General Qin

"The Chu army has been defeated, and the general has conquered Huaiyang."

"A large number of defeated soldiers of the Chu army are fleeing towards Qiyi."

The scouts sent by Zhao Tuo to the west came back with news of the Qin army's victory in the main battlefield.

It was the beginning of spring at this time, and as the cold winter gradually passed, spring began to spread on this land. Although it was still cold, it was getting better every day.

"Finally, it's the right time."

A smile appeared on Zhao Tuo's face.

Earlier, a Chu army pretended to be a rout soldier, intending to lure him to Qiyi to besiege and kill him.

Fortunately, Zhao Tuo noticed that the time of the opponent's arrival was wrong, so he did not act rashly, and sent cavalry to investigate around, and he found something strange.

After scouting, it was found that the number of the Chu army was as many as 40,000 to 50,000. And its soldiers are all fully armed, and the military appearance is neat while walking, and it is not a miscellaneous army at first glance.

Knowing that the traces were leaked, Chu Jun stopped pretending and went straight east.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Tuo didn't dare to act rashly, and even planned to lead his troops back to Pengcheng as soon as the opponent went north to Suishui. Fortunately, the tens of thousands of Chu troops had no intention of crossing the Sui River to attack by force, so they stayed in Qiyi and then left eastward.

Zhao Tuo didn't know what the purpose of the tens of thousands of Chu troops going east was, but he didn't dare to pursue them because there were too many enemies. Secondly, judging by the flag of the Chu army, the general of Chu on the opposite side is most likely Yin Xiangyan, the order of the state of Chu.

"What happened on the Huaiyang battlefield? Why did Xiang Yan leave hundreds of thousands of Chu troops behind and take tens of thousands east?"

Zhao Tuo was puzzled.

But being cautious, he still chose to stick to the camp and only sent cavalry to investigate the situation in the west.

Zhao Tuo didn't dare to take it lightly, let alone follow behind the Chu army. Xiang Yan is a veteran in the battlefield, he can plan to use rout troops to lure and kill the Qin army, how could he know that he would not pretend to go east, but in fact lay an ambush behind him, specifically to ambush him.

Under such circumstances, almost twenty days have passed, and the news of the victory and defeat of the Qin-Chu battle also came.

"In the past two days, Xiangyi was also captured by the friendly army from Suiyang. We have no worries about the future. I will lead the lords to go south and take down Cai. From there, we will cross the Huai River and arrive at Shouchun, the capital of Chu! "

During the military discussion of the big account, Zhao Tuo announced the next battle plan with a full face.

He despised those defeated soldiers of the Chu army who were running around. The goal of going south this time was to go straight to Chudu and make a big hit.

In the military tent, the generals were extremely excited.

Heiyu even shouted and laughed loudly: "I heard that the king of Chu ordered a reward of one hundred gold to capture me alive. Now that Mr. Nai is going to Shouchun in person, I wonder if he can give me the reward of one hundred gold?"

"Hahaha, it depends on whether you are willing to let the king of Chu stab your ass with a bamboo. I heard that the king of Chu said that he would stab you with a thousand bamboos."

Bai Rong's face was full of jokes, and the generals also laughed.

The Qin army's army was ready, Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated, leaving some soldiers to guard the cities along the way, and he led 25,000 people across the Sui River to the south.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Tuo's troops were supplemented by 5,000 people from Dongjun.

The reason was that Li Shiqi's mission to Qi State had made a major breakthrough, so that Dongjun no longer needed 10,000 people to be stationed, and half of them could be sent south to support General Zhao.

Under the deterrence of the Battle of Zhencheng, the temptation of Qin Jun to return Zhencheng and release thousands of captives, and Li Shiqi's eloquence was really good, Qi Wangjian and Qi Xiangtian were persuaded by him on the spot and decided to submit to Qin. And openly break with those people from the four countries.

To show their sincerity, Qi Wangjian and Qi Xiangtian sent troops to encircle and suppress the people of Sanjin and Yan who were still in Qi.

Tian Jia also mobilized public opinion, pinning the blame for the defeat of the Qi army on the people of the four countries, which made many Qi people feel bad about the people of the four countries and joined the siege.

"How could my 100,000 Qi army be defeated so miserably? It must be caused by you people from the four countries! If it weren't for your assassination, the Qin army would not attack at night, and if it did not attack at night, it would be impossible for our army of Qi Lost so badly!"

