"What's the matter, the Chu army not only didn't attack but retreated?"

Sima Xin's subordinates, who were waiting for the battle, have been being tempted, and according to common sense, the next step should be the Chu army to launch a stormy offensive, otherwise why do you do so many temptations? However, after the Chu army finished the temptation, it contracted very abnormally, and the army even turned away, which made Sima Xin and the others completely confused.

"It can't be that Ji Bu's department launched an attack from the rear, and the Chu army transferred the troops back, right?"

There is this possibility, they have not yet made contact with Ji Bu, but they know that Ji Bu is following fifteen miles away from the side of the Chu army, and they do not rule out the possibility that Ji Bu will attack the flank of the Chu army in order to respond here, after all, it can indeed relieve a lot of pressure on Sima Xin's troops.

The top priority at the moment is to get in touch with Ji Bu's subordinates as soon as possible, and at the same time send people to keep an eye on this retreating Chu army, as for leaving the defense line to follow Sima Xin did not want to do that, he had to beware of the retreat of the Chu army is to lure them away from the fortifications with defensive advantages, so that whoever defenders do not have defensive advantages and then fight.

The battlefield situation has become very complicated, with several armies moving on each side, how can you not let the commanders of the leaders on both sides become cautious?

Scouts and liaison fast cavalry were sent one after another, and Sima Xin did not give up the construction of fortifications, and in his opinion, the retreat of the Chu army was only short-lived. Chu Jun wants to go to Danyang and not take this road, so he has to go a long way? Furthermore, does the Chu army dare to go to Danyang without eliminating the threat here? At that time, not only did Ji Bu's troops flank, but they would also become thorns in the flesh behind the Chu army.

Sima Xin did not forget to send someone to inform Lu Zhe of the Chu army's movements, but it should be at least six hours before it was sent to Lu Zhe.

Long He waited for the general proofreader of the vanguard of the Chu army, Xiang Bo, to suddenly rush over, and was even more shocked and dazed when he received the retreat military order conveyed by Xiang Bo.

At that time, they had almost figured out the deployment of Sima Xin's troops, and they could soon attack according to the weaknesses of their deployment. Although it is not said that it can be defeated by the enemy in one go, it is still confident that it can be captured after a few more attempts.

"A general offensive can be launched immediately, why retreat at this time?"

"This is the order of the Great General!"

Puzzled, confused, and even a little angry. These relatively young generals are eager to seek merit, they never imagined that the upcoming combat exploits would fly like this, and there is really no reason for the military order to come, don't they want to pursue Lu Zhe, how can they chase Lu Zhe headquarters without defeating the enemy army in front of them!

With a sentence of "the general's order", no matter how many puzzled Long and others were, they could only lead the army back with unwillingness.

The attacking side was very unwilling to withdraw, and the defending side felt inexplicable, they were concerned about the part, how could they guess what game Xiang Liang and Lu Zhe, who controlled the overall situation, were playing?

Xiang Liang led the army to Lujiang County to solve the problem of Huan Chu, but after Lu Zhe and the southbound Qin army were defeated. An act of profiteering. Obviously, judging from the forces mobilized by Lü Zhe, Lü Zhe did not lose both sides in a battle with the southbound Qin army, and Xiang Liang began to realize this a little late.

The general trend of the world has not been clear, and Xiang Liang has been avoiding premature loss of strength, but after waving his army into Lujiang County and destroying the Huan Chu army, Lu Zhe's sudden appearance in Huizhang County made Xiang Liang greedy.

Lu Zhe, who gradually became a hegemon in the south, was already a confidant of the Chu State, and after the restoration of the Chu State, he only got the old land of three counties, and Lu Zhe also owned three counties.

How can the dignified Chu State only have three counties? This is something that no one can tolerate. If possible, Xiang Liang would inevitably destroy Lü Zhe and restore all the old lands of the Chu State, so as to restore the territory of the Warring States period and accumulate strength to wait for greater competition.

The henchmen were dizzy and ran to the hinterland of Huizhang County, Xiang Liang felt that since Lu Zhe was looking for death. So taking advantage of this battle was never a good opportunity to solve Lu Zhe, he continued to mobilize his troops and transferred more and more, but the development of the situation became more and more strange and out of control, and he began to be a little frightened.

If the war goes well. Xiang Liang was still willing to spend some blood to continue fighting, but now that the war has developed, he suddenly found that he has been led by Lu Zhe, and the situation of the war has become more and more confusing. Heading in the unknown. Now it is obvious that it is no longer a question of whether or not Lu Zhe can be eliminated in Huizhang County, but whether the Chu State can cope with the next multi-faceted challenges after the loss of troops too much.

Chu now has only three counties, there are not many people and the national strength is not obvious, the loss of 150,000 in this battle is Xiang Liang's psychological bottom line, and if there are more, Chu should improve the role of withdrawing from the competition stage or becoming a foil.

Be a foil? Is Xiang Liang willing? When did the State of Chu play the role of a foil, the State of Chu has been a giant since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, and once fought against the vassal states under the command of Zhou Tianzi with the power of a country because of "asking Zhou Dingzhong".

If you don't want to be a foil in the future game, you can't lose your strength too much, even if Lu Zhe is stronger than Chu in the south in the future, Xiang Liang feels the need to temporarily retreat, and use strategy to use strategy to induce other forces to attack Lu last time, or use other means to make Lu Zhe collapse from the inside.

