People drifted to lose contact in Qin Dynasty

However, if there was no accident, it would be impossible for the king to return from Qin and become their king!

A few thoughts flashed through Xiang Yan's mind, she came back to her senses, and said to the people beside her: "I let this kid Li Xin get the most of the limelight along the way, now that the purpose of luring the enemy into deep has been achieved, it's time to inform Those three families are ready to send troops."

The three families of Chu, Zhao, Jing, and Qu, are all aristocrats separated from the royal family. The three clans are powerful and have many soldiers. To win a war, one still has to rely on the power of these three clans.

It cannot be said that Xiang Yan is helpless. In fact, this has been the case in the Chu state for hundreds of years. It is the royal family and nobles who really control the Chu state. The interests of this group of nobles.At the same time, precisely because of the failure of the reform, the power of the nobles of Chu State has also grown stronger.

But fortunately, this group of Chu nobles also knew that their power stemmed from the existence of Chu State. If Chu State was destroyed by Qin State, their past power would also disappear like a cloud of smoke. Sometimes, but they have something to ask for, and they spare no effort.

When Xiang Yan's letter was received by the three families, they immediately recruited an army, and joined forces with nobles and nobles from Lu, Sishang, Jiangdong, and Huainan Chu countries to gather a total of more than 20 troops to guard Huaibei and Shouchun City. Yu Zheng headed towards Li Xin's nearly [-] troops.

In the past, when Li Xin was commanding an army of nearly 20, facing the opponent's army of only more than [-], he would not care about other things, and directly led the army to meet the opponent. At first glance, the king of Chu in Shouchun City was in a hurry, and Qian donkeys made the last struggle. As long as they were all wiped out, Shouchun City would no longer have a strong army, and the fall of Chu State would be imminent.

Xiang Yan asked the three nobles to send troops at this time, just taking advantage of Li Xin's greedy and aggressive character. In his opinion, they have already fought here. Seeing that Shouchun City is in sight, even if the resistance of the Chu army in front is fiercer, Li Xin will It is impossible to take the initiative to retreat, only to charge forward in an upright manner.

However, Xiang Yan's order to the three big nobles and many small and medium nobles under them, besides asking them to send troops, has another point, which is to hold back Li Xin and not give Li Xin a chance to fight head-on.

The army of more than 20 people may not be able to defeat Qin's nearly [-] elite troops, but as long as it can be held back, Chu will undoubtedly win this battle.

Everything is ready, just wait for Li Xin to take the initiative to step into the trap prepared by Chu State.

But when he learned that the three aristocrats of the Chu State united with many nobles, large and small, to gather an army of more than [-], and prepared to fight to the death, the general of the Qin State, Li Xin, who had revealed his greed to the extreme along the way, was suddenly discouraged. up.

He did not launch an attack on the more than 20 Chu troops as Xiang Yan expected, even though Shouchun City was in sight, he did not lure him.On the contrary, Li Xin commanded an army of nearly [-] troops, but as if he was afraid of the more than [-] troops of Chu State, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops.

Before crossing the Huai River and breaking through Shouchun, Li Xin suddenly withdrew.

This turn of events was beyond Xiang Yan's expectation, and after that, it was hard for him to accept.

It took a lot of effort to lure Li Xin into the trap step by step, but Li Xin stopped beside the trap. If Li Xin could not be defeated, it meant that those cities would be handed over to Li Xin.

Xiang Yan couldn't accept it, and he was even more puzzled why Li Xin retreated voluntarily. Could it be that he saw something?

Chapter 444 Who is the hunter?

If it was Li Xin in the past, maybe he would really step into the trap set by Xiang Yan.

But that was in the past, you should know that the current king of Chu is Xiong Qi!

This man who was called Lord Changping in the past was the right minister of Qin State, and had a very good relationship with Li Xin. Li Xin was very familiar with him, and in turn, Xiong Qi was also very familiar with him.

Facing such an enemy, Li Xin must be more cautious!

More importantly, when Li Xin led the army to raid Huaibei of Chu State, a man as steady as an old dog came to the army with a scroll under the escort of others.

No matter how arrogant Li Xin is, facing the king's will, he has to obey, and then cooperate with this one.

Few people know about this person who came to Li Xin's army. After he arrived, he did not change Li Xin's original plan to attack Chu. On the contrary, he let Li Xin play to his full potential. People enter the urn.

Thus, Li Xin went all the way like a broken bamboo, conquering many cities in Chu State one after another.

This made those who secretly came to Li Xin's army sigh, at least in terms of surprise attack and siege, he was not as good as Li Xin.

He has always fought wars steadily, in other words, he does not fight uncertain battles.

It is also because of his stability that he rarely takes the initiative to take risks, and naturally he will miss many opportunities.

However, when Li Xin was about to cross the Huai River and attack Shouchun, he still gained some insight based on his past experience, so Li Xin suddenly retreated at the door.

This incident certainly made Li Xin unacceptable.

However, the military order was like a mountain, and he had to obey it.

Seeing Li Xin's sudden retreat, Xiang Yan, who surrounded Li Xin's rear, was equally uncomfortable.

