ”

Zhao Zheng was originally silent, but when he heard Zhao Gaozhi's words, his heart rose again, and he clenched his fists: "The queen mother, the queen, and Fusu are all in Xianyang Palace!" ”

"Don't worry, the king." Wei Yu actually showed a smile on his face, "King Jing is a true gentleman, and he is the younger brother of the queen, he will inevitably treat the queen mother, the queen, and the eldest son of Fusu with courtesy, at most he will only rob the treasure beauty." The more treasure beauties looted, the more difficult it became for the Jing people. ”

Wei Yi said that Zhao Zheng lost his mind. He understood the meaning of Wei Yi's words. has been an opponent for nearly ten years, King Jing can indeed be regarded as a real gentleman, not a villain without virtue, even if he takes Xianyang, it is impossible to harm the queen mother, queen, and Fusu.

"No!" Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and made a heavy promise.

His promise made Zhao Yang anxious to cry, and he howled miserably: "The kingβ€”"

It's just that his cry, Zhao Zheng has turned a deaf ear. Sometimes victory is a matter of prowess and skill, and sometimes it is a matter of gain and loss. As long as you dare to give up, there is nothing 'you can't get'.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the red long shirts on the Chu army marching on the other side of the river were getting brighter and brighter, and the iron-like procession was rolling north, rushing to Xianyang, the capital of Daqin. At this time, Zhao Zheng had already returned to the tent to freshen up, and only Zhao Yang stood on the hill in a dejected state. Looking at it, he suddenly shouted like a beast: "Da Qin! Daqin β€”β€”! Daqin β€”β€”!! ”

With a soft 'poof' sound, his sword pierced through the leather armor and pierced into the heart, and the blood splashed, and the morning glow was red.