"Brother, our army has discovered the Qin people's grain team, and in addition to the people who transported the grain, there are about 5,000 Qin soldiers guarding it. Its location is about ten miles away from the main force of the Qin army in front. ”

Jing Ju walked over and gave the information obtained by the scouts in front to Jing Tong, the commander of this army.

"Five thousand armor soldiers, this number is about the same as estimated."

Jing Tong bowed his head and his face was calm.

The Qin army that detoured to Dongyang had about 30,000 people, and the army under him Jingtong was only 10,000. If you fight hard, you will never be the opponent of the Qin army, but if you only think about raiding the grain and grass of the Qin army, you still have a good chance of winning.

When Guy marched to battle, he would have a grain army of auxiliary soldiers to follow behind the main army to provide the army with the necessary grain and baggage.

And because the army needs to pay attention to the speed of the march, and the efficiency of the auxiliary guards who escort the grain and straw is very low, the speed of the march is far from keeping up with the main force, so it will often fall behind and move forward slowly.

There was a disconnect between the main forces and logistics, which gave the enemy the opportunity to attack.

"Brother, I heard that Qiang is a veteran for many years, not to mention Wang Qian, a thief and cunning man, he will definitely have something to ask him. The Qin army made a detour to Dongyang, and if they wanted to attack Huaiyin, they would definitely think that our army would raid their grain and grass escorts, so that the Qin army would go on a hunger strike and collapse. How can you be unprepared for this? In this case, the Qin army only used 5,000 people to guard the grain team, would it be a little less? ”

Jing Ju frowned and asked.

Looking at his brother's solemn inquiry, Jing Tong nodded with satisfaction.

His younger brother Jingju had just reached the age of the weak crown, and before the Qin army attacked Chu, although he had practiced military training books and battle strategies, he spent more time on hunting and pleasure. Now that the state of Chu is on the verge of extinction, this boy who only knows how to have fun has finally grown up, not only bringing people from the Jing clan to join him, but also having the appearance of some noble generals between words and deeds.

My younger brother has grown up, and in time, he will become the future of the Chu State.

Jing Tong explained with a smile: "What Ju Zhi said is very cautious. But Qin Jun's arrangement is actually very reasonable. ”

"More than 300 miles from Dongyang to Huaiyin, under such a road, the Qin army's grain and straw are all transferred by manpower, cattle and horses, the more troops of this Qin army's partial division, the more grain and grass are needed, and the larger the scale of grain and straw transportation in the rear, the more vulnerable it is to our army's attack. So Wang Jian only sent 30,000 people as a partial teacher this time. The number of people is very appropriate, and this number will not cause a big burden on the logistics and transportation of the Qin army. ”

"And among the 30,000 Qin troops, there are Qin generals in front of them with 20,000 main forces, and in the rear are 5,000 armor soldiers escorting thousands of people to escort grain and straw, there is no problem with this arrangement, if there are more armor soldiers escorted in the rear, then the Qin army in front of it will be insufficient in strength, if my Chu State has a large army to face the enemy, they will not be able to resist."

"In addition, have you ever paid attention to the distance between the main force of the Qin army and the Qin army transporting grain in the rear?"

Jing Ju blinked: "More than ten miles." ”

Jing Tong nodded and said, "Yes." The distance is only more than ten miles, which is far shorter than the distance between the main army and logistics transportation during a normal march. If our army raids the grain of the Qin people, the main force of the front army will definitely return to support with chariot cavalry after receiving the warning signal. The speed of the chariot can arrive in a moment, and then the Qin army's infantry will also return to help in half a day. ”

"So don't look at the fact that he only has 5,000 armor soldiers escorting grain and grass, but these 5,000 people are enough to resist the attack of our army in a short time, and when the front army returns to help, it is more than enough. Therefore, this person has his own preparation for this. ”

Jing Ju suddenly realized and said, "I see, my brother has excellent knowledge, but I can't do it." It's just that the Qin army arranged it like this, so how should our army succeed if it wants to attack its grain and grass? ”

"It's simple, send a team of soldiers and horses to lure its main force into pursuit."

Jing Tong's eyes shone with wisdom, and he whispered: "I will send a thousand men and horses to the front of the main force of the Qin army first, provoke it, cut down the trees on the side of the road, and engrave insults." ”

"Although that Qiang is a veteran under Wang Qian's account, his reputation is not obvious, and he has not heard of many achievements in the army for many years, not to mention that he is an incompetent person, but also a mediocre character, purely relying on his qualifications and his barbarian status to ascend to the top. This person was insulted by our army, and he would definitely be furious on the spot, and lead the Qin army to desperately pursue this sheep attack army I sent. ”

"If the main force of the Qin army increases its speed, it will distance itself from the grain transport troops in the rear. In this way, as soon as the distance between the two is long, and there is a problem in the rear, the front army will not be able to return immediately. ”

"At that time, I will send people to destroy the road between the main force of the Qin army and the logistics and grain transportation troops, scatter pears all over the road, and set up roadblocks to make their return slower speed. In this way, our army can swallow the Qin army's food team with confidence. ”

"This time, I not only want to burn their grain and grass, but I also want to slaughter these five thousand Qin soldiers and those thousands of people!"

