General Qin

"General, there is no ambush in the woods five miles ahead."

"General, there is no Qin army ambush ten miles ahead."

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The scouts in front continued to investigate and report back, which reassured Jing Tong who was marching with the army.

This time, Xiang Qu went north because Jing Tong was going to lead 5,000 people to the rear to be responsible for building ships and transporting food and supplies from the west bank of Suishui River. Logistics is very important for military battles, and a general must be guarded.

But Jingtong refused.

In the last battle of Surabaya, he was left with a shadow in his heart by Qin general Zhao Tuo. He was afraid that Xiang Qu would be ambushed by Zhao Tuo on the way to Pengcheng, repeating what happened in Surabaya in the past.

So Jing Tong persuaded Xiang Qu to let other generals take care of the logistics and food transfer, while he himself followed Xiang Qu to be vigilant at all times.

He was afraid that Xiang Qu would be ambushed by Zhao Tuo on impulse, and he would end up with Zuo Sima Zhaoping.

Since Xiang Qu and Zhao Tuo had confronted each other several times, they have always been at a disadvantage, and they are quite afraid of this opponent. When Jing Tong said this, he also felt that it made sense.

So he ordered his subordinates to bring 5,000 soldiers and horses to be responsible for the rear support, while he himself, Jing Tong, and Cai Wu, who was supported by Xiangyi, led a total of 30,000 troops to the north, and went straight to Zhao Tuo's Qin army who fled to Pengcheng.

Along the way, Jing Tong learned from the experience and lessons of being ambushed by the Qin army last time, and spread out scout cavalry before the army, and scouted all the places on the road ahead that might be ambushed by the Qin army.

However, the Qin army seemed to have no intention of attacking with an ambush this time.

The Chu army traveled continuously for several days, and finally arrived about forty miles south of Pengcheng. They did not find the Qin army ambushing all the way, until the scouts reported that they found the Qin army's barrier ahead.

"The Qin people built barriers in the middle of the road to stop our army?"

After listening to the military report, Jing Tong's face changed, and he turned to look at the general Xiang Qu.

Xiang Qu looked indifferent, and whispered: "Break the road and build a wall, want to block our army in the south, delay our army's journey, so we can go back to support Pengcheng?"

"This Zhao Tuo has a skill."

In Xiang Qu's analysis of this matter.

He believed that Zhao Tuo might have left a group of troops here to build a wall to stop him and delay time, while Zhao Tuo himself led the remaining Qin army back to Pengcheng to encircle and wipe out Xiangyue's East Chu army.

"barrier?"

"Watch me break it!"

Xiang Qu swung down his fist hard, his voice was decisive.

On the banks of the Sui River, he was desperate to prepare for a battle with the Qin army, but the Qin people fled at night and waited empty-handed, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Now after chasing all the way, he finally found the trace of Qin Jun. Xiang Qu was about to fight hard to vent his anger.

After resting and eating, the Chu army immediately went north and drove directly to the fortress built by the Qin army.

Due to the limited width of the road, it is not suitable to drive a Mercedes-Benz, so Xiang Qu and Jing Tong drove forward to observe hundreds of meters away from the Qin Army's fortress.

"Building barriers on narrow roads, this Qin army really knows how to choose places."

Jing Tong took a deep breath.

The barriers of the Qin army in front were as high as one foot, and they were all rammed with mud. They were solid at first glance, and they crossed the entire road.

There are heavily armed soldiers of the Qin army on the barrier, holding bows, crossbows, spears and halberds, ready to fight.

In front of the barrier, there are deep moats, with antlers repelling horses.

There is a river in the east and a dangerous slope in the west.

The dangerous slope is full of potholes, and what are those densely packed?

Caltrops!

Even though Jing Tong had already guessed that the Qin army's defense facilities were strong, he couldn't help but gasp when he saw such a scene.

This kind of road, this kind of defense, the Chu army may have to use human lives to fill it up.

Xiang Qu's face was also gloomy. He thought of the Qin army's camp that he faced in the chasm a few months ago.

"Wang Jian is an old tortoise, and this Zhao Tuo is a little tortoise!"

"But a mere barrier wants to stop me? Let me break it in a day!"

Xiang Qu spoke bitterly, but now, he has no choice.

If you can't break the barrier, if you can't take down Pengcheng, then everything will be closed!

"Back to camp!"

Xiang Qu reined in his horse and turned back to the camp with Jing Tong and others.

Because the Qin army built barriers on the narrow road, the road less than ten meters could not allow the Chu army to set up camp, so the Chu army's camp was set up in an open area five miles away.

