Huiji County.

The national capital is Wu County.

Wu Palace.

An eight-hundred-mile horse rode fast with an edict from the imperial court, galloped straight to the palace of King Wu, and presented the edict to King Wu.

"Report ——!"

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Wu Wang Xiang Bi opened this edict.

In this imperial edict, he scolded Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, for being arrogant and domineering, and ordered Princess Xiang Xiang to send assassins to assassinate the court officials, raise soldiers and horses, and have a heart of disobedience, cut off his princes and princes, and give him the death penalty.

If King Wu is guilty, he will quickly lower the guilt table from above, disband the soldiers and horses, and ask the court for forgiveness, and he can be spared.

"How can this be reasonable, Xiang Yanran, it is too much to deceive people!"

Wu Wang Xiang Bi trembled angrily and was furious.

The news of the death of the little faint marquis did not come.

What he waited for was a piece of paper from the imperial court, and he actually asked him to go to the guilty table, dismiss the soldiers and horses, and beg for mercy and death.

The imperial court, Emperor Xiang Yanran, this is on his neck! What contempt!

Aunt can bear it, uncle can't bear it!

Is he Wu Guo easy to bully!

Xiang Xian, the son of King Wu, read the imperial edict, his face was shocked, and he lost his voice: "Father, the imperial court, the imperial court has ordered the reduction of the feudal domain!" We, Wu Guo, bear the brunt! How good is that? ”

"What else can I do? Now the emperor is mediocre, surrounded by a ** minister, all of whom want to kill all the princes of our Xiang family. This king must immediately raise troops, behead the ministers, clear the king's side, and restore this Langlang Qiankun! ”

"However, the little dusk marquis is not dead yet! We agreed with the princes and the Huns that the little dusk marquis would go up to the head and throw the cup as a sign to rebel together!

Now that the Marquis is not dead, if my Wu State takes the lead in rebelling, they will not rebel. We've become pioneer grays, how is that good? ”

Xiang Xian said urgently.

"Don't care if he dies!

The other princes and the Huns are not stupid, Xiang Anshi has long thought of soldiers, don't they look at the situation! I, Wu State, immediately raise troops, immediately raise troops!

Go and gather all the ministers and generals of my Wu country, raise my 50,000 elite army, and rebel! ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi was furious.

"Yes!"

Xiang Xian hurriedly said.

Soon, many ministers and more than a dozen generals of the state of Wu were summoned.

Hearing that King Wu said that he was going to rebel, instead of being afraid, they were extremely excited as if they were fighting chicken blood.

They had long known that King Wu had a disobedient heart, and they were just waiting for the opportunity.

Once Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, won the world, ascended the throne as the emperor, and became the emperor of Great Chu, they were the ministers of the dragon.

At that time, one by one, they soared, and they were crowned marquis, and they sat in the world with King Wu.

What a majesty, what a magnificence!

There is no need to nest in this small country of Wu and the land of several counties.

"The traitors of the court are in charge, persecuting my Xiang family loyalty. This king wants to raise an army, behead the traitor, and clear the king's side, so you can follow? ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi sat high in the hall, majestic and majestic.

Shizi Xiang Xian stood on the side.

"Yes, King Wu!"

"Listen to King Wu's orders!"

The ministers and generals shouted in unison.

"Your lord, my Wu country already has 30,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 elite infantry, a total of 50,000 elite soldiers, well-trained."

"In addition, our country of Wu smelts iron all year round, has a sufficient arsenal, and has countless spears and swords. We immediately recruited the able-bodied men of twenty to forty years of age in the territory, and in an instant, we could form a huge miscellaneous army of 200,000 men. ”

The Great General said.

"Good!"

Wu Wang Xiang Bi was extremely satisfied.

Although these other 200,000 miscellaneous troops are temporarily assembled troops, the name of these 200,000 troops, just listening to this momentum is enough to be terrifying and majestic.

Soon.

The 250,000 troops of Wu State completed the assembly in Wu County.

In fact, when the Great Chu Dynasty was sealed, Wu was a barren and cold land, and the land was vast and sparsely populated.

The imperial court did not look down on the land of Wu at all, and in order to open up the wasteland, the king of Wu, who was divided, moved a large number of people from the Central Plains to the south of Wu.

But I didn't expect that after 70 years of vigorous development by the successive lords of Wu, the population of Wu increased several times, with a population of millions, and gradually became rich.

In addition, the private minting of copper coins produced salt and iron.

The financial resources of the state of Wu became extremely rich, and there were 50,000 elite soldiers and armorers.

Only then did the state of Wu have the strength to challenge the imperial court.

Among the dozens of large and small vassal states of the Great Chu Dynasty, Wu had the widest fiefdom, the most abundant financial resources, and the most powerful strength.

...

After the hundreds of thousands of troops of Wu were assembled, they issued a letter to attack the traitors and immediately sent troops.

Inside the Wu army camp.

Wu Wang Xiang Bi, Xiang Xian, and the generals were looking at the map.

"The imperial court has 500,000 central main forces and 500,000 local garrisons, as much as one million, and it seems that the strength is not good. However, they are scattered all over the place, not concentrated, strong on the outside and weak on the inside.

