Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

The nightmare of Wang Yan and the [-] Qin army really began at this time.

The [-] Zhao cavalry who followed were like [-] wolves, constantly appearing behind the Qin army, biting the back of the Qin army.

Due to the great superiority of the speed of the cavalry over the infantry, it took only half a day for Li Mu to reach the one-day journey between the two sides.

The Qin army was caught off guard several times, and the casualties of the Qin army's rear army began to increase sharply.

For this reason, the chief general of the Qin army, Wang Yan, had to order the entire army to stop and form formations, preparing to counter Li Mu's next offensive.

But after Wang He finished forming the formation, a Qin Army scout with Zhao Guoren's arrows pierced in his arm appeared in front of Wang He, telling Zhao Guo cavalry that they had left far away.

When he heard the news, Wang Lu's face turned ashen.

At this time, if Wang Lu still doesn't understand Li Mu's plan, then Wang Lu is really stupid.

The Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu is now going to fight the Qin army to the death!

In the next few days, Wang Yan and his [-] soldiers of the Qin Army had a very difficult time.

Li Mu divided the [-] Zhao cavalry into five divisions, each led by five school lieutenants, and dispatched one division each time to harass the Qin people's rear formation.

Under the constant rotation of the five Zhao cavalry, Qin's rear army had to tense up to face the Zhao people behind them almost all the time.

These Zhao people just followed from such a distance, rushing up and shooting a few cold arrows whenever they had the opportunity.

Under such circumstances, Qin Jun's marching speed suddenly became comparable to that of a tortoise.

As long as the Qin army wants to increase the marching speed a little, then these damn Zhao cavalry will immediately approach, forcing the Qin army to stop and start defending.

As soon as the Qin army stopped, the Zhao cavalry immediately left on horseback, leaving the Qin army in vain.

It's not that Wang Lu has never tried to fight back. At the most extreme moment, Wang Lu sent out the only [-] cavalry in his hands almost like a gamble, hoping to use the sacrifice of these cavalry to delay the speed of Zhao's cavalry, so as to serve as a counterattack for the infantry. The outflanking buys time.

Then Wang Yan saw the armored cavalry, the trump card unit that Zhao Guo had been relying on to sweep the countries.

In just one charge, one thousand armored cavalry completely broke up Wang Lu's formation of three thousand cavalry, and then Zhao Jun's cavalry began to ruthlessly harvest Qin's cavalry.

When Wang Yan led the infantry brigade to arrive, all he saw were more than 2000 corpses of the Qin army, and the people of Zhao Guo had already returned triumphantly a quarter of an hour ago.

Looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, Wang Yan, the once famous general of the Qin army, let out a long sigh, and he seemed to have aged a few years in an instant.

If it is said that Wang Lu still held some hope of turning defeat into victory before, then after losing the last cavalry in his hand, Wang Lu knew that what he was thinking about now was not victory, but to guarantee as much as possible. He was not defeated by Li Mu before he withdrew to Guanzhong.

The mobility advantage of cavalry over infantry has been perfectly reflected in this war between the two sides.

"Li Mu, Li Mu!" Wang Yan gritted his teeth and muttered the name, wishing to crush the owner of the name.

Seven days later, when Wang Lu led the group of Qin troops under his command to retreat to Jingyang, the original army of more than 8 people now had only more than 5 people left.

The remaining 2 Qin soldiers were either killed by Zhao Jun or captured by Zhao Guoren.

The [-] Zhao Army cavalry faced an enemy four times their own in this battle, and finally exchanged less than [-] casualties for the Qin Army's ten times the battle damage.

After this battle, Li Mu became famous all over the world, and was recognized as the strongest general of the younger generation, and also the super general in the Zhao Kingdom after Lian Po.

When you arrive at Jingyang, you will not be far from Xianyang.

And after entering the city, the advantage of cavalry over infantry disappeared.

Wang Yan still held the last sliver of luck in his heart. If Zhao Jun lingered outside the city or even set up camp, then Qin Jun still had a little hope.

It is a pity that when the Qin people retreated to Jingyang, the Zhao cavalry who had been following behind them like tarsus maggots never appeared again.

At this time, the messenger from Xianyang also arrived.

"Wang Yan lost his army and lost his general, quickly hand over the military power, and escort him back to Xianyang!"

Chapter 569 The Dilemma of Chu State (Second Change)

Chu State, Xicheng.

Ever since Chencheng was breached, King Yuan of Chu led the ministers of Chu State and the remnants of the defeated generals to escape here in a very embarrassing situation.

This city is not big, much smaller than Chencheng, but at this moment it is already the safest city in Chu State.

In terms of scale, Shouchun is undoubtedly much larger than Xicheng, and Shouchun, as the capital of Yandu of Chu State today, has palaces built in it for the occasional needs of the monarch.

From this point of view, Shouchun is actually a better place to go. In fact, Chu Wangyuan also went to Shouchun at the beginning.

But it was not until King Yuan of Chu walked halfway that he realized that Xiacai City of Chu State, which is located on the north bank of the Huai River across the river from Shouchun, has been occupied by Wei people, so Shouchun is actually in danger.

After hearing the news, the helpless King Yuan of Chu had no choice but to change his retreat direction and retreat to the southwest to Xicheng.

The largest mansion in Xicheng is the Chengshou Mansion, and this Chengshou Mansion has naturally become the temporary palace of King Yuan of Chu.

In the largest hall of this temporary palace, the ashen-faced King Yuan of Chu sat at the head, looking like a rooster who had been defeated in a fight, and he was not at all energetic when he spoke.

"Now that the war situation is critical, what should we do?"

No one spoke.

Chu Wangyuan's words were not exaggerated at all, the situation in Chu State is now very critical.

The huge western part of Huaibei has been completely occupied by Wei State, and the people of Wei State were not satisfied with it. They took advantage of the opportunity of Qi State's retreat and began to move eastward, preparing to occupy the eastern part of Huaibei Land abandoned by the Qi State people.

As for Zhao Guo, although the general Lian Po led an army of [-] to go northward starry night, there were still [-] Zhao Guo troops led by Le Cheng to continue southward, capturing Xiangcheng and Pingyu along the way.

Calculating the distance, the headquarters of Lecheng is only a few days away from Xicheng.

The bad news didn't end here. After capturing Wancheng, the Koreans began to march eastward, and they had already appeared outside Shangcai City two days ago.

There are only a few thousand defenders in Shangcai City, and it is only a matter of time before it falls.

Once Shangcai City falls, the two troops of Zhao and Han can encircle Xicheng from two different directions: north and northwest.

Although there are still [-] Chu troops in Xicheng, these Chu troops are all remnants and defeated generals, and have basically lost their fighting spirit.

If you want to rely on this remnant army to defeat the future, the difficulty is simply hell-level, comparable to the one that Tian Dan succeeded in restoring the country back then.

How to do?

This question is like a big mountain, pressing heavily on the faces of all the kings and ministers of Chu, making them completely breathless.

King Yuan of Chu took a deep breath, and cast his eyes on the two ministers of Chu who sat at the front but bowed their heads in silence: "Huang Xie, Jingyang, you two, tell me something!"

When speaking, Chu Wangyuan was clearly angry.

Needless to say, Huang Xie, it is precisely because of his support that Chu State broke the alliance with Zhao State, which led to the current situation.