Therefore, if the Chu army wanted to attack the Qin army's fortress from its own camp, it had to walk five miles first, and its energy would inevitably be weakened. This was also a factor considered by the Qin army when building the fortress.

"This meal is a feast for the soldiers, so that the sons and daughters will be full and full, and I will attack the fortifications overnight, and pierce the turtle shell of the Qin army!"

Xiang Qu gave the order.

The 30,000 Chu troops built fires and cooked meals in the camp. After a big meal, they immediately began to attack in an orderly manner according to the military order.

In addition to the frontal assault troops, Xiang Qu also ordered people to build a raft with bamboo and wood, hoping to spy on the Qin army's intelligence behind the barrier from the river.

However, the Chu army went down the river on a raft, and as soon as they reached the barrier, they were shot down by the crossbowmen of the Qin army who had been prepared for a long time.

However, the people of Chu lived in the south where the rivers criss-crossed, and many of them were good at swimming. Some soldiers swam back from the icy water, trembling, and reported what they saw behind the barrier.

"There are about a thousand Qin troops behind the barrier!"

Xiang Qu nodded slightly. Thousands of people defended the barrier, which was exactly as he had imagined.

Only a thousand people, can't I break through with 30,000 people?

"Drum for me, attack!"

Xiang Qu issued an offensive order.

The loud and passionate battle drums sounded, and the Chu army formally launched an attack on the Qin army's barrier ahead.

At the front are the crossbowmen, who are the first to suppress the Qin army on the base.

The two sides shot at each other for a while. The Chu army lacked barriers to cover and suffered a little more casualties, but they also successfully suppressed the Qin army on the barriers.

At this time, Chu soldiers holding huge shields covered the soldiers carrying the soil forward.

The task of the first batch of Chu troops was not to attack fortresses, but to fill in ravines.

In front of the earth barrier was a deep moat dug by the Qin people, and it was also sprinkled with barbed caltrops and various obstacles, so they had to remove the obstacles and fill up the trench to facilitate the subsequent attacking troops.

Whoosh!

Qin Jun threw another burst of flying arrows, and the shield soldiers blocked most of them, but some unlucky guys still wailed and fell from the arrows.

Time passed amidst the screams and fighting sounds of the soldiers. After the Chu army paid dozens of casualties, they finally cleared the barriers in front of the base, and the trenches were mostly filled with corpses and mud.

Under the sound of the drums and the scolding and roaring of the military officials, the soldiers of the Chu army braved the courage to fight forward. They braved the rain of arrows thrown by the Qin army, carried a simple wooden ladder and went straight to the wall. Qin soldiers fought bloody battles with each other.

Limbs were scattered and blood spattered.

Chu Jun fell one by one, and someone rushed up immediately after that, and Qin Jun on the base also fell down, and Pao Ze behind him immediately took over with a weapon.

The Chu army had a large number, but the Qin army had a small number.

But at the less than ten-meter wall, the number of people fighting on both sides is the same. The Chu army's large number of people can't give full play to their advantages, and they can only rely on human lives to fill the Qin army's barrier.

However, the large number of Chu soldiers did not mean that there was no advantage at all. Every once in a while, they would replace the wounded and exhausted soldiers, and send another new force to fight against the thousand Qin soldiers behind the camp.

Under such tactics, finally at midnight, the Qin army behind the camp couldn't hold on anymore, left a pile of corpses, and the remaining hundreds of people retreated.

"Our army has captured the Qin barrier!"

The news that the Chu army had conquered the Qin army's fortress was sent back to the camp five miles away.

Even though it was late at night, Chu generals such as Xiang Qu, Jing Tong and Cai Wu still gathered in their tents to discuss the war.

"Haha, General Xiang is worthy of being the son of Ling Yin. He said that he broke the Qin army's barrier in one day, and he really took it in one day. He is really a strong general of the Chu Kingdom!"

Cai Wu smiled and offered a meal of flattery.

Jing Tong frowned slightly. It took less than a day for the Chu army to arrive at noon and conquer the Qin army's camp at night, but the casualties were slightly heavy.

According to the battle report from the front, in less than a day, the Chu army suffered seven or eight hundred casualties, while the Qin army only wiped out about two or three hundred people. The rest of the Qin army retreated because of fighting and fighting, and they were unable to support them. Otherwise, if you continue to fight to the death, the Chu army may suffer more casualties.

"But it doesn't matter, the road to Pengcheng will be unimpeded if the barrier here is laid down."

Jing Tong comforted himself, with a smile on his face.

Xiang Qu was even more energetic. He broke the Qin army's barriers and shattered Zhao Tuo's tortoise shell in the first battle. This is a good sign.

