At the beginning of September, the soldiers recruited from the counties of Nanjun gathered in Yan, with more than 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of people, and the county lieutenant Li You was appointed as the captain, although he was the same as last time, but this time he brought an oversized army, and it took months to train, and the gold content was completely different.

After Heifu came to report for duty, Li You asked him to stay in the big tent and discuss military affairs with Feng Jing and several commanders, and discussed the strategy that General Wang Jian might adopt in this expedition to Chu.

When he heard Heifu say that General Wang Jian had always sought stability in his troops, and it was likely that the confrontation would advance slowly this time, one of the commanders couldn't help but raise objections.

"I thought that General Wang's use of troops was not something that could be expressed by the word 'seeking stability'."

Heifu looked at him, but saw that this man was in his thirties, with a yellow face and a long beard reaching to his chest.

"Who is this?"

"This is the county lieutenant, the princess Meng Jia."

Feng Jing introduced: "Meng Shuchang is also a native of Pinyang, a fellow villager with General Wang Qian, and has been General Wang's general. ”

Meng Jia, who claimed to be Wang Jian's old minister, spoke of a war that took place in the eleventh year of the reign of King Qin (236 BC).

"General Wang led his troops to attack Zhao Guoyan, and I was also the commander of the army at that time. This is the important place in the Taihang Mountains, the road is far and narrow, when the first king Zhao Wang, Zhao general Zhao Hao had been here with the strategy of "the brave man wins when he meets on the narrow road", and defeated the Qin general Hu Yang. At that time, the Zhao army adopted the same tactics as Zhao Hao, occupying the high ground of Beishan and Beishan first, and it was condescending, and it was inconvenient for our army to attack from the back......"

"Although General Wang has been a general for many years, his reputation is not obvious, and the world does not know what he can do. At that time, he led the army for only 18 days, and then ordered the army full of 100 stone soldiers to go out of the ranks, and selected two people from the 100,000 army to stay in the army, and finally got 20,000 elite soldiers, and captured the north and the Yan in one fell swoop, and rolled the armor to travel a hundred miles, and attacked the east to take the nine cities of Zhao State! ”

"I was lucky enough to be selected into this elite army, and I was promoted to the rank of non-changer."

It was Wang Qian's battle of fame, and it can be seen that this old general Wang was not only "stable" in his use of troops at that time, but even a little aggressive.

Meng Jia is a typical Guanzhong military family background, not only has the experience of training from the bottom, but also knows the art of war, he said: "Moreover, the art of war is also cloudy, and its use of war is also victorious, for a long time, the blunt soldiers are frustrated, the siege is forceful, and the long-term violent division is insufficient for the country." Therefore, the soldiers heard it quickly, and they did not see the coincidence for a long time. Those who have been in the country for a long time will not be ......"

"Therefore, I think that General Wang's autumn harvest and march this time may be like the battle of Yanhe, attack Chudi, strive to quickly occupy Huaibei before the snow falls, and wait until next year to slowly advance Huainan."

Heifu shook his head: "This battle is different from the Yan He, it is a battle to destroy the country, and the Chu army is far from the point where it can be defeated, so it can only be slowly drawn and won quickly." The last time General Li Xin attacked Chu, he was too impatient and rash, so I think that General Wang should act cautiously, like the battle to destroy Zhao, with the right and the odd victory! ”

The two argued here, but they couldn't get any results for a while, Li You stopped them, and said with a smile: "General Wang's intention to use troops, you and others are useless in arguing here, and you will be able to know when you join the army next month!" ”

Then he pointed to the map: "The general has an order, the soldiers of the four counties of Nanjun, Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong will assemble in Wancheng in mid-September and join forces with the soldiers of Nanyang County!" Wait for General Wang's order again! ”

The soldiers and people of these five counties, a total of 150,000 people, can be regarded as the southern army of the Chu army.

So many people, just grain, have to eat 200,000 stone a month, not counting the loss of grain along the way, the consumption is huge.

Heifu's heart was moved, and after the military discussion was over, he stayed and asked Li Youdao: "County Captain, I heard that the rice and millet production in Nanjun has increased by nearly 600,000 stone this year, and most of these grains are produced by public land, which can be directly used as military food, should we also escort them to the north?" ”

This is the effect of the method of composting and manure, and the county Shouteng will definitely be able to take the first place in the preparation competition in each county this year, although it is far less than expected, but it is enough for 150,000 people to eat for three months.

Li You shook his head: "Although Ye Junshou intended to do so, General Wang refuted this proposal. ”

"Why is that?" Hefu was a little surprised.

