Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

The Chu army was fleeing in panic, avoiding the pursuing Qin army behind them.

At this time, Xiang Yan finally felt the pain and sorrow that Li Xin felt when he ran away like a driven dog.

At this time, there was civil strife in Shouchun, the capital of the Chu State. The former King of Chu was unwilling to lose his throne and was planning to launch a rebellion with interested people, hoping to kill Lord Changping and regain the throne while Xiang Yan was out leading his army.

The top leaders of the Chu State fell into internal strife. As a result, it was difficult for government orders to leave Shouchun. Many government orders were disrupted, so that sufficient food and grass could not be transferred to the front line.

Coupled with the fact that Meng Tian led the Golden Fire Cavalry, which has been running around inside the Chu State, looting grain roads from time to time, and Shejian's troops were disappearing, this caused the Chu State's grain and grass transportation to suffer heavy losses.

Wars are always fought for resources, and wars are fought for national power.

No matter how good the morale of the army is, no matter how heavy the rewards are, the most important thing for the army is food.

If you don't even have enough to eat, pure mental strength will not bring you strong combat effectiveness, but will instead weaken your own strength.

At the beginning, Li Xin was cut off by Chang Pingjun's betrayal because his food route was cut off. As a result, the army was without food. Li Xin was beaten to the point of running away, and was hunted down by the Chu army in various ways.

Xiang Yan of the Chu army also experienced the same scene. Now that the Chu army was short of food and grass, he had to retreat to the rear of Chu before the food and grass were exhausted, shortening the front as much as possible.

At the same time, he also wanted to deal with the rebellion as quickly as possible and restore the grain and grass operations, so that the Chu army could have the capital to fight the Qin army.

But Xiang Yan also knew that his retreat would almost give up most of Chu's territory to Li Xin. However, Chu's territory was vast, and Xiang Yan now hoped that Li Xin would stop and not pursue, but instead attack and plunder the land.

Only by exchanging space for time could Chu have a chance to block the Qin army.

However, contrary to expectations, Li Xin was not a fool, nor was he a mediocre person who could not grasp the real situation of the battle for the sake of immediate interests.

He could tell at a glance that the Chu army was at the end of its war effort, and with the support of Ying Wei's intelligence network, Li Xin knew clearly that as long as he could destroy the 400,000-strong army, all the land of Chu would be within his grasp.

Therefore, Li Xin was not tempted at all. In front of him was Xiang Yan and his army, leading Qin's most elite troops in desperate pursuit.

This is exactly what it takes to chase the poor bandits with courage!

No matter how strict military discipline is, morale will be low and the army will be in chaos when retreating.

Even the Qin army, the strongest and most effective among the seven kingdoms, would suffer tens of thousands of troops being scattered and lost when Li Xin fled with him.

The Chu State cannot compare with the Qin Army in terms of military discipline and sophistication. Now this large-scale withdrawal has caused many bad voices in the army, and various rumors are spreading.

If Xiang Yan hadn't been decisive enough to behead some of the people who spread the rumors in front of everyone, the rumors alone would have been enough to disintegrate the 400,000-strong army.

But even so, even as one of the famous generals in the world, Xiang Yan could not improve Chu's combat effectiveness in a very short period of time, let alone produce food and grass for the army.

Now, after retreating for dozens of miles, Xiang Yan allowed the army to rest temporarily.

He looked at the sand table in front of him in the military tent with an ugly face, thinking about where to withdraw the army.

It was impossible for him to really withdraw all the way to the capital. In that case, he would almost hand over the entire Chu State, and he would probably be accused by Renfu.

But choosing the next front is also a great test of his ability. This front must not only have enough terrain to prevent the Qin army from attacking, but it must also be able to deter the capital and prevent rebellion from happening again.

"Liang and Shao Yu are leading the Qingqi, and they should have arrived at the royal capital by now. The king has great talents, and with the addition of Shao Yu, a new force, they will surely be able to put down the rebellion quickly."

