General Qin

"Qi Gong, how are you doing today?"

In the early morning, Li You walked to a carriage and spoke to the man tied to the carriage with a smile on his face.

The man was in his forties, with a fair face and a short beard. He was dressed in fine clothes, and he had an aristocratic air.

It's just that with the rush of the past few days, the luxurious clothes on his body have long been torn and dirty, and his fair face is also covered with dust and dirt, making him look in a state of embarrassment.

Duke Qi raised his head, feeling the tight ropes on his body, he couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "It's too urgent, please wait for a while."

Hearing this, Li You laughed loudly.

"If you are not in a hurry and let you, Mr. Qi, run away halfway, where should I find my credit? Mr. Qi, just bear with it. When I return to Qin, I will give you a break." slow."

"Come here, feed and drink Qigong, don't let Qigong be thirsty or hungry."

Li You laughed and turned to leave, leaving Qi Gong tied to the carriage with a sad face.

Li You was very happy, especially every morning and evening before going to bed, he would come to the carriage and make fun of Qi Gong.

No wonder others, because this Duke Qi is naked military exploits.

Li You was happy to see him.

"With Duke Qi as the witness, the king will definitely recognize me and appreciate me."

In the current situation where Li Xin suffered a crushing defeat, not only could Li You lead the remnant soldiers, fight hundreds of miles to break through the encirclement and return, but he could also capture a county magistrate of the state of Chu as a result of the battle.

What's this?

This is everyone loses, but I alone win!

Against the background of a bunch of defeated generals, wouldn't it be more obvious that Li You has made great military achievements?

"Although it's my first time on the battlefield, I'm by no means inferior to that Zhao Tuo. Hmph, especially when I captured Duke Qi this time. With this feat, it can not only offset the crime of abandoning the army before. Even in today's defeated Under the circumstances, it may be possible to be specially praised by the king, and be bestowed with a rank of nobility."

While eating the dry food handed over by the short soldiers, Li You let his thoughts go wild.

"If Your Majesty grants me a rank of nobility, wouldn't I be the elder of the right concubine?"

"As for Zhao Tuo, he is still stationed in Pingyu. When the Chu army attacks, if he leads his troops to resist, he will be outnumbered and will end up being captured or beheaded by the Chu army. If he abandons the city and runs away , that is a crime of abandoning the city and fleeing. Even if he can return to Xianyang alive in the future, he will have to cut his title to make up for the crime. No matter what, he is no match for me!"

"In this way...the princess is mine!"

"Hahaha……"

The more Li You thought about it, the happier he was. The tasteless dry food in his mouth seemed to have become a delicacy at this moment.

The short soldiers around all looked at their military marshal in surprise, wondering how he could laugh like this while eating dry food.

Especially the "idiot smile" on Li Junhou's face gave goosebumps all over his body.

Fortunately, in a short while, nearly 2,000 soldiers finished eating the court food, and began to break out of camp and set off, continuing to set off towards Zhiyi in the northwest.

After traveling for a few miles, the head of the ranger who was exploring the road ahead came back to report.

"Report to the Marquis, we have already investigated, and there is no Chu army stationed near the city, and the guards at the top of the city are sparse and lack of defense. According to our estimates, there are at most two to three hundred guards in the city."

"good!"

Li You is overjoyed.

As he expected, all the cities in the east of Chu State sent their troops to support Xiang Yan, but the city itself was defenseless, which was a good opportunity for him to break the city in one battle.

He wants to take Qiyi like a surprise attack on Qiyi, and then their Qin army will be able to loot it again, and they won't have to eat dry food for several days.

"If I can catch Duke Zhi, I will have two county princes in my hand. When I return to Xianyang, the title of You Shuchang will definitely be stable, hehehe..."

The smile on Li You's face became brighter and brighter. He asked the soldiers to stop advancing, rest for a while, and prepare to launch the siege later.

Then he walked to a chariot snatched from Qiyi, stood tall, turned back, and began to speak to the soldiers.

"Second and third sons, Zhiyi is five miles ahead!"

"At this moment, the city's defenses are empty, and there are only two or three hundred guards. We only need to charge to take Qiyi, just like when we raided Qiyi before. At that time, we will rob Qiyi's mansion Wouldn’t it be nice to capture Duke Zhi and set fire to the city of Chu State with grain and fodder?”

"You wait for the next step, keep your spirits up, and when the drums in our army sound, you will move forward...uh..."

Li You's passionate speech came to an abrupt end, his eyes stared blankly into the distance, his mouth was wide open, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

All the Qin soldiers were excited by the sound of Li Junhou's speech, and some people had already imagined the wonderful scene of entering the city of Zhiyi to eat meat and drink soup.

Unexpectedly, Li Junhou suddenly cut off his voice as if he was halfway through the arrow, and suddenly stopped his voice, which made everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.

The clever military officials thought it was Li You who needed support, so he raised his arms and shouted: "We will go forward bravely, and we will definitely take the city! The army is mighty!"

All the soldiers were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed the military official, raised their arms and shouted: "We will definitely take the city, and the army is mighty!"

