Chapter 72 Helpless
"How come these damn Qin people are like little thieves, they only know how to attack sneakily, shameless! Damn it! ·······"
The Chu soldiers looked at the Qin cavalry who were leaving, and were furious and cursed.
After the idea of "unwavering deceitful soldiers" spread, many generals in the Warring States Period secretly attacked the enemy in order to win, but this was the first time that the Chu army was a rogue like this.
The Chu army was mainly infantry. The Qin cavalry found that there were less than a hundred cavalrymen, and they dared to rush up to provoke.
The crossbow cavalry has a long history among the Qin army, and they can be said to be able to implement Meng Tian’s tactics easily.
Qin crossbows have great strength and long range. The Qin cavalry's shooting skills are superb. After some shooting, dozens of people fell down from the Chu army.
The Chu people were naturally unwilling to give up and sent a team of soldiers to expel them, but few of them escaped.
In desperation, the Chu army had to try their best to defend, but the speed of the troops slowed down greatly. When camping, in the middle of the night, the Qin army suddenly used cold arrows, causing a fierce momentum, and the Chu people couldn't sleep well.
When marching during the day, the Qin cavalry were like flies, sticking to the Chu army tightly and harassing each other, and not fighting with the Chu army at all.
He had nowhere to use his strength, and he hit the cotton with one punch. This is how Chu Jun felt now.
"Remember to observe carefully. The officers of the Chu people, their hairstyles, clothes, and weapons are different. We just need to kill the officers and archers, and the others are ignored."
Man Qiang rode on the horse and was explaining the Ruishi Battalion under his command. When training Ruishi Battalion, Meng Tian could understand that the soldiers of Ruishi Battalion needed to kill important figures of the enemy, not ordinary soldiers.
In the era of cold weapons, maintaining the grassroots level of the army is the grassroots level of the army. How to identify the officers of the army is very simple in this era, you can tell by looking at the hairstyle.
Qin implemented a military merit system, and people with different titles had different hairstyles. Chu borrowed some from the Qin military merit system. Although it was unsatisfactory to implement it, the difference between officers and ordinary soldiers was still very obvious.
The cavalry harassment tactics are very comfortable to fight, and they can achieve military achievements without any casualties.
The Qin army's cavalry felt like playing games and enjoyed it.
"General, the Qin people are going to drag us to death!" At the Chu army camp, the captains under Pu Ye were all frowning.
When they returned to the army, they snatched some food and grass, thinking that they could support them to return to Chu State, but now the speed of the Chu army's marching is no different from that of snails.
The Qin army continues to harass, and many Chu army are terrified when they hear the march. Although they will be attacked by the Qin army when they stay in the camp, they are safer than in the wild!
"The ancestors of this Meng family came from Qilu. I heard that Meng Ao was also upright in war, but why is Meng Tian very cunning!" Pu Ye punched the table and was very angry.
This brave general of Chu was not afraid of fighting on the battlefield, but he had no effective way to face the harassment of the Qin army.
Who said that the Chu army had few cavalrymen, and their quality was not as good as that of the Qin people!
Among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, only the cavalry of Zhao State was better than that of the Qin people, but the Zhao State was unable to solve the near thirst.
"If Jing Wei's army had not collapsed and came to support me, I would not have been so passive." At this time, Pu Ye hated Jing Wei even more. Without the restraint of the army, the Qin army dared to tease the Chu army unscrupulously.
Yes, in Pu Ye's opinion, the Qin people were just teasing him.
"No, I can't continue like this!" Pu Ye calmed down and analyzed: "Our army lacked food and grass. The Qin army understood this and adopted such a delay tactic. Our army turned to march southward and headed south along the Han River. I don't believe that the Qin people can still surpass the Chu people in rivers and jungles!"
The Chu people have been dealing with rivers since childhood, and almost everyone is watery and marchs south. Although the journey will be farther, with the help of a complex river net, you can get rid of the annoying Qin cavalry.