"As long as food and grass can be supplied, Chu can still stop the Qin army from advancing."

Xiang Yan's tone was trembling. He looked at the sand table in front of him, but there was a look of despair on his face.

Chu State's huge strategic depth forced him to give up. After that, he might have to face the Qin army head-on.

With Chu State , With the capabilities of the country's soldiers, it is really difficult to defeat the Qin army on the frontal battlefield. As a native of Chu, Xiang Yan certainly does not want Chu to lose.

But as a general with excellent military ability, although Xiang Yan still has 400,000 men army, but he could not find the possibility of victory

"General, Jing Qi wants to see you!"

Just when Xiang Yan was looking at the sand table in front of him in despair, a voice came from outside the camp asking for permission.

Jing Qi? What is he doing here?

Xiang Yan was confused, but he still let Jing Qi enter the camp.

This man from Chu State The real commander of the 400,000-strong army is naturally Xiang Yan, and another general who is famous among the Chu army is Jing Qi.

However, Xiang Yan does not trust Jing Qi, mainly because this man is a direct descendant of the previous King of Chu , so Xiang Yan has been suppressing each other in the army, and the two are considered political enemies.

When Jing Qi walked into the military camp, he glanced at the sand table in front of him, took a deep breath, raised his hands to Xiang Yan and said in a deep voice:"Big General, the Qin army is chasing after me and won't give me a chance to breathe."

Asking for flowers

"Now our Chu army must cut off its warriors and leave only one unit to intercept the Qin army, so as to buy time for the large army to evacuate."

"The last general is willing to lead the army and intercept the Qin army!"

Listening to Jing Qi's words, Xiang Yan was unmoved. He just looked at Jing Qi intently, as if he wanted to see his true thoughts from his eyes.

This is indeed a good way, and it can even be said to be the only one now. method.

But the consequence is that the unit that blocks the Qin army is equivalent to a death squad, and those left behind have a high probability of not surviving.

And Jing Qi took the initiative to request, and Yan didn't know if there was any fraud in it. ( To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Seeing this, Jing Qi said anxiously:"General, why do you still doubt me? Now is the time when Chu's survival is in danger."

"Although the general does not recognize the current king of Chu, if it is for the sake of Chu, the general is willing to turn conflicts into friendship. Even if he risks his life, he must buy time for our country of Chu."

"I have only one request, that the general can take care of my family, and I have nothing else to ask for. Xiang

Yan was shocked and immediately understood what Jing Qi was thinking.

Jing Qi is the loser in this political struggle. No matter whether the Chu State wins or loses against the Qin army this time, the Jing family will be implicated as the loser.

But Jing Qi chose to die on his own at this time, saving Xiang Yan and his army in exchange for the lives of his family.

Xiang Yan took a deep look at Jing Qi and said decisively:"Okay, then I'll leave everything to Jing Qi." General! Jing

Qi gritted his teeth and seemed to have given up everything."

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"This is a conspiracy formation, how could you possibly deceive me!"

Li Xin led the army and saw the sky full of dust in front of him, giving the impression that the Chu army was getting ready for a decisive battle with the Qin army.

But Li Xin just observed the surrounding environment for a while and just laughed. He didn't believe it at all.

"Order the whole army not to rest, but to attack directly. General Chu wants to use this deception to stop my army, so that we dare not act rashly, but I can see that the Chu army is weak, and this is a good time to attack."

"I'm afraid Xiang Yan still doesn't know that Meng Tian and Shejian's troops are waiting for him in front. This is not the Chu army stopping our Qin army, but our Qin army stopping the Chu army."

It's not that Li Xin is much stronger than Xiang Yan, which makes Xiang Yan's strategy useless.

It's that the huge gap in national power between Qin and Chu makes all conspiracies useless.

In this situation Given the huge gap, it is impossible for Li Xin, who has been in the army for many years and has rich experience, to be deceived.