Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 525
At this time, Xiang Yu, after occupying the city of Linzi, was working hard to eliminate Qi's participating military forces, so that Qi could truly become his own way to contain Qin.

"The thief of Qin is too deceitful!" Xiang Yu in King Qi's palace smashed the table in front of him into two halves.

Just got the news that the Qin army was still not satisfied with the Hengyang and Chen counties that occupied the state of Chu, and launched a large-scale offensive against the state of Chu again with a three-pronged attack.

The main force of the Qin Army in Chen County plus the Qin Army in Hengyang County and Dongyue County totaled no less than 20. Among them, the main force of the Qin Army went straight to Pengcheng, the capital of Chu. After the [-] Qin troops who came occupied Hengshan County, they completely handed over the city defense to the original Nanjun Qin army, and they were attacking Jiujiang County and Lujiang County with all their strength while taking advantage of the emptiness in the hinterland of Chu State.

Chen Jun and the Qin army in Dongyue can say that if the main force of the Qin army breaks through Pengcheng and blocks their way to the south, then they are equivalent to being blocked in Qi, and the fertile land of Western Chu will definitely be occupied by Qin. .

The purpose of attacking Qi State is to allow Qi State to contain Qin State, not to shift the focus to Qi State. It would be a big loss if you lose your lair for Qi State.

However, it is impossible to just give up the Qi land that he has worked so hard to build. After all, Qi land is also a big country.

"Send General Yingbu here," Xiang Yu ordered.

After a while, Chu general Yingbo was brought in front of Xiang Yu.

"Chen Yingbu, I have seen the Overlord."

"Exemption." Xiang Yu calmed down his depressed mood and said to Yingbo: "The Qin army attacked our Chu land, and he wanted to lead his troops to fight back, but the Qi land must not be abandoned lightly. Can you share your worries?"

After listening to Yingbo, he immediately understood what Xiang Yu meant. He wanted me to stay in Qi to contain the Qin army.

If he is just a pure general of Chu, staying in Qi State at this time may be a disaster, and it will be difficult to stop the army of Qin State who is like a wolf like a tiger.

But the key point is that Yingbo was originally Ziying's man. The reason why he defected to Xiang Yu's command was because of Ziying's order. Repay a little bit of the kindness that Ziying saved his mother and child back then.

Although I thought so in my heart, I was worried that Xiang Yu would see something wrong, but at this time Ying Bu's face was full of worry.

"It's my duty to share the worries of the overlord, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get all of them together and humiliate the Chu army." Ying Bu said with a worried face.

"It doesn't matter, Qi is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I'm alone with you with fifty thousand elite soldiers, what can I do if I live in the city and defend the Qin army!" Xiang Yu said confidently.

During the Warring States period, Qi State was the most wealthy among the seven countries. All the cities were built extremely tall and strong, and they were not easy to attack.

If the main force of the Qi army thought that the Chu army was already weak and fought against the Chu army in the field, it would not be so easy to be defeated by the Chu army.

"Yingbo listen to the order!" Xiang Yu said so, and he complied.

Not long after Yingbo left Xiang Yu's palace, another guard of Xiang Yu brought over a sealed bamboo slip.

"Overlord, Ling Yin and Pengcheng report urgently!" After the guard finished speaking, he lowered his head and handed the bamboo slips in front of Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu's second father, Fan Zeng, is now serving as Ling Yin of Chu State.

Because the Chu army had traveled thousands of miles in the southern and northern wars recently, Fan Zeng, who was already in his seventies, was left by Xiang Yu to the capital Pengcheng to preside over the government affairs of the Chu State.

Ziyingdao did not use countermeasures like Liu Bang in history to let Fan Zeng leave Xiang Yu, because it was not necessary at all.

In history, Liu Bang did this because Chu was strong and Han was weak. Liu Bang even took the initiative to ask Xiang Yu for peace, because there were also envoys between the two countries, which created certain conditions for Liu Bang to act.

But today's Great Qin and Chu are not in the same size at all, and Ziying does not need the help of the princes of the North to be able to fight against Xiang Yu like Liu Bang.