Under such circumstances, the people of the four countries became rats crossing the street in Qi State, and many people were killed and injured. The Qi army even captured some important figures.

The people of the remaining four countries either hid their names in Qi State, or fled to Daidi and Chu State, and they could no longer disturb the situation in the world in a short time.

So Zhao Tuo had no worries at all, and immediately led his army across Sui River to take Qiyi first.

Duke Qi was terrified when he heard that the Qin army was going south, but when he thought that his son Douyuan was captured by the Qin army last year, he must have died, so he decided to resist to the end and was buried for the state of Chu.

"King Qin's benevolence did not kill the prince's beloved son, but he was demoted to a minister, and his life was preserved. If the prince surrendered the city, General Zhao will use this merit to repay Xianyang, redeem the prince's beloved son, and let the father and son reunite , isn’t it beautiful?”

When the envoy sent by the Qin army said these words, Duke Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He defended the city to the death and was killed by the Qin army. His son will always be a servant and suffer day by day.

Kaesong surrendered, and the father and son were reunited.

There are two results, do you need to think about which one to choose?

Qiyi surrendered without a fight, saving Zhao Tuo a lot of siege losses. After replenishing Qiyi with food and fodder, Zhao Tuo sent his troops to march southwest again.

Along the way, they encountered a large number of defeated soldiers of the Chu army.

Some of these defeated soldiers of the Chu army came from the Huaiyang battlefield, some fled from Xiangcheng, Huyi, and even Pingyu and Xingqiu. They also brought the latest news one by one.

The Chu army was defeated, and the Chu general Zhaoyuan committed suicide after being defeated.

Qin general Feng Wuze has broken Kuyi.

Qin general Qiang Yan has broken Xiangcheng.

Qin general Yang Duan and his army have taken down the dormitory.

The Qin army went to Cai Dajie, and the partial division captured Ye Sheng, the right Sima of Chu State, by the bank of Rushui.

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The good news one by one made all the 25,000 soldiers under Zhao Tuo's command full of energy and spirits.

In the battle between Qin and Chu, the overall situation has been decided.

Qin Jun's next battles will be victorious, and all battles will be smooth!

There is no danger at all, even the cowardly person becomes full of courage.

This is a feat picked up for nothing, who is not happy!

More than ten days later, this Qin army arrived in the north of Xiacai.

Because the main forces of the Qin army in Huaiyang and Shangcai needed to hunt down Chu's defeated army, check and capture them, and conquer Chu's cities along the way, their marching speed was slower than that of Zhao Tuo's troops.

Zhao Tuo's troops were actually the first Qin army to arrive near Xiacai.

"Last year, General Li was defeated here."

Standing on the chariot, Zhao Tuo looked at the wide flat land around him. If he looked carefully, he could even see fallen arrows and broken weapons in the grass. Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Last year, when Li Xin attacked Chu, he led 30,000 elites from Guanzhong to attack Shouchun, the capital of Chu. In the end, because of the betrayal of the traitor Xiong Qi, Li Xin was blocked by Xiang Yan, the general of Chu. In the final battle, the Qin army was defeated. , stopped in the wilderness outside Xiacai City.

That battle was a disgrace to Qin and a pain in Qin people's hearts.

Today, the Qin army is coming to Cai again, but the situation is quite different from last year.

Zhao Tuo turned his head and looked at the rows of mighty and majestic black-armored troops behind him.

As well as the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops that have not been seen yet but are constantly coming to the west and north.

This time, the Qin army no longer made a surprise attack and detoured, but defeated the Chu army head-on, and led the troops in an upright manner.

They want to destroy Chu State with absolute advantage.

Under such circumstances, the Chu army in Xiacai collapsed without a fight, allowing the Qin army to easily take down this important city that crossed the Huai River.

Zhao Tuo stood by the Huai River, looking at the misty south bank, and whispered, "I'm back."

"This time, I will fulfill General Li's regrets for him."

"Chu will perish!"

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South of the Huai River, the capital of Chu is Shouchun.

The king of Chu had already received the news that Xiacai had fallen, and the Qin army was approaching the Huai River, especially according to the report of the general of Qin, the flag of the general of Qin made the king tremble.

"Zhao Tuo?"