The bridge originally erected on Yingshui was burned and broken by the fleeing Chu people.

The Qin army used the captured boats as beams and wooden planks on them to make a narrow and simple pontoon bridge for the more than 20,000 people occupying Huyi to cross the river.

Under Li Xin, there were more carriages and horses. The first time I crossed the river, it seemed quite chaotic, people called the horses neighing, and there was a mess as far as the eye could see, and from time to time horses were frightened and fell into the river, or someone stepped off the pontoon bridge in the chaos.

Fortunately, Huyi's Chu army had already been annihilated, and with no enemy obstruction around, this Qin army could slowly cross the river, and it took nearly two days for Li Xin's men and horses to cross Yingshui.

Li Xin left 500 men to guard Huyi.

Dozens of miles west of Huyi, there was also a group of Li You's foot soldiers who were escorting the grain collected from the treasury of Pingyu and Bedqiu, although that grain was not much, but it was better than nothing, and it might be of some use at a critical time.

In addition to the garrisons of Li You and Huyi, Li Xin's troops suffered many casualties in sieges and field battles along the way, and the actual number of people who crossed to the east bank of Yingshui is only about 21,000. He will rely on more than 20,000 people to go straight to Chudu

Li Xin walked across the pontoon bridge and stood on a small hill on the east bank, watching the various units of the Qin army that had crossed the Yingshui begin to organize and count the number of people.

Just this morning, he had already received a reply from Juyang.

"Zhaoping asked me to go to Juyang?"

Li Xin looked in the northeast direction where Juyang was located, and his brows furrowed.

He needs military rations.

Li Xin's idea of feeding the war with war itself was no problem, and the Qin army raided lightly, relying on siege and breaking through the cities, and moving food from the treasury of various cities in the Chu State to replenish military supplies. The army only carried a few military rations in front, and Li You followed behind with the grain and baggage that he had taken with his foot soldiers, which was enough to maintain the military ration supply of the Qin army for a long time.

But along the way, you will always encounter a few ruthless characters.

Chu Jiang, who guarded Huyi, was such a ruthless man. Huyi, as an important city by the Yingshui, has a large amount of Chu grain hoarded in the treasury, far exceeding the previous storage of Yuqiu and Pingyu. But it's a pity that the general of Huyi saw that the Qin army was bound to break the city, so he was ruthless and set fire to the treasury in the city, burning all the tens of thousands of stones and grain to ashes.

Although Li Xin forcibly requisitioned some food from the Chu people in the city afterwards, it was only enough for the supply of the 20,000 army for more than half a month, which may be enough for him to raid Shouchun City, but if he can't take Shouchun in a battle. If the Qin army stops outside Shouchun City, it will fall into a situation of shortage of military rations.

Therefore, Li Xin needed a new source of military rations.

Zhaoping's reply was somewhat unexpected by Li Xin, which made Li Xin fall into thought.

The cronies of the king of Chu came to Juyang City to supervise the army, and Zhaoping could not go out of the city to support the Qin army under his supervision. However, it can open the gate of Juyang City for Li Xin and assist the Qin army to capture Juyang City. Once the capture of the city was successful, Li Xin would no longer lack food and supplies, and he would be able to control Juyang, a large city of Chu.

This statement sounds like nothing wrong at first glance, but Li Xin's mind always comes to mind the scene of that night outside Pingyu City.

Zhao Tuo crouched on the ground, telling himself that Changping Jun was very likely to reveal his surprise attack strategy, and there were probably traps waiting for him on the road ahead.

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generation, on the contrary, he also has a high military literacy.

Now that Zhao Tuo's warning is in front of him, although Li Xin doesn't quite believe Zhao Tuo's "alarmism", when it comes to the current situation, he can't help but consider this possibility in his heart.

In the case of a possible trap ahead, Zhaoping suddenly changed his tune and invited him to lead an army to attack Juyang City, from which he smelled something unusual based on Li Xin's years of battlefield experience.

