Qin Official

On October 27, in Huaibei, Chu State, on a bare hill, various generals' flags were erected here, as if countless trees had grown overnight.

The tallest tree among them is undoubtedly the Shangzhu state flag with the word "xiang" written on it. Behind the flag is also revealed the commander's banner that has been hidden for many days, so that all the Chu state who are fighting fiercely with the Qin army can All the soldiers can see that their leader is here!

Xiang Yan regarded this small hill as a command post, surrounded by reserves ready to go, half of which were short-range personal guards and half of which were cavalry troops.

Xiang Yan is over fifty years old, but he is getting older and stronger. He has always maintained the demeanor of a soldier in his living habits. He still has a straight back and a voice like a bell. He is deeply loved by the soldiers of the Chu army.

When he was young, he also took the lead, but as he got older and his position became higher, he no longer liked to take risks. Instead, he changed to command the reserve team. He was on a high ground with a panoramic view of the battle situation, and deployed the troops where they were most needed according to the situation. , this is what the coach should do.

At this moment, Xiang Yan stood upright in the wind, staring at the chaotic battlefield that stretched for nearly ten miles in the distance.

It can be seen that in the eastern half of this battlefield, the black-armored Qin army is retreating steadily, while in the western half, the red-armored Chu army is constantly advancing.

"The Qin army was defeated."

One of Xiang Yan's staff looked at the battle and looked happy: "General Qin never expected that Shangzhu Kingdom would appear behind him!"

Xiang Yan shook her head: "I don't know whether this Qin army is commanded by Li Xin or Meng Tian. They rush forward blindly and underestimate the enemy. After all, they are young men. It is too young to play such a little trick in front of me!"

Xiang Yan plans to use the same method to teach this irritable Qin general a lesson!

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This was an encounter. When Li Xin used his defeated troops to clear the way and broke through Juyang City, also called "Yanying" to commemorate the old capital of Southern Chu, Chu's first and second lines of defense in Huaibei almost collapsed.

At this point, Li Xin's confidence and arrogance had reached the extreme. He believed that there was no one in Chu and Xiang Yan was trapped in Xiangcheng, so he marched without any worries.

After burning the Chu army's food and grass in Juyang, Li Xin continued to march northeast, arrived at Chengfu, and joined the 10,000 Qin army from Suiyang.

Although many people still advised him to return to Xiangcheng or Chenying to join Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin rejected these suggestions and prepared a bold plan: to advance to the southeast and approach Shouchun, the capital of Chu! As long as you cross the Huai River, Shouchun will be safe!

This was Bai Qi's strategy to defeat Ying. Li Xin decided to copy that miracle and use the same method to destroy Chu.

However, Li Xin, who had been making great progress for more than half a month and swept across Huaibei, did not expect that Xiang Yan and the main force of the Chu army he expected were not in Xiangcheng, but suddenly appeared behind him in the early morning when the sky was still dark!

The Chu army, which had been marching for three days and three nights, seemed to have been holding back for a long time. The chariots and horses roared towards them. The troops Li Xin had arranged behind were swept away before they could resist. When the scouts informed him that the Chu army was coming, At the time of the attack, Xiang Yan's banner was already several miles away!

Tit for retaliation, Li Xin caught the local Chu army off guard in Qiu Qiu a few days ago and won a great victory. Not many days later, the Chu people fought back in the same way.

Li Xin only had time to order the Qin army, which was marching in a long snake, to rearrange its formation and adjust its direction. However, when the Chu army came over and collided with the Qin army, Li Xin discovered that this was very different from the miscellaneous troops he had defeated before. He did not get confused in front of the neat array of the Qin army, but followed bravely. The drum beats and charges forward.

At this moment, the melee has been going on for half an hour. Although the Chu army struck first and gained the advantage, they were not sure of victory...

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Looking from the direction of Xiang Yan, the Chu army attacked the five square formations at the front, each with five or six thousand men, holding five red military flags as red as fire. They were soldiers from the Zhao, Jing, and Qu families, and Jiangdong. , Pengcheng's division.

Among them, the military flags of the Zhao, Jing, and Qu families had been delayed for a long time. They also encountered the elite internal history of the Qin army. The black and red soldiers were entangled with each other, and they were inseparable.

Pengcheng's division and Jiangdong's troops were somewhat unstoppable. They kept advancing from the flanks, squeezing the Qin army toward the center. For a time, the five Chu armies were in a position to surround the Qin army's front line..." It was not just the troops of the three families. , Dong Chu and Xi Chu Erlang also don’t want to fall behind. "

Xiang Yan couldn't help but praise him. He had an army of 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, recruited from the nobles of Lu, Sishang, Jiangdong, and Huainan. When the war started in early October, Xiang Yan asked his eldest son to set up his own flag, and led 30,000 soldiers and civilians in Huaibei to pretend to be the main force in Xiangcheng to attract the attention of the Qin army. He himself came to Huaidong and reorganized these armies on the spot. .

