Seven years.

In the blink of an eye.

In the chaotic times of heroes competing, time passes faster. When the Chu army crossed the border line that had been calm for a long time with a ferocious face, and when blood-red flags appeared on the land of Qin, the real decisive battle of unification finally came.

Although it was three years later than the four years of war in Chu and Han in history, the Xin Qin under Li Yuan was completely different from the early Han Dynasty who was devastated by the successive wars.

After the foundation of the old Qin people in Guanzhong was recovered by the Qin army, with the re-drift of water conservancy ditches, the application of advanced farming technology, and the promotion of new high-yield crops such as wheat, agricultural production has developed rapidly and has become a veritable large granary of the Qin State.

In the Bashu area, although the cold and humid weather will cause people torture, the irrigation area of ​​Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project is still expanding year by year, and the rice planting technology, area and yield have also increased year by year under a stable social environment.

As for other parts of Qin, after the Huns fled and internal riots subsided, there were signs of recovery, including the Gu Zhao, Yan and Chu in Guanzhong. In the face of factual comparison, the people here gradually began to accept the governance of Qin.

In comparison, the people under Xiang Chu ruled were much more difficult. The northern expedition to Yan land was defeated, and then the battle with Ying Bu in Jiangdong. The repeated overdrawings of financial and national strength made the once-rich eastern part of the Chu State fall into a repeated entanglement knot. Xiang Tuo did have the ability in governance, but the Xiang family's narrow-mindedness in employment made the Chu State fall behind in the competition.

Although Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang uncle and nephew supported him, Xiang Sheng, Xiang Xiang, Xiang Han and Xiang Bo, these children who are outstanding among the children of the Xiang family. In the world environment, their abilities can only be considered medium. In the competition of patience, talent reserves, and comprehensive national strength, Xiang Yu finally couldn't hold back his anger.

Handan.

Because of the invasion of the Chu army, he fell into a busy and busy state. After being occupied by the Qin State, the former capital of Zhao State was re-exposing its important position as an important town in Hebei. The mobilization order issued by the county government has all transferred all the soldiers and young men from the counties around the county town to the county town.

After a year of rest and recuperation, the people of Zhao originally hoped to live a stable life in peace, but they did not expect that they would wait for the robbers of Chu.

The county magistrate Zhao Xie also walked out of Shaqiu County Government in a difficult manner. He listened to the military information sent from all over the county with a terrified expression.

Since ancient times, kings have become kings and defeated bandits.

There are only a handful of failed kings who can start and end well. After witnessing the deaths of former princes such as Shenyang, Sima Yin, Liu Bang, and Wei Bao, Zhao Xie became increasingly impressed by his decision to surrender to Qin.

Zhao Xie, who had little ambition, lived a comfortable life after surrendering to Qin. The county magistrates of Qin have great power and many things to do. However, Zhao Xie also knew what he was. If he had worked hard and took everything, he would be afraid that the county magistrate would be killed in a few days. Only like now, as a famous county magistrate, and trustees who had something to the hands of the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county magistrate under him would be the right choice.

The west of the city, the dunes.

Important officials from Handan County gathered in a place to discuss measures to deal with the invasion of the Chu army.

"The Chu Man is attacking, and the soldiers in our county are weak. Why not reply to Marquis Wu and ask for help?" Zhao Xie, who was with Qi Huang all day long and dreamed of living peacefully until his old age, seemed panicked when facing the attack of the Chu army and didn't know what to do.

"Princes should be kind. If there are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Handan City, how can it be captured by just over ten thousand Chu Man. Now the most urgent task is to summon troops from all over the country, and the military and civilians to strengthen the city to resist the attacks of Chu Man." County Magistrate Ji looked cold and resolute. He comforted him in a deep voice.

After returning from Yandi, Ji Xin was appointed as the magistrate of Handan County. This position was sufficiently prominent in the local area and could be said to have control over the military power of a county, but Ji Xin was not satisfied.