Jing Ju was amazed, but couldn't help but ask, "What if that Qiang is not fooled?" ”

Jing Tong laughed: "Even if Qiang is not fooled into pursuit, it doesn't matter." The appearance of our army in the front will definitely mislead Qiang and make him think that the main force of our Chu army is on the front road, and the reason why he sent people to lure him is to ambush him in the front. ”

"At that time, if you let people drive away the birds and beasts in the forest and make some ambush gestures, it will definitely make the Qin army feel frightened. In this way, the Qiang will be more careful to explore the road ahead, and there will be negligence in the grain team in the rear. At that time, our army will be able to find another opportunity to attack in one fell swoop!

"Brother Takami!"

Jing Ju was immediately convinced, and said: "Brother's plan, if it is successful, it can lure Qiang Qi to pursue, and if it fails, it can make him mistakenly think that our army is ambushing in the front, so as to ignore the rear." This plan is really like one arrow piercing two birds, how wonderful! ”

In the admiration of his younger brother, a smile appeared on the corner of Jing Tong's mouth.

This plan was not created by him, but came from Zhao Tuo's treacherous plot against Zuo Sima in the past.

Zhao Tuo's victory in Surabaya spread all over the world, but most people only paid attention to Zhao Tuo's backwater.

Except for the parties involved, few people know what kind of obscene means Zhao Tuo used to lure and provoke Zuo Sima Zhaoping before his big victory.

If there were no such means, how could the dignified Chu State Zuo Sima easily lose his mind and bury his head in pursuit of the Qin army?

Jing Tong now recalls that when Zuo Sima saw the insulting words carved on the wood, his blood and his face flushed are still vivid.

"The barbarian has always been angry and brainless, and even if this Qiang is more cautious, its temperament will never be good. If this person is insulted, he will be furious, and the chances of success are still very good. ”

Thinking of this, Jing Tong couldn't help but secretly said: "How important is this partial-division task, why didn't Wang Jian let that Zhao Tuo lead the troops, but let someone come." Could it be because Zhao Tuo's merits were too great and he was envied by the Qin people, so he hid it? ”

"Hehe, if Zhao Tuo leads the troops this time, I am naturally afraid, and it is impossible to carry out this plan. But it's just a stumbling stump...... But it's just a barbarian. ”

A smile appeared on Jing Tong's face.

Although it was the first time for him to go into battle as the main general, he followed Zhaoping and Xiang Qu successively, and fought against famous generals like Zhao Tuo, although they all ended in defeat, but Jing Tong's vision was also invisibly improved.

For a mediocre general like Qiang who has been mixed up for decades and has no reputation, he is naturally a little ignorant.

……

A 20,000-strong black-armored Qin army is like a long snake, walking on the road to Huaiyin.

Suddenly, the fast horse that was exploring the way forward returned, causing the entire Qin army column to stop.

"General, the cavalry of the Chu army has been found ahead."

In order to prevent being too conspicuous and being attacked and killed, Zhao Tuo did not sit on the chariot this time, but rode a war horse, and received information from the scouts on horseback.

He turned his head to the left and right and smiled: "The signs of the Chu army have appeared, and it seems that they really have the idea of trying to confuse our army so as to attack the grain team in the rear." “

"The general is wise, our army has long expected this, and this time he will definitely let his Chu army have no return."

The generals responded with a smile.

Zhao Tuo's smile retracted, and he said in a deep voice: "Since he Chu General wants to confuse our army and make me think that its main force is ambushing in front, then I will follow their wishes." Send more people to explore the way forward, and make an appearance of being afraid of ambushes and searching carefully. ”

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"Yui."

Just as the generals went down to give orders.

There's a scout back ahead again.

This time, in addition to saying that those Chu cavalry fled. There were also large trees that had been cut down on the road, blocking the way of the Qin army.

"General, there are words carved on the tree. We don't dare to make claims. ”

The scout said nervously.

"Cut down trees to block the road, engrave words on them?"

Zhao Tuo blinked, why does this matter sound familiar?

Soon, as the Qin soldiers scattered and patrolled in all directions, confirming that there were no ambushes around and that it was safe, Zhao Tuo strode to the front of the felled tree.

He saw that the trunk of the great tree had been peeled off a section of its bark, revealing the white wood inside, and some shocking words were written in blood.

These characters were all written in the Qin script.

"General Jing Tong of Chu, to General Qiang of the State of Qin."

Seeing this, Zhao Tuo's face was full of strangeness, and he couldn't help but look back and look at the banner of his own army array, which was fluttering in the wind and marked the main general "Qiang Qi".

Zhao Tuo turned his head again and looked at the words on the trunk.

"Qiang, Er's mother?"

"Qiang, you are so slow, are you all scared?"

"Qiang barbarian, you wait for food all the way, so you are slow?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned.

"General Qiang, these Chu people scold you!"