Chapter 187: It's white
Winter is coming, the war between Qin and Chu, after experiencing the great advance of the Qin people, the counterattack of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, the tug-of-war, and the unilateral defeat of the Qin State, it has already been fought from spring to winter, South Korea was the first to withdraw its own army, because they need the autumn harvest, Wei because of the plain king, the grain is also abundant, and the soldiers sent do not affect the autumn harvest of their country, so they have not withdrawn, as for the Chu State... It was a tragic winter.
Because the war began in the spring planting, and hundreds of thousands of young people were violently collected, which made the agriculture of the Chu State suffer great damage, and there was already a food shortage in many places, and the Chun Shenjun also sent people to ask the neighbors for help, hoping to borrow some food, Pingyuan Jun just sent some, after all, the Wei State had already sent people to help, and what was done was benevolence and righteousness, and the most surprising thing was the Qi State, which actually kindly lent a lot of grain to the Chu State.
The queen of Qi is indeed a strange woman, or rather, a strange woman, this time the snow sent charcoal, so that the hatred between Chu and Qi has lasted for many years, and it has also vaguely dissipated, the king of Chu is very moved, personally wrote to the king of Qi, sent him a lot of treasures, thanked him for his kindness, and Chu directly transferred the troops stationed in the southeast to guard against Qi, and put these troops into the Nanyang battlefield, in order to show his trust in Qi.
Qi State, the former overlord, after experiencing a tragedy of being defeated by the Six Nations, has now made a huge breakthrough in diplomacy and has begun to be active among countries again, improving relations with other countries through various methods.
In the palace of the King of Qi, the King of Qi looked at the gift sent by the King of Chu, he was extremely happy, he played with the sword sent by the King of Chu, waved it, and then put the sword away with a smile, looked at the mother sitting beside him, grinned, and said: "Mother... The widow was a little reluctant to send food to the Chu State before, but he didn't expect that with just some food, he could get so many treasures..."
The queen opened her eyes and looked at her son, her eyes flashing with a little disappointment, and she said, "Build... Did I send food to the state of Chu for the treasures of the king of Chu? ”
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King Qi was stunned for a moment, thought seriously for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You are here to improve the relationship with the Chu State. ”
The queen smiled and said: "That's the case, the state of Chu wants to form an alliance with other countries, and now we have helped them when the state of Chu is in the most crisis, and the state of Chu will not dare to come to plot against the state of Qi in the short term, because if he plots against the state of Qi, it will make the princes despise and destroy his alliance strategy..."
"But, Mother, his alliance strategy was originally to ally with the Qi State, even if we don't give away food, how can they come to attack the Qi State?"
"The alliance has never been reliable, and the only people you can rely on are your ministers, your soldiers... Only when the Qi State becomes strong can it avoid the plots of others, and if the Qi State wants to become strong, it must avoid useless wars and give the Qi State a chance to revive...", the queen said, she sighed and said: "It's a pity that the person who can help you is not willing to return to the Qi Kingdom, and even threw the gifts out of the courtyard. ”
"The widow invited him with the attitude of treating the countryman, but he humiliated the widow so much, this person deserved...", the king of Qi said angrily, and before he finished speaking, the queen stepped forward and pinched his ear, and the dignified monarch built it, but he could only cry out in pain, begging his mother to let go, the queen looked around, and then let go of her hand, she said angrily: "If it weren't for your father not following my advice and forcing him away, how could today's incident happen?" ”
"You have to remember that if it weren't for him, the Qi Kingdom would have perished a long time ago, how could you sit here and play with the gift sent by the King of Chu?!"
"People must learn to remember the kindness of others, not to mention, he is still your elder!"
Qi Wangjian is not young, but in the face of his mother, he looks like a child, he rubbed his ears and said aggrievedly: "Mother... The widow knows. ”
"I've heard that you want to spend money to expand the palace?" , The queen asked again, King Qi smiled and said proudly: "Mother, the widow is going to build for you, and the widow wants to build you the best and most luxurious palace...", the queen did not reprimand him, but said gently: "Build, it doesn't have to be like this, instead of spending money to build a palace for me, or use this money to overhaul the Jixia School Palace... The people in the school palace are all talents who can revitalize the Qi Kingdom..."