Using means instead of using the army to game, Xiang Liang consciously thinks that that is his forte, and it is really impossible to give up the game method he is familiar with and use his weaknesses.

Xiang Liang can imagine that Lu Zhe's multi-way transfer must have a backhand, and the probability that Xiang Zhu's side has been defeated is as high as eighty percent, otherwise it is impossible to explain why the connection will be broken.

Xiang Zhu was defeated, and there was no hope for Xiang Liang besieging Lu Zhe.

It can be said that he has awakened, or it can be said that he has retreated, Xiang Liang is thinking about it, he can't be excessively depleting his troops, and has already made up his mind to carry out a comprehensive contraction, temporarily withdraw his troops to Huiji County, and wait for the opportunity again.

This decision was very bold, but Xiang Liang changed his strategy only when he realized that Lu Zhe did not occupy the target of burning, killing and looting Huizhang County. As for the 70,000 troops of the Qi State that are about to go south? It is okay to say that Xiang Liang is dirty, he can do anything, it is impossible for him to inform Qi Wang Dan of the fact that he is going to withdraw his troops, it is best for the 70,000 people of Qi to fight with Lu Zhe, and the situation of Chu will be better in the future.

There is no need to pursue Lu Zhe again, what kind of attack is there in the Longhe Division, and even some stragglers in Huizhang County have already tried to notify them to withdraw to Huiji, and Xiang Liang's headquarters has already turned around and planned a route to borrow the Baiyue Territory to detour to Huiji County.

Lu Zhe, who was far away in Danyang, had now joined up with the Meihong garrison and the Gongwei Division, and the troops gathered in Danyang had reached 150,000, and he was waiting for the decisive battle with excitement, and he never thought that Xiang Liang would be so determined to give up.

The army of 150,000 is almost endless, and this does not include the 30,000 on Sima Xin's side, the 70,000 on Ji Bu and Huan Chu's side, and the 70,000 in the southeast of Huizhang County.

"Three hundred and twenty thousand, this military method is too strict on the consumption of grain, if this routine continues, Nanjun's grain stock will be exhausted within a year." Kuaitong is not singing about decline, he is a person who has been in charge of civil affairs, and he knows that under Lu Zhe's rule, agriculture is more developed in Nanjun County and Cangwu County, and the grain production of the two counties has not yet been determined.

"Soon, the battle with Xiang Liang will end soon, and the next use of troops will not reach such a scale." Of course, Lu Zhe understands that the captured grain will not be able to support it if it is used like this, but can this battle not be fought? He asked, "Can Xiao He and Mian Dippy keep things busy?" ”

Now the person in charge of the civil affairs of Nanjun is Mian Bei, and Xiao He has also begun to take over the dispatch of military rations for various armies. Judging from the current situation, Xiao He is in charge of military food dispatch quite well, and there is no bad news from the delivery punitive, and the internal development of the army fighting outside the war has not been destroyed by the war, which is the advantage of fighting the war on other people's territory.

"The agriculture of Nanjun has been affected a lot," Kuaitong didn't know that Lu Zhe was still secretly thinking about not affecting the development of Nanjun just now, and he had something to say: "The Tuntian soldiers were transferred out to fight, and the reclamation in various places came to a complete halt. The dispatch of military rations also requires manpower, and not only the young and strong people are mobilized, but also the women, children, the old and the weak. ”

There is another thing that is not good to say in public, the construction of Nanling City is also affected by the shortage of manpower, and tends to be suspended. The reason why it is difficult to mention it in public is because the generals are still looking forward to living in the mansion in the city after returning to Nanjun, which Lu Zhe promised before the expedition.

Lu Zhe was slightly embarrassed, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Wu Rui's side is besieged in Luo County, and he has sent an unknown number of times to Nanjun to ask for reinforcements," Kuai Tong is summing up: "Luo Shao's side also sent back the news, they entered Ba County after a long march, and now they have taken Chi County, and they are asking if they are attacking Qu Ren (now Yunyang County) according to the previous plan." You could still prevaricate Xianyang with the excuse of information delay, this excuse is useless after so much time, you accepted the emperor's gift, and it is too much to capture Chi County, and it is impossible to continue to let Luo Shao attack Qu Renke. ”

Those Lu Zhe all understood, especially after accepting the seal and then attacking Ba County might have serious consequences, and he regretted it a little now, but since Luo Shao had already captured it, there was no reason to withdraw the army, and he would write to Xianyang to delay it for the reason of supporting Shu County, which should be able to be explained.

Wu Rui's side is really difficult to do, the four clans coalition army and the Baiyue people actually have 300,000 troops, no matter what the result of the battle between Lu Zhe and Xiang Liang is, the troops are too tired, and it is really uncertain how much combat power the tired troops can have if they continue to use the troops, so they can only appease Wu Rui in a short period of time, so that the troops can get time to breathe and then calculate.

"It's better to be sooner rather than later, since you can't support Wu Rui in a short period of time, it's probably not appropriate to let him stick to Luo County." Kuaitong has always been so direct.

Lu Zhe shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Wu Rui is attached to the table, but he is not my subordinate yet, and it is his own choice to stick to it." ”

Almost, right? How can you say that if you don't have a foundation, it's gone, and it would be strange if Wu Rui could give up lightly. (To be continued......)