Huai Shui.

It is one of the most important rivers in China.

Its water is surging, the river bank is wide, there is no boat and no raft, it is difficult to cross.

"Soldier, I've already asked people to cut down bamboo, do you want to use these bamboos to build a raft so that we can cross the river on a bamboo raft?"

Shiruma walked over and asked softly.

Zhao Tuo's eyes were still looking at the wetland across the riverbank.

After a long time, he nodded and said, "Although the Huaishui is wide, it has already passed the flood season. In the winter, the amount of water in the river decreases and the water level is gentle, so we can cross the river on a bamboo raft!"

Zhao Tuo's voice was firm, because this was not a whims, but he knew that there had been such a successful example.

Hengduan Mountain, the road is difficult. The enemy has heavy troops, pressing the Guizhou realm. The warrior walked the world with his feet, and crossed the red water four times to surprise the soldiers. The Wujiang River is dangerously crossed......

Two thousand years later, the Red Army encountered an even more dangerous situation in Wujiang in the Guizhou Territory.

The Wujiang River is flowing rapidly, there are no boats, no bridges, and even on the other side of the river, there are enemies with artillery fire condescending and watching.

In such a critical situation, the army used local materials, used the light and dexterous bamboo on the river bank to build rows of bamboo rafts, and then braved the enemy's artillery fire to force the Wujiang River, and finally successfully completed the strategic transfer.

This living example has been imprinted in Zhao Tuo's heart since he was a child, which is why he swore that the five thousand people under his command could cross the Huaishui.

On both sides of the Huaishui, there are bamboo forests growing, and you can have as many as you want.

Although the Huai River is wider than the Wujiang River, because of the winter, the water potential is very gentle and gentle, which is far more suitable for crossing the river by raft than the fast-flowing Wujiang River.

And most importantly, on the opposite bank of Zhao Tuo, there was no enemy interception with artillery fire.

The Qin army can be calm, even if it takes some more time to make trial and error, sooner or later they will be able to cross the Huaishui as a whole.

In winter, the Huai level flows slowly and slowly; The two sides of the bank are open here, and the bamboo forest grows is geographically advantageous; There is no enemy to stop them, and the soldiers under their command are united in peace.

The time and place are favorable, and the Qin army occupies all three, so how can they not cross the river.

Under Zhao Tuo's explanation, Shima also nodded.

After thinking for a while, Shiruma said, "Then I'll pick a few water rafts to try later, and let them cross the river first. When they get to the other side, let them go and explore the terrain over there."

"Well, that would be more secure, as you say."

Zhao Tuo bowed his head, he looked tired when he saw the wading room at this moment, his clothes and armor were full of mud stains and filth, how could he still have a little bit of the mighty appearance of the two or five hundred lords of the Qin army, but he looked like an old farmer who had just come out of the mud.

Not only Shijian, Zhao Tuo looked back sideways, and saw that near the riverbank, the soldiers either sat down to rest according to the formation, or received orders to cut down the bamboo forest.

No one talked, because everyone's faces were full of exhaustion, and their faces were as black as charcoal, and their clothes were dirty and torn, and if they hadn't been for the weapons in their hands and the armor on their bodies, I am afraid that some people would have believed thousands of refugees called Hanako.

Luckily, it's winter, and if it's a summer day with the scorching sun high, I'm afraid everyone will emit a stench.

….

"Everyone's worked hard."

Zhao Tuo sighed lightly.

This journey of hundreds of miles is also a big challenge for this army. Because they are also alone, there is no logistical support, everyone carries very limited food, and in addition, it is winter, everything is withering, and fruits and vegetables in the forest are scarce.

Food must be saved, so everyone's military rations have to be carefully calculated, mixed with the edible wild vegetable rhizomes pointed out by the Chu guides, and boiled into thin rice porridge before they dare to eat.

The happiest thing for the soldiers on the road was to meet the Chu villages and townships. Although Zhao Tuo will not slaughter the village, he will not save the benevolence of a woman at such a time, and he will rob it when it is time to rob it!