"Jixia School Palace, since Xunzi left, there is a lack of a big sacrificial wine, you can invite a sage to come to Jixia School Palace and serve as the big sacrificial wine of the school palace."
"Who are you invited?"
"Zhao Guo's horse service."
King Qi laughed and said, "The widow knows about him, but will he come to the Qi country?" The queen sighed, "I wish he could come, and his knowledge can help you." If Zhao uses him as a minister, Zhao can surpass Qin as a force, if Qin uses him as a minister, no one in the six countries can stop Qin, if Chu uses him as an order, Chu can continue his hegemony and get involved in the Central Plains, if you can use him as a phase... The Qi State can become the overlord who used to command all the countries..."
King Qi's eyes widened, he stood up suddenly, pointed to the treasures in front of him, and said, "Mother, the widow will send these treasures to the Zhao Kingdom and invite Ma Fujun to come to the Qi Kingdom!" ”
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What Jingyang didn't expect was that the war went surprisingly smoothly, and the army that pursued the Qin people at the forefront actually won consecutive battles, and directly killed the Qin people, everyone thought that Jingyang was right, after the Qin people were reorganized according to Ma Fujun's military thoughts, their combat power really declined rapidly, and if it goes on like this, not to mention Nanyang and Nanjun, even Xianyang can be defeated!
But the more the battle went smoothly, the more Jingyang felt frightened.
Jingyang has an excellent sense of smell on the battlefield, he once led the Chu army over the mountains and mountains to fight in Yan State, and returned to Chu State safely under the siege of various countries, which is inseparable from his wisdom and innate sense of smell, at this moment, he felt a strange, a deadly threat, but he couldn't see where this danger was, along the way, he seemed to attack with all his might, but he was very cautious.
The main army advanced slowly, never stopping to probe the surroundings and avoid the ambush of the Qin people.
It can be said that Jingyang is cautious to the bone, so the marching speed of the entire main army is still very slow, and at the same time, he is also maintaining control over all parts of the battlefield, and through his excellent command skills, he can make this mixed army of Chu not rush forward and not be impulsive. He had no idea what kind of danger would be. The crowd was very dissatisfied with his cautious approach.
Because of Jingyang, the Qin people have been fleeing towards the Great Wall, if the Qin people return to the Great Wall in time, the battlefield will enter the confrontation mode, this is not what the Chu people want to see, they just want to end the war as soon as possible and return to their own territory.
Jingyang sat on the chariot, listening to the scouts from all over the country who came to tell the Qin people about their movements, but the whole person was still thinking about the strangeness of the Qin people, the Qin people retreated too quickly, there must be a problem, but what is the problem? If it was just because the Qin people were defeated too quickly and stopped attacking... This can't be a strategy arranged by the Qin people in order to stop their attacks, right?
And at this moment, Xiang Xian is leading his remnants of the army, retreating in the direction of Yangcheng, sitting on the chariot, Xiang Xian lowered his head, he was covered in wounds, bleeding, after Jingyang's army just left Shangcai, the Qin army that should have been pursued by Jingyang suddenly appeared around Shangcai, Xiang Xian saw the dense Qin people around the city, and he was cold, and what made him even more panicked was that on the banner of these Qin people, there were three Qin characters written on it, "Wu Chengjun"
Xiang Xian didn't have time to react, he encountered the onslaught of the Qin people, Shang Cai was like a boat driving on the water in a storm, couldn't help but shake up, Bai Qi besieged the city from three sides, deliberately released a gap, Xiang Xian thought that he could get Jingyang's reinforcements, but he was stunned to hold on to Shangcai for six days, but Jingyang's reinforcements were nowhere to be found, and the soldiers in the city were about to die...
Xiang Xian could only helplessly break through from the gap released by Bai Qi, give up Shang Cai, not surprisingly, on this gap, Bai Qi had already arranged an ambush, Xiang Xian fought without retreating, killed the ambush, and finally fled here with the remnants of less than two thousand soldiers, Xiang Xian sent people to various places, wanting to ask Jingyang for help, but the scouts he sent did not have any trace, Bai Qi through the elite cavalry, directly cut off the communication of the Chu State scouts, he occupied some key roads before attacking Shang Cai, to avoid news leakage.
