On the battlefield of Qin and Chu, the situation has undergone subtle changes, Xiang Yan has never sent a large army to block it, and Li Xin has inspected the front line of the Honghe River, basically without encountering any resistance, as if this is not the land of Chu.

Such a situation is incomprehensible to many people. Among the nations, the northern countries are not accustomed to water warfare, and none of them understand the tactics of Chu. The state of Chu was founded for more than 900 years, longer than the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and the land of Jing and Chu has always been the battlefield of the state of Chu.

History proves that it is not unreasonable for the Chu people to thrive and survive here. Even if the Zhou Dynasty unified the Central Plains, the Chu State was only a tribute minister, and not an inch of land was annexed by the Zhou royal family. For the people of the Central Plains, the north is dominated by the Ji family, and the south is dominated by the Mi family.

Xiang Yanjun has been slow to move, there must be a reason for this, but where the problem is, whether it is Ying Zheng, Hu Ji, Magic Calculation, or Ju Wu and Jing Ke, it is not clear. People can't help but miss Meng Jiang, if Meng Jiang stood up and spoke, with Princess Zixuan's intelligence, she would definitely be able to guess what Xiang Yan's idea was.

No matter what conspiracy the Chu State had, Li Xin was confident that in the face of absolute strength, the Qin State would definitely be able to defeat the Chu State. Saying hello to Meng Tian, under the leadership of Li Xin, the 220,000 main force of the Qin army crossed the Honghe River and advanced eastward.

On the other side of the Honghe River, there is a vast plain, and as long as there is a field battle, Li Xin is really not afraid of anything. But after crossing the river and advancing for another thirty miles, after setting up camp, Xiang Yan's army still did not move. Li Xin ran to Xiang Yan's camp every day to call for battle, Xiang Yan hung up the battle free card, no matter how Li Xin scolded, the Chu people just didn't fight, and completely put on a posture of a long-term war of attrition.

In such a situation, Li Xin was in a hurry, and if he wanted to attack Shouchun, he had to solve the main force of Chu that was blocking in front of him. If Xiang Yanjun is bypassed, it is very likely that he will be made dumplings, which is not what Li Xin wants to see.

They didn't fight during the day, and they were harassed by the sneak attacks of the Chu people every night, and the Qin army was annoyed.

Hearing such a battle report, many resourceful people in Xianyang, shouting at the same time that it was not good, all came to Ying Zheng and persuaded Ying Zheng to let Li Xin retreat to the north of the Honghe River, so as not to cut off the logistics by the Chu people.

Fighting a war is about logistics, and Xiang Yan is not moving, he must be fighting the idea of logistics. The logistics supply of the Qin State, which logistics officers are in it, and the route they walk, Changping Jun Qiqi is very clear. Ying Zheng naturally understood this, and hurriedly sent the order out, but there was no feedback at all.

Ying Zheng, Wei Yu, Meng Wu, Li Si and others were anxious, and the king's order, Li Xin had to give his own opinions even if there were generals who were not subject to military orders abroad. But Li Xin couldn't be contacted, and Xianyang could only contact Meng Tianjun. What does this mean? It shows that the Qin State has lost the news on the other side of the Hong River.

Meng Tian also sent back the news as soon as possible, just three days after Li Xin crossed the Honghe, a large number of fishing boats appeared in the rivers surrounding the various tributaries of the Honghe. Those ships were small, but there were too many of them, and they completely cut off the main force from the Mengtian army.

Hearing this news, Wei Yi was so anxious that he said: "The northerners are not accustomed to water warfare, and there are so many fishing boats on those rivers, and my Great Qin can't send decent warships to fight at all." The logistics are interrupted, Xiang Yan is not fighting, as long as it is delayed for a few months, Li Xinjun will be self-defeating, and we still underestimate the combat strength of the Chu State. ”

"Only the main army has 220,000 and Xiang Yan's army has 350,000 across the river, and the time, place and people are not on our side, so we must let Li Xin retreat as soon as possible. As long as we retreat to the north bank and face each other across the river, our reinforcements will follow, and how dare the Chu State fight with our Great Qin. ”

Meng Wu sighed: "There are too few troops, and the logistics supply cannot keep up, which is likely to cause a mutiny." Cutting off the Honghe River, without backup, Li Xin, not to mention besieging Shouchun, is likely to be surrounded by Xiang Yan. ”

Ying Zheng was also very anxious, but the war had reached this point, and he couldn't do anything more. At this time, news came from Zero Yu of the ranch that she had sent Jin Tong to lead a hundred Praetorian Guards to secretly smuggle through the flood, and she must let Li Xin withdraw.

