And just when Huang Xie was thinking about what the battle situation would go next, a soldier broke in.

"Grand Duke, the Jing family withdrew from Jingnan, and the Qi State began to gradually annex Jingnan, and within a week, all the Jingnan forces will be annexed to the Qi State's sphere of influence!" The soldier looked at Huang Xie breathlessly and said, and by the time he finished speaking, he had fallen to the ground weakly.

When the Jing family withdrew from Jingnan, he was ordered to convey this message at an expedited speed of eight hundred miles, and along the way, he was tired of two horses, and he himself was not lightly tired.

Of course, all this is just to convey such an important message.

When Huang Xie learned this information, he immediately became angry, if the Jing family withdrew from Jingnan, it meant that this army of Qi was very likely to go north, or go east to Yingdu.

He roared angrily: "This Jing family is a deserter, I must report it to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty give him the crime!" ”

However, Shangguan Zilan on the side glanced at Huang Xie and said: "The Jing family may be doing this for all-out defense, after all, their opponents are the Xuzhou Legion of Qi State and the Samurai Legion of Qi State in Yangzhou!" ”

According to the old man's intelligence, the samurai legion has stepped into the core of my Great Chu Empire and destroyed the 100,000 standing legions of my Great Chu stationed in the east!

When Shangguan Zilan said this, she was also sighing in her heart, 100,000 standing troops, if you say a loss, you will lose, and at the same time, Shangguan Zilan sighed, why does Qi have such a terrifying legion?

Of course, he was glad that most of the standing army was stationed in the north, and the so-called standing army was the central army of Chu, because they were stationed in the north, they did not encounter a surprise attack by the samurai army.

was also spared, of course, after the Jing family learned about the Qi State's raid on his Chu State, he also began to gradually arrange fortifications.

He knew that it was a very unwise choice to fight a decisive battle with the State of Qi in a short time, they occupied the base camp of the State of Chu, this was a local battle, and they were not very short of resources, and they had a strong army.

Because it is a local operation, the logistics road is also very good, the other party wants to break through the logistics, it is very difficult, it can be said that the terrain, Chu is an absolute advantage, he believes that with the strength of Chu State, drag Qi State, and then fight a counterattack, it is possible.

Therefore, they shrink their sphere of influence in order to be able to perfectly control the sphere of influence they occupy.

The Jing family's approach made Huang Xie very unhappy, he narrowed his sphere of influence like this, which means that Huang Xie has more places to guard.

Compared with the soldiers and horses, the Jing family has more soldiers and horses than his Huang Xie, and his troops are all in the Northern Expedition, and there are not many troops left.

Although it is not much, there is still a trace of troops, Huang Xie also knows what the Jing family means, but for the Jing family's tactics, the strategy is not recognized.

Although he is in the position of the Jing family, maybe he will do the same, but he is not in the position of the Jing family, he has to think about the affairs of his position.

He then looked at a man in armor and asked, "How many troops do we have left?" ”

This Rongjia man is Huang Qing, a member of Huang Xie's family, and the chief general of the left-behind troops, he looked at Huang Xie and said: "The central army of Chu has left 300,000 soldiers, and the knights of each left-behind area have about 500,000 troops!" ”

"An army of 800,000!" Huang Xie took a deep breath, he nodded, and did not speak.

After all, the state of Chu used to be the largest country in terms of territory, even if the state of Qi expanded in a large area, occupying the Central Plains, the Dongyi island country, and a series of northern grasslands, but the state of Chu occupied the southern half of the empire, and the territory was only slightly inferior to the state of Qi.

A large territory means that the population is also a certain large. Although the population density of the Chu State is not very strong, it has sent 800,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, and there are 800,000 troops left behind in its station, and this is not counting the army of the Jingjia forces.

Of course, when the State of Chu was able to mobilize such a huge number of troops, it was only during the Great Patriotic War, and if it was to launch a war of aggression, the upper limit of his troops would only be one million.

This is the sore point of the Chu State, the armor of the people surpass the other princes, but they are unable to plunder more territory with all their troops.

During the reign of King Chu Huai, he could have ordered the princes of Chu to conquer together, but the opponent faced by King Chu Huai was too strong and he did not fulfill his wish in his life.

And Huang Xie is called the successor of King Chu Huai, he has led large and small nobles, but the Jing family is not attached to him, and there are many nobles, in fact, they are backed by the Shangguan family, not him Huang Xie.

He was able to have such power, only by uniting with the Shangguan family, and at the same time mastering the military seal of the Central Army of the Chu State.

In addition to the surrender of many small nobles, he was called the person who succeeded King Chu Huai, but there was still a gap between him and King Chu Huai, because he could not command all the princes of Chu State.

And this Northern Expedition, although he hoped that most of the princes would participate in the Northern Expedition together, he also gave all the princes this edict.

But only seventy percent of the princes participated in his edict, and another twenty percent shirked his edict for various reasons.

These little nobles shirk it, and they are all holding their own selfishness, after all, you are on the Northern Expedition, what do you care about us, what good do we have for your achievements?

These nobles thought that following Huang Xie's Northern Expedition would not bring any benefits, and in addition, they also had to bring their own money and food, which was completely a loss-making deal.

The princes of Chu followed the central army of Chu to participate in the war together, and their grain and grass were self-sufficient, and the central government of Chu would distribute grain to them unless there was a critical moment.

Of course, the people who responded to Huang Xie's call were not fools, they were in order to make meritorious deeds, make their titles bigger, have more land, and let their descendants make meritorious contributions and get some fiefs.

This kind of thinking is actually gambling, because Huang Xie did not explicitly promise them these benefits, they can only have war merits first, and ask for these things with war merits.

Of course, these people are people who are in urgent need of benefits, so they will do this, of course, there is a certain reason that Huang Xie is the current ruler of Chu after all, and he is also the most prestigious person in Chu State, if you don't give him face, then he may give you small shoes.

And those who dare to openly disobey Huang Xie are mostly fiefdoms with huge power, and surrendering to Huang Xie is just a delaying tactic.

Although these nobles are not as powerful as Huang Xie and their prestige is not as good as Huang Xie, they are old nobles after all, and their power is relatively huge.

And they are also against the Northern Expedition, after all, their own good life is not but, why the Northern Expedition?