Because I was worried that the Qin army outside Xiangcheng would see something.

This time outflanking Li Xin's rear, Xiang Yan did not bring too many soldiers and horses, only more than 20 troops, which seems to be a lot of people, but compared with the nearly [-] troops under Li Xin's command, it is really not counted many.

The reason why they brought so many people was to catch Li Xin by surprise.

On the way, he had many chances to attack Li Xin, but he never carried it out. It wasn't because he didn't want to, but because he wanted to wait until Shouchun's army faced Li Xin, and when they fought Li Xin, Come out again and cut off Li Xin's retreat.

Right now, Li Xin has retreated before confronting the army of Chu nobles. If he is allowed to retreat to those Chu cities that have already been captured by the Qin army and defend them, it will be nothing if they lose ground. To Qin.

"Exactly, where did the problem arise?"

Xiang Yan couldn't figure it out, Li Xin, who had always been adventurous, suddenly became more stable.

But he also understood that Li Xin could not be allowed to evacuate Huaibei safely like this, otherwise, Chu would have to suffer a great loss.

Even if the army he commands is only [-] people behind Li Xin, if he goes all out and delays Li Xin's pace, he can still do it.

As long as Li Xin is dragged on this plain, when the army of more than [-] from Shouchun arrives, they will attack from both sides, and Li Xin will go deep into the hinterland of Chu to fight, and the supply of food and grass will not be enough. As a result, he will only be defeated.

After making a decision, Xiang Yan's military order was quickly conveyed to the whole army.

So, on the way back when Li Xin commanded an army of nearly 20 troops, a Chu army suddenly appeared, and the banner of this Chu army was impressive-"Xiang"!

After seeing this Chu army suddenly appearing from behind, no matter whether it was Qin army or Li Xin, they couldn't help being startled.

Before they knew it, they were outflanked by a Chu army.

Originally, Li Xinshang, who had to withdraw his troops because of the military order, was a little unhappy. After seeing this Chu army, he didn't feel even a little unhappy. He looked at the old general who was parachuted into his army and only some high-level generals knew about it. Can't help sighing: "Old General Wang predicts things like a god, Li is convinced!"

When he was about to cross the Huai River and take Shouchun directly, it was the old general who said that his attack on Chu was too smooth, that the state of Chu was not weak, and that Xiong Qi was king, so it was not so easy to destroy the state of Chu. Easy one thing.

Retreat when the time is right so that you can step into the enemy's trap!

At that time, Li Xin only said that the old general was too cautious and came all the way by himself, Chu State was only mediocre, how could there be any traps, even if there were traps, he could still lead his army out of the encirclement.

He didn't realize it until he found this army suddenly appearing behind him.

It turned out that before he knew it, he had already stepped into the trap of others.

If when he was fighting with the Chu army on Shouchun's side, this Chu army would encircle him from behind and cut off his rear, he could imagine the result.

Under the escort of the shadow guards, the old general Wang Jian who came to the army quietly looked a little haggard. After all, he was old, and in order to catch up with Li Xin, he traveled thousands of miles to come here. Those who engage in a thousand-mile raid are either marching or on the way, and they really don't have much rest.

At least this kind of experience, Wang Jian does not want to have a second time.

"There is no such thing as predicting things like a god, but I thought of this possibility in advance!"

Wang Jian didn't say too much about this matter, then turned his head and said: "The banner of this Chu army is 'Xiang', and it should belong to the Xiang family. I am afraid that when you exchanged banners with Meng Wu, the other party would have quietly followed behind you!"

Hearing the old general Wang Jian's words, Li Xin was startled again.

If what the old general said is true, the time that this Chu army has followed behind him is not short, it can be said that it has been plotting for a long time.

"Don't entangle with them for too long!" Wang Jian said again: "This Chu army suddenly appeared. I'm afraid it discovered our withdrawal, so it wanted to hold us back and wait for the Chu army from Shouchun to arrive, so as to carry out an attack on us. Attack from both sides!"

"Of course, if the opponent chooses to fight us head-on, they can all be buried here!"

"Yes!"

Li Xin responded.

In this way, the [-] Chu army led by Xiang Yan faced the Qin army led by Li Xin.

Because of the huge disparity in numbers, and the purpose was to hold back the Qin army.

So Xiang Yan ordered the Chu army to divide into several small teams to harass the Qin army from all angles.

In Xiang Yan's view, although Li Xin became more stable at the last moment, judging from the previous actions, he is always the adventurous, young and energetic general.

As a young man, it must be unbearable to see Chu Jun being so provocative.

Once he leads the crowd to meet the Chu army, the Chu army will retreat in time. If he does not pursue, the Chu army will continue to harass them. If he pursues, the Chu army will not fight them head-on anyway.

As long as Li Xin's army can be held back, Chu will undoubtedly win this battle.

As a result, Li Xin's actions once again exceeded Xiang Yan's expectations.

Facing the harassment from the Chu army, Li Xin remained unmoved. He was determined to retreat, which made Xiang Yan a little anxious.

If Li Xin is determined to leave, he really can't stop it!

Chapter 445 Who is the prey?