Xiang Xian thought for a long time, he didn't understand where Bai Qi came from, obviously there were hundreds of thousands of Jingyang's army before him.
However, he can only keep fleeing at the moment, the Qin people began to advance again, it is ridiculous to say, they left the army of Chu behind them, and directly began to advance, the target is the royal city of Chendu, Xiang Xian almost cried, the army of Chu is all in Jingyang, if Jingyang does not return in time, the army of Qin will attack Chendu, capture the king of Chu, and destroy the state of Chu...
General Jingyang!! What the hell are you doing?!
When the Qin army attacked the hinterland of Chu again, the Chu people were completely desperate, and the Chu people cried and picked up wooden sticks and farm tools, and came to meet these invading Qin people, because they felt that their children and their beloved people had already died in front of them, otherwise, how could the Qin people appear here? Of course, the Qin people were not polite, and grinned in the face of these heads that they had sent up.
One village after another was slaughtered, and there was no trace of pity on his white face.
The Qin soldiers were divided into three routes, all the way to the direction of Yangcheng, all the way to the direction of Pingyu, all the way to cross the Yingshui, along the way, there was no encounter with the soldiers of the Chu State at all, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the advance speed was extremely fast, when Xiang Xian led the remnants of the army to Chendu, Chun Shenjun ran out of the city, and even disregarded the etiquette, his eyes were red, he looked at Xiang Xian in front of him, lifted him up, and asked angrily: "What about the 300,000 army of Chu?" What about the army?! ”
"I don't know... There is no news from General Jingyang... It's white. ”
Chun Shenjun staggered a few steps, full of grief and indignation, he actually pulled out his short sword suddenly, aimed at himself, Xiang Xian saw this, hurriedly pounced, snatched Chun Shenjun's short sword, and said: "Chu State has not been defeated, General Jingyang has not left Shangcai for a long time, Bai Qi is absolutely impossible to defeat him in such a short time, please don't do this, please appease the people, and wait for General Jingyang to come back!" ”
Huang Xie reacted at this time, took a deep breath, then laughed, helped up Xiang Xian in front of him, and said loudly: "General Xiang Xian hit Bai Qi hard!" This is a great achievement, and it should be rewarded! Xiang Xian knew what he was doing, and he also got up and said loudly: "After Bai Qi was defeated by General Jingyang, the troops fled in all directions, and General Jingyang's troops pursued behind them, and soon, they were wiped out!" ”
The two laughed and walked into the city, Xiang Xian raised his head high, as if he had won a big battle.
The king of Chu sat in the palace and picked up his sword again, just now, Chun Shenjun walked in and told him an unbelievable news, Bai Qi is coming, and the army of Chu seems to have disappeared mysteriously, there is no trace at all, the king of Chu has always wanted to take revenge on the Qin state, he is burdened with blood debt, he also thought about going to the battlefield in person, killing the enemy, because of this, he never forgot to wipe his sword.
However, when this day really came, when he really encountered his mortal enemy Bai Qi, the king of Chu was surprised to find that his hands holding the sword were actually trembling, and the sword was shaking slightly, no matter how hard the king of Chu tried, it seemed that he couldn't lift the sword in his hand. Chun Shenjun told the king of Chu that he would definitely repel Bai Qi, and he temporarily recruited the noble children in Chen Du, their disciples, domestic warriors, and the elite who were originally responsible for guarding the palace, so that the number of guards in Chen Du reached 100,000...
It's just that the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 people... It's hard to say.
Huang Xie was smiling all day, and he told everyone that General Jingyang was coming soon.
The king of Chu knew that he was appeasing the army, and Huang Xie wanted him to keep everything the same, and he could also hold a banquet to entertain important ministers and help him pacify the people in the royal capital, but the king of Chu did not want to set up a banquet. He knew that Xiang Xian was commanding his soldiers to fight with the Qin people outside the city, and the Qin people stormed the royal capital, it seems that Bai Qi did not want to occupy a few more cities in the Chu State, but wanted to capture himself and destroy the Chu State.
The king of Chu seemed to be able to hear the roar coming from the city wall, where the Chu people were bleeding and dying.
The king of Chu slowly stood up, he was dressed in a military uniform and held a sword, he looked at the warriors in the palace, and said seriously:
"Please ask the second and third sons to follow the widow and face Bai Qi."
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