Chapter 138: The Great Defeat of the Chu Army, Xianyang was sealed

Four months have passed in a blink of an eye, and at this time, a football match of Qin State was going on on Qin Jun's school field, and I saw Zhou Xin evading the resistance of many people with the ball again and again, and directly volleyed into the opponent's goal.

"The ball is scored, Qianzhong County scores another goal, and Qianzhong County wins this game!"

With a loud roar from the referee in the field, the football game officially ended, and the supporters of the Qianzhong County team also carnivaled loudly, while the supporters of the South County team looked unwilling.

At this time, Wang Qian, who was sitting on the stage to watch the game, couldn't help but clap his hands on the high morale, he was very optimistic about the competition mode proposed by Zhou Xin, which can not only improve morale, but also exercise the cooperation between the teams.

Looking at the carnival crowd, Wang Jian stood up and asked loudly to the soldiers underground:

"Soldiers, I haven't let you wait to fight back against the Chu army for half a year, but it's hard to wait?"

The smart people standing in the audience quickly heard the meaning of Wang Qian's words, and shouted on one knee:

"Please lead the way and wait for the battle!"

Immediately after that, everyone reacted, knelt on one knee and shouted in unison:

"Please lead the way and wait for the battle!"

Wang Jian looked at the army with high morale, and then saw that the morale of the Chu army that had attacked many times was declining little by little, and knew that it was time to attack, so he shouted:

"The fighter plane is coming, you can wait a few days before you can fight."

Wang Qian's words were reached by the heralds to the ears of every soldier, and most of them showed a look of surprise, for them this time it was for the promotion of officials, but only on the battlefield can they reap military merits.

After Wang Jian went back, he wrote a general order for Mengwu, who had been preparing for a long time, to set off to block the grain route of the Chu army, and after receiving the order, Mengwu led tens of thousands of cavalry to set off to attack Pengcheng, the transit station of the grain route in the rear of the Chu army.

Meng Wu arrived at Pengcheng in a few days, and because the actions of the Qin army for many months had made the Chu army's defense relaxed, it was easy to take Pengcheng. Within a few days, the news of the capture of Pengcheng reached the hands of the kings Du Shouchun and Xiang Yan.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers who separated the two places had already understood that they must withdraw their troops and seize back the grain route, otherwise they would be defeated without the supply of grain and grass, so the king of Chu issued an order for Xiang Yan to withdraw his troops and recapture Pengcheng.

Xiang Yan looked at the order of the King of Chu, although he had already made a decision to withdraw in his heart, but he knew that Wang Jian was staring at him fiercely at this time, once he revealed the intention of withdrawing the army, he would inevitably be bitten tightly by Wang Qian, and there could be no other possibility than a big defeat at that time.

So after inquiring about the logistics and learning that it could still hold out for about 20 days, he made up his mind not to retreat directly in the direction of Pengcheng, but to go to Qicheng to replenish the army's food and grass before making plans.

Under Xiang Yan's arrangement, the Chu army went to the Qin army's barracks to call for battle, and it was like this for five consecutive days.

On the evening of the fifth day, Xiang Yan first sent more scouts to compress the scope of activity of the Qin scouts, and then divided the army into two, leaving a small part of the army and most of the peasants wearing stocked armor and weapons, and ordered them to continue to call for battle tomorrow, and they could withdraw to Shouchun after two consecutive days.

He led most of his army to retreat overnight, preparing to go to Qicheng to replenish grain and grass first, and then wait for Wang Qian's movements to see if he would pursue the army retreating to Shouchun before making a decision.

Wang Qian, who received the sudden expansion of the scout range of the Chu army that night, guessed that the Chu army might have to retreat, but he could not confirm the specific news, and he was afraid that it would be Xiang Yan's trap, so he decided to decide the next day.

On the second day, Wang Jian looked at the Chu army that still came out to call the battle, although he found that the Chu army's formation was a little scattered, but after considering the movement of Mengwu, he only thought that they received the news that Pengcheng was broken, and the army's morale was a little sluggish.

And this is good news for him, maybe in a few days the Chu army will be completely chaotic, and then it will be the best opportunity to attack.

