In the land of Huainan, in an orange grove about ten miles west of Shouchun City.

Zhao Tuo peeled off an orange, and a sour breath came to his nose.

He gritted his teeth, stuffed the orange flesh into his mouth in one go, puffed out his cheeks and chewed, the sweet and sour juice spread between his lips and tongue, and soon Zhao Tuo's facial features were distorted, and his stomach began to twitch slightly.

Not only Zhao Tuo, but most of the more than 4,000 Qin soldiers in the forest at this moment looked like this, and from time to time some people really couldn't bear it, and with a "vomit", they vomited out the oranges they had just eaten and the acid water in their stomachs.

In the Qin State, only the Huainan citrus that the nobles and the high-class rich could eat, and the high-quality fruits placed on the table of the Qin Wang's political case, are now all allowed to be eaten by these low-level soldiers, eat until they vomit, and they no longer want to eat until they eat for the rest of their lives.

"My mother! I'm going to vomit sour water again. Junhou, when are we going to fight his mother's Chu people's city, let's fight Shouchun, grab some rice and meat to eat, I don't want to eat oranges anymore! ”

Black Buttocks said with a wrinkled face.

After the Qin army crossed the Huai River, this section of the road was not a densely populated place, there were no big cities, and the Chu villages were also extremely rare, along the way, although everyone had paid great attention to saving food, but after all, it was more than 4,000 mouths, how could the little military food they carried can withstand daily consumption, their food was cut off last night, and today they can only rely on the fruits in the forest and some wild vegetables dug up to satisfy their hunger.

When they first ate oranges, the Qin soldiers who had never seen this kind of fruit were all very excited, and they picked them off the tree one by one and stuffed them into their mouths, eating them while carrying them on their bodies, and some even thought of picking up a few for their families to taste them.

However, by now, the Qin soldiers already wanted to vomit when they saw this yellow fruit, and they no longer had the slightest appetite. But when they are hungry, everyone can only grit their teeth and force them into their mouths, if they don't eat, then they really have an empty stomach, and there is no trace of strength.

Zhao Tuo raised his head, held back the discomfort in his stomach, and said, "Let's wait for Shima to come back, let's see what the situation is now, and we will act when the time comes." ”

Although he has already led the army to be very close to Shouchun City, he can come to the city in one day at most. But Zhao Tuo will not directly come out of the forest and rush to Shouchun City, that is a fool's thing to do, in case there are tens of thousands of Chu troops under Shouchun City, wouldn't you be giving people their heads when you get out. In order to do everything, you have to get information first.

"Alas, why hasn't Shima come back yet, shouldn't he have gotten food, let's enjoy it secretly by myself first, no wonder he asked for orders to arrest people, it turned out that he had this kind of thought, and he would have known that I would go." The black buttocks muttered as he wiped the acid water from the corners of his mouth.

Zhao Tuo ignored him, it took a lot of effort to scold this fool, and after scolding, he had to eat a few more oranges to make up for it, which was not cost-effective.

At this moment, the figure of Shibu came from the forest not far away.

"Hey, aren't you going to arrest someone? What about the captives? Did you get anything to eat? Black Buttocks asked impatiently.

Shima ignored him, but looked at Zhao Tuo with a serious face.

"Something is wrong."

Zhao Tuo's heart jumped.

Hearing Shiruma's words, his breathing couldn't help but become disordered. But soon, Zhao Tuo calmed down and said softly: "It seems that General Li has been defeated." ”

"Huh? How could General Lee be defeated? Didn't he raid Shouchun with 30,000 people, the main force of the Chu people ran to Xiangcheng, who could beat him in the hinterland of Chu State? Black Buttocks was surprised.

"Shut up, go and eat this orange."

Zhao Tuo glared at him and threw a big orange in his hand at him.

Black Buttocks: "Huh? ”

"This is a military order."

"Woo......"

After driving the black buttocks away, Zhao Tuo turned to look at Shima.

"The army is really like a god, and General Li is indeed defeated."