Ying Zheng, Wei Yu and others' eyes lit up, the army couldn't cross the river, but it was still possible to cross the river with a small-scale team composed of masters to give orders. The military rations on the side of Li Xin's main army can last at least half a month, and there is still a turning point in this matter.

But they didn't know that when Jin Tong arrived at Li Xin's big tent, they saw a different scene. All the generals of the Qin army were all drooping their heads, and their morale was extremely low. When Jin Tong finished passing on Yingzheng's military order, many people shook their heads and sighed.

Li Xin said sullenly: "If you want to withdraw, unless you can open up a stable river, but there are 220,000 troops here, all of whom are brothers in the army who are not accustomed to water warfare, if the Chu people attack halfway, the loss will be too great." Without complete preparation, Ben would not have dared to take this risk. ”

Jin Tong was surprised: "Brother Li Xin, Xiang Yan is on the other side, don't you even know the distribution of the Chu people's forces?" ”

Li Xin said frankly: "Xiang Yanjun has always hung up the free battle card, the camp is very strong, and a large number of traps and dirt pits have been set up. It was like this for more than ten days, and we had no idea how many people there were. None of the scouts sent to spy on the enemy camp would be able to return. ”

A partial general beside him said angrily: "What's even more annoying is still to come, Xiang Yan attacks the camp every night, if the army retreats blindly, it is likely to be pursued by Xiang Yan's army." We also lured the enemy several times, but only a few thousand men pursued, and when we found that it was wrong, we retreated from a distance, and did not fight our army at all. Looking at the other party's meaning, it is to prevent our army from crossing the river. ”

Xiang Yan's thoughts, everyone understood, Li Xin wanted to put the decisive battle on the plain, he would put the decisive battle on the Honghe. If both sides don't compromise, then it can only drag on like this, and everyone can fight hard. Although Qin's national strength is stronger than that of Chu, Li Xin's main force can't be delayed for so long, and it can't even be delayed for a month.

Li Xin sighed: "Sister Jin Tong, brother, I will honestly confess, the king once instructed that the battle of Qin and Chu is a quick battle, so the main force that crossed the Honghe River, I only carried twenty days' rations. As long as Xiang Yan's field army is destroyed and Shouchun is besieged, the logistics will be made up. ”

"But we didn't expect that Xiang Yan, who has always fought bravely, would not fight a decisive battle with our army and bite me here. Now I can't advance or retreat, and I'm in a dilemma. ”

Jin Tong gasped, more than ten days have passed, and the rations in the army are only five or six days, how can they fight only in battle? With so many people crossing the river, it will take at least a day and a night, Xiang Yan will definitely start a decisive battle on the Honghe River, and the water battle is exactly what the Qin army is not good at, and the battle will be lost.

Therefore, Li Xin did not dare to retreat at all, and he could hold on for one day at a time, and he really couldn't hold on, so he would consider the idea of withdrawing troops.

There was another sound of fighting outside the big tent, all the generals of the Qin army looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and Xiang Yan came to disturb the camp again. Any move of the Qin army will be seen by others, and it will not dare to withdraw easily.