Unexpectedly, Li Xin also adopted a similar strategy to him and led an army to rampage in Huaibei. Xiang Yan was not in a hurry, so he simply followed his plan and held his troops stationary for a while. After Li Xin's arrogance reached the extreme, he led his army to approach the main force of the Qin army.

This battle was different from the past humiliating battles of the Five Kingdoms against Qin. In the face of the fall of their home country, the Chu army indeed fought bloody battles.

It is true that he withstood the pressure of the King of Chu's repeated reprimands, traded land for time, and allowed Li Xin to wreak havoc in Huaibei, but he did not expose his intentions prematurely.

The Art of War says, if you are good at moving the enemy, if you shape it, the enemy will follow it; if you give it, the enemy will take it!

In Xiang Yan's view, Li Xin's fighting style violated the taboo of being demanding on soldiers. Facing this reckless opponent, he only needed to slowly guide his troops to move them to his advantage and wait for them with soldiers.

Sure enough, under Xiang Yan's deliberate guidance, the tiger named pride in Li Xinxin grew day by day, and finally swallowed up his reason and caution. At this time, the "military strength" controlled by Xiang Yan was like letting the pebbles rise from the extreme. Like rolling down a very high and steep mountain, the oncoming force is fierce and unstoppable!

At this point, the strategy has come to an end, and only the final battle remains. After doing so much, Xiang Yan still does not have the confidence to win every battle. If he cannot defeat the Qin army, but is defeated by it, then all his plans will become a laughing stock, and Li Xin will be the one who boldly destroyed the Qin army. Chu Zhice became a famous general in the world.

Fortunately, their hard work paid off. After three days and three nights, they finally found an opportunity when the Qin army was most relaxed.

Xiang Yan was condescending and could see the entire battle situation clearly. At this moment, the Qin Army Black Flag that was attacked was continuously retreating, and it no longer retreated slowly at first, but gradually turned into a large stride, and had to turn around. escaped. This was no longer a disadvantage that could be redeemed by bravery and tactics. The Chu army was more numerous than them, and they were waiting for work, taking advantage of them.

As a last resort, Li Xin put 5,000 reserve troops into the battle and joined the battle. For a time, the five military flags of the Chu army stood in unison, and they fought hard with Qin's fresh army.

Seeing that there were no more manpower available on the opposite side, Xiang Yan smiled and immediately gave the order: "Send me the order. All five thousand people on the hilly area will advance to attack the enemy. The infantry will attack from the front, and the chariots and knights will attack from the flanks."

This encounter that took place near Chengfu had already come to an end when Xiang Yan beat the war drum and sent out the thousands of reserve troops and five hundred chariots surrounding him...

Li Xin was used to fighting with favorable winds, but he was a little inexperienced in this kind of hard battle. He sent his reserve team forward too early. At this time, there were no troops to send, only hundreds of short-term soldiers around him, and he was suddenly in a dilemma.

He soon no longer had to be in trouble. With the addition of fresh troops, and Xiang Yan's banner also starting to move towards the battlefield, the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted. Led by the Jiangdong and Pengcheng armies, they finally broke through the Qin formation...

The sound of ringing gold was heard frequently, and Li Xin finally chose to retreat. He abandoned several captains who were trapped by the Chu army, and slowly retreated back with more than ten thousand people who could be rescued.

Bodies were scattered on the battlefield, and rivers of blood flowed. The three generals Zhao, Jing, and Qu, covered in blood, came to report the casualties to Xiang Yan and asked for orders: "I am willing to lead the army to pursue the Qin army!"

Xiang Yan stroked his beard and did not answer immediately.

Because the Chu army launched the attack from behind the Qin army, the west and south were covered by the Chu people. Going east would lead to deep Chu territory and could not go there, so the only way to retreat was to the north. Li Xin would probably retreat all the way to Ju. Yang withdraws.

So he ordered: "There is no need to pursue him, we have more important things to do."

At present, the 40,000 Qin troops have been defeated, but there are still 50,000 Qin troops in Xiangcheng besieging his eldest son.

However, in Xiang Yan's eyes, this actually means that the Qin army has been held back and cannot advance or retreat.

His purpose was not only to drive the Qin army out of Chu, but also to kill as many people as possible! Xiang Yan sincerely hopes that for every additional Qin captain eliminated, Qin's next attack on Chu may be delayed by a month!

Besides, his ultimate goal for this war is to recover Chen and Cai.

Xiang Yan turned around and looked in the direction of Huaiyang. "Mr. Changping, the Chu Kingdom has appointed Yin, it's time for you to make a decision, right?"