Hundreds of thousands of troops must follow the main road, otherwise the baggage and vehicles cannot pass. From the Ying army burning the Lantian Plank Road back to the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, Zhao Yong began to try to repair the plank road that was restored by the Chu army and then destroyed and burned by the Chu army. Li Xin wanted to come out of the square city and invade the east land, so he could only follow the ancient Xia Road.

When the Wei army took a shortcut to Shangcai and was ambushed, the army under Li Xin could not follow the shortcut that the Wei army had taken back then. But when they walked the road, they had to leave the Shuguan, but they did not leave Juancheng. Instead, they went directly to the southeast of Fangcheng's dumb passage and headed to Xianghe Pass. Xianghe Pass was more than a hundred miles southeast of Liuguan. After crossing the Xiang River, turn to the east, first pass through Daoyi, and then pass AiFen. Shangcai is northeast of AiFen.

Whether Li Xin entered Fangcheng, whether he went south to Fanxiang or west to Wuguan, he could control the dumb passage of Juancheng - the Guanguan, which was a dumb passage. However, if hundreds of thousands of people wanted to advance east, he would first send an army to occupy Xianghe Pass first, and then the army would leave Xianghe Pass at Xia Xianghe, pass through Daoyi, and go east to Shangcai. Xianghe Pass is located in the east of Wancheng, which is already close to the eastern wall of Fangcheng.

Although the road is round, the remnants of Tongbai Mountain and the remnants of Funiu Mountain meet here, so the road can only be paved like this. When Confucius entered Chu, he came from Yeyi and followed the avenue into Juancheng and left Guanguan. Zilu was inquiring about the interests of Chu, and Chu was crazy about the yu, all of which occurred on the dumb entrance passage of Fangcheng. Later, he left Chu and returned to Cai State, and walked the path Li Xin was going to take now: Wancheng, Yangqiu, Guanguan, Xianghe, Daoyi, Aifen, Shangcai.

The road is like this, and the intention is daunting. Li Xin went out of Fangcheng like this, which was equivalent to splitting troops with Zhao Yong. It would have been a while before Zhao Yong crossed the Qinling Mountains, about ten days later. Now Li Xin went out of Fangcheng east to Shangcai, about ten days later. There were also the fifth divisions of Zhu clans and Xiang divisions to Nanzheng, and the battle with the Qin army's magnificent division led by Bai Lin and the Qin army's crusade leader led by Zhao Ying, and the battle with the Qin army's crusade leader led by Zhao Ying was also more than ten days later.

There were 10 divisions in the east and 16 divisions in the west. Eight of these 16 divisions went to Nanzheng, and the remaining eight were divided into two groups, which were to stop Zhao Yong from attacking and demarcating Wu Pass, and Li Xin from occupying Shangcai. If time did not overlap, the Chu army could quickly mobilize through water and form a military advantage in a short period of time. Now the time in the three directions almost completely overlapped - it is likely to be four, and Wang Jian may take the opportunity to launch an offensive to restrain the ten Chu military divisions in Muling Pass - it is impossible to operate as usual.

In order to facilitate the march, the cavalry did not carry a large amount of baggage to salute. After the Battle of Xiangcheng, there was no big curtain on the shogunate. Everyone sat under a large camphor tree, and the water they sat around them boiled to a boil, and white air came out.

When Chang Jiang was serving tea to everyone, Xiong Jingyou said, "You really can't abandon Nanzheng."

The Qin army attacked Bazhudi and entered Shudi to obtain military rations. The Chu army's current hope is that the Qin people's food is exhausted, the army is destroyed, and the country is destroyed. Give up Bashu is to give up this strategy. Xiong Jing spoke and Shen Tong said, "Li Siyin had this idea."

"Oh?" Xiong Jing sighed like this when the troops were really insufficient. Unexpectedly, Li Qi had such an idea.