Just as he was about to order the soldiers of the Chu army who had fought all night in front to retreat back to the camp to rest, and when they set off to go north again at dawn, another soldier from the front line galloped back to the camp to report the latest news.

"Report... General Xiang, our army has leveled and cleared the Qin army's barriers, and the road is ready for our army to pass through. It was just that the scouts explored the front of the road at night, and found the Qin army about two miles behind the first barrier of the Qin army. The army's second barrier."

"What! Qin Jun still has a second barrier!"

Xiang Qu was surprised.

The smiles on the faces of Jing Tong and Cai Wu froze even more.

After the barrier, why is there still a barrier?

Xiang Qu couldn't bear it anymore, and led Jing Tong to gallop at night, passed the first leveled barrier, and ran for more than a mile. As expected, he saw hundreds of meters ahead, under the clear moonlight. , and another tall barrier stood in the middle of the road.

Because of the first barrier in front, it bought more time for the Qin army behind to build.

This second barrier was even taller. After all the soldiers from the first barrier had retreated in, the side passages were also sealed again. From a distance, it looked like a wall of iron and steel, and the barrier was full of bows and crossbows. The soldiers of the Qin army who were staring at each other.

"Zhao Tuo... really has a hand!"

Xiang Qu gritted his teeth, clenched his hands tightly into fists, his veins bulging out.

Jing Tong had a bad premonition in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "If this road is long enough, wouldn't the Qin army want to build barriers one after another? After our army has laid down this barrier, will there be more behind?"

Jing Tong's bad premonition came true. On the second day, the Chu army suffered nearly a thousand casualties. After taking down this barrier, they really found the third barrier of the Qin army one mile behind.

"Zhao Tuo! You are really a tortoise!"

Xiang Qu's white teeth were almost crushed, and his face was flushed with anger.

He only wanted to go straight to Pengcheng, support Xiang Yue's 5,000 men, and fight Zhao Tuo's Qin army in a dignified manner, using his superior force to defeat it head-on.

Unexpectedly, rushing all the way, although he chased Qin Jun, what he faced was a fortified wall that was more difficult to crack.

What the hell is it called fighting?

This is eating turtle shells!

Xiang Qu was angry and annoyed.

But under the current situation, Xiang Qu has no other choice. There is only one road leading to Pengcheng.

If it is necessary to force a detour, it will take at least half a month longer, and it will be too late for everything.

Now it is impossible to retreat, Xiang Qu can only hold his nose and fight all the way, he does not believe that Zhao Tuo can build the barrier all the way to Pengcheng.

The main reason why these walls are difficult to crack is that this road is on one side of the river, and the road is a dangerous slope, which makes it impossible for the Chu army to detour. As long as this narrow road comes to an end, the days of being aggrieved will end.

Next, the Chu army attacked Pengcheng at the speed of conquering a barrier in a day.

It's just that the Qin army's walls built on narrow roads are more difficult to attack than the other, and the casualties paid by the Chu army are also increasing day by day.

In addition to the casualties, the Chu army stopped outside the Qin barrier for several days, and the attack suffered heavy casualties, which caused the morale of the soldiers to drop drastically, and the Chu soldiers at the bottom began to complain.

However, General Xiang, as the leader of the first army, has no time to worry about these, because after several days of continuous battles, the Chu army has broken through the six camps of the Qin people.

The road ahead is gradually widening, and the steep mountain road on the right has come to an end, completely disappearing behind the last barrier.

Here is the seventh barrier of the Qin army, and also the last wall to stop the Chu army.

"Zhao Tuo, this is the last one."

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Two miles behind the barrier, the Qin army camp, the black flag fluttering in the wind.

Zhao Tuo stood on the high platform specially built for him, looking at the Qin army's wall standing across the road in the distance.

There were bursts of shouts and killings coming from the wall, and the Chu army on the opposite side was launching a continuous offensive, trying in vain to break through the last Qin army's wall today.

"Break through my six barriers in succession, and the Chu army suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, the blunt troops fell sharply, the Chu people's morale was exhausted, and the army had no fighting spirit. Even if I can break down my seventh barrier today, how much combat power will be left? "

Zhao Tuo looked indifferent.

On the wide land between the seventh barrier and the barracks, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qin army who had rested for several days had already lined up for battle.

Strong bows and crossbows stand in front of the battle.

Swords, halberds and spears stand behind.

When the Chu army broke through the seventh wall, it was the time for the Qin army to launch a fierce attack with the momentum of tigers descending from the mountain.

Chu General Xiang Qu and Qin General Zhao Tuo have been entangled for nearly two months, and they will also decide the outcome in this battle.

The third one is delivered.

In the next chapter, Zhao Xiang's decisive battle came to an end.

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