If he had not seen the Qin border army's extremely brave aura, he might be as proud of his abilities as others, but after seeing the vivid scenes of the border army fighting against the Huns, Ji Xin longed to become a member of the army's army, even if he was wrapped in a horse and a corpse, he would have no regrets.

Ji Xin was willing to be a general. The people in Yanzhao were always brave and fierce. The soldiers of Handan County were not much less powerful than those of the Chu army under Ji Xin's training. Faced with the invasion of the Chu enemy, these farmers who had hoes not long ago climbed the city wall after a little training and became a soldier guarding the county city.

Zhongli Mei's persuasion to surrender was fruitless.

The Chu army then rushed to attack the city with a chariot and cloud ladder. However, the army and civilians in Handan worked together. Ji Xin was in a young and vigorous age group, which was in sharp contrast with the increasingly twilight Zhonglimei. The Chu army, who came from a long distance, could not break through the hard city of Handan for five days.

When the battle in Handan City was in a stalemate, the main force of Li Yuan and Xiang Yu in the Sanchuan County and Hedong County were surrounding Xingyang and the Hulao line was becoming increasingly fierce.

June 27th.

Xiang Yu personally led three thousand Chu cavalry to escape at night, traveling more than 300 miles a day and night, capturing Chaoge, an important town in the hinterland of Qin. After burning, killing and looting, the light cavalry of the Chu army turned north and galloping towards Handan County, with the tendency to encircle the Qin army with Zhongli Mei army in Handan.

Faced with the Chu army's crazy counterattack, Li Yuan chose a plan to deal with it. The five thousand Qin army sharp cavalry who came from Hexi from afar, led by Li Zhongxiang, chased the Chu cavalry all the way. With the advantage of a single horse and two horses, this Qin cavalry was much faster than the Chu cavalry.

One side robs and kills everywhere, while the other side pursues it.

On the Central Plains, two cavalry troops were entangled in one place, as inseparable as sisters. As time went by, coupled with the supply land far away from our side, the impact of Xiang Yu cavalry finally began to fade after half a month.

July 10th.

After losing nearly a thousand cavalry, the Chu cavalry had to stop in the Honggou area. In this cavalry chase, although Xiang Yu succeeded repeatedly with his superb command ability, which caused the young Li Zhongxiang to suffer a lot, the gap between the two sides in terms of horse supply and cavalry qualities still made Xiang Yu defeated.

After losing the Yan land, only the scattered mountains in the south were left in the pastures of Chu. Although the horses raised in these places can also be used, compared with the tall and strong horses from the north, they are much worse in terms of size and endurance.

At the same time, due to the lack of systematic training, the scale of the three thousand Chu cavalrymen has reached the limit of support. In comparison, the Qin State currently has two cavalry corps in Hexi and Jiuyuan. These athletes from the grassland live on horseback almost every day. Many of them also have the experience of fighting with the stronger Huns.

Divide.

It connects Ying River to the south, through Daliang, across Dahe River, and in the north, the Pu River and Ji River.

This artificial canal, dug in the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was personally supervised by King Hui of Wei, was an important waterway channel connecting the north and south during the Warring States Period and the pre-Qin period.

The Chu army retreated to the Ganggu, which means that it gave up its active attack and moved to the Wei area in Chenggao, which had been obtained by guarding Daliang and Wei in Chenggao. When it gained nothing to attack the hinterland of Qin, it was indeed a safe step for Chu.

Unfortunately, it is difficult for Xiang Yu to realize this plan.

Li Yuan was definitely not a person who was beaten but did not fight back. He had always suppressed his strength before, but it was just a gesture of winning support for attacking Chu.

"Chu is not good, and has been brutal, and only the whole world will punish him!" When the Chu army betrayed a year ago, the affair was harmonious and friendly, and when documents were robbed by the Chu army were flew from various counties to Luoyang, and when teams of displaced people cried and told about the destruction of their homes, the anger of the Qin generals was also pushed to the highest point.
Chapter completed!