General Qin.

Chapter 324
Burn the boat and break the cauldron, and move forward indomitably!

This method of warfare was not created by Xiang Qu, it has long been recorded in the art of war left by Wu Sunzi.

And in actual military battles, famous generals also use it.

Just like in the past, Duke Mu of Qin sent general Meng Mingshi to conquer the state of Jin in order to avenge the defeat of Xiaoshan.

Meng Mingshi then helped the river and burned the boat, and decided to retreat. In the end, the Qin army marched forward bravely, defeated the Jin army, and felt ashamed.

Decades ago, Lord Wu'an of Qin State Bai Qi attacked Chu, and he also used this method of warfare.

The Qin people went deep into the Chu territory alone, and Bai Qi ordered to demolish the bridges and burn the ships along the way, and cut off their own way back, so as to express their determination to fight to the death.

In the end, Bai Qi led the Qin army, drove straight in, attacked Yanying of Chu, and made amazing feats.

Today, Xiang Qu, the general of Chu, ordered the ships to be burned after leading his troops across the river, saying that the Chu army had no way of retreating, and that the only way to survive was to defeat the Qin army in front and win the battle. .

The reality was as Xiang Qu expected. Under the encouragement of such tactics, the [-] Chu troops rushed to the Qin army's camp ten miles away with great enthusiasm.

The five thousand Qin army stationed here was the first enemy they faced. After the Chu army defeated it, they could take advantage of the victory to attack and take Zhuyi directly.

The red flag was waving, and everyone's face was as red as blood.

The [-] Chu troops, from the general Xiang Qu to the ordinary soldiers, were all heaving a sigh of relief, ready to vent their anger on those Qin troops.

Kill the Qin people!
Shred them!

Drive Qin Jun out of Chu!
However, when the soldiers of the Chu army arrived at the camp of the Qin army ten miles away, full of anger and fighting spirit, they were all stunned by the scene before them.

There was no expected Qin army guarding the camp, and there was no imagined offensive and defensive battle. Even the black Qin flag that was originally planted on this Qin army camp was taken down.

The bloody red flag hung high, declaring that the camp had already belonged to the Chu army.

In front of the gate of the camp, the deputy general of the Chu army, Jing Tong, was leading a group of generals, waiting helplessly for the strange army led by Xiang Qu.

"Zitong? You actually broke through the Qin camp?"

Xiang Qu was very surprised.

You must know that there are five thousand Qin troops in the camp here, and they guard along the river, taking advantage of the geographical advantage.

As long as the Chu army crosses the river here, they will be attacked halfway by the Qin army. Even if Jingtong has 1 people, which is twice the number of the Qin army, it will be difficult to successfully attack the camp.

Therefore, Jing Tong's plan was just a feint attack, specifically to contain the [-] Qin troops here, so as to cover Xiang Qu from crossing the river downstream.

He Xiangqu is the ultimate move in this battle plan.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Qu, who is the killer's trump card, led his troops to rush there excitedly, only to find that the camp had already been taken down by Jing Tong, who was in charge of the feint attack. He was not surprised by this result.

Jing Tong said in embarrassment: "General Xiang, the number of Qin troops in this camp may only be about a few hundred. When our army started to cross the river and launch an attack, they abandoned the camp and fled. So this camp..."

It takes no effort to get it.

Jing Tong didn't continue, because it was embarrassing.

In the middle of the night, Xiang Qu led 2 people to brave the cold wind, detoured ten miles and crossed the river downstream. As a result, the Qin army in this camp had no intention of defending at all, and one came directly and fled without fighting.

From this point of view, can Xiang Qu cross the river directly from here without taking people around?
Xiang Qu's face turned blue, he was angry.

However, he quickly regained his composure and noticed the important news in Jing Tong's words.

"You said that there are only a few hundred Qin soldiers in the camp here?"

Jing Tong nodded and said: "Of course, according to the previous information, there should be 5000 people stationed here. It seems that the Qin army escaped at night, leaving only a few hundred people to guard the camp to intimidate our army."

Xiang Qu narrowed his eyes slightly.

After a moment, he laughed.