It can be said that Chu State, which has already played without removing Fan Zeng, is exhausted.

It's not that there is no way, it's just that Ziying feels that there is time to drive a wedge between Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu, and maybe Xiang Yu has already been resolved.

So Xiang Yu still respects Fan Zeng at this time.

Xiang Yu took Fan Zeng's secret letter, opened it and frowned.

"Could it be that Ya's father is old and confused!" Xiang Yu thought to himself.

Because Fan Zeng actually persuaded Xiang Yu in the secret letter to give up the land of Qi, and even give up all the land of Chu outside Shejiangdong, and concentrate all his strength to defend Jiangdong!
This is tantamount to handing over two-thirds of Chu's land to the Qin army for nothing.

How could Xiang Yu, who is proud and arrogant, be able to bear this anger when he handed over the land that his uncle and nephew worked so hard to lay down to Qin Jun without a fight!
Putting Fan Zeng's secret letter aside, Xiang Yu began to plan his battle plan against the Qin army with a brief map.

Rao even after the 20 Chu army was distributed to Yingbu, Xiang Yu still had more than [-] soldiers of the Chu army under Xiang Yu's command, and according to the military report, the total number of Qin troops who attacked Chu was only a little over [-].

From Xiang Yu's point of view, the combat effectiveness of the 10,000+ Chu army is definitely better than the 20 Qin army. Xiang Yu has already verified the combat effectiveness of the Chu army when it faced the Qin army in the first battle of Julu.

It's just that Xiang Yu didn't understand clearly. Although they were all Qin troops, the Qin army composed of criminals under Zhang Han's command back then was not the current Qin army!
Most of the fire-fighting team under Zhang Han's command had returned to their hometown with the rewards and titles they had obtained after serving in the army for several years after being exonerated from all culpable responsibilities. In addition, most of them were the old Qin army brought out by Ziying from South Vietnam, who were armed to the teeth.

The reason why Fan Zeng gave Xiang Yu such a strategy of cutting off his tail to survive was also a helpless choice, because at this time the Qin army was no longer something the Chu army could contend with.

According to the news that Fan Zeng received, the battle between Qin and Chu in Jiujiang County is currently progressing extremely strangely. The Qin army almost captured Jiujiang at a rate of one city a day, and the orders he sent to Jiujiang often came to nothing.

Although there is no clear evidence, Fan Zeng believes that Zhou Yin, the great Sima guarding Jiujiang in Chu State, has secretly surrendered to the Qin army.

The loss of Jiujiang County is not a problem that the Chu army in Qidi will be divided by the Qin army. I am afraid that the entire north of the Huaihe River may be divided into two pieces by the Qin army along the river.

Although the Chu army still has more than [-] people, the area around Pengcheng in the north of the Yangtze River is a plain, and there is no danger to defend it. It will be a matter of time before the Qin army is exhausted to death.

Although the Qin army does not seem to be much larger than the Chu army, don't forget that the Qin army occupies most of the land and population today. If the 20 troops are defeated, the Qin army can re-mobilize an army of 20 or even 40 in a blink of an eye.

However, the 10,000+ army of the Chu army was gone, and there was not much room for supplementation in Jiangbei.

And if the troops were reduced and retreated to Jiangdong, not only could they rely on the danger of the Huai River to confront the Qin army, but it would also be easier to gain popular support and replenish troops in Xiang's lair.

Only in this way can we take advantage of the geographical advantage to compete with the people and the Qin army!
If the troops are still scattered over the long land, even a little bit of exhaustion by the Qin army can consume the Chu army to death. It was hard work for the Chu army to rescue everywhere before, but the Qin army didn't walk much.

Relying on the tenacious will and Xiang Yu's own charm, the Chu army can run thousands of miles and still maintain a certain combat power, but the Chu army is flesh and blood after all. If it is moved thousands of miles or even thousands of miles, I am afraid that there will not be many people who can still fight. Now, at that time, the Qin army only needs a partial division to defeat the Chu army.

However, it would not be easy for the arrogant Xiang Yu to make such a weak move!
(End of this chapter)