Shima glanced at Zhao Tuo with admiration, and then explained: "I took people to the nearby intersection to squat for a long time, and finally caught a team of merchants, although there are not many people, but they just happened to come out of Shouchun City, so they know the information in the city very well." ”

Speaking of this, Shiruma's face was gloomy.

General Li led the army to attack Xia Cai, and when he was about to cross the Huaishui, Xiang Yan led 30,000 Chu troops from the rear, and General Li could only lead the army north to meet the battle. Then he was defeated by Xiang Yan, and General Li could only lead his army to flee west. That Xiang Yan led the Chu army to follow behind, kept pursuing, and counted our army, it seemed that Xiang Yan would not stop until he captured General Li. Alas, General Lee is in danger this time. ”

And so it was.

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo closed his eyes tiredly.

He had already reminded Li Xin repeatedly, and even took the risk to warn Li Xin that Changping Jun might have leaked the route of the surprise attack. Zhao Tuo had already picked up the matter, and when it came to this point, Li Xin still didn't listen, and still burrowed his head into the trap of the Chu people.

This Li Xin is really a bull!

"Heaven is evil, but you can live. You can't live if you do your own iniquity. ”

Zhao Tuo's mind came up with the famous words he had often heard in his previous life, and it was really very appropriate for Li Xin's actions.

He couldn't help but sigh softly.

Li Xin's defeat was not only the death of the 30,000 chariot cavalry generals under his command, but also the 70,000 Qin troops under the Mengwu Department outside Xiangcheng, I am afraid that they were all more than lucky.

When Xiang Yan captured Li Xin and led his troops north to support Xiang Cheng, the Chu army in Xiang Cheng took advantage of the situation to kill, and Changping Jun in Huaiyang City in the rear also followed suit.

Under the enemy on three sides, can Mengwu's 70,000 people be safe?

In addition to the fiasco of the army, the cities of Huaiyang, Mengqiu, and Pingyu that the Qin army had previously conquered may fall into the hands of the Chu people again, and the Qin soldiers stationed in those places are naturally more auspicious.

With 200,000 Qin troops, I don't know how many people will be able to return to their hometowns?

Nobody knows.

On the contrary, Zhao Tuo's 5,000 people jumped out of the frontal battlefield, although they went deep behind the enemy line and seemed to be in danger, but in fact it was much safer than being chased and killed by the Chu army on the battlefield.

"Isn't that Xiang Yan in Xiang City? How could he lead the army to pursue, and judging from the speed of his march, it is not like he hurried to the flank after knowing that the flank was attacked, but more like he knew that General Li would make a detour to raid Shouchun, so he gathered his soldiers early to intercept and kill halfway. And the military wait, you seem to have expected this? ”

Shi Jian stared at Zhao Tuo suspiciously, they followed Zhao Tuo to Huainan, at first they just thought that Zhao Tuo wanted to make a miraculous feat, so they took the initiative to ask Li Xin for his life, go deep behind the enemy, and be a strange soldier.

This kind of very dangerous thing, the five thousand soldiers all chose to support Zhao Tuo out of gratitude to Zhao Tuo, and followed them silently all the way.

But now that Shiruma knows the news of Li Xin's fiasco, and in retrospect, the whole thing is not simple.

This Zhao Junhou seems to be taking everyone into danger into the enemy territory, but in fact, he saved everyone's lives.

Zhao Tuo smiled faintly, before Changping Jun officially rebelled, he didn't want to mention this matter more, so he turned to say: "It's just a little premonition." Now General Li is being chased by Xiang Yan very urgently, and his life is in danger. If we raid Shouchun, we may be able to force the King of Chu to recall Xiang Yan and save General Li and many robes. So, how is the defense in this Shouchun City? ”

Shima's expression became serious, and he replied: "Shouchun City was guarded by more than 10,000 soldiers before, and later in order to prevent General Li from crossing the Huai, the King of Chu sent 5,000 people to the south bank of Huaishui to guard the palace, and there were still about 6,000 Chu troops in the city. ”

"However, according to the merchant, the king of Chu has already escorted the captives captured in the battle of Xia Cai back to Shouchun with 5,000 men before the transfer, and if he wants to show his prestige and meritorious deeds, he may arrive tomorrow. By the way, I heard that among the captives, there was also a general under General Li, who was captured by the Chu people on the battlefield. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo's eyes widened.

