Xiang Xian, the son of King Wu, led 10,000 troops to attack Danyang County and failed, killing nearly 4,000 people, of which 1,000 were still elite soldiers.

He took the remnants of the defeated army and prepared to return to Wanling City, a hundred miles away.

However, he didn't dare to go back like this, and he would definitely be punished by King Wu.

Wanling City, a short hundred miles away from Danyang County, is more than a day's journey. It is about 200 miles away from the river.

Xiang Xian led the troops, but he slowly wandered around the way for a few days, thinking about how to explain the matter to King Wu.

On this day, Xiang Xian unexpectedly received a copy of the "Great Chu Di Newspaper", which published that the 100,000 army of the King of Chu crossed to the south in Danyang, but returned with a halberd under the command of Xiao Duhou.

The circulation of this "Da Chu Di Daily" is huge, selling hundreds of thousands of copies a day, and in just one day, it has spread to all parts of Da Chu, and even business travelers have a copy.

"What kind of effort is this, and the Marquis of Xiao Duan fought another battle with the 100,000 army of the King of Chu?"

Xiang Xian was dumbfounded, but quickly reacted.

Even the 100,000 army of the King of Chu was defeated, what is his small defeat?!

Only then did Xiang Xian muster up the courage and returned to Wanling City.

At this time, Xiang Bi, the king of Wu, was leading an army of 240,000 people, attacking Wanling City day and night.

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Wanling City.

It is the capital of sixteen counties in Danyang County, and it is not so easy to fight.

According to the regulations of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The city wall of the county seat is a foot.

The city wall of the ordinary county government is two feet, such as Wanling City.

The big county capital city is three, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Chengdu and so on.

The city wall of the imperial capital of Jinling is four zhang high.

The county seat is low, and there are no standing soldiers and horses, and there are normally only 100 soldiers and soldiers, which is easy to attack.

The county government is nearly two zhang high, and there is a standing army of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Xie Anran was appointed as the Taishou of Danyang County to guard Wanling City.

After he took office, he devoted himself to one thing - increasing the height and strengthening of Wanling City, reorganizing the army, hoarding a large amount of grain and grass, and making every effort to purchase all kinds of armaments and equipment.

It had long been expected that King Wu would definitely rebel.

And Wanling City bore the brunt.

If you don't strengthen the city walls and don't prepare your troops for battle, won't you seek death?

After he took office, he increased the height of Wanling City by more than half a zhang.

In addition, with the help of Princess Xiang Ling and the prestige of Prime Minister Xie, the Prime Minister's Mansion allocated a lot of silver, food, and ordnance to support Wanling City.

Xie Anran had a standing army of 10,000, and in Wanling City, he organized a full 20,000 troops of those big families, the guards of the gentry, and the young and strong people in the city, and rushed to the city to help defend the city.

He had 30,000 troops on his hands, and he had plenty of food and grass.

This can be guarded for a long time in any county town.

Even if King Wu had 250,000 soldiers and horses, if he wanted to conquer Wanling City, it would definitely not be possible to do it in ten days and half a month.

After all, the walls of Wanling City are so big, at most tens of thousands of people will be sent to attack the city at a time. It is impossible for more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city at the same time.

Attacking the city day and night will lose a lot of soldiers and horses, and it will also take a long time.

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Wu army camp.

When King Wu heard that Xiang Xian had come back to report that the attack on Danyang County had failed, he couldn't help but be so angry that he slapped Xiang Xian to the ground.

"Rubbish!"

"You are a waste, you have led 10,000 soldiers and horses, and you can't take it when you attack a small county town with hundreds of soldiers, what face do you have to be the son of this king!"

Xiang Bi smoked and scolded.

He Xiang Bi can fight well, but he is a famous fierce general in Da Chu, how could he give birth to such a waste son?!

"Father, the Marquis of Xiao Duan has 6,000 Danyang soldiers guarding a county seat. His Danyang soldiers were so powerful that they were all equipped with powder guns and small steel cannons. This 10,000 soldiers and horses can be defeated by non-Erchen!

Moreover, the 100,000-strong army of Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, crossed to the south and met the 50,000-strong army of the Marquis of Xiao Duan in Danyang, wasn't it also defeated! ”

Xiang Xian knelt on the ground, crying and crying, shouting that he was wronged.

