In a Chu township more than ten miles east of Shouchun, a Qin army raided this place under the cover of night, and the Chu people in the township were all trembling with fear under the bright sword halberd.

The north and south township gates have been closed, guarded by vicious black-armored soldiers to prevent any Chu people from escaping and reporting the news.

Fortunately, these Qin people did not intend to slaughter the city, after suppressing the Chu people in the township, they did not kill people, nor did they insult women, let alone rob money and jewelry, but kept collecting food from Chu people's homes everywhere.

"Hand over the food, quick!"

"Take this jerky, bring this rice, what is this?"

"Tangerine! Vomit...... Don't, get out of the way! ”

……

Rice, millet, meat, vegetables, and fruits of all kinds except oranges.

In the eyes of the Chu people, this Qin army seemed to be a starving ghost, as if they had not eaten for hundreds of years, their eyes lit up when they saw food, and their mouths made sounds like beasts, and some people even went up to hold the dried meat and gnawed it, and the scene was terrifying.

Fortunately, although these Qin people were hungry like ghosts, they were not eager to kill, and after taking the food, they left the house, leaving only the Chu people in their own houses with wide eyes and panicked and frightened hearts, I don't know what happened, why there was such a vicious Qin army near Shouchun.

At this time, in the mansion of the rich in the original township, the high-ranking members of the Qin army were eating and discussing at the same time.

"Wait, why are we leaving? In my opinion, these Chu people are simply vulnerable, and as soon as they charge over, they all run away. Wait for 5,000 ...... No, it's 6,000 people now, and when the 6,000 people are full of food and have the strength, they can try to attack Shouchun again, maybe this time they can break the city in one fell swoop, capture the king of Chu, and capture Xianyang to offer prisoners, which is a monstrous achievement! ”

The more the black buttocks talked, the more excited they became, and they squirted out all the rice they had just stuffed in their mouths.

Zhang He on the side also said excitedly: "I think the two or five hundred masters of the black buttocks are right, if we can defeat Shouchun and catch the King of Chu, it will really shake the world." With the ability of the military waiting, it must be directly made a marquis by the king, and we are afraid that we can also follow the military to promote several levels of knighthood, hehehe......"

Zhao Tuo, who was on the main seat, glared at the two of them, and asked coldly: "Let's not talk about whether we can defeat Shouchun, just break Shouchun according to what you said and capture the King of Chu, so what should we do?" ”

The black buttocks said casually: "Naturally, I went back to Xianyang to receive the merit." ”

"After arresting the King of Chu, can we go back alive?" Zhao Tuo said lightly.

"Huh?"

Black Ass touched his buttocks, his face full of surprise, he hadn't thought about these problems.

"Zhao Guang, let's talk about it."

Zhao Tuo turned his head sideways and looked at Zhao Guang, who rarely spoke.

This general of the same clan as him has few words compared to several other people, but he is quite calm, and together with Shima, he is very valued by Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Guang bowed his hand and said: "As the military hou said, it doesn't matter if we can defeat Shouchun, which is also guarded by thousands of soldiers. Let's just say that the raid on Shouchun was successful and the king of Chu was captured, not only could not let us return to Xianyang to receive the reward, but it put everyone's lives in danger. ”

"There are tens of thousands of Chu people in Shouchun City, plus the private soldiers of various nobles, the power that can fight far exceeds ours."

"If our army retreats with the majesty of the Battle of Bashan, the Chu people in the city may not dare to pursue, but if we dare to capture Shouchun and capture the king of Chu, then there will be tens of thousands of Chu people in Shouchun City, who will come up and fight with us to the death, then tens of thousands of Chu people, if we fight to resist, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties even if we can win."

"And our army is now in the hinterland of Chu, there are enemies everywhere, if the king of Chu is captured, even if he retreats from Shouchun, there will definitely be countless Chu people chasing after him behind him and in front, and even after Xiang Yan in Huaibei receives the news, I am afraid that he will return to the division to pursue our army."

"In order to recapture the king of Chu, or for revenge, these Chu people will definitely follow all the way and fight with our army at all costs. At that time, even if our trip can shake the world, I am afraid that all the monarchs will not have a chance to return to Xianyang alive. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Guang looked at Zhao Tuo with admiration, and said in a deep voice: "Only the army waits for a clever plan, with the power of the great victory, and then scares the king of Chu in the Shouchun City with the false words of the 30,000 Qin army, so that they will never dare to go out of the city and move rashly, so that we can slowly retreat, and by the time the Chu people react, our army has already arrived hundreds of miles away, this is our way of life!" ”

"The army waited for this time, not only led us to make great contributions, but also saved thousands of lives in the whole army!"

As he spoke, Zhao Guang turned around and bowed to Zhao Tuo.

After this surprise attack on Shouchun, he was already completely convinced by Zhao Tuo and admired him to the extreme.

After Zhao Guang explained, everyone also understood, and hurriedly said: "We admire the military plan." ”

After admiring it, the black buttocks boldly asked again: "But the military waiter, we want to go back to Xianyang, why don't we return from the same way, but go from the east, isn't the west closer?" ”

Hearing this, Bai Rong smiled and said: "What a black buttocks, you don't come to eat the big fish and meat in the east, but you have to go to the west to eat oranges." ”

"Oh, yes, I don't want to eat oranges again in my life, I'd rather take a long detour to go back." Black Buttocks muttered.

Everyone laughed, and the corners of Zhao Tuo's mouth also flashed with a faint smile.

He glanced at the generals in the tent, especially Shima and Zhao Guang, and saw that their expressions were calm, thinking that he understood why he chose to go to the east.