"Our army has only 26th divisions and 12th brigades, and the Zhao, Wei and Qi armies are only 300,000. 300,000 people are going to guard the three thousand-mile defense line from Nanzheng to Qi. This is a memorial. Li Siyin thought that our army would move to the east again, but he was afraid that the court officials would not allow it." Shen Tong. He accidentally peeked at Xiong Jing and recalled that the first time he saw Xiong Jing was in the Lantai Academy in Shouying ten years ago, when Xiong Jing was still a boy who was not yet a roar.

"Sui, the Chengyang Division is still in Longxi, and the Xi Division and other divisions are still on the left bank of Mianshui. How can Nanzheng be abandoned? If Nanzheng is abandoned, Bashu will be lost, how can the troops return south?" Li Qi, who completely disagreed with Zhuang Wudi sighed. "Nanzheng cannot be abandoned, and Shang cannot be abandoned at Wuguan. If Nanzheng is abandoned, Bashu will be in danger; if Shang is abandoned at Wuguan, he will be in danger."

Shangyu, Nanzheng, and Bashu were actually one. The two divisions in Longxi and the four and a half divisions on the left bank of Mianshui. At this time, Lu Gao had informed Sima's Mansion of the Xishi and other divisions of the breakthrough route. They did not go southeast but went west, but went to Qiang and then went to Shu and returned to Chu from Shu. They were also defending Zhudi to prevent the Qin people from obtaining corn from Bashu. No matter how weak the troops were, this line of defense must be defended.

Even if he did not care about Qin's strategy, returning to Chu State just for tens of thousands of comrades was enough to make the Chu army not give up these three places; similarly, the Chu army could not sit idly by and watch the Qin army attack into the east. When Meng Wu attacked Yiyi and killed countless people, Wei Liao attacked Song and killed countless people, and when Li Xin attacked Fangcheng, he killed countless people. This time, he must stop Li Xin.

The situation was like this, and everyone couldn't help but take a breath. Xiong Jing asked, "How can you fight with the Ying army alone?"

"Only with Ying Shi..." Zhuang Wudi's eyes fell on Xianghe Pass, and then shook his head. Li Xin had the first-mover advantage. Ying Shi's infantry is still in Xiangyang and cannot reach Xianghe Pass to block the enemy. "The only way is to defend Shangcai to the death."

"Shangcai?" Everyone's eyes turned to Shangcai on the east bank of Rushui.

"Yes." Zhuang Wudi said: "Li Xin's army is 200,000, and our army is only 30,000, so we can only occupy the city to defend it. If Wang Jian from Qi has not attacked Weishui, the troops of Song and Wu can help me, and they may be able to decide with Li Xin again at that time."

"Li Xin advanced eastward, Wang Jian will definitely attack Chunyu, Gumu and other cities on the left bank of Weishui. If you don't ask for troops to help me on the eastern front, you will thank God if you don't ask for troops to send you to rescue me on the eastern front." The 100,000 Qi army cannot be fought, and the combat effectiveness of the Lu and Song army is not strong. Xiong Jing's worries are also the worry of the other generals. When he said thank you, everyone laughed heartily. After saving Zhao became a routine task for the Chu army, saving Qi became a routine task for the Chu army.

"What do you want to do?" Zhuang Wudi asked when he heard that Xiong Jing was unwilling to defend Shangcai.

"How many troops do our army still have?" Xiong Jing asked instead of answering.

"There are more than 8,300 cavalry." Zhuang Wudi was the Sima of the Army, and he said a relatively accurate number.

"I remember that there were still 11,000 cavalry when I left Lu Pass." Xiong Jing was a little surprised at Zhuang Wudi's number. There were not many knights who died in battle, but to be precise, very few.

"That's true." Zhuang Wudi said: "It's rainy and long, and the army and horses are often sick. If the king wants to attack Li Xin with a cavalry, I ask the king to be careful. Don't work too much, and if you can't rest for more than a month..."

It is difficult to train a cavalry south of the Yellow River, and it is also difficult to fight after training. Fortunately, the Chu army basically fought in the inside line, and it is the season when crops are mature. There are ready-made millet and beans in the fields. The only drawback is that beans must be temporarily fried before they can be fed to the horses.