He took out a copy of the "Da Chu Di Newspaper".

"What? The king of Chu crossed to the south and retreated in defeat? ”

When Wu Wang Xiangbi heard this, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly took the "Da Chu Di Daily" to read.

Sure enough, it was published in the "Great Chu Di Daily" that the king of Chu returned defeated and lost half of his soldiers and horses.

King Wu originally planned to form an alliance with the 100,000 army of the King of Chu, and after taking Wanling City, they would go together to besiege the imperial capital of Jinling.

In this way, Jiangnan is all owned by the Wu and Chu coalition forces, and half of the country is in hand.

Unexpectedly, the king of Chu failed to cross south and was defeated directly by the river. The 100,000-strong army was defeated miserably, and the loss was unbearable.

This is such an important military situation.

Why didn't the king of Chu fly a pigeon and pass the book?

Why hasn't he heard from him yet?

Instead, it was published in the "Da Chu Di Daily"?

King Wu was shocked, and his face changed.

This is not surprising, Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, led an army of 100,000 troops to the south and was defeated in Danyang, and he felt that he had no face to greet King Wu, so he retreated directly in disgrace.

Wu Wang Xiang Bi saw this important news in the "Da Chu Di Daily" only a day later.

"Stupid, stupid!"

"The king of Chu misunderstood me!"

Xiang Bi jumped angrily.

His 240,000-strong army seems to be menacing, but it is actually a bit empty. There are only 50,000 real elite soldiers, and the remaining 200,000 are miscellaneous soldiers who can only fight with the wind.

He urgently needed the king of Chu to lead an army of 100,000 to converge before he had the courage to attack the heavy capital of Jinling.

He knew that the king of Chu led an army of 100,000 to cross the river yesterday, so he sent an army of 50,000 to meet him.

King Wu quickly thought of why.

The reason why the king of Chu rushed to the south and did not inform him must have a selfish intention.

The king of Chu must have thought about snatching Danyang City, an important iron ore town, and obtaining a large number of elite weapons. Of course, he didn't want to tell King Wu that he was crossing to the south.

Between Chu and Wu, although they are known as coalition forces, they are only loose alliances, and they are also selfish people who have saved and strengthened themselves and lost others.

After the king of Chu was defeated and retreated to Jiangbei, he did not inform King Wu in time, and he must have hoped that King Wu could contain the Marquis of Xiaodu.

"Stupid!"

Xiang Bi held his breath in his heart, almost vomiting blood in depression.

"If the king of Chu can be a little more in harmony with this king, don't be so greedy, and think about monopolizing Nadanyang County, he will not be so defeated, and he will lose 50,000 soldiers and horses in vain.

This king divided 100,000 troops and joined forces with the king of Chu to attack Danyang City, where is Xiao Duhou's life? ! ”

The son of the world, Xiang Xian, was silent.

He led 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight Danyang, didn't he also think about getting Danyang County first.

It's just that no one expected that a Danyang county town could pull out 6,000 Danyang soldiers and beat him almost to the ground.

Xiao Duhou and Li Yu also brought 50,000 elite soldiers out from Jinling City and bumped into the army of King Chu in Nandu.

The king of Chu was defeated and retreated.

Now on the border of the south of the Yangtze River, only the more than 200,000 troops of King Wu are facing the Marquis of Xiaoduan and the imperial capital of Jinling alone.

"Father!"

"The rest of the Qi, Zhao, Chu, Jinan and other princes and kings are in Jiangbei, the Central Plains, and wantonly annex the city. We are alone in Jiangnan, facing Xiao Duhou, and the situation is a little bad!

We're going to have to do it sooner! ”

Xiang Xian suddenly shuddered and hurriedly said.

"This king has an army of 240,000 people, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do it? He has 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he has beaten the King of Chu, but he can't beat my King Wu!

Attack the city overnight and take Wanling City as soon as possible!

This king sits on the two county towns of Huiji City and Wanling City, and attacks Jinling, which is still an isolated city.

As long as the king takes the imperial capital of Jinling, plays half of the south of the Yangtze River, and occupies the geographical advantage, he can sit and watch the princes of Jiangbei fight with each other.

Whoever ascends the throne of God will be I, King Wu! ”

Xiang Bi said angrily.