Amidst the bursts of shouts, Li You's face became more and more ugly, and even turned into fear.

He was standing on the carriage at the moment, standing higher than all the soldiers, and speaking to his subordinates, his eyes could just see the rear of the entire army.

Li You could see a thousand or even thousands of meters behind this Qin army.

There, a red military flag appeared, although it looked very small because of the distance.

But the dazzling red still aroused the fear buried deep in Li You's heart.

On that day, to the north of Xiacai.

The scarlet red army flag was unfurled, and the overwhelming Chu army swarmed in. The chariots and horses were galloping, and the infantry lined up. It was like a huge red wave surging and sweeping, and the five thousand Qin troops under Li You's command were smashed to pieces. The power of resistance.

That day was the first time Li You led his army to fight, the first time he fought against the Chu army.

The first time is always worth remembering.

It is also the easiest memory to wake up.

Today, one after another, red military flags appear in the distance.

Under the banner that seemed to be burning like a flame, the Chu army in red armor appeared.

One after another, not only infantry, but also chariots on both sides, the number seemed endless, far more than their number.

This scene is so similar to the scene north of Xia Cai in the past.

"Chu Jun!"

"It's Chu Jun!"

"Enemy attack!"

Not only Li You, but at this moment, the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help but look back when they noticed the strangeness of their own army, and then saw the Chu army who appeared behind them at some unknown time.

It's a mess.

While Li You was still in a daze, some military officials tried to organize the Qin soldiers to form a defensive formation, but the Chu army in the distance had already sounded the war drum.

Although due to the distance, the sound of the drum reached Qin Zu's ears, and it was not much higher than the cry of birds, but the Chu army who started to charge made all Qin's hearts tremble.

There are two thousand people in the Qin army, and Li You is not the only one who has a psychological shadow.

Among the 2,000 people, more than 1,000 were Li You's old subordinates who participated in the battle that Xiang Yan attacked. After the war, they escaped by chance, and after they ran to Xiacai, they were regrouped and reorganized, and they were still led by Li You.

Except for a small number of slightly injured soldiers in the battle of Xia Cai, the rest of the other hundreds of people are the routs that Li You gathered these days, the routs that Li Xin was defeated by Xiang Yan.

It can be said that more than 90% of the Qin army was defeated and deserted on the battlefield.

These people have a psychological shadow of the Chu army in their hearts. They usually follow Li You to fight against the wind and attack the unprepared cities of Chu State. question mark.

If Li You could stand up at this time, or encourage or threaten with military law, he might be able to stabilize the morale of the army, but at this moment even he is in fear, let alone let the soldiers fight.

Therefore, when the Chu army launched a charge in an orderly array, the soldiers of the Qin army were already defeated before fighting.

If one person flees, ten people will flee.

If ten people flee, a hundred people will flee.

In the end, thousands of people fled. These Qin soldiers spread their legs, called their father and mother, turned around and fled in all directions.

"Where did these Chu troops come from?"

Li You looked horrified, and finally came to his senses.

But at this moment, seeing his subordinates fleeing in all directions, he knew that the situation was over. Quickly got on his horse, and under the guard of several short soldiers, he fled straight ahead, even ignoring Qi Gong, who was the prize of war.

In an instant, the two armies hadn't fought each other, and the victory and defeat had already been determined.

In the rear, the Chu army was in a large formation, on a gorgeous chariot.

Zuo Sima Zhaoping stood supporting Shi, and looked at the scene in the distance with a look of astonishment.

"Why are these people from Qin so cowardly, they just ran away like that?"

Jing Tong at the side said with a smile: "Probably because we saw that our Chu army was stronger and had more troops than them, so we were afraid before fighting, so we fled in a hurry."

"Now that we are chasing death and chasing the north, it will definitely be a big victory. When we capture the chief general of the Qin army and the black butt that the king named to capture, we can return to Shouchun to deliver the mission."

Zhaoping didn't pay attention to these words, but frowned tightly, and the frown became deeper and deeper.

He stared at the scene of Qin Jun fleeing in the distance.

After they set off from Qiyi, they chased them all the way without stopping for two days and two nights, and finally found the trace of this Qin army.

After a night of rest, they followed quietly, and finally caught up near Zhiyi and launched an attack.

But why are these Qin Jun's reactions not quite right?

After a while, Zhaoping said in a low voice: "No, this Qin army was able to come from the west of the Huai River, use the mist to surprise Qu Ming, and even dared to intimidate the king with suspicious tactics. Its leader must be quite strategic and bold. It is absolutely impossible for a brave person to flee before fighting."

"And the number is wrong. The people in front of me should only be about two thousand, far less than the three or four thousand people that Dou Yuan said. There must be something wrong."

Jing Tong also frowned when he heard this, and said, "Zuo Sima is right, I'll send someone to capture a few prisoners, and it will be clear when I ask."

"Um."

Zhaoping nodded, looking at the fleeing soldiers of the Qin army in the distance, his heart became more and more uneasy.

It seems that something is wrong?