Qin Dynasty snare people

Capturing the King of Chu was easier than Li Xin thought. He even captured it without paying many casualties. Of course, there was also an element of trickery involved.

Li Xin was self-taught and broke into pieces. Some of the soldiers and horses that he spread out actually sneaked into the capital of the King of Chu. After learning the news, Li Xin could still sit still. Instead of being played to death by Xiang Yan, it would be better to fight Once, the worst possible outcome was dragging the King of Chu along with him.

Maybe God favors those who have courage, and Li Xin really succeeded, and even captured the King of Chu, Fu Chu, who had just succeeded to the throne.

Most of the ministers within the Chu State were weaklings without integrity, and they surrendered one after another. It was easy for him to gain control of the royal city.

The main reason is that the capital of Chu State is not strong, unlike Wei State's Daliang.

The imperial capital of Wei spent a huge amount of money to build the beams. It has been reinforced over and over again over the years. It is impregnable. It is difficult for you to capture it with the army alone. As long as there is sufficient water and food, it is not a problem to defend it for a year and a half. But Chu Countries are different.

Chu State has a criminal record.

Both the king of Chu and the king of Chu have them.

Zhang Yi deceived the King of Chu and became a prisoner of Qin with just one mouth. As for the capital, he changed it countless times. With the vast land and abundant resources, he could afford it, and this kind of frequent capital changes His behavior directly led to the general development of Wangcheng.

In short, the Chu State is very sick and has not developed in a healthy way. Even though it has the largest land and population, its national power cannot increase.

The same is true for the King of Chu's control over the Chu State. This is destined to prevent the Chu State's national power from improving, and there is a problem at the root.

In addition, the Chu kings in the past dynasties were not good enough and treacherous ministers were in power. It would be very difficult for this to develop.

In this regard, the six countries are all the same.

Let’s not talk about Qin State, it is too outrageous.

God bless the Qin Dynasty is really not just talk.

…

Xiang Yan led an army of 400,000 to launch a fierce attack on the former royal capital, and had been attacking for several days. During this period, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Li Xin did not intend to run away. It seemed that he decided to fight Xiang Yan here to the death. He would either hold out until reinforcements or be defeated. Xiang Yan was completely wiped out.

As the Qin army led by Wang Ben approached Chu, there was less and less time left for Xiang Yan.

At this moment, in the Chu State military camp.

Both Changping Jun and Xiang Yan looked unhappy. No one would have thought that Li Xin would cause them such a headache. It took more than a month to annihilate them all within the territory of Chu State, but was actually occupied by the other party. The capital of the King of Chu, even the King of Chu, was captured, which was really a great shame and humiliation.

In other words, if you know how to play, five guarantees and one will be counter-killed!

Lord Changping was silent for a moment, looked at Xiang Yan and said slowly: "We don't have much time. Judging from Wang Jian's marching route, he wants to join another Qin army and open all the gates of the Chu Kingdom. It will force us to fight decisively, and with Wang Ben’s more than 200,000 Qin troops, we will not have the advantage.”

Mr. Chang Ping said this sentence a little tiredly, because he has been repeating this sentence over the years, and time is getting tighter and tighter. But this time, although the plan was very good, there were still many mistakes.

In the current situation, they may not be able to capture the capital of Chu State, and may even be put into a passive situation, surrounded by Wang Jian and Wang Bi from the rear. At that time, it is really uncertain who will eat who.

"Sir, I am indecisive."

Xiang Yan was silent for a moment, looked at Lord Changping sitting opposite him, and said in a deep voice.

At first, he had the opportunity to fight to the death of Li Xin's 200,000 Qin army, but he did not give it up. He wanted to annihilate the Qin army led by Li Xin at the minimum cost, which delayed the opportunity to fight. When the battle reached this point, Xiang Yan could not do anything. There are far fewer decisions to be made.

General Wang Jian of Qin had given up on Li Xin and made it clear that he was using Li Xin as bait to expand his military success in Chu.

Now, Wang Jian's goal has been initially achieved, but Xiang Yan not only failed to completely annihilate the Qin army led by Li Xin, but even the original capital was lost.