"General Wang sent a messenger to deliver a message and asked Nanjun to store grain."

Li You asked him to come over and said in a low voice: "Maybe when the army attacks Huainan and Jiangdong, it can come in handy!" ”

When Heifu heard this, he was stunned.

This flag is erected! It seems that Wang Jian can win this battle, and he is also full of confidence!

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At the same time, Wang Jian has also taken 200,000 Guanzhong disciples, sent a letter to Guguan, and went to Yingchuan County, this old general has not done anything else in the past half a month, and sent back to Xianyang to ask the King of Qin to increase the envoys of the rewarded fields, there are five batches!

When the army arrived in Luoyang, Sanchuan County, he persuaded: "Since the general has reached the pass, the envoy has also invited the five generations of good fields, which is like begging for a loan, which is really a bit too ......much."

Wang Jian sighed and told his old subordinates something.

"Qiang, you should know the deeds of Gan Mao, the prime minister of the first monarch and the martial king, right?"

Qiang bowed his head: "Although Qiang is a rough person, I have heard of some of them. ”

Wang Jian took his hand and said: "Back then, King Wu and Gan Mao's monarchs and ministers got along, and one day they said to Gan Mao that the widow had a wish to drive through Sanchuan to peek into the top of the Zhou room. And if you want to pass through the Zhou room, you must break through the western border of Korea, so Gan Mao was ordered to lead the troops to attack Yiyang, a large county in South Korea. He was well aware of the danger of the Qin army's crossing of the Kuihan, and traveled thousands of miles to attack the city, which was difficult for several months. So before leaving, he told King Wu the story of Zeng Shen's murder and Le Yang's slander, and swore an oath with King Wu in Xiyang, hoping that King Wu would not doubt it. ”

"Sure enough, during the five months when Gan Mao attacked Yiyang, many ministers in the court slandered Gan Mao, and King Wu hesitated several times, and finally remembered the alliance of Xiyang, so he insisted on not recalling Gan Mao, and Gan Mao was able to capture Yiyang......"

After Wang Jian finished talking about Gan Mao, he said back to himself: "A few years ago, I destroyed Zhao Po Handan, but Zhao Jia moved to the next generation; and cut down the swallow, the remnant swallow up and down, and the king of Yan in Liaodong; And my son Wang Ben destroyed Wei, irrigated the beam, and razed the ground for a hundred years. Throughout the past three generations, how can there be a father and son who have killed 30,000 riders in a row? With such a courtier, even a holy king, he will have some concerns, right? ”

"That's why the king didn't want to use me when he attacked Chu for the first time, so that I could destroy the country and the city again, and make a difficult achievement. The reason for believing in Li Xin is to promote young people and resist the influence of the Wang family in the army. It wasn't until Li Xin's defeat that he had no choice but to go to Pinyang to let me lead the troops, although I promised me that I would destroy Chu with 600,000 troops, but I also had doubts in my heart. ”

Bai Qi refused to allow King Qin Zhao to send troops to attack Zhao, and finally ended up with a lesson from Du Ting's past, Wang Jian did not dare to refuse the king's order, so he had to take the tiger talisman.

Only with Qiang, who has been with him for more than ten years, can Wang Jian tell the truth that he has been holding back for a long time.

"Now, the king's army of 600,000 is entrusted to me, which is better than the 100,000 army led by Gan Mao back then. The king's trust in me is not as good as Zeng Shen's mother's trust in Zeng Shen, and even less than King Qin Wu's trust in Gan Mao. The difficulty of destroying Chu is also ten times better than conquering Yiyang! Fortunately for now, when the army is out for a long time and the day is spent a lot of money, there will be more than three people in the court who will slander the king! ”

"In this case, I have been driven to the tip of the sword, and I am afraid that the king will be like my great-mother, and sit and doubt me. can only be used again and again to Suo Liangtian and beautiful houses, make a state that he will continue to support the elderly after the war, and take his children and grandchildren in Xianyang as a hostage, so that he can calm his heart...... Jun is at ease, I can also command the army with peace of mind, and win with the right combination, then Chu will be destroyed! ”

After a few words, Qiang suddenly realized, bowed down and said: "The general is thoughtful! ”

But then, he raised his head again and expressed his doubts: "But the following officials know that the king is a wise king who is rare to see through the ages, his ambition is enough to encompass the world, and his mind is broad and tolerant, even the Korean general Ye Teng can be trusted, let him be the county guard of Nanjun, let go of the government, how can he suspect the general?" Did the general think too much? ”

Wang Jian also smiled: "That's right, maybe it's the old decay that worries a lot, the mulberry falls, its yellow and fallen, the older the person, the more suspicious and suspicious it is, if you just say it, just be old and confused, don't spread the ......."

