"A large number of Chu cavalry appeared east of Huaiyang, driving and killing Er and others and blocking the road?"

The Qin army camp on the front line of the Guling chasm, in the commander's military tent.

General Wang Jian sat on the top seat, looking at the scouts who came back from the front line to report the military situation, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Although the Qin army built a camp and held on, playing the strategy of consuming Xiang Yan to the end, it was not true that no one was sent out.

Xiang Yan's Huaiyang camp was well guarded, and the Chu cavalry ran to patrol north of the chasm, and the Qin scouts could not approach to spy on Huaiyang's intelligence.

However, in the east and west of Huaiyang, far away from the Chu army's camp, the precautions had to be negligent after all, and the cavalry of the Qin army often took advantage of loopholes and infiltrated nearby to reconnoitre.

For example, the prospect came from the east with the remnants of the army, and was detected by the Qin army scouts.

Just this morning, on the avenue about thirty miles east of Huaiyang, the Qin army scouts who were investigating intelligence here found a large number of Chu cavalry rushing from the direction of Huaiyang, patrolling the blockade around.

These Chu cavalry were very fierce, and once they found the traces of the Qin scouts, they would be endlessly pursued. Most of the Qin scouts were killed or wounded, and only a few escaped and sent this important news to the general.

"General, our army has been confronting the Chu people for so long, and I have never seen them behave like this, I'm afraid that the Chu camp will change!"

One of the generals spoke immediately.

Another person shouted: "Xiang Yan drove our army scouts, it should be to send troops eastward, in my opinion, it must be because General Zhao defeated Xiang Qu in Suishui, which made Xiang Yan angry and ashamed, and wanted to lead his troops to Suishui to find General Zhao for revenge!" ”

Just two days ago, Zhao Tuo defeated the Chu army at Pengcheng Pass, and the news of breaking the Xiangqu finally came from the direction of Suiyang in the north.

At that time, the news spread throughout the Qin army's camp, causing countless exclamations.

first broke 100,000 Qi troops, and then defeated 30,000 Chu troops!

General Zhao is really my Qin's fierce general!

When General Wang Jian heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "This kid can really win battles, my Daqin has such a good general, and the old man is at ease." ”

Now, there is a change in the Chu army, and it is difficult not to think of the victory that Zhao Tuo fought south of Pengcheng.

Even Qiang Yan, regardless of the contradiction between him and Zhao Tuo at this time, said: "With Xiang Yan's shrewdness, I am afraid that he will not lead the army to take revenge regardless of the overall situation of Huaiyang because his son was defeated by Zhao Tuo." Maybe it was because Zhao Tuo went south to Suishui after breaking through the Xiangqu and wanted to attack Chudu. Xiang Yan couldn't sit idly by, and sent troops to intercept Zhao Tuo! ”

As soon as Qiang's words came out, several people immediately echoed them.

Compared with Xiang Yan's statement of revenge, Qiang's words are more logical and convincing.

Seeing that someone agreed, Qiang Qi thought that Zhao Tuo had already made great achievements in the world, but he could only stay in the camp and play football, and he was so ashamed.

He said eagerly: "General, we have been here for more than half a year, and everyone is almost stupid. That Xiang Yan first sent Xiang Qudong to take away part of the troops, and now he has transferred troops to leave, Huaiyang's defense will definitely be weakened compared to before, it is a good time for us to break the enemy! The last general asked for orders and led his subordinates to try to attack Huaiyang and explore the way for the army! ”

Wang Jian didn't say anything.

He reached out and stroked the white beard under his chin, his eyes full of thought.

Seeing the general like this, all the generals under the tent waited silently.

Wang Qian's eyes narrowed.

He now has two choices, one is to let Qiang Yan lead a part of his troops to test the defense of Huaiyang, maybe he can find a fighter to break the enemy from the movement of the Chu army.

The other option is to continue to sit firmly on the barrier, no matter how the Chu army moves, the Qin army will not care. It only takes until the grain and straw of the Chu people are exhausted, and the full merit can be harvested.

Moreover, the grain and grass of the Chu army are about to bottom out, how do you know that Xiang Yan's actions are not deliberately tempting him Wang Jian to send troops, so that the Chu army can break the enemy's strategy to survive in a desperate situation?

"Since you can get all the credit by sitting here, why do you want to entangle with Xiang Yan?"