However, on the evening of the fourth day, Wang Jian received the news of the scouts, and learned that nearly 100,000 Chu troops had withdrawn from the barracks and walked in the direction of Shouchun.

During the day, Wang Jian received news from the scouts and learned that the Chu army camp was like an empty camp, so he sent a small part of the army to test it, and only when he returned did he know that the Chu camp was completely empty.

Wang Jian knew that Xiang Yan had retreated a few days ago, but he was not in a hurry, after all, he knew from Meng Wu that Xiang Yan had not withdrawn to Pengcheng, and according to his judgment, Xiang Yan was very likely to retreat to the direction of Qicheng, so he sent scouts to explore in the direction of Qicheng.

Sure enough, as expected, there was a scout report half a day later, and found traces of the march of the army in recent days, Wang Jian did not hesitate after learning the news, and divided the army into 100,000 to chase down the Chu army in the direction of Shouchun, and the rest followed him to directly pursue the Chu army, and at the same time notified Mengwu to attack westward.

Half a month later, although the Chu army received some grain and grass supplies in Qicheng, it could only hold out for half a month for the 400,000 Chu army, and at this time, the Chu army also lost its sharpness because the grain and grass were about to run out.

After a few days of fighting, the Qin army annihilated most of the troops of the Chu army, and only a small part was scattered, and Wang Jian immediately led the army to cross the river in the east of the Huai River, ignoring the water army on the Huai River, and then took Shouchun directly.

After besieging Shouchun City, Wang Jian spread the news of the defeat of the Chu army into Shouchun City, and promised that those who surrendered would not be killed, reducing the resistance in Shouchun City, and in just a few days, the Qin army broke through Shouchun and captured the king of Chu.

After learning that the king of Chu was captured, Changping Jun, the prince of Chu, collected the remaining army of the Chu army of more than 200,000 in Guangling City, and after Wang Jian learned the news, he began to build a naval army steadily, and let people take the captured king of Chu to preach the virtue of the king of Qin everywhere, and at the same time spread the news that the king of Chu was captured.

A few months later, after collecting enough ships, Wang Jian led the captured King of Chu to attack Guangling City, but the Chu army was demoralized because the King of Chu was captured, and it did not last long before Guangling City was broken in the face of several times the attack of the Qin army.

After the city was broken, Changping Jun was accidentally lost and died, with the last resistance of Chu was destroyed, the fall of Chu also entered the countdown, at this time Ying Zheng, who learned the news, couldn't wait to send his henchman general Ren Huan to read out the will.

Let Wang Jian return to Xianyang to accept the reward, order Tu Sui to take over Wang Qian's military power, lead 300,000 troops south to attack Lingnan, conquer the land of Baiyue, and let Meng Tian and Ren Huan each lead 100,000 troops to sweep away the remnants of Chu.

Before Wang Jian returned to Xianyang, he entrusted Zhou Xin to Meng Tian, and let Zhou Xin exercise his ability to lead troops under Meng Tian.

Zhou Xin inherited Wang Qian's style of steady and steady fighting, and in the follow-up sweep of the remnants of the Chu State, he mainly suppressed the people with the general situation, and then supplemented by the 16-character principle of guerrilla warfare: "I advance when the enemy retreats, I retreat when the enemy advances, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, and the enemy is tired and I fight", and soon achieved great results.

The following year, Meng Tian and Ren Huan, who had swept away the remnants of the Chu State, led their troops back to Xianyang, and Ying Zheng held a celebration banquet for the two, and Zhou Xin also participated in the celebration banquet under the leadership of Meng Tian.

At the banquet, King Qin rewarded everyone one by one, and Meng Tian also asked for a reward for Zhou Xin, and when King Qin learned that Zhou Xin was Wang Qian's disciple, he also took the initiative to withdraw from the court because Wang Jian handed over his military power, and he thought about making up for Zhou Xin.

recorded Zhou Xin's many victories with Wang Jian into the meritorious system, rewarded him with the fifth doctor of the ninth rank, and transferred him to serve in the garrison guarding the Beijing Division.