"Prince...... Zhaoping's surrender to my Qin State is the information given by the prince, if what Zhao Tuo said is true, the prince is really ......."

Li Xin's eyes narrowed into a slit.

The feeling of danger climbed in his mind.

"Let the messenger reply to Zhaoping, I will surprise Juyang in five days, and let him cooperate in opening the city gates."

Li Xin muttered, but his head turned to the southeast side.

"Whether Juyang is a trap or not, I won't go. I will take the opportunity to lead the army to attack Xia Cai. I don't believe that Cai's Chu generals are also the same as Hu Yi, who can be ruthless enough to burn the grain and grass. After taking the grain and grass from Cai, I will forcibly requisition the grain stored in the homes of the Chu people there, so that it can support it for a while."

"Crossing Huai from Xia Cai is Shouchun!"

"As for Juyang, let them wait."

……

Four days later, Juyang City.

Xiang Yan and Zhaoping walked up to the city together.

"Zhaoping, the terrain of this Juyang is really good, it's a good place for fishing."

Xiang Yan looked around, a few miles east of Juyang, there was a vast dense forest, and it was also the place where the Chu people in the city harvested and felled wood. More than ten miles west of Juyang is a Yingshui flowing from north to south. Relying on Lin Yishui, this city is also a treasure of feng shui.

Zhaoping smiled, "That's what Shangzhuguo said. We lay down ten thousand people in the forest, and ten thousand in the city, and then we sent ten thousand people to make a detour. Just waiting for the fish to take the bait, Shangzhuguo gave an order, 10,000 people were killed in the city, and 10,000 people were killed in the forest, and the 10,000 people who detoured the road attacked from behind again. In this way, we can chase all the way north and drive all those Qin people into Yingshui."

Xiang Yan also smiled and said, "This fish swimming in Longxi is indeed beyond the old man's expectations, if there is no reminder from that person, I am afraid that the old man will really be taken aback by his surprise attack. But this fish is too naïve, and when he shows him some fragrant bait, he will stupidly swim over and bite the hook, hehe."

While the two were talking and laughing, they saw a few cavalry coming in the distance.

"Oh, it's the Detective Ranger back. I think they have already discovered the Qin army that came to Juyang."

Zhaoping pointed to the cavalry that had entered the city on horseback and smiled.

His smile didn't last long, though, for when he heard the news of the ranger's return, he turned into a cry of astonishment: "What! Didn't find Qin Jun on the road? Three days ago, Li Xin led his army in the direction of Xia Cai?"

"Damn, didn't this Li Xin say that he was coming to Juyang before? Why did he run to beat Cai!"

"The erector lied to me!"

Zhaoping's face distorted, and things changed beyond his expectations.

The fish, who was stupid in his eyes, actually abandoned the incense bait of Juyang and swam in the other direction, and created an illusion of biting a hook for him before leaving.

The angler was teased by the fish.

Xiang Yan looked stunned.

Then, he smiled: "Interesting, I thought it was a stupid fish, but I didn't expect it to be quite cunning, and I could see some clues. It seems that the King of Qin's selection of generals is not a blind selection with his eyes closed, this Li Xin still has some ability."

"Zhaoping, don't be angry. If the fish don't come to bite our hook, don't they bite Shouchun's big hook?"

"Greedy fish can't run away."

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Xiang Yan's eyes.

"Immediately reorganize the army, and in an hour, 30,000 soldiers will set off for the south!"

"If Li Xin doesn't come, then we will chase after him. On the shore of the Huai Shui, peel off the scales and nails of this fish, and clean it up!"

……

The shore of Huaishui.

One

The Qin army, which had traveled hundreds of miles east along the Huaishui, also stopped.

Zhao Tuo stood on a gentle and wide riverbank, looking at the opposite bank.

Behind him was a vast forest of bamboo.

In front of it is the water of the Huai River, which is hundreds of meters wide.

"This is it."

Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and along the way, he finally found a suitable location.

He wants, Du Huai!