Although this matter is a good thing for Lord Changping and Xiang Yan, and it can reduce the difficulty for Xiang Yan to support Lord Changping to ascend the throne, Li Xin's occupation of the capital of King Chu was beyond their expectations, and no one could I didn't expect that Li Xin would take this step and actually let him do it.

According to the original plan, Wangcheng was the last move to buy time for Xiang Yan to retreat. Now this move was directly missed by Li Xin in advance.

"Withdraw your troops. Continuing to attack the city now will only give Wang Jian a chance. Once Wang Ben's army arrives, it will be very difficult for us to leave."

Chang Pingjun closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes again and said in a deep voice.

Xiang Yan clenched her fists and said unwillingly: "Sir, I want to give it another try!"

"General Xiang, the matter is over. There is no need to do this. This battle is not the last battle between us and Qin. There is no need to waste too many troops here. Let's preserve our strength for the time being and integrate the troops at home. When we are ready, we will fight again. Fight the Qin army to the death!"

Changping Jun shook his head, looked at Xiang Yan very calmly, and said slowly.

Naturally, he was unwilling to give in, but he knew how to choose. In the current situation, if he continued to entangle with Li Xin, he would only be bitten by Wang Jian. At that time, it would be difficult to evacuate, let alone the troops and defense lines inside the Chu State. .

"...I will follow the master's wishes!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yan was silent for a moment, sighed, and said slowly.

Now it is indeed not to the point of fighting Qin State. There are still some forces within the Chu State that can be integrated. If they cannot be destroyed, they cannot be established. Take this opportunity to completely solve the internal problems of the Chu State, and then fight Qin State decisively!

Lord Changping said softly: "There is no need to care about temporary gains and losses. This is not our last battle with Qin. We still have a chance."

Even if the chance is slim.

…

At night and dawn, the former King of Chu was still filled with smoke, and there were bloodstains and unprocessed corpses everywhere.

Li Xin was leaning on the city wall wearing armor, covered in blood, looking extremely embarrassed, but his eyes were extremely calm. Since entering this city, he has never thought about walking out alive, and he will fight to the death one by one. Xiang Yan wants to capture them all. It is by no means an easy task. He only needs to wait for Wang Jian's reinforcements, and he can even turn defeat into victory.

If he defends this city, then he will not lose this battle!

After half a month of offensive and defensive battles, the Chu army led by Xiang Yan retreated early that morning.

After hearing the news, Li Xin also jumped up in disbelief, lying on the city wall, looking at the Chu army slowly walking away, he couldn't help but frown, and had the urge to lead the army to rush out and bite the opponent. , but he held back. He didn't know if the army led by Wang Jian had arrived nearby. If not, if he rushed out now, he would be killed.

"What do you mean? Neither the King of Chu nor the king want it?!"

Li Xinxin was a little puzzled, frowned and muttered to himself.

However, Xiang Yan led his army to withdraw, which was at least good news for him. Who would want to die if he could survive? Although the losses in this battle were heavy, capturing King Chu of Chu alive was enough to make up for his mistake, and he would not be ashamed to return to Qin.

After calming down, Li Xin quickly sent out scouts to contact Wang Jian, while he continued to guard the royal city with tens of thousands of Qin soldiers to suppress the Chu King who had gained the throne unfairly.

This battle seems to be coming to an end.

…

The news from Wang Jian was obviously more convenient than from Li Xin. There was no need for him to send information, and the secret guard had already passed the news to him.

After hearing the news, Wang Jian also stood in front of the sand table, frowned slightly, looked at the abandoned capital of Chu Kingdom on the sand table, and couldn't help but said: "You are really decisive, are you trying to buy time?"

Abandoning most of the cities and even the royal city of Chu State, this was used to buy time and reserve troops to wait for the opportunity.

Xiang Yan's move was very steady, but it was basically the same as his previous military style. He was also very similar to Wang Jian. Both of them were commanders who pursued stability. A commander who liked taking risks was definitely not a qualified commander.

"In that case, I won't be polite."

Wang Jian's eyes flashed slightly, and he had no intention of pursuing him. He planned to finish the meat that the other party gave him first.

Qin can afford it, how long can Xiang Yan and Lord Changping delay?