Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 495
What made people on the coalition side, including Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu, unable to understand was how long it had been since King Qin left South Vietnam, broke through Wuguan, settled in Guanzhong, and destroyed Liu Bang.

Excluding the time spent on the road, each war may end in a few days, which is really terrifying.

Even if King Qin took Guanzhong because of his great prestige in the old Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang had an army of 10,000+, and the 10,000+ army surrendered so silently!
And now that Ziying is on the front line in person, some plans that could have been implemented are not so effective.

Under the circumstances that no one dared to take the first action easily, the Qin army and the coalition army confronted each other across the Zhangshui River. It was okay for a short time, and the shortcomings of the coalition army's logistics were undoubtedly revealed.

You must know that with several supplements, there are now more than [-] allied forces of the five countries gathered on the front line. Although the logistics of these people are shared by the countries, the dilapidated Kanto still has enough energy to afford it for a long time. So many young adults fighting.

Over time, each country has its own careful thinking, and the food and grass sent to the front line is no longer timely. Everyone hopes to gain a little advantage, so that stronger countries can produce more, or countries that send fewer troops extra.

In this way, the most direct manifestation is the soldiers' food. Although there are still two meals a day, the quality and ration of each meal are decreasing day by day.

From being able to eat enough to being able to eat enough to being hungry every day, the complaints of the soldiers are also getting louder and louder.

At this point, Fan Zeng was also anxious, and wrote to the four countries of Han, Zhao, Wei and Yan many times to order him to send food quickly, but the four countries refused for various reasons.

Even the weakest country of Yan even wanted to transfer back the troops it sent. The population of the bitter cold land of Yan country was not large, and so many young and strong people were sent. Now the fields are barren and the country is already famine everywhere.

In desperation, Xiang Yu had no choice but to send a message to the state of Chu to send a lot of food to the front line. However, the life of the state of Chu is not easy now. With the delivery of food and the situation in Chu, the Qin army has already occupied more than a dozen counties after leaving Nanyang County. , Now that the troops in Chu State are also confronting it on the front line, there may be less and less food that can be drawn.

"Yafu, if we don't send part of the army back to the other countries, if we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to persevere."

In the same Xiang Yu's military tent, it was also for the purpose of breaking the enemy's military plan, but after only a few months, the wrinkles on Fan Zeng's head became much deeper, and even the nervous Xiang Yu's face had some wrinkles. sad face.

"Qin Jun is a complete conspiracy. He is competing with us in logistics. King Qin's move is too ruthless." Fan Zeng frowned and sighed: "Now that you have 50 troops, you can still compete with Qin. If there are fewer people, it may be the day when the Qin army crosses the river for a general attack."

"General, I think we should repatriate most of them, and only keep the elite here." At this moment, a young man who was at the bottom of the tent stood up and said, "In Ping's opinion, it is enough to keep 20 elites." , and our army can imitate the Qin State and directly build a city on the shore, fighting for a long time, so the Qin army will retreat."

"Who are you, Huangkou Xiaoer, dare to talk about big things? If only 20 troops are left, An can resist the Qin army. The Great Qin on the other side now has more than 15 soldiers. Not to mention the 20 old Qin army, it is under the command of Zhang Han. The [-] Qin army has experienced hundreds of battles in the past few years!"

As soon as the young man finished speaking, it was Xiang Yu's father, Fan Zeng, who first scolded him. He had just said that the army should not be sent back, but the young man contradicted himself, which naturally made Fan Zeng unhappy.

Xiang Yu glanced at the young man who appeared out of nowhere. Although he was not pleasing to the eyes of this young man, Fan Zeng's words made him uncomfortable, because just now he also proposed to repatriate part of the army.

Fan Zeng's scolding doesn't mean that he was brought in together with him.

"I am Yangwu Chen Ping. I don't agree with Fan Gong's words. If the opposing general is someone else, naturally he would not dare to send the soldiers back home easily. However, the current commander of Jiyuan is indeed the son of the third son of Qin. The method of using troops will never cross the river and attack!" This young man turned out to be Chen Ping, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty who had six tricks in history.

Chen Ping was originally a counselor under Xiang Yu's command, but Xiang Yu's plan has never been taken seriously. In the original history, because Xiang Yu didn't like it, Chen Ping turned to Liu Bang after the Hongmen Banquet.

At this time, the young Chen Ping was talking about his views in the military tent, and he didn't notice Fan Zeng's darkening face.

"I have carefully studied Ziying's achievements in his life. He carefully guarded his soldiers. Watching his life in battle, there was no big army fighting. Most of them used wisdom to win by surprise.

Therefore, our army only needs to keep 20 elites in a desperate state for a long time, and the Qin army will never cross the river to fight. "

It can be said that Chen Ping has studied Ziying's character very thoroughly. Ziying has been fighting for a lifetime, and indeed he rarely commanded the army to fight head-to-head with the enemy. The army under his command has always had the least casualties.

However, Chen Ping has studied Ziying thoroughly, but he has not studied Fan Zeng thoroughly. If Fan Zeng is already in his 70s, it would be embarrassing for him to be refuted face to face by a "children" in his eyes!

"Military affairs, you children can take a look at it lightly. If the coalition army is defeated by the enemy because of this, you will be a sinner through the ages!" Fan Zengyuan stared, pointing at Chen Ping with puffed cheeks and scolded.

With Fan Zeng's high title of "sinner through the ages" buckled down, no one dared to easily bring up the topic of repatriation of the army in the following military discussions.

The result of the discussion is that there is no result, and they can only continue to spend here.

However, at this moment, a burst of commotion was suddenly heard outside the military tent.

And with the passage of time, the sound not only did not subside, but became louder and louder.

"Go out and see what happened." Xiang Yu ordered.

Immediately, one of Xiang Yu's personal guards was removed from the military tent, but after a while, the personal guard returned to the military tent.

"What's going on outside?"

Xiang Yu asked.

"The sergeants all ran to the bank of Zhangshui." The guard replied.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu immediately grasped the sword placed on the long table, and asked anxiously, "Could it be that the Qin army has crossed the river?"

Not only Xiang Yu, but the rest of the generals and counselors in the army tent also looked nervous, and some even rushed out.

Seeing how excited the generals were, the guard hurriedly explained: "The Qin army didn't cross the river, but rather, they were cooking."

"Make food?"

……

A little puzzled, Xiang Yu, Fan Zeng and others came to the bank of Zhangshui River. At this time, the bank was surrounded by layers of sergeants, and they drove away the soldiers in an area. Make rice on the other side of Zhangshui.

I saw rows of thousands of pottery pots and other cooking utensils lined up on the other side of the Zhangshui River. At this time, the billowing heat was steaming in each pot, and each of the Qin soldiers put the same ingredients into the pot. Poured into the kettle.

The most hateful thing is that the dogs are tied on the other side of the river. Qin Jun slaughtered them directly by the water, and threw the cleaned meat directly into the pots.

There is even meat in Qin Jun's meals!

After it was cooked, Qin Jun shared the food on the spot on the bank of Zhangshui River, and squeaked while eating. This was no different from a biochemical bomb to the coalition forces who were hungry every day and couldn't get enough to eat.

Some soldiers of the coalition army looked at the sweet food eaten by the Qin army on the other side of the river, and their saliva almost flowed into Zhangshui.

(End of this chapter)