Snatching grain and rice, grabbing fruits, vegetables, meat, and even robbing the clothes and cloth of the Chu people, all in order to ensure the needs of the soldiers.

but

On this route, there are no large Chu cities, and there are not many villages, plus the Qin army has nearly 5,000 people, so it won't last long to eat what is looted. After walking hundreds of miles, most of the soldiers still swallowed saliva in their mouths and rumbled in their stomachs.

But compared to the benefits of taking this path, this suffering is nothing.

Zhao Tuo led his army south and traveled along the north bank of the Huai River, which had many benefits, the biggest of which was that he jumped out of the encirclement of the Chu army.

In Zhao Tuo's speculation, in addition to a part of the current Chu army defending Xiangcheng, the other part should be in the hinterland of Chu State, ambushing Li Xin on the road that Li Xin must pass, just waiting for Li Xin to crash into it, and then kill him without leaving a piece of armor.

That road does not say that you will die, but it is definitely a life of nine deaths, and the main force of the Chu army is calculated with or without intention, and Li Xin, who is full of thoughts and only thinks about raiding Shouchun, will definitely suffer a fiasco.

If Zhao Tuo follows Li Xin, if the 5,000 people under his command are not completely wiped out, I am afraid that most of them will be killed by the Chu people. Even his own life was in danger.

And now the road on the north bank of Huaishui that Zhao Tuo is walking basically does not encounter any enemies. Because the eyes of the Chu army were all attracted by Li Xin galloping in Huaibei, all the troops went to Li Xin's side, but the Huaishui line was extremely empty, just like Zhao Tuo's previous attack on Xincai, a city with only two or three hundred people defended the city, and there was no defense.

Of course, Zhao Tuo also paid attention to the confidentiality of information, except for high-ranking military officials such as Shima and Heibuttocks, ordinary soldiers in the army did not know where they were going on this trip, and the external claim was also to follow Huaishui and make a detour all the way to Huyi.

The advantage of this is that the true purpose of Zhao Tuo's trip is difficult to be seen, even if the Chu people he met on the road escaped and mentioned the movements of this army to the Chu army, he would only say that he was wandering in Huaibei, and no one would be able to guess that this army, which was not supported by the boat division, would want to cross the wide Huaishui.

If there is no boat and no boat, what will you take to cross the Huai?

"Duhuai!"

Zhao Tuo quietly looked at the direction in which the water flowed.

Just downstream of this Huaishui, less than a hundred miles away, Shouchun, the capital of the Chu State, was there.

Siege Wei to save Zhao.

Attack it and save it!

This is how to save and reduce losses if our army loses the battlefield and is followed and pursued by the Chu army.

Wang Qian, who has always been steady, actually gave a rather risky and aggressive strategy.

….

In the case that the Chu army broke through the Qin army and chased the dead to the north.

Failure on the frontal battlefield, even if Zhao Tuo descended from the sky, it would be impossible to turn the tide on the battlefield of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, let alone change the outcome of defeat.

But if he can jump his eyes out of the battle and make a detour in advance to attack the empty place where the Chu army must be saved, he can make the Chu people who are chasing and killing the defeated army of the Qin State turn, and at least transfer part of the opponent's troops, so that more Qin soldiers under Li Xin's command can escape and ascend to heaven, and maybe save Li Xin's life in danger.

In today's situation, where else can the Chu army be saved, apart from Chu Capital Shouchun?

"Li Xin used Mengwu as bait to attract the Chu army, and he himself went to raid Shouchun as a surprise soldier."

"Li Xin, too, is my bait."

"I, Zhao Tuo, am the real miracle soldier!"

Zhao Tuo muttered, his eyes flashing with madness.

Not far away, under the command of Shima, the Qin soldiers had already set up the first batch of bamboo rafts, and they were pushed down the wide Huaishui in a shout.

……

On the second day when Zhao Tuo led his troops to cross the Huaishui.

Chu Du Shouchun.

A light horse came from the north and brought the latest news.

"Xia Cai has lit a beacon fire."

"Li Xin is here, he is capturing Cai, and he wants to cross Huai from there, so as to attack the capital of Bugu."