Xiang Yan's original intention was to hold back the pace of the Qin army's retreat. When Shouchun's army arrived, they surrounded the Qin army by sandwiching two pieces of bread. The Qin army fought long distances and went deep into the hinterland of Chu. Supply, in the case of lack of food and grass, will undoubtedly fail. However, no one expected that when approaching Shouchun, the Qin army, which was about to step into the trap, was persuaded at the last moment and voluntarily withdrew.

He had to show up to stop the Qin army. Because of the huge disparity in numbers, Xiang Yan could only resort to feint attacks and harassment. As long as the time dragged on, the battlefield situation would be more favorable to them.

But Li Xin's performance once again exceeded Xiang Yan's expectations.

When it was about to approach the Huai River, it was fine for Li Xin to retreat.

This allowed the Chu army on the other side of the Huai River to gather in vain.

This time, facing the harassment of the Chu army led by Xiang Yan, Li Xin remained unmoved.

With determination, he headed towards the land of Yanying, which had been captured by the Qin army before.

If Li Xin came to Yanying and guarded the city, and there was an endless supply of food and grass from Nanyang of Qin, it would be almost impossible to wipe out Li Xin's army.

What made Li Xin, who has always been adventurous, change his temper and become more stable?

Is all this a loss of morality or a distortion of human nature?

Xiang Yan didn't have the time to think about it.

Originally, it was a little risky for them, the strange soldiers hiding behind Li Xin, to show up on their own initiative. If they were not careful, they might be wiped out by Li Xin, so he could only resort to feints and delays.

Right now, facing Li Xin who is determined to retreat.

In order to keep Li Xin in the hinterland of Chu State, Xiang Yan finally made a decision.

"Gather the soldiers and attack the Qin army at the front!"

Xiang Yan spoke solemnly, and issued military orders to the people beside him.

Hearing this, his staff couldn't help but change their expressions.

"Shangzhu Kingdom!"

Attacking the nearly 20 Qin army with an army of [-] is like hitting a stone with a pebble.

It is dangerous for more than 4 people to hold them back, let alone launch an attack from the front.

"If you want to keep Li Xin's army here, you must have the determination to put them to death and survive!" Xiang Yan said firmly.

Seeing that the general had made up his mind, the staff said nothing more.

Soon, as Xiang Yan's military order was communicated, the Chu army that had been harassing and feigning attacks on the Qin army began to gather.

Qin Jun's scouts also discovered this.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Wang Jian immediately gave his opinion, "The Chu army is in a hurry!"

He looked at Li Xin, and said in a deep voice: "You have attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold all the way, and there is no disadvantage. In addition to the Chu army losing to you, there is another reason because the territory of Chu is too vast, and the several major nobles still have their own little ones. Xin Xin, instead of sending troops to meet you, it is better to wait for you to go deep into the hinterland of Chu State, and then attack you."

"Long-distance combat has the risk of insufficient supply of food and grass, not to mention that Chu's territory is so vast!"

"Crossing the Huai River, it is true that you can directly attack Shouchun, the capital of the Chu State, but precisely because the Huai River is followed by Shouchun, if you want to capture Shouchun, you will definitely encounter the most stubborn resistance from the Chu State!"

"If you capture Shouchun, that's all. If you can't capture it immediately, the army will be trapped in a cage, and it will not be so easy to retreat!"

"That's why I asked you to withdraw your troops. As long as you retreat to Yanying, use it as your vanguard, and have Nanyang, Chenying and other places as your backing. Half of the country of Chu has already fallen into our hands. Even if they are reluctant, they will have to eat it." Take this boring loss!"

"Afterwards, this Chu army showed up behind us, which proved my guess. Facing your long-distance drive, Chu didn't put up too much resistance, just to lure you into it!"

Wang Jian said a lot in one breath, and then turned to Li Dao: "This time the Chu army is gathering and attacking us from the front. I am afraid that this general of the Chu army has sensed your determination to retreat, and has been unable to hold back. It is decided to fight against us from the front. Fight!"

"We don't want to be able to defeat us, as long as they can hold us back, when the Chu army from Shouchun arrives, the situation of victory and defeat will be reversed!"

Li Xin frowned slightly, and asked Wang Jian, "Then we...continue to retreat towards Yanying?"

"No!"

Wang Jian shook his head and said, "I said earlier, if they choose to fight us head-on, what should we do!"

"Besides, this Chu army only has 5 to [-] people. It would be too embarrassing for us to voluntarily retreat in the face of their demands for war!"

There is a sentence that Wang Jian did not say to Li Xin.

'To lure the enemy deep, whoever lures is uncertain! '

He looked at Li Dao again: "Let's divide the troops!"

Li Xin immediately understood what Wang Jian meant.

It means that one of the two intercepted the Chu army in the direction of Shouchun, and the other met the Chu army led by the Xiang clan.

When Xiang Yan led the [-] Chu army to attack the Qin army from the front, the Qin army originally led by Li Xin suddenly split into two. In addition to the word flag, there is another flag with the word "King" on it!

The king of the Wang clan!

Naturally, Xiang Yan's scouts also detected this.