"Order the entire army to be prepared and leave a thousand people to guard the camp, and the others, quietly heading south tonight!"
After Pu Ye said that, everyone in the military tent lowered their heads. They knew in their hearts that the thousand people left behind would never have a chance to survive.
Many generals in charge of geckos have a broken tail, and many soldiers understand this truth. When the army needs to retreat, the team that has broken the rear will often suffer heavy casualties and even be wiped out.
The night is quiet.
When the Qin cavalry harassed again, the Chu army reacted fiercely and attacked the camp again. Unprepared for defense, the Qin army also suffered many casualties. It seemed that the elite archers of the entire Chu army gathered together to deal with their harassment that night.
Taking advantage of the hustle and bustle, Pu Ye led the Chu army's large troops to quietly leave the camp and head south. In order to speed up the march, they did not bring much baggage.
In order to avoid excessive movement, the carriages and horses were abandoned. When marching at night, the carriages and horses were really inconvenient to move.
When the new day came, the Qin army finally discovered the strangeness of the Chu army.
When the Qin army invaded the Chu army camp, there were no large numbers of Chu army troops there.
"Oh, damn!" Li Bi was full of anger and chopped down a prisoner of Chu army with one sword. These people fought to stop him, but he did not discover the Chu army's plan to escape.
This is why Li Biyan has no experience.
Soldiers still have to grow up in war.
"Have the Chu army headed to the Han River?!"
After receiving the news from Li Bi, Meng Tian couldn't help but admire the courage of the Chu army general.
You should know that after the Chu State lost the Han River Basin, Qin State set up Nanjun. The marching route chosen by Puye was just inside the Qin State. The lonely army was wandering in the Qin State without any supplies. It is conceivable how difficult it was for the Chu army to march.
"Send someone to inform the prefect of Huinan County immediately and let him be prepared!"
In this era, the south was not fully developed. The Han River Basin was filled with many rivers and dense forests. Once the Chu army entered the Han River Valley, Meng Tian really had no choice.
He would not let the Qin army rashly enter the jungle. The feeling of Du Yuming entering the Wild Man Mountain was not so good.
"General, the Chu army secretly left at night, and it must be in a hurry. As long as our army chases us, we will definitely destroy this Chu army!"
Seeing Meng Tian frowning and silent, Xiaoyao from Nanyang Camp suddenly spoke.
The Nanyang Camp of Xiaoyao was mainly composed of Nanyang people, and the Qin army was quite disdainful, but Meng Tian had great expectations for this "pseudo army", so a position in Xiaoyao was left in the military tent.
This time, in order to prevent the Nanyang Camp from being lured by others, Meng Tian took away the Nanyang Camp. After the Chu army collapsed, the Chu army retreated from Wuguan became the only remaining military merit. Xiaoyao was determined to make meritorious service, so naturally he did not want the Chu army to escape smoothly.
"It's so easy to catch up?" Luo Jia looked down on the Nanyang soldiers a little, thinking that they were no better than the Qin people. "There are many rivers close to the Han River, and the cavalry could not work at all!"
In any era, disputes between military branches cannot be banned. Luo Jia became a cavalry general, followed Meng Tian to break Jing Wei's Chu army, hoping that the cavalry would make greater contributions.
"Yes! Our army is dominated by Guanzhong people and is not water-friendly. Even if we catch up, our speed is not as fast as the Chu people!" Su Jiao, Shema, echoed.
Facing the river, the Chu people could swim over, but the Qin people could not.
Luo Jia, Su Jia, and Shejian didn't care about Xiaoyao, and Xiaoyao was stumbled and seemed a little embarrassed. He still had a long way to go to integrate into the Qin army.
"It's about military discussions, we just need to gather ideas and speak freely!" Seeing Xiaoyao's embarrassment, Meng Tian waved his hand to dispel the smell of gunpowder in the military tent and encouraged him: "Xiaoyao, if you have any ideas, just say it boldly!"
Chapter completed!