Chapter 219: New Ideas
Li Xin, a strange soldier, is known as the elite cavalry in the 30,000 passes.
In fact, the cavalry is more than 10,000 people, and the chariot soldiers are 800 times. According to the Qin system, there were three armor soldiers on a chariot, and eight apprentices followed in the rear, so the chariot soldiers and cavalry added up to about 20,000 people. In addition, there are 10,000 Guanzhong foot soldiers, plus 5,000 people under the command of Zhao Tuo, who were recruited, the total number of Qin troops is 35,000.
Now, except for Li You, who took 5,000 foot soldiers and escorted the grain from Shangcai in the rear, the remaining 30,000 people are all gathered in Pingyu.
There were no less than 30,000 soldiers of Li Xin in the city, and the army camped on the flat ground outside the city.
All the way from Shangcai to more than 100 miles, even though the vanguard of the Qin army won the peace in one battle, the soldiers were still exhausted, panting one after another.
Li Xin ordered the army to rest for one night in Pingyu, and feasted on the soldiers with the grain, vegetables, and meat in the city, so as to restore the energy and morale of the soldiers. Then he waited until early to-morrow morning, and set out for the attack on the sleeping hills, about two hundred miles east of Pingyu.
Near evening, Zhao Tuo settled the affairs of the camp, instructed Shijian and Black Buttocks to inspect the barracks, and after not slacking off, he walked to the big tent of the commander where Li Xin was.
Zhao Tuo knew very well that this time the battle of the Qin State against Chu led by Li Xin was bound to fail.
On Li Xin's side, in the original history, he and Meng Tian were pursued by the Chu army, killing seven soldiers in battle, and the losses of soldiers were countless.
And in this time and space where Zhao Tuo was, although he advised Qin Wangzheng to replace Meng Tian with Meng Wu, it could not affect the overall situation. Changpingjun's rebellion will not change.
Zhao Tuo estimated that under the current situation, Changpingjun, an inner ghost, was very likely to leak Li Xin's strategy to the Chu people, so that Li Xin's risk would be greater than in history. In the case that the surprise attack route was known to the Chu people, it was very likely that Li Xin's surprise army would be beaten by the Chu army, and Xiang Yan would be besieged and killed in Chu.
Continue to walk, Zhao Tuo and Li Xin are both at risk of dying.
Now that they have arrived in Pingyu, they are still on the border of Qin and Chu, and there is still the possibility of turning back. But if you go further and attack the sleeping hill two hundred miles away, you will enter the hinterland of the Chu State.
The further you go in, the harder it is to change strategically.
And as Li Xin won more and more victories, he became less and less likely to listen to advice, and arrogance and arrogance would eat away at his heart, so that Li Xin would no longer listen to anyone's advice.
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Useful, but threatened by Li Xinxin's axe.
Zhao Tuo persuaded Li Xin to consider the practical issues of supply and heavy baggage and Shouchun city defense, but it was useless, Li Xin had his own arguments about this, especially now that Li Xin thought that Chu of Juyang would provide him with support, I am afraid that he would not take these problems into his eyes.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo can't say these clichés tonight, which will only make Li Xin annoyed and angry, and even provoke the other party.
At this time, the short soldiers who went in to report came out and said to Zhao Tuo: "Zhao Junhou, General Li is invited, and please enter the account."
"Well, thank you."
Zhao Tuo nodded, and in the flattered expression of the short soldier, he strode towards Li Xinshuai's tent.
Pulling open the curtain to block the night breeze at the tent, as soon as Zhao Tuo entered, he saw Li Xin sitting in front of the eucalyptus with a black face, and at a glance, he knew that he was not in a good mood.
Zhao Tuo's eyelids jumped, for him, now is not a good time. But there is no way, this is already the last night, early tomorrow morning, Li Xin will lead the army to the sleeping hill, the further to the back, the more slim the chance of success in the persuasion, and I am afraid that the time will be too late.
"Zhao Tuo, you're here."
Li Xin said angrily, "When you came in just now, you saw that guy Xin Wu. Hmph, this person is really the same as Mengwu, he opened his mouth steadily, closed his mouth steadily, and even wanted me to change my strategy and go north to join Mengwu. It's ridiculous, even Meng Wu bowed his head to me, he is a general, and he dares to point fingers at me, it's really self-conscious, don't you say?"
As soon as Zhao Tuo came in, he heard Li Xin complaining.
Naturally, he would not advise at this time, but followed Li Xin and said: "What the general said is that now that our army has entered Pingyu and broken into the flank of the Chu State, it is the time to make meritorious contributions, how can we go north and join the army again."