In the main hall of the Chu Palace, the King of Chu blushed and announced the news to the ministers in the palace.

The hall suddenly resounded with a gasp.

This is the first time since the Chu State moved its capital to Shouchun that there are enemy soldiers in Huaishui to threaten the Chu capital, for the Chu State

The psychological pressure caused by the monarch and the minister can be imagined.

Songyang Jun Jingzhao glanced at the hall and arched his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry, if there is no accident, Shangzhu State should lead the army of my Chu State to follow behind Li Xin at this time. When Li Xin crosses the Huaishui and the troops come to the foot of our Shouchun City, the Shangzhu Kingdom will also cross the Huai River and attack from its rear, so that the Qin army can be blocked in the land of Huainan and all of them will be annihilated!"

"This is a good strategy, as long as the Qin army crosses the Huaishui. There is a strong city in front, and there is a large army chasing after it, once the Qin army is defeated, there is a Huaishui block, no one can escape, and it will definitely be annihilated by our army here! In this battle, no one in the Qin army will be able to escape!"

Chu Chen echoed and said, his face full of joy.

However, the face of the King of Chu was still extremely ugly.

"30,000 people...... Then Li Xin has 30,000 people! The guards in Shouchun City had been transferred to Xiangcheng before, and now there are only more than 10,000 people." The King of Chu whispered.

Jing Zhao's eyelids jumped, he knew what the king was worried about.

He hurriedly said, "My king, the high walls of my Shouchun City are strong, and there are more than 10,000 people to guard it, so Li Xin has 30,000 chariots to ride...... No, he must have lost all the way, at most more than 20,000 people, and it is impossible to conquer Shouchun without logistical baggage! Don't be anxious, the king really can't do it, he can also recruit the Chu people in the city, and he will definitely be able to recruit another 10,000 or 20,000 people, so many people will defend the city, and Shouchun will definitely be fine."

Hearing this, King Chu's face softened slightly, but his heart still did not let go.

It's too dangerous!

Let the twenty or thirty thousand people under Li Xin's command pass through Huaishui, and let the Qin army come to Shouchun City.

As long as he thought that the Qin people with spears and halberds and hideous faces were outside the capital where they lived, and they would attack Shouchun at any time, the king of Chu was so frightened that he couldn't relax for a moment.

….

That's Qin Jun!

The invincible Qin army in the world!

The old capitals of the former Chu State, Yan, Ying, and Chen, fell one after another under the war horses of the Qin army, how miserable and helpless.

And now, for the sake of the so-called total annihilation, he wants to let go of the Qin army in Huaishui and put it in Shouchun City.

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What if?

What if Li Xin is really brave and invincible, and captures Shouchun before Xiang Yan arrives?

What if Xiang Xiang encounters a sudden situation on the road and can't return in time?

In case of......

As long as there is a problem in any place, he will become a prisoner of the Qin army, and this Shouchun will also fall into the hands of the Qin people.

It's so dangerous!

King Chu's face was blue and white for a while, just thinking of that kind of possibility, his palms began to sweat, and his body was a little weak.

In the palace, Jin Xia, a close confidant of the king of Chu, knew it when he saw the king's face.

He stood up and arched his hand, "Great King, the minister thinks that the Qin army must not let go of Huaishui and let that Li Xinbing come to the city, otherwise even if this battle is won, it will also insult the prestige of my Chu State. An army should be sent to the south bank of Huaishui immediately, and a formation should be deployed to intercept and block the Qin army north of Huaishui."

"Then Li Xin can't cross the Huaishui, the army will definitely be in turmoil, and the Shangzhu State will lead a large army to attack from its rear, and the Qin army will be defeated, so that my Chu State will not only win, but Shouchun will not be in the slightest danger."

Songyang Jun Jingzhao was shocked and shouted, "How can this be, if you don't let the Qin army cross the Huai, how can you wipe it out?"

Jin Xia ignored Jing Zhao's words at all, he only stared at the king's couch with his eyes, and finally showed a smile when he saw the king of Chu.

Jin Xia also smiled.

Annihilation of the Qin army?

Does the king want to annihilate the Qin army?

Dongjun who took off