"How can I rest for a month?" Xiong Jing shook his head repeatedly. What he wanted was not only to prevent the Qin army from invading the eastern land, but also to kill Li Xin. He shook his head and asked again: "What is the length of Li Xin's marching?"

A Qin army marching in a single column, with a length of about fourteen miles, and twenty lieutenants were 280 miles. However, on the Five Trail Avenue, the Qin army could march in four columns, with a length of within a hundred miles.

When Xiong Jing asked about the distance of the marching, Zhuang Wudi changed his expression and stood up and said anxiously: "No! Li Xin is a long-time general, how could he not know..."

"So what?" Xiong Jing also stood up. "Li Xin had 200,000 people, and our army was only 30,000. If he wanted to kill Li Xin, he had to take advantage of the long journey of the march, and the length of the army was too long, and he could not catch the soldiers and attack them quickly. As long as Li Xin was killed, the Qin army would be defeated even if it was not defeated."

Xiong Jing interrupted Zhuang Wudi's words. When he was thinking about it, he had already seen a place, "This battle will facilitate the battle between Xianghe Pass and Daoyi. Xia Dao has only three tracks passing through Heguan, and there are five tracks behind Daoyi..."

"Li Xin must be equipped, and the general's short army is no less than 4,000. And if I am ambushed in advance, the front army will definitely be aware; if I go to him fifty miles, the Qin soldiers in front and several miles can be rescued. At that time, Li Xin was afraid that there were no less than tens of thousands of people beside him. Tens of thousands of people gathered to guard him, and our army had no artillery, how could we break through the formation and kill the enemy?" Zhuang Wudi briefly described the situation after the two armies fought.

The key to the problem lies in the reaction speed, and the factor affecting the speed lies in the distance. If the distance is too close, it will become an ambush, and if the distance is too far, it will become a strong attack. The former is easily scouted by the Qin army, and the former army searches and discovers. Although the latter will not be discovered by the Qin army, the distance is too far, giving the Qin army enough reaction time.

"Although the rails between Xianghe Pass and Daoyi are narrow, the mountains are undulating and the forests are deep..." Shen Tong, as Li Qi's close friend, was very familiar with the geography of Chu. It was not impossible for the king to kill Li Xin between Xianghe Pass Daoyi, but he was very worried about the mountains and forests on this road.

"What exactly? You have to come to the scene to know that it is not attackable." War cannot be built on paper, especially for such a strong attack war that relies on the right place. You must visit the scene in person to see the problem. "You inform Xiangyang with the pigeon news, the E and the Tang troops stationed in Wuguan, and the Ying troops immediately go back to Bishui to Biyang, and enter Yiyi from Magu. You cannot pass the Sang Tunnel at the north."

The king was sure to attack Li Xin with Ying's army, but the generals did not object, but Zhuang Wudi and Shentong's counselors were all pale. Zhuang Wudi advised him one last time: "What's wrong with Ying's army entering Shangcai and defending the city? Why did the king have to kill Li Xin?"

"Victory!" Xiong Jing knew that defending Shangcai could block Li Xin, but he wanted more than just block Li Xin.

"Victory?" Zhuang Wudi repeated the word. He was not used to the double-byte word from the Qin Dynasty.

"Yes. Only victory can boost the hearts of the military and civilians, and only victory can make the Qin people remember that they have been defeated in every battle for ten years." Xiong Jing waved his hand. What he wanted was not victory, but a kind of momentum. "If you don't fight back quickly, don't kill Li Xin, the Qin people will no longer be afraid of me!"

"Fear me?" At this time, everyone looked at Xiong Jing, Gui Jing, Jing Sheng, Qi Jizeng, Xiang Liang, Dou Jian, E Wu, all of them stood up when they heard this.

"Of course." Xiong Jing focused his attention. "Fear makes people deaf, make people faint, and make people lose their hearts. The Qin people are already deeply afraid of me. If Daze does not fight back quickly in a battle, they will no longer be afraid of me. There are more than one million people in Qin. If they don't fear me, how can the State of Chu survive?
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