In addition to Bai Rong's statement that the supply of food is a problem.

The biggest reason is that it is different from the situation when they attacked Shouchun.

At that time, Li Xin and Meng Wu covered their sneak attack in Huaibei, and no one knew that there was such a Qin army quietly marching along the Huaishui towards Shouchun, so Zhao Tuo's department could arrive at Shouchun City smoothly, launch a surprise attack, and achieve the purpose of deterring the King of Chu.

By now, they have exposed their traces in front of the Chu people, if they go west along the same road, after three or five days, wait until the lie of the "30,000 Qin army" is broken, and the Chu army of King Qin from all over the country will gather under Shouchun City.

The king of Chu will definitely be annoyed and angry, and send a large army to chase and kill all the way. At that time, the Qin army was retrograde along the Huaishui River to the west, not only did it not have to supply food, but because of the rugged terrain, the speed of travel would be very slow, as long as the Chu people came in a hurry, it was very likely to catch up.

And the king of Chu may also order the Chu army in Huaibei to intercept them, and now in the Huaibei battlefield, Xiang Yan broke Li Xin's army, and the Chu army marched all the way to recover many cities west of Yingshui that were captured by the Qin army.

If Xiang Yan received an order to send people to gallop and block the north bank of the Huai River in the west, there was even a possibility of blocking Zhao Tuo's army.

There are people in front of him, there are chasing soldiers behind, and there is no supply baggage, and the original road to the west seems to be a way of life, but it is actually a dead end!

In comparison, continuing to the east of Chu seems to be in danger, getting farther and farther away from Xianyang, but it is actually safer than the west.

Because the tens of thousands of soldiers recruited in the eastern border of Chu were under the command of Xiang Yan, and they were chasing the defeated Qin army on the Huaibei battlefield west of Yingshui.

Most of the cities in the eastern border of Chu are in a state of emptiness, and a large city is probably guarded by more than 1,000 people, and there are only 2 or 300 people in a small city.

With the 6,000 troops under Zhao Tuo's command, it is not a tiger entering the flock and killing indiscriminately.

Moreover, the eastern cities have been developed between them, not only are they connected by major roads, but there are also many cities for the Qin army to eat, so that they no longer have to worry about food.

And......

"Shima, tomorrow Ling's corporal will all be replaced with the armor of the Chu army, and take those captives who surrendered as the vanguard, open the way for our Chinese army, pull out the cities in front, and open the way to Xianyang!"

"Yui."

Shibu got up and bowed his hand.

In the evening, the Qin soldiers were all well fed and drunk, and began to fall into a deep sleep, recuperating their physical strength, and preparing for tomorrow's march.

Zhao Tuo came to a quiet and comfortable room in the house.

"Come in."

After Zhao Tuo got permission, he quietly entered the house and saw Xin Wu lying on the couch, his injured arm on the bed, and his expression was much better than before.

"Subordinate Zhao Tuo, see General Xin."

Zhao Tuo bowed, he was far lower than Xin Wu in terms of official position and title, so he should naturally be respectful.

Xin Wu looked at the young man in front of him and said with a smile: "I have already said it, you Zhao Tuo is my savior, and the relationship is different from ordinary people. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo was not polite, so he smiled and said: "That is the case, then Tuo has the courage to call 'Xin Gong'." ”

"Whatever you want, I'll be your own junior too."

Xin Wu smiled, he looked at the appearance of the young man in front of him, and his expression couldn't help but become in a trance.

He had already heard about Zhao Tuo sending troops to chase after the rout to attack Shouchun and scare the King of Chu, and the matter of "30,000 Qin troops" he heard in the afternoon made him both surprised and admired in his heart.

This kind of deeds are all impromptu responses, and they are in line with the art of war, and the wisdom shown in them is enough to make him, a veteran of the battlefield, approve of it.

And Zhao Tuo, a teenager, dared to sneak into the capital of the country of ten thousand times with thousands of people, and sent hundreds of soldiers to stand in front of Shouchun City to scare the king of Chu.

"The future of this son is limitless! In the future, he will be the hero of the world! ”

Xin Wu sighed in his heart, he made up his mind that he must have a good relationship with Zhao Tuo, not only to repay Zhao Tuo's life-saving grace, but also to make a strong ally for their Xin family.

Just when Xin Wu's thoughts were turning, Zhao Tuo spoke: "Xin Gong, after military discussions, the generals of our army think that tomorrow should go east, interspersed with ...... from the eastern cities of Chu State."

Zhao Tuo reported the next marching plan to Xin Wu, and when he heard Xin Wu nodding again and again, he praised Zhao Tuo more and more in his heart.

Soon, after Zhao Tuo finished speaking, he bowed his hand to Xin Wu again, and said: "Xin Gong is a general of our army and an experienced elder, Zhao Tuo also asked Xin Gong to preside over the overall situation and take charge of the whole army." ”

Xin Wu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay, you Zhao Tuo, didn't you see that I was injured?" How can you still command military affairs, you kid don't want to come to these vains, the next things are in your charge, whatever you say, it's what it is. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo also laughed.

This Xin Wu is a good comrade.

In this way, he will be able to rule over these six thousand people without being tempered by hard work.

The next morning, the morning light was faintly bright.

The 6,000 soldiers under Zhao Tuo's command were already under the command of the military officials of various departments, lined up neatly, and walked out of the countryside in order, heading towards the eastern part of the Chu State.

In its forwards, a thousand Qin soldiers were all dressed in red Chu armor......

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