It wasn't until Qiang Qi retired that Wang Jian put away his smile, Qiang Qi is a Qiang person from Longxi, simple-minded, and was willing to take out his heart by the courtesy and grace of King Qin, but he didn't know the true temperament of the king!

Wang Jian can be said to have grown up watching the king, so he knows that the king believes in people, but the king is afraid and doesn't believe in people!

Wang likes "Han Feizi" and likes to control the ministers with skills and power. He can trust those who can control it, such as Nanjun Shouteng.

Ye Teng betrayed South Korea and rebelled against South Korea, in the eyes of Shandong scholars, he can be described as morally inferior, although he is a capable official, but there are many people in the court who despise him, but why did he get the trust of the king?

Because Ye Teng wiped out Han, the old Han nobles in Yingchuan hated to eat his flesh raw, and the world despised it, if he did not have the protection of the king, he would have no place to stand, so the king of Qin could use him with confidence without worrying that Ye Teng would betray.

Ye Teng is also smart, he knows why he can get the trust of King Qin, so after going to Nanjun, he once again cut off the back road! Within 100 days of taking office, he wantonly took thieves, hunted and killed the clan chiefs mercilessly, and the administration was violent, offending many local wealthy clans.

This method is more desperate than Wang Qian's questioning, and directly blocked his "cunning rabbit three holes", so the king of Qin has more and more trust in Ye Teng, seeing that this harvest in Nanjun has given 600,000 stone of military food, and the king of Qin may transfer Ye Teng to serve in the court......

On the contrary to Ye Teng, the current Wang Qian, with an army of 600,000 in his hands, thousands of miles away, seems to have become an "uncontrollable" person for the King of Qin, and he can only tell the King of Qin by asking for the land: The old minister has no dissenting intentions!

I believe that the King of Qin, with his wisdom, will be able to comprehend and discern what more and more slanderous rumors are slandering.

Wang Jian couldn't help sighing: "After all, it is a subordinate means, if only he could be like Zhang Yi, he could attribute the credit to the power of the lord every time." Its west and the land of Bashu, the north takes the West River, the south takes Shangyong, the world does not think that this is Zhang Yi's work, and the virtuous Qin Hui King, so the end of the life of the Hui King, can not be doubted. ”

After thinking about this, Wang Jian couldn't sleep, the burden of 600,000 people was on his shoulders, and it was not light, he began to understand why before and after the Battle of Changping, Wu Anjun would often be unable to sleep at night, and his body deteriorated.

The old general simply got up again, lit the anointing lamp, spread out the map, and moved his fingers from road to road, from city to city.

It is now the middle of September, 200,000 people in Guanzhong have arrived in Luoyang, and 150,000 people in Nanjun, Bashu, Hanzhong, and Nanyang have also gathered in Wan.

100,000 people in Sanchuan and Yingchuan have been waiting for a long time.

150,000 people from Hedong, Taiyuan, and Zhaodi also arrived at Baimakou and could cross the river at any time and go to Dangjun to station.

The war machine of the Qin State was roaring, and the army of 600,000 was gradually approaching the Chu realm.

Wang Jian also knows very well who his opponent is.

"Xiang Yan, the old man is here, with Qin Zhijia's sharp soldiers, menacing, I don't know if you are ready?"

Thirty years have passed since the funeral of King Zhaoxiang, Xiang Yan came to Xianyang with Chun Shenjun to the Xianyang Shrine and met with Wang Jian, the official of the palace......

At that time, the two young generals chatted for a long time about military affairs in the cold palace, and they felt that they hated each other, but at that time, they also had a feeling: the other party would become their enemies.

Now, they are all in their twilight years, and they thought they were going to miss each other, but they never thought that they would finally have a chance to fight!

Wang Jian knows very well that this is a battle that will determine the final trend of the world.

If you win, Kyushu will be unified, and the five hundred years of chaos in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period will come to an end; Xiang Yansheng will survive Jing Chu, and the 800-year-old Chu State Society can continue.

Although Wang Jian complained that the King of Qin's trust in him was far less than that of King Wu of Qin to Gan Mao. However, it is less than the above, and more than the bottom.

Looking at Chudu Shouchun on the map, Wang Jian showed a gloating smile from his gray beard.

"Xiang Yan, how much does the King of Chu trust you?"