"General Zhao Rat will Xiangcheng Jundian to meet the king."

"The minister and the king will pay a greeting to the king."

After Xiong Huai ordered the army to set up camp, Xiang Chengjun and E Jun came to visit.

"No courtesy." Xiong Huai sat in the camp and asked, "Xiangchengjun, how is the general now?" ”

Xiang Chengjun replied: "Back to the king, now the general is besieged by the Qin army day and night, and he has been fighting bloody battles for more than 20 days, and now the situation is extremely bad. The last general came to the rescue on the order of the general Zhao Rat, but was blocked by the 150,000 Qin and Han coalition troops and could not cross the Danshui to rescue the general. It has been ten days since the last general received a message from the general. ”

Xiong Huai nodded heavily, he also received the last message from Qu Kuo ten days ago, claiming that more than half of the casualties had been lost, and he couldn't hold on.

Xiang Chengjun continued: "Great King, the last general has sent people to check, until yesterday, the Qin army was still storming the general's headquarters, the battle is extremely fierce, and the general should be able to hold out for some time." However, since the Qin army successfully dug the trench ten days ago, it successfully blocked the water surrounding the general. If the generals have not communicated with the outside world for a long time, the last general will worry that the generals and their military morale will be unstable. ”

Zhao Ju nodded and said: "King, what Xiang Chengjun said is reasonable, at present, the generals are waiting for reinforcements to arrive, I am afraid that there will be a huge problem in the hearts of the army, and now for the generals, the most important thing is the news of the reinforcements, so that they can still hold on." ”

Doctor Shangguan asked, "Xiang Chengjun, there are 150,000 Qin-Han coalition troops in front, can we choose a place to avoid the main force of the Qin army and go to support the general." Moreover, Danshui has always been the place where we are in the Chu State, and the Qin State may not have a very clear understanding of the water potential of Danshui. ”

Xiang Chengjun nodded and said: "As the doctor said, at present, there are 20,000 Qin troops and 30,000 Han troops scattered to guard Danshui and its tributaries, and the main camp of the Qin army has 50,000 Qin troops, and the main camp of the Han army has 50,000 Korean troops, divided into two camps, fifteen miles apart, forming a horn to support the Qin and Han soldiers in various places at any time. ”

"The Qin army does not have a water division, and does not know much about the hydrology of the Danshui Basin, so it is impossible to prevent the long Danshui. It's just that I had few soldiers before, and I didn't have a water division in my hands, so I have been blocked by the Qin-Han coalition army, and now that the king has arrived, our 200,000 army will definitely be able to break through the Qin army's defense line. ”

Xiong Huai asked: "Xiangchengjun, Qing has been here for many days, have you ever found a place to cross the river?" ”

Xiang Chengjun replied: "Great King, within fifty miles, the minister has found three places where the Qin army's defense is weak, but it has been delayed because of the lack of water divisions. ”

Zhao Ju asked Xiang Chengjun, "I don't know which three places." ”

Xiang Chengjun replied: "Two of them are in Danshui, one is twenty miles away from here, guarded by five hundred Qin troops, where the water potential channel is wider, the water flow is slower, and the water level is not deep, but it is closer to the Qin army's camp, once the situation cannot be opened quickly, the Qin army's reinforcements will soon arrive." ”

"The other place is fifty miles away from here, thirty miles away from the Qin army camp, there are a thousand Qin troops guarding, the river is moderate and the water flow is slow, but what the Qin army doesn't know is that there is a place not far from there, although the water flow is rapid, but the river is shallow, and it is easy to cross the river. Because of the small number of people and the heavy security of the Qin army, the last general did not dare to try it easily. ”

"The last place is the tributary of Danshui, which is thirty miles away from here, twenty miles away from the Korean army camp, guarded by a thousand Korean troops, and the river is wider, and the river is also shallow, so it is very easy to cross the river."

After listening to Xiang Chengjun, Zhao Ju said to the king of Chu: "King, now that the general has been besieged for more than 20 days, the situation cannot be delayed, one of the crossing points of Danshui is too close to the main camp of the Qin army, and the other is too far, please cross the river from the water." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "But, I don't know who is willing to lead the army to cross the river in Taoshui." ”

Xiang Chengjun heard the words and asked for his life: "King, since the location of crossing the river was chosen by Weichen, and Weichen has been here for a few days, and the rest has been completed, and he has a deep understanding of the Korean army there, the minister is willing to take the lead in crossing the river for the king." ”

Xiong Huai asked, "How many troops does Qing need to capture a crossing of the river for the widows?" ”

Xiang Chengjun replied: "The king, the minister only needs fifty warships and five thousand elite soldiers to capture the camp of the Qin army for the king. If you want to open the gap and hold the ferry, then you need 10,000 soldiers to hold the ferry under the siege of the Korean army. ”

Xiong Huai thought for a while and said: "The widow brought 10,000 sailors from Yingdu, more than 300 warships, the widow gave you 20,000 elite soldiers, 1,000 sailors, and 50 warships. ”

Xiang Chengjun saluted and said, "Thank you, the king." ”

Xiong Huai then asked, "How can we attract the main force of the Qin and Han army and provide an opportunity for the next sneak attack on the Qin army's camp?" ”

Zhao Ju said: "King, please make a feint attack on the Qin army camp in front, send troops to attack the Qin army camp twenty miles away from Danshui, attract the Qin army here, and urge the Qin army to ask the Han army for help. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and asked, "Who is willing to lead the army to storm the Qin army camp across the river?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Zhao Ju said: "King, Weichen is willing to go." ”

"Okay." After Xiong Huai agreed, he then asked, "Who wants to sneak attack the Danshui Qin camp." ”

There was no big problem with the 500 Qin troops who attacked Danshui, the problem was that in order to attract the Qin army and the Korean army, it would take a short and arduous battle to hold the ferry to the death, so as to attract the Korean army as well.

Ejun thought about it for a while, and came out and said, "King, Weichen is willing to go." ”

Xiong Huai watched Ejun come out and nodded suddenly.

E Jun himself is also a battle-hardened general, he has been with Yin Zhaoyang several times on the expedition, participated in the previous Chu State against Wei State of the Great War, and in the Chu State to capture the Wei State Xiangcheng Battle made a contribution, the predecessor has a very good impression of him.

Xiong Huai also had a very good impression of him, not because of his military exploits, but because after Ejun made his contributions, he did not ask for the expansion of the fief, but asked for tax reductions from his predecessors.

Then the predecessor gave Ejun five tokens, and directly exempted Ejun from the commercial tax of fifty cars and one hundred and fifty ships per year.

As long as the caravan of Ejun passes through the passes of various parts of the Chu State, as long as the token is presented, it can be exempted from taxes, and for the large items of horses, cattle and sheep that are not exempt from tax, the customs points in various places can also not be taxed on the Ejun, but are directly taxed by the Taifu (Dafu), the highest financial institution of the Chu State.

Therefore, Ejun is an extremely wealthy feudal monarch of the Chu State, an official and a businessman, a super official and merchant who communicates with various countries.

Xiong Huai thought of this and smiled: "How many troops does Qing need!" ”

Ejun opened his mouth and said: "King, you know the situation of the minister, Weichen brought all the troops still in the territory this time, but now there are only 1,000 elite soldiers and 1,000 people. If the Qin camp is captured, these people brought by Weichen himself are enough, if it attracts the Korean army to help, it will need 10,000 elite soldiers, and another 5,000 troops will be needed to erect a pontoon bridge, causing signs that our Chu army wants to cross the river here, so as to force the Qin army to ask for help from the Korean army. ”