One of the generals gritted his teeth and said: "General, there are more than 10,000 people in this attack, which shows that Xiang Yan is increasing his strength every day, that is, our army cannot retreat." In this case, if we don't do anything, we will all go out and attack Xiangyan's camp. ”

He thought that the general frowned and said: "This is too risky, even if you break through the camp, you can't eliminate the main force of the Chu army, and it will not have much impact on the overall situation." ”

Li Xin gritted his teeth and said: "Then attacking the camp overnight, even if you can't eliminate the main force of the Chu army, as long as you seize Xiang Yan's camp, you can not only kill more Chu soldiers and consume the Chu State, but also grab grain and grass." In short, it can not be delayed any longer, if the soldiers in the army know that the rations are not enough, it is easy to cause a mutiny. Even if it doesn't work, it's good to boost morale. ”

The people in the big tent all nodded, they were originally demoralized, if they didn't fight again, it was estimated that when the decisive battle came, they would not be able to win the Chu army.

Everyone unanimously agreed, and Li Xin gave an order, and all the 220,000 Qin troops were dispatched and marched to the Xiangyan military camp overnight. In the face of this situation, Jin Tong is also very helpless, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and he can only adapt to the situation. The imperial order he brought, Li Xin couldn't carry it out at all, Xiang Yanming put a pit for the Qin army to jump, and wanted to put the decisive battle place in the Honghe, how could the Qin army do what he wanted.

The Qin army lit torches and attacked the enemy camp in a mighty manner. In the face of this combat force, the Chu soldiers who disturbed the camp were all scattered, and they fled far away in fright. The Qin scouts quickly cleared a way, and under the impact of several siege vehicles, the battalions were knocked away, and Li Xin's army rushed into the enemy camp with little resistance.

Jin Tong immediately grabbed Li Xin's hand and said worriedly: "The Chu army has more troops than us, how can the resistance be so small, there is an explosion here." ”

Li Xin gritted his teeth and said: "Even if there is an explosion, I also believe that the combat power of the Qin army is stronger than that of the Chu people, we can't delay any longer, at least we have to grab more grain and grass before we can carry out the follow-up war." ”

Jin Tong couldn't figure out where the problem was, so he could only follow Li Xin's side.

Entering again, the main force of the Qin army all arrived in the camp, and without Li Xin's orders, many soldiers went to find Xiang Yanjun's grain depot.

Suddenly, a general shouted: "General, we have been tricked, this is an empty camp, and the main forces of Chu are not here." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, countless torches appeared around the camp, and as far as the eye could see, there were at least no less than 400,000 in number, surrounding the entire camp.

I only heard a hearty laugh, and said: "Li Xinxiaoer, you have been tricked, and today next year will be your death." ”

With a wave of Xiang Yan's big hand, the entire camp burst into flames, all kinds of rockets were shot, and the Qin soldiers continued to fall. Li Xin shouted for the army to rush forward, but it was blocked by countless tripstrings, iron nails, and horse blocking stakes, and he couldn't rush out at all.

In the fire, many Qin soldiers crowded together, and those who were burned alive fled from place to place, with countless casualties.

Several lieutenant generals took the descendants around them, and at the cost of their lives, finally broke through a road and covered Li Xin and rushed out. But he was constantly chased and killed by the Chu army, as if the entire plain was full of Chu soldiers, and the banner of the Qin State could no longer be seen.

The Qin army fled all the way to the front of the Honghe, and Li Xin couldn't manage so much, so he sent 30,000 troops to block the Chu army, and the rest of the people all used the boats they came to cross the river. In the middle of the river, countless fishing boats appeared, constantly digging through the bottom of the boats, and many Qin soldiers were drowned in the river.

Xiang Yan's army crossed the Honghe River, still in pursuit, and pursued to Tangxi, Li Xin transferred the remaining troops, and was defeated by Xiang Yan. Li Xin and Meng Tian's army converged, but they were still defeated, hastening the defeat of Qin. After three days and nights of fighting, the camps built by the Qin army for days were all broken by the Chu army, and the entire 220,000 troops could escape back less than 20,000.

It was not until the arrival of Qin's reinforcements that Xiang Yan's attack was blocked, and Li Xin and Meng Tian were able to flee back to Qin. When Wang Ben received Li Xin, he counted the casualties, and all the generals of the Qin army were shocked.

Seven of the first-class generals of the Commander were killed, most of the three hundred Praetorian Guards were killed and wounded, and even Jin Tong was knocked unconscious by arrows. Less than a night later, he also died in the army, wailing.