"The last general is incompetent, this pursuit, Xiang Qu was not captured, and the general is asked to punish him."

When Zhao Tuo's commander Daxu re-established himself on the bank of Suishui, the captain in charge of the pursuit immediately came to ask for guilt.

In the Battle of Surabaya last year, he personally led the army to charge the battle to capture the flag, although he won the flag of Zuo Sima, but lost Zhaoping. Now he was ordered to pursue Xiang Qu, killing and capturing many prisoners along the way, but he still did not catch Xiang Qu, allowing the fleeing Chu army to cross Suishui.

Shima was very self-reprehensible.

Especially compared to Zhong Liyi, who captured the Great Sima of Qi State, he felt a little ashamed.

The old man is not as good as the new man.

Zhao Tuo didn't blame, but said warmly and comfortingly: "Run, just run, it's just a canal." Our army is defeated, even if he crosses the water, what big waves can he stir up? Wait until the next encounter, and then capture him."

"Captain Shima broke the enemy in battle this time, pursued for hundreds of miles, and captured many people along the way, this is a great achievement, I can't ask for a reward for you, how can there be punishment."

As soon as Zhao Tuo spoke, the generals in the tent also laughed, and all of them were about to smile.

Yes, the Qin army fought this time, starting from the fortification, and then to the final decisive battle, and broke a total of 30,000 Chu troops before and after.

After the decisive battle of the pass, the Chu army collapsed and was chased all the way north by the Qin army, which was more than 100 miles to the Suishui River.

Among them, there were more than 10,000 Chu troops, who escaped by running into various forks and mountains and forests along the way, but the remaining more than 10,000 people all fell into the hands of the Qin army, and a total of five or six thousand people were beheaded before and after, and the number of prisoners also reached five or six thousand, which can be called a great victory.

In this kind of situation, it is still necessary to kill enemies and prisoners along the way, running hundreds of miles in a row, and there are many forks in the mountain roads along the way, and it is really not an easy thing to catch the fleeing enemy generals, so Zhao Tuo did not mean to blame.

And this time the Qin army won a great victory, and the joy was enough to offset some regrets.

The low-level soldiers can basically succeed in rising to a knighthood by virtue of their merits, and middle-level military officials also have the possibility of being promoted.

For a high-ranking person like Zhao Tuo, although he did not meet the criteria for promotion, it was also a great achievement, which made his "experience bar" rise by a cut.

Of course, because now is the key to the war, the situation is very tense. They are located in the hinterland of Chu along the Suishui River, want to contact the camp of Wang Jian near Guling, need to send people north to Pengcheng Fengpei Road, and then take a single father, from the Suiyang line, and then south to Yangxia Guling, this road is more than a thousand miles away, traffic information is very inconvenient.

Therefore, the reward for this battle is the same as the previous victory in Qidi, although it has been counted by the military judge and passed on to the general, but when the title and reward are officially issued, I am afraid it will be after the end of the war.

Although the knighthood reward would be late, Zhao Tuo did not treat everyone badly after the war, and immediately issued his reward.

Dozens of angry oxen who made great achievements contributed their bodies very "well-being" after the war.

The feast of tens of thousands of catties of beef is enough to make every soldier in the army eat a big meal, and the burp is full of beef.

In an atmosphere full of joy, Zhao Tuo still adheres to the principle of both reward and punishment, fairness and selflessness. The two or five hundred people who were in charge of the artillery cart during the battle called over and scolded him in front of the generals.

Not only Zhao Tuo, but even the black buttocks also looked at this Zhang Erwu Hundred Lord angrily.

"Zhang He, you stinky bastard, you let Naigong fall off the horse, fortunately, there are Chu people's corpses at the bottom, but the butt fell, if you break Naigong's leg, I have to beat you lame!"

The black buttocks scolded and scolded, and the generals held back a smile from their heads.

Zhang He lowered his head depressedly, he was responsible for using the artillery truck to break the enemy, and he had a meritorious service, but because of a momentary mistake, I am afraid that this credit will be greatly discounted.

Not for anything else, just because this guy actually used iron thistles when he bombarded the Chu army with a cannon truck.

"I just thought that this thing covers a wider area than stones, and if it is thrown many at a time, it will kill the Chu people even more, so I didn't think that there would be these consequences."

Zhang He weakly defended.

He used the iron thistle pear as ammunition to hit the Chu army, which did play a lethal role

, but when the Chu army collapsed and the Qin army began to chase the north, it tasted the bitter fruit.