"I see, but Zhao Tuo is cautious. After he heard that the Prime Minister sent troops to enter Pengcheng, he sent thousands of people back to help. He was also afraid that our army would cross the river to attack and form a situation where the crowd would defeat the few, so he recalled the camp. Five thousand Qin troops, join forces with him, so as not to be defeated by our army one by one."

"Zhao Tuo also left hundreds of people to live in this camp, pretending that [-] soldiers and horses are still there, intimidating our army from crossing the river, so as to delay time. Zhao Tuo is really a little fox."

"Greetings, General!"

Jing Tong applauded, what Xiang Qu said was reasonable.

The Qin army had few soldiers, so naturally they did not dare to divide their troops, but joined forces in one place to avoid being attacked by the Chu people, which is the right way for military strategists.

"It has been passed down that the Qin people knew that our army was crossing the river, and their minds trembled, so they abandoned the camp and fled. This is the might of our Chu army, who forced the Qin people to flee at night without fighting!"

"Our army should take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the victory of breaking Qin is now!"

Xiang Qu took advantage of the situation to boost the morale of the army.

The [-] soldiers originally came to fight the Qin army with anger, but they failed to fight, which made them feel a little depressed.

Now that General Xiang said that the Qin army ran away overnight because of fear of him, the soldiers suddenly became happy again, and they became more confident in the victory of this battle.

Of course, what made them most happy was that after General Jing Tong led his army across the river to capture the camp here, many ships stopped on the east bank of the Sui River.

Hehe, it is good to win the battle, but if we lose the battle, we still have a boat to go back.

Soldiers of the Chu army were cooking and eating court food while lighting a fire in the camp, while frequently looking at the boats in the river.

This scene was noticed by Xiang Qu.

There is a boat here, so wouldn't the act of burning his boat and crossing the river in the middle of the night be for nothing?
A flash of hesitation flashed in Xiang Qu's eyes, but when the scouts he sent to investigate near Zhuyi came back to report, he made up his mind again.

The Qin camp was still outside Zhuyi City, and there were cavalry patrolling outside the camp. There were even bursts of drumming in the camp. It was presumably that the Qin army was training.

Zhao Tuo was in the Qin camp outside the city of Zhuyi.

Qin Jun, I can't escape this time!
"Burn the boat for me, and smash the cauldron!"

"Our army is in a decisive battle with the Qin people this time, and it won't stop!"

Xiang Qu was very courageous. Under the resentful eyes of all the soldiers, he once again ordered all the boats crossing the river from Jingtong to be burned, and then smashed all the cauldrons that everyone had just finished eating. retreat.

After re-delivering a speech, the morale of the [-] Chu troops gathered here was once again inspired by Xiang Qu.

The [-] Chu troops had no way out, but fought forward desperately.

The Qin army abandoned this place and fled with an empty camp, which proved that the Qin people were afraid of them.

The morale of the soldiers of the Chu army became high again under the superimposition of the situation. After resting, they mustered up their energy again and rushed along the Sui River towards Zhuyi in the west.

They want to be there, and in one go, they will annihilate the Qin army under Zhao Tuo's command here!

In this battle, the Chu army will surely win!
With the flags fluttering, [-] red-armored troops lined up along the banks of the Sui River. From a distance, it looked like a giant blood-colored snake crawling along the river, which looked quite intrusive.

However, when the [-] Chu army, full of fighting spirit, arrived at Zhuyi.

What was waiting for them was not the Qin army's formation waiting in full force.

"The last general, Cai Wu, met General Xiang and General Jing."

A bearded military general about 40 years old, after receiving the report, led a group of red armored Chu soldiers to greet him.

Behind Cai Wu, there are nearly [-] Chu troops, who are controlling the city of Zhuyi and the Qin army camp outside the city.

They are reinforcements from Xiangyi in the northwest.

Xiang Qu and Jing Tong were astonished.

What about Qin Jun?
Didn't the scout say that there were cavalry from the Qin Army patrolling nearby, and that there were still drums beating in the Qin camp?Why did it fall into the hands of the Xiangyi Chu army now?

Could it be that Cai Wu was a famous general in the world, and five thousand Chu troops defeated Zhao Tuo's 2 people?

"General Cai, where is Qin Jun?"

Jing Tong couldn't help asking in surprise.

