I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 23
The wild of Jibei.

In just five days, the rebel army and the Qin army had more than [-] large and small battles here, and the air was filled with an extremely thick bloody smell, which could not be dispelled even by a light rain.

The battlefield with a radius of several miles was full of broken weapons and broken corpses.

The exhausted soldiers took out the dry food in their arms and ate it to restore their strength. No one dared to say that they would definitely survive until tomorrow.

Chen Luo took the silk book recording the war damage and went to the main tent where Xiang Liang was.

As soon as he got outside the tent, he could hear Xiang Liang's voice reprimanding the quartermaster inside.

"No matter what, the food and grass in the next month must be sufficient. Now we are in a critical period of confrontation with the Qin army. If we withdraw now because of lack of food, wouldn't it be a thousand miles away?"

Chen Luo stood still and said to the guard at the door: "Please go in and tell me, I'm here to report to General Xiang."

Seeing the personal guards coming in to report, Xiang Liang waved to the quartermaster and said, "You go out first, if there is a shortage of food and grass, I will take you as a question."

Then he smiled and said to the guard: "Go and let Jiang Ning in."

After entering the tent, Chen Luo saluted, then handed over the silk letter and said: "This is our loss yesterday. The casualties of soldiers are close to 170, 570 chariots were damaged, and [-] horses were lost."

Xiang Liang, who was originally relaxed, heaved a deep sigh when he heard these data.

The loss of just one day is so heavy.

If all the losses in these five days are added up, the casualties of a single soldier have exceeded [-]!
The casualty rate of more than [-]% has actually shaken the morale of the current army.

Looking at the silk book in his hand, Xiang Liang said in a low voice, "The Qin army is so tenacious, it is indeed beyond my expectation. If we continue to fight, I really don't know what the future will be."

Now he is fortunate to have listened to Chen Luo's original suggestion and brought the rebels from all over the place to deal with Zhang Han.

If he had just led the [-] Chu army alone, based on the current loss, the army would have collapsed long ago.

After all, in ancient times, only a very small number of armies could withstand 30% or more casualties. When the casualty rate of most armies reached 15%, they had already begun to mutiny or a large number of deserters appeared.

The [-] soldiers lost now are only slightly shaken in the army's morale, because these soldiers were lost in continuous battles for several days, not in one battle, so many people died in a certain army.In addition, with the Chu army as the mainstay, Xiang Liang can still stabilize the current situation.

"Is it possible to pretend to be defeated, lure the enemy to attack, and then plan to ambush them?" Chen Luo suggested by the way.

In history, Zhang Han pretended to be defeated by Xiang Liang, and then lured the enemy into deeper, defeating Xiang Liang.

Now that Chen Luo is in the army, he always reminds Xiang Liang to fight steadily, so now Xiang Liang is fighting the Qin army head-on with hard power, and has not made fatal mistakes.

So he thought about whether he could use Zhang Han's tactics in history to defeat the current Zhang Han.

Xiang Liang shook his head and vetoed: "Except for the Chu army, the other ministries cannot completely order and prohibit it. I'm afraid that the false defeat will turn into a real defeat, and then the whole army will be in chaos and flee."

After thinking for two seconds, Chen Luo felt a little helpless: "General Xiang is right. It's hard to deal with self-defeating."

As for the military, it doesn't mean that just a traverser is invincible in the world.

Even if he knows the results of those famous battles, if he wants to make changes, there are often countless details that need to be considered, and it will affect the whole body. If he doesn't think carefully, the changes will even become more and more chaotic.

Therefore, Chen Luo knew that he did not have the ability to lead an army alone for the time being.

Now he usually chooses to put forward suggestions tentatively, and let Xiang Liang, who is the leader, judge whether there is a possibility of implementation.Xiang Liang will not accept those that do not conform to the actual situation, and the current battle situation will not be led in the wrong direction.

Xiang Liang rubbed his eyebrows: "It seems that we have to borrow some food and grass from the King of Qi, and wait until the King sends troops to help. In fact, if Yu'er can win quickly, then we can bring Jiangdong's elite over here."

Chen Luo smiled wryly: "Didn't Brother Yu come to deliver the news to us yesterday? He's been besieging Chen County for several days now, and he can't get away. The Qin army in the city is several times larger than him. When those Qin troops went out to fight and tried to break through the siege, they were all pushed back by him. It's a pity that he also couldn't get into the city."

Sun Tzu said, "Therefore, the method of using troops is to encircle them in ten."

It's just that this soldier saint probably didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful thing as Xiang Yu, and he beat the opponent so hard that he didn't dare to leave the city with less than one-fifth of the opponent's strength.

However, Xiang Yu's performance in the siege battle was equally mediocre.

In addition, he didn't have enough siege equipment in his hands, and he didn't want to rely on the soldiers to pile them up with their lives, so he was in a stalemate with the Qin army for the time being.

"Boy, if I had learned more about the art of war with me back then, I'm afraid I would have figured out a way to break the city." Xiang Liang was also helpless, "Oh, if he came to fight Zhang Han in the field, I would go and break the city, that would be great."

"Yes. It's a pity that I can't change it."

At this time, the personal guard outside the tent came in again: "General Xiang, General Chen Yu, please see me."

Hearing this, Chen Luo stood up.

He had already finished what he wanted to explain, so he cupped his hands and said, "General Xiang has important matters to attend to, so I won't bother you anymore, and I'm leaving first."

"Okay, Jiang Ning will go first."

After Chen Luo left, Xiang Liang put away his relaxed demeanor and became serious again.

After leaving the main tent, Chen Luo walked westward for more than 200 steps and returned to his tent. Just as he sat down, he heard a commotion coming from outside the tent.

Then he went out to see that many messengers rushed towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

"What's going on?" Chen Luo asked one of the messengers, holding him back.

Seeing that it was Chen Luo, the other party replied honestly: "Chen Situ, the Qin army on the opposite side launched a general attack on us. And the scouts in the northwest sent back news that a large number of Qin troops came from there, estimated to exceed [-], less than [-] miles away from us."

"How could this be? This... You should go and do your work first." Chen Luo was startled.

The messenger said his goodbyes and continued to rush to complete the task.

And Chen Luo turned around, walked quickly back to his camp, and unfolded a map of Jibei County.

The place where they were stationed was backed by hills, but it was not a dangerous place. A large number of Qin troops suddenly appeared in the northeast direction, and Zhang Han's troops were in the due west direction.

If they want to retreat while fighting, they can only go southeast, but there is a river thirty miles to the southeast.

If the river is crossed in an orderly manner on weekdays, the river will not cause any obstacles.

It's just a pincer attack by two Qin armies. Will they still leave safely later?
Chen Luo secretly cursed "Damn it", the sudden appearance of Qin Jun directly disrupted all the rhythm and arrangements.

Just in case, he didn't hesitate any longer, and went out of the tent to ask someone to prepare his horse.

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In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Emperor Qin's Fusu, King Xiong Xin of Chu heard that Chen Sheng had been defeated, and the Qin army attacked Wei and Qi.

In February, Ji led troops to rescue Wei, defeated the Qin army in Huaiyang, and surrounded Chen County.Liang Naluo planned to gather 20 troops to break the siege of Qi.Liang first defeated the Qin soldiers in Langya. Zhang Han heard about it and retreated.Liang Huimeng was in Linzi, with [-] soldiers, chasing him, and fought three times a day in the field of Jibei.At that time, Qin General Xin Sheng sent [-] troops to aid Zhang Han, and they attacked the Chu army together and defeated them. ——"Hanshu·Chen Sheng Xiangji Biography"

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