"When the old man fights a war, he talks about the word 'stability'"

"Zhao Tuo, I believe you are the same."

Wang Qian's eyes looked to the east.

With his understanding of Zhao Tuo, that kid wouldn't lead his troops to attack Shouchun in the winter.

This kind of thing is almost the same if it were replaced by Li Xin.

Therefore, Xiang Yan's transfer must have nothing to do with Zhao Tuo, and there may be fraud in it.

"No matter how you Chu Jun moves, I will not move."

"When you run out of food, I will destroy you with one blow."

……

It was winter, the cold wind was howling, and the ground was covered with a layer of frost and snow that had not yet melted.

Zhao Tuo was dressed in a thick winter coat, standing on the riverbank, the water in front of him was no longer the surging appearance of summer waves, the water flow was slow, and a thin layer of ice was formed on the river surface.

"The scout said that the Chu army came east and had already arrived in Qiyi?"

Zhao Tuo looked at the other side of Suishui, his face was uncertain.

Since Xiangqu's 30,000 Chu army was defeated by him, the Qin army moved south to the vicinity of Zhuyi and re-stationed its troops on the bank of Suishui.

Because of the defeat of Xiangqu, Jing Tong took the remaining remnants of the Chu army to Huaiyang, resulting in the Chu army south of Suishui being almost swept away, and the defense of the city fell into a very empty situation.

If Zhao Tuo led his troops to cross the river to the south, he would be able to break through all the way.

But Zhao Tuo had no plans to go south, not only because it was not suitable for military warfare in the cold winter, and going deep into Chu would put his army in a disadvantageous situation, but also because Zhao Tuo was waiting.

He had been waiting for the change of the battle situation in the direction of Huaiyang.

As long as the Chu army's grain and straw bottomed out, hundreds of thousands of troops would definitely be defeated without a fight, and then Wang Jian would seize the opportunity to find an opportunity to break it.

In this way, the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops on the Huaibei battlefield were scattered in all directions, and there was no longer a threat, and that was the time when he Zhao Tuo led his troops to attack and chase the north.

Chasing down a group of Chu army soldiers who suffered a big defeat and lacked food and food, although the military merits are not a lot, but there is no risk at all, so why not make meritorious contributions so safely?

Although Zhao Tuo took the risk of raiding Shouchun last year, he returned thousands of miles interspersed with Chu land. But in his heart, that kind of life-like adventure is always bad, and like General Wang, it is the right way to make great contributions in peace and stability.

Although Zhao Tuo did not lead the army to cross the river, he still cautiously sent a lot of Qin army scouts to cross the river, and even the horseshoe of the Qin army scouts reached the vicinity of Qiyi, which was dozens of miles away, to investigate the eastward direction of the Chu army.

Just this morning, the Qin army scouts from the vicinity of Qiyi returned with a shocking piece of news.

A Chu army rushed from the east.

This Chu army was about five or six thousand people, all of them lost their armor and looked panicked.

They carried the banner of the Qu clan of the Chu State, and it was said that they had escaped from the Huaiyang battlefield.

Hundreds of thousands of Chu troops have all been broken by Wang Qian, and the rest are scattered in all directions, and these five or six thousand people are the group that runs at the forefront!

"General! Now that our army has won a big victory in Huaiyang, these defeated troops of the Chu people have all run to Qiyi, and it is time for us to come on the field and kill him without leaving a piece of armor! ”

The generals stood behind Zhao Tuo, and the black buttocks were the first to excitedly ask for battle.

Five or six thousand Chu troops, if they take it, it will be a big military feat, and looking at its banner, the leader is actually Qu from the Chu State.

The nobles of the Qu clan who can lead thousands of Chu troops must be a big fish, if this person is caught and these five or six thousand remnants are taken down by the way, then it will not be a great meritorious achievement.

Not only the black buttocks, but even the generals such as Shima and Zhao Guang were also quite moved.

They followed Zhao Tuo to garrison here, weren't they just waiting for the defeat of the Chu army in Huaiyang, and then they could take the opportunity to chase the north and make contributions?

Now that the time has come, the first batch of Chu troops have come here, and if they don't do it, when will they wait?

Zhao Tuo ignored them.

He knew that the generals under his command were already in a hurry, and he was eager to immediately lead his troops to kill the remnants of Qiyi.

But Zhao Tuo always felt wrong in his heart.