Many Qin soldiers rushed to chase and kill the Chu people with weapons, but they stepped on the iron thistle pear without running two steps, not to mention the taste.

Even the black buttocks commanded the soldiers, and when the horse was chasing, because the horse's hooves happened to step on an iron thistle pear, the painful war horse went crazy and threw the black buttocks off.

Such a thing can be called a big mistake in a military war, but fortunately, it has little impact on the final result.

Zhao Tuo also turned a blind eye, only punished Zhang He with "confession", and reduced some of his merits.

[In view of the general environment,

At the same time, with the end of the Battle of Pass, Zhao Guangchu, who supported Pengcheng in the north, also sent back the news of the great victory over the Xiangchu army.

When Zhao Tuo faced Xiangqu's 30,000 troops, he also sent Zhao Guang to lead 5,000 elite soldiers north to rescue Pengcheng.

As another lieutenant under Zhao Tuo's command, in addition to Shijian, Zhao Guang really lived up to the general's expectations.

Outside Pengcheng, he broke 5,000 Chu troops in a battle, beheaded 2,000 Chu soldiers, captured 1,000, and the rest all fled, relieving the danger of Pengcheng, and its victory can echo Zhao Tuo's victory on the pass.

When the danger of Pengcheng was lifted, Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated, and immediately led the Qin army south, joined up with the pursuers of the Shijian Division, reoccupied the Suishui coast, and the troops arrived outside Zhuyi City again.

After Zhao Tuo was relieved, he received the news that Zhuyi City took the initiative to open the door and surrender.

The local Chu people actually expelled and attacked the Chu army of Xiangqu stationed here, and also blocked Xiangqu, who had fled back in embarrassment, outside the city, and closed the door until the arrival of the Qin army.

This news surprised Zhao Tuo.

"That ditch is cruel and does not give us a way to live, so we can only fight up and die. We are willing to vote for the Qin State and become the people of the Qin State, and I hope that the general will have mercy."

The three old men elected by the Chu people in the city as representatives were kneeling in front of Zhao Tuo and shrunk their mouths.

"It is very good that you know the times. I will definitely treat all the people of Zhuyi as my Qin people. This time, when our army goes south, not only will it not collect grain in Zhuyi, but it will also lend grain to you to eat, so as to survive this cold winter."

Zhao Tuo understood the reason, and after praising the surrender of the people of Zhuyi, he also made a promise to borrow grain.

When the three Chu old men heard this, they were immediately overjoyed.

The Chu army was brutal and looted all their life food, but the Qin army, which had always been known as the army of tigers and wolves, lent them life-saving food.

How ironic is this behavior when compared.

Moved, they hurriedly bowed down and kowtowed, and shouted together, "General Zhao is benevolent! We people from Zhuyi will definitely feel the kindness of the general's life, and I will never forget it for generations to come!"

Zhao Tuo smiled and said nothing.

The Qin army is not short of grain, not only can they transport grain from the Pengcheng treasury, but they also have the line of transporting grain from Dongjun to the south through abundance, not to mention how rich the grain is, but it can still be done by squeezing out a little to relieve the Chu people in Zhuyi.

Such an act will also be very beneficial to the occupation of the Qin army in Chu.

When this news spreads, I am afraid that the residents of the Chu cities south of Suishui will have another mind when the Qin army arrives.

It's just that Zhao Tuo has no plans to cross the Suishui to the south for the time being.

He stood on the bank of the Suishui River, looking at the lonely winter scenery on the other bank.

"To the south of Suishui, Chu is completely short of food, if you cross the river, occupying too many cities will be causing trouble for yourself, not only will you need to divide your troops to garrison, but the supply line from Pengcheng will be stretched. It's safe to continue to spend it here."

"I cut off the Suishui road and blocked the grain line in Ludi. Xiang Yan's army lasted for a month at most. After January, the food will run out, the Chu army will definitely be defeated, and the Chen Ying battlefield will be divided into winners and losers. At that time, it will be the end of winter and spring, and it will be the right time for me to wave my troops and cross the water."

"Xiang Qu, I wonder if you still have the confidence to fight with me again?"

……

Just when Zhao Tuo led the army southward and stationed troops in Suishui again

Wait.

A Chu army of thousands of people also marched towards the Chen Ying battlefield under the leadership of Jing Tong.

On one of the carriages in the procession, there was also a coffin containing the body of Chu General Xiang Qu......