General Cai Wu of Chu replied: "The last general received an order from General Xiang and immediately led five thousand troops from Xiangyi to encircle the Qin army with the two generals."

"How did you know that when you arrived here, you saw hundreds of cavalry from the Qin army fleeing northward. The Qin camp seemed to be unguarded, and the last general boldly sent his troops to attack it, only to find that there was no one in the camp."

"According to the local Chu people, the army of the Qin people set off for the north last night, and only a few hundred people were left here to guard and patrol, making a false appearance that the Qin army is still there."

Speaking of this, Cai Wu laughed loudly: "However, that General Qin is really cunning. He actually hung up the sheep in the camp. Under the hooves of the sheep were drums, and the two front hooves of the hoisted sheep moved wildly." , the drums kept beating, and this trick almost fooled the last general."

"The actions of the Qin army are presumably because the general of Qin, Zhao Tuo, heard that our army was about to encircle him. He was afraid of our army's power and fled overnight. The last general was about to send someone to inform the two generals, but he didn't know that the two generals had already led the army. Hurry up, hey."

Amidst Chu General Cai Wu's laughter, Xiang Qu's face turned ashen.

Hanging sheep drumming!

In addition, hundreds of cavalry patrolled the periphery, blocking the approach of the Chu army's scouts, making it impossible for the Chu people to find out what happened.

Combining fiction and reality, what a clever plan!
She actually tricked him into Xiang Qu.

"Zhao Tuo...Zhu Zi."

Xiang Qu let out a curse, and the anger in his heart was almost burning to the extreme.

It's so frustrating.

The encirclement plan that Xiang Qu thought up carefully, after various adjustments, reached the situation of defeating the few by many, and was waiting to defeat the Qin army led by Zhao Tuo. For this reason, he did not hesitate to brave the cold wind overnight and lead his troops ten miles away to sneak across Suishui. .

The two boat sinkings inspired the hearts of the soldiers, and the fighting spirit and morale of the entire [-] Chu army reached the peak. All the Chu people were waiting to fight to the death with the Qin army, fighting him to the death.

Under such circumstances, Qin Jun ran away?

The Qin army fled at night, hung sheep and beat drums, and waited for each other in an empty camp.

Zhao Tuo, you ran away!

Hateful, hateful, shameful!
For Xiang Qu, this feeling was like he mustered up all his strength and punched the enemy in front of him with all his might.However, when the opponent dodged sideways, he let him hit the empty space with this blow, that feeling was really uncomfortable and aggrieved.

Not only Xiang Qu.

The [-] Chu troops in the rear, who were originally puffed up and full of fighting spirit, saw that the Qin people had fled without a fight, and all the anger that had been held in their hearts for a whole morning suddenly leaked out like a hole was opened.

"Naigong is so exhausted, I got up in the middle of the night and ran so far, I can't run anymore."

"Yeah, I've been running all morning, I'm so hungry."

"Qin Jun ran away, let's rest for a while."

……

After the blood receded and the will to fight diminished, the [-] soldiers began to complain softly, and the morale of the entire army suddenly dissipated.

Not to mention them, even Xiang Qu felt exhausted from the bottom of his heart at this moment.

He looked up and found that it was already noon, and the winter sun was high in the sky.

The soldiers of the Chu army got up in the middle of the night and drove ten miles, crossed the Sui River at night, and then galloped all the way, relying on their anger and fighting spirit, they wanted to fight the Qin army fiercely.

Now that the Qin army has escaped, and the battle cannot be fought, their efforts of this night and a half day are almost in vain.

"Zitong, let the soldiers light the fire and cook, and rest for now."

Xiang Qu sighed. He felt uncomfortable and wanted to find a place to be alone for a while.

But Jing Tong not only didn't go down to deliver the order to let the soldiers rest and eat, but stood there blushing, staring at Xiang Qu, hesitant to speak.

Xiang Qu frowned and said, "Why, not enough food? If there is not enough food, I will go to the treasury in Zhuyi to carry it."

Jing Tong said awkwardly: "General, our soldiers carry a day's food, which is enough for this meal. It's just..."

"The cooking pots were all smashed under your order, General."

(End of this chapter)