This feeling of something wrong does not appear inexplicably, but has its own logic.

Time!

Judging from the information from the people who were in the Chu State of Qin, as well as the information obtained from the generals of the Chu State captured by Zhao Tuo.

The grain and grass of the Chu army should be able to support it for a while longer.

From Huaiyang to Qiyi, it will take more than 20 days according to the normal marching speed, even if this rout army runs fast, it will take more than ten days.

It means that the food of the Chu army ran out more than ten days ago, and then it was broken by Wang Qian, allowing this rout army to run all the way to Qiyi.

This is not in line with Zhao Tuo's expected time, with Xiang Yan's old age and stability, he will definitely take various measures to save grain and grass, and it should be postponed for a while before the Chu army's food is exhausted, how can it be so long in advance?

"Maybe there is a problem within the Chu State, and there are mutual disagreements. Only then was the general seized the opportunity to break through in advance? ”

Hearing Zhao Tuo's doubts, Zhong Liyi opened his mouth to analyze.

He is from the Chu State, and he knows very well that there are many feudal kings in the Chu State, even if it is the king of Chu, he often has conflicts with the nobles below. Especially the current king of Chu is not right, and it is easy to have problems within the Chu State.

Zhao Tuo shook his head.

"Even if there is a problem in the Chu State, it is impossible to let the armies of Huaiyang and Shangcai withdraw, then it is really self-defeating, no one will be so stupid. As long as the army of Chu does not move, the general will never attack, and he will wait until the Chu people run out of food. ”

Just as Wang Jian knows Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo also knows Wang Jian very well.

The more the old general reached the last moment, the more calm he became, especially in this kind of war to destroy the country, no matter what happened to the Chu army.

He will definitely drag it out until the Chu people run out of food, and then launch the final general attack and destroy the country in a battle.

Before that, Wang Jian would never send troops.

If Wang Jian did not send troops, the Chu people would naturally not be defeated in advance.

Therefore, the appearance of that rout pawn so long in advance made Zhao Tuo suspicious.

Abnormal!

"Don't move the Chu army in Qiyi first."

"Send cavalry to monitor their movements, if it is really a rout from Huaiyang, they will definitely go all the way, and some people will flee in all directions along the way, and when the time comes, catch a few to ask."

"Send another group of sentinels to explore the fifty miles west of Qiyi. If the Chu army is really defeated, it will definitely not be only this group of defeated soldiers who will come here, and there will be more people in the future. ”

"If there is a Chu army, watch its banner array, watch its actions and diet, and then find an opportunity to arrest the scattered soldiers."

"There is also the camp of our army, spread the ranger sentry posts, pay attention to vigilance."

Zhao Tuo calmly ordered.

The generals looked at each other and felt that the generals were too cautious.

The black buttocks pouted even more depressedly.

But fortunately, Zhao Tuo's prestige is here, and the generals can only respectfully accept the order and go down to make arrangements.

Seeing that the generals will be dispersed.

Zhao Tuo's gaze looked at the other side of Suishui again.

Was the Chu army really defeated?

……

An open area more than 20 miles west of Qiyi, with endless camps, more than 40,000 troops stationed here.

From a distance, a piece of red armor is very eye-catching.

"The old man can't even catch this Zhao Tuo!"

Chu State ordered Yin Xiangyan to stand in the military tent, his eyes flashing with anger.

The 5,000 Chu troops who disguised themselves as rout pawns as bait and went to Qiyi did not fish Zhao Tuo out of the other side of Suishui.

On the contrary, judging from the large number of cavalry sent by the Qin army to the four directions, even if Zhao Tuo did not notice his Xiang Yan's layout, he must have felt that something was wrong.

Xiang Yan felt unwilling.

Although his son apologized for his guilt after the defeat, Zhao Tuo absolutely couldn't get out of it.

Therefore, this time, Xiang Yan led his troops eastward, and he lured Zhao Tuo out with a rout by the way, annihilated him, and avenged Xiang Qu.

Who knew that this Zhao Tuo was the same as Wang Qian, he only knew that he would shrink his head and wait and see, and everything was based on safety, which was very annoying.

"At such a young age, it is so difficult."

Xiang Yan said hatefully: "Wang Jian is an old turtle, this Zhao Tuo is a little turtle, and he doesn't dare to fight with the old man!" ”

(End of chapter)