In the north, there are 300,000 elite cavalry of the main force of the imperial court, and the 450,000 Xiongnu army is guarding against the southward march of the Xiongnu.

100,000 elite infantry were stationed in southern Xinjiang to guard against Minyue and other southern barbarian rebellions.

These two armies did not dare to be easily mobilized.

Emperor Jinling had 100,000 elite soldiers and was the only reserve army. It's more than enough in peacetime, but the war is a little tense.

In addition, each of the 50 counties of the Great Chu Imperial Court also has about 10,000 local standing soldiers and horses, which are used to deter rogues and local tycoons, so that they do not dare to rebel. ”

"The real enemy of my Wu State is the 100,000 main force of the Jinling Imperial Capital. There are also some other scattered forces. ”

"I, Wu State, set off from Huiji County, and I can directly attack the imperial capital of Jinling City. Take the imperial capital, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the world will be in my hands!

But... This is clearly not the best policy.

On this map, Jinling City, Wanling City, and Wu County are three big cities in a triangle, separated by 500 miles.

The imperial capital of Jinling is the largest giant city in the world, tall and strong. There are 30,000 Imperial Forest Army and 70,000 Standing Army, all of which are the elite of the imperial court, very powerful, and difficult to attack.

It must exceed five to ten times the number of troops, a million troops, and take turns to attack hard to be expected to break through this world's strongest city.

To lay down Jinling City, the short is one or two months, and the long is half a year.

It is necessary to gather the forces of all the princes in order to attack it.

And Wanling City in Danyang County is on the southwest flank of Jinling City. Wanling City has 10,000 garrison troops, and its strength is very weak, even if it is temporarily expanded, it will be about 10,000 at most.

Once my Wu State attacked Jinling City.

The other armies of the imperial court can start from Wanling City at any time, and pounce directly on Wu County, Huiji County from behind, copy the territory of my Wu State's lair, and cut off my back road. ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi groaned.

When he was young, he once went to the battlefield of the Northern Expedition to the Huns, often took the lead, cut the generals and pulled out the flag, and was the first fierce general of the Xiang family's royal family, and was very proficient in fighting.

His prestige in the army of the Great Chu Dynasty is also quite high, otherwise he would not be so contemptuous, the emperor Xiang Yanran, who had lost a battle.

This time the Wu State rebelled, and he himself was the commander who led the troops to the battle, commanding the generals of the Wu State.

"Our army will attack Wanling City first, so that there is enough safe space.

Wanling guards Xie Anran, a hairy boy, a weak and merry scholar, who has never fought. This king can pinch him to death with one hand!

This king took Danyang County, held Huiji County, and attacked Jinling City in the east and south, so that our Wu army could have no worries.

Our army was calmly stationed outside Jinling City, waiting for the decisive battle of the imperial capital.

For the rest, it is up to the King of Chu, the King of Qi, the King of Zhao, etc., to lead the army to the south to converge, besiege the imperial capital, and destroy the Dog Emperor. ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi set a big plan, and the court will be the general.

"However, let's go to Wanling City. Will the emperor take the opportunity to send troops to attack Wu County? ”

Shizi Xiang Xian worried.

"No, the imperial capital army will never dare to go out of the city, the imperial capital only has 100,000 main forces, and there is more than enough to defend the city, so it may not be possible to attack.

The emperor will definitely leave troops to defend Jinling City. Once the troops are divided out of the city, at least 50,000 soldiers and horses must be sent to dare to attack Huiji, otherwise it will be sent to death.

The imperial capital of Jinling was empty, and there were only 50,000 left. Once the kings of Chu, Qi, and Zhao pounced on Jinling in the south, the emperor would be ants on a hot pot, how could he sit still?!

Besides, if the emperor sent 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, he would attack Huiji.

Then I will immediately lead an army of 250,000 to destroy his main force of 50,000 outside the city. If you go to attack Jinling City again, you can capture it in an instant, and the world will change hands.

Therefore, the safest thing for the emperor is to guard Jinling with 100,000 main forces, and wait for soldiers and horses from other places to come to the rescue! As long as the emperor is not lost, he can be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Wu Wang Xiang Bi said disdainfully.

"The king is clever!"

"I'll attack Wanling City immediately!"

The generals admired.

Wu King Xiang Bi, the son Xiang Xian, and the generals led an army of 250,000 to Wanling City.

"Father, son-in-law led 10,000 troops and went straight to Danyang County. The fief of the Marquis of Xiao Duan and the lord of Danyang is in Danyang, which happened to destroy Danyang and take revenge.

The garrison of Danyang County is only a hundred soldiers, and the county citizens are only 30,000! The 10,000-strong army of Erchen was taken in one fell swoop. ”

Xiang Xian was eager to try.

He also thought about the addiction of leading troops into battle.

Hard ones can't beat.

Soft persimmons, you can always pinch it!

This Danyang County has only a hundred soldiers, and one wave can take it.

"Okay, my son of King Wu, I should have gone into battle a long time ago. Allocate your 3,000 main forces, 7,000 miscellaneous soldiers, a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, and take Danyang County. ”

King Wu laughed.

"The prince of the world will definitely win the battle and win the first credit!"

The generals burst into laughter and accelerated their march with the horses.