Under the dim light, the entire tent of the Chu army was also extremely heavy and gloomy, and the big tent was as quiet as death.

Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan both stared at the map in front of them silently, their faces gloomy as if they had been filled with lead.

Xiang Yan thought about the difficulty of the Mengjiahuo cavalry, and also thought about the difficulty of the infantry against the cavalry, but he never thought that the pioneer battalion used to attack the fortified Phi Rui was actually chiseled through by the other party without even having the strength to fight back.

Since the development of the war, each country and each general has its own set of tactics for dealing with cavalry.

Xiang Yan's tactics are also very simple, but they are also very practical, that is, use the shield guard as the vanguard to block the charge of the cavalry, as long as the cavalry has no speed, it is the existence of being slaughtered.

Therefore, he deliberately threw out the vanguard battalion, which had been damaged by the explosion of the city father, as a bait to lure Meng Tian to attack.

He planned to sacrifice the vanguard battalion, reduce the speed of the cavalry, and then the Chinese army and the two wings directly surrounded it, completely surround the Mengjiahuo cavalry.

It's a pity that the plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The vanguard battalion failed to lower the speed of the Mengjia fire cavalry at all, nor did it entangle with the other party, but a wave of cavalry's normal goose-shaped formation charged, which directly chiseled through the vanguard battalion.

This big shield, which he entrusted with important tasks and relied on, encountered an extremely sharp spear, and directly became like papier-mâché, piercing with one blow.

"Withdraw!" Xiang Yan looked at Xiong Qi and spoke with difficulty.

Now that the offense and defense are easy, the Chu army, which only has foot soldiers, even if the number is above the Mengjia fire cavalry, is like a sieve, leaking everywhere.

The field battle between the infantry and the cavalry is not a level of competition at all, just like a grasshopper shaking a tree.

The cavalry came and went freely, and the foot soldiers could not resist at all, and were slaughtered.

If the vanguard battalion was killed by the Mongol fire cavalry, they could still hope that the shield guards could block the first round of cavalry attack, and then they could annihilate it in turn.

Now, they don't have this idea anymore, the shield guards have not been able to block the charging of the Mengjia fire cavalry, and what can the other foot soldiers who don't even have a big shield and armor use to resist?

If they continue to fight, Xiang Yan has reason to suspect that they will use 500,000 Qin troops to achieve Wu Qi and Wei Wushu, just like the Battle of Shaoliang in the west of the Qin-Wei River, and now they are using 300,000 Chu troops to make a name for Meng Tian and Mengjiahuo cavalry.

The most frightening thing is that in the battle of Shaoliang, the Qin army was defeated, but the Qin State was still there, but if they were defeated, the Chu State would be destroyed.

Xiong Qi looked at Xiang Yan and wanted to see the hope of victory on his face, but he also knew very well that if he continued to fight, they would lose the country.

It's just that the state of Chu has the pride of the state of Chu, do you want to tell the world that their 300,000 army surrounded and annihilated the 50,000 army, and they were still being chased by the other party, like rabbits, and fled in a hurry?

Do you want Xiang Yan to admit that he, the number one general of the Chu State, is not as good as a junior general of the Qin State?

Therefore, although Xiong Qi wanted to retreat, he did not dare to retreat, otherwise the order to withdraw would be immeasurable to the morale of the Chu army.

"Use the royal city guards to block Meng Tian and the Meng family fire cavalry!" Xiong Qi thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said.

Now the only one they can hope to stop the charge of the fire cavalry is the Wangcheng Guard, the number one army of the Chu State.

As for whether the Wangcheng guards can slow down the speed of the Mengjia Fire Cavalry and stop the other party, no one knows.

"The sign of the Wangcheng Guards is too obvious, Meng Tian may not necessarily come!" Xiang Yan said a little weakly.

Meng Tian was not a fool, it was impossible for him to recognize the royal city guards of the Buchu Kingdom, and it was impossible for him to be so proud that he thought that the fire cavalry could chisel through the royal city guards.

"If we retreat today, with such low morale, will we still be able to stop the other armies of the Qin State?" Xiong Qi looked at Xiang Yan and asked rhetorically.

They no longer have any way to retreat, fighting is death, retreating is death, it is better to fight, maybe they can wipe out the Mengjia fire cavalry?

And they have seen the horror of the fire cavalry, if they are lucky enough to wipe out the fire cavalry, the equipment that bursts out will allow them to reproduce a Mengjia fire cavalry.

Some things are actually easy to get started, but the hard part is how to start from scratch.

Before the advent of the heavy cavalry, no one knew how terrible it was, but once it appeared, it was easy to learn to imitate.

The Chu army also has cavalry, as long as it can wipe out all the fire cavalry and pick up their heavy armor and war horses, the Chu state can also return the problem of how to face the heavy armored cavalry back to the Qin army.

Xiang Yan also knew Xiong Qi's thoughts, and now they couldn't retreat.

Facing the old ministry of Zhao Guo before, he retreated!

Now in the face of the Meng family fire ride, will he retreat?

Then there is no need to fight this war anymore, because when facing other Qin armies, his soldiers will also lose their fighting spirit and want to retreat again and again.

"Then fight!" Xiang Yan cheered up and began to plan how to let Meng Tian enter the urn and take the initiative to attack the royal city guards.

And in the camp of the Qin army, Meng Tian was also thinking about the goal of the next battle, the Wangcheng Guards were definitely at the end of his plan, as long as his brain was not sick, he would not think of fighting the strongest Praetorian Guard in the Chu State.

"On the contrary, Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan will definitely try their best to let us fight the Praetorian Guards of the Chu State!" Meng Tian frowned and said.

Therefore, now he does not dare to have a trace of carelessness and pride, and the advantage is not on his side.

Once they take the initiative to attack and are entangled by the Praetorian Guards of the Chu State, then what awaits them will also be a nightmare of annihilation.

"So, General, why are we fighting them?" The adjutant general looked at Meng Tian and asked with a smile.

Now it is easy to attack and defend, the initiative is in their hands, as long as they don't want to fight, can the Chu army still catch up with them?

"There is not enough food and grass!" Meng Tian sighed, not that he wanted to fight, but that he had to fight.

They blew up the city father, and the grain and grass they could carry were only three days, and they also snatched some grain and grass supplies from the Chu army by relying on the destruction of these days.

But after all, it can't last long!

Although fighting on their backs can boost morale to the extreme, once the war falls into the quagmire of stalemate, then what awaits them will be food shortage!

Of course, he can also withdraw to the supply points in the rear, but this also means that they will let the Chu army go back, bringing uncontrollable chaos to the other road armies, and even affecting the deployment of the entire army.

The most important thing is that Chu Jun really has no way? Is there really no way to stop them from retreating?

Meng Tian didn't believe it, I'm afraid that the supply points in their rear had already been wiped out by Xiang Yan's troops, otherwise why didn't there be supplies from the baggage battalion in the past few days.

Even if the city father is destroyed, the supplies should be delivered normally, but no, this means that their logistics supply line has been cut off.

(End of chapter)