Of the 30,000 people led by Li Xin, only one general followed, and that was Xin Wu.

……

Day 2.

The king of Chu had to let the captured Qin captives march through the city of Shouchun today. Let all the Chu people in the entire capital see how the state of Chu has become stronger and stronger under his leadership, and even the invincible Qin army will be defeated in front of him, and even the generals under the main general have become his prisoners.

This is the most glorious moment of the Chu State in decades.

In this way, it showed his ability and prestige as the king of Chu, and at the same time appeased the panicked hearts of the people in the city.

Second, it can eliminate the influence of his killing the king and usurping the throne, and let the people of Chu know that he, the king of Chu, is much more powerful than the waste brother who was killed, and only he can make the Chu country stronger.

So this parade is very important for the king of Chu.

But Tiangong doesn't seem to be beautiful, at noon, there is still a layer of faint white winter fog near Shouchun, the fog is very thin, and you don't feel anything when you look at things nearby, but if you look at it from a distance, you will find that it still has some impact on the line of sight.

At least the eight hills in the northern part of Shouchun look hazy in the fog, like eight towering giants.

This is because Shouchun is close to Huaishui, and the winter fog is pervasive, which is also a normal scene in the eyes of the local Chu people.

At this time, an army was marching towards Shouchun City.

Qu Ming was in his thirties, was a military general from the Qu family, and was deeply loved by the king of Chu, and when Li Xinbing was in Huaishui, he was ordered by the king of Chu to lead 5,000 soldiers to guard the south bank of Huaishui to resist Li Xin's crossing of Huaishui.

Now, he received a royal order to escort the 1,000 Qin troops captured in the Huaibei War to the south and march to the city to show the king's great martial arts and inspire the hearts of the Chu people.

Among the prisoners of the thousand Qin army, the captured general Xin Wu was the most important.

Xin Wu leaned tiredly in the car, breathing in the slightly humid air, staring blankly into the distance, the injuries to his shoulders and arms were still aching.

As Xin Wu, he shouldn't have been a prisoner.

But it's a pity that people are unlucky, and drinking water will stuff their teeth.

When Xin Wu was in the rout of the Qin army, he fled with Li Xinxi, but he was unlucky, and the chariot he was riding on ran into a big pit with one wheel, and overturned on the spot, he was thrown out, and his arm was directly broken.

Before the short soldiers could help him up, he was dispersed by the Qin army that followed closely behind, and then, the chasing Chu army also followed.

The mighty crown on Xin Wu's head and the delicate armor on his body saved his life.

Chu did not kill him.

It just made him the highest-ranking military general captured by the princes' armies in the past few decades, which was enough to make him famous in the history books.

"Qin envoy Li Xin and Meng Wu attacked Chu, and Chu envoy Xiang Yan Yuzhi. Xiang Yan broke the Qin army and captured the Qin general Xin Wu. ”

Xin Wu whispered, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Hehe, General Xin is so interested, and now he can still smile, could it be that he saw that my Chu land was pleasing and he fell in love."

A joking voice sounded, and a Chu general in his thirties rode a horse, parallel to the chariot that Xin Wu was riding.

Xin Wu immediately became expressionless, knowing that it was the Qu clan's military general who teased him, intending to make fun of him.

"Since General Xin likes the scenery here, it is better to belong to my Chu State and live here, so that you can enjoy the beautiful scenery every day, isn't it beautiful."

Qu Ming didn't care about Xin Wu's reaction, he pointed to the scenery shrouded in fog in front of him, and smiled at Xin Wu: "Come, I'll introduce General Xin." The water in front of the water is called the water, the water is cold, the drink is refreshing, go from here, and the water is Shouchun. ”

Xin Wu squinted, and really saw a river flowing in the fog ahead.

Qu Ming turned to the north again.

"General Xin, please look, there is a strange mountain here."

The mountain is called Xiangling, which is located north of Shouchun and is also called Beishan. And because of this, the mountain has eight hills, and the nearby savages call it the eight mountains! ”

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