Seeing that Zhao Tuo echoed him, Li Xin's face looked a lot better, and he smiled, "You still understand me. What is there to fight in that city, it is like a turtle shell, and the Chu army inside has gathered tens of thousands, plus continuous reinforcements, even if I have 200,000 troops, I may not be able to take it in the spring. Instead of attacking Xiangcheng, it is better to find another chance to win, Meng Wu and Xin Wu are just old, and they have lost the courage of being a general, how do you know my thoughts."
Zhao Tuo echoed Li Xin and said for a while, and seeing that the other party was in a much better mood, he boldly said: "The general is proficient in strategy, and this surprise attack on Shouchun has a chance of winning a battle, which makes me admire it very much. Since I was personally ordered by the general to follow the war last year, I have been thinking hard about the strategy of breaking Chu, but I have never thought of a way, and now inspired by the general's strange strategy, I have an idea, and I have an idea in my heart, and I hope the general will judge."
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Hearing this, Li Xin not only didn't get angry, but was quite interested in Zhao Tuo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "You kid has always been quite strategic, if you have any ideas, you can tell me and listen to them."
"This time, the general entered Chu from the flank with surprise troops and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Chu State, in addition to being able to raid the Chu capital. It is possible to turn to war and rage in the hinterland of Chu State, attack the defenseless cities of Chu State, burn their grain and grass, and destroy the military reserves of the Chu people. At the same time, take advantage of the advantage of chariots and horses to find the Chu army that supports Xiangcheng and annihilate it in the field."
"In this way, the land of Huaibei of the Chu State is galloped across by the general's strange soldiers, just like the farmland is trampled by war horses, and the Chu people must be miserable. If the king of Chu sends an army and there are few people, the general can annihilate it with the power of thunder. If there are many people, use the advantage of chariots and horses to avoid their edges, look for opportunities to divide and intercept, and wipe out the Chu army in the field one by one."
When Zhao Tuo said this, he was also excited.
"In this way, the state of Chu is no longer able to support Xiangcheng, so it can only send soldiers and horses to search for the general's traces. And Xiang Cheng heard that the general was wreaking havoc in his rear, and the army in the city was definitely unstable, and Xiang Yan also wanted to be in chaos, so that it would be easy to expose flaws, and General Meng could find an opportunity to break the city. If Xiangcheng is broken, the general can wave his army to the north, chase and kill the Chu army, and annihilate the Chu *** force."
"According to my strategy, the general can annihilate most of the forces of the Chu State, leaving only an empty Shouchun, waiting for our army to besiege."
Zhao Tuo finished the plan in his heart in one breath, and then stared at Li Xin tightly.
The plan he came up with wasn't very good, even worse
Because Changping Jun will rebel, the strategic goal of finally annihilating the living forces of the Chu army will definitely not be completed, what he Zhao Tuo said is just a painting cake.
But overall, this strategy is much better than Li Xin's surprise attack on Shouchun.
Li Xin temporarily changed his strategy and gave up the raid on Shouchun, focusing on attacking the cities of Chu and annihilating the forces of the Chu army, so he would not go to Shouchun according to the original route.
In this way, even if Changping Jun really leaked Li Xin's strategy to Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan would only follow the original Li Xin route to intercept it, and it would definitely fall short in the end. On the contrary, Li Xin took advantage of the rook and cavalry to fight like the wind in Huaibei, as long as the Qin army placed the sentry cavalry far enough, he could even find the Chu army that came to intercept in advance, so as to avoid or find an opportunity to annihilate.
In this way, the danger caused by Changping-kun's leakage of information can be eliminated.
Second, of course, after adopting Zhao Tuo's strategy, there is no need to go to Shouchun to take risks.
Shouchun was too far away, and the Qin army was intercepted and besieged near it, and once defeated, they had nowhere to run if they wanted to. On the contrary, Li Xin switched to war in Huaibei, even if the war was unfavorable, he was really blocked by Xiang Yan on the frontal battlefield, and then suffered a heavy defeat. At least the defeated place is closer to the territory of the Qin State, and it is far easier to escape than Shouchun, and there will definitely be more people who will survive.
Third, Changping Jun rebelled in the rear, and Li Xin was in Huaibei, at least he could know faster, and the distance was closer to Huaiyang, so he could respond more flexibly, whether it was a strategic retreat or going north to support Mengwu, it was far more convenient than near Shouchun.
In Zhao Tuo's view, these three points alone are enough to change Li Xin's mortal situation.
Even if they are defeated, their chances of survival will always be greater, and the losses of the Qin army will be smaller.
Zhao Tuo stared at Li Xin with burning eyes.
He did not veto Li Xin's strange strategy, but proposed another new idea, between the surprise attack on Shouchun and the northward march to Huaiyang.
In this way, instead of angering Li Xin, there is one